14. 1984 LOS ANGELES RAIDERS at 3. 1967 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS
3. 1967 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS
Record: 9-4-1
Pythag: 11-3
Off: 9th
Def: 3rd
1st NFC Central
d. Rams Div Rnd 28-7
d. Cowboys NFC Title 21-17
d. Raiders Super Bowl 33-14
HC Vince Lombardi DC Phil Bengsten
Ted Moore/Ray Scott
Lambeau Field: 40 degrees
Offense
QB Bart Starr 33 Alabama
RB Donny Anderson 24 TTech
FB Ben Wilson 28 USC
WR Carroll Dale 29 Va Tech
WR Boyd Dowler 30 Colorado
TE Marv Fleming 25 Utah
LT Bill Skoronski 33 Indiana
LG Gale Gillingham 23 Minnesota
C Ken Bowman 25 Wisconsin
RG Jerry Kramer 31 All Pro Idaho
RT Forrest Gregg 34 All Pro SMU
Defense
LDE Willie Davis 33 All Pro Grambling
LDT Ron Kostelnik 27 Cincinnati
RDT Henry Jordan 32 UVA
RDE Lionel Aldridge 26 Utah St
LOLB Dave Robinson All Pro 26 Penn St
MLB Ray Nitschke 31 Illinois
ROLB Lee Roy Caffey 26 A&M
LCB Herb Adderley 28 Mich St
RCB Bob Jeter 30 All Pro Iowa
LS Tom Brown 27 Mary
RS Willie Wood 31 All Pro USC
K Don Chandler 33 Florida
P Donny Anderson 24 TTech
KR Travis Williams 21 Ariz St
PR Donny Anderson 24 TTech
If the Packers are gonna get their 10th team into round 2, it'll need to be this one, the third seeds in the region, the Super Bowl 2 Champs. 3rd best defense in football with 4 All Pros, 33 year old Willie Davis, 26 year old Dave Robinson, 30 year old Bob Jeter, 31 year old Willie Wood. On offense Bart Starr is 33, with 9 scores and 17 picks. 2 All pros, 31 year old Jerry Kramer, 34 year old Forrest Gregg.
14. 1984 LOS ANGELES RAIDERS
Record: 11-5
Pythag: 11-5
Off: 9th
Def: 4th
3rd AFC West
lost Seahawks WC 13-7
HC Tom Flores
Offense
QB Jim Plunkett 37 Stanford
RB Marcus Allen 24 USC
FB Kenny King 27 Oklahoma
WR Malcolm Barnwell 26 V Union
WR Cliff Branch 36 Colorado
TE Todd Christiansen 28 BYU
LT Bruce Davis 28 UCLA
LG Charley Hannah 29 Alabama
C Dave Dalby 34 UCLA
RG Don Mosebar 23 USC
RT Henry Lawrence 33 Fla A&M
Defense
LDE Howie Long 24 All Pro Nova
NT Reggie Kinlaw 27 Oklahoma
RDE Lyle Alzado 35 Yankton
LOLB Brad Van Pelt 33 Mich St
LILB Matt Millen 26 Penn St
RILB Bob Nelson 31 Nebraska
ROLB Rod Martin 30 All Pro USC
LCB Lester Hayes 29 A&M
RCB Mike Haynes All Pro 31 Ariz St
SS Mike Davis 28 Colorado
FS Vann McElroy 24 Baylor
K Chris Bahr 31 Penn St
P Ray Guy 35 So Miss
KR Cleo Montgomery 28 Alb Christian
PR Greg Pruitt 33 Oklahoma
One last Raider team in Rnd 1, the '84 Raiders with the 4th best defense in football. 3 All Pros, 24 year old Howie Long and 30 year old Rod Martin combined for 23 sacks and 31 year old Mike Haynes. 37 year old Jim Plunkett started just 6 times but gets the ball here, 7 scores and 10 picks. 24 year old Marcus Allen had over 1900 yards from scrimmage and 18 TDs. 28 year old Todd Christiansen had over a thousand yards receiving.
4 spots left - one of them about to be claimed. Lets go to Lambeau.
1st Qtr
Travis Williams ran back 4 kicks for TDs, he takes the opening kick to the Packs own 40.
One first down - Bart Starr 24 to Boyd Dowler - but a Lyle Alzado sack ends the drive and when the Pack misses a long FG the Raiders take over at their own 40.
Two first downs, Jim Plunkett 11 yards to Dokie Williams, 11 yard Marcus Allen run.
But the drive ends in a punt, Pack starting at the 13.
3 and out. Raiders at their own 45.
They get a first down when Kenny King busts a big 36 yard run. The drive stalls - but a Bahr FG makes it 3-0.
Pack at the 29 - 2 plays net a yard and the quarter ends.
2nd Qtr Raiders 3 Packers 0
All defense so far, Pack has a 3rd and 9 at their own 30.
They pick it up - Starr to Dowler for 15, but Rod Martin ends the drive with a sack - Raiders again getting the ball in good field position at the 45.
3 and out. Pack gets it at the 17.
They get a first down - Starr to to Carroll Dale for 29 yards -- but the Raiders get their third sack, Howie Long gettign this one and again a punt.
Raiders at the 26.
1/10 - Marcus Allen home run, 40 yards, Allen streaking his way to the Packer 34.
1/10 - Frank Hawkins 15 yard pickup and the Raiders are at the 19.
1/10 Incomplete
2/10 - Nothing for King
3/10- Plunkett finds Cliff Branch -- Branch is leveled by Willie Wood -- It's a Fumble -- Dumble -- and the Pack takes over at the 8 yard line.
3 and out. The Raiders get the ball with a little more than 2 minutes left in the half at their own 47, Greg Pruitt and the Raider special teams winning the field position battle here in the first half.
