Vertical Game/Offense (1981)

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Jan 10 21:03:31 UTC 2005 

At 3:11 AM -0500 1/9/05, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>Damn that Ben Zimmer! Beat me by seconds!
>...

Oops, sorry--Didn't read this post of Barry's before I posted.  Nice
to see my impressionistic feel about  the association of the Raiders
with the "vertical" passing offense is empirically supported.  But my
hypothesis on the opposition to, and query about first cite for,
"West Coast" offense still stands.

Larry

>"Vertical game" was widely used in the 1980s. It was made famous by the
>Oakland Raiders.
>...
>...
>(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
>...
>_Fumbles  at the Mike Fill the Super Bowl_
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>HNP&TS=1105255139&clientId=65882)
>By HENRY L. GRIGGS  Jr.. New York Times (1857-Current file). New  York, N.Y.:
>Feb 1, 1981. p. S2 (1 page)
>...
>Someone then added, "The vertical game is the deep game."
>...
>_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.
>...
>_Molded  in Al Davis's Image; Power Behind Raiders Makes Them Fit His Image _
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>VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1105257713&clientId=65882)
>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.
>...
>...
>
>(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
>...
>      _ 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.
>...
>
>
>      _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..
>...
>      _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..
>...
>...
>...
>
>(GOOGLE GROUPS) ("vertical game" + "passing")
>...
>
>_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.
>...
>_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
>...
>
>_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.
>...
>_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
>...
>
>_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
>...
>
>_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.
>...
>_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
>...
>
>_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
>...
>
>_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
>...
>
>_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.
>...
>_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
>...
>
>_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
>...
>_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
>...
>
>_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.
>...
>_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
>...
>
>_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
>...
>
>
>_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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