Super Bowl XVIII

**Super Bowl XVIII** was an American football game. It was played on January 22, 1984, at Tampa Stadium. It was between the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Raiders. The winner would be the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1983 season. The Raiders beat the Redskins, 38–9. The win broke Super Bowl records. It is still the most points scored from an AFC team in a Super Bowl. This record was later tied by the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII. This is the first time Tampa had the Super Bowl. This would be the AFC's last Super Bowl win until Super Bowl XXXII. In Super Bowl XXXII, the AFC team Denver Broncos won.

The Redskins were the Super Bowl XVII champions. They were the best in the league for wins (14 wins and 2 losses) for the 1983 regular season. The Raiders had 12 wins and 4 losses for 1983.

The telecast of the game on CBS was seen by an about 77.62 million viewers. The broadcast was famous for airing the "1984" television commercial, which showed the Apple Macintosh.

## Final statistics

Sources: NFL.com Super Bowl XVIII, Super Bowl XVIII Play Finder LA, Super Bowl XVIII Play Finder Was

### Statistical comparison

||**Washington Redskins**|**Los Angeles Raiders**|
| --- | --- | --- |
|First downs|19|18|
|First downs rushing|7|8|
|First downs passing|10|9|
|First downs penalty|2|1|
|Third down efficiency|6/17|5/13|
|Fourth down efficiency|0/1|0/0|
|Net yards rushing|90|231|
|Rushing attempts|32|33|
|Yards per rush|2.8|7.0|
|Passing – Completions/attempts|16/35|16/25|
|Times sacked-total yards|6–50|2–18|
|Interceptions thrown|2|0|
|Net yards passing|193|154|
|Total net yards|283|385|
|Punt returns-total yards|2–35|2–8|
|Kickoff returns-total yards|7–132|1–17|
|Interceptions-total return yards|0–0|2–5|
|Punts-average yardage|8–32.4|7–42.7|
|Fumbles-lost|1–1|3–2|
|Penalties-total yards|4–62|7–56|
|Time of possession|30:38|29:22|
|Turnovers|3|2|

### Individual statistics

|colspan="6" style=";"|Redskins Passing|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Joe Theismann|16/35|243|0|2|45.3|
|John Riggins|26|64|1|8|2.46|
|Joe Theismann|3|18|0|8|6.00|
|Joe Washington|3|8|0|5|2.67|
|Clint Didier|5|65|0|20|7|
|Charlie Brown|3|93|0|60|7|
|Joe Washington|3|20|0|10|6|
|Nick Giaquinto|2|21|0|14|3|
|Art Monk|1|26|0|26|10|
|Alvin Garrett|1|17|0|17|1|
|John Riggins|1|1|0|1|1|

|colspan="6" style=";"|Raiders Passing|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jim Plunkett|16/25|172|1|0|97.4|
|Marcus Allen|20|191|2|74|9.55|
|Greg Pruitt|5|17|0|11|3.40|
|Kenny King|3|12|0|10|4.00|
|Chester Willis|1|7|0|7|7.00|
|Frank Hawkins|3|6|0|3|2.00|
|Jim Plunkett|1|–2|0|–2|–2.00|
|Cliff Branch|6|94|1|50|7|
|Todd Christensen|4|32|0|14|9|
|Frank Hawkins|2|20|0|14|3|
|Marcus Allen|2|18|0|12|2|
|Kenny King|2|8|0|7|2|
|Malcolm Barnwell|0|0|0|0|1|

### Records set

These records were set in Super Bowl XVIII.

|colspan=3|Player Records Set||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Highest passer rating, career, (40 attempts) || 122**.**8 ||rowspan=3|Jim Plunkett (Los Angeles)|||
|Highest completion percentage, career, (40 attempts) || 63**.**0% (29–46)|||
|Lowest percentage, passes had intercepted, career, (40 attempts)|| 0% (0–46)|||
|Most yards, game|191|Marcus Allen (Los Angeles)|
|Longest rushing touchdown|74 yards||
|Longest run from scrimmage|74 yards||
|Highest average gain, career (20 attempts)|9.6 yards (191–20)||
|Most yards gained, game|209|Marcus Allen (Los Angeles)|
|Longest punt return|34 yards|Darrell Green (Washington)|
|Most touchdowns, game|2|Marcus Allen (Los Angeles)|
|Most rushing touchdowns, game|2||
|Most receiving touchdowns, career|3|Cliff Branch (Los Angeles)|
|Most interceptions returned for touchdown, game|1|Jack Squirek (Los Angeles)|
|Most kickoff returns, game|5|Alvin Garrett (Washington)|
|Most (one point) extra points, game|5|Chris Bahr (Los Angeles)|
|Most (one point) extra points, career|8||
|Most fair catches, game|3|Greg Pruitt (Los Angeles)|

- † This category shows rushing, receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns, and fumble returns.

