1996 Oakland Raiders season

1996 Oakland Raiders season
Owner	Al Davis
General manager	Al Davis
Head coach	Mike White
Home field	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	Tim Brown, WR Steve Wisniewski, G Chester McGlockton, DT Terry McDaniel, CB

The 1996 Oakland Raiders season was their 37th in the league. They were unable to improve upon their previous season's output of 8–8, winning only seven games. This was the team's third consecutive season in which they failed to qualify for the playoffs. Afterwards head coach Mike White was fired in only his second season. He was 15-17 overall head coaching the Raiders.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1996 NFL draft

1996 Oakland Raiders draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	9	Rickey Dudley	Tight end	Ohio State
2	57	Lance Johnstone	Defensive end	Temple
5	166	La'Roi Glover *	Defensive tackle	San Diego State
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Roster

1996 Oakland Raiders roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  9 Billy Joe Hobert 15 Jeff Hostetler 11 David Klingler 10 Alfred Montez Running backs (RB) 35 Joe Aska 44 Derrick Fenner 45 Tim Hall 26 Napoleon Kaufman 22 Harvey Williams Wide receivers (WR) 81 Tim Brown 80 Daryl Hobbs 82 James Jett 84 Kenny Shedd 88 Olanda Truitt Tight ends (TE) 83 Rickey Dudley 87 Andrew Glover 85 Marcus Hinton

Offensive linemen (OL) 68 Rick Cunningham G/T 66 Kevin Gogan G 75 Pat Harlow T 64 Robert Jenkins T 72 Lincoln Kennedy T 73 Charles McRae G/T 63 Barret Robbins C 67 Dan Turk C 76 Steve Wisniewski G Defensive linemen (DL) 93 Jerry Ball DT 56 Aundray Bruce DE 92 La'Roi Glover DT 74 Nolan Harrison DE/DT 51 Lance Johnstone DE 97 Russell Maryland DT 91 Chester McGlockton DT 94 Anthony Smith DE 56 Pat Swilling DE

Linebackers (LB) 54 Greg Biekert MLB 96 Paul Butcher MLB 55 James Folston OLB 57 Rob Holmberg OLB 52 Mike Jones OLB 50 Mike Morton OLB Defensive backs (DB) 33 Eddie Anderson FS 24 Larry Brown CB 21 Darren Carrington FS 20 Perry Carter CB 46 Carl Kidd CB 25 Dan Land FS 29 Albert Lewis CB 43 Lorenzo Lynch SS 23 Lamar Lyons SS 36 Terry McDaniel CB Special teams  2 Leo Araguz P  5 Cole Ford K

Practice squad 14 Kenyan Branscomb WR 48 Jerone Davison RB 19 Sean Foster WR 13 Ken Grace WR 65 Joey Wylie G Reserve 53 Rob Fredrickson LB (IR)  7 Jeff Gossett P (IR) 79 Jeff Kysar T (IR) 77 Rich Stephens G/T (IR) 37 James Trapp CB (IR) Rookies in italics 53 active, 5 reserve, 5 practice squad

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 1	at Baltimore Ravens	L 14–19	0–1	Memorial Stadium	64,124
2	September 8	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 3–19	0–2	Arrowhead Stadium	79,281
3	September 15	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 17–3	1–2	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	46,291
4	September 22	San Diego Chargers	L 34–40	1–3	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	49,097
5	September 29	at Chicago Bears	L 17–19	1–4	Soldier Field	57,062
6	October 6	at New York Jets	W 34–13	2–4	Giants Stadium	63,611
7	October 13	Detroit Lions	W 37–21	3–4	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	50,037
8	October 21	at San Diego Chargers	W 23–14	4–4	Jack Murphy Stadium	62,350
9	Bye
10	November 4	Denver Broncos	L 21–22	4–5	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	61,179
11	November 10	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 17–20	4–6	Houlihan's Stadium	45,392
12	November 17	Minnesota Vikings	L 13–16	4–7	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	41,183
13	November 24	at Seattle Seahawks	W 27–21	5–7	Kingdome	47,506
14	December 1	Miami Dolphins	W 17–7	6–7	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	60,591
15	December 9	Kansas City Chiefs	W 26–7	7–7	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	57,082
16	December 15	at Denver Broncos	L 19–24	7–8	Mile High Stadium	75,466
17	December 22	Seattle Seahawks	L 21–28	7–9	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	33,455
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
(1) Denver Broncos	13	3	0	.813	391	275	L1
Kansas City Chiefs	9	7	0	.563	297	300	L3
San Diego Chargers	8	8	0	.500	310	376	W1
Oakland Raiders	7	9	0	.438	340	293	L2
Seattle Seahawks	7	9	0	.438	317	376	W1

Season summary

Week 6 at Jets

See also: 1996 New York Jets season

Week Six: Oakland Raiders (1–4) at New York Jets (0–5)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	13	0	21	34
Jets	0	3	3	7	13

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

• Date: October 6
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C)
• Game attendance: 63,611
• TV: NBC
• Box Score, Box Score

Game information

First quarter No scoring Second quarter OAK – Cole Ford 26-yard field goal, 13:04. Raiders 3–0. Drive: NYJ – Nick Lowery 43-yard field goal, 11:23. Tie 3–3. Drive: OAK – Rickey Dudley 23-yard pass from Jeff Hostetler (Cole Ford kick), 6:43. Raiders 10–3. Drive: OAK – Cole Ford 35-yard field goal, 0:21. Raiders 13–3. Drive: Third quarter NYJ – Nick Lowery 24-yard field goal, 10:11. Raiders 13–6. Drive: Fourth quarter OAK – Daryl Hobbs 3-yard pass from Jeff Hostetler (Cole Ford kick), 14:25. Raiders 20–6. Drive: OAK – Rickey Dudley 2-yard pass from Jeff Hostetler (Cole Ford kick), 7:25. Raiders 27–6. Drive: NYJ – Alex Van Dyke 3-yard pass from Frank Reich (Nick Lowery kick), 3:48. Raiders 27–13. Drive: OAK – Joe Aska 30-yard run (Cole Ford kick), 3:20. Raiders 34–13. Drive: Top passers OAK – Jeff Hostetler – 17/28, 188 yards, 3 TD, INT NYJ – Frank Reich – 15/31, 177 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers OAK – Joe Aska – 21 rushes, 136 yards, TD NYJ – Adrian Murrell – 20 rushes, 102 yards Top receivers OAK – Rickey Dudley – 4 receptions, 60 yards, 2 TD NYJ – Henry Bailey – 3 receptions, 42 yards