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Oakland Raiders Week 4 Recap: Trending Up, Trending Down

After taking a 14-0 lead in the first quarter of their Week 4 matchup with the Washington Redskins, the Raiders went on to allow 24 unanswered points and lose 24-14. The Raiders played without starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor and looked…

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On This Date In Raiders History: Raiders Defeat Defending AFL Champion Chiefs

On This Date In Oakland Raiders History: October 1, 1967 The Kansas City Chiefs came into Oakland 2-0 coming off an AFL Championship in 1966. The Oakland Raiders were also 2-0 at the time and had came in second place…

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Raiders News: Raiders, Chargers To Play Late Game In Week 5

Over the past few weeks, there's been speculation about the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers being potentially forced to change their home and away when the two bitter division rivals go head-to-head this season. Although the schedule has been…

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On This Date In Raiders History: Raiders Fire Lane Kiffin, Introduce Tom Cable

On this date in Oakland Raiders history: September 30, 2008 After becoming the youngest head coach in the NFL's modern era, 31-year-old Lane Kiffin was fired after just 20 games into his career. The firing came after a 1-3 start…

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GIF Of The Week: Raiders’ Mychal Rivera’s Terio Touchdown Dance

The Oakland Raiders got off to a fast start against the Washington Redskins on Sunday with the team scoring two unanswered touchdowns in the first quarter. Unfortunately, the two scores turned out to be the only time the team was…

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GIF: Raiders Strip Ball And Recover Fumble

The Washington Redskins had just picked up the first down on 3rd-and-9 from their own 12-yard line with a pass to tight end Logan Paulsen. Paulsen rumbled for 33 yards before being held up and stripped by Oakland Raiders linebacker…

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GIF: Mychal Rivera’s 18-Yard Touchdown Catch Vs. Redskins

On 3rd-and-7 from the Redskins 18-yard line, Matt Flynn delivers a strike to tight end Mychal Rivera to put the Raiders up 14-0 in the first quarter.

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GIF: Oakland Raiders Fake Punt Trickery On 4th-And-Inches

On 4th-and-inches from their own 28-yard-line, the Oakland Raiders lined up in their punt formation. However, they switched up the look before the snap and had Jacoby Ford take the snap and pitch it to Taiwan Jones for 19 yards…

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GIF: Raiders Blocked Punt Recovered For Touchdown

In the first quarter of the Raiders Week 4 game against the Redskins, the Raiders defense gets a huge third down stop, and set up this blocked punt recovered by Jeremy Stewart for the first score of the game.

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On This Date In Raiders History: Jerry Rice, Rod Woodson Break Records

This date in Oakland Raiders history: September 29, 2002 In a 52-25 victory over the Tennessee Titans, Raiders receiver Jerry Rice broke the NFL record for yards from scrimmage and Raiders safety Rod Woodson broke the record for interception return…

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