![]() The Raiders' brass was disappointed by a less-than capacity crowd of 12,000 for their inaugural game. He completed 14 of his 25 passes for 151 yards and threw one interception. Tom Flores, yes the same Flores that led the franchise to two Super Bowl titles as a head coach, took almost all of the snaps at quarterback. Allen scored the Raiders’ only touchdowns, but overall he had a tough day rushing with only 37 yards off of 16 carries. Lott put in the Raiders’ top offensive performance. The Texans out gained the Raiders 313-175, but their four fumbles (two lost) kept the Raiders in the game. The Texans then added an insurance touchdown and the rest is history. The Raiders tried to take the lead - down 14-13 - on a two-point conversion, but Billy Lott’s run attempt was stopped short of the goal line. However, in the fourth quarter the Raiders were only a yard shy of going on top.Įarly in that quarter, Allen punched in his and the Raiders’ second touchdown of the game with a one-yard run. The Texans then converted the AFL’s first-ever two-point conversion to take an 8-6 lead.Īfter that the Texans never relinquished the lead. The Texans struck back in the second quarter when Cotton Davidson avoided the Raiders’ rush and "side armed" a five-yard touchdown pass to Chris Burford. The play was set up in part by a 25-yard pass from Tom Flores to Billy Lott – the longest play from scrimmage by either team that day. ![]() ![]() The Raiders didn't look shorthanded against the Texans when they took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter off of Buddy Allen’s two-yard touchdown run. The Raiders lost 20-13 to the team we now know as the Kansas City Chiefs, but the Raiders – a three-touchdown underdog – fared better than most expected.Īs the last team to join the AFL in 1960, the Raiders weren't afforded the same initial roster-building opportunities that the rest of the AFL’s seven franchises had. Fifty-three years ago on this day () the Oakland Raiders played their first-ever game a preseason exhibition against the Dallas Texans at Kezar Stadium on a chilly mid-summer afternoon. ![]()
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