Perhaps current Raiders’ quarterback Derek Carr was right; maybe the football did hit the ground. Perhaps former Raiders’ owner Al Davis was right; maybe Frenchy Fuqua really did touch the football. Perhaps former Raiders’ head coach John Madden was right; maybe the officials on hand at Three Rivers Stadium on December 23, 1972, really did say, “Six for Pittsburgh!” after finding out that there were only six officers available to protect them from an angry mob once they admitted that the play that would come to be known as the Immaculate Reception was totally illegal and was about to be reversed while half of Pittsburgh was celebrating on the field.
A Steelers loss to the Raiders usually goes hand in hand with them missing the playoffs
