The WORST Trap Game in Raiders HISTORY | Broncos @ Raiders (1974)
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- Prior to a 1974 NFL game against the Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders linebacker Phil Villapiano said, "I can't wait to play Miami." Sure enough, by looking ahead and looking past the Broncos, the Raiders proceeded to lose to the Broncos. This is the story behind what might just be the worst trap game in the over 60-year history of the Raiders franchise
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Members of the 1974 Raiders:
Jim Otto
Daryle Lamonica
George Jakowenko
Ray Guy
Ken Stabler
Larry Lawrence
George Blanda
Jimmy Warren
Cliff Branch
Charlie Smith
Willie Brown
Fred Biletnikoff
Skip Thomas
Ron Smith
Clarence Davis
Bob Prout
Mark van Eeghen
Jack Tatum
Harold Hart
Bob Hudson
Pete Banaszak
Phil Villapiano
George Atkinson
Marv Hubbard
Warren Bankston
Nemiah Wilson
Mike Siani
Dave Dalby
Gary Weaver
Mike Dennery
Dan Conners
Monte Johnson
Otis Sistrunk
Gene Upshaw
George Buehler
Henry Lawrence
Kelvin Korver
John Vella
Bubba Smith
Art Shell
Dan Medlin
Art Thoms
Morris Bradshaw
Horace Jones
Tony Cline
Frank Pitts
Gerald Irons
Dave Casper
Bob Moore
John Madden (head coach)
Al Davis (owner)
Phil Villapiano played in Buffalo with Conrad Dobler. One time they went out drinking, they were driving to another bar and got stopped. Dolber was the driver and the cop asked Dolber to come out and do some field sobriety tests. Phil yells out "He can't do no stupid tests! He's too damn drunk!!" Dolber was able to talk to the cops and get out of any charges!!
Got to love a story as told by Foo!
I wonder was that in 1980 the night that Villapiano got the Raiders drunk and the Bill's drive away the next day.
Should have been hauled off to jail
Villapiano is a great story teller. Need a good Raider story? Look no further than Phil for it..
These videos are WAY BETTER than SPIKING the BALL into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play.
I always wanted to see a Dallas Cowboys = Oakland Raiders Super Bowl in the 70s.
We All did
It would have happened if the refs saw the Rob Lytle fumble
This would make a fascinating series for all the teams.
so many one can do with my steelers… i think he did a good one a while back
1989 Bills were looking ahead to an AFC Championship Game rematch with the Bengals, and one week before got tripped up at New England
Wow....I forgot that, and I live in Massachusetts......thanks!
2014 or 2015 Bills were looking at their final game at home that would get them in the playoffs with a win (after taking down the 3-11 Raiders) and Oakland crushed them. Playoffs gone! 😡
Didn't Cleveland take them out in the first round 34-30?
@@8Bitorbust yup. That loss was a big reason the playoff game was at Cleveland not Orchard Park
@@chrisuncleahmad I remember that Bills team. They let a few games get away from them that year finishing 9-7. The following season, they would put it all together.
The Raiders went 12-2 in 1974. The Broncos were 7-6-1. Oakland did win 9 straight before this game and had home field advantage throughout the AFC Playoffs even with this loss. Sometimes these things happen.
The Raiders were so looking forward to playing Miami it was called Super Bowl 8 and a half. They completely looked past the Steelers and Chuck Noll used it as motivation for the AFC title game
This channel is very underrated and has a weird way of explaining stats or play calling leading to different outcomes… and I like it
Jon Keyworth and 1974 NFL rushing champion Otis Armstrong combined for nearly 300 yards on the ground that afternoon:
Keyworth - 15 carries for 148 yards
Armstrong - 29 carries for 146 yards
Denver was inconsistent in 1974 but I would not classify them as an "easy opponent." They had a winning record on the road that year. The 1972-74 Broncos finished 2-3-1 against the Silver & Black. The Raiders did win the season series in 1973 (1-0-1) but both games went right down to the wire. If Charley Johnson doesn't get knocked out of the game in Week 14 with the AFC West title on the line (a 21-17 Raiders win), the Broncos might have left Oakland bound for the playoffs.
