Its a shame that 6 others recivers got in before him the people who pick the hof should Quit right NOW an what about the Greatest saftey hitters of all time' Jack Tatum.
Cliff Branch Jack Tatum in Lester Hayes all should be in the Hall of Fame. It's a joke that they are not I also think that Jim Plunkett should be in the hall of fame. Eli Manning is going to become a Hall of Famer. He was a mediocre quarterback who won two Super Bowls. Jim Plunkett did the same thing so why shouldn't he be in the Hall of Fame.🏆🏆🏉🏈
You hardly hear Jim Plunkett as the 1st hispanic quarterback to lead the team to a Super Bowl victory and he did it twice!!! All I hear is Doug Williams here, Doug Williams did that. What an insult and crime to the hispanic community.
@Trancymind uou see, they were much harder on the Black QB than Hidpanic honestly Love AFLs first QB and Raiders QB Tom Flores and comebacker Jim Plunkett.
Rest in Peace Mike Davis #36. Your moment of glory will forever live on in the hearts and minds of Raiders fans with that interception in Cleveland. Raider Nation 4Life Sir
Oh that makes me feel old! Lester Hayes was amazing, especially in 1980. He once had a problem with stuttering that could get really bad when he was interviewed. Hayes overcame it. Have always admired Hayes. Wish that he was in the Hall of Fame.
With time I've learned to admire this era of Raider football, before the move to L.A. and all the bad reputation the fans gave the Raider Nation while their stay in SoCal. I'm a diehard Charger fan too(born and raised in SD) and re-watching the 1980 AFC Championship game, you've got to admit, while the Raiders were a rough and tough bunch with enough defense when needed to harass opponents, Raider players themselves admit they were scared to death when playing the Air Coryell Chargers. The Raiders shut down the Oilers(7 pts), Browns(12pts) and Eagles(10pts) in the 1980 playoffs, but the Chargers laid 27 and should've had more for not 2 red zone turnovers. Plunkett always seemed to have a knack for having his offense score on the most busted, luck of the bounce plays during this 1980 campaign(look at the Raiders 1st TD in the 1980 AFC title game vs Chargers). I think when the Raiders escaped SD in that AFC title game, they knew Eagles wouldn't stand a chance against them in the Super Bowl.
@@05gtdriver With the exception of the 1981 season, Plunkett and the Raiders owned the Chargers in those days. An obvious case in point is their Monday Night match-up in '82. The Chargers were up 24-0 with only a minute left in the first half; the Raiders won 28-24.
Same here. I moved to US in "88 and became an NFL fan learning the game by watching the LA Raiders. A few years ago I moved back to Europe. Not as much a football fan now because we don't have american football here but I can't get the Raiders out of my system. I always look them up during the football season and win or lose, I'm loving it!
Local news years ago had an article about how he has a speech problem. And that this was a reason that has kept him from the Hall. So wrong bcz he is definitely WELL DESERVING OF THIS HONOR
AJG JR I’ve heard he had a stuttering problem in the past but he’s been good for a long time now. Also the fact he used stick um may play a part not being in the Hall Of Fame. Well Fred Biletnikoff also used it and he’s in so I don’t see why Hayes shouldn’t be in. I’ve met Lester Hayes at my local Walmart he’s a great person.
No signs of speech impediment when he was doing stretches before the super bowl game, in fact I reran it and if anyone said he had an impediment and I didn't know about it before that clip, wouldn't have believed it.
Absolutely my favorite year as a football fan. I took so much crap from friends for being a Raiders fan. The Raiders didn't even make the playoffs in 1978 and 1979. Then that unforgettable 1980 season. I was able to thank Mike Davis in a Facebook group before he passed. I told him it was the best of times. He responded with great humility and appreciation. R.I.P. Mike Davis.
What an incredible player. What a great man. He's also the only player in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl in 3 different decades. He was a rookie on the Raiders in Super Bowl II.
As a "neutral" bears fan who watched all of these when they came out it in 2006, I honestly liked this episode the best. The real essence of football in this episode
I'm not a Raiders fan and didn't live to see him coach, but congrats to Tom Flores for finally getting into Canton! It's fitting he gets in almost 2 weeks after the 40th anniversary of his first title as a HC.
Gene Upshaw died suddenly of pancreatic cancer a year and a half after this was made. Matt Millen is very ill and needs a heart transplant. Let's hope the Hall elects Jim Plunkett while he is still with us.
@@mootpointjones8488 Dan Fouts and Kellen Winslow.two SD chargers that never sniffed a Superbowl and both were first ballot inductees to HOF based on stats alone!😀
WOW , I just saw that Matt had a new heart put in on Christmas eve 2018 at 60 years old ! I was blessed to survive a massive heart attack from a blood clot in 2014 at 51 ( I have 2 stents and they are WIDE OPEN and I feel great again ! )..Blessings Matt Millen
Alexander Parrell I do the same thing! I always have A Football Life or or any other documentary show created by NFL Films. They really do an amazing job
@@taroobsingh2158 With a name like Taroob Singh, I'm sure anything that has to do w/winning or success is not something you've ever experienced, or will ever experience.
@@jerrybrownell3633 raiders were wild card in 1980 , won the west in 1983. Even though the Seahawks sweeped them in 1983 the raiders had the overall better record and won the division. The raiders hosted and won the afc CHAMPIONSHIP game that year.
@@dennissaunders5247 -That's why the Defending Champion Washington Redskins were overwhelming favorites in SB XVIII. The Raiders were a Wild Card. I will have to research it and get back to you.
@@dennissaunders5247 - I am totally wrong and you are correct. I would have sworn Los Angeles was a wild card. And I am a die hard Raiders fan. I sincerely apologize. Raiders went 12-4. Defending Champ Washington was 14-2. L.A. was all over them building a 21-3 halftime lead.
Cedric hardeman was a awsome defensive lineman , not given near the credit he deserves. I think he is H O F er. He anchored the 49ers GOLD RUSH of the 70'S , BEFORE finally getting a ring with the RAIDERS. I met on several occasions. Great person.
Just think of the numbers he could have put up if Stabler had a stronger arm and could throw the ball more than 45 yards down field? Since Stabler had such limited range he had to make his living on the deep comeback routes.
Biggest travesty in nfl in my opinion. Better numbers than Swann, but branch played for the raiders. Met him once very nice man. Now they will put him in the HOF since he has passed. Sad. And respect coming from a steeler fan. Raiders and Steeler fans wont agree on much, at least some of us can appreciate players for what they have done, not just the team they played for. Thanks!!
