1976 Bengals @ Raiders

a week ago sunday in this blizzard in cincinnati pittsburgh with this touchdown burst by franco harris beat the bengals 7-3 yesterday they swarmed over tampa bay 42 to nothing their playoff folks still alive but they must wait and watch that man tonight kenny anderson the brilliant quarterback of cincinnati will be throwing to his favorite target number 85 the brilliant elusive speedster isaac curtis from san diego state as the bengals go against the oakland raiders and the raiders are led by that man with 23 touchdown passes thus far kenny stabler who throws to fred valetnikov with maybe the best hands in football and to the world class printer from colorado number 21 cliff branch who is averaging better than 25 yards per reception he's the league leader in that category whenever these two teams meet there is more than offense there is tremendous defense like here as you see it intense hitting again and again and again this in their playoff game a year ago and in that game 31-28 won by oakland the raiders had to hang on to win it against two late touchdowns by the bengals this was the winning oakland touchdown a throw to dave gasp a key game the bengals against the raiders stand by 10 seconds [Music] [Applause] [Music] we're in oakland california our second monday here in the beautiful bay area it's a perfect night for football the temperature on the field at the oakland alameda county stadium expected to be in the low 50s the mid 40s while the temperature of the fans in the bay area for tonight's game is at a fever pitch and abc's monday night football the cincinnati bengals and the oakland raiders is brought to you by ford and your local ford dealer when america needs a better idea ford puts it on wheels test drive all ford better ideas for 77 at your local ford dealer now and by the miller brewing company brewers of miller highlight if you've got the time we've got the beer the standings in the western division of the american football conference speak for themselves the oakland raiders with the best record in the national football league have clinched their play off first but in the central division of the same conference the situation remains unsettled the cincinnati bengals if they can beat the raiders tonight in the jets next week which is most probable will be in the playoffs however if cincinnati loses tonight and pittsburgh beats houston next week which is probable the steelers would be in the playoffs because twice in head-to-head battle they have beaten the cincinnati bengal the cleveland browns have only the remotest chance of making the playoffs despite their fine nine and four records cincinnati and pittsburgh would have to lose their remaining games and then cleveland would have to beat kansas city next week for cleveland to be in the playoffs but everything's at stake here tonight for cincinnati that's why the game is so critical a quick word about the two coaches bill johnson of the bengals it came to him late 50 years old the head coaching job but he's been beautifully trained for it and the fine record of his team this year attest to the fine job that he has done as for john madden he lost it seemed half his team when the season first began autumns out for the year horace jones out for the year marv hubbard the fine running back out for the year yet he's held that team together as the finest record as we said in the nfl and in my personal book he is the coach of the year there's been a lot written all week and a lot said about how the oakland raiders don't want to face the pittsburgh steelers in the playoffs that they'd rather go against the cincinnati team or any other team well you pittsburgh steelers are watching tonight don't you believe that for a minute you're rooting for oakland and you don't like this oakland team and they don't like you but they're not afraid of you i went to coach john madden and asked him to comment about all that's been said and written this week he said i won't even go on camera howard i won't dignify such charges they're absurd they're ridiculous let's bring in alex garrus how do you feel how about david and goliath do you remember them no i don't remember what's the relevance well the revelations is that david uh slug goliath and he i don't think he wants to do it over again you know i mean he was lucky he got a good shot in there and that was it and i don't think that uh oakland would like to play pittsburgh and i'm not saying that they're gonna you know go out here and not play a good ball game but i think psychologically they don't want to throw the stone at the giant they want sleeping giants to to kind of sleep hard well let's throw it in here thank you for watching about all this well i feel a little like john madden i don't think there's any question oakland is going to come out they're going to give it 110 if they can dig it up somewhere they're hurting they're hurting they've lost a lot of key players but if you know al davis the managing general partner owner whatever his title is i know him as a football man he likes to win them all his one loss record his career is very important al davis head coach john madden has no question as to whether or not he wants to win or lose and the key thing for the oakland raiders is if they lose tonight they could lose to san diego they've had some tough games with really relatively weak teams all year long if they lose two games in a row they're gonna wind up playing a championship game somewhere back in the east they'll go 110 percent is the way i see it all the way i see it the same way frank we don't like you know well i know about it you know that's what i want to make one other point there are those who say the oakland record is deceptive that the raiders have had the soft schedule this year the raiders one approved their caliber tonight by beating so find a team if they can as cincinnati howard could i make a point right here that schedule by the way a lot of people don't realize was not made recently that schedule came out in 1970 it goes through 1979 it's not a recent schedule if it seems to be easy well that's just the way the cards happen to have fallen absolutely right and on the record oakland has been in the playoffs year in and year out we look for a super game we'll be back with the opening kickoff in just one moment cross your heart broads one of many popular products from playpegs known and used by women the world over plaintext is part of smart an american family of companies which also provides nourishing food products from swift fertilizers to make more food available and energy to keep the wheels turning smart providing over five billion dollars worth of needed products annually for you and your world samantha agar for color track from rca my eyes are green my hair is open and my dress is vivid red rca wanted me to tell you the right colors because getting the color right is what their exclusive color track system is all about it's a 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it works for all of us the united way the preceding announcement was brought to you as a public service by the national football league and there's a beautiful moon over the oakland alameda county stadium no one however is looking up the seams are cracking here at the stadium sell out crowd and we'd like to welcome pittsburgh to our telecast because i'm sure they're not looking at the moon they are pulling for the oakland raiders to knock off the cincinnati bengals to give them a shot you're looking at ray guy cleveland of course is in there with an outside chance they too pulling for the opening raiders over cincinnati cincinnati with a 9-3 record pittsburgh 9-4 cleveland 9-4 ray guy will kick off willie shelby number 30 is deep archie griffin the two-time heisman award winner is back there with him willie shelby from his own five-yard line and shelby runs into the raiders at the 22-yard line hustling down there floyd rice made the stop offensively for cincinnati it'll be ken anderson number 14 a great passer the setbacks archie griffin 45 booby clark 42 the wide receivers 85 isaac curtis a surprise starter 86 john mcdaniel there is the offensive line the big tight end bob trumpy they are good they protect ken anderson very well critical game for cincinnati they would fall back to a tie with pittsburgh if they lose tonight first play anderson not pulling around and he goes quickly out to his wide receiver isaac curtis and curtis out of bounds at the 32 yard line has the first down defensively the open raiders well it's a makeshift defensive front four or three alex yeah it's but they're good and they do a good job and the only problem with that front three is that they really can't rush that passer as much as i'd like them to run they're using the four-man linebackers and they do a good job rolling those are the linebackers they perhaps the best part of this open raider unit they play a 3-4 out of necessity they lost a lot of people early in the year we'll talk about it first and ten cincinnati their own 37-yard line hand-off archie griffin big hole and griffin pops out to the 44-yard line archie griffin of course restoring the ground game or helping too along with the comeback of booby clark this year from injuries archie double-time trophy award winner as you look at him again right there frank called it a big hole so it was but archie gets through very quickly as you see fine fine player ball at the 44-yard line second down and three [Applause] [Music] and off archie griffin and the little one pounds for the first down very close to it out to around the 48 yard line as you see quickly cincinnati mounting an offensive drive ever since these teams began playing in 1971 never has more than a touchdown separated they have had some beauties you might recall the playoff of a year ago took place right here oakland had to pull everything they had out defensively to stop cincinnati and that one but they did cincinnati has never won here ever on first and ten and he could not hold on the attempt going out to john mcdaniel a surprise starter as they surprise started because mcdaniel has not caught a pass this year he only caught two last year he's been a special teams man the man we expected to see was chip myers but he's not there there's mr hands fred valentine enjoying his gum john barrymore doesn't it what a profile well if he looks like john barrymore you've got an entertainment scoop second down at 10. ball at the 48-yard line electricity in the air here at oakland and a lot more electricity in pittsburgh and cleveland here comes booty clark flag is down charles booby clark has the first down down to the 40 but a flag is down hillville chases clark out of bounds here's referee tommy bell they're going to get a holding call and how many times we've seen that this year it'll be marched off and then we'll hear tommy bell with his announcement let's listen to tommy's voice he's got a beautiful voice frank we have number 62 holding on the offense dave lapum the right guard number 62 holding cincinnati second down 20. john madden a competitor all the way had a brief try at this game back to philadelphia hurt his knee he's been an incredibly successful professional coach paul is back at the 33-yard line of cincinnati no flag down anderson staying in the pocket a lot of time good coverage downfield and anderson gets up to the 44-yard line monty johnson collected him there it'll be third down and 16. he had a lot of time alex well that's that's the whole thing they're getting some good blocking up front right now and anytime you get this kind of protection you know you're going to start completing passes and we don't have to tell you what this guy can do as far as throwing the ball is concerned now that's plenty of time plenty of action and of course they were covered there was good good coverage on that backfield that time third down long yardage here comes the prevent defense charles phillips comes in along with neil cosey phillips is 47. posey is 20. chris coslett is in a tight end for cincinnati he's number 88. trump is out they've come and anderson is hit but he gets it off and rt griffin could not hold on and cincinnati will have to turn it over well you see big john mccusack on that one right oh i sure did and john matuszak in his own way is kind of an index to the way al davis puts together a team together with his brilliant coach john madness we watch it again matusak didn't make it with houston where he'd been the first draft choice in all of pro football he moved on to kansas city didn't make it there didn't make it with george allen but he's the kind of retread project oakland likes and he's been playing well for oakland indeed he has strong against the run pat macanally will kick neil calzi deep for oakland off the side of the foot of macanally and it takes a nothing bounce and moves out of bounds at the 20-yard line and offensively for the oakland raiders aurora will go up as kenny stapler number 12 leads out setbacks mark van egan he's having a tremendous year marv hubbard one of the engine open raiders clarence davis is in there the other set back with a sore ankle two great wide receivers branson balitnikov offensive line tremendous tight end number 87 dave casper and they're the rest of them a veteran unit well coached this team really does not know exactly how good they are there's matuzak he has really helped them because they lost five defensive linemen before the start of this season on first and ten mark van eagan ryan it's four it'll be second down and six he's out to the 24-yard line hit there by bob brown part of that front four alex well bob brown and as you say and coy bacon's been around a long time they bounced around a lot of ball clubs but they kind of solidified themselves here and they're doing a good job with ron carpenter and the other guy i think has really come on and howard jim leclaire in the middle they think he's all pro in cincinnati leclair is having a fine season reggie williams is the rookie from dauntmet who's been a happy surprise the secondary on second down and six they'll be tested stapler under throws the attempt going to fred valenikov fred valenkov needs two catches for 40 on the year that would give him 10 straight years of 40 receptions or more cliff branch for the 25 yard for catch average can go over a thousand with his first reception that's not the moon that's my man otis number 60 the bengals he's turned he's turned actor you know now by the way the bengals secondary is largely veteran and very sound with lamar parish ken riley tommy casanova and the younger marvin cobb another of those southern california lands third down and six drop aid davis uh gets about a half a yard out of it it'll be fourth down lawrence davis draw play fully no one boy bacon hustling in there defensively to make the stop and we will see punter ray guy [Applause] [Music] and dropping deep for cincinnati there's ray guy number eight he'll riffle it for you okay's not too good covering their punts they give up an average of 10 yards on every return that's lamar parish he's back there with number 37 tommy casanova but just underway no score at oakland critical game for cincinnati an important game for oakland 23 yard line 55-yard punch boris bradshaw hustling down there to make the stop and we'll be returning to oakland in just a moment america stops shaving and starts grooming hey dad when i be old enough to groom like you well right now i could really go for a hot shower in the groom a lot of people don't just shave anymore now they groom with the groomer from sunbeam it shaves clean and close with sunbeam's thinnest shaving head ever and it's the only shaver that can do this groom mustaches beards even trim hair so stop shaving and start grooming with the sunbeam shave master groomer why that was a close groom what does it take to start the wheels of american industry rolling it takes machines men and money that's where savings and loans come in money you save with us goes back into your community in the form of home loans the savings and loan commitment to housing generates over 100 million dollars a day for jobs goods and services help keep america rolling by having your savings account and your savings and loans there's bill