In my 50th year as member of Silver and Black Nation. Watched this in a bar in Miami. Filled w Browns fans. Great classic Raider game. In the top 10 wins in raider history.
My favorite wins in Raider regular season history? 1984 at Maimi. 1983 at Dallas, 1980 at Pittsburgh, 1976 against Pittsburgh opening day, 1993 against Denver last game of the reg season, 2000 at Frisco , 2021 last game against Chargers.
I'm a Pats fan. But I lived in California during the 90's and my best buddy out there was a huge Raider fan !! Just dies Silver and Black like you !! Now of course im not a Raider fan. But I can appreciate Raider nation and my favorite defensive player of all time is Lester Hayes !! And my favorite uniforms are the uniforms they wore in this game ! Just that silver and white with black lettering !! My 2nd favorite uniform is the white with maroon and gold of the Niners !! Both just classy and basic but just beautiful !!
@jacktheripoff1888 you bleed silver and black my brother. I always loved the 76 Bengals game. Last week of season. Steelers were going for 3rd sb win in a row. We had nothing to play for. If we tanked they were out of playoffs. Last regular season game of 76. MNF. We went out and kicked butt. Knocked Bengals out on home field. Then beat steelers in afc championship before.destroying vikings I. SB XI
Sipe got greedy -- and he paid for it ... the Raiders were a team of destiny in 1980. My all time hero is the late, great Mike Davis, for that incredible pick. I was lucky enough to meet him a few years later in the Raider locker room. He signed a photo for me that day, and it's been on the wall in my MANROOM ever since !
Sipe only attempted the pass because Coach Ratigliano lost all confidence In the kicking game after Cockroft missed two Field Goals and One extra point. Holder Paul McDonald was wearing Scuba Diving Gloves. As a result; The ball was not spun away from the strings. I blame Paul McDonald for the loss.
He isn't in the hall because the hall is about numbers and politics not character and comeback stories. But he does have the most important number and that is two Superbowl wins but he is a raider so that's strike two
My favourite memories...watching NFL with Dad and my Bro....Sunday and Monday Night were sacred... pop... chips ...and peanuts flying all around the TV room.
Remember this like it was yesterday. What a pleasure. No replays, no BS, just football. Too many of my Raider favorites to mention, but Sticky Lester Hayes and Burgess Owens (US Congressman from Utah). Love it.
I was 12 when I watched this game. These were the games that I still remember even more clearly than many games that are much more current. These were Epic football times! The game seemed almost majestic back then.
their are good games now? it's a bunch of overpaid crybabies that don't hit or tackle. stopped watching almost all football about 3 years ago because of the liberal agenda they are pushing and won't go back. football was so much better back then
I remember listening to this game (The Ice Bowl) back in 1980 on radio as well as TV. NOBODY could call a game like Bill King! He was amazing! This was an unexpected victory for us, and that season was magical as the first ever Wild Card team to win it all. That team was truly special!!!
I was 13. Watched this with my younger brothers. They were and still are Steelers and Chargers fans. Nobody in my family roots for the same team, lol, except my Son ( also a Raiders fan). When the Browns decided to pass at the end, I couldn't watch. I went into my bedroom, with the door open. I heard the call of Davis' pick in the EZ. I ran back into the tv room very excited and gave my brothers celebratory nuggies!
I was 14,that 4th down run almost lost game,I know flores trying to ice game and not try FG,I thought would run right over guard like TD with Jenson leading van Egan but van Egan went way left going off tackle and Cleveland destroyed it
I sat in the Municipal Stadium bleachers for a Tribe opening day game and thought I was going to freeze to death, and that was in April. I can't imagine how cold in must've been in those bleachers for this game.
This was the most heartbreaking Browns' game ever. Prognosticators thought the Raiders would have a problem with the extreme cold. They played tough and won the game. Mike Davis.
Oh man that is like the trilogy of terror right there. All within 10 years. Dont forget blowing a huge lead vs the Dolphins in the 84 or 85 playoffs I believe it was. There is definitely not a "gleem" happening for Browns nation. I feel for you I really do !! Someday the Browns will matter again and take away all that pain with a super bowl victory :) Good luck
@@bryanburnap4537 All of that is true. The Dolphins game was I believe in Kosar's first or second year, and the backfield of Byner and Mack was rip roarin' in Marty ball, but could not withstand Shula. The trouble with that gleam is that good part of your life is spent with dementia.
@@ARIZJOE Byner and Mack !! What a combination. Byner is just one of those just amazing football player that only gets remembered for 1 thing ! Which is a shame cause I consider him one of the most dynamic running back of his era ! I'm glad he won a Superbowl with the Redskins. I love your knowledge of the NFL. I can tell you love the history of the game like myself. I'm from Boston so big fan of the Pats. I started watching the NFL in 81 when I was 8. Actually I loved the Cowboys as a kid - which everyone did it seemed. I remember exactly where I was for the Drive and the Fumble and I was really pulling for the Browns cause I like Brian Brennen from BC. And the Fumble really bummed me out. I actually had that play on a cassette tape. I had a tape recorder and taped it for the heck of it. So I remember the call by Emberg so vividly. And the way Byner just slumped to the ground after he fumbled the ball was really super sad ! Like I'm sad right now thinking about it and I don't even like the Browns. He was so amazing in that game ! Running and catching balls all over the field..
No multiple SB winning QB, with a SB MVP to go with it, had such a career of extremes. 1st overall pick, offensive rookie of the year, looked all good. By '75 the Patriots gave up on him and traded, and in '77 Frisco gave up on him and flat out waived. The Raiders got him off the waiver wire for 100 bucks. A third stringer, then a second mostly by default. Then Pastorini gets hurt, and nobody and I mean NOBODY saw what was coming. But finally he had talent around him at receivers, running backs, and an offensive line. EVERY SB winning QB has to have them. But he still had to make the most of it and man did he ever. It's still the NFL's greatest comeback story.
