Daryle Lamonica Daryle Pat Lamonica ( born July 17 , 1941 in Fresno , California ) is a former American collegiate and professional football quarterback who played in the American Football League , and later in the NFL . Lamonica lettered in four sports and was an All - State Quarterback at Clovis High School in Clovis , California . Clovis High School renamed its football stadium Lamonica Stadium in 1970 . After high school , he turned down a professional baseball contract with the Chicago Cubs . Lamonica spent his collegiate career at the University of Notre Dame , and was the team ' s starting quarterback for three seasons . After a 20 - for - 28 , 349 - yard performance in the 1962 East - West Shrine Game at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco , Lamonica was named the game ' s Most Valuable Player . He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 24th round of the 1963 AFL draft . He was also drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 12th round of the 1963 NFL draft . Lamonica played with Buffalo for four seasons , backing up Jack Kemp on a team that won back - to - back AFL championships in 1964 and 1965 . He was known as " the Fireman " , coming into games if Kemp was hurt or ineffective , and pulling out victories . In 1967 , Lamonica was traded to the Oakland Raiders with Glenn Bass for Art Powell and Tom Flores , for whom he played until his final year in 1974 . In his first year with the Raiders under head coach John Rauch , he threw for 30 touchdowns and ran for four more . He was also efficient during the 1968 season , including the Raiders ' win in the Heidi Game . In 1969 , he threw for 34 touchdowns and more than 3 , 300 yards . It was in Oakland that Lamonica ' s passing acumen earned him the nickname " the Mad Bomber " , though his accuracy was sometimes suspect , as indicated by the fact that as a Raider starter from 1967 to 1972 , his best completion average was only 53 . 0 % ( in 1972 ) , though it may be argued that was because his passes were so very long . With Lamonica , the Raiders won four straight Western Division titles ( three AFL and one AFC ) and one American Football League Championship . The Raiders made one World Championship Game appearance with Lamonica as quarterback , losing to the Green Bay Packers , 33 - 14 , in Super Bowl II , when Lamonica threw for two touchdowns , though completing only 15 out of 34 passes . Lamonica was a 3 - time American Football League All - Star and twice was selected as the American Football League ' s Most Valuable Player , in 1967 and 1969 . Daryle Lamonica went 66 - 16 - 4 as a starter , good for a 78 . 4 % winning percentage , second best in NFL history ( Otto Graham is the highest at 81 . 0 % ) . In the American Football League , Lamonica ' s winning percentage as a starter was 90 . 0 % , on 40 wins , 4 losses and 1 tie in 45 games , the best ever in the AFL . Although excellent at man - for - man coverage , he had a hard time reading zone defenses , more prevalent in the 1970s , and his throwing was sometimes inaccurate . Therefore , he was replaced in 1973 by Ken Stabler , who , despite a weaker arm , was better at both , leading the Raiders to a Super Bowl victory in 1976 . Lamonica played for one season ( 1975 ) in the short - lived World Football League as quarterback of the Southern California Sun where in limited time he went 9 for 19 and gained 90 yards for 1 touchdown . In recent years , he hosted a national fishing show on Fox Sports Net called " Outdoors with the Pros " . External links .