1978 12 03 Browns at Seahawks 47 24

Minnesota goes for defense has also come over the fine quarterback in gym zone and remember but Tara's team upset Oakland last week and that's the first time since 1965 that the Raiders been beaten twice in one year by a single team I think we can pause for just a moment by saying Paul Warfield you've been in the before this is a big football game is it going to be a real barnburner a lot of scoring and I'm just really excited about what's going to be happening down on the field we asked both officials they both said our lineup about 32:28 Jim Simpson with Paul Warfield stand by now we've got a good game coming up both teams and playoff contention the executive producer of NFL 78 is Donald Meyer today's show was produced by Don McGuire directed by Bob levy technical director sound Nikita associate director Mary Buda and now remember coming up it is the Cleveland Brown seven and six against the Seahawks of Seattle who are also seven and six are looking for a playoff [Music] NBC Sports presents the best of the National Football League the American Football Conference [Music] brought to you by dodge and your dodge dealer who invite you to come and see why people are saying hey that's my dodge by switz good let's makes it great and by APIs we try harder [Music] for the fifth consecutive time the Kingdome in Seattle Washington is sold out for the 11th time in their three-year career and for this ballgame Cleveland seven and six Seattle's seven and six let's take a look now at the standings in the West Oakland and Denver play tonight Seattle is just one game behind both the Raiders who may beaten twice and the Broncos in the AFC Central Division Pittsburgh is 11 and to Houston nine and four Cleveland still in they playoff situation that gotta win them all there's seven and six and over the East New England is playing this afternoon Miami's beating Washington hanging right in there the Jetson Baltimore playing each other that's the AFC as we head for the playoffs and the costs of the corners good won by the Seattle Seahawks John Cockcroft will kick off Ruth's births Crawford is the deep man along with Al hunter Crawford 34 nearside al hunter 24 far side both of these teams especially the Seahawks have a history of winning not only in the last quarter not only in the last seconds but on the final play of the game [Applause] and this is a hunter at the [Applause] we'll put it in play notre dame returns it from the one-yard line to the 33 now hunter takes this return kick starts up the middle breaks to the right he's behind a wall of blockers that play almost broke as he got by number 83 Ricci feature but there's never 89 Keith right he's the man that makes perhaps a game saving not it's not a game saving tackle certainly wind it saved the touchdown now Jim Zorn will come out at quarterback third leading passer and the conference is on the other side that's Brian's site guard for all the statistics all of his records is not among the top five going back to throw being quits gets them all away [Applause] cop makes the stop first down Seattle this will be an exclusive exclusive an expose of game Tim's on at quarterback and tonight Jim Zorn is the explosive quarterback in the running back slats are manned by Sherman Smith and David Simms two good ones here to look at the receivers John SAR you who you just saw take that pass and advance it for a first down samih Kuhlman and of course steve logit who is the top pass receiver in the AFC he has got fifty seven balls first down forty six and a half yard line Seattle [Music] my head goes Sims inside the 40-yard line but that was Mike Sinclair who was on the wrong side of the line of scrimmage question was he called off by the stutter count are moving Seattle man and at a Seattle it is walking backwards number 74 Mike Sinclair down the bottom left of your screen will move and make contact with 73 norm Evans he was pulled off side by the spirit cadence foul Seattle started the walk backwards Paul Warfield but now they're indicating it was the Browns are offside our referee today is Don wedge number 28 and they move ball inside the 40-yard line and now they're going back now they'll walk it off the five yards Braun's have had a little bit of trouble staying on science this year you know this is the second game we have Don wedge in three weeks and it's the second time he's faced the wrong side of the field you have to give him a signal down there on the field and get him turned around this way the Nick Beebe out Tom Lynch art Kuhn is at center because Janos in the hospital watching Bob Newton right garden norm Evans is starting over Steve August has a broken finger on his hand first down far from the 42 large it is the man in motion Zorn hands to Dave Simms Dave Simms dragged down fine tackle dick Ambrose the middle linebacker now defensively for Cleveland Mike st. Claire Earl Edwards Jerry shirk and Mac Mitchell the linebackers the veteran group Charlie Hall dick Ambrose who made that tackle and Gerald irons defensively the secondary is cornerback Clarence got the other cornerback Oliver Davis Tony Peters and Tom Darden free safety Tom Darden one of the top interceptors in the American Football Conference with eight interceptions second bound to the ball just inside the 41st baños Sims he's got the first down and more inside a 35 yard [Music] [Applause] the weakside linebacker number 86 it started at the 33 yard line after the 31 yard kickoff return of all hunters and a big play from Zorn to John Sawyer's Seattle and exciting team the last five games they have been decided by three points or less six times into seven wins they've scored the winning point in the final quarter darn and there go back down [Applause] pursued by Mike st. Clair flag way down [Applause] Herman Smith carried the football the Honda wedge will come back and tell us what it is as they're moving downfield so obviously that is not against Yahoo [Applause] could be [Applause] [Music] [Applause] well that's the kind of thing that definitely will hurt the Browns football team this afternoon Seattle is a fine football club they can't afford to give them any bonus yardage or negative yardage doing personal fouls of that nature three wide receivers in their ball at the 13 yard line adil on the opening rods that is large in motion Zorn's printing out left dorm crowing he's got large with across the way by Tony Peter that will cover larger but it doesn't do any good Steve Largent who is growing motion across your formation out of your screen Zorn rolls to his left throws a short out pattern to him the Browns are trying to cover logic double covering with both safeties in the slot but he's moving in motion from left to right to put him into one-on-one situations and that's bring him up second down and about three to go the ball just over the six yard line column left large it to the right [Music] while jumping around Sims Flags go down Sims with the football inside the 5-yard line it looked as though Cleveland was trying to play some games there fall stunning as they did on nearly every play against the Rams a week ago and they're so successful against Hayden but this is going to be hold it first of all pointed to Seattle it now points to Cleveland it looked like it was number 66 Earl Edwards moving I'm not quite sure we'll have to wait and take a look but talking things over with the veteran norm Evans who is filling in for Steve August who has that broken finger Norman's Paul knows a lot about from the days at Miami together it's right norm Evans man the right tackle spot for the Dolphins doing the championship years did a great job of it he's really happy to be in the situation with a winning team here now well there's John way [Applause] Earl Edwards offside they bring in Robert L Jackson now in his first end goal to go from the pre our line [Applause] [Music] trade ahead Sherman Smith's still battling as he gets to the to the fake of the pitch the Simms who was going outside the gift to Smith who came straight ahead dick Ambrose leading the tacklers as far club Seattle if it wins today will have won eight tying an all-time expansion record for a third year Tim Team Cincinnati winning today perhaps its second game of this year one eighth in its third expansion year second down and goal to go the Vols knows just about on the one [Applause] German staff jeremy smith take his hand off follows Dave Sims who puts an ice block on Tony Peters they're at number 20 it's wired up and he's behind number 61 Tom Lynch nobody's going to get him before he gets in the end zone touchdown Seattle [Applause] he is the man who with three seconds to go last week hit on his longest deal goal to the year 46 [Music] [Applause] [Music] with Sherman Smith going over from the lung from Berkeley to Boston they know the best call on Eddie Devon Sultan Lassie [Music] eleven million times a day of merica reaches fresh lip [Applause] [Music] for those parents who realize that $600 isn't too much to spend to expand their child's world RadioShack has the perfect gift no significant investment a parent can make programs for your child's education or your business finance and hormuz let your children discover tomorrow's technology today the trs-80 the biggest name in little computers [Music] Larry Wright who leads the NFL and kickoff returns number 89 near the top of your screen and I should say Keith Wright and Larry columns at the bottom of the screen there are three Keith's from Memphis State in this ball game all drafted last year two on the roster of Seattle one on the roster Cleveland Keith Butler Keith Simpson and Keith Wright here's a friend Herrera to kick off with right and Katims deep that will looked awfully good flying those nearly 67 yards for their