The Raiders defenses were incredible. They got a lot of takeaways and sacks. That helped Plunkett a lot. Something that has been missing for a long time.
true nobody saw it coming but Plunkett did have the better preseason than Pastorini. Dante even admitted that but AL Davis was obsessed with strong armed QB's that could throw long so he ordered Pastorini to start. Just lucky the team didn't like him or block for him and he got hurt and the QB everybody wanted stepped in and made history.
I remember a key game on Monday night football where they beat my favorite team the Pittsburgh Steelers 46-35. Oakland finished with a record of 11-5, Steelers 9-7.
@@markross2124 here's a video of the game at Pittsburgh on Monday Night. th-cam.com/video/6EEWTEm-Dp4/w-d-xo.html That was the turning point of the season, a must win game and the Raiders played brilliantly.
@@johnmongani5223 We're all waiting for the 1976 AFC Divisional Playoff NBC broadcast of the Patriots vs. Raiders. That game has become the holy grail, as the NFL is so embarrassed by that game that it has become seemingly impossible to find. Someone once put up the last minute of it, and of course the NFL Game Of The Week summary of that game is on TH-cam, but I have yet to see the original broadcast.
@@jackprecip5389 I saw the last minute of that game. think it's still on youtube. Seems like if that exists the entire game should but I haven't seen it anywhere from the collectors that I know of. I'd say the Sea of Hands game is the "holy grail" a bit more than the Patriot game. Steve Sabol of NFL films said one copy does exist but it was lost somewhere in Mexico and with Spanish broadcasters. Pretty much everything that exists has been listed on the few collectors that I know of so don't think anything new will show up at this point. Unfortunately, the networks recorded over a lot of the games from back in the 70's to save video tape.
I remember this great game when Brian sipes went for a touchdown not a winning field goal and got intercepted by Mike Davis in the end zone with few seconds left in the game.
I was fuggin NINE years old watching this in my aunt's living room in Oakland... when Davis picked off that pass I went outside and sat on the porch and cried... first time I ever cried over a sport and I didnt want anybody to see me... hahahahahahaha
A classic game no doubt. I was 8 and had only been watching the NFL for a year or so. I was thinking that the Browns were just going to kick the field goal and win the game. It didn’t occur to me that the Cleveland kicker had already missed a few kicks that game. Then Mike Davis intercepted the pass and the Raiders go on to win this game, the next game (AFC Championship), and then the Super Bowl.
I was 12 years old. A young naive Cleveland sportsfan. Little did I know this game would be the start of some torturous games for us for decades to come in C-Town.
The Raiders Mike Davis and Lester Hays probably had stick-em on their gloves it was legal to use. Love them Raiders Tom Flores, the Tooz, Plunket, Branch, Chandler, Van Egon, Shell, UpShaw, Hendrick, Millen those guys were characters the Greatness of the Raiders 1980, then 1983. and 70's with John Madden Raiders. After the Tuck Rule things started to fall apart then Patriots Brady era the next 30 years it was Belichick the master Doom.
Micheal Haynes , Mickey Marvin, Dave Dalby , Chris Bahr , Ray Guy, Todd Christensen, Vann McElroy, Art Shell, Howie Long, very dangerous team those Raiders 👍👍
@@TRaider66 nope they keep giving that stick’em excuse Eventhough it was legal , plus Biletnikoff used it his whole career and he got in no problem- more Raider bias bullshit!!!
Lester Hayes was such a cerebral player but the sports writers attributed all his INTs that year to stickum. I’m a lifelong Steelers fan but I always respected the opponents when they were good. The Raiders were excellent & their characters had character. I had to like those guys. It’s sad that media doesn’t celebrate more teams from NFL history.
I love Plunkett and he should be in the HOF, but imagine the Raiders if the NFL does not stop the trade for Elway or the take Marino instead of Don Mosebar, who was a great pick. But think of that Raiders' team in the 80's with Mario taking over after Super Bowl 18.
The Raiders had no intention of taking Marino in '83, because quite frankly, nobody anticipated Marino becoming as good as he was. His last year in college had some problems, and in the '83 draft, 5 other QB's were taken before him. Keep in mind, the Raiders had used their #1 pick in the '80 draft for Marc Wilson, who was a superstar at BYU, and in '83, they still believed he was their future. Hindsight is a wonderful tool to play the "what if" game, but it doesn't really accomplish anything, as nobody has a time machine. Mosebar started almost every game on the O-Line for 11 straight years and made 3 Pro Bowls. All things considered, that was a pretty good pick. Sure, Marino was a once in a lifetime legend, but there's no way anybody could have foreseen that. The more applicable "what if" is what would have happened if the NY Jets picked Marino instead of Ken O' Brien 3 picks before the Dolphins did? Could you imagine Marino in the New York media and marketing realm with some of the talent they had in the 80's? No disrespect to Duper and Clayton, but if Marino was throwing to Wesley Walker, Al Toon, and Mickey Shuler, with Freeman McNeil as a running back and had the Jet "Sack Exchange' defense, I'm guessing he might have gotten that elusive ring (then again, what NFC team could they beat in the 80's?) The Jets had already decided to pick a QB, and it was now down to just O'Brien out of UC Davis and Marino out of Pitt. Elway, Blackledge, Kelly, and Eason had already been picked, and no other QB's were on the radar. In fact, here's one of the greatest trivia questions of all time, as you'll stump almost everybody, and the question is: Who was the next QB drafted after Marino in the '83 draft? First off, you'd have to go all the way to the FIFTH ROUND to find the next one, and you'll come to Jeff Christensen (out of East Illinois) who was out of the league the next year having never thrown a pass and who came back in 1987 to start 2 games for the Browns as a strike replacement player, and when the strike was over, so officially was his career.
Newsome actually had inside leverage on Davis but stumbled slightly on his break in the back of the end zone. Davis made up the difference & made one of the most memorable plays in NFL history.
