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#13
1999 St. Louis Rams 24
# 4 1976 Oakland Raiders 14
OAKLAND (CA) - One of the stranger games of the Classic Sim Super Bowl Tournament took place at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum where 1999 ST. LOUIS (16-3, #13 seed) upset host 1976 OAKLAND (16-1, #4 seed) 24-14. The two teams put up nearly identical numbers in virtually every statistical category, including exactly the same total of 356 yards. Ultimately, it was the uncharacteristically high number of
five interceptions that Oakland QB Ken Stabler delivered to an undistinguished St. Louis secondary that proved to be the Raiders' undoing.
You would have certainly gotten high Vegas odds against a scoreless first half in this game but that's just what the rabid Raider faithful witnessed. The Silver-and-Black D shut down the vaunted Rams offense, sacking MVP QB
Kurt Warner three times. Meanwhile, St. Louis' defense overachieved in stopping that Raider attack, with Stabler aiding the cause by pitching
three INTs. But he got his team going on the first possession of the second half, and RB
Pete Banaszak broke free on a 35-yard TD gallop to give Oakland a 7-0 lead. Not to be outdone, all-purpose RB
Marshall Faulk took off on a 31-yard TD dash of his own to knot the score. This began a St. Louis onslaught of 24 straight points that stunned the proud Raiders as the Rams explosive offense had done to NFC defenses all year. After a 34-yard FG by PK
Jeff Wilkins put the Rams up 10-7, Oakland took possession and Stabler tossed his 4th INT of the day to St. Louis CB
Dre Bly. This set up a 17-yard TD run by Rams FB Robert Holcombe. When Holcombe scored his 2nd TD of the game on a 21-yard pass from Warner with
six minutes left in the game, the dazed Raiders were looking up at a 24-7 deficit, too much even for two-minute drill master Stabler. He did manage to hit WR
Fred Biletnikoff with a 5-yard scoring strike at the two-minute mark, but that was all she wrote as the infamous '76 Raiders were eliminated in the first round.
Boxscore
Tuesday, January 16, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA
ATTENDANCE: 64,428
99 ST.LOUIS 0 0 7 17 - 24
76 OAKLAND 0 0 7 7 - 14
76 OAKLAND- 13:32 OF 3RD - 35 RUN BY BANASZAK
(KICK BY MANN)
99 ST.LOUIS- 9:46 OF 3RD - 31 RUN BY FAULK
(KICK BY WILKINS)
99 ST.LOUIS- 13:33 OF 4TH - 34 FG BY WILKINS
99 ST.LOUIS- 12:29 OF 4TH - 17 RUN BY HOLCOMBE
(KICK BY WILKINS)
99 ST.LOUIS- 6:05 OF 4TH - 21 PASS BY WARNER TO HOLCOMBE
(KICK BY WILKINS)
76 OAKLAND- 1:56 OF 4TH - 5 PASS BY STABLER TO BILETNIKOFF
(KICK BY MANN)
TEAM STATISTICS
99 ST.LOUIS 76 OAKLAND
21 FIRST DOWNS 20
23 - 117 RUSHING YDS 24 - 137
266 PASSING YDS 236
356 TOTAL YDS 356
22 - 37 - 0 PASSES 19 - 39 - 5
6 - 36.8 PUNTS 3 - 39.2
1 - 1 FUM/LOST 0 - 0
10 - 82 PENALTIES 10 - 76
4 - 27 SACKED 3 - 18
30:23 TIME OF POSSESSION 29:37
6 - 14 THIRD DOWN EFF 7 - 15
RUSHING STATISTICS
99 ST.LOUIS TC YDS AVG LG TD
FAULK 14 69 4.9 31 1
HOLCOMBE 6 43 7.2 17 1
WATSON 2 5 2.5 3 0
WARNER 1 2 2.0 0
76 OAKLAND TC YDS AVG LG TD
VAN EEGHAN 7 14 2.0 5 0
C DAVIS 3 61 20.3 52 0
BANASZAK 4 44 11.0 35 1
GARRETT 5 10 2.0 7 0
MOORE 1 -4 -4.0 0 0
STABLER 3 9 3.0 6 0
KUNZ 1 4 4.0 4 0
RECEIVING
99 ST.LOUIS TC YDS AVG LG TD
PROEHL 8 82 10.3 26 0
FAULK 7 82 11.7 28 0
HOLCOMBE 1 21 21.0 21 1
HAKIM 2 44 22.0 23 0
BRUCE 4 37 9.3 14 0
76 OAKLAND TC YDS AVG LG TD
CASPER 7 74 10.6 26 0
BRANCH 2 50 25.0 29 0
BILETNIKOFF 6 80 13.3 33 1
KWALICK 1 14 14.0 14 0
VAN EEGHAN 1 5 5.0 5 0
C DAVIS 1 5 5.0 5 0
GARRETT 1 8 8.0 8 0
PASSING
99 ST.LOUIS ATT COM COM % YDS Y/A Y/C TD TD% I I% LG
WARNER 37 22 59.5 266 7.2 12.1 1 2.7 0 0.0 28
76 OAKLAND ATT COM COM % YDS Y/A Y/C TD TD% I I% LG
STABLER 39 19 48.7 236 6.1 12.4 1 2.6 5 12.8 33
KICKOFF RETURNS
99 ST.LOUIS KR YDS AVG LG TD
CARPENTER 2 49 24.5 28 0
76 OAKLAND KR YDS AVG LG TD
GARRETT 2 35 17.5 19 0
JENNINGS 1 30 30.0 30 0
MOORE 1 17 17.0 17 0
PUNT RETURNS
99 ST.LOUIS PR YDS AVG LG TD
HAKIM 3 38 12.7 16 0
76 OAKLAND PR YDS AVG LG TD
COLZIE 1 0 0.0 0 0
MOORE 1 50 50.0 50 0
PUNTING
99 ST.LOUIS PNT AVG LG TB BLK 20
TUTEN 6 36.8 38 2 0 3
76 OAKLAND PNT AVG LG TB BLK 20
GUY 3 39.2 42 0 0 2
KICKING
99 ST.LOUIS EPM EPA EP% FGM FGA FG% LG 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
WILKINS 3 3 100.0 1 3 33.3 34 0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 0- 1 0- 0
76 OAKLAND EPM EPA EP% FGM FGA FG% LG 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
MANN 2 2 100.0 0 1 0.0 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1
STEINFORT 0 1 0.0 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0
INTERCEPTIONS
99 ST.LOUIS IR YDS AVG LG TD
BLY 2 31 15.5 16 0
ALLEN 1 17 17.0 17 0
BUSH 1 15 15.0 15 0
COADY 1 9 9.0 9 0
76 OAKLAND IR YDS AVG LG TD
SACKS
99 ST.LOUIS NO. YDS LOST
CARTER 1 4
J.WILLIAMS 1 10
FLETCHER 1 4
76 OAKLAND NO. YDS LOST
MATUSZAK 1 4
PHILYAW 1 5
SISTRUNK 1 12
BARNES 1 7
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