However, New York went on to defeat the Raiders in the AFL Championship to advance to Super Bowl III where the Jets won what would come to be known as the Lombardi Trophy much to the fury of Raider fans.

However, they fell one game shy of Super Bowl XV in a 34 – 27 loss to the eventual-champion Raiders.

) However, Vikings running back Brent McClanahan fumbled the ball while being tackled by Raiders linebacker Phil Villapiano and linebacker Willie Hall recovered the ball for Oakland.

However, he recovered and led the Raiders to victory in 9 of their last 11 games in the season, qualifying for the playoffs as a wild card team.

However, the Raiders completely took over the rest of the game, preventing any chance of a Washington comeback.

However, Nassau County officials did not consider the WHA a major league and wanted nothing to do with the upstart Raiders.

However on the next 3 plays, the Raiders defense limited the Buccaneers to a pair of incompletions and a 1-yard run.

However, Avezzano was fired from the Cowboys staff that season, and subsequently resigned as Desperados head coach when he accepted a job with the Oakland Raiders.

However, most combat operations saw the Raiders employed as regular infantry, and combined with the resentment within the rest of the Marines that the Raiders were an " elite force within an elite force ", led to the eventual abandonment of the experiment.

However, use of the name has now ended ; Marine Corps officials have decided that Marines and units in the new Marine Corps Special Operations Command, which was stood up in February 2006, will not be called Raiders.

However call ups for captain Alan Tongue to Country Origin, David Shillington to the Queensland State of Origin side and Tom Learoyd-Lahrs to the New South Wales Origin side now sees the Raiders with a solid spread of representative players in their squad.

The Raiders had mixed results in the new millennium, often finishing just inside or just outside the final eight and usually being bundled out of the finals in the early weeks, However, in 2003, the Raiders unexpectedly led the competition for most of the season, almost clinching the minor premiership.

However, the Raiders finished a disappointing 8th in 2004, being knocked out in week one of the finals by the Sydney Roosters.

However, both, particularly Smith, proved formidable campaigners, and the Raiders were joint competition leaders in Round 10.

However, a huge upset with 8th place New Zealand defeating minor premiers Melbourne saw the Raiders eliminated.

However, in the first round of the Finals series, they lost 22: 24 at home to the Canberra Raiders and were knocked out in the second round when they lost 34: 12 to the Sydney Roosters.

However, Nassau County didn't consider the WHA a professional league and wanted nothing to do with the Raiders.

However, on March 20, he announced that he had agreed to terms on a seven-year, $ 36. 6 million contract with the Raiders.

However, Missouri suffered the guerrilla warfare of bushwhackers such as Quantrill's Raiders and Bloody Bill Anderson throughout the war.

However, Simms suffered a severe arm injury in a Week 4 loss to the Los Angeles Raiders and missed the remainder of the season.

However, he was released by the Raiders before the 2007 season began.

However, Gannon spent much of his final two seasons ( 2003 and 2004 ) with injuries, and the Raiders had losing records in those seasons.

However, both series feature Cylon Raiders, Cylon Basestars and Cylon Centurions.

However, things soon went downhill from there, as quarterback Tony Romo suffered a broken pinkie in an overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

However, the quarterback coming up fast nailed me as I caught it.

However, under head coach Weeb Ewbank and the leadership of quarterback Johnny Unitas, the Colts would go onto a 9 – 3 record during the 1958 season and reached the NFL Championship Game for the first time in their history by winning the NFL Western Conference.

However, even with a veteran quarterback, the Colts went on to an 0 – 13 record and finished the season with a 2 – 14 record, enough to receive the first overall pick in the 2012 draft.

However, he continues to insist that soccer's main problem is " it doesn't have a quarterback ".

However, the Vikings lost to the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs, 17 – 14, on a controversial touchdown pass from the Cowboys ' quarterback Roger Staubach to wide receiver Drew Pearson that became known as the Hail Mary.

However, if a team is winning, a quarterback can keep the clock running by kneeling after the snap.

However, back-up quarterback Mike Livingston of Southern Methodist University fame engineered five wins of the next six starts, with Dawson coming off the bench in the second half of the sixth to clinch the win.

However, the Dolphins ' passing attack, led by quarterback David Woodley, ranked last in the league with 1, 401 total yards, 8 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions.

However, quarterback John Elway played inconsistently during the regular season, throwing just as many interceptions as touchdowns ( 18 ) and recording only a 73. 7 passer rating.

However, 49ers quarterback Steve Young's 5-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Rice cut the lead 24-20 with 4: 22 left in the game.

However, the kneel-down play wasn't universally accepted as an honorable way to win a game at the time, and Giants ' offensive coordinator Bob Gibson ordered quarterback Joe Pisarcik ( with whom he had been having a running feud over play-calling authority ) to hand the ball off to fullback Larry Csonka for one more run up the middle to end the game.

However, a rift in the locker room had developed, with players split on whom they wanted at quarterback.

However, quarterback Vinny Testaverde ruptured his achilles tendon in the Jets home opener and the season went downhill from there.

However, they finished the season winning eight of the their last eleven games and were considered by some a potential contender for the 2005 Arena Bowl championship led by 2004 Rookie of the Year, quarterback Adrian McPherson.

However, former Rush players quarterback Russ Michna, jack linebacker / wide receiver DeJuan Alfonzo, and linemen Joe Peters, Robert Boss, and Beau Elliot rejoined the team.

However, Maguire was retained by ESPN to serve as a commentator for ABC's college football with Brad Nessler, former Miami Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese, and field reporter Bonnie Bernstein.

However, quarterback Steve McNair's 11-yard touchdown pass to receiver Derrick Mason tied the game in the third period.

However, Steelers ' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger managed to dive in front of Harper and tackle him by the leg, saving a touchdown.

However, " Nomad "' s true identity is Austin Ames ( Chad Michael Murray ), the popular, yet unhappy, quarterback of the school's football team, and Shelby's boyfriend ( Although Austin broke up with her, she chooses to ignore it ).

However, despite most past big games being played at Legion Field, Bryant – Denny Stadium has hosted many memorable games, such as the 1994 shootout between Alabama's Jay Barker and Georgia's Eric Zeier, Marvin Constant's goal-line stop against LSU quarterback Josh Booty as time expired in 1999, Tyrone Prothro's reception over the back of Southern Miss defensive back Jasper Faulk in 2005, a 31 – 3 victory over No. 5 Florida in 2005, the Roman Harper-forced fumble against Tennessee in 2005 that helped the Tide to victory, Alabama's 36-0 shutout victory against Auburn in 2008 thus breaking the six-game losing streak and first ever Iron Bowl victory in Bryant – Denny Stadium, and Terrence Cody's field goal block against Tennessee as time expired in 2009.

However, an injury to Michael Bishop bumped McMahon to starting quarterback.

However, seven days later, new head coach Jim Haslett named Marc Bulger the starting quarterback for the rest of the season.

However, Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier rallied to tie it up 20 – 20 with a touchdown pass to Roy Roundtree with two seconds remaining.

However, on September 19, Steelers quarterback Dennis Dixon was injured in a win over the Tennessee Titans and Leftwich was re-signed on the morning of September 20.