johnson he's the head coach of the cincinnati bengals this his first year did a lot of coaching with the 49ers a team that he played with and was an all-pro center for many years just across the bay and he is turning in a superb job of course the cincinnati bengals still have the great paul brown as the general manager and what you're watching is a reflection of paul brown over the years archie griffin and griffin gets out to about the 28 yard line call it six it'll be second down and four and there's a look from the goodyear columbia high overhead our pilot is joel chamberlain and would you believe her cameraman is archie griffin it's the truth back cameraman in the blimp is named arch griffin full house sold out is being televised in the bay area second down and four anderson inside and off and it goes to archie griffin and griffin short of the first down by about a yard it'll be third and short bonnie johnson over there to make the stop they're really attacking the right place right now with that three-man line you know your big defensive linemen are kind of far apart and if you're going to hit him anywhere you should hit him right in the middle because you can take a guard and move that guy that's on the the head of the center you can take them one way or the other of course the back and read off that block if they take them left they can go right and it's very hard for the bigger guys outside to come down and help us so the linebackers have to be very active in the middle all right and for cincinnati on third less than a yard tony davis a rookie from nebraska replaces archie griffin for blocking purposes movie clark gets the call and i don't believe he made it that raider defense on the bottom you'll see who was underneath but it was still filled with piano who drove them back very quickly just like you said alex they are active we're going to get a measurement a lot of fancy folks here in oakland tonight the sidelines we have jim garner the rockford files jimmy connors great team of stars on the booth with us reggie jackson's here and you saw how [Music] much that how much did not reflect how much reggieroo got from the yankees you might buy the stadium he may buy the league first down the ball is at the 33-yard line cincinnati and oakland cincinnati should they end up in this tie with the pittsburgh steelers they would lose the division they can't get in on a wild card that'll be either new england or baltimore [Music] anderson has a man open it's trumpy and he does not hold on and he was wide open oh get the linebacker on him howard it won't work you can't do it meanwhile trumpy has made many many vital catches and difficult catches and he here's one laid right into him hard to believe he didn't hold on to that football atkinson over covering the wide receiver isaac curtis and he's a strong safety he was over there helping out with skip thomas and that left monty johnson all alone and piano second down and ten we'll see that again ball at the 33-yard line [Music] [Applause] i have to assume frank that john mcdaniel was suddenly inserted into the starting lineup because of his speed edge over chip myers remember how he even go down on those punches we look at him again beat everybody tremendously fast there he is third year man out of lincoln lincoln of missouri first down is at the 45-yard line [Music] nine minutes remaining in the first quarter there is no score booby clark and clark is right out to midfield and booby clark has been having a tremendous year his best year ever 610 yards coming into tonight he really has and cincinnati started this season with two goals a restore their ground game and the acquisition of arch griffin helped that plus the comeback of booby clock through two seasons of injuries b established the pass rush and boy bacon has been a vast elf in that regard second down and five three [Applause] [Music] flags fall oakland will be offside archie griffin turns a corner breaks a tackle griffin gets the first down is at the 40-yard line of the raiders and this little man they question whether or not he was big enough to handle it he can handle it 508 yards with a 4.5 average coming into the action tonight yarder last week for a touchdown he does it in a way that surprises you you don't really think he's accumulating the yardage he does as for the little man nonsense that myth was punctured a long time ago and now it's punctured every year not just by archie but by guys like greg pruitt of cleveland obviously the penalty climb [Applause] [Music] i said last week it was the week before that rit griffin [Music] motion go back stay in for protection we're going deep oh and what a guess by john mcdaniel now we know why he's in there he turned around completely the toughest thing a receiver will have to do and came up with a perfect strike and you saw kenny anderson using the plays as they come in from the bench but keeping both backs in it gave him time and cincinnati's on the scoreboard 40 yards did you see who he beat [Music] lily brown number 24 the veteran cornerback willie brown who for the last couple of years has been written off but keeps coming on again in his time he was by consensus the best in his prime the best cornerback in football you're looking at chris barr the rookie from penn state former all-american soccer player there [Music] wow and chris barr misses an important one it no longer is the conversion automatic pro football they have been missed frequently throughout the league and they have had a vital effect on many games we'll be returning to oakland in just a moment the 1977 thunderbird clear 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there with carl garrett number 31. 803 remaining in the first quarter barr hangs it high long and it'll be jennings inside his own 10. and jennings as he moves out over the 25-yard line let's go back and look at the time ken anderson had on this pass well john mcdaniels makes a spectacular catch in the corner but look at all the time he has plenty of time to get into the pattern and when you have that kind of speed and those kind of hands that's going to happen when you give them enough time and as howard pointed out willie brown i don't know whether he anticipated help from his deep safety or not but he didn't get it in any event and john mcdaniel made a sensational catch first and ten for oakland ball of her own 27-yard line faber [Applause] [Music] dave casper in casper short of the first down written out out around the 34-yard line corralled there by reggie williams let's go back to that touchdown play again gentlemen you're looking at john mcdaniel in isolation and all this time anderson is getting the time we showed you and previously described in the playoff game a year ago and cincinnati learned from this anderson never had the time number 83 ted hendricks sacked him five times as he kept bursting past booby claw obviously cincinnati learned from that game second down at three stapler with his 179th completion his best season and completions thus far in his career and it's been a brilliant career that was clarence davis again short of the first down moving out to the 35 yard line will be third down and two this is the second offensive series for the steal is the first time it was three downs and over now they only need short yardage one of the good things about the oakland team through the years outstanding things really has been its offensive line thus far tonight in the brief offensive possessions they've had they haven't moved cincinnati third short yardies first out to the 40-yard line first down oakland and france davis is playing on a very sore ankle tonight they did it that time and i inadvertently said steelers of course i mean we've got the steelers on our minds well i think we're on their mind right now i'll tell you this telecast is presented by authority of the open raiders football club it's intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast or other use other telecast without the express written consent of the open raiders and the national football league is prohibited first and ten for oakland their own 40-yard line carl garrett gets the call and garrett gets out to the 48-yard line it'll be second down and three hit there by marvin cobb garrett is another of those free trade projects oakland likes to deal with garrett of course starting with the patriots showed great skills but was disposed of for other reasons went to the bears didn't stick there went to the jets his tenure there was short live here he is with oakland and he's been doing a good job for them has he packed his bags yet nope he isn't leaving here if you've just joined us cincinnati scored first 40 yard touchdown pass anderson mcdaniel they lead six to nothing bar missed a conversion second down and three getting the call mark van eagle and hit there by coy bacon huston over there jim leclaire number 55. as the first down he's in cincinnati territory at the 48th [Applause] [Music] roy bacon great on the pass brush and alex is not bad against the run either no he's a real sturdy defensive lineman and i can't understand why he's been peddled and traded so darn much because he he really does a fine job in there as you can see right there handles himself pretty good i don't know he's been traded quite a bit i don't understand it corey i'm sure you don't trade it to san diego for john hadel that wasn't bad hayden was the mvp that year charlie joyner said they appreciate it [Music] i couldn't see the number but i saw the style that's his 39th reception isn't that something he gets the first down one more and he will have 40 for the 10th consecutive year a remarkably gifted athlete he could have been a great valet dancer [Music] serious ball at the 36-yard line first and ten again we'll tell you of the importance cincinnati has a 9-3 record pittsburgh is a 9-4 cleveland has a 9-4 cincinnati could fall back into a three-way tie they wind up in a tie at the end of the season pittsburgh would win it all flag is down stable is up france does not hold on but a flag is down in that area that usually generates a holding call ken riley covering on that play branch got behind it the snake under through it a little bit there's your call [Music] all right here it is this had his is impaired and trying to catch that ball he is as you know a superb receiver we talked at the very top of our show as we wait now for the officials call about his 20s 75 holding on the offense john bella right tackle oakland holding when you average better than 25 yards per reception it's a rather vivid index 9-3 sprinter nice ride down at worthington high in houston well remembered down there and of course on to colorado world-class spreader as you said at the very top of the show and he holds on [Music] penalty assessed the ball is back at the 46-yard line and look at davis run he gets a lot of it back inside the 30-yard line where it'll be second down at a long three that's the way the oakland raiders offensive line likes to work they've got two brilliant pulling running guards in upshore and biela and of course michelle and bella are superb players both clarence david just carrying number 37 tommy casanova with him ball at the 29-yard line second down and three carl garrett comes in he's in there with pete banaszak garrett 31 banozzak is 40. we told you that clarence davis has a sore ankle this is garrett jarrod has the first down harris at the 25 and the much-traveled carl garrett who says he's delighted to be with oakland after tours in new england chicago the jets last week scored a touchdown here and he said i am home hopefully from his point of view says bell johnson two of the players that he coached with the 49ers said they learned more football from him than any other man they ever worked with wide open quickly oakland has come back with its offensive fire that's the beauty of stabler that stabler at his very best and of course casper has in his first starting year has died in has become absolutely exceptional great hands great strength i wonder if the decibel count just went up in cleveland and pittsburgh well that's why i like to watch often they're just a wide open ball ball ball club and can give you a good game all the time they may lose but they sure look good when they're losing place kicking for oakland earl man you remember that name from detroit there went to green bay and picked up in the eighth game when their fred steinforth their kicker from boston college had a pulled growing muscle could not continue for the season earl man puts the raiders out in front so oakland has struck 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and there's some play action a lot of times he goes and he's hit in a hurry by willie brown and shake it up got about a yard out of it i think you probably have the wind knocked out of you well you can believe he was shaken up that was some hit so there's the veteran willie brown with all of his guile and experience reading the play immediately and executing it [Applause] almost read his lips i'm okay just let me collect it here for a moment let's go back and look at that touchdown to dave casper kenny stabler finding dave casper wide open [Music] lots of time ah great job of blocking thin point and again casper well they were trying to cover casper with reggie williams the linebacker it just doesn't work but you the reason they get into that situation is they are have such great outside receivers both teams and they have got to try and double cover them when you double cover both of them you got to cover your tight end with somebody and that's a linebacker and you can really get stung that was casper's 48th reception on the year by the way is really coming to his own this year stan fritz comes in for booby clark second year man out of north carolina state 192 yards on the year he's wearing number 33. second down and eight archie griffin and the little man refuses to go down until he pushes out over the 30-yard line hit there by john matuzak hustling over from his defensive end position he's going to be third down and call it a four booby clock just had the wind knocked out of him gentlemen he'll be back shortly we are in box beautiful night oakland alabadi alameda county stadium temperature right around 50. no wind at all ties in critics top of your screen on the third and fourth oh and almost picked off by two raiders phil filipiano almost got there and then willie hall who's played great football for oakland almost picked it off he really has oakland using that three-man front the so-called orange defense has gotten great service out of its linebackers as you watch villafiano here quick to read always venturesome he could have breezed into an easy score had he held he likes to rely on his quickness and he's got a lot of it pat macanally will punch neil calls him low kick the kind you run back and palsy with a 49-yard line hit there by glenn cameron for cincinnati next monday night on abc we've got a good college game for you the liberty bowl alabama against ucla the men of the big bear against the ucla team that went down to the wire against usc losing to them and thus losing their rose bowl bid that makes the liberty bowl game a dandy be with us for that all right and you're watching an alabama product number 12. kenny stapler who has just put the raiders ahead with the touchdown pass to his big tide in [Music] for mark casper eagle he gets out near the 40-yard line close to a first down just a little short tommy casanova made the save it'll be second in inches watching the raiders this year has been a very interesting procedure why because early on with bob hubbard as they come into measure for the first down out for the year the ground game wasn't working and they had to rely strictly on stabler in the past and the great receivers he'll be just a touch shot you see it there that much but then young van eagan out of colgate like hubbard began to come on very swiftly to the point where he's likely to pass the thousand-yard mark and yards gained rushing and clarence davis despite some on and off injuries began to play much more like himself so the attack became more balanced and the oakland team grew better and better how good they really are we will find out in the playoffs they