Vertical Game/Offense (1981)

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Damn that Ben Zimmer! Beat me by seconds!
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"Vertical game" was widely used in the 1980s. It was made famous by the
Oakland Raiders.
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(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
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_Fumbles  at the Mike Fill the Super Bowl_
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By HENRY L. GRIGGS  Jr.. New York Times (1857-Current file). New  York, N.Y.:
Feb 1, 1981. p. S2 (1 page)
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Someone then added, "The vertical game is the deep game."
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_Raiders:  Predictability Put Foe in Predicament; It Was All Predictable
Except for the  Result _
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tId=65882)
By Paul Attner Washington Post Staff  Writer. The Washington Post
(1974-Current file).  Washington, D.C.: Jan 24, 1984. p. C1 (2 pages)
Page C4:
Because of the wind, even Plunkett hardly went downtown in the Raiders'
vertical offense.
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_Molded  in Al Davis's Image; Power Behind Raiders Makes Them Fit His Image _
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By MICHAEL JANOFSKYEL SEGUNDO, Calif.. New  York Times (1857-Current file).
New York, N.Y.: Sep 2, 1984. p. S1 (2  pages)
Page 6:
Wide receivers need, above all, speed because of the Raiders' "vertical"
offense.
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(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
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     _ Times Recorder _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=n9tPhCVbEnaKID/6NLMW2vQ7G4ztzPygqjFQKcVwK+OUNB3I6gXroA==)  Monday, March 11,  1974
_Zanesville,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:zanesville+vertical+offense)   _Ohio_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:ohio+vertical+offense)
...who don't play too much  used USC's VERTICAL OFFENSE against our top
eight.....the  rest of the way. Boston's OFFENSE never got off the ground in  the.
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     _Chronicle Telegram _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=0Hv62RLHvjKKID/6NLMW2kmnfD/KalHCRKlAZVmURN0jbtL4V7NJxQ==)  Wednesday, August
20, 1986 _Elyria,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:elyria+vertical+game)  _Ohio_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:ohio+vertical+game)
...Sam Rutigliano used to talk  about the "VERTICAL GAME." It's still the
quickest.....The  loss broke Cleveland's four GAME winning streak and also cost
the..
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     _News Record _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=lrCUoQlefzKKID/6NLMW2kUSjmbV/tEt2YujW4u1fjTKMOvmC6JeT0IF+CsZYmrz)  Friday, September
08, 1989 _North Hills,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:north_hills+vertical+game+AND)  _Pennsylvania_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:pennsylvania+vertical+game+AND)      ...geles
Raiders to  return to their famed VERTICAL GAME the high- powered
offense.....downfieid for then opt for the short GAME if else  fails Denver coach Dan..
...     _Capital _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=Z8Lm5Wnx+nuKID/6NLMW2kqKKdP1sBkRsXev0C5pLYL+HTeu2vtXIkIF+CsZYmrz)  Sunday, November 06,
1994 _Annapolis,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:annapolis+vertical+game)  _Maryland_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:maryland+vertical+game)
...pro football's best left  tackles. The VERTICAL GAME became horizon-
Schroeder.....Thomas Smith says of the first Jets' GAME. is going  to be a huge
GAME for not..
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(GOOGLE GROUPS) ("vertical game" + "passing")
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_QB  situation Bites_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.fantasy/browse_frm/thread/290fde870eafff76/1d910026baf6d03e?q="vertical+game"+
passing&_done=/groups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&hl=en&ie=U
TF-8&c2coff=1&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#1d910026baf6d03e)
... Almost every one but Det. had a  big passing game against NE. ... I would
tend to  lean
toward Hoss just because the "vertical" game has to  eventually get going.
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_rec.sport.football.fantasy_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.fantasy)  - Oct 6 1994, 6:26 am by mch... at nwu.edu - 2 messages -  2
authors
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_LYNX  game reviews_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.video.atari/browse_frm/thread/7679ffb5cb7ba9b0/0d06d95fdcec98ec?q="vertical+game"+passin
g&_done=/groups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c
2coff=1&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#0d06d95fdcec98ec)
... GAUNTLET: THE THIRD ENCOUNTER 1-4  players, vertical game Atari Corp.,
for the ...  Extra
room is needed when tailing or passing another car, or  else a crash occurs.
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_rec.games.video.atari_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.video.atari)  - Oct 3 1994, 6:37 am by Peter Hvezda - 1 message - 1  author
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_Freakishly  Overdeveloped Geeks 0_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.pro/browse_frm/thread/3aa48a895e532e7a/62cb993e5522ec60?q="verti
cal+game"+passing&_done=/groups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&
hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#62cb993e5522ec60)
... Is Curtis Conway *really*  as bad as he looked last year? If so, the
Bears don't
have a  passing game. ... AFC West: 1) LOS ANGELES. The  vertical game is
back. ...
_rec.sport.football.pro_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.pro)  - Sep 3 1994, 2:19 pm by Arthur Hlavaty - 1 message - 1  author
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_Lynx  game reviews_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.video.atari/browse_frm/thread/fb2927b25dec8025/be96dfb6998260c9?q="vertical+game"+passin
g&_done=/gro
ups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#be96dfb6998260c9)
... GAUNTLET: THE THIRD ENCOUNTER 1-4  players, vertical game Atari Corp.,
for the ...  Extra
room is needed when tailing or passing another car, or  else a crash occurs.
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_rec.games.video.atari_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.video.atari)  - Aug 3 1994, 4:34 pm by Peter Hvezda - 1 message - 1  author
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_Hostetler_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.pro/browse_frm/thread/606d84cee736e1bc/29a5ffa8c5e539bb?q="vertical+game"+passing&_done=
/groups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&
&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#29a5ffa8c5e539bb)
... A typical passing play looked like this: 1. Snap,  drop back. 2. Check
first receiver. ...
BTW, teams need more  than excellent receivers for a good vertical game.  ...

