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======January 1, 1960======

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======January 2, 1960======

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======January 3, 1960======

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======January 4, 1960======

The Minneapolis/St Paul franchise pulled out of the AFL, paving the way for a new city. Oakland, Atlanta, Miami, and Jacksonville were said to be the primary cities in the running.

=====In Print=====

Lamar Hunt suggests Candlestick as a possible site.

**Oakland Tribune**

“Oakland in Line for Pro Grid Team,” Scotty Stirling, 1\\
“AFL Pullout Puts Twin Cities Open to Rival Loop,” AP, 34

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======January 5, 1960======

=====In Print=====

Barron Hilton pushing for second California franchise. San Francisco Parks and Rec push for more use of Candlestick. State legislator says Oakland could have stadium within two years.

**Oakland Tribune**

“AFL Team in Offing?” Scotty Stirling, 33\\
“Grid Leagues Plan Battle Over Players,” AP, 33

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======January 6, 1960======

=====News=====

Los Angeles Chargers owner Barron Hilton said the AFL would probably award the franchise in the next three weeks. In an evening session, the Oakland City Council approved a resolution showing their approval of the city’s pursuing a team and authorized mayor Clifford Rishell to create a “Citizens’ Action Committee” to that end.

=====In Print=====

City council “resolves to study” building of Oakland stadium. Hilton seeking Bay Area money to build team, but cagey about names. Haywood proposes Candlestick and Cal’s Memorial Stadium as possibilities, but acknowledges Cal’s opposition to pro use.

**Oakland Tribune**

“Councilmen Seek Football Stadium,” 1\\
“AFL $ Drive On,” Scotty Stirling, 37\\
“Getting Stadium Major Difficulty,” Ray Haywood, 37

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======January 7, 1960======

City council member Don Mulford, who was a leading representative of a group called the Oakland Boosters, traveled to Los Angeles to meet with Barron Hilton and Frank Leahy to discuss stadium concerns.

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======January 8, 1960======

Oakland mayor Clifford Rishell, California state assemblyman Don Mulford, and members of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce met to prepare for tomorrow’s meeting with Barron Hilton and other Chargers officials. Hilton said Oakland was “almost a unanimous choice” for the last AFL franchise. He also said a decision wouldn’t come until at least the 21st, when the league had its next meeting. Prospective ownership groups would be required to post $25,000 in earnest money. Robert Lurie, a San Francisco-based prospective owner, said he’d prefer that a team be based in that city rather than Oakland. Robert Osborne, an Oakland city council member and area industrialist, said a group made up of “prominent East Bay citizens” headed by insurance magnate George Jacopetti was also interested in backing a team.

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======January 9, 1960======

Oakland civic leaders, including Mayor Rishell and assemblyman Don Mulford met with Barron Hilton and Frank Leahy of the Los Angeles Chargers to strategize about getting a team for Oakland. Robert Lurie, member of a wealthy San Francisco family, and Ted Harrer, an Oakland industrialist, were the leading contenders to finance a team. Oakland city council member and businessman Robert Osborne and insurance magnate George Jacopetti were also trying to put together a group.

Frank Leahy of the Los Angeles Chargers said the league’s other seven teams would surrender some of their players to a pool from which a new franchise could make selections.

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======January 10, 1960======

Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Miami were all said to be farther along in their planning than Oakland.

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======January 11, 1960======

Both the Atlanta and Miami factions were reputed to have posted the $25,000 application fee already, while the Oakland effort was bogging down in contradictory requirements among the principals.

Oakland industrialist Ted Harrer said he wouldn’t be interested in a team unless it played in Oakland right off the bat, while wealthy San Franciscan Robert Lurie said he wouldn’t invest in a team unless it began play in Candlestick Park.

Oakland mayor Clifford Rishell spoke with Glenn Seaborg, a chancellor with the University of California, and was told that the use of Memorial Stadium in Berkeley was a matter best taken up with school president Clark Kerr, who was currently in South Africa.

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======January 12, 1960======

The city of Oakland had approved a measure to put a $15 million bond issue on the ballot in June to pay for the construction of a stadium.

Jack Rector, an auto dealer on the San Francisco Peninsula, had said he was interested in investing in a Bay Area franchise.

Francis Dunn, Chair of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, suggested that a racetrack at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton could be used as a temporary home for an East Bay team.

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======January 13, 1960======

Scotty Stirling, in the Tribune, reported that a new and so far, unnamed, group representing San Francisco had thrown their hat in the ring for an AFL franchise.

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======January 14, 1960======

A group of unnamed people interested in getting an AFL team for Hayward met today to discuss plans. Yet another unidentified group of investors was reportedly joining the fray to land an AFL team for the Bay Area. Insurance man George Jacopetti revealed the existence of the group, consisting of possibly 10 to 12 people, but he apparently wasn’t one of them. The group wanted to represent Oakland, but was apparently okay with the team playing in San Francisco on a temporary basis.

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======January 15, 1960======

The picture cleared somewhat as it appeared that a group led by Oakland industrialist Ted Harrer was putting together a consortium of up to 20 people to finance a team that would play in the East Bay from the start. Harrer was confident that he could work out a deal with the University of California to use their stadium for the 1960 season. His goal in putting together the consortium was to raise $500,000 to cover the initial costs of running a team, but that none of the money was to be used for stadium construction.

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======January 16, 1960======

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======January 17, 1960======

Miami was eliminated from the running for an AFL franchise.

Ted Harrer had reportedly relented on his requirement that a team he invested in would have to play in the East Bay immediately.

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======January 18, 1960======

Still another group, anonymous for now, had come upon the scene and had conferred with Barron Hilton about applying for a franchise. According to Hilton, the new group was ready to pony up the $25,000 application fee and would countenance playing in San Francisco on a temporary basis, if necessary.

The AFL said the signing rights to the players drafted by the Minneapolis/St. Paul franchise last fall would be transferred to the new team.

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======January 19, 1960======

Barron Hilton met with two members of the new, still unidentified group looking to land an AFL franchise, to discuss finances.

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======January 20, 1960======

The members of the latest group to show interest in landing a team were auto dealers Bill Jackson and Ed Goldie, with former Stanford great Ernie Nevers rumored to be their choice for general manager. The group was said to have at least ten other members who were prepared to provide financial backing. Barron Hilton and Oakland mayor Clifford Rishell were looking into whether Ted Harrer's group could be merged with the Jackson/Goldie group.

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======January 21, 1960======

The investment group headed by Bill Jackson and Ed Goldie posted a $25,000 application fee with the AFL. Their group met with representatives of the Ted Harrer group to explore a merger, but the talks failed over the inability to select a group leader.

The University of California told Oakland officials that Memorial Stadium would not be available for use by a professional football team.

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======January 22, 1960======

A third investment group, headed by construction magnates Chet Soda and Charles Harney and Oakland city council member Robert Osborne, announced their interest in pursuing an AFL team.

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======January 23, 1960======

San Francisco mayor George Christopher expressed concern over the advisability of hosting a second professional football team at a local stadium while acknowledging that the decision was not in his hands.

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======January 24, 1960======

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======January 25, 1960======

Ted Harrer announced that his investment group would not attend the AFL’s expansion meeting on the 26th. Both the Robert Osborne/Chet Soda group and the Bill Jackson/Ed Goldie group indicated they would appear before the league owners in Dallas.

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======January 26, 1960======

The Oakland group led by Chet Soda and Robert Osborne and an Atlanta group led by businessman Jack Clay made their pitches to the AFL. No decision was made because the league received late word that a San Francisco group led by George McKeon and Bernard Hagen had requested a hearing, too. Wayne Valley, an East Bay land developer, was also in Dallas as part of the Soda/Osborne group. Bill Jackson of the Jackson/Ed Goldie group was in Dallas, but did not make a presentation.

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======January 27, 1960======

The George McKeon/Bernard Hagen group representing San Francisco made their presentation to the AFL owners. Bill Jackson announced that his group had withdrawn their application for a franchise.

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======January 28, 1960======

Scotty Stirling of the Tribune identified other members of the Chet Soda/Robert Osborne, Wayne Valley group: contractor Charles Harney, restaurateur Harvey Binns, stockbroker and former Olympic gold-medalist coxswain Don Blessing, and developers Art Beckett and Ed McGah. AFL commissioner Joe Foss said the San Francisco bid for a franchise was “definitely out.”

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======January 29, 1960 =====

An unofficial report out of Dallas said that initial voting among AFL owners leaned toward Atlanta with a 6-1 margin. The league’s bylaws required unanimous approval to enact a decision.

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======January 30, 1960======

After a month of intrigue and speculation, and the near-certainty that the franchise would go to Atlanta, the American Football League awarded a franchise to Oakland, replacing the abandoned Minneapolis/St Paul franchise. Most sources gave Chargers owner Barron Hilton the lion's share of the credit for persuading his fellow owners to choose Oakland. Of the eight men who pooled their resources to provide financial support for the team, five of them were land developers or contractors: [[Ed McGah]], [[Art Beckett]], [[Charles Harney]], [[Chet Soda]], and [[Wayne Valley]]. Stockbroker [[Don Blessing]] was part of the group and had achieved the most fame of the group in the sporting world as the gold medal-winning coxswain in rowing eights at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. [[Robert Osborne]], the owner of a manufacturing firm was also an Oakland City Council member and rounding out the group was restaurateur [[Harvey Binns]].

They had no coaches, no players, and no idea where they might play their games, but they had a team. The AFL said the signing rights to college players drafted by the Minneapolis/St Paul team would be transferred to Oakland, but other AFL teams had already signed some of them in the interim and it was anyone's guess how that mess might be cleaned up.

=====Transactions=====

**Franchise awarded by AFL**

[[Art Beckett]]\\
[[Harvey Binns]]\\
[[Don Blessing]]\\
[[Charles Harney]]\\
[[Ed McGah]]\\
[[Robert Osborne]]\\
[[Chet Soda]]\\
[[Wayne Valley]]\\

**Signing rights assigned by AFL**

[[CJ Alexander]] HB Southeastern Louisiana (signed by Edmonton, Jan 6)\\
[[Jim Andreotti]] C Northwestern\\
[[Pervis Atkins]] HB New Mexico State\\
[[Al Bansavage]] OL USC\\
[[Maxie Baughan]] C Georgia Tech (signed by the Eagles, Jan 15)\\
[[Walter Beach]] HB Central Michigan\\
[[George Blanch]] HB Texas (signed by the Oilers sometime in January)\\
[[Clord Boyette]] OL Texas Southern (signed by the Oilers sometime in January)\\
[[Willie Boykin]] T Michigan State (signed by the Oilers sometime in January)\\
[[George Boynton]] HB East Texas State\\
[[Johnny Brewer]] E Mississippi\\
[[Carmen Cavalli]] DE Richmond (signed by the Bills sometime in January)\\
[[Jim Chastain]] OL Michigan State (signed by Dallas (AFL), Jan 7, maybe)\\
[[Fran Curci]] QB Miami FL (signed by Dallas (AFL), Jan 21)\\
[[Carroll Dale]] E Virginia Tech\\
[[Purcell Daniels]] FB Pepperdine (signed by the Oilers sometime in January)\\
[[Don Deskins]] T Michigan\\
[[Leon Dombrowski]] OL Delaware\\
[[Dan Edgington]] E Florida (signed by Boston sometime in January)\\
[[Howard Evans]] C Houston\\
[[Ken Fitch]] T Kansas\\
[[Dale Hackbart]] QB Wisconsin\\
[[Fred Hageman]] C Kansas\\
[[Abner Haynes]] HB North Texas State (signed by Dallas, Dec 31, 1959, after his rights were traded to them by Minneapolis/St Paul)\\
[[Bill Herron]] E Georgia (signed by the Redskins, Jan 6)\\
[[Vin Hogan]] HB Boston College\\
[[Bob Hogue]] OL Shepherd\\
[[Bob Jarus]] HB Purdue\\
[[Earl Kohlhaas]] G Penn State\\
[[Bobby Lackey]] QB Texas (signed by the Steelers, Jan 11)\\
[[Gerald Lambert]] OL Texas A&I\\
[[Neil MacLean]] FB Wake Forest\\
[[Sam McCord]] QB East Texas State (signed by Minneapolis/St Paul before team's demise, then signed by Oilers sometime in January)\\
[[Rich Mostardi]] HB Kent State\\
[[Larry Muff]] E St Benedict's\\
[[Don Norton]] E Iowa (signed by the Chargers, Jan 12)\\
[[Jim O'Brien]] T Boston College (signed by the Lions, Jan 12)\\
[[Jim Otto]] C Miami FL\\
[[Bob Parker]] OL East Texas State (signed by the Oilers sometime in January)\\
[[Charles Pollard]] E Rice\\
[[Tony Polychronis]] OL Utah\\
[[Billy Roland]] G Georgia (signed by the Redskins, Jan 6)\\
[[Dan Sheehan]] OL Tennessee-Chattanooga\\
[[Ray Smith]] FB UCLA (signed by Saskatchewan, Jan 28)\\
[[Wade Smith]] HB North Carolina\\
[[Jerry Stalcup]] G Wisconsin (signed by the Rams, Jan 2)\\
[[Howard Turley]] E Louisville\\
[[John Wilcox]] T Oregon (signed by the Eagles, Jan 21)\\
[[Jim Williams]] OL North Carolina College\\
[[Al Witcher]] E Baylor\\
[[Jim Woodard]] OL Lamar (signed by the Oilers sometime in January)\\
[[Silas Woods]] HB Marquette\\
[[Mike Wright]] T Minnesota\\
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======January 31, 1960======

Locals excited. Chargers owner Barron Hilton praised for his efforts to get a team in Oakland. AFL commissioner Joe Foss explains choice, citing potential Chargers rivalry, better geographical balance in league, and interest level in Oakland. New owners issue statement of gratitude and purpose. San Francisco says stadiums are available. [[Robert Osborne|Osborne]] says team "great thing for Oakland and the East Bay". Also says football team must be run by "football men." 49ers non-committal. Former Cal quarterback Joe Kapp says he'd be interested in playing for team, but [[Chet Soda]] says they need to get "right man to do the talking" first. Former 49er halfback Paul Lowe says he's interested, too. Other teams to provide players. [[Ed McGah]] says owners "are pretty loose with a buck." Soda says none of the owners need team "to make a living." [[Harvey Binns]] says team "greatest thing ever to happen to Oakland." [[Wayne Valley]] says now they need to find a place to play and hire someone to run the team. McGah says he owns property in Hayward that team could use. Tribune columnist Alan Ward reports his discussions with Soda.


=====Personnel=====

**Front Office**

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=====In Print======

**Oakland Tribune**


"Oakland Wins Pro Football Franchise," Scotty Stirling, 1, 57, 63\\
"Man in Street Surprised, Enthusiastic," Herb Michelson, 1, 11\\
"Kapp Interested in Job Here," Ed Schoenfeld, 57, 59\\
"Moment of Triumph," photo, 57\\
"Owners Enthused by AFL Franchise," 57\\
"Other Clubs Help Stock Local Team," 57, 63\\
"Voters May Get Bid for Playing Site," 57, 63\\
"Owners Expect Costly Fight," Jack Gallagher, 57, 63\\
"Knowland Hails Grid Team here," 57\\
"Pro Football Figures," photo, 63\\
"Dramatic Victory for Local Men," Alan Ward, 63



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======February 1, 1960======

[[Chet Soda]] was elected board chair by his fellow owners as they found themselves at the very beginning of turning ideas into reality.

**Oakland Tribune**

"Oakland Pro Team Sets First Meeting," Scotty Stirling, 37, 39\\
"Erdelatz Tabbed for Oakland Job," Ray Haywood, 37, 39\\
"Making Plans," photo, 39

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Brass Meets Today," Darrell Wilson, p33\\
"Kapp 'Interested'," Al Moss, p33\\
"Oakland Bought Team on Phone," Art Rosenbaum, p33

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Hilton Threat Clinched AFL Spot for Oakland," Prescott Sullivan, 4-1\\
"Oakland Sets Search for GM," Smiley Farkas, 4-1\\
"AFL Primed for Grid War," Harold V Ratliff, 4-5
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Tribune
37 Osborne, stadium, nickname, colors
39, Osborne, stadium, Valley, Soda
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======February 2, 1960======

Search for general manager underway.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Solons Voice Joy at Pro Grid Future," 4\\
"Experts to Aid Local Grid Club," Scotty Stirling, 33\\
"Canadians, AFL to Honor Other's Pacts," AP, 33\\ 
"Statistics Show Banks Top Fielder," 38\\
"Contra Costa Bidding for Stadium," 41

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"How to Get a Job for Eddie Erdelatz," Charles McCabe, 23\\
"Daddy Is Ready for the Villains," Art Rosenbaum, 29\\
"Soda Is Oakland AFL Chairman," 29

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Snare Drummer Leads Rush for Oakland Jobs," Prescott Sullivan, 4-1\\
"Oakland Speeds Plans," Don Selby, 4-1\\
"First Meeting," photo, 4-2


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======February 3, 1960======


Everybody in the state but Cal wants the team to play in Berkeley.