played about the way they had to in a number of games to win with scores closer than their superiority would suggest at least they hope that's the situation because they had some squeakers with chicago and green bay and as you said howard's everybody don't know how good they are this is mark van egan amanda tonight 834 yards he's tacking more on he gets the first down [Applause] not a thousand yard rushers this year oj sensing another incredible game yesterday against miami over 200 yards franco harris is over a thousand how about wallaby what a day he had 183 yards you'll be seeing some of his runs on a halftime highlight he's one of those players the opposite team likes to watch when they're off the field i mean the opposition offense on first down paper hands off to mark van eagle van egan inside the 35 close to the 34 it'll be second down and six with 115 remaining in the first quarter explosive offensive teams both of these ball clubs can't not remind you often enough of the importance for this game for cincinnati well the beauty to stabler frank is that he's such a pinpoint passer likes to operate in the 14 to 17 yard range but can diversify and throw the bomb again he has the time he's going deep and back there against lamar parish and i don't think you'll find much of an argument on this call that was a good call the rough was right over there i don't think lamar would thought bulletproof would go on the fly that's not his cup of tea he's an underneath man but he still has a lot of speed even in his 12th year let's look again judge for yourself there has to be a legitimate effort on lamar's part to play the ball he's playing the man obviously a face guard good call [Music] ball at the three yard line first and goal we'll look it again you'll really see it here lamar's waiting for blitnikov to come in that's why he's pushing him to the outside and he doesn't come in that was a good play uh idea too because it was second down it could have been a run and the lineman weren't really you know going for the quarterback was a lovely play good play hey alex cincinnati doesn't start pressuring a little bit well that matter if oakland doesn't start pressuring we're gonna have a basketball score tonight stable wide open casper second touchdown rule everybody the snake put it in took it out casper all alone he's just a great quarterback no question about it that's 25 touchdown passes on the year he's all alone the league leader in that department i was first stop first down and goal you think he might run one time but he goes right back and throws the ball and no one's around the receiver that's casper's eighth touchdown of the year his 40th reception so they can hit you on the outside they can go with the big tidy and earl mann on to the conversion [Music] and man extends the oakland raiders lead over the cincinnati bengals to 14 to six here it is again it really looked like they're laying down don't they they don't want to play the steelers i have in front of me a half-page ad in the oakland tribune of yesterday says dear oakland raiders we can't blame you for wanting to lie down monday night by sleeping through your game with cincinnati you probably won't have to face the super bowl champion pittsburgh steelers in the playoffs pleasant dreams sincerely and the ad was taken out by a family restaurant chain in the state of pennsylvania hurry up dave casper what a night he has and setting it up to boot is great guy as we look once again at casper remind you uh two weeks from the night we oriented a moment ago will be the liberty bowl that is of course going to be a beauty ucla and alabama guy hits it and hits another duty lily shelby will bring it up [Music] and shelby's pummeled all over the place but he gets out to the 19-yard line oakland extremely fired up that's what i was just whispering to alex just remember the way we opened the program if they win tonight everything they play in the playoffs will take place right here unless of course they get to pasadena i was just kidding you guys can't you guys think of joe they rarely ever lose in the oakland alameda county coliseum the oakland raiders first down booby park back in the game [Music] archie griffin and he bounces off tacklers out to the 21-yard line gain of two second down and eight finally corralled by willie hall seconds ticking away you're in the first quarter willie hall we spoke up a moment ago he was second round draft pick of new orleans in 72 and he got him as a free agent last year howard that's right and he has spit it into that defense just perfectly that 3-4 alignment they will not get the play off that's the end of the first quarter and oakland with two touchdown passes stabler to casper leads the cincinnati fan goes 14-6. bank americart today's way to pay presents multiple essence roasted pheasants electric choo choo trains fluffy kittens sweet candy canes ski lighting on the lessons cocktail glasses airline houses with bank america quick healers three-wheelers vacations in the sun setting skating party making having fun america [Music] united airlines makes me feel like the boss they know i'm a busy woman so they've given me more carry-on space than any other airline which i prefer to think of as carry off space i grab my case and that from above completely unsquashed i get my clothes free of wrinkles from the closet i whisk my suitcase from united's brand new luggage racks and the boss is on her way where you are the boss a center has to get off the line of scrimmage in order to build a reputation that block was a great moment for me but let me tell you about some other great moments the campfire girls are in the building business people building they help young ladies build their minds their bodies and their hearts you enable this development of youth to continue when you support the united way thanks to you it works for all of us the united way right girls the preceding announcement was brought to you as a public service by the national football league we're back oakland alameda alameda is tough to say in a row oakland alameda county stadium full house there's a full house of pittsburgh a full house in cleveland and they have to be sweaty because the raiders have a 14-6 lead over oakland second down and eight ball just over the 20-yard line flags all over the area and a whistle goes to stop the action as we await the call on this frank i've just gotten word that the baseball commissioner bowie kuhn has voided the atlanta braves signing of gary matthews formerly of the giants as a free agent and declared gary to be a free agent again now that's all i've gotten thus far can't fill you in on the further details those of you who follow baseball closely will remember that there were stories of tampering on number 76 on the offense okay there's the call stories of tampering with matthews by the braves prior to the re-entry drafts execution you heard the call vernon holland false start right tackle for cincinnati second down 13 ball at the 16-yard line [Music] anderson flag is down and mcdaniel breaks into the clear he has great speed daniel inside the 40 of oakland but a flag is down he really has tremendous speed you got another glimpse of it there you saw it when he was the receiver on the long touchdown bomb by kenny anderson we look again a holding call has been called against oakland naturally declined so this play stands but daniel takes it down to the 38-yard line and let's look at it from the blind maybe you can pick up the holding our cameraman archie griffin up there working on it over on the left side [Applause] [Music] in any event penalty against oakland declined cincinnati cincinnati at the 38-yard line of oakland first and 10. let's look at the catch again john mcdaniel chip myers and truth who normally plays there was considered questionable because of an injury but he's been questionable every week live action play action again by andersen he is nailed big number 72 john matuzak and he has found himself here at oakland all right good job okay i don't know what they do with these retread commodities here but they suddenly all come to life he was out of tampa university and as i said earlier the number one choice in the whole pro football draft the year he graduated well he's kind of a crazy guy isn't he off the field maybe they just leave them alone there it is top of your screen you see him roaring in there working against vernon holland shakes him off four years ago as howard said the first player picked in the draft didn't work out at houston went to kansas city right up there a couple of years clyde washington earlier in the year george allen let him go and now he's playing great football for oakland on second down 20. overthrown intended for isaac curtis it'll be third down long yardage [Music] anderson five of 10 114 yards came into tonight's game not with the best percentage of his career about 55 he's usually up there around 59 or 60 as a matter of fact in 74 and 75 he was the best passer in all of football according to the manner in which they are rated that's true but complex way they measure the quarterbacks this year with the running that he's gotten from griffin and booby he's been able to mix up his offense much more effectively third and 20. [Music] he dropped and he hangs it up and he has a man open and we're going to get another face guard call i think is don mcdaniel and it looked to be the same call we found earlier against lamar parish i'll tell you that mcdaniel has been a 10 strike as an insertion into the starting lineup by bill johnson and sail the call pass interference pushing is here the call [Applause] [Music] on the defense defensive pass interference he went out of bounds on the same place he financed first down on the one-yard line cincinnati engel george atkinson the guilty oakland raiders so cincinnati on a third down and 20 winds up with a first and goal at the one yard line we told you these teams were explosive well hang around you've seen nothing yet they really get it on banging in for the touchdown stan fritz [Applause] and that one conversion missed earlier by chris barr looms very large it will loom larger as the night progresses undoubtedly and in pittsburgh there is renewed tension they were breathing more easily for a moment when oakland assumed an eight-point lead but now it's down to one see i told you guys so i wasn't kidding cincinnati of course has the new york jets next week pittsburgh as houston cleveland has kansas city but they need help [Music] and this time chris barr the all-american soccer player from penn state hits so we have 13.50 remaining in the first half that's the story introducing the 1977 ford granada i'm back sweetheart who are you get out of my cadillac where's my granada oh my sweets my pet oh oh sorry i thought this was my cadillac well it's my mercedes you you animal no where were we what are you some kind of weirdo i know a wrong car get out of here one way to tell granada from cadillac and mercedes is it sticker price when america needs a better idea ford puts it on wheels i'm juan garrison and i don't smoke but i still enjoy tobacco smokeless tobacco likes gold here just a pinch between my cheek and gum and i get full tobacco pleasure and since i don't light up i can use it doing almost anything so go smokeless with skull copenhagen and happy days men but the black is you don't have to smoke to enjoy we're back in oakland we'll pause five seconds and allow our stations to identify themselves but don't go away chris barr has it on the tee deep for oakland number 33 is rick jennings and carl garrett is number 31. rick jennings watch out boy and you can see it open up as rick jennings gets all the way out to the 49-yard line flag went down over there i don't know whether it was to mark the out of bounds [Applause] or a possible penalty ball now being marked at the 46-yard line and a flag is down as we look back a moment ago to the touchdown by fritz [Music] here's the call and it goes against cincinnati again as you look at the touchdown a tripping call has been called against cincinnati to be marched off so there's oakland right back couldn't ask for a more exciting game we have a personal foul tripping on number 10 on the defense first down and 10 oakland raiders chris barr the kicker the soccer player from penn state was guilty of tripping [Music] first and 10 35-yard line oakland leading 14 to 13. it's going to be that way i have a feeling all night there comes a reverse first day on a block by george dealer did you see that one oh yeah terrific block fire really level we see it on replay watch number 64. he's been doing that for eight years one of the great offensive guards in football you'll see him come out number 64. 63 is upshaw that's the other guard you see that what a fine pair ford feeler gina shaw oddly with the same numbers as kramer and thurston in the glory days of the pack second down along two at the 27. this is clarence davis and reggie williams collects clarence davis reggie williams is quite a story ron pritchard their outside linebacker went out early in the year with knee surgery and reggie williams is one of the reasons this team for a long while is a top defensive team in the afc he's a rookie out of dartmouth you know what the tripping was all about you guys did you get that you know what was on look at that you know who that is that's chris barr tripping the kicker can you imagine he doesn't know any better though he figures anything he wants to do he can do on a football team he was a great soccer player i guess that's one of the tactics three times third down and six stabler has a month and it's almost picked off it was intended flag is down it was intended for glitten to call from ken riley almost took it flags all over the area tonight i think this call will be against billet nicole you got it bulletin the coffin rally got all tangled up down there they don't catch the wily old wide receivers with 12 years experience very often not a question of whether they do it is how they do it options being expressed there to defensive captain ron carpenter number 70. well we'll listen we have number 25 offensive pass interference on the offense penalty is declined it will be fourth down it's declined and that is going to bring out earl mann and let's look at it again there it is they really tried to stop him now they're putting in arrow man and look at the distance of this kick i wonder if errol can kick it this distance with any degree of regularity frank well in his past he has he's been around a long time however 48-yard attempt [Music] no good tommy bell indicates no good that we'll be returning to oakland in just a moment [Music] this engine is weaving its way through the mountains of oregon and pulling the incredible weight of 13 cars with a strap woven from flex 10 tire cord a goodyear exclusive tire cord is the main reinforcing agent in a tire flex 10 tire cord is made from a man-made aramid fiber that is pound per pound stronger than steel tensile strength is only one of the many performance properties in a tire but it's one of the most important flex 10 the tire cord of the future from goodyear stanley tools and hardware have 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tie into the bruins of ucla first and ten cincinnati ball of their own 31-yard line they trail by one booty clark boogie breakout tackles and he's out close to a first down over the 40-yard line on his own jack tatum fell off oh howard excuse me frank all this other system does a fine job here but the only thing he forgets is that he misses the tackle really come on he does a good job he holds his man up comes right to the outside just one more step otis come on baby that's tatum missing there atkinson saves it and that you'll rarely see tatum is one of the best one-on-one tacklers in all of football i think hollywood's hurt otis first down and short of the 42-yard line in cincinnati [Music] play action anderson fires under pressure intercepted money johnson has it and the big linebacker pulls back inside the 45-yard line of cincinnati and that time oakland put the footsteps around kenny anderson a first time tonight remember last year in the play officer was pressure upon anderson that won the game for oakland the tuzak