You put a lot of work into this. 1974 was my first season watching every single week of NFL action. I had watched some regular season games prior to this, and saw every playoff game of the previous season. But this was the year that I had to see every game that was on tv. I remember seeing this score. Great stuff here. Well done.
You haven’t done a video of anything that happened after 1991 in over a month and a half (Jim Fassel.)
Keep it coming, the older in the NFL timeline the more awesome things turn out to be.😁
"We've seen this so many times with Mike Tomlin's Pittsburgh Steelers throughout the years..." yes and it makes my head spin lol, but this trend of the Steelers playing down to their opponent seems to be a common trend spanning back to the Cowher days; how else can you explain the defending Super Bowl Champs giving the 2006 Raiders half their wins for the year?
Bill Cowher seemed ready to retire, quite, obviously.
V Porter - Noll never let his teams ease up during their best years. It's a matter of character, I think.
@@67marlins81 They got old in a hurry, after, 1980.
@@matthewdaley746 that is true.
@@67marlins81 The magic left, and, it wouldn't come back.
Correction: we didn't sweep the Broncos in 1973, there was a MNF tie in Denver....and despite this trap loss in 1974, what a great 12-2 season we had with the "Sea of Hands" win over the Dolphins in the play-offs. The 1974 Raiders were classic. Too bad the Steelers emerged that year and kept us from a Super Bowl I'm almost positive we would have won....
I remember watching that MNF tie as it was on my 13th birthday and the Broncos fans were loud and had the stadium filled orange everything as it was orange Monday. I was and still am a Dol-Fan but as the injury riddled Dolphins went to Oakland to go against the 12-2 Raiders who were the best team that season I feared a easy Raiders win but that playoff ended up being a classic but it was clear that Dolphins game took a lot out of the Raiders and they lost to Pittsburgh the next week. I actually was pulling for the Raiders vs the Steelers because I could say my team lost to the best and yes Alice they would have steamrolled the Vikings in the Super Bowl like they would do two years later.
I have never heard the term trap game before. Another good reason to be a subscriber. And I am 62! More of a hockey guy than football.
Usually a Trap game is when you play an inferior team, or a team you should beat the week before you play a really good team. That is probably why in the SEC before big games they usually have a Bye, or play a FCS or Division 1-AA Opponent. What this guy is calling a trap game was not one. As the Raiders did not play the Dolphins until the Divisional playoffs. They lost to Denver then beat N.E., K.C. and Dallas. To finish 12-2. the one about the Raiders playing The winless bengals in 1993 the week before they traveled to Buffalo that is the epitome of a trap game. They talk about Trap games in sports all the time on ESPN. It is spoken of more in College then the Pros I believe. The Broncos were a Raiders Rival. Over the years whoever won the 1st game usually won the 2nd. There are Trap games and then there are Rivalry games.
I've also heard it called a "donut game". Meaning the first edge of the donut is a big game, the hole is a far inferior team often treated as somewhat of an off week with little focus or preparation, and the other edge of the donut is a big game.
Didn't the Raiders say that the Miami game was the real AFC championship or that the 2 best teams already played and looked past the Steelers the week after?
Exactly- you have a good memory. That very bravado infuriated the Steelers, and the results forced the raiders' big mouths shut.
Contrast madden to Bill Walsh, who spoke respectfully of the Chicago Bears....even though it wasn't even close when the 49ers spanked them.
Yeah they did unfortunately. I was at the game against the Steelers. They ran all over the Raiders big heads
This happened to my Cards in 1968 and it cost them a division title and a playoff spot. On 11/17 they had a game against the powerful(and eventual NFL champion) Baltimore Colts but first they had a game on 11/10 against the hapless and 2-6 Steelers. The Cards struggled against this terrible team and had to scratch just to gain a tie. Then they got steamrolled by the Colts 27-0. Because of that tie the Cards finished the season 9-4-1, a 1/2 game behind the Browns who won the division at 10-4. Had they handled their business against Pittsburgh they would have won the division having swept the Browns.
In the words of the legendary John Facenda, "The St. Louis Cardinals beat Cleveland twice, but in the Year of the Game, they forgot to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers."
