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Oakland Raiders: A Recap of NFL Films Top-100 Plays

By Jordan Alexis

30 Dec 1990: Runningback Bo Jackson of the Los Angeles Raiders gives instructions to his players during a game against the San Diego Chargers at the Los Angeles Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The Raiders won the game 17-12.
30 Dec 1990: Runningback Bo Jackson of the Los Angeles Raiders gives instructions to his players during a game against the San Diego Chargers at the Los Angeles Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The Raiders won the game 17-12. /
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Bo Jackson #34, Full Back for the Los Angeles Raiders during the American Football Conference West game against the Kansas City Chiefs on 15 October 1989 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, United States. The Raiders won the game 20 – 14. (Photo by Mike Powell/Allsport/Getty Images)
Bo Jackson #34, Full Back for the Los Angeles Raiders during the American Football Conference West game against the Kansas City Chiefs on 15 October 1989 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, United States. The Raiders won the game 20 – 14. (Photo by Mike Powell/Allsport/Getty Images) /

26. Holy Roller

Dave Casper is at the center of yet another legendary play, but this play comes early in the 1978 season.

The Raiders trailed the San Diego Chargers by six points with only 10 seconds left and the ball at the Chargers 15 yard line. Ken Stabler drops back for a pass but is met with pressure quickly by Chargers linebacker Woodrow Lowe who forces Stabler to his right. Lowe gets to Stabler, but knowing he can’t take a sack, Stabler purposely fumbles the ball forward.

The craziness begins from there as Oakland running back Pete Banaszak pushes the ball even further up the field right into the vicinity of Casper. The big tight end struggles to pick up the ball but eventually falls on it in the endzone to tie the game, and the Raider would win with the extra point.

No one on either side could comprehend what exactly had happened, and Oakland Head coach Jon Madden wondered if they had truly won the game.

In the words of the iconic radio broadcaster Bill King, it was indeed “the most zany, unbelievable, absolutely impossible dream of a play.”

It would also lead to a rule change on advancing a fumbled ball.

25. Bo Jackson’s Tunnel Run

We didn’t get to see Bo Jackson in the NFL for a very long time, but he didn’t need very long to make a lasting impact.

Jackson’s most iconic performance came during his rookie season on Monday night football against the Seattle Seahawks. The game was hyped as a matchup between Jackson and fellow rookie linebacker Brain “the Boz” Bosworth, but it was strictly a Jackson showcase.

With the game still close at 14-7, Jackson took a handoff to the left and quickly hit the edge, and once he got there, he turned on a gear of speed most could only dream off. Bo sprinted down the left sideline for a 91-yard touchdown and ran through the endzone all the way into the stadium tunnel.

Jackson finished the game with 18 carries, 221 yards, and two touchdowns proving he was everything people thought he was coming out of Auburn.

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