The Ken Stabler Museum Foundation

05/02/2026

Ken Stabler was officially inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 6, 2016, in Canton, Ohio.

03/16/2026

1980-3-15: After weeks of swirling trade rumors and speculation, The Oakland Raiders sent quarterback Ken Stabler down South to Houston in exchange for quarterback Dan Pastorini. Both quarterbacks had insisted on a change of scenery which both received.

Raiders head coach Tom Flores had seen this kind of trade before back in 1967. He was the Raiders starting quarterback but was traded to Buffalo for the “Mad Bomber” Daryle Lamonica. Now 13 years later, history appeared to be repeating itself.

Al Davis, Raiders principal owner & general manager, had been in love with the long ball his entire tenure in Oakland. Regarding the trade, Davis said, “I’ve always had great admiration for Pastorini’s ability. He can throw the deep ball, and he is a courageous football player. We really want to go back to that (the deep pass). Yes, Pastorini is more of a Lamonica type than Stabler.”

Stabler had been wanting out of Oakland since Davis publicly criticized the former NFL MVP quarterback back at the end of the 1978 NFL season. Once former Raiders head coach John Madden retired, it was felt that Stabler’s days in Oakland were numbered.

Stabler told reporters, “I’ve wanted to be traded and I’m glad that it’s over, because it’s been hell. I felt it was in my best interest and the Raiders best interest that I play somewhere else. Going to Houston is a great chance to play on a talented team with a great chance to make it to the Super Bowl.”

01/07/2026

11/03/2025

"Ken Stabler played in the days before coaches called the plays, one of the last guys who was a real field general. He was as good at that as anyone." - John Madden

10/31/2025

Two of the best!

10/26/2025

The First Lady of Raider Nation, Carol Davis, has passed away at 93.

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10/24/2025

I finally made it Kenny! Your suite in Allegiant Stadium

10/22/2025

When I met Kenny as kid in 70's at the Municipal Park Raiders little league championship banquet, he told me me, I was Raider too and it stuck. Years later we became close friends, while I was a radio personality on 97.5 WABB and we would always talk Raiders (..and of course he would let me put on his Championship ring, as he loved to do) and he would always tell me I HAD to go see a Raider home game!
(Living in Alabama, I had only seen the Raiders play in New Orleans vs the Saints)

He would always ask if I made a home game yet, every time I saw him...

Well, I'm finally going to see the Raider's home field on a tour of Allegiant Stadium tomorrow.

I know Kenny is smiling, knowing I finally made it.

Rod Cochran

10/18/2025

Photo of Ken Stabler sidelines with Coach Bear Bryant hanging in the Paul W. Bryant Museum

10/17/2025

"I've been around a lot of Rockstars and larger than life personalities working in professional radio 35+ years and I promise you, no one and I mean NO ONE, was as cool as Kenny Stabler.

When Kenny walked into a room every girl wanted him & every guy wanted to be him.

Even Terry Bradshaw with his multiple Super Bowl rings would tell you he wished he was Kenny after the game! That's a fact!

I've met some cool ones over the years. Ozzy, Metallica..

Nobody was cooler than Kenny. He was and always will be THE MAN"

~ R.Cochran