Super Bowl XXXVII Raiders entered the game favored to win in their first Super Bowl in 19 years. They were also the first franchise to appear in the Super Bowl in four decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s; the 1990s was the only decade that they did not appear in the Super Bowl). However, much of the media hype surrounded the Gruden trade prior to the season. This forced league commissioner Paul Tagliabue to issue a statement that he might ban all future trades for coaches involving draft choices because it might compromise the draft. A distraction for the Raiders was that starting center
You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown is the 37th prime-time animated TV special based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip "Peanuts". It premiered on January 18, 1994 on NBC. It was the last new "Peanuts" special to air on television until "A Charlie Brown Valentine" in 2002. "You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown" is notable for being the only "Peanuts" television special to date to debut on NBC; from 1965 to 2000, most "Peanuts" specials were aired by CBS. NBC aired this special as a tie-in with Super Bowl XXVIII, to