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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.
The most famous weather game in Browns history. Or, more specifically, the most infamous weather game. The one best known as "Red Right 88." The game-time temperature of 4 degrees Fahrenheit made ...
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 ...
Jim Plunkett was the Oakland Raiders quarterback who beat Matthews and “The Kardiac Kids” in the famous “Red Right 88” playoff game from January of 1981. Plunkett went on to win the first ...
In a play that has become known as Red Right 88, Browns quarterback Brian Sipe's pass was intercepted in the end zone by Raiders safety Mike Davis with 41 seconds left in the game to preserve Oakland's 14–12 victory.
Flint was on their frigid sideline when the visiting Oakland Raiders, in a game known as “Red Right 88,” recorded an end zone interception in final minute that clinched a 14-12 victory in the ...
The play, called by Browns head coach Sam Rutigliano, has become known as "Red Right 88". [8] In 1986 , the Browns were one game away from playing in what would have been the franchise's first Super Bowl when they fell short in one of the most memorable games in NFL history.