**Oakland Tribune**

"State Senate Urges UC to OK Pro Play," 1, 42\\
"Local Fans Eager to See AFL Club," Ray Haywood, 41, 42

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Cal Stadium Asked for AFL," Howard Carr\\
"Who's Gonna Pay for the Goalposts?", Charles McCabe, 29\\
"Oakland Can Use a Pappy Waldorf," Bill Leiser, 40

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Hustle Guy Joe Arenas Bids for Oakland Job," Prescott Sullivan, 4-1\\
"Cal Pressured to 'Host' Pros," Don Selby, 4-1

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======February 4, 1960======




City of Oakland pursues stadium plan. Stirling says team has hired former USF AD to help with personnel search, though Soda later denies report. 

**Oakland Tribune**

"Amendment to Charter on April Ballot," 21\\
"State Senate Also Urges Use of UC Stadium by Oakland Team," 22\\
"Cal Needs Good Neighbor Policy," Ray Haywood, 49, 53\\
"Pro Grid Club Picks First Official," Scotty Stirling, 49\\
"Resolution on UC Stadium Use Held Up," 49

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Most Fans Like Two-Way Football," Bill Leiser, 40\\
"UC Urged to Host Oakland AFL Contests, 41

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Senate Urges Cal Give AFL Home," 4-1\\
"N. Mexico Coach in Cal Chase, Don Selby," 4-1

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[William Hayes]], lead counsel


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======February 5, 1960======

Players and coaches are easy to come by. A stadium in which to play is not. Erdelatz front-runner for coach. [[Robert Osborne|Osborne]] says team wants to be "identified with Oakland." San Leandro wants Cal to allow use of stadium.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Two Sites Studied for Sports Bowl," 1, 2\\
"Erdelatz Sets Pro Post Terms," Scotty Stirling, 43\\
"San Leandro C of C Backs Use of Bowl," 43\\
"Cal Acts Fast--On Wrong Things, Ray Haywood, 43, 45\\
"Cal Coach Hunt May Be Ending," 43\\
"Stadium Discussion," photo, 43\\
"Calistoga Seeks Locals for Drills," Alan Ward, 44

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Erdelatz Gets Bid!," Don Selby, 4-1\\
"Stadium Site Is Studied," 4-5

**San Mateo Times**

"Speaking of Sports," Jack Bluth, 12

**Walnut Creek Sun**

"Possibility Looms Here for a Pro Stadium Location," 13

=====Transactions=====

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Carroll Dale]], end, by the Rams

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======February 6, 1960======

Cal regents agree to hear arguments for AFL use of stadium on Feb 19. Cal hiring of Levy frees Erdelatz to seek Oakland job.

**Oakland Tribune**

"UC Regents Will Hear Pro Bid for Stadium," 13

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"UC to Meet on Oakland Stadium Bid," Darrell Wilson, 23

**San Francisco Examiner**

"'Dee' Flabbergasted by Choice of Coach," Prescott Sullivan, 3-1\\
"Cal OK on Pros Dubious," 3-5

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======February 7, 1960======

Rumors swirl around the possibility of hiring Eddie Erdelatz as coach.


**Oakland Tribune**

"Site Dispute Slows Action on Stadium," Dave Hope, 1\\
"Oakland Pros, Erdelatz Huddle," Scotty Stirling, 54\\
"Cal Coach Must Weather Jibes," Alan Ward, 54\\
"Shocked 'Old Blues' Decide to Go with Coach Marv Levy," 60

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Out of Cocoon," 13\\
"Erdelatz Still No. 1 AFL Bet," 29

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Oakland Talk for Erdelatz," 3-1


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======February 8, 1960======

[[Chet Soda]] rises to the top of the ownership group and is named general manager.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Soda GM of Oakland Pros," Scotty Stirling, 37, 38

**Berkeley Gazette**

"So We Hear," Kacy Ward, 11

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Boom Eddie Erdelatz for New Mexico Job," Prescott Sullivan, 4-1

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======February 9, 1960======

To the surprise of no one, the team hired [[Eddie Erdelatz]] to be their first head coach. Erdelatz had plenty of local ties having been born and raised in the Bay Area. He attended college at St Mary's, where he starred at end on the team before a couple of freak knee injuries curtailed his career. He had been a defensive assistant with the 49ers under Buck Shaw in the old All-America Conference and was noted for his pioneering use of line stunts. His chief claim to fame came when he became the head coach at Navy in 1950. For the next nine season, he led the Middies from being a sad sack also-ran to becoming a national collegiate power, earning wins in the Sugar and Cotton Bowls. A falling-out with Academy brass led him to resign after the 1958 season. He had been a top candidate for the Cal job earlier in the year, but was passed over for Marv Levy, freeing him up to go pro.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Ed Erdelatz Head Coach of Oakland Pros," 1\\
"Pros Name Erdelatz Coach," Scotty Stirling, 37, 38\\
"Erdelatz One of Top US Coaches," Ed Schoenfeld, 37, 38\\
"New Oakland Coach," photo, 37\\
"New General Manager," photo, 37

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Soda Picked as General Manager," Art Rosenbaum, 33

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Oakland Name Contest Beset by Smart Alecks," Prescott Sullivan, 4-1\\
"Soda Gets Bay Grid Position," 4-1

**Alameda Times-Star**

"Eddie Erdelatz Named Oakland Pro Football Coach," 7

**San Mateo Times**

"Erdelatz Is Oakland Pro Grid Coach," 20

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Eddie Erdelatz]], head coach
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======February 10, 1960======

The team hired Navy assistant coach and St Mary’s graduate [[Ernie Jorge]] to join [[Eddie Erdelatz]]’s staff as offensive line coach. Jorge had been a year behind Erdelatz at St Mary's and was on his staff at Navy from 1955 to 1958.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Berkeley Council Opposes Pro Football in Stadium," 3\\
"UC Regents Face Only Specific Issue in Use of Football Stadium", 18\\
"Jorge Joins Erdelatz Here," Jack Gallagher, 45\\
"Looking Forward," photo, 45\\
"Happy with New Job," photo, 45\\
"Oakland Owners Pros at Meeting," Alan Ward, 47

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Football Child in Acorn Cleats," Art Rosenbaum, 33\\
"New Appeal for UC Grid to Be Made," 33\\
"Erdelatz Named Oakland Coach," Art Rosenbaum, 33\\
"Why Erdelatz Lost Out at Cal," Bill Leiser, 35

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Oakland Picks Erdelatz," Don Selby, 4-1\\
"Mandate from Public Is Heeded by Oakland Pros," Prescott Sullivan, 4-1\\
"Berkeley: 'No Sunday Football'", 4-1\\
"McGuire May Go to AFL," 4-2


=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Ernie Jorge]], offensive line coach	

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======February 11, 1960======

Soda wants "football man" for assistant GM.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Grid Pros Continuing Search for Assistant GM," Jack Gallagher, 53

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Report Erdelatz Eyeing Red Hickey as Grid Aide," Prescott Sullivan, 4-1\\
"50,000 Seat Park Urged," 4-2\\
"Jorge, Old Aide, Joins Erdelatz," 4-2

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Jorge Named to Erdelatz Staff," Dick Friendlich, 37

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======February 12, 1960======


Erdelatz wants four-man staff.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Erdelatz Task Ahead," 18\\
"Erdelatz May Hire Second Navy Coach, 41\\
"Football Talk," photo, 41

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Everybody's Going Goofy over Oaks," Bill Leiser, 31

**San Francisco Examiner**

"'Phanton' [sic] Coach May Join Erdelatz Staff," 4-1\\
"Oakland Name Contest Lures Serious Thinkers," Prescott Sullivan, 4-1

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======February 13, 1960======

======February 14, 1960======


Erdelatz waxes about challenges, asserts determination. Alameda County proposes Pleasanton for training site. Team moves into offices on Broadway in Oakland.

**Oakland Tribune**

"Pro Team Faces Unequaled Task," Scotty Stirling, 57, 59\\
"Man Who Knows Lauds Marv Levy," Alan Ward, 59\\
"'Oaks' Continue Search for Executive; Set Headquarters," 59\\
"Faces Big Job," photo, 59\\
"It's Erdelatz," 117

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Keep Pros Out of UC Stadium," 64

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Stadium Studied," 43

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======February 15, 1960======



Lamar Hunt says team likely to play in Candlestick if Cal stadium unavailable.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Hayward Gets Refund on Expenses," 23\\
"Interest Great in Local Pros," Ray Haywood, 37, 38\\
"AFL Undecided on Allowing Gridders in All-Star Game," 41

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Pro Football Has Made Change in Pete Rozelle," Prescott Sullivan, 4-1

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======February 16, 1960======

The team announced that ticket prices for the 1960 season would be $4.50 for single-game tickets and $31.50 for a season ticket package.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Port Board Offers Sites for Stadiums--With Strings," 2\\
"Hayward Citizens' Unit Hints Councilman Recall Move,", 4\\
"Prices Set for Oakland Grid Games," 33

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Stadium Land Voted to Oakland," 34

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Hayward Councilman Out $700 in AFL Campaign," 4-5\\
"2 Oakland Stadium Sites OKd," 4-5

**Vallejo Times-Herald**

"Keep the Professionals Out," 10

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======February 17, 1960======

Oakland city council says it will lead effort to start the stadium-building process.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Stadium Loan Would Aid UC," Ray Haywood, 41, 44

**San Francisco Examiner**

"Season Tickets for Oakland on Sale," 45\\
"Oakland Gets Grid Report," 45

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======February 18, 1960======



=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"New Hearing on UC Pro Football," 6\\
"Councilman Plans Quiz on Expenses," 20\\
"Grid Gear," photo, 47

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======February 19, 1960======

Oakland politicians and business leaders put together a "13-point plan" intended to persuade the Cal Board of Regents to let the team make Memorial Stadium their temporary home. They argued that other schools have let pro ball on campus without triggering the end of the world and that Cal was being hidebound and, well, un-neighborly. The board members weren't moved and rejected the proposal by a 21-3 vote.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Pro Football at UC Gets New Hearing," Dave Hope, 1, 2\\
"Top Priority", 19

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Regents to Decide on AFL Bid Today," Bill Leiser, 32

**San Francisco Examiner**

"New Bid for UC Stadium," Bill Mulligan, 56

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======February 20, 1960======


After being rejected by the University of California, the team decided it had no choice but to seek out either Kezar or Candlestick for the 1960 season.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"UC Stadium Out--Pros Turn to SF," 10

**San Francisco Chronicle**

"Oakland Pros Denied Cal Stadium," 25

**San Francisco Examiner**

"UC Regents Reject Oakland Pro Bid," Bob Brachman, 37

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======February 21, 1960======

Tribune columnist Alan Ward reported that [[Chet Soda]] was seeking permission for the team to play in Candlestick Park.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Regent Ruling No Shock to Owners," Alan Ward, 45

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======February 22, 1960======

======February 23, 1960======

[[Art Beckett]] was out. He'd been named among the eight men to whom the franchise had been awarded, but he'd never made any public appearances or statements in regard to the team. There was no hint of why he was selling out. Was it money? Disinterest? Incompatibility? Who knows? His association with the team was never mentioned again in the press, even at the time of his death. Taking over his share of the team was [[Roger Lapham|Roger Lapham, Jr.]], an insurance executive whose father had been San Francisco's mayor in the 1940s.

=====Transactions=====

**Sold share of team**

[[Art Beckett]]

**Purchased share of team**

[[Roger Lapham]]

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======February 24, 1960======

The AFL owners announced were coming to town for a league meeting March 3-4. A substantial portion of their agenda would be coming up with a plan to stock the Oakland franchise with players. The team had signing rights to the Minneapolis/St Paul draft picks, but several of those players had been signed by other AFL teams in the meantime and things were bound to get a bit messy.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Pro Grid Loop Meets Here," Scotty Stirling, 47, 48

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======February 25, 1960======

The Oakland Chamber of Commerce announced they would host a dinner for visiting AFL leaders on March 3.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Local C of C Dinner for AFL Officials," 52

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======February 26, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Earl Kohlhaas]], linebacker, by the Montreal Alouettes
======February 27, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Mike Wright]], tackle, by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
======February 28, 1960======

The name of Oakland native and Stanford receiver Chris Burford came up from time to time in early discussions of the team when local scribes were imagining ideal rosters. He had been signed by Dallas and when asked by Oakland about the possibility of trading for him, Texans owner Lamar Hunt said Burford had specifically asked not to be traded there. Burford claimed that he changed his mind when the team hired Eddie Erdelatz, and was now open to the idea.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Oakland Pros Interest Chris," Scotty Stirling, 62\\
"Fair Trade," photo, 62

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======February 29, 1960======

Five bucks will get you a place at the March 3 Chamber of Commerce dinner at Jack London Hall in Oakland for a keynote speech by AFL commissioner, Jack Foss, who, according to the Tribune is "rated nationally as a 'fireball' on the speaking platform."

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Foss to Talk at Banquet Here Thursday," 36

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======March 1, 1960======

The team was widely thought to be pursuing Cal PR flack Paul Christopulos for the assistant general manager post, but that school's hiring of Pete Newell as athletic director indicated that Christopulos would probably stay as the assistant AD, leaving Oakland empty-handed. [[Chet Soda]] said he was disappointed at the news.
=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Cal Move Stalls Local Pro Plans," Scotty Stirling, 38\\
"AFL Officials Due Here for Meeting," 38

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======March 2, 1960======

**Quest for players**

AFL assistant commissioner Milt Woodard said the league would craft a plan for stocking the Oakland team at the league meetings starting tomorrow. He also confirmed that signing rights to all the Minneapolis/St Paul draftees were transferred to Oakland, including players that had been signed by other AFL teams in the interim.

**Assistant coach hired**

The team hired San Jose State assistant [[Marty Feldman]] to coach the defensive line.

**Other stuff**

Commissioner Foss said the league schedule would be completed in couple of weeks. Trib columnist Alan Ward predicts tomorrow night's dinner will be a grand success.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"AFL Will Decide on Gridders for Oakland at Meet," Scotty Stirling, 49, 51\\
"Feldman to Help Coach Pros Here," 49\\
"Set for Fete," photo, 51\\
"AFL Expects to Release Slate Soon," 51\\
"500 Expected at Banquet for AFL Brass," 51\\
"Oaklanders Will Fete Pro Heads," Alan Ward, 52

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Marty Feldman]], defensive line coach

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Walter Beach]], defensive back, by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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======March 3, 1960======

**Quest for players**

AFL officials met in Oakland to discuss a number of league matters, including plans to stock the Oakland team with players. The league officially assigned to the team the contracts of more than a dozen players who had originally been drafted by Minneapolis/St Paul, but had been signed by other AFL teams in the interim between the demise of that franchise and the creation of the Oakland team. Among the players were center [[Jim Otto]] and halfback [[Abner Haynes]]. Otto would go on to be one of the greatest Raiders of all time and Haynes would be a top back in the first fear years of the league, but not for Oakland.

Dallas owner, Lamar Hunt pointed out that Minneapolis/St Paul had traded the rights to Haynes to Dallas before parting the league and that superseded Oakland's rights. He did concede that Oakland should be compensated by awarding another player to them, or perhaps a choice in next year's draft.

In another unusual situation, Boston University [[Gene Prebola]] was on the list, but hadn't been drafted by Minneapolis/St Paul. Some reports at the time seem to indicate that MSP had obtained his signing rights from Houston, the team that had drafted him, but I couldn't find any specific news items to that effect at the time it would have happened.

**Other stuff**

Tribune columnist Ray Haywood shares reader mail. Texans reaffirm their desire to keep Chris Burford rather than trade him to Oakland.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Oakland Pros Get 13 Players," Scotty Stirling, 43, 47\\
"Fans Write About Pro Controversy," Ray Haywood, 43, 48\\
"Bay Area Lures Texas Gridders," 43, 47\\
"Pro Officials Meet," photo, 43\\
"Mapping Banquet," photo, 47\\
"Oakland Grid Fans to Fete Pro League," 47

=====Transactions=====

**Contracts awarded to team by AFL**

[[George Blanch]], defensive back\\
[[Clord Boyette]], lineman\\
[[Willie Boykin]], defensive tackle\\
[[Carmen Cavalli]], end\\
[[Fran Curci]], quarterback\\
[[Purcell Daniels]], fullback\\
[[Dan Edgington]], end\\
[[Abner Haynes]], halfback, the league soon ruled that the [[Chiefs|Texans]] held his rights and promised to award Oakland future compensation\\
[[Sam McCord]], quarterback\\
[[Don Norton]], end\\
[[Jim Otto]], center\\
[[Bob Parker]], lineman\\
[[Gene Prebola]], end\\
[[Jim Woodard]], defensive lineman

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======March 4, 1960======

**Quest for Players**

At the league meeting in Oakland, the AFL announced their plan to stock the Oakland team with players from the other seven teams. The league would conduct an allocation draft of five rounds, with Oakland selecting one player from each team during each round. Before the initial round each team would select 11 players that would be immune to selection. After each round, each team would be permitted to add another 11 players to the protected list.