@Gatto Di Ossa ....You dumb fuck..."Griese was an integral part of the perfect season" ? Next time do a little research before you open you obviously uneducated mouth,.....look up how many games Greise started in your so called perfect season....I love calling out big mouthed small brained morons like you....while you are looking that up, check to see how much Griese did in those super bowls.....one more thing, dont assume i am addicted to anything...because unlike backwoods, toothless hillbillies like you, I dont even drink....now be a good little boy and go wack off to picture of Shula holding a super bowl trophy....geeeze did you even go to high school?
In 1980 I was 11 and went to my first game. Great seats, right behind the Raiders bench. I just stared at them, mouth open. They were GODS to me. Matuszak. Hendricks. Hayes. Millen. Casper. Plunkett. van Eegen. Martin. Ray Guy, the first epic punter ever. I was just reading about this team. Lester Hayes had 13 INT's that year. The Defense had 35. I even was ecstatic that I got to go to a Raley's grocery store to meet Marc Wilson... lol
The 1980 Raiders season epitomizes the entire organization. Misfits with no business winning, robbing that gold fom everyone else in true Raider fashion. It doesn’t get better than that.
@@Strummie Coming out of the AFC Championship by beating the Oilers, Browns and certainly Chargers that year was more impressive than easily defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl.
And THATS why the Raiders got fans everywhere. Yea theay STINK IT UP some seasons, but you GOTTA LOVE IT when the MISFITS WIN!!! RAIDER NATION FOR LIFE🍺💀🚬(And I grew up in WHITTIER, so...)
I've always been a Raiders fan and it's good to remember their glory days. Too bad there are no more quality men playing today,. Men who loved the game more than their own aggrandizement. Oh well, I'll always have my memories,
Great Raider teams during those years. I always hoped for a Cowboys vs. Raiders Super Bowl during that time period because that would have been the most intriguing matchup.
2016 was the closest we had to a Dallas vs Oakland SB match, but the Raiders lost Carr to an injury and were knocked out of the playoffs and Dallas lost by like a touchdown against Green Bay in a big upset comeback
Sorry as a lion fan I feel that heart should have went to a sick child rather than some aging man who had a good life and failed so miserably he set records for futility on a team that's been nothing but.
@@itz-luigi1210 I'm sorry your a Lions fan tooooo! That's gott'a be the worst? Well before Millen arrived. And shortly after Bobby Lane left. Maybe you can find a way to resurrect him and get some of that magic back? Give to Saint Jude's!
I don't have a crystal ball,but I know Matt Millen's heart surgery will be a success and that his prognosis is good as long as he follows the doctor's orders.
That was a great season…. Plunkett was one of those great players who ended up on bad teams…. Somehow, he got another chance, after being out of action for two years… a truly amazing (and inspirational) comeback!
42-year die hard fan. First football game I ever watched was the '77 SB and it went from there. Silver 'N Black is coming back and I think by 2021, they'll be a force in the league once again! Great vid - brought back some awesome memories from my pre-teen years. +1
That offensive line played so well for Jim Plunkett that year. They had always been a great OL, but they were getting beat before Plunkett got in there. And they worked their asses off to protect him, and he responded by hanging in and making the best decisions, and throws, of his career. What a season.
Can't believe that the Raiders won't even be in Cali in a couple of years.. Playing in a dome, in Vegas omg what the hell happened?? Good luck trying to tailgate in a 110° weather..
This 1980 team just found ways to get it done. They started 2-3, lost their starting QB for the season, and next on their schedule were the 2 best teams in the NFL (SD & Pit). No one thought they had a chance & then a miracle happened
As a Chicago Bears fan I have always considered the Raiders my 2nd favorite team! I love the old Raiders led teams by Madden, Flores, Shell, Gruden. As a Michigan fan and Charles Woodson being one of my 4 favorite players of all time with Payton, Singletary and Urlacher. Just win baby, Commitment to excellence, Silver and Black attack! The Raiders are a top tier franchise in my book
ONCE A RAIDER FOREVER A RAIDER!!! This video of the 1980 Oakland Raiders clearly one of my favorites hands down!! My loyalty is silver n black all the way!
@43:20....Matt Millen is absolutely right. What a great idea. I'm glad they used him for this, because his ideas and eloquence (yes I said eloquence lol) made this better.
Matt..you are my favorite linebacker of all, ahead of so many other great Raider LB’s...because it’s something extra in you; perhaps as a Father, Husband, Broadcaster/Story-teller...or Sincere human being I wish that I knew, and could call my friend. I’m so happy you are healthy AGAIN!!
Always remember HATING the ‘80 Raiders & thinking all season “THIS is the week they will tank”, because my household were Broncos🏈 & Seahawks🏈 fans. Well, they “never tanked” all the way to the title & I was SO distraught... But, in hindsight, they were indeed GREAT & supremely talented ~ they deserved to win 3 Super Bowls = a lotta RESPECT! And Plunkett’s 1980 journey back & to the top surpasses any movie script; looking back, I didn’t allow myself to appreciate how special that was, along with his leadership.
I remember Jimmy the Greek saying at the beginning of the season that the Raiders would be led to a Super Bowl win by a rejuvenated Jim Plunkett. Everyone laughed at the idea. Then it happened.
The 2021 Raiders team should watch this documentary again and again. The 1980's team had to overcome adversity and won the Superbowl. This year we have to overcome adversity again and this time history will repeat itself and we will win the Superbowl again. This is our year. This is a team of destiny. Do it for Mr Al Davis. Just win baby!!!
Joe Burrow intentionally ran toward the ref running out of bounds bc he knew as soon as he threw it the ref would blow the whistle, right before the catch, ref blows whistle everyone stops and TD. Referees huddle deem the play unchallengable
Love Being Part Of The Raider Nation🏴☠🏴☠... This Video Makes Me Proud And Gives Me A Sense Of Pride, And Reassurance On Why At 1 Years Old In 1978 That Being Part Of This Raider Nation Is A Lifelong Commitment 🏴And Proud Of It"... RNFL☠☠☠
The ghost to the Post, the heidy game, The Snake beating Tarkington and Company and Jim Plunkett and Company giving us two Lombardi trophies. All great moments in the history of the franchise. And soon enough the team rehires Jon Gruden and gives him full control will be among them.
I still remember the house party I gave for this Super Bowl. My Mom was still alive, & healthy. My God, I just relived my Life! I wish I could go back in time, & change everything! Given the magnificent history of the AFL, & the Oakland Raiders, the Black Hole, AL Davis, I would've so been a Raider instead of a sorry Ass Viking. After 49 seasons, I've DIVORCED the fucken Vikings. What I now truly appreciate about Al Davis in particular, is that he didn't give a damn if you were from the planet Neptune, as long as you were loyal to his team. He was the first EVER to give Hispanics, & Negros the opportunities with his Raiders. I loved what he once said: "During the first 6 plays of any game, we will hit the QB as hard as can, & make him think about who's he playing." & they were all legal hard hitting Football plays...