was in there sistrunk was in there and that produces interceptions the 12th interception of the year for oakland there's my two zach and watch otis from the outside he must have heard me because he's really putting the pressure on now attaboy that's the way to go first down they'll say that they need 14 to 13. they're inside the 45-yard line of cincinnati [Applause] [Music] yard line it'll be second down and six well he's not the biggest guy in the world but he's a gutsy runner he puts that head down and bangs in as you just saw him do let's take a look at jim leclaire middle linebacker in isolation the claire's the guy who had the unenviable task of succeeding bill bergie regarded by some as the best of all in football but leclair has come into his own this year has tremendous range as that play evidence he's playing on a very sore ankle tonight but when you get to the end of the season you play on just about anything all right second down at six banazak comes in for van eagan who is standing up on the sidelines [Applause] davis and davis hit out around the 38 makes a couple more on his own to the 35. that's bonnie johnson the man who made the interception hi money from nebraska what a football player he's turned out to be he's developed every year van eagan apparently all right we've been informed just the wind knocked out of him we've seen that already tonight that's the kind of game we've had third down less than a yard as clarence davis battles to the 35 the two tight ends come in that means warren bankston he's number 46 and dave casper who has oakland's two touchdowns hope from ken stapleton number 87. [Applause] [Music] he has the first down boy this has been a great football player over the years it's unbelievable frank he's been around what 11 years every year they're ready to write him off there was a time when it looked like he'd be dropped but the roster reduction because he was good on special teams meant that oakland would keep him instead of charlie smith at the time they let charlie smith go he always goes in on short yardage situations or nearly always and always around the goal line and he in your words slithers in mr gifford he finds it he has four touchdowns on the year last year of course his best year ever 670 yards and he did that filling in on first down wide open and cincinnati is going to have to do something about casper they really are reggie williams again on the coverage and on the tackle but it's a first down for oakland he's a bull he's now up to 50 receptions on the year i'm not too bad i will say it again that's what happens when you have receivers like oakland on the outside branch and biletnikov they have almost got to be double covered if you're not getting your pass rush you've got to cover them but they're going to beat you so that means the tight end is going to run free carl garrett's here number 31. gets a call in a tremendous hole gets get seven yards down around the 13-yard line is going to be second down along three get there by tommy casanova a lot of time left in this the second quarter more than nine minutes 9 48 and counting down 14 to 13 the raiders over the bankers there's booby clark he had the win knocked out of him early on in the first quarter and suffered the same thing he's still over this we have garrett 31 baniszak 40 votes with the setbacks this is going to the first down he had to get to the 10 yard line it'll be third down and short [Music] and then comes the short garage offense bankston 46 comes in to supplement the blocking bankston out of tulane has been around eight years was once once with pittsburgh he's another of those retread opened operations he was the steelers second round pick at 69 i bet they're pulling for him tonight big hole banasak hits the first down down around the seven yard line it'll be first and goal well they're really blocking up front right now hey they're blowing them out they've got the equipment up there to do it with we've talked about dolby at center and the two guards dealer and upshaw and the two brilliant tackles shell and bella you've got the size the speed the mobility the experience they're enormous along that offensive line [Music] first and goal ball at the seven yard line garrett oh and look at peeler out in front garrett down inside the four yard line and boy george beeler just crushed a defensive back i love to see them run those sweeps because to me that's always been the most beautiful single offensive play in football as we look at it again yes well it was number 20 lamar parish that george bealer buried that's a tough job for those cornerbacks to come up and face those guards and try and turn that play in what was it mr lombardi said gift don't talk to me about trick formations you block better you tackle better you win upended inside the one by tommy casanova it'll be third down oh harris over there helping casanova fine athlete from lsu saves the touchdown o harris collecting the legs and tommy casanova driving him back to keep him out of the end zone now clarence davis comes back in number 28. he's in there with banazzak number 40. third down and goal less than the yard i davis just turned back at about [Applause] [Music] what's frank o'hara showing right now howard what's lin swan yelling right now what's rocky playa yelling right now they're gonna go for it on fourth down and that's what pittsburgh wants them to do too score 14-3 open another tense and troubled moment for a coach who's always it seems fence and trouble john madden [Music] fifth touchdown of the year that's the guy who does the job close in there seems to me he's been doing it forever 11 years this man's been around on the university of miami and he extends the oakland raiders lead we hit it right on the head i think over the years they're always looking to replace this man but they start counting up the things that he can do and well he can be on the special teams he's a good receiver and he just scored for oakland and here's earl man for the conversion [Applause] [Music] and it's good oakland raiders out in front of the cincinnati bengals 21-13 we have seven minutes remaining in the first half in this very crucial game what a beautiful way to spend a vacation this is paradise some of the most romantic hideaways in all the world are only hours away and a boeing jetliner of course some people have everything right in their own backyard but if you don't and you could use a little romance in your life get hold of your travel agent and get on a boeing jetliner the whole world out there waiting for you roses are red violets are blue light beer from miller i love you you got a third less calories in the regular beer and really are less filling which is something to cheer but what i like about all the rest is the way you taste you are the best yes blue is the violet and red is the rose and if you don't believe me i'm gonna break your nose like beer from miller everything you always wanted in a beer and less an aerial view of some 53 000 plus fans here at oakland ray guy has set it up to kick off to willie shelby of the cincinnati bengals now oakland leading the bengals 21-13 short kick by ray guy who's been putting it in the end zone and is taken there by stan fritz and prince gets out over the 30-yard line and give you an idea how this game has gone in terms of possession and oakland seemingly is holding on to that ball a little longer than cincinnati if you thought so you're right they've had it thirteen and a half minutes to cincinnati's nine and a half minutes and here's the touchdown again you just saw a close-up on the sidelines of banisack with that tough determined cut of the jaw almost but not quite lantern jaw [Music] first and ten call up the 33-yard line frank gifford howard cosell alex terrace we're watching a good anderson and wide open is isaac curtis he dropped the ball and i don't believe it was blown down but a bengal hustles in there number [Applause] who has it cincinnati cincinnati has the ball trying to find out who got it as well as we look at it again you see how quickly kenny anderson can come back and at this stage of the season you all know about cincinnati they're a resilient team with the weapons to come back immediately well nobody could find it until finally latham did first and ten cincinnati well just over their own 46 yard line archie griffin gets the ball and gets a couple of yards out close to the 50. call it the 49. it'll be second down at eight we had the bengals earlier on a monday night this year you fans will recollect the first half los angeles was all over them though they only had a six to nothing lead at halftime the second half the bengals came out and wiped out the rams by the way appear to be red hot at the moment in the wake of their 59 to nothing pumping of the thousands [Music] [Applause] second down at the 49-yard line second down at eight anderson right back with the same play and this time he uses john mcdaniel i'll tell you that mcdaniel made an amazing catch there absolutely sensational he not only does he have speed he has great hands and he can get up in the air he is having some night kenny anderson working over on skip thomas who is one of the highly respected cornerbacks here it is again but daniel there's skip thomas he gets in there late hendricks helps out but his first 10 cincinnati 33-yard line of oakland 5-10 on the clock and is moving towards the end of the half ruby clark and ruby park is upheld by number 83 that's ted hendricks said just about his first call of the night right flag is down and that's what i've been wondering about a key if there is a key for cincinnati which happens to be trailing by eight at the moment motion call is going to go against cincinnati oh look at that crowd they love their football out here and they have every reason to because this has been an incredible string of victorious years for the raiders eight divisional titles in nine years here's the call we have number 74 illegally in motion on the offense the penalty is declined it will be second down that's the shuttling guard for cincinnati lynn that's john madden and the point i was making is if there is a key for cincinnati as i emphasized before it's the fact that they've been able to keep hendrix off kenny anderson's back second down and eight the ball inside the 32 of the open raiders a little dinky do it fools no one a what that was kind of a half draw anderson runs by the setback movie park reaches back and gives it to him a dinky duel eh and that one will go back in the old file cabinet i used to do that to marion motley [Music] i remember seeing newsreels i was going to say that third down there's a loss of a yard it'll be third and nine chip myers comes in and we were worried wondering about him but he's in the action now number 25. like the bottom of your screen now out of your picture there goes john mccain three wide receivers one setback [Music] [Applause] this time sure hands isaac curtis could not hold on and that time teddy hendricks did get to kenny anderson just after kenny released the ball the mad stark they call hendricks 1970 when baltimore won the championship hendricks was with them and was i think popularly regarded as the best defensive player in the entire league okay chris barr is going to attempt a 50-yard field goal he was a second-round draft pick he has plenty of foot he's had a couple over 50 already this year marvin cobb off to the left no good open will have good field position they take over the line of scrimmage that's the 32-yard line and that's our story oakland 21 cincinnati 13. i mentioned the los angeles rams a moment ago folks don't forget the saturday night the wind-up of this season's monday night football even if it is on a saturday night with the rams against the lions the giants upset the lions yesterday played a fine game in the process but the lions have been good enough to challenge such as the minnesota vikings to whom they lost by a bear one point earlier on in the season and the rams think this is their year one first and ten stable as a man wide open with the speaks for brent and cliff branch had the respect of ken riley who's laying off about seven yards and they're slipped you talk about great play selection tonight frank i think that stabler no question about it is doing a fine job at quarterback and that particular player right there you think he's going to run but he throws the ball he passes the ball on second down in short yardage and it really crosses that defense i like it too alex he's calling his own i think quarterback almost has to call his own although they very few up do it anymore first of all if he calls it himself he feels responsible for it makes a big difference on first and ten but cincinnati's 48 a flag is down as van eagan is back in the game and gets to the 44. it'll be again a three second down at seven but a flag is down [Music] while we await the call on this one it seems to me alex illegal motion against oakland by the way that catch by cliff branch his first of the night takes him over a thousand yards again this season he did it back in 1974. [Music] he has ripped off an incredible amount of you know that's 32 at three years john matusek is an interesting idea and i think what happened to him out here they gave him a pet rock for his birthday you know yeah pet rock every morning he takes it off for a drag he's very happy out here did you get that steve i'm sorry i'm not sure i followed that was cliff branch illegally in motion for oakland first down 15. [Music] gets a bunch of it back on that little turn and he is virtually unstoppable game after game year after year i was saying about stabler alex and frank the thing about kenny now is his total confidence in himself right it shows well he should with that arm well the year they tried you out at quarterback i thought well i have a little confidence it'll be second down at six the ball at cincinnati's 43-yard line 245 remaining in the first half another slide goes down as carl garrett tries the right side far short of the first down appended at the 42 yard line it'll be a gain of one but the flag is down at the line of [Music] scrimmage lots of laundry action tonight [Music] another motion call again against oakland now the bengals have a little bit of a decision it's third and four the way it is now could have been one of the guards might have been on george on uh george beale it looked like they moved trying to get the job before versus dealer was coming out ahead of that play here's the call number 64. was illegally in motion on the offense yeah george buehler just takes a little quick jump here there you can see it just a little bit there that's all it needs though it's all you have to do so it'll be second down and 10. [Music] ball resting at the 48 yard line [Music] both to the right the tight end casper top of your screen number 87. carl garrett left side and garrett down around the 41-yard line where it's going to be third down and four gary burley hustled over there number 67 for cincinnati to make the stop it's been a nice find for cincinnati this year this picture a year ago was out last year with injuries from pittsburgh where johnny mages will be no longer two-minute warning is coming up [Music] and when we return to oakland it will be a third down and four for the oakland raiders at the 42-yard line of cincinnati the size reductions of some 77 cars are making news time says an amazing shrinking act newsweek calls it the big scale down well the size changes are significant for example the ford ltd now has a longer wheelbase and is longer and wider than chevrolet caprice or impala in fact the ford ltd is now about the same size as the cadillac deville and ltd has more trunk space is a little wider even has more hip and shoulder room than the cadillac and of course chevrolet yet ltd is priced not like the cadillac but comparably equipped the ford ltd is sticker priced like a downsized chevrolet so this year when you pay a full size price make sure you get a full size value like ford ltd it has the full size of a cadillac yet it's priced like a downsized chevrolet when america needs a better idea ford puts it on wheels [Music] ah they speak with but if i kill our colleague [Music] we have some incredible bowl