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The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Raiders began play in 1960 as the eighth charter member of the American Football League (AFL), where they won one championship and three division titles. The team joined the NFL in 1970 as part of the AFL-NFL Merger. Since joining the NFL, the Raiders have won twelve division titles and three Super Bowls, and have appeared in two other Super Bowls. The team has thirteen enshrinees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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After finally cracking the starting lineup and breaking the 1,000-mark for the Oakland Raiders, Justin Fargas is going to Disneyland! After finally cracking the starting lineup and breaking the 1,000-yard mark for the Oakland Raiders, Justin Fargas is going to Disneyland!
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The Oakland Raiders have re-signed running back Justin Fargas.. Fargas is coming off a 1,000-yard rushing performance, posting 1,009 yards on 222 carries with four touchdowns and a 4.5-yards per rushing attempt average in 2007. Fargas recorded a career-high 179 yards during the Silver and Black’s 35-17 win over the Dolphins in Miami last season. Fargas had four 100-yard games in 2007 and has five overall in his NFL career.
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The Oakland Raiders have four primary rivals: their divisional rivals (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, and San Diego Chargers) and their geographic rival, the San Francisco 49ers. They ... have rivalries with other teams that arose from playoff battles in the past, most notably with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots. The Seattle Seahawks is an old rivalry with Oakland as well, but the rivalry became less relevant with the Seahawks moving from the American Football Conference Western Division to the National Football Conference Western Division.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers' rivalry with the Raiders was extremely intense during the 1970s. The Steelers denied the Raiders a trip to the Super Bowl in three of four consecutive seasons in the early 1970s (the first loss was the famous "Immaculate Reception" loss) until the Raiders finally beat the Steelers in the 1976 AFC Championship game and won the Super Bowl the following January. After his team's loss to the Raiders, Steeler coach Chuck Noll described the Raider defensive backs as a "criminal element" in a post-game interview. The Steelers are scheduled to go to Oakland and play the Raiders in the 2006 NFL season, but their rivalry has since faded in recent times.
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The Oakland Raiders are poised to return to the form that took them to the Super bowl in 2002. Never mind the loss of aging wide receiver Tim Brown, the Raiders still have Joey Porter and the best receiver to play the game, Jerry Rice. Rich Gannon hopes to find Jerry underneath, and Joey over the top on his way back into the MVP Race. To help Gannon out, the Raiders drafted Robert Gallery for their offensive line. Dubbed as the best thing since Orlando Pace, he has the size, smarts, athleticism and leadership to make a fine transition to the NFL. As an insurance policy the Raiders acquired Kerry Collins in the off-season from the New York Giants.
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