1/10 - Hawkins for 1. 2 minute warning.
2/9 - Plunkett is Going Deep -- He Hits Dokie Williams, Williams is out of bounds at the Packer 10 yard line! 42 yards from Plunkett to Williams!
1/goal -- Marcus Allen -- Allen breaks a tackle -- Allen gliding Into the End Zone -- TOUCHDOWN RAIDERS - it is the Raiders - the 14th seeds in the region, up 10-0 on the '67 Champs.
Pack ball at the 38, 90 seconds left.
They go 3 and out - the Raiders get the ball back at the 25, a Willie Davis sack ends the half.
3rd Qtr: Raiders 10 Packers 0
The 4th and 5th seeds lost and here's the third seed getting shut out at the half.
Raiders at the 26.
1/10 - Give to Allen, he goes for 9.
2/1 - Plunkett -- going over the top -- he finds Malcolm Barnwell for a 35 yard pickup, the Raiders at the Packer 30.
1/10 - Allen is stopped
2/10 - Hawkins is stopped
3/10 - Plunkett...Plunkett keeps the play alive and goes to Allen, Allen picks his way forward and gets to the first down at the 19 yard line.
1/10 - 4 for Hawkins
2/6 - 9 yards for Allen to the Packer 6 yard line.
1/goal - Plunkett -- fires to the back of the end zone -- TOUCHDOWN RAIDERS - Malcolm Barnwell 6 yard score --- the LA Raiders are thumping the Packers, it is 17-0!!
Pack at the 26.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Nothing for Wilson - offsides on the next play makes it 3rd and 5.
3/5 - Starr 7 to Dowler, first down.
1/10 - Starr to Dale, 7 yards to the 46.
2/3 - Starr to Allen Brown, 5 yards.
1/10 - 5 for Wilson and another offsides and it's a first down. Pack at the Raider 39.
1/10 - 1 for Anderson
2/9 - Jim Grabowski breaks it -- Grabowski steamrolling his way All the Way to the End Zone -- TOUCHDOWN PACKERS -- In just 6 minutes the Packers go 74 yards and cut the deficit to 17-7.
Raiders at the 30. One first down, 14 yard Allen run. The drive ends in a punt - Pack at the 15.
1/10 - 4 for Dick Anderson
2/6 - Grabowski for 1
3/5 - Starr to Wilson, a dozen yards to the 32 and the quarter ends.
4th Qtr Raiders 17 Packers 7
LA still has a 10 point lead but there's a sign of life here, the Pack scores and has a first down at the 32.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Wilson gets 3
3/7 - 11 yard frrom Starr to Dowler, Pack at the 46.
1/10 - Grabowski breaks another one -- 38 yard gainer -- Green Bay now at the Raider 16 yard line.
But - the drive ends -- Chandler FG makes it 17-10. Less than 12 to play.
Raiders at the 36.
1/10 - 10 yard gain for Hawkins.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - 2 for Allen
3/8 - Big pickup - Plunkett 17 yars to Greg Pruitt, his first play from scrimmage all day -- the Raiders are now at the Packer 35, still up a score, 9 minutes left in the football game.
1/10 - Allen stacked up.
2/11 - King stacked up
3/12 - Plunkett finds Barnwell right at the sticks -- the Raiders just taking the heart of the Packers defense here - it's a first down --- the drive will end here - but Bahr hits the FG and with 5 and a half minutes left in this football game, Raiders are up 20-10.
Great return by Williams -- all the way to the Packer 48.
1/10 - Wilson for 13.
1/10 - Anderson for 11. Pack at the Raider 28.
1/10 - Wilson...Wilson busts it -- Ben Wilson Is Gonna Go -- Into the End Zone -- TOUCHDOWN PACKERS -- It just took 3 plays, 3 plays -- and the Packers have cut this deficit to 20-17.
Raiders at the 38. 4 and a half minutes left. Up 3.
1/10 - Nothing for Pruitt
2/10 - Plunkett is sacked - Dave Robinson brings Plunkett down and it's 3rd and long.
3/10 -- Incomplete.....except the Packers are flagged for defensive holding, huge, huge, huge call - Lombardi furious on the sideline, the Raiders get a critical first down.
1/10 - 6 for Allen
2/4 - Marcus Allen goes 13 yards -- thats going to take us to the 2 minute warning -- the Pack will need to use their timeouts now - First down at the 38 for the Raiders.
3 running plays get nothing - but the Pack is forced to burn all 3 timeouts. Bahr....Misses....a FG. That's a big spot - the Raiders don't punt - isntead, they try the long FG -- when they miss it gives the Pack the ball back at their own 40, 80 seconds to go.
Okay, 20-17 Raiders. Pack out of timeouts. 1:20 left. Starr needs a couple of first downs for a shot at a game tying FG.
1/10 - Starr to Grabowski, 8 yards and out of bounds, 1:07 left.
2/2 - Starr -- Sacked by Long! Howie Long gets to Starr - it's 3rd and 10 now, clock is running.
3/10 - Incomplete.
45 seconds left. 4th and 10 at their own 40. Pack down 3.
4/10 - Incomplete
And it's done -- it's done -- the 14th seeded Raiders come into Lambeau and knock off the Packers.
Final: Raiders 20 Packers 17
3-4-5 seeds in the region all sent home, the Raiders claim one of the last 4 spots in rnd 2.
Plunkett 12 for 19 159 yds TD
Starr 12 for 20 147 yds
Allen 18 carries 128 yds TD
Grabowski 9 carries 84 yds TD
Barnwell 3 catches 53 yds TD
Dale 3 catches 34 yds
Long: 2 sacks
Player of the Game: Marcus Allen