games coming up and we're going to be telling you about them a little later on of course two weeks from tonight the liberty bowl alabama and ucla super games coming up coach terry donahue in his very first season nine one and one with ucla we can discuss that one third down and four for oakland fabler goes to the air fires over the middle then his cliff france he has a first down inside the 35-yard line ken riley with him all the way but the snake zipped it in there he really did we got a minute 46 to go in the half counting down remember this nobody but nobody works the two-minute clock better than kenny stabler at the quarterback position he's an absolute master he has three timeouts as does cincinnati bulletin branch both go to the top of your screen spread to the inside ocean is carrot stapler goes with the screen van eagan van eagan got a little anxious he had blockers in front of him cut back inside and a super defensive play by reggie williams that was a super defensive play and he gotten past reggie had nothing but open territory ahead of him i sure wish he would have pulled up and let the blockers go out gene upshaw was right in front of him and he i knew it was upset because he had reggie williams in his sights watch number 63. now if you hang right there van eagan go to the outside you got a bunch of yards that's what frank would have done i probably wouldn't have been that close would that have been better it's going to be second down and eight stabler uses one of his time times out [Music] he has two remaining another reminder folks hyundai night football this saturday night from the silver dome in pontiac michigan the los angeles rams against the detroit lions rams in the playoff of course but seeking to achieve as we look at that magnificent cranial odor system alex garrus to be an old ram [Music] they got him from the rams some time ago did we congratulate the rams by the way oh let's congratulate all six teams that have made the playoff spots thus far there are two unsettled we've discussed tonight's game and it's impact at some length and of course the eastern division of the nfc is unsettling what that wild card has done to the races of football second down and eight stabler will go on top frank is down as carl garrett gets close to the first down but again a flag is down brother mark van eagan l as a receiver paul is back in the holding area and that's indeed what it is holding against oakland erase that one [Music] upshot number 63 of you from our goodyear blimp magnificent night full moon temperature relatively mild and a huge capacity crowd on hand let's see if we can we can see the holding no no you can't [Music] on the offense well we missed the name we heard it before jean upshaw number 63 guilty of holding it'll be second down about 19 the ball now at the 42-yard line of cincinnati once again oakland 21 cincinnati 13. bus game almost for cincinnati and cliff branch makes a dazzling short of the first down he had all day all night you could have had all year to throw that ball he is getting the time well look again just watch this unbelievable well look at dolby 50. 63 is up shaw 64 is veler and they protect their man and stabler goes with another timeout he's down to one now we'll look at france his diving catch riley got in front of it in the zone and never could find cliff france oh we were talking about some of the evol action that we have coming up for you here on abc we think it's exciting we're talking about the liberty bowl there are many others look and listen abc sports presents an outstanding lineup of postseason ncaa action beginning monday evening december 20th with ucla against alabama and the liberty bowl one week later the fighting irish of notre dame meet joe paterno's penn state team in the gator bowl and then new year's day heisman trophy winner tony dorsett leads the number one team in the country pittsburgh in a classic sugar bowl showdown with fourth ranked georgia three sensational bowl games right here on abc [Music] hi mom how are you a great bowl lineup coming your way right here on abc third down a long three ball at the 28 yard line stabler has one timeout remaining still on the sidelines chip chatting with head coach john madden stapler has completed 10 out of 12 on the night gift a total of 113 yards and he's completed his last six pass and if they don't start getting a little hustle on him he'll complete the next 10 or 15. well i think defensively sits in cincinnati must have must make an adjustment and i hope they start shooting linebackers a little bit [Music] against stable that can kill you alex but you got to take the risk well if you don't if you don't have the front four rushing you've got to do something 31 seconds remaining in the first half that's a key point about the oakland offensive line tonight they have really contained boy bacon when we last saw koi frank remember what he did to the rams he's got a pretty good man on him over there number 78 art shell that's the key match-up [Music] all right we're ready to go john matt wanted a little explanation from every tom bell he got it he's satisfied oakland down to one timeout 51 seconds remaining in the first half and they go with this week carl garrett and hustling up there at number 20 lamar parish he held on till his friends came no first down it'll be fourth down and we're going to see her old man at least he is on the field there he is number 14. fourth down at the 30-yard line and nope called him back and sabler comes back out to san jose [Music] the attempt would have been approximately 46 yards that could dictate john madden's [Applause] decision first you remember earlier in the year george flanders was released by the oakland raiders because they had drafted fred steinfort from boston college a great kicker a little hard feelings generated from that signport pulled a muscle earl man came in on the eighth game [Music] garrett is in motion the handoff goes to bannock he will not make the first jim leclair oh hustle over there that time he didn't make it we've talked about leclair before having a big year and the real of course we've already touched on it the reason that john didn't go for the field goal was lack of confidence and man's ability to kick it for the distance cincinnati now takes over as we look at baniszak's efforts again and a fine effort there by number 55 leclair and cincinnati has 41 seconds and three times out they begin at their 27-yard line laneville elliott number 36 is in there he's a good receiver rudy clark is the other setback and we were going for john mcdaniel and this time willie brown right back there with him and he got help from number 32 jack tatum the free safety right [Music] 21-13 a lot of outfits we look at head coach bill johnson he has the hat on he was a great offensive center with the 49ers you remember that far back he's 50 years old friend when he quit 19 years ago i guess it was did you play against him at all no i mean yeah i did as a matter of fact i think he quit in 1955. that's mike mccormick who is standing with him another fine offensive coach his second down and 10. [Music] this is elliott when he runs into hendricks and number 58 bonnie johnson elliot is a versatile back he's an able player with the start of the year one betrayed it as we have another timeout called because he wanted regular duty and wasn't destined to get it he is as frank said a fine receiver and that's the way they primarily use them using them often on third down situations in the manner that jimmy kick used to be used by miami and so many others anderson coming back from his visit with head coach bill johnson phone wires burning up to the press box for the talking with assistant coaches [Music] coming up saturday you uh handled that russian boxing i told you i really enjoyed that it was like going back to montreal a little competition in the heavyweight classification only between the united states and the soviet union and you fans are going to really enjoy it because you're going to see the soviet heavyweight igor vesatsuki who was not on the soviets olympic team but who was twice defeated tayofilo stevenson the gold medalist from cuba and you're going to see another muhammad ali and gregory page 17 year old from louisville who's terrific third down and three the ball for 35 yard line cincinnati now two timeout and mcdaniel's wide open and anderson having to throw over willie brown through it long jack tatum covering willie brown underneath classical oakland raider zone he was really wide open [Applause] pat mcanally comes in on fourth down can't help frank but be enormously impressed by mcdaniel i am i really like his speed i'd say another happening on saturday bakersfield is going to play in the junior rolls bowl alex against ellsworth islesworth iowa so i hope that baker's field loses frank not the fact that you're from bakersfield but i like to see ellsworth ellsworth one in the nation bakersfield number two do you know where ellsworth is i know you know where bakersfield is macanally sets the fun away neil calzi is deep low kick goes [Music] and he's promptly gathered up at the 39-yard line hustling down there melvin morgan [Music] open with one time out 14 seconds and a half that's it 14 seconds take a miracle here [Music] a starback pass to drew pearson in the waning seconds [Music] not about trying to get it in field position but he will not be risking anything they are going to go into the locker room things remain the same 21 to 13 over cincinnati this has to be like pittsburgh it has to delight cleveland and eagan works on the clock out to the 44-yard line coy bacon made the stop they're going to let it run down oakland satisfied as we approach halftime and there it is oakland satisfied with a 21-13 lead over cincinnati highlights from yesterday coming up don't go away [Music] [Applause] all right you going i'll see get ready for color can you give a brand new day instant color [Music] this is the first christmas for kodak instant cameras and film in minutes you get instant pictures with color by kodak instant pictures protected by a beautiful textured satin luxe finish and all that color so get ready get set [Music] get a kodak instant camera from less than 54 dollars [Applause] at your photo dealers this christmas next on rich man poor man book two the two boys i call my family slugged it out viciously it seems the whole world's turned on rudy estep's getting away with murder literally falconetti's loose again but the whole world is charles zest tomorrow at 9 8 when mounted on abc [Music] that's the scene live from our goodyear blimp at the oakland alameda county coliseum where at halftime the raiders enjoy an eight-point edge over the cincinnati bengals it's been an exciting active game from the very beginning the scoring went like this early on cincinnati a long march resulting in a touchdown pass a bomb from kenny anderson to surprise starter john mcdaniel a youngster from lincoln three years experience brilliant speed and here it is anderson at this point in the game giving superb protection heaving downfield and look at mcdaniel who was beating willie brown the veteran cornerback the extra point was missed that can add up and is adding up more and more as the game progresses six to nothing cincinnati immediately oakland came back sparked by kenny stabler and then finally a 25-yard pass from stabler to dave casper number 87 the brilliant young tight end from notre dame and here that play is stapler 2 getting outstanding protection right down the middle and look at casper grab the ball he's got great hands then oakland scored again and again it was stabler to casper a three-yard pass did that in the second quarter cincinnati scored stan fritz on a one-yard run and then pete baniszak the veteran moved in from the one-yard line 21-13 the half-time score now to our weekly feature a halftime highlights evolving from yesterday's game and tonight from a saturday game too they had to pick the ice away at municipal stadium in cleveland ohio to get ready for the browns against the oilers and what a day for that grounds defense you saw that hit on billy white shoes johnson another good day for quarterback brian seif who turned the surprising grounds around this season there he's rolling right and hitting reggie rucker downfield listen the early going a tough day to grip the football to throw the football and even more to catch the football but seif did the job anyway right here throwing deep downfield into the end zone hitting 42 the great veteran paul warfield the browns took a seven to nothing lead went on to win it 13-10 in the king dome at seattle washington the seattle seahawks giving the bears a good game of it for the first half but what a day for walter payton the brilliant sophomore running back who exceeded gail says rushing record for a season right here you see him going for 36 yards only typical of the day though look at him here first through the middle b is right follows his block as beautifully has the speed to turn the corner accelerating before two tacklers finally up ended and this still another example goes right uses number 65 beautifully then again that spear to turn down the sidelines and then cut back in before finally being caught from behind that run good for 44 yards a big day two for quarterback bob avelina two for three touchdown pass right here he hits james scott the refugee from the world football league who has come back big from knee surgery remember the jets dropped him now avellini again throwing to the same target james scott watch him he made the tackle cutting right and he'll go pouring in again for the touchdown as the bears sprung to a 34-7 win over seattle yelling rams at home to the atlanta falcons pat hayden the quarterback the rams leading at this point nine to nothing young hayden with a powerful throwing on that belies his smallish body 53 yards to ron jesse that set up another ram touchdown the rams really boarded on the falcons all day long james harrison there now nobody's got a more powerful throwing on than harris and here he hits white scales for a rams touchdown at this point the score became 52 to nothing they wanted 59 to nothing we've got them saturday night against detroit bush memorial stadium st louis missouri saturday pass big game the colts against the big red and jimmy hart with the score tied seven or seven pips terry metcalf now look at that what balance he never went down touchdown the cards take the 14 14-7 lead now the score is 14-10 the guards threaten and steve jones gets the handoff from jimmy hart the young man from duke first through four yards touchdown that made it 21-10 then midway in the fourth quarter the score is 21-17 and the colts are driving but look at john zuck zucker bert jones from the blind side jones never knew what hit him the ball captured by charlie davis and that stopped the cold drive and that set up a saint louis field goal making it 24-17 still the colts tried to come back jones leading his team now this throw out of nowhere kenny reeves and this young man is some secondary he was great with atlanta got traded to new orleans wound up with the big red and they don't regret it that stopped the cult and so the saint louis cardinals in a must-win game kept their playoff hopes alive 24-17 in 1976 hill climb tests a ford pinto pony beat a toyota corolla and a datsun v210 that same kind of excellent performance is built into the 77 ford pinto with his new optional glass hatchback exciting new front-end styling and his new flip-up removable roof option america's best-selling small car last year is an even better idea for 77. when america needs a better idea ford puts it on wheels what makes this television different from any other in the world this button it brings you a home video game built in a magnavox exclusive one touch and it's magnavox color tv with a color picture of astonishing clarity touch again and it's odyssey america's favorite home video game why settle for just color tv when now you can have a built-in home video game too only from magnavox that's rookie quarterback craig penrose from san diego state he gets a starting shot for the broncos and he makes good use of the opportunity right here his throwing to haven moses eight