opening drive the big play the Zorn the Sawyer pass now Cleveland will get his hands on the football and it'll be Larry Collins at the 13 Collins with good speed across the 25 and a nice open field tackle looks like horn Oh Webster number 38 down onto the kick and so now for the first time the Browns who've been exceptional on offense these last two weeks come out onto the field and here is their lineup quarterback one of the hottest ones in the NFL the last couple of weeks Brian Sipe and behind him will be Gregg threw it and Mike Pruitt the receivers are Ozzie Newsome one of the better rookies in the league this year Dave Logan and Reggie record the veteran wide receiver who's having an outstanding year in the last two games Ron sybiz 34 45 555 yards five touchdowns and no interceptions standing today he's being put down by the press in the fans here's a pass over the Dave Logan Logan the secondary for Seattle have to pick up of a couple of yards Doug deacon at left tackle he's been there nearly forever chef Rath was there before him Henry Shepard at left guard Tom de Leon a questionable start of the day they thought Jerry Sullivan might come on but they Leona's in there Robert E Jackson a right guard and very Darrow at right tackle second down and about eight to go seven to nothing Seattle still more than 11 minutes to go 1st quarter [Applause] 31 cite the mic Truitt Mike brought across 235 it'll be third down and sewer 3 yards to go daca made by John Harris with a little help from Sandy Green number 56 defensively Ernie price Dennis Boyd and Steve Niehaus is the new man there because Sandefur is out bill Greg Reed right in that's the defensive line man down as Dave Brown they're onto the picture the veteran who made a good tackle a play ago Sammy green Terry beasts and Keith Butler outstanding young linebackers Paul and their defensive backfield now with Dave Brown out holding on we'll give you that defensive backfield in a moment suffice the same it is 7 of nothing Jabba leaves wherever you go our new deck upper left-hand corner of your screen Dave Brown limps off so Keith Simpson the number one draft choice is coming to the cornerback for now Webster Keith Simpson off free demon and John heck and Cleo Miller is in the backfield now and as the football for the Browns Villa trying to get around and it's fourth down and they'll have to kick the football away because look at the yellow middle linebacker Terry obese and he flows and laterally along the line of scrimmage and ste Seattle stacks up this play and he gets an assisted hit on Cleo Miller to stop Miller before he can of course gain a first down Ana's roofers Crawford to his deep Johnny Evans will do the punting there was some thought today that if Evans does not punt well Cockcroft will kick Johnny had a bad day against the Rams last week averaging only about 33 yards per punt oh my 33 yards last week he booms this when Crawford driven back inside the 10-yard line Keith white misses him there and Crawford gets out across the 20 a fine punt return for ruthless puffers and it's 1st and 10 and the Seahawks at the ball again 33 and a half yards last week call and 57 yards on that punt thanks Saturday afternoon we moved to Saturday afternoon football Baltimore in a tussle with the Jets this afternoon at Pittsburgh and I think you know the Steelers are well in command of the AFC Central Division before today's ballgame they're playing at Houston Pittsburgh was 11 two layoffs are not far away first down Seattle [Applause] David Simms with the football gets up to the 25-yard line a gain of two and a half let's go to the second down and eight Jerry shirk and Mike Sinclair made the stops and scores around the league this afternoon Miami has defeated Washington shutting out Washington and the Redskins had now gone into a pratfall losing five of the last seven games Cincinnati wanted second bombing Atlanta perhaps out of the playoffs 37 to 7 Los Angeles and a tough one beat the Giants 20 to 17 they have clinched a playoff spot Baltimore's lost to the New York Jets are still very much in a playoff running they are eight in six large in in motion Zorn hands a foot ball off the sin sin cut down on the mystery tackle by Clarence Scott but he's very close to the post across the 30 yard line Green Bay has defeated Tampa Bay and that is a big one for the Packers they started tied with Minnesota 7 5 and 1 and Minnesota at last report was losing to the Eagles in a snow-bound field up in Minneapolis on the news that they were going to get a domed stadium I guess after today it looks very good for Minnesota third down and short yardage about a yard and a half [Applause] Hunter has joined sims in the backfield sins with the football Sims wrestled down they have the first down Robert L Jackson number 56 came over the number one draft choice of the Browns of a year ago and this will be very close Tom watch is going to call for measurement Seattle likes to run to its left side and run behind Tom Lynch and Nick bebop they did a good job of running to that side last week against Oakland and so far in this ball game they're moving the Browns right side of its defensive line the measurement for the first down and they've got it in the rat race has been outstanding and explosive in the last two games getting 45 points against Baltimore and 30 against the Rams and have wound up their NFC competition for four for Seattle which started in the NFC last year as switched to the AFC this year it's quite a shake-up for the teams of the AFC and especially the Oakland Raiders after one year Seattle's moved into the AFC this is their third year down sword back to throw on first down has a man open [Applause] and larger knives with 58 1050 my pet - today Jim Lodge at the number one Steve Largent rather the number one pass receiver in American Football Conference is running and side lands had a nice move to the inside to turn Claire Scott around turns back comes back to the ball perfectly thrown by Jim Zorn it's a big gain of 21 yards Edwards comes back in as I go back to 4-3 Cleveland has been switching between the 3040 vents in the 43 first down 46 yard line to Playland Sims a couple of yards Sherman Smith was shaken up on that first Drive Sherman Smith did scored the first touchdown of the ball game but recently as banal hunter in there along with Dave Sims and now we have Sherman Smith coming back onto the field so that's all conjecture as a man is down our telecast today presented by authority the National Football League intended for the private user audience any rebroadcast or the use of this telecast without the express written consent of the Seattle Seahawks and the National Football League is prohibited Dave Sims is the man they're working on testimony is the man is down number 42 Dom testimony they've got the glasses on him and he is the backup to Dave Sims at fullback out of Clemson seven to nothing to score and as I said Paul at the beginning of the ball game for those of you who are watching NFL 78 that one of the newspapers this morning said how do you like holding the hand grenade but the number loses today it goes up and the season is over well that is about right you know we've talked in the last couple of weeks about 10:00 and 6:00 records and both teams have an opportunity to finish 10:00 and 6:00 but they've got to depend on some other people but most important things for both Seattle and Cleveland today is to try to win this ballgame the All Stars we look at Jack guitar across the way they'll win to rest up you wind up ten and six you just take your chances Seattle has a feeling in order for Seattle to win the division championship and they feel that they've got a better chance of Division champions now we see who it is and that is bad news because that is art Kuhn the center remember remember Jarno is the center he is in the hospital watching our Kuhn goes out and so Lynch the guard will have to switch over to Center and Bullard will play guard so now Seattle off to a fast start Paul in a real shake-up at their offensive line it does cause a real shake-up for their offensive line and it's a problem that you don't like to see late in the season simply because this team does has a chance to get into the playoffs and they're going to need all of the people to help them out going down the stretch Tomlin now the Senate is on door dropping back don't as a man water [Music] horse down way I shouldn't pass Jim Zirin takes a snap from center as Lynch the new center does a good job of holding out Clay Matthews Zorn thin fires to Sam McCollum the other receiver here in the Seattle team makes a nice move gets a number 28 Ron Bolton to the run right by Bowdoin comes back to make the tackle clearance scott was up two assists five defensive backs and ron was still able to complete the pass first down SATA leading 7 to nothing Zorn hands the ball to Sherman Smith and Smith gets down there the 15 yard line before dick Ambrose number 52 and jerry shirk 70 to make the stop now I'll go back to what I was saying about Seattle they feel I have a better chance to win the division championship than to be a wild card but for them to win they've got a win all three of their games Denver's got to lose two because they beat them twice and Oakland has got to lose only one because Seattle beat Oakland twice I guess with all just wait and see who goes if everybody wins or not in a in trouble here Zorn handing off quick those Sherman Smith he does a lot of that play-action handoff fall sprinting out and handing off on the sprint out it does resumable a sprint out it's sort of like a delayed draw with Sherman Smith either running it or Davidson's but whatever back is running the ball that Seattle does a very effective job of running inside of guard and