# 1996 Oakland Raiders season

The 1996 Oakland Raiders season was their 37th in the league. They were unable to improve upon their previous season's output of 8–8, winning only seven games. This was the team's third consecutive season in which they failed to qualify for the playoffs. Afterwards head coach Mike White was fired in only his second season. White had a 15–17 overall head coaching the Raiders.

## Offseason
### NFL draft

1996 Oakland Raiders draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 9 | Rickey Dudley | Tight end | Ohio State |
| 2 | 57 | Lance Johnstone | Defensive end | Temple |
| 5 | 166 | La'Roi Glover * | Defensive tackle | San Diego State |
| Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | September 1 | at Baltimore Ravens | L 14–19 | 0–1 | Memorial Stadium | 64,124 |
| 2 | September 8 | at Kansas City Chiefs | L 3–19 | 0–2 | Arrowhead Stadium | 79,281 |
| 3 | September 15 | Jacksonville Jaguars | W 17–3 | 1–2 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 46,291 |
| 4 | September 22 | San Diego Chargers | L 34–40 | 1–3 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 49,097 |
| 5 | September 29 | at Chicago Bears | L 17–19 | 1–4 | Soldier Field | 57,062 |
| 6 | October 6 | at New York Jets | W 34–13 | 2–4 | Giants Stadium | 63,611 |
| 7 | October 13 | Detroit Lions | W 37–21 | 3–4 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 50,037 |
| 8 | October 21 | at San Diego Chargers | W 23–14 | 4–4 | Jack Murphy Stadium | 62,350 |
| 9 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 10 | November 4 | Denver Broncos | L 21–22 | 4–5 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 61,179 |
| 11 | November 10 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 17–20 | 4–6 | Houlihan's Stadium | 45,392 |
| 12 | November 17 | Minnesota Vikings | L 13–16 | 4–7 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 41,183 |
| 13 | November 24 | at Seattle Seahawks | W 27–21 | 5–7 | Kingdome | 47,506 |
| 14 | December 1 | Miami Dolphins | W 17–7 | 6–7 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 60,591 |
| 15 | December 9 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 26–7 | 7–7 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 57,082 |
| 16 | December 15 | at Denver Broncos | L 19–24 | 7–8 | Mile High Stadium | 75,466 |
| 17 | December 22 | Seattle Seahawks | L 21–28 | 7–9 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 33,455 |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |||||||

## Standings

AFC West :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| $^{(1)}$ Denver Broncos | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 391 | 275 | L1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 297 | 300 | L3 |
| San Diego Chargers | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 310 | 376 | W1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 340 | 293 | L2 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 317 | 376 | W1 |

## Season summary
### Week 6 at Jets

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 34 |
| Jets | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
* Date: October 6
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C)
* Game attendance: 63,611
* TV: NBC
* Box Score, Box Score
Game information :
First quarter
No scoring
Second quarter
OAK – Cole Ford 26-yard field goal, 13:04. Raiders 3–0. Drive:
NYJ – Nick Lowery 43-yard field goal, 11:23. Tie 3–3. Drive:
OAK – Rickey Dudley 23-yard pass from Jeff Hostetler (Cole Ford kick), 6:43. Raiders 10–3. Drive:
OAK – Cole Ford 35-yard field goal, 0:21. Raiders 13–3. Drive:
Third quarter
NYJ – Nick Lowery 24-yard field goal, 10:11. Raiders 13–6. Drive:
Fourth quarter
OAK – Daryl Hobbs 3-yard pass from Jeff Hostetler (Cole Ford kick), 14:25. Raiders 20–6. Drive:
OAK – Rickey Dudley 2-yard pass from Jeff Hostetler (Cole Ford kick), 7:25. Raiders 27–6. Drive:
NYJ – Alex Van Dyke 3-yard pass from Frank Reich (Nick Lowery kick), 3:48. Raiders 27–13. Drive:
OAK – Joe Aska 30-yard run (Cole Ford kick), 3:20. Raiders 34–13. Drive:
Top passers
OAK – Jeff Hostetler – 17/28, 188 yards, 3 TD, INT
NYJ – Frank Reich – 15/31, 177 yards, TD, 2 INT
Top rushers
OAK – Joe Aska – 21 rushes, 136 yards, TD
NYJ – Adrian Murrell – 20 rushes, 102 yards
Top receivers
OAK – Rickey Dudley – 4 receptions, 60 yards, 2 TD
NYJ – Henry Bailey – 3 receptions, 42 yards :