2013 Oakland Raiders season


The 2013 season was the Oakland Raiders' 44th in the National Football League, their 54th overall and their second under head coach Dennis Allen. With a 4–12 record, the Raiders secured their eleventh consecutive non-winning season, and missed the playoffs for an eleventh consecutive season. The Raiders entered the season with a new quarterback in Terrelle Pryor. Pryor started off the season in impressive fashion, with the team almost pulling off the upset in Week 1 against the Indianapolis Colts, and defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 2. The team and Pryor eventually cooled down, resulting in Pryor being benched for Matt McGloin in the game against the Houston Texans. Before this game, history was made in the game against the Philadelphia Eagles when Eagles quarterback Nick Foles threw seven touchdown passes, the most passing touchdowns the Raiders had ever allowed in its history. Prior to the season starting, the Raiders brought back defensive back Charles Woodson, who spent the last 7 years with the Green Bay Packers.

2013 draft class

RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollege
112D. J. HaydenCornerbackHouston
242Menelik WatsonOffensive tackleFlorida State
366Sio MooreLinebackerUConn
4112Tyler WilsonQuarterbackArkansas
6172Nick KasaTight endColorado
6181Latavius MurrayRunning backCentral Florida
6184Mychal RiveraTight endTennessee
6205Stacy McGeeDefensive tackleOklahoma
7209Brice ButlerWide receiverSan Diego State
7233David BassDefensive endMissouri Western

Notes
The Raiders did not have a selection in the fifth round, as they traded their fifth-round selection to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for linebacker Aaron Curry.

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers

This game was moved to an 8:35 p.m. PDT kickoff, and from CBS to NFL Network as a "special edition" of Thursday Night Football, as extended time was required to convert the field back from its baseball configuration due to an Oakland Athletics American League Division Series game the previous night.

Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys

;Thanksgiving Day game