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This is an original watercolor painting of the 1976 (Super Bowl winning season) Oakland Raiders uniform.
Click on image to enlarge$650.00 (includes shipping in North America)
This original, one-of-a-kind watercolor painting of the 1976 Oakland Raiders white uniform is the original artwork that was used in the creation of this Oakland Raiders uniform evolution print and tens of thousands of other Oakland Raiders products that have been sold across North America. This original piece of art was painted by artist Tino Paolini for Maple Leaf Productions Ltd. 1976 was a Super Bowl winning season for the Oakland Raiders.
Some History
WhiteThe late 60's to early 70's brought change and success to the Raider organization. In 1969, managing general partner, Al Davis, brought in John Madden to coach and continue Davis handy work. In 1970, due in part to the continued efforts of Al Davis, the AFL & NFL merge. Under coach Madden, the Raiders continued to claw & scratch their way to victory, making the playoffs every year of Maddens 1969-78 reign except one.In 1976, Davis and Maddens Raiders go a remarkable 15-1, beating all comers except New England (who beat the Raiders 48-17 on what had to have been an off day for the otherwise perfect Raiders). In the first round of the playoffs, the Raiders met the Patriots again, and had to score two unanswered touchdowns in the 4th quarter to eke out a 24-21 win.
A week later, they take on the mighty Pittsburgh Steelers, the defending Super Bowl champs. But Oakland's defence shuts down the vaunted Steelers attack, and the Raiders knock off the Steelers 24-7 to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time in their history.
Their opponents are the Minnesota Vikings, who dominated the regular season in the NFC going 11-2-1. The Vikings capture the NFC Championship by beating the Redskins 35-20 and the LA Rams 24-13, and thus advance to the Super Bowl for the 4th time in 8 seasons.
And as all good Raiders fans know, the Raiders pound the Vikings 32-14, in front of over 100,000 people to win Super Bowl XI at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Sure handed Fred Biletnikoff is named the MVP of the game.
This road uniform, as worn by Super Bowl Champions Ken Stabler, Fred Biletnikoff, Ray Guy, Mark van Eeghen, Gene Upshaw, Art Shell, John Matusak, Otis Sistrunk and Jack Tatum commemorate this spectacular season.
This white road uniform hasn't changed that drastically from the 63 version except that the chest & sleeve numbers have gone from gold to black, and the numbers now have a silver trim. If you look closely, you can see small numbers on the back of the helmets, straddling the black stripe that runs from front to back.
A final note: The Raiders under John Madden compiled a truly remarkable record from 1969 to 1978 the Raiders went 103-32-7, making the playoffs every year but one (and in that 1971 season they went 8-4-2 but didn't make the playoffs).
