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| Date | December 24, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dick Jorgensen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 59,925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raiders: Al Davis (owner/general manager), John Madden (head coach), Fred Biletnikoff, Cliff Branch, Willie Brown, Dave Casper, Ray Guy, Ted Hendricks, Art Shell, Ken Stabler, Gene Upshaw Colts: none | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy and John Brodie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ghost to the Post is a significant play in NFL history. It refers to a 42-yard pass from Ken Stabler to Dave Casper, nicknamed "The Ghost" after Casper the Friendly Ghost, that set up a game-tying field goal in the final seconds of regulation in a double-overtime AFC divisional playoff game played between Casper's Oakland Raiders and the then-Baltimore Colts on December 24, 1977. Casper also caught the last pass of the game, a 10-yard touchdown pass.[1] The game is currently the fifth-longest in NFL history, and has become synonymous with the play that made it famous.[2]
- ^ Dave Casper Bio www.profootballhof.com. Retrieved November 24, 2006.
- ^ The NFL's Longest Game profootballhof.com. Retrieved November 23, 2006