Dave Casper David John Casper ( born February 2 , 1952 ) , nicknamed " The Ghost . " is a former American football player best known for being a prominent member of the Oakland Raiders . He was a Tight end and also played as an offensive lineman . Casper has been elected to both the College Football and Pro Football Halls Of Fame . High school . Casper spent his first three years of high school at St . Edward Central Catholic Highschool in Elgin , Illinois His final year of high school was at Chilton High School in Chilton , Wisconsin . He was a member of the 1969 football team that outscored their opponents 363 - 0 in eight games . The small - town team was ranked eighth in the state behind the largest schools in the state ; there was no playoff system at the time . Notre Dame . Casper played collegiate football at the University of Notre Dame , where he earned Honorable Mention All - America as a tackle in 1972 . In 1973 he was an All - American on the 1973 National Championship Team . He was the 1973 ND Offensive MVP and recorded 21 receptions for 335 yards and four touchdowns in his career . Casper also earned his bachelor ' s degree in economics and graduated in 1974 . He was also the captain of the Omecron Delta Epsilon Honor Society for Economics . Source : David Casper ' s LinkedIn page . In 2012 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame . Pro career . Casper was drafted in the second round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Oakland Raiders . Casper only caught a total of nine passes his first two seasons , but was a top - ten receiver in 1976 , in which he had 53 catches for 691 yards and 10 touchdowns . Ghost to the Post . One of Casper ' s most memorable games as a Raider came in a 1977 Divisional Playoff game against the Baltimore Colts . Casper made an over - the - head catch of a soft pass lofted by Ken Stabler on " The Ghost to the Post . " The 42 - yard reception set up a game - tying field goal that forced overtime and the Raiders went on to a 37 - 31 victory with Casper ' s 10 - yard touchdown reception in the second overtime period . He finished the game with four receptions for 70 yards and three touchdowns . The Holy Roller . Casper was also involved in another famous NFL contest on September 10 , 1978 , between the Raiders and San Diego Chargers . The Raiders trailed the Chargers 20 - 14 with just ten seconds left in the game . Oakland quarterback Ken Stabler , about to be sacked , dropped the football , which he then flicked toward the goal line in an effort to save the game . Raiders running back Pete Banaszak recovered the ball at the San Diego 12 - yard line but dropped the ball again , and it rolled further forward . Casper kicked the ball at the San Diego 5 - yard line and finally recovered it in the end zone to tie the game . The extra point attempt was good and Oakland won the game , 21 - 20 . Stabler , Banaszak and Casper all admitted afterwards that they had deliberately fumbled or batted the ball towards the end zone . The Chargers protested on the grounds that Stabler ' s fumble was actually a forward pass , and therefore should have been ruled incomplete when it hit the ground . As a result of the play , the NFL changed its rules to make it illegal for the teammate of a ball carrier to advance the ball if the ball carrier fumbles on fourth down or in the last two minutes of the game . Other career highlights . Casper caught the first touchdown of Super Bowl XI , a 32 - 14 Raiders victory over the Minnesota Vikings . As a Raider , Casper was selected to four straight Pro Bowls ( 1976 – 1979 ) . Midway through the 1980 season Casper was traded to the Houston Oilers for their first and second round draft picks . He was reunited with his former Raider quarterback , Ken Stabler , when he was traded to the Oilers . He finished the 1980 season with 56 receptions and was named to his fifth Pro Bowl . In 1984 he returned to the Raiders ( who by then had moved to Los Angeles ) for his final NFL season . Casper finished his pro career with 378 receptions , 5 , 216 yards and 52 touchdowns . In 2002 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame . He was the 13th Raider to be inducted . Current activities . In recent years , Casper has been working for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in Walnut Creek , California ( and now Vernon Hills , Illinois ) assisting business owners with financial planning and consultation work .