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On October 19, 1997, in Week 8 of the 1997 season, Kaufman rushed for 227 yards, leading the Raiders to an upset of the undefeated [[Denver Broncos]] (the eventual [[Super Bowl]] champions that year) and setting the franchise mark for rushing yards in a single game. Kaufman broke the record of 221, set by [[Bo Jackson]] in his famous [[Monday Night Football]] performance against the [[Seattle Seahawks]] on November 30, 1987. {{age|1997|11|30}} years later, Kaufman's record still stands.
During the latter part of his playing career, Kaufman was the Raiders' chaplain, and [[Baptism|baptized]] several teammates in the whirlpool at the team's practice facility.<ref name=WATN>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14421245/where-now-washington-huskies-oakland-raiders-running-back-napoleon-kaufman |title=Where are they now? Oakland Raiders running back Napoleon Kaufman |first=Thomas |last=Neumann |publisher=''[[ESPN.com]]'' |date=December 23, 2015 |accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref> He retired abruptly at the end of the [[2000 NFL season]]<ref name="florio"/> to pursue a career as a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[religious minister|minister]]. Today he is the senior [[pastor]] at The Well Christian Community Church in [[Livermore, California]], a church he founded with about 15 families in 2003; as of 2018 the church has over 1,000 regular worshipers. His wife also serves as a pastor, two other former Raiders serve in leadership roles, and [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[Rod Woodson]] is a member.<ref name=WATN/> He has three sons and one daughter and has been married since September 1996. He also coached in the Pleasanton Junior Football League where his teams went undefeated four years in a row. As of December 2013, Kaufman is the head football coach at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland where all three of his sons have played. Kaufman's Bishop O'Dowd team won the [[California Interscholastic Federation|CIF]]-State Division 5-AA Championship in December 2016. He also returned as the Raiders team chaplain in 2012 and still serves in that role as of 2018.
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