I am NOT a Raider fan, never was ! ..HOWEVER #21 at WR, Cliff Branch BELONGS in The NFL Hall of Fame !!! ( WTF ??!! YEARS AGO !) He has the #'s AND 3 RINGS !! .....and what Jim Plunkett did after 10 HARD seasons in the NFL and to almost quitting , then WINNING 2 SB in 4 seasons !! That's GREATNESS !!
It just shows how the non hispanic american society would rather praise Doug Williams for what he did even though Jim Plunkett accomplished it twice before Doug Williams did. It is like slapping the hispanic community twice in a row and forget his name in the record books.
@@TrancymindHow does the accomplishments of a African American disparage those of any Hispanic? The African American fraternity civil rights plight is the entity that the Hispanic and every other minority and social genre jumped upon to give notice towards their agendas ,and once they achieved accomplishing those cherished ultruistic goals ,they discarded the African American fraternity who unyieldingly supported those others but recieved none of that same support in return . African American sports talk host such as Shannon sharp and Steven A Smith have acknowledged the excellent accomplishments of both Hispanic gentleman before ,in fact the African American fraternity biggest vice is it's continuous willingness to allow all other ethnic invasive species within it's secular fraternity when no there ethnic group or social genre lbgt allow such a tactical error to occur within it's flock ,it's the African American fraternity who more then any other ethnic group who will forgive all others for illicit actions committed against them and fully support them ,even if it means sacrificing , spiritual,ethnic cultural, economic, political, unity amongst their own racial demographic, no other ethnic group bellows out the success of all other ethnic sects moreso then the African American fraternity,a big part of it's problem today . Yet ,you sit here nonobjectively and scrutinize a African American males success ,who's never made a derogatory statement against your ethnic group. Shameful is what your comment is .
As a Chargers fan, I have to say I'm okay with that team beating my Chargers that day. What a great group of guys! I remember hating that my Chargers weren't in the Super Bowl and watching Kenny King make that catch and run it all the way for the touchdown and knowing the Bolts lost to the eventual champion. Plunkett deserved that season, didn't he?
The Chargers should have been in the Super Bowl in 1979! Still the biggest upset of Divisional Round history when they lost at home to an Oilers team without Pastorini & Campbell!
@@user-oh6eg4ny3h You're right about that. Uptight Dick Vermeil had his Eagle team so run down the Chargers would have wiped up the Superdome floor with them.
@@ECO473 yea I don’t see how else the chargers win. I don’t think they win in 81 if they go all the way. All the years of relevances, there closest to winning a super bowl is 80. Chargers were that good and they lose Fred dean to the 49ers after 1980
Once they changed the rules to encourage pinball scores the essence of the game changed. The Bears are trying to show that defense can still stand tall but the rules are agaisnt them. Imagine Mack with free shots at the QB.
@Gatto Di Ossa the evidence is out there. I didn't believe it at first, but when you think about and look into the history of the NFL, it would have been far better had Al Davis was given the chance to do away with the NFL. I did the research.
@Gatto Di Ossa my friend, the feud goes back before the AFL/NFL merger. At that time, the AFL was gaining ground and NFL players were signing to play for the AFL. The NFL and AFL signed an agreement to not sign anyone already under contract within their own respective leagues. The NFL broke the contract and started signing AFL players already in contract. As time passes, the AFL was beating the NFL and Al Davis was ready to do away with them. The NFL was losing money fast and those horse racing owners of the NFL somehow got the other AFL owners to sign the AFL//NFL merger without letting Al Davis know, and Al was the commisioner. Al Davis has fought their corruption and if Al Davis wasn't betrayed, we would have had a better football game today.
I remember watching this game. I am so proud to be a Raiders fan frim way back from before the first SB. I pray for all the Raiders gone and those still alive. HOF for Plunkett, Branch, Hayes, and thank you for coach Tom. My favorite team in the universe above all. And I'm a New Yorker who loves my Yankees. Two greatest franchises in professional sports !
I remember that was the beginning of the end of the Steelers Dynasty. Their players were getting older and they missed their chance to bridge the 70’s to the 80’s by not taking Dan Marino in the 83 draft!!!
Great team. I knew the tooze in college at Tampa. I played 1 year and wasn't good enough as a walk on to stay with those guys. We roomed together. We got him after he got thrown off another team for fighting. We partied pretty heavy in 70, 71 and 72. # 1 small college team in the US. All juiced gangsters . We beat Miami, Florida and Fl. State. A school of 2000 students. He and alzado used to visit me when they came into Miami to play. Tooze was the # pick in the draft, first time a lineman was a # 1 pick. R.I.P John
This is the most underrated team in sports. Nobody gave them a chance, and went out and brought home a Super Bowl trophy. To this day, the 1980 Oakland Raiders were the best team ever, in my opinion. To think they could have been playing in LA in 1980, but thanks to a court injunction, the Super Bowl trophy was brought back to Oakland. The 1980 Oakland Raiders are the finest championship team out of all-time great Raiders teams ever.
andan04 ok I was stretching it a little. However, I still think that the 1980 Oakland Raiders can compete with the 1976 Oakland Raiders and the 1983 Los Angeles Raiders teams. I said, in my opinion, the 1980 Raiders were the best of the best in Oakland Raiders history. They came from out of no where to beat three teams to get to the Super Bowl. On top of that, they went and beat a Cleveland Browns team that should’ve won, and a San Diego Chargers team that should’ve won their game against Oakland. That didn’t happen. They went on to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XV, that beat the Raiders earlier in the season, in Philadelphia. Once more, I was there at the Coliseum in 1980. I saw it all unfold. I saw Dan Pasterini gets his leg broke in Oakland against The Kansas City Chiefs. Jim Plunkett threw five picks to lose to the Chiefs 31-17. However, after winning against the Chargers in Oakland the following week, which was week six, that was a start of a six game winning streak that brought us a Super Bowl trophy back to Oakland. Stretching the fact that the Raiders may not had a superstar player, but they got the job done when it counted.
I envy your experience as a Raiders fan that season. You're right, it's always far more fun when your team wins and they weren't expected to. (Probably why Pats fans have seemed so joyless during this current run haha.) When the Raiders sat at 2-3 after five games in 1980, I'm sure very few outside of that locker room were thinking playoffs, let alone Lombardi trophy. Must have been a blast. I think I misunderstood your original post. I thought you meant they were the best team ever, as in NFL history. But if you're saying best team in franchise history, then yes, there's a case to be made there.
andan04 thank you my friend. I'll say this about the 1980 Oakland Raiders. Now, if it meant comparison between 1970s Steelers teams, 49ers in 1980's, the 1990s Dallas Cowboys, or the 2000s New England Patriots teams, the 1980 Oakland Raiders rank last in all of them. However, iny opinion, the Raiders rank among the best of the best in all-time Raiders history bar none.
