Oakland Raiders
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 Oakland Raiders facts

• The Raiders began playing in 1960 as a member club of the American Football League (AFL); they have been a member club of the National Football League (NFL) since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger
• The Raiders compete in the NFL as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division; the team plays its home games at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum
• As of the start of the team's 2015 season, the Raiders have an all-time regular season record of 444–397–11, with a playoff record of 25–18
• In the club's first three seasons (1960–1962), the team struggled both on and off the field
• In 1963, the Raiders appointed eventual owner/general manager Al Davis to the position of head coach
• Under Davis' guidance, the team's fortunes improved dramatically
• In 1967, the Raiders reached the postseason for the first time; they went on to win their first, and only, AFL title that year by beating the Houston Oilers in the Championship Game, but they were defeated by the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl II
• The Raiders' run of success grew during the 1970s; during this time, they won six division titles and played in six AFC championship games
• In 1976, the team captured its first championship by defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI
• In 1980, the Raiders unexpectedly won a second championship by defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XV, at the time being the first NFL team to have ever done so as the wild card team in the playoffs