Building The Raider Nation's Vocabulary: Volume #1

by saint on May 12, 2009 11:41 AM PDT Comment 18 comments

We all know that the World is against us again. They think that Al Davis has lost his marbles along with his rocker and that JaMarcus Russell is 350 pounds. In hopes that we can beat them down with knowledge when we battle them I am launching a new segment called, "Building The Raider Nation's Vocabulary".

In this segment I will ask 6 questions, and each of you can answer them, without using any resources except for your mind.

I will then give the answers with in an in depth breakdown of each section in another Thread and together we will have quite the Silver and Black Encylopedia by the time the season rolls around.

So to start off this section, let's Build a Knowledge Base:

With which University did Al Davis get his first College job?

Who is the Raider's All-Time Rushing Leader?

Who is the Raider's All-Time Passing Leader?

Where did the Raiders first play their home games?

What was the name of the team before they were the Raiders?

Name As Many of The Original AFL Teams as Possible.

Feel free to expand on your answers.

Cheers,

Saint

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1. I think its USC but maybe there was someone before there
2. Marcus Allen
3. Ken Stabler
4. good question
5. Senors
6. Bills, Dolphins, Jets, Steelers, Browns, Patriots, Chiefs, Oilers, Colts, Browns, Raiders, and there must be 1 more…….Broncos?

"I need a couple A's for Q's, I'm not an Asshole I'm just a little confused"
-Aesop Rock

by DarthDavis on May 12, 2009 12:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Answer to #1

Upon graduation, he began his coaching career as the line coach at Adelphi College from 1950 to 1951. From there Davis served as the head coach of the U.S. Army team at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia from 1952 to 1953. His next coaching assignment was as the line coach and chief recruiter for The Citadel. From 1957 to 1959 Davis was a offensive end coach at the University of Southern California.

But when they start scheming us the way these guys did, and we weren't particularly ready for it, anything can happen."

by saint on May 12, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

answers

These are tough questions, well some of them anyway. You have really humbled me as a fan with this.

With which University did Al Davis get his first College job? It was a small college, but I can’t remember. Walked on and showed confidence enough to earn a job.

Who is the Raider’s All-Time Rushing Leader? Marcus Allen

Who is the Raider’s All-Time Passing Leader? Rich Gannon

Where did the Raiders first play their home games? Shared with 49ers?

What was the name of the team before they were the Raiders? Senors

Name As Many of The Original AFL Teams as Possible Oakland, SD, KC, Jets, Dolphins, Broncos, Browns, Colts, Steelers, Bills, Bengals?

Man, without looking this stuff up, tough questions.

I live, breath and breed Silver and Black!

by sabp on May 12, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

#4 is correct:

In fact they split the first season in between Candelstick and Kezar and will always be the first NFL Team to play a game at Candelstick.

But when they start scheming us the way these guys did, and we weren't particularly ready for it, anything can happen."

by saint on May 12, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

1. pretty sure it was USC
2. Marcus Allen
3. Ken Stabler
4. I think (its a stretch) at Laney College
5. Senors
6. think Darth got all of them but forgot the Chargers, and might have said browns twice instead of adding the Bengals
again, hard test… I may not know as much as I would like to boast that I do.

looking forward to the next 30 years of this team

by 30yearR8RFan on May 12, 2009 1:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Tough ?'s

With which University did Al Davis get his first College job?
university? I think it was in the army for some reason.

Who is the Raider’s All-Time Rushing Leader?
Marcus Allen

Who is the Raider’s All-Time Passing Leader?
The Snake

Where did the Raiders first play their home games?
don’t know

What was the name of the team before they were the Raiders?
good question i only no them as Raiders

Name As Many of The Original AFL Teams as Possible.
oak, jets, pats, fins, SD, chiefs, steelers, colts, browns, bills I think.

The future is uncertain... and the end is always near. JMorrison

by S-n-B4life on May 12, 2009 4:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

5-senores
6-jets(titans), chiefs(texans), oilers, chargers, broncos, bills, RAIDERS. i think that the patriots were the eighth of the original teams, but not sure.

by pridenpoyz on May 12, 2009 4:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Very Good:

With one cliff note:

Minnesota agreed to accept an inviation from the NFL and the Raiders replaced them.

Boston Patriots ~ Gerhard Schwedes, HB, Syracuse
Buffalo Bills ~ Richie Lucas, QB, Penn State
Dallas Texans ~ Don Meredith, QB, SMU
Denver Broncos ~ Roger LeClerc, C, Trinity
Houston Oilers ~ Billy Cannon, HB, LSU
Los Angeles Chargers ~ Monty Stickles, E, Notre Dame
New York Titans ~ George Izo, QB, Notre Dame
Minneapolis 1 ~ Dale Hackbart, QB, Wisconsin

Those are the teams and the players that they chose in the first draft. IN a round about way Dale Hackbart was our first player.