Oakland head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said the team would make its first selections on or around March 20, though they could be permitted to make picks as early as March 12.

**Television rights**

Teams were assigned territorial rights for television purposes with Oakland’s territory extending north to the Canadian order, east to Missoula, Montana, and Reno, Nevada, and south to San Luis Obispo.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Oakland Given 35-Player Draft," Scotty Stirling, 57\\
"Warming Up," photo, 57\\
"Grid Talk," photo, 57\\
"Pros Assured of All-Out Support," 57\\
"New Sports Group," photo, 59\\
"Wismer High on New Pro League," Alan Ward, 60

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======March 5, 1960======

**Schedule news**

Oakland general manager [[Chet Soda]] said the team would play five preseason games, none of which would be at home. The team announced it had already received 3,000 applications for season tickets.

**At the league meetings**

On the last day of league meetings, further scope was given to player allocation. The league planned to create a territorial aspect to the college draft, giving teams priority on drafting players in their area. They also gave teams regional priority when signing cuts from NFL teams. Oakland was to have the first shot at 49ers castoffs as well as a portion of players let go by the Redskins.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Oakland to Start New AFL Player Draft Next Week," Scotty Stirling, 13, 14\\
"Harvey Binns (Left) and Eddie Erdelatz," photo, 16

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Ed Hino]], quarterback

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======March 6, 1960======

**Quest for players**

A story in the Tribune speculates that the team has signed about ten players, but no specifics were given and no mention was made of the contracts awarded to the team on the 3rd.

**Other stuff**

Alan Ward of the Tribune plumps for Candlestick.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Locals Plan Practice Tilts," Scotty Stirling, 53, 56\\
"Oakland Gridders Have QB Hopeful," 53\\
"Candlestick Can Hold Two Sports," Alan Ward, 54\\
"Moose Lodge Will Salute Oakland Pros," 56
======March 7, 1960======

[[Chet Soda]] was gearing up to negotiate a contract for the use of Candlestick Park while the coaching staff was prepping for the allocation draft.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Local Pros to Complete Park Deal," Scotty Stirling, 37, 40

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======March 8, 1960======

**Schedule news**

In the first specific news of their preseason schedule, the team announced an August 14 game against the New York Titans to be played somewhere in Northern California.



=====Transactions=====

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Jim Andreotti]], linebacker, by the Toronto Argonauts

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Erdelatz Will Attend Moose Night Here," 34\\
"Oakland Club, Titans Slate Practice Game," 35

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======March 9, 1960======

**Preseason schedule**

The team announced it had scheduled four of its five preseason games, with tilts against the Chargers, Bills, Titans, and Patriots on the docket. A fifth game, likely to be against the Texans, had yet to be nailed down.

**Stadium talk**

The Oakland city council was considering whether to place a $15 million bond issue on the June ballot for funding of a multipurpose stadium in the city. The proposed facility would be placed near the Oakland airport and would seat about 50,000, with room for expansion.

**Other stuff**

[[Eddie Erdelatz|Erdelatz]] and [[Chet Soda|Soda]] spent the evening boozing it up at a local Moose lodge to drum up interest and ticket sales. Ray Haywood of the Tribune weighs the chances of the area being able to support two teams. The team had reportedly signed 18 players in addition to those contracts assigned to the team by the league.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Bond Vote for Stadium Considered," 1, 16\\
"US Action Against NFL Looms," 49\\
"Success Sure for Local Pros, If --", Ray Haywood, 49, 50\\
"AFL Rooks Won't Play in All-Star," AP, 49\\
"Oakland Pros Open at 'Home'," 52\\
"Moose Fete Oakland Pro Club Tonight," 52\\
"Chet Soda," photo, 52

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======March 10, 1960======

=====In Print=====

"Pro Club Feted," photo, 45

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======March 11, 1960======

======March 12, 1960======

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Raid by AFL on Chibears Is Claimed", AP, 17

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======March 13, 1960======

======March 14, 1960======

**Quest for Players**

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]], and assistants [[Ernie Jorge]] and [[Marty Feldman]], left town on a trip to scout players in advance of the first round of the allocation draft. The team had to have their first set of picks submitted by March 22.

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Erdelatz, Assistants on Grid Scouting Trip," 33


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======March 15, 1960======

The Oakland City Council voted to place a $13.7 million bond issue on the June ballot to fund the construction of a sports stadium.

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======March 16, 1960======

=====In Print=====

**Oakland Tribune**

"Oakland to Vote on Stadium Bonds," 1, 4\\
"AFL May Benefit from New College TV Contract," AP, 60
======March 17, 1960======

======March 18, 1960======

======March 19, 1960======

======March 20, 1960======

The Tribune announced a contest to give the team a nickname. Contestants were required to submit their entries by April 2 and the winner would receive a one-week vacation in Acapulco and a pair of tickets to the home opener.

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======March 21, 1960======

======March 22, 1960======

The team hired former NFL halfback [[Tommy Kalmanir]] to join [[Eddie Erdelatz]]’s staff as offensive backfield coach.

General manager [[Chet Soda]] announced that the team had a “tentative” agreement with the San Francisco Park and Recreation Commission that would allow the team to use Kezar Stadium or Candlestick Park for the 1960 season.

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Tommy Kalmanir]], offensive backfield coach

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======March 23, 1960======

The team announced its colors would be black and orange. The helmets were to be solid black and the home jerseys would be black with white numerals and orange stripes on the sleeves. The pants would be white with black and orange stripes down the side.

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======March 24, 1960======

The team announced its first pick in the allocation draft, center Ben Donnell from the Chargers.

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======March 25, 1960======

[[Eddie Erdelatz]] said he would not confirm yesterday’s report that the team had acquired center Ben Donnell from the Chargers. The announcement had been attributed to the league office, not the team, and Commissioner Foss also denied the veracity of the report.

Five more players had been selected in the AFL allocation draft, all confirmed, including halfback [[Joe Cannavino]] and fullback [[Billy Lott]], who would each earn starting roles in the fall.

=====Transactions=====

**Acquired via AFL allocation draft**

[[Joe Cannavino]], halfback, from the Bills\\
[[Jerry Epps]], guard, from the Titans\\
[[Marvin Lasater]], halfback, from the Texans\\
[[Billy Lott]], fullback, from the Oilers\\
[[Bob Nelson]], center, from the Patriots

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======March 26, 1960======

======March 27, 1960======

======March 28, 1960======

======March 29, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Gene Perry]], publicity director

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======March 30, 1960======

======March 31, 1960======

The California State Assembly’s Municipal and County Government Committee approved a measure authorizing the use of state-owned tidelands between Lake Merritt and the Oakland Estuary for the construction of a stadium. The measure, previously approved by the state Senate, would next go to the full State Assembly for a vote.

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======April 1, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] underwent what was termed a “minor nose operation” at St Mary’s Hospital.

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======April 2, 1960======

=====News=====

The contest to choose the team’s nickname ended at midnight.

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======April 3, 1960======

======April 4, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Jack Larscheid]], halfback

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======April 5, 1960======

=====News=====

The team announced they would be called the Oakland Senors. The name was chosen via a contest sponsored by the Oakland Tribune and the Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce. Ten thousand entries were submitted with seven of them choosing the name “Senors.” The winning entry was that of Helen Davis, an Oakland police officer, who received a trip for two to Acapulco as her prize. The members of the committee that chose the entry were team general manager [[Chet Soda]], Chamber of Commerce member George Jacopetti, Junior Chamber of Commerce president Hal Price, Oakland City Council member Dan Marovich, and Alameda County Board of Supervisors Chair Francis Dunn.

Other nicknames that reached the finalist stage: Admirals, Lakers, Diablos, Sea Wolves, Metros, Gauchos, Nuggets, Dons, Coasters, Grandees, Sequoias, Missiles, Knights, Redwoods, Jets, Clippers, and Dolphins.

In an evening session, the Oakland City Council voted 4-1 in favor of a measure stating that body’s disapproval of the nickname.

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======April 6, 1960======

=====News=====

The bill to authorize the use of state land south of Lake Merritt for the construction of a stadium passed in both the State Senate and Assembly and was sent to Governor Pat Brown for signature.

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] and nickname contest winner Helen Davis were the guests of honor at a meeting of the Boosters Club at the Lake Merritt Hotel. At the event, three of the team’s owners—[[Roger Lapham]], [[Robert Osborne]], and [[Harvey Binns]]—voiced their dislike of the nickname “Senors” and Osborne said it could be changed “within a week.”

=====Transactions=====

**Acquired via AFL allocation draft**

[[Alan Goldstein]], end, from the Bills

**Free agent signing**

[[Tony Teresa]], halfback

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======April 7, 1960======

=====News=====

General manager [[Chet Soda]] said the team was negotiating with former University of California quarterback Paul Larson.

=====Transactions=====

**Draft pick signed by another team**

[[Howard Turley]], end, by the Steelers

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======April 8, 1960======

=====News=====

General manager [[Chet Soda]] said the team was finalizing the contracts of “about 40 more players.”

Tribune columnist Ray Haywood reported that the team had received about 4,000 season ticket applications and that they were “close to signing an assistant general manager.”

=====Transactions=====

**Acquired via AFL allocation draft**

[[Ramon Armstrong]], guard, from the Titans\\
[[Buddy Allen]], halfback, from the Patriots

**Free agent signing**

[[Jerry Flynn]], defensive end

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======April 9, 1960======

======April 10, 1960======

======April 11, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[George Anderson]], head trainer

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======April 12, 1960======

=====News=====

California governor Pat Brown signed a bill granting permission for the construction of a sports stadium on state-owned land near Lake Merritt in Oakland.

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======April 13, 1960======

======April 14, 1960======

=====News=====

The team announced they had dropped the deeply unpopular nickname “Senors” in favor of “Raiders." A new set of prizes would be distributed to those who suggested the name, with a duplicate trip to Acapulco awarded to Hayward resident and KGO radio transmitter engineer Kendrick Martin.

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======April 15, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Acquired via AFL allocation draft**

[[Don Churchwell]], linebacker, from the Oilers\\
[[Bob Dougherty]], linebacker, from the Oilers\\
[[Wayne Hawkins]], guard, from the Chargers\\
[[Larry Lancaster]], tackle, from the Chargers\\
[[Dean Philpott]], halfback, from the Chargers
======April 16, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Free agent signing**

[[Paul Larson]], quarterback


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======April 17, 1960======

======April 18, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Free agent signing**

[[Ron Beagle]], end

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======April 19, 1960======

The Tribune reported that “close to 5,000” season tickets had been sold.

The Oakland City Council voted to move the stadium bond measure originally scheduled for the June ballot back to November to give that body more time to bolster their arguments to the public.

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Everett Nevin]], ticket and operations manager

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======April 20, 1960======

======April 21, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Free agent signing**

[[Eddie Macon]], defensive back

**Earliest mention, signing date unknown**

[[John Brown]], halfback

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======April 22, 1960======

=====News=====

The team announced they would open the 1960 preseason with a game against the Texans at Kezar Stadium on July 31.

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======April 23, 1960======

=====News=====

Four AFL teams, though not the Raiders, announced their regular season schedule, including the Oilers, who would open their season on September 11 against the Raiders at a site yet to be determined.

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======April 24, 1960======

=====News=====

Prescott Sullivan of the Examiner reported that the team had to change their colors from black and orange to black and gold because the orange conflicted with another, unidentified, team’s colors.

=====Transactions=====

**Invited to training camp**

[[Gordon Tovani]], kicker

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======April 25, 1960======

======April 26, 1960======

=====News=====

Team co-owner [[Harvey Binns]], citing personal reasons and disagreements with general manager [[Chet Soda]] over the running of the team, announced he was selling his share back to the remaining seven members of the ownership group.

=====Transactions=====

**Sold share of team**

[[Harvey Binns]]

**Free agent signing**

[[Ron Drzewiecki]], halfback

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======April 27, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Minneapolis/St Paul draft pick signed on or before this date**

[[Don Deskins]], tackle\\
[[Vin Hogan]], defensive back

**Free agent signing**

[[Wayne Crow]], halfback

**Earliest mentions (signing date unknown)**

[[Bill Atkins]], guard\\
[[Charles Bates]], tackle\\
[[Lou Byrd]], linebacker\\
[[Roch Conklin]], center\\
[[Al Feola]], halfback\\
[[George Fields]], defensive end\\
[[Wes Fry]], center\\
[[Alexander Gardner]], halfback\\
[[Carl Gordon]], halfback\\
[[James Hall]], halfback\\
[[Clark Holden]], fullback\\
[[Brad Hustad]], halfback\\
[[Stan Jones]], fullback\\
[[LC Joyner]], defensive back\\
[[Charlie Kaaihue]], guard\\
[[Joe Kominski]], tackle\\
[[Rich Max]], center\\
[[Ron Newhouse]], halfback\\
[[Andrew Pierce]], fullback\\
[[Chris Plain]], tackle\\
[[Willis Towne]], end

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======April 28, 1960======

======April 29, 1960======

=====News=====

The team released their 1960 regular season schedule with the opener coming at home against the Oilers on September 11 and the finale, also at home, against Denver on December 17.

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======April 30, 1960======

======May 1, 1960======

======May 2, 1960======

======May 3, 1960======

======May 4, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Ed Cody]], defensive backfield coach

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======May 5, 1960======

=====News=====

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors issued a formal invitation to the team to use the county fairgrounds in Pleasanton for training camp.

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======May 6, 1960======

======May 7, 1960======

======May 8, 1960======

======May 9, 1960======

======May 10, 1960======

======May 11, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Trade**

Sent quarterback [[Fran Curci]] to the [[Chiefs|Texans]] for offensive lineman [[Dalton Truax]]

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======May 12, 1960======

======May 13, 1960======

======May 14, 1960======

======May 15, 1960======

======May 16, 1960======

=====News=====

General manager [[Chet Soda]] announced that the team would play its 1960 home games in Kezar Stadium and that the specifics of a deal were being negotiated with the San Francisco Park and Recreation Commission.

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======May 17, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Leon Dombrowski]], tackle, by the Redskins
======May 18, 1960======

=====News=====

Responding to a report that the team would have to train in Southern California because of a lack of suitable dormitory facilities in the Bay Area, general manager [[Chet Soda]] said the report was false and that the team was considering a number of sites in the Bay Area and its environs.

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======May 19, 1960======

======May 20, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Free agent signings**

[[Larry Barnes]], linebacker\\
[[Don Manoukian]], guard

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======May 21, 1960======

======May 22, 1960======

======May 23, 1960======

======May 24, 1960======

===== News =====

The team released its final preseason schedule with games against the Texans (July 31), Titans (August 12), Chargers (August 19), Bills (August 24), and Patriots (September 4).

The team announced they had sold 6,000 season tickets and expected that number to approach 18,000 overall.

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======May 25, 1960======

======May 26, 1960======

=====News=====

Ray Haywood of the //Tribune// revealed a communication in which general manager [[Chet Soda]] said the team’s initial budget was $925,000 with the following line items: player salaries ($285,000), player equipment ($45,000), training camp expenses ($31,600), player transportation to camp ($13,000), air travel ($60,000), long distance calls ($4,000-$10,000), scouting ($35,000), front office expenses and salaries, including coaches ($140,000). Soda added that the team would need between 30,000 and 32,000 paid attendance per game to break even.

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======May 27, 1960======

======May 28, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Rich Mostardi]], halfback, by the Browns sometime prior to this date
======May 29, 1960======

======May 30, 1960======

======May 31, 1960======

======June 1, 1960======

===== News =====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] and assistant [[Ernie Jorge]] were unhurt when Erdelatz’s car was rear-ended on a Bay Area freeway.

=====Transactions=====

**Trade**

Acquired defensive lineman [[Charley Powell]] from the Chargers for receiver [[Don Norton]].

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======June 2, 1960======

===== News =====

The Chronicle reported that the team was looking at possible training camp sites in Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz.

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======June 2, 1960======

======June 3, 1960======

======June 4, 1960======

======June 5, 1960======

======June 6, 1960======

=====News=====

Ticket manager [[Everett Nevin]] predicted the team would sell between 10,000 and 12,000 season tickets.

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Tom Flores]], quarterback

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======June 7, 1960======

======June 8, 1960======

======June 9, 1960======

=====News=====

The AFL signed a broadcast contract with ABC Television that would net the team $225,000 per year of the five-year deal. General manager [[Chet Soda]] estimated that the team would reap another $75,000 through a deal with local radio.

=====Transactions=====

**Draft pick signed by another team**

[[Silas Woods]], end, by the Cardinals

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======June 10, 1960======

======June 11, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Purchased share of team**

[[Wallace Marsh]]

**Signed**

[[Ray Peterson]], halfback\\
[[Wayne Schneider]], halfback

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======June 12, 1960======

======June 13, 1960======

=====News=====

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission approved the team’s use of Kezar Stadium for one year in exchange for ten percent of the gate receipts.

