>> SUPER BOWL XVIII, A MATCHUP BETWEEN THE TWO BEST TEAMS IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. THE REDSKINS 31-3 OVER THE LAST 34 GAMES. THE RAIDERS 25-9. GREG PRUITT AND CLE MONTGOMERY BACK DEEP FOR THE RAIDERS. AND HERE WE GO. OFF THE FOOT OF JEFF HAYES. A KNUCKLE BALL BOUNCES PAST PRUITT INTO THE END ZONE. HE'S GOT TO GET ON IT. AND HE DOES. THE RAIDERS WILL START TO OPERATE FROM THEIR OWN 20-YARD LINE. AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE LINEUPS IN JUST A SECOND. HERE THEY ARE. PLUNKETT. MARCUS ALLEN AND KENNY KING -- THE TWO RUNNERS. BRANCH, BARNWELL, AND CHRISTENSEN. WE'LL SEE PRETTY MUCH THAT SETUP ALL DAY. UP FRONT -- THEY ARE BIG. DAVIS, HANNAH, DALBY, MICKEY MARVIN, AND HENRY LAWRENCE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE. JUST SAYING THAT THE RAIDERS DON'T SHIFT THEIR OFFENSIVE PERSONNEL TOO MUCH. THEY STAY PRETTY MUCH IN A TWO-BACK SETUP. JIM PLUNKETT IN 1983. CLIFF BRANCH IS WIDE TO THE LEFT AND BARNWELL IS SPLIT SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT. MARCUS ALLEN ON FIRST DOWN. GETS AROUND THE CORNER. GETS 5. ANTHONY WASHINGTON CAME UP TO CUT HIM DOWN. SOMETHING THEY HOPE TO DO. THE REDSKIN DEFENSE. THEY PLAY A FOUR-MAN FRONT. LIEBENSTEIN, BUTZ, DARRYL GRANT, AND DEXTER MANLEY. THREE LINEBACKERS -- GOOD ONES -- KAUFMAN, OLKEWICZ, AND RICH MILOT. AND THEN THE SECONDARY HAS BEEN REBUILT. GREEN, WASHINGTON ON THE CORNERS. AND COFFEY AND MURPHY, THE SAFETIES. BRANCH AND BARNWELL ON THE LEFT SIDE THIS TIME, WITH BRANCH IN THE SLOT. ALLEN IN MOTION TO THE RIGHT. PLUNKETT BACK TO THROW. OUTSIDE, ALLEN. HE'S GOT A BLOCKER IN FRONT OF HIM. MARCUS ALLEN HAS A RAIDER FIRST DOWN. COFFEY MADE THE STOP WITH HELP FROM OLKEWICZ. IT WAS DALBY OUT IN FRONT. >> YOU KNOW, PAT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RAIDERS NOT SUBSTITUTING ON PASSING DOWNS, AND THAT'S THE REASON -- BECAUSE MARCUS ALLEN IS AS GOOD A RECEIVER AS ANY THIRD RECEIVER THEY COULD PUT IN. WE SEE HIM HERE ON THIS PLAY. HE COMES IN MOTION, GETS OUT HERE. THEY GET THE BALL TO MARCUS IN THE OPEN FIELD. NOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO ALL DAY. THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO RUN HIM TO DO THAT, BUT THEY CAN THROW THOSE LITTLE PASSES TO HIM TO DO THAT. >> AS THEY SAID TO US IN THE WEEK, "YOU DO NOT WANT NUMBER 32 LOOSE IN YOUR SECONDARY." ALLEN OVER THE LEFT SIDE. BY DAVE BUTZ AFTER A COUPLE. >> THERE'S BIG DAVE BUTZ. HE'LL FILL UP A SCREEN ON YOU, WON'T HE? [ CHUCKLES ] HE'LL ALSO FILL UP THE MIDDLE OF THAT LINE. YOU KNOW, HE AND DARRYL GRANT -- THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO GOOD AGAINST THE RUN, THE REDSKINS, BECAUSE THEY REALLY PLAY STRONG IN THE MIDDLE. LOOK -- BOOM, THEY JUST TAKE THAT GUARD ON, BOTH OF THEM, PLUG UP THAT MIDDLE, AND THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO. YOU SEE BUTZ -- BOOM, RIGHT DOWN THE LINE. >> PLUNKETT BACK TO THROW ON SECOND DOWN. LOOKING, CAN'T FIND ANYBODY. FINALLY -- THOUGHT HE HAD TODD CHRISTENSEN. KEN COFFEY CAME OVER AT THE LAST SECOND TO SLAP IT AWAY FROM TODD. >> THAT WAS A GOOD PLAY BY KEN COFFEY. HE REALLY CLOSED. NOW, WATCH HIM RIGHT HERE. CHRISTENSEN SLIPPED A LITTLE AS HE STARTS TO COME ON THE IN, AND THAT GAVE COFFEY THE LITTLE CHANCE TO GET IN THERE. THAT WAS VERY CLOSE TO AN INTERCEPTION. >> KEN COFFEY WAS AROUND LAST YEAR BUT ON INJURED RESERVE, SO REALLY HE'S A ROOKIE. IT WILL BE THIRD AND LONG. BARNWELL AND BRANCH COME TO THE RIGHT SIDE THIS TIME. PLUNKETT TO KENNY KING. KING SLIPS ONE TACKLE. DOESN'T GET THE FIRST DOWN. HE'S AT THE 35. AND RAY GUY WILL COME ONTO THE SCENE. DARRELL GREEN MADE THE STOP. THE REDSKIN DEFENSIVE UNIT YIELDS A FIRST DOWN, BUT THEN THEY DO THEIR JOB. >> I THINK DARRELL GREEN TODAY IS GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF STOPS. HE JUST SEEMS TO BE ALL OVER THAT FIELD IN THIS REDSKIN DEFENSE. >> NICK GIAQUINTO BACK TO RETURN THE PUNT BY HIMSELF FOR WASHINGTON. THEY DECIDED AT THE LAST MINUTE THIS WEEK NOT TO ACTIVATE THE DANGEROUS MIKE NELMS, SO GIAQUINTO GETS THE JOB. IT'S A TOUGH JOB IN THIS WIND, TOO. RAY GUY. GOOD KICK BY GUY. GIAQUINTO CIRCLES AND SIGNALS FOR A FAIR CATCH. IT ALMOST GOT AWAY FROM HIM. GOOD KICK BY GUY. 48 YARDS OFF THE TOE OF RAY GUY, AND NO RETURN, SO A 48-YARD NET. AND THE RAIDERS WILL TAKE THAT AS OFTEN AS THEY HAVE TO PUNT. 0-0 IN SUPER BOWL XVIII. PAT SUMMERALL WITH JOHN MADDEN. FIRST QUARTER. REDSKINS' FIRST OFFENSIVE PLAY. JOHN RIGGINS IS STARTING. FROM THEIR OWN 19. IT'S BROWN IN MOTION. RIGGINS GETS THE HAND-OFF. RIGGINS GETS MAYBE 2. AND ALREADY THERE'S SOME SHUFFLING AND STRUGGLING AND MASHING GOING ON. THAT'S A WORD THAT'S BEEN USED A FEW TIMES THIS WEEK -- WHO'S GONNA INTIMIDATE WHOM? THE WASHINGTON REDSKIN OFFENSIVE BACKS AND RECEIVERS. THEISMANN. JOHN RIGGINS THE LONE RUNNING BACK. THE H-BACK IS RICKY WALKER. MONK, BROWN, AND WARREN. UP FRONT, THE HOGS -- JACOBY, GRIMM, BOSTIC, MAY, AND STARKE. BROWN OUT WIDE TO THE LEFT AND MONK SPLIT WIDE TO THE RIGHT. THEISMANN ON THE COUNTER PLAY. RIGGINS BARRELS INTO THE RAIDER SECONDARY. ABOUT A YARD SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN. COMPLETING THE LINEUPS -- FRONT THREE FOR THE RAIDERS. LONG AND ALZADO THE ENDS, AND THE NOSEMAN, THE MIDDLE GUARD, REGGIE KINLAW. HENDRICKS, MILLEN, NELSON, AND MARTIN -- A FINE GROUP OF LINEBACKERS. THE SECONDARY -- AS GOOD AS THERE IS -- HAYES, HAYNES, DAVIS, AND McELROY. THIRD AND SHORT. THE REDSKINS GO WITH THREE TIGHT ENDS. THAT'S OTIS WONSLEY WHO MOVED. BUT IT WILL BE RIGGINS WHO CARRIES. DON'T THINK HE GOT IT. BOB NELSON MADE THE FIRST CONTACT AGAINST RIGGINS. >> AS WE SEE JOE GIBBS THERE. I GUARANTEE IF THEY DIDN'T GET IT, HE'S NOT GOING TO GO FOR IT HERE ON FOURTH DOWN. >> THEY DIDN'T GET IT. >> YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE OLD RIGHT-FOOT, LEFT-FOOT DEALS. WHERE DO THEY SPOT THAT BALL? HOW DO THEY KNOW WHERE TO SPOT IT? THEY JUST THROW A FOOT DOWN THERE, AND THAT'S WHERE IT IS. >> AS I LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, THEY MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN IT. >> RAW EYES -- IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DID GET IT. >> RAW EYES -- THEY<i> DID</i> GET IT. >> GOOD SPOT. >> FIRST DOWN -- FOR JOE GIBBS, NOT FOR FLORES. REDSKINS HAVE THE BALL ON THEIR OWN 29-YARD LINE. THE RAIDERS GOT A FIRST DOWN AND THEN HAD TO PUNT THEIR FIRST POSSESSION. THE REDSKINS NOW HAVE GOTTEN THEIR FIRST DOWN. RIGGINS BEHIND THEISMANN. MONK IN MOTION. THEISMANN WILL THROW. ALMOST PICKED OFF. INTENDED FOR MONK. MIKE HAYNES WAS ALL OVER HIM. >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE RAIDERS INTENDED TO DO ON DEFENSE, PAT. MIKE HAYNES WAS OUT THERE. SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO RUN ACROSS THE FIELD WITH MONK, DIDN'T GET THERE. HAYNES JUST STOOD THERE AND SAID, "HERE COMES SOMETHING. I MAY GET IT GOING THAT WAY." HERE'S ROD MARTIN COMING CLOSE TO AN INTERCEPTION. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A LOT OF SHIFTING AND MOTION AND MOVEMENT. I THINK THEY FELL INTO A PRETTY GOOD DEFENSE THERE. >> NOW THE RAIDERS MAKE SOME DEFENSIVE CHANGES. ALZADO AND MILLEN COME OUT, ALONG WITH HENDRICKS. AND THEY GO NOW WITH A THREE-MAN FRONT, BUT A DIFFERENT GROUP. THEISMANN GOING UPFIELD FOR CHARLIE BROWN -- NO, FOR MONK, I'M SORRY. AND HAYNES WAS RIGHT WITH HIM AGAIN. >> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING HERE WHAT THE REDSKINS ARE DOING. USUALLY CHARLIE BROWN IS ON THE LEFT AND MONK ON THE RIGHT. SO MAYBE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET MONK ON HAYNES BECAUSE HE'S BIGGER AND TRY AND GET CHARLIE BROWN ON THE RIGHT OVER THERE TO GO AGAINST LESTER HAYES. >> THAT BRINGS UP A THIRD-AND-10 SITUATION. NOW, LET'S SEE IF RIGGINS STAYED IN THE GAME OR IF WE'LL SEE JOE WASHINGTON. IT'S WASHINGTON, ALONG WITH GIAQUINTO. THIS IS MONK MOVING. HAYNES COMING WITH HIM. THEISMANN GOING AFTER IT AGAIN TO MONK. HAYNES WITH THREE OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYS. THEY MOVED A LOT, BUT THEY CONFUSED VERY LITTLE. >> IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO HERE EARLY. YOU KNOW, WHO DO YOU PICK ON, ON THOSE RAIDER CORNERS? DO YOU GO AGAINST MIKE HAYNES? HE'S AN ALL-PRO. OR DO YOU GO TO THE OTHER SIDE AGAINST LESTER HAYES? LOOKS LIKE, EARLY, THEY'VE CHOSEN MIKE HAYNES. >> JEFF HAYES BACK TO KICK. GREG PRUITT BACK DEEP. LAST TIME THEY PLAYED, PRUITT HAD A BIG DAY. WHEN HE CAME UP, HE RAN THE 40 IN 4.5. HE STILL RUNS IT IN 4.6, AND HE'S BEEN HIT A LOT OF TIMES. HAYES GOES UP AFTER IT. HAYES HAS IT BLOCKED! TOUCHDOWN, RAIDERS! I BELIEVE IT WAS NUMBER 31, DERRICK JENSEN, WHO DID THE BLOCKING. IT MUST HAVE BEEN. >> WE TALK ABOUT OFFENSE, DEFENSE, AND ALL THE MATCHUPS AND THE GREAT PLAYERS. AND THEN THIS WHOLE THING COULD BOIL DOWN TO SPECIAL TEAMS. IT'S STARTED THAT WAY. AND THAT WAS DERRICK JENSEN WHO BLOCKED THAT PUNT. IT LOOKED LIKE HE CAME INSIDE, AND HE WAS RIGHT IN JEFF HAYES' FACE. >> DAVID HUMM HOLDING. BAHR FOR THE EXTRA POINT. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. IT'S 7-0 IN FAVOR OF THE RAIDERS. LET'S SEE WHERE HE CAME FROM. >> I THINK HE CAME UP THE MIDDLE, PAT. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE IT HERE. HE'S NUMBER 31, DERRICK JENSEN. HE'S THE SPECIAL-TEAMS CAPTAIN OF THE RAIDERS. WE SEE HIM COMING RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. THAT'S THE PLACE TO BLOCK A PUNT. YOU DON'T BLOCK IT WHERE HE LINES UP. YOU BLOCK IT ABOUT 5 YARDS IN FRONT. THAT'S RIGHT WHERE DERRICK JENSEN WAS. >> THE TOUCHDOWN GOES TO LESTER HAYES. HE MADE THE RECOVERY. >> THERE'S DERRICK JENSEN. HE GOT IN THE MIDDLE AND HE GOT UP THERE. HE BLOCKED IT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. HE GOT IT AT THE HIGHEST POINT. AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S LESTER HAYES MAKING THE TOUCHDOWN. >> SO THE RAIDERS GET IT INTO THE END ZONE FIRST ON A BLOCKED PUNT BY JENSEN, THE RECOVERY BY HAYES. AND THEY LEAD 7-0. >> LET'S WATCH THAT PUNT BLOCK ONE MORE TIME. HERE'S DERRICK JENSEN RIGHT HERE AGAINST OTIS WONSLEY RIGHT HERE. NOW, HE'S GONNA TAKE AN INSIDE MOVE. CLINT DIDIER, WHO WAS HERE, BLOCKS TO THE OUTSIDE. DERRICK JENSEN COMES RIGHT IN HERE AND BLOCKS THE PUNT. WATCH HIM FROM THERE. SEE, HE TAKES AN INSIDE MOVE ON WONSLEY. YOU SEE THAT RIGHT THERE? DIDIER BLOCKS OUT. JENSEN COMES RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. >> AND LESTER HAYES RECOVERS IN THE END ZONE. AND THE RAIDERS TAKE A 7-0 LEAD. BAHR WILL KICK OFF, AND ALVIN GARRETT WILL BE BACK DEEP. IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY, YOU SAW, THE TEAMS THAT HAVE SCORED FIRST HAVE HAD A GREAT DEGREE OF SUCCESS. THE BALL BLEW OFF THE TEE, AND BAHR HAS TO SAY, "HOLD IT, GUYS." NOW THE INFORMATION THAT HAS JUST COME TO US IS THAT IT WAS JENSEN WHO MADE THE RECOVERY IN THE END ZONE. HAYES WAS RIGHT THERE. JENSEN DID THE BLOCKING AND JENSEN DID THE RECOVERING. >> YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. IF YOU COME UP WITH A GREAT PLAY TO MAKE A BLOCK, YOU OUGHT TO GET CREDIT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. THAT HAS TO BE EMBARRASSING FOR A KICKER, THOUGH, HUH? YOU GO UP TO KICK THAT THING, YOU'RE ALL FIRED UP, IT JUST FALLS OFF. >> HE HAD NO CHANCE. BAHR'S KICK IS HEADED IN THE DIRECTION OF GARRETT. AT THE 9. GARRETT HIT AND CUT DOWN. AND JENSEN CLIPS HIM DOWN. HE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER RAIDER FIRST -- CHESTER WILLIS. >> BIG START HERE FOR DERRICK JENSEN. HE'S DOWN IN A KICKOFF. LET'S WATCH THE RECOVERY HERE. HERE HE IS. HE'S THE FIRST GUY THERE. YEAH, LESTER HAYES WAS THE SECOND GUY. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE BALL, THOUGH. HE'S DOING THE CELEBRATING. >> LESTER'S ALREADY SAYING, "TOUCHDOWN." >> [ LAUGHS ] DERRICK JENSEN'S GETTING A LOT OF HITS ON THE HELMET OVER THERE. >> I'LL SAY. >> HEADACHE, BUT YOU FEEL GOOD. >> REDSKINS WILL START FROM THEIR OWN 21, FIRST AND 10. RAIDERS BACK IN THEIR REGULAR DEFENSIVE SCHEME NOW. MONK IN MOTION. HERE'S RIGGINS OVER THE LEFT SIDE. MAYBE 3 OR 4. YOU HEAR A LOT OF YELLING. RIGGINS, AS WE FOUND OUT EARLIER IN THE WEEK, HAD A TOUCH OF THE FLU OR SOME CONGESTION. HE WAS AFRAID IT WAS GONNA MAKE HIM WEAK. SO FAR, I DON'T SEE TOO MUCH EVIDENCE OF THAT, DO YOU? >> I DON'T THINK SO. BUT THE ONE THING YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS, RIGGINS IS THE TYPE OF FULLBACK WHO GETS STRONGER AS THE GAME GOES ON. HE'S NEVER BEEN A BIG PRODUCER IN THE FIRST QUARTER. BUILDS UP A LITTLE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. BUT THEN IN THAT SECOND HALF, THAT'S WHEN HE REALLY COMES ON. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THEN TO SEE. >> SECOND AND 6 FROM THE 25, REDSKIN TERRITORY. MONK GOES IN MOTION. THEISMANN. CHARLIE BROWN THE INTENDED RECEIVER. THE BALL IS LOOSE. IT IS INCOMPLETE. MIKE HAYNES AGAIN. MATT MILLEN OVER TO PICK THE BALL UP QUICKLY. THEISMANN IS 0 FOR 4. >> YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND JOE THEISMANN HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT AND JOE GIBBS HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT. IN ORDER FOR THE REDSKINS TO GET INTO THEIR OFFENSIVE RHYTHM, RIGGINS HAS TO RUN AND CREATE THOSE SECOND-AND-2 TYPE OF THINGS. THEN YOU CAN RUN OR PASS. THEY HAVEN'T STARTED ESTABLISHING THAT YET. >> RIGGINS GOES OUT AND JOE WASHINGTON COMES IN. HE HAD A BIG DAY IN THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THESE TWO. A CONTROLLED SCRAMBLE BY THEISMANN. AND HE'S GOT SOME ROOM. BUT HE DOESN'T QUITE GET THE FIRST DOWN. JAMES DAVIS IS OVER TO NUDGE HIM OUT OF BOUNDS. >> NOW, WATCH JOE THEISMANN ON THIS PLAY. THIS IS AN ORGANIZED SCRAMBLE. SEE, HE STARTS BACK. NOW HIS CENTER PULLS OUT. YOU SEE 53, BOSTIC, IN FRONT OF HIM? THEISMANN PULLS OUT. HE SEES GOOD COVERAGE DOWNFIELD. NO ONE OPEN, NO ONE TO THROW TO, SO HE JUST KEEPS RUNNING AND DOESN'T GET THE FIRST DOWN. >> SO JEFF HAYES, WHO HAD HIS FIRST PUNTING ATTEMPT BLOCKED, IS BACK IN. REDSKINS HAVE TO PUNT AGAIN. GREG PRUITT STANDING BACK AT HIS OWN 30. THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO BLOCK THIS ONE. OFF THE SIDE OF HAYES' FOOT. THEY LET IT BOUNCE. IT HIT A RAIDER IN THE BACK. AND IT'S REDSKINS' FOOTBALL. IT BOUNCED, HIT TED WATTS IN THE BACK, AND THE REDSKINS RECOVER. THE DEBATE CONTINUES, HOWEVER. >> WE USED TO ALWAYS HAVE A RULE -- IF THE BALL HITS THE GROUND, RUN OFF THE FIELD, GET AWAY FROM IT. I THINK IT DID HIT NUMBER 20, TED WATTS. LOOKS LIKE THE OFFICIALS ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT TO MAKE SURE. THEY SAY IT DID. REDSKINS' BALL, FIRST DOWN. >> ONLY A 27-YARD PUNT, BUT HERE IT IS. >> WATCH HERE. HERE'S WATTS RIGHT HERE, NUMBER 20. YOU SEE THE BALL'S HIT ON THE GROUND. HE'S TRYING TO BLOCK THERE. YOU SEE HE'S BLOCKING. THE BALL HIT HIM RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND. SO NOW THE REDSKINS CAN RECOVER THE BALL. THAT WAS A TOUGH BREAK. WATTS DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT BALL. >> NEVER SAW IT. >> HE WAS JUST BLOCKING, SWUNG HIS HAND BACK, AND HIT THE BALL. HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, I BET. >> IT WAS GREG WILLIAMS, THE BACKUP FREE SAFETY, WHO MADE THE RECOVERY FOR THE REDSKINS. THEY HAVE IT AT THE RAIDER 42. MONK IS THE MOTION MAN AGAIN. AND THEISMANN IS GOING TO WORK. WITH NO SUCCESS AND NO PENALTY MARKERS. INTENDED FOR CLINT DIDIER. >> LET'S SEE IT ONE MORE TIME HERE. WE'RE GONNA SEE TED WATTS. YOU SEE HIM OUT THERE BLOCKING? LOOK, HE'S BLOCKING, DOESN'T EVEN SEE IT. NOW, HIS ARM HIT THE BALL, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE REDSKINS GOT IN AND GOT IT. MARK MURPHY, 29, WAS THERE. HE SAID, "OUR BALL GOING THAT WAY." >> THEISMANN HAS YET TO COMPLETE A PASS. THE WIND MIGHT BE BOTHERING HIM MORE THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD. >> THE REDSKINS HAVE YET TO GET IN ANY OFFENSIVE RHYTHM. >> SECOND AND LONG -- A SITUATION THAT NOBODY LIKES. THEISMANN ON THE CONTROLLED SCRAMBLE AGAIN. CHASED BY THE RAIDERS. GETS AWAY FROM THEM. THROWS. A CATCH! CLINT DIDIER, RIGHT ON THE SIDELINE, CAME UP WITH THE FOOTBALL. >> I'LL TELL YOU, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEISMANN CAN DO. YOU KNOW, HE CAN MOVE AROUND AND BUY SOME TIME. NOW, WATCH IT. IT'S THAT ORGANIZED SCRAMBLE AGAIN. HE'S GOING TO COME OUT TO HIS RIGHT. DIDIER IS OUT THERE ON THE SIDELINE. YOU SEE HIM? BOOM, UP QUICK OUT HERE. MIKE DAVIS, THE STRONG SAFETY, FORCES. JUST MISSES THERE. NOW, WATCH HIM THREAD THAT NEEDLE. OOH, ODIS McKINNEY SAID, "HOW'D YOU GET THAT BALL IN THERE? THAT'S OUT OF BOUNDS. IT HAS TO BE." OFFICIAL SAID, "NO. IT'S A GOOD ONE." BUT IT IS SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN, SO THEY'RE GONNA END UP IN THAT THIRD AND SHORT. >> WOULD THE OFFICIAL TIMER PLEASE PUT 8 SECONDS BACK ON THE CLOCK, PLEASE? HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE PREVIOUS PLAY. >> SO, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, I'M SURE. THE CLOCK IS SUPPOSED TO STOP WHEN HE GETS OUT OF BOUNDS. >> THAT'S WHAT ODIS McKINNEY WAS TELLING THE OFFICIAL. HE WAS SAYING HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS WHEN HE CAUGHT IT, THOUGH. GENE BARTH SAID HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER HE CAUGHT IT. >> SO, AS INSTRUCTED, THEY ARE PUTTING EIGHT SECONDS BACK ON THE CLOCK. THE REDSKINS HAVE IT THIRD AND 2 AT THE RAIDER 34. RAIDERS LEADING 7-0. 