Perhaps Al Davis did Jim Plunkett a favor by sitting him those first two years. He had been thrown around and banged up in both New England and San Fran. By the time he got his big break, he was more than ready and delivered on the promise he had coming out of Stanford. Just a shame he beat my Eagles in the big game lol.
@17:46 I GOT THE CHILLS !!!! ..I WAS Part of this history myself in 1980 !! My Sr. year...* We also WON in The Oakland Coliseum on 11/28/80 The High School North Coast 4A CHAMPIONSHIP , " Pittsburg Pirates " ..I was one the 2 starting WR that " magical season ...The Raiders became the 1st " Wildcard " to win a Super Bowl then moved to LA !!
Rest in Peace Mr. Branch. A Hall of Famer to anyone who saw him play.
Its a shame that 6 others recivers got in before him the people who pick the hof should Quit right NOW an what about the Greatest saftey hitters of all time' Jack Tatum.
Cliff Branch should have been in the HOF a long time ago
Cliff Branch Jack Tatum in Lester Hayes all should be in the Hall of Fame. It's a joke that they are not I also think that Jim Plunkett should be in the hall of fame. Eli Manning is going to become a Hall of Famer. He was a mediocre quarterback who won two Super Bowls. Jim Plunkett did the same thing so why shouldn't he be in the Hall of Fame.🏆🏆🏉🏈
Amen. I have been as Raider since 1980.
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A shout out to Tom Flores. First Hispanic starting QB in the NFL and first Hispanic NFL Head
Coach. His HOF induction long over due.
Amen 🏈🇺🇸💎
Ora Le, ese!
You hardly hear Jim Plunkett as the 1st hispanic quarterback to lead the team to a Super Bowl victory and he did it twice!!! All I hear is Doug Williams here, Doug Williams did that. What an insult and crime to the hispanic community.
Tom Flores, first Hispanic AFL QB not nfl
@Trancymind uou see, they were much harder on the Black QB than Hidpanic honestly Love AFLs first QB and Raiders QB Tom Flores and comebacker Jim Plunkett.
Rest in Peace Mike Davis #36. Your moment of glory will forever live on in the hearts and minds of Raiders fans with that interception in Cleveland. Raider Nation 4Life Sir
As a Browns fan, I hate it. As a football fan, what a play.
My grandpa told me stories of how truly legendary Lester hayes was
Oh that makes me feel old! Lester Hayes was amazing, especially in 1980. He once had a problem with stuttering that could get really bad when he was interviewed. Hayes overcame it. Have always admired Hayes. Wish that he was in the Hall of Fame.
I was a Chargers fan in those days, and so couldn't help but hate the Raiders, but even then I respected and admired Jim Plunkett. A true class act.
With time I've learned to admire this era of Raider football, before the move to L.A. and all the bad reputation the fans gave the Raider Nation while their stay in SoCal. I'm a diehard Charger fan too(born and raised in SD) and re-watching the 1980 AFC Championship game, you've got to admit, while the Raiders were a rough and tough bunch with enough defense when needed to harass opponents, Raider players themselves admit they were scared to death when playing the Air Coryell Chargers.
The Raiders shut down the Oilers(7 pts), Browns(12pts) and Eagles(10pts) in the 1980 playoffs, but the Chargers laid 27 and should've had more for not 2 red zone turnovers. Plunkett always seemed to have a knack for having his offense score on the most busted, luck of the bounce plays during this 1980 campaign(look at the Raiders 1st TD in the 1980 AFC title game vs Chargers). I think when the Raiders escaped SD in that AFC title game, they knew Eagles wouldn't stand a chance against them in the Super Bowl.
@@05gtdriver With the exception of the 1981 season, Plunkett and the Raiders owned the Chargers in those days. An obvious case in point is their Monday Night match-up in '82. The Chargers were up 24-0 with only a minute left in the first half; the Raiders won 28-24.
Rest in peace Al Davis. We'll get you that fourth Superbowl! :)
Love the Old Oakland Raiders. Made me a fan
Same here. I moved to US in "88 and became an NFL fan learning the game by watching the LA Raiders. A few years ago I moved back to Europe. Not as much a football fan now because we don't have american football here but I can't get the Raiders out of my system. I always look them up during the football season and win or lose, I'm loving it!
Football when it was fun to watch. Flores, Plunket, The Judge, Cliff Branch and others all should be in HOF! Great video!!!!
RIP Cliff Branch
Flores is finally in Canton
Lester Hayes = My HOF CB of all Time.
Lifetime Steelers fan here and I have to say I hope I live long enough to see Jim Plunkett in the Hall of Fame.
As a Raider fan, I dont think itll happen, they wont even put branch or Flores in HOF
@Harry Engel Cliff Branch should be in I agree. Tom Flores maybe but hell no on Jim Plunkett.
@Ken Bradley I'm surprised they didnt wait till he passed but I'm happy hes in
@Ken Bradley I hope Plunkett and branch get in soon as well, RAIDER NATION
@@jordanwright2313 two years later…
"They're killing me! They're killing me out here! Can somebody get rid of that commercial?!"
LESTER HAYES. HOF
WITHOUT A DOUBT!
AJG JR It’s a disgrace how he’s not in the Hall Of Fame along with others
Local news years ago had an article about how he has a speech problem. And that this was a reason that has kept him from the Hall. So wrong bcz he is definitely WELL DESERVING OF THIS HONOR
AJG JR I’ve heard he had a stuttering problem in the past but he’s been good for a long time now. Also the fact he used stick um may play a part not being in the Hall Of Fame. Well Fred Biletnikoff also used it and he’s in so I don’t see why Hayes shouldn’t be in. I’ve met Lester Hayes at my local Walmart he’s a great person.
No signs of speech impediment when he was doing stretches before the super bowl game, in fact I reran it and if anyone said he had an impediment and I didn't know about it before that clip, wouldn't have believed it.
@@8kigana People who have a stutter don’t do it 100% of the time.
I’m 49 yrs old as a kid this team was a huge part of my childhood !!!! Loved the Raiders
Absolutely my favorite year as a football fan. I took so much crap from friends for being a Raiders fan. The Raiders didn't even make the playoffs in 1978 and 1979. Then that unforgettable 1980 season. I was able to thank Mike Davis in a Facebook group before he passed. I told him it was the best of times. He responded with great humility and appreciation. R.I.P. Mike Davis.
