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Barret Robbins
Barret Glenn Robbins (born August 26, 1973) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a center (American football), center for nine seasons with the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the TCU Horned Frogs football, TCU Horned Frogs, he was taken by the Raiders in the second round of the 1995 NFL draft. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in 2002. He was the leader of the Raiders offensive line that led them to Super Bowl XXXVII. Professional career After playing college football for Texas Christian University, Robbins was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 1995 NFL draft, with the 49th overall pick. In 1996, Mike White (American football coach), Mike White's last year as head coach, the second-year Robbins replaced Dan Turk in the lineup, becoming only the fifth starting center in Raider history, after Turk, Don Mosebar, Dave Dalby, and Jim Otto. The first sign of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center (American Football)
Center or centre (C) is a position in American football. The center is the innermost Lineman (American football), lineman of the offensive line on a football team's Offense (sports), offense who passes (or "Snap (gridiron football), snaps") the ball between his legs to the quarterback at the start of each Play from scrimmage, play. During the period of the one-platoon system, centers frequently played defensively as "middle guards", off the opposing center on the opposite side of the line as with a modern nose tackle. Others played off the defensive line of scrimmage as linebackers. Roles The center's first role is to pass the football to the quarterback. This exchange is called a snap. Most offensive schemes make adjustments based on how the defensive line and linebackers align themselves in relation to the offensive line, and what gaps they line up in. Because the center has an ideal view of the defensive formation before the snap, they typically make the first line call. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Bowl XXXVII
Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2002 season. The Buccaneers defeated the Raiders by the score of 48–21, tied with Super Bowl XXXV for the seventh-largest Super Bowl margin of victory, winning their first-ever Super Bowl. The game was played on January 26, 2003, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. To date, this is the last Super Bowl to be played in the month of January, as all subsequent games have been played in February. It is also the last to have been played in the week following the conference championship games (the others being Super Bowls XVII, XXV, XXVIII, XXXIV, and XXXVI) and the last to be played at Qualcomm Stadium, which previously hosted Super Bowl XXII (then called Jack Murphy Stadium) and Super Bowl XXXII and was demolished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC West
The American Football Conference – Western Division or AFC West is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The division comprises the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, and Los Angeles Chargers. The division has sent teams to the Super Bowl twenty-one times beginning with Super Bowl I when the Chiefs played the Green Bay Packers, winning ten times, second only to the NFC East. As of the conclusion of the 2023 season, the Chiefs have the most Super Bowl wins of any AFC West team with four Super Bowl victories. The Broncos have appeared in the most Super Bowls in the division with eight, the Chiefs have appeared in seven, and the Raiders have appeared in five. The Chargers lost their lone Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXIX. Two members of the Division also won back-to-back Super Bowls. The Broncos in 1997 and 1998 and the Chiefs in 2022 and 2023. The Chiefs won the most recent, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mo Collins (American Football)
Damon Jamal Collins (September 22, 1976 – October 26, 2014), nicknamed Mo Collins, was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s. Collins played college football for the University of Florida, and was a member of a national championship team. The Oakland Raiders selected him in the first round of the 1998 NFL draft, and he played his entire professional career for the Raiders. Early years Collins was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1976.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players Mo Collins Retrieved July 22, 2010. He attended West Charlotte High School in Charlotte,databaseFootball.com, Players, . Retrieved July 22, 2010. and he played high school football for the West Charlotte Lions. Collins was a key member of the Lions' North Carolina 4A state championship team in 1993. The ''Charlotte Observer'' ranked him as one of the top five high school football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Wisniewski
Steve Wisniewski (born April 7, 1967), nicknamed "the Wiz", is an American former professional American football, football player who was a Guard (gridiron football), guard for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Raiders, Los Angeles / Oakland Raiders, and later served as the team's assistant offensive line coach. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions football, Penn State Nittany Lions, where he was named an All-American. He was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 1989 NFL draft, but his playing rights were traded to the Raiders during the same draft. A tough guard in his day (particularly in blocking the run), Wisniewski was named an All-Pro (2 First-team, six Second-team) eight times while missing only two games in his career. Early life Wisniewski was standout Guard (gridiron football), guard at Penn State University. He was a key contributor on the Penn State Nittany Lions football, Nittany Lions n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Gannon