8:10 LEFT IN THE FIRST QUARTER. SHOULD READ 8:18. THEY'RE STILL WAITING. >> AND, OF COURSE, IF YOU WONDER WHY ODIS McKINNEY WAS IN THERE, THE RAIDERS, ON SECOND DOWN, GO TO SIX DEFENSIVE BACKS, AND HE IS ONE OF THE TWO EXTRA DEFENSIVE BACKS THAT COME IN. >> IT IS AN HONOR FOR THOSE PEOPLE. THOSE ARE TODAY'S OFFICIALS. AND THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE THE LEAGUE OFFICIALS FEEL THEY DID THE BEST JOB. THIRD DOWN. BROWN IN MOTION. THEY GIVE TO RIGGINS. RIGGINS CIRCLES TO THE LEFT. AND HE GETS ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN. ABOUT THE 31. HOWIE LONG TRIPPED HIM UP, ALONG WITH ROD MARTIN. RIGGINS AND THE REDSKINS PICK UP THE FIRST. >> I'LL TELL YOU, IF THEY REALLY NEED ONE, THAT'S WHERE THEY GO. THEY GO TO THAT LEFT SIDE IN THERE BEHIND RUSS GRIMM AND BIG JOE JACOBY. WATCH JACOBY HERE, 66. BOOM -- IN, HEAD UP, KEEP THOSE FEET DRIVING, MOVE, MOVE, PUSH. DID A LITTLE DEAL THERE. HE WAS MAN-TO-MAN ON HOWIE LONG. JACOBY GOT THE MOVEMENT. THE REDSKINS GOT THE FIRST DOWN. >> BOY, THAT'S A LITTLE STRENGTH MEETING WHEN THOSE TWO MEET. FIRST DOWN. RAIDER 31. RIGGINS IS HIT RIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY ROD MARTIN AND SOMEONE ELSE. HE ONLY GOT A YARD. >> JOHN RIGGINS WAS TELLING US THE OTHER DAY THAT MAYBE THAT 49er GAME, THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TWO WEEKS AGO, MAY HAVE BEEN THE TOUGHEST GAME HE'S EVER PLAYED. HE SAID HE HAD DIVOTS ALL OVER HIS BODY. >> HE WENT INTO THE 49er LOCKER ROOM AFTER THE GAME WAS OVER AND SAID, "HEY, YOU GUYS, LOOK AT ME. YOU DIDN'T REPLACE YOUR DIVOTS. I DON'T MEAN ON THE FIELD. I MEAN ON MY BODY." >> SAID HE GOT SOME OF THEM REPLACED BUT IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME AFTER THEY'RE REPLACED. >> RIGGINS IS OUT AND WASHINGTON IS IN NOW ON SECOND AND 8, THE RAIDER 29. WASHINGTON IS THE BALLCARRIER. THE SCOOTER GETS TO ABOUT THE 27, BEFORE VANN McELROY COMES UP TO CUT HIM DOWN. THE RAIDERS, ALMOST TO A MAN, FEAR JOE WASHINGTON AS MUCH AS ANY OF THE REDSKINS' WEAPONS. >> THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. THEY REMEMBER THE LAST GAME. AND, OF COURSE, IT'S BECAUSE OF JOE WASHINGTON'S SPEED. THEY FIGURE IF RIGGINS IS IN THERE, THEY CAN CONTROL IT. THAT'S STRENGTH AGAINST STRENGTH, AND THEY CAN HANDLE THAT. JOE WASHINGTON GIVES THEM ANOTHER FAST GUY IN THERE, AND THAT MAKES THEM WORRY. >> NOW ON THIRD AND 6, THEY HAVE GIAQUINTO AND WASHINGTON. AND NOW THEY DO THEIR NOW-FAMILIAR MOVES, AND HERE COMES BROWN -- OR THIS IS ALVIN GARRETT IN MOTION. THEISMANN. INCOMPLETE. LOOKING FOR GIAQUINTO. THE RAIDERS HAD IT WELL-DEFENSED. ODIS McKINNEY AND MIKE DAVIS ON THE DEFENSE. HERE COMES MOSELEY. MARK, WHO OF COURSE KICKED THE GAME-WINNING FIELD GOAL AGAINST THE 49ers TWO WEEKS AGO BUT MISSED FOUR BEFORE THAT. THERE'S HIS YEAR IN '83. IT WAS A GOOD YEAR, BUT NOT NEARLY AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR. AND THE WIND COULD CERTAINLY BOTHER THIS. YOU CAN SEE THOSE RIBBONS ON TOP OF THE GOALPOST, AS HE GOES FROM 44 YARDS OUT, WITH THEISMANN HOLDING. IT IS WIDE LEFT. SO THE RAIDER LEAD STANDS AS IS -- 7-0. WE HAVE 6:16 LEFT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF SUPER BOWL NUMBER XVIII. FIRST AND 10, RAIDERS, FROM THEIR OWN 27-YARD LINE. THIS IS KENNY KING, THE BALLCARRIER. KING SLAMS FOR ABOUT 9 YARDS, BEFORE COFFEY CAN MAKE THE STOP. >> I THINK THE RAIDERS ARE BRINGING MARCUS ALLEN OUT IN MOTION HERE. I THINK THEY'RE SETTING SOMETHING UP. THEY WANT TO GET HIM OUT. HERE WE SEE IT FROM GROUND LEVEL. TO THE RIGHT. GOOD BLOCKING THERE. THERE'S BIG MICKEY MARVIN. THERE'S HENRY LAWRENCE. MAN-TO-MAN. THEY GIVE A GOOD HOLE FOR KENNY KING. MARCUS ALLEN HAD GONE IN MOTION OUTSIDE. I THINK THEY'RE SETTING UP, TRYING TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DEFEND THAT, SET UP A DEEP PASS LATER. >> KENNY KING GOT ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. AND PLUNKETT GOES BACK TO THROW ON FIRST DOWN. JUST LOBS IT OUT TO KING. KING GETS AWAY FROM ONE REDSKIN TACKLER. GETS OUT TO THE 45, MAYBE THE 46-YARD LINE. NEAL OLKEWICZ BROUGHT HIM DOWN. 7-YARD PICKUP. YOU GET 7 YARDS ON FIRST DOWN, THINGS BECOME A LOT MORE SIMPLE. >> WELL, AND THE RAIDERS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE WITH THAT PASSING GAME BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE TWO BACKS IN THE BACKFIELD, BUT THEY'RE TWO HALFBACK TYPES. LAST TIME THE RAIDERS WENT TO THE SUPER BOWL, KENNY KING WAS THE STARTING HALFBACK. SO THEY CAN GO OUT EITHER SIDE OF THE BACKFIELD. >> THERE ARE THE TWO -- 33 AND 32 -- MARCUS ALLEN AND KENNY KING. SECOND AND 3. AND MARCUS. TODD LIEBENSTEIN CAME DOWN TO MAKE THE INITIAL CONTACT. ONE OF THE KEYS TO RAIDER SUCCESS IS GONNA BE HOW WELL MARCUS ALLEN PERFORMS ON THE GROUND AGAINST THAT SKINS DEFENSE, WHICH IS THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE. HE'S DONE PRETTY WELL. >> LINEBACKER RICH MILOT WAS SAYING THE OTHER NIGHT THAT THAT'S THE GUY THEY WORRY -- BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANYONE HOT COMING INTO THE SUPER BOWL, IT'S MARCUS ALLEN. HE PLAYED BETTER IN THE PLAYOFFS THAN HE DID IN THE REGULAR SEASON THIS YEAR. >> THIRD AND 1 FROM THE 47. PLUNKETT GOES QUICKLY. HE HAS CHRISTENSEN. HE'LL HAVE THE FIRST DOWN. AND TODD CHRISTENSEN FIGHTS INTO REDSKIN TERRITORY. TODD LIEBENSTEIN CAME OVER TO MAKE THE STOP, FINALLY. A 9-YARD GAIN. >> NOW, ON THAT PLAY, IT WAS A SHORT-YARDAGE PLAY. ALL TODD CHRISTENSEN DOES IS -- WATCH, HE'LL COME OFF THE LINE. HE'LL COME INSIDE RIGHT HERE. HE'LL FIND AN AREA -- LOOK -- AND JUST SIT DOWN. THEY CALL THAT A SQUAT PASS. THEY SAID, "JUST GO UP THERE ABOUT 4 OR 5 YARDS, FIND AN OPENING, TURN AROUND, AND WE'LL POP YOU FOR THE FIRST DOWN." CHRISTENSEN -- HE WASN'T READY WITH THAT. HE SAID, "I WANT SOME MORE, NOT JUST THAT MUCH." >> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS HE CAN DO SO WELL. THAT'S WHY THOSE SHORT PASSES CAN BE SO SUCCESSFUL. HE CAN TURN THEM INTO MORE YARDAGE. HERE'S PLUNKETT BACK TO THROW AGAIN. OUT TO KENNY KING AGAIN. KING, THIS TIME, IS CUT DOWN QUICKLY. A PENALTY MARKER IS DOWN. IT WAS RICH MILOT WHO CAME UP TO MAKE THE STOP. >> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THE TYPE OF PASSING WE'RE SEEING NOW. RAIDERS DON'T THINK THAT'S INTERESTING -- A HOLDING PENALTY. BUT TOM FLORES SAID THAT THEY WERE HAVING TOO MANY INTERCEPTIONS. SO HE SAID THEY CHANGED THEIR PASSING SCHEME. WHENEVER THEY SENT THEIR WIDE RECEIVERS DEEP, THEY ALWAYS HAD TWO SHORT GUYS, USUALLY A BACK AND A TIGHT END. >> SO PLUNKETT HAD SOMEPLACE TO GO. BUTZ UP IN CONFERENCE WITH GENE BARTH. THEY WANT THE PENALTY. THAT'S THE FIRST ONE OF THE GAME. YOU THINK IT'S TRUE, JOHN, THAT IN BIG GAMES LIKE THIS ONE, THE REFEREES, THE OFFICIALS ARE INCLINED TO LET THEM PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE? LET'S LISTEN TO GENE BARTH. >> 79, OFFENSE -- HOLDING. STILL FIRST DOWN. >> IT WAS CALLED AGAINST BRUCE DAVIS. NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? >> I THINK THEY TEND TO LET THEM PLAY MORE, TO BE LESS PICKY IN THESE BIG GAMES. AND, OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST ONE ARE ALWAYS THOSE OPEN-FIELD ONES. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ALWAYS GIVE THE BIG PLAYS -- THOSE PASS-INTERFERENCE CALLS. >> FIRST AND 20. THEY'RE BACK IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. THE HAND-OFF IS TO MARCUS ALLEN. FUMBLE! THE BALL IS ON THE GROUND. AND THE RAIDERS JUST BARELY GOT IT BACK. LET'S SEE WHO WOUND UP ON TOP OF IT. THAT WAS ALMOST SERIOUS. >> WELL, THE RAIDERS HAVE HAD ONE TURNOVER ALREADY, BUT THEY PLAYED GREAT DEFENSE. THE REDSKINS DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. THEY ALMOST HAD THEIR SECOND HERE. WATCH THIS. IT'S A SWEEP PLAY TO MARCUS ALLEN. HE'S GETTING OUT HERE TO THE OUTSIDE. HE HAS THE BALL IN THE RIGHT PLACE. IT'S ON THE OUTSIDE. WE SEE RIGHT THERE -- MONTE COLEMAN, 51, CAME IN AND STRIPPED IT WITH HIS LEFT ARM. >> CHARLEY HANNAH CAME OVER TO MAKE THE RECOVERY. HE GOT CUT OFF AND COULDN'T GET OUT IN FRONT OF MARCUS. THAT'S WHY HE WAS BACK THERE. FRANK HAWKINS IN THE BACKFIELD NOW WITH MARCUS ALLEN. PLUNKETT WITH A LOT OF TIME. CHRISTENSEN ALMOST COMES UP WITH A ONE-HANDED GRAB. COVERED BY RICH MILOT. THAT'S THE MATCHUP THEY WANTED. >> THEY HAD TODD CHRISTENSEN LINED UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE, RAN ACROSS, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FIELD. IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS OPEN SOONER THAN JIM PLUNKETT THREW IT TO HIM. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN WATCH IT HERE. HERE'S CHRISTENSEN HERE. HE'S NUMBER 46. NOW, WATCH HIM AS HE BREAKS RIGHT HERE. HE LOOKS OPEN RIGHT NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW. NOW BY THE TIME THE BALL GETS THERE, HE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY STEPS ON MILOT. >> IT HAD TO BE THAT PLUNKETT DIDN'T SEE HIM SOON ENOUGH. >> I THINK PLUNKETT WAS LOOKING TO HIS RIGHT. >> SO IT'S THIRD DOWN. THEY NEED 24 FOR THE FIRST. RAIDERS OPERATING AT THEIR OWN 42-YARD LINE. NOW THE REFEREES STOP IT. >> I THINK THE REDSKINS -- >> YES. WASHINGTON TAKES A TIME-OUT. >> TIME-OUT, WASHINGTON. THAT'S THEIR FIRST TIME-OUT. >> I THINK SOMEBODY MIGHT'VE BEEN MISSING FROM THE REDSKIN DEFENSE, THOUGH I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, UNLESS THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT IN SIX DEFENSIVE BACKS AND SOMEBODY JUST MISSED IT. RAIDERS STILL LEAD, THOUGH, 7-0. >> WE CAN SEE WHY THE REDSKINS HAD TO TAKE TIME-OUT ON THAT LAST PLAY. THEY ONLY HAD 10 GUYS ON THE FIELD. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. THERE WAS NO ONE OUT HERE TO COVER, SO IT WAS A SMART MOVE. >> COULD TURN OUT TO BE A COSTLY MOVE IF THEY GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED A TIME-OUT. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS ON BOTH SIDES. IT COULD COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU. BUT IF YOU'RE ONLY PLAYING WITH 10 GUYS AND YOU DON'T HAVE A CORNER OUT THERE TO COVER CLIFF BRANCH, THAT COULD BE A 7-POINT PLAY. >> AND NOW WASHINGTON IS OUT THERE WITH BRANCH. THIRD DOWN AND LONG. PLUNKETT BACK TO THROW. THROWS IT AWAY. THROWS IT IN THE DIRECTION OF FRANK HAWKINS, AS DEXTER MANLEY WAS APPLYING SOME PRESSURE. MANLEY COMPLAINING ABOUT SOMEBODY HOLDING HIM, I'M SURE. >> YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY BRUCE DAVIS. THEY'VE ALREADY CALLED ONE HOLDING PENALTY ON BRUCE DAVIS, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY THINKING THE SAME THING. WATCH HIM. THERE'S MANLEY ON THE OUTSIDE. YOU SEE DAVIS<i> DOES</i> HAVE HIS RIGHT HAND ON HIM. YOU SEE HIM THERE? AND THAT'S WHAT MANLEY WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT. HE SAID, "HE'S STILL HOLDING ME. YOU CALLED ONE, BUT HE'S STILL DOING IT." >> HERE'S RAY GUY. IN THE DIRECTION OF GIAQUINTO. HE HAS TO LET IT BOUNCE. AND NOW HANDLES IT AT HIS OWN 17. OUT TO ABOUT THE 27. PENALTY MARKER DOWN BACK IN RAIDER TERRITORY. 42-YARD PUNT. JAMES DAVIS MADE THE TACKLE ON THE PUNT COVERAGE. THEY'RE GONNA CALL THE REDSKINS FOR HOLDING. THAT IS REALLY SERIOUS. THEY NEEDED 24 YARDS FOR THE FIRST DOWN. >> I TELL YOU, THE REDSKINS ARE HAVING A TOUGH DAY TODAY ON SPECIAL TEAMS IN THIS FIRST HALF. THEY'VE HAD A PUNT BLOCKED. NOW, ON A RETURN, THEY GET A HOLDING PENALTY. AND THIS IS REALLY GONNA PUT THEM IN THE HOLE. >> WE HAD A POSTPOSSESSION HOLD ON NUMBER 54 OF THE RECEIVING TEAM. IT WAS A POSTPOSSESSION FOUL. FIRST DOWN. >> ON PETER CRONAN. SO THE REDSKINS WILL HAVE TO START DEEP IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. BACK ON THE 8-YARD LINE. TRAILING THE RAIDERS, 7-0. TAMPA STADIUM. WHAT A SHOT, HUH? NOT A BAD SEAT IN THIS ARENA. SEATS 72,000. NONE EMPTY. REDSKINS OPERATE FROM THEIR OWN 8. THEY'VE HAD VERY POOR FIELD POSITION. THIS IS RIGGINS. BY BOB NELSON, FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE. HERE'S WHERE THEY'VE HAD TO START. FIRST TIME, FROM THEIR OWN 19. THEN FROM THEIR 21. THEN THEY RECOVERED THE PUNT FUMBLE. THEY MISSED A FIELD GOAL AFTER THAT. AND THEN THIS TIME, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO START FROM THEIR OWN 8-YARD LINE. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE REDSKINS REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO ANY TYPE OF OFFENSIVE RHYTHM YET, AND THAT RAIDER DEFENSE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT. THEY'RE REALLY SWARMING THAT FOOTBALL. >> WASHINGTON IS THE SET BACK. GIAQUINTO GOES IN MOTION AND THEISMANN BACKPEDALS. HITS JOE WASHINGTON. AND HE SCURRIES OUT FOR A FIRST DOWN. MARTIN AND NELSON. THAT'S THAT OPTION PATTERN THAT HE RUNS. A 10-YARD PICKUP. >> THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT HE DOES IS -- HE COMES DOWN THE FIELD ABOUT 8 OR 10 YARDS, AND THEN HE CAN GO INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, DEPENDING ON HOW HE'S COVERED. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE IT HERE FROM THE END ZONE. THEISMANN IS WATCHING HIM ALL THE WAY. THERE'S WASHINGTON. YOU SEE, HE HAD COVERAGE TO THE OUTSIDE. ROD MARTIN, 53, WAS OUTSIDE, SO HE CUT AND TURNED BACK INSIDE. HERE'S A BIG MATCHUP -- JACOBY AND ALZADO. WATCH THEM. ALZADO -- HE'S GIVING HIM EVERYTHING HE HAS. HE'S CLUBBING, FACE MASK. GRAB ANYTHING, MAN, YOU'RE IN THE PITS. >> THEISMANN OUT TO THE RIGHT. MISSES DIDIER. THAT ROLLOUT TO GET AWAY FROM THAT RAIDER PRESSURE THAT JOHN MADDEN WAS TALKING ABOUT. MIKE DAVIS WAS BACK THERE WITH DIDIER. >> THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING -- DIDIER WAS A WIDE RECEIVER IN COLLEGE. HE'S A TIGHT END NOW. BUT IN THIS GAME, THEY'RE PLAYING HIM OUTSIDE A LOT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO ISOLATE HIM ON STRONG SAFETY MIKE DAVIS. USUALLY, THAT STRONG SAFETY PLAYS INSIDE. LOOK, THERE'S GUYS FIXING THE GOALPOST. >> DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. THAT'S GEORGE TOMA UP THERE WITH THE WRENCH, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FIELD. >> BETTER WATCH OUT. THEY MAY KICK A LONG FIELD GOAL. >> HERE IS RIGGINS. AND HE'LL GO NOWHERE. ROD MARTIN MADE THE PLAY ON RIGGINS. >> HERE'S A HECK OF A LINEBACKER -- ROD MARTIN. YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT BIG. HE ONLY WEIGHS ABOUT 220 POUNDS, BUT HE HAS GREAT BIG HANDS AND STRONG HANDS. THAT TIME, DON WARREN, THE TIGHT END, WAS TRYING TO BLOCK HIM. HE WENT "WHAP"! HE GOT THOSE CLAMPS ON HIM, RIGHT DOWN THE LINE, AND STRUNG IT OUT. >> HE SAID TO US THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE TALKED WITH HIM, "I MAY NOT BE VERY BIG, BUT ONCE I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, IT'S OVER." >> AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID ON THAT LAST PLAY TO DON WARREN. HE GOT THOSE HANDS ON HIM, STRUNG THAT PLAY OUT. >> SO IT'S THIRD DOWN. 13 THEY NEED TO GET THE FIRST DOWN. OFFSIDES IS ALZADO. LYLE LIKES TO GO UP THE FIELD LIKE THAT. AND HE WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A JUMP ON JOE JACOBY. >> THAT'S WHAT HE WAS SAYING. HE TOLD US THE OTHER NIGHT, HE SAID, "I WANT TO GET HIM. I WANT TO GET HIS FEET MOVING." THE WAY HE WANTS TO DO THAT IS GET UP THE FIELD QUICKLY. THAT TIME, HE GOT UP IT A LITTLE TOO QUICKLY. HE'S SAYING THAT JACOBY MOVED. >> JACOBY'S ONE OF THOSE TACKLES WHO DOESN'T GET DOWN IN A THREE-POINT STANCE WHEN HE PASS-BLOCKS. >> OFFSIDES -- 77, DEFENSE. STILL THIRD DOWN. >> LET'S WATCH HERE. IT'S RIGHT HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. YOU SEE, IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS TIPPING A LITTLE, BUT ALZADO JUST TOOK OFF. >> IT IS STILL THIRD AND 8 FROM THE REDSKIN 22, WITH 55 SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER. AND THE RAIDERS LEADING 7-0. >> WHEN YOU'RE LIKE JACOBY, AND YOU WEIGH OVER 300 POUNDS AND YOU START TO TIP... >> [ CHUCKLES ] >> ...THAT CAN REGISTER ON ONE OF THOSE SCALES. >> HE COULD HARDLY GET OUT OF THE DOOR OF THE MEETING ROOM THE OTHER DAY. THEISMANN GOING DEEP FOR BROWN. CHARLIE BROWN HAS IT -- THEN DROPPED IT. GONNA BE CALLED INCOMPLETE. HE MADE A GOOD MOVE AND THEN COULDN'T QUITE HANG ON. >> I TELL YOU, HE REALLY DID MAKE A GOOD MOVE, PAT. HE TURNED ALL THE WAY AROUND TO GET IT. HE'S ON MIKE HAYNES THERE. YOU SEE HAYNES SHORT, McELROY DEEP. HE TURNED AROUND. HE DIDN'T HAVE CONTROL OF IT. AS HE STARTED TO BRING IT DOWN, IT HIT HIS SHOULDER PADS AND BOUNCED OUT ON HIM. >> SO JEFF HAYES WILL HAVE TO PUNT, WITH GREG PRUITT BACK DEEP FOR THE RAIDERS. BOSTIC IS THE SNAPPER. HE CAME PRETTY CLOSE TO GETTING THAT ONE. HAYES HANGS IT HIGH. PRUITT AT THE 30. PRUITT SCOOTS UP THE FIELD. TO THE 38. AND THERE'S A SCRAMBLE AFTER THIS ONE! >> I THINK THE OFFICIAL SAID HE WAS DOWN. >> 48-YARD PUNT BY HAYES. THE OFFICIAL DID, INDEED, SAY HE WAS DOWN AND THE BALL WAS DEAD. LET'S LOOK AT IT FROM OUR REVERSE-ANGLE VANTAGE POINT. >> HEY, WE REMEMBER ONE RULE HERE -- THAT THE GROUND CANNOT CAUSE A FUMBLE. AS LONG AS HE HAS IT WHEN HE GOES DOWN -- IF THE BALL COMES OUT WHEN HE HITS THE GROUND -- I DON'T KNOW. THAT ONE LOOKED LIKE IT STARTED OUT BEFORE HE WENT DOWN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE. >> I DON'T, EITHER. >> YEAH, YEAH, THAT BALL'S BEING STRIPPED BY GREG WILLIAMS. WATCH WILLIAMS, 47, COME IN THERE. WATCH IT. IT'S RIGHT UP AT THE TOP. NO, NO, THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE STRIP. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FUMBLE. >> HE ALMOST JUST TOOK IT AWAY FROM HIM. >> YEAH, IT WENT RIGHT UP HIS SHOULDER PAD. >> HERE'S MARCUS ALLEN. AND HE GETS SOME ROOM TO THE OUTSIDE. ALLEN IN REDSKIN TERRITORY. OUT OF BOUNDS AT ABOUT THE 45. HIT OUT BY DARRELL GREEN. 17 YARDS FOR MARCUS ALLEN. >> WELL, THE RAIDERS DODGED A BULLET THERE. AND I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN THEY DO GET SOME LIFE, THEY'RE GONNA COME. THERE'S THE RAIDER DEFENSE TALKING ABOUT THE REDSKIN OFFENSE. LYLE ALZADO'S SAYING, "GEEZ, I JUST BEAT JACOBY ON AN INSIDE MOVE, COACH." >> AT THE 45-YARD LINE OF WASHINGTON, WITH 29 SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER. MARCUS ALLEN AGAIN. STOPPED THIS TIME BY DAVE BUTZ. FIRST QUARTER ABOUT TO COME TO AN END, WITH THE RAIDERS LEADING 7-0. OVER THE LAST FOUR GAMES, AS RICH MILOT SAID, MARCUS ALLEN HAS BEEN HOT. LOOK WHAT HE AVERAGED OVER THE LAST FOUR GAMES -- 108.3. TODAY, HE'S 6 CARRIES, 25 YARDS PICKED UP. HE JUST GOT 17 OF THOSE. THAT'S THE END OF THE QUARTER, WITH THE LOS ANGELES RAIDERS LEADING WASHINGTON 7-0. SUPER BOWL XVIII. LET'S GO BACK AND CHECK THAT FUMBLE AGAIN. >> LET'S WATCH IT ONE MORE TIME. NOW, THE KEY IS HERE IS IF PRUITT IS DOWN. IF HIS LEFT ELBOW HITS BEFORE THE BALL COMES OUT, IT'S NOT A FUMBLE. NOW WATCH. I THINK THE BALL STARTS OUT RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE, HIS ELBOW DOESN'T HIT UNTIL NOW, SO I THINK THAT WAS A FUMBLE. AWFULLY CLOSE. >> IT WAS CLOSE. SECOND AND 7 FOR THE RAIDERS AT THE REDSKIN 42. FIRST PLAY OF QUARTER NUMBER TWO. JIM PLUNKETT, AFTER BEING SAT DOWN FOR A WHILE EARLY IN THE YEAR, CAME BACK VERY STRONG. PLUNKETT. AND A SCRAMBLE FOR THE FOOTBALL AGAIN. IT WAS CHRISTENSEN WHO CAUGHT THE BALL IN THE BEGINNING. >> THEY'RE ALL STANDING AROUND THERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHOSE BALL IT IS. THIRD DOWN. THAT MEANS IT'S RAIDERS' BALL. LET'S WATCH IT HERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT BALL EVER LEFT HIM. >> I DON'T THINK IT DID. >> IT NEVER LEFT HIS BODY. >> HE DID SOME SCRAMBLING. >> [ Laughing ] YEAH. >> SO IT'S THIRD DOWN AND 4 AT THE REDSKIN 39. PLUNKETT HAS HAWKINS AND MARCUS ALLEN AS HIS RUNNERS. NOTHING DOING, AS MARCUS ALLEN IS BOWLED OVER BY PERRY BROOKS. RAIDERS HAVE TO PUNT. BROOKS BACKS UP DARRYL GRANT. RAY GUY COMES ONTO THE SCENE. PERRY BROOKS GETS A GREAT GREETING ON THE REDSKIN SIDELINE. >> WELL, PERRY BROOKS COMES IN FOR DARRYL GRANT ON THE PASS-RUSH SITUATION. HE WAS IN THERE RUSHING THE PASSER, AND HE RAN RIGHT INTO MARCUS ALLEN AND SAID, "HEY, LOOK WHAT I GOT HERE." >> GUY STANDS AT HIS OWN 44-YARD LINE. NICK GIAQUINTO BACK FOR THE REDSKINS AT THEIR 10. TODD CHRISTENSEN, BY THE WAY, THE TIGHT END, SNAPS THE BALL ON PUNTS. ALMOST SNAPPED IT AWAY. GUY MADE ONE HECK OF A PLAY TO SAVE THAT ONE. >> I'LL TELL YOU, RAY GUY IS 6'3", BUT HE WENT UP TO ABOUT 7'3" ON THAT. THIS IS A HECK OF A PLAY. WATCH THIS BALL TAKE OFF. NOW, WATCH RAY GUY. HE GOES UP, CATCHES THAT THING WITH ONE HAND -- HIS RIGHT HAND -- AND IN ONE MOTION, BRINGS IT RIGHT DOWN AND KICKS IT. THAT'S WHY HE WAS A NUMBER-ONE DRAFT CHOICE. EVERYONE SAYS, "WHO DRAFTS A PUNTER IN THE FIRST ROUND?" LOOK AT THAT PLAY. WHOO! >> HE'S THE OLDEST PUNTER IN THE NFL, BUT STILL ONE OF THE VERY BEST. 42 YARDS ON THAT. RAIDERS 7, REDSKINS 0. SECOND QUARTER. JOE THEISMANN -- 2 OUT OF 10 FOR 18 YARDS. PLUNKETT -- 5 OUT OF 8 FOR 26 YARDS. AND THEISMANN TOSSES BACK TO RIGGINS. AND AGAIN, NOT MUCH HAPPENING IN THE WAY OF WHAT THE REDSKINS WANTED TO DO, AS MIKE HAYNES WAS UP, WITH HELP, TO KNOCK RIGGINS OUT OF BOUNDS. >> WE WERE TALKING TO JOHN RIGGINS THE OTHER NIGHT ABOUT WHAT PLAYS HE LIKES BEST. AND HE SAYS HE LIKES THOSE GUT PLAYS -- 40 AND 50 GUT -- WHERE HE GOES INSIDE. HE SAID HE DOESN'T LIKE THE SWEEPS ANYMORE. HE SAID, "IT JUST TAKES TOO MUCH ENERGY OUT OF ME." THAT WAS A SWEEP. AND HE DIDN'T LIKE IT. HE THREW THE BALL DOWN. >> HE USUALLY TRIES TO TURN THEM UP THE FIELD QUICKLY, BUT THE RAIDERS DIDN'T GIVE HIM ANY ALLEY. SECOND AND 9 FROM THE 21. DON WARREN SHIFTS OVER TO THE TIGHT-END SPOT. THEY GIVE TO RIGGINS AGAIN. THIS TIME HE GETS OUT FOR A FEW. LYLE ALZADO WAS THE FIRST RAIDER TO HIT HIM, BUT HE GOT OUTSIDE THE 26. >> WELL, MATT MILLEN WAS RIGHT UP IN THERE, TOO. THERE'S MILLEN THERE. HE'S POINTING. "YOU GET HIM. I'M GONNA GET UP HERE ON GRIMM." WATCH HIM. BOOM, HE TAKES ON GRIMM RIGHT THERE. THERE'S JACOBY. ALZADO COMES DOWN AND MAKES THE PLAY. THAT'S REALLY SOME CONTACT IN THERE. WHEN YOU GET MATT MILLEN -- HE WEIGHS ABOUT 270 POUNDS, AND HE'S GOING -- BOOM -- HE'S GOING IN THERE AGAINST GRIMM. >> THAT'S CINDY ALZADO, LYLE'S WIFE, ENJOYING THINGS RIGHT NOW, WITH GOOD CAUSE. THEISMANN OUTSIDE. WASHINGTON. AND WASHINGTON TRIES TO STRUGGLE BACK TO HIS FEET. ROD MARTIN WAS OUT THERE WITH HIM. THAT'S GONNA BE CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN FOR THE REDSKINS. >> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE RAIDERS ARE THINKING ABOUT. THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT, "THE GOOD NEWS IS WE STOPPED RIGGINS." BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE BAD NEWS IS THE REDSKINS BRING IN JOE WASHINGTON. >> TOM FLORES, WHO NEVER SHOWS TOO MUCH EMOTION. GIVES THE GUM A PRETTY GOOD WORKOUT. >> I THINK WHEN YOU GET IN A SUPER BOWL, YOU DESERVE TO GIVE THE GUM A GOOD WORKOUT. >> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. FIRST AND 10 REDSKINS, THEIR OWN 30. MUCH LOWER SCORING SO FAR THAN ANYBODY THOUGHT. BROWN WAS IN MOTION. THEY GIVE TO RIGGINS AGAIN. HE TRIES TO CUT BACK IN THE MIDDLE, IS HIT BY HOWIE LONG AND REGGIE KINLAW. >> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MATCHUP. WATCH REGGIE KINLAW HERE. HE'S THE NOSE TACKLE OVER JEFF BOSTIC. NOW, WATCH HOW QUICKLY KINLAW GETS HIS HANDS UP THERE. THE KEY IN THE THREE-MAN LINE IS YOU CAN'T GET MOVEMENT ON THAT NOSE TACKLE. YOU SEE HIM? HE JUST TOOK ON THAT CENTER, JUST PULLED HIM OFF, AND BOOM, HE WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE TO STOP RIGGINS. >> EARLY IN THE YEAR, THE RAIDERS WERE SAYING THAT REGGIE WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS BECAUSE HE WASN'T 100%, PHYSICALLY. BUT LATELY HE'S REALLY BEEN PLAYING WELL. THEISMANN TRIES TO ROLL OUT, HAS NO PLACE TO ROLL. NOW HE'S CHASED BY MILLEN. AND MILLEN TAKES HIM DOWN. NOT BAD FOR A 270-POUND GUY. >> LOOK AT MATT MILLEN OUT THERE. HE IS FIRED UP. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PLAYERS RELAXED -- WELL, THIS GUY WAS READY TO PLAY THE GAME ON WEDNESDAY. IN FACT, ON THURSDAY IN PRACTICE, HE GOT IN A FIGHT WITH MICKEY MARVIN. THEY WERE TELLING HIM, "CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN. WE'RE NOT PLAYING THIS THING UNTIL SUNDAY." >> HE WAS A DEFENSIVE TACKLE IN COLLEGE. >> BUT HE LOOKS LIKE A LINEMAN, HUH? "MATT MILLEN, LINEMAN." GREAT NAME. "GET IN THERE. COME ON, RUN AT ME. LET'S GO. GET IN THE PITS." >> SO IT'LL BE THIRD AND 16. THE REDSKINS OPERATE FROM THEIR OWN 24. JOE WASHINGTON IN THE BACKFIELD. THAT'S GIAQUINTO WHO GOES IN MOTION. AND THEISMANN TRIES TO ROLL OUT AGAIN. THIS TIME HE'S OUT THERE WITH ROOM. THEISMANN FOR BROWN. NOTHING DOING. AND NO CONTACT, AND NO PENALTY. AND CHARLIE BROWN IS REALLY UPSET. HE THOUGHT SOMEBODY HIT HIM FROM BEHIND. HE THOUGHT IT WAS LESTER HAYES. >> WELL, LESTER HAYES WAS MAN-TO-MAN ON HIM. THAT'S WHO HE TURNED AROUND -- CHARLIE BROWN TURNED AROUND TO LESTER HAYES. LESTER SAID, "HEY, I HAD GOOD COVERAGE ON THAT ONE." LET'S WATCH THIS MATCHUP. HERE COMES BROWN NOW. HE'S GONNA START OUT HERE. HE'S GONNA DO A LITTLE DELAY. LESTER DIDN'T GO FOR IT. HE STAYED RIGHT WITH HIM. LESTER'S WATCHING THE BALL. STARTS TO THE INSIDE. I DON'T KNOW -- MAYBE THAT LEFT HAND WAS UP IN THERE, THAT'S WHAT CHARLIE BROWN'S SAYING. >> IT WAS WELL HIDDEN. BUT IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS SOME CONTACT. GREG PRUITT BACK FOR THE RAIDERS AT THEIR 35. JEFF HAYES TO PUNT. THIS IS A GOOD KICK. STAY UP THERE A LONG TIME. AND PRUITT SIGNALED FOR THE FAIR CATCH. WIND ALMOST BLEW IT AWAY FROM HIM. 42-YARD PUNT BY HAYES. THE RAIDERS WILL OPERATE FROM THEIR OWN 34. THEY STILL LEAD BECAUSE OF THAT BLOCKED PUNT, 7-0. PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN. SUPER BOWL XVIII, TAMPA STADIUM. THEY'RE REALLY PROUD HERE IN TAMPA AND THE WHOLE TAMPA BAY AREA OF THEIR HOSPITALITY AND HOW WELL THEY'VE HANDLED THEIR FIRST SUPER BOWL. HERE'S PLUNKETT. GOING DEEP FOR BRANCH. COULD HAVE HIM. DOES HAVE HIM. ANTHONY WASHINGTON AND DARRELL GREEN WERE BACK THERE WITH HIM, BUT THAT'S A 50-YARD COMPLETION FROM PLUNKETT TO BRANCH. >> I'LL TELL YOU, CLIFF BRANCH LOVES TO GO DEEP. HE STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, AND HE SAYS, "I CAN GET THEM DEEP. I CAN GET THEM DEEP." THIS TIME HE'S IN THE SLOT HERE. HE'S THE SECOND MAN IN. NOW, WATCH HIM. HE'S GOING TO THE POST. HE'S GOING DEEP. THE REDSKINS ARE STARTING OFF HERE. HERE'S WASHINGTON ON THE OUTSIDE, GREEN ON THE INSIDE. CLIFF BRANCH JUST RUNS RIGHT BY BOTH OF THEM. PERFECT PASS RIGHT UP OVER THE INSIDE SHOULDER. >> FIRST AND 10, RAIDERS, FROM THE REDSKIN 15. THEY ALREADY LEAD IT 7-0. PLUNKETT GIVES TO MARCUS ALLEN. ALLEN GETS DOWN TO ABOUT THE 12. NEAL OLKEWICZ MADE THE STOP. ALL-TIME POSTSEASON RECEPTIONS. CLIFF BRANCH IS THE LEADER AND ADDING TO THAT TOTAL. ANOTHER EX-RAIDER, FRED BILETNIKOFF, IN THE SECOND SPOT. >> THAT'S KIND OF NICE TO SEE TWO OLD RAIDERS IN THERE. YOU KNOW, CLIFF BRANCH IS AN AMAZING GUY. HE'S BEEN IN THIS LEAGUE FOR 12 YEARS, AND HE'S NEVER GOTTEN OLD. HE STILL HAS THAT BOUNCE AND THAT LOOK OF A 22-YEAR-OLD GUY. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT. >> HERE'S ANOTHER DIFFERENT FORMATION. BARNWELL AND BRANCH TO THE LEFT, AND ALLEN WAS SPLIT TO THE RIGHT. AND IT'S BRANCH FOR A TOUCHDOWN. ANTHONY WASHINGTON, THE DEFENDER. THAT IS JIM PLUNKETT'S WIFE. AND SHE JUST WATCHED HER HUSBAND COMPLETE A TOUCHDOWN PASS TO CLIFF BRANCH. >> CLIFF IS STILL CELEBRATING THERE. I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING -- HE DOESN'T THROW THAT BALL DOWN, HE DOESN'T SPIKE IT, THOUGH. >> BAHR'S EXTRA POINT IS GOOD. 65 YARDS THEY WENT IN THREE PLAYS, AND THE RAIDERS TAKE A 14-0 LEAD. HERE IS THE TOUCHDOWN. >> LET'S WATCH IT. MALCOLM BARNWELL IS OUTSIDE. HE GOES IN MOTION. NOW, THAT LOOKED LIKE IT CAUSED A LITTLE CONFUSION. ANTHONY WASHINGTON IS LOOKING, AND NOW HE'S MAN-TO-MAN ON CLIFF BRANCH. HE MAKES A MOVE. HE JUST LEFT WASHINGTON RIGHT THERE IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. THAT WAS A QUICK MOVE HE MADE HERE. >> YES, SIR. >> WATCH PLUNKETT. HE SEES HIM RIGHT NOW. HE SAYS, "I GOT HIM." WHAP! RIGHT OVER THERE AND DRILL IT IN THERE TO CLIFF BRANCH WIDE OPEN. >> AND SO THE RAIDERS, WITH 9:14 LEFT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF, TAKE A 14-0 LEAD. >> LET'S WATCH THE TOUCHDOWN AGAIN. NOW, HERE'S MARCUS ALLEN OVER HERE. NOW, THAT BRINGS MARK MURPHY OVER TO THIS SIDE. SO THAT MEANS THERE'S NO HELP IN THE POST. BARNWELL GOES IN MOTION. HE GOES WITH HIM. CLIFF BRANCH JUST RUNS A POST RIGHT IN HERE. SEE, NOW WATCH THE WEAK SAFETY, THE FREE SAFETY -- MURPHY. HE'LL MOVE TO HIS LEFT. YOU SEE IT THERE? THE MOTION TAKES HIM IN THERE. A LITTLE CONFUSION RIGHT THERE AND, BOOM, THERE'S NO HELP IN THE POST. WIDE OPEN. >> PRETTY GOOD SCHEME. THERE'S CLIFF BRANCH. >> I LOVE YOU, MOTHER! I LOVE YOU, MOTHER! >> ALVIN GARRETT BACK. CLIFF BRANCH, BY THE WAY -- CAREER THREE TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS TIES A SUPER BOWL RECORD. THAT'S GARRETT AT THE 6. NO PLACE TO GO, AND HE GOES AIRBORNE. LANDS ON THE 20-YARD LINE. HIT BY JEFF BARNES. THE RAIDERS DRIVE -- 3 PLAYS, 65 YARDS. AND KEPT THE BALL 1:34. AND THEY LEAD 14-0. AND THAT DEFENSE IS SWARMING ALL OVER THE REDSKINS. WASHINGTON DEFENSIVE UNIT. DEXTER MANLEY CLOSEST TO YOU. >> THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE. >> OH, MAN. THEISMANN FAKES, IS RUSHED. AND GOES DOWN IN THE HANDS OF ROD MARTIN. JUST CAME SWARMING AND SWIRLING AROUND THE CORNER. THEISMANN HAD NO CHANCE. >> WHAT THEY DID ON THAT IS THEY TRIED TO BRING THE LEFT GUARD, RUSS GRIMM, OUT. NOW, WATCH HIM. MARTIN IS RIGHT UP THERE ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. HE'S COMING. NOW, WATCH -- GRIMM TRIES TO GET OUT. MARTIN JUST RUNS RIGHT BY HIM. THEISMANN DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE. I'LL TELL YOU, THAT ROD MARTIN MAKES BIG PLAYS IN BIG GAMES. REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THE RAIDERS WERE IN THE SUPER BOWL? HE WAS THE MVP OF THE GAME. >> INTERCEPTED THREE PASSES. JOE WASHINGTON NOW ONCE AGAIN HAS REPLACED RIGGINS. SECOND AND 18 FROM THE 12. THEISMANN HAS TO THROW. AND GOES BACK AND DOES. INCOMPLETE. JEFF BARNES IS PLAYING IN PASSING SITUATIONS FOR TED HENDRICKS. HENDRICKS HAS A MUSCLE TEAR IN HIS STOMACH, AND IT JUST HASN'T HEALED ALL YEAR LONG. >> AND HE SAID HE CAN MOVE STRAIGHT AHEAD AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. HE SAID HE HAS TROUBLE IN PASS COVERAGE. SO HE'S PLAYING THE RUN DOWNS, AND THEN JEFF BARNES COMES IN, AND HE PLAYS THE PASS DOWNS. THERE'S TED. HE SAID THAT THAT MUSCLE REALLY WON'T HEAL UNTIL MARCH. THAT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE TO PLAY A SUPER BOWL IN JANUARY. >> IT WILL BE TOUGH TO KEEP HIM OUT, AT LEAST ON THE RUNNING SITUATIONS. IT'S THIRD AND 18 NOW FROM THE 12. 