{"id":9312,"date":"2025-06-24T00:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9312\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T00:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:04:11","slug":"las-vegas-raiders-in-mourning-as-former-player-dies-at-age-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9312\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders in mourning as former player dies at age 60"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAKE FENNER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 18:57 EDT, 23 June 2025 | Updated: 19:35 EDT, 23 June 2025 <\/p>\n

The Las Vegas<\/a> Raiders are honoring a former player from their days when they took the field in Los Angeles<\/a> and Oakland, California<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The team released a statement on Monday afternoon announcing the passing of former offensive lineman Rich Stephens at the age of 60.<\/p>\n

Stephens, a former ninth-round pick by the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> in 1989, played all 29 games of his short NFL career with the Raiders.<\/p>\n

‘The Raiders family is mourning the passing of Rich Stephens, who played in two seasons with the Silver and Black,’ the team’s statement read.<\/p>\n

‘Originally drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals out of Tulsa in 1989, the offensive lineman went on to play in 29 career games with two starts, all with the Raiders.<\/p>\n

‘The thoughts of the entire Raider Nation are with Rich’s family at this time.’<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Raiders announced the passing of former offensive lineman Rich Stephens at age 60<\/p>\n

\"Stephens <\/p>\n

Stephens played in 29 games – starting in two of them – across two seasons for his career<\/p>\n

According to Football-Reference, Stephens played in 16 games in the 1993 season, starting once.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He then returned in the 1995 season and played in 13 games while also starting once.<\/p>\n

The Missouri native stood at 6-foot-7 and weighed 310 pounds.<\/p>\n

Stephens and the Raiders made the playoffs in 1993 for the final time in Los Angeles – beating the Denver Broncos in the Wild Card round before losing to the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional round.<\/p>\n

1995, Stephens’ final season in the NFL, was the first season of the Raiders’ second-stint in Oakland. The team went 8-8 and missed out on the playoffs.<\/p>\n

The Raiders would stay in Oakland from 1995 until 2020, when they moved to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>California<\/a><\/p>\n

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