*THIS IS SUCH A GREAT SCRIPT FOR A MOVIE !!!*
Yes it definitely would be a great movie. It should be mainly focused on Jim Plunkett. His comeback as a QB.
1st wild card team to win a
Super Bowl
We will be back RN4L
Eric Avogardo you’ll be back in 2080...
@@Soundofsilver2007 nah we back RIGHT NOW
Marshawn Lynch 2080...
Kansas City 1971
RIP Gene Upshaw
What an incredible player. What a great man. He's also the only player in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl in 3 different decades. He was a rookie on the Raiders in Super Bowl II.
One of my fav raiders ever
@Croatian Guy prava šteta... R.I.P
An Cliff Branch and Willie Brown.
My hero.
As a "neutral" bears fan who watched all of these when they came out it in 2006, I honestly liked this episode the best. The real essence of football in this episode
1983 Raiders episode is better than this tho.
Bears fan here too. I LOVED the 1980s Raiders.
@@warrenbfeagins but the 1985 Bears had the best defense bar none thus far in history.
@@thegreatnessoftheraiders4948 I agree.
Fellow Bears fan here also. Mad respect to the Raiders. They have had a similar hard nose defensive mindset as us.
I'm not a Raiders fan and didn't live to see him coach, but congrats to Tom Flores for finally getting into Canton! It's fitting he gets in almost 2 weeks after the 40th anniversary of his first title as a HC.
Gene Upshaw died suddenly of pancreatic cancer a year and a half after this was made. Matt Millen is very ill and needs a heart transplant. Let's hope the Hall elects Jim Plunkett while he is still with us.
Plunkett? Never. he doesn't have the stats
@@francescoavila598 Two time SB winner. Statistics don't mean a thing.
@@mootpointjones8488 Dan Fouts and Kellen Winslow.two SD chargers that never sniffed a Superbowl and both were first ballot inductees to HOF based on stats alone!😀
@@mootpointjones8488 That's right. "Just win baby!!!!"
Ultrametric why?
WOW , I just saw that Matt had a new heart put in on Christmas eve 2018 at 60 years old ! I was blessed to survive a massive heart attack from a blood clot in 2014 at 51 ( I have 2 stents and they are WIDE OPEN and I feel great again ! )..Blessings Matt Millen
God bless you, friend.
@@ECO473 ❤️🙏Thank you very much 💫
Giants fan here.. Tom Flores rocks man... look at that cast of independent rascals!... what an achievement...
The content here is so full of history and uniqueness that I let it play in the background while I work in my garage.
Alexander Parrell I do the same thing! I always have A Football Life or or any other documentary show created by NFL Films. They really do an amazing job
I've never ever met the man and now never will, but I really miss Gene Upshaw.. I'll be wearing his number 63 for my first Raiders game.
Not a raiders fan but football is better when the raiders are winning
The Cowboys are the same way. They are the greatest soap opera ever created.
No, the league is better when the Raiders suck and would be best if they were no more.
I'm a Packers fan and the league IS better when the Raiders are doing well.
@@taroobsingh2158 With a name like Taroob Singh, I'm sure anything that has to do w/winning or success is not something you've ever experienced, or will ever experience.
Life is better when the Raiders are winning!
1980 Raiders were first Wild Card team to win a Super Bowl!!!
Raiders were a Wild Card team in 1983 when they beat the Redskins in SB 18. In 1980 they were Division Champions and beat the Eagles in SB 15.
@@jerrybrownell3633 raiders were wild card in 1980 , won the west in 1983. Even though the Seahawks sweeped them in 1983 the raiders had the overall better record and won the division. The raiders hosted and won the afc CHAMPIONSHIP game that year.
@@dennissaunders5247 -That's why the Defending Champion Washington Redskins were overwhelming favorites in SB XVIII. The Raiders were a Wild Card. I will have to research it and get back to you.
@@dennissaunders5247 - I am totally wrong and you are correct. I would have sworn Los Angeles was a wild card. And I am a die hard Raiders fan. I sincerely apologize. Raiders went 12-4. Defending Champ Washington was 14-2. L.A. was all over them building a 21-3 halftime lead.
And they did it convincingly putting a hurt on defending champion and heavily favored Redskins 38-9
“kick em in the head ted” lmfao
29:24 Cedric Hardeman talking to Matt Millen. Passed away yesterday at age of 70. Rest Easy sir.
Cedric hardeman was a awsome defensive lineman , not given near the credit he deserves. I think he is
H O F er. He anchored the 49ers GOLD RUSH of the 70'S , BEFORE finally getting a ring with the RAIDERS. I met on several occasions. Great person.
@@dennissaunders5247 Hardman and Hart made a good tandem of ends.
"THIS WAS THE FINEST OWA IN THE HISTORY OF THA OAKLAND RAIDAS!" The world and the NFL needs more Al Davis'
That Monday Night Football theme is magic. In fact all the NFL Film music is just epic.
💯💯💯
Steelers fan who can't believe Cliff Branch isn't in the HOF.
Just think of the numbers he could have put up if Stabler had a stronger arm and could throw the ball more than 45 yards down field? Since Stabler had such limited range he had to make his living on the deep comeback routes.
Rip cliff
Jack Moses THANK YOU
Biggest travesty in nfl in my opinion. Better numbers than Swann, but branch played for the raiders. Met him once very nice man. Now they will put him in the HOF since he has passed. Sad. And respect coming from a steeler fan. Raiders and Steeler fans wont agree on much, at least some of us can appreciate players for what they have done, not just the team they played for. Thanks!!
Thank you, RIP Cliff!
Love hearing stories about my RAIDERS !!! Just Win Baby !!!
It's time for Plunkett to be in the HOF.
Edward Young ....I second that....and I’m a Lions fan..respect
absolutely ......if Bob Griese is in, then Plunkett should have his own wing
@Gatto Di Ossa ....You dumb fuck..."Griese was an integral part of the perfect season" ? Next time do a little research before you open you obviously uneducated mouth,.....look up how many games Greise started in your so called perfect season....I love calling out big mouthed small brained morons like you....while you are looking that up, check to see how much Griese did in those super bowls.....one more thing, dont assume i am addicted to anything...because unlike backwoods, toothless hillbillies like you, I dont even drink....now be a good little boy and go wack off to picture of Shula holding a super bowl trophy....geeeze did you even go to high school?
Edward Young too many Raiders missing from the Hall, Plunkett, Branch and Flores to name a few off the top of my head!!
It's lloooooooonnnng overdue.
