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Growing up as a Dolphins fan in the early 1970's, the Raiders were the team I hated the most. Not the Jets, Patriots or Bills.

That changed over time, but the Raiders were loaded in those days with perhaps the most talent in the NFL. At their peak, Miami handled Pittsburgh, but the Raiders were another story.

Miami was 3-13 against the Raiders early in the series, making the Dolphins 27-10 AFC Championship game win so satisfying to get to Super Bowl VIII.

Of course, the series also featured the Sea of Hands game. You can't discuss that with older fans without getting some reactions. It was probably my lowest moment as a fan. "We scored too fast," was a common thing Dolphins fans said after Miami took its final lead.

That thought hit me yesterday when Gaskin turned a short gain into a long touchdown. Another Dolphins/Raiders classic was brewing.

The win yesterday, broke a series tie with the Dolphins now holding an 18-17-1 advantage. Definitely one of the best series.
 
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I hated the Raiders in the 1980s as well, but I have an odd fondness for those 70s Raiders teams now, looking back. Although I tend to romanticize all the teams from the 70s when I was a kid and discovered football- from the Vikings and Bud Grant, on and on.
I remember really worrying in 1984, after that marvelous Marino season, that we would have to face the Raiders in the playoffs and we would lose, and all that passing and scoring would have gone to waste. Fortunately, Seattle upset the Raiders in the wild card playoff game, giving us a chance at revenge for beating us in 1983 and knocking the Raiders out of our way as well.
 
zucca said:
Don't forget the Sea of Hands happened because the WFL raided our super bowl team. Warfield, Csonka, Kiick all left prior to that season. Killed our dynasty.
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Shows what the years can do to my memory. Those 3 guys played that game and left right after.
 
Miami has turned the series around, I believe since Sparano was coach. They've seemingly figured out how to go out to California and now Las Vegas and win.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
Growing up as a Dolphins fan in the early 1970's, the Raiders were the team I hated the most. Not the Jets, Patriots or Bills.

That changed over time, but the Raiders were loaded in those days with perhaps the most talent in the NFL. At their peak, Miami handled Pittsburgh, but the Raiders were another story.

Miami was 3-13 against the Raiders early in the series, making the Dolphins 27-10 AFC Championship game win so satisfying to get to Super Bowl VIII.

Of course, the series also featured the Sea of Hands game. You can't say that to older fans without getting some reactions. It was probably my lowest moment as a fan. "We scored too fast," was a common thing Dolphins fans said after Miami took its final lead.

That thought hit me yesterday when Gaskin turned a short gain into a long touchdown. Another Dolphins/Raiders classic was brewing.

The win yesterday, broke a series tie with the Dolphins now holding an 18-17 advantage. Definitely one of the best series.
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I thought exactly the same thing after Gaskins score, on the one hand I was happy to see the touchdown, on the other hand I was yelling at my TV saying no, itā€™s too fast knowing Oaklandā€™s offense had momentum over our defense. I just knew theyā€™d come back and score again. Luckily, it all worked out despite a bogus PI call. Still canā€™t believe they missed that extra point...
 
FinsGonnaRock06 said:
I am still pissed at that Sea of hands game, kept us from our third straight Lombardi Trophy, šŸ˜”
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What made that one so hard to take is that Miami had the talent to win it all. Plus, it just had that feeling of being stolen from the Dolphins with such an improbable finish.

Other games were hard to take. That San Diego playoff loss in 1994 comes to mind, the 1985 AFC Championship game to New England etc.

But the Sea of Hands game ended a dynasty. The Raiders were also the team that ended Miami's 18-game winning streak.
 
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zucca said:
Shows what the years can do to my memory. Those 3 guys played that game and left right after.
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That was part of what made it so sad. Losing the game and knowing the team was also losing some real talent. Csonka and Warfield were such a huge part of the team's success. Of course, back then there wasn't free agency to make up for losses. It was the draft and trades.

That same year, the Steelers had a draft for the ages. The Steelers 1974 draft brought in Swann, Lambert, Stallworth and Webster. All four would become Hall of Famers and changed the balance of power in the NFL.
 
ARGGGGG..... The sea of hands! God i havent thought about that game in so long.
 
Yeah, the Raider's were that team that owned us in the 80's and early 90's. Hated when we played them.
Only other team was the 90's Bills back then.
 
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