_rec.sport.football.pro_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.pro)  - Jul 14 1994, 4:52 pm by Peter Simko - 16 messages -  12 authors
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_Sleeper  Teams_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.pro/browse_frm/thread/4068de60e2505966/e24a0a060478a2b1?q="vertical+game"+passing&_
done=/groups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c2co
ff=1&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#e24a0a060478a2b1)
... consensus) the raiders need a running game  to go with that "vertical
game" This
I ... I mean  Hose-stuffer should have been one of the NFL passing
leaders...instead ...
_rec.sport.football.pro_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.pro)  - Jul 12 1994, 6:15 pm by SAD... at psuvm.psu.edu - 45  messages - 31
authors
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_LYNX  Game Reviews_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.video.atari/browse_frm/thread/d0932d73638565f7/27af040ded79cca4?q="vertical+game"+passin
g&_done=/groups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c
2coff=1&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#27af040ded79cca4)
... GAUNTLET: THE THIRD ENCOUNTER 1-4  players, vertical game Atari Corp.,
for the ...  Extra
room is needed when tailing or passing another car, or  else a crash occurs.
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_rec.games.video.atari_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.video.atari)  - May 31 1994, 11:01 am by Peter Hvezda - 1 message - 1  author
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_Why  soccer?_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.soccer/browse_frm/thread/e3750208eba1efb6/b39310263d5880aa?q="vertical+game"+passing&_done=/gr
oups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&&_d
oneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#b39310263d5880aa)
... the vertical game took  hold in this century - (thank ND and Knute
Rockne?) - that
American  Football took on its current _general_ character as a passing game
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_rec.sport.soccer_ (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.soccer)  -
May 21 1994, 2:06 pm by Simon K Boocock - 11 messages  - 9 authors
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_Lynx  Reviews (all of them. LONG file)_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.lynx/browse_frm/thread/7ec1245048b46150/f95ef1eb801f920a?q="vertical
+game"+passing&_done=/groups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&hl=
en&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#f95ef1eb801f920a)
... GAUNTLET: THE  THIRD ENCOUNTER 1-4 players, vertical game Atari Corp.,
for  the ... Extra
room is needed when tailing or passing  another car, or else a crash occurs.
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_alt.games.lynx_ (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.lynx)  -  Nov
7 1993, 9:37 am by Kevin Dangoor - 1 message - 1  author
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_Football  and Pinball Jam are out_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.lynx/browse_frm/thread/58c222cd8afae3da/de972e7b51265ec6?q="vertical+game
"+passing&_done=/groups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=150&scoring=d&hl=en&ie
=UTF-8&c2coff=1&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#de972e7b51265ec6)
... 1) The Pinball Jam is a  vertical game that scrolls up and down to keep
you the  ... Passing
plays are a bit better, except that  interceptions are fairly arbitrary. ...

_alt.games.lynx_ (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.lynx)  -  Sep
19 1992, 8:09 am by Michael L. Kaufman - 5 messages - 4  authors
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_Lynx reviews! HOCKEY, HYDRA, LYNX CASINO_
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.lynx/browse_frm/thread/2fe4429cb8d36ac3/9302c1ff98c4a297?q="vertic
al+game"+passing&_done=/groups?q="vertical+game"+passing&start=160&scoring=d&h
l=en&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#9302c1ff98c4a297)
... HOCKEY 1-2 players, horizontal & vertical game  Atari Corp ... Player
selection (with
OPTION 1) and  puck-passing (with button B) are managable, but shooting for
the  ...
_alt.games.lynx_ (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.lynx)  - Jun
26 1992, 3:15 pm by Robert A. Jung - 1 message - 1 author

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