Howie Long

 

Howard (Howie) Michael Long

Height/Weight 6-5, 268 lbs.

Position Defensive End

College Villanova

Pro Career 13 seasons (179 games)
1981-93 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders

Elected to Hall 01/29/2000

Enshrined into Hall 07/29/2000

Other members of Class
Ronnie Lott
Joe Montana
Dan Rooney
Dave Wilcox

Birthdate 01/06/1960

Birthplace Somerville, MA

High School Milford (MA)

Drafted
2nd round (48th overall) by Oakland Raiders in 1981.

Uniform Number #75

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Howie Long was a second-round pick of the Oakland Raiders in the 1981 NFL draft and the 48th player selected overall. A four-year letterman at Villanova, Long was the MVP in the 1980 Blue-Gray Game. An all-around athlete, he was a basketball and track star in high school as well as the Northern Collegiate boxing champion.

Howie Long was a second-round pick of the Oakland Raiders in the 1981 NFL draft and the 48th player selected overall. A four-year letterman at Villanova, Long was the MVP in the 1980 Blue-Gray Game. An all-around athlete, he was a basketball and track star in high school as well as the Northern Collegiate boxing champion.

Long moved into a starting role with the Raiders beginning in the fifth game of the strike-shortened 1982 season. He went on to be selected to eight Pro Bowls, the first following the 1983 season. Fast, strong, and explosive off the ball, he was just the second Raider defensive lineman to make a Pro Bowl. A first- or second-team All-Pro choice in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1989, he was also named All-AFC four times.

In 1985, the hard-playing defensive end accounted for 10 quarterback sacks, with at least one in eight games. As a result, he was selected as Raider Lineman’s Club Defensive Lineman of the Year by his teammates.

Although he missed much of the 1988 season due to injury, he still managed to record three sacks and intercept the first pass of his career, which he returned 73 yards in a game against the Houston Oilers.

During his 13-year career, Long, a member of the NFL’s All-Decade team of the 1980s, recorded 84 career sacks, not including 7.5 sacks in 1981 before the sack was an official NFL statistic.

All-League Teams

All-Pro
1983 (PFWA, NEA, SN, PW) · 1984 (AP, PFWA, NEA) · 1985 (AP, PFWA, NEA)

All-Pro (Second Team)
1983 (AP) · 1986 (NEA) · 1989 (NEA)

All-AFC
1983 (PW) · 1984 (UPI, PW) · 1985 (UPI) · 1986 (PW)

All-AFC (Second Team)
1983 (UPI) · 1990 (UPI)

Pro Bowls
(8) – 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994

Championship Games

1983 AFC – Los Angeles Raiders 30, Seattle Seahawks 14

Long started at left defensive end. He recorded two solo tackles and one pass defensed.

1990 AFC – Buffalo Bills 51, Los Angeles Raiders 3

Long started at left defensive end. He recorded one solo tackle and one assist.

Super Bowls

Super Bowl XVIII – Los Angeles Raiders 38, Washington Redskins 9

Long started at left defensive end. He recorded four solo tackles and one assist.

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