European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes january 1981 Oakland Kellen Winslow heading pm off at the pass Raider Monte Jackson pulls Diego Charger goes for a pass during Winslow was shaken up on the play and came out on to earn a super inflows head Back As the san sundays acc title game in san the raiders were the raiders bowl a photo Plunkett adds chapter to his comeback Story continued from Page 21 the first period to trigger a 3427 Victory Over the san Diego chargers in the acc title i feel great its said who was l4for18 for 261 we went out there and played our we had a few prob lems recently but we put everything together in proud of these Oakland and san both from the acc split their two regular season with each team winning at Plunkett said the raiders did not change their attack a great Deal for sundays we really didst do anything Dif Ferent than the last few he we tried to go deep a couple of i dont think they expected we also took advantage of a few passes i thought we ran the Ball Well when we had Plunkett sent Oakland ahead on the third play of the game when he connected with tight end Chester on a deflected pass for a 65yard to when that first pass was tipped and went for a Plunkett Jim Plunkett Sparks team to super bowl 1 said to if that the Way things Are going to go today its a Nice Way to get who now has won 12 of the 14 games Hes started since Tak ing Over for the injured Dan Pastorini in said he was not try ing to prove anything to Oakland coach Tom going to a super bowl in Only his third season As a head said he was proud of Plunkett and his perform its probably one of the most remarkable comebacks in the history of Flores Plunkett was unable to dress in his stall in the Oakland clubhouse be cause of the mad crush and had to have his clothes brought out to the team raiders trip for acc Crown continued from Page 21 away at san Diego frustrated hitting Chester for 5 Cliff Branch for 6 and Bob Chandler for 11 to set up a 33 Yard Field goal by that kick gave Oakland a 3424 Lead with left to Fouts rallied san Diego setting up a 27yard Field goal by Benirschke with to but Plunkett helped Oakland control the Ball the rest of the Way to spoil the chargers dream of the first super bowl berth in their Oakland silenced the near frenzied crowd of in san Diego stadium by scoring on the third play of the on 3rdand4 from the raiders Oak lands third Plunkett threw Over the Middle to the Ball bounced off Kings hands and upfield to who caught the Ball on the 50 and outraged the chargers secondary for a 70 Lead just into the san Diego tied the score 77 with left in the first period on fouls 48yard bomb into the end zone to Charlie who made a juggling catch Between Burgess Owens and Dwayne but Oakland reeled off three consecutive touchdowns to go ahead 287 before san Diego could Plunkett moved Oakland 76 Yards in seven plays for a 147 capped by his slide across the goal line after running out of the pocket from the the raiders converted two key third Down plays in the with Plunkett hit Ting Branch for 48 Yards to the chargers 36 on a 3rdand19 and a pass interference penalty against linebacker Ray giving Oakland a first Down on the san Diego Plunkett went Over with left in the first just 71 seconds Oakland made it 217 by covering 49 Yards in four Plunkett hit Chandler for 16 Yards to the san Diego threw 9 Yards to Chester and then hit King behind Preston in the end zone from the 21 for the Thomas Fumble Early in the second Quarter was recovered by Oakland Ted Hen Dricks on the 29 and seven plays Mark Vaneeghen burst up the Middle from the 3 for a 287 Lead with left in the the big plays in the drive were third Down passes of 21 Yards to Branch to the 15 and 4 Yards to Arthur Whittington to the san which blew numerous opportunities in the opening went 64 Yards in 15 plays to narrow the Lead to 2814 65 seconds before halftime on Fouts 8yard pass to Whittington Fumble of the Kickoff was recovered by san Diego deep in Oakland but the play was nullified by off setting Plunkett hit on 14 of 18 passes for 261 who set an nil single season passing record with Yards this was 22for45 for 336