8 1/2 MINUTES LEFT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. AND THEISMANN BACKPEDALS. HAS TO COME OUT OF THE POCKET. DOES GET RID OF IT. HAS ALVIN GARRETT. IT'S NEAR FIRST-DOWN YARDAGE. HE MAY HAVE IT. ALVIN GARRETT THINKS THEY DO. HE HASN'T SOLD THAT TO THE OFFICIALS YET. YES, SIR. THAT GETS THEM OUT OF A VERY DEEP HOLE. >> HERE'S ALVIN GARRETT OUT HERE ON LESTER HAYES. NOW, THEISMANN HAD TO SCRAMBLE A LITTLE TO BUY SOME TIME. YOU SEE GARRETT STOPS THERE. NOW HE JUST SLIDES BACK TO THE OUT. THEISMANN THROWS IT WHERE HE HAS TO. HE BRINGS HIM BACK A LITTLE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT HE HAD THE FIRST DOWN ALL THE WAY RIGHT THERE. SEE THAT RED THING THERE? HE HAD THE BALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT. THAT'S WHERE THE LINE USED TO BE. >> RIGHT. >> [ LAUGHS ] >> YOU'RE RIGHT AGAIN. MONK WITH A FAKE MOTION MOVE. AND THEISMANN GOES OUTSIDE. HE HAS CLINT DIDIER. BUT THERE'S A FLAG DOWN. THAT'LL BE A 12-YARD GAIN, BUT WE'LL WAIT FOR THE PENALTY. >> I'LL TELL YOU, THESE TEAMS ARE REALLY GOING AFTER IT. THIS IS... LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AGAINST GEORGE STARKE, THE RIGHT TACKLE, BLOCKING ON HOWIE LONG. AND USUALLY WHEN THE GUY HERE ON THIS END CALLS IT, IT'S USUALLY THE TACKLE. >> THAT'S THE ONE HE HAS THE BEST VIEW AT. IT IS. LET'S SEE IF IT WAS STARKE. >> YEAH, I THINK SO. >> 74, OFFENSE -- HOLDING. STILL FIRST DOWN. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT. HERE'S GEORGE STARKE, 74. HOWIE LONG ON DEFENSE, 75. STARKE BEATS HIM TO THE PUNCH. HE GETS THAT RIGHT HAND UP THERE. AND YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THEN THE LEFT HAND IS IN THERE BEHIND, PUSHING A LITTLE. THAT WAS KIND OF CLOSE. EARLY IT WAS A RIGHT HAND, THEN A LITTLE PUSH WITH THE LEFT HAND. IT WASN'T A FLAGRANT HOLD. >> BUT IT WAS A HOLD. AND IT'S SECOND AND 20 FROM THE 20. THEISMANN THROWING NOW ON ALMOST EVERY DOWN. SCREENS. THAT'S CLINT DIDIER. AND DIDIER WHIRLS BACK UP TO ABOUT THE 38-YARD LINE. MIKE DAVIS MADE THE STOP. AN 18-YARD GAIN. THEY GOT MOST OF IT BACK. >> WELL, THEY'RE USING CLINT DIDIER, AS WE SAID EARLIER, MORE AS AN OUTSIDE RECEIVER TODAY. WE SEE THE SCREEN HERE. YOU SEE THEISMANN STARTS, LOOKS TO THE RIGHT, COMES BACK, POPS IT OUT THERE TO DIDIER. RUSS GRIMM, THE LEFT GUARD, IS OUT IN FRONT. HE GETS A BLOCK ON ROD MARTIN SO DIDIER CAN GET UP AND PICK UP ABOUT 8. >> CLINT DIDIER WAS A RECEIVER FOR NEIL LOMAX IN COLLEGE. THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT LOMAX, AND THEY FOUND DIDIER. SECOND AND 2, 38. AND IT'S RIGGINS. LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT BE ABOUT A FOOT SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. HOWIE LONG ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE. GOING BACK TO THAT SCREEN PASS THAT DIDIER CAUGHT, THEISMANN DID A WHALE OF A JOB OF SELLING THAT THING TO THE RIGHT SIDE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. HE LOOKED TO THE RIGHT, AND THEN HE PUMPED TO THE RIGHT, AND THEN HE WHEELED AROUND AND THREW IT BACK OUT TO THE LEFT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEISMANN SAID THAT HE WANTS TO EVEN WORK MORE ON HIS BALL HANDLING. >> YOU SAW OTIS WONSLEY CHECK IN. AND YOU SEE TED HENDRICKS IS STROLLING AROUND. >> THIS IS SHORT YARDAGE, SO YOU KNOW TED HENDRICKS IS GONNA BE IN THERE. THAT DOESN'T BOTHER THE STOMACH. >> THE GIVE TO RIGGINS. AND HE GETS THE FIRST DOWN OUTSIDE THE 40. BUT BARELY, AS REGGIE KINLAW CAME UP TO MEET HIM. REDSKIN FANS, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM HERE, HAVE HAD VERY LITTLE TO CHEER ABOUT SO FAR. RAIDER DEFENSE HAS DOMINATED THINGS. BUT THIS TIME THE REDSKINS HAVE MOVED IT OUT OF THE HOLE. 6 1/2 MINUTES LEFT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. >> YOU KNOW, THE RAIDER DEFENSE IS DOING TWO THINGS. ONE, ON THE RUN, THEY'RE ALL UP THERE TIGHT. THEY'RE REALLY GIVING RIGGINS NO PLACE TO RUN. AND THEN ON THE PASS, THEY'RE JUST COVERING THE REDSKINS LIKE A BLANKET. >> HERE'S RIGGINS. AND OVER THE LEFT SIDE, HE GETS ABOUT 3. MIKE DAVIS, TOUGH STRONG SAFETY, COMES UP TO CUT HIM DOWN. >> YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE, I THINK THE REDSKINS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START THROWING SOME ON FIRST DOWN. I KNOW THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH RIGGINS, BUT WHAT THAT IS ESTABLISHING IS THE RAIDER DEFENSE PLAYING UP THERE TIGHT, AND THAT'S REALLY A GOOD TIME TO PASS. >> THEISMANN, OF COURSE, GETS THE PLAYS FROM THE SIDELINE BY SIGNAL. YOU JUST SAW SOME OF THOSE SIGNALS COMING IN TO HIM. TWO GUYS SIGNAL. ONE OF THEM IS A DUMMY. FLAGS DOWN. BOB NELSON CAME UP TO MAKE THE STOP ON JOHN RIGGINS, BUT A PENALTY MARKER DOWN EARLY. LOOKED LIKE HOWIE LONG MIGHT HAVE JUMPED EARLY. >> HOWIE LONG NODS HIS HEAD. HE SAID, "YEAH, I DID IT." YEAH, YOU GOT ME. I DID IT." >> "YOU'RE RIGHT." >> "IT'S OKAY." >> HOWIE'S FULL-GROWN. >> 75, DEFENSE, IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE. STILL SECOND DOWN. >> HE HAS THOSE EYES OF A LINEBACKER PLAYING DEFENSIVE LINEMAN. LET'S WATCH HOWIE LONG HERE. SEE, HE GETS A LITTLE JUMP. HE'S TAKING AN INSIDE MOVE, AND THAT'S WHY. SEE, HE'S GOING TO GO INSIDE ON STARKE, SO HE JUMPED IN THERE A LITTLE AND GOT IN THAT NEUTRAL ZONE. >> HE'S LISTED AT 270. BUT I DOUBT THAT. >> HE'LL FILL OUT A CHAIR. >> AND BREAK ONE. HERE'S RIGGINS. LOOKING RIGHT AND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GO. AND NOW HE DOES FIND A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM AND SCOOTS INTO RAIDER TERRITORY. BOB NELSON AND MIKE HAYNES STOPPED HIM AND GOT HIM OUT OF BOUNDS. NOT AN EMPTY SEAT ANYWHERE. THAT'S SOME SIGHT FROM UP HERE, ISN'T IT? 5:34 LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF, WITH THE SCORE THE RAIDERS 14, THE REDSKINS 0. >> I WAS SAYING EARLIER I THINK THE REDSKINS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO SOME THROWING ON FIRST DOWN. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THIS WERE THE FIRST DOWN THAT THEY THROW ON. >> THERE THEY GO. IF HE HAS TIME. IT'S HENDRICKS. HENDRICKS JUST COULDN'T MOVE. BALL BATTED IN THE AIR AT THE LAST SECOND. INTENDED FOR BROWN. AND NOW THE FLAG GOES DOWN. IT'S CALLED AGAINST LESTER HAYES. THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT LESTER DOESN'T LIKE THE CALL. >> LESTER EVEN TOOK HIS HELMET OFF TO ARGUE. LOOKS LIKE HE MAY HAVE HAD HIS HAND ON HIM A LITTLE EARLY. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE -- YOU SEE THE LEFT HAND? THAT'S WHAT HE CALLED IT. HE CALLED THAT LEFT HAND UP THERE BEFORE THE BALL GOT THERE. BUT JOE THEISMANN'S HELPING THAT OFFICIAL. LOOK, HE'S TELLING HIM WHAT IT IS. "THAT'S A -- WELL, OKAY, YOU GOT IT." AND WHEN YOU'RE DOWN 14-0, YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING. >> YOU OBJECT A LOT. THEY'RE AT THE RAIDER 35. FIRST DOWN. THEISMANN BACKPEDALS. THROWS. THAT'S DIDIER. INSIDE THE 15. A PICKUP OF 20. MIKE DAVIS MADE THE STOP, BUT DIDIER GETS A CLUTCH FIRST-DOWN CATCH. >> YOU KNOW, WE COULD TELL THAT THE REDSKINS WERE SETTING THIS UP, BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD DIDIER OUTSIDE. YOU SEE HIM OUT HERE. HE'S A TIGHT END, BUT HE'S LINING UP WIDE. HE'S OUTSIDE. THAT BRINGS THE STRONG SAFETY, WHO USUALLY PLAYS INSIDE -- IN THIS CASE, MIKE DAVIS -- PUTS HIM OUT IN A POSITION HE'S NOT USED TO. SO THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON HIM -- SPREAD OUT. >> EXCELLENT THROW BY THEISMANN TOO. DIDIER WAS ABLE TO GET HIS BODY BETWEEN THE BALL AND THE DEFENDER. THEISMANN ON FIRST DOWN AGAIN GOES TO WORK. THEISMANN SCRAMBLES. TO THE 10. AND DIVES AT THE 10. DAVIS WAS COMING UP TO MEET HIM. >> I'LL TELL YOU, THAT WAS GOOD COVERAGE BY THE RAIDER DEFENSE. JOE THEISMANN WAS LOOKING AND LOOKING. HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. HE FOUND A HOLE IN THE RUSH, AND HE PICKED UP ABOUT 5 YARDS. BUT IT'S INTERESTING -- THE LAST, WHAT, THREE OR FOUR FIRST DOWNS, THEY'VE GONE TO THE PASS EVERY TIME ON FIRST DOWN. >> YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS. THEY HAD GREAT SUCCESS THROWING ON FIRST DOWN. THEY HAVE SCORED SUCCESSFULLY 74 TIMES IN 81 CRACKS INSIDE THE 20. IT'S SECOND AND 5. DIDIER IS WAY OUTSIDE TO THE LEFT. THEY GIVE TO RIGGINS. RIGGINS POUNDS TO ABOUT THE 8. HOWIE LONG ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE. >> ONE THING YOU GET WHEN YOU START THROWING ON FIRST DOWN -- THAT LOOSENS THAT DEFENSE UP A LITTLE, AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE A CHANCE FOR RIGGINS TO FIND A LITTLE HOLE IN THERE. ALTHOUGH LOOK AT ALL THESE GUYS. WATCH MATT MILLEN. YOU DON'T THINK HE'S STRONG? YOU SEE 55. >> YEP. >> THAT'S THE OLD BODY SLAM, LIKE THEY DO IN WRESTLING. OOF! [ GRUNTS ] AND RIGGINS -- THAT'S A LOAD TO BODY SLAM. >> HERE COMES MILLEN COMING OUT. RIGGINS IS ALSO OUT. THIS IS THE 12th PLAY COMING UP IN THIS DRIVE. AND NOW THE REDSKINS HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER TIME-OUT. THAT MEANS THEY ONLY HAVE ONE LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF. >> I KIND OF LIKE THAT SHOT. THAT WAS TWO OLD-FASHIONED FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYING IN THE PITS, BODY SLAMS. THAT'S NOT BAD. >> 14-0, RAIDERS. REDSKINS HAVE USED TWO TIME-OUTS BECAUSE OF CONFUSION BOTH ON OFFENSE AND ON DEFENSE, SO THEY ONLY HAVE ONE LEFT. JOE WASHINGTON IN THE BACKFIELD. THEY GO QUICKLY. THEISMANN IN THE POCKET. THROWS IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYBODY. IT WAS INTENDED FOR WASHINGTON, BUT HE WAS COVERED BY ROD MARTIN AND MIKE DAVIS, AND COVERED VERY WELL. AND HERE COMES MOSELEY. >> I THINK THEISMANN FORCED THAT ONE, PAT, BECAUSE WASHINGTON WAS DOUBLE-COVERED. HE'S TRYING TO RUN THAT OPTION THING, GOING IN OR OUT. AND HE WAS COVERED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, AND HE HAD NOWHERE TO GO. >> THEISMANN CAME OVER TO HAVE A LITTLE WORD WITH ART MONK AFTER HE WENT OUT. >> WHAT WAS THAT THAT JOE THEISMANN JUST PUT IN HIS BACK POCKET THERE? >> [ Chuckling ] I DON'T KNOW. >> THERE'S STUFF GOING ON OUT THERE. I THINK IT WAS HIS ELBOW PAD. >> MOSELEY WILL TRY FROM 24 YARDS OUT THIS TIME. AND THIS TIME MARK MOSELEY IS SUCCESSFUL, AND THE REDSKINS FINALLY GET ON THE SCOREBOARD. IT'S 14-3. 3:05 LEFT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. MOSELEY HIT FROM 24 YARDS OUT. 14-3, RAIDERS. PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME WILL HAVE FOUR NEW MEMBERS, TWO OF THEM OUTSTANDING PLAYERS WHO NOW ARE ON THE COACHING STAFF -- CHARLEY TAYLOR OF THE REDSKINS, WHO WAS A WIDE RECEIVER. CAME UP AS A DEFENSIVE BACK. ONE OF THE BEST EVER TO PLAY. AND YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT WILLIE BROWN. >> WILLIE BROWN -- WE TALK ABOUT GUYS THAT ARE THE BEST EVER TO PLAY. I HAD WILLIE BROWN WHEN HE WAS REALLY SOMETHING. I THINK HE'S PROBABLY THE BEST COVER MAN THAT EVER PLAYED THIS GAME AS A CORNER. >> JEFF HAYES ROOTS IT OUT OF THE END ZONE. IN THE DIRECTION OF PRUITT. THE RAIDERS WILL START TO OPERATE FROM THEIR OWN 20-YARD LINE. THERE WERE FOUR WHO WILL GO IN THE HALL OF FAME. THOSE TWO -- WILLIE BROWN AND CHARLEY TAYLOR -- AND MIKE McCORMACK, WHO PLAYED SO MANY GOOD YEARS AT OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TACKLE FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, AND ARNIE WEINMEISTER, WHO WAS SOME DEFENSIVE TACKLE WITH THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND NEW YORK GIANTS. LATER WENT TO CANADA. FIRST AND 10, RAIDERS. BRANCH AND BARNWELL BOTH TOGETHER. SPLIT LEFT. GIVES BACK TO ALLEN. GETS AWAY FROM BUTZ. FINALLY GOES DOWN IN THE GRASP OF MARK MURPHY AFTER A GAIN OF 10. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY WHAT THAT DEEP PASSING DOES FOR YOU. THAT REALLY LOOSENS UP THE DEFENSE, AND THEN YOU CAN GET THAT. WATCH THE RIGHT TACKLE. RIGHT ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN THERE. THAT'S HENRY LAWRENCE. MICKEY MARVIN STARTS OUT THERE ON BUTZ. HENRY LAWRENCE STARTS OUT THERE. HERE COMES A LITTLE PITCH TO MARCUS ALLEN. BUT LOOK AT THE HOLE BY THE TIME HE GETS THERE. YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT WE MAY SEE OF THAT PLAY LATER IS A RUN PASS -- THAT SAME ACTION, AND ALLEN THROWS THE BALL. >> HERE'S PLUNKETT THROWING THE BALL. IF HE HAS TIME. BALL IS LOOSE! THEY SAY HIS ARM STARTED FORWARD. DARRYL GRANT PUT ON THE PRESSURE. THAT'S THE FIRST SACK OF PLUNKETT. >> THEY MAY SAY THAT HE WAS IN THE GRASP -- THE QUARTERBACK. IT'S DARRYL GRANT RIGHT HERE. HE'S NUMBER 77. SEE, HE JUST STARTS UP THERE. BOOM, HANNAH HAS HIM. THERE'S DAVIS. HE HAS HIM BY THE SHOULDER PAD. HE'S HOLDING ON TO HIM. HE TRIES TO GET A TAKEDOWN. HE GOES RIGHT BY BRUCE DAVIS AND GETS PLUNKETT. YOU KNOW THAT GRANT -- REMEMBER WE TALKED TO HIM THE OTHER DAY? AND HIS ARMS ARE AS BIG AS A GUY'S LEGS. >> HUGE. >> THEY LOOK LIKE TWO LEGS HANGING OUT OF HIS SHOULDER PADS. LOOK AT HIM. SEE, RIGHT THERE HE'S IN THE GRASP OF DARRYL GRANT DOWN BELOW, SO THE REFEREE BLEW THE WHISTLE. >> REDSKINS HAD A BLITZ GOING, AND MILOT AND COLEMAN WERE BACK THERE CLOSE TO PLUNKETT AS WELL. 2 MINUTES REMAINING. IT'LL BE SECOND AND 20 FROM THE 21. 2 MINUTES REMAINING, FIRST HALF. RAIDERS LEADING 14-3. DRAW PLAY TO MARCUS ALLEN. HE SLIPS DOWN. MARK MURPHY CAME UP TO MAKE THE HIT. ALLEN GOT ABOUT 8. >> THAT'S ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT THE RAIDERS HAVE. MOST TEAMS GO TO THREE WIDE RECEIVERS ON SECOND AND LONG AND THIRD AND LONG. BUT BY HAVING TWO BACKS IN THE BACKFIELD, AND YOU GET IN SECOND AND LONG, YOU STILL HAVE THE THREAT OF THAT RUN. THAT'S WHAT THEY DID ON THAT PLAY, BUT ALLEN SLIPPED AS HE GOT OUTSIDE HERE. >> HE WAS A FULLBACK WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE AND DID MOSTLY BLOCKING. MOVED TO TAILBACK HIS SENIOR YEAR. AND HE'S STILL AN EXCELLENT BLOCKER. THIRD AND 13. HERE COME THE REDSKINS ON A BLITZ. PLUNKETT STEPS UP AWAY FROM IT. HE GETS IT OUTSIDE TO HAWKINS. AND HAWKINS GETS A RAIDER FIRST DOWN. ANTHONY WASHINGTON MADE THE TACKLE, BUT A GOOD PLAY BY PLUNKETT. >> I'LL TELL YOU, IT IS. THEY TALK ABOUT PLUNKETT, AND THEY SAY THAT HE CAN'T MOVE, HE DOESN'T SCRAMBLE. BUT THAT TYPE OF MOVEMENT THAT HE MADE IS THE TYPE THAT HE CAN. THEY HAD A BLITZ ON HIM. HE JUST TOOK A COUPLE STEPS, BOUGHT SOME TIME, AND FOUND HAWKINS THERE. >> JOHN, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THINK HE THROWS BETTER ON THE MOVE LIKE THAT. >> I THINK HE THROWS BETTER THAT WAY. I THINK IF YOU GIVE HIM A RUSH AND YOU LET HIM JUST STAY BACK AND PASS, HE'S NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS HE IS RIGHT HERE. YOU SEE RIGHT HERE. THE RUSH IS ALL BEYOND HIM. NOW HE GETS UP, HE HAS AN OPEN FIELD. HE FINDS HAWKINS HERE AND PICKS UP A BIG FIRST DOWN. >> NUMBER 48 IS KEN COFFEY, WHO CAME UP TO HELP OUT ON THE TACKLE, AND HE IS BEING ADMINISTERED TO NOW. STUNG HIM A LITTLE BIT. >> NOW, THE RAIDERS HAVE ALL THREE OF THEIR TIME-OUTS. THEY JUST TOOK THE FIRST ONE, SO THEY HAVE TWO LEFT. BUT WITH 1:06 AND TWO TIME-OUTS LEFT, THAT IS PLENTY OF TIME. >> JOE GIBBS LOOKING ON. HIS PLAYOFF RECORD -- 6-0. >> I'LL TELL YOU, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS FOOTBALL TEAM. HE STARTED OUT -- HE LOST HIS FIRST FIVE GAMES. I'LL TELL YOU, HE DIDN'T PANIC. HE JUST STAYED WITH IT. HE HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIS PLAYERS. THE PLAYERS HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIM. AND SINCE THAT 0-5 START, HE HAS THE BEST RECORD IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. >> THIS TELECAST IS PRESENTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. IT'S INTENDED FOR THE PRIVATE USE OF OUR AUDIENCE. ANY REBROADCAST OR OTHER USE OF THE TELECAST WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE IS PROHIBITED. PLUNKETT. CHRISTENSEN. RAIDER FIRST DOWN. 14-YARD GAIN. ANTHONY WASHINGTON AGAIN THE DEFENDER, AND THE RAIDERS GO IN A HURRY. BRANCH WILL HAVE IT AND WILL GET OUT OF BOUNDS. AGAIN, WASHINGTON WAS THE DEFENDER. BRANCH COMES OVER FOR THE PLAY FROM FLORES. >> I KNOW WHAT HE'S TELLING HIM, TOO. ON THE LAST TWO PLAYS, CLIFF BRANCH WAS WIDE OPEN ON ANYTHING TO THE OUTSIDE. ANTHONY WASHINGTON, THE RIGHT CORNER OF THE REDSKINS, IS REALLY PLAYING HIM OFF AND DEEP, AND HE CAN RUN ANYTHING LIKE AN OUT OR A COMEBACK -- ANYTHING IN FRONT OF HIM. >> HE GOT 6 ON THAT ONE IN FRONT OF HIM. CALL IT 7. WE'LL MAKE IT SECOND AND 3, THEN. OOH, HE HAD MARCUS ALLEN OPEN. INTENDED FOR BARNWELL. BUT THERE'S A PENALTY FLAG BACK DOWN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, SO IT MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. PERRY BROOKS PUT THE HEAT ON PLUNKETT. >> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST-DOWN PLAY AND THE SECOND-DOWN PLAY WAS THAT THE REDSKINS PUT IN THEIR SIX DEFENSIVE BACKS ON SECOND DOWN. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEM THERE ON FIRST DOWN. >> 65, OFFENSE -- HOLDING. STILL SECOND DOWN. >> MICKEY MARVIN MATCHED UP AGAINST DAVE BUTZ. >> 65 AGAINST 65. LOAD AGAINST LOAD. MAN AGAINST MAN. MOUNTAIN MAN AGAINST MOUNTAIN MAN. >> SECOND DOWN. THEY NEED 12. IT'S BACK TO MARCUS ALLEN. AND HE CUTS UPFIELD. ALLEN TO THE 40. TODD LIEBENSTEIN MADE THE STOP WITH HELP FROM TONY McGEE. IT'S THEIR SECOND CALLED TIME-OUT. 29 SECONDS REMAINING IN THE FIRST HALF. 14-3, RAIDERS LEADING. >> WELL, THE RAIDERS NEED ABOUT 10 MORE YARDS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH A FIELD-GOAL ATTEMPT HERE. SO THEY BOUGHT SOME OF THAT ON THAT RUN TO MARCUS ALLEN. NOW, WITH THIRD DOWN, I DON'T IMAGINE THEY'LL GO FOR THE END ZONE. I WOULD IMAGINE THEY WOULD GO TO SOMETHING WHERE THEY CAN GET IN FIELD-GOAL RANGE. >> RAIDERS HAVE ONE MORE TIME-OUT REMAINING. SO DO THE REDSKINS. AND FROM RIGHT HERE THAT WOULD BE A 57-YARD FIELD GOAL. >> THAT'S TOO MUCH IN THIS WIND. AT THE 40. THE RAIDERS BREAK THE HUDDLE. IT'S THE REDSKIN 40. THIRD DOWN AND 6. BRANCH -- OUT TO THE LEFT. PLUNKETT LOOKS TO THE RIGHT. CHRISTENSEN IS THE INTENDED RECEIVER. NOTHING DOING, AS KEN COFFEY WAS BACK THERE WITH HIM. PLUNKETT TOOK A SHOT FROM TONY McGEE JUST AS HE LET THE BALL GO. >> NOW, THAT DOES SURPRISE ME THAT THEY DIDN'T JUST GO AND TRY AND PICK UP 10 OR 12 YARDS, THAT THEY WENT FOR IT IN THE END ZONE. AND NOW, OF COURSE, THE PASS WAS INCOMPLETE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUNT. >> RAY GUY. COUNTING THE PLAYERS HE HAS PRESENT. CHRISTENSEN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS THE SNAPPER. THE LONG SNAPPER. NICK GIAQUINTO GOES BACK TO THE 10-YARD LINE. WILL HE BE INCLINED TO RUN IT FROM HERE, YOU THINK? >> I'LL TELL YOU, THIS WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLACE FOR A FAKE. I DON'T KNOW IF RAY GUY WOULD RUN IT. BUT YOU COULD ALSO CENTER IT TO THE UP BACK, FRANK HAWKINS. >> GOING FOR THE CORNER. GIAQUINTO LETS IT GO. IT BOUNCES. AND IS GONNA BE DOWNED BY THE RAIDERS AT ABOUT THE 12-YARD LINE, WHERE THE REDSKINS WILL TAKE OVER. FIRST AND 10 WITH 12 SECONDS REMAINING. ONE TIME-OUT REMAINING. BEEN A STRUGGLING FIRST HALF FOR JOE THEISMANN. 6 OUT OF 17 FOR 78 YARDS. THE REDSKINS HAVE NOT VISITED THE END ZONE YET. 14-3, THE RAIDERS LEAD. LAST TIME THEY PLAYED, HE HAD A SPECTACULAR DAY -- 417 YARDS. OF COURSE, THAT WAS A VERY HIGH-SCORING GAME. THIS ONE HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY THE RAIDER DEFENSE. 0:12 REMAINING. EXCUSE ME, JOHN. >> I'M SURE THEY'LL GO IN AT HALFTIME AND TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS. IT LOOKS LIKE, TO ME, THAT ONE WAY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOSEN THEM UP IS BY MIXING UP PLAYS ON THEIR DOWNS. YOU KNOW, THROWING MORE ON FIRST DOWN AND THAT TYPE OF THING. >> JOE WASHINGTON IN THE BACKFIELD WITH THEISMANN. HE'S GONNA GO TO WORK FOR SOMETHING. THROWS OUTSIDE. ATTEMPTS A SCREEN. PICKED OFF! BY JACK SQUIREK. AND THE RAIDERS GET ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN ON A TURNOVER. >> JACK SQUIREK'S GONNA TAKE THAT BALL HOME. NO ONE'S GONNA GET THAT ONE FROM HIM. THE REDSKINS HAD THREE GUYS OUT HERE ON THE RIGHT. THEY TRIED TO SET SOMETHING UP AND THROW THE SCREEN BACK TO THE LEFT, BUT IT DIDN'T FOOL JACK SQUIREK. >> DAVID HUMM HOLDING, AND CHRIS BAHR FOR THE EXTRA POINT. 21-3, RAIDERS. THE SILVER-AND-BLACK FANS ARE GOING CRAZY RIGHT NOW. >> I'LL TELL YOU, THAT'S ONE THAT I'M SURE JOE GIBBS, JOE THEISMANN WISH THAT THEY HAD HAD BACK. THEY ONLY HAD 20 SECONDS. THEY COULD HAVE RUN THE CLOCK OUT. BUT THEY DECIDED TO GO FOR THIS. NOW, WATCH, HERE'S THE THREE REDSKINS OUT HERE. SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE THEM THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING HERE. THEISMANN COMES BACK, THROWS THE SCREEN OUT TO THIS SIDE. SQUIREK COMES IN, PICKS IT OFF RIGHT HERE, AND TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE. YOU SEE, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEM THINK THEY'RE THROWING OUT HERE. NOW, WATCH HERE. SQUIREK COMES OUT. HE SEES IT RIGHT NOW. SEE IF WE CAN STOP IT RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE, HE READ IT RIGHT THERE. WATCH THAT. HE GETS THERE -- BOOM, IN THE END ZONE. >> WATCH MATT MILLEN ON THE SIDELINE, WATCHING THAT INTERCEPTION BY SQUIREK. [ CHUCKLES ] >> HE'S PICKING UP CHARLIE SUMNER. HE'S THE DEFENSIVE COACH. MATT MILLEN WAS TELLING HIM, "HEY, THAT WAS A GOOD SUBSTITUTION. YOU PUT IN SQUIREK AND TOOK ME OUT." >> JOE GIBBS. HE CAN'T BE TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT DECISION. 7 SECONDS REMAINING, FIRST HALF. THAT WAS OFFICIALLY A 5-YARD TOUCHDOWN ON THE INTERCEPTION BY SQUIREK. THE BALL BLEW OFF THE TEE JUST BEFORE BAHR GOT THERE. LOOKED LIKE HE ALMOST MISSED IT. >> I THINK HE STARTED TO KICK IT AND SAW IT WAS GOING DOWN, AND HE JUST LIFTED HIS LEG UP. >> BLOCKED PUNT -- TOUCHDOWN, RAIDERS. INTERCEPTION -- TOUCHDOWN, RAIDERS. THEY LEAD 21-3. THE OTHER ONE CAME ON A STRIKE FROM PLUNKETT TO BRANCH. BALL AGAIN BLOWS OFF THE TEE. >> I THINK NOW THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND HOLD IT. USUALLY AFTER THE SECOND TIME THAT HAPPENS, YOU HAVE A HOLDER. >> CALVIN MUHAMMAD COMES IN. >> DON'T PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON IT. JUST DON'T LET IT BLOW OFF. >> BOUNCES IT UP THE MIDDLE, WHERE IT'S PICKED UP BY DARRYL GRANT, I BELIEVE... WHO LIKES TO PLAY ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS. AND THERE HE STILL GOES. IT'S A RUNAWAY TRUCK. LET'S PUT HIM BACK IN THERE AGAIN. >> SEE THE LAST GUY THAT HIT HIM WAS CHRIS BAHR? GRANT FELL RIGHT ON CHRIS BAHR. LET'S LOOK AT IT ONE MORE TIME. YOU SEE SQUIREK READ THAT ALL THE WAY. HE WAS IN THERE FOR PASS DEFENSE. HE HAD THAT BACK OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. HE SAW THE SCREEN DEVELOP, STARTED TO RUN OVER THERE. BOOM, JUST PICKED IT RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR. >> SO TURNOVERS -- SOMETHING THAT THE REDSKINS DON'T DO MUCH OF, OR DIDN'T DURING THE REGULAR SEASON -- HAS HAPPENED TO THEM IN SUPER BOWL XVIII. AND THE RAIDERS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE. THEY LEAD 21-3 AS THE TWO SQUADS HEAD INTO THE LOCKER ROOMS. RAIDERS 21, WASHINGTON 3, AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF. THE TEAMS ARE BACK ON THE FIELD NOW. WASHINGTON WILL HAVE THE BALL FIRST, AS THE RAIDERS WILL KICK OFF. LOOK AT THIS. TEAMS THAT HAVE LED AT THE HALF HAVE WON 13 OUT OF 17 OF THE PREVIOUS SUPER BOWLS. SO, THE ODDS, CERTAINLY AT THE MOMENT, AT LEAST, FAVOR THE RAIDERS. >> THEN WHEN YOU LEAD BY 18 POINTS, I WOULD IMAGINE THOSE ODDS WOULD FAVOR THEM MORE, HUH? >> I WOULD THINK SO. CHRIS BAHR TO KICK OFF, AND, AGAIN, THE BALL IS BLOWN OFF THE TEE. PAT SUMMERALL HERE WITH JOHN MADDEN. ALVIN GARRETT IS BACK DEEP. AND THE REDSKINS AND JOE THEISMANN AND HIS OFFENSIVE UNIT WILL GET THE BALL FIRST. BAHR'S KICK WILL BE... 5 YARDS DEEP IN THE END ZONE. AND GARRETT'S GOING TO BRING IT OUT. GARRETT OUT OF THE PACK. GARRETT OUT TO THE 30. KENNY HILL FINALLY MADE THE STOP, BUT A 35-YARD RETURN. I DIDN'T THINK HE'D BRING IT OUT. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. THAT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IT OUT. I THINK THE COVERAGE TEAM COMES DOWN, THEY SEE THE BALL KICKED IN THE END ZONE, AND THEY SAY, "HE'S NOT GOING TO BRING THAT ONE OUT." AND THEY RELAX A LITTLE, AND THAT'S REALLY NOT A BAD TIME TO DO IT. >> REDSKINS OUT QUICKLY. FIRST AND 10, THEIR OWN 30. JOHN RIGGINS BACK IN THE GAME. IF THEY DON'T GET SOMETHING GOING REASONABLY QUICKLY, WE WON'T SEE MUCH MORE OF RIGGINS. THEISMANN FAKES TO HIM. GOING ON FIRST DOWN. THROWS. FOR CHARLIE BROWN. HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE DAY. CHARLIE BROWN HAD BEEN SHUT OUT UNTIL THEN. 23-YARD PICKUP. HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE DAY. HERE IT IS. >> WELL, THEY WERE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT THAT AT HALFTIME AND SAYING, "LOOK, WE HAVE TO GET THE BALL TO CHARLIE BROWN." WE SEE THERE MIKE HAYNES ON HIM. YOU SEE HE'S ON HIM MAN-TO-MAN. HE WAS TIGHT COVERAGE. CHARLIE MAKES A GOOD MOVE RIGHT THERE. A HECK OF A THROW BY THEISMANN. I DON'T KNOW THAT MIKE HAYNES GOT UP. >> HAYNES IS COMING OFF THE FIELD. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, HE STAYED DOWN THERE FOR A WHILE. HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS A LITTLE GROGGY. AND THEY'VE REPLACED HIM NOW. >> TED WATTS HAS TAKEN HIS PLACE. THE REDSKINS REALLY WENT TO WORK ON WATTS THE FIRST TIME THEY MET. LET'S SEE IF THEY COME BACK WITH IT. THEISMANN KNOWS HE'S NOT LOOSENED UP. THEY GIVE TO RIGGINS. RIGGINS OVER THE RIGHT SIDE TO ABOUT THE 42. REGGIE KINLAW MADE THE STOP. BOB NELSON HELPED OUT. GO BACK ONE MORE PLAY AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HAYNES. AND HERE HE COMES BACK IN THE GAME. >> WELL, HE'S OKAY NOW, BUT I THINK HE JUST WENT DOWN. WATCH HIM RIGHT HERE AT THE END OF THE TACKLE. CHARLIE BROWN COMES ON HIM, AND IT LOOKED LIKE HAYNES HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TURF. >> JUST STUNNED HIM A MINUTE BECAUSE HE'S BACK IN. BROWN IS FLANKED TO THE LEFT. NOW GOES IN MOTION TO THE RIGHT. AGAIN RIGGINS. WRAPPED UP BY ALZADO. RIGHT AT THE 40-YARD LINE. ROD MARTIN WAS THERE TO HELP OUT. >> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, PAT, IN THAT FIRST HALF, IF YOU HAD SOME KIND OF DEAL YOU COULD PUT ON THEIR ARMS TO MEASURE ENTHUSIASM, I WOULD THINK THE RAIDERS WOULD WIN THAT BATTLE. THEY LOOK LIKE -- THE INTENSITY, THE SWARMING, THE ENTHUSIASM THAT THEY HAVE. HERE'S A GUY THAT TYPIFIES THAT TYPE OF THING. WATCH LYLE ALZADO. HE GIVES A SLAP TO JOE JACOBY, GOES RIGHT BY HIM. RIGHT DOWN THE LINE. GRABS RIGGINS. HE'S GONNA START PULLING HIM BACKWARD. "YEAH, GET BACK THERE WHERE YOU BELONG," HE SAID. >> ON THIRD DOWN, NOW IT'S JOE WASHINGTON. GIAQUINTO GOES IN MOTION. AND THEISMANN IS BACK TO THROW. GETS IT OUT TO GIAQUINTO. WITH A LOT OF ROOM. TO THE RAIDER 26. JAMES DAVIS ON THE STOP. 14-YARD GAIN. THE REDSKINS COME OUT FIRING. >> GIAQUINTO -- HE'S CALLED THE TRASH MAN. YOU KNOW, HE DOES ALL THOSE THINGS. HE GOES IN MOTION. HE MOVES. HE GOES IN THE FLAT, AND SO ON. HE REALLY DOESN'T DRAW A LOT OF COVERAGE. THE COVERAGE ON THE TWO OUTSIDE RECEIVERS -- MONK AND CHARLIE BROWN -- HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. IN FACT, IT LOOKED LIKE ON THAT PLAY, THEY WERE CONCENTRATING SO MUCH ON BUMPING CHARLIE BROWN THAT THEY JUST LET GIAQUINTO GO. >> THAT WAS VERY CLOSE TO BEING A PICK ON ODIS McKINNEY. RIGGINS IS BACK. THEISMANN ROLLS LEFT. [ WHISTLE BLOWS ] CLINT DIDIER, THE MAN WHO MADE THE RECEPTION. IT'LL BE FIRST AND GOAL, REDSKINS. VANN McELROY REALLY POPPED DIDIER. >> THAT'S THE SAME TYPE OF THING. DIDIER'S SPLIT OUT WIDE HERE AGAINST MIKE DAVIS. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THE FIRST HALF -- GETTING DAVIS -- THE STRONG SAFETY IS USUALLY INSIDE -- GETTING HIM OUT HERE ON AN ISLAND, OUT ON A CORNER. YOU SEE THAT MOVE -- THAT LITTLE PIVOT OUT HE MADE? WHEN THAT BALL WAS THROWN, THE ONLY PLACE IT COULD HAVE BEEN AND NOT KNOCKED DOWN. >> THAT'S TWO FINE THROWS BY THEISMANN. LOW AND OUTSIDE. MONK IS THE MOTION MAN. AND THEISMANN GIVES TO RIGGINS. RIGGINS SWIRLS AROUND THE CORNER. RIGGINS BARRELS TO THE 5. VANN McELROY CAME UP TO HIT HIM. >> I TELL YOU, I WAS SAYING IN THE FIRST HALF IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE REDSKINS HAD THEIR REAL ENTHUSIASM. BUT IN THIS SECOND HALF, THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH THAT. MAYBE JOE GIBBS HAD A TALK WITH THEM AT HALFTIME AND SAID THAT. WATCH RIGGINS. THE BEST THING HE DOES IS FINISH OFF A RUN. WATCH RIGHT HERE AS HE'S GOING TO BE TACKLED. LOWER THAT SHOULDER -- BOOM! -- AND GET 3 MORE YARDS. >> THEY NEED 2 FOR A FIRST DOWN. THE BALL IS AT THE RAIDER 5. WARREN OVER ON THE LEFT SIDE. THEY LIKE TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. HERE'S RIGGINS. VERY CLOSE TO MAKING IT FIRST AND GOAL. MATT MILLEN FILLED A HOLE. >> I'M SURE THAT'S A FIRST DOWN. WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO MEASURE IT, THOUGH, BUT IT SURE LOOKED LIKE HE HAD THE FIRST DOWN ON THAT PLAY. YEP. NOW THEY'LL JUST KEEP GIVING THE BALL TO RIGGINS. >> YOU'LL SEE HIM PROBABLY FOUR TIMES IN A ROW. HERE'S MILLEN. >> HERE'S MATT MILLEN. HE LIKES PLAYING DOWN THERE. HE JUST GOES IN THERE AND TAKES ON MARK MAY. HE STRAIGHTENS UP MAY. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, AFTER YOU TAKE ON A 290-POUNDER AND HERE COMES RIGGINS -- IT'S TOUGH TO MAKE THE TACKLE FOR A LOSS. >> WONSLEY IS IN THE GAME WITH RIGGINS. WONSLEY GOES IN MOTION. THEY HAND OFF TO RIGGINS. AND HE IS AT THE 1-FOOT LINE. MATT MILLEN AGAIN. >> WELL, WE SAID IN THE FIRST HALF, AS THE GAME GOES ON, RIGGINS USUALLY GETS STRONGER. NOT MUCH IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT IN THAT SECOND HALF, THAT THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN RIGGINS' QUARTERS. >> ALREADY CARRIED THE BALL 21 TIMES. >> TOM FLORES WAS GLAD HE GOT THAT LAST TOUCHDOWN JUST BEFORE THE HALF. >> THAT SURE CHANGED THE COMPLEXION OF THE GAME, BUT IT MIGHT CHANGE RIGHT BACK. THAT'S DIDIER IN MOTION. THAT'S RIGGINS IN THE END ZONE. >> WELL, RIGGINS CAME OUT THIS SECOND HALF TO GO TO WORK, DIDN'T HE? HE HAD A GREAT LEAD BLOCK BY OTIS WONSLEY ON THAT PLAY. >> REDSKINS ONLY HAVE 10 MEN IN. THEY FINALLY RUSH TO GET IT DONE. NOW THEISMANN POINTING TO SEE WHO'S GOING TO PICK HIM UP. THIS MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE A LONG EXTRA POINT. MOSELEY. BLOCKED! THEISMANN SCURRIES IN THE END ZONE WITH IT. BUT DON HASSELBECK BLOCKED MOSELEY'S EXTRA-POINT ATTEMPT. ALL THAT CONFUSION UPSET HIM, I'M SURE. >> THAT'S A REAL MENTAL ERROR WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE 10 GUYS ON THE FIELD. LET'S WATCH THE TOUCHDOWN AGAIN. NOW, WATCH WONSLEY. HE'S THE GUY THAT CAME THROUGH AND PICKED OFF NUMBER 55 -- MATT MILLEN. AND THAT ALLOWED RIGGINS TO JUST DIVE AND GET THAT BALL IN THE END ZONE. GOOD BLOCK BY WONSLEY. LET'S WATCH HIM FROM HERE. WE'LL SEE WONSLEY RIGHT HERE. HE'S GOING TO LEAD RIGHT IN HERE, AND HE'LL PICK OFF MILLEN HERE. AND NOW RIGGINS CAN COME IN AND DIVE OVER. WATCH IT HERE. YOU SEE THE LEAD BLOCK. NOW WATCH WONSLEY. HE FINDS MILLEN RIGHT THERE. PICKS HIM OFF RIGHT IN THE AIR. AND THAT ALLOWS RIGGINS TO GET IN THERE BEHIND HIM. >> LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EXTRA POINT. >> WELL, WE SEE IT COMING RIGHT HERE. YOU SEE THE HANDS UP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. JUST KNOCKED IT RIGHT BACK. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LOW, HUH? >> I THINK IT WAS. HASSELBECK GOT TO IT. IT'S 21-9. JEFF HAYES. KNUCKLE KICK. THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO HANDLE. GREG PRUITT DOES IT. PRUITT SHAKES AROUND TO THE OUTSIDE. GETS TO THE 30. CHARLES MANN MADE THE STOP. JOE GIBBS IN CONVERSATION WITH CLINT DIDIER. >> LET'S WATCH THAT BLOCK AGAIN. HERE'S HASSELBECK RIGHT HERE. HE GETS A PUSH RIGHT IN HERE AND GETS IN HERE AND BLOCKS IT. NOW WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. HE STARTS OUT -- IT STARTS OUT A PRETTY GOOD BLOCK. WE SEE HIM IN HERE. NOW WATCH HIM. HE GETS A PUSH ON JACOBY. NOW HE GETS HIS HANDS UP. RIGHT INTO BOTH HANDS. THOSE PLAYS USUALLY COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU. >> USUALLY NEVER FAILS. FIRST AND 10. THEY GIVE TO MARCUS ALLEN, WHO WHIRLS UP FOR A COUPLE. DEXTER MANLEY CAME DOWN FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO MAKE THE STOP. >> THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT A BLOCKED EXTRA POINT IS, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU GET BACK THE MOMENTUM BY SCORING A TOUCHDOWN. THEN THE MOMENTUM YOU GAIN BY SCORING THE TOUCHDOWN YOU LOSE WHEN YOU HAVE THE EXTRA POINT BLOCKED. >> THEY STARTED OFF -- THE REDSKINS DID -- WITH ONLY 10 MEN ON THE FIELD. THEY FINALLY GOT THE 11th MAN OUT THERE AND THEN THEISMANN, BY THAT TIME, WAS SO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT RIGHT SIDE THAT HE DIDN'T LINE UP DEEP ENOUGH. AND THEN MOSELEY KICKED IT LOW. SO, WHAT ELSE CAN GO WRONG? PLUNKETT BACK TO THROW. HAVING TIME. LOOKING FOR BARNWELL. AND THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT ONE. DARRELL GREEN GOT ALL TANGLED UP WITH BARNWELL. >> AND THAT IS AGAINST DARRELL GREEN. WHEN THE OFFICIAL CALLS IT AND STANDS THERE, THAT MEANS IT'S AGAINST THE DEFENSIVE GUY. WHEN HE CALLS IT AND RUNS -- >> 28, DEFENSE. FIRST DOWN. >> EXCUSE ME, GENE. WHEN HE RUNS BACK TO THE OFFENSE, IT'S USUALLY AGAINST THE OFFENSIVE GUYS. WATCH HIM HERE. BARNWELL TURNS GREEN. NOW, THE BALL LOOKS LIKE IT STAYS IN THE AIR. GREEN'S WAITING FOR IT TO COME DOWN. AND, SEE, HE JUST RUNS RIGHT INTO BARNWELL, WHO IS STOPPING TO CATCH THE BALL. >> 38-YARD PENALTY. PASS INTERFERENCE ON DARRELL GREEN, AND THE RAIDERS COME RIGHT BACK. FRANK HAWKINS IS THE LONE SET BACK. ALLEN WAS FLANKED OVER TO THE LEFT. THEY'LL GET IT OUTSIDE TO BRANCH, WHO IS HIT DOWN BY ANTHONY WASHINGTON. REALLY HIT DOWN. OLKEWICZ. >> CLIFF. >> DOESN'T LOOK SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO REALLY GET INTO A FRACAS. >> I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DID THAT. I REMEMBER WHEN CLIFF BRANCH WAS A ROOKIE. THE FIRST TIME HE SCORED A TOUCHDOWN, HE SPIKED THE BALL. I SAID, "DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN, CLIFF. YOU'RE TOO SMALL. DON'T CAUSE ATTENTION. DON'T BRING ATTENTION TO YOU." LOOKS LIKE ANTHONY WASHINGTON SAID SOMETHING TO HIM AFTER HE HIT HIM. AND CLIFF WAS REACTING TO THAT. >> AND NOW HERE'S OLKEWICZ IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. >> DON'T MESS WITH MIDDLE LINEBACKERS, CLIFF, BY THE NAME OF OLKEWICZ. >> [ CHUCKLES ] >> BUT I REMEMBER. CLIFF BRANCH DID THAT, AND SINCE THAT TIME, HE'S NEVER SPIKED THE FOOTBALL IN THE END ZONE. HE ALWAYS HANDS IT TO THE OFFICIAL. >> PLUNKETT GETS IT TO CHRISTENSEN. AND HE IS INSIDE THE REDSKIN 20. IT'LL BE RAIDER FIRST DOWN, AS MARK MURPHY MAKES THE STOP WITH HELP FROM MEL KAUFMAN. >> LOOK AT THE JERSEY ON TODD CHRISTENSEN THERE AND HOW HE HAS IT CUT UP ON THE INSIDE. THE REASON HE DOES THAT IS HE SAID THE LINEBACKERS ARE ALWAYS HOLDING HIM. AND SO WITH HIS JERSEY CUT LIKE THAT AND FLOPPING, IF A LINEBACKER GRABS HIM, HE GETS A HANDFUL OF JERSEY AND HE HAS TO PICK IT UP AND THE OFFICIALS CAN SEE IT. PRETTY SMART, HUH? >> ALWAYS THINKING. >> THE LEAGUE DOESN'T LIKE IT, THOUGH. >> CHRISTENSEN CAN QUOTE SHAKESPEARE. HERE'S PLUNKETT BACK TO THROW. OUTSIDE. BRANCH. ANTHONY WASHINGTON WITH HIM. PLUNKETT CALLS 90% OF HIS OWN PLAYS, UNLIKE SO MANY OTHER TEAMS. HE'S LOOKING OVER AT THE DEFENSE TO SEE WHAT'S IN THERE, SEE WHO'S IN THERE. 12 OUT OF 17, 136 YARDS. FOR THAT REASON, THE FACT THAT PLUNKETT CALLS THEM ALL, OR 90% OF THEM, THE RAIDERS VERY RARELY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE 30-SECOND CLOCK. SECOND AND 10. IT'S MARCUS ALLEN. RICH MILOT AND OLKEWICZ COMBINE TO MAKE THE STOP, BUT ALLEN IS DOWN NEAR THE 10-YARD LINE. MAYBE THE 11. ALLEN HAS 59 YARDS AND 13 CARRIES. WASHINGTON HAS BEEN VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE TO SAY THE LEAST IN THE PLAYOFF GAMES IN YARDS RUSHING THEY'VE ALLOWED. THAT'S TOTAL YARDS. THIRD DOWN AND 4, AT THE 11. BARNWELL COMES IN MOTION. PLUNKETT... GETS IT OUTSIDE TO FRANK HAWKINS. HAWKINS GETS INSIDE THE 5. IT'LL BE FIRST AND GOAL, RAIDERS. DARRELL GREEN FINALLY STOPPED HIM. >> FRANK HAWKINS WENT UP AND THANKED HIS LEFT TACKLE BRUCE DAVIS. IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE WAS COMING ON HAWKINS. I THINK DAVIS CAME UP FRONT AND PROTECTED HIM, AND HAWKINS SAID, "THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT." >> DAVIS IS BIG ENOUGH TO THANK YOU, HELP YOU. >> PLUNKETT LOOKS DOWNFIELD. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING. BOOM. HE JUST THROWS IT OUT HERE TO HAWKINS. AND HE'S IN A GOOD POSITION TO PICK UP A FIRST DOWN. HERE COMES DAVIS TO HELP OUT. FRANK, YOU NEED THAT HELP WHEN YOU'RE DOWN THERE. >> FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 5. PLUNKETT WILL GO TO WORK THIS WAY. A LITTLE CONFUSION ON THE PATTERN. IT WAS INTENDED FOR CHRISTENSEN. HE AND BARNWELL CROSSED AND NOTHING OPEN. >> I THINK CHRISTENSEN WAS DOUBLE COVERED DOWN THERE, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO GO IN OR OUT. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE OPTION THINGS. IF A GUY'S OUTSIDE, I GO IN. HE'S IN, I GO OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT PASS AND YOU HAVE A GUY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. WHAT DO YOU DO THEN? >> NOTHING. >> WELL, YOU SQUAT. >> [ CHUCKLES ] >> THAT'S WHY THEY CALL THAT PATTERN SQUAT. >> SECOND AND 5. SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE 5. MARCUS ALLEN. RAIDERS IN THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN, MARCUS. 70 YARDS, 8 PLAYS. BAHR, THE EXTRA-POINT ATTEMPT. HE'S PERFECT. 7:06 LEFT TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER. >> THERE'S MARCUS ALLEN. HE'S DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST -- CUT BACK. THIS IS WHAT HE DID AT S.C. WATCH. HE'S COMING OUT HERE. HE SEES THE DEFENSE STARTS TO SPRING OUT, SO HE JUST STOPS AND CUTS RIGHT BACK AGAINST THE GRAIN. >> GREAT MOVE RIGHT AT THE GOAL LINE OR ABOUT THE 1-YARD LINE. WATCH. >> WATCH HERE. YOU SEE WHAT HE'S DOING. HE'S KEYING RIGHT HERE ON OLKEWICZ. NOW WATCH. OLKEWICZ WILL START OUT HERE. ALLEN STARTS HERE. SEES OLKEWICZ OVER HERE. HE JUST STOPS AND RUNS RIGHT BACK HERE. WATCH THAT. HE STARTS OUT TO THE RIGHT LIKE HE'S GOING OFF TACKLE. WATCH 52. HE COMES OUT. HE OVERPURSUES. WATCH THAT HOLE THERE. HE JUST CUTS IT RIGHT BACK AND INTO THE END ZONE. HE MADE A GREAT MOVE AT THE END ON MARK MURPHY. >> HE SURE DID. TOM FLORES. ELATED ABOUT THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING. 28-9, RAIDERS. MARCUS ALLEN -- HE'S CARRIED 14 TIMES, 64 YARDS AND THAT TOUCHDOWN. >> YOU KNOW, THAT LAST TOUCHDOWN -- HE WAS TELLING US THE OTHER DAY. HE SAID HE DOESN'T LIKE TO WATCH FILM BECAUSE IT NEVER LOOKS THE SAME OUT THERE AS IT DOES ON FILM. HE SAID, "I LIKE TO JUST REACT." AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID ON THE TOUCHDOWN. >> HAYES LINES THE KICKOFF TO ALVIN GARRETT AT THE GOAL LINE. GARRETT GETS OUT TO ABOUT THE 28-YARD LINE. DERRICK JENSEN MADE THE STOP. NUMBER 31. HE BLOCKED A PUNT EARLIER IN THE GAME FOR THE FIRST POINTS. THE REDSKINS POSSESSIONS. JENSEN'S BLOCKED PUNT. THEN THEY PUNTED. THEN THEY MISSED A FIELD GOAL. PUNTED TWICE MORE. THEN THEY GOT A 24-YARD FIELD GOAL FROM MOSELEY. THE INTERCEPTION -- SQUIREK'S -- FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. AND THEN, FINALLY, THE TOUCHDOWN. >> BEEN A BAD DAY FOR THE REDSKINS' SPECIAL TEAMS. THEY HAD A BLOCKED PUNT, A BLOCKED EXTRA POINT. >> MONK SWIRLS IN MOTION. FLEA FLICKER COMING. BUT NOBODY OPEN. THEY FINALLY GET IT OUT TO RIGGINS. HE SLIPS DOWN AT ABOUT THE 32. ROD MARTIN GOT THOSE HANDS ON HIM. >> I'LL TELL YOU, THE RAIDERS WERE NOT FOOLED. THEY HAD EVERYONE COVERED DEEP. THE REDSKINS HAD TWO DEEP RECEIVERS, AND THEY WERE JUST COVERED LIKE A BLANKET. I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, TWO GUYS THAT ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB ARE LESTER HAYES AND MIKE HAYNES. >> THEY SURELY ARE. >> CHARLIE BROWN HAS CAUGHT ONE PASS ALL DAY. ART MONK, THE OTHER WIDE RECEIVER, HAS YET TO CATCH A PASS. >> REALLY, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN HIM ANYTHING DOWN THE MIDDLE EITHER, WHICH SPEAKS WELL FOR McELROY. JOE WASHINGTON IN THE GAME. DIDIER COMES OUT WIDE TO THE LEFT. BROWN THE INTENDED RECEIVER. BALL JUST SAILED HIGH OVER HIS HEAD. >> LOOKS LIKE JOE THEISMANN'S GETTING A LITTLE FRUSTRATED HERE. YOU TRY EVERYTHING. YOU TRY RUNNING, PASSING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. IF YOU GET THAT COVERAGE -- THAT RAIDER COVERAGE IS LIKE A BLANKET. >> THERE ARE THOSE SIGNALS THAT GO IN TO THEISMANN. ONE SET DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. >> WELL, THE ONE THAT DOES WAS THE MAROON COAT -- JACKET. THAT'S DON BREAUX. LYLE ALZADO SAYS, "I LOVE THIS STUFF! SUPER BOWLS! LEADS! VICTORY!" >> RAIDERS WITH A 4-MAN FRONT. THIRD AND 9. THEISMANN GOING DEEP. INTENDED FOR MONK. MONK BROKE INSIDE, BUT THERE'S A FLAG DOWN. THEISMANN LED HIM TO THE OUTSIDE. >> IT'S A HOLDING PENALTY AGAINST THE REDSKINS. >> HOLDING. 74, OFFENSE. PENALTY REFUSED. FOURTH DOWN. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE OUGHT TO LOOK. SOMETIMES YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE COVERAGE IF THE BALL'S NOT THROWN THERE. BUT WATCH. ART MONK HAS YET TO CATCH A PASS. WATCH WHY. LESTER HAYES IS ON HIM. HE'S ON HIM LIKE A BLANKET. HE HITS HIM THERE. HITS HIM. LOOK. ART MONK JUST STOPPED. THE BALL WAS THROWN OVER. I'LL TELL YOU, JOE THEISMANN'S FRUSTRATED, BUT SO ARE HIS RECEIVERS. >> THEY JUST CAN'T GET OPEN. HAYES BACK TO PUNT. 6:40 LEFT TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER. GREG PRUITT STANDS BACK AT THE RAIDER 30. >> HE'S A DANGEROUS RETURN GUY. >> VERY SURE HANDS. HAS BEEN UP TO NOW. JEFF HAYES HANGS IT HIGH. PRUITT SIGNALS FOR THE FAIR CATCH. VERY GOOD HANDS INDEED. 42-YARD PUNT. NO RETURN, SO THE NET IS 42. 6:32 LEFT TO PLAY IN SUPER BOWL XVIII. RAIDERS 28-9. JOHN RIGGINS WITH THE JACKET ON OVER ON THE REDSKIN BENCH. HE'S HAD SOME PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH A LOWER BACK. COULD BE STIFFENING JUST A BIT. 28-9. THIS IS MARCUS ALLEN AGAIN. SPINNING UP THE MIDDLE AND GETTING GOOD YARDAGE WHEN HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO BEGIN WITH. KEN COFFEY MADE THE STOP. >> MARCUS ALLEN IS HAVING A PRETTY GOOD DAY HERE. IN FACT, IN THESE PLAYOFFS, HE'S COMING PRETTY CLOSE TO MAKING MORE YARDAGE HIMSELF AGAINST THESE REDSKINS THAN ANYONE EVER HAS IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAINST THEM. >> 68, TO BE EXACT. THEY'VE HELD EVERYBODY DOWN RUSHING EXCEPT MARCUS ALLEN. >> BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THOSE TWO GUARDS -- CHARLEY HANNAH AND MICKEY MARVIN -- ALONG WITH THE CENTER, DAVE DALBY, DOING A GOOD JOB OF BLOCKING THAT MIDDLE FOR HIM, TOO. >> SECOND AND 6 AND PLUNKETT FAKES TO HIM THIS TIME. NOW MARCUS JUST SORT OF LOST HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE. PLUNKETT GOT THE BALL TO HIM. CHASED OUT OF BOUNDS BY VERNON DEAN AND DARRELL GREEN WITH AN ASSIST FROM OLKEWICZ. 12-YARD GAIN AND A RAIDER FIRST DOWN. >> WATCH THIS PLAY. IT'S A FAKE INTO THE MIDDLE. YOU SEE HE FAKES HERE TO ALLEN. AND NOW PLUNKETT BOOTLEGS OUT AND WE SEE ALLEN JUST KIND OF STOPS. THEN HE'LL START IN HERE ACROSS. SEE, HERE HE COMES RIGHT THERE UNDERNEATH. SO THEY GOT HIM LOST IN THERE WITH THE FAKE. THEN THEY SAY IT'S A FAKE. THEN THE LINEBACKERS RUN. THEN ALLEN STARTS IN. NOT BAD. >> RAIDER FIRST DOWN, THEIR OWN 44. CLOCK RUNNING. CLOCK STOPPED, RATHER. 5:46 LEFT, THIRD QUARTER. PLUNKETT HAS TIME TO GO DEEP. INTENDED FOR BARNWELL AND JUST BARELY OUT OF HIS REACH. DARRELL GREEN, THE DEFENDER. >> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING ABOUT THE RAIDERS. NO MATTER IF THEY'RE BEHIND OR AHEAD, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE THOSE DEEP SHOTS ON YOU. THAT WAY, THEY CAN NEVER TIGHTEN UP ON YOU. LOOKS LIKE DARRELL GREEN MAY HAVE HAD THAT RIGHT ARM IN THERE A LITTLE EARLY. PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE. IT WAS STEP-FOR-STEP. >> THAT LEAVES PLUNKETT 14 OUT OF 21 FOR 154 YARDS, AND ONE TOUCHDOWN TO BRANCH. BARNWELL OUT WIDE TO THE RIGHT. BRANCH TO THE LEFT. COVERED BY ANTHONY WASHINGTON. MARCUS ALLEN AND HAWKINS, THE TWO BACKS. PLUNKETT GOING FOR CHRISTENSEN. JUST COULDN'T QUITE MAKE ENOUGH OF AN ADJUSTMENT. HE HAD A STEP. OLKEWICZ WITH THE RUSH ON PLUNKETT. >> OLKEWICZ WAS ON A BLITZ. PLUNKETT HAD TO THROW IT A LITTLE SOONER THAN HE WANTED TO. WATCH RIGHT HERE. COMING RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. SEE OLKEWICZ THERE? PLUNKETT SEES IT, OR FEELS IT, AND SAYS, "I BETTER GET RID OF THIS THING." HE THREW IT A LITTLE LONGER AND A LITTLE SOONER THAN HE WANTED. HE NEVER DID SEE THE RESULT, THOUGH, DID HE? >> NO. >> HE SHOOK HIS HEAD, AND HE SAID, "WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BLOCK THAT GUY?" THAT'S THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER. IT'S THE CENTER. >> THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BLOCK HIM. >> YEP. >> THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS HAVEN'T BEEN ALL THAT GOOD, BUT THE SCORE IS PRETTY GOOD. 28-9, RAIDERS LEADING. PLUNKETT BACK AGAIN TO THROW. HERE'S ANOTHER BLITZ. PLUNKETT SAW IT COMING THIS TIME. IT WAS MONTE COLEMAN. AND THAT'S THE SECOND SACK OF PLUNKETT. >> WATCH IT. MONTE COLEMAN WILL COME FROM PLUNKETT'S RIGHT. SEE, HE STARTS BACK HERE. PLUNKETT SEES IT RIGHT NOW. LOOK. HE SEES IT AND SAYS, "OKAY, YOU GOT ME. I'LL JUST GO DOWN, AND LET'S NOT GO THROUGH ALL THAT PHYSICAL STUFF OF BLITZING WE HAVE TO DO SOMETIMES." >> VERY WISE CHOICE. NICK GIAQUINTO BACK DEEP. THAT'S RAY GUY. >> PLUNKETT'S BEEN IN THIS LEAGUE FOR 13 YEARS. >> DECISIONS LIKE THAT. DARRELL GREEN IS BACK THERE WITH GIAQUINTO. THIS WILL BE GREEN THAT HANDLES IT. HE CAN BE DANGEROUS. GREEN STAYS ON HIS FEET. KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS BY TODD CHRISTENSEN. >> TOM FLORES TOLD US LAST NIGHT. HE SAID, "THE GUY I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS DARRELL GREEN." HE SAID, "WHEN WE SCOUTED HIM IN COLLEGE," HE SAID, "WE ALMOST DRAFTED HIM. WE HAD HIM RATED HIGHLY BECAUSE HE WAS THE BEST PUNT RETURNER IN THE DRAFT LAST YEAR." AND HE SAID, "HE'S THE GUY THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT. THEY DON'T HAVE MIKE NELMS. I'M AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO PUT DARRELL GREEN BACK THERE." THEY DID, AND RAY GUY HAD TO MAKE THE TACKLE. >> SO THE REDSKINS AT LEAST HAVE GOOD FIELD POSITION THIS TIME. DARRELL GREEN'S PUNT RETURN -- 34 YARDS -- IS THE LONGEST IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY. BROKE THE RECORD HELD BY WILLIE WOOD, SUPER BOWL II. HERE'S THE COUNTERPLAY. WITH SOME ROOM. RIGGINS AFTER ABOUT 5. LOOKED LIKE HE MIGHT GET MORE THAN THAT. >> WELL, HE RAN INTO HIS OWN GUY. JOE JACOBY, THE LEFT TACKLE, PULLS TO THE RIGHT ON THAT PLAY. RIGGINS WAS RIGHT IN BEHIND HIM TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE OFF OF HIM, AND HE RAN INTO HIM. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE RUN. HERE'S ART MONK OUT HERE ON LESTER HAYES AGAIN. HE'S SAYING, "OKAY, I CAN HIT YOU NOW. LET'S GO. THIS IS A RUNNING PLAY." LESTER'S SAYING, "NO, NO. I JUST COVER YOU ON THE PASS. I DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT RUN." >> HERE'S RIGGINS AGAIN. TRYING TO CUT BACK, AND IT'S REGGIE KINLAW WHO STOPS THE CUTBACK. RIGGINS HASN'T HAD MANY LANES. >> REGGIE KINLAW HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN THERE BECAUSE THE REDSKINS REALLY HAVEN'T HAD MUCH RUNNING IN THERE. LET'S WATCH HIM. HE'S IN A LEFT-HANDED STANCE HEAD-TO-HEAD AGAINST JEFF BOSTIC. YOU SEE HIM. NOW, BOSTIC IS TRYING TO BLOCK TO THE OUTSIDE. THE GUARD DIDN'T COME DOWN ON KINLAW. THAT LEFT HIM FREE, AND HE COULD JUST GO DOWN THERE AND CLOSE THAT HOLE ON JOHN RIGGINS. >> THEY SAID HE WASN'T BIG ENOUGH TO PLAY NOSE TACKLE IN THE NFL, BUT HE'S DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPED VERY WELL. >> HIS THIGHS ARE 32 INCHES. THAT'S BIG ENOUGH. >> THEISMANN. HAD A HAND ON HIM. GOT OUT OF IT, BUT THERE'S A PENALTY MARKER DOWN. BILL PICKEL WAS THE MAN WHO LASSOED THEISMANN, ALONG WITH HOWIE LONG. >> ILLEGAL MOTION. 74, OFFENSE. PENALTY REFUSED. FOURTH DOWN. >> THAT'S AGAINST GEORGE STARKE. YOU SEE, HE MOVED A LITTLE EARLY -- 74. WATCH DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THOUGH. WE HAVE A LITTLE JOE JACOBY GOING AGAINST LYLE ALZADO. PUSHES HIM RIGHT BY THE PLAY. >> LONG CHASING. >> THERE'S HOWIE LONG. ALMOST HAD HIM. HE SAID, "COME ON BACK HERE." >> GREG PRUITT BACK DEEP ONE MORE TIME, AND JEFF HAYES TO PUNT. HIGH KICK. PRUITT COMING UP. WARNING HIS TEAMMATES THAT THE BALL'S BOUNCING BACK IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. NOW IT ROLLS DOWN. IS DOWNED BY THE REDSKINS BY PETE CRONAN AT THE RAIDER 13. A 33-YARD PUNT. RAIDERS 28, WASHINGTON 9. WE'RE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. 