yard touchdown pass the bronx lead the kansas city chiefs seven to nothing the bronx fell behind ten to seven penrose went to work again riley odom's the brilliant tight end escaped that tackle and evaded that tackler and evaded that one and on he goes for a touchdown the broncos leaded 14 to 10 but as the first half was about to end a brilliant play fake by mike livingston the kansas city quarterback he goes over from the right side all alone the conversion attempt blocked 16-14 kansas city but penrose came back in the late going hitting haven moses again he goes out of bounds that leaves it up to old high shoes jim turner who kicked three in the jet super bowl victory those many years ago now he adds another and denver wins at 17-16 they're eight and five as short of their best record in 16 years at san diego stadium tough ball game overtime contest seven and seven the 49ers in the charge now dan fout going to charlie joyner who is having a brilliant year after being traded by the cincinnati bengals that played good for 30 yards and it's set up now for the charges to win in overtime the lightly used mercury morris gets the hand off sprints around the left side tears in for the touchdown no need for the extra point the san diego charge has come up with a big victory 13-7 over the 49ers with upset minnesota last monday now it's miami against buffalo in the orange bowl in miami and it's early in the game to score 3-3 the juice gets the handoff from orangey went through that hole on the left side down the left sideline with his via world-class printing speed nobody can touch it 75 yards touchdown the bills lead 10-3 his sixth 200-yard or better game in his career that's a new league record but the dolphins strike back durielle harris from don strut and they tie the score at 10 to 10. it was an extraordinary day for this young man and a game that amounted to attract me freddie solomon on a punt return watch him go nobody's going to get nearer 79-yard punt return touchdown miami jumps into a 17-10 lead really in the fourth period it's 31-20 miami now look at this reverse the handoff to freddie salad he had a simply extraordinary day following his blockage now coming left to the left sideline he's all alone for a touchdown don schuller liked the proceedings and now this leads us to our play of the week brought to you by muriel where there's muriel smoke there's fire and this same young man is involved in our player of the week and he has to be the player of the week pretty soon back to pass goes don struck downfield solomon is well done double covert but an incredible leap and just as incredibly keeps his balance goes in for the score 53 yards touchdown miami won it 45-27 in an exciting game over buffalo and right there the player of the week and the player of the week fred sullivan [Music] halftime activities winding up here at oakland that's the story oakland over cincinnati 21-13 we have a half to go and abc's monday night football the cincinnati bengals versus the oakland raiders is being brought to you by ford in your local ford dealer when america needs a better idea ford puts it on wheels test drive all fords better ideas for 77 at your local ford dealer now and we'll be ready for the second half kickoff after this message and a word from our local stations next on family a visit from doug's sister creates a family crisis you are accusing my sister of being an alcoholic i am a drunk drunks need booze and i'm all out you've had too much to drink you are no condition to drive family tomorrow at 10 9 central and [Music] mountain [Applause] [Music] the oakland raiders came to play they leave the cincinnati bengals 21-13 they're looking for the home field advantage there is head coach bill johnson of the cincinnati bengals again what is on the line if open can defeat cincinnati tonight that will throw cincinnati into a three-way divisional tie with pittsburgh and cleveland as we look at the statistics and of course time to possession a key factor oakland was 1709. that's an adding 12-51 and [Music] cincinnati of course more total yardage but if they should win in a tie and if cincinnati should beat the jets next week if pittsburgh beats houston cleveland beats kansas city pittsburgh would win the division because they have the best record among the three teams within that central division of the afc they are three in one they beat cincinnati twice they beat cleveland once and you better believe that we have the attention of the pittsburgh steelers team tonight they did a great job after a slow start and of course cleveland just has they've been fantastic what a job they've done this year we're underway chris barr rips it and this is rick jennings and he's up ended but i think he is down he went down and the ball bounced free he was hit by a hustling melvin morgan for cincinnati and he could be hurt he was kicked in the shin i believe with a knee up ended just look again this open field attacking is very very dangerous for ball pressure i'll see right there well melvin morgan has been a standout on the special teams all year long a rookie for mississippi valley as we look at him again one of 11 rookies on this very young and still so very good cincinnati look at this and as we look at it again jennings is on his feet being assisted with a slight lift from the field appears to be all right we certainly hope so there he is rick jennings a 11th round draft pick out of maryland and a good kickoff return man he ran two back for touchdowns last year for maryland all right set to go open again leading 21 to 13 over cincinnati they are playing for that home field edge they don't want to play in the east during the playoffs on first and ten clarence davis [Music] left side and hustles out around the 24-yard line it'll be second down and six and let's meet the oakland raiders ken stabler was 10 for 12 in that first half here's the rest of the offense clarence davis running back los angeles california mark fanigan running back branson rhode island fred baletnikov wide receiver valley center california clifford branch wide receiver houston texas david casper tight end stockbridge wisconsin and the youngster from stockbridge wisconsin and notre dame has two of those touchdowns of the oakland raiders in the first half and here comes van egan and he has the first down after the 35 that offensive line of the oakland raiders that dominated in the first half picks up where they left off huge hole right down the middle dave dalby doing some job 64 is feeler dalby is 50 and you're right and van eagan does the rest on his own out to the 35 first and 10. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] single setback van eagan gets the call and hustles for another five yards up to the 40. pursued caught by bob brown let's beat that front defensive for cincinnati gary burley defensive end urban crest ohio bob brown defensive nose guard hometown west memphis arkansas ron carpenter defensive tackle thomasville north carolina court bacon defensive end oceanside california when that coy bacon's the stories two years of minor league football picked up by dallas back in 67 traded to the rams he went to san diego and now he's doing it for cincinnati second and five and egan doing the work about a yard short of a first down it'll be third and short let's meet the linebackers for cincinnati beau harris linebacker shreveport louisiana jim leclerc linebacker hometown south st paul minnesota reggie williams linebacker flint michigan there they are the dempsey front four for cincinnati they're linebackers did reggie get from michigan to dartmouth college in the hills of hannibal [Applause] jennings we have been informed to strain his knee will probably not be back third less than a yard the ball at the 44-yard line of oakland then eagan gets the call gets the first down out over the 45. it'll be first content for oakland and they continue to do howard what they did in that first half that's the work of the offensive line and young van eagan the second back of oakland out of colgate van hegen is putting his head down and getting that three and four yards every time he carries that ball right now he's really putting it to him oh is billy come on heading for a thousand yard year with the right player personnel department you can find great players everywhere and this man can develop them john madden [Music] first and ten stabler a lot of time and a flag goes down as branches down around the 45-yard line a gate of eight but again a flag is down flag was in the area where baletnikov was paletnikov is claiming that he was in a beard [Applause] [Music] tonight tommy bell very colorful referee as a flare a little sense of humor does tommy belt right now frank i'd like to present an amplification uh here's the call we got number 20 defensive holding penalty will be refused it will be second down and one lamar parish guilty against fred baletnikov you will see it tara's number off put it in his trophy cage [Music] [Applause] [Music] it'll be second down and one carl garrett in now number 31 he's in there with mark van gaan those are the setbacks for the open raiders [Music] oakland on the move frank in the first half based upon information that came to us from new york i said that baseball commissioner bowie kuhn had voided the signing of free agent gary matthews formerly of san francisco by the atlanta braves now on a clarification and an amplification we are told that the baseball commissioner mr bowie kuhn has sent a telegram to ted turner the owner of the atlanta braves saying that he is considering considering voiding the sun one first down stabler back a lot of time going for grant hey oh and what a spectacular catch against ken riley cliff branch and he continues to amaze even the people that have watched it from the days he played football down in houston all right right now i don't know who's going to win this football game cincinnati can still come back and win it but where are all those people who are writing all week and saying all week that the oakland raiders might not put out to the ottomans all the wise guys [Music] there he is cliff france at 9-3 speed he's working against ken riley will probably be an all-pro this year raleigh has six interceptions that time branch just took it away from me earl man for the conversion and man is good and it was 28-13 and pittsburgh and cleveland must be going up in smoke there he is a man of the moment we'll be back i'm going to ride in this cable car suspended by cable made from flex tan tire cord over royal gorge tire cord is the main reinforcing agent in a tire tensile strength is only one of many performance properties in a tire but it's one of the most important flex 10 a goodyear exclusive was developed from a man-made aramid fiber that is pound for pounds stronger than steel flex 10 the tire cord of the future from goodyear [Applause] some of the clearest bluest water in all the world is only one day away on a boeing jetliner the baja the caribbean the south pacific of course some people have everything right in their own backyard but if you don't and warm water is your thing get hold of your airline and get on a boeing jetliner there's a lonely cove somewhere waiting for you [Music] bill johnson looking on at cincinnati bengals who have played so well all year are in trouble the arm of kenny sabler has been magnificent tonight 42-yard touchdown pass a moment ago to cliff grant set to kick off ray guy deep willy shelby and rt griffin guy connects it'll be shelby at the 5. and tell me up to the 25-yard line cincinnati will have to try and get back into it we'll look at it again if you want to see a great kid keep your eye on this one ken reilly did not have that bad of position nope he just mistouched it and cliff bratz never took his eyes off it sure handed all the way as he has been for the last five years oh can he run look at that stride on branch that reception it goes to 1088 yards on the season first and ten cincinnati their own 25-yard line down and six and let's meet the offensive unit of the cincinnati bengals first canadian ken anderson quarterback batavia illinois archie griffin running back columbus ohio booby clark running back jackson's applause phillip brooks wide receiver university of oklahoma hometown austin texas isaac curtis wide receiver from santa ana california bob trumpy tight end springfield illinois look at the offensive unit of cincinnati second down and sixth the ball at the 29-yard line [Music] [Applause] anderson has it batted away and it could have been either number 74 dave or john matuza it is dave rowe [Music] the thing to remember about cincinnati though is this they trailed oakland in the playoffs a year ago 31-14 oakland valley spray pie 31-38 you'll remember this team can execute the big play cincinnati they've got the speed out there right now at the moment you've seen john mcdaniel isaac curtis number 85 great speed third down six [Music] flags anderson just throws this away i think he suspected this call is going to go against oakland however there were two have went it could have been somebody being drawn off offsides oakland let's meet the defensive front three of cincinnati here they are jump to zach in milwaukee no creepers dave rowe defensive tackle i live in asheboro north carolina older sister truck defense in columbus georgia man there's three tough looking dudes i wouldn't want to tangle them anywhere they are doing quite a job tonight against cincinnati and they lost early in the year tony klein horse jones kelvin korver art toms those all were the linemen from last year the only one that survived is odor system from the team they thought they'd have all out third and short third and about a yard this is tony davis the rookie from nebraska he gets the first down out close to the 40-yard line to show you the kind of year kenny stable is having it's the fifth time this year he's thrown three touchdown passes in a game and he's now got 26 touchdown passes on the season that ties his best mark ever [Music] [Applause] [Music] ball at the 41-yard line cincinnati [Music] anderson had trumpy open again and he had to release it a little a little earlier than he wanted to again they continue to cover trumpy with the linebackers bonnie johnson over there working on trumpet and zuzak however put the pressure on kenny anderson he had to release the test a little early bill johnson now a worried coach and john madden is never unworried bill johnson looks a little bit from certain angles like tommy pro throw you know frankie does anderson incomplete his last five passes second down and 10. