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However, the Oakland Raiders signed him that July, seeing his potential as a contributing backup passer and a dependable kicker. In later years, Blanda remained a strong supporter of AFL heritage, saying: "That first year, the Houston Oilers or Los Angeles Chargers (24–16 losers to the Oilers in the title game) could have beaten the NFL ...
Purdue: 14 members of football team were killed in a railroad collision (1903). 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).
Guy was a first-team All-American selection in 1972 as a senior for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, and is the only pure punter ever to be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft, [2] when the Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft. [3] He won three Super Bowls with the Raiders.
He consistently flipped field position for the team with his booming punts. Guy played in the NFL from 1973-86, spending his entire career with the Raiders. It took Guy a while to be elected to ...
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.
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]
In Week 2, the Raiders lost a wild shootout match in Buffalo 38–35, beat the Jets 34–24, and then lost to New England 31–19 for a 2–2 start. After flying to Houston for a match with the Texans, the Raiders were stunned by the news that Al Davis had died at his home on October 8 after having been with the franchise for all but its first ...
On April 27, 1990, White was hired to serve as quarterbacks coach of the Los Angeles Raiders. He later coached the offensive line in 1993. [2] White was hired to replace Art Shell as coach of the team on February 2, 1995. [3] In the first season for the team back in Oakland after 12 years in Los Angeles, the Raiders rocketed to an 8–2 start.