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Part 7: Tooz-days with the Raiders

By Pat Toomay
Special to Page 2

Sunday, October 13, 2002

Editor's Note: In last week's episode, Pat Toomay describes his first season with the Raiders, 1977, which was unexpectedly his personal best. He led the AFC in sacks and helped propel Oakland to an 11-3 regular-season record. Nineteen seventy-seven was a banner year for me -- the proverbial "career" year, as sportswriters like to describe it. Although I didn't find out until much later, I ended up leading the AFC in sacks. Week after week, it seemed, I could do no wrong. Floating in t ...

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