The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland, California.

They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

The Raiders began play in 1960 as the eighth charter member of the American Football League (AFL), where they won one championship and three division titles.

Al Davis immediately turned the Raiders into winners, and from 1963 until 2002 the team had only seven losing seasons.

In 2000, head coach Jon Gruden led Oakland to a 12--4 season and their first division title since 1990 which was the first of a 3 year winning steak for the Raiders in the AFC West Division the following two seasons, the first two would belong to Gruden.

In 2001, they won their second AFC West Division Title and went 10-6 but fell in the Divisional Round to the New England Patriots in the famous but controversial "Tuck Rule" game in the snow.

In 2002, Under head coach Bill Callahan, Oakland faced Gruden's Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, where they lost a lopsided affair, 48--21.

Shortly after the season, the Raiders made an unusual move that involved releasing Gruden from his contract and allowing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to sign him.

In an effort to bolster their offense, in early 2005 the Oakland Raiders acquired Pro Bowl wide receiver Randy Moss via trade with the Minnesota Vikings, and signed free agent running back LaMont Jordan of the New York Jets.

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