1986 Los Angeles Raiders season
Owner	Al Davis
General manager	Al Davis
Head coach	Tom Flores
Home field	L.A. Memorial Coliseum
Local radio	KIIS–AM 1150
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 1985 Raiders seasons 1987 →

The 1986 Los Angeles Raiders season was their 27th in the league. They were unable to improve upon the previous season's output of 12–4, winning only eight games.^[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in five seasons. This would also be Ray Guy's final season of his Hall of Fame career with the Raiders.

The 1986 season was marked by highly competitive games (only four of the Raiders' sixteen regular season games were decided by more than a touchdown). The campaign also marked the end of storied quarterback Jim Plunkett's career. After starting the season 0–3, the Raiders proceeded to win eight of their next nine games. A loss to Philadelphia in overtime started a spiral for the Raiders, who lost the next three games, which included a blowout loss to Seattle and a loss to Kansas City (who edged out Seattle for a playoff spot with ten wins) where the Raiders had seven turnovers and still lost by three points.

1986 Los Angeles Raiders draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	24	Bob Buczkowski	DE	Pittsburgh
3	80	Brad Cochran	DB	Michigan
4	85	Mike Wise	DE	California-Davis
4	103	Vance Mueller	RB	Occidental
4	108	Napoleon McCallum	RB	Navy
6	164	Doug Marrone	OG	Syracuse
7	191	Bill Lewis	C	Nebraska
8	219	Joe Mauntel	LB	Eastern Kentucky
9	246	Zeph Lee	RB	USC
10	275	Jeff Reinke	DE	Minnesota State
11	302	Randall Webster	LB	SW Oklahoma State
12	330	Larry Shepherd	WR	Houston
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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1986 Los Angeles Raiders staff

Front office Owner/General Manager — Al Davis Head of Pro Scouting/Tight Ends — Bob Mischak Head of Football Operations/Special Teams — Steve Ortmayer Head coaches Head Coach — Tom Flores Offensive coaches Quarterbacks — Larry Kennan Running Backs — Ray Willsey Wide Receivers — Tom Walsh Offensive Line — Sam Boghosian/Art Shell Offensive Quality Control — Terry Robiskie

Defensive coaches Defensive Line — Earl Leggett Linebackers — Bob Zeman Defensive Backs — Chet Franklin/Willie Brown

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1986 Los Angeles Raiders roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 16 Jim Plunkett  6 Marc Wilson 12 Rusty Hilger Running backs (RB) 32 Marcus Allen 27 Frank Hawkins 34 Napoleon McCallum 42 Vance Mueller 39 Steve Strachan Wide receivers (WR) 84 Jessie Hester 85 Dokie Williams 88 Rod Barksdale 89 Mark Pattison 83 Tim Moffett Tight ends (TE) 46 Todd Christensen 87 Trey Junkin 81 Andy Parker 31 Derrick Jensen 86 Earl Cooper

Offensive linemen (OL) 70 Henry Lawrence T 79 Bruce Davis T 60 Curt Marsh G 74 Shelby Jordan T 65 Mickey Marvin G 72 Don Mosebar C 51 Bill Lewis C/G 77 Chris Riehm G Defensive linemen (DL) 99 Sean Jones DE 75 Howie Long DE 71 Bill Pickel NT 93 Greg Townsend DE 94 Elvis Franks DE 90 Mike Wise DE 98 Mitch Willis NT

Linebackers (LB) 53 Rod Martin 55 Matt Millen 56 Jeff Barnes 59 Jamie Kimmel 52 Linden King 54 Reggie McKenzie 57 Jerry Robinson Defensive backs (DB) 45 James Davis SS 22 Mike Haynes CB 26 Vann McElroy FS 37 Lester Hayes CB 44 Stefon Adams 30 Stacey Toran SS 43 Sam Seale 23 Odis McKinney 41 Fulton Walker PR Special teams 10 Chris Bahr K  8 Ray Guy P

Reserve 82 Gene Branton TE (IR) 95 Bob Buczkowski DE (IR) 40 Zeph Lee RB (IR) 15 Brad Tubbs WR (IR) Rookies in italics

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 7	at Denver Broncos	L 36–38	0–1	Mile High Stadium	75,695	Recap
2	September 14	at Washington Redskins	L 6–10	0–2	RFK Stadium	55,235	Recap
3	September 21	New York Giants	L 9–14	0–3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	71,164	Recap
4	September 28	San Diego Chargers	W 17–13	1–3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	63,153	Recap
5	October 5	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–17	2–3	Arrowhead Stadium	74,430	Recap
6	October 12	Seattle Seahawks	W 14–10	3–3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	70,635	Recap
7	October 19	at Miami Dolphins	W 30–28	4–3	Miami Orange Bowl	53,421	Recap
8	October 26	at Houston Oilers	W 28–17	5–3	Houston Astrodome	41,641	Recap
9	November 2	Denver Broncos	L 10–21	5–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	90,153	Recap
10	November 9	at Dallas Cowboys	W 17–13	6–4	Texas Stadium	61,706	Recap
11	November 16	Cleveland Browns	W 27–14	7–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	65,461	Recap
12	November 20	at San Diego Chargers	W 37–31	8–4	Jack Murphy Stadium	56,031	Recap
13	November 30	Philadelphia Eagles	L 27–33	8–5	Los Angeles Memorial Stadium	53,338	Recap
14	December 8	at Seattle Seahawks	L 0–37	8–6	Kingdome	62,923	Recap
15	December 14	Kansas City Chiefs	L 17–20	8–7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	60,952	Recap
16	December 21	Indianapolis Colts	L 24–30	8–8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	41,349	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