The '74 Raiders were 1-3 when allowing over 200 yards rushing and 12-0 when they didn't. And they were one play away from being 0-3 and never even getting to play a 4th such game...
I would go with another Raiders game, a Week 15 home loss in 1983 against the sub-.500 St. Louis Cardinals when they were 11-3 and had the best record in the AFC. The Raiders had just beaten their rivals, the San Diego Chargers, on National TV, and had a rematch scheduled the following weekend.
Cards might have had a sub-.500 record but they weren't a joke of a team to sleep on. They had the 9th ranked scoring offense and the 6th ranked defense and were an up and coming team with one of the better QB's in the league. They finished 8-7-1 that season. And the Chargers were horrible that season. The Cards beat them 44-14 that year.
Even worse, the Raiders lost by 10 after taking a 17-0 lead 😳
The trap game--Love it! Great video.
And yes, so right, never, absolutely never look ahead...."on any given Sunday" is an incredibly true statement when it comes to NFL games
@@nasetvideos I hate trap games My Packers are Victims of those games
This game had more benefits for the Broncos than Raiders. As a Brocomaniac I can tell you it started this game and was instrumental in changing the old franchise of Ralston and Johnson. Denver brought in Red Miller as head coach the end of 76 season, traded for Craig Morton from The Giants and the Orange Crush Defense was officially begun under Defensive Coordinator Joe Collier. Two Years after from this Raider game we were in the Superbowl on Jan 78. But we won't talk about what happened there Ok.
The Raiders took the Colts too lightly, but, escaped, the Broncos would finish them.
Since the game was meaningless I would hardly call it the worst trap game in Raiders history.
The Raiders got trapped twice in 83 by Seattle. They lost to Seattle the week before a huge Sunday night game at Dallas where the Raiders won & then the following week they lost to Seattle again. However, They didn't look past Seattle in the 83 AFC Championship Game. The Raiders physically punished Seattle that day. The game was over in pregame warmups. Seattle was way out of their league that day. I was there & it was a beatdown
THEY DID NOT GET TRAPPED...THAT'S JUST ANOTHER TYPICAL EXCUSE WHEN TEAMS LOSE...RAIDER "NATIONAL DISGRACE" NATION MAKES EXCUSES FOR NEARLY EVERY LOSS[ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY"RE GOOD, MOSTLY WHEN AL DAVIS WAS OF SOUND MIND AND BODY AND AMONG THE LIVING!!] EVERY FAN BASE DOES IT BUT THE RAIDERS ARE BETTER AT IT THAN OTHER TEAMS!!
Always love it when Broncos beat the Duct Tape Nation.
NFL knows all about traps.
I love the background music in your videos.
I thought the worst trap game was Packers Colts in 1997 where the Colts pull Off the upset vs Green Bay Colts had no wins going into that game
It’s the worst trap game in raiders history
@@jamesmiller3824 ok
I'm a Wisconsinite, and I remember that game well. Jim Harbaugh was injured, so the Colts had to start their second string QB. And not only that, said QB had an injured shoulder or something along those lines. He proceeded to become Johnny Unitas for four quarters and made the Packers look like idiots.
@@rushguy1 Paul Justin. 24 of 30 for 340 yards and a TD. Never had another game like that in his career.
@@rushguy1 I remember seeing that game. The Colts ran out the clock and kicked the field goal at the end.
You have to be so lazer focused every week or else you wouldn't have had the 72 Dolphins.
@Matt Joseph How in the he'll did those fins do it "huh".
Ironically, after the Dolphins Raiders game, John Madden then mistakenly said that the 2 best teams in football played in that playoff game and they then lost to a motivated Steelers team. Oops
You remember
Raiders didn't cleanly sweep Denver in '73. They went 1-0-1 against them. They tied in Denver in Week 6 23-23, the Broncos first ever MNF appearance at all, let alone in Denver. Meredith said in the broadcast open "we're in the Mile High City and I really am."
The rematch in Oakland was the season finale and as it turned out, was a showdown for the AFC West title. Oakland won 21-17.
