RECAP
The road to the first Super Bowl win for the Raiders was a long one. It started on Feburary 4th, 1969 - just over a year after their Super Bowl II loss -
John Madden was named the head coach of the Raiders. During the next eight seasons Madden would compile a record of 83-22-7 - the best record of any NFL
team - and miss the playoffs just once. However in the playoffs, he had lost one AFL Championship game (1969) and four AFC Championship games (1970, 1973,
1974, 1976). The Steelers had eliminated them in the last two seasons and three times during his tenure. So it was a sweet victory on December 26th, 1976
when they finally beat them and where back on the sport's biggest stage.
The Raiders gained a Super Bowl record 429 yards, including a Super Bowl record 288 yards in the 1st half over Vikings - who themselves had played in three
Super Bowls (1969, 1973, 1974) upto then without a win.
Fred Biletnikoff was named the MVP for his four catches for 79 yards, making Freddie the only Wide Receiver to have been named Super Bowl MVP without gaining
more than one hundred yards on the day.
NOTES
MVP
Fred Biletnikoff
Winning Coach
John Madden
Location Of Superbowl
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Attendance
103,438
Date
January 9, 1977
Referee
Jim Tunney
Road To The Superbowl
The Vikings lost only twice during the regular season by a combined total of five points. That record brought them
to the NFC Divisional game where they beat the Redskins thanks in part to 100 yard rushing games from Foreman and McClanahan. The Vikings
then beat the Rams in the Championship game on an afternoon in which the wind chill factor plummeted to 12 below zero by games end. This
left the Vikings entering their fourth Super Bowl having lost too the Steelers ('74), the Dolphins ('73) and the Chiefs ('69).
As with their previous trip to the big game the Raiders lost only one game during the regular season (again on week 4
but to the Patriots this time). In the divisional play off game they faced that team again. They came away with a victory but that was thanks to
two 4th quarter touchdowns, the last of which coming with just 10 seconds remaining on the clock. This lead to a repeat of the last two AFC
Championship games. Games the Raiders had lost but this time the Raiders shutdown the Super Bowl champion Steelers, with the final score being 24 to 7.
SCORING
1st Quarter
No Scoring
2nd Quarter
FG - Mann(24)
Casper, 1 yard pass from Stabler (Mann kick)
Banaszak, 1 yard run (kick failed)
3rd Quarter
FG - Mann (40)
S.White, 8 yard pass from Tarkenton (Cox kick)
4th Quarter
Banaszak, 2 yard run (Mann kick)
Brown, 75 yard interception return (kick failed)
Voigt, 13 yard pass from Lee (Cox kick)
PLAYER STATS
Rushing
Foreman, 16 for 44 yards
Davis, 16 for 137 yards
Johnson, 2 for 9 yards
van Eeghen, 18 for 73 yards
S.White, 1 for 7 yards
Garrett, 4 for 19 yards
Lee, 1 for 4 yards
Banaszak, 10 for 19 yards, 2 TDs
Miller, 2 for 4 yards
Ginn, 2 for 9 yards
McClanahan, 3 for 3 yards
Rae, 2 for 9 yards
Passing
Tarkenton, 17 of 35 for 205 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
Stabler, 12 of 19 for 180 yards, 1 TD
Lee, 7 of 9 for 81 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
S.White, 5 for 77, 1 TD
Biletnikoff, 4 for 79 yards
Forement, 5 for 62 yards
Casper, 4 for 70 yards, 1 TD
Voigt, 4 for 49 yards, 1 TD
Branch, 3 for 20 yards
Miller, 4 for 19 yards
Garrett, 1 for 11 yards
Rashad, 3 for 53 yards
Johnson, 3 for 26 yards
Interceptions
W.Brown, 1 for 75 yards, TD
W.Hall, 1 for 16 yards
Watch The Game
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