Posts with players, coaches, and other topics from the Oakland Raiders for The Football History Dude podcast, covering the history of the NFL.
The 1970 Oakland Raiders dug themselves a hole by not registering a win until week four. But they dug themselves out by not losing any of their next seven games. They finished the season with an 8–4–2 record, good enough for first place in their division. They would play the Dolphins, whom they had lost … Read more
The Vikings began the 1970 season by getting a small measure of revenge for their Superbowl loss to the KC Chiefs eight months earlier, beating them 27–10 in the home opener. In a week five game against the Cowboys, the Vikings showed the world that they were every bit as good as they were in … Read more
Few saw it coming–before the season began and even at mid-season. But with excellent quarterbacking and a dominant defense, the Raiders won the NFL’s big prize 40 years ago. From 1967–1977, the Raiders had been one of the top teams in professional football, reaching the post-season every year except for 1971. They had played in … Read more
In this episode, I talk to Mark Pattison, former NFL wide receiver. I first found out about Mark by realizing he was a former NFL player, but then I saw something called The Seven Summits, which he accomplished on May 21, 2021. This is a feat only around 500 people in the world have accomplished. … Read more
Today we’re going to discuss the 1970s rivalry between the Oakland Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Raiders joined the American Football League in 1960 and sputtered. The team notched only three winning seasons in its first seven years. That direction changed in 1967 when the Raiders went 14–1 before losing to the Packers in … Read more