tackle and that's exactly where they're going after the Browns Browns have their strengths in their defensive line right in that area with Earl Edwards and Jerry shirt but Seattle's going right to them Kjetil offense doing an outstanding job today but remember last week against the Rams the Cleveland offense gained 357 yards against the number one defense in the league against Seattle today the Browns have not been able to move and apparently the Seahawks are moving toward yet a second scores they measure to see whether or not they've got another first down and it looks like they do does it not again by half the length of the football Jim Zorn is doing an excellent job of mixing up his plays he's throwing the football on first down he's coming back with that sort of like delayed sprint out draw play and it's been very effective it's keeping the Browns defense quite a bit off-balance first down from the 12 yard line 5:19 to go first quarter it is already seven to nothing Seattle and the Seahawks are driving larger goes way the column comes to the right [Music] Jorn hands off to Davidson big hole cuts outside stumbled a little bit and that allowed the defense to catch up joy led by number 21 Oliver Davis a little stumble called Sims a lot of yardage perhaps he picks up a yard second down the line you know Jim we've seen that draw play called down inside the 20-yard line with a team going in for an apparent score many times this year it's been a very effective play and Jim Zorn is sort of staying with that pattern that other quarterbacks have used throughout the international football league of calling that particular play down inside the 20-yard line they'll hold your breath as large and comes wide to the right he's the man's or looks for McCollum is on the left and now Raible is also in rajat in motion they've been confusing the defense darn back looking throwing to the up man while in the backfield I said you hold your breath on the steam larger then very well but the flag is down janab-i field at the seahawks are walking backwards MOC Hawk is despondent I think it's quite clear that Mac Mitchell will decide well Mac probably says someone was guilty of holding you yes Don wedge [Applause] first and goal to go let's see if we can find it Jim's on dropping back to pass he's looking left but he'll be waiting for Steve Largent who is coming into your screen at the top of the left portion and we just saw where horn was hit late as Tom Darden who go who Steve Largent shakes knives running and he's trying to get in but there's Gerald Aaron's and also dick Ambrose witty and they stopped him just had to go long if they store here within the second time that a personal foul on table against Jim Jordan would have been called in a scoring drive in the first quarter second man through his Sherman Smith then did he get it did he hang on to the football probably did all that he could do the hang on the football Browns line was really stacked up in the middle of that particular time his lawn straight handoff right here to Sherman Smith is trying to go up and over he goes up he goes over but he doesn't go in Bonnie thank Paul and it's not funny for those that watching and Cleveland and rooting for the Browns to personal fouls have helped move Seattle in the deep territory although that play was good at the goal line and it meant nothing now Zorn comes back out and starts for the sidelines as we aren't see art Cooter's come back in and Lynch has gone back to guard Dorn has called timeout with 326 to go well here's the score we didn't leave Seattle leading by seven and threatening again not again okay I was running to read a car and this man was tying his shoelace and just as I was about to jump over him he stood off you had an Avis wizard number in a reservation you can walk through airports just show your credit card license sign and get your car who could let's go hey this I'm walking through airports heythis now features GM cars [Music] wherever you may roam you'll find this battery sale ACDelco is making it possible for you to buy a freedom battery as fixed in a second down and goal to go for Seattle Bullard who is playing guard he's listed as a tackle is now going to tight end as few came back in you'll see Bullard number 72 on the left side there he placed right em in short yardage situations they've got another shot from the 2 yard line large it goes in motion darn hands to Sims and I don't know what they got it they've gone straight ahead Seattle is a team of the unexpected but on the first two downs here they've done the expected now hold your breath they level to do something entirely unexpected trying to get these extra couple of inches the Browns trying to hold on still a lot of time left Jack Patel has done an outstanding job and as Paul said in Cleveland after talking on NFL 78 the Browns of their fans are very happy with Sam Rutigliano not much look well there's the distance you've got to go couple of interest now Sam sounds quickly [Applause] after two unsuccessful tries into middle Dave Sam's goes off tackle he's hit by dick Ambrose and he gets a little bit of help from Robert Dale Jackson but he gets in and he breaks the plane for a touchdown dick Ambrose number 52 protests and says this isn't so but the fish'll says it is they say he's got his 12th rushing touchdown of the year the second point of the day 2:54 to go Seattle has taken the quickly 14 to nothing over the brow hey come here take a look at this see Wow a new Macaulay chainsaws this is the new Power Mac 320 look at these teeth they can sharpen themselves with a press of this button Wow and see this is that a camel no it's a handle mounted to soak up vibration what's this McCall its chain break handguard for safety that's smart no other saw at any price has all those features yeah but it doesn't have much personality and you do the new McCulloch Power Mac 320 in the yellow pages under saws is your dad's ass - looking better all at all Jim Simpson Paul Warfield Collins and writer deep and the big thing Paul now is the Browns have got to generate some offense we all know Seattle has had offense today now it's up to the Bronx get back into this football game you absolutely right Jim the Browns have been playing a little bit flat up to this point and they cannot afford to get too far behind because Seattle continues to pull on the points where are they kickoff [Music] rather short kick and this is going to be columns again had a good kickoff return last time gets away from a man across the 30 cuts back across the field now it's a footrace and I think he's been cut from behind by number 23 Doug long was a first year man out of Whitworth College a free agent and here's that kickoff return again Collins with a second good one short kick Larry Collins receive is it gets behind the Ledge wedge number 23 does long gets his shot at him he gets away from long but long stays with him and follows him until he brings Collins down and runs him down from behind Brian Sipe and company come out trying to pick up something first down up to 35 yard line they haven't had the football too much today look at the full house backfield now that is Reggie lucker coming out of that backfield play-action fake and there's number 85 Dave Logan first down across the 45 yard line hit immediately by Keith Simpson as Brian Sipe says enough of this nonsense of handing off let's go to the air and he did first down at the 47 next Saturday at 4 o'clock following that Baltimore Pittsburgh game we've got the AMF grand-prix a bowling $100,000 purse 10,000 and the winners of each division men and women and I'll be right there from Reno Nevada hope you'll join us outstanding and big bowling event on the tour there goes breakthrough it turning the corner Brook saving tackled by Harris across the way but another first down for the Browns and if we knew they needed offense so today certainly did Greg through it the man who generates the big play for them takes his hand off the Browns are trying to get outside of it to Seattle defense Pruitt gets around on the outside after a couple of good brats need number 44 John Harris makes a big tackle Pruitt showing good balance there but he just can't quite keep his feet ball just inside the 42 yard line 157 ago the Seattle scoring drives 77 yards the other one goes from 66 yards to long scoring rise they've been trying to put one together one of its own Mike Frueh carrying the football that's a good run after the pass to Logan and the run by port that seems like not much but Pruitt picked up at least six yards under the second down and four so the Browns have begun to move the football following the kickoff return of Larry Collins 135 to go Brian Sipe the last two games as quieted his critics second down both wide receivers to the right [Applause] they bring through it to the left but gets one block and not much maybe a couple of yards be third down and long - and Beeson and harris all in on the stop Greg ports saying Paul that he has not had the kind of year he wants especially with all of the injuries he has had but statistics tell us in his career with the Browns every time he's carried the ball he's averaged 4.7 yards and even though he hasn't had the kind of years statistically that cute right they have he's right close to that career average around four six third down in a couple yards Walker in motion [Applause] sike the crow fork goes and over 400 [Applause] and record saying how about hooker did appear to be all alone on that play Dave Logan was not that closely guarded a little bit of pass by Brian Sipe and I think he would have been able to come up with a completion to Logan Raji Rucker here going in motion he'll go down feeling as you watch as he turns up he looks for the depth in which he