the last time the raiders went to the playoffs was 2016.
the last time the raiders went to the playoffs was 2016.
when was the last time the raiders went to the playoffs?
2016
with a chance to clinch a playoff spot for the first time since 2002, the raiders traveled to kansas city for a crucial thursday night matchup to determine the afc west division lead. the raiders needed a win and a miami dolphins loss or a win and a denver broncos loss to clinch a playoff berth. oakland started well, recovering a muffed fumble by tyreek hill on a punt following their first drive and setting them up at the kansas city 38-yard line. however, the raiders had to settle for a field goal by sebastian janikowsi to take the early 3–0 lead. it would be the last lead the raiders enjoyed on the night. oakland's offense could muster little for most of the first half including after the raider defense stopped kc on a fourth and one at the oakland 27. the chiefs took the lead early in the second quarter on a 36-yard pass from alex smith to hill to make the score 7–3. after a four-and-out possession for the raiders, the chiefs again went down the field scoring on a charcandrick west three-yard touchdown run. following another raiders short offensive possession, hill returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown to extend the chief lead to 21–3. with six minutes remaining in the half, the raiders went up-tempo and moved the ball down the field capping the drive with a one-yard touchdown run by latavius murray with 14 seconds remaining. at the half, the raiders trailed 21–10. to begin the second half, the raider defense stepped up intercepting smith on the second play of the half and giving the offense the ball at the kc 23. however, the offense was shut down by the kc defense and settled for another janikowski field goal, bringing them within a touchdown of the chiefs at 21–13. on the next offensive play for the chiefs, khalil mack sacked and stripped smith of the ball and the raiders recovered at the kc 18-yard line. the offense again managed little and was forced to settle for a field goal attempt. however, a bad snap resulted in marquette king being tackled for three-yard loss. both offenses mustered very little for the remainder of the game. with seven minutes left in the game, the raiders needed a touchdown to tie and moved down to the kc 19-yard line, but were stopped on fourth down and the chiefs ran the clock out. derek carr struggled mightily with his accuracy on the night, only completing 17 of his 41 pass attempts for 117 yards. he often missed open receivers or badly threw behind receivers. carr admitted he had a bad night saying, "obviously, we didn't do enough." the loss ended the raiders six-game win streak and gave the chiefs the lead in the division with a 2–0 record over the raiders. the raiders, still, in prime playoff position, would have to finish ahead of the chiefs to win the division.
2016 oakland raiders season
in 2012, the carson palmer-led raiders started the season 0–1 after a 22–14 home loss against the san diego chargers. palmer had a good game statistically going 32 of 46 for 297 yards and a touchdown. in week 2, palmer completed 24 of 48 (50%) of his passes for 373 yards and a touchdown, but also an interception in a 35–13 loss to the miami dolphins. the raiders returned home for a week 3 matchup against their longtime historic rival of the pittsburgh steelers. sitting at 0–2, palmer drove the raiders down the field in the final seconds to set up a field goal attempt for the raiders to win. palmer went near perfect in his pass attempts completing 24 of 34 for 3 touchdowns and an interception in the 34–31 win. in week 4 however, palmer struggled against the denver broncos going 19 of 34 for 202 yards in a 37–6 road loss. the raiders went into their bye week with palmer's stats standing at 99 of 162 on pass attempts for 1,081 yards with 5 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. the raiders (who had finished 4–5 with palmer as a starter) had also gone 5–8 with palmer at the starting quarterback helm by this time. returning from the bye week, palmer and the raiders traveled down south to face the atlanta falcons who were undefeated against afc opponents. the raiders got off to a good start with palmer looking very sharp with 23 of 33 for 353 yards and a touchdown, but he also threw an interception as the falcons completed the comeback drive to win 23–20. palmer sat at 26 of 46 for 298 yards, a touchdown, an interception, and also a rushing touchdown against the jacksonville jaguars a week later. palmer stayed sharp through the next game at kansas city against the chiefs going 14 of 28 for 209 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception in a 26–16 win. a week later, the raiders returned home for a game against the tampa bay buccaneers. despite the fact that palmer had completed 39 of 61 for 414 yards and 4 touchdowns, the struggling quarterback also threw 3 costly interceptions in the 42–32 loss. a week later at baltimore, palmer still looked sharp in the 55–20 road loss to the baltimore ravens going 29 of 45 for 368 yards 2 touchdowns and an interception. in week 11, the raiders returned home for a game against a struggling defensive new orleans saints team. however, despite the fact that palmer and the raiders' offense struggled, the quarterback went 22 of 40 for 312 yards for 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in the huge 38–17 loss. in week 12, palmer returned to cincinnati to face off against his former team the cincinnati bengals. palmer struggled in this game going 19 of 34 for a season-low 146 yards for a touchdown and an interception in a 34–10 loss. in week 13, the raiders returned home for a game against the cleveland browns. coming into this game at 1–2 against the afc north, the raiders were down by 3, but ended up losing 20–17 to the browns despite the fact that palmer was 34 of 54 for 351 yards, 2 touchdowns, and an interception. in week 14, the raiders stayed home for a thursday night football game against the denver broncos. the raiders lost 26–13 in spite of palmer going 19 of 30 for 273 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception. this game was his 9th straight game with at least 1 interception. in week 15, the raiders stayed home for the 3rd straight week for game 2 against the division rival kansas city chiefs, in which they won 15–0, with palmer's streak of games with at least 1 interception coming to an end, but he still struggled as he went 18 of 29 for 182 yards. in week 16, palmer and the raiders traveled to charlotte, north carolina, to take on the carolina panthers. palmer early in the game suffered a further injury of his ribs, leaving him out for the rest of the game. as he went 3 of 3 for 31 yards in the game, quarterback matt leinart took over for the rest of the game. the raiders, however, went on to lose by a score of 17–6. out of all 14 games palmer has started and completed, the raiders went 4–11 under him, bringing his total to 8–15 as the teams' starting quarterback.
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