The Oakland Raiders travel to Washington, D.C., this week to take on the Washington Redskins at FedExField in Landover, MD., on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. These two storied franchises haven’t played many times since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, but they have played in some memorable and important games.
The teams first met in 1970 in Oakland in the first Monday Night Football appearance for both teams. The Raiders came away with a 34-20 victory as running back Hewritt Dixon rushed for 164 yards on 18 carries.
The Raiders made their first appearance at Washington’s R.F.K. Stadium in 1975, when the Silver and Black earned a 26-23 victory in overtime, the first overtime game for the Raiders.