3:18 LEFT TO PLAY IN THAT THIRD QUARTER. RAIDERS OPERATE FROM DEEP IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. THIS IS THE DEEPEST THEY'VE HAD TO BEGIN FROM. NOTHING DOING HERE. KENNY KING THE BALLCARRIER. DARRYL GRANT HURLED HIM TO THE GROUND. >> DARRYL GRANT LOST HIS HELMET THERE. HE WAS CHECKING HIS HEAD TO SEE IF EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST STARTED WITH THE REDSKINS? THE FIRST DAY HE WAS IN A ROOKIE CAMP, HE WAS IN THERE LIFTING WEIGHTS, AND SOME GUY WHAPPED IN THE HEAD WITH A WEIGHT. CUT HIS HEAD OPEN. >> RIGHT. >> HE HAD TO HAVE STITCHES IN HIS HEAD. HE GOES OUT AND PRACTICES WITH THE STITCHES IN HIS HEAD. COMES BACK IN. LEAVES HIS HELMET ON AND CONTINUES LIFTING WEIGHTS. JOE GIBBS SAID, "AT THAT MOMENT, I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO MAKE OUR TEAM." >> HE STOPPED KING FOR NO GAIN. PLUNKETT MOVES MARCUS ALLEN. AND HE DROPS TO THROW. INTENDED FOR BRANCH AND BRANCH CAME UP WITH IT, I BELIEVE. GOOD RUSH BY PERRY BROOKS AGAIN ON PLUNKETT. >> CLIFF BRANCH IS STILL TALKING TO ANTHONY WASHINGTON OUT THERE. THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO THROW THAT OUT, THOUGH, IS YOU WANT TO THROW IT LOW AND BEHIND. AND LOOK WHAT THAT DOES FOR CLIFF BRANCH. FRED BILETNIKOFF WAS THE ALL-TIME RECEPTION LEADER IN POSTSEASON WITH 70. CLIFF BRANCH HAS GONE AHEAD WITH 72 RECEPTIONS NOW. >> CLIFF HAS CAUGHT FIVE TODAY FOR 85 YARDS. MARCUS ALLEN OVER THE TOP WITH A FIRST DOWN. BOY, DOES HE ACCELERATE. >> AND HE COULD ACCELERATE THEN BECAUSE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RAIDER OFFENSIVE LINE GOT GOOD MOVEMENT ON THAT REDSKIN DEFENSIVE LINE. GOT A PRETTY GOOD PUSH IN THERE. >> THAT WOULD BE CHARLEY HANNAH AND BRUCE DAVIS. >> MARCUS ALLEN SEEMS TO APPRECIATE IT. HE COMES BACK TO THE HUDDLE AND SAYS, "THANKS, GUYS." YOU HAVE TO THANK THOSE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN 'CAUSE THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF CREDIT, YOU KNOW. >> BUY THEM STEAKS OR GIVE THEM WATCHES OR SOMETHING. PLUNKETT BACK TO THROW. FUMBLE! BRANCH CAUGHT IT, LOST IT, AND THERE WAS A SCRAMBLE. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A SCRAMBLE. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING ONE. >> REDSKINS HAVE GOT A TURNOVER! THE SECOND RAIDER TURNOVER. >> AFTER THE FUMBLE, ONE OF THE REDSKINS CAME IN AND HAD A CHANCE TO RECOVER, BUT HE TRIED TO PICK IT UP. WATCH HERE. IT'S A HOOK IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON. BRANCH STARTS TO MOVE. WASHINGTON COMES IN FROM BEHIND, AND HE TAKES THAT RIGHT HAND, KNOCKS THE BALL OUT. IT WAS KEN COFFEY TRIED TO PICK IT UP AND RUN WITH IT. HE FUMBLED IT AGAIN, BUT THE REDSKINS GOT IT BACK. LOOK AT ALL THOSE BODIES. BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! "I GOT IT! I GOT IT!" >> ANTHONY WASHINGTON MADE THE RECOVERY, AND THE REDSKINS HAVE IT, FIRST AND 10 AT THE RAIDER 36. CHARLIE BROWN OUT WIDE TO THE LEFT. THEISMANN FAKES. LOOKING. CLINT DIDIER COMES UP WITH A WHALE OF A CATCH IN FRONT OF MIKE DAVIS. >> THAT WAS GOOD COVERAGE BY MIKE DAVIS, BUT, AGAIN, JOE THEISMANN STILL HAS TO BE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE ABOUT THE ONLY GUY HE CAN FIND OPEN DOWNFIELD AT ALL IS CLINT DIDIER. THEY'VE TAKEN ART MONK OUT. THEY'VE TAKEN CHARLIE BROWN OUT. AND THEY'RE CLOSE TO TAKING DIDIER OUT BECAUSE MIKE DAVIS IS PRETTY TIGHT HERE. WATCH HIM. HE'S REALLY THERE. HE SEES THE BALL. HE JUST GETS THAT ARM IN THERE. IT GOES RIGHT BY HIM. >> SECOND DOWN AND 4. MONK IN MOTION. HE STILL HASN'T CAUGHT A BALL. GIVE TO RIGGINS. RIGGINS DIDN'T GET THE FIRST DOWN. ALZADO, LONG, AND MILLEN FILL THE HOLE QUICKLY. >> I'LL TELL YOU, PART OF THAT FRUSTRATION IS BEING CAUSED BY THAT RAIDER FRONT SEVEN -- THE THREE LINEMEN AND THE FOUR LINEBACKERS. BECAUSE THE REDSKINS HAVE THE HOGS. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THESE RAIDERS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN GUYS THERE. THEY'RE REALLY TAKING THEM ON. YOU SEE HOWIE LONG ON THAT PLAY? HE JUST STOOD UP GEORGE STARKE, THREW HIM TO THE SIDE, AND CAME IN AND MADE THAT TACKLE. THEN HIS BUDDY LYLE ALZADO COMES FROM THE OTHER SIDE. THERE'S HOWIE WIFE -- HOWIE LONG'S WIFE, DIANE. THERE'S HOWIE LONG. >> JOE WASHINGTON IN THE REDSKIN BACKFIELD. THEY NEED A COUPLE FOR A FIRST DOWN. THE GIVE IS TO WASHINGTON. I DON'T THINK HE GOT IT. JACK SQUIREK, WHO SCORED A TOUCHDOWN. THEY GOT TO GO FOR THIS ONE. HERE COMES RIGGINS WITH THE SHORT-YARDAGE GROUP. >> JACK SQUIREK'S COME UP WITH A COUPLE BIG PLAYS -- THAT INTERCEPTION, THAT PLAY. >> THE REDSKINS WILL GO WITH THREE TIGHT ENDS. THIS IS A SIMILAR SITUATION TO THE LONG ONE, YOU RECALL, HE BROKE AGAINST MIAMI IN LAST YEAR'S SUPER BOWL. THEY START CROWDING ON SHORT YARDAGE. IF HE GETS INTO THE SECONDARY... THE DIESEL CAN STILL GO. >> YEAH, THEY'LL RUN RIGGINS, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY RUN HIM TO THE LEFT. DIDIER COMES IN THAT DIRECTION. RIGGINS SURGED AT THE LAST SECOND. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE. ROD MARTIN CAME UP AND GOT THOSE ARMS. AND THE RAIDERS ARE SURE THEY'VE STOPPED HIM. I'M NOT THAT SURE YET. >> YEAH, I'M ABOUT AS SURE AS YOU CAN BE 'CAUSE THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A SURGE THERE. ROD MARTIN JUST HELD UP HIS SIDE, AND MIKE DAVIS GOT UP IN THERE. I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THIS IS A FIRST DOWN. >> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT IS FROM HERE. >> ROD MARTIN, HE DOESN'T WANT TO GET UP. HE WANTS TO HOLD THAT SPOT THAT HE MADE THE PLAY IN. >> THE REDSKIN OFFENSIVE UNIT IS STILL ON THE FIELD BUT STROLLING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THEISMANN WAS GONE. >> I'LL TELL YOU. LET'S WATCH THAT. NOW, WATCH ROD MARTIN HERE. HE'S NUMBER 53 AGAINST 88, RICK WALKER. WATCH, HE JUST STANDS HIM UP THERE. THE HANDS COME DOWN. NO MOVEMENT THERE. BOOM, HE'S SQUARE INTO RIGGINS, AND HE STOPS THAT FIRST DOWN. HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, "RICKY WALKER IS NOT GONNA BLOCK ME. HE PLAYED AT UCLA. HE DIDN'T BLOCK ME IN COLLEGE, AND HE WON'T BLOCK ME IN THE SUPER BOWL." AND ROD WAS RIGHT ON THAT PLAY. RICKY WALKER'S FROM UCLA. ROD MARTIN FROM USC SAID, "HE COULDN'T BLOCK ME WHEN WE WERE PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER THEN. HE'S NOT GONNA BLOCK ME TODAY." HE DIDN'T. >> ONLY 12 SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY. THIRD QUARTER. HERE'S MARCUS ALLEN. CUTTING BACK UPFIELD. AND MARCUS ALLEN COULD BE GONE. 74 YARDS FOR MARCUS ALLEN. AND THE RAIDERS ARE STARTING TO SHOVE THIS ONE IN THE WINNER'S COLUMN. 74 YARDS. YOU'VE JUST WITNESSED THE LONGEST RUN IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY, FROM SCRIMMAGE, BY MARCUS ALLEN ON A BROKEN PLAY. THE RECORD HAD BEEN HELD BY TOM MATTE. IT WAS 58 YARDS IN SUPER BOWL III. A BUSTED PLAY. IT TAKES A SPECIAL KIND OF INDIVIDUAL FOR THAT KIND OF AN EFFORT. BAHR'S EXTRA POINT IS GOOD. RAIDERS 35, REDSKINS 9. >> YOU DON'T TEACH THAT KIND OF RUNNING. THIS IS REACTION. THIS IS A GREAT RUNNING BACK. WATCH HIM. HE STARTS OUT HERE TO THE LEFT. HE FEELS THE SUPPORT COMING. HE SAYS, "I CAN'T GO THERE." THEIR STRONG SAFETY, KEN COFFEY, THERE. "I'LL START HERE. NOW I SEE A CUTBACK AGAINST THAT GUY. NOW I SEE OPEN FIELD. I'M JUST GONNA TURN IT ON AND TAKE IT INTO THE END ZONE." THAT IS A HECK OF A RUN. YOU DON'T TEACH THAT. YOU DON'T PRACTICE THAT. YOU DON'T SEE THAT ON FILM. NOT HAPPENING. >> SPECTACULAR RUN BY MARCUS ALLEN. 35-9. LOOKS SAFE, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. MATT MILLEN LIKES TO PICK UP PEOPLE, DOESN'T HE? THAT'S THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER WITH THE SCORE THE RAIDERS 35, THE REDSKINS 9. MARCUS ALLEN NOW WITH 156 YARDS RUSHING. 74 IN ONE CHUNK. BAHR KICKS IT OFF HIGH AND SHORT. ALVIN GARRETT. NOT MUCH DOING. MARCUS ALLEN. 74-YARD RUN FOR A TOUCHDOWN, A NEW SUPER BOWL RECORD. >> YOU HAVE TO LIKE THAT. HE SAYS, "WHAT'S GOING ON?" AND HE GIVES A LITTLE WINK. WATCH THE RUN AGAIN. HE STARTS OUT HERE TO THE LEFT. NOW THE STRONG SAFETY, KEN COFFEY, COMES UP. HE SEES HIM. NOW, WATCH RIGHT HERE, THE BURST THAT HE MAKES RIGHT HERE. HE JUST BURSTS RIGHT BY THOSE REDSKINS, AND THEN IT'S ALL THE WAY. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THAT BURST, THAT EXPLOSION, THAT POWER. THAT'S WHERE HE TURNED IT ON. >> REDSKINS, FIRST DOWN. THIS IS ART MONK'S FIRST CATCH OF THE DAY. VANN McELROY STOPPED HIM. LESTER HAYES IS REALLY UPSET. HE WANTED A SHUTOUT. I THINK HE MAY HAVE SLIPPED A LITTLE ON THAT ONE. IT LOOKED LIKE HE WENT DOWN, BECAUSE WHEN MONK CAUGHT THE BALL, LESTER HAYES WAS DOWN IN FRONT OF HIM. LET'S WATCH IT HERE. HERE'S MONK. HE'S GOING TO COME DOWN TOWARDS US NOW. HE'LL RUN AN INSIDE PATTERN. NOW, WATCH AS HE MAKES A LITTLE MOVE RIGHT THERE. SEE, LESTER HAYES FALLS RIGHT THERE. BOOM, THE BALL'S THERE. THE SAFETY, VANN McELROY, GETS OVER AND MAKES THE TACKLE. >> FIRST DOWN, REDSKINS. MIDFIELD. THEISMANN LOOKS LEFT. AND THERE'S NO ONE THERE. IT WAS INTENDED AGAIN FOR MONK. HAYNES ON THE COVERAGE. >> TELL YOU, MIKE HAYNES REALLY HAS BEEN A BLANKET OVER THERE ON CHARLIE BROWN OR WHOEVER THEY LINE UP OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, HE ALMOST DIDN'T PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE NFL THIS YEAR. REMEMBER, HE WAS A HOLDOUT WITH THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. AND THE TRADING DEADLINE, THE RAIDERS MADE A TRADE WITH NEW ENGLAND. HE SAID HAD THAT NOT HAPPENED, HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE USFL. AND HERE HE IS IN THE SUPER BOWL. >> HE HAS CHARLIE BROWN THIS TIME. DONNY WARREN, THE TIGHT END. THAT WAS DIDIER IN MOTION. THEISMANN HAS TO WORK, SCRAMBLE. HE'S DOWN. JEFF BARNES CAME FLYING IN. THEISMANN HAD NO PLACE TO GO. >> THAT'S RIGHT. JEFF BARNES GETS CREDIT FOR THE SACK, BUT HERE'S WHERE THE REAL CREDIT SHOULD GO. JOE THEISMANN WAS LOOKING TO HIS LEFT. HE WAS TRYING TO GO TO CHARLIE BROWN. WATCH HAYNES. HE'S REALLY FRUSTRATING THOSE RECEIVERS. THE RECEIVERS AREN'T EVEN RUNNING PATTERNS ANYMORE. THEY'RE JUST RUNNING UP THE FIELD AND STOPPING. >> THE WASHINGTON BENCH VERY DEJECTED AT THE MOMENT... WITH GOOD REASON. 35-9, THEY TRAIL. THEISMANN FIRES. AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. CHARLIE BROWN THE INTENDED RECEIVER. THE REDSKINS REALLY PUT A LICK ON LYLE ALZADO AS THEISMANN ROLLED OUT TO HIS LEFT, BUT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. >> YEAH, THIS DEFENSE HAS REALLY DONE ITS JOB. WATCH HOWIE LONG HERE ON JEFF BOSTIC. HOWIE LONG IS THE BEST PASS RUSHER ON THE RAIDERS. SO THEY MOVE HIM UP AND DOWN THE LINE ON PASSING DOWNS. THEY PUT HIM OVER THE GUY THAT THEY THINK HE CAN BEAT. IN THIS CASE, THEY PUT HIM OVER THE CENTER, JEFF BOSTIC. >> THE REDSKINS WILL HAVE TO PUNT. GREG PRUITT WILL BE BACK FOR THE RAIDERS STANDING AT HIS OWN 20. THE REDSKINS HAVE TIED THE SUPER BOWL RECORD FOR THE -- THE RAIDERS, I'M SORRY. NOT THE REDSKINS. HAYES' KICK OFF THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT AND OUT OF BOUNDS. WHAT I WAS STARTING TO SAY WAS 35 POINTS IS THE MOST THAT'S EVER BEEN SCORED IN A SUPER BOWL. 28-YARD PUNT BY HAYES. MARCUS ALLEN OVER THE LEFT SIDE AGAIN, STOPPED BY DARRYL GRANT. GOT A COUPLE. HERE IS WHAT MAINLY MARCUS ALLEN IS DOING TO THE WASHINGTON DEFENSE. HE HAS GOTTEN MORE THAN ANY OTHER TEAM AGAINST THE REDSKIN DEFENSE IN THE LAST SEVEN PLAYOFF GAMES. HE'S ALSO SCORED TWICE. VERY FAMOUS NUMBER HE WEARS. HERE'S ALLEN STRAIGHT AHEAD. OUTSIDE THE 35, TO ABOUT THE 38. TODD LIEBENSTEIN TRIPPED HIM UP. MARCUS HAS BEEN IN THREE PLAYOFF GAMES NOW THIS YEAR. AGAINST PITTSBURGH, 121 YARDS. AGAINST SEATTLE, 154. AND IN THE SUPER BOWL GAME, 152. REALLY CLOSING IN ON A RECORD. >> THAT'S NOT A BAD PLAYOFF DEAL, HUH? >> NOT A BAD DEAL AT ALL. >> I'LL TELL YOU, THOSE FIVE GUYS UP IN FRONT ARE DOING A HECK OF A JOB ON THIS REDSKIN DEFENSIVE LINE. >> THEY REALLY ARE. THIS IS ALLEN. THIS IS HAWKINS. SORRY. ALLEN WAS THE BLOCKER IN FRONT OF HIM. MARCUS DOESN'T THINK THEY GOT THE FIRST DOWN. THOSE FIVE GUYS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE HENRY LAWRENCE, MICKEY MARVIN, DAVE DALBY, CHARLEY HANNAH, AND BRUCE DAVIS. >> THEY WERE UPSET WITH ME IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. AND HERE'S THE GUY THAT WAS UPSET, HENRY LAWRENCE. SOMEWHERE, I SAID, "JOE JACOBY'S THE BEST TACKLE IN FOOTBALL." AND THE FIRST THING THEY SAID WHEN THEY GOT TO TOWN AND I SAW THESE GUYS, "WHO'S THE BEST TACKLE IN FOOTBALL?" I SAID, "WELL, NFC. WE'LL SEE WHO'S GOOD." >> THEY'VE GOT DARRELL GREEN AGAIN BACK WITH GIAQUINTO. RAY GUY IS SET TO PUNT. KICKING AWAY FROM DARRELL GREEN. AND A TYPICAL RAY GUY PUNT, AS GIAQUINTO SIGNALS FOR A FAIR CATCH AND MAKES IT AT THE 15. 10:55 LEFT IN THE BALLGAME. AND TIME SHUTTING DOWN ON THE REDSKINS. 35-9, RAIDERS. THE REDSKINS SCORED AFTER THE KICKOFF TO BEGIN THE SECOND HALF BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING SINCE THEN. JOE WASHINGTON HAS REPLACED RIGGINS. JOE THEISMANN IS GONNA HAVE TO PUT IT UP EVERY DOWN IF HE HAS TIME. THEISMANN HAS TO RUN IT. TURNS OUT OF BOUNDS AND HIT IN THE BACK. JACK SQUIREK CHASED HIM DOWN FROM BEHIND. HOWIE LONG PUT THE PRESSURE ON EARLY. >> I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S THE SAME OLD THING. THEISMANN JUST CAN'T FIND ANYONE OPEN. THERE'S NO ONE OPEN ON THAT FOOTBALL FIELD. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HIM. AND AS WE SAID EARLIER, IF THE REDSKINS CAN'T RUN IT, IF THEY CAN'T GET IN THAT RHYTHM, THEY REALLY HAVE SOME PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. LET'S WATCH THIS COVERAGE OUT HERE. THERE'S MIKE HAYNES MAN-TO-MAN ON CHARLIE BROWN. LOOK AT HIM. HE'S JUST MIRRORING HIM EVERYWHERE HE GOES. LOOK, HE'S RIGHT THERE. BOOM, BOOM, YOU GO HERE. THAT'S SOMETHING. THAT'S TOUGH ON A QUARTERBACK. >> LESTER HAYES WAS SHAKEN UP ON THE LAST PLAY. HERE'S JOE WASHINGTON. HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE FIRST DOWN. JEFF BARNES ON THE STOP. THAT'S THE WASHINGTON OFFENSE IN '83 IN THE REGULAR SEASON. AVERAGED 164. TODAY THEY'VE GOTTEN 90. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW THAT THE REDSKINS FELT THEY HAD TO DO -- THAT WAS RUN THE FOOTBALL. >> I THINK THE RAIDERS THOUGHT THAT SAME THING AND SAID THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GOING TO, BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT ONLY BEEN ON THEM ON THE RUN, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ON THEM ANYTHING THEY'VE TRIED TODAY. THIS IS A WELL-PREPARED RAIDER DEFENSE. THEISMANN LOOKING. HAS CHARLIE BROWN. BROWN CHASED DOWN... BY VANN McELROY AND MIKE HAYNES. 60 YARDS. THEISMANN TO BROWN. >> CHARLIE GOT MIKE HAYNES ON THAT ONE. WATCH HIM HERE. HE DOES A MOVE RIGHT HERE. GETS THE PUSH, GETS A STEP ON HIM. HAYNES IS LOOKING BACK. GOOD THROW BY THEISMANN. CHARLIE BROWN WOULD HAVE HAD A TOUCHDOWN EXCEPT THE WEAK SAFETY, VANN McELROY, GETS OVER HERE TO MAKE THE PLAY RIGHT AT THE END. IN FACT, BOTH OF THEM DID. AND CHARLIE BROWN'S STAYING IN THERE, THOUGH. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH DAY FOR HIM, BUT HE'S HANGING IN THERE. >> TWO RECEPTIONS FOR 83 YARDS. REDSKIN FIRST DOWN AT THE RAIDER 12. 9:26 LEFT TO PLAY. THEY GOT TO GO TO WORK IN A HURRY. HE'S GOT JOE WASHINGTON UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH NO RUNNING BACKS. THEISMANN FIRES ACROSS THE MIDDLE. INCOMPLETE. HE HAD A MAN, ART MONK. WOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY ABOUT A 4-YARD GAIN. VANN McELROY ON THE COVERAGE. THEISMANN HAS HAD A FRUSTRATING DAY. >> AND I THINK A LOT OF IT STARTS, AGAIN, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO RUN. NOW, WHETHER JOHN RIGGINS, YOU KNOW, THAT COLD THAT HE HAD, THAT CONGESTION -- WHETHER THAT BOTHERED HIM OR NOT OR WHETHER IT'S JUST ALL THIS RAIDER DEFENSE, THEY JUST COULD NEVER ESTABLISH THAT RUN. >> LESTER HAYES HAS A CRAMP. YOU JUST SAW HIM A MINUTE AGO TRYING TO LOOSEN IT UP. MARK MAY DROPPED OFF THE LINE TOO QUICKLY, NUMBER 73. >> FALSE START. 73, OFFENSE. >> THAT'S BEEN THE KIND OF A DAY IT IS. ALL DAY. 9:04 LEFT TO PLAY. MARK MAY, ONE OF THE TWO BIG, HUGE GUARDS FOR THE REDSKINS. PROBABLY WE HAVE, JOHN, SEEN THE LAST OF JOHN RIGGINS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE RAIDERS KNEW THEY HAD TO DO, WAS SHUT DOWN RIGGINS. NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT, BUT HE'S ONLY HAD 64 YARDS ON 26 CARRIES TODAY. LOOKING FOR DIDIER. CAN'T DO IT. McELROY WAS COMING OVER TO HELP OUT MIKE DAVIS. YOU COULD SEE HIM MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION BEFORE THE BALL WAS SNAPPED. THAT'LL MAKE IT THIRD DOWN. PENALTY AGAINST THE RAIDERS. >> THAT'S AN UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS. LOOKS LIKE THE FLAG IS IN THE REDSKIN BACKFIELD. WONDER IF THAT WAS AGAINST THE QUARTERBACK, ROUGHING THE QUARTERBACK. >> PERSONAL FOUL. 61, DEFENSE. A LATE HIT ON THE QUARTERBACK. FIRST DOWN. >> THAT WOULD BE DAVE STALLS, NUMBER 61. IT'S FIRST DOWN. AND THAT MAKES IT FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 8. 