Cam Inman: Immaculate It Wasn't, But Raiders Win Memorable One
This was not an Answer to the Immaculate Reception. Well, these Raiders Dismal still tout a 4-8 record after Sunday's 27-24 upset of their long time rival Pittsburgh Steelers.
Those Steelers, the 1972 team that was the first to make the playoffs for the six-time Super Bowl winner, will always have Franco Harris.
But on this chilly December day along the Riverfront Pittsburgh, karma may finally have come around. The result was a storybook ending that, indeed, belonged to the visitors. What an ending it was. Specifically, the winning drive, Which provided a step-by-step recipe for Sunday's Stunner.
A magical touchdown connection between the Steelers 'Ben Roethlisberger and Hines Ward, one that would normally set off the usual alarms losing, instead was muted by the Raiders' ensuing drive.
Ten plays. Eighty-eight yards. With less than two minutes to play. An 15-point underdogs, marching their way to a crowd-Silencing victory and sending the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers (6-6) to a fourth straight loss.
The final drive made a hero of quarterback Bruce Gradkowski, Whose Pennsylvania Homecoming featured his first career 300-yard passing game and a tear-jerking post-game session with his family.
It vindicated rookie wide receiver Louis Murphy, who no dropped passes and instead caught four for 128 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner with Read Morehttp://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_13942193
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