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

Spielberg wanted Willie to be a complete contrast to Marion Ravenwood from Raiders of the Lost Ark, so Capshaw dyed her brown hair blonde for the part.

So when I was in high school, I wanted to go to Texas Tech in Lubbock just because they were called the Red Raiders and their uniforms looked like ours.

While they planned to play in the brand new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Nassau County did not consider the WHA a professional league and wanted nothing to do with the Raiders.

The play itself started another, rather unique rivalry between the Raiders and the rest of the league, as Oakland fans have long thought that the league has wanted to shortchange the Raiders ( and specifically Al Davis ).

** Informal merger talks, held as early as 1964, were rejected by the AFL when the older league wanted the Jets and Raiders relocated — to Memphis and Portland, respectively.

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

The Raiders, however, believing that Marc Wilson did not have the experience they wanted, called on Plunkett to start for the remainder of the year.

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

In the same suit, the Raiders challenged the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1997 uniform design, including the pirate logo.

Included in the team's claims were claims that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ' pirate logo diluted the team's California trademark in its own pirate logo and for trade dress dilution on the ground that the League had improperly permitted other teams ( including the Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers ) to adopt colors for their uniforms similar to those of the Raiders.

* Marcus Knight, NFL football player, Raiders and Buccaneers

* Dwayne Rudd – former NFL player for the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, and Cleveland Browns.

Played in the NFL for the Buccaneers, Chiefs, and the Patriots, and coached in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders.

Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2002 season.

The Buccaneers defeated the Raiders by the score of 48 – 21, winning their first ever Super Bowl.

It was the first time in Super Bowl history that the league's # 1 ranked offense ( Raiders ) was pitted against the league's # 1 ranked defense ( Buccaneers ).

Gruden was the Raiders ' head coach from 1998 to 2001, and then became the Buccaneers coach in 2002.

The Buccaneers ended up giving two first-round picks, two second-round picks and $ 8 million to the Raiders to get Gruden.

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.

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

The Buccaneers forced the Raiders to punt on the opening drive of the second half.

The Raiders ' touchdown seemed to fire up their defense, who forced the Buccaneers to a fourth down on their ensuing possession.

In an attempt to prevent a Raiders comeback, the Buccaneers managed to run the clock down to 2: 44 on their ensuing drive before being forced to punt.

As many sports fans and writers predicted, Gruden's prior knowledge of the Raiders was a major factor in the Buccaneers ' win in Super Bowl XXXVII.

Since 2003, he has also played for the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Oakland Raiders.

** Tampa Bay Buccaneers win 48-21 over the Oakland Raiders

Among them were Ray Pinney of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Cedrick Hardman of the 1970s San Francisco 49ers and early 1980s Oakland Raiders, Anthony Carter ( Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions ), Arthur Whittington ( Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills ), Bobby Hebert ( New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons ), Gary Plummer ( San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers ), Raymond Chester ( Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts ), Albert Bentley ( Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers ), Dave Browning ( Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders, New England Patriots ), Ray Bentley ( Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals ), Dale Markham ( St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Green Bay Packers ) and Derek Holloway ( Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers ).

The team's uniforms prompted a 2003 lawsuit by the Oakland Raiders, who claimed that the NFL and the Panthers had infringed upon key trademark elements of the Raiders ' brand, specifically the silver and black colors.

Among the team's players were the XFL's most well-known, Rod Smart ( later with the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, and the Oakland Raiders ), who went by the nickname of " He Hate Me ", which appeared on the back of his jersey.

* Penrith Panthers defeat two-time defending premiers Canberra Raiders in the NSWRL Grand Final at the Sydney Football Stadium.

The Raiders advanced to the finals on the back of eight wins from their past nine and were drawn a tough away final against the second-placed Penrith Panthers whom the Raiders had beaten just five weeks earlier.

The Raiders led from the start and despite lapses at times during the match the Raiders managed to sniff out a narrow 24-22 win, thus achieving its first final win in a decade, which ironically was also against the Panthers.

The following year the Panthers met the Raiders again in the 1991 Grand Final, this time winning the game 19 – 12.

The next year the Panthers met the Raiders again in the Grand Final, this time winning 19 to 12, including two tries by Royce Simmons the former team captain in his last game.

Rugby League also had some memorable moments including: The 1989 NSWRL Grand Final which was won by the Canberra Raiders over the Balmain Tigers 19-14 in extra-time for their first premiership: The 1991 NSWRL Grand Final won by the Penrith Panthers over Canberra 19-12 in which Penrith's Royce Simmons scored 2 tries in his final match giving the Panthers their first title: Brisbane's maiden premiership with a 28-8 win over St. George in 1992 NSWRL Grand Final, and the 1997 ARL Grand Final between the Newcastle Knights and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, with the Knights winning their first title with a 22-16 win following a try to Darren Albert in the dying seconds of the game after the Knights had trailed Manly since early in the game.

The teams were the Adelaide Rams, the Auckland Warriors ( now the New Zealand Warriors ), the Brisbane Broncos, the Canberra Raiders, the Canterbury Bulldogs ( now the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ), the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, the Hunter Mariners, the North Queensland Cowboys, the Western Reds, and the Penrith Panthers.

A first-round pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the Baltimore Ravens, Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers and Detroit Lions of the NFL.

The Panthers went down 14-18 to the Raiders and despite a solid performance, Brandy's goal kicking let him down on the day, only kicking one of his four attempts ( a total of 6 points missed out on ) compared to Canberra captain Mal Meninga who landed all three of his attempts.

Despite the concerns held by the Chargers, particularly head coach Marty Schottenheimer, Chatman received plenty of interest on the open market from teams like the Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks.

Gbaja-Biamila also recovered a blocked punt against the Carolina Panthers which led to a Raiders touchdown.

He has played for the 49ers since 2005 after having played for the Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, Carolina Panthers, Tennessee Titans, and San Francisco 49ers.

This change was passed in response to two regular season games in 2000, Atlanta Falcons – Carolina Panthers and Oakland Raiders – Seattle Seahawks, in which a safety was awarded when a defensive player's momentum in recovering a fumble carried him into his own end zone.

After spending time with the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, and Oakland Raiders, Peete's career appeared to be over until he became the starter for the Carolina Panthers in 2002, where he led the Panthers to an 7-9 record, an improvement over 1-15 the year before.

He is the former coach of the Penrith Panthers, Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys and the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League and in 2009 was appointed coach of the Australian national team, the Kangaroos.

Campese lead the Raiders to their first semifinal victory in 10 years with a win over the Penrith Panthers, but were knocked out a week later to the Tigers.