European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 21 super pair raiders grabs acc by bearing san Diego san Diego up the Oakland the Black sheep of the nil earned their second bowl berth in the last five years using two touchdown passes and a 5yard to run by reborn Jim Plunkett to defeat the san Diego chargers 3427 in a wild acc championship 1 the whose management has filed suit against the nil for refusing to allow them to move to los will meet the pfc Champion Philadelphia eagles in super bowl Xiv on 25 in new the eagles Defeated Dallas 207 in the pfc title game earlier a former Heisman trophy win Ner who was considered washed up when dropped by san Francisco two years threw touchdown passes of 65 Yards to Ray mond Chester and 21 Yards to Kenny and ran 5 Yards for a third score to help Send the raiders to the super who now has won 12 of his 14 starts since taking Over for the injured Dan Pastorini Midway through the helped Oakland build a 2814 Lead at half Plunkett then squelched san Diego comeback Hopes by setting up Field goals of 27 and 33 Yards by Chris Bahr in the Sec Ond half after the chargers had closed to within 2824 in the third Dan Fouts set up Rolf Benirschke 26 Yard Field goal Early in the third period and then hit passes of 11 and 9 Yards to Kellen Winslow and 14 Yards to Mike Thomas to set up Chuck munchies 6yard touchdown run that trimmed the raiders Lead to 2824 with left in the but Plunkett gallantly got Oakland game together he hit King for 33 Yards and Chester for 18 to move to the san Diego and Bahr hit from 27 Yards out with 49 seconds to go in the third period for a 3124 the former Stanford Star then nibbled continued on Page 22 Davis gets bowl position and raiders game Ball ganging up on the Ball Oakland raiders Burgess Owens in Lester Hayes Ted Hendricks 83 and san Diego Charger Kellen Winslow 80 grab for the Ball thrown from Charger quarterback Dan Fouts and intended for the during the second half of sundays acc title game in san was in the raiders to gain a super bowl a photo san Diego a the Oakland heading into their third super want to win this one for the most controversial team owner in pro no one has taken More abuse than one Man in this and Hes getting the game that Al Davis team Cap Tain Gene Upshaw announced after the 34 27 Victory Over san Diego in sundays american football conference championship they said it be this is great ups Liaw said As he entered the locker clutching the game we want to win this super bowl so we can see Al Davis and Pete Rozelle i dont think Rozelle will show said Cliff the wide receiver who caught three passes from Jim the games outstanding for 78 Yards against the this is the greatest Victory in the raid ers said whose team will face the Philadelphia eagles in super bowl As commissioner of the National football makes the traditional Tro Phy presentation to the super bowl winners and he presented Davis the Vince Lombard trophy four years ago when the raiders won their first nil title by beating Minnesota Over the last Davis has announced his intention to move the raiders to los a proposal being fought by Rozelle and the other nil in a deposition Given in preparation for a coming court Davis charged that Rozelle has been involved in the scalping of super bowl by winning the raiders became continued on Page 23 Eagle Star Montgomery Hopes for m More game out of knee Philadelphia up lit the the super bowl Hopes of the Philadelphia eagles hinged on Wilbert Montgomery delicate left the eagles Star halfback managed to Rush for 778 Yards during the regular sea son despite missing four games and Mont Gomery Hurt his left knee again this past week in practice at sunny a the icebox that was veterans stadium sunday was More to his in not worried about the said Montgomery after Philadelphia 207 Triumph Over Dallas that propelled the eagles into their first super Ive got All season to rest not due to Montgomery Brilliant 194yard Rushing Philadelphia season has been extended two More when they play the acc Champion Oakland raiders in super bowl Xiv 25 in the Lousiana i think i can get one More game out of the said who stunned the cowboys Early with a 42yard touch Down run just into the pfc title you have to give the credit to the offensive on the it was a slant play Between right guard and right when i got to the it was Clear so i bounced off a Little to the outside and there was no one i have no doubts we can represent the pfc Well in the super Montgomery came within two Yards of tying Steve Van Burens playoff Rushing set in and eagles coach Dick Vermeil realized Early the important status of Montgomery it was hard to throw the Ball for both teams right from the therefore it be came Wilberts show out said ver alluding to the windchill Factor of minus17 degrees at the we Felt if we could shut Down Tony Dorsett we could aided by a swarming Eagle Montgomery easily won the Battle of the personally out Rushing Dallas 19486 As Dorsett was limited to 41 Yards and coughed up a key third Quarter Montgomery succession of injuries kept the fou year pro from the Rush ing plateau after a season in 1979 and he said this years idleness bred Plunkett adds chapter to his comeback Story san Diego up Jim Plunkett continues to add chapters to one of the most amazing comeback Sto Ries in pro football considered washed up two years ago when he was let Loose by the san Francisco sunday sparked the Oakland raiders to a super bowl Date with the pfc Champion Philadelphia eagles on 25 in new the former Heisman trophy win Ner from Stanford threw touchdown passes of 65 Yards to Raymond Ches Ter and 21 Yards to Kenny King and ran 5 Yards for a third score All in continued on Page 22