I was at that game when I was in high school. It was so cold my friend's mustard froze before it got on the hot dog. I was in the dog pound right above that catch.
Man this brings back memories! Couldn’t wait to get to school the next day to talk shit to my classmates who said we were gonna lose😂😂 That next week beating the Bolts in the AFC Championship game made it worse🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ I was insufferable!
Was a 10 yr old at the time. A true Raiders fan from the town who thought i was the problem when *we* lost. Only True Raiders fans understand these emotions: Hated playing in Seattle against Zorn and Largent in the King dome when we wore white. Thought 1977 was a great year in my life. Hated the 70s steelers, especially Franco Harris. Loved Matuzak, Branch, Van Engan, Hayes and Hendricks. Knew how to dangle my fingers in a stance like Hayes before the play started. Taped my fingers like Balitnicof. Hated John Jefferson and Kelen Winslow. Thought the Coliseum was special and the Raiders fans were family, White and Black although i grew up in a Panther neighborhood. Asked my 4th grade teacher not to give me homework because of the Monday Denver game. 😂Thought Al Davis was mafia with the white or black athletic suits, shades, slicked back hair, and smoky voice. Loved Kenny King's run in the 1981 SB and this play against Sipe and Newsome. One of the best days of my young life... Miss the *Oakland* Raiders...
yep 1980 and 83 were the last of the great Raiders teams. The game changed after that and AL Davis refuse to. Besides the first Gruden era I'd say 1985 was the last good Raider team with Marcus Allen winning the MVP and the defense being very good. Plunkett was lost for the season that year when a 49er lineman body slammed him and destroyed his shoulder and then Marc Wilson ruined any chance that team had to win a Super Bowl. That's all on AL Davis who thought he was a good QB.
@@johnmongani5223 the last Super Bowl win for the raiders was in January 1984 after that that organization has been a dumpster fire. I also got to see the Raiders win the Super Bowl 77 against the Vikings. You get the new Fanbase that say winning a Super Bowl is not important.?
@Cradhburn • Lester also used a gallon of Stickum to get those 13 interceptions. Stickum was banned after the 1980 season. Hayes totalled 25 interceptions during his first 4 seasons(1977-80). His final 6 seasons(1981-86) he intercepted only 14 passes
I was in the stands that day. Brutal weather. I almost lost a foot to frostbite. The Raiders expected the Browns to beat them once they moved downfield. But it was the right call; Cockroft had a horrible day kicking, and odds were stacked against making a FG. Sipe was supposed to throw the ball into Lake Erie if nobody was open, but he was being pressured by Hendricks, and he didn't. The weather probably caught that pass too. The only player all day who scored against the wind at that end of the field was Ron Bolton.
How did Crockroft have a terrible day? His only field goal miss was 46 yards long.On another field goal attempt the snapper dropped the ball. He made 2 30 yard field goals by the way and missed an extra point. Get your facts straight!!
@@bnegs521 Ok, the kicking game had a horrible day … at that end of the field, against that wind. Again, nobody scored at that end except Bolton. Trying to score a TD was still the right call.
@@pianomanfred1948 I have no problem with the Browns going for the TD in that situation. I just have read so many times about Crockroft and his terrible day that really is not true. Missed a 46 yarder and a point after but he made 2 30 yarders and the last kick would have also been from 30. No guarantee at all. Sipe did have a bad day though including 5 turnovers. Sam made the call and the rest is history
@@bnegs521 Don himself did not want to kick it, especially in the 4rth quarter. He said the ball was like "kicking a brick." Coach Sam did not want to kick it either, with the hard ball and the wind.
That was my second year of college and my roommate's dad got us tickets to see Plunkett's first start. We couldn't believe it! They beat the Chargers and that started the 13-2 run to be the first Wild Card team to win the Super Bowl.
I clearly remember watching this game, SCREAMING...OH NO...NOT AGAIN, then screaming even louder when it was intercepted and The Raiders won and went on to just DESTROY The Eagles in The Super Bowl becoming the first ever wild card team to win it all
They were in field goal range. What a waste. Regardless, as a Pittsburgher, I really respected and liked the ole Browns of this era. So many exciting games that went to the end.
Don Cockroft did not want to kick it because the ball was frozen like a brick. Coach Sam was afraid of that, and the swirling winds in the open end off Lake Erie. It was the right call, just a monumental play by Mike Davis.
@@greasyflight6609 I got to read I met him at Mervyns in Dublin CA signing autographs it was after his injury in Denver 81/82 he was such a key player to that superbowl run
He had filled the role of Biletnikoff and would have been for another 4-5 more years had that injury in Denver the following season not destined otherwise.
Great post. Just so glad we got Madden/Summerall in the booth later. Criqui/Brodie?😴 are you watchin Van Eeghen, kiddies? How he tucks the ball, blocks, his overall toughness??
Great game, i wonder on the last throw into double coverage, if the raiders uniforms camoflauged with snow and signage sipe didn't see the deeper cover guy.
You heard someone yelling "No,No,No" before he threw it like it wasn't the play he was given. He should've threw it in the third row and lived to fight another play.
What a Great game and great victory for the RAIDERS , this was the SUPER BOWL 🏈 that year. The resurrection of JIM PLUNKETT. If the BROWNS would have won and they almost did , their is no question the BROWNS would have gone on to win the SUPER BOWL. This game was EXTREMELY MISERABLE , PHYSICAL , BRUTAL AND THE WAY FOOTBALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF GREATEST VICTORIES IN RAIDER HISTORY.
Watched this when l was in Jr. Highschool...l forgot how brutal that ending was...Passing in that situation was awful two short runs pop a really short FG through and we're moving on...Horrific call!!!
Greg Pruitt and Cleo Miller shared a shitty little bungalow on the street behind me. Today’s lowest paid players wouldn’t be caught dead living like that. They were both good dudes, btw.
