The Oakland Raiders is the only team that appeared in at least one Super Bowl in each decade during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. The Oakland Raiders joined the American Football League (AFL) as a charter member in 1960. The Oakland Raiders team spent its first three seasons changing stadiums and footage losing records. Al Davis, a former assistant coach for the San Diego Chargers, was hired as head coach and general manager in 1963. He efficient the Raiders, and the team improved to a 10-4 win-loss record. Four years later, the club captured the 1967 AFL title beneath head coach John Rauch. Quarterback Daryle Lamonica won the first of his two passing titles as Oakland advanced to the Super Bowl to expression the National Football League (NFL), champion Green Bay Packers. Green Bay won 33-14, but the Oakland Raiders had established themselves as an AFL power.

The Oakland Raiders reached the AFL Championship Game under Rauch in 1968 and again in 1969, this time under former Raiders assistant coach John Madden, who had taken over the head education duties. Madden was named AFL coach of the year in 1969. At the age of 32, he became the AFL’s youngest coach. Oakland Raiders joined the NFL in 1970 when the NFL and AFL completed their merger. The Oakland Raiders team promptly won the 1970 Western Division crown and advanced to the AFC Championship Game, where Oakland Raiders lost to the Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts). Under Madden the Raiders gained a standing as one of the most intimidating teams in professional sports.

Their character was exemplified by center Jim Otto and offensive linemen Art Shell and Gene Upshaw, who violently protected quarterbacks George Blanda and Kenny Stabler. The Oakland Raiders lost three consecutive AFC Championship Games from 1973 to 1975 before winning the game in 1976. In the following Super Bowl, veteran wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff played an outstanding game as the club defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 32-14. Madden left the Raiders after the 1978 season and was replaced by Tom Flores, who had been the Oakland Raiders team’s first quarterback. In Flores’s nine seasons as head coach he led the club to five postseason appearances and two Super Bowl championships. Quarterback Jim Plunkett, playing his first full season in Oakland in 1980, commanded a strong offense that also starred wide receiver Cliff Branch and running back Mark van Eeghen. That year the Oakland Raiders became the first wild-card playoff team to win a Super Bowl, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10. With hopes of a better-equipped stadium and more fan support, the Oakland Raiders franchise moved to Los Angeles, California, following the 1981 season.

At its new home in the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Oakland Raiders team put together a 12-4 record in 1983 and returned to the Super Bowl. Plunkett, running back Marcus Allen, and tight end Todd Christiansen powered an crime that crushed its three postseason opponents by an average of 24 points. The Raiders’ suspicious stars were cornerback Lester Hayes and end Howie Long. From 1986 to 1989 the Oakland Raiders failed to make the playoffs. Coached by former Oakland Raiders player Art Shell, the club rebounded with three postseason appearances in four years from 1990 to 1993. Shell was named coach of the year in 1990. Tim Brown emerge as one of the league’s swiftest wide receivers and most skilled punt returners during the 1990s.

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The Raiders expect Walker to be able to participate when training camp opens in late July. In fact, coach Lane Kiffin said, "Training camp won't even be an issue."

That's good news for the Raiders, who gave Walker a six-year, $55 million deal in the offseason that included $12 million in guaranteed money. Early reports following the incident said Walker might have suffered a fractured orbital socket, but Kiffin declined to elaborate on the possible injuries Walker suffered.

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