1986 Los Angeles Raiders season

1986 Los Angeles Raiders season
Head coach	Tom Flores
Owner	Al Davis
Home field	L.A. Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1986 Los Angeles Raiders season was their 27th in the league. They were unable to improve upon the previous season's output of 12–4, winning only eight games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in five seasons.

The 1986 season was marked by highly competitive games (only three of the Raiders' sixteen regular season games were decided by more than a touchdown). The campaign also marked the end of storied quarterback Jim Plunkett's career.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 7, 1986	at Denver Broncos	L 38–36	75,695
2	September 14, 1986	at Washington Redskins	L 10–6	55,235
3	September 21, 1986	New York Giants	L 14–9	71,164
4	September 28, 1986	San Diego Chargers	W 17–13	63,153
5	October 5, 1986	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–17	74,430
6	October 12, 1986	Seattle Seahawks	W 14–10	70,635
7	October 19, 1986	at Miami Dolphins	W 30–28	53,421
8	October 26, 1986	at Houston Oilers	W 28–17	41,641
9	November 2, 1986	Denver Broncos	L 21–10	90,153
10	November 9, 1986	at Dallas Cowboys	W 17–13	61,706
11	November 16, 1986	Cleveland Browns	W 27–14	65,461
12	November 20, 1986	at San Diego Chargers	W 37–31	56,031
13	November 30, 1986	Philadelphia Eagles	L 33–27	53,338
14	December 8, 1986	at Seattle Seahawks	L 37–0	62,923
15	December 14, 1986	Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–17	60,952
16	December 21, 1986	Indianapolis Colts	L 30–24	41,349

Season summary

Week 5: at Kansas City Chiefs

1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 0 7 14 3 24 Chiefs 10 7 0 0 17 at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri Date: Sunday, October 5 Game time: 12:00 p.m. Game weather: 57°F, wind 8 mph Pro-Football-Reference.com Game information First Quarter KC - Nick Lowery 24 yard field goal - Chiefs 3-0 KC - Boyce Green 18 yard run (Nick Lowery kick) - Chiefs 10-0 Second Quarter KC - Paul Coffman 1 yard pass from Todd Blackledge (Nick Lowery kick) - Chiefs 17-0 LA - Dokie Williams 12 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Chris Bahr kick) - Chiefs 17-7 Third Quarter LA - Napoleon McCallum 12 yard run (Chris Bahr kick) - Chiefs 17-14 LA - Jessie Hester 18 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) - Raiders 21-17 Fourth Quarter LA - Chris Bahr 19 yard field goal - Raiders 24-17 Raiders Jim Plunkett 8/10, 108 Yds, TD Napoleon McCallum 19 Rush, 69 Yds Dokie Williams 6 Rec, 90 Yds Chiefs Todd Blackledge 9/21, 77 Yds, TD, INT Boyce Green 8 Rush, 39 Yds, TD Jeff Smith 5 Rec, 51 Yds

Standings

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