Editing Super Bowl XVIII (section)

===Second quarter===
However, the Raiders could not go any further than the Washington 39 and were forced to punt again to start the second quarter. During the kick, Los Angeles punter [[Ray Guy]] prevented a disaster when he leaped to pull in a high snap one-handed, before punting through the end zone for a touchback. After the Redskins were forced to punt, Raiders quarterback [[Jim Plunkett]] completed a 50-yard pass to wide receiver [[Cliff Branch]], advancing the ball to the Redskins' 15-yard line. Branch said that the Raiders took advantage of the tailwind after the teams switched sides.<ref name="A Raiders' runaway! 'Skins hogtied, 38-9">{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Larry|title=A Raiders' runaway! 'Skins hogtied, 38-9|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/super-bowl-xviii-raiders-runaway-skins-hogtied-38-9-article-1.1564196|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]|access-date=January 4, 2014}}</ref> Two plays later, Plunkett threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Branch, increasing Los Angeles' lead to 14–0. One of the key contributors on the touchdown play was center [[Dave Dalby]]. After snapping the ball, Dalby had no one in front of him to block, so he backpedaled into the backfield and spotted linebacker [[Rich Milot]] coming at Plunkett from the left side, managing to throw a block against him just in time to prevent a sack and enable Plunkett to throw the ball. Branch became just the fourth player to catch a touchdown pass in two different Super Bowls (after Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, and Butch Johnson).

On their next drive, the Redskins moved the ball 73 yards in 12 plays to the Raiders 7-yard line, with quarterback [[Joe Theismann]] completing a 17-yard pass to wide receiver [[Alvin Garrett]] on 3rd-and-17 and three passes to tight end [[Clint Didier]] for a total of 50 yards. However, linebacker [[Rod Martin]] broke up Theismann's third-down pass attempt, forcing Washington to settle for Moseley's 24-yard field goal, cutting their deficit to 14–3. Los Angeles took the ensuing kickoff and drove 41 yards to the Redskins 40-yard line. The drive stalled when Plunkett's third-down pass fell incomplete, but Guy's 27-yard punt pinned Washington back at their own 12-yard line with 12 seconds left in the half. From there, head coach [[Joe Gibbs]] had Theismann run a screen play called "Rocket Screen", but Raiders linebacker [[Jack Squirek]] intercepted the pass and returned it 5 yards for a touchdown to give Los Angeles a 21–3 halftime lead. The defense was prepared for the play, as Theismann had successfully completed an identical screen pass to running back [[Joe Washington]] for a 67-yard gain in their 37–35 victory over the Raiders on October 2. In fact, Los Angeles linebackers coach Charlie Sumner had sent Squirek onto the field as a last-second substitution specifically to cover Washington. "I was mad," said Raiders linebacker [[Matt Millen]], who had to run off the field to avoid a penalty. "I'd called a blitz, and I was cranked up for it, but he told Jack to play the screen and sent him in. I guess Charlie knows what he's doing, huh?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/features/superbowl/archives/18/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030404195647/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/features/superbowl/archives/18/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 4, 2003 |title= A Runaway For The Raiders |author=Zimmerman, Paul |date= January 30, 1984|work=sportsillustrated.cnn.com |access-date=February 20, 2010}} Gibbs and Theismann would each later state that calling for a screen pass in that situation was the worst decision they'd ever made. 
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