Sipe made a bad read, he did have a receiver open on that last play. I think Newsome is at fault too on the play. If he adjusted his route and came to the ball he would have boxed out Davis and possibly had the TD instead of an INT.
Newsome didnt get a good hard break to the inside, sort of stumbled and he had inside leverage on Davis. Sipe made the anticipatory throw but Mike Davis made an all star play.
Don Cockroft did not want to kick it because the ball was frozen like a brick. Coach Sam was afraid of that, and the swirling winds in the open end off Lake Erie. It was the right call, just a monumental play by Mike Davis. Both teams were off balance due to the field frozen like a parking lot. Hence, a trick play may have been effective on the final drive.
Watch Cockroft's 3 earlier kicks on that end of the field. He missed them all BADLY. He couldn't even get the extra point through. Trying for the TD was the right call, it was just a bad pass. If Sipe didn't try to force it, they could have had one more play and then tried a FG, as it was only 2cnd down and they had 1 time out left.
Get beat by the Vikings in a game the Browns should never have lost. Lose to the Raiders in a way that almost gets duplicated a few years later against the Broncos. What a pathetic team
@charlesrazo7246 You don't gotta tell me. I know, I know... Same shit every year. Hopefully, the luck changes. Hence, that's the reason for the term those were the day's
In my 50th year as member of Silver and Black Nation. Watched this in a bar in Miami. Filled w Browns fans. Great classic Raider game. In the top 10 wins in raider history.
My favorite wins in Raider regular season history? 1984 at Maimi. 1983 at Dallas, 1980 at Pittsburgh, 1976 against Pittsburgh opening day, 1993 against Denver last game of the reg season, 2000 at Frisco , 2021 last game against Chargers.
I'm a Pats fan. But I lived in California during the 90's and my best buddy out there was a huge Raider fan !! Just dies Silver and Black like you !! Now of course im not a Raider fan. But I can appreciate Raider nation and my favorite defensive player of all time is Lester Hayes !! And my favorite uniforms are the uniforms they wore in this game ! Just that silver and white with black lettering !! My 2nd favorite uniform is the white with maroon and gold of the Niners !! Both just classy and basic but just beautiful !!
@jacktheripoff1888 you bleed silver and black my brother. I always loved the 76 Bengals game. Last week of season. Steelers were going for 3rd sb win in a row. We had nothing to play for. If we tanked they were out of playoffs. Last regular season game of 76. MNF. We went out and kicked butt. Knocked Bengals out on home field. Then beat steelers in afc championship before.destroying vikings I. SB XI
Criqui was an awesome play-by-play guy. Right up there with Curt Gowdy and Charlie Jones !... When football was real.
Watching AFC games on NBC was the best. Enberg, Jones, Gowdy, Criqui!
Sipe got greedy -- and he paid for it ... the Raiders were a team of destiny in 1980. My all time hero is the late, great Mike Davis, for that incredible pick. I was lucky enough to meet him a few years later in the Raider locker room. He signed a photo for me that day, and it's been on the wall in my MANROOM ever since !
Sipe only attempted the pass because Coach Ratigliano lost all confidence In the kicking game after Cockroft missed two Field Goals and One extra point. Holder Paul McDonald was wearing Scuba Diving Gloves. As a result; The ball was not spun away from the strings. I blame Paul McDonald for the loss.
Man I do not know about you but when I hear Don Criqui...brings back awesome memories.
Jim Plunket is one of only 2 Heisman trophy qbs that have won a superbowl. To this day
Staubach is the other?
@@billyperry7991 Yes, Roger the Dodger is the other!
@@spinner9057 good stuff !!
Yeah and he aint in the Hall of Fame
He isn't in the hall because the hall is about numbers and politics not character and comeback stories.
But he does have the most important number and that is two Superbowl wins but he is a raider so that's strike two
I was seven during this NFL season. This was the first season I actively followed and vividly remember.
This is great nostalgia for me.
Another dagger in the heart of Browns fans. Not the last.
@@michaelcap9550 - im from philly so this got me into the routine of understanding every philly team loses at the end
My favourite memories...watching NFL with Dad and my Bro....Sunday and Monday Night were sacred... pop... chips ...and peanuts flying all around the TV room.
7 years , very young. Respect
Super Bowl Champion to be Raiders. Yes America the Raiders were actually really good once.
One of the best ever💪💪💪💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Remember this like it was yesterday. What a pleasure. No replays, no BS, just football. Too many of my Raider favorites to mention, but Sticky Lester Hayes and Burgess Owens (US Congressman from Utah). Love it.
I was 12 when I watched this game. These were the games that I still remember even more clearly than many games that are much more current. These were Epic football times! The game seemed almost majestic back then.
I was a great time to be a kid watching football
Niner fan , but I will honestly say the raiders back then were a smash mouth football team ✌️
The interviews are awesome at the beginning
Cliff Branch is the greatest clutch Raider receiver of all time a true Champion.
I miss these games and players and broadcasting. There are good games now, but just something special about these years in football
Thanks for not being jaded and bitter about it
their are good games now? it's a bunch of overpaid crybabies that don't hit or tackle. stopped watching almost all football about 3 years ago because of the liberal agenda they are pushing and won't go back. football was so much better back then
I remember listening to this game (The Ice Bowl) back in 1980 on radio as well as TV. NOBODY could call a game like Bill King! He was amazing! This was an unexpected victory for us, and that season was magical as the first ever Wild Card team to win it all. That team was truly special!!!
Bill King was the best! Calling A's, Raiders and Warriors games!
HOLLY TOLEDO.
I MISS GREG PAPA 😢
Watched this game with my dad never forget it !
I was 13. Watched this with my younger brothers. They were and still are Steelers and Chargers fans. Nobody in my family roots for the same team, lol, except my Son ( also a Raiders fan). When the Browns decided to pass at the end, I couldn't watch. I went into my bedroom, with the door open. I heard the call of Davis' pick in the EZ. I ran back into the tv room very excited and gave my brothers celebratory nuggies!
