Al Davis had an enlarged photo of Joe Namath at Oakland's headquarters that depicted the quarterback sprawled out on the ground following a vicious hit from Raider defender Ben Davidson ; the photographed play was said to have broken the quarterback's jaw ( though Namath stated he had broken it on a tough piece of steak, and some claim it was Raiders defensive end Ike Lassiter who injured Namath ).

Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler took the snap and found himself about to be sacked by Chargers linebacker Woodrow Lowe on the 24-yard line.

The Raiders could only score two touchdown passes from quarterback Daryle Lamonica.

Led by quarterback Terry Bradshaw and the Steel Curtain defense, the Steelers advanced to their first Super Bowl after posting a 10-3-1 record season record and playoff victories over the Buffalo Bills and the Oakland Raiders.

The Raiders offense was led by quarterback Ken Stabler, who finished as the top rated passer in the AFC, passing for 2, 737 yards and 27 touchdowns.

The next time the Raiders got the ball, they did even better, driving 64 yards in 10 plays and scoring on a 1-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ken Stabler to tight end Dave Casper, increasing their lead to 10 – 0.

Aided by two touchdown passes from quarterback Jim Plunkett, the Raiders jumped out to a 14 – 0 lead in the first quarter of Super Bowl XV, which the Eagles never recovered from.

Early in the second quarter, Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett completed a 50-yard pass to wide receiver Cliff Branch, advancing the ball to the Redskins ' 15-yard line.

Then he caught a 23-yard pass from halfback Steve Sewell, becoming the first quarterback ever to catch a pass in the Super Bowl ( Elway had scored a touchdown on that play during opening day the previous year against the Raiders ).

The Bills ' defense dominated the Raiders ' offense, which was without running back Bo Jackson, who suffered a career-ending injury against the Cincinnati Bengals the week before, limiting them to an early field goal and intercepting five passes from quarterback Jay Schroeder.

Buffalo's first opponent was the Los Angeles Raiders, led by quarterback Jeff Hostetler, who had led the New York Giants to victory over the Bills in Super Bowl XXV 3 years earlier.

Green later married hall of fame quarterback John Elway, who played for Raiders rival the Denver Broncos.

* Ronald Curry, professional football player for the Oakland Raiders, former Hampton High School star football quarterback

It is the hometown of various professional athletes, including former Auburn Tigers and current Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell.

* Heath Shuler-Former quarterback for the University of Tennessee ( 1990 -' 93 ), New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins.

* Charlie Frye, American football quarterback of the NFL ( Cleveland Browns, Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders )

* Graham Harrell, award-winning Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback ( 2007 – 2008 ) was born in Brownwood, but grew up in Ennis near Dallas.

* Marc Wilson, former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders and the New England Patriots.

The Raiders had a great chance to score a touchdown early in the game after cornerback Charles Woodson intercepted Buccaneers quarterback Brad Johnson's pass on the third play of the game and returned it 12 yards to the Tampa Bay 36-yard line.

But 6 plays later, Tampa Bay defensive end Simeon Rice sacked Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon on third down, forcing Oakland to settle for kicker Sebastian Janikowski's 40-yard field goal to give them a 3-0 lead.

* First Hispanic pro football quarterback: Tom Flores ( Oakland Raiders, AFL )

The Raiders made one World Championship Game appearance with Lamonica as quarterback, losing to the Green Bay Packers, 33-14, in Super Bowl II, when Lamonica threw for two touchdowns, though completing only 15 out of 34 passes.

After Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler scored a touchdown on a 30-yard run with 1: 17 left, the Pittsburgh Steelers trailed the Oakland Raiders 7-6, facing fourth-and-10 on their own 40-yard line with 22 seconds remaining in the game and no time-outs.

* Tom Benson, standout linebacker for the LA Raiders, once intercepted a pass by Mark Rypien only to be hit so hard by T Jim Lachey that he fumbled and gave the ball back to Washington Redskins in a 1989 game.