needs to get for the first down turn his outside all alone and no one around him but Brian Sipe elected to go to Dave Logan the pass was a little bit high Logan couldn't come up with the catch this is going to be a 50 some yard 51 let's call it 51 yard attempt by crock pop was gone for 11 between the 40 and 49 but his missed on his only attempt from over 50 yards a long way and Cockroft goes for the three points and does not happen [Applause] we'll go to Seattle 234 yards they did not go for the first down it is early in the ballgame 31 seconds to go first quarter and Cockroft missed from 51 yards out sellout here at the Kingdome in Seattle and I have here in my hand I don't know if you can read what it says but it says super Seattle wants the Super Bowl well it could mean that they want to stage the Super Bowl here I think that's what they have in mind but if they win today there might be part that they would like to be in the Super Bowl they might make the playoffs first down Zorn's gonna throw on first down has a lot of time gets them all away in passes a pie his man Sawyer that tight end second down in ten so you had to turn to make that catch but it wasn't an extremely difficult catch to make and he probably should have come up with the reception 2nd down and 10 the Browns have been sporadic on offense you've had a couple of good plays a pass to Logan a run by Pruitt and that's been the strength of their offense thus far two big plays but got no closer than the 34 yard line in his 14 of nothing we are in the first quarter three wide receivers that means Weibull number 83 is also in there ball is handed instead the Sherman Smith trying to get outside and Smith lunges across the 40 yard line it was Toni Peters that got to him first we see Gerry shook with him now but number 20 Toni Peters Justin your left of the screen there is the man who made the initial hit and it'll be third down and three to go and I think that's the last play of the first quarter and the first quarter he would have to say belongs to the Seattle Seahawks they got all of the gaining of the ground has been all of this [Applause] to the ducting a football game these messages from your local station [Music] big game Pittsburgh free Houston nothing first quarter Lynn Swann out with bruised ribs or a rib injury Earl Campbell is out no report on him he's on the sidelines third down and two Smith in motion Zorn back to throw on third and short prose and have [Music] much larger [Applause] Largent got the football they called it a steal an eighth round draft choice from the Houston orders Jim Zirin rolling to his right this time he's looking for Steve Largent he's waiting for him to come up and Elijah runs an excellent pattern on Tony green downfield on Tony Peters that is downfield and comes up with a catch large and now has 61 catches on the year first down just inside the 40 in the first quarter Seattle had 125 yards in Cleveland 38 and they're starting out just like that in the second quarter Zorn looping it long from a column overthrown interference and it may be against McCollum because down there it is Tom dart was clapping his hands and Zorn as he claps his hands in disgust though they'll move it back you don't see too much offensive interference Paul Warfield doesn't think there's ever offensive interference but you guys do do that now and then no we don't do that yes down wedge [Applause] first down from near midfield McCullum largest caught four balls we told you that for 57 yards today and he is very close to the thousand yard mark he started out with 933 so his ten yards away from a thousand yard interceptions in 14 games of this 16-game season larger than motion the lone setback is Sherman Smith and he's got a lot back Smith has the first down picks up twenty one or two yards inside a 30 yard line and it was Mike Mitchell who had to come back to make the stop number 70 that's a blade that delayed sprint our plate and Smith is running with a lot of daylight in there the Seahawks were first down in about 15 he got it all back for them and one big chunk and they're still marching the Browns had better get their defensive act together or they'll be water now everybody knows how the Seahawks were able to beat Oakland twice in one year Xplosive ballclub it'll be all up here that they get 700 here for the worms Hornbeck he's had time today larger by itself [Applause] [Music] [Applause] over Oliver Davis is here the safety will come into your picture I believe it is Tony Peters but it's too late here comes number 20 Tony Peters is largest cuts back across the grain gets in for the score apparently there was a some of the secondary coverage rren to Anna's third extra born in about 16 minutes and nine seconds for 84 yards he's over a thousand yards he has a touchdown Courtley sandals got a three touchdown leave this fresh egg is going but the vision leading Oakland Raiders we're up against the high scoring Miami Dolphins local listings for the games in your area [Music] Jim Simpson with Paul Warfield the for an exciting Kingdome audience and I'm sure the folks along the Cleveland Network are stunned at their Browns that upset and handled the Rams last week with 30 points against the number one defense not only losing 21 to nothing but the point is they've got nothing here is Keith white he's the leader in the NFL he fakes the handoff and gets out across the 25 yard line to the 27 and now if we said it after a touchdown number two we will repeat it after touchdown number three the Browns have to get their offensive act together and get it together in a hurry but the Browns really need right here is a big play to get them to get some kind of momentum generated and going they have not been able to move the football that well they have not been able to stop the Seattle Seahawks offensive football team so that they're going to have to call up on their offensive team to get things going right now defensive team has been on the field early the entire first 17 minutes of the ball game Miller Mike crook the setbacks check the break for the film and that is Clio Miller Brian established something it is a fine play by Dennis Boyd at the line of scrimmage knocked him down and I think I saw a flag across the way it's going to be holding against Cleveland nothing has gone right for the Browns today well they've had the problems on defense with personal files and now they're having they're going to be assessed to holding call on offense de Leon is coming out is had ankle problems and Jerry Sullivan goes back in at center for the Cleveland Browns taking the ten yards it'll make it first down on 20 as they marched the ball back inside the 20 yard line of the 16 yard line 13:36 to go [Applause] that's great good 34 could be 54 daily oh no just what out penalties certainly have heard the Browns this year and they're going to probably establish a mark in this game that they're not very proud of it being surpassing their record for penalties last year teams establishing records with penalties this year bride sigh peasant man that is Cleo Miller across the line of scrimmage Miller keeps his balance and gets knocked down at the 23 yard line he picks up about seven of the 20 yards needed it will be second down and 13 87 Brian Sipe driving straight back in the pocket Cleo Miller slips behind the defensive line he throws the ball underneath the coverage the Miller Miller is being tackled by a beast and who spins spins him around then he's hit by number 27 and that is Autry Beeman and Miller loses balance and goes down last week after the ball game was over George Allen who did the commentary said I like Brian Sipe he's a winner that Aiden said his accuracy impressed me but today crack but now he's got his vana this is Greg brought in a flag is [Applause] back inside the 20 of that is holding again against the bar second time on this series it's certainly not a way to get your momentum going and get going downfield they're getting more yardies assessed in the wrong direction than in the right direction Paul Warfield I'm sure the Cleveland Brown fans are saying how could we come off a 45 before point performance against Baltimore and then beat the Rams so handled in play like this well they're not playing very well but this is a game that really means a great deal to them it's it's it's a must game and it's in a must game category and it's still early in the ballgame perhaps they'll come out [Applause] that's Shepard Henry Shepard that is the sixth penalty picked up by the Browns thus far today two of them have been holding in this series and two others have been roughing the passer personal foul second down now on 24 to go and the ball on their own 13 five defensive backs pulled us back deal but Rutger will come it up swinging to his left and psifas forced to throw as time dumps it out here to Clio Miller Miller across the 20 then I cuss back in touch back the wrong because he cuts back into nothing but will be third down and 12 absolutely right Jim the screen was set up pretty well if Cleo Miller would have stayed on the outside it looks like he would have been able to gain a few more extra yards but instead he cut across to gangrene and back into the blue shirt at Sea Hawk defenders number 34 coming in as Calvin Hill who two games ago had that outstanding game against the Browns catching three touchdown passes they'd like to throw to him coming out on the backfield and on 3rd along with Calvin Hill in there look for him both wide receivers with to the left [Applause] third and nearly 12 Hill is coming out of the backfield going looking the other way and his wife down by Keith Simpson he didn't get the ball anyway by the way Dave Brown has a bruised hip and he'll be examined at halftime but she whether not he can