Richard Joseph Gannon (born December 20, 1965) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. Subsequently, he was a sports commentator with CBS Sports for 16 years. Gannon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and played college football for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens in coach Tubby Raymond's Wing-T offense. He recorded at least 2,000 offensive yards for three straight seasons at Delaware and was Yankee Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a senior. In the 1987 NFL draft, the New England Patriots selected Gannon in the fourth round intent upon converting Gannon to running back. He was soon traded to the Minnesota Vikings and would play with the Vikings until 1992. Gannon began his career as a backup for Wade Wilson. Gannon started his first games in 1990 in relief of an injured Wilson and would start many games in 1991. In 1992, he formally became the starting quarterback for the Viking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Gruden
Jon David Gruden (born August 17, 1963) is an American football coach and media personality currently employed by Barstool Sports. After beginning his coaching career in the college ranks and working as a position coach and as an offensive coordinator in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, he held his first head coaching position with the Raiders during their Oakland tenure from 1998 to 2001, where he won two consecutive division titles and made an AFC Championship Game appearance. Gruden was traded by Raiders owner and general manager Al Davis to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002, which he led to their first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVII the same season. At age 39, he was the then-youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl. He served as Tampa Bay's head coach through 2008, setting the franchise record for wins, but made only two further playoff runs. After his firing from the Buccaneers, Gruden was featured as an analyst for ESPN's ''Monday N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 NFL Season
The 2000 NFL season was the 81st regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The season ended with Super Bowl XXXV when the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New York Giants, 34–7, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Week 1 of the season reverted to Labor Day weekend in 2000. It would be the last NFL season to date to start on Labor Day weekend. It would also be the last time until 2015 that CBS televised the late afternoon games in Week 1, because both Week 1 of the NFL season and CBS's coverage of the U.S. Open tennis finals would take place on the same day beginning next season. Player movement *July 24: The Carolina Panthers sign defensive end Reggie White. *July 21: The Baltimore Ravens sign tight end Ben Coates. *July 24: The San Diego Chargers sign linebacker Steve Tovar. *July 25: The Carolina Panthers sign defensive end Eric Swann. *July 26: The Seattle Seahawks sign wide receiver Sean Dawkins. *July 28: The Chicago Bears sign kicker Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC West, West division. The team is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and joined the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger, merger in 1970. The Broncos are currently owned by the S. Robson Walton, Walton-Greg Penner, Penner group. Since 2001, the Broncos have played their regular season home games at Empower Field at Mile High; Denver previously played its home games at Mile High Stadium from its inception in 1960 through the 2000 season. The Broncos were barely competitive during their 10-year run in the AFL and their first three years in the NFL. They did not have a winning season until 1973 Denver Broncos season, 1973 and qualified for their first playoffs in 1977 Denver Broncos season, 1977, eventuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Otto
James Edwin Otto (January 5, 1938 – May 19, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a center for 15 seasons with the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. Otto was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980, his first year of eligibility. He was also named to the AFL All-Time Team and NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. He had over 70 football-related surgeries, including a leg amputation. Early life and college Otto was born on January 5, 1938, in Wausau, Wisconsin. His parents Lorenz and Loretta (Totsch) Otto worked a variety of jobs to help the family get by, and they had so little when Otto was a boy, they could not afford new shoes to keep his feet warm and dry in Wisconsin's winters. Growing up as a child, he wanted to be a football player like Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch. He recalled Hirsch once saying, "‘if you put your heart into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Dalby
David Merle Dalby (October 19, 1950 – August 30, 2002) was an American professional football player who was a center for his entire 14-year career with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. Early life Dalby was a star linemen at center and defensive end, who led his high school football team, the La Serna Lancers of Whittier, California, to the California Scholastic Federation AAA football championship in 1967. An all-around athlete in high school, Dalby also played basketball and baseball at La Serna and graduated in 1968. Dalby played college football nearby at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he became part of their All-Century team as center, and is a member of the UCLA Hall of Fame. He also majored in geography while at UCLA. Professional career Dalby was the 100th overall pick of the 1972 NFL draft, selected in the fourth round by the Oakland Raiders. He played f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Mosebar
Donald Howard Mosebar (born September 11, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a center for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. Mosebar was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft, and played for the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders. Early life Mosebar was born in Yakima, Washington, and played high school football for Mt. Whitney High School in Visalia, California, guiding them to the Valley championship game as well as a win at the yearly Cow Hide. He played college football for the USC Trojans, earning Consensus All-American honors as a senior. Professional career Mosebar was chosen by the Los Angeles Raiders as the 26th pick in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft, just ahead of future Hall of Famer Dan Marino. (Team executive Ron Wolf later said "To this day I call him 'Dan'—Dan Mosebar—because we blew Marino, and he knows that.") Mosebar immediately moved into the starting lineup as right g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
