The
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
Oakland Raiders season was the team's 14th season, and fourth in the
National Football League
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.
In Week Two of the regular season, the Raiders defeated the
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team p ...
, snapping Miami's 18-game winning-streak including a
perfect season
A perfect season is a sports season, including any requisite playoff portion, in which a team remains and finishes undefeated and untied. The feat is extremely rare at the professional level of any team sport, and has occurred more commonly at the ...
in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
.
For the third time in four seasons, the Raiders won the
AFC West
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title. They exacted a measure of revenge by defeating the
Pittsburgh Steelers in the
AFC Division Round game, one year following the
Immaculate Reception
The Immaculate Reception is one of the most famous plays in the history of American football. It occurred in the AFC divisional playoff game of the National Football League (NFL), between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders (now La ...
loss. But the Raiders failed to reach the Super Bowl as they lost to Miami in the
AFC Championship Game.
Offseason
Draft
Football Database
Retrieved 2015-Oct-30.
Roster
Regular season
Schedule
Season summary
Week 1 at Vikings
Week 2 vs. Dolphins
The Raiders became the first team to defeat Miami since Super Bowl VI.
Week 3 at Chiefs
Week 4 at Cardinals
Week 5 at Chargers
Week 6 at Broncos
Week 7 at Colts
Week 8 vs. Giants
Week 9 vs. Steelers
Week 10 vs. Browns
Week 11 vs. Chargers
Week 12 at Oilers
Week 13 vs. Chiefs
Week 14 vs. Broncos
Standings
Playoffs
Divisional
Conference Championship
Awards and honors
References
Raiders on Pro Football Reference
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