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======June 14, 1960======

======June 15, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Joe Barbee]], defensive lineman\\
[[Clord Boyette]], tackle\\
[[Dave Holden]], tackle\\
[[Billy Ray Locklin]], tackle\\
[[Irv Nikolai]], end\\
[[Ron Sabal]], tackle\\
[[Mac Starnes]], center

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======June 16, 1960======

======June 17, 1960======

======June 18, 1960======

======June 19, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Del Courtney]], musical director

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======June 20, 1960======

======June 21, 1960======

======June 22, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Frank Hinek]], equipment manager

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======June 23, 1960======

=====News=====

The team announced a deal with KNBC radio to broadcast games for the 1960 season with [[Bud Foster]] as the play-by-play announcer. KNBC agreed to pay a sum in the “high five figures” for the rights.

The San Francisco Park and Recreation Commission awarded “professional rights” to play in Kezar Stadium in 1961 to the San Francisco 49ers, meaning the Raiders would have to find a different place to play next season.

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======June 24, 1960======

=====News=====

The Tribune reported that the team would conduct training camp in Santa Cruz and that camp would start on July 11.

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======June 25, 1960======

======June 26, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Alex Bravo]], defensive back

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======June 27, 1960======

======June 28, 1960======

=====News=====

The team an agreement to conduct training camp practices at Santa Cruz High School, with players to be housed at the Hotel Palomar.

=====Transactions=====

**Draft pick signed by another team**

[[Jim Williams]], guard, by the 49ers sometime before this date

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======June 29, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Bud Hastings]], assistant general manager

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Bob Jarus]], fullback, by the Browns

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======June 30, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Neil MacLean]], fullback, by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
======July 1, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Palmer Whitted]], personnel assistant

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======July 2, 1960======

=====News=====

KNBC radio tabbed local broadcast personality [[Mel Venter]] to provide color commentary on Raiders games alongside play-by-play man [[Bud Foster]].

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Kendall Small]], team physician

**Earliest Mentions (signing date unknown)**

[[Buddy Alliston]], linebacker\\
[[Tom Cousineau]], linebacker\\
[[Tommy Davis]], linebacker\\
[[Bob Fails]], wide receiver\\
[[Fred Fehn]], tackle\\
[[Max Fields]], halfback\\
[[Charlie Hardy]], wide receiver\\
[[Bob Harrison]], guard\\
[[Bob Webb]], quarterback



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======July 3, 1960======

======July 4, 1960======

======July 5, 1960======

======July 6, 1960======

======July 7, 1960======

**Draft pick signed by another team**

[[Al Witcher]], end, by the Oilers. His signing rights had been dealt to the Broncos for unspecified considerations and later from the Broncos to the Oilers sometime prior to this date.
======July 8, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said he and his staff were going into training camp with a “strict Missouri attitude.” He said that coaches would base their opinions on what they saw and on the grading system they would be installing, not on players’ reputations.

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======July 9, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Sandy Lederman]], quarterback\\
[[Brad Myers]], halfback

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======July 10, 1960======

=====News=====

The team opened training camp with physical exams and drills. The team had 76 players under contract, but only 75 showed up for camp, as center [[Bob Nelson]] was out while he finished his military obligations.

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said he expected to make roster cuts within the first week of training camp.

=====Transactions=====

**Earliest mentions (hiring date unknown)**

[[Nola Barron]], secretary\\
[[Bettina De Dios]], public relations assistant\\
[[Pat Frye]], ticket assistant\\
[[Lou Lippi]], photographer\\
[[Lauri Spyers]], secretary\\
[[James Van Deusen]], assistant trainer\\

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======July 11, 1960======

=====News=====

It was photo day on the second day of training camp.

[[Wayne Crow]] injured his right ankle during a drill and his return date was uncertain.

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======July 12, 1960======

=====News=====

Prescott Sullivan of the Examiner reported that the team had sold 8,000 season tickets.

After the coaching staff timed players in a 50-yard dash, the following players graded the fastest: [[Buddy Allen]], [[Wayne Schneider]], [[LC Joyner]], [[Alex Bravo]], [[John Brown]], and [[Dan Edgington]].

The initial depth chart at quarterback was out with the following players on it, in order: [[Tom Flores]], [[Paul Larson]], [[Bob Webb]].

[[Tony Teresa]], who had entered camp as a quarterback hopeful, was shifted to halfback.

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] singled out the following players for praise: [[Buddy Allen]], [[Billy Lott]], [[Chris Plain]], [[Don Manoukian]], [[Don Churchwell]], [[Gene Prebola]], [[Charlie Hardy]], [[Dan Edgington]], [[Alex Bravo]], and [[Eddie Macon]].

In injury news, halfback [[Wayne Crow]] was back on the field after hurting his ankle on the 11th, defensive lineman [[Charley Powell]] pulled an Achilles tendon and was expected to be out for a week, tackle [[Fred Fehn]] pulled a muscle and was expected to miss two weeks, halfback [[Jack Larscheid]] pulled a hamstring and was expected to miss a week, defensive end [[Jim Woodard]] strained his right knee and was expected to miss about three days and end [[Walt Denny]] (see below) pulled a hamstring and was expected to miss about three days.

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Walt Denny]], end

**Did not report to camp**

[[Bill Atkins]], guard\\
[[Roch Conklin]], center\\
[[Brad Hustad]], halfback\\
[[Bob Parker]], tackle

**Non-roster camp invitees**

[[Curtis Iaukea]], tackle\\
[[Mose Mastelotto]], end

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======July 13, 1960======

=====News=====

[[Wayne Crow]] was switched to the defensive side of the ball to try his hand at cornerback.

In injury news, tight end [[Irv Nikolai]] twisted an ankle and was operating at reduced capacity, quarterback [[Tom Flores]] pulled a groin muscle but was able to continue to practice, offensive lineman [[Clord Boyette]] pulled a muscle and was expected to be out 2-3 days, guard [[Charlie Kaaihue]] twisted his left ankle and was expected to be out 2-3 days, and defensive end [[Jim Woodard]] reinjured the knee he hurt on the 12th and the team feared he could be out for a number of weeks. Woodard had torn ligaments in the same knee last year.

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Wes Fry 1|Wes Fry]], player personnel director

**Earliest mention (signing date unknown)**

[[Carl Isaacs]], wide receiver

**Released**

[[Charles Bates]], tackle\\
[[Al Feola]], halfback\\
[[Max Fields]], halfback\\
[[James Hall]], halfback\\
[[Ed Hino]], quarterback\\
[[Stan Jones]], halback\\
[[Joe Kominski]], end\\
[[Sandy Lederman]], quarterback\\
[[Sam McCord]], quarterback\\
[[Ron Newhouse]], quarterback\\
[[Andrew Pierce]], halfback\\
[[Willis Towne]], halfback

**Dismissed from training camp**

[[Mose Mastelotto]], end\\
[[Gordon Tovani]], end/kicker

**Voluntarily left training camp**

[[Tommy Davis]], linebacker\\
[[Vin Hogan]], halfback\\
[[Curtis Iaukea]], tackle

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======July 14, 1960======

=====News=====

The team moved a number of players around, moving [[Billy Lott]] from halfback to first-string fullback, ahead of [[Dean Philpott]]. [[Ray Peterson]] took Lott’s spot at halfback ahead of [[Ron Drzewiecki]], and [[Marvin Lasater]] moved up to starting safety ahead of [[Bob Fails]].

=====Transactions=====

**Earliest mention, signing date unknown**

[[Willie Hudson]], tackle

**Voluntarily left training camp**

[[Tom Cousineau]], guard

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======July 15, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] was planning to hold a scrimmage this week but postponed it, saying the players weren’t ready.

The team held special teams drills with [[Larry Barnes]] and [[Bob Fails]] emerging as the early possibilities for the placekicking and punting duties. [[Tony Teresa]] and [[Carl Gordon]] were also contenders for kicking spots.

End [[Ron Beagle]] aggravated an old knee injury earlier in the week and the team now feared the problem might end his career.

Defensive end [[Jim Woodard]], whose recent knee injury was thought to possibly keep him out for weeks, was doing well in treatment and could return within a week.

Fullback [[Brad Myers]] twisted a knee in practice but wasn’t expected to miss any time.

=====Transactions=====

**Voluntarily left training camp**

[[Clark Holden]], fullback\\
[[Dave Holden]], tackle

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======July 16, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Voluntarily left training camp**

[[Walt Denny]], wide receiver

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======July 17, 1960======

=====News=====

After several days of two-a-day sessions, the players were given a day off by the coaching staff.

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said he would not impose a curfew, adding “they’re men, not boys, and I treat them as such.”

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======July 18, 1960======

===== News =====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] offered praise for the work of a number of players: defensive backs [[Alex Bravo]], [[Eddie Macon]], [[Tony Teresa]], [[LC Joyner]], and [[John Brown]], end [[Charlie Hardy]], tackle [[Chris Plain]], center [[Jim Otto]], guards [[Don Manoukian]] and [[Ron Sabal]], and defensive end [[Carmen Cavalli]].

The coaching staff switched halfback [[John Brown]] from offense to defense.

Defensive end [[Charley Powell]] returned from his Achilles injury suffered on the 12th.

Linebacker [[Buddy Alliston]] left practice for an undetermined amount of time with a pulled groin muscle.

Guard [[Don Manoukian]] was reported to have pulled his right hamstring.

Halfbacks [[Fred Fehn]] and [[Jack Larscheid]] were mending well but hadn’t returned to practice.

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Tom Louderback]], linebacker

**Voluntarily left training camp**

[[George Blanch]], halfback\\
[[Marvin Lasater]], halfback

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======July 19, 1960======

=====News=====

The team held its first scrimmage with head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] calling his team’s performance “not bad.” Among those who received individual praise from Erdelatz were: quarterbacks [[Tom Flores]] and [[Paul Larson]], receiver [[Charlie Hardy]], tight end [[Gene Prebola]], defensive end [[Carmen Cavalli]], and cornerback [[Eddie Macon]].

Third-string quarterback [[Bob Webb]] suffered a severe knee injury in the scrimmage. Trainer [[George Anderson]] speculated that he might have torn cartilage, but that a firm diagnosis would have to wait until he was examined by a doctor.

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======July 20, 1960======

=====News=====

AFL commissioner Joe Foss was in town to visit the team and said Oakland’s training facilities were on par with those of the other teams he had visited so far. The league's supervisor of officials, Bob Austin, was also in town to advise coaches and players on league rules.

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] promoted [[LC Joyner]] to a starting role in the secondary, replacing the recently departed [[Marvin Lasater]]. He also put newcomer [[Tom Louderback]] in at middle linebacker and moved [[Larry Barnes]] to left defensive end. [[Brad Myers]] was moved from second-string right halfback to second-string fullback.

=====Transactions=====

**Released**

[[Clord Boyette]], tackle\\
[[Purcell Daniels]], halfback\\
[[Wes Fry]], center\\
[[Willie Hudson]], tackle\\
[[Rich Max]], tackle

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======July 21, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] moved [[Tony Teresa]] from the secondary to the offensive backfield to get Teresa “experience in a number of positions.”

Quarterback [[Bob Webb]] was expected to be able to return to action within a few days after suffering a knee injury staff initially thought could have ended his season.

Linebacker [[Tom Louderback]] and defensive end [[Larry Barnes]] suffered “slight shoulder bruises” in practice.

Halfback [[Jack Larscheid]] returned to practice for the first time after injuring a hamstring on the 12th.

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======July 22, 1960======

======July 23, 1960======

=====News=====

The team held its final scrimmage before its first preseason game on the 31st against the Texans. Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] called his team’s performance “just fair.” In particular, he praised the efforts of halfbacks [[Buddy Allen]] and [[Tony Teresa]], guards [[Wayne Hawkins]] and [[Ron Sabal]], center [[Jim Otto]], and cornerback [[Joe Cannavino]].

Owners [[Chet Soda]], [[Don Blessing]], [[Wayne Valley]], and [[Ed McGah]] were in attendance and voiced their collective approval of the performance.

The team sent defensive end [[Jim Woodard]] home to Jacksonville, Texas, to recuperate from a severe knee injury he suffered early in camp. His return for the 1960 season was in doubt.

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======July 24, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[Carl Gordon]], halfback\\
[[Wayne Schneider]], halfback

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======July 25, 1960======

=====News=====

The team held its last two-a-day practice of training camp.

Bob Brachman of the Examiner reported that, by arrangement of the AFL, the Raiders had first dibs on any player released by the 49ers and half the players released by the Redskins.

Defensive end [[Larry Barnes]] missed practice with a stomach bug.

First-string quarterback [[Tom Flores]] pulled his right calf muscle during a practice drill and his status for the game against the Texans on the 31st was uncertain.

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said guards [[Charlie Kaaihue]] and [[Don Manoukian]], defensive end [[Charley Powell]], and quarterback [[Bob Webb]] would sit out the Texans game to nurse injuries.

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Stan Easterling]], public address announcer

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======July 26, 1960======

=====News=====

Third-string quarterback [[Bob Webb]] was back on the practice field after suffering what was thought to be a serious knee injury several days ago.

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======July 27, 1960======

=====News=====

Public relations director [[Gene Perry]] said the Raiders had sold more than 20,000 tickets for the Texans game (other sources reported the total sales at 15,000).

Quarterback [[Tom Flores]]’ status for the Texans game on the 31st was upgraded to probable after his pulled right calf muscle responded well to treatment.

Middle linebacker [[Tom Louderback]] bruised a shoulder in practice and was listed as doubtful for the Texans game.

Defensive tackle [[Bob Harrison]] was reported to have an unspecified injury and was also expected to miss the game.

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======July 28, 1960======

=====News=====

The team moved [[Charlie Hardy]] back to the starting left end position ahead of [[Alan Goldstein]].

Receiver [[Ron Beagle]], who had been out since early in camp with a knee injury, returned to his Cincinnati home to recover.

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======July 29, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] named three captains for the Texans game: quarterbacks [[Tom Flores]] and [[Paul Larson]], and linebacker [[Bob Dougherty]]. He also named [[Larry Barnes]] the team’s placekicker.

Guards [[Don Manoukian]] and [[Charlie Kaaihue]], initially expected to miss the game, were deemed to have recovered from injuries well enough to play, though neither would start.

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======July 30, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said every Raider player in uniform would see action against the Texans.

The team conducted a quick “20 minute run-through of signals” in advance of tomorrow’s game.

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|[[July-29-1960|< Jul 29, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[july-31-1960|Jul 31, 1960 >]]|

======July 31, 1960======

=====News=====

In the team’s first ever game the Raiders fell to the [[Chiefs|Texans]], 20-13, at Kezar Stadium.

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] reported that there were no injuries and that he was proud of the team in defeat.

General manager [[Chet Soda]] was disappointed with the attendance figure of about 12,000 after the team had reported sales of over 20,000 prior to the game.

[[Tom Flores]] started at quarterback and went most of the way, completing 14 of 25 passes for 151 yards and one interception.

=====Today's Preseason Game=====

At [[Kezar Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Chiefs|Dallas]]  |  0  |  8  |  6  |  6  |  20  |
|Oakland  |  7  |  0  |  0  |  6  |  13  |

1 OAK Buddy Allen 2 run (Larry Barnes kick)\\
2 DAL Chris Burford 5 pass from Cotton Davidson (Johnny Robinson pass from Cotton Davidson)\\
3 DAL Jack Spikes 3 run (run failed)\\
4 OAK Buddy Allen 1 run (run failed)\\
4 DAL Jack Spikes 4 run (pass failed)

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======August 1, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[John Harris]], halfback

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|[[July-31-1960|< Jul 31, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-2-1960|Aug 2, 1960 >]]|

======August 2, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] put his team through an unscheduled scrimmage.

The coaching staff moved [[Ron Sabal]] from guard to tackle and promoted [[Don Manoukian]] to Sabal’s guard spot. They staff also moved [[Brad Myers]] to make room for [[Jim Varnado]] (see below) at fullback.

Middle linebacker [[Tom Louderback]] and defensive end [[Charley Powell]] were in football gear for the first time since their recent injuries, but neither participated in the scrimmage.

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Charles Moore]], end\\
[[Jim Varnado]], fullback

**Invited to training camp**

[[Gil Ane]], guard

**Waived**

[[Willie Boykin]], tackle\\
[[Bob Fails]], defensive back\\
[[Alexander Gardner]], halfback\\
[[Bob Harrison]], guard\\
[[Ray Peterson]], halfback

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|[[august-1-1960|< Aug 1, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-3-1960|Aug 3, 1960 >]]|

======August 3, 1960======

=====News=====

The team resumed two-a-day practices.

Guard [[Gil Ane]], added to the team yesterday, left camp temporarily to return to his Oregon home to care for his daughter who was battling pneumonia.

The team announced their final preseason game against the Patriots, originally scheduled for September 4, had been moved up to August 28.

The current roster listed neither defensive lineman [[Jim Woodard]], nor receiver [[Ron Beagle]], both of whom had been sent home to recover from injuries.

