Infamously known as the ‘Snow Job’. For a 6th Grader who lives for football, and who was growing up in East Oakland, Ca minutes away from the Colosseum, a defeat that was that cheap, that ‘messed up’- I remember specifically telling my friends after that game that if there was one team I would never recant (and i literally meant NEVER) would be the Oakland Raiders. It seemed to me that the loss made me love my team even more, and I have endured ridicule over these past 7 years, but remain a Raider Nation Faithful until I die!
Like the saying goes: Win, Lose or Tie- RAIDERS TILL I DIE!

You just had to bring up 20-17. Damn Rob Lytle, I know on THAT day, I started to believe that NFL refs had it in for the Raiders.

It happened for me in 1974, as a 9 year watching the Snake work his incredible, cool under pressure magic in the Sea-of-Hands playoff game against Miami. Wow, what a game and I can still here that Coliseum crowd ringing in my ears. Kenny Stabler was my favorite player and it was all Silver and Black from there on out!

My parents used to go to go to games in the 70’s and would bring me pennants home from all the team they where playing. My dad was the one who routing the Raiders, My mom was a Niner’s fan…. She would buy me red and gold gear I would cry and usually loose it on the playground building my dislike for the Niners’s. I really can’t remember before or after I have never had another team other than the Raiders and whoever is playing the Niner’s. I miss the days of Bill King’s magical tones and “Touchdown Raiders”. I long for the days that they are back on top where they rightfully belong!

I was 9 years old and my dad was having a superbowl party with some of his old frat friends. I think it was 5 guys were eagles fans my dad didnt care who won (being a dolphin fan) and Myself up to now didn’t follow football. But my Parks and Rec soccer team was the Raiders and we had Black T-shirts w/ white trim and I had the No. 21 on the back.
So naturally Cliff Branch became my favorite player I don’t remember much of the game, but I do remember annoying the eagles fans saying “Plunkett to 21” , 21’s going to beat you and too bad Raiders scored again basically being a 9 year old trash talker any way I won 5 bucks on the game. and a Raider fan ever since

The first game I saw I think was the Raiders vs the Patriots I was maybe 11 yaers old we lost that game but, I wasn’t the same football guys I am now so, I shrugged it off and didn’t let it ruin my day. To be honest I would say that I am a recent die hard fan because I remember in 2006 I watched maybe 3 games out of 16 that is sad but, fortunately now I haven’t missed any games last year and I don’t plan to next year ethier.

can’t exactly remember the day but coach tom flores was on the sidelines and he had this guy by the name of bo jackson and bo ran straight into the tunnel after running over the seahawks subsequently he did the same to brian bosworth that same game from then on it was silver and black blood doctors drew from my arms.

but i became a REAL fan when the raiders lost the superbowl to the bucs in 02.

2001. Four years into the country, I feel in love with the raiders. Something about seeing the color configurations of black and silver. It drew me in so quickly. To be honest, I am the reason half my family likes the raiders. When we came, everyone liked the 49ers. I was immediately hesitant and knew I was to be a raider.

The Sea of Hands, the Rob Lytle non-fumble, the loss to the Patriots in the 1976 regular season that ended up being our only loss of otherwise a perfect Super Bowl season,. The comeback win vs. the Saints at the Superdome after being down by 27 points in 1978 or 1979. I could go on…

It was the late 60’s for my first game(s) and I dont rember those. All told, my grandmother took me to about 60-70. She, my grandmother was considered one of if not THE oldest season ticket holder in Raider history. The last year, before going to LA my brother and I were gifted season tickets. As for the game that I remember the most of the “old” days: When Blanda played his last game. Next was 2006, I flew in for a game (I now live in ColoRADo) and I got to visit briefly with whom I considered a stepfather of mine. It was February of the next year (several months after seeing him) he was killed in a robbery of his establishment in Fremont. I dont remember much of the game, and I realized I wasn’t supposed to. The game was trivial but seeing him for the last time laughing and joking, as I had rembered him 20 years earlier..

I have fading memories of the spaghetti Raider Boosters dinners at the San Leandro Boys Club too. They would raffle prizes and you could get pictures with players and of course their autographs. I will never forget when then a hardly known Art Shell walked into the room. He caused quite a stir. He was HUGE to all of us at the booster dinner and of course huge to his peers. There is only a few of us kids, that I am aware of, that went to the booster dinners. I am 45 now.

My first fish was named Bo.

The rest was history.

and just choose my teams from there…loved watching the Raiders and the way they played and loved watching them beat that orange team ;-)

Uncle graduated from USC. We went to Alumni day and met Marcus Allen. Raiders drafted him in 1982. Been on board this roller coaster ever since. S&B 4 Life.

For me, I got hooked on the Raiders in 1974. Living in Hawaii, we would always get the Raiders games on NBC (live at 10 am, 11 am after daylight saving time ended on the mainland), or on MNF (tape-delayed to start at 6pm). The ’74 season started on Monday night, a game the Raiders lost when George Blanda missed a 50-yd FG as the clock ran out (this is the game Madden mentioned at the start of his first book). From then, I was hooked.

when they moved back… I remember going to that first game vs. the Chargers. I remember they hadnt built Mt. Davis yet and the Coliseum was still a decent venue.. Hostetler, Kaufmann, Tim Brown, etc. thats when I fell in love with this dysfunctional as hell team, but am glad I did..I had family that were die hard fans who would make it to half the games in L.A. when they moved down. But it started when I was in 4th grade..

All time favorite memory: AFC Championship vs Titans, spending the night in front of the Coliseum in a motorhome.. hahaha

Only positive thoughts on game day for me team OAKLAND RAIDERS. No matter how much I might disagree with how things are going. Good time to post this 67MARQUEZ.
             WIN lose OR TIE RAIDERS TILL I DIE !!!!