1977 Oakland Raiders season


The 1977 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 18th season overall, and 8th season since joining the NFL. The Raiders entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions.
The Raiders reached the AFC Championship Game for the fifth consecutive season, and their sixth in eight years. They lost the AFC Championship, however, to the division rival Denver Broncos. This marked the seventh time in ten seasons that the Raiders' season ended in the AFL Championship/AFC Conference Championship game.
The 1977 Raiders set a professional football record with 681 rushing attempts. Fullback Mark van Eeghen 324 times for 1273 yards, and running back Clarence Davis ran 194 times for 787 yards.

Offseason

NFL Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool
235Mike DavisDBColorado
256Ted McKnightRBMinnesota-Duluth
4112Mickey MarvinOGTennessee
5126Lester HayesDBTexas A&M
5139Jeff BarnesLBCalifornia
7190Rich MartiniWRCalifornia-Davis
8223Terry RobiskieRBLouisiana State
12317Rod MartinLBSouthern California
12334Rolf BenirschkePKCalifornia-Davis

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

This was the last NFL regular season with 14 games: it was expanded to 16 games in 1978.

Results

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 6

Week 11

Standings

Playoffs

Oakland made the playoffs as a wild card and won its divisional round game against the Baltimore Colts when Errol Mann tied the game with a late field goal, set up by a pass to tight end Dave Casper, a play known as the Ghost to the Post. In the second overtime, Casper caught another touchdown pass for the victory. The following week on New Year's Day, they lost the AFC Championship Game 20–17 in Denver.
RoundDateOpponentResultAttendance
DivisionalDecember 24at Baltimore ColtsW 37–312OT
60,763
AFC ChampionshipJanuary 1at Denver BroncosL 17–20
74,982

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCompAttYardsTDINT
Ken Stabler16929421762020

Rushing

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsTD
Dave Casper485846
Cliff Branch335406
Fred Biletnikoff334465