And if I recall correctly, one of the plays that sealed Denver’s fate was an unsuccessful fate punt. Love those old early 70s Bronco uniforms
Thank you for your videos, they are excellent! Although... a less wistful track in the background would be nice. I"m always left feeling a little forlorn from the mood of the music lol. But yeah, EXCELLENT job.
I remember this game well. We lost the opener 21-20 to Buff & then this game
Lost the opener on a Monday night no less. At that point they were 4-1-1 on MNF. They then won 15 in a Row before losing to Seattle in 1984 at that time they were 20-2-1. Thru 1990 they were still 27-5-1 on MNF. That is when the Wheels fell off on their Monday night Dominance.
@@MerensWorld I remember all those Monday Night Games. The Kings of Monday Night. They also had the 3 incredible comebacks during that 15 game run. 79 vs the Saints we were down 35-14 and won 42-35. And twice we were down 24-0 and came back to beat SD in 82 (1st game as LA Raiders) & then we did the same to Den in 88 or 89.
Biggest trap game loss in NFL history was in '04 when the 12-1 Patriots somehow lost to the 2-11 Dolphins, still the biggest upset in NFL history in terms of record differential.
In '75 the 8-1 Bengals also gagged away a game to the 0-9 Browns.
Bingo! But that wildcat game in 2008 comes close...in New England, against a team that went 1-13 the year before...love that game! (And then Fins proceed to knock the Pats out of the first round bye in 2019....what is it about Fins-Pats games?)
But can that game (2008) really be a trap game as opposed to "Hey look no Brady, here's a freebie"?
Oh Benny Malone...why oh why did you score so soon??? 😭😭😭
Are there other old geezers like me who remember that game?
Whats up buddy, how are the grandkids?
@@littleblackduck3134 Yep...and I had just learned my grandmother died....I think I was more pissed off about Malone scoring too early than I was about my granny dying of cancer. Seriously!
Too bad Berman wasn't around back then to declare "THAT is why they play the games."
If Primetime were around the highlight segment for that game would have been worthy of the *Theighs Mon* track in the background
I remember that Niner loss to the Rams in week 11 of the 1990 season. Giants and Niners were 10-0 and both lost to divisional opponents, Buddy Ryan Eagles upset them as it appears both teams were looking ahead to the Monday night matchup..
Eagles had been in the playoffs the two previous years and were a wild card in 1990.
Than you also have Falcons Packers in 2001 where The Packers had there home winning streak snap by a 4-4 Falcons team I still trying to figure out how the hell Atlanta won
2011 Packers lost a perfect season to the 5-8 Chiefs
@@SamnissArandeen That is the most confusing one to me. GB had been destroying people all year. Defense was definitely their weakness (and that came back to bite them in the playoffs) but who would have thought the Chiefs of all teams would be the ones to expose that? And aside from Jamaal Charles, that KC team really didn’t have anyone to remember either.
Jag Great channel shit i never knew! Info is correct
My favorite trap game of all time is Super Bowl XLII
Raiders finally broke through in 1976, winning the Super Bowl. After that, the Raiders and Dallas Cowboys dominated the league, but they never met in a Super Bowl.
No they’re never was any kind of rivalry between these two teams, unfortunately.
The Raiders should have had a chance to win back to back Superbowls in 1977. But got Robbed by the officials on the Rob Lytle Fumble that the officials claimed never happened. The ball came out immediately when Jack Tatum hit Lytle. Recovered by Mike McCoy. Raiders lost that game. Raiders lost 20-17. At the time of the play the Raiders were down 7-3 in the 3rd Quarter. Jon Keyworth Scored on the next play to put Denver up 14-3.
Where did you get that dominating idea from? The raiders did nothing until the 80s. The cowboys won one more super bowl then started sliding into mediocrity until the 90s. The Steelers won 2 more super bowls. Far more dominating than either team you're talking about
@@rodmoore1577 You’re right - Steelers indeed dominated up until 1979, then the Raiders in the ‘80’s.
0:50 - betting against the steelers the week before their big game is *always* good advice
Anyone remember the 85 bears loss to the dolphins on Monday night football when Marino sliced up that 45 defense and yep you guessed it the bears were undefeated at 13and 0 going into that game.