William Laird Cowher...#53 for the Browns....future head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers
43 Years Later. This Game still STINGS.
"Mike Davis had the worst hands on the team. He could not catch a cold in Alaska." Gene Upshaw.
I was 15 watching this...I will never forget this game.
I was 14,that 4th down run almost lost game,I know flores trying to ice game and not try FG,I thought would run right over guard like TD with Jenson leading van Egan but van Egan went way left going off tackle and Cleveland destroyed it
I was 10 yrs old.
had just turned 18.
13 years old, here. I can still taste the tears of the Brown's fans... salty with a hint of incest. Go, RAIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was 11, watching it on my parent's Zenith console TV, laying on their brown, tan and yellow shag carpet.
I sat in the Municipal Stadium bleachers for a Tribe opening day game and thought I was going to freeze to death, and that was in April. I can't imagine how cold in must've been in those bleachers for this game.
The coldest game I ever went to was an opening day baseball game. I feel this.
I was there with my 10 year old son - our hot chocolate froze
Jim Plunkett should be in HOF
I was 14 at the time I still remember watching this game it was a great game
This was the most heartbreaking Browns' game ever. Prognosticators thought the Raiders would have a problem with the extreme cold. They played tough and won the game. Mike Davis.
On a YT video with other Raiders, it was said Mike Davis couldn't catch a cold in Alaska, but somehow made the pick.
Oh man that is like the trilogy of terror right there. All within 10 years. Dont forget blowing a huge lead vs the Dolphins in the 84 or 85 playoffs I believe it was. There is definitely not a "gleem" happening for Browns nation. I feel for you I really do !! Someday the Browns will matter again and take away all that pain with a super bowl victory :) Good luck
@@bryanburnap4537 All of that is true. The Dolphins game was I believe in Kosar's first or second year, and the backfield of Byner and Mack was rip roarin' in Marty ball, but could not withstand Shula. The trouble with that gleam is that good part of your life is spent with dementia.
@@ARIZJOE Byner and Mack !! What a combination. Byner is just one of those just amazing football player that only gets remembered for 1 thing ! Which is a shame cause I consider him one of the most dynamic running back of his era ! I'm glad he won a Superbowl with the Redskins. I love your knowledge of the NFL. I can tell you love the history of the game like myself. I'm from Boston so big fan of the Pats. I started watching the NFL in 81 when I was 8. Actually I loved the Cowboys as a kid - which everyone did it seemed. I remember exactly where I was for the Drive and the Fumble and I was really pulling for the Browns cause I like Brian Brennen from BC. And the Fumble really bummed me out. I actually had that play on a cassette tape. I had a tape recorder and taped it for the heck of it. So I remember the call by Emberg so vividly. And the way Byner just slumped to the ground after he fumbled the ball was really super sad ! Like I'm sad right now thinking about it and I don't even like the Browns. He was so amazing in that game ! Running and catching balls all over the field..
Those were the tough dirt and grass football days. When uniforms would get dirty and torn.
No multiple SB winning QB, with a SB MVP to go with it, had such a career of extremes. 1st overall pick, offensive rookie of the year, looked all good. By '75 the Patriots gave up on him and traded, and in '77 Frisco gave up on him and flat out waived. The Raiders got him off the waiver wire for 100 bucks. A third stringer, then a second mostly by default. Then Pastorini gets hurt, and nobody and I mean NOBODY saw what was coming. But finally he had talent around him at receivers, running backs, and an offensive line. EVERY SB winning QB has to have them. But he still had to make the most of it and man did he ever. It's still the NFL's greatest comeback story.
plunkett is the only player to ever win the heisman be the number 1 overall pick, and win a super bowl mvp
The Raiders defenses were incredible. They got a lot of takeaways and sacks. That helped Plunkett a lot. Something that has been missing for a long time.
true nobody saw it coming but Plunkett did have the better preseason than Pastorini. Dante even admitted that but AL Davis was obsessed with strong armed QB's that could throw long so he ordered Pastorini to start. Just lucky the team didn't like him or block for him and he got hurt and the QB everybody wanted stepped in and made history.
I remember a key game on Monday night football where they beat my favorite team the Pittsburgh Steelers 46-35. Oakland finished with a record of 11-5, Steelers 9-7.
@@markross2124 here's a video of the game at Pittsburgh on Monday Night. th-cam.com/video/6EEWTEm-Dp4/w-d-xo.html That was the turning point of the season, a must win game and the Raiders played brilliantly.
Tremendous video quality for a 1980 broadcast!! That field was so bad they had to paint the goal line with yellow paint!!
yes I have the best source for old NFL games.
@@johnmongani5223 We're all waiting for the 1976 AFC Divisional Playoff NBC broadcast of the Patriots vs. Raiders. That game has become the holy grail, as the NFL is so embarrassed by that game that it has become seemingly impossible to find. Someone once put up the last minute of it, and of course the NFL Game Of The Week summary of that game is on TH-cam, but I have yet to see the original broadcast.
@@jackprecip5389 I saw the last minute of that game. think it's still on youtube. Seems like if that exists the entire game should but I haven't seen it anywhere from the collectors that I know of. I'd say the Sea of Hands game is the "holy grail" a bit more than the Patriot game. Steve Sabol of NFL films said one copy does exist but it was lost somewhere in Mexico and with Spanish broadcasters. Pretty much everything that exists has been listed on the few collectors that I know of so don't think anything new will show up at this point. Unfortunately, the networks recorded over a lot of the games from back in the 70's to save video tape.
The 1st NFL game I ever attended was the Browns-Raiders 1980 Playoff Game
aaawww man u lucky dog!!!
Looks like they got John Matuszak in the middle of lunch😂
Put Lester in the HOF
Those great cornerbacks of the Raiders ... really tough & explosive
Great double team on Newsome at the end. What can you say? Great, tough, and classic game.
