Las Vegas Raiders Team History

The Las Vegas Raiders, formerly known as the Oakland Raiders, have a long and storied history in the NFL. From their beginnings as the Oakland-Los Angeles Raiders to their current home in Nevada, they’ve been one of the most successful teams in league history. They’ve won three Super Bowls, appeared in five others, and had some of the greatest players ever to play professional football wear its silver and black colors.

The team, originally known as the Oakland Raiders, was founded by Al Davis, who owned it for over four decades until his death at 82 on October 8th, 2011. He is widely credited with revolutionizing pro football with his innovative offensive schemes that helped create an explosive passing game that has become commonplace today throughout all levels of competition, from high school through college, into a professional ball where it's still used today by many teams including those coached by former Raider assistant coaches like Jon Gruden & Hue Jackson both now head coaches elsewhere after having served under Davis during their respective tenures as assistants there.

The franchise began playing out West when they moved from the Oakland/Alameda County Coliseum (now known simply as “the Coliseum") across the San Francisco Bay into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the 1982 season due mainly to legal issues between owner Al Davis & city officials regarding stadium lease terms. So rather than continue litigating them, he decided instead to move southward down highway 101 while taking along all but two players who stayed behind either via trade or retirement before this relocation took place. This stay would be short-lived, however, because after only 14 seasons, there were again problems brewing between management & local government about usage rights for what became then known as the "LA Sports Arena," so once more, Mr. Davis packed up shop, moving eastward towards the Nevada desert where the new state-of-the-art Allegiant Stadium awaits them upon completion expected sometime later in the 2021 year. Thus far, since arriving in Sin City, the Las Vegas Raiders' 2016 season record stands at 35 wins against 33 losses, 1 tie, plus a playoff appearance in the 2017 campaign, making a total of 37 victories, 36 defeats, and 1 draw overall. Thus far, though, the final tally will depend on how the upcoming 2020 schedule plays out, of course, given the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing uncertainty looms large here too, especially if games are played without fans in attendance due to health and safety concerns related to the virus spread risk. So whatever happens, rest assured the Las Vegas Raiders, formerly known as the Oakland Raiders, shall remain a competitive force within the National Football League despite recent changes in leadership, personnel, location, etcetera, always striving to achieve excellence in both fields, whether chasing the Lombardi Trophy or another championship title or something else entirely!