come away and play again Johnny heavens will kick the ball away to Rufus Crawford under fire for his poor punting job all week ago it is first for 57 yards and the cry you hear those in Seattle know is for roof roof is profit is not a on the part of the sellout crowd 21 to nothing in Seattle cooked outstanding on offense and their defense has just shut down the Cleveland Browns and the Browns have not helped themselves on offense or defense with penalties jumping offside Posca [Applause] he takes it out for the safety [Applause] eldest boys on that when they get it out well here's the snap from center and Johnny Evans has got to be a little bit taller to come up with this catch he knows it he's going after him right away a rookie player Johnny Evans does a smart thing right here he just backs to our picks up the ball takes it out of Bounce and takes to safety [Applause] when we come back it'll be a free-kick Seattle is winning big okay Atari well I know of only one other team that has come back this year from a 23 to nothing deficit and that was Houston against New England and unless the Browns get their act together here it doesn't appear likely that they'll come back Johnny Evans is marching off he cannot kick them all on the Seattle side of the 20 he's got to stay his side of the 20 taking a couple of practice steps and now will boot the ball away after the safety and this will be Rufus Crawford at the 30-yard line golfer trying to get outside and now he may get out for a walk [Applause] maybe clipping back at the 40-yard line Cleveland Brown defender peeled back at a Santa Seahawk that looked like he had a perfect block on him suddenly found himself clipping and I think it's 72 Bullard that did the clip we'll wait and see I'm calling it ahead of time I know but I believe it was 72 Bullard about the throw block the defender peeled back to get Crawford and as he did so bullet then hit him from behind for every down--which checking to see the number apparently not to see the number but to see the location of the football backs it up this side of the 50-yard line [Applause] number 72 10-yard penalty well there's a difference between the clipping and the illegal use of hands they hit him from behind which would have been 15 but when his illegal user hands that cut it down to ten groovers karffard starting to his left finds that area shut off nine starts to go back across the grain Clay Matthews mrs. ink bears number 72 bullet his hands are on number 89 Keith's right down from the 49-yard line and this is shorter snip [Applause] nearly a first down in canto first down inside the 40-yard line Tom Darden came up to make the tackle out of the I formation quick pitch to Sherman Smith he follows number 61 right there Tom Lynch but he cuts inside our back across the grain gets a good block and it's a good game for Sherman Smith he's been in the brown secondary all day and he's been spelling a lot of trouble for them Cleveland looks like they need something not only offensive leaveth defensively ball to turn them around a fumble and interception something a big play a big go for a loss play but they're not getting in Seattle keeps marching ahead during an outstanding offensive job first man through and that is Sims and Sims may have that first down inside the 40-yard line the Fiesta Bowl and we welcome them to the MVC schedule that's on Monday and you're right it's Christmas afternoon at 3:30 Eastern Time Arkansas which decimated Texas Tech last night knocked them out of any chance for the Cotton Bowl against UCLA and the Bruins I'm sure you know had an outstanding season in the pac-10 Arkansas and UCLA the Fiesta Bowl for the first time on NBC Monday Christmas Day have you gotten your Christmas shopping yet yes I tried to get it done ahead of time first down from a 39 yard line - I'd receivers both to the left Largent now moves in motion to the right it's 23 - nothing Seattle look at the hole Sherman Smith has tremendous another first down inside the 30 members hole whether it's right or left it's Sherman Smith this time it looks like it's a plane which he comes across Jim Zorn he gets a couple of good blocks there in the interior line then he breaks the tackle himself all good backs in the National Football League you have to have that capability and then he stumbles on the carpet and goes down in front of Tom Dartmouth adds a city up well they didn't upset Buffalo Kansas City's done an outstanding job Marv levy have a great year there goes straight ahead this time almost another first down Jerald irons makes the saving technique that defensive front for the Cleveland Browns is absolutely being shredded the mother as Paul said they go right or left not all games the highest point total the Seahawks have had of 31 points when they beat Chicago 31 to 29 they already have 23 they're on the March with 38 and a half minutes to go let's pause briefly for station identification this is the NBC television network you're watching the Seahawks on ki ng TV Seattle Deb Simpson Paul Warfield Seattle first down at the 17 yard line Sims now has it down at the line of scrimmage almost hit behind the line of scrimmage it is shirk that got him down and the first man to hit him looked to be Robert L Jackson number 56 hazard a 34 defense thought is second down and eight to go eight minutes and three seconds to go here in the second quarter of the first half and folks have you joined us late it has been all Seattle it has been all Seattle the Browns defense must come up with some effort to stop him right here or else it could become embarrassing three wide receivers Zordon second and long throws and there's a by the color inside the 10-yard line very close to the first down Oliver Davis a lot of care where you plan the Browns defense today Paul front four linebackers defensive backs they're having their hands full and without much success they're having a lot of trouble out there this afternoon Jim Zorn seems to be extra sharp today it doesn't matter whether he's throwing the Steve Largent or Sam McCollum or to the tight end John Sawyer he's hitting him all right on Stratton the running backs are doing a great job the Browns just have not been able to cope with the Seattle offensive attack well I say Jim Zorn is a left-handed friend talking to the future the players believe in him and if you've watched him play now and then you will believe in him he's an outstanding quarterback they are just that shy of the first down but they've got time the ball is just about at the 7 yard line as Earl Edwards will now trot in as they go to a four-man front the Browns will again and Bullard comes in and Sawyer comes in so they will have two tight ends and Bullard you saw him in your picture there he's going over and saying I'm number 72 but I'm playing tight end which means I'm eligible to catch a pass or to leave the line of scrimmage to go downfield st. Louis is one another one beating Detroit 21 to 14 after losing eight in a row the st. Louis Cardinals now are five and nine they had a four-game winning streak broken last week by the Eagles hood last report repeating Minnesota a lot of scores for you as they occur Minnesota and Green Bay should be coming to a close Green Bay is already one that now hunters in the back feel now third and short [Applause] [Music] Sims has the first down inside the five yard line lost the football lost the football the Browns are coming out they've got the football and that may be what they need we said they need a fumble recovery or something looks like Tom Darden came up with it yeah Quintero had a chance to put the icing on the cake Dave Simms takes his hand off he looks like he's going outside tackle then slips inside behind big tackle offensive tackle Bob Newton he's hit by numbers 272 jerry shirk the ball pops out there's Tom dart number 27 scrambling for it has it tries to get to his feet but Jim Zorn number 10 is there for the host of other Seattle tacklers to stop Darden and the Browns had the football on their own mind and now have 91 yards to go to get something on the board with seven minutes to go first half they're down by 20 three points sike almost on his own end zone for record he's there [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Webster [Applause] [Music] [Applause] right down back at the 34 to Seattle but back at the 34 there's a flag so it's a question of where the ball will be spotted rocker had the ball perfectly big gain looked like what the browns needed to get back into the game hit and fumble and though straighten it up for us from here as record was trying to make the tackle after he had fumbled the football he believed he was clipped well apparently the officials believed him to Paul they marked off 15 yards back to the 19 yard line John Harris called with the clip let's watch it again Browns are trying to get right back into it Bryan side goes to the receiver was producer who produced a big play for Cleveland all year long Reggie Rucker usually noticed there he did not quite have the ball tucked away and he was hit instantaneously by seattle defenders and that ball popped right out of there there's Rucker being clipped and now we see the run back by Cornell Webster of 34 yards pretty good when he spins and turns gets out of trouble before being brought down by great foot there are the Browns defense is bouncing around a little bit as though they've got some fire after that play Zorn may have missed a handoff but then he have way has Largent and there's Steve Largent again first down out of the 30-yard line Oliver Davis had a tough time with him at large in his car yet another ball before the game the word was that the Browns will probably double-team larger I don't know if they double-team him all the time but whatever they've