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Some units of the U. S. Marine Corps Raiders in the Pacific were issued a similar fighting dagger, the Marine Raider Stiletto., though the design proved less than successful when used in the type of knife combat encountered in the Pacific theater.
The two franchises were denied a playoff confrontation by Miami's first-round defeat to the Oakland Raiders, whereas Baltimore would win its first Super Bowl title that year.
As a result of the settlement, confidential details concerning Al Davis and the ownership of the Raiders were not released to the public.
The Raiders ' lawsuit further contended that they had the rights to the Los Angeles market, and thus were entitled to compensation from the league for giving up those rights by moving to Oakland.
But after games rarely sold out, the Raiders filed suit, claiming that they were misled by the city and the Coliseum Authority with the false promise that there would be sellouts.
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.
After the Oakland Raiders football team moved to Los Angeles in 1982, many improvements were made to what was suddenly a baseball-only facility.
Meanwhile, the Raiders were forced to punt on their first two possessions.
The Raiders defensive backs were fooled by the fake handoff, allowing Dowler to slip by the man covering him, catch the pass, and outrun the defense to score on a 62-yard touchdown completion, increasing the lead to 13 – 0.
The key play in the game occurred when the Dolphins were in control and were leading the Raiders 19-14 midway through the fourth quarter.
The Raiders and their fans were often known to counter these accusations against Atkinson and Jack Tatum by pointing out the physical way that Pittsburgh cornerback Mel Blount covered Oakland's speedy split end Cliff Branch.
The Raiders were forced to punt on their next drive after they were unable to recover from Alan Page's 11-yard sack on first down.
The Raiders were making their third Super Bowl appearance after posting an 11-5 regular season record, but losing a tiebreaker to the AFC West division winner San Diego Chargers.
The Raiders were led by Head Coach Tom Flores, the first minority coach to win a Super Bowl.
In the days before the game, most sports writers were speculating over whether, if the Raiders won, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle would present the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the team's owner Al Davis.
The Raiders were the first team to use the 3-4 in the Super Bowl in Super Bowl XI against the Minnesota Vikings, although the Miami Dolphins used a version of the 3-4 (" 53 defense ") in Super Bowl VI, Super Bowl VII and Super Bowl VIII.
The Raiders were the first team to appear in, and win, the Super Bowl representing two different cities.
The Scouts and Raiders were formed in September of that year, just nine months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, from the Observer Group, a joint Army-USMC-Navy unit.
Scouts and Raiders were deployed to fight with the Sino-American Cooperative Organization, or SACO.
Along with the Scouts and Raiders were the Naval Combat Demolition Units.
The arrival of the Islanders effectively doomed the Raiders ; they were forced to play in Madison Square Garden under onerous lease terms and were forced out of town in the middle of their second season.

