shortly before the start of the 1948 season, league president john scalzi announced that the franchise was moving to new brunswick, new jersey. the reason given was the $15,000 that the club lost in the 1947. the club also experienced bad luck with weather all season, starting with the home opener having to be pushed back 4 days due to rain. this also led to the cancellation of the planned opening day festivities, which were to include nfl star ken strong who had been the league president in 1946. of the raiders 40 home games, 6 were interrupted or called off due to rain.