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Super Bowl Legends

I know this is relatively pointless, but I'm just trying to liven up the offseason. I decided to see your all's favorite Oakland Super Bowl winning team.

Super Bowl XI: Ah what an amazing Super Bowl. Ken Stabler's excellent performance, Willie Brown's record interception return, and Jack Tatum's leveling of Sammy White. However, this Super Bowl victory almost didn't happen. Ray Guy's blocked punt gave the Vikings the ball on the Raider's one. But the Raiders stood strong forcing a fumble. After that, Dave Casper caught pases to take Oakland far down the field. Then Biletnikoff set up a touchdown on the one. Casper caught it once again. After that, Biletnikoff set up two more touchdowns. The Raiders played the Vikings defense with runs to the left earning over a 100 yards on a variation of one play. Skip Thomas also covered Sammy White so closely, he didn't catch a single pass in the first half. Truly a brilliant Super Bowl. Score: 32-14.

Super Bowl XV: My second fave. Jim Plunkett earned MVP, but the real story for me was Rod Martin. One this day, he earned a Super Bowl record 3 interceptions. Nose Tackle Reggie Kinlaw busted up the run game. This Super Bowl almost didn't go well either. Quick thinking saved an Oakland touchdown. Jim Plunkett was getting pressured and a nearby Eagles linebacker kept him from passing to Cliff Branch. After moving up at the last second, the linebacker was forced to stop a possible run. Plunkett let go of the quick dart and it was an Oakland score. An Eagles touchdown was also negated by a penalty which could have tied the game. There were several more close calls but nevertheless the Raiders won as the first Wild Card team to win a Super Bowl. Score: 27-10

Super Bowl XVIII: A.K.A Black Sunday, this was easily the most stacked Super Bowl roster. Howie Long, Cliff Branch, Marcus Allen, Michael Haynes, Lester Hayes, Rod Martin, and many more. Marcus Allen won MVP honors by earning two Super Bowl rushing records for longest TD run and most yards with 191. The defense was of course an integral part of the victory. Hall of Famer Art Monk didn't catch a pass in the first half. John Riggins couldn't run the ball as he was always swallowed up by LB blitzes and Nose Tackle Reggie Kinlaw. There was also the ingenious HB screen pass interception by Jack Squirek for a TD. The first score was a blocked punt for a TD. Joe Theismann was constantly pressured by a powerful D-Line and a strong blitz from the linbackers. This was the most dominating Super Bowl by the Raiders and a very uncompetitive one. The Redskins, the team which scored more points in the season than any other, was engulfed by the churning storm of the Raider's defense. Score: 38-9.

 

I now ask for you to vote for your favorite team.

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What's your favorite Super Bowl winning team?
  • Super Bowl XI
  • Super Bowl XV
  • Super Bowl XVIII

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Super Bowl XI

was my favorite because I was eight years old and it is the first Super Bowl I remember watching. There was so much hype going into it. The Raiders had been so close so many times.

Super Bowl XV was awesome too…my eyes were on Lester Hayes, didn’t he have an NFL record interceptions that year? By the time the big game came arround nobody would throw his way. Rod Martin was the surprise and put the game away with those interceptions!

In Super Bowl XVIII, you are right the Raiders had so many weapons I am surprise it wasn’t 138-9.

I live, breath and breed Silver and Black!

by sabp on May 8, 2008 1:09 PM PDT   0 recs

I like

super bowl XI because we killed that super bowl
32-16 i believe it was?

Wear the Silver,Wear the Black, Never Retreat, Always Attack!!!

by Jagjivan on May 8, 2008 3:38 PM PDT   0 recs

32-14

very close. I like them all but I love XVIII and XV.

"Lightning has Struck, Wearing Silver and Black"- Super Bowl XVIII

by KA1Z3R on May 8, 2008 3:44 PM PDT   0 recs

I could see

by your signature that you love Super Bowl XVIII
lol

Wear the Silver,Wear the Black, Never Retreat, Always Attack!!!

by Jagjivan on May 8, 2008 3:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I really wasn't around

when we played those super-bowls, but I like Super-bowl XVIII because of Marcus Allen’s brilliance and dominating performance that game. IDK, was he the MVP that game? If he wasn’t, he definitely deserved it.

Wack To Mack With The General and The Back. (J-Mac and D-Mac)

by Rayder K on May 8, 2008 4:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He was MVP

he SO deserved it and got it. Two records broken in one night. A record long TD run of 74 yards and record yards rushing with 191.

"Lightning has Struck, Wearing Silver and Black"- Super Bowl XVIII

by KA1Z3R on May 9, 2008 4:00 AM PDT   0 recs

I forgot

which super bowl was the one that we had like 400 sumthing total yards and 200 sumthing yards in tha 1st quarter

Wear the Silver,Wear the Black, Never Retreat, Always Attack!!!

by Jagjivan on May 9, 2008 5:40 PM PDT   0 recs

Probably XVIII

but I’m not certain. It could have also been XI because we didn’t do much offensively in XV.

"Lightning has Struck, Wearing Silver and Black"- Super Bowl XVIII

by KA1Z3R on May 10, 2008 6:49 AM PDT   0 recs

I found out

it was XI

Wear the Silver,Wear the Black, Never Retreat, Always Attack!!!

by Jagjivan on May 13, 2008 4:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow

I just now saw this was on the front page. Gee, I don’t know why but thanks anyway for font paging it.

"Lightning has Struck, Wearing Silver and Black"- Super Bowl XVIII

by KA1Z3R on May 11, 2008 10:47 AM PDT   0 recs

Nothing like the first time

I wasn’t alive when the Raiders won their first Superbowl in Pasadena, but I’ve always enjoyed watching the NFL Films of that game over the other championship games the Silver and Black have won.

There is something about how the daytime light hits the Raider white uniforms that made Jack Tatum’s hits more devastating and that made Old Man Willie’s run into eternity even more special. Also, John Facenda’s voice couldn’t be beaten when it came to showing the dominance of the Raiders.

The game seemed more pure then. There was more football and less commercialism. These men where true men who loved the game, and not whiney little millionaires boys.

I’ll love all the great Raider teams, but the first champions were the best champions.

Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on May 11, 2008 9:08 PM PDT   0 recs

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