# 1969 Oakland Raiders season

The 1969 Oakland Raiders season was the team's tenth as a franchise, and tenth in both Oakland and the American Football League. The campaign saw the team attempt to improve upon its 12–2 record from 1968. The season is notable for being the last for the AFL, which merged into the NFL in 1970.
The Raiders stormed to a 12–1–1 record in 1969 and led the league in wins for a third consecutive season. In doing so, they posted a staggering 37–4–1 (.893) record over their final three years of AFL regular season play. The season ended with an upset loss at home in the AFL Championship Game to division rival Kansas City, the eventual Super Bowl champion.
Additionally, the season marked the debut of Hall of Fame head coach John Madden, previously the linebacker coach, promoted after the January departure of John Rauch for Buffalo. Madden led the Raiders to seven division titles, seven AFL/AFC Championship Games, and a Super Bowl championship before leaving after 1978, his tenth as head coach, with a 112–39–7 (.731) regular season record.

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| 1 | September 14 | Houston Oilers | W 21–17 | 1–0 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 49,361 | Recap |
| 2 | September 20 | Miami Dolphins | W 20–17 | 2–0 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 50,277 | Recap |
| 3 | September 28 | at Boston Patriots | W 38–23 | 3–0 | Alumni Stadium | 19,069 | Recap |
| 4 | October 4 | at Miami Dolphins | T 20–20 | 3–0–1 | Miami Orange Bowl | 35,614 | Recap |
| 5 | October 12 | at Denver Broncos | W 24–14 | 4–0–1 | Mile High Stadium | 49,511 | Recap |
| 6 | October 19 | Buffalo Bills | W 50–21 | 5–0–1 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 54,418 | Recap |
| 7 | October 26 | at San Diego Chargers | W 24–12 | 6–0–1 | San Diego Stadium | 54,008 | Recap |
| 8 | November 2 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 17–31 | 6–1–1 | Nippert Stadium | 27,927 | Recap |
| 9 | November 9 | Denver Broncos | W 41–10 | 7–1–1 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 54,416 | Recap |
| 10 | November 16 | San Diego Chargers | W 21–16 | 8–1–1 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 54,372 | Recap |
| 11 | November 23 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 27–24 | 9–1–1 | Municipal Stadium | 51,982 | Recap |
| 12 | November 30 | at New York Jets | W 27–14 | 10–1–1 | Shea Stadium | 63,865 | Recap |
| 13 | December 7 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 37–17 | 11–1–1 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 54,427 | Recap |
| 14 | December 13 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 10–6 | 12–1–1 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 54,443 | Recap |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. ||||||||
* Saturday night (September 20, October 4), Saturday (December 13)

## Standings

AFL Western Division :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK |
| Oakland Raiders | 12 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 7–1 | 377 | 242 | W6 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 5–3 | 359 | 177 | L1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 2–6 | 288 | 276 | W4 |
| Denver Broncos | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 3–5 | 297 | 344 | W1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 3–5 | 280 | 367 | L5 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings of the AFL.

### Game summaries
#### Week 1

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Oilers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| • Raiders | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

#### Week 6

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bills | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| • Raiders | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 50 |
* Daryle Lamonica 21/36, 313 Yds, 6 TD

#### Week 14

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| • Raiders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

## Postseason

| Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| Divisional | December 21 | Houston Oilers | W 56–7 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 54,539 | Recap |
| AFL Championship | January 4, 1970 | Kansas City Chiefs | L 7–17 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 54,544 | Recap |

### AFL championship game

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chiefs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Raiders | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Kansas City Chiefs 17, Oakland Raiders 7
    January 4, 1970, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

#### Scoring Summary

* OAK – Smith 3 run (Blanda kick)
* KC – Hayes 1 run (Stenerud kick)
* KC – Holmes 5 run (Stenerud kick)
* KC – Field goal Stenerud 22

## Awards and honors

* Daryle Lamonica, Co-AFL MVP