In another interesting note, the only reason that Oakland got a team was because San Diego wanted a team on the West Coast or they may pull out. In an odd way we actually owe them one for that.

But when they start scheming us the way these guys did, and we weren't particularly ready for it, anything can happen."

by saint on May 12, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome info,

and a great post. Really makes you think. I can’t wait for the next one!

Brady Fumbled

by pridenpoyz on May 12, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

With which University did Al Davis get his first College job? Aldephi

Who is the Raider’s All-Time Rushing Leader?Marcus Allen

Who is the Raider’s All-Time Passing Leader? Rich Gannon

Where did the Raiders first play their home games? Kezar

What was the name of the team before they were the Raiders? Senors (but was misspelled Seniors)

Name As Many of The Original AFL Teams as Possible. New York Titans, Huston Oilers, Buffalo Bills, Boston Patriots, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, DallasTexans and your Oakland Raiders/Senors/Seniors

by origraid on May 12, 2009 6:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

added Info

Where did the Raiders first play their home games?
Kezar until Candlestick was built. The last 3 games of 1960 were played at Candlestick. The Raiders moved exclusively to Candlestick Park in 1961. In 1962 the Raiders moved into Frank Youell Field in Oakland at Lanney college until the Oakland coliseum was built.

What was the name of the team before they became the raiders?
The Oakland Señors, but the team never played under that name. The team was called the Señors for a period of 2 weeks before they changed it to the raiders. The name Oakland Señors came from a news paper contest, and was very short lived because it became the butt of all jokes.

And no i didn’t look this info up, I have been a raiders fan since the beginning.

by Captain Chaos on May 13, 2009 7:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sweet info Captain: A Virtual Raider Encyclopedia

Here’s a question for you:

If you had to choose between Raymond Chester, Todd Christensen or Casper, who would you choose?

But when they start scheming us the way these guys did, and we weren't particularly ready for it, anything can happen."

by saint on May 13, 2009 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great idea

With which University did Al Davis get his first College job? – Adelphi College
Who is the Raider’s All-Time Rushing Leader? – M Allen
Who is the Raider’s All-Time Passing Leader? – K Stabler
Where did the Raiders first play their home games? – Kezar Stadium
What was the name of the team before they were the Raiders? – Señors
Name As Many of The Original AFL Teams as Possible. – Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Texans, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Chargers, New York Titans, and Oakland Raiders

by sKerry95 on May 13, 2009 10:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

questionnaire

I believ the Raiders first played at Kezar Stadium in SF?
And the question regarding the original AFL teams? Remember, you asked about the original “EIGHT” that started the league. The Dolphins and Bengals were added later in 66’ and 68’.
They are:
Buffalo Bills
Boston Patriots(New England)
Dallas Texans(K.C Chiefs)
Denver Ponies, I mean Broncos
Houston Oilers(Tennessee Titans)
L.A Chargers(San Diego)
N.Y Titans(Jets)
Oakland

Pittsburgh was already in the NFL.

by CenCal Raider on May 13, 2009 11:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

QB question

I am bummed that I misssed a Stabler question. He may have the most yards but look at the stats and consider Gannon was a Raider for fewer years. He was probably one season from taking the lead in yards.
att comp % yds tds int
1 Ken Stabler 2,481 1,486 59.9 19,078 150 143
2 Rich Gannon 2,448 1,533 62.6 17,585 114 50

I don’t know how QB ratings are calculated but I’m geussing Gannon’s would be higher because of fewer interceptions and higher completion percent? Anybody know how that works? On the Stabler side of things he had considerbly more TD’s.

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by sabp on May 13, 2009 3:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and Saint...

good idea on a series…you are a walking encyclopedia.

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by sabp on May 13, 2009 3:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

good questions. I didn't use any source but my mind...

1. Some small school, not sure which.
2. Marcus Allen
3. Ken Stabler (I think)
4. They shared with the 9ers (no one ever came, worst fan base ever.)
5. the Señors
6. Raiders, Bills, Dolphins, Queefs(KC), Donkeys(Denver), Chargers, Jets, Oilers (?)

by r8er.4.life on May 14, 2009 2:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Not a huge Raider fan but root for them to pound Denver each yr...

1. I believe Al Davis went to Syracuse. I was watching a football game on ESPN2 and I think I remember Al Davis being talked about.
2. Marcus Allen
3. Gotta be Ken Stabler. If not him then who? Lamonica? Plunkett? It sure as hell isn’t Gannon.
4. Kezar Stadium – didn’t know that
5. the Senors? – didn’t know that either
6. I didn’t know Oak/Min or Hou

by Zorak84 on May 20, 2009 7:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs