1983 Divisional Playoff - PIT @ LA [FULL GAME]

[@nickbigmann5228]

1970s and 1980s NFL football.....nothing was finer in America !!!

[@macmiles278]

The Steelers were done at this point as this loss proves 38-10. Love the Steelers super 1970's but this 1983 Raider team was a doomsday bomb waiting to go off. The way this Raider team dismantled the Redskins Superbowl 18, 1/22/1984 this Raider team is one of the best I've ever seen. 💪💪💪💪

[@DiversityDragons]

Keep in mind that the Steelers made it all the way to the AFC Championship Game the next year. Of course they got blown out by my Dolphins, and the QB they could have acquired in the '83 Draft.

[@jackkitchen737]

Each year is different, with different talents and rules. So ordinarily, your comment might be debunked. But when watching this season, and playoffs, knowing the talent on each team.....these Raiders have to be acknowledged. That Lester Hayes Pick 6 showed how great this defense was., and changed this game. A great all time team. And while Plunkett was never known as a great QB, there's no way you should keep him out of the HOF if you put Eli Manning in. Just an aside lol.

[@brianbachmeier34]

Ted Hendricks #83 of the Raiders played 15 seasons from 1969-83 At the end of the 1979 season a vote among Raider coaches showed that all of them had voted to release Hendricks at season's end. However, Al Davis insisted on keeping him. 1980 was an incredible year for Hendricks, an All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection. The Raiders won the Super Bowl, and Hendricks had a team-leading 9 sacks plus 3 interceptions, 3 blocked kicks and a safety. He also had been appointed the Raiders' defensive captain that year. Hendricks was at his best over nine seasons with the Raiders from 1975-83. The Raiders gave him the freedom to roam the line, blitz on impulse, read the play and react. Nobody could key on him. Hendricks could disrupt the other team's offense like few others. Career Accomplishments Baltimore Colts (1969-1973) Green Bay Packers (1974) Oakland Raiders (1975-1983) 8x Pro Bowl selection 4x All Pro selection 4x Super Bowl champion 25 career blocked kicks 26 interceptions Never missed a game (215 games played) Pro Football Hall of Fame selection

[@gb032645]

The "Mad Stork" was a great player, no question about that.

[@balrog322]

gb032645 my recollection is Hendricks didn’t care for the Mad Stork sobriquet.

[@ThePasterio]

Great stats but How many sacks?

[@bobmccaslin6675]

that yearin omaha the game wason kmtv channel 3 omaha nbcsports bob

[@lanceespritt9530]

Yeah old Ted was free rover on the line blitzed at will, certainly a complete linebacker.one of the finest of his time.....

[@coachNewman17]

As a Cowboy fan living in San Diego, I watched a lot of AFC football and loved it. Dolphins, Browns, Raiders, Chargers, Steelers, Broncos were always on. I appreciated AFC football so much. Specially during the winter when there was snow in Denver or Cleveland. Smash mouth football at its best.

[@jackkitchen737]

That's really cool. I grew up in Ohio at the time. But I always wondered about someone watching from your region. Totally agree.

[@coachNewman17]

@@jackkitchen737 The best part about being a fan of football in general, games started at 10 am. High school I roll out of bed at 9:30, watch pregame shows then games.

[@Oobaglunk]

Agree AFC football > NFC boring football..

[@johnhenryclark911]

​@@OobaglunkAFC Football 🏟️🏈Was Really Good There In 1973-1984. But Unfortunately For AFC Football Fans 🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻🙋🏻‍♀️This 1983-1984 Football 🏟️🏈 Season Would Be The Last Successful NFL Season , For Over A Decade. ( 1985-1997 )🏟️🏈🏆🚫📺😳🧐😬🥺😢🙄😭 I Am Posting 📬 This At 1:20 p.m. , Saturday Afternoon 🌁🛤️🛣️🏙️ , May 25 , 2024

[@andrewwashington9904]

I said ALL year in 83... The Raiders were a Powerful and Talented Team! The Best Team of 83.. I lived in the D.C. area from 75 to 06.. Watched that 83 Raiders at Redskins Classic regular season game in D.C.. I said then after that Redskins win... No Marcus Allen.. losing Cliff Branch to injury during the game after his 99 yard TD catch.. of course the Raiders hadn't acquired Mike Haynes yet.. that second half of that Season was ALL Raiders!! These 2 Playoffs blowouts.. i knew they'd win the Super Bowl over Washington! What a Team!!

[@SixTwoHemi]

Andrew Washington my story is almost similar my brother being my entire family are redskins fan and remembering my dad saying after the skins regular season win the only thing that will stop LA are injuries. Thanks for sharing!

[@d.r49]

Yes that was a bad ass game also the raiders where a badd ass team back in the 70's and 80''s now the the las Vegas raiders play like shitt!!!!!!

[@robertdore9592]

It's at around about this time that football started to get a airing in the UK via our Channel 4 TV station, after that it was Raiiiiderrrrrsss all the way for me...

[@robertdore9592]

On balance the 83 Raiders were our best all round group.

[@generatorx]

I liked that 2-back offense. Marcus could block and run pass patterns so that made it dangerous for a defense.

[@buddyvilla7393]

Has any RB in NFL History ever have 3 games like Marcus Allen had in 1983 postseason?? 121- Pittsburgh,154 Seattle and 191 against Washington and 2TDs to win Super Bowl MVP. Plus reception yardage. Does this lopsided win make up for the 1972 Imacculate Reception and losing to the Steelers in 1974-75 AFC Title games. I’m not sure but as a Raiders fan it was incredibly beautiful and enjoyable!! Yes I know Raiders beat the Steelers in 1973 and 76 but this game for me was without a doubt the one zI treasured the most!!! And the Raiders haven’t won a Super Bowl in 40 years. Incredible.

[@scottmitchell1974]

Marcus Allen's best 3-game rushing total was the 1983 Playoffs. Big Game Marcus Allen!!!

[@buddyvilla7393]

I forgot 2 TDS versus Pittsburgh,62 yard Receiving VS Seattle total yards AFC title game 216+ 1 TD. A rather incredible 3 Game stretch!!!

[@JWH66]

It's even more impressive considering that during the 1983 regular season, Allen's longest run was only 19 yards

[@danzemacabre8899]

Lester always showed up in the big games, one of my favorite players,it's a joke that he isn't in the H.O.F

[@robertdore9592]

HOF? Raiders? Don't even get me started FFS!!!! I wanted to comment on what a great defence we had in the days, one thing that really noticed was the team spirit, when a player was injured and had to leave the field of play, he'd be carried off by his team mates, very very classy...

[@miami8089]

Lester Hayes should have been in the HOF like 20 years ago. It’s an absolute joke he’s not in. This is coming from a diehard Steelers fan

[@hassanabdur-rahman1559]

@@miami8089 I am also die hard Steelers fan, and I agree with you. Lester Hayes should have been in the NFL Hall of Fame at least 25 years ago. Rod Martin should also be in the NFL HOF.

[@scottbuono2507]

I can’t even take the HOF seriously anymore..Branch and Hayes not being there are travesties..anybody from that generation understands it better like my father won’t hesitate to say that people from that unless you were a die-hard..fans always thought Swann was the best and better than he really was because first of all he won a lot..and second he tended to play his best games is the playoffs/super bowl when everyone was watching..but pound for pound as a football player week after week there’s no way he was better than Branch just look at the numbers they’re really not close..and let’s not forget that Branch won a lot and had big games under the bright lights too..Swann’s got 4 rings and Branch has 3..Branch also played big in big games so to me Swann being in the Hall of fame for all this time with Branch still on the outside looking in is a joke

[@sukhastings4200]

Him and Flores both. There omission from the HOF largely is due to the dislike of Al Davis by Pete Rozelle

[@Nordicpitbull]

Best rivalry in nfl history!!! Wish it would come back more often!!! RN4L!

[@jaycompany4886]

One of the best.....underrated i think top 5 of all time....if your team's winning Enberg makes you feel like you were there... Oh....My!

[@sukhastings4200]

I listened to Enberg in the 1970s when he did radio broadcast for the California Angels. He teamed with Don Drysdale. They were really good. Even then you could tell Enberg was going to do well

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

The Raiders 6th straight win against the Steelers counting the postseason. They had completely flipped the 70s script, heading to their 3rd Super Bowl in eight season. At this point, the Raiders were the dominant franchise in the NFL. Too bad it wouldn't last...

[@glennhubbard5008]

In the 2000s, a couple of really bad Raider teams kept the Steelers out of the playoffs those years. One team was 2-14 and the other 4-12.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@@glennhubbard5008 Never seems to matter when we play Pittsburgh, we almost always play them tough. Only time they've blown us out since 1996 was in 2010, best remembered for Richard Seymour punching Big Ben in the face.

[@sukhastings4200]

1960-1983. Raiders winning % was .653 best over that span in any team sport. One thing you had to say about AL Davis, he was a great judge of talent, something he never got credit for

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@@sukhastings4200 Ron Wolf was the judge of talent. The Raiders drafts with and without him are night and day.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

The 1980 MNF game really flipped the rivalry on its head

[@glennhubbard5008]

Bradshaw's last game in uniform. The Steelers started 9-2, then fell apart. They finished 10-6 and won the division, but it took Bradshaw's return against the Jets in the final game at Shea Stadium to clinch it. But he ended his career by re-injuring his elbow in that game.

[@desjarda]

Marcus Allen was just like a ballet dancer on the field!

[@ridegriff50]

He didn’t run, he glided. So smooth😆

[@paletangitau1247]

Lester Hayes & Mike Haynes best corner back tandem of all time!! 2 shut down corner backs

[@sukhastings4200]

When Haynes was with the Patriots, his defensive coordinator said if Haynes was within 4 steps of,a receiver he was covered

[@alonzomadero9413]

I totally agree!

[@miami8089]

I remember watching this game as a Steelers fan when I was 7 years old. I didn't sit and watch the whole thing, I would go outside, play and come back in and check on the score of the game. Every time I did, it seem liked the Raiders kept scoring. They really kicked the shit out of the Steelers that day.

[@TheAutumnWind_RN4L]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I know that feeling, bro. Believe me I do.

[@mrtnt3462]

@@TheAutumnWind_RN4L DITTO!!

[@sukhastings4200]

The 83 Steelers limped into the playoffs. W/o Bradshaw, there offense stunk. Lost 4 of there last 5 the only game they won was Bradshaw s last game started 8-1and finished 2-5

[@jasonnolan9697]

possibly the most underrated team ever.

[@jagjr44]

Love watching Plunkett run. ZERO grace just pure determination. Should be in HOF!

[@tomwilliams4885]

This was by far the best Raider team ever. My favorite anyway.

[@paletangitau1247]

This is the best Raiders team. They brought the city of Los Angeles it's only super bowl

[@2007bing]

Mine too!

[@TheGlass50]

No doubt

[@Realdannongreen]

76 83

[@chrisorr4902]

Thank you for uploading the game. I like to watch more Raiders winning games.

[@alonzomadero9413]

Me too, especially the older ones. I wish I could watch those 5 games in 70 when Blanca came off the bench to win them and tie one.

[@denniscummins8347]

To me Lester Hayes was one of the best defensive backs to ever don a football uniform I'm glad he was a raider what a player

[@robertslydell6990]

Then add Mike Haynes...what a duo.

[@denniscummins8347]

This team we have now in Las Vegas is a young very talented group coached by a real game planner they will make the playoffs and shock some experts

[@alonzomadero9413]

Yes, he should be in the HOF! They complain about stick’um but stick’um didn’t put Lester in the position to make interceptions and stick’um didn’t outsmart Quarterbacks and Receivers!