I remember that dark day, but at least the Bears made it all the way to SBXX. 🐻🏈
@@luisreyes1963 it was an even darker day for the pats in that superbowl.
Remember it??? I celebrate it each and every day 🤘🤘🤘
@@DolFan316 No bears fan here but please get a life sir.
@@karlcooper8460 Hey, you're the one who brought it up. Just sayin'. Why do people ask questions when they don't want the answers?
Two mentions
1990: Giants and Niners both take their first Ls heading into a monster MNF showdown (previewing their NFCCG matchup), including the Niners losing to the 3-7 Rams in one of the biggest WTFs in NFL history
1952: George Halas totally dismisses the Dallas Texans and pulls all his starters on Thanksgiving Day, only for the Texans to take a 20-0 lead at the half and hold on for a 27-23 win
1. This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about the 1977 Cowboys blatantly not taking an opponent seriously. They went on to crush the Giants on their way to their second Super Bowl championship.
2. I can see some of you viewers getting ready to post. “1974…Raiders…Dolphins…Oooh, oooh, Sea of Hands, Sea of Hands!!!” If this is you, just be patient and watch the whole video.
3. Minor request, can you please mix up the music a little bit more? I think a video like this works better with more upbeat music you’ve played before.
1977 where Craig Morton threw the Super Bowl. Most interceptions and a forty yard sack.
@@johnhanover2229, post your evidence showing that he deliberately "threw" the SUPER BOWL.
@@robertsprouse9282 Craig Morton set Super Bowl record for most interceptions and the forty yard sack. The Cowboys turned the ball over twice. Both teams had great defenses, but we had Morton.
@@johnhanover2229, do you know what the definition of "throwing a game" is?
And, you just might be thinking about BOB GRIESE and BOB LILLY in SUPE 6..= 40 YARD SACK?
Did Griese throw the SB game in 1972?
@@robertsprouse9282 yes I do. I gave you evidence twice. Dolphins got blown out by the Cowboys no thrown game there. Craig Morton had gambling debts that disappeared after that Super Bowl. You obviously don’t want to admit that the Cowboys as talented as they were had that game handed to them by Morton. Might come as a shock to you but there have been quite a few Super Bowls thrown or questionable officiating. I watched that Super Bowl, Morton’s backup came in no interceptions and good time management. Even blocked a punt and Morton turned it back over.
your half right about the playoff scenarios, yes they rotated hosting the Conference Championships, basically it was the division that hosted it last year was ineligible to host it this year, meaning since Miami hosted the 1971 AFC Championship, in 1972 they couldn't. However the divisional round was based on the Wildcard team traveling to the highest seeded non divisional opponent. In 1974, The Buffalo Bills could not face the Miami Dolphins, so they traveled to Pittsburgh. Oh and the exception to the Conference Championship game was also in 1971 when both teams were in the same division, meaning the division Champion hosted.
Funny thing about the 49ers-Rams trap game is that the Giants did a very similar thing in their prior game, losing to the Eagles. Granted that game was in Philly and the 1990 Eagles were a lot better than the 1990 Rams. But they routed the Giants 31-13. That 49ers-Giants MNF game looked for sure like it'd be a battle of the unbeatens. Was still a huge showdown but lost a little bit of shine from both sides the week before.
I was so disappointed and I'm not a fan of either team.
@@daviddechamplain5718 I am a 49ers fan but was only 5 at the time so I don't remember much about that NYG game and nothing about the Rams game. My family had 49ers season tickets and while I went to most games, I couldn't do a MNF game since it was a school night, so I stayed at my friend and next door neighbor's house and watched on TV. What I do remember was when it was over, the announcers were commenting that those didn't look like the best two teams in the NFC and that Chicago was probably feeling pretty good. Turns out, they were by far the best two teams in the NFC.
What's also interesting is that the trap game loss to the Rams was the last time the 49ers would lose to them until their SB winning season of 1999. Young era 49ers would have some occasional issues with the Falcons, Saints and later Panthers but the Rams were a doormat.
Trap games and the Mike Tomlin-era Steelers. You really know how to wound a guy.
