the raiders have seven super bowl rings.
how many super bowl rings does the raiders have?
seven
jerry rice and bill romanowski joined gene upshaw as the only players to appear in super bowls in three decades. rice played in super bowls xxiii, xxiv, and xxix. romanowski played in super bowls xxiii, xxiv, xxxii, and xxxiii; the raiders' loss prevented romanowski from joining charles haley as the only nfl players at that time to earn 5 super bowl rings (haley was also with the 49ers for super bowls xxiii and xxiv, and later earned rings when the dallas cowboys won super bowls xxvii, xxviii, and xxx). the raiders became the first team to appear in super bowls under four head coaches. john rauch coached them in super bowl ii, john madden (who himself called super bowl xxxvii on abc), coached them in super bowl xi and tom flores coached them in super bowl xv and xviii.
super bowl xxxvii
grossman joined the steelers as an undrafted free agent in 1974, wearing number 84. he showed his skill when he caught a crucial touchdown pass from terry bradshaw early in super bowl x. in 1976, they drafted tight end bennie cunningham, behind whom grossman played for two years, until the 1978 season when cunningham was injured. undersized and underweight, grossman stepped up to the position and had a prolific season. in just 10 starts, grossman had a career-high 37 receptions (the most by a steeler tight end in 12 years) for 448 yards and 1 touchdown, and contributed to the steelers super bowl xiii win. grossman would play 3 more years with the steelers before retiring, earning 4 super bowl rings for super bowl ix, super bowl x, super bowl xiii, and super bowl xiv. grossman said that his nickname of "the rabbi" referred to his jewish ancestry and came from dwight white, who was the authority for assigning such titles to the steelers. he also said he never faced any anti-semitism during his career, because “in sports -- in my era and currently -- it really is the great melting pot," he said. "if you ‘bring game,’ you’re fine. if you’re an imposter, then they’ll run you out regardless of what your religious preferences are or ethnic background is. it was obviously different in the ’60s, ’50s, ’40s, but from the time that i’ve been involved, it’s been completely open and purely performance-based acceptance or non-acceptance.”
randy grossman