[@charlieyellowstone8248]

As a Pittsburgh fan, I remember this game. It was pretty bad. Defense kept the team in the game in the 1st half but they couldn't hold. Dominant win by the Raiders. Last game for Franco Harris as a Pittsburgh Steeler.

[@bms9144]

This was Mel Blount's last game as well. While he played the following year, Lambert was a shadow of his former self, being injured most of 1984. Last time Bradshaw was in uniform.

[@russellmitchem5465]

Loved this game...

[@DR.Jazzmusic010]

I just love watching raiders football... Here comes the TRUTH

[@jasonleman1396]

I was a kid at the time living an hour north of los angeles and remember having to listen to this on the radio as it was blacked out! (as were most raiders home games)

[@brockgeorge777]

This began 4 straight years where a team clearly peaked in the Playoffs and dominated their competition in post season play. It looked like it would be 5 years straight has Minnesota not upset the seemingly dominant-and heavily favored-49ers.

[@thomasstevens3286]

I went to this game and the AFC Championship game. My favorite memories with my brother.

[@vichedges8858]

I was in the Navy and drove up for the championship game

[@TheGlass50]

That’s awesome my brother. Saturday, January 1, 1984. I remember watching every second of this game.

[@TheGlass50]

Christopher Hagee Oops... Thank you Christopher.

[@gb032645]

Still can't believe Noll passed on Marino in the '83 draft...

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@RHEC Bear Mark Malone was already on their team. He was drafted in 1980. Same as Marc Wilson. Two off the Mark (or Marc) QB's.

[@Phan-Xu]

Knoll passed on Marino because Marino was accused of rape. He was proven innocent but Knoll didn't want the stigma.

[@OneillZmed]

Noll passed on Marino because he wanted to build the team thru the defense like he did in the 1970's. The drug rumors on Marino didn't help either. Marino however tested negatively his entire senior year for drugs. The Steelers didn't have the foresight to nurture Marino while they still had Bradshaw.

[@Phan-Xu]

@@OneillZmed OK

[@gb032645]

@@OneillZmed: And then to add insult to injury, the DT Noll took in the first instead of Marino (Rivera) winds up a paraplegic before the end of his first season in the NFL due to drunk driving.

[@mikeydred11]

Mel Blunt is rightly a Hall of Famer but even by his own admission, Cliff Branch was the receiver he had the most difficulty covering.....this game was no different.....Check out the two consecutive catches at the 33:20 mark. Mel trying to chase him down again at 1:10:20

[@SeanRankin2]

I remember watching this when it aired. It was pretty warm that day in LA for a January. I believe the temperature was in the mid 80s.

[@wonmoss0206]

This was our 2nd of 3 straight Raider games for my dad, brothers, and in law at the Coliseum leading up to SB XVIII. I bet the Raiders would beat the Skins by 15, knowing they should've beat Washington earlier in the season without Allen.

[@kevinkaatz883]

Plunkett was amazing

[@spryfolII]

Hated the Steelers, and still do. However, I was rooting for them in this game. As a Redskins fan, I knew the only (and I mean the ONLY) team in the AFC that could defeat the 'Skins were the Raiders and I needed them to lose. It didn't happen because the Steelers couldn't get anything going and when the Raiders started chunking them up yardage wise, there was no way the Steelers were going to stop them. So, the Raiders did exactly what I expected them to. Win the AFC, and defeat the Redskins in dominant fashion.

[@Raiderblack]

Good to see Dick Enberg and Merlin again!

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

The game was blacked out in Los Angeles because the Raiders didn't sell all of their playoff tickets by December 29, 1983--the day a sellout was needed to lift the blackout (it was an NFL rule then). But now you can see this game on You Tube! That also was Terry Bradshaw's last game, but I don't think he played in it. Franco Harris, the MVP of Super Bowl IX, also played his final game for the Steelers--he would play for Seattle (yes, Franco was with the Seahawks) in 1984--but only made it to the first half of that season.