* Jim Carlen, former head football coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers, Texas Tech Red Raiders, and South Carolina Gamecocks

On May 24, 2008 the Arena Football League announced that it was returning to Buffalo with a new franchise to be owned by Bills alumni Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas along with Rochester Raiders owner Bob Bartosiewicz.

Former Buffalo Bandits coach Les Bartley was hired to coach the new team, and he lured former Bandit Jim Veltman to join him, becoming the Raiders ' captain.

He advanced a lateral from Jim Colclough ( who had just caught a 37 yard pass ) 14 yards before lateraling the ball to Ron Burton who advanced it another 7 yards in the Patriots 43-43 tie with the Oakland Raiders at Fenway Park on 10-16-64.

Levin left the group in 1966 to join the National Guard, and was replaced by Jim Valley, another Northwest musician the Raiders had met and come to admire during their days playing the Portland and Seattle circuit.

After leaving the Raiders in 1967, Jim Valley continued to perform and hone his songwriting skills in a variety of acts.

Among them were ambidextrous quarterback and former University of Houston star D. C. Nobles and several American Football League veterans: quarterbacks Mike Taliaferro and Don Trull, fullback Jim Nance, wide receivers Don Maynard and Rick Eber, tight end Willie Frazier, former Houston Oiler and All-AFL tackle Glen Ray Hines, linebacker Garland Boyette, defensive end Al Dotson, defensive backs Daryl Johnson, Richmond Flowers, Jr., John Mallory and Art McMahon, and rookie linebacker John Villapiano, brother of Oakland Raiders defender Phil Villapiano.

James William " Jim " Plunkett ( born December 5, 1947 ) is a former American football quarterback who played college football for Stanford University, where he won the Heisman Trophy, and professionally for three National Football League teams: the New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders.

Other greats signed by the AFL in the years before the common draft included Abner Haynes and Johnny Robinson ( Dallas Texans ); Jim Otto ( Oakland Raiders ); Lance Alworth, John Hadl, and Ron Mix ( San Diego Chargers ), Lionel Taylor ( Denver Broncos ); Billy Shaw ( Buffalo Bills ); Larry Grantham ( New York Titans ); Matt Snell and Joe Namath ( New York Jets ); Nick Buoniconti ( Boston Patriots ) and a host of others.

Ryan played a classic " quarterback carousel " that season with Beuerlein, his ex-Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, and Beuerlein's old Raiders teammate Jay Schroeder, switching starters four different times and benching his quarterbacks frequently in the middle of games.

Shortly after, the team was branded as the Plymouth Raiders, a name coined by Kanaries ' American player Jim Musgrave.

Raiders built on their successes, drafting in Nigerian international Daniel Okonkwo straight out of Yale University, as well as sealing return of former development player Richard Whitehouse from Plymouth State University and resigning Jim McGilvery to the 1997-98 roster.

Among the prominent rock drummers who endorsed Slingerland, Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds, Barry Whitwam with Herman's Hermits, Mike Smith, ( who all had previously played Ludwig's ) and later Joe Correro, Jr. with Paul Revere & the Raiders, Dick Dodd of The Standells, Antonio " Fito " de la Parra with Canned Heat, Bev Bevan of Electric Light Orchestra, Bobby Columby of Blood Sweat and Tears, Danny Seraphine of Chicago, Joey Stefko of Meat Loaf, Phil Ehart of Kansas, Alice Cooper's original drummer, Neal Smith, and Elton John's drummer, Nigel Olsson.

During the 1983 season, Branch set the Raiders franchise record for the longest TD reception ( 99 yards ), on a pass from Jim Plunkett.

* Oakland Raiders franchise record for longest reception ( 99 yards from Jim Plunkett, 1983 )

Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett threw a 46-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, but his team could not overcome his 2 interceptions or Seattle's ball control offense.

Raiders owner Al Davis compared Campbell to former Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett.

In the second quarter, Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Todd Christensen.

In the first quarter alone, Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett threw 2 touchdown passes and scored a rushing touchdown.

With its nationally-televised game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets running late, the network began to show the movie Heidi just moments after the Jets ' Jim Turner kicked what appeared to be the game-winning field goal with 1: 05 remaining.