Super Bowl XVIII

football [1984]

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Super Bowl XVIII, played in the 1983–84 season, saw the Los Angeles Raiders defeat the Washington Redskins with a score of 38–9. This victory marked one of the three Super Bowl championships for the Raiders. The Raiders, originally an American Football League (AFL) team founded in 1960, became a prominent NFL franchise known for their tough play and the motto "Just win, baby". The Super Bowl itself, initially called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, began in 1967 as a contest between the champions of the NFL and the AFL, eventually becoming the championship game for the unified National Football League.123

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