[@glennhubbard5008]

I had forgotten about Harris as a Seahawk. Sad. I remember his final rush in the final game of the 1983 regular season at Cleveland was for a touchdown and put him over 1,000 yards.

[@kendallevans4079]

Look at Tom F. No headset, no laminated play calling sheets.....just football intuition!

[@bensantiago4557]

This game was over when Hayes returned that pic for a TD at beginning of game.Plays like that establish momentum and usually set the tone for whole game.Steelers couldn't afford any mistakes on road against the better Raiders team

[@jayzachary9709]

And Chuck Noll should have went for it on 4th and goal from the 1 inch line. What was he thinking??

[@sukhastings4200]

Kenny Kings TD run was very similar to Marcus Allen's long TD run in the Super bowl

[@jamescox4537]

Raiders own steelers that day

[@kevinkaatz883]

Was at this game, as well as the next. Family had season tix. I loved the live band

[@scottmitchell1974]

Marcus Allen's best consecutive 3-game rushing total was the 1983 Playoffs. Big Game Marcus Allen!!!

[@lutherjennings6565]

I knew it was over when Lester Hayes ran the INT for TD

[@robertslydell6990]

I’d say when Noll opts for the 17-yard field goal

[@waylontassone8732]

This was Franco's last playoff game. It was only fitting that his 1st one was against the Oakland Raiders in December of 1972 .The Immaculate Reception Game and his last against the Los Angeles Raiders in January of 1984

[@robertdore9592]

As good as Darren Waller is, Todd Christensen was really something special..

[@zeefly226]

Enberg and Olson the best of all time.

[@TPaine1776]

They were great. I was partial to Pat Summerall and John Madden though.

[@ChristopherHagee]

It marked return, great playoff rivalry from 1970s when Raiders/Steelers dueled against each other 5 successive seasons in llnd season, 3, them in A.F.C. Championship Game, all in successive seasons

[@Briguy75]

I miss these Raiders

[@kaleidonamo8542]

I do too.

[@davephillips1987]

Lester Hayes and Lyle Alzado should be in the HALL of FAME - Kinlaw was a great NT

[@loyal2thesoil412]

Did you see Matt Millen head bunt Alzado wit no helmet, millen was a underrated savage player .

[@bigstyx]

Even back then officials cheated the Raiders.

[@sukhastings4200]

Just like the Cleveland Browns today. Cleveland had the audacity to challenge the NFL in the late 90s. Tagliabue and his lawyer ( Goodell) made sure the team would stink. The Browns get 2-3 questionable calls every game

[@curlyzack]

The Steelers dynasty actually ended in the 1984 AFC Championship against Marino and the Dolphins.

[@kendallevans4079]

I miss this era. No hype,no 3 hours of pregame BS. Just 2 knowledgeable guys talking about the game at hand, NOT 6 guys fighting to open their cake hole! Simple graphics telling you all you need.

[@terrybrown9348]

As a 14 year old Steeler fan. Deep down i knew we were in trouble this game.

[@rufuspipemos]

Ah yes... back in the day when QBs threw more than 5-10 yards downfield.

[@chriscollins570]

Sorry for any redundancy, but Merlin Olsen paved the way for John Madden to comfort NFL Football into the contemporary Autumnal American Household. So Good for Los Angeles NFL Football!

[@clubhouseme]

tom brookshier before him

[@jvicarre8473]

Raiders space Mexico

[@shannonrhett3304]

Merlin Olsen and John Madden were worlds apart as analysts, for my money. Olsen was actually enjoyable to listen to. Madden slipped into annoying schtick within his first five years in the booth.

[@lanceespritt9530]

Raiders Lester Hayes,had the best year a defensive back could ever have,1980 regular season 13int's, and 5 picks in postseason 18int's has to be a NFL record that still stands.😊

[@acornsucks2111]

Steelers were a feared team in the 70's, but that mystic was over.

