I was 10 years old, and for Christmas a few weeks before this game I got a raiders coat and hat and helmet. I should also add I grew up in the philly suburbs, and wore it on the bus and could have never been more proud!!
One of those old fashioned 80s AFC west ass kickins REAL football here!! THE DIFFRENCE IN THIS GAME WAS OAKLANDS OFFENSIVE LINE... ONE OF THE BEST EVER ASSEMBLED.
Nothing like football from this era. I would rather watch these classic games than most games from today's NFL. I am a Steelers fan for 45 years so obviously Bradshaw is my favorite quarterback but Fouts was spectacular. This game is the polar opposite of the Oakland-Cleveland game from the previous week. Brings back such great memories listening to Enberg and Olsen. Great stuff.
Championship Sundays in the 80s were even better than modern times, due to the elite and iconic NBC and CBS broadcasting tandems. Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen calling the AFC game, with Pat Summerall and John Madden working the NFC game. Absolutely glorious! Any fan from that era, especially the youthful, impressionable fans, can be driven to memories of nostalgia so strong that they are equal parts joy and painful longing when hearing the voices of these legends again.
This was the biggest chance that the Chargers had to getting to a Super Bowl. They had the Raiders at home and the Chargers laid an egg the first half. Going down 28-7 at halftime and then had 6:55 left to get the ball back to their offense to score and the Charger defense couldn't do it. That's why the Raiders won the Super Bowl that year because they got it done when they needed to. Defense with Mike Davis interception that ball on the last drive the infamous Red Right 88. When up by 7 the Raider offense in this game running the clock down and making key third down conversions to run the clock out. In the Super Bowl Jim Plunkett throwing and getting td's, Rod Martin getting 3 interceptions, and Chris Bahr making field goals. That's why the Raiders have the rings and the Chargers even with that great offense has nothing.
Damn, look at the Raider players at coin toss ready for war with those plaster of Paris Cast on their arms. Violence at its worse..lol. The Raiders I loved!