Rip John Matuszak 1950-1989
Damn he died so young, didn't know that
In 1980 I was 11 and went to my first game. Great seats, right behind the Raiders bench. I just stared at them, mouth open. They were GODS to me. Matuszak. Hendricks. Hayes. Millen. Casper. Plunkett. van Eegen. Martin. Ray Guy, the first epic punter ever.
I was just reading about this team. Lester Hayes had 13 INT's that year. The Defense had 35.
I even was ecstatic that I got to go to a Raley's grocery store to meet Marc Wilson... lol
Extremely Well Said!
Raiders4Life!
wait a minute I was 11 that year, you born in '69?
My team... 76 and 83 were more dominant teams but this was their finest moment as AL said.
Agree with that.
The 1980 Raiders season epitomizes the entire organization. Misfits with no business winning, robbing that gold fom everyone else in true Raider fashion. It doesn’t get better than that.
@@Strummie Coming out of the AFC Championship by beating the Oilers, Browns and certainly Chargers that year was more impressive than easily defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl.
wayne atkinson Very true, but considering the Eagles had beat them earlier in the season, it made it that much better.
I have to go with 76, just because “The Raider” Mr Kenny Stabler was still the QB then
And THATS why the Raiders got fans everywhere. Yea theay STINK IT UP some seasons, but you GOTTA LOVE IT when the MISFITS WIN!!! RAIDER NATION FOR LIFE🍺💀🚬(And I grew up in WHITTIER, so...)
Lamirada good friends in whitter
Whittier got finest Latinas in the world! Raider fan!
Yeah I agree, I grew up in la habra
The Autumn 🍂 Wind is a RAIDER!!
Pillaging just for fun
It Once was
czcams.com/video/UezSvnSJNvM/video.html The Autumn 🍂 Wind is a RAIDER!!
I've always been a Raiders fan and it's good to remember their glory days. Too bad there are no more quality men playing today,. Men who loved the game more than their own aggrandizement. Oh well, I'll always have my memories,
I watch this about 4x a year ❣
I love how smart these guys are. All of them. Real students of the game. Winners all.
Great Raider teams during those years. I always hoped for a Cowboys vs. Raiders Super Bowl during that time period because that would have been the most intriguing matchup.
2016 was the closest we had to a Dallas vs Oakland SB match, but the Raiders lost Carr to an injury and were knocked out of the playoffs and Dallas lost by like a touchdown against Green Bay in a big upset comeback
SuperGomez59 51 yarder I could watch that all day!!!
Die hard Cowboy fan and if I had a second favorite, it’d be the Raiders - so I wouldn’t have wanted that lol
My Kirby vacuum was in need of some serious repair.
So I slapped a Cowboys sticker on it. Now it sucks again!!
@@tracercarter3174 I'm the same way! Cowboys all the way, but the Raiders are my dirty little secret.
We're all pulling for Matt Millen who received a donor heart transplant Christmas Eve.
Indeed! Pure football guy.
Sorry as a lion fan I feel that heart should have went to a sick child rather than some aging man who had a good life and failed so miserably he set records for futility on a team that's been nothing but.
@@itz-luigi1210 I'm sorry your a Lions fan tooooo! That's gott'a be the worst? Well before Millen arrived. And shortly after Bobby Lane left. Maybe you can find a way to resurrect him and get some of that magic back? Give to Saint Jude's!
Go 9ers
I don't have a crystal ball,but I know Matt Millen's heart surgery will be a success and that his prognosis is good as long as he follows the doctor's orders.
I could listen to Millen talk all day long. Great storyteller.
That was a great season…. Plunkett was one of those great players who ended up on bad teams…. Somehow, he got another chance, after being out of action for two years… a truly amazing (and inspirational) comeback!
How can you not be a Raider fan ...
G-Field, It's Hard Now
have been a fan since 89.. .. I'm a fan for life
Being a Charger, Bronco or Chiefs fan I would assume lol
"This is not a game for the most well-adjusted people."
--Bill Parcells
Gatto Di Ossa can u shut the fuck up
42-year die hard fan. First football game I ever watched was the '77 SB and it went from there. Silver 'N Black is coming back and I think by 2021, they'll be a force in the league once again!
Great vid - brought back some awesome memories from my pre-teen years. +1
That offensive line played so well for Jim Plunkett that year. They had always been a great OL, but they were getting beat before Plunkett got in there. And they worked their asses off to protect him, and he responded by hanging in and making the best decisions, and throws, of his career. What a season.
This story made me convert into a raider fan💯
Welcome to the Nation!!!! It’s a rough road, but worth it imo.
Glad to have you in the Nation, brother. 💯☠️
The Raiders where the first team to bring L.A. a Super Bowl!!!!☠️
Kevin Leon only team actually.
Kevin Leon and they’ll never see another
Can't believe that the Raiders won't even be in Cali in a couple of years.. Playing in a dome, in Vegas omg what the hell happened?? Good luck trying to tailgate in a 110° weather..
With a team built in Oakland!
I thought it was the Lakers? ~wink~
This 1980 team just found ways to get it done. They started 2-3, lost their starting QB for the season, and next on their schedule were the 2 best teams in the NFL (SD & Pit). No one thought they had a chance & then a miracle happened
As a Chicago Bears fan I have always considered the Raiders my 2nd favorite team! I love the old Raiders led teams by Madden, Flores, Shell, Gruden. As a Michigan fan and Charles Woodson being one of my 4 favorite players of all time with Payton, Singletary and Urlacher. Just win baby, Commitment to excellence, Silver and Black attack! The Raiders are a top tier franchise in my book
Plunkett, my Favorite Raider QB.
"THIS WAS DA FINEST HOUA IN THA HISTARY OF THE OAKLAND RAIDAS!"
I also said that in an Al Davis accent. You nailed it.
that's gotta be Brooklyn accent right there.
Best Football Documentary of all time. I’m a Jet fan from the 60’s.
GOD I LOVE THE RAIDERS!!! This film was so cool to watch. Can’t wait for this season!
Lester Hayes needs to be in the hall of fame along with Tom Flores cliff Branch
Matt Millen makes an excellent narrator.
he's a great storyteller
No-the-fuck he DOESN'T!! He was annoying as hell, imo. Seemed like he was trying TOO hard to paint that picture.
ONCE A RAIDER FOREVER A RAIDER!!! This video of the 1980 Oakland Raiders clearly one of my favorites hands down!! My loyalty is silver n black all the way!
I watch this about a dozen times a year. It's my favorite season as a lifelong Raiders fan
Die hard Dallas fan, but the Raiders in the 80's was fun to watch. Had a Plunket jersey with my Walt Garrison, Roger Staubach, and a John Matuszak.
I am old enough to remember Walt Garrison, and also the rest of them been a NFL watcher and a Raiders fan for over 50 years now
@43:20....Matt Millen is absolutely right. What a great idea. I'm glad they used him for this, because his ideas and eloquence (yes I said eloquence lol) made this better.