9 MINUTES EXACTLY LEFT TO PLAY. HERE COMES THE BLITZ. THERE GOES THE BALL. RAIDERS HAVE IT. NOW THEY STILL SCRAMBLE. FIVE SACKS. THAT WAS MIKE DAVIS WHO CAME FROM THE OUTSIDE. ROD MARTIN MADE THE RECOVERY. >> I'LL TELL YOU, THAT'S THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE. WATCH MIKE DAVIS. HE'S RIGHT HERE. HE'S GOING TO COME. THEISMANN STARTS BACK. HE DOESN'T EVEN SEE HIM. HITS HIM FROM BEHIND AND KNOCKS THE BALL OUT. YOU SEE DAVIS BACK THERE. LOOK, HE STARTS TO SNEAK UP, STARTS TO SNEAK UP. BOOM, HERE HE COMES. THEY'RE BLOCKING THE INSIDE. NO ONE BLOCKS DAVIS. THEISMANN DOESN'T SEE HIM, HEAR HIM, OR FEEL HIM. NOW IT'S TOO LATE, AND THE BALL'S OUT OF THERE. >> AND THE RAIDERS RECOVER AND TAKE OVER IN GOOD SHAPE. THEISMANN NEVER SAW DAVIS COMING. DIDN'T HEAR HIM COMING, EITHER. JOE GIBBS. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG DAY, AND THERE'S HIS REACTION. NOTHING HAS GONE RIGHT. THE RAIDERS SAID, "WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE REDSKIN WIDE RECEIVERS AND SHUT DOWN THE RUN." AND THEY'VE DONE THEM BOTH. THEY'VE ALSO SACKED THEISMANN FIVE TIMES. JIM PLUNKETT... GIVES TO KENNY KING OVER THE LEFT SIDE. HE GOT MAYBE 1 OR 2 BUT NOTHING MORE. DEXTER MANLEY HAD THE DEFENSE. >> YOU KNOW, JIM PLUNKETT IS SOMETHING, ISN'T HE? YOU KNOW, HE'S A GUY WHO'S A LEADER, A QUARTERBACK, BUT HE KIND OF TAKES THE BACKGROUND ALL THE TIME. HE'S HAD ONE OF THOSE CAREERS THAT'S BEEN LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER, NEW ENGLAND -- YOU KNOW, GOOD AND THEN DOWN. TRADE TO THE 49ers, WAIVED BY THE 49ers, PICKED UP BY THE RAIDERS AS A FREE AGENT, SAT ON THE BENCH, STARTED, BENCHED, STARTED, BENCHED. AND THROUGHOUT IT ALL, THE GUY JUST KEEPS ENDING UP ON TOP. >> HE IS BACK TO THROW NOW. FLAGS ARE DOWN. CLIFF BRANCH WIDE OPEN. MARK MURPHY THE DEFENDER. THEY'RE SAYING IT'S AGAINST THE RAIDERS. PLUNKETT SAID THAT THAT PERIOD WITH THE 49ers WAS THE LOW POINT OF HIS LIFE. HE THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING THE GAME UP AT THAT POINT. >> HE ALSO SAID THAT THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY TIME HE EVER LOST HIS CONFIDENCE. HE SAID THESE OTHER THINGS, LIKE THIS YEAR HE WAS BENCHED -- HE SAID HE STILL KNEW HE WAS A GREAT PASSER, A QUARTERBACK. HE DIDN'T LOSE CONFIDENCE. >> ILLEGAL MOTION. 46, OFFENSE. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE CALLED HIMSELF -- A GREAT PASSER. AND THAT IS CONFIDENCE. >> YOU KNOW, HE IS. AND I THINK YOU KIND OF PICTURE JIM PLUNKETT SOMETIMES AS A BILLY KILMER, BUT HE'S REALLY NOT THAT TYPE OF GUY. KILMER COULD GET THE JOB DONE WHATEVER IT TOOK. PLUNKETT CAN, TOO, BUT HE CAN THROW SOME BULLETS. >> A LITTLE DIFFERENT MOTION, BUT HE SURE GETS IT THERE. GREG PRUITT HAS REPLACED MARCUS ALLEN. AND THAT WAS PRUITT WITH THE BALL, STOPPED BY MONTE COLEMAN. I WONDER IF WE'VE SEEN THE LAST OF MARCUS ALLEN. >> WELL, I THINK TWO THINGS. I THINK COACH TOM FLORES, ONE, FIGURES THAT MARCUS ALLEN DID A GREAT DAY'S WORK. AND THE OTHER, HE'D LIKE TO GET GREG PRUITT IN THERE. YOU KNOW, HE'S COMING TO THE END OF HIS CAREER, AND IT'S HIS FIRST SUPER BOWL. AND SOMETIMES YOU WONDER IF YOU'LL EVER GET IN ONE OF THOSE. 11-YEAR CAREER. A GREAT CAREER. AND HE WANTS TO GET HIM IN, LET HIM HAVE THIS DAY, TOO. >> 11 YEARS IS A LONG TIME FOR A RUNNING BACK. RIGGINS HAS BEEN LONGER. THE REDSKINS SHOWING BLITZ. AND HERE'S PLUNKETT PICKING IT UP. TRYING TO GET IT OUT TO BRANCH, BUT IT WAS DEFLECTED BY DEXTER MANLEY. AND SO RAY GUY COMES ON. THERE'S MARCUS ALLEN. HE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE INJURED IN ANY WAY. >> AND THERE'S BIG ART SHELL THERE NEXT TO HIM. WILLIE BROWN WAS ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME YESTERDAY, AND THAT GUY RIGHT THERE IS GOING TO BE ONE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TACKLES, IF YOU TALK ABOUT PASS PROTECTORS, YOU TALK ABOUT GUYS DOING WHAT HAS TO BE DONE, THAT GUY RIGHT THERE WITH THAT CAP ON IS ONE OF THE BEST THAT EVER PLAYED THE GAME UP THERE. >> HE IS NOW ONE OF THE RAIDER ASSISTANT COACHES, WORKING SORT OF WITH INDIVIDUALS, WITH TECHNIQUE, AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. >> AND I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER THING ABOUT HIM. SOMEDAY, HE'S GONNA BE A HEAD COACH IN THIS LEAGUE. >> I HOPE SO. THE ROCKET BY RAY GUY GETS OVER THE HEAD OF GIAQUINTO AND GETS OUT OF BOUNDS. GOOD KICK BY GUY. HE THINKS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW RING. 53-YARD PUNT BY GUY. NO RETURN. 35-9 THE RAIDERS LEAD, 7:14 LEFT TO PLAY. PAT SUMMERALL AND JOHN MADDEN. 35-9 THE SCORE. THE RAIDERS LEADING THE REDSKINS. THE REDSKINS START FROM THEIR OWN 17-YARD LINE. THEISMANN GOES TO WORK. CHARLIE BROWN IN FRONT OF LESTER HAYES THIS TIME. >> YOU SEE 55, MATT MILLEN, WAS OVER THERE TALKING TO CHARLIE BROWN. THEY SAY HE WAS SOMETHING. RICH MILOT, LINEBACKER OF THE REDSKINS, PLAYED IN COLLEGE WITH MATT MILLEN. AND HE WAS TELLING US THAT WHEN HE PLAYED, HE WORE ONE T-SHIRT ALL YEAR -- YELLOW. SO IT KEPT GETTING YELLOWER AND YELLOWER AS THE YEAR WENT ON. >> IT WAS NOT YELLOW WHEN HE FIRST PUT IT ON. >> THE ONLY SHIRT HE WORE. THAT'S MY KIND OF GUY, HUH? ONE SHIRT. THAT'S ALL YOU NEED. ON FIRST DOWN, THEISMANN CHASED BY HOWIE LONG. GETS IT TO JOE WASHINGTON THIS TIME, AND JOE GETS ABOUT 5. GREG TOWNSEND CAME OVER TO HELP OUT ALONG WITH JACK SQUIREK. YOU THINK ABOUT JEFF BARNES AND JACK SQUIREK BEING BACKUP LINEBACKERS. THE RAIDERS PRETTY DEEP IN THAT SPOT. TOM FLORES REALLY IS IMPRESSIVE WITH HIS DEMEANOR. VERY CALM. THE FIRST QUARTERBACK THE RAIDERS EVER HAD, RIGHT? >> I'LL TELL YOU, HE WAS A GREAT QUARTERBACK, AND HE WAS A HECK OF AN ASSISTANT BECAUSE OF THAT CALMNESS. AND THOSE SAME TRAITS MAKE HIM ONE OF THE BEST COACHES IN THE GAME TODAY. PICKED OFF BY HAYNES. INTENDED FOR MONK. TYPICAL OF THE KIND OF GAME HE'S HAD AND THE FRUSTRATION OF THEISMANN. SECOND INTERCEPTION OF THE DAY. JACK SQUIREK REALLY PUT A RUSH ON THEISMANN. >> LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK THAT DID TYPIFY THE WHOLE DAY. TIGHT COVERAGE. MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE. "WHEREVER HE GOES, I GO." WATCH, HE COMES OFF. HE TRIES TO MAKE A MOVE THERE, DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO MIKE HAYNES. HE'S RIGHT THERE STEP-FOR-STEP. STEP-FOR-STEP WITH HIM. BALL GOES UP. HE GOES UP AND GETS THE INTERCEPTION. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN SUCH COVERAGE ON WIDE RECEIVERS AS WE'VE SEEN TODAY. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION EARLY IN HIS CAREER OF MAKING MIKE HAYNES A WIDE RECEIVER. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD HAVE WORKED. HERE'S MARCUS ALLEN. ALLEN CUTS BACK AGAIN. MARCUS ALLEN TO THE 30. FINALLY OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 19-YARD LINE BY ANTHONY WASHINGTON. WHAT A DAY HE'S HAD. >> I'LL TELL YOU, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE RUN AGAINST THE REDSKINS LIKE THIS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE NOW THEY'RE IN A POSITION OF THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE AS ANXIOUS TO TACKLE. BUT MARCUS ALLEN. LOOK AT HIM. HE JUMPS OVER A GUY, MISSES A GUY THERE, MISS THERE. HE HAS THEM ALL JUST FLAT-FOOTED. HE'S JUST RUNNING BY THEM AND AROUND THEM AND EVERY WAY YOU CAN. CLIFF BRANCH, HE'S STILL GOING, TRYING TO MAKE A BLOCK OUT THERE. >> THIS IS A NEW SUPER BOWL RECORD. 20 CARRIES -- I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS QUITE CORRECT. I THINK IT'S 191 YARDS. THERE IT IS. 191 YARDS RUSHING TODAY FOR MARCUS ALLEN. GREG PRUITT FIRES STRAIGHT AHEAD. >> AND I'LL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE GUYS DOING A GOOD JOB IN THERE IN THAT RAIDERS OFFENSE IS THE CENTER, NUMBER 50, DAVE DALBY. YOU KNOW, IN THE HISTORY OF THE RAIDERS, THEY'VE ONLY HAD TWO CENTERS. ONE WAS JIM OTTO, WHO'S IN THE HALL OF FAME. AND THE OTHER IS DAVE DALBY. AND HE'S REALLY BEEN DOING A JOB IN THAT MIDDLE THERE. BARNWELL COMES OUT. HASSELBECK REPLACES HIM. GONNA GO WITH THE TWO TIGHT ENDS. HASSELBECK IS ALWAYS ON THE LEFT. CHRISTENSEN ON THE RIGHT. HAWKINS DOWN TO ABOUT THE 12. MAYBE A YARD OR TWO SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN. MARK MURPHY CAME UP TO MAKE THE STOP. THE RAIDERS TRYING TO PUT IT IN AGAIN. 5:18 LEFT TO PLAY. THIS ONE WILL JOIN SOME OTHER TROPHIES. >> WATCH THE CENTER, DAVE DALBY. I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT HIM. WATCH HOW HE FIRES OUT ON NEAL OLKEWICZ. BOOM, HE JUST GETS THAT HEAD IN THERE, JUST GETS THAT MOVEMENT BACK. AND, BOOM, HERE COMES THE BACK RIGHT IN BEHIND HIM. I'LL TELL YOU, HE'S HAD A HECK OF A YEAR. THAT GUY COULD BE A HOG, TOO. HE WOULD FIT IN. >> I WOULD IMAGINE. HERE'S PRUITT. GREG PRUITT TO THE CORNER. TO THE 1. NEAL OLKEWICZ FINALLY STOPPED HIM. >> YOU SEE THE BLOCK BY FRANK HAWKINS? FRANK HAWKINS WAS THE FULLBACK ON THAT LEAD. I'LL TELL YOU, IF YOU'RE A FULLBACK AND YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD, YOU OUGHT TO LEAD THE WAY FRANK HAWKINS DID. GOOD BLOCK, FRANK. LET'S WATCH HIM. IT'S THE "I" FORMATION. HAWKINS IS THE FIRST BACK. PRUITT'S IN THERE BEHIND HIM. NOW, WATCH HAWKINS RIGHT HERE ON COFFEY. WATCH HIM RIGHT THERE. JUST DRIVE HIM RIGHT INTO THE GROUND. AND PRUITT WAS ABLE TO GET DOWN TO THE 1-YARD LINE. >> DID NOT LEAVE HIS FEET. STAYED WITH THE CONTACT. FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 1. NOT IN. IT WAS PRUITT. >> YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT FRANK HAWKINS, HE'S THE GUY THAT IS THE RAIDERS' SHORT-YARDAGE SPECIALIST. I'M SURPRISED HE DIDN'T GET THE BALL BECAUSE USUALLY IN SHORT YARDAGE THEY GIVE THE BALL TO HIM. >> MAYBE THEY'D LIKE TO SEE PRUITT SCORE -- TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING FIRST TIME TO THE SUPER BOWL FOR HIM. HE'D LIKE TO HAVE HIS NAME IN THAT BOOK. LESTER HAYES. THOSE TWO GUYS HAVE REALLY HAD GOOD DAYS. JENSEN THE MAN IN MOTION. NEAL OLKEWICZ AGAIN STOPS PRUITT. PLUNKETT, I'M SORRY. >> I THINK HE MISSED THE HAND-OFF ON THAT ONE. >> THAT HAS TO BE WHAT HAPPENED. >> LOOK AT HIM. HE'S SAYING, "HEY, WHAT HAPPENED? YOU WENT TOO WIDE ON ME." THAT'LL HAPPEN SOMETIMES. THOSE BACKS ARE WATCHING THE HOLE. SOMETIMES THEY'LL GET OUT THERE A LITTLE WIDE, AND THE QUARTERBACK CAN'T REACH THEM. >> THE OTHER SIDELINE -- THAT PRETTY WELL TELLS YOU THE STORY OF WHAT KIND OF DAY IT'S BEEN FOR JOE THEISMANN. PRUITT IS DEEP. HAWKINS IN FRONT OF HIM. IT IS PRUITT. AND HE IS HIT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THAT'LL BRING UP A FOURTH-DOWN SITUATION, AND BAHR WILL COME ON. NEAL OLKEWICZ HIT PRUITT AND KNOCKED HIM BACK. 12 OUT OF 15 HIS CAREER PLAYOFF RECORD. THIS ONE WILL COME FROM ABOUT 21 YARDS OUT. HOWIE LONG. HE'S HAD A VERY BUSY DAY. THIS COULD BE A NEW SUPER BOWL SCORING RECORD IF BAHR MAKES THIS. AND HE DOES FROM 21 YARDS OUT. AND THAT MAKES IT 38-9. REASON FOR JUBILATION. GREEN BAY SCORED 35 ONCE, AND PITTSBURGH SCORED 35 ONCE. 38-9. JIM PLUNKETT SO VERY HAPPY. WILL MAKE IT AN EASY TRIP BACK TO CALIFORNIA. AL DAVIS SITTING UP IN THE PRESS BOX. MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER FOR THE LOS ANGELES RAIDERS. WHAT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER HE'S HAD IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. >> I'LL TELL YOU, THROUGH ALL THE TURMOIL HE'S HAD THERE OVER THE YEARS AND MOVING AND EVERYTHING, HE JUST KEPT BUILDING A FOOTBALL TEAM. AND THEY'RE SHOWING IT HERE TODAY. >> AND THEY'RE YOUNG. REDSKINS CAN'T PICK IT UP. NOW THEY FINALLY DO FALL ON IT AND DO MANAGE TO RECOVER -- ONE OF THE UP GUYS IN THE REDSKIN WEDGE. LYLE ALZADO -- HAS TO BE REWARDING FOR HIM, TOO, AFTER SO MANY PEOPLE HAD SAID HE CAN'T PLAY ANYMORE IN CLEVELAND. MARCUS ALLEN. WHAT A DAY. HE HAS BROKEN JOHN RIGGINS' SUPER BOWL RUSHING RECORD WHICH WAS SET LAST YEAR. HERE'S THEISMANN. THERE GOES THEISMANN. CHASED DOWN BY GREG TOWNSEND. SACK NUMBER SIX AGAINST THEISMANN. >> GREG TOWNSEND, A ROOKIE. HE JUST COMES IN AS A PASS RUSHER. ONE THING THAT HE HAS IS GREAT SPEED. NOW, WATCH HIM. HE'S NOT A PHYSICAL GUY. HE DOESN'T TRY AND GO THROUGH. YOU SEE, HE TRIES TO GO AROUND. YOU SEE WHAT HE DID TO GEORGE STARKE? JUST, BOOM, UP THE FIELD, GOT THAT ARM INSIDE. RIGHT AROUND STARKE AND GOT THEISMANN. THEY HAVE TWO ROOKIES ON THIS TEAM THAT HAVE REALLY HELPED THIS DEFENSE. IT'S THAT GUY, TOWNSEND, AND THE OTHER GUY, BILL PICKEL. >> A ROOKIE FROM TCU. 38-9 AT THE 2-MINUTE WARNING. >> WE DID IT. >> JAMES GARNER, WHO IS A VERY AVID RAIDER FAN. ATTIRED IN SILVER AND BLACK, CHEERING. THEISMANN TRYING A SCREEN LEFT. GOT IT OUT TO GIAQUINTO, WHO HAS NO PLACE TO GO, AS JACK SQUIREK AGAIN MAKES THE STOP. DARRELL GREEN, WHO HAD SUCH A SPECTACULAR ROOKIE YEAR, IS GOING BACK TO WASHINGTON, HE TOLD US, CLEAN OUT HIS APARTMENT, AND THEN GO BACK TO SCHOOL, GET HIS DEGREE. >> HE'S HAD A GREAT ROOKIE YEAR. HE REALLY HAS. IN THE PLAYOFFS, HE WAS JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE REDSKINS HAVE HAD A GREAT YEAR. >> THEY WON MORE GAMES THAN ANYBODY ELSE. THAT'S ART MONK, WHO CAN'T HANG ON. BACK THERE WITH HIM, KENNY HILL. THE REDSKINS ARE GONNA PUNT. HOW ABOUT A GOOD YEAR FOR TED HENDRICKS? AS FAR AS SATISFACTION IS CONCERNED, NOT WITH HIS OWN PHYSICAL CONDITION AND CERTAINLY NOT BEING ABLE TO OPERATE AT 100%. BUT THIS HAS TO BE SATISFYING FOR HIM TODAY. >> I WOULD THINK SO. HE'S DOWN THERE TAKING PICTURES. DID YOU SEE HIM? HE POINTS TO MARCUS ALLEN. HE SAID, "NOT ME. IT'S HIM. HE DID IT. I DIDN'T." BUT TED'S BEEN A PART OF IT. HE'S BEEN A PART OF THIS TEAM FOR A LONG TIME AND PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL FOR A LONG TIME. >> JUST SIGNALING NUMBER ONE, AND THERE CAN'T BE TOO MUCH DOUBT ABOUT WHO IS NUMBER ONE. HAYES HANGS IT HIGH. AND PRUITT HANDLES IT AFTER SIGNALING FOR THE FAIR CATCH. 41-YARD PUNT. YOUR MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN SUPER BOWL XVIII -- MARCUS ALLEN. 20 CARRIES. 191 YARDS. SET A NEW SUPER BOWL RECORD. COULDN'T REALLY VOTE FOR ANYBODY ELSE, UNLESS YOU COULD VOTE FOR THE WHOLE RAIDER DEFENSE. THERE'S JOHN RIGGINS. >> THERE'S A MAN. HE PLAYS IT THE TOUGH WAY. HE WAS TELLING US AN INTERESTING THING THE OTHER NIGHT. HE SAID, "IF WE WIN, I'M GONNA GET OUT OF THAT LOCKER ROOM. THERE'S NO NEED FOR ME TO TALK. BUT IF WE LOSE, I'LL STAY THERE AND TALK." >> MARC WILSON IS THE QUARTERBACK. HANDS OFF TO CHESTER WILLIS BEHIND THE HAWKINS BLOCKING. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD, DEJECTION. JOE JACOBY GOING TO THE PRO BOWL BUT CAN'T BE A VERY HAPPY PRO BOWLER. YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY DID HAVE A GREAT YEAR, THE REDSKINS. >> YOU KNOW, THEY DID, AND THE THING THAT'S UNFAIR ABOUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE SUPER BOWL. THREE HOURS AGO, THERE'S TWO TEAMS IN IT. THE TWO TOP TEAMS IN FOOTBALL. ONE WINS, AND THEY'RE THE CHAMPIONS, AND THAT'S GREAT. BUT SOMETIMES THEY TAKE IT OUT A LITTLE TOO TOUGH ON THE TEAM THAT LOSES BECAUSE, STILL, THEY'RE THE SECOND-BEST. >> REMEMBER BILL WALSH SAYING THAT TO US A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE 49er COACH. WILSON GIVES TO HAWKINS. HAWKINS JUST HAPPY TO HANG ON. CURTIS JORDAN MADE THE STOP. NUMBER 18 IS ABOUT TO BE HISTORY. AND THE LOMBARDI TROPHY WILL GO TO THE LOS ANGELES RAIDERS. A VERY YOUNG TEAM. BUT A SUPER TEAM. FLORES ON THE SHOULDERS. THE LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY IN A SUPER BOWL -- BY 29 POINTS. 38-9, THE RAIDERS DOMINATE THE REDSKINS.
I'm told by my family that I watched this and the Iggles championship game. I vaguely remember going outside to play after Squirek's pick 6 and maybe catching Marcus' big play later and that's about it.
I had this game recorded on VHS but my recorded Oprah over it.
Never really forgave her for that.