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1979 Oakland Raiders Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 4th in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Flores (9-7-0)

Points For: 365 (22.8/g) 7th of 28

Points Against: 337 (21.1/g) 17th of 28

Expected W-L: 8.8-7.2

SRS: 3.80 (7th of 28), SOS: 2.05

Defensive Coordinator: Charlie Sumner

Other Notable Asst.: Sam Boghosian (Offensive Line), Lew Erber (Receivers) and Ray Willsey (Running Backs)

Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Principal Owner/General Manager: Al Davis

Offensive Scheme: Vertical

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000

Training Camp: El Rancho Tropicana (Santa Rosa, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	365	5174	1040	5.0	38	15	321	311	513	3411	27	23	6.2	191	491	1763	13	3.6	102	119	1024	28
Opp. Stats	337	5486	1038	5.3	46	22	319	247	471	3112	21	24	6.2	150	534	2374	17	4.4	137	106	1018	32
Lg Rank Offense	7	11			13	8	6		7	7	4	16	8		22	24	21	25
Lg Rank Defense	17	21			3	4	20		18	21	15	8	22		15	20	14	24

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Los Angeles Rams	24	17	16	240	110	130	1	21	340	217	123	4
2	Sun	September 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	San Diego Chargers	10	30	16	283	186	97	3	20	349	209	140	3
3	Sun	September 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Seattle Seahawks	10	27	25	431	329	102	4	19	419	316	103
4	Sun	September 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	7	35	10	121	90	31	4	22	292	70	222	2
5	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		Denver Broncos	27	3	16	277	187	90		21	291	210	81	3
6	Mon	October 8	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		Miami Dolphins	13	3	13	209	112	97		18	226	57	169	3
7	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Atlanta Falcons	50	19	25	347	191	156		27	434	313	121	6
8	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	New York Jets	19	28	25	459	346	113	5	16	328	161	167	3
9	Thu	October 25	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		San Diego Chargers	45	22	19	339	202	137		22	380	298	82	3
10	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		San Francisco 49ers	23	10	19	309	175	134	5	19	363	207	156	6
11	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5	@	Houston Oilers	17	31	21	294	213	81	3	16	348	205	143	2
12	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6		Kansas City Chiefs	21	24	21	339	271	68	3	20	363	122	241	1
13	Sun	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6	@	Denver Broncos	14	10	15	376	203	173	2	22	382	167	215	3
14	Mon	December 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6	@	New Orleans Saints	42	35	31	406	264	142	3	18	289	141	148	2
15	Sun	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-6		Cleveland Browns	19	14	20	326	196	130	2	19	274	105	169	3
16	Sun	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-7		Seattle Seahawks	24	29	29	418	336	82	3	19	408	314	94	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ken Stabler	34	QB	16	16	9-7-0	304	498	61.0	3615	26	5.2	22	4.4	66	7.3	6.32	11.9	225.9	82.2	34	284	6.39	6.26	5.38	1	1	AP MVP-8
2	Jim Plunkett	32	QB	4	0		7	15	46.7	89	1	6.7	1	6.7	39	5.9	4.27	12.7	22.3	60.1	2	9	11.76	4.71	3.24	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	311	513	60.6	3411	27	5.3	23	4.5	66	7.2	6.26	11.9	213.2	81.6	36	293	6.56	6.21	5.31	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Mark van Eeghen	27	FB	16	16	223	818	7	19	3.7	51.1	13.9	51	474	9.3	2	36	3.2	29.6	274	4.7	1292	9	3
2	Cliff Branch	31	WR	14	13	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	59	844	14.3	6	66	4.2	60.3	60	14.1	848	6	1
3	Dave Casper	27	TE	15	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	57	771	13.5	3	42	3.8	51.4	57	13.5	771	3	1	PB,AP-1
4	Raymond Chester	31	TE	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	58	712	12.3	8	39	4.1	50.9	58	12.3	712	8	0	PB
5	Arthur Whittington	24	RB	9	7	109	397	2	22	3.6	44.1	12.1	19	240	12.6	0	39	2.1	26.7	128	5.0	637	2	3
6	Derrick Jensen	23	RB	16	8	73	251	0	15	3.4	15.7	4.6	7	23	3.3	1	7	0.4	1.4	80	3.4	274	1	6
7	Booker Russell	23	RB	16	0	33	190	4	72	5.8	11.9	2.1	6	79	13.2	0	26	0.4	4.9	39	6.9	269	4	1
8	Rich Martini	24	WR	16	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	259	10.8	2	22	1.5	16.2	24	10.8	259	2	0
9	Derrick Ramsey	23	TE	16	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	161	12.4	3	40	0.8	10.1	13	12.4	161	3	0
10	Clarence Hawkins	23	RB	7	0	21	72	0	34	3.4	10.3	3.0	2	24	12.0	1	20	0.3	3.4	23	4.2	96	1	1
11	Terry Robiskie	25	RB	3	1	10	14	0	16	1.4	4.7	3.3	5	36	7.2	0	11	1.7	12.0	15	3.3	50	0	2
12	Larry Brunson	30	WR	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	49	9.8	1	17	0.5	4.5	5	9.8	49	1	1
13	Morris Bradshaw	27	WR	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	28	9.3	0	12	1.0	9.3	3	9.3	28	0	0
14	Jim Plunkett	32	QB	4	0	3	18	0	15	6.0	4.5	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	6.0	18	0	0
15	Ira Matthews	22	RB	16	0	2	3	0	3	1.5	0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.5	3	0	4
16	Joe Stewart	24	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.3	1.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
17	Dave Dalby	29	C	16	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.1	0.1	1	1.0	1	0	0
18	Ken Stabler	34	QB	16	16	16	-4	0	13	-0.3	-0.3	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	16	-0.3	-4	0	10	AP MVP-8
	Team Totals			16	16	491	1763	13	72	3.6	110.2	30.7	311	3704	11.9	27	66	19.4	231.5	802	6.8	5467	40	33

