1986 Los Angeles Raiders season

Head coach

Tom Flores

General manager

Al Davis

Owner

Al Davis

Home field

L.A. Memorial Coliseum

Results

Record

8–8

Division place

4th AFC West

Playoff finish

did not qualify

Timeline

Previous season		Next season
< 1985		1987 >

The 1986 Los Angeles Raiders season was their 27th in the league. They were unable to improve upon the previous season's output of 12–4, winning only eight games.^[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in five seasons.

The 1986 season was marked by highly competitive games (only three of the Raiders' sixteen regular season games were decided by more than a touchdown). The campaign also marked the end of storied quarterback Jim Plunkett's career.

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Personnel
- 2.1 Staff
3 Schedule
4 Season summary
- 4.1 Week 1
- 4.2 Week 2
- 4.3 Week 3
- 4.4 Week 4
- 4.5 Week 5
- 4.6 Week 6
- 4.7 Week 7
- 4.8 Week 8
- 4.9 Week 9
- 4.10 Week 10
5 Standings
6 References

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1986 Los Angeles Raiders draft
1	24	Bob Buczkowski	DE	Pittsburgh
3	80	Brad Cochran	DB	Michigan
4	85	Mike Wise	DE	California-Davis
4	103	Vance Mueller	RB	Occidental
4	108	Napoleon McCallum	RB	Navy
6	164	Doug Marrone	OG	Syracuse
7	191	Bill Lewis	C	Nebraska
8	219	Joe Mauntel	LB	Eastern Kentucky
9	246	Zeph Lee	RB	USC
10	275	Jeff Reinke	DE	Mankato State
11	302	Randall Webster	LB	SW Oklahoma State
12	330	Larry Shepherd	WR	Houston
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

^[2]

Personnel

Staff

^[3]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 7, 1986	at Denver Broncos	L 38–36	75,695
2	September 14, 1986	at Washington Redskins	L 10–6	55,235
3	September 21, 1986	New York Giants	L 14–9	71,164
4	September 28, 1986	San Diego Chargers	W 17–13	63,153
5	October 5, 1986	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–17	74,430
6	October 12, 1986	Seattle Seahawks	W 14–10	70,635
7	October 19, 1986	at Miami Dolphins	W 30–28	53,421
8	October 26, 1986	at Houston Oilers	W 28–17	41,641
9	November 2, 1986	Denver Broncos	L 21–10	90,153
10	November 9, 1986	at Dallas Cowboys	W 17–13	61,706
11	November 16, 1986	Cleveland Browns	W 27–14	65,461
12	November 20, 1986	at San Diego Chargers	W 37–31	56,031
13	November 30, 1986	Philadelphia Eagles	L 33–27	53,338
14	December 8, 1986	at Seattle Seahawks	L 37–0	62,923
15	December 14, 1986	Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–17	60,952
16	December 21, 1986	Indianapolis Colts	L 30–24	41,349

Season summary

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chargers	6	7	0	0	13
• Raiders	0	7	7	3	17

Date: September 28
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: 62°F; wind 9

Scoring summary

Q1	SD	Winslow 9 yard pass from Fouts (kick failed)	SD 6–0

Q2	SD	Johnson 9 yard pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick)	SD 13–0

Q2	LA	Williams 12 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)	SD 13–7

Q3	LA	Hester 40 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)	LA 14–13

Q4	LA	Bahr 18 yard field goal	LA 17–13

^[4]

Week 5

Week 6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	3	7	0	10
• Raiders	7	7	0	0	14

Date: October 12
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: 66°F; wind 9

Scoring summary

Q1	LA	Williams 9 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick)	LA 7–0

Q2	LA	Hester 49 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick)	LA 14–0

Q2	SEA	Johnson 30 yard field goal	LA 14–3

Q3	SEA	Warner 1 yard run (Johnson kick)	LA 14–10

^[5]

Week 7

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Raiders	6	17	0	7	30
Dolphins	0	7	7	14	28

Date: October 19
Location: Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 74°F; wind 15

Scoring summary

1	LA	Chris Bahr 32 yard field goal	LA 3–0

1	LA	Chris Bahr 33 yard field goal	LA 6–0

2	MIA	Bruce Hardy 18 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick)	MIA 7–6

2	LA	Marcus Allen 2 yard run (Chris Bahr kick)	LA 13–7

2	LA	Marcus Allen 16 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Chris Bahr kick)	LA 20–7

2	LA	Chris Bahr 40 yard field goal	LA 23–7

3	MIA	Dan Johnson 5 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick)	LA 23–14

4	LA	Marcus Allen 2 yard run (Chris Bahr kick)	LA 30–14

4	MIA	Lorenzo Hampton 2 yard run (Fuad Reveiz kick)	LA 30–21

4	MIA	Mark Clayton 68 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick)	LA 30–28

^[6]

Week 8

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Raiders	7	14	7	0	28
Oilers	0	7	10	0	17

Date: October 26
Location: Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary

Q1	LA	Parker 2 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)	LA 7–0

Q2	LA	Christensen 14 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)	LA 14–0

Q2	HOU	Givins 43 yard run (Zendejas kick)	LA 14–7

Q2	LA	Christensen 32 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)	LA 21–7

Q3	LA	Christensen 3 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)	LA 28–7

Q3	HOU	Zendejas 48 yard field goal	LA 28–10

Q3	HOU	Rozier 4 yard run (Zendejas kick)	LA 28–17

^[7]

Week 9

Week 10

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Raiders	0	3	7	7	17
Cowboys	3	7	3	0	13

Date: November 9
Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, TX
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: 56°F; wind 13

Scoring summary

Q1	DAL	Septien 20 yard field goal	DAL 3–0

Q2	LA	Bahr 45 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q2	DAL	Dorsett 13 yard run (Septien kick)	DAL 10–3

Q3	LA	Williams 20 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick)	Tie 10–10

Q3	DAL	Septien 20 yard field goal	DAL 13–10

Q4	LA	Williams 40 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick)	LA 17–13

Dokie Williams 5 Rec, 107 Yds

^[8]

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA
Denver Broncos⁽²⁾	11	5	0	.688	5–3	8–4	378	327
Kansas City Chiefs⁽⁵⁾	10	6	0	.625	5–3	9–5	358	326
Seattle Seahawks	10	6	0	.625	5–3	7–5	366	293
Los Angeles Raiders	8	8	0	.500	4–4	7–5	323	346
San Diego Chargers	4	12	0	.250	1–7	4–8	335	396

References

^ 1986 Los Angeles Raiders
^ Football Database. Retrieved 2014-May-18.
^ Silver and Black Report. Retrieved 2014-May-18.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jun-29.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jun-30.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-07.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-08.

Oakland Raiders

Founded in 1960
Played in Los Angeles from 1982–94
Based in Oakland, California

Franchise

Stadiums

Culture

Rivalries

Lore

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Playoff appearances (21)

Division championships (16)

Wild cards (5)

Conference championships (4)

Super Bowl appearances (5)

II
XI
XV
XVIII
XXXVII

League championships (4)

Current league affiliations

League: National Football League
Conference: American Football Conference
Division: West Division

^‡Posted best regular-season AFC record (no divisions that season due to NFL Player's Strike).

Seasons (55)

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory

1986 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

1986 Los Angeles Raiders season