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The two Raider teammates from BYU who changed Rep. Burgess Owens' life

Burgess Owens leaps high in a playoff win against the Jets in 1981. The Utah congressman won a Super Bowl with the Oakland Raiders that year.

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They were just two teammates on the Oakland Raiders team Burgess Owens joined in the fall of 1980. They didn't have a ton in common.

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