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] not incomplete here john mcdaniel gets the first down steps over midfield on 49 yard line let's meet the linebackers now for cincinnati hillville piano linebacker asbury park new jersey monty johnson middle linebacker lincoln nebraska willie hall linebacker new britain connecticut ted hendricks linebacker miami florida my point being is cincinnati could use them good cover gift good governor mcdaniel now six receptions 171 yards all inside the 49-yard line cincinnati trying to get back into it they trailed 28 to 13. [Music] going long and icy curtis down the sidelines and almost picked off and then almost caught by curtis it was number 32 jack tatum back there covering [Applause] so close as we look at it again this is exactly what i meant anderson has come back capacity now he got a break there because the ball was well tatum tried to catch it with his elbows instead of his hands frank i was skipped thomas and there's zach tatum getting double coverage skip thomas almost had it yes now look at this and those are the things that you think about in april and may and wonder why you're not in the playoffs second down and ten motion man mcdaniel [Applause] anderson rifles one out there to isaac curtis he has it and as you can see just just short of a first down skip thomas again doing a fine job of coverage [Music] [Applause] got a lot of ufc defensive backs already look around skipped thomas charles phillips marvin cobb for cincinnati 902 left in the third quarter anderson has his team on the move it'll be third and less than a yard tony davis comes in he's that fourth round draft pick out of nebraska he's in there with stan chris second-year man out of north carolina state those are the setbacks for cincinnati on short yardage [Applause] chris uh was going to hurdle and couldn't find anyone to go over but he gets the first down down to the 37-yard line those noises you keep hearing in the background fireworks enthusiastic fans hope they're very careful where they set them off john mcdaniel having an extraordinary night six receptions as frank noted 172 yards tough reception game on the air ron jesse 220 odd seven catches against miami on october third first and ten anderson play action this time going to turkey to discover intercepted by african sun but a flag is down [Applause] looks like it might be against oakland i think it was ted hendricks to just bap someone there slapped him on the helmet first of foul oakland boy was a big play for cincinnati [Applause] was it ted let's watch ted hendricks right now and see if he was guilty of an infraction uh yeah oh a little one oh rufus mays has been frustrating ted hendrix all night here it is so that keeps cincinnati very much alive let's listen for the call we have number 83 personal foul on the defense first down in 10. and the ball at the 22-yard line of [Music] [Applause] oakland cincinnati battling to get back into this their future is rather dark if they lose this tonight archie griffin back out he'll go in 22 yards oh archie griffin and now you know why this man won the highest award twice what a move he put on 32 jack tatum he just left tatum strewn upon the ground he suckered him out and credited to that offensive line [Music] absolutely perfect execution so here they are fighting back so they never know where they'll be very [Music] [Applause] [Music] and it's and good an extra point back in the first quarter do you remember when we'll be back raiders over cincinnati 28-20 if anybody loves trains 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[Applause] bar riffles one and this is you begin his first action of the night and again out to the 27-yard line and let's go back and look archie griffin with the beautiful blocking by the offensive line they open up a great hole there it is shinner's with a fine box now watch the move he puts on another fellow ohio state alumnus that's tatum number 32. and he just collects a lot of air atkinson 43 too late [Applause] you begin to return the kickoff is of course the same you begin or used to be with the miami dolphins good runner [Applause] all right we have 803 here in the third quarter an offensive football game is a figure debate van eagan nailed and dropped koi bacon number 79. there's a loss of three it'll be second down in 13. ron pritchard is in the game for cincinnati we did not expect to see him we told you about his knee surgery early in the year [Applause] oh he's a tough cookie that was a big hit and an important hit by koi bacon [Music] second down 13 ball up to 22. and davis clarence davis picking his way gets the first down out around the 40-yard line alex they couldn't have had a more important play come at a more vital time than that particular one picking up the first down look at that hole and look at the block by number three look at the balance into the outside he goes just a natural instinct i don't think you can teach people that they open everyone blocks and works on this offensive club do you see 21 blocking that's cliff france the little speedster he's out there blocking danny again right side and this time he's rippled there by number 67 gary burley george atkinson number 43 the man who made the interception that was nullified in the wake of the penalty against ted hendricks george atkinson reflects very deeply the rivalry the intense dislike that the raiders and the steelers have for one another today he filed a three million dollar lawsuit against three parties the pittsburgh steelers the oakland tribune and pittsburgh coach chuck knowles all dates back to a controversial play involving him and lynn swann when the two teams met earlier in the season second down at 12 this is cliff branch on the reverse and cliff branch turns the corner gets 10 yards out of it it'll be third down and two of the ball out around midfield that was a great call he sure does turn it on you know a lot of track men come into football and they don't know how to run the shoulder pads and carrying that thing it isn't heavy but it just makes things a little awkward but cliff branch can do it what did i say the lawsuit was three million dollars fella just came into this booth i don't know what he signed for but it may be close reggie jackson the newest of the yankees third less than a yard banazzak and he came very close i don't know key series for oakland howard mentioned and i think he is indicating that he thinks he has it and we'll have a measurement [Applause] i don't see any change in as we await the measurement in reggie jackson's attire frank he's just wearing the usual mink coat he's wearing a five thousand dollar jacket banazzak was right he has the first down oakland continues to move they continue to work on the clock 5 59 remaining in the third quarter let's go back to the first game of the season 31-28 oakland defeated pittsburgh this the controversial play involving george atkinson and lynn swann right there was when george gave lynn a belt he said he thought they were throwing to lynn subsequently all kinds of statements first down stabler kicks off leclair picked it off and then dropped the ball and cincinnati cincinnati retains possession [Applause] jim leclaire they'll tell you in cincinnati they think he's all pro in the middle well that's the break cincinnati needed well i don't know where kenny was putting this i couldn't understand that throw at all right into a crowd of white shirts [Applause] maybe he's anticipating casper was going to continue his boot over the medal in any event sometimes you have to throw between defensive lineman and you just don't see it all developing cincinnati good field position their own 49-yard line 5 30 remaining in the third quarter and they trail by eight anderson had no place to put the ball archie griffin slipped went to his knees and anderson loses a yard 5 24 and counting down left in the third quarter cincinnati is all the time in the world if that defense can hold together and if they can move the football oakland's first turnover of the night [Applause] all right mcdaniel 86 goes to the top of your screen 85 isaac curtis to the bottom second down and 11. [Applause] griffin now in motion and anderson gets his picked off by monty johnson so one turnover deserves another i guess and oakland is back in possession they'll have a first and ten their own 40-yard line and well you can imagine what goes on with each turn of the football in pittsburgh and cleveland and time to give it right back they had the auth used word momentum going for them and they gave it right back monty johnson at the interception we'll be back you fly a lot closer to the crops than to the clouds but when those last acres are dusted you know it's miller time time to head for the best tasting beer you can find it's time to relax america's quality beer miller highlights i'm joe namath and this is the new double mac by hamilton beach it makes two burgers in 60 seconds and flips its grid to make great sandwiches too the lid is also a terrific mini grill makes bacon and eggs pork chops pancakes hot dogs minute steaks fried potatoes just about anything you want to cook you can cook double quick with the new double mag the best thing from hamilton beach since the little mac and the butter up popper only from the hamilton beach scoville world of appliances bonnie johnson the man who just made his second interception of the evening 6'5 240 fourth year out of nebraska you get a linebacker that size with his kind of swiftness and range you've really got something there's another developing in the mold of monty johnson that's brad van pelt with the giants who had a brilliant day yesterday he is huge too first and ten mark van eagan right side gets four it'll be second down and six [Music] two weeks from tonight the liberty bowl ucla and alabama to be with us [Music] coming your way this saturday night the silverdome pontiac michigan the los angeles rams against the detroit lion yeah and they're going to get killed too detroit will stomp on him they were just waiting for him that's why they they lost to the giants frank van eager now with 58 yards clarence davis and clarence davis that's about a yard out it'll be third down and about four leclair moving over to make the stop i'll tell you all the linebackers to me look like they're way over six foot four six foot three and they get bigger and taller not only that look at the way they're running look at the way they hit that time davis ran up the back of gene upshaw the guard and helped things out for leclaire he has 3 38 remaining in the third quarter the ball at the 46 yard line and he keeps one set back in [Applause] this time stabler had dave casper wide open and he is upset because he knows he just missed he missed and he missed on an important third down situation he threw it behind casper nobody near kenny well he got excuse me he got a rush at the very end and he really had to take right there just a plain bad throw which can happen to the greatest there's ron pritchard trying to cover now he's playing on knee surgery that took place earlier in the year early very actually during spring training all right ray guy will cut away lamar parish is deep number 20 tommy castle over number 37. only guy's second punt of the night [Music] first one was a 55-yarder [Applause] [Music] gets out to the 13 and he's buried 44 yard punt and if you've just joined us we are watching a whale of a football game with a lot on the line at the moment the raiders over cincinnati 28-20 cincinnati got the scoring off first but they missed the conversion and you just felt that that was going to be an important item later in the game and indeed it has been what's on the line if cincinnati loses they fall into a tie with pittsburgh and cleveland at 9-4 if the three teams go through and win their games next week pittsburgh will win the central division of the afc they have the best record among the three teams in that division oakland is playing for the home field advantage on all counts in the playoffs anderson over the middle to the trumpet first down out to the 28-yard line bonnie johnson picks up trumpy makes the tackle did you know there was 11 o'clock curfew put on the pittsburgh steelers tonight [Applause] yeah that's the truth that's the truth but i know they're all up watching this game but they're not together you know they have to be i'll tell you you really have to admire the way they they've come back they have not complained they said we did it to ourselves and now we're trying to get out of it and they have just they were wondering they were one in four and i think you gotta give chuck noll the coach a real good night for the way he brought that team back he didn't panic first and 10. anderson and going for isaac curtis and i'm not so sure isaac let me get his hands on that one he knew he was going to get pounded [Music] [Applause] [Music] that's gary barely the youngster from the university of pittsburgh with cincinnati he's really a rookie he didn't play last year and you noticed a bit of a change in cincinnati's defensive line play a few series back when first boy bacon and then gary burley stopped oakland running backs which they have not been doing in the first half second down and 10. [Music] play action anderson draws the crowd flag is down flag is down there bob trumpy and atkinson were all tangled up flag is down where you get the interference call illegal use of hands it was going to go against oakland george atkinson got all tangled up with bob trumpy downfield [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the last two possessions by oakland they've had a chance a to use up the clock and b if they could score maybe to clinch the ball game both times they failed once with an interception and the second time the badly thrown pass by stabler intended for casper the call goes against phil villapiano no it was not atkinson [Music] [Applause] [Music] and it was picked off by jack tatum but willie brown played number 85 isaac curtis perfectly and jack tatum who roamed far and wide from pre-safety comes up with the interception let's look again it was a square out and down pattern to isaac curtis willie brown read it all the way overthrown and for the second time in his last two possessions kenny anderson has been intercepted for the cincinnati bengals three times on the night we'll look at it again see willie brown is back there and kenny tried to hang it up long to get get it away from brown and there was tatum oakland first and ten 25-yard line 2 16 remaining in the third quarter [Music] [Applause] davis and he hurries out to the 29-yard line in four it'll be second down and six dave is having quite a year he came in over 450 yards rushing but for him a big year in receiving 26 receptions coming into the night which is amusing because they used to say he had bad hands frank remember they stopped saying it after the stabler waffle ball to him that beat miami in that classic playoff game 42 passes between the two quarterbacks tonight the flag is down and davis also goes down at the line of scrimmage jim leclaire hustling over there davis getting a little help from bernard jackson number 23 who's in the lineup now for cincinnati at safety [Music] [Applause] [Music] offside and we're having a little bit of trouble with tommy bell's microphone yeah but it's provided by the league not by us now frank so it's not us our guys [Music] i think it's a great innovation let's try again tommy they can't blame we have number 78 offsides on the defense bob brown offside cincinnati it's not a presidential debate they can't blame that gap on us that's right second down about a foot all resting just inside the 35 yard line of the open raiders 1 35 remaining in the third quarter [Music] left side first down oakland [Applause] [Music] 28-20 oakland over cincinnati seesaw offensive football game oakland will clinch best record in the conference if they win tonight they'll have a 20 12 and one mark and that's remarkable considering the injuries they've had there's the man that put it together and he had to do it with 11 men lost for the season makeshift defensive line some people said they didn't have a tough schedule well they're all tough certainly this one tonight on first down clarence davis and picked off there by riley after a gain of a couple will be second down at eight tell you he completed it but that's a dangerous pass another step and riley could have picked it off and jogged it [Applause] little van egan having a good night frank 15 carries 61 yards [Music] you've just had a good year boy it's a good thing because marv hubbard had his third shoulder operation last summer they lost him and egan again it's about three it's going to be third down and four gary burley hustling over along with leclair to make the stop [Music] number 40. and you're watching another exclusive of abc sports that's the end of the third quarter with the score cincinnati 20 open 28 will return after this from our local stations [Music] wednesday it's christmas in disneyland with all your favorite disney characters and sandy duncan art carney and glenn campbell then richard and karen carpenter bring you the songs that made them international stars with guests john denver and victor borja right after christmas in disneyland wednesday starting at 8 7 central in mountain [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the goodyear blimp colombia hovering high over oakland alameda stadium where a capacity crowd is watching very pridefully their oakland raiders who have been performing [Applause] another well here this evening a 28-20 lead over the cincinnati bengals bengals desperately trying to get back into this game and stabler fires the cliff branch and he has it down around the 38-yard line another open first down ken riley made the tackle couldn't ask for a better clutch pass than that well one thing i like about stapler