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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pastorini not Flores says new Orleans up Oakland coach Tom Flores monday denied reports the nil champions had traded quarterback Dan Pastorini to the Green Bay packers for Al pro wide receiver James that just a said Flores at a morning press conference following Oak lands 2710 Triumph Over the Philadelphia eagles in super theres no truth to it at we  Trade anyone now if we wanted to the trading deadline int until who was acquired from hous ton in an of season Deal for Ken broke his leg 5 As the raiders were dropping to a 23 Jim Plunkett took Over As starter and went on to a 132 Mark As Oakland became the first wild card entry since the 1970 merger to win a super Pastorini made a rapid recovery and was healthy enough to be restored to the Active roster for the but Oakland chose not to reactivate Lofton caught 71 passes for Yards and four touchdowns and was the Only legitimate threat for the 5101 often drawing double Rookie Marc the record setting quarterback from Brigham was listed As 2 on the depth Chart behind Plunkett after Pastorini went Down and the raiders own a pair of first round draft choices for january 1981 the stars and stripes Page 21 Why int girl at right also smiling an enthusiastic Raider fan who broke super bowl hero Jim Plunkett As the police lines plants a kiss on the Cheek of team arrived Home monday the Una mused lady at right is Plunkett Gerry a photo but would go with raiders to Flores prefers to remain in Oakland new Orleans a coach Tom Savouring his teams super bowl Vic made it Clear monday he would prefer it if he and the raiders remained in Oak managing general partner Al at Odds with National football league com missioner Pete is suing the nil in an attempt to move the franchise to los Angeles without the other owners Permis it would be a move Flores would make with Ive been an Oakland Raider since with a leave of absence for a few years someplace else 196771 in Buffalo and Kansas City As a player and he replied when someone asked where hed prefer to be in i was the first Oak land Raider so youre asking the wrong but i have no Choice and if Al were to move the then id go to Flores didst get to sleep until 3 More than six hours after the raiders 27 10 Triumph Over the Philadelphia eagles before fans in the and less than three hours after he was Back in the doing a television when youre there and theres Only six or seven people sitting there in that big stadium and just a few hours before that youve had one of your Best moments in its really a strange it was a lonely but it was a very Happy he because you know that where it it happened to Flores and the raiders in part because they were not sidetracked by the Davis Rozelle those things have never really been a part of our team and coaching Flores we never would allow it and Al would never allow anything like that to interfere with our preparation for a going with Jim Plunkett and Ted Hen Dricks As Well As ignoring the Davis Rozelle dispute enabled the raiders to cruise through their remarkable Flores said the games most valuable threw three touchdown for 2 and 29 Yards to Cliff Branch and a super Bow record 80yarder to Kenny after the Branch called the quarterback the Leader we didst have when Dan Pastorini was in and on Flores acknowledged even before Pastorini suffered a Bro Ken leg in the fifth game of the he was thinking about going with there was a Point where i was consid ering possibly making a Flores continued on Page 25 super bowl a if speaking new Orleans a they measure Good times Here by the amount of food and drink consumed and the amount of litter left in the narrow streets of the French super bowl Xiv was a Success by those Anthony Deputy director of the cites Sanita Tion said his workers picked up 128 tons of litter from the 80 blocks of the old Section of town on just sunday night and monday an average Days pickup in the Quarter is about 50 60 Stant Kermit assistant general manager of the celebrated Antoine said his establishment was booked solid for super bowl week and that All private dining rooms had been booked since september of he estimated that his staff served lunches and dinners a Day Over the at where a leisurely breakfast is Manda tory for tourists doing it in general manager David Wilson said the restaurant served about breakfasts on sunday Par for big weekends and set a restaurant record by serving for dinner on saturday this was a Little bit better than the sugar he we had a higher Check we sell a lot More expensive and a lot More order a la carte from our More expensive officials of the cites tourist commission estimated that super bowl visitors would pump million into the local but they said that was a conserva Tive Stant said that despite the Best efforts of his litter got ankle deep at times on Bourbon the Cen Ter of tourist we were out ail Day and All he we just  keep but he said he  change things if he its an open he i guess its one of the Only cities where you can walk around with a drink in your eat a hot dog on the if you want to use the word that one of the things that draws tourists they can do things Here that they cant do at  
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