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2015 Oakland Raiders season
OwnerMark Davis
General managerReggie McKenzie
Head coachJack Del Rio
Home fieldO.co Coliseum
Results
Record7–9
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Pro BowlersDerek Carr, QB
Amari Cooper, WR
Khalil Mack, DE
Marcel Reece, FB
Charles Woodson, SS
Latavius Murray, RB
Uniform
File:AFCW-Uniform-OAK.PNG

The 2015 Oakland Raiders season was the franchise's 46th season in the National Football League, the 56th overall, the 20th of their second stint in Oakland, and the first under new head coach Jack Del Rio. Despite their huge improvement from their previous season, the Raiders were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 15 with a loss to the Green Bay Packers at home.

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2015 draft class

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Main article: 2015 NFL draft
2015 Oakland Raiders Draft
Round Selection Player Position College
1 4 Amari Cooper WR Alabama
2 35 Mario Edwards, Jr. DE Florida State
3 68 Clive Walford TE Miami (FL)
4 128 Jonathan Feliciano OG Miami (FL)
5 140 Ben Heeney ILB Kansas
161 Neiron Ball OLB Florida
6 179 Max Valles DE Virginia
7 218 Anthony Morris OT Tennessee State
221 Andre Debose WR Florida
242 Dexter McDonald CB Kansas

Staff

2015 Oakland Raiders staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

Current roster

2015 Oakland Raiders final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
 53 active, 10 inactive, 10 practice squad

Schedule

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site NFL.com
recap
1 August 14 St. Louis Rams W 18–3 1–0 O.co Coliseum Recap
2 August 22 at Minnesota Vikings L 12–20 1–1 TCF Bank Stadium Recap
3 August 30 Arizona Cardinals L 23–30 1–2 O.co Coliseum Recap
4 September 3 at Seattle Seahawks L 21–31 1–3 CenturyLink Field Recap

Regular season

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site NFL.com
recap
1 September 13 Cincinnati Bengals L 13–33 0–1 O.co Coliseum Recap
2 September 20 Baltimore Ravens W 37–33 1–1 O.co Coliseum Recap
3 September 27 at Cleveland Browns W 27–20 2–1 FirstEnergy Stadium Recap
4 October 4 at Chicago Bears L 20–22 2–2 Soldier Field Recap
5 October 11 Denver Broncos L 10–16 2–3 O.co Coliseum Recap
6 Bye
7 October 25 at San Diego Chargers W 37–29 3–3 Qualcomm Stadium Recap
8 November 1 New York Jets W 34–20 4–3 O.co Coliseum Recap
9 November 8 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 35–38 4–4 Heinz Field Recap
10 November 15 Minnesota Vikings L 14–30 4–5 O.co Coliseum Recap
11 November 22 at Detroit Lions L 13–18 4–6 Ford Field Recap
12 November 29 at Tennessee Titans W 24–21 5–6 Nissan Stadium Recap
13 December 6 Kansas City Chiefs L 20–34 5–7 O.co Coliseum Recap
14 December 13 at Denver Broncos W 15–12 6–7 Sports Authority Field at Mile High Recap
15 December 20 Green Bay Packers L 20–30 6–8 O.co Coliseum Recap
16 December 24 San Diego Chargers W 23–20 (OT) 7–8 O.co Coliseum Recap
17 January 3 at Kansas City Chiefs L 17–23 7–9 Arrowhead Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week One: Cincinnati Bengals at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Bengals 7 17 9033
Raiders 0 0 01313

at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

Game information

Derek Carr left the game in the first half with an injury to his throwing hand, which resulted in Matt McGloin taking over. The Raiders would go on to lose the game 33-13 and start their season 0-1, while falling to 10-1 lifetime against the Bengals at home.

Week 2: vs. Baltimore Ravens

Week Two: Baltimore Ravens at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ravens 10 10 01333
Raiders 10 10 10737

at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

Game information

With 30 seconds left in regulation, Derek Carr threw a touchdown pass to Seth Roberts to take the lead. With the win, the Raiders improved to 1-1 and also 2-7 all time against the Ravens.

Week 3: at Cleveland Browns

Week Three: Oakland Raiders at Cleveland Browns – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 3 14 3727
Browns 0 3 71020

at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game information

With the win, the Raiders improved to 2-1.

Week 4: at Chicago Bears

Week Four: Oakland Raiders at Chicago Bears – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 0 14 3320
Bears 6 10 0622

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Game information

With the loss, the Raiders dropped to 2-2.

Week 5: vs. Denver Broncos

Week Five: Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Broncos 0 3 6716
Raiders 0 7 0310

at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

  • Date: October 11
  • Game time: 1:25 p.m. PDT
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), sunny
  • Game attendance: 54,500
  • Referee: John Hussey
  • TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Charles Woodson said days prior to Week 5 that he always wanted to intercept a pass from Peyton Manning. He had not accomplished this feat in his entire 18-year career during their meetings. He lived up to his word, intercepting Manning twice on defense. However, despite two INTs from Woodson, the Raiders were unable to stop the Broncos in a hard-fought game, and they went to lose 16-10 as the team dropped to 2-3 going into their bye week.

Week 7: at San Diego Chargers

Week Seven: Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 10 20 7037
Chargers 3 3 02329

at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

Game information

With the win, the Raiders improved to 3-3.

Week 8: vs. New York Jets

Week Eight: New York Jets at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Jets 3 3 7720
Raiders 7 14 10334

at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

Game information

With the win, the Raiders improved to 4-3.