done it had done a bit of good and well if you try to take away a pass receiver Steve Larson has got a lot of balls here today and he continues to make big catches and that will in that particular play it looked like Oliver Davis was one on one on him and and large' just turned him completely around and made a nice sideline catch six minutes to go first half 23 nothing Seattle down Jorn fakes goes to hand off gets the ball away and right there was harp Robert L Jackson he was the only man in the vicinity aside from the tide and Ron Howard Jim Jones Oran threw the ball that time with a lot of pressure on him it's the first time that the Browns have really pressured him from the pocket position during this ball game Brett Browns have taken here's a look at the pressure that Zorn will get number 70 Mac Mitchell and also Charlie Hall coming on to blitz bizarre is a great athlete you see steps right up inside of Hall and he gets the pass away and says the Seattle from coming up with a sack second down ray Ville is wired to the right but column to the left and large in is slotted left now goes in motion Zorn on the sprint out hands off and now there's the play that's been working all day long this time Dave Sims gets nothing out of it and as we said Paul after that big play the Browns defense looked like they came out with a little extra juice I don't know if they'll be able to hold him but they came out as oh we've got a shot we can move the ball and I told him and then get back and move it well I should say it's about time because Seattle has been taking it to the Browns defensive unit pretty good all afternoon long not only have they been moving the ball up and down the field but they've been taking advantage of that and they've been putting the points on the scoreboard had not that fun will occur the last time it's possible they may have been three or six more points out first time of the game catalyst third and long third they've never been in this situation before they've been able to control the offensive line Zorn is back has a lot of time grills the ball and down goes Sims and that is not a first down at the 35 they'll have to kick the ball away dick Ambrose the middle linebacker the leading tackler made the stop and for the first time today we will see Herman Weaver number 18 come into the ball game Seattle has been outstanding 66 yard drive 77 yard drive large and has caught a half a dozen or more balls including one for a touchdown of 27 yards snap from center went over the head of Johnny Evans for safety it is all settled thus far each team needs it both teams seven and six and Weaver gets off a poor kick and a fair kits called for by the up man on the play Ozzie Newsome I think Ozzy would like to take that fair catch back went to his knees but caught the ball at the 38 yard line well there's the score 23 to nothing he'd bet for 22 to go first half he was a man who knew we had a Sports World special edition yesterday the light heavyweight championship fight from marsala Italy and we get back into business as usual on Sunday January 14th all kinds of events from all over the world and of course we're leading up to NBC's coverage of the Olympic Games in Moscow and 1981 will be weekly starting Sunday the 14th a 26 yard punt by Weaver has given Cleveland its best field position of the day first down at the 38 yard line they had something going features in there Rutgers not come back we'll check on him here's Greg crook quotes got to pick up some yards across the 40 and put his out near the 50 yard line and out near a first down the last Cod the Browns had the football they moved in well and then had to punt away then came the fumble by Rucker and he may have been knife there's Rucker and he does not look to be hurt Paul well when feature came in and now feature is coming out as they're going to have a measurement but as yet Rucker has not gone back in and we see Keith right well here's something we have Keith Butler in the ballgame 53 for Seattle we have Keith Simpson in the ballgame 48 for Seattle and we have Keith Wright 89 for Cleveland in the ballgame they're all teammates last year at Memphis State they're all named Keith but now they're facing each other for the first time this is the measurement to see whether or not the Browns got the first down I can't tell look they did they've got the first down near midfield for 15 to go Browns get on the scoreboard here and it's not a lost cause if they go under 23 to nothing failing to move the football failing to score it'll be a tough dressing room at halftime the best penetration by Cleveland has been to the 35-yard line remember when John Cockcroft tried a deal go of more than 50 yards but they're starting out with their best field position here right to the left Logan to the right [Applause] and Keith Simpson as the man has got to be on Keith Reich former teammates at Memphis State one wall in the far shot of the field there's Greg Pruitt crew it explodes into the secondary court still on his feet Kirk gets up mock court is inside the 10-yard line will be marked at the seven first and goal to go and as Greg fruit out of 57 yard touchdown Kenter against the Rams last week to turn that ballgame around fruit may have ignited something here with us 45 yard run 45 yards Paul Greg crude once he's in the secondary is one of the most dangerous broken fieldrunners in pro football here he shows you his ability in his speed as he runs by Cornell Webster and then a game saving tackle by number 48 Keith Simpson but a little Keys right number 89 hustled all the way across the field to try to get a block Ricky features bringing in the play along with Keith Wright and Rutger as this constantly taken a seat on the bench but it'd be because he dropped that football I don't think so Jim there's Sipe looking end zone looking Morgan touchdown [Applause] ravemon comes back and I was thrown over Keith Simpson Brian Sipe on display action passes looking to his left for Dave Logan big man six foot four inches tall and about 218 pounds and he's got the advantage over in number 48 Keith Simpson Logan is a big strong receiver and he comes up with those kind of catches well at Cleveland Browns you're over and dead for 23 points worth have come back still four minutes ago we told you their offense looked juiced up after the Rutger long catch on the fumble as though they knew they would finally move the ball well they've come back and moved the ball 62 yards the last seven yards of which the throw from sight to Logan but the biggest 45 yards the run by gray caught and now folks we have a ball game channel 23 Cleveland 7 first half pick up one of the two newest Jim Simpson with Paul Warfield al hunter nearest to you ruthless Crawford across the way and dong COK off to kick it off from a 35 yard line for minutes exactly to go in the first half well it's a cliche barn burner but everybody expected this to be one and it may yet be one roofers Crawford his back at Rufus has the ball of the free yard line Stanny kickoff returner gets the walk flag is down across the way is profit goes down across the 30 but there's a flag down up near the 35 yard line and so maybe it is now Seattle that's having a little trouble getting its act together after racing out to the 23 to nothing lead a good return by Rufus Crawford but a holding penalty apparently will be assessed and that'll be 10 yards from a 34 and we'll take it back inside the 25 up there gonna step it off from a 30 so that'll take it back even more and now that's not holding that's gonna be a personal foul let's see what Don wedge has to say all day on Iran back is 15 yards well it'll be interesting to see exactly look at this New Orleans I say to look at this that's the first time called in their history they won six ball game Pittsburgh and Houston all tied at three Lynn Swann is back year-old Campbell has not come back there's still 20 seconds on the clock so hold it here first time in the 12-year history of New Orleans that they won as many as six games well the people down there in New Orleans we've got to be real happy archie manning has had a great year this year at quarterback dick Nolan moved in as head coach for the first time this year and he's really resurrected that ballclub I'm was called before the snap of the ball Gerald irons as the one is talking out and well couldn't be a better fellow than zero lions he's studying law one of the universities in the Cleveland area in sure he's quite a negotiator well Frank sinkovitz was saying something move at five yards because I could not figure out 15 yards I figured I didn't know the rule it has to be ten I couldn't believe that [Applause] it brings it out to the 20 pointed that was going to make before we were interrupted it'll be interesting to see if Seattle can really get their office going and it would be interesting to see if the Browns defense now has really risen to the occasion all right first down from 20 I by [Music] here's ORN handing off to Sherman Smith that's worked all day and worked about four yards this time jerry shirk grabbed him along with Gerald Lawrence as he went by it'll be second down and six clock continues to run 335 and so the indications are that the Cleveland defense has tightened up a little bit and the obvious fact is that the Cleveland the offense has been able to at last put a touchdown on the board it's 23 to 7 second down and six from the 24 Rabil is to the left Largent goes wide right along with the color and Zorn drops straight back setting up the screen and looks to the tight end Sawyer that's what it is Sawyer's got the first out of more across the 35 yard Mack Mitchell came back to make the tackle they'll spot it up here the thirty-seventh Titan screenplay is set up very well Jerry shark