I remember this great game when Brian sipes went for a touchdown not a winning field goal and got intercepted by Mike Davis in the end zone with few seconds left in the game.
I was fuggin NINE years old watching this in my aunt's living room in Oakland...
when Davis picked off that pass I went outside and sat on the porch and cried...
first time I ever cried over a sport and I didnt want anybody to see me... hahahahahahaha
Watched this game with my dad...I was 17 and my raiders always gave me a heart attack!!! Lol
Haven't watched the video yet...but I still can recall Mike Davis's interception.
A classic game no doubt. I was 8 and had only been watching the NFL for a year or so. I was thinking that the Browns were just going to kick the field goal and win the game. It didn’t occur to me that the Cleveland kicker had already missed a few kicks that game. Then Mike Davis intercepted the pass and the Raiders go on to win this game, the next game (AFC Championship), and then the Super Bowl.
Great 😃👍 Memories from January 4th 1981.
What an amazing game, by both teams, under tough conditions. Thx for the upload.
I was 12 years old. A young naive Cleveland sportsfan. Little did I know this game would be the start of some torturous games for us for decades to come in C-Town.
The Raiders Mike Davis and Lester Hays probably had stick-em on their gloves it was legal to use. Love them Raiders Tom Flores, the Tooz, Plunket, Branch, Chandler, Van Egon, Shell, UpShaw, Hendrick, Millen those guys were characters the Greatness of the Raiders 1980, then 1983. and 70's with John Madden Raiders. After the Tuck Rule things started to fall apart then Patriots Brady era the next 30 years it was Belichick the master Doom.
Micheal Haynes , Mickey Marvin, Dave Dalby , Chris Bahr , Ray Guy, Todd Christensen, Vann McElroy, Art Shell, Howie Long, very dangerous team those Raiders 👍👍
not in this game... that stuff wudda froze and shattered...
How Hayes is not in the Hall is a travesty!!🤬🤬🤬🤬
I’m a lifelong Raider and had no idea….I just assumed he was in the hall!! 16 picks!? How is he not top 3 of all time!?
@@TRaider66 nope they keep giving that stick’em excuse Eventhough it was legal , plus Biletnikoff used it his whole career and he got in no problem- more Raider bias bullshit!!!
@@reefb4364 un🤬believable ! ... without a doubt Lester the molester belongs in HOF !
Lester Hayes was such a cerebral player but the sports writers attributed all his INTs that year to stickum. I’m a lifelong Steelers fan but I always respected the opponents when they were good. The Raiders were excellent & their characters had character. I had to like those guys. It’s sad that media doesn’t celebrate more teams from NFL history.
@@r.williamcomm7693 the crazy part is Fred Bilentnikoff played with stickum his whole career and he’s in the hall- it’s terrible Hayes isn’t in.
I love Plunkett and he should be in the HOF, but imagine the Raiders if the NFL does not stop the trade for Elway or the take Marino instead of Don Mosebar, who was a great pick. But think of that Raiders' team in the 80's with Mario taking over after Super Bowl 18.
And Bo never got hurt. I'd like to see that team.
The Raiders had no intention of taking Marino in '83, because quite frankly, nobody anticipated Marino becoming as good as he was. His last year in college had some problems, and in the '83 draft, 5 other QB's were taken before him. Keep in mind, the Raiders had used their #1 pick in the '80 draft for Marc Wilson, who was a superstar at BYU, and in '83, they still believed he was their future. Hindsight is a wonderful tool to play the "what if" game, but it doesn't really accomplish anything, as nobody has a time machine. Mosebar started almost every game on the O-Line for 11 straight years and made 3 Pro Bowls. All things considered, that was a pretty good pick. Sure, Marino was a once in a lifetime legend, but there's no way anybody could have foreseen that.
The more applicable "what if" is what would have happened if the NY Jets picked Marino instead of Ken O' Brien 3 picks before the Dolphins did? Could you imagine Marino in the New York media and marketing realm with some of the talent they had in the 80's? No disrespect to Duper and Clayton, but if Marino was throwing to Wesley Walker, Al Toon, and Mickey Shuler, with Freeman McNeil as a running back and had the Jet "Sack Exchange' defense, I'm guessing he might have gotten that elusive ring (then again, what NFC team could they beat in the 80's?) The Jets had already decided to pick a QB, and it was now down to just O'Brien out of UC Davis and Marino out of Pitt. Elway, Blackledge, Kelly, and Eason had already been picked, and no other QB's were on the radar. In fact, here's one of the greatest trivia questions of all time, as you'll stump almost everybody, and the question is: Who was the next QB drafted after Marino in the '83 draft? First off, you'd have to go all the way to the FIFTH ROUND to find the next one, and you'll come to Jeff Christensen (out of East Illinois) who was out of the league the next year having never thrown a pass and who came back in 1987 to start 2 games for the Browns as a strike replacement player, and when the strike was over, so officially was his career.
Or Aaron Rodgers or Ben Roethlisberger
Cleveland Stadium was chilly in the summer.
Yes, it was, for the most part.
First game I ever watched as a kid, been a Raiders fan ever since!
I'll never forget this horrible day.
Two California QBs, Sipe at SDSU, Plunkett Stanford. Calvin Hill was still playing,cool!
Calvin had some good years with the Browns. Both Calvin and Greg Pruitt had exceptionally soft hands for running backs.
Newsome actually had inside leverage on Davis but stumbled slightly on his break in the back of the end zone. Davis made up the difference & made one of the most memorable plays in NFL history.
That is it.
Mike Davis and Clarence Davis both has bad hands, but had Freddie B's hands when it mattered most.
From the fourteen yard line, all Cleveland needed was three points and the int. was devastating
But a field goal in the open end? Cockroft did not have a good day. The decision to pass was correct, but not that pass.
I think it was two missed extra points and a field goal helped make that decision
I was 20 years old. Football the way I liked it.