Defensive end [[Charley Powell]] practiced for the first time in more than a week.

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[Lou Byrd]], guard\\
[[Fred Fehn]], tackle\\
[[Jim Varnado]], fullback

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|[[august-2-1960|< Aug 2, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-5-1960|Aug 5, 1960 >]]|

======August 4, 1960======

======August 5, 1960======

=====News=====

The team returned to one-a-day practices. Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] installed a blitzing package to aid his defense’s backfield pressure.

Cornerback [[Alex Bravo]] and receiver [[Charlie Hardy]] each sat out practice with muscle pulls. Both were expected to return to action by the 8th.

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======August 6, 1960======

=====News=====

The team held a touch football scrimmage with [[Tom Flores]]’ Gold Squad defeating [[Paul Larson]]’s Blues, 15-3.

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] and his assistant coaches flew to Los Angeles after practice to scout the [[Jets|Titans]] in their game against the [[Chargers]].

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======August 7, 1960======

======August 8, 1960======

======August 9, 1960======

=====News=====

The AFL clarified a ruling giving the team the right of first refusal on all players cut by the 49ers and half the players cut by the Redskins by saying it only applied to players that hadn’t been drafted by other AFL teams.

The Raiders moved [[Chris Plain]] from left tackle to right tackle and moved [[Joe Barbee]] from the defensive line to the offensive line to back up Plain. [[Don Manoukian]], now back from injury took over at left guard with [[Wayne Hawkins]] switching to right guard. [[Brad Myers]] was shifted to right halfback behind [[Tony Teresa]].

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|[[august-6-1960|< Aug 6, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-10-1960|Aug 10, 1960 >]]|

======August 10, 1960======

=====News=====

The Raiders reported that they were free of serious injuries for the first time since training camp opened.

The team held a night practice in advance of their game against the Titans on the 13th that had an 8pm start time.

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|[[august-9-1960|< Aug 9, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-11-1960|Aug 11, 1960 >]]|

======August 11, 1960======

=====News=====

Guard [[Gil Ane]], who had been absent from camp to care for his sick daughter, rejoined the team.

Third-string quarterback [[Bob Webb]] reinjured his knee during practice and was likely to miss the Titans game. Receiver [[Carl Isaacs]] also suffered a knee injury at practice.

In other injury news, tackle [[Chris Plain]] was out with a sprained right ankle and defensive back [[LC Joyner]] was out with a pulled leg muscle.

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======August 12, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Bobby Newman]], quarterback

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======August 13, 1960======

=====News=====

The Raiders recovered from a seven-point halftime deficit to beat the [[Jets|Titans]], 23-17, in a night game at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento. The win was the first in franchise history.

[[Don Manoukian]] returned to right guard after recovering from a pulled muscle with [[Ron Sabal]] moving back to left tackle.

[[Chris Plain]] injured a leg in the first quarter and did not return.

Fullback [[Billy Lott]] suffered a jammed neck in the third quarter and left the game.

=====Today's Preseason Game=====

At [[Hughes Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Jets|New York]]  |  7  |  10  |  0  |  0  |  17  |
|Oakland  |  7  |  3  |  0  |  13  |  23  |

1 OAK Tony Teresa 28 pass from Tom Flores (Larry Barnes kick)\\
1 NY Bill Shockley 7 pass from Dick Jamieson (Bill Shockley kick)\\
2 NY Pete Hart 1 run (Bill Shockley kick)\\
2 NY Bill Shockley 22 field goal\\
2 OAK Larry Barnes 35 field goal\\
4 OAK Jack Larscheid 29 run (Larry Barnes kick)\\
4 OAK Dean Philpott 8 run (kick failed)

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|[[august-12-1960|< Aug 12, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-15-1960|Aug 15, 1960 >]]|

======August 14, 1960======

======August 15, 1960======

=====News=====

 Jack Gallagher of the Tribune reported that tackle [[Chris Plain]] and fullback [[Billy Lott]], both injured in the [[Jets|Titans]] game, would likely be available against the Chargers on the 19th.

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======August 16, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Purchased contract**

[[Babe Parilli]], quarterback, from the Ottawa Rough Riders

**Signed**

[[Luther Carr]], halfback

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|[[august-15-1960|< Aug 15, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-17-1960|Aug 17, 1960 >]]|

======August 17, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[John Brown]], halfback\\
[[Bobby Newman]], quarterback

**Dismissed from training camp**

[[Gil Ane]], guard

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|[[august-16-1960|< Aug 16, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-18-1960|Aug 18, 1960 >]]|

======August 18, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said the team would carry just two quarterbacks on the roster during the regular season.

=====Transactions=====

**Placed on injured reserve**

[[Chris Plain]], tackle

**Waived**

[[Carl Isaacs]], wide receiver\\
[[Bob Webb]], quarterback

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|[[august-17-1960|< Aug 17, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-19-1960|Aug 19, 1960 >]]|

======August 19, 1960======

=====News=====

On a chilly, fog-bound Friday night in Kezar Stadium, the team lost to the [[Chargers]], 24-17.

Tight end [[Gene Prebola]] pulled a hamstring during the game and was expected to miss the rest of the preseason.

Fullback [[Billy Lott]] bruised a shoulder in the third quarter and sat out the rest of the game

Defensive end [[Carmen Cavalli]] suffered a broken nose

=====Today's Preseason Game=====

At [[Kezar Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Chargers|Los Angeles]]  |  3  |  7  |  14  |  0  |  24  |
|Oakland  |  10  |  7  |  0  |  0  |  17  |

1 LA Henry Wallace 15 field goal\\
1 OAK Larry Barnes 29 field goal\\
1 OAK Brad Myers 4 pass from Tom Flores (Larry Barnes kick)\\
2 LA Paul Lowe 43 pass from Jack Kemp (Henry Wallace kick)\\
2 OAK Lott 6 run (Larry Barnes kick)\\
3 LA Howie Ferguson 1 run (Ben Donnell kick)\\
3 LA Howie Ferguson 9 run (Ben Donnell kick)

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======August 20, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[Bob Nelson]], center

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======August 21, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] made some lineup changes, shifting [[Alan Goldstein]] to tight end to take the place of the injured [[Gene Prebola]] and [[Tony Teresa]] to flanker in Goldstein’s spot. [[Jack Larscheid]] moved up to the first team at halfback in place of Teresa

Trainer [[George Anderson]] updated tight end [[Gene Prebola]]’s status, saying he would be out for the Bills game on the 24th, but that his return was possible against the Patriots on the 28th. He added that the injuries to [[Carmen Cavalli]] and [[Billy Lott]] were not expected to keep them from playing against the Bills.

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|[[august-20-1960|< Aug 20, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-22-1960|Aug 22, 1960 >]]|

======August 22, 1960======

=====News=====

The Raiders revealed that quarterback [[Tom Flores]] had suffered a blow to his shoulder in the [[Chargers]] game and that the resulting injury was likely to keep him out of the remaining two preseason games.

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[Irv Nikolai]], tight end

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|[[august-21-1960|< Aug 21, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-23-1960|Aug 23, 1960 >]]|

======August 23, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said [[Paul Larson]] and [[Babe Parilli]] would share time at quarterback in tomorrow’s game against the Bills in the absence of the injured [[Tom Flores]].

The team announced that, following the upcoming road trip, they would begin holding practices on fields at the Oakland Naval Air Station, marking the end of training camp at Santa Cruz.

=====Transactions=====

**Invited to training camp**

[[Severn Hayes]], halfback

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|[[august-22-1960|< Aug 22, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-24-1960|Aug 24, 1960 >]]|

======August 24, 1960======

=====News=====

The Raiders jumped out to a 23-0 lead early in the second quarter against the [[Bills]], then held on to win, 26-21, in Buffalo.

In the absence of quarterback [[Tom Flores]], who was out with a shoulder injury, [[Babe Parilli]] started at quarterback but completed just 3 of 10 passes for 82 yards and two interceptions.

[[Paul Larson]], in relief of Parilli, made his second appearance of the preseason and completed 3 of 13 passes for 38 yards and an interception.

=====Today's Preseason Game=====

At [[War Memorial Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|Oakland  |  20  |  3  |  3  |  0  |  26  |
|[[Bills|Buffalo]]  |  0  |  7  |  14  |  0  |  21  |

1 OAK Jack Larscheid 53 pass from Babe Parilli (Larry Barnes kick)\\
1 OAK Ron Drzewiecki 14 pass from Babe Parilli (kick failed)\\
1 OAK Babe Parilli 9 run (Larry Barnes kick)\\
2 OAK Larry Barnes 27 field goal\\
2 BUF Dick Brubaker 28 pass from Tommy O'Connell (Bill Atkins kick)\\
3 OAK Larry Barnes 42 field goal\\
3 BUF Elbert Dubenion 69 pass from Tommy O'Connell (Bill Atkins kick)\\
3 BUF Tommy O'Connell 1 run (Bill Atkins kick)

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|[[august-23-1960|< Aug 23, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[august-26-1960|Aug 26, 1960 >]]|

======August 25, 1960======

======August 26, 1960======

=====News=====

The Raiders announced that both fullback [[Dean Philpott]] and defensive back [[John Harris]] were likely to miss the Patriots game because of knee sprains.

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======August 27, 1960======

=====News=====

•	Quarterback [[Tom Flores]] said his injured shoulder was feeling better but his head coach, [[Eddie Erdelatz]], said it was still unlikely that he would play tomorrow against the Patriots.

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======August 28, 1960======

=====News=====

The game was tied at 14 at the half, but the [[Patriots]] scored twice in the third quarter to beat the Raiders, 28-14, in Boston in the preseason finale for both teams. The Raiders finished the preseason with a 2-3 record.

[[Babe Parilli]] played the entire game at quarterback, completing 21 of 36 passes for 210 yards and no interceptions.

Three players suffered significant injuries in the game: defensive end [[Charley Powell]] (knee), halfback [[Luther Carr]] (ribs), and defensive back [[Wayne Crow]] (ribs).

=====Today's Preseason Game=====

At [[Alumni Field]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|Oakland  |  7  |  7  |  0  |  0  |  14  |
|[[Patriots|Boston]]  |  7  |  7  |  0  |  14  |  28  |

1 BOS Walt Livingston 3 run (Gino Cappelletti kick)\\
1 OAK Billy Lott 42 run (Larry Barnes kick)\\
2 BOS Tommy Greene 3 run (Gino Cappelletti kick)\\
2 OAK Jack Larscheid 21 run (Larry Barnes kick)\\
4 BOS Mike Long 25 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)\\
4 BOS Jim Colclough 29 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)

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======August 29, 1960======

======August 30, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Placed on injured reserve**

[[Ron Drzewiecki]], running back\\
[[Dean Philpott]], running back

**Waived**

[[Jerry Epps]], guard\\
[[Jerry Flynn]], defensive end\\
[[Charles Moore]], wide receiver

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======August 31, 1960======

======September 1, 1960======

=====News=====

Ray Haywood of the Tribune reported that the team would not be giving local favorite halfback [[Severn Hayes]] a tryout, as previously reported, because it would require freeing up a roster spot to accommodate him, something they were not willing to do.

=====Transactions=====

**Tryout invitation revoked**

[[Severn Hayes]], halfback

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|[[august-30-1960|< Aug 30, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[september-3-1960|Sep 3, 1960 >]]|

======September 2, 1960======

======September 3, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Trade**

[[Buddy Alliston]], linebacker, to the [[Broncos]] for an eighth-round pick in the 1961 draft

**Waived**

[[Larry Lancaster]], tackle

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======September 4, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Claimed off waivers**

[[Jetstream Smith]], fullback, from the [[Chargers]]

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======September 5, 1960======

======September 6, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[Dan Edgington]], end\\
[[John Harris]], halfback\\
[[Brad Myers]], halfback\\
[[Mac Starnes]], center

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|[[september-4-1960|< Sep 4, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[september-7-1960|Sep 7, 1960 >]]|

======September 7, 1960======

=====News=====

Scotty Stirling of the //Tribune// reported that quarterback [[Tom Flores]] was fully healed from the bruised shoulder he suffered against the [[Chargers]] on August 19 and would started against the Oilers in the regular season opener on the 11th.

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[John Harris]], defensive back, exact date unknown\\
[[Ron Warzeka]], defensive tackle

**Claimed off waivers**

[[Paul Oglesby]], tackle, from the [[Titans|Oilers]]

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|[[september-6-1960|< Sep 6, 1960]]     |[[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     |[[september-8-1960|Sep 8, 1960 >]]|

======September 8, 1960======

=====News=====

The city of Oakland threw a parade formally welcoming the Raiders coaches and players to Oakland. The city also removed a bond measure from the November ballot that, if it had passed, would have funded the building of a multi-purpose stadium in the city. It was removed because the city council thought it was unlikely to pass. George Jacopetti, the head of the stadium committee, said the effort would shift to looking for private financing.

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======September 9, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[Buddy Allen]], halfback

**Draft pick signed by another team**

[[Dale Hackbart]], halfback, by the Packers

=====Standings=====

|**1960 AFL**| | | | |
|**Eastern**|**W**|**L**|**T**|  **Pct**|
|Buffalo|0|0|0|  .000|
|Houston|0|0|0|  .000|
|New York|0|0|0 |  .000|
|Boston|0|1|0|  .000|
|**Western**|**W**|**L**|**T**|  **Pct**|
|Denver|1|0|0|  1.000|
|Dallas|0|0|0|  .000|
|Los Angeles|0|0|0|  .000|
|Oakland|0|0|0|  .000|
| | | | | |
|**Scores**| | | | |
|Denver 13, Boston 10| | | | |


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======September 10, 1960======

=====News=====

The players enjoyed a day off to rest before tomorrow’s regular season opener against the Oilers.

=====Standings=====

|**1960 AFL**| | | | |
|**Eastern**|**W**|**L**|**T**|  **Pct**|
|Buffalo|0|0|0|  0.000|
|Houston|0|0|0|  0.000|
|New York|0|0|0|  0.000|
|Boston|0|1|0|  0.000|
|**Western**|**W**|**L**|**T**|  **Pct**|
|Denver|1|0|0|  1.000|
|Los Angeles|1|0|0|  1.000|
|Dallas|0|1|0|  0.000|
|Oakland|0|0|0|  0.000|
| | | | | |
|**Scores**| | | | |
|Los Angeles 21, Dallas 20| | | | |


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======September 11, 1960======

The Raiders took a 14-7 lead in the third quarter, but the [[Titans|Oilers]] charged back with 30 second half points to win, 37-22, in the first-ever regular season game for both franchises. [[Tom Flores]] started the game at quarterback for the Raiders and went most of the way, completing 13 of 28 passes for 232 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

=====Today's Game=====

At [[Kezar Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Titans|Houston]]  |  7  |  0  |  13  |  17  |  37  |
|Oakland  |  0  |  7  |  7  |  8  |  22  |

1 HTN Charley Hennigan 43 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)\\
2 OAK [[Tony Teresa]] 13 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
3 OAK [[Eddie Macon]] 42 interception return ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
3 HTN Bill Groman 32 pass from George Blanda (bad snap on try)\\
3 HTN John Carson 3 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)\\
4 HTN George Blanda 18 field goal\\
4 HTN Dave Smith 8 run (George Blanda kick)\\
4 OAK [[Jack Larscheid]] 46 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Jetstream Smith]] from [[Tom Flores]])\\
4 HTN John Carson 11 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)

Head coaches - Lou Rymkus, [[Eddie Erdelatz]]\\
Starting QBs - George Blanda, [[Tom Flores]]

=====Standings=====

|**1960 AFL**| | | | |
|**Eastern**|**W**|**L**|**T**|  **Pct**  |
|Houston|1|0|0|  1.000|
|New York|1|0|0|  1.000|
|Boston|0|1|0|  0.000|
|Buffalo|0|1|0|  0.000|
|**Western**|**W**|**L**|**T**|  **Pct**  |
|Denver|1|0|0|  1.000|
|Los Angeles|1|0|0|  1.000|
|Dallas|0|1|0|  0.000|
|Oakland|0|1|0|  0.000|
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|**Scores**| | | | |
|New York 27, Buffalo 3| | | | |
|Houston 37, Oakland 22| | | | |


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======September 12, 1960======

=====News=====

The team shifted its practice location from the Oakland Naval Air Reserve Station to the Alameda Naval Air Station because the Alameda station had better facilities.

Examiner columnist Prescott Sullivan reported that there was a heated disagreement between [[Robert Osborne]] and another, unnamed, owner over the low attendance (12,703) at yesterday’s game.

The team asked for, and received, permission to lower the ticket prices for west end zone seats from $4.50 to $2.50 for adults and $0.50 for kids under the age fo 12. Seats in the east end zone were already priced at $2.50 and all other seats would still cost $4.50. The price change was authorized only for the [[Chiefs|Texans]] game on the 16th and the stadium authority would revisit the move afterward.

