Top 12 most shocking Super Bowl moments

The Raiders Break The Backs Of The Favored Redskins

The 1983 Redskins were coming off a Super Bowl win over the Dolphins the previous season, and looked to be even more dominant. With a defense among the league leaders and an offense that set the season points record, Washington produced a 14-2 regular season – and their two losses came by only one point each. Joe Theismann was the league MVP.

The Raiders were a powerful team in their own right, ranking third in offense and fourth in defense. Marcus Allen was the second leading receiver on the team, behind tight end Todd Christensen, and had 1602 total yards from scrimmage.

The Redskins were favored by 3, and were never in the game.

The Raiders were able to completely shut down John Riggins and harassed Joe Theismann into one of the worst games of his career. The Redskins were held to 3 points in the first half. Having scored on a blocked punt and a 50 yard pass from Plunkett to Branch, the Raiders were in command of the game – but it was far from over.

That was until the Redskins took over with 12 seconds left in the first half on their own twelve yard line. Instead of downing it and playing for halftime, Theismann inexplicably threw a screen pass – that was promptly intercepted by linebacker Jack Squirek, who ran it in for the shocking, backbreaking touchdown.

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