Oakland Raiders

The Oakland Raiders flaunt their reputation as a tough, hard-as-nails team that consistently delivers victories for their fans.

The Oakland Raiders had an initially rocky start after the city of Oakland was granted a football franchise by the American Football League in 1960. Over the next four decades, the team would bounce around from stadium to stadium, finally ending up at McAfee Coliseum. A big part of the credit to the Oakland Raiders reputation goes to Al Davis, who went from being head coach of the team to being the principal owner of the franchise.

When Davis was brought on to the Oakland Raiders in 1963, the team enjoyed a turnaround with a 10-4 season. The team went on to the Super Bowl five years later, where it lost to the Packers in January 1968. The 1967 season was marked by the infamous "Heidi" game that sports trivia buffs like to recount. Sports fans were robbed from watching an amazing comeback against New York when the television network cut away from the game to start the movie "Heidi" on schedule.

The Oakland Raiders enjoyed another decade of success with the appointment of John Madden as head coach in 1969. By 1978, Madden became the 13th coach in NFL history to win 100 games. He brought the team to the Super Bowl in January 1977, where the team beat the Minnesota Vikings, 32-14, with a team led by running back Pete Banazak, wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff, cornerback Willie Brown and guard Gene Upshaw.

In 1982, the team moved to Los Angeles and started its first season at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Thirteen years later, the team would move back to Oakland. In the game dubbed "Black Sunday," the Oakland Raiders stomped on the Redskins, 38-9, in the January 1984 Super Bowl.

The Oakland Raiders finished the 2002 season with an impressive 11-5 record, with help from MVP Rich Gannon. They made it to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.