mark davis is the owner of the oakland raiders.
who is the owner of the oakland raiders?
mark davis
oakland raiders relocation to las vegas





















































the oakland raiders relocation to las vegas is a successful effort by mark davis, the owner of the oakland raiders, to relocate the american football club from its current and longtime home of oakland, california to the las vegas area.





















































the team is scheduled to begin playing its home games at the las vegas stadium as the las vegas raiders for the 2020 national football league (nfl) season. nfl team owners voted 31–1 to approve the move, which was announced at the annual league meetings in phoenix, arizona on march 27, 2017.
oakland raiders relocation to las vegas
the 1980 oakland raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 9–7 record from 1979. it was the 20th anniversary of the oakland raiders franchise and ended with their second super bowl victory. prior to the start of the season, al davis announced plans to move the raiders from oakland to los angeles. however, nfl commissioner pete rozelle blocked the move by filing a restraining order. he even tried to have al davis removed as owner, as the case went to the courts. still playing in oakland, the raiders entered the season with a new quarterback after acquiring dan pastorini from the houston oilers for kenny stabler. however pastorini struggled and the raiders got off to a 2-3 when pastorini was injured and replaced by jim plunkett. plunkett proved right for the raiders offense. the defense led the league in interceptions (35), turnovers (52) and yards per carry (3.4 ypa). lester hayes led the nfl with 13 interceptions. the team won 6 straight compiling an 11-5 record, and qualifying for the playoffs as a wild card. in the wild card game, the raiders would beat the houston oilers 27-7 at oakland as the raiders defense picked off former teammate kenny stabler twice. playing in freezing weather with temperature reading 30 degrees below zero, the raiders stunned the browns 14-12 in a defensive struggle in cleveland. in the afc championship game in san diego, the game would be a shoot out as the raiders stunned the chargers 34-27 to become the first afc wild card to make the super bowl. highlighted by jim plunkett's mvp performance and rod martin's 3 interceptions, the raiders defeated the philadelphia eagles 27-10 in super bowl xv.
1980 oakland raiders season