# 1986 Los Angeles Raiders season

The 1986 Los Angeles Raiders season was their 27th in the league. They were unable to improve upon the previous season's output of 12–4, winning only eight games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in five seasons. This would also be Ray Guy's final season of his Hall of Fame career with the Raiders.
The 1986 season was marked by highly competitive games (only four of the Raiders' sixteen regular season games were decided by more than a touchdown). The campaign also marked the end of storied quarterback Jim Plunkett's career. After starting the season 0–3, the Raiders proceeded to win eight of their next nine games. A loss to Philadelphia in overtime started a spiral for the Raiders, who lost the next three games, which included a blowout loss to Seattle and a loss to Kansas City (who edged out Seattle for a playoff spot with ten wins) where the Raiders had seven turnovers and still lost by three points.

## Offseason
### NFL Draft

1986 Los Angeles Raiders draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 1 | Bo Jackson * | RB | Auburn |
| 1 | 24 | Bob Buczkowski | DE | Pittsburgh |
| 3 | 80 | Brad Cochran | DB | Michigan |
| 4 | 85 | Mike Wise | DE | California-Davis |
| 4 | 103 | Vance Mueller | RB | Occidental |
| 4 | 108 | Napoleon McCallum | RB | Navy |
| 6 | 164 | Doug Marrone | OG | Syracuse |
| 7 | 191 | Bill Lewis | C | Nebraska |
| 8 | 219 | Joe Mauntel | LB | Eastern Kentucky |
| 9 | 246 | Zeph Lee | RB | USC |
| 10 | 275 | Jeff Reinke | DE | Minnesota State |
| 11 | 302 | Randall Webster | LB | SW Oklahoma State |
| 12 | 330 | Larry Shepherd | WR | Houston |
| Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| 1 | September 7 | at Denver Broncos | L 36–38 | 0–1 | Mile High Stadium | 75,695 | Recap |
| 2 | September 14 | at Washington Redskins | L 6–10 | 0–2 | RFK Stadium | 55,235 | Recap |
| 3 | September 21 | New York Giants | L 9–14 | 0–3 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 71,164 | Recap |
| 4 | September 28 | San Diego Chargers | W 17–13 | 1–3 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 63,153 | Recap |
| 5 | October 5 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 24–17 | 2–3 | Arrowhead Stadium | 74,430 | Recap |
| 6 | October 12 | Seattle Seahawks | W 14–10 | 3–3 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 70,635 | Recap |
| 7 | October 19 | at Miami Dolphins | W 30–28 | 4–3 | Miami Orange Bowl | 53,421 | Recap |
| 8 | October 26 | at Houston Oilers | W 28–17 | 5–3 | Houston Astrodome | 41,641 | Recap |
| 9 | November 2 | Denver Broncos | L 10–21 | 5–4 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 90,153 | Recap |
| 10 | November 9 | at Dallas Cowboys | W 17–13 | 6–4 | Texas Stadium | 61,706 | Recap |
| 11 | November 16 | Cleveland Browns | W 27–14 | 7–4 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 65,461 | Recap |
| 12 | November 20 | at San Diego Chargers | W 37–31 | 8–4 | Jack Murphy Stadium | 56,031 | Recap |
| 13 | November 30 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 27–33 | 8–5 | Los Angeles Memorial Stadium | 53,338 | Recap |
| 14 | December 8 | at Seattle Seahawks | L 0–37 | 8–6 | Kingdome | 62,923 | Recap |
| 15 | December 14 | Kansas City Chiefs | L 17–20 | 8–7 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 60,952 | Recap |
| 16 | December 21 | Indianapolis Colts | L 24–30 | 8–8 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 41,349 | Recap |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. ||||||||

## Season summary
### Week 4

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chargers | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| • Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |

### Week 5 at Chiefs

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| Chiefs | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, Missouri
* Date: October 5
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
* Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C) • Wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)
* Game attendance: 74,430
* Referee: Bob Frederic
* TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy
* Pro-Football-Reference.com, The Football Database
Game information :
Raiders
Jim Plunkett 8/10, 108 Yds, TD
Napoleon McCallum 19 Rush, 69 Yds
Dokie Williams 6 Rec, 90 Yds
Chiefs
Todd Blackledge 9/21, 77 Yds, TD, INT
Boyce Green 8 Rush, 39 Yds, TD
Jeff Smith 5 Rec, 51 Yds :
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | LA | KC |
| 1 | 9:42 | | | | Chiefs | 24-yard field goal by Nick Lowery | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 5:56 | | | | Chiefs | Boyce Green 18-yard touchdown run, Nick Lowery kick good | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 12:27 | | | | Chiefs | Paul Coffman 1-yard touchdown reception from Todd Blackledge, Nick Lowery kick good | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 4:20 | | | | Raiders | Dokie Williams 12-yard touchdown reception from Marc Wilson, Chris Bahr kick good | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | 10:18 | | | | Raiders | Napoleon McCallum 12-yard touchdown run, Chris Bahr kick good | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | 5:43 | | | | Raiders | Jessie Hester 18-yard touchdown reception from Jim Plunkett, Chris Bahr kick good | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | 2:55 | | | | Raiders | 19-yard field goal by Chris Bahr | 24 | 17 |
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### Week 6

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| • Raiders | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Week 7

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Raiders | 6 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 30 |
| Dolphins | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

### Week 8

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Raiders | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Oilers | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |

### Week 10

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Raiders | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Cowboys | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
* Dokie Williams 5 Rec, 107 Yds

## Standings

AFC West :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| Denver Broncos$^{(2)}$ | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5–3 | 8–4 | 378 | 327 | L1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs$^{(5)}$ | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 5–3 | 9–5 | 358 | 326 | W3 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 5–3 | 7–5 | 366 | 293 | W5 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 4–4 | 7–5 | 323 | 346 | L4 |
| San Diego Chargers | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 1–7 | 4–8 | 335 | 396 | L2 |