Week 9: at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week Nine: Oakland Raiders at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 7 7 71435
Steelers 3 18 01738

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game information

With the loss, the Raiders dropped to 4-4.

Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings

Week Ten: Minnesota Vikings at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Vikings 10 10 01030
Raiders 0 14 0014

at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

Game information

Week 11: at Detroit Lions

Week Eleven: Oakland Raiders at Detroit Lions – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 0 0 13013
Lions 6 3 0918

at Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan

Game information

Week 12: at Tennessee Titans

Week Twelve: Oakland Raiders at Tennessee Titans – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 7 3 7724
Titans 6 0 8721

at Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

  • Date: November 29
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST/10:00 a.m. PST
  • Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C), rain
  • Game attendance: 58,075
  • Referee: Jeff Triplette
  • TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 13: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week Thirteen: Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 7 0 72034
Raiders 7 7 6020

at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

  • Date: December 6
  • Game time: 1:05 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), overcast
  • Game attendance: 55,010
  • Referee: Craig Wrolstad
  • TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 14: at Denver Broncos

Week Fourteen: Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 0 0 9615
Broncos 6 6 0012

at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: December 13
  • Game time: 2:05 p.m. MST/1:05 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C), partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 76,824
  • Referee: Bill Vinovich
  • TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts and Evan Washburn
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers

Week Fifteen: Green Bay Packers at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Packers 14 0 10630
Raiders 0 13 7020

at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

  • Date: December 20
  • Game time: 1:05 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), cloudy
  • Game attendance: 55,087
  • Referee: Walt Anderson
  • TV announcers (Fox): Chris Myers, Ronde Barber and Jennifer Hale
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week Sixteen: San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Period 1 2 34OTTotal
Chargers 7 10 03020
Raiders 7 3 28323

at O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

Game information

In Charles Woodson's last game at the Coliseum, the game was hard-fought and the Raiders won 23-20 in an overtime thriller in order to go to 7-8 in what could be their final game in Oakland. Woodson addressed to Oakland's home crowd after the game saying, "I will never leave you".

Week 17: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week Seventeen: Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 0 10 0717
Chiefs 14 0 9023

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Game information

This was Charles Woodson's last game in the NFL.

Standings

Division

AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(1) Denver Broncos 12 4 0 .750 4–2 8–4 355 296 W2
(5) Kansas City Chiefs 11 5 0 .688 5–1 10–2 405 287 W10
Oakland Raiders 7 9 0 .438 3–3 7–5 359 399 L1
San Diego Chargers 4 12 0 .250 0–6 3–9 320 398 L2

Conference

AFC
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division Leaders
1[a] Denver Broncos West 12 4 0 .750 4–2 8–4 .500 .479 W2
2[a] New England Patriots East 12 4 0 .750 4–2 9–3 .473 .448 L2
3[a] Cincinnati Bengals North 12 4 0 .750 5–1 9–3 .477 .406 W1
4 Houston Texans South 9 7 0 .563 5–1 7–5 .496 .410 W3
Wild Cards
5 Kansas City Chiefs West 11 5 0 .688 5–1 10–2 .496 .432 W10
6[b] Pittsburgh Steelers North 10 6 0 .625 3–3 7–5 .504 .463 W1
Did not qualify for the postseason
7[b] New York Jets East 10 6 0 .625 3–3 7–5 .441 .388 L1
8[c] Buffalo Bills East 8 8 0 .500 4–2 7–5 .508 .438 W2
9[c] Indianapolis Colts South 8 8 0 .500 4–2 6–6 .500 .406 W2
10 Oakland Raiders West 7 9 0 .438 3–3 7–5 .512 .366 L1
11 Miami Dolphins East 6 10 0 .375 1–5 4–8 .469 .469 W2
12[d] Jacksonville Jaguars South 5 11 0 .313 2–4 5–7 .473 .375 L3
13[d] Baltimore Ravens North 5 11 0 .313 3–3 4–8 .508 .425 L1
14 San Diego Chargers West 4 12 0 .250 0–6 3–9 .527 .328 L2
15[e] Cleveland Browns North 3 13 0 .188 1–5 2–10 .531 .271 L3
16[e] Tennessee Titans South 3 13 0 .188 1–5 1–11 .492 .375 L4
Tiebreakers[f]
  1. ^ a b c Denver finished ahead of New England and Cincinnati for the No. 1 seed based on head-to-head sweep. New England finished ahead of Cincinnati for the No. 2 seed based
    on record vs. common opponents — New England's cumulative record against Buffalo, Denver, Houston and Pittsburgh was 4–1, while Cincinnati's cumulative record against
    the same four teams was 2–3.
  2. ^ a b Pittsburgh finished ahead of the New York Jets for the No. 6 seed and qualified for the last playoff spot based on record vs. common opponents — Pittsburgh's cumulative
    record against Cleveland, Indianapolis, New England and Oakland was 4–1, while the Jets' cumulative record against the same four teams was 3–2.
  3. ^ a b Buffalo finished ahead of Indianapolis based on head-to-head victory.
  4. ^ a b Jacksonville finished ahead of Baltimore based on head-to-head victory.
  5. ^ a b Cleveland finished ahead of Tennessee based on head-to-head victory.
  6. ^ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

References

  1. ^ "Raiders' playoffs hope ends". silverandblackpride.com. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

External links

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