Back in the Day: Looking back at Raiders’ Super Bowl win 40 years later
Their championship season was remarkable for a number of reasons.
First, Raiders owner Al Davis announced in 1979 that he was moving the team to Los Angeles, which started a flurry of lawsuits and counter-lawsuits and resulted in a backlash from some of the team’s fans.
Then quarterback Dan Pastorini, who the Raiders had acquired in a trade with Houston for beloved Oakland QB Kenny “The Snake” Stabler, broke his leg in a game against the Chiefs.
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Jim Plunkett, who many saw as an NFL bust after a stellar collegiate career at Stanford, stepped in and helped Oakland to become not only the first Wild Card team to make it to the Super Bowl, but to win it all. He was named Super Bowl MVP as an exclamation point for his remarkable comeback.