1962 Oakland Raiders season

1962 Oakland Raiders season
Owner	F. Wayne Valley
General manager	Wesley Fry
Head coach	Red Conkright
Home stadium	Frank Youell Field
Results
Record	1–13
Division place	4th AFL Western
Playoffs	Did not qualify
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The 1962 Oakland Raiders season was their third season in Oakland and in the American Football League, and their first at Frank Youell Field in Oakland, their home for four seasons.

Attempting to improve on their 2–12 record from the previous season, the Raiders lost their first thirteen games and finally won in the season finale, a 20–0 shutout of the visiting Boston Patriots, a team with nine wins. The victory in the rain and mud snapped their nineteen-game losing streak. ^{[1] [2]}

Oakland's .071 winning percentage remains the lowest in the ten-season history of the AFL. The Raiders did not return to the bottom of their division for over three decades, when they were an NFL team in the AFC West division in 1995, the prologue of their second and last stint in Oakland.

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 9	New York Titans	L 17–28	0–1	Frank Youell Field	12,893	Recap
2	Bye
3	September 23	Dallas Texans	L 16–26	0–2	Frank Youell Field	12,500	Recap
4	September 30	San Diego Chargers	L 33–42	0–3	Frank Youell Field	13,000	Recap
5	October 5	at Denver Broncos	L 7–44	0–4	Bears Stadium	22,452	Recap
6	October 14	Denver Broncos	L 6–23	0–5	Frank Youell Field	7,000	Recap
7	October 20	at Buffalo Bills	L 6–14	0–6	War Memorial Stadium	21,037	Recap
8	October 26	at Boston Patriots	L 16–26	0–7	Boston University Field	12,514	Recap
9	November 4	at New York Titans	L 21–31	0–8	Polo Grounds	18,247	Recap
10	November 11	Houston Oilers	L 20–28	0–9	Frank Youell Field	11,000	Recap
11	November 18	Buffalo Bills	L 6–10	0–10	Frank Youell Field	12,500	Recap
12	November 25	at Dallas Texans	L 7–35	0–11	Cotton Bowl	13,557	Recap
13	December 2	at San Diego Chargers	L 21–31	0–12	Balboa Stadium	17,874	Recap
14	December 9	at Houston Oilers	L 17–32	0–13	Jeppesen Stadium	27,400	Recap
15	December 16	Boston Patriots	W 20–0	1–13	Frank Youell Field	8,000	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 14

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	0	0	0	0	0
• Raiders	3	7	7	3	20

• Date: December 16
• Location: Frank Youell Field
• Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C); wind 7 mph (11 km/h)

Scoring summary

Q1		OAK	Agajanian 19 yard field goal	OAK 3–0
Q2		OAK	Daniels 74 yard pass from Davidson (Agajanian kick)	OAK 10–0
Q3		OAK	Daniels 7 yard run (Agajanian kick)	OAK 17–0
Q4		OAK	Agajanian 21 yard field goal	OAK 20–0

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Standings

AFL Western Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Texans	11	3	0	.786	5–1	389	233	W2
Denver Broncos	7	7	0	.500	4–2	353	334	L5
San Diego Chargers	4	10	0	.286	3–3	314	392	L2
Oakland Raiders	1	13	0	.071	0–6	213	370	W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings in the AFL.

Draft picks

Main article: 1962 American Football League draft

References

1. "Raiders end loss streak at 19 games". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 17, 1962. p. 30.
2. "Raiders win one! Cap 19 losses by dunking Boston". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). December 17, 1962. p. 13.
3. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Apr-27.