I was at that game when I was in high school. It was so cold my friend's mustard froze before it got on the hot dog. I was in the dog pound right above that catch.
Man this brings back memories! Couldn’t wait to get to school the next day to talk shit to my classmates who said we were gonna lose😂😂 That next week beating the Bolts in the AFC Championship game made it worse🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ I was insufferable!
At least you won Super Bowl to next year
@@AzharMalik-yc4hk yeah i know- i was horrible to my classmates who swore we wouldn’t win!
Was a 10 yr old at the time. A true Raiders fan from the town who thought i was the problem when *we* lost. Only True Raiders fans understand these emotions:
Hated playing in Seattle against Zorn and Largent in the King dome when we wore white. Thought 1977 was a great year in my life. Hated the 70s steelers, especially Franco Harris. Loved Matuzak, Branch, Van Engan, Hayes and Hendricks. Knew how to dangle my fingers in a stance like Hayes before the play started. Taped my fingers like Balitnicof. Hated John Jefferson and Kelen Winslow.
Thought the Coliseum was special and the Raiders fans were family, White and Black although i grew up in a Panther neighborhood. Asked my 4th grade teacher not to give me homework because of the Monday Denver game. 😂Thought Al Davis was mafia with the white or black athletic suits, shades, slicked back hair, and smoky voice.
Loved Kenny King's run in the 1981 SB and this play against Sipe and Newsome. One of the best days of my young life...
Miss the *Oakland* Raiders...
One of the last good raider teams them days are long gone The last one was 1984 after that all the way up till now one excuse after another.
yep 1980 and 83 were the last of the great Raiders teams. The game changed after that and AL Davis refuse to. Besides the first Gruden era I'd say 1985 was the last good Raider team with Marcus Allen winning the MVP and the defense being very good. Plunkett was lost for the season that year when a 49er lineman body slammed him and destroyed his shoulder and then Marc Wilson ruined any chance that team had to win a Super Bowl. That's all on AL Davis who thought he was a good QB.
@@johnmongani5223 the last Super Bowl win for the raiders was in January 1984 after that that organization has been a dumpster fire. I also got to see the Raiders win the Super Bowl 77 against the Vikings. You get the new Fanbase that say winning a Super Bowl is not important.?
The Raiders had 35 INT's in 1980. Lester Hayes alone had 13. Last year the LV Raiders had 6.
@Cradhburn • Lester also used a gallon of Stickum to get those 13 interceptions. Stickum was banned after the 1980 season. Hayes totalled 25 interceptions during his first 4 seasons(1977-80). His final 6 seasons(1981-86) he intercepted only 14 passes
@@keithclark7266 yeah and today receivers wear underwater divers gloves. Extra flexible and Sticky rubber texture. See OBJ catch etc ....
@@keithclark7266 most great DB's numbers go down after teams get burned by them and go to the other side. Deion, Lester Hayes, Derrel Revis ...
Because teams were allowed to play defense then. The game has become like touch football now. You and I could complete 50% as QBs now.
I was in the stands that day. Brutal weather. I almost lost a foot to frostbite. The Raiders expected the Browns to beat them once they moved downfield. But it was the right call; Cockroft had a horrible day kicking, and odds were stacked against making a FG. Sipe was supposed to throw the ball into Lake Erie if nobody was open, but he was being pressured by Hendricks, and he didn't. The weather probably caught that pass too. The only player all day who scored against the wind at that end of the field was Ron Bolton.
How did Crockroft have a terrible day? His only field goal miss was 46 yards long.On another field goal attempt the snapper dropped the ball. He made 2 30 yard field goals by the way and missed an extra point. Get your facts straight!!
@@bnegs521 Ok, the kicking game had a horrible day … at that end of the field, against that wind. Again, nobody scored at that end except Bolton. Trying to score a TD was still the right call.
@@pianomanfred1948 I have no problem with the Browns going for the TD in that situation. I just have read so many times about Crockroft and his terrible day that really is not true. Missed a 46 yarder and a point after but he made 2 30 yarders and the last kick would have also been from 30. No guarantee at all. Sipe did have a bad day though including 5 turnovers. Sam made the call and the rest is history
@@bnegs521 Don himself did not want to kick it, especially in the 4rth quarter. He said the ball was like "kicking a brick." Coach Sam did not want to kick it either, with the hard ball and the wind.
Brian had a lot of success with throws like that all year. It was not a terrible pass - more like an absolutely tremendous play by Mike Davis.
Cliff branch was sooo good ! Raymond Chester great career ! Van Egan another great one.
As much as I love watching these old school games, the only thing that drives me crazy is not seeing a clock.
Miss my OAKLAND RAIDERS!!!!!!
100%.
I was a 19 year old Browns fan. This was the beginning of the Browns playoff woes, which continue to this day
They've never made it to a Super Bowl, but had 5 chances and missed them all. I was really pulling for them against Denver those 3 times.
In truth, the Browns playoff woes began in 1965.
@@Bruce12867 That was a horrible game too.
No Bandwagon Dude!!!♥️♥️♥️😂I Love My Raiders!!
That was my second year of college and my roommate's dad got us tickets to see Plunkett's first start. We couldn't believe it! They beat the Chargers and that started the 13-2 run to be the first Wild Card team to win the Super Bowl.
here's the game vs. San Diego you went to, Plunkett's first start. th-cam.com/video/TtpUUu3BklM/w-d-xo.html
@@johnmongani5223 Oh man! Gracias!
This was the golden age of the NFL. It will never be like this again, and we all know why. No need to go down the list.
This was an era when Defenses won games. Miss those days. I do not like airshows with little resistance.
I clearly remember watching this game, SCREAMING...OH NO...NOT AGAIN, then screaming even louder when it was intercepted and The Raiders won and went on to just DESTROY The Eagles in The Super Bowl becoming the first ever wild card team to win it all
Red right 88 One time one time one time
one time too many....
