Then the Jets fumbled the kickoff, and Oakland’s Preston Ridlehuber managed to grab the ball and run it two yards for another touchdown. ![]() What happened after that will go down in football history: Raiders quarterback Daryle Lamonica threw a 20-yard pass to halfback Charlie Smith a facemask penalty moved the ball to the Jets’ 43 and on the next play, Lamonica passed again to Smith, who ran it all the way for a touchdown. After the New York kickoff, the Raiders returned the ball to their own 23-yard line. With a little more than a minute left to play, the Jets kicked a 26-yard field goal that gave them a 32-29 lead. The game’s intensity translated into an unusual number of penalties and timeouts, which meant that it was running a bit long. By the game’s last minute the two teams had traded the lead eight times. The game between the Jets and the Raiders was already shaping up to be a classic: It featured two of the league’s best teams and 10 future Hall of Fame players. ![]() Viewers were outraged, and they complained so vociferously that network execs learned a lesson they’ll never forget: “Whatever you do,” one said, “you better not leave an NFL football game.” With just 65 seconds left to play, NBC switched off the game in favor of its previously scheduled programming, a made-for-TV version of the children’s story about a young girl and her grandfather in the Alps. On November 17, 1968, the Oakland Raiders score two touchdowns in nine seconds to beat the New York Jets-and no one sees it, because they’re watching the movie Heidi instead.
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