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dave Browning	23	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
2	Lester Hayes	24	LCB	16	16	7	100	2	52	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Ted Hendricks	32	LOLB	16	16	1	23	1	23	0	0	12	0	3.0	0
4	Henry Lawrence	28	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Dave Pear	26	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
6	Ken Stabler	34	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	10	5	-30	0	0.0	0	AP MVP-8
7	Steve Sylvester	26	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	-16	0	0.0	0
8	Jack Tatum	31	FS	16	16	2	26	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Gene Upshaw	34	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Mark van Eeghen	27	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Phil Villapiano	30	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0
12	Dave Dalby	29	C	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Monte Johnson	28	LILB	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0
14	Rod Martin	25	ROLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0
15	Cliff Branch	31	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Mike Davis	23	SS	16	13	2	22	0	11	0	3	14	0	0.0	0
17	Henry Williams	23	RCB	16	13	3	37	0	33	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Dave Casper	27	TE	15	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
19	Art Shell	33	LT	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	0
20	Pat Toomay	31	LDE	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
21	Derrick Jensen	23	RB	16	8	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	0
22	Arthur Whittington	24	RB	9	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Monte Jackson	26	DB	8	3	2	5	0	5	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	Willie Jones	22	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0
25	Charlie Phillips	27	DB	16	3	4	92	0	30	0	1	32	0	1.0	0
26	Reggie Kinlaw	22	NT	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
27	John Matuszak	29	DE	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
28	Terry Robiskie	25	RB	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0.0	0
29	Jeff Barnes	24	LB	16	0	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Rufus Bess	23	DB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
31	Larry Brunson	30	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Todd Christensen	23	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0
33	Clarence Hawkins	23	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
34	Ira Matthews	22	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0
35	Booker Russell	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	24	313	3	52	34	40	20	1	34.0	0

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