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======September 13, 1960======

=====News=====

Yesterday’s heated exchange between owners prompted an “emergency meeting” of the stockholders with one of the owners reportedly having voiced his desire to sell off his share of the team.

The team reported that recently signed defensive tackle Glenn Holtzman had not shown up for practice and they surmised that he might have chosen to quit football altogether.

Tackle [[Paul Oglesby]], signed at the same time as Holtzman, reported to the team.

A Kezar Stadium official reported that, of the 12,703 in attendance at the [[Titans|Oilers]] game, only 8,620 of those paid their way in.

Multiple sources reported that the team had acquired linebacker [[Riley Morris]] off waivers from the [[Chargers]], but the team had not confirmed the transaction.

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[Joe Barbee]], defensive tackle\\
[[Luther Carr]], halfback\\
[[Don Churchwell]], tackle\\
[[Paul Larson]], quarterback

**Claimed off waivers**

[[Doug Asad]], tight end, from the [[Titans|Oilers]]\\
[[Al Hoisington]], wide receiver, from the [[Chiefs|Texans]]

**Signed**

[[Nyle McFarlane]], running back

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======September 14, 1960======

======September 15, 1960======

=====News=====

Bruce Lee of the Chronicle reported that [[Chiefs|Texans]] owner and AFL founder Lamar Hunt was "alarmed" at the poor attendance at Oakland home games so far.

Line coach [[Ernie Jorge]] said the team had things "patched up" and that the Raiders "would make a lot better showing" tomorrow night against the Texans.

Team owner and general manager [[Chet Soda]] received the gift of a new 1960 Cadillac automobile from the other seven owners to show their appreciation of his efforts on the team's behalf.

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======September 16, 1960======

The [[Chiefs|Texans]] jumped out to a 10-0 first quarter lead and dominated the Raiders throughout in a 34-16 win on a Friday night in Kezar Stadium. Despite the loss, head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said it was a "real good team effort" and that his team was much improved over their performance against the [[Titans|Oilers]]. [[Babe Parilli]] came in for ineffective starting quarterback [[Tom Flores]] late in the first quarter and played fairly well, completing 16 of 28 passes for 174 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions.

The Examiner reported a rumor, denied by the principals, that the team had reorganized their front office, expanding the duties of assistant general manager [[Bud Hastings]].

=====Today's Game=====

At [[Kezar Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Chiefs|Dallas]]  |  10  |  7  |  3  |  14  |  34  |
|Oakland  |  0  |  10  |  0  |  6  |  16  |

1 DAL Jack Spikes 28 field goal\\
1 DAL Max Boydston 17 pass from Cotton Davidson (Jack Spikes kick)\\
2 OAK [[Tony Teresa]] 41 pass from [[Babe Parilli]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 DAL Jack Spikes 15 run (Jack Spikes kick)\\
2 OAK [[Larry Barnes]] 33 field goal\\
3 DAL Jack Spikes 17 field goal\\
4 DAL Johnny Robinson 25 pass from Cotton Davidson (Jack Spikes kick)\\
4 DAL Johnny Robinson 5 run (Jack Spikes kick)\\
4 OAK [[Jetstream Smith]] 11 pass from [[Babe Parilli]] (pass failed)

Head coaches - Hank Stram, [[Eddie Erdelatz]]\\
Starting QBs - Cotton Davidson, [[Tom Flores]]

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======September 17, 1960======

======September 18, 1960======

======September 19, 1960======

=====News=====

Tackle [[Dalton Truax]] pulled a muscle in his right leg in practice but was expected to be back in time for the [[Titans|Oilers]] game on the 25th.

Defensive end [[Ron Warzeka]], who had injured his right ankle against the [[Chiefs|Texans]] missed practice, but the team expected him to be ready to go against the Oilers, too.

=====Transactions=====

**Claimed off waivers**

[[Riley Morris]], linebacker, from the [[Chargers]]

**Signed**

[[Bill Striegel]], defensive tackle\\

**Waived**

[[Billy Ray Locklin]], linebacker

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======September 20, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] shifted [[Tony Teresa]] from flanker to left halfback and moved [[Alan Goldstein]] from split end to flanker.

According to the Tribune, the team had essentially given up on defensive end Glenn Holtzman joining the team after they had claimed him off waivers last week.

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======September 21, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said that, despite speculation in the press to the contrary, quarterback [[Tom Flores]] and fullback [[Billy Lott]] were still going to start against the [[Titans|Oilers]] on the 25th. That speculation suggested that [[Babe Parilli]] and [[Jetstream Smith]] had played their way into starting roles. Erdelatz also said he hoped to use the newly-acquired [[Bill Striegel]] on the offensive rather than the defensive line, which is where he had played with the Cowboys.

Tackle [[Dalton Truax]] was expected to be out for the Oilers game with newcomer [[Paul Oglesby]] taking his place on the line.

Erdelatz had come down with laryngitis, reducing his voice to a whisper.

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======September 22, 1960======

=====News=====

Offensive line coach [[Ernie Jorge]] suffered a heart attack late in the evening and was sent to Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame for treatment. He was responding well, but his recovery was expected to take at least two months and he would not be with the team during that time.

The //Chronicle// reported that head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] was considering starting [[Babe Parilli]] over [[Tom Flores]] at quarterback in the [[Titans|Oilers]] game on the 25th. He also planned, according to the story, to start new arrivals [[Riley Morris]] at linebacker and [[Bill Striegel]] at tackle.

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Bob Keyes]], halfback

**Waived**

[[LC Joyner]], defensive back

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======September 23, 1960======

=====News=====

The team was en route to Houston for the start of a three-game road trip featuring contests against the [[Titans|Oilers]], Broncos, and [[Chiefs|Texans]].

The Raiders reported that only two players were at less than full strength: tackle [[Dalton Truax]] with a pulled muscle and defensive lineman [[Ron Warzeka]] with a sprained ankle. Both were expected to be able to play during the road trip.

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======September 24, 1960======

=====News=====

The team held a light practice on the University of Houston campus in preparation for tomorrow’s game. During the drills, head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] broke his right big toe when quarterback [[Babe Parilli]] stepped on it during a play demonstration.

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======September 25, 1960======

The Raiders beat the [[Titans|Oilers]], 14-13, in Houston, for the franchise’s first-ever regular season win. [[Babe Parilli]] started the game at quarterback but was spelled by Flores in the second half after completing 7 of 15 passes for 57 yards. Flores completed 7 of 10 passes for an identical 57 yards and a touchdown. The game was picketed by Black activists who were protesting the segregated seating policy in place at Jeppesen Stadium.

The team dedicated the win to offensive line coach [[Ernie Jorge]], who had suffered a heart attack on the 23rd and was back in a Bay Area hospital recuperating.

=====Today's Game=====

At [[Jeppesen Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|Oakland  |  7  |  0  |  0  |  7  |  14  |
|[[Titans|Houston]]  |  0  |  10  |  3  |  0  |  13  |

1 OAK [[Jetstream Smith]] 3 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 HTN John Carson 8 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)\\
2 HTN George Blanda 36 field goal\\
3 HTN George Blanda 10 field goal\\
4 OAK [[Gene Prebola]] 14 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)

Head coaches - [[Eddie Erdelatz]], Lou Rymkus\\
Starting QBs - [[Babe Parilli]], George Blanda

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======September 26, 1960======

======September 27, 1960======

=====News=====

The team flew from Houston to Denver in advance of the game against the [[Broncos]] on October 2. Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] complained that the Broncos had not provided the team with film of their most recent game as required by league rules.

The AFL named quarterback [[Tom Flores]] the league’s offensive player of the week for his performance in the team’s 14-13 win over the [[Titans|Oilers]].

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======September 28, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[John Dittrich]], guard

**Waived**

[[Bill Striegel]], tackle

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======September 29, 1960======

======September 30, 1960======

=====News=====

San Francisco mayor George Christopher proclaimed the week of October 9-16 to be “Raider Week in San Francisco” highlighted by an October 10 rally in Union Square.

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said [[Tom Flores]] would start at quarterback against the Broncos and that fullback [[Jetstream Smith]] would see an increase in his playing time.

=====Transactions=====

**Draft choice signed by another team**

[[Al Bansavage]], linebacker, signed by the [[Chargers]] sometime around this date. He was signed without compensation to the Raiders, who lodged a protest with the league.

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======October 1, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said the newcomers, halfback [[Bob Keyes]] and guard [[John Dittrich]], would see action against the Broncos tomorrow.

The team reported that tackle [[Dalton Truax]] and defensive tackle [[Ron Warzeka]] had recovered enough from recent injuries to play as well.



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======October 2, 1960======

Despite moving the ball well against the [[Broncos]] defense, the Raiders committed five turnovers and lost, 31-14, in Denver. Three second quarter touchdowns for the Broncos broke the game open for good. After a one-week hiatus, [[Tom Flores]] resumed his starting role at quarterback, but again shared time with [[Babe Parilli]].

=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Bears Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|Oakland  |  7  |  0  |  7  |  0  |  14  |
|[[Broncos|Denver]]  |  3  |  21  |  7  |  0  |  31  |

1 DEN Gene Mingo 17 field goal\\
1 OAK [[Jetstream Smith]] 1 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 DEN Lionel Taylor 12 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick)\\
2 DEN Lionel Taylor 20 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick)\\
2 DEN Bill Yelverton 20 interception return (Gene Mingo kick)\\
3 OAK [[Billy Lott]] 2 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
3 DEN Dave Rolle 57 run (Gene Mingo kick)

Head coaches - [[Eddie Erdelatz]], Frank Filchock\\
Starting QBs - [[Tom Flores]], Frank Tripucka

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======October 3, 1960======

=====News=====

The team traveled from Denver to Dallas in advance of the game against the [[Chiefs|Texans]] on the 9th.

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======October 4, 1960======

=====News=====

Halfback [[Tony Teresa]] injured his back in practice leaving his availability for the [[Chiefs|Texans]] game on the 9th in doubt.

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======October 5, 1960======

======October 6, 1960======

======October 7, 1960======

======October 8, 1960======

=====News=====

Trainer [[George Anderson]] said halfback [[Tony Teresa]]’s injury might not keep him out of tomorrow’s game against the [[Chiefs|Texans]], but that if he did play, he would be limited in his performance. If Teresa couldn’t go, [[Jack Larscheid]] would take his place in the starting lineup

Flanker [[Nyle McFarlane]] had suffered a dislocated shoulder sometime during the past few days and his status for the game was also unknown.

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======October 9, 1960======

[[Jetstream Smith]]’s 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to open the second half sparked a 20-point quarter and the Raiders held on from there to beat the [[Chiefs|Texans]], 20-19, in Dallas. [[Tom Flores]] started the game at quarterback but couldn't move the team. [[Babe Parilli]] played the entire second half and presided over a much improved offensive performance. [[Tony Teresa]], still laboring with a back injury, played sparingly.

Linebacker [[Riley Morris]] suffered a severely bruised back during the game. He was given oxygen on the flight home after he took ill in reaction to an injection given by a doctor treating him. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance when the flight touched down in the Bay Area, but was released shortly after to recuperate at home.

=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Cotton Bowl]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|Oakland  |  0  |  0  |  20  |  0  |  20  |
|[[Chiefs|Dallas]]  |  0  |  7  |  0  |  12  |  19  |

2 DAL Dave Webster 80 interception return (Jack Spikes kick)\\
3 OAK [[Jetstream Smith]] 98 kickoff return ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
3 OAK [[Alan Goldstein]] 8 pass from [[Tony Teresa]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
3 OAK [[Alan Goldstein]] 16 run (kick blocked)\\
4 DAL Bo Dickinson 1 run (kick blocked)\\
4 DAL Max Boydston 6 pass from Cotton Davidson (run failed)

Head coaches - [[Eddie Erdelatz]], Hank Stram\\
Starting QBs - [[Tom Flores]], Cotton Davidson

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======October 10, 1960======

=====News=====

The team was the honored guest at a rally in Union Square to kick off “Raider Week in San Francisco.”

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======October 11, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] called [[Tom Flores]] and [[Babe Parilli]] “the best one-two quarterback combination in football." He added that he couldn’t choose between them and didn’t plan to going forward

=====Transactions=====

**Hired**

[[Jack Gallagher]], public relations director

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======October 12, 1960======

=====News=====

The team reported that halfback [[Tony Teresa]] was still experiencing significant pain from torn cartilage in his back and might see limited duty against the [[Patriots]] on the 16th.

Flanker [[Nyle McFarlane]], tight end [[Gene Prebola]], and wide receiver [[Charlie Hardy]] were still recovering from their injuries but were all expected to be able to play in the Patriots game.

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======October 13, 1960======

=====News=====

Prescott Sullivan of the Examiner reported that head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] had denied a story going round that he was “fed up” with the team. Sullivan also said that ticket agent [[Everett Nevin]] was no longer drawing a salary, but was working on commission and that the front office had fired three members of the administrative staff.

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======October 14, 1960======

=====News=====

The team said linebacker [[Riley Morris]] was “doubtful” to play against the Patriots on the 16th because of his back injury.

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======October 15, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said linebacker [[Riley Morris]] would miss tomorrow’s game against the Patriots because of his back injury and that [[Larry Barnes]] would take his place in the starting lineup. He added that [[Jack Larscheid]] would start at halfback in place of [[Tony Teresa]], who was dealing with his own back problems, but that Teresa was still expected to get some playing time.

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======October 16, 1960======

Halfback [[Jack Larscheid]], playing in place of the injured [[Tony Teresa]], ran 87 yards for a touchdown on the second play from scrimmage and led the Raiders to a convincing 27-14 win over the [[Patriots]] at Kezar Stadium. Boston's Gino Cappelletti intercepted three passes in a losing effort. The Raiders improved their record to 3-3, reaching the .500 mark for the first time.
=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Kezar Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Patriots|Boston]]  |  6  |  0  |  8  |  0  |  14  |
|Oakland  |  7  |  14  |  0  |  6  |  27  |

1 OAK [[Jack Larscheid]] 87 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
1 BOS Alan Miller 2 run (kick blocked)\\
2 OAK [[Gene Prebola]] 36 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 OAK [[Al Hoisington]] 10 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
3 BOS Butch Songin 1 run (Cappelletti run)\\
4 OAK [[Billy Lott]] 40 run (kick blocked)

Head coaches - Lou Saban, [[Eddie Erdelatz]]\\
Starting QBs - Butch Songin, [[Tom Flores]]

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======October 17, 1960======

=====News=====

Citing low attendance and financial losses in excess of what they expected prior to the season, team partners [[Don Blessing]] and [[Ed McGah]] said they would like to cut ticket prices to boost sales. Fellow partner and general manager [[Chet Soda]] disagreed, saying they already had some discounts in place and that improving the product on the field was the key to improving attendance.

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======October 18, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer and was taking medication for the condition.

Fullback [[Billy Lott]] pulled a hamstring muscle in practice.

Wide receiver [[Al Hoisington]] was hit in the eye by a [[Babe Parilli]] pass in practice, giving him a livid bruise.

All three were expected to be on board the plane for the trip to Buffalo on the 20th that would mark the start of a three-game road trip.

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======October 19, 1960======

======October 20, 1960======

=====News====

Head oach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] named [[Tom Flores]] the team’s starting quarterback for the rest of the season with [[Babe Parilli]] ready to go if Flores’ game was “off.”

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======October 21, 1960======

=====News=====

The team left for Buffalo to start a three-game road trip that would also include stops in New York and Boston. The Tribune reported that [[Tony Teresa]] would make his first start in two weeks against the [[Bills]] and that [[Jetstream Smith]] would get the nod at fullback, replacing the injured [[Billy Lott]]. The Chronicle, on the other hand, reported that Lott was “apparently fully recovered” and would be in the starting lineup.

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======October 22, 1960======

=====News=====

Updating news from yesterday, the Tribune reported that fullback [[Billy Lott]] had recovered from his back injury more quickly than expected, but that [[Jetstream Smith]] would still start against the [[Bills]] tomorrow.

=====Transactions=====

**Signed**

[[Billy Reynolds]], halfback

**Waived**

[[Bob Keyes]], halfback

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======October 23, 1960======

On a cold, wet afternoon in Buffalo, the Raiders suffered their worst defeat of the season, going down 38-9 to the [[Bills]]. The Raiders were never in it as Buffalo quarterback Johnny Green threw for four touchdowns, none shorter than 23 yards, and scored another on the ground.
=====Today’s Game=====

At [[War Memorial Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|Oakland  |  0  |  7  |  0  |  2  |  9  |
|[[Bills|Buffalo]]  |  14  |  14  |  3  |  7  |  38  |

1 BUF Wray Carlton 38 pass from Johnny Green (Bill Atkins kick)\\
1 BUF Wray Carlton 23 pass from Johnny Green (Bill Atkins kick)\\
2 BUF Elbert Dubenion 55 pass from Johnny Green (Bill Atkins kick)\\
2 OAK [[Jetstream Smith]] 1 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 BUF Wray Carlton 32 pass from Johnny Green (Bill Atkins kick)\\
3 BUF Joe Hergert 26 field goal\\
4 BUF Johnny Green 1 run (Bill Atkins kick)\\
4 OAK Safety, center snap through end zone

Head coaches - [[Eddie Erdelatz]], Buster Ramsey\\
Starting QBs - [[Tom Flores]], Johnny Green


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======October 24, 1960======

=====News=====

The team traveled to New York where they would play the [[Jets|Titans]] in a night game on the 28th.

