Raiders Dismantle Redskins, Records in Super Bowl, 38-9
By Gary Pomerantz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, Jan. 23, 1984; Page C1

TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 22 — The Washington Redskins' season of bold conquest ended today with the burgundy and gold battered and blue.

In the most one-sided game in 18 years of Super Bowls, the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Redskins, 38-9, before 72,790 at Tampa Stadium, denying the Redskins' bid to win a second consecutive National Football League championship.
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Redskin Starters
Offense		Defense
Pos.	Player	Pos.	Player
WR	Brown	LE	Liebenstein
LT	Jacoby	LT	Butz
LG	Grimm	RT	Grant
C	Bostic	RE	Manley
RG	May	LLB	Kaufman
RT	Starke	MLB	Olkewicz
TE	Warren	RLB	Milot
WR	Brown	LCB	Green
QB	Theismann	RCB	Washington
RB	Riggins	SS	Coffey
RB	Walker	FS	Murphy

Raider Starters
Offense		Defense
Pos.	Player	Pos.	Player
WR	Branch	LE	Long
LT	Davis	NT	Kinlaw
LG	Hannah	RT	Alzado
C	Dalby	LOLB	Hendricks
RG	Marvin	LILB	Millen
RT	Lawrence	RILB	Nelson
TE	Christensen	ROLB	Martin
WR	Barnwell	LCB	Hayes
QB	Plunkett	RCB	Haynes
RB	Allen	SS	Davis
RB	King	FS	McElroy

Scoring

	1	2	3	4	Tot.
Washington	0	3	6	0	9
L.A. Raiders	7	14	14	3	38

First Quarter:
L.A.: Jensen recovered blocked punt in end zone (Bahr kick)

Second Quarter:
L.A.: Branch, 12 yard pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick)
Washington: Moseley, 24 yard field goal
L.A.: Squirek, 5 yard interception return (Bahr kick)

Third Quarter:
Washington: Riggins, 1 yard rush (Moseley kick)
Los Angeles: Allen, 5 yard rush (Bahr kick)
Los Angeles: Allen, 74 yard rush (Bahr kick)

Fourth Quarter:
L.A.: Bahr, 21 yard field goal

Team Statistics

	Was.	L.A.
First Downs (Tot.)	19	18
First Downs (Rush)	7	8
First Downs (Pass)	10	9
First Downs (Penalty)	2	1
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	3/2
Penalties/Yards	4/62	7/56
Total Off. Plays	73	60
Total Net Yards	283	385
Avg. Yards Per Play	3.9	6.4
Missed Field Goals	1	0
Giveaways	3	2

Individual Statistics

Passing:
Washington: Theismann, 16-35, 243 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT, 45.7%
Los Angeles: Plunkett, 16-25, 172 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, 64.0%

Rushing:
Washington: Riggins, 26-64, TD; Theismann, 3-18; Washington, 3-8
Los Angeles: Allen, 20-191, 2 TD; Pruitt, 5-17; King, 3-12; Willis, 1-7; Hawkins, 3-6; Plunkett, 1- (-2)

Receiving:
Washington: Didier, 5-65; Brown, 3-93; Washington, 3-20; Giaquinto, 2-21; Monk, 1-26; Garrett, 1-17; Riggins, 1-1
Los Angeles: Branch, 6-94; Christensen, 4-32; Hawkins, 2-20; Allen, 2-18; King, 2-8

Punting:
Washington: Hayes, 7, avg. 37.0
Los Angeles: Guy, 7, avg. 42.7

Punt Returns:
Washington: Green, 1-34; Giaquinto, 1-1
Los Angeles: Pruitt, 1-8; Watts, 1-0

Kickoff Returns:
Washington: Garrett, 5-100; Grant, 1-32; Kimball, 1-0
Los Angeles: Pruitt, 1-17

Interception Returns:
Washington: None
Los Angeles: Squirek, 1-5, TD; Haynes, 1-0

How They Got There: 1983

Los Angeles: 12-4
Opponent	Res.	Score
at Cincinnati	W	20-10
Houston	W	20-6
Miami	W	27-14
at Denver	W	22-7
at Washington	L	35-37
Kansas City	W	21-20
at Seattle	L	38-36
at Dallas	L	38-40
Seattle	L	34-21
at Kansas City	W	28-20
Denver	W	22-20
at Buffalo	W	27-24
N.Y. Giants	W	27-12
at San Diego	W	42-10
St. Louis	W	42-34
San Diego	W	30-14
Pittsburgh*	W	38-10
Seattle*	W	30-14
* AFC Playoffs

Washington: 14-2
Opponent	Res.	Score
Dallas	L	31-30
at Philadelphia	W	23-13
Kansas City	W	27-12
at Seattle	W	27-17
L.A. Raiders	W	37-35
at St. Louis	W	38-14
at Green Bay	L	48-47
Detroit	W	38-17
at San Diego	W	27-24
St. Louis	W	45-7
at N.Y. Giants	W	33-17
at L.A. Rams	W	42-20
Philadelphia	W	28-24
Atlanta	W	37-21
at Dallas	W	31-10
N.Y. Giants	W	31-22
L.A. Rams*	W	51-7
San Francisco*	W	24-21
* NFC Playoffs