beating in on Jim Zorn but he's a cool customer he waits and gets the ball off to Sawyer Sawyer is falling to blocking Gerald Lyons has a shot of but Jarrell is knocked down by Tom Lynch number 61 Sawyer keeps moving on and he stopped by Tom Darden 23 7 Seahawks 2 minutes 35 seconds to go in the pan Ron Howard has come in mr. Titan the story has gone out still three wide receivers and Zorn still throwing he's been throwing all day boy he took a hit as he got the ball away he really got clobbered as he got the ball away Jackson and shirk in their own him hard and he threw in the vicinity of a blue jersey and in a group of orange pants he was looking for Steve Largent and lachen was a little bit slow making making his cut watch him as he double pumps right here and that's all the Browns defense needs that's number 56 Robert L Jackson a big hitter a big linebacker second down and 10 Zorn has hit on 11 out of 14 for 171 yards already and of those 71 yards 27 1 on the touchdown pass to larger 2nd down 10 let's call them this time to the left the other two wide receivers to the right second down ten hand off David Simms Simms that's Ambrose up top then he only picked up a couple of yards up near the 40 yard line and it'll be third down and long about seven to go third and seven and for the second time in the last couple of minutes and for the first times in the ballgame Seattle is faced third and long that has not happened too often in this ballgame Seattle's shown and demonstrated great ability to move the football if they can't hold Seattle here they can establish some sort of field position and perhaps get another score before half-time well our good friend Bob Hope we always love to do the Bob Hope golf tournament he pays a tribute to Columbus Ohio and you should listen to this all because you went to Ohio State levels Ohio's Ohio theaters on its fiftieth anniversary and Bob's guests tonight will be Lucille Ball Donna Marie Osmond Ginger Rogers victim owned and as I said about the Desert Classic it's the first NBC golf schedule that we've got from 1979 you'll see it on January 13th and 14th old friend thought well we see him around a few ballparks baseball football he is around everywhere I tell you you see some beautiful colors up in the Great Northwest and I guess he's just adding to it we did a thing last week in Baltimore Paul and I were down there and a little trivia for those of you who did not see that game the first professional meeting national football day cheerleaders ever were in 1954 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore next year they're having their 25th anniversary third down seven to go to 13th ago and the Seahawks up by 16 in the first half Zorn no surprise there has a back coming out Sherman Smith that does not throw their fine [Applause] first down and guess who did it Grable rables Davis right on top of it Jim Zorn stepping back bobbing back in the pocket this time he gets a little pressure he steps right up and looks for Steve Remo Remo having a fine season this year fine past receiver running a hook pattern to the inside comes up with a big catch for a first down German Smith was also wide open and we have exactly two minutes to go and enough offensive first half 23 7 Seattle Polaroid's one-step simplest game look at this score Minnesota pulled it off they were down by about 10 or 12 points in the third quarter 28 27 now that means that Minnesota and Green Bay are now 8 5 and 1 they are still tied Minnesota's beaten Green Bay twice but more importantly Washington which lost today they go 8 to 6 fill it off you almost moved ahead of them nine and five now the Eagles go to 8 and 6 and so they are still alive what happened with one minute 49 seconds to go Fran Tarkenton Ahmad Rashad 20 yards for touchdown pass to win the ballgame first down midfield Seattle Zorn hands to Smith who picks up the yard and that's all jerry shirk at the bottom there are cute the center getting over the ball quickly as time is rolling away and they still have a couple of four times out and they want to conserve them out smith with him there was clay matthews dorky out of USC but he was a couple of steps behind Smith and Smith as big as he is get run awfully fast Smith was wide open and as you said he tried to run before he caught that ball Clay Matthews was at least two or three strides behind him look like Smith would have been able to come up with a big gainer there third down and nine Clarence Scott comes back in as they've gone to five defensive backs figuring that zortan about what's new figuring in torrents gonna throw very wide receivers again we've been very effective Largent is the big man is in motions orders back as time now spritz out of it get them all the way and throws behind this man and that is number 89 Duke Ferguson who has come in and it's fourth down Jorn at time then ran out of time Jim Zorn showing you a little bit of his magic as he sits back in the pocket waits waits looks to his left feels a little bit of pressure steps up into the pocket starts to run knows exactly where he is and watch him stop before he crosses the line of scrimmage fires to duke ferguson but it's a little bit behind ferguson who's running from left to right and he can't quite turn to make the catch walk down Herrmann Weaver who had a 26 yard punt last time is off to punt again coming up at half-time of course NFL 78 they are good on what's been going on what's happening what the scores are what our situation is in the countdown to the playoffs we will try to boom this one that's a better one away that is Keith Wright it will have some Running Room as you break you right up the middle and gets across the 20 yard line to the 23 121 to go broadly siphoned company still have time to get on the board three quick touchdowns by Seattle Dan a safety before Cleveland finally woke up next Sunday doubleheader starting off with NFL 78 before the game in your area football biorhythms will be discussed on NFL 78 that's something to look into we had some experience with that now look at how they Scout behind the scenes look at all team size up each other the greatest of the great will preview and review Otis Taylor plus all the NFL scores and even looking at we'll be showing you next week with Oakland Miami the feature Miami won big today with the Redskins there's Brian Sipe gets it out here - they're all Leo Miller could not hang on to it they're diving for it in the event it might be ruled a fumble but no way they faked it - Pruitt coming right and went back to Miller going left play that the Browns used last week against the Rams very effectively the double screen faked to the one side and then throwing the screen setting it up on the other side didn't really fool the Seahawks even though Cleo Miller dropped the ball probably was the best thing that happened to him second down and 10 from a 23 yard line 116 clock is stopped both teams seven and six both teams coming off big wins last week big wins Cleveland shutting down the Rams and running over the number one defense and Seattle becoming the first team in 13 years defeat Oakland twice in the same season Ryan sight fires it has a man right in the middle and looks like it is Ricky feature dogs rectory Reggie Rucker is back in Rucker got back in and they made the cat Rucker moving out of the slot being jammed a little bit but he's a crafty old veteran he knows exactly where to go comes up with the catch this time holds on to the ball at the 38 yard line less to the minutes ago sight back sike looking Seif has a man and there is again Reggie Rucker another first down and they called timeout at the 47 Don Cockcroft despite missing a 51-yard field goal attempt remember has an outstanding in strong leg 9 out of 11 from the 42 49 yard range and the least the Browns want is that 45 seconds ago the Browns on the move treading 23 to 7 [Music] [Music] this is December the 3rd 1979 is not too far away and we've got a lot of great things for you before 1979 but there's an indication of what NBC Sports has coming up for you during the year 1979 Wimbledon the Super Bowl the beginning again the sports world the basketball championships the all-star game got them all stick with us at the 46 yard line first in 10 Cleveland they've got one more time out left and they've got 45 seconds in the half Rucker and Logan both go to the left [Applause] runningbacks plea on the link breakthrough it zyphus back cyclops at log fries he knew some head over crows him at the 7-yard line dosam back there with Cornell Webster Newsome an outstanding rookie and word not for man by the name of Earl Campbell he would get a lot more first-place votes I think than what he will get because he is an outstanding rookie and an important reason why the Browns have come alive in 78 and I can hear some Brown fans say come alive we're down 23 to 7 but it has been a good season for them they've been a lot of all games some of which they should have won that's true and Ozzie Newsome has been the big reason why their passing game is jailed so well this year that time the Browns utilized the slat formation and brought Newton on the tight side and worked him on Cornell Webster and working himself free Keith Wright wide to the left now Rucker to the right Houston now told us stood out about 5 yards to the right it's like Raik quartz right up the middle lookout makes a good move and gets inside and now they're in field goal range and we'll probably call their last timeout 30 seconds to go they haven't caught it yet 25 seconds to go they still have one timeout to go maybe they'll keep it until they have to use it 21 seconds to go psyche gets them all away down the sidelines and overthrows and that stops the clock 16 seconds to go and now they can regroup but they still