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We are entering our second to last game at the Coliseum, and we're looking back at the history made inside it. In 1967, the Raiders capped a 13-1 season by routing the Houston Oilers 40-7 in the AFL Championship, sending the franchise to its first Super Bowl. A decade later, under head coach John Madden, Oakland brought home its first Super Bowl trophy, beating the Minnesota Vikings 32-14 in Super Bowl XI, part of an era in which the Raiders never had a losing season. The Coliseum's story was defined as much by its fans as its football. "The Black Hole" became the league's most notorious fan section during the Raiders' second run in Oakland from 1995 to 2019, and no moment captured that bond like Marshawn Lynch's 2017 homecoming, dancing on the sideline to "Oakland" by Vell in front of his hometown crowd. The Raiders played their final game at the Coliseum on December 15, 2019, closing that chapter before the move to Las Vegas. Tonight, that history continues as we host Phoenix Risi...

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