Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Raiders went on to compete in Super Bowl II, but lost the game to the Green Bay Packers. In 1970, Blanda was released during the exhibition season, but bounced back to establish his 21st professional season. During that season, Blanda, at age 43, had a remarkable five-game run.
Guy was the first punter ever to be selected in the first round in the NFL draft, when the Oakland Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick of the 1973 draft. [15] In his career as a punter, Guy played his entire career with the Raiders and was selected to seven Pro Bowl teams, including six in a row from 1973 to 1978. [16]
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M: 5 football players were killed in a head-on highway crash (1966). Marshall: 37 members died in an airplane crash (1970). Wichita State: most of the starting players and coaches, 31 in total, died in an airplane crash (1970). Cal Poly Mustangs football team: 16 players and 6 others died in an airplane crash (1960).
Guy was a legend in the sport. That's a rare level to achieve for a punter. Guy made history before he ever played an NFL game. He was the first punter ever taken in the first round of the draft.
The 1975 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 16th season, and 6th in the National Football League. The 1975 season was George Blanda 's final season in the NFL. Blanda retired with two significant records: the most seasons in American professional football (26), and most games played (340). [ 1 ]
Sebastian Paweł Janikowski (Polish pronunciation: [sɛˈbastjan jaɲiˈkɔfskʲi]; born March 2, 1978) is a Polish former professional player of American football who was a placekicker for 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Oakland Raiders.
Raiders 3–0: 2: OAK: Charlie Smith 27-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick) Raiders 10–0: 2: OAK: George Blanda 9-yard field goal: Raiders 13–0: 2: CLE: Leroy Kelly 10-yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) Raiders 13–7: 2: CLE: Don Cockroft 42-yard field goal: Raiders 13–10: 3: CLE: Bo Scott 63-yard run (Don ...
His record was tied three times—by Jason Elam with the Denver Broncos in 1998, Sebastian Janikowski with the Oakland Raiders in 2011, and David Akers with the San Francisco 49ers in 2012 [13] —before it was broken on December 8, 2013, by Matt Prater, who hit a 64-yard field goal. [12]