I would actually say the 1993 Raiders losing to the 0-10 Bengals the week before playing the 3x defending AFC Champion Bills up at Orchard Park was a worse trap game than this. Thankfully, much like this game, we bounced back and won the bigger game.
Too bad that 93 Raiders team could not knock off the Bills Twice that season. That is the definition of a Trap game playing the Bengals the week before they played the Bills in the regular season. Though that game is the epitome of what I talk about. Raiders 18 run plays 36 pass plays on top of 2 Turnovers. Bengals 43 Runs 24 passes. The team that usually wins the game is more balanced, Run Balanced or Run heavy then their opponent. I have seen teams abandon the Run when it is working with the lead, then seen teams come back from big Deficits running the ball such as what the Rams did last yr against the Bills. The Game the Raiders beat the Browns in Cleveland last yr under horrible conditions is a case in point.
This wasn't the only game the '74 Raiders overlooked. When they beat the Dolphins in the divisional round, they were already talking Super Bowl. Needless to say that the Steelers didn’t take too kindly to it. Before the AFC Championship game, Chuck Noll made the speech of a lifetime when he told his players that the best damn football team is sitting right here in this room.
The 2015 Patriots. Only had to win one of the last two games of the season--against the mediocre Jets and/or Dolphins--to get home field advantage throughout the playoffs. LOST BOTH!
Tom Brady, won, three, more, SBs, no sympathy.
i remember that! it ended up being huge too since the Pats went on to lose in the AFCCG in Denver 20-18. the Patriots probably win if it’s at home
@@andrewlarson7 No question, the Broncos escaped, before, their glory.
That was a really strange Patriots team. They were I believe 10-0 at one point, people were talking about them going 16-0 again, that’s how dominant they were. Then they just collapsed. I’m used to seeing that here in Dallas, but Bill Belichick coached / Tom Brady QB’d teams just don’t collapse like that. Very strange year.
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 Yes, just, whipped, period.
7:09 would be a lifetime ban now
Tatum, Atkinson and Hendricks alone would have had a lifetime Ban
I wonder if he went IR.
The broncos were always a royal pain in the ass especially if you were a raider fan like I was the broncos kept them out of superbowl 12 on that controversial rob Lytle touchdown.
They ruined what could have been a Super Bowl Classic between the Raiders and Cowboys. I was just thinking to myself, put that super bowl between those teams with those players on now and it'd be instantly better than any Super Bowl of recent memory.
@@osaji922 the raiders and cowboys missed each other a few times for the big game another example was sb (5) that could have also been a raiders/cowboys clash but the colts were in the way.
@@karlcooper8460 Yeah, but that team was more the 60s Raiders last hurrah before they reloaded the next few years. Super Bowl 2 is one if you want prime 60s Raiders. Then Super Bowl 10 as well but the clash between Steelers and Cowboys is also a classic.
@@osaji922 I don't recall the final 4 teams leading up to sb 10 but I was talking throughout history the raiders and cowboys just missed each other a few times.
@@karlcooper8460 Final 4 to super bowl 10 was Steelers, Raiders, Vikings, Cowboys.
Lots of these so-called trap games are inter-divisional games. There is very little mystery between divisional rivals. So they are always tough games, no matter what one team's record is.
The Raiders were 12-2 and both losses were by a total of 4 points.
Great team who failed in the playoffs.
47 Years Ago
I see you man keep grinding
The Broncos played on Monday night the week before. I assume they lost. There is a factor for teams playing on Monday night that I have read about. The Winner has about a 60 percent chance of losing while the loser has a 70 percent chance of winning the next week. The percentages may be wrong but I have observed it in the past.
A trap game has to be a game that still means something. The game against the Broncos meant nothing.
The loss was inconsequential. They went on to finish with the best record in the AFC, in fact, the entire NFL.
Then most trap games wouldn’t count because many of those games didn’t change anything either. The better team usually still made the playoffs and sometimes even went on to win it all. As I’ve always understood it, the only thing required for a trap game is that you’re overlooking your current opponent in anticipation of a stronger opponent the week after. It doesn’t have to have changed anything to be a trap game.