[@johnhenryclark911]

@ 2:23:30 📺🏟️🏈😎 Mr. Cool. James Garner.😎😁 Happy 😁 That His Los Angeles Raiders 🏟️🏈 Took Care Of Business.📺🏟️🏈😁😎 I Am Posting 📬 This At 3:32 p.m. , Saturday Afternoon 🌁🛤️🛣️🏙️ , May 25 , 2024.

[@lawrencesmith5661]

Gary Anderson played a long time wow

[@d.r49]

Wow terry Bradshaw was still playing in 83

[@michaelleroy9281]

This was his last season and game although he was riding the bench for this one

[@perryickes-bp9ho]

Best Raider team ever. With Hayes and Haynes where was you going to throw the football?

[@TheGlass50]

The Chrysler Laser SE😂

[@goldenthug9]

Frank Hawkins "Hawk" went head up 2 games when I was a Charger in 1985. The dude was just solid as granite. Great blocker and under appreciated runner not just short yardage. I played corner. One of the greatest games in the 80's kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKCbZaJnab6Uh6M

[@johnhenryclark911]

I Am A Dallas Cowboys 🏟️🏈🤠Fan. But I Like Watching These AFC Football Games.🏟️🏈🤠💻📱🤠😎🤓🙂☺️ I Am Really Enjoying Watching This Los Angeles Raiders 🏟️🏈 Football Team Enroute To Another SuperBowl Title.🏟️🏈🏆🤠😎🤓🙂☺️ Unfortunately For The AFC , This Will Be The Last SuperBowl Championship 🏆 For Over A Decade ( 1985-1997 )😳🧐🥺😢🙄😭 I Figured That Jim Plunkett And Charlie Hayes Know That This Is About Their Last Chance To Win 🏟️🏈🏆 Another SuperBowl Title.🏟️🏈🏆😁🤠😎🤓🙂☺️🇺🇲 I Am Posting 📬 This At 1:28 p.m. , Saturday Afternoon 🌁🛤️🛣️🏙️ , May 25 , 2024.

[@bconni2]

Steelers always had a hard time in the Los Angeles memorial coliseum . going 0-7 against the Rams and then losing this one to the Raiders.

[@glennhubbard5008]

If I'm not mistaken, the Steelers did win there in 1984. It was 13-10, I think.

[@bconni2]

@@glennhubbard5008 ..1-8 all time there

[@glennhubbard5008]

@@bconni2 Wow. I saw that 1984 game on TV. I believe the Steelers clinched their division with that win. I had no idea that is still their only win there.

[@bconni2]

@@glennhubbard5008 . yup

[@agarciaagarcia3598]

Ksee channel 24 fresno Ca. Still here watching that station though nbc lost the rights to weekend football long ago.

[@davidcobb2693]

1:31:00 Lyle Alzado had Tunch for lunch!

[@EJBanks]

AND ran right through Tunch's leg whip

[@chicken_953]

Cliff Stoudt?!? Lmao! My Steelers went from glory to that guy! What a transformation

[@JustPlaying2020]

I wish Carr could run like Jim

[@NidaCourtier]

I was there that day. My girlfriend at the time was a big Steelers fan. Not a good outcome, but still a lot of fun.

[@autumnwind1216]

At 1:28:00 Haynes had that pick. At least give it to him for the effort.

[@davidcobb2693]

Just another screwjob of the Raiders by the crooked pricks in black and white vertical stripes!

[@EJBanks]

46:42 they played one of the players' songs as the game is going on... can you imagine that today?

[@lanceespritt9530]

Raiders with added Mike Haynes, Lester Hayes,and all pro Free safety Van McElroy, this was one of the finest assembled of all time.

[@chriscollins570]

Plunkett called his own plays, threw zero interceptions, and became Joe Montana's Mentor as far as minimizing Playoff Quarterback mistakes! Sorry to see Bradshaw, Blount, Shell, and other Steeler legacy players end their careers in this Smashmouth Classic!

