Editing Super Bowl XV (section)

===Super Bowl pregame news and notes===
In the days before the game, most sports writers were speculating over whether, if the Raiders won, NFL Commissioner [[Pete Rozelle]] would present the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]] to the team's owner [[Al Davis]]. Prior to the season, the league declined to approve the Raiders' proposal to move from the [[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]] in [[Oakland, California]] to the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] in [[Los Angeles]]. In response, Davis sued the NFL for violating antitrust laws. The conflict caused much friction between Rozelle and Davis. (The Raiders would eventually win the lawsuit, allowing the team to move to Los Angeles before the [[1982 NFL season|1982 season]].)

Oakland became the first team to avenge a regular-season loss in the Super Bowl. The Eagles defeated the Raiders 10–7 on November 23 at [[Veterans Stadium]].

This game marked the first Super Bowl where both teams used the 3–4 [[American football strategy|defensive formation]] as their base defense. The Raiders were the first team to use the 3–4 in the Super Bowl in [[Super Bowl XI]] against the [[Minnesota Vikings]], although the [[Miami Dolphins]] used a version of the 3–4 ("53 defense") in [[Super Bowl VI]], [[Super Bowl VII]] and [[Super Bowl VIII]]. The 3–4 would be used by at least one team in every Super Bowl between Super Bowl XV and [[Super Bowl XXVIII|game XXVIII]].

The Raiders became the first team to appear in a Super Bowl in three different decades (1960s, 1970s and 1980s), having previously played in Super Bowls [[Super Bowl II|II]] and [[Super Bowl XI|XI]].

As of [[Super Bowl LVIII]], this is the earliest Super Bowl from which both coaches are still living, and the earliest from which ''either'' coach is still living following the death of [[Bud Grant]] in March 2023.