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The Raiders wanted the courts to bar the Buccaneers and Panthers from wearing their uniforms while playing in California.
The team went back to wearing this uniform at home on Thanksgiving Day in 2009 while their opponent was the Oakland Raiders who wore their AFL Legacy Weekend throwbacks.
The rivalry would in the following years be virtually negated by very poor play of he Colts ; the Colts would win just 117 games in the twenty-one seasons ( 1978 – 98 ) that bracketed their 1977 playoff loss to the Oakland Raiders and the 1999 trade of star running back Marshall Faulk ; this included a 0 – 8 – 1 record during the NFL's strike shortened 1982 season.
The Vikings played in Super Bowl XI, their third Super Bowl ( 4th overall ) in 4 years, against the Oakland Raiders at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on January 9, 1977.
The Raiders and Al Davis have been involved in several lawsuits throughout their history, including ones against the NFL.
When the Raiders moved back from Los Angeles in 1995, the city of Oakland and the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority agreed to sell Personal Seat Licenses ( PSLs ) to help pay for the renovations to their stadium.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has inducted eleven players who made their primary contribution to professional football while with the Raiders, in addition to owner Al Davis and head coach John Madden.
* Hall of Famers who made the major part of their primary contribution for the Raiders are listed in bold.
* Hall of Famers who spent only a minor portion of their career with the Raiders are listed in normal font.
The loss to Oakland ended their 13 game winning streak against the Raiders since their last loss on September 28, 2003.
The Chargers then went on another second half run with four straight wins but this time instead of keeping the streak going the entire second half they had a big let down losing at home to the Raiders again, this time 28 – 13 ( ending their shared NFL record, with the Dolphins, of 18 straight wins in December ).
Despite the loss, they still had a chance to win their 5th straight AFC West title, tying the Raiders, but they had another bad loss at the Bengals 34 – 20 ending their chances.
With the Oakland Raiders wearing their white jerseys at home for the first time ever in a game against the San Diego Chargers on September 28, 2008, the Seahawks have become the only NFL team to have never worn their white jerseys at home.
The Raiders, led by head coach John Rauch, had stormed to the top of the AFL with a 13 – 1 regular season record ( their only defeat was an October 7 loss to the New York Jets, 27 – 14 ), and went on to crush the Houston Oilers, 40 – 7, in the AFL Championship game.
The main strength of the Raiders was their defense, nicknamed " The 11 Angry Men ".
The Packers then started their second possession at their own 3-yard line, and in the opening minutes of the second quarter, they drove 84 yards to the Raiders 13-yard line.
After being completely dominated until this point, the Raiders offense finally struck back their next possession, advancing 79 yards in 9 plays, and scoring on a 23-yard touchdown pass from Daryle Lamonica to receiver Bill Miller.
The score seemed to fire up the Raiders ' defense, and they forced the Packers to punt on their next drive.

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Any chance the Raiders might have had to make a comeback seemed to completely vanish in the second half.
But all the Raiders ' second touchdown did was make the final score look remotely more respectable, 33 – 14.
The Chiefs managed to finish in second place behind the Oakland Raiders in the AFL's Western Division, but only after suffering a tough 10-6 loss to Oakland in the final game of the regular season.
This was the Raiders ' second Super Bowl appearance after losing Super Bowl II.
This game marked the second Super Bowl appearance for the Oakland Raiders, who lost Super Bowl II.
The Raiders then marched 90 yards to the Vikings 7-yard line ( the key play being a 35-yard run by Clarence Davis ), but had to settle for a field goal from Mann, giving them a 3 – 0 lead 48 seconds into the second quarter.
The Raiders then took the opening kickoff of the second half and scored quickly.
The Eagles responded by driving 56 yards to the Raiders 34-yard line, but on third down and 3, Jaworski threw his second interception of the game to Martin.
Philadelphia kept the Raiders out of the end zone, but Bahr kicked his second field goal, increasing Oakland's lead to 27-10.
The Raiders, in their second season in Los Angeles since moving from Oakland, California, made it to their fourth Super Bowl in team history after posting a 12 – 4 regular season record.
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.
In this game, the Raiders built up a 17-13 halftime lead, but Buffalo stormed back with 16 second half points.
** The Pittsburgh Steelers win their first ever post-season NFL game, defeating the Oakland Raiders 13 – 7, on a last second play that becomes known as The Immaculate Reception.
A second group of Scouts and Raiders, code-named Special Service Unit No. 1, was established on 7 July 1943, as a joint and combined operations force.
The Oakland Raiders of the NFL won Super Bowl XI in 1977, Super Bowl XV in 1981, and after the 1983 season ( their second season since the temporary LA move ), they defeated the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII to capture a third championship, while also appearing in Super Bowl II in 1968 and Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003.
This changed the course of NFL history, by opening the door to dominance by two other AFC teams, the Steelers and the Raiders, during the second half of the 1970s.
It is the second film in the Indiana Jones franchise and a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ).
In 2010, the Montgomery Lady Raiders softball team took second place in the PIAA State playoffs, losing to champion Chartiers-Houston.
The Buccaneers forced the Raiders to punt on the opening drive of the second half.

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