European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes january 1981 raiders rip eagles Tor super continued from 21 bruising fullback gained Only three so plunked went to Branch again and the wide sandwiched Between line Backer John Bunting and cornerback her Man caught the scoring pass with gone in the with running Star Wilbert Montgomery being stopped almost in his tracks on play after play and with Jawn skis passes still off the eagles went nowhere with their second neither did the then came one of those drives that tells you just which team is destined for with the Ball on its own 37 Yard line following Ray Guys second less than awesome moved to the Oakland thanks in part to Jaworski 13yard pass to on Jaworski unloaded a bomb toward the right Corner of the end Rodney sharing a wide receive or spot with Charlie who was play ing with a broken ran away from Cor Norback Odis Mckinney and safety Burgess Owens to catch the but it want a Harold the other wide receiver who was expected to be a Pivotal Force in this had been in motion on the and when he Cut Forward an in Stant before the snap of the he Drew a wiping out the potential tying one incompletion the eagles gave up the three plays after the rout was on thirdand4 from the Oakland 20 Yard Plunkett dropped then scrambled out of danger to his he threw to being guarded around the left sideline by Herman the eagles cornerback tried for a got Only and King got the Ball at the raid ers sixty one Yards King had a touch Down and a super bowl record and the with nine seconds remaining in the opening had a 140 the 80yard touchdown pass play sur passed by five Yards the old Mark set by Baltimore Johnny Unitas and John Mack by in super bowl v and matched by Pitts Burghs Terry Bradshaw and John stall Worth two years Franklins Field with gone in the second brought the Philadelphia faithful Back to coming after Jaworski had driven the eagles 61 Yards in nine plays to the Oakland Chris who kicked second half Field goals of 46 and 35 had an Opportunity to restore the raiders 14point Lead with about minutes to go in the second Quad but his attempt from 45 Yards away was wide to the once again Philadelphia began to once again it appeared the eagles were on their Way to a and once just As they had botched it on the pass to a photo Oakland a a Jim Plunkett fades Back Star of super bowl about to pass in first Quarter they blew it on their final play of the first Jaworski hooked up with the 6foot8 Carmichael on passes of 29 and 14 then hit Montgomery on a 16yard taking Philadelphia to within 11 Yards of the end the eagles stalled and out came the barefooted Franklin for what looked to be a sure three but his kick was Low and Ted the freewheeling linebacker who controls the Oakland jumped High and Bat Ted the Ball it could have been defensive end Willie Jones picked the Ball up with nothing but open Field ahead of took but he never got a handle on the Ball and the raiders had to Settle for Possession for the final plays of the the first half had belonged to the 10year Veteran won the Heisman Tro Phy at Stanford As the outstanding College player in the but his career had spiralled downward with new England and san Francisco before Davis plucked him from the Edge of the abyss in he completed five of eight passes for 118 Yards in the first two periods while Jaworski found his Mark on Only 9 of for things got Only worse in the second for they  get much better but they on the third play of the second Plunkett completed a 13yard pass to on the next he found Bob Chandler sprinting Down the left a step behind Rookie defensive Back Roynell for a 32yard completion to the eagles and two plays after the Lead Mush roomed to Branch and Young raced stride for stride toward the left goal Plunkett put the Ball they both went for but Branch stepped in front and wrenched the Ball away from lung ing the final Yard into the end it As it turned the crowning achievement in this one which Plunkett never thought in his wildest dreams that he would Ever play greatest moment in the finest hour new Orleans up if this was indeed the Oakland raiders finest there was no doubt who their Man of the moment this is my greatest moment As a professional and this is certainly the Best club Ive Ever played said quarterback Jim plan the map in Oakland 2710 Triumph Over the Philadelphia eagles sunday in super bowl a castoffs from the waiver wire two years ago who admittedly was mulling riddled the eagles league leading defense for 261 Yards and three the Guys have risen to the occasion time after said after a 13of21 display of precision passing in the foldout Louisiana the game plan was to look for the Opportunity to get the big and no one made the big play any better than after the first of linebacker Rod Martins super bowl record three Plunkett Given plenty of time found Cliff Branch for a 2yard touchdown pass at of the opening period that put the underdog raiders up two possessions lat on the 32yearold retread scrambled left and hit running Back Kenny King Down the left sideline for a super Bow record 80yard to i think Plunkett is a hell of an athlete he deserves to be where he is said the play was not designed to go i was supposed to go 6 but when i saw Jim scramble i kept with Oakland ahead 143 at Plunkett iced the game in dramatic fashion when he hit Branch with a 29yard scoring pass to Climax a 76yard drive on Oakland first Chris Bahr added Field goals of 46 and 35 Yards As the raiders became the first wildcard entry to win the super bowl since the 1970 when you look Back at the years of this is the finest hour of the Oakland said owner Al Davis in accepting the Vince Lombardi trophy from nil commissioner Pete Davis refused to comment on the controversy surrounding his pending lawsuit against the league concerning his desire to move the franchise to los i dont think that anyone should take away from the achievement of our said who then referred to one of the raiders favorite i say to my play ers take be proud your commit ment to excellence will go on he had sat on the Oakland Bench while first Ken Stabler and then Dan Pastorini had Quarter backed the he had asked to be traded or but Davis said and when Pastorini went Down five games three losses into the season with a broken it was the for gotten who found himself with new he was in the Drivers the raiders won six in a Row and 9 of 11 j in the regular season behind then swept past Cleveland and san Diego in the As much As he was in command in those so were the raiders Here once Plunkett had gotten them their third Jaworski had plenty of time to bring Phil Adelphia Back within striking but once again he was foiled by a Backer who had been drafted by Oakland in the 12th round in had been Cut by the claimed by san Francisco that year and then resigned by Oakland late in the Jaworski started the eagles from their own 10 when Parry Harrington touched the Kickoff just As it was going out of and he moved Philadelphia to the Oakland once More the Eagle quarterback looked for once again he found whose second interception put the raiders in position to drive toward Bahrs 46yard Field a kick which was just two Yards Short of the super bowl record set by Jan Stenerud of Kansas City in it was the score by which Dallas had crushed Miami in super bowl i nine years ago in this Long before this Gigantic stadium had been the eagles were but they were not Jaworski pushed them to their Only touchdown on an 8yard pass to Keith Krepfle 61 seconds into the fourth Lester the cornerback who had intercepted 13 passes during the regular sea son and five More in the raiders three playoff was beaten on the it was one of the few times All Day and it didst by now things were in the bag for the Bahr kicked his second Field goal Midway in the then Oakland defense took Jones recovered Jaworski Fumble snap to kill the eagles penultimate posses then Martin made his record third interception with to that broke the old Mark of two interceptions jointly held by Randy Beverly of the new York Chuck Howley of the dal Las cowboys and Jake Scott of the Miami Branch also got into the record Book with his two touchdown tying the Mark shared by Max Mcgee of Green Bill Miller of Oakland and Stallworth of now All that was left was to celebrate and to return Home to the City Davis has been trying to coach Tom in just his second year at the Raider said his clubs intense will to win proved the difference in earning his third super bowl this is a very very courageous said who earned his first two rings As a backup quarterback at Kansas City in super bowl in and As assistant coach with Oakland in super bowl they refused to believe they could do any thing but who picked off Only two passes during the regular exemplified the opportunistic Oakland defense that forced four turnovers and limited the eagles to a single we had the determination to turn pm said the fou year and that what we did we turned pm and Plunkett turned the raiders