Visitor:  Oakland Raiders

Home:  Miami Dolphins

Date:  September 22, 1975  (Monday Night Football)

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

OAK               7          10        7          7            31

MIA                 0          7          0          14          21

 

Visitor playmakers:

RB Pete Banaszak, RB Mark van Eeghen, RB Harold Hart

 

Home playmakers:

RB Mercury Morris, RB Norm Bulaich

 

Network:  ABC

Announcers:  Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford, Alex Karras

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes – Harry Reasoner reports on the assassination attempt on President Ford by Sarah Moore.

Postgame:  Yes – More with Harry Reasoner

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  80/100

 

Notes:  Harold Hart raced 102 yards with a kickoff return, the longest in the NFL in 1975, and Pete Banaszak, filling in for the injured Marv Hubbard, rushed for 74 yards and scored two touchdowns in the Raiders’ first opening game victory since 1969.  Miami, unbeaten at home since October 3, 1971, had its 31-game streak snapped.  The rematch of 1974’s exciting divisional playoff game in which the Raiders nipped the Dolphins 28-26 saw Oakland intercept four Bob Griese passes and sack the quarterback three times.  Mercury Morris scored twice and Norm Bulaich once for the Dolphins on running plays.  Oakland lost Hubbard with a shoulder injury.

Thanks John!

 

Running time: 3:00  (2 discs)