25 Years Ago Today... January 22, 1984 (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

The Raiders destroyed the Washington Redskins 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII, winning their third Lombardi Trophy.

My life as a Raider fan has been HELL ever since. So today, grant me the opportunity to honor this once-proud franchise.

 

[Whiplash Inc.]

I knew that was coming when I read the title...

It sure has been a while.

 

[Tanner9919]

The Raiders destroyed the Washington Redskins 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII, winning their third Lombardi Trophy.

My life as a Raider fan has been HELL ever since. So today, grant me the opportunity to honor this once-proud franchise.

wow...seriously 25 years huh?that was a great team!

Always liked the Raiders. Hopefully they'll win the Lombardi trophy again, and soon!

 

[Sinrman]

At least you've been there (and even won!)

Signed,

Detroit Lions fan

 

[PewterFan]

My life as a Raider fan has been HELL ever since.

To be fair they've made the Superbowl once since then and the playoffs multiple times. It's just the last 7 years that the Raiders have been a joke.

 

[Raider Nation]

My life as a Raider fan has been HELL ever since.

To be fair they've made the Superbowl once since then and the playoffs multiple times. It's just the last 7 years that the Raiders have been a joke.

If someone had told me after that game that I would not see another title in the next 25 years, I'd have had them drug tested. <_<

 

[Pino]

My life as a Raider fan has been HELL ever since.

To be fair they've made the Superbowl once since then and the playoffs multiple times. It's just the last 7 years that the Raiders have been a joke.

If someone had told me after that game that I would not see another title in the next 25 years, I'd have had them drug tested.

Did they even have drug tests 25 years ago?

 

[crowe1130]

Hopefully someone will eventually right the ship for you, Raider Nation. I know it seemed like a really long time between Super Bowls XIV and XL for me as a Steeler fan, so I feel for you.

I hope better days are ahead for Oakland, as the league is much more fun when the Raiders are good.

 

[JuniorNB]

I'd say you guys are pretty much finished until Al Davis steps down/dies. No respectable coach will even set foot near the place these days.

It's a shame, too. The Raiders are one of the league's storied franchises and I think the NFL, as a whole, will be better when they are back near the top.

 

[=Smackdown=]

January 22, 1984 . . .

The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "1984" television commercial.

 

[Whiplash Inc.]

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...x.htm?eref=sisf

 

[buster c]

 

[Adebisi]

You guys had Bo Jackson. That's better than 10 Super Bowls.

 

[Christo]

The Raiders destroyed the Washington Redskins 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII, winning their third Lombardi Trophy.

My life as a Raider fan has been HELL ever since. So today, grant me the opportunity to honor this once-proud franchise.

wow...seriously 25 years huh?that was a great team!

Always liked the Raiders. Hopefully they'll win the Lombardi trophy again, and soon!

I've never been a Raiders fan but it just doesn't seem right that they aren't in the mix.

 

[T Bell]

Ugh, thanks for the reminder.

That was likely the best Redskins team of Joe Gibbs' career, and would have been remembered as one of the all-time great teams in NFL history, but for that game. They set the record for scoring, had a +42 turnover ratio (one of the most astonishing single season team stats you'll ever find), and they lost two games by a total of two points all year.

 

[CrossEyed]

Moments of silence are no longer permitted. Separation of church and shark pool.

 

[Ozymandias]

That was just after the day Al Davis had his 80th birthday.

 

[Sweet Love]

That was just after the day Al Davis had his 80th birthday.