Matt..you are my favorite linebacker of all, ahead of so many other great Raider LB’s...because it’s something extra in you; perhaps as a Father, Husband, Broadcaster/Story-teller...or Sincere human being I wish that I knew, and could call my friend. I’m so happy you are healthy AGAIN!!
yes, we are so glad his surgery was a success
Always remember HATING the ‘80 Raiders & thinking all season “THIS is the week they will tank”, because my household were Broncos🏈 & Seahawks🏈 fans. Well, they “never tanked” all the way to the title & I was SO distraught... But, in hindsight, they were indeed GREAT & supremely talented ~ they deserved to win 3 Super Bowls = a lotta RESPECT! And Plunkett’s 1980 journey back & to the top surpasses any movie script; looking back, I didn’t allow myself to appreciate how special that was, along with his leadership.
I remember Jimmy the Greek saying at the beginning of the season that the Raiders would be led to a Super Bowl win by a rejuvenated Jim Plunkett. Everyone laughed at the idea. Then it happened.
jack brandt your a dumbass huh?
RIP Mike Davis
He dies almost 4 months after the 40th anniversary of him getting the interception on Red Right 88.
That was the year man. It was beautiful. First wildcard team to ever win the superbowl. The record was 9-7
The 2021 Raiders team should watch this documentary again and again. The 1980's team had to overcome adversity and won the Superbowl. This year we have to overcome adversity again and this time history will repeat itself and we will win the Superbowl again. This is our year. This is a team of destiny. Do it for Mr Al Davis. Just win baby!!!
Joe Burrow intentionally ran toward the ref running out of bounds bc he knew as soon as he threw it the ref would blow the whistle, right before the catch, ref blows whistle everyone stops and TD. Referees huddle deem the play unchallengable
Gene upshaw what a beast
And with Art Shell right along side....
The monday night game against the Steelers was the turning point for this great team
Love Being Part Of The Raider Nation🏴☠🏴☠... This Video Makes Me Proud And Gives Me A Sense Of Pride, And Reassurance On Why At 1 Years Old In 1978 That Being Part Of This Raider Nation Is A Lifelong Commitment 🏴And Proud Of It"... RNFL☠☠☠
Just watching these films makes me can’t wait for next year of football in High School
Lester Hayes was a badass!
The ghost to the Post, the heidy game, The Snake beating Tarkington and Company and Jim Plunkett and Company giving us two Lombardi trophies. All great moments in the history of the franchise. And soon enough the team rehires Jon Gruden and gives him full control will be among them.
last Season we started with 2:0 and went 6:10...
Maybe this Season we go 10:6 with our 0:2 Start ;)
It's Tarkenton. When I was 12 I thought it was spelled that way too. And we didn't have the internet like you do so there's that. 🤡
I still remember the house party I gave for this Super Bowl. My Mom was still alive, & healthy. My God, I just relived my Life! I wish I could go back in time, & change everything! Given the magnificent history of the AFL, & the Oakland Raiders, the Black Hole, AL Davis, I would've so been a Raider instead of a sorry Ass Viking. After 49 seasons, I've DIVORCED the fucken Vikings. What I now truly appreciate about Al Davis in particular, is that he didn't
give a damn if you were from the planet Neptune, as long as you were loyal to his team. He was the first EVER to give Hispanics, & Negros the opportunities with his Raiders. I loved what he once said: "During the first 6 plays of any game, we will hit the QB as hard as can, & make him think about who's he playing." & they were all legal hard hitting Football plays...
Thank you for this post. Respect.
I am NOT a Raider fan, never was ! ..HOWEVER #21 at WR, Cliff Branch BELONGS in The NFL Hall of Fame !!! ( WTF ??!! YEARS AGO !) He has the #'s AND 3 RINGS !! .....and what Jim Plunkett did after 10 HARD seasons in the NFL and to almost quitting , then WINNING 2 SB in 4 seasons !! That's GREATNESS !!
It just shows how the non hispanic american society would rather praise Doug Williams for what he did even though Jim Plunkett accomplished it twice before Doug Williams did. It is like slapping the hispanic community twice in a row and forget his name in the record books.
@@TrancymindHow does the accomplishments of a African American disparage those of any Hispanic? The African American fraternity civil rights plight is the entity that the Hispanic and every other minority and social genre jumped upon to give notice towards their agendas ,and once they achieved accomplishing those cherished ultruistic goals ,they discarded the African American fraternity who unyieldingly supported those others but recieved none of that same support in return . African American sports talk host such as Shannon sharp and Steven A Smith have acknowledged the excellent accomplishments of both Hispanic gentleman before ,in fact the African American fraternity biggest vice is it's continuous willingness to allow all other ethnic invasive species within it's secular fraternity when no there ethnic group or social genre lbgt allow such a tactical error to occur within it's flock ,it's the African American fraternity who more then any other ethnic group who will forgive all others for illicit actions committed against them and fully support them ,even if it means sacrificing , spiritual,ethnic cultural, economic, political, unity amongst their own racial demographic, no other ethnic group bellows out the success of all other ethnic sects moreso then the African American fraternity,a big part of it's problem today . Yet ,you sit here nonobjectively and scrutinize a African American males success ,who's never made a derogatory statement against your ethnic group. Shameful is what your comment is .
As a Chargers fan, I have to say I'm okay with that team beating my Chargers that day. What a great group of guys! I remember hating that my Chargers weren't in the Super Bowl and watching Kenny King make that catch and run it all the way for the touchdown and knowing the Bolts lost to the eventual champion. Plunkett deserved that season, didn't he?
The Chargers should have been in the Super Bowl in 1979! Still the biggest upset of Divisional Round history when they lost at home to an Oilers team without Pastorini & Campbell!
@@mikeyoungblood1642 Yeah, them Chargers really wet the bed that year.
In my opinion as a jets fan. The chargers closest chance to winning a super bowl was 1980 not 1994. They beat the raiders they win the super bowl
@@user-oh6eg4ny3h You're right about that. Uptight Dick Vermeil had his Eagle team so run down the Chargers would have wiped up the Superdome floor with them.
@@ECO473 yea I don’t see how else the chargers win. I don’t think they win in 81 if they go all the way. All the years of relevances, there closest to winning a super bowl is 80. Chargers were that good and they lose Fred dean to the 49ers after 1980
Both Jim Plunkett and Tom Flores belong in the Hall of Fame!!
This is a great monologue! Matt Millen with his narration and Jim Plunkett with his comments! Then they play some Bill King play by play! Priceless!
According to one witness, John Matuzak went out during Super Bowl week in New Orleans and "drank bourbon street dry."
