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James William Plunkett (born December 5, 1947) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He achieved his greatest success during his final eight seasons with the Raiders franchise , whom he led to two Super Bowl wins.
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Oct 22, 2020 · OTD 1980: QB Jim Plunkett makes his first NFL start in 3 years and his first ever for the #Raiders, guiding Oakland to a 38-24 win over the Chargers. Kenny King rushes for a career-high 138 yards and 2 TD, including a game-winning 89-yarder, then the longest in Raider history.
Nov 7, 2019 · After winning four postseason games, Plunkett, the San Jose native who won the Heisman Trophy as a senior at Stanford, was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XV as the Raiders defeated...
Dec 5, 2022 · Jim Plunkett beat the odds, on and off the field, to become immortalized as a Heisman Trophy winner. Dec 05, 2022 at 02:25 PM. Levi Edwards. Digital Team Reporter. The finalists for the 2022...
Nov 15, 2016 · Jim Plunkett is known for leading the Silver and Black to two of their three Super Bowls, but his legacy transcends beyond the football field. He helped pave the way for the Latino community as...
Mar 3, 2021 · When Jim Plunkett came to the Oakland Raiders in 1978, he was beaten up physically and beaten down mentally after seven seasons with the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers. Nobody who...
Jim Plunkett was the 1970 Heisman Trophy winner at Stanford and led the Raiders to two Super Bowl victories in the 1980s.
Jim Plunkett set records all three years he quarterbacked Stanford. As a sophomore, 1968, he passed for 2,156 yards, a record in what was then the Pac-8 Conference. He broke the record in 1969 and 1970. For his career he had 7,887 yards in total offense, a national record that lasted 13 years.
Quarterback Jim Plunkett is a 2-time Super Bowl Champion (XV, XVIII), Super Bowl MVP (XV), Pro Bowl, All-Pro, NFL Rookie of the Year (1971), Rose Bowl Player of the Game (1971), Maxwell Award winner (1970), and Heisman Trophy winner (1970).