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The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Legally, the club is a limited partnership operated by Al Davis, who serves as President of the team's general partner, A.D. Football, Inc. Prior to the 1983 season, to sure up holes in the secondary, the Raiders acquire CB Mike Haynes from the New England Patriots. The Raiders get off to a good start winning their first 4 games. They would go on to cruise to another AFC West title with a record of 12-4, and earn a trip to the Super Bowl. In a rematch of a memorable early season game the Raiders faced the Washington Redskins. In their regular season meeting in a similar situation the Redskins scored on the same play but the Raiders took a 21-3 halftime lead. The Raiders would go on the finish the game with a score of 38-9. Under new Coach Bill Callahan the Raiders would come flying out of the gate winning their first 4 games behind high powered offense that scored 162 points in their first 4 games. Followed by suddenly doing the opposite and losing 4 straight games and would go on to their first Super Bowl in 19 years. In the Super Bowl the Raiders faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coached by Jon Gruden. Gruden who coached ten of the Raiders from 1998-2001 who had rebuilt the team into a scoring machine. Raiders center Barret Robbins who went AWOL the day before the big game in San Diego. Robbins would reappear the morning of the game after a night of drinking in Tijuana and would be suspended from the team. Bucs defense red Rich Gannon perfectly intercepting 2 passes and shutting down the Raiders taking a 20-3 lead into halftime. In the final 2 minutes Gannon would have another 2 interceptions ran back for touchdowns as the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl 48-21.
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