This year is the 40th anniversary of the Raiders last Super Bowl win in 1983 so I will be writing many articles on that team this year. In 1978 and 1979 the Raiders had missed the playoffs two straight seasons ending each at 9-7. They revamped the team in 1980 and won a Super Bowl. […]
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Raider Greats – Bernie Custis – Barrier Breaker, Al Davis’ Roommate at Syracuse, My Grammar School Principal and a Great Man!
This is a unique Raider great because (a) he never actually played for the Raiders yet had a strong Raider connection and (b) I had a personal relationship with him and a great story of what this relationship led to. Bernie was Al Davis’s roommate at Syracuse. In the history of the Raiders DVD released […]
Raider Classic Games – Raiders Beat Packers in Opener in 1987 20-0 Last Raiders Win Against Packers
If we were to look at Raider Classic games against the Packers you might think I might look at Super Bowl 2, or the Brett Favre game after his father passed away on Monday night or the 1999 game when the Packers came back against the Raiders in Rich Gannon’s first game in Silver and […]
Week 4 Recap, Recap of Our Classic Games Raiders-Packers 1987
Raider Classic Games – Raiders Shock Chargers in 1980, Begin Super Bowl Run
Entering week 6 of the 1980 season no one thought much of the Raiders. They were 2-3, coming off 2 seasons of not making the playoffs and their starting quarterback Dan Pastroini had suffered a season ending broken leg. In addition, Jim Plunkett, their starter had not started a game since 1977 and failed as […]
The Need For Speed – WR Rod Barksdale – The Sprinter with No Football Experience
One of the series we will have on Raidergreats.com is the “Need for Speed” about all of the speedsters that played for the Raiders. After Cliff Branch retired Al Davis, who was always already consumed and obsessed with fast players, became even more obsessed with Speed and finding the next Branch (a world class sprinter […]
Mission Statement, Comment on First Article, Analysis of Weeks 1 and 2 of 2023 season and Preview of Week 3 vs Steelers
Classic Games – Raiders Comeback to Defeat Steelers in Season Opener in 1976
There were many classic playoff games between the Raiders and the Steelers in the seventies and eighties. In all they met 6 times in the Playoffs between 1972 to 1983, including 3 consecutive AFC championship games from 1974 to 1976. They split those playoff games with 3 wins going to each team. In 4 of […]