he doesn't hold the ball doggone and i like that if they get eight points in front they don't just hold up and run three three plays and get out i lose the ball that's the very range he likes to work in best alex i mentioned the board look at that that's right we'll be bringing you the pro bowl game january 17th from the kingdome in seattle on first and ten stabler 14 of 18 three touchdowns 185 yards hands off to clarence davis he runs into a problem right at the line of scrimmage gary burley and koi bacon ready to stop what are you saying otis [Music] notice he's shy he's having a good time but you got a long way to go my friend his cousin manny had a pretty good in philadelphia this year he just did a film too you know called car wash i guess for universal pictures otis did yeah very good at it [Music] all defensive linemen are second down and ten [Applause] they'll never let you off the floor they'll never make defensive calls that's why stabler is great oh he does not mess around you hit her out of that alex he has a lot of faith in that arm of his he doesn't know where he is on the field or who he throws to he doesn't consider it any more dangerous than running i'll tell you that there he is kyle receiver a lot of talent worked his way around the league quite a bit bill johnson the coach of the bengals looking on first and ten for oakland [Applause] garrett's still on his feet and look at the car inside the 10 to the eighth i guess he has found the home frank he's a happy man here a lot of ability in that young man there always has been [Music] he made something out of nothing four yards second down and six they take guys and use them for what they can do they adjust to these rework projects and van eagan looks like he might have got just a jump on the ball but there are no flags [Applause] that's a yard a yard and a half it'll be third down a long three [Applause] guys in the stands checking things out [Applause] they've seen a lot of great football out here in oakland over the past few years [Applause] they'll call it third and fourth click branch bottom of the screen off the tops open touchdown his 69th career touchdown he's so old he's doing a foxtrot out there he's amazing he's really amazing stablers fourth touchdown of the night the ball touches his hands that's it buster it's not going anywhere else positive bloop i think there might have been a little sigh of relief all around cleveland and pittsburgh bill johnson obviously upset earl man for the [Music] oh good conversion further out in front of the cincinnati bengals 35-20 we'll be back this year the new ford granada came to germany to match the quiet of its ride with a 20 000 mercedes benz german engineers tested the cars measuring interior sound levels in decibels on the dba scale their findings the granada consistently wrote as quiet as the mercedes this quiet ride at the modest price of a ford granada when america needs a better idea ford puts it on wheels okay linda here's gotta protect your family a woman sure a woman needs life insurance just as much as a man does and this new york life defense has just the insurance plan to do it put the blitz on linda's money problems block out her retirement worries come on linda it's all yours now i've got it financial security where the name of the game is life there's new york life [Applause] [Music] back in oakland kenny sabre with the hot hand has the oakland raiders out in front of cincinnati 35-20 he has thrown four touchdown passes ray guy will kick deep willie shelby and archie griffin it'll be willie shelby at his own tent [Applause] and shelby with a fine run back moves out to the 37-yard line rice down there for the stop list go back and take a look at that last touchdown pass all right there stabler and there's valentikov with the position and how quickly that ball zoomed in there and he's working against one of the fineman's lamar parish a two-time pro bowler and even our blip camera yeah [Applause] frank stabler is 16 out of 20. 208 yards four touchdown pass first and ten anderson back and anderson goes out to john mcdaniel he has the first down out around the 49-yard line let's go back and take a look at the way bilingual works against lamar parish he has more moves on the snake he's not the greatest dancer in the world though frank watch him if we can get that that time he just drifted across the goal line waiting to clear the linebackers [Music] i think he better study there he is i think he'd better study white shoes johnson of houston get the real moves down cincinnati has got to get on the scoreboard and they have to get there quickly main man is isaac curtis curtis on the reverse no way to go and curtis pounded out of bounds at the 46-yard line the whole open defense [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this is the second time this year we've seen a referee an official engine frank the other time was in the cincinnati game remember we waited for the substitute official who never came and everybody appears to be all right you want to see a crunchy clock they call it a crack back block perfectly legal as long as you're not doing it to the linebacker [Applause] it is legal the block delivered there by vernon holland against matuzi meanwhile john mcdaniel has seven catches for 187 yards that's almost all of kenny anderson's 239 yards passing tonight and oakland is warming up another quarterback number 15 mike gray second down 14. and taking a little bit of a risk as he goes out to isaac curtis who is well covered by willie brown [Applause] it'll be third down in 14 10 minutes 40 seconds remaining in this game tell you once again that cincinnati plays the jets next week pittsburgh plays the houston oilers and the cleveland browns play at kansas city it all winds up in a tie pittsburgh is going to win they have a 3-1 record within their division against the other team cincinnati and cleveland cincinnati has a 2-2 record cleveland a 1-3 third down and 14. [Applause] 10 minutes 35 seconds left in the ball game a tremendous play in the clutch by a quietly aroused oakland team i say quietly because they weren't making a lot of statements during the week media people were and fans were look at other breaking through and sacking kenny anderson but this oakland team came into this game a dedicated team determined to test itself pat macanally remember him college all-star game a year ago last summer broken leg neal kalsey handles it after 30. and palsy hit there at the 37. so we have 10 minutes 16 seconds remaining in the football game we'll be returning [Applause] [Music] radio shack has the perfect gift for pedal pushes the famous archer bicycle radios that let you play santa for as little as 9.95 or give the original road patrol radio with built-in horn and reflector or really make them happy with this deluxe am fm model all three disconnect quickly for safekeeping or off bike use low-cost archer bike radios only at radio shack attending company next on rich man poor man book two the two boys i call my family slugged it out viciously it seems the whole world's turned on rudy estep's getting away with murder literally falconetti's loose again but the whole world is charles estes then on family a visit from doug's sister creates a family crisis you are accusing my sister of being an alcoholic you are no condition to drive family right after rich man poor man tomorrow starting at 9 8 central and mountain on abc the story here in oakland 10 minutes and 16 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter oakland has dominated completely here in the second half the cincinnati bengals they lead 35 to 20. oakland playing for the home field of the playoffs the best record in the conference that's what they have at stake this man has had a great night for the raiders as as his quarterback kim stabler hurry is he has been on the bench now this is mike ray [Music] all right quick break in the action be right back to you gif here he is the newest millionaire in baseball reggie jackson now the new york yank he's a resident of oakland he's just bought the town and reggie you got to be proud about the raiders performance thus far well they've got a great football team howard the baseball team isn't much here anymore but they're going to carry on the pride in the winning they've always been a ball club that's always won i can't lose knight though because i'm a steeler fan and i live in oakland so i got it all going for me good to have you with us my friend gif all right mike ray looking over his second down and eight hands off to mark van egan over the right side he gets a couple it'll be third down and four let me tell you about mike ray he's listed as a rookie but he went up to canada and played in toronto behind joel theismann back in 1973. when eisman went to the washington redskins ray took over and led that eastern division for toronto in passing he was originally an eighth round draft pick out of the university of southern california in 1973 but as i said went to toronto rather than coming to oakland immediately that's what he's done most of that took place last week in a romp over tampa and his former head coach john mccain third down long fourth flag down and ray goes down as he unloads deep going for mike sienni boy bacon really leveled by gray that's why the flag is down we'll wait for the call let's see how he levels them [Applause] a lot of frustrations the part of cincinnati at the moment he leveled him head-on mr garris motion goes against oakland that'll bring up fourth down of course i couldn't see him back here all right again an old friend in the booth with us we've just spent five days with them in las vegas our producer donald meyer our director chet 40 and yours truly watching them win another how much oh i played pretty well howard i played uh four days and one eighty thousand dollars pretty good four days work for me not a bad week's work for the greatest tennis player in the world jimmy connors who wanted to fly up just to see this game you're enjoying and i know i enjoy it very much howard it's a pleasure to be here and looking forward to a continued great game all right back to the action thank you jimmy continued success great guy to punt deep lamar parish 20 tommy casanova 37. oh great guy hung it up there for an hour oh bearcats fall four made 15 yard line by tommy casanova we have 848 remaining in this game and we'll be returning to oakland in just a moment see you got a new maverick bill you got a new valarie looks great looks great well larry's got a classy vinyl interior look at maverick's classy vinyl interior larry has split bench seats maverick has reclining bucket seats final roof vinyl roof tinted glass 10 glass sure right side sidewall right side wall sure what's the sticker price on a new maverick mavericks a couple of hundred dollars less than a comparable valarie i'm going for a new lawn mower tomorrow would you come with me bill sure when america needs a better idea force puts it on wheels seven out of ten cars on the road today can use my sunoco 190. it's made to sell below regularly look i wouldn't want to let my customers spend more money than they have to i can be very friendly yes i can because it's my business and i'm my own man i'll make real sure you'll be back to me for more i can be very friendly very friendly yes i can december 13th a major motion picture event linda blair kirk douglas richard dreyfuss ellen hayes anthony hopkins bert lancaster and elizabeth taylor victory at entebbe we're back in oakland score once again the raiders over cincinnati 35 to 20. there are eight minutes and 48 seconds remaining in the game there's cliff france he's had a whale of a night went over a thousand yards and clarence clarence davis running on a bad angle cincinnati still is going to try and pull it out rail by 15. anderson and finally locates the receiver downfield it's archie griffin but as we look down over the entire field the raiders picking up covering the three cincinnati bengal receivers like a blanket they really did and you know we've really had a lot of money in this booth tonight frank i'll tell you reggie jackson what is he three million jimmy connors twenty thousand dollars a day that was a great tournament at caesar's palace how much money did you make this year i mean we're talking about money we're chopped liver a lot of offense tonight we've been watching [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the oakland defensive unit realizes that anderson is going to have to throw the ball third down and 10. they will disregard run they will not play around they will go for the passage 8 37 left in the ball game a 15 point edge for the oakland raiders anderson 12 of 30 239 yards he's been sacked twice tip meyer is in the game for cincinnati 25 on third down and 10. he's up there at the top of your screen in the slot [Music] [Applause] over the middle and isaac curtis stands away from tacklers and curtis is not giving up he moves it out to the 37-yard line first down cincinnati this punch will never give up too much of that talk around without taking into account the kinds of human beings so many of these men are let's look at it again there's isaac with the catch brilliantly he eludes two would-be tacklers before finally being gang-tackled well you don't come into a game with 11-1 record unless you have a lot of pride in what you do on first down anderson and again good defensive coverage john mcdaniel anderson trying to thread him over the head of ted hendricks and that's tough he goes about six seven and in front of willie brown what's happening to him now is he's trying he desperately doesn't want to be intercepted so he's trying on the one hand to be threading it as you say very and yet being cautious to avoid the intercept and that has to disturb his past so he's at the moment not throwing that sharply second down and 10. [Music] movie clark on the quick draw play and that was sniffed out very well phil villapiano ruby clark gets four it'll be second third down and six meanwhile every running play costs them now precious time being so many points behind 15 to be exact 7 30 left and counting down you just have to run those plays occasionally though or to keep open somewhat honest they're not paying any attention at all to the run those down three linemen are just pouring they're taking any angle they can get [Music] anderson fires mcdaniel he has it and he has the first round that's nine receptions for young john mcdaniel tonight he has been a standout performer for the bangles well he has been that you know he had no receptions coming into the game for the year only two last year sort of the king of the special teams they used to put him out on the flank of the punting unit he'd beat the ball down 195 yards with those receptions two hours not bad [Applause] first and ten the ball at the 48th and griffin rips up just at the line of scrimmage before the night is over mcdaniel may go past jesse's 220 yards executed for the rams against the dolphins on october 3rd meanwhile we're down to 6 48 and counting down in the ball game saturday night we're going to be pontiac michigan the los angeles fans they have won third division looking forward to the playoffs they go against the detroit lions the team that bounced back they got three lumps yesterday in new york [Music] archie griffin and this is booby clark a lot of running room [Applause] and a good defensive play by monty johnson he's been all over the field tonight trips up booby clark short of the first down it'll be third down and about two and he's got the size and the strength to execute the one-on-one tackle against booby clock it was once you'll remember a tight end frank yeah booby clock was a tight end charles is his first night handle that part this the stick with booby all right charles philia comes into the lineup but it's a roar of ovation and he comes out and anderson continues to work he goes to john mcdaniel his 10th reception of the night and he is tackled by willie brown but not until mcdaniel has a first down let's pause five seconds and allow our local stations and our friends along the line to identify themselves [Applause] [Music] you

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Published: Fri Nov 15 2019