Visitor:  New England Patriots

Home:  Oakland Raiders

Date:  September 24, 1978

Monday Night Football Special Sunday Edition

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

NE                   0          7          7          7            21

OAK               14        0          0          0            14

 

Visitor playmakers:

TE Russ Francis, HB Horace Ivory, FB Sam Cunningham, CB Mike Haynes

 

Home playmakers:

TE Dave Casper, RB Arthur Whittington

 

Network:  ABC

Announcers:  Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith

 

Pregame:  No

Halftime:  No

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  7 – Poor commercial edits

 

Notes:  Mike Haynes’ interception of a Ken Stabler pass set up a one-yard plunge by FB Sam the Bam Cunningham with 16 seconds remaining to earn the Patriots the win and a share of the AFC Eastern Division lead.  Steve Grogan set up the winning score, running 28 yards on a rollout to the Oakland 3.  Cunningham followed two plays later with the decisive score.  Grogan passed for 219 yards and ran for 65 more, and Russ Francis caught five passes for 126 yards.  Oakland led 14-0 before New England’s offense got untracked.

 

K Nick Lowery, who would go on to a great career with the Kansas City Chiefs, kicked his first NFL point in this game.

 

Thanks Rick.

 

Running time:  1:58 (1 disc)