[@shannonrhett3304]

How did Plunkett mentor Joe Montana while rotting on the bench in Oakland during Montana's rookie season?

[@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl]

Easily the Raiders greatest team with the most talent! Steelers got smoked!

[@TheGlass50]

20:20 36:20 1:23:00 1:32:50 1:49:50 When We Were Kings 👑👑👑

[@tommyparkerparker]

Enberg and Olsen called the Rose Bowl the next day in Pasadena. It worked out well for them. No flight. Just a car ride 15 miles.

[@glennmorris4295]

Two hours with traffic ;)

[@jetsguns]

Why kick a 17 yd FG on the road? At worst you leave the Raiders 99 yds away from the other end zone. Pitt goes up 7-0 who knows what would have happened.

[@stealthbomber2127]

Although I was never a big Raider fan, but I always enjoyed the games they had with the Steelers. Two teams deemed dirty by their peers. Winning was secondary in the regular season. It was who could get away with the most cheap shots, and I loved George Atkinson and still do. Enberg and Olsen were a great announcing team. nbc messed up when they moved Merlin, although Charlie Jones was great too. Ironically, Bill Walsh was a complete flop and did not last long.

[@robertdore9592]

Was that destiny? stopping the Steelers at third and one?

[@marcamerine137]

Could you imagine if the Steelers had MARINO.With Sallworth Sweany an they Get L. LIPPS..People 4-get how good LIPPS Was..an I'm a Raiders FAN

[@chriscollins570]

The Real Curt Warner 28 arrives next week.

[@christopherdelgaudio9484]

What!! the guy who came in against the Redskins was Clint longley.wow!!!😋

[@michaelleroy9281]

1983 all Raiders

[@jadentrez]

In the news after the game, Al Davis said of the Steelers: "They're not who they were. Franco's not what he was. Stallworth's not what he was. It might have helped if they had No. 12 on the field. Lambert is still OK, but I guess it's not the same without that big Front Four."

[@russellmitchem5465]

Too much for Steelers to cover..lol

[@UncleClaudeSportsandThangs]

He was wrong about Stallworth but right about everything else. Bradshaw's elbow ( his last game was the final game of the season against the Jets in their final game at Shea Stadium) and age caught up with the Steelers. As a Steelers fan the fact was the Raiders were by far the better team from top to bottom. Ironically, until Big Ben in 2004, neither team drafted a franchise quarterback ( Rich Gannon was a free agent and certainly not a franchise quarterback).

[@shannonrhett3304]

Charming fellow, that Davis. Someone should have reminded him that the Raiders were not what they once were while the Steelers were winning their third and fourth Super Bowls.

[@mikeydred11]

@@shannonrhett3304 True, but the Raiders managed to win the SB the very next year.....

[@shannonrhett3304]

@@mikeydred11 that's news to me. I could have sworn the 49ers won it all the very next year. 😐

[@rkid727]

How times have changed. Knoll passes up 4th and 1 from the 1" line. Not that it mattered in the end, but I can't believe he wouldn't try to punch it in when you're away from home like that.

[@gregwessels7205]

Exactly. The worst that could happen, barring a turnover, is the Raiders starting in very bad field position against the #3 defense.

[@JohnHanncock-m5k]

1984 LA RAIDERS DEFENSE/ HOWIE LONG, REGGIE KINLAW, LYLE ALZADO, TED HENDRICKS, MATT MILLEN, BOB NELSON, ROD MARTIN, LESTER HAYES, MIKE HAYNES, MIKE DAVIS, VANN MCELROY ☠️💀☠️

[@chriscollins570]

LA Football's 3rd Finest Hour.

[@KevinBarry-j8w]

Once the Raiders acquired CB Mike Haynes from the Patriots mid season, they became nearly unstoppable.

