Q 01/05

What name did the Oakland franchise use for nine days in 1960, after a Tribune contest, before switching to Raiders?

A) Dons

B) Señors

C) Conquistadors

D) Missions

Answer · why

B) Señors

Señors won the Oakland Tribune's name-the-team contest but drew so much ridicule that the club dropped it after nine days in favor of Raiders.

Q 02/05

The Raiders played their first regular-season AFL game in which year?

A) 1960

B) 1963

C) 1966

D) 1970

Answer · why

A) 1960

The Raiders' first AFL regular season was 1960: Oakland was the league's eighth and final original franchise, awarded on January 30, 1960, after Minne...

Q 03/05

Before going silver and black in 1963, the Raiders wore hand-me-down uniforms from which college?

A) San Jose State

B) Saint Mary's

C) Pacific

D) Santa Clara

Answer · why

C) Pacific

The team's original 1960 owners could not even secure a Bay Area stadium, so second-hand college kit fit the shoestring operation.

Q 04/05

Who was the Raiders' first head coach when the franchise debuted?

A) Eddie Erdelatz

B) Marty Feldman

C) Red Conkright

D) Sid Gillman

Answer · why

A) Eddie Erdelatz

Eddie Erdelatz, who had coached Navy through the 1950s, was the Raiders' first head coach; he was fired two games into his second season and replaced ...

Q 05/05

How old was Al Davis when hired as Raiders head coach and general manager after the 1962 season?

A) 33

B) 36

C) 39

D) 42

Answer · why

A) 33

Al Davis was 33 when Oakland hired him in January 1963; born July 4, 1929, he won AFL Coach of the Year that season after turning a 1–13 team into a 1...