The Las Vegas Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs have a rivalry that can be traced back to their respective AFL debuts in 1960.
The names have changed — they were the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans back then. Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt and Raiders owner Al Davis took the rivalry from the AFL to the NFL, and the rivalry continued in the AFC West.
For a recent example of the animosity between the teams, just look back to last month, when the Raiders' team buses took a victory lap around Arrowhead Stadium after Las Vegas upset Kansas City, 40-32, on Oct. 11. That has made for interesting talking points for Chiefs coach Andy Reid and Raiders coach Jon Gruden heading into Sunday night's game.
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Over the years, the teams have had players and coaches switch sides, which helped take the rivalry new heights. Here is a look at some of those figures:
Cotton Davidson
Davidson was the Houston Texans' first quarterback, but after the first game of the 1962 season, Hunt traded him to the Raiders without telling coach Hank Stram. The Texans — which moved to Kansas City the following season — received the No. 1 pick in the 1963 AFL Draft. They used that pick on Hall of Fame defensive tackle Buck Buchanan, and Len Dawson took over as the Chiefs' quarterback. Davidson was 1-5 as a starter against the Chiefs.
John Matuszak
Before Matuszak played the role of Sloth in “The Goonies,” he was a defensive lineman in the NFL. He played two seasons with the Chiefs from 1974-75 before he was traded to Washington. Matuszak finally found a personality match with Oakland, where he helped the Raiders win two Super Bowls over a six-year career. It had to sting for Kansas City fans watching Matuszak be a part of a seven-game winning streak in the rivalry.
Tom Flores
Flores played six seasons as the Raiders' quarterback, but he won a Super Bowl as a backup quarterback for the Chiefs in 1969. Flores returned as a head coach for the Raiders from 1979-87, where he won a pair of Super Bowls. Flores had a 9-8 record against the Chiefs as a head coach.
Marcus Allen
The Raiders took the Heisman Trophy winner in the first round in 1982, and he won Super Bowl XVIII MVP honors after rushing for 191 yards and a pair of TDs. Allen's feud with Davis, however, led to the running back signing with the Chiefs in 1993. Allen only had one 100-yard game against his former team, but he also scored his 100th career TD against the Raiders. Kansas City was 9-1 against the Raiders with Allen on the roster.
Albert Lewis and Harvey Williams
Lewis, a four-time Pro Bowl cornerback, and Williams, a running back, flipped from Kansas City to Los Angeles in 1994. Both spent the next five seasons with the Raiders. Williams had a career-high 1,114 rushing yards in '95, and Lewis was a steady player in the secondary. The Raiders, however, were just 1-9 against the Chiefs in that five-year stretch.
Andre Rison
Rison spent three seasons with the Chiefs from 1997-99, and he made an immediate impact on the rivalry with a game-winning TD catch with three seconds left for a 28-27 victory Monday Night Football thriller on Sept. 9, 1997. Rison flipped to the Raiders in 2000. The team Rison played on had a 7-1 record in the series over those four seasons.
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Rich Gannon
Gannon spent four seasons with the Chiefs from 1995-98, where he had a 11-8 record as a starter while serving mostly as a backup behind Steve Bono and Elvis Grbac. Gannon's final act from 1999-2004 with the Raiders and Jon Gruden, however, led to four straight Pro Bowl appearances. Gannon won the NFL MVP award in 2002. He was 1-1 as a starter against the Raiders and 6-3 as a starter against the Chiefs.
Honorable mention
Bo Jackson
Jackson didn't switch teams — but he did bounce back-and-forth between cities as a two-sport athlete from 1987-90. For those four years, Jackson starred as an outfielder for the Kansas City Royals and a running back for the Los Angeles Raiders. For what's it worth, Jackson had 301 rushing yards and three TDs in six career games against the Chiefs. The teams split those six meetings.