[@eddieparker945]

That Mike Haynes interception was perfect 👌!! Darn 🦓 out to get The Raiders ae usual 👎🖕

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Here's the argument which Raiders team is bettrer 76 or 83? I've had a persoanl feeling for 83 I was living in N.Cali when I was 12 and watch the Raiders kill the Redskins in the SB.....but started liking the Raiders in 1980 and fell head over heels in 83. I'd put this 83 team against any great NFL team. I'd say lacking was a second reciever to Branch...but loaded all over the place with either pro bowlers (83) or hall of famers. AL Davis, Tom Flores, Allen, Branch, Haynes, Long, Hendricks, Guy (hall of famers); Christensen, Martin, Hayes, Pruitt, McElroy, Lawrence (pro browlers 83); by the way Christensen and Hayes should be in the Hall. Oh Greg Townsend was on this team and he ended up being the Raiders all time sack leader. It's questionable if Plunkett should be in the HAll, but 2 SBs. Yep my opinion the greatest Raiders team, I understand the argument for 76 also.

[@Nitestalker65]

Gotta love Bradshaws hair do!!!!!😂😂😂

[@hotenhitonokoe2848]

2:23:31 James Garner

[@user-bl7ko5ne9l]

lester flat out cooool clutch smart fun

[@meganmeynier5641]

raiders

[@user-bl7ko5ne9l]

no upshaw no shell great job gms and oline coaches.....nice legacy winwinwin baby

[@barbaradarnell.3802]

Wrong score for the 1973 playoff game.

[@jonmobile5521]

Love watching the raiders beat the steelers

[@PrinceTron1]

If the Raiders ended the Steelers dynasty after this game, then why were the Steelers in the playoffs again the next season, beat John Elway and the Broncos at Denver and made it BACK to the AFC championship game against the Dolphins in Miami? So exaggerated!

[@shannonrhett3304]

The '83 and '84 Steelers were only scarce remnants of the great '70s teams. They were no longer a dominant team, and they typically won by the formula that succeeded against Denver: ball control and limiting mistakes while playing opportunistic defense. They even had the Dolphins on the ropes at times in the AFC Championship game (14-10 at halftime), but they couldn't overcome several crucial turnovers and it cost them big time.

[@conni70]

Pittsburgh always hard a time in the L.A Coliseum...they couldn't beat the Rams in L.A either...

[@shannonrhett3304]

They beat the Raiders there the very next season to clinch the AFC Central, and knock the Bengals out of the playoffs.

[@user-rn4tt9gw2p]

The Cleveland 🐑

[@d0nKsTaH]

Steamers got squashed like bugs in this game. It was the end of an era of dominance. They started 9-2 on the season with some close losses to Denver (10-14) and New England (23-28)... But caved in fast with the turnover prone Stoudt. Bradshaw, Blount, and a handful of others retired after the season. Most of the 1983 draft choices were cut immediately after the season. None of those guys were on the team a year later making the '83 draft the WORST draft in Pittsburgh history. Yeah.. they should have got Dan Marino, Mark Clayton, Richard Dent, Anthony Carter, and Karl Mecklenburg... ALL of those guys except Marino were late round picks by other teams. *begins to build a time machine...

[@chrisorr4902]

Terry Bradshaw last game of his career.

[@America-jy9hz]

chris orr how ironic that it was vs the Raiders. Imagine if Brady’s last game will be against the Raiders. 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@chrisorr4902]

That would be cool if it was Brady's last game. And ending the Patriots dynasty.

[@chrisorr4902]

Bradshaw first playoff game was against the Raiders. Raiders were screwed in the Immaculate Deception. Brady's first playoff game was against the Raiders.. Raiders were screwed in the Tuck Rule game. Hoping this year that the Raiders meet the Patriots in the playoffs and destroy their dynasty.

[@dwissba68]

chris orr How were they screwed in the immaculate reception?

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@@dwissba68 Because Fuqua touched that ball, not Tatum. And he knows it.