The 1996 Oakland Raiders season was their 37th in the league. They were unable to improve upon their previous season's output of 8–8, winning only seven games.1996 Oakland Raiders This was the team's third consecutive season in which they failed to qualify for the playoffs. Afterwards head coach Mike White was fired in only his second season. White had a 15–17 overall head coaching the Raiders.
Offseason NFL draft
Roster
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 1 at Baltimore Ravens L 14–19 0–1 Memorial Stadium 64,124 2 September 8 at Kansas City Chiefs L 3–19 0–2 Arrowhead Stadium 79,281 3 September 15 Jacksonville Jaguars W 17–3 1–2 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 46,291 4 September 22 San Diego Chargers L 34–40 1–3 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 49,097 5 September 29 at Chicago Bears L 17–19 1–4 Soldier Field 57,062 6 October 6 at New York Jets W 34–13 2–4 Giants Stadium 63,611 7 October 13 Detroit Lions W 37–21 3–4 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 50,037 8 at San Diego Chargers W 23–14 4–4 Jack Murphy Stadium 62,350 9 Bye 10 Denver Broncos L 21–22 4–5 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 61,179 11 November 10 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 17–20 4–6 Houlihan's Stadium 45,392 12 November 17 Minnesota Vikings L 13–16 4–7 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 41,183 13 November 24 at Seattle Seahawks W 27–21 5–7 Kingdome 47,506 14 December 1 Miami Dolphins W 17–7 6–7 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 60,591 15 Kansas City Chiefs W 26–7 7–7 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 57,082 16 December 15 at Denver Broncos L 19–24 7–8 Mile High Stadium 75,466 17 December 22 Seattle Seahawks L 21–28 7–9 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 33,455 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries Week 1: at Baltimore Ravens
Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 3: vs Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 4: vs San Diego Chargers
Week 6 at New York Jets
Week 8: at San Diego Chargers
Week 15: vs Kansas City Chiefs
Standings
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