1 2 3 4 Total Chargers 6 7 0 0 13 • Raiders 0 7 7 3 17 Date: September 28 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 62 °F (16.7 °C); wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)

Scoring summary Q1 SD Winslow 9 yard pass from Fouts (kick failed) SD 6–0 Q2 SD Johnson 9 yard pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) SD 13–0 Q2 LA Williams 12 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick) SD 13–7 Q3 LA Hester 40 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick) LA 14–13 Q4 LA Bahr 18 yard field goal LA 17–13

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Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP LA KC 1 9:42 Chiefs 24-yard field goal by Nick Lowery 0 3 1 5:56 Chiefs Boyce Green 18-yard touchdown run, Nick Lowery kick good 0 10 2 12:27 Chiefs Paul Coffman 1-yard touchdown reception from Todd Blackledge, Nick Lowery kick good 0 17 2 4:20 Raiders Dokie Williams 12-yard touchdown reception from Marc Wilson, Chris Bahr kick good 7 17 3 10:18 Raiders Napoleon McCallum 12-yard touchdown run, Chris Bahr kick good 14 17 3 5:43 Raiders Jessie Hester 18-yard touchdown reception from Jim Plunkett, Chris Bahr kick good 21 17 4 2:55 Raiders 19-yard field goal by Chris Bahr 24 17 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 17

1 2 3 4 Total Seahawks 0 3 7 0 10 • Raiders 7 7 0 0 14 Date: October 12 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Game start: 4:00 p.m.est Game weather: 66 °F (18.9 °C); wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)

Scoring summary Q1 LA Williams 9 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick) LA 7–0 Q2 LA Hester 49 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick) LA 14–0 Q2 SEA Johnson 30 yard field goal LA 14–3 Q3 SEA Warner 1 yard run (Johnson kick) LA 14–10

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1 2 3 4 Total • Raiders 6 17 0 7 30 Dolphins 0 7 7 14 28 Date: October 19 Location: Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h) Referee: Tom Dooley TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen

Scoring summary 1 LA Chris Bahr 32 yard field goal LA 3–0 1 LA Chris Bahr 33 yard field goal LA 6–0 2 MIA Bruce Hardy 18 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) MIA 7–6 2 LA Marcus Allen 2 yard run (Chris Bahr kick) LA 13–7 2 LA Marcus Allen 16 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Chris Bahr kick) LA 20–7 2 LA Chris Bahr 40 yard field goal LA 23–7 3 MIA Dan Johnson 5 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) LA 23–14 4 LA Marcus Allen 2 yard run (Chris Bahr kick) LA 30–14 4 MIA Lorenzo Hampton 2 yard run (Fuad Reveiz kick) LA 30–21 4 MIA Mark Clayton 68 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) LA 30–28

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1 2 3 4 Total • Raiders 7 14 7 0 28 Oilers 0 7 10 0 17 Date: October 26 Location: Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary Q1 LA Parker 2 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick) LA 7–0 Q2 LA Christensen 14 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick) LA 14–0 Q2 HOU Givins 43 yard run (Zendejas kick) LA 14–7 Q2 LA Christensen 32 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick) LA 21–7 Q3 LA Christensen 3 yard pass from Wilson (Bahr kick) LA 28–7 Q3 HOU Zendejas 48 yard field goal LA 28–10 Q3 HOU Rozier 4 yard run (Zendejas kick) LA 28–17

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1 2 3 4 Total • Raiders 0 3 7 7 17 Cowboys 3 7 3 0 13 Date: November 9 Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 56 °F (13.3 °C); wind 13 miles per hour (21 km/h; 11 kn) Referee: Pat Haggerty TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen

Scoring summary Q1 DAL Septien 20 yard field goal DAL 3–0 Q2 LA Bahr 45 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 DAL Dorsett 13 yard run (Septien kick) DAL 10–3 Q3 LA Williams 20 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick) Tie 10–10 Q3 DAL Septien 20 yard field goal DAL 13–10 Q4 LA Williams 40 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick) LA 17–13

• Dokie Williams 5 Rec, 107 Yds

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AFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Denver Broncos(2)	11	5	0	.688	5–3	8–4	378	327	L1
Kansas City Chiefs(5)	10	6	0	.625	5–3	9–5	358	326	W3
Seattle Seahawks	10	6	0	.625	5–3	7–5	366	293	W5
Los Angeles Raiders	8	8	0	.500	4–4	7–5	323	346	L4
San Diego Chargers	4	12	0	.250	1–7	4–8	335	396	L2