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George Blanda, aging hero of the Oakland Raiders' 23-20 last-second comeback victory over the Browns, was the speaker but many of the Cleveland contingent must have been in complete agreement ...
Following his 52-yard field goal with three seconds left that beat Cleveland ... a copy from the Oakland Tribune archives from 1970 when George Blanda played miracle worker for the Oakland ...
On October 25, 1970 against Pittsburgh ... The following Sunday, Blanda came off the bench to throw a touchdown pass to tie Cleveland at 20, then kicked a game-winning 52-yard field goal with ...
Both a quarterback and kicker throughout his lengthy 26-year career, the late George Blanda ... season game against the Cleveland Browns. Brodie torched defenses in 1970, throwing for a league ...
But it was a five-game stretch for Oakland in 1970 that is the lasting imprint from his career. As a 43-year-old, Blanda led the ... 23-20 victory over the Cleveland Browns. He followed that ...
NOV. 8 Raiders 23, Browns 20 After Oakland wasted a 13-0 lead, Blanda replaced the injured Lamonica again in the fourth quarter and drove them 69 yards to tie the score, 20-20, with a 14-yard pass ...
George Blanda, a quarterback and place-kicker ... The week after that, against the Cleveland Browns, Blanda entered the game with a little more than four minutes to play and the Raiders down ...
"George was one of the all-time ... In that same season, Blanda also kicked a 52-yard field goal to defeat the Cleveland Browns, threw a winning touchdown pass against the Denver Broncos and ...
The Cleveland Browns have had an interesting history ... The teams first met in 1970, when an 80-year-old George Blanda came off the bench for the Raiders to throw a 14-yard touchdown pass and ...
George Blanda, the Hall of Fame quarterback ... Never was that more evident than during a five-game stretch in 1970 when the 43-year-old Blanda, his chiseled jaw framed by salt-and-pepper ...
George Blanda, who played professional ... Monday morning after a brief illness. He was 83. Blanda's NFL career began when the Cleveland Browns were still in the All-America Football Conference ...