{"id":295572,"date":"2025-08-17T14:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/295572\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:32:08","slug":"former-vol-lights-al-davis-memorial-torch-ahead-of-nfl-preseason-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/295572\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Vol lights Al Davis Memorial Torch ahead of NFL preseason game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco<\/a> defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/raiderswire.usatoday.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas<\/a>, 22-19, Saturday in NFL preseason Week 2 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vol defensive back <a href=\"https:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/football\/2022\/08\/24\/tennessee-football-all-time-roster-defensive-starters-and-backups\/79169096007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/football\/2022\/08\/24\/tennessee-football-all-time-roster-defensive-starters-and-backups\/79169096007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McDaniel<\/a> lit the Al Davis Memorial Torch before the game. The torch is traditionally lit before each home game and began on Oct. 18, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The Al Davis Memorial Torch is a tribute to Davis&#8217; legacy as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/las-vegas-raiders\/341\" data-autotag=\"ce712068-67db-47b5-b6da-5d6ec8fefe0f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Raiders<\/a>&#8216; owner, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, AFL coach of the year, AFL commissioner and an architect of the Raiders&#8217; Commitment to Excellence.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel played for the Raiders from 1988-97. He appeared in 143 games, including 137 starts. He was a five-time Pro Bowl (1992-96) selection, a First-Team All-Pro in 1993 and a three-time Second-Team All-Pro (1992, 1994-95).<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel was a first-round selection by the Raiders (No. 9 overall) in the 1988 NFL draft. He totaled 502 tackles, 35 interceptions and eight touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel played for the Vols from 1984-88 after redshirting during the 1983 season. He began his collegiate career as a <a href=\"https:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/football\/2022\/10\/23\/photos-tennessee-vols-wide-receiver-u\/79178012007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wide receiver<\/a> before playing defensive back. McDaniel also competed for Tennessee&#8217;s track and field team. He earned First-Team All-SEC honors in 1987.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/football\/2021\/09\/09\/photos-tennessee-vol-johnny-majors-through-the-years\/79289995007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Majors through the years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VolsWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VolsWire\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Francisco defeated Las Vegas, 22-19, Saturday in NFL preseason Week 2 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[220,247,265,318,339,7,219,20842,523,393,248,267,88,6,245,537,530,525,218,252,326,21400,1602,1982,9,266,526,1378,1980,524,1375],"class_list":{"0":"post-295572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-american","10":"tag-american-football","11":"tag-college","12":"tag-college-sports","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-francisco","15":"tag-hub","16":"tag-las","17":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","18":"tag-national","19":"tag-national-sports","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-overall","23":"tag-overall-positive","24":"tag-positive","25":"tag-raiders","26":"tag-san","27":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","28":"tag-sec","29":"tag-sec-hub","30":"tag-smg","31":"tag-smg-timely","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-sports-news","34":"tag-tennessee","35":"tag-tennessee-volunteers-football","36":"tag-timely","37":"tag-vegas","38":"tag-volunteers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115044597711578496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}