have a timeout left according to the scoreboard Seahawks aspecting pass Brian Sipe on a draw play to Greg hood he pops it following him number 65 Henry Shepherd it's wide open Tom de Leon 54 got a good block that's true it in the open he's awfully dangerous in the broken feel the ala Browns have only scored 7 points but break break through it already has 93 yards in the first half on just 6 rushes Heath riders out they've got a first down hold it second down and thus they've got a chance for a cup of throws into the end zone if they want to chance it before bringing on takraw is 23 to 7 Logan goes to the left Rutger comes to the right and the crowd in the kingdom comes alive they've seen their team look outstanding the safety blitz is on sight throws it Logan looks up he never had a chance and Seif had to unload the ball because John Harris the safety was on a safety blitz never had a chance to let the pattern develop well if the Browns blockers could have done a little bit better job of picking up the Blitzers scythe had two receivers Logan and Newsome open here's sight and he's been really getting a lot of pressure right there from the linebacker he gets the ball off just in time Dave Logan isn't quite into his pattern doesn't make his breaking the ball was a little overthrown alright at this third down with the 11 seconds left to go on the half the worse the Browns one is three the most they can get a seven this will probably be the last play before an attempted field goal if there is to be one site with time sigh he's got a man Webster came Jennifer Keith ride it's for town psifas looking to his right for Keith right Cornell Webster playing deep in his own breaks on the ball as is coming in to write breaks in front of him makes a good play bash the ball away and I'll Don Cockcroft who is missed from 51 yards up the ball will be spotted with Logan holding at the 30 yard line a 40-yard attempt is nine for 11 from here right in front of the goal post [Applause] try to get the browns into the dressing room with some momentum man it is good a 40-yard field goal by Don Cockroft and don't go away with one second to go on the half this ball game is far from being over it was 23 to nothing now it is 23 to 10 with a second left to go on the half and the Cleveland Browns who looked so flat and the Seattle Seahawks who looked so good suddenly it has been a reversal at least in the last four minutes of the half Browns have really come back in there well within this ball game the kind of offense that they have with the big play men like Greg Pruitt Reggie Rucker Ozzie Newsome they can certainly come back to win this ballgame well the people in Seattle are saying what is new and the seven games they've won six times it's been in the fourth quarter that they have won the ballgame and four times it has been on the last play of the game that it's been decided so I guess the folks in Seattle are used to this kind of stuff they're used to it Rufus Crawford go deep back off might not put this ball up in the air might just kick it along the ground because there's only one second to go and soon as the man touches it that's about it we'll see how he chooses to play it but it's been a first half that has been all Seattle and then hold it it's been all of rounds but Seattle's got much the better of it on the scoreboard but we still have a half to play he can along the ground one of the up men will take it Susie does now the clock starts time has run off up man takes it first half is over excellent first half they got a good hand from the capacity crowd here in the Kingdome battle took the 23 the nothing lead now mid have Cleveland come back and now at half time shadow 23 in the Cleveland Brown the preceding announcement furnaces a public service by the National Football League I'm Jim Simpson with Paul Warfield we've been treated to quite a first half have we not the seahawks out in front 23 to nothing then the Browns coming back for the final 10 and remember both teams started this game seven and six lose and your season is all over as a playoff possible it is concerned when and you still have an outside chance and that's what they'll try to do in the second half and we'll be back for the second half a little bit later on but now we switch you to New York and NFL 78 and Bryant Gumbel the cowboys and the Patriots are just two of many teams with playoff aspirations playing this day the Dolphins jets and Packers have kept their hopes alive [Music] and women perhaps their playoff hopes Mike Adamle and high Bryant Gumble will have a lot of sports in highlights for you we realize some of you will be breaking away for a local news but we hope you'll be with us we return after these messages from your local stick Bob Hope salutes the Ohio G hello again everyone welcome back to NFL 78 I'm Bryant Gumbel Mike Adamle is in our highlights Center week 14 has been very exciting we'll try to get you caught up the redskins against the dolphins tough day for the redskins they lost their sixth game in the last eight tries were shutout in fact 16 loved by the miami dolphins Bob Griese had a big day by contrast Joe Theismann threw four interceptions and their in was the story in Mike that Miami defense had not been playing well all the game long but today they came up with him we're not gonna have the highlights of that ballgame Atlanta against Cincinnati the Falcons needed a big win today they did not get it they came up short against the Cincinnati Bengals 37 to 7 the Bengals intercepted two of Steve bartowski's tosses and random back for touchdowns magic number at Giants Stadium today was six for the Rams six straight NFC west title for the Giants their sixth straight lost the final 20 to 17 and the Rams did it without four of their running backs they rushed for only 98 yards Mike you got a chance to tune in that game Rams played well despite having no offense O'Brien here from Los Angeles and you know that the Los Angeles Rams always rely on defense they did so today and they shut down the Giants but it was close for a while 10 10 at the half as a matter of fact this arctic I found out joke the sergeant found out how tough the RAM defense can be when bill Simpson tips is passed here and it's picked off by number 53 Jim Youngblood a Youngblood makes a fine run all the way down to the 7 yard line before Johnny Perkins puts a halt to his Odyssey one play later in a first and seven situation Cullen and rambles around right in and put the Giants on top 10 to nothing Giants did get on the scoreboard leader in the second floor with the sergeant Gary sure can watch shirks great reception in the end zone to make it 10-7 at donello field goal made in 1010 and a half the sergeant got hurt and Randy Dean was his replacement but Dean threw this interception to Pat Thomas his 7th of the year that kind of iced the game for Los Angeles at Shea Stadium Joe Namath and the 69 Super Bowl champs were being honored today and they must have liked what they saw because the Jets were victorious and kept their playoff hopes alive Scott jerkings scored first two Jets for the 3 yard touchdown run Bobby Jackson had a pass interference called against them and it set up his Don McCauley touchdown run and watch what he does for Don he draws the fishless flag and gets called for personal foul but one play later after the kickoff Matt Robinson cranks up his arm and hit Wesley Walker for one of two touchdown passes 48 yards and all and then later on Matt Robinson did it again he was 7 for 18 out of the day 186 yards and two touchdowns his second touchdown also the Wesley waka this time for 38 yards Bruce Flair told me before the game you know he the only way you can cover this guy is with a gun and I believed him on the day Walker had 85 yards in touchdowns and he became the first NFL receiver to go over the a thousand yard mark this year Steve Largent has just done it for the Seattle Seahawks also Mike I'm not sure a gun would work with Walker anyway miss Nestor the speeding bullet Green Bay against Tampa Bay Packers a winner today 17 7 they still have very strong hopes of winning the NFC Central title the Kansas City Chiefs a fine young ballclub under Marv levy won their fourth ballgame today they beat the bills 14 of 10 they did it by intercepting Joe Ferguson three times Philadelphia against Minnesota the Eagles playoff hopes took a beating today they moved to 8 & 6 the Vikings moved to 85 and one for the 28 27 win for Fran Tarkenton 289 was the magic number that's how many yards he passed for and with his 289 completion he set a new NFL record breaking the mark of Sonny Jerguson trailing 27 20 the fourth-quarter Turk and then hooked up the slob sucker here to go down to the Philadelphia 11 yard line the big first down and set up the winning touchdown you see the clock in the corner to a striped robe kind of thing friends been doing for a lot of years now it worked again today 28 27 a final Minnesota over Philadelphia st. Louis Detroit to clubs building for the future heaven only the Cardinals are building a little harder than the Lions because they today they won a 21-14 victory gary Danielson had a very tough day for Detroit five interceptions and he was sacked four times San Francisco against New Orleans the Saints on top on this one 24 213 another typically brilliant day for Archie Manning he threw two touchdown passes to super rookie West Chandler one for 58 yards and one for 12 yards heaven at me Chandler been kept under wraps most of the year he's finally getting it out now New England against Dallas a lot of people will tell you this is a preview of Super Bowl 13 certainly they are playing like it in Irving Texas New England on top 10 to 3 on a big run by Sam Cunningham let's check in with Mike Adamle Mike there's a