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======October 25, 1960======

======October 26, 1960======

=====News=====

Team officials attended a meeting of the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce to look at playing games at a site in that town until a more permanent facility could be built in Oakland. Team owner [[Robert Osborne]] and assistant general manager [[Bud Hastings]] represented the Raiders at the meeting, which also included members of the San Leandro Board of Education.

The site in question was the campus of the recently built Pacific High School. The field, as currently configured, only had 500 seats but the team said it could be expanded to 20,000.

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======October 27, 1960======

======October 28, 1960======

The Raiders came back from a 10-point deficit in the third quarter to stage a late rally and beat the [[Jets|Titans]], 28-27, on a gloomy Friday night in the Polo Grounds. The game winner was a nine-yard run by [[Jetstream Smith]] with less than four minutes to play.

=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Polo Grounds]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|Oakland  |  7  |  7  |  0  |  14  |  28  |
|[[Jets|New York]]  |  14  |  7  |  3  |  3  |  27  |

1 NY Don Maynard 47 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick)\\
1 OAK [[Billy Lott]] 25 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
1 NY Leon Burton 99 kickoff return (Bill Shockley kick)\\
2 OAK [[Al Hoisington]] 61 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 NY Art Powell 76 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick)\\
3 NY Bill Shockley 18 field goal\\
4 OAK [[Jetstream Smith]] 3 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 NY Bill Shockley 24 field goal\\
4 OAK [[Jetstream Smith]] 9 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)

Head coaches - [[Eddie Erdelatz]], Sammy Baugh\\
Starting QBs - [[Tom Flores]], Al Dorow

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======October 29, 1960======

=====News=====

Raider partner and general manager [[Chet Soda]] denied a report saying that San Francisco business owner Frederick Sullivan had purchased half of his share of the team. Sullivan reportedly made the assertion himself in a “private conversation” and added that three other partners—[[Don Blessing]], [[Roger Lapham]], and [[Wayne Valley]]—had similarly sold parts of their shares of the team.

While Soda denied the story, public relations director [[Jack Gallagher]] said that such sales were in accord with the ownership agreement as long as the pieces sold did not come with voting rights and the other owners did not have to be notified when such an arrangement was made.

According to the Chronicle, Valley had sold a piece to a business partner, Lapham had sold “an unspecified share to a person or persons unknown”, and Blessing had “sold much of his share to a syndicate of eight to 12 people.” The Examiner suggested that Blessing had been “at the head of a syndicate” when he joined the ownership group

Soda also said the team had decided not to pursue a temporary move to San Leandro any longer.

Scotty Stirling of the Tribune reported the bizarre story of a feud between Raiders head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] and Titans team president Harry Wismer. According to the story, Wismer said he had invited Erdelatz to a party on the Wednesday evening before the game and when Erdelatz did not arrive, Wismer called him “uncooperative and a trouble maker.” Wismer also asserted that the team had arrived late for the game and that Erdelatz wasn’t with them when they finally did arrive.

Erdelatz responded to the story about the party by saying he had had prior obligations and Stirling provided an eyewitness account saying the team most certainly was in the stadium on time and that Erdelatz was with them. Stirling’s account was corroborated by other Bay Area newspapers.

Aside from all the drama, Erdelatz gave the team the day off after yesterday’s win.

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======October 30, 1960======

======October 31, 1960======

======November 1, 1960======

=====News=====

Team partner [[Chet Soda]] acknowledged that part of the story that he had sold a portion of his share of the team to businessman Frederick Sullivan was true, but that he was waiting for approval of the deal from the other owners and that nothing had been finalized. Fellow owner [[Roger Lapham]] said that current owners had the right of first refusal on any sale of team stock. Sullivan claimed, however, that the deal had been done and presented a canceled check endorsed by Soda for $1,000 deposit on the purchase.

The total cost for half of Soda's share was set at $31,250, which would put the total value of the franchise at an even $500,000.

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======November 2, 1960======

=====News =====

A story appeared in the Boston American and was repeated in the Examiner that head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] had agreed to coach the New York Giants in 1961. The Tribune reported Erdelatz's denial of the story saying, "It just is not true that I'm contemplating a change of jobs." Erdelatz did acknowledge having visited members of the Mara family, the owners of the Giants franchise, but said they were old friends, and the coaching job never came up.

Despite a statement a few days ago from general manager and team partner [[Chet Soda]] to the contrary, the team was still pursuing the possibility of playing their remaining home .games this year and all of next year's games on the Pacific High School field in San Leandro. The city's board of education had unanimously approved the measure.

At the same time, Soda publicly announced that if the team didn't get an East Bay stadium they would have to consider relocating. Seattle was one of the places mentioned, but Soda said that all talk was "just ideas, so far" and that no action had been taken. He also said the team was looking into finishing out the 1960 season at Candlestick Park.

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======November 3, 1960======

=====News=====

Bob Brachman of the Examiner continued to insist that head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] was going to coach the New York Giants next year.. By way of argument, he quoted Erdelatz as saying that next year "was a long time off" and that "I don't know where I'll be or what I'm doing"

The primary source for the story seemed to be [[Jets|Titans]] owner Harry Wismer who claimed to have investigated and was "convinced" of the story's veracity. Wismer had also claimed Erdelatz had not been on the field for the start of the game against the Titans on the 28th, a claim that had been refuted by multiple reporters who were on the scene at the time.

General manager [[Chet Soda]] said he had asked Erdelatz straight out about it when he heard the story and that Erdelatz had said there was nothing to it. Soda also said Erdelatz told him he had received an offer from an unidentified eastern college but had turned it down.

Soda also said that the game against the [[Denver Broncos|Broncos]] scheduled for December 16, a Friday night, at Kezar Stadium, would be played on Saturday, the 17th, at one of the following sites: Candlestick Park, Berkeley's Memorial Stadium, Stanford Stadium, or San Jose State's Spartan Stadium. He added that there was still a "slim"chance that the team would play in Kezar in 1961.

Finally, he said that Frederick Sullivan had "jumped the gun" in announcing a deal to buy half of Soda's share of the team and reiterated that nothing had been finalized yet.

Bruce Lee of the Chronicle reported that the team's assistant coaches all said they were working on "verbal contracts" and would stay loyal to Erdelatz as long as he stayed with the team.

Lee also reported that [[Tommy Kalmanir]] had received another coaching offer, from an unidentified party, but had turned it down.

Team partner [[Don Blessing]] denied earlier reports that his share of the team was spread among as many as a dozen members of a syndicate and that he only had one partner in his group.

In an apparent response to Soda's statement yesterday that the team would have to consider relocation if they didn't get a stadium, fellow owner [[Robert Osborne]] "promised" that the team would stay in Oakland and, according to Dick Friendlich of the Chronicle called some of his fellow owners "crybabies who don't like losing money that they had known and anticipated they were going to lose." Osborne also affirmed that he put no stock in rumors that Erdelatz was planning to jump to the Giants.

The head of Tudor Engineering, a company tasked with assessing the potential costs of building a multi-purpose stadium in Oakland said that, depending on the site chosen, the bill would run between $17 and $21 million.

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======November 4, 1960======

Down by 20 in the fourth quarter, [[Babe Parilli]] led a furious comeback that fell just short as the Raiders lost to the [[Patriots]], 34-28, in Boston. The team reportedly responded to the loss with great fury and frustrated slamming of helmets and lockers.
=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Boston University Field]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|Oakland  |  0  |  7  |  7  |  14  |  28  |
|[[Patriots|Boston]] |  14  |  6  |  7  |  7  |  34  |

1 BOS Thomas Stephens 19 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)\\
1 BOS Dick Christy 28 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)\\
2 OAK [[Tony Teresa]] 1 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 BOS Gino Cappelletti 27 field goal\\
2 BOS Gino Cappelletti 27 field goal\\
3 OAK [[Tom Flores]] 8 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
3 BOS Dick Christy 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick)\\
4 BOS Jim Colclough 38 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)\\
4 OAK [[Tony Teresa]] 3 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 OAK [[Tony Teresa]] 20 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)

Head coaches - [[Eddie Erdelatz]], Lou Saban\\
Starting QBs - [[Tom Flores]], Butch Songin

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======November 5, 1960======

=====News=====

The team returned from their three-week road trip and head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] gave the players until the 8th to recover, at which time they would resume workouts in advance of the [[Bills]] game on the 13th.

Defensive tackle [[Ramon Armstrong]], who was taken ill after the [[Patriots]] game yesterday, received medical treatment and was expected to be ready to go against Buffalo, as was guard [[Wayne Hawkins]], who was recovering from an arm injury sustained during the game.

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======November 6, 1960======

======November 7, 1960======

===== News =====

In a meeting of the team's eight directors, they decided against playing on the Pacific High School field for the remainder of the 1960 season and said they would finish out the year in 
Kezar Stadium. They said they were still exploring the possibility of playing on the San Leandro site in 1961

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======November 8, 1960======

=====News=====

Scotty Stirling of the //Tribune// reported that defensive end [[Charley Powell]] and guard [[Wayne Hawkins]] were "on the mend" from recent injuries and were expected to be able to play against the [[Bills]] on the 13th.

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======November 9, 1960======

=====News=====

The team said defensive tackle [[Ramon Armstrong]]'s illness that came upon him after the [[Patriots]] game was probably the flu and that he would be good to go against the [[Bills]] on the 13th.

Art Rosenbaum, Chronicle columnist, said that Kezar Stadium officials were "privately unhappy" about the Raiders plan to continue to play there this season, complaining that as the winter rains came it would be harder to maintain the filed while two professional teams were playing there on successive days.

Members of the Oakland City Council, Alameda County Board of Supervisors, and area Chambers of Commerce agreed to meet on November 22 to discuss the formation of a non-profit corporation to finance the building of a multi-purpose sports stadium. The corporation, as proposed, would be responsible for getting the necessary loans with debt servicing guaranteed by the city and county. Ownership of the stadium would transfer to the city and county jointly once it was paid off.

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======November 10, 1960======

===== News =====

The team announced that, for unspecified reasons, safety [[Wayne Crow]] was being demoted from the starting lineup against the [[Bills]] on the 13th. [[Alex Bravo]] was to move from right cornerback to cover Crow's spot and [[John Harris]] would move into the corner position. Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] didn't say why the change was being made, but the Tribune's Scotty Stirling said Crow "was guilty of sloppy play" against the [[Patriots]].

[[Chargers|Los Angeles Chargers]] owner Barron Hilton, speaking at a public gathering, said [[Chiefs|Texans]] owner and league president Lamar Hunt had assured him that all eight teams would take the field again in their present cities for the 1961 season.

Trainer [[George Anderson]] said defensive end [[Charley Powell]]'s rib injury continued to bother him and the player was "doubtful" for the Bills game. Defensive tackle [[George Fields]] was expected to take Powell's place with either [[Ron Warzeka]], [[Ramon Armstrong]], or [[Don Deskins]] moving into Fields' spot.

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======November 11, 1960======

=====News=====

The team announced they had distributed passes for the [[Bills]] game on the 13th to 5,000 area children, including members of a number of peewee football teams, with the only requirement being that each of the kids wear a black eyepatch to the game.

Citing defensive end [[Charley Powell]]'s "good attitude", trainer [[George Anderson]] said the player would be ready to go against the Bills on the 13th, after deeming him "doubtful" yesterday because of a rib injury suffered against [[Patriots]] a week ago.

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======November 12, 1960======

=====News=====

General manager and co-owner [[Chet Soda]] complained bitterly about the news that two NFL games, each on a different network, would be broadcast in the Bay Area at the same time as the the Raiders' home game against the [[Bills]] tomorrow. Typically, only one NFL game would be broadcast while the 49ers were out of town or as they would be tomorrow, idle, but NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle said that his league's teams sold their broadcasting rights to networks and sponsors and had no further control over when and where they were broadcast except to impose a blackout while a team was playing at home. Soda complained that the NFL was making a mockery of anti-trust laws and that he would be referring the matter to AFL commissioner Joe Foss. Rozelle responded by saying his league wasn't "targeting" the AFL and that the new league should attend to its own affairs and not worry about what the NFL was doing.

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======November 13, 1960======

In a game marked by higher than usual levels of hostility between the combatants, the Raiders rode their best defensive performance of the season to a 20-7 win over the [[Bills]] at Kezar Stadium. Fullback [[Jetstream Smith]] and Bills linebacker Jack Laraway were tossed from the game in the second for brawling. The win brought the Raiders back to .500, a game and a half behind the [[Chargers]], their opponent for the next two games.
=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Kezar Stadium]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Bills|Buffalo]]  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  7  |  7  |
|Oakland  |  10  |  3  |  7  |  0  |  20  |

1 OAK [[Larry Barnes]] 29 field goal\\
1 OAK [[Billy Lott]] 1 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 OAK [[Larry Barnes]] 40 field goal\\
3 OAK [[Tony Teresa]] 83 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 BUF Tommy O’Connell 1 run (Bill Atkins kick)

Head coaches - Buster Ramsey, [[Eddie Erdelatz]]\\
Starting QBs - Johnny Green, [[Tom Flores]]

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======November 14, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[Al Hoisington]], wide receiver

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======November 15, 1960======

======November 16, 1960======

======November 17, 1960======

=====News=====

The team formally requested permission from the city of San Francisco to play its three remaining home games of the 1960 season at Candlestick Park. General manager [[Chet Soda]] said it was possible, though not yet decided, that the team would play the 1961 season there as well.

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======November 18, 1960======

======November 19, 1960======

====== November 20, 1960======

======November 21, 1960======

=====1961 AFL Draft, Day One=====

|Rd|Pick|Player|Pos|School|
|1|5|[[Joe Rutgens]]  |  T  |Illinois|
|2|13|[[George Fleming]]  |  HB  |Washington|
|3|21|[[Myron Pottios]]  |  LB  |Notre Dame|
|4|29|[[Elbert Kimbrough]]  |  DB  |Northwestern|
|5|37|[[Dick Norman]]  |  QB  |Stanford|

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======November 22, 1960======

=====News=====

The Chronicle published the first half of a two-part story by reporter Bruce Lee describing the many ways the team ownership's background in contracting and the industry's approach to cost cutting forced players and coaches to do more with less. One example was the team's assistance coaches operating on handshake deals because the written contracts required them to work a strict 9 to 5 shift with no overtime. The coaches found the provision absurd and refused to agree to it in writing. Other examples involved planning snafus on the road because the team's traveling secretary didn't travel and taking transportation costs during training camp out of players' paychecks.

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======November 23, 1960======

=====News=====

Prescott Sullivan of the morning Examiner reported that a "reliable source" told him [[Chet Soda]] would be out as general manager at the end of the season and that control of the team would shift to fellow owners [[Robert Osborne]] and [[Wayne Valley]]. While no members of the team's board would go on record about the move, Sullivan cited Soda's parsimony as a primary cause for dissatisfaction within a certain portion of the ownership group. He also asserted that the team would lose roughly $400,000 in its first season, or $50,000 for each of the eight men on the board.

Scotty Stirling, of the afternoon Tribune, reported that an unnamed member of the ownership group, told him that the Examiner's story was "completely false" and that the board had given Soda a vote of confidence ten days ago. He added that Soda had the support of at least five of the ownership group and that it would take a majority vote to oust from the GM spot. Stirling added that Soda had shown frustration with the job in the past and that, while he could leave the job at the end of the season, it would be voluntary and not the result of an ouster.

The Chronicle published the second half of a story by reporter Bruce Lee, documenting some of the team's foibles during the year, including a tale that team flack [[Gene Perry]], who quit in October, was told never to mention that any of the team's players had previously played in the NFL or in Canada to avoid the idea that they were "castoffs." The story also mentioned that there were ten team owners, and possibly eleven if tales that travel agent Frederick Sullivan had bought a piece of the team from Soda, though the other two hadn't been named either in this story or in other recent stories that made the same claim.

In another tale, head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] once paid for an entire team meal on the road because the team's original venue provided such a poor repast. The story ended by pointing out that, despite all the hardships and frustrations, the team was performing well above preseason expectations with the lion's share of the credit going to Erdelatz and his staff.

The city of San Francisco granted permission to the team to play their final three home games of the 1960 season in Candlestick Park, as well as any playoff games they might host, provided they do the conversion to a football configuration and back to baseball afterward themselves.

