The 2013 season was the

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' 44th in the

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(NFL), their 54th overall and their second under

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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

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. Pryor started off the season in impressive fashion, with the team almost pulling off the upset in Week 1 against the

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, and defeating the

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in Week 2. The team and Pryor eventually cooled down, resulting in Pryor being benched for

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in the game against the

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. Before this game, history was made in the game against the

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when Eagles quarterback

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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

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, who spent the last 7 years with the

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2013 draft class

Notes : The Raiders traded their first-round selection (No. 3 overall) to the

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in exchange for the Dolphins' first- (No. 12 overall) and second- (No. 42 overall) round selections. : The Raiders traded their original second-round selection (No. 37 overall) to the

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in exchange for

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. : The Raiders traded their fourth-round selection (No. 100 overall) to the

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in exchange for the Buccaneers' fourth- (No. 112 overall) and sixth- (No. 181) round selections. : The Raiders acquired an additional sixth-round selection — No. 176 overall, along with a conditional

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selection in a trade that sent quarterback Carson Palmer and one of their seventh-round selections (No. 219 overall; previously acquired in a trade that sent

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to the

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) to the

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. The Raiders later traded the No. 176 selection to the

in exchange for the Texans' sixth (No. 184 overall) and seventh- (No. 233 overall) round selections. :

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. The Raiders did not have a selection in the fifth round, as they traded their fifth-round selection (No. 138 overall) to the

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in exchange for

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Aaron Curry.

Staff

Final roster

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

:Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts

Week 2: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 3: at Denver Broncos

Week 4: vs. Washington Redskins

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 ''

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'', as extended time was required to convert the field back from its baseball configuration due to an

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game the previous night.

Week 6: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 8: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 9: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 10: at New York Giants

Week 11: at Houston Texans

Week 12: vs. Tennessee Titans

Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys

; Thanksgiving Day game

Week 14: at New York Jets

Week 15: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week 16: at San Diego Chargers

Week 17: vs. Denver Broncos

Standings

Division

Conference

References

External links

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