1991 Los Angeles Raiders season

The 1991 Los Angeles Raiders season was their 32nd in the National Football League (NFL). They were unable to improve upon their previous season's output of 12–4, winning only nine games. After a 9–4 start, the team lost its last three games, but did qualify for the playoffs for the second straight season. The Raiders were inconsistent offensively, with struggling quarterback Jay Schroeder eventually benched in favor of rookie Todd Marinovich. It was notable that future Hall of Famer Marcus Allen's role was restricted mainly to backing up newly acquired Roger Craig, and future All-Pro Tim Brown also played mostly as a reserve, starting only one game. The loss of Bo Jackson to a career-ending injury also clearly had an impact. A solid defense was led by Howie Long, Greg Townsend (13 sacks) and Ronnie Lott (8 interceptions).[1]

1991 Los Angeles Raiders season
Owner	Al Davis
Head coach	Art Shell
General manager	Al Davis
Home field	L.A. Memorial Coliseum
Local radio	KLAC–AM 570
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	3rd AFC West
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 6–10

Staff

1991 Los Angeles Raiders staff

	Front office President of the General Partner – Al Davis Director of Football Operations – Steve Ortmayer Senior Executive – John Herrera Head coaches Head Coach – Art Shell Offensive coaches Offense – Tom Walsh Quarterbacks – Mike White Offensive Backs – Joe Scannella Tight Ends – Terry Robiskie Wide Receivers – Fred Biletnikoff Offensive Line – Kim Helton			Defensive coaches Defense/Linebackers – Dave Adolph Defensive Line – Earl Leggett Linebackers – Gunther Cunningham Defensive Backs – Odis McKinney Defensive Backs – Jack Stanton Special teams coaches Special Teams – Steve Ortmayer Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Todd Sperber Strength and Conditioning – Doug Wilkerson

Roster

1991 Los Angeles Raiders roster

	Quarterbacks 11 Vince Evans 12 Todd Marinovich 13 Jay Schroeder Running backs 32 Marcus Allen 38 Nick Bell 22 Roger Craig 37 Doug Lloyd 41 Napoleon McCallum 35 Steve Smith FB 40 Marcus Wilson Wide receivers 81 Tim Brown PR 86 Mervyn Fernandez 83 Willie Gault 85 Sam Graddy 82 Jamie Holland KR Tight ends 87 Andrew Glover 88 Ethan Horton		Offensive linemen 73 James Fitzpatrick G 60 Rory Graves T 77 Reggie McElroy G 65 Max Montoya G 72 Don Mosebar C 71 Joel Patten T 67 Dan Turk C 68 Bruce Wilkerson T 76 Steve Wisniewski G 66 Steve Wright T Defensive linemen 70 Scott Davis DT 79 Bob Golic DT 74 Nolan Harrison DT 61 Roy Hart DT 58 Arthur Jimerson DE 75 Howie Long DE 94 Anthony Smith DE 93 Greg Townsend DE		Linebackers 58 Thomas Benson OLB 50 Riki Ellison MLB 52 Mike Jones OLB 99 Winston Moss OLB 57 Jerry Robinson MLB 51 Aaron Wallace OLB Defensive backs 33 Eddie Anderson FS 23 Derrick Crudup S 46 Torin Dorn CB 25 Dan Land S 21 Garry Lewis CB 42 Ronnie Lott SS 36 Terry McDaniel CB 43 Elvis Patterson DB 48 Lionel Washington CB Special teams  7 Jeff Gossett P 18 Jeff Jaeger K		Reserve lists -- Vance Mueller RB (IR) Practice squad Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 1	at Houston Oilers	L 17–47	0–1	Astrodome	61,367	Recap
2	September 8	Denver Broncos	W 16–13	1–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	48,569	Recap
3	September 15	Indianapolis Colts	W 16–0	2–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	40,287	Recap
4	September 22	at Atlanta Falcons	L 17–21	2–2	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	53,615	Recap
5	September 29	San Francisco 49ers	W 12–6	3–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	91,494	Recap
6	October 6	San Diego Chargers	L 13–21	3–3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	42,787	Recap
7	October 13	at Seattle Seahawks	W 23–20	4–3	Kingdome	61,974	Recap
8	October 20	Los Angeles Rams	W 20–17	5–3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	85,102	Recap
9	October 28	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 21–24	5–4	Arrowhead Stadium	77,111	Recap
10	Bye
11	November 10	at Denver Broncos	W 17–16	6–4	Mile High Stadium	75,896	Recap
12	November 17	Seattle Seahawks	W 31–7	7–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	49,317	Recap
13	November 24	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 38–14	8–4	Riverfront Stadium	52,044	Recap
14	December 1	at San Diego Chargers	W 9–7	9–4	Jack Murphy Stadium	56,780	Recap
15	December 8	Buffalo Bills	L 27–30	9–5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	85,081	Recap
16	December 16	at New Orleans Saints	L 0–27	9–6	Louisiana Superdome	68,625	Recap
17	December 22	Kansas City Chiefs	L 21–27	9–7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	65,144	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Week 2

1 2 3 4 Total Broncos 3 3 0 7 13 • Raiders 0 3 7 6 16 Date: September 8 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 48,569 Game weather: 65°F; wind 9

Scoring summary Q1 DEN Treadwell 22 yard field goal DEN 3–0 Q2 DEN Treadwell 47 yard field goal DEN 6–0 Q2 LA Jaeger 29 yard field goal DEN 6–3 Q3 LA Gault 16 yard pass from Schroeder (Jaeger kick) LA 10–6 Q4 LA Jaeger 23 yard field goal LA 13–6 Q4 LA Jaeger 34 yard field goal LA 16–6 Q4 DEN Sewell 3 yard pass from Elway (Treadwell kick) LA 16–13

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Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
^(2) Denver Broncos	12	4	0	.750	5–3	10–4	304	235	W4
^(4) Kansas City Chiefs	10	6	0	.625	6–2	8–4	316	252	W1
^(5) Los Angeles Raiders	9	7	0	.563	5–3	7–5	298	297	L3
Seattle Seahawks	7	9	0	.438	2–6	6–6	276	261	W1
San Diego Chargers	4	12	0	.250	2–6	3–9	274	342	L1

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Venue	Attendance	Recap
Wildcard	December 28	at Kansas City Chiefs (4)	L 6–10	Arrowhead Stadium	75,824	Recap

References

1. 1991 Los Angeles Raiders
2. "1991 Los Angeles Raiders starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
3. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Nov-30.

External links

• 1991 Los Angeles Raiders at Pro-Football-Reference.com