2016 Oakland Raiders season
| 2016 Oakland Raiders season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Jack Del Rio |
| General manager | Reggie McKenzie |
| Owner | Mark Davis |
| Home field | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum |
| Results | |
| Record | 12–4 |
| Division place | 2nd AFC West |
| Playoff finish | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Texans) 27–14 |
| Pro Bowlers |
7
|
| AP All-Pros |
3
|
The 2016 Oakland Raiders season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League, the 57th overall and the second under head coach Jack Del Rio. The Raiders improved on a 7–9 campaign in 2015 and clinched a winning record for the first time since 2002, finishing the regular season with a 12–4 record.
The Raiders, with their Week 15 win, clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2002, ending their 14-year playoff drought. The Raiders finished tied with the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC West division title, but lost the tiebreaker due to a head-to-head sweep.
During Week 16 in a game against the Indianapolis Colts, Raider quarterback Derek Carr suffered a broken fibula and missed the remainder of the season including the Raiders sole postseason game. Backup quarterback Matt McGloin started the final game of the season for Carr, but he suffered a shoulder injury during the game forcing rookie Connor Cook to play for the rest of the season. Cook started the Wild Card playoff game against the Houston Texans, making him the first rookie in the Super Bowl era to make his very first NFL start in a playoff game. But the Raiders fell short on winning their first playoff game since 2002 falling to the Houston Texans 27-14 with Cook throwing 3 Interceptions.
The Raiders' lease on the Oakland Alameda Coliseum (known as O.co Coliseum from 2011 through 2015) expired after the 2013 season; the team had spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons in the Coliseum on year-to-year leases. The franchise was subject to a possible relocation to Los Angeles, and the Raiders' 2016 season could have been the first in Los Angeles since 1994, had the team been approved to move there. On January 4, 2016, the team filed a formal relocation application, along with the San Diego Chargers, which was competing against a separate proposal by the St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams) to move to the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Raiders, despite their joint project with the Chargers earning the support of the Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, did not receive enough support from the league as a whole for the relocation and withdrew its request to relocate to Los Angeles on January 12 after the Rams' proposal received a simple majority of votes.
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