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======November 24, 1960======

======November 25, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] reinstalled [[Tony Teresa]] as starting halfback after several weeks of limited duty following a back injury. Teresa’s promotion relegated [[Jack Larscheid]] back to the second string

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======November 26, 1960======

======November 27, 1960======

A win would have put the Raiders in a tie for first place in the AFL Western Division, but the [[Chargers]] raced out to a 31-7 first half lead and coasted to a 52-28 victory in Los Angeles. The Chargers’ 52 points was the highest total in the league so far, as was Paul Lowe’s 149 yards rushing. The game was played just one day after the sudden diabetes-related death of Chargers receiver Ralph Anderson.
=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Los Angeles Coliseum|Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|Oakland  |  7  |  0  |  7  |  14  |  28  |
|[[Chargers|Los Angeles]]  |  14  |  17  |  7  |  14  |  52  |

1 LA Don Norton 69 pass from Jack Kemp (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
1 OAK [[Jetstream Smith]] 1 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
1 LA Paul Lowe 63 pass from Jack Kemp (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
2 LA Howie Ferguson 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
2 LA Jack Kemp 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
2 LA Ben Agajanian 28 field goal\\
3 LA Paul Lowe 2 run (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
3 OAK [[Tony Teresa]] 11 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 OAK [[Billy Lott]] 7 run (Lott run)\\
4 LA Fred Ford 4 run (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
4 LA Doyle Nix 17 interception return (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
4 OAK [[Doug Asad]] 8 pass from [[Babe Parilli]] (run failed)

Head coaches - [[Eddie Erdelatz]], Sid Gillman\\
Starting QBs - [[Tom Flores]], Jack Kemp

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======November 28, 1960======

======November 29, 1960======

======November 30, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] announced a pair of lineup changes for the [[Chargers]] rematch on December 4: [[John Dittrich]] would replace [[Wayne Hawkins]] at right guard and [[Doug Asad]] would start in place of [[Gene Prebola]] at tight end.

Two more lineup changes were in the works because of previously unreported injuries to wide receiver [[Alan Goldstein]] and defensive tackle [[George Fields]]. [[Nyle McFarlane]] would take Goldstein’s place and [[Don Deskins]] would replace Fields.

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======December 1, 1960======

======December 2, 1960======

=====News=====

With the Raiders set to make their Candlestick Park debut on the 4th, against the [[Chargers]], assistant general manager [[Bud Hastings]] said ticket sales had increased by about fifty percent.

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======December 3, 1960======

=====News=====

The [[Chargers]] announced they promoted linebacker Al Bansavage to their active roster, prompting Raiders general manager [[Chet Soda]] to file a protest with the league. The Raiders had the signing rights to Bansavage, but the former USC standout signed with the Colts instead. When the Colts waived him, he was picked up by the Cowboys but failed a physical and never made an appearance with either team.

The Chargers then signed him and placed him on their taxi squad. The Raiders apparently never made a peep about that, but Soda now claimed the Raiders still had the AFL rights to him and appealed to commissioner Joe Foss for a ruling before the teams met tomorrow's rematch.

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======December 4, 1960======

Making their Candlestick Park debut, the Raiders led 17-14 after three quarters, but the [[Chargers]] scored 27 unanswered points to close the game and win, 41-17.The loss officially eliminated the Raiders from the Western Division race. With the win, the Chargers clinched at least a tie for the Western Division title and became the first team to beat the Raiders twice in the season.

By all accounts, the fan experience at Candlestick Park was rated a vast improvement over Kezar Stadium, with general manager [[Chet Soda]] calling it a “humdinger.”

=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Candlestick Park]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Chargers|Los Angeles]]  |  0  |  14  |  0  |  27  |  41  |
|Oakland  |  0  |  14  |  3  |  0  |  17  |

2 LA Royce Womble 3 pass from Jack Kemp (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
2 OAK [[Billy Lott]] 3 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 OAK [[Charlie Hardy]] 12 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 LA Don Norton 21 pass from Jack Kemp (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
3 OAK [[Larry Barnes]] 25 field goal\\
4 LA Paul Lowe 49 pass from Jack Kemp (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
4 LA Jack Kemp 7 run (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
4 LA Jack Kemp 9 run (Ben Agajanian kick)\\
4 LA Rommie Loudd 49 fumble recovery return (kick failed)

Head coaches - Sid Gillman, [[Eddie Erdelatz]]\\
Starting QBs - Jack Kemp, [[Tom Flores]]

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======December 5, 1960======

=====News=====

General manager [[Chet Soda]] contacted the league office again to reiterate his protest concerning the [[Chargers]]’ use of linebacker Al Bansavage in yesterday’s game. Soda contended that Bansavage’s AFL signing rights belonged to the Raiders, that the Chargers had no right to use him in a game, and that the Chargers should forfeit the game. AFL commissioner Joe Foss said he would take the matter up by mid-week.

The Oakland City Council and Alameda County Board of Supervisors met and selected the site for a proposed multi-purpose sports stadium. The site chosen was near the intersection of Hegenberger Road and the Nimitz Freeway in southwest part of Oakland. The land was currently owned by the East Bay Municipal District and was being used for storage.

=====1961 AFL Draft, Day Two=====

|Rd|Pick|Player|Pos|School|
|  6|  45|[[Bobby Crespino]]|  TE  |Mississippi|
|  7|  51|[[Ray Purdin]]|  HB  |Northwestern|
|  8|  57|[[Tom Watkins]]|  HB  |Iowa State|
|  8|  58|[[Richard Price]]|  G  |Mississippi|
|  9|  67|[[Lowndes Shingler]]|  QB  |Clemson|
|  10|  74|[[Ken Petersen]]|  T  |Utah|
|  11|  83|[[Doug Mayberry]]|  FB  |Utah State|
|  12|  90|[[Bob Schmitz]]|  G  |Montana State|
|  13|  99|[[Jerry Burch]]|  WR  |Georgia Tech|
|  14|  106|[[Clark Miller]]|  T  |Utah State|
|  15|  115|[[Bob Coolbaugh]]|  WR  |Richmond|
|  16|  122|[[Chuck Lamson]]|  DB  |Wyoming|
|  17|  131|[[Joe Novsek]]|  DE  |Tulsa|
|  18|  138|[[Joe Krakoski]]|  HB  |Illinois|
|  19|  148|[[Charley Fuller]]|  HB  |San Francisco State|
|  20|  154|[[Preston Powell]]|  FB  |Grambling|
|  21|  163|[[Mike Jones]]|  QB  |San Jose State|
|  22|  170|[[Blayne Jones]]|  G  |Idaho State|
|  23|  179|[[Roger Fisher]]|  C  |Utah State|
|  24|  186|[[Jack Novak]]|  G  |Miami (FL)|
|  25|  195|[[Paul Yanke]]|  WR  |Northwestern|
|  26|  202|[[Dean Hinshaw]]|  T  |Stanford|
|  27|  211|[[Clar Appledoorn]]|  WR  |San Jose State|
|  28|  218|[[Dave Grosz]]|  QB  |Oregon|
|  29|  227|[[Ed Morris]]|  T  |Indiana|
|  30|  234|[[Skip Face]]|  HB  |Stanford|

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======December 6, 1960======

=====News=====

Former Raiders co-owner [[Harvey Binns]] was advertising the sale of 500 tickets to the [[Jets|Titans]] game on the 12th for $3.00 apiece—$1.50 less than the $4.50 marked on the ticket. Binns explained that he had agreed some time back to buy and resell 500 tickets for each game, but that he couldn’t sell them all at the marked price. He further explained that his agents had been able to sell them on game day outside Kezar Stadium, but that at the [[Chargers]] game at Candlestick Park, his people had been arrested by police at the instigation of general manager and Binns’ former fellow co-owner [[Chet Soda]].

=====Transactions=====

**Waived**

[[Billy Reynolds]], halfback

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======December 7, 1960======

=====News=====

AFL commissioner Joe Foss acknowledged that Raiders general manager [[Chet Soda]] had a case when he protested Al Bansavage’s appearance for the [[Los Angeles Chargers|Chargers]] in the game on the 4th, but that he “would never get in the business of reversing football scores” and denied Soda’s request for a forfeit. Foss added that he was still deciding on an appropriate punishment for the Chargers for fielding a player to whom another team held the signing rights.

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======December 8, 1960======

=====News=====

Head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] said the team planned to use defensive back [[John Harris]] on both offense and defense against the [[Jets|Titans]] on the 11th. The move was prompted by the team’s lack of a backup at [[Charlie Hardy]]’s wide receiver position following the release of [[Al Hoisington]] on November 14.

Flanker [[Alan Goldstein]] was expected to return to the lineup against the Titans after missing the [[Los Angeles Chargers|Chargers]] game with an ankle injury. [[Nyle McFarlane]] was still expected to start at flanker in front of Goldstein.

Several players were complaining of skin burns and were blaming the fresh lime put down to mark the lines last Sunday at Candlestick Park.

Hayward mayor RK Dettenweiler said his city would still go forward with a proposal to build a stadium there despite the recent decision by the Oakland City Council and Alameda County Board of Supervisors to focus on the Hegenburger Road site in Oakland.

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======December 9, 1960======

======December 10, 1960======

======December 11, 1960======

Al Dorow's 17-yard touchdown pass to Dewey Bohling with a little over four minutes left in the game was the deciding score in the [[Jets|Titans]]' 31-28 win over the Raiders at Candlestick Park. [[Charley Powell]]'s younger brother Art caught 9 passes for 162 yards and a pair of scores for the Titans.
=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Candlestick Park]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Jets|New York]]  |  7  |  7  |  10  |  7  |  31  |
|Oakland  |  0  |  7  |  14  |  7  |  28  |

1 NY Art Powell 72 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick)\\
2 OAK [[Nyle McFarlane]] 14 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 NY Al Dorow 12 run (Bill Shockley kick)\\
3 OAK [[Charlie Hardy]] 19 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
3 NY Art Powell 5 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick)\\
3 OAK [[Tony Teresa]] 1 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 OAK [[Tony Teresa]] 3 pass from [[Tom Flores]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 NY Dewey Bohling 17 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick)

Head coaches - Sammy Baugh, [[Eddie Erdelatz]]\\
Starting QBs - Al Dorow, [[Tom Flores]]

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======December 12, 1960======

======December 13, 1960======

======December 14, 1960======

======December 15, 1960======

======December 16, 1960======

======December 17, 1960======

The Raiders scored 31 points in the fourth quarter and thumped the [[Broncos]], 48-10, in the season finale at Candlestick Park. With the win, the team finished at 6-8-0, good for third place in the Western Division..

The Examiner's Don Selby reported that head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] was planning to ask for a release from his contract after the season because of dissatisfaction with the "bumbling operation" of the team. Selby said that Erdelatz had told only close friends of his decision and that he might be persuaded to stay only if he added the title of general manager to his shingle and got a raise in pay, but that even then his decision would by no means be certain.

When asked about the report after the game, Erdelatz said he "couldn't say where I'll be next season" and would be focusing on finding off-season jobs for his players and reviewing the team's draft choices.


=====Today’s Game=====

At [[Candlestick Park]]
| | | | | |  Final  |
|[[Broncos|Denver]]  |  3  |  7  |  0  |  0  |  10  |
|Oakland  |  3  |  14  |  0  |  31  |  48  |

1 OAK [[Larry Barnes]] 18 field goal\\
1 DEN Gene Mingo 37 field goal\\
2 OAK [[Tom Flores]] 1 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
2 DEN Lionel Taylor 6 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick)\\
2 OAK [[Tom Flores]] 1 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 OAK [[Larry Barnes]] 28 field goal\\
4 OAK [[Tom Flores]] 7 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 OAK [[Babe Parilli]] 1 run ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 OAK [[Nyle McFarlane]] 49 pass from [[Babe Parilli]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)\\
4 OAK [[Charlie Hardy]] 20 pass from [[Babe Parilli]] ([[Larry Barnes]] kick)

Head coaches - Frank Filchock, [[Eddie Erdelatz]]\\
Starting QBs - Frank Tripucka, [[Tom Flores]]

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======December 18, 1960======

=====News=====

Scotty Stirling of the Tribune reported that the team ownership was planning to meet tomorrow and that at the meeting, [[Chet Soda]] would be selling out, possibly to be joined by [[Don Blessing]], [[Charles Harney]], [[Wallace Marsh]], and [[Roger Lapham]]. [[Wayne Valley]] was expected to become the primary figure in the new power structure that would include the remaining owners, [[Ed McGah]] and [[Robert Osborne]]. The Tribune added that their unnamed source for the story said that Osborne had tried to buy out Blessing and Soda some time back but that a deal hadn't been struck.

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======December 19, 1960======

=====News=====

According to [[Chet Soda]], today's meeting of the ownership group covered "fiscal and corporate problems" and did not include talk of any owners selling out, as had been previously reported. Again, per Soda, the owners agreed to operate again in 1961 and play their home games in Candlestick Park. They also hoped to have an Oakland stadium in place, possibly as early as 1962.

The owners acknowledged losing about $400,000 in their first season, but said it was a smaller deficit than any other team in the league, except [[Broncos|Denver]] and [[Bills|Buffalo]]

When asked whether the group discussed whether [[Eddie Erdelatz]] would coach the team again next year, Soda said Erdelatz had signed a two-year deal and that "he's still working for us, period."

The group planned to meet again tomorrow.

Don Selby's story in the Examiner identified team attorney [[William Hayes]] as a member of the team's board of directors, though he did not own a share of the team.

The San Francisco Park and Recreation Commission released the official attendance numbers for 1960 which revealed that for the seven home games, the Raiders attracted a total of 65,756 fans, of whom 49,235 paid their way in.

=====Transactions=====

**Trade**

[[Jack Stone]], tackle, acquired from the [[Chiefs|Texans]] in compensation for losing the rights to halfback [[Abner Haynes]] in March

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======December 20, 1960======

=====News=====

The AFL released their final official statistics of the season and among the individual finishers were [[Eddie Macon]] in second place with nine interceptions and [[Jack Larscheid]] third with a kickoff return average of 28.4 yards per return.

[[Tom Flores]] led all league passers in completion percentage at 54.0.

After the second day of the team's ownership meeting [[Chet Soda]] acknowledged the long-held opinion of observers that head coach [[Eddie Erdelatz]] was interested in the general manager job and that that interest could have some bearing on whether he returned for a second season. Soda said Erdelatz would be "given every consideration" for the job, but that the owners would have to "kick [it] around quite a while" before deciding. He added that the owners did not discuss the issue at today's meeting and that Erdelatz had assured Soda that he would coach the team in 1961 regardless of the decision.

Curley Grieve of the Examiner reported several days after the fact that [[Robert Osborne]] did not attend one, or possibly both, of the meetings.

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======December 21, 1960======

======December 22, 1960======

======December 23, 1960======

======December 24, 1960======

=====News=====

The league released its official All-AFL selections, chosen by the league's coaching staffs and "picked members of the press," and center [[Jim Otto]] was the sole Raider representative on the first team. Guard [[Don Manoukian]] and cornerback [[Eddie Macon]] were named to the second team.
=====Transactions=====

**Draft pick signed by NFL team**

[[Dick Norman]], quarterback, by the Bears

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======December 25, 1960======

=====Transactions=====

**Draft pick signed by NFL team**

[[Dean Hinshaw]], tackle, by the 49ers

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======December 26, 1960======

=====News=====

Owner and general manager [[Chet Soda]] responded to a report that the [[Chargers]] were planning to move from Los Angeles to San Diego by saying he didn't think it would hurt the rivalry, which he characterized as being more of a "north-south" thing rather than a Bay Area/Los Angeles thing.

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======December 27, 1960======

======December 28, 1960======

=====News=====

In his Examiner column, Prescott Sullivan suggested that former 49ers coach Buck Shaw could be headed to the Raiders in a front office capacity. Shaw had just retired from coaching after leading the Eagles to the 1960 NFL championship Shaw said he hadn't thought about the possibility of joining the Raiders but that he'd "be willing to talk it over."

United Press International (UPI) released their All-AFL team and it included cornerback [[Eddie Macon]] on the first team and center [[Jim Otto]] on the second team. Guards [[John Dittrich]] and [[Don Manoukian]], defensive end [[Charley Powell]], and linebacker [[Bob Dougherty]] received honorable mention.

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======December 29, 1960======

=====News=====

The Associated Press announced their All-AFL team which included just one Raider, center [[Jim Otto]], on the first team. Guard [[John Dittrich]], quarterback [[Tom Flores]], halfback [[Tony Teresa]], fullback [[Billy Lott]], and cornerback [[Eddie Macon]] all received honorable mention.

[[Eddie Erdelatz]] finished second in UPI balloting for AFL coach of the year behind Houston's Lou Rymkus.

Sources reported that a Honolulu man named Bill Pacheco had offered to buy the Raiders for a million dollars, but owner [[Chet Soda]] said he had "never been contacted by the man." Soda said he had talked with "some people some time back" about the idea of moving the team to Hawaii but that the owners had never seriously considered it. According to the Chronicle, Pacheco had once tried out with the 49ers as a barefoot kicker and that he had "never been known to shun publicity."

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======December 30, 1960======

======December 31, 1960======

=====News=====

Personnel assistant [[Palmer Whitted]] left the team’s employ sometime late this year or in early 1961.

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