Sipe had some serious hair. Today they would have run the clock and kick the FG.
I think their kicker just was subpar and below freezing.
They were in field goal range. What a waste. Regardless, as a Pittsburgher, I really respected and liked the ole Browns of this era. So many exciting games that went to the end.
Don Cockroft did not want to kick it because the ball was frozen like a brick. Coach Sam was afraid of that, and the swirling winds in the open end off Lake Erie. It was the right call, just a monumental play by Mike Davis.
@@ARIZJOE Those men were so freakin' tough back then.
One of the best games ever 💯💯💯💯💯💯
the wind held up that throw...on nfl films you see the ball come out of spiral real early...
Jim Plunkett was a real winner quarterback won 2 Super Bowls, championships one in Oakland and one in i Los Angeles; Las Vegas raiders can't find.
Bob chandler very underrated player who died to young
Bob Chandler wrote a book called "Violent Sundays"....must read
@@greasyflight6609 I got to read I met him at Mervyns in Dublin CA signing autographs it was after his injury in Denver 81/82 he was such a key player to that superbowl run
He had filled the role of Biletnikoff and would have been for another 4-5 more years had that injury in Denver the following season not destined otherwise.
@@jacktheripoff1888 yep
It’s like the zapruder film for brown fans. You literally hear the offensive coordinator scream no no no on the open Mike
yep you're the first commentor to notice that. That guy knew the worst was about to happen for the Browns.
I had season tickets back then in the closed end of the stadium. Didn't get to go to this game. I was moving.
Great post. Just so glad we got Madden/Summerall in the booth later. Criqui/Brodie?😴 are you watchin Van Eeghen, kiddies? How he tucks the ball, blocks, his overall toughness??
Great game, i wonder on the last throw into double coverage, if the raiders uniforms camoflauged with snow and signage sipe didn't see the deeper cover guy.
And still today, Jim Plunkett is not in the Hall of Fame (2) Superbowl wins... Hayes, Haynes and Davis best secondary ever assembled....to this day
Hayes may be the best player that has ever played that position. He should be in the Hall for sure.
Scary I remember that #16 in college
Bad Throw, should never of forced it. Heart Breaking For Cleveland
You heard someone yelling "No,No,No" before he threw it like it wasn't the play he was given. He should've threw it in the third row and lived to fight another play.
Awesome play Mike Davis!
What a Great game and great victory for the RAIDERS , this was the SUPER BOWL 🏈 that year. The resurrection of JIM PLUNKETT. If the BROWNS would have won and they almost did , their is no question the BROWNS would have gone on to win the SUPER BOWL. This game was EXTREMELY MISERABLE , PHYSICAL , BRUTAL AND THE WAY FOOTBALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF GREATEST VICTORIES IN RAIDER HISTORY.
Definitely. Toughest game of their sb run
Watched this when l was in Jr. Highschool...l forgot how brutal that ending was...Passing in that situation was awful two short runs pop a really short FG through and we're moving on...Horrific call!!!
Greg Pruitt and Cleo Miller shared a shitty little bungalow on the street behind me. Today’s lowest paid players wouldn’t be caught dead living like that. They were both good dudes, btw.
Lester Hayes' performance speaks for itself. This game helps explain why the Raiders were one of the most feared teams of this era.
Playing in the cold is tolerable, but the wind like that is downright brutal.
good ole days
I don’t blame the Browns for deciding to throw. But that was a terrible throw.
Agreed. Lake Erie winds denied the Browns.
Someone else had to be open, or throw it away.
Sipe made a bad read, he did have a receiver open on that last play. I think Newsome is at fault too on the play. If he adjusted his route and came to the ball he would have boxed out Davis and possibly had the TD instead of an INT.
Probably the most unlikely team to ever win the SB the 1980 Raiders . They got on a roll and then crushed the Eagles
Tough division to win, unlike the Brady years in the Eastern Conference. A good all-around team despite the record
Number 37 is the man.
Love that Muhammad Ali impersonation
Red right 88 was painful as F to watch...but thank God we got 'the drive' & 'the fumble' to replace this games pain 😭😭😭
Another devastating loss was in Denver in the 1989 AFC Championship, a game that is rarely mentioned.
I'll take Lester Hayes over Deion Sanders any day.
The Raiders screwed up in Super Bowl 2.
They had the Packers on the ropes late in the second quarter but Rauch wouldn't let Lamonica loose.
I was 13! In Oakland! None of our dads bet on this game! No one was sure what would happen?
Newsome didnt get a good hard break to the inside, sort of stumbled and he had inside leverage on Davis. Sipe made the anticipatory throw but Mike Davis made an all star play.
Kick the field goal sam! Please kick the field goal! This game broke my heart
Don Cockroft did not want to kick it because the ball was frozen like a brick. Coach Sam was afraid of that, and the swirling winds in the open end off Lake Erie. It was the right call, just a monumental play by Mike Davis. Both teams were off balance due to the field frozen like a parking lot. Hence, a trick play may have been effective on the final drive.
Watch Cockroft's 3 earlier kicks on that end of the field. He missed them all BADLY. He couldn't even get the extra point through. Trying for the TD was the right call, it was just a bad pass. If Sipe didn't try to force it, they could have had one more play and then tried a FG, as it was only 2cnd down and they had 1 time out left.
Get beat by the Vikings in a game the Browns should never have lost. Lose to the Raiders in a way that almost gets duplicated a few years later against the Broncos. What a pathetic team
Them were the day's!
RAIDERS!!!
Those days are long gone
@charlesrazo7246
You don't gotta tell me. I know, I know... Same shit every year. Hopefully, the luck changes. Hence, that's the reason for the term those were the day's
@@mannyreyes2154 we’ve been saying it’s going to change for almost 40 years
@@charlesrazo7246
😂
You got that right.
@@mannyreyes2154 the new Fanbase says it’s not important to win a Super Bowl?