On April 28, 2016, Davis pledged to commit $500 million toward a new stadium in Las Vegas at a panel that included soccer superstar David Beckham, who was backing a proposed Major League Soccer franchise that would share the stadium with the Raiders and UNLV college football. On March 23, 2016, Davis met with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval about moving his team to Las Vegas and recently on April 1, 2016, Mark Davis toured Sam Boyd Stadium whether it could serve as a temporary home and met UNLV coach Tony Sanchez, athletics director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, adviser Don Snyder, and university president Len Jessup about further exploring the possibility of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas. Team officials then began conversing with officials from Las Vegas, Nevada regarding a potential future relocation there in January 2016, Raiders owner Mark Davis met with Sheldon Adelson ( Las Vegas Sands owner and CEO) about a proposed $1.3 billion, 65,000 seat domed stadium.
The team also scouted the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as another potential relocation candidate in late 2014, before it began focusing on its failed Carson stadium proposal. The Raiders, despite their joint project with the Chargers earning the support of the Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, did not receive enough support from the league as a whole for the relocation and withdrew its request to relocate to Los Angeles on January 12 after the Rams' proposal received a simple majority of votes. Louis Rams to move to the Greater Los Angeles Area. On January 4, 2016, the team filed a formal relocation application, along with the San Diego Chargers, which was competing against a separate proposal by the St. The franchise was subject to a possible relocation to Los Angeles, and the Raiders' 2016 season could have been the first in Los Angeles since 1994, had the team been approved to move there. The Raiders' lease on the Oakland Alameda Coliseum (known as O.co Coliseum from 2011 through 2015) expired after the 2013 season the team had spent the 20 seasons in the Coliseum on year-to-year leases. This was the Raiders' only winning season from 2003 to 2020, as well as their last winning season during their Oakland-based days. The Raiders would not make the playoffs again until the 2021 season when they lost to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Wild Card Game, 19–26.
With the Raiders missing the playoffs following their season finale on December 29, 2019, this was the final time the Oakland-based Raiders qualified for the playoffs as they relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada starting in the 2020 NFL season. Linebacker Khalil Mack was awarded Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award at seasons end. On January 10, 2017, three days after the loss to the Texans, offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave's contract was not renewed. The Raiders were unable to win their first playoff game since 2002, falling to the Houston Texans 14–27 in a game where Cook threw one touchdown and three interceptions and the Raiders struggling on offense.
Cook started the Wild Card playoff game against the Houston Texans, making him the first rookie in the Super Bowl era to make his very first NFL start in a playoff game. Backup quarterback Matt McGloin started the final game of the season for Carr, but he had a shoulder injury during the game forcing rookie Connor Cook to play. In a Week 16 game against the Indianapolis Colts, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr sustained a broken fibula while being sacked by Trent Cole and missed the remainder of the season including the Raiders sole postseason game. The Raiders finished the season tied with the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC West division title, but lost the tiebreaker due to a head-to-head sweep.
The Raiders, with their Week 15 win over the San Diego Chargers, clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2002, ending their 14-year playoff drought. The Raiders improved on a 7–9 campaign in 2015 and finished with a winning record for the first time since 2002, finishing the regular season with a 12–4 record. The 2016 Oakland Raiders season was the 57th overall of the Oakland Raiders franchise, the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League, their 22nd season since their return to Oakland, and the second under head coach Jack Del Rio.
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