That's impossible.
Even for the great TOOZ.
RIP big guy. You are missed.
Matt Millen is honestly one of my favorite people in this series. Class act and a riot.
Atrocious GM though.
Millen was hilarious, loved his stories, he blew a few words in his narration, its ok, this is football not acting
@@kevinramsey417 Absolutely 😂
I loved Matt Millen in this.
HOW SWEET IT IS FOR MY BELOVED RAIDERS 🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈
watch this and you realize how depressing how dull and boring the NFL has become
Once they changed the rules to encourage pinball scores the essence of the game changed. The Bears are trying to show that defense can still stand tall but the rules are agaisnt them. Imagine Mack with free shots at the QB.
@Gatto Di Ossa I stopped watching. They are now rigged.
@Gatto Di Ossa the evidence is out there. I didn't believe it at first, but when you think about and look into the history of the NFL, it would have been far better had Al Davis was given the chance to do away with the NFL.
I did the research.
@Gatto Di Ossa my friend, the feud goes back before the AFL/NFL merger. At that time, the AFL was gaining ground and NFL players were signing to play for the AFL. The NFL and AFL signed an agreement to not sign anyone already under contract within their own respective leagues. The NFL broke the contract and started signing AFL players already in contract.
As time passes, the AFL was beating the NFL and Al Davis was ready to do away with them. The NFL was losing money fast and those horse racing owners of the NFL somehow got the other AFL owners to sign the AFL//NFL merger without letting Al Davis know, and Al was the commisioner. Al Davis has fought their corruption and if Al Davis wasn't betrayed, we would have had a better football game today.
@Gatto Di Ossa yeah, saying 49ers says a lot. The NFL owners were all gamblers. They didn't eve care for the players and they were racist too.
I met lester hayes like 4 or 5 years ago and he spoke regularly i didnt know he had a stutter
I remember watching this game. I am so proud to be a Raiders fan frim way back from before the first SB. I pray for all the Raiders gone and those still alive. HOF for Plunkett, Branch, Hayes, and thank you for coach Tom. My favorite team in the universe above all. And I'm a New Yorker who loves my Yankees. Two greatest franchises in professional sports !
George Steinbrenner and Al Davis. Two of the most legendary owners who ever lived.
Now John matuszak there goes one of the most interesting Personalities in NFL history
I remember that was the beginning of the end of the Steelers Dynasty. Their players were getting older and they missed their chance to bridge the 70’s to the 80’s by not taking Dan Marino in the 83 draft!!!
Was that the year they took the defensive lineman that got paralyzed in a car wreck?
I been a Raider fan since I was 10 years old. Till this day. I will always be a Raider of fan.
Ive been a Raiders fan my whole life today is goin to be a sad day but we will get more rings in vegas #RAIDERNATION
I tell ya, Cliff Branch catches that King pass, he is in Canton by now.
Matt Millen, my all time favorite football player , in high school I was even compared to him 💥👍👍
Loved this team. After the interception in Cleveland, it was a foregone conclusion this team would win it all.
Great team. I knew the tooze in college at Tampa. I played 1 year and wasn't good enough as a walk on to stay with those guys. We roomed together. We got him after he got thrown off another team for fighting. We partied pretty heavy in 70, 71 and 72. # 1 small college team in the US. All juiced gangsters . We beat Miami, Florida and Fl. State. A school of 2000 students. He and alzado used to visit me when they came into Miami to play. Tooze was the # pick in the draft, first time a lineman was a # 1 pick. R.I.P John
This is the most underrated team in sports. Nobody gave them a chance, and went out and brought home a Super Bowl trophy. To this day, the 1980 Oakland Raiders were the best team ever, in my opinion. To think they could have been playing in LA in 1980, but thanks to a court injunction, the Super Bowl trophy was brought back to Oakland. The 1980 Oakland Raiders are the finest championship team out of all-time great Raiders teams ever.
Hall of Famers on both sides of the ball and dominance when it mattered. I'll agree with underrated, but best team ever is stretching it.
andan04 ok I was stretching it a little. However, I still think that the 1980 Oakland Raiders can compete with the 1976 Oakland Raiders and the 1983 Los Angeles Raiders teams. I said, in my opinion, the 1980 Raiders were the best of the best in Oakland Raiders history. They came from out of no where to beat three teams to get to the Super Bowl. On top of that, they went and beat a Cleveland Browns team that should’ve won, and a San Diego Chargers team that should’ve won their game against Oakland. That didn’t happen. They went on to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XV, that beat the Raiders earlier in the season, in Philadelphia. Once more, I was there at the Coliseum in 1980. I saw it all unfold. I saw Dan Pasterini gets his leg broke in Oakland against The Kansas City Chiefs. Jim Plunkett threw five picks to lose to the Chiefs 31-17. However, after winning against the Chargers in Oakland the following week, which was week six, that was a start of a six game winning streak that brought us a Super Bowl trophy back to Oakland. Stretching the fact that the Raiders may not had a superstar player, but they got the job done when it counted.
I envy your experience as a Raiders fan that season. You're right, it's always far more fun when your team wins and they weren't expected to. (Probably why Pats fans have seemed so joyless during this current run haha.) When the Raiders sat at 2-3 after five games in 1980, I'm sure very few outside of that locker room were thinking playoffs, let alone Lombardi trophy. Must have been a blast.
I think I misunderstood your original post. I thought you meant they were the best team ever, as in NFL history. But if you're saying best team in franchise history, then yes, there's a case to be made there.
andan04 thank you my friend. I'll say this about the 1980 Oakland Raiders. Now, if it meant comparison between 1970s Steelers teams, 49ers in 1980's, the 1990s Dallas Cowboys, or the 2000s New England Patriots teams, the 1980 Oakland Raiders rank last in all of them. However, iny opinion, the Raiders rank among the best of the best in all-time Raiders history bar none.
Nice profile pic, by the way. Is that Bobby Hebert with the USFL Invaders?
Perhaps Al Davis did Jim Plunkett a favor by sitting him those first two years. He had been thrown around and banged up in both New England and San Fran. By the time he got his big break, he was more than ready and delivered on the promise he had coming out of Stanford. Just a shame he beat my Eagles in the big game lol.
that 1980 raider team was great
@17:46 I GOT THE CHILLS !!!! ..I WAS Part of this history myself in 1980 !! My Sr. year...* We also WON in The Oakland Coliseum on 11/28/80 The High School North Coast 4A CHAMPIONSHIP , " Pittsburg Pirates " ..I was one the 2 starting WR that " magical season ...The Raiders became the 1st " Wildcard " to win a Super Bowl then moved to LA !!
I love Lester Hayes!