Owner 2011 – Present / Mark and Carol Davis 1983 – 2011 / Al Davis 1976 – 1983 / Al Davis and Ed McGah 1966 – 1976 / F. Wayne Valley, Ed McGah and Al Davis 1961 – 1966 / F. Wayne Valley and Ed McGah 1960 / Y. Charles (Chet) Soda
*Oakland* 2016 – 2019 / Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 2012 – 2015 / O.co Coliseum 2011 / Overstock.com Coliseum 2008 – 2011 / Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 2004 – 2008 / McAfee Coliseum 1995 – 2004 / Network Associates Coliseum
Nickname Raiders – Chet Soda, Oakland’s first general manager, sponsored a name-the-team contest in 1960. Helen A. Davis, an Oakland policewoman, submitted the winning entry, Señors, and was rewarded with a trip to the Bahamas. The nickname, an allusion to the old Spanish settlers of northern California, was ridiculed in the weeks that followed, and fans also claimed that the contest was fixed. Scotty Stirling, a sportswriter for the Oakland Tribune who would later become the team’s general manager, provided another reason to abandon the nickname. “That’s no good,” Stirling said. “We don’t have the accent mark for the n in our headline type.” Responding to the backlash, Soda and the team’s other investors decided to change the team’s nickname to Raiders, which was a finalist in the contest along with Lakers.
Team History 2020 – Present / Las Vegas Raiders 1995 – 2019 / Oakland Raiders 1982 – 1994 / Los Angeles Raiders 1960 – 1981 / Oakland Raiders
League History 1970 – Present / National Football League 1960 – 1969 / American Football League
While in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Raiders won the Super Bowl once, in 1983. In their full franchise history, theyve won 3 championships. In Los Angeles, they won one Super Bowl as the Los Angeles Raiders, in 1983. In Oakland, they won 2 Super Bowls as the Oakland Raiders, in 1976 and 1980.
Yes. Between 1966 and 1981, the team was known as the Oakland Raiders. In 1982, the team moved to Los Angeles and changed their name to the Los Angeles Raiders. In 1995, the team moved to Oakland and changed their name back to the Oakland Raiders. In 2020, the team moved to Las Vegas and changed their name to the Las Vegas Raiders.
While in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Raiders have appeared in the Super Bowl once, in 1983. In their full franchise history, theyve appeared in 5 Super Bowl. In Los Angeles, they appeared in one Super Bowl as the Los Angeles Raiders, in 1983. In Oakland, they appeared in 4 Super Bowl as the Oakland Raiders, in 1967, 1976, 1980 and 2002.
The worst start to a Los Angeles Raiders season was the 2014 Oakland Raiders, who started the season at 0-10. The second worst start to a season was the 2006 Oakland Raiders, who started the season with 5 losses. The third worst start to a season was the 1992 Los Angeles Raiders, who started the season with 4 losses.
Jan. 28, 2016: Mark Davis is scheduled to meet with Las Vegas Sands Corp. president Sheldon Adelson about moving the Raiders to a proposed domed stadium near the Strip.
Jan. 12, 2016: In the afternoon, the NFL owners vote to allow the Rams to move to Los Angeles from St. Louis and give the Chargers first option as a second team in the Rams’ new stadium if they choose to leave San Diego within a year. The Raiders are allotted second option after the Chargers.
April 28, 2016: Raiders owner Mark Davis announces he would like to move the team to Las Vegas, and pledges $500 million toward a new domed stadium.
Oct. 30, 2015: Davis tells Oakland town hall that he is committed to finding a stadium solution in Oakland if a stadium can be built.
Jan. 4, 2016: After talks for a new stadium go nowhere, the Raiders, along with the Rams and Chargers, file paperwork to relocate to Los Angeles.
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