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raidersince63 wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 2:23 pm Can't remember, but is that 1980 Raiders team still the only WC Champ?

raider_kin wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 4:33 pm Whatever happened to Kenny King anyway?

raiderboyron wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 4:27 pm Someone else did recently. Don't remember who.

Edit. Looked it up. Tampa Bay the most recent with Denver being the second behind us with others following.

RunOverByHubbard wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 7:14 am We lost to the Steelers the next week because they had the best defense in the NFL and maybe the best defense in league history. The Bears Super Bowl winning defense was great but the Steelers was great for many years. It was filled with Pro Bowl and Hall of Fame players. I can still name every one of the starting 11. In our loss, we rushed the ball 21 times for jut 29 yards! We did get 279 yards passing. In the Super Bowl, the Vikings rushed 21 times for 17 yards! They only got 109 yards passing and Tarkenton threw three INTs - despite no sacks!. Talk about a dominant defense.

Yes, I believe people called the Sea of Hands game the Super Bowl, but Pittsburgh was not going to beat us because they were mad. They were f[raiders_icon]cking great, that's why. The Raiders were a great football team for years, but the Steelers had a better defense, year in and year out.

BTW, the announcers for that game were Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis and Don Meredith. Dandy Don was on Monday Night Football but when to NBC for three years to join Curt Gowdy. He went back to MNF to finish he career there.

Another interesting part of the lore from the 1970's involving Tatum and Atkinson (our criminal element): Mel Blount sued Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll in 1977 for defamation of character. During a slander trial involving an Oakland Raiders player, Noll was pressed to admit that his own players also used physical, dirty tactics, and he named Blount as part of the league's "criminal element". In response to Noll's comments, Atkinson sued the Steelers coach for $2 million in a slander and defamation lawsuit. During the trial in Oakland, Atkinson's defense team showed game footage of the Steelers' defense and grilled Noll on the field behavior of his own players. On the witness stand, Noll was forced to concede that certain players on his own team could fit into the same "criminal element" description, specifically naming Blount. Incensed by his coach's public remarks, Blount filed his own $5 million defamation suit against Noll. Blount went on a contract holdout and threatened that he would never play for Noll again. Ultimately, Noll was cleared of the charges brought by Atkinson, and cooler heads prevailed. Blount eventually dropped his lawsuit, reached an agreement with the organization, and returned to the team later that summer.

For us older fans, those were the days... Enjoy the off-season guys in your non-football activities and work.

raider_kin wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 4:33 pm Whatever happened to Kenny King anyway?

raiderboyron wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 11:39 am Chic McGee, who's a radio personality on the Bob and Tom show, was a sports writer or radio sports guy back in the day. They were talking about women in the locker room on one show and he blurts out: "Kenny King of the Raiders had the biggest (schlong) he'd ever seen in a locker room" (loose quote)!
So other attributes besides being a good running back.

RunOverByHubbard wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2026 10:51 pm Bumping this. Why? Because it is so SLOW that you really should spend a few minutes watching the condensed version of this incredible game.

SkullCrusher wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 2:16 pm 1980 2nd game of 3 between Raiders/Chargers that season, season ended with us beating them in the Champ game and then winning the SB.

SD in the 4th just scored a TD on 4th and 1 to tie at 24-24.
Then this happened back to back, capped by Christen doing Michael Jackson. (bonus prime Al shots)