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Oakland Raiders Glory Year: The 1980 Cinderella Story
Published: May 13, 2009
For me, There was a team that have everything possibly go wrong, went right and it lead a castoff QB and a team of rebels to the championship in 1980.
For the Raiders, it was going to be interesting for a number of reasons. The first, was losing Ken Stabler due to a conflict over his contract. As it was, Al Davis decided to deal the Snake to the Houston Oilers, who felt he was the last missing cog they needed. The Raiders also watched Jack Tatum leave and shortly into the season Dave Casper would leave the team as well.
As to make matters worse, the player picked up to quarterback for Stabler, Dan Pastorini was injured in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
In that game, the team was handed over to Jim Plunkett, a former Heisman winner, an overall number one pick with the New England Patriots who was out of work when the 49ers released him. When Jim Plunkett took over the club on October 15th, Jim proceeded to throw ...
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