Raiders History
Super Bowl XV
Louisiana Superdome; Sunday. Jan. 25, 1981; Attendance: 76,135; Time: 3:13 PM PST; Weather: played indoors, domed stadium
The 1980 Oakland Raiders entered Super Bowl XV against the NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles
as the ultimate underdogs. Not only were the Raiders the first wild card team to advance to the Super
Bowl since the NFL adopted the new playoff format in 1978, but the Eagles had already defeated the
Silver and Black, 10-7, just eight weeks earlier. This matchup would
be markedly different, as a team that started the season with just a 2-3
record would claim the club’s second championship with a dominating
27-10 victory.
The Raiders wasted no time establishing themselves in New Orleans,
as Rod Martin picked off a Ron Jaworski pass on the game’s third play
and returned it 25 yards to set up a Jim Plunkett touchdown pass to
Cliff Branch. Later in the first quarter, Plunkett hit Kenny King for an
80-yard touchdown strike that set a then-Super Bowl record and gave
the Silver and Black a 14-0 lead.
Head coach Tom Flores, employing a philosophy of pressure football,
kept the offense firing away in the second half. Plunkett engineered a
third-quarter drive that culminated in a 29-yard touchdown pass to
Branch that gave the Raiders an insurmountable 21-3 lead. Chris Bahr
added two field goals in the second half and the defense, led by a
Super Bowl-record three interceptions by Martin, surrendered only a
fourth-quarter touchdown.
Plunkett was tabbed for MVP honors after completing 13-of-21
passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns as the Silver and Black
became the first wild card team in NFL history to win the Super Bowl.
RAIDERS E AGLES
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 17 19
By Rushing 6 3
By Passing 10 14
By Penalty 1 2
THIRD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-12-50% 5-12-42%
FOURTH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 377 360
Total Offensive Plays 56 64
Average gain per offensive play 6.7 5.6
NET YARDS RUSHING 117 69
Total Rushing Plays 34 26
Average gain per rushing play 3.4 2.7
NET YARDS PASSING 260 291
Times thrown – yards lost att. to pass 1-1 0-0
Gross yards passing 261 291
PASS ATT-COMP-INT 21-13-0 38-18-3
Average gain per pass play 11.8 7.7
PUNTS Number and Average 3-42.0 3-36.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDS (not inc. kickoffs) 45 20
No. and Yards Punt Returns 2-1 3-20
No. and Yards Kickoff Returns 3-48 6-87
No. and Yards Interception Returns 3-44 0-0
PENALTIES Numbers and Yards 5-37 6-57
FUMBLES Numbers and Lost 0-0 1-1
EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1
FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 2-3 1-2
SAFETIES 0 0
FINAL SCORE 27 10
Score by quarter
1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL
OAKLAND 14 0 10 3 – 27
PHILADELPHIA 0 3 0 7 – 10
RAIDERS STarters
OFFENSE DEFENSE
C 50 D. Dalby NT 62 R. Kinlaw
G 65 M. Marvin DE 73 D. Browning
G 63 G. Upshaw DE 72 J. Matuszak
T 70 H. Lawrence LB 83 T. Hendricks
T 78 A. Shell LB 53 R. Martin
TE 88 R. Chester LB 55 M. Millen
WR 85 B. Chandler LB 51 B. Nelson
WR 21 C. Branch CB 37 L. Hayes
RB 33 K. King CB 35 D. O’Steen
RB 30 M. van Eeghen FS 44 B. Owens
QB 16 J. Plunkett SS 36 M. Davis
eagles STarters
OFFENSE DEFENSE
C 50 G. Morriss NT 65 C. Johnson
G 69 W. Peoples DE 78 C. Hairston
G 62 P. Perot DE 68 D. Harrison
T 76 J. Sisemore LB 95 J. Bunting
T 75 S. Walters LB 56 J. Robinson
TE 84 K. Krepfle LB 66 B. Bergey
WR 17 H. Carmichael LB 55 F. LeMaster
WR 88 J. Spagnola CB 46 H. Edwards
RB 20 L. Harris CB 43 R. Young
RB 31 W. Montgomery FS 22 B. Wilson
QB 7 R. Jaworski SS 41 R. Logan
Scoring summary
TM QTR TIME PLAY DESCRIPTION OAK PHI
OAK 1 6:04 C. Branch 2 yd. pass from J. Plunkett (C. Bahr kick) (7-30, 4:16) 7 0
OAK 1 14:51 K. King 80 yd. pass from J. Plunkett (C. Bahr kick) (3-86, 0:57) 14 0
PHI 2 4:32 T. Franklin 30 yd. Field Goal (8-61, 4:41) 14 3
OAK 3 2:36 C. Branch 29 yd. pass from J. Plunkett (C. Bahr kick) (5-76, 2:36) 21 3
OAK 3 10:25 C. Bahr 46 yd. Field Goal (7-40, 3:45) 24 3
PHI 4 1:01 K. Krepfle 8 yd. pass from R. Jaworski (T. Franklin kick) (12-88, 5:36) 24 10
OAK 4 6:31 C. Bahr 35 yd. Field Goal (11-72, 5:30) 27 10
OAKLAND RAIDERS
RUSHING Att Yd Avg Lg TD
M. van Eeghen 18 75 4.2 8 0
K. King 6 18 3.0 6 0
D. Jensen 4 17 4.3 6 0
J. Plunkett 3 9 3.0 5 0
A. Whittington 3 -2 -0.7 2 0
Total 34 117 3.4 8 0
PASSING Att Cm Yds TD Lg In
J. Plunkett 21 13 261 3 80 0
Total 21 13 261 3 80 0
RECEIVING No Yd Avg Lg TD
C. Branch 5 67 13.4 29T 2
B. Chandler 4 77 19.3 32 0
K. King 2 93 46.5 80T 1
R. Chester 2 24 12.0 16 0
Total 13 261 20.1 80T 3
INTERCEPTIONS No Yd Avg Lg TD
R. Martin 3 44 14.7 25 0
Total 3 44 14.7 25 0
PUNT RETURNS No Yd Avg FC Lg TD
I. Matthews 2 1 0.5 1 2 0
Total 2 1 0.5 1 2 0
KICK RETURNS No Yd Avg Lg TD
I. Matthews 2 29 14.5 21 0
K. Moody 1 19 19.0 19 0
Total 3 48 16.0 21 0
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
RUSHING Att Yd Avg Lg TD
W. Montgomery 16 44 2.8 8 0
L. Harris 7 14 2.0 5 0
L. Giammona 1 7 7.0 7 0
P. Harrington 1 4 4.0 4 0
R. Jaworski 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total 26 69 2.7 8 0
PASSING Att Cm Yds TD Lg In
R. Jaworski 38 18 291 1 43 3
Total 38 18 291 1 43 3
RECEIVING No Yd Avg Lg TD
W. Montgomery 6 91 15.2 25 0
H. Carmichael 5 83 16.6 29 0
C. Smith 2 59 29.5 43 0
K. Krepfle 2 16 8.0 8T 1
J. Spagnola 1 22 22.0 22 0
R. Parker 1 19 19.0 19 0
L. Harris 1 1 1.0 1 0
Total 18 291 16.2 43 1
INTERCEPTIONS No Yd Avg Lg TD
— — — — —
PUNT RETURNS No Yd Avg FC Lg TD
J. Sciarra 2 18 9.0 0 12 0
W. Henry 1 2 2.0 0 2 0
Total 3 20 6.7 0 12 0
KICK RETURNS No Yd Avg Lg TD
B. Campfield 5 87 17.4 21 0
P. Harrington 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total 6 87 14.5 21 0
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