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 The Raiders had already clinched their division and home field for play-off games was predetermined. What was the trap? What were they looking forward to the following week, another trap game? The Broncos were a decent team, so even if it were a horribly defined "trap" game, how would it be the worst? TheRaiders won the other 3 games they played before the Dolphins game.
This video title was pure click-bait.
The irony isn't that the raiders lost, it's that vilipiano wanted to play miami, who 2 years ago like the 74 raiders had an Insanely easy schedule. That's the truth of 17-0
What about just last season week 15 and Rams hosting 0-13 Jets? Just a week before a big nfc west game for first with seahawks. Rams lose 23-20. They were clearly looking past winless jets and ahead to seahawks that game.
Hawks had theirs too two weeks prior against the Giants, for the Hawks it was at least the difference between playing the Rams and the Bears if not HF altogether.
Of course as we all know HFA ended up meaning absolutely jack, with the homers going 6-6
Gator, You didn't mention the Dolphins were 2 time defending Super Bowl champions and still considered the best team on the league. Also beat the snot out of the Raiders in the '73 AFC Championship game. Every Raiders fan was looking forward to getting at the Dolphins
Not the first bulletin board moment for the 1974 Raiders
We see it all the time now of days.
Correction: the raiders didn't sweep the broncos in 1973, they just didn't lose to them. The game in Denver that year ended in a 23-23 tie
Interestingly the Dolphins did indeed play the Raiders in Miami for the divisional round playoff game in Miami in 1974. One of the greatest games I have ever seen...the Raiders pulled it out at the last second and kept Miami from going to their 4th consecutive SB, where they would have undoubtedly beaten the Vikings again for three SB victories in a row.
I thought the game was in Oakland?
It was, the rubber match of the teams' playoff series, with the home team winning all three
So why did the Raiders so look forward to playing Miami? Because the year before the Fins clobbered them in Miami at AFC champ game with (if I remember right) a score of 38-13 (or something like that...Stabler was annihilated in that game!) Raiders wanted revenge, and they got it, thanks to Benny Malone's "too early" rush TD.
What a bad error.
Stabler was in the grasp.
Saying the the Raiders swept the Broncos in 1973 is a stretch. On a Monday night in mile high they played at a 23 all deadlock. If I remember right.
The Raiders really had the worst luck in afc championship games aside from 76. Had they won any of the other numerous afc championship games they would win the super bowl in my opinion. They should have way more super bowls than 3. I'll never forgive the steelers, dolphins, and broncos.
I think you made one mistake listing the 1974 Raiders. You listed George Blanda. He was the young quarterback that led the 1924 Oakland Raiders to an NFC West Division title. He couldn't have been playing still in 1974.
46 year old George Blanda came off the bench and threw a second half touchdown pass to Cliff Branch in the Raiders 27-23 win over Dallas. That was in Week 14 of the 1974 season.
Freddy B!
Why isn't Cliff Branch in the HOF
He’s probably getting in this class via the Senior Committee. Shameful that it took this long. Best receiver of the 70s for my money
Looking past opponents must be an Oakland thing because in 1990 the Athletics did the same thing when they played the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. They said the Reds where 'just there to provide competition." They were wrong. As expected, the Reds won the series. NEVER LOOK PAST ANY OPPONENT, IN ANY SPORT, EVER. Always keep your foot on the gas pedal! These things happen in college football as well. I'm pretty sure the Michigan Wolverines overlooked the Appalachian State Mountaineers when they lost to them. The teams that George Mason beat in college basketball during the Final Four probably thought the same thing. ANY TEAM CAN WIN ANY GAME ON ANY DAY IF YOU TAKE THEM TOO LIGHTLY.
That’s insane, I can’t imagine a team saying that about their opponent in the World Series, in any championship game. As if this being the biggest game of the season isn’t enough motivation, why in the world would you give them that kind of bulletin board material. It’s mind boggling
The Raiders should had been forcing on the Steelers. They beat Miami in the playoffs but lost to the Steelers in the AFC Championship game.
The Raiders were simply loaded in those days. They did indeed beat the defending champs, Miami, but along came the Steelers that year.
Ted Hendricks, was, "The, Final Piece," he would arrive the following season.
@@matthewdaley746 He wasn't the final piece. They lost to the Steelers again with Hendricks. I'm not sure if the Raiders had a final piece. They had a team stacked with hall of famers. They just needed the ball to bounce their way just once. In their defense, the Raiders from '67 until they finally won the super bowl were losing to some of the greatest teams the NFL/AFL have ever known.
@@osaji922 He, was, there, from, 1975-1983, the Raiders, won, three, SBs, it appears fairly compelling.
@@moonchild3130 Yeah, the Raiders, were, never, real contenders, after, his retirement.
@@moonchild3130 Limiting Marcus Allen, for, "reasons," truly hurt, too.
This guy stories are good 😌 but some time he to long winded
That's okay Raiders...you "handed" the Dolphins a loss if you know what I mean..... which, of course, ended Miami's mini-dynasty and began the Steelers dynasty...good job, Raiders! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
The, WFL, also, helped.
Y'all forgetting about the biggest overlooked or trap game of all time. The Colts completely overlooking the jets in sb lll and ahead to that s b trophy they thought they would easily win. And afl was just a garbage rival league to nfl. A game shula didn't even bother to change the colts game plan for because they were so sure of victory and took the game for granted. Shula had Colts unprepared nor ready for the s b for #ks sake. Inexcusable for a hall of fame coach. The ultimate trap we will win game. That is until Namath sensed that and said 'Jets will win the game. I guarantee it' and saying all he heard all week was how easy the Colts were gonna win and how the Jets had no chance to win. HAHAHA to the Colts.
The Cowboys got caught.
The biggest trap game was the Clippers being up 3-1 and everyone hyping up LA vs LA in the finals 😂
On that note would the Lakers losing four straight to the Rockets (although they won 51 games and were the #2 seed, def not garbage) after taking game one of the WCF, thus putting the rubber match with the Celts: 80s version off by a year, qualify?
@@mgb4692 The Clippers are my team. Seeing them lose in such a fashion was so embarrassing. I laugh to keep from crying 😂😂😂
Dude it took you almost 9 minutes to get to the actual Rsiders-Broncos game . We get it, The Raiders were great and cocky and the Broncod were mediocre. You don't have to keep repeating that narrative for the first 2/3 of the video
He also makes 60 second videos which may be more to your liking.
@@jamesage24 Don't be a jerk. I'm simply saying he should've included more highlights of the game and less of a buildup.
@@lewis9702 He literally makes videos which are 60 seconds.
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@@jamesage24 OK, sorry about the jerk comment.
@@lewis9702 No problem. I like both versions of his videos, so just throwing that out there. 😁
way too much back story
Your Page is utterly Moronic. You have no clue what a trap game is. The Raiders lost to the Broncos by 3 points. Broncos finished 7-6-1. In one of those Rare Raider/ Bronco season splits. Since generally whoever won the 1st matchup usually won the 2nd. Plus if this was a Trap game for the Dolphins they would have played them the next week. You claim Tarkenton quit the Giants before the 1st game of the season yet he ended up coming back to the team and playing in that game and for the rest of the season. The Raiders lost week 1 on Monday night to Buffalo and would not lose another Monday night game for years. They finished the regular season 12-2. Beat Miami in what everyone was calling the SUperbowl that year and lost to the Steelers. If Urban Meyer has Martina Lawrence Throwing 30, 40, 50, 60 times a game the Jaguars will lose just like they did all but one game last season. Lawrence looks like Martina Navratilova The Key to the Jaguars winning some games this year is running the ball. The Jags were notorious last yr with their pass happy ways. 1st game 24 pass plays 23 Runs and a win. While the Colts went with 47 Pass plays and 22 Runs. What did the Jags finish off as in their Season of Tank. 66.2% pass plays 660 pass plays to 337 Runs. 41.25 pass plays a game 21.1 Run plays. Go look at the 72 Dolphins Browns made the playoffs last yr by Running the ball and having a pretty balanced offense for once. If Lawrence is throwing the ball as much as Joe Burrow, and Dak Prescott did a year ago he is going to be on the Shelf just like them.