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The Red Right 88 game was a divisional playoff game played as part of the 1980–81 NFL playoffs, which would crown the NFL champion for the 1980 season.Under the playoff structure in place at the time, five teams from each of the NFL's two conferences – the American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC) – would qualify for the playoffs.
The Browns played their first home playoff game in nine seasons against the Raiders, in what has become known as the Red Right 88 game. The Browns marched to the Oakland 13 in the waning seconds trailing by 14–12, but Brian Sipe's pass into the end zone for Hall of Fame tight end Ozzie Newsome was intercepted, ending Cleveland's season.
Red Right 88: January 4, 1981 Oakland Raiders: 14–12 Cleveland Browns: 1980–81 NFL playoff game play where an interception of a "Red Slot Right, Halfback Stay, 88," pass play in the end zone by Raiders safety Mike Davis, despite the Browns being in range of a field goal, put an end to the Browns' season. [107] [108] [109] The Catch: January ...
At their current pace, the Browns will draw 204 flags over a 17-game season. That would blow away the 163 penalties committed by the 2011 Oakland Raiders. The Browns had 11 penalties in a season ...
Former quarterback Trent Green, who will call Sunday’s Chiefs-Raiders game, recalled one game in the series that meant the world to him. For ex-Chiefs QB Trent Green, one Raiders game will ...
The Raiders went on to win Super Bowl XV, while Red Right 88 became an enduring symbol of Cleveland's postseason stumbles. [ 178 ] Despite 1980's playoff defeat, the Browns were widely expected to be even better the following year, with many sportswriters and football experts predicting that the Browns' quarterback would lead them to a "Siper ...
Dawson tells York 'Cleveland can either be an amazing place to play or a hard place to play' as Browns bolster kicking game with the fourth-round pick A flag, the fans and hitting it true: Phil ...
The 1980 Cleveland Browns broke the Steelers' six-year run as division champions, but failed to advance past the divisional round of the playoffs, losing to the Oakland Raiders as a result of Red Right 88. The Bengals were the only team to represent the AFC Central in the Super Bowl during the decade, appearing in Super Bowls XVI and XXIII.