|colspan=3|Team Records Set||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Most points, game|38|Raiders|
|Largest margin of victory|29 points||
|Largest lead, end of 3rd quarter|26 points||
|Highest average gain per rush attempt || 7**.**0 (231–33)  || Raiders|||
|Fewest yards gained, game|17|Raiders|
|Most points scored, first half|21|Raiders|
|Most points, third quarter|14||
|Most touchdowns, game|5||
|Most (one point) PATs|5||
|Most touchdowns scored by interception return || 1|||
|Fewest kickoff returns, game|1||
|Fewest passing touchdowns|0|Redskins|
|Most kickoff returns, game|7||

|colspan=4|Records Set, both team totals|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Most points, third quarter|20|14|6|
|Most punts, game|14|7|7|

## Starting lineups

Source:

|Washington|Position|Position|Los Angeles|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|**Offense**|||
|Charlie Brown|WR|Cliff Branch‡||
|Joe Jacoby|LT|Bruce Davis||
|Russ Grimm‡|LG|Charley Hannah||
|Jeff Bostic|C|Dave Dalby||
|Mark May|RG|Mickey Marvin||
|George Starke|RT|Henry Lawrence||
|Don Warren|TE|Todd Christensen||
|Art Monk‡|WR|Malcolm Barnwell||
|Joe Theismann|QB|Jim Plunkett||
|John Riggins‡|FB|Kenny King||
|Rick Walker|TE|RB|Marcus Allen‡|
|colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|**Defense**|||
|Todd Liebenstein|LE|Howie Long‡||
|Dave Butz|LT|NT|Reggie Kinlaw|
|Darryl Grant|RT|RE|Lyle Alzado|
|Dexter Manley|RE|LLB|Ted Hendricks‡|
|Mel Kaufman|ILB|Matt Millen||
|Neal Olkewicz|MLB|ILB|Bob Nelson|
|Rich Milot|RLB|Rod Martin||
|Darrell Green‡|LCB|Lester Hayes||
|Anthony Washington|RCB|Mike Haynes‡||
|Ken Coffey|SS|Mike Davis||
|Mark Murphy|FS|Vann McElroy||

## Officials

- **Referee:** Gene Barth #14 first Super Bowl
- **Umpire:** Gordon Wells #89 first Super Bowl
- **Head Linesman:** Jerry Bergman #17 third Super Bowl (XIII, XVI)
- **Line Judge:** Bob Beeks #59 third Super Bowl (XIV, XVI)
- **Back Judge:** Ben Tompkins #52 second Super Bowl (XIV)
- **Side Judge:** Gil Mace #90 first Super Bowl
- **Field Judge:** Fritz Graf #34 fourth Super Bowl (V, VIII, XV)
- **Alternate Referee:** Jim Tunney #32 worked Super Bowls VI, XI, XII on field
- **Alternate Umpire:** Ed Fiffick #57 did not work Super Bowl on field

## Other websites

- Super Bowl official website
- Super Bowl XVIII Box Score at Pro Football Reference
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com – Large online database of NFL data and statistics
- Super Bowl play-by-plays from USA Today (Last accessed September 28, 2005)
- All-Time Super Bowl Odds from The Sports Network (Last accessed October 16, 2005)

## Infobox (super bowl)

- **type**: sb
- **name**: XVIII
- **image size**: 260px
- **visitor**: 1983 Washington Redskins season, Washington Redskins
- **home**: 1983 Los Angeles Raiders season, Los Angeles Raiders
- **visitor abbr**: WAS
- **home abbr**: LA
- **home coach**: Tom Flores
- **visitor coach**: Joe Gibbs
- **home record**: 12–4
- **home place**: 1
- **visitor record**: 14–2
- **visitor place**: 1
- **visitor conf**: National Football Conference, NFC
- **home conf**: American Football Conference, AFC
- **visitor total**: 9
- **home total**: 38
- **visitor qtr1**: 0
- **visitor qtr2**: 3
- **visitor qtr3**: 6
- **visitor qtr4**: 0
- **home qtr1**: 7
- **home qtr2**: 14
- **home qtr3**: 14
- **home qtr4**: 3
- **time**: 4:45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, EST (UTC-5)
- **stadium**: Tampa Stadium
- **city**: Tampa, Florida
- **attendance**: 72,920
- **odds**: Redskins by 3
- **mvp**: Marcus Allen, Halfback (American football), halfback
- **anthem**: Barry Manilow
- **coin toss**: Bronko Nagurski
- **referee**: Gene Barth
- **hofers**: **Redskins:** Bobby Beathard (general manager), Joe Gibbs (head coach), Darrell Green, Russ Grimm, Art Monk, John Riggins
**Raiders:** Al Davis (owner/general manager), Tom Flores (head coach), Marcus Allen, Cliff Branch, Ray Guy, Mike Haynes (cornerback), Mike Haynes, Ted Hendricks, Howie Long
- **halftime**: "Salute to Superstars of the Silver Screen"
- **network**: NFL on CBS, CBS
- **announcers**: Pat Summerall and John Madden
- **rating**: 46.4
<small>(an estimated 77.62 million viewers)</small>
- **share**: 71
- **commercial**: $368,000
- **radio**: NFL on Westwood One Sports, CBS Radio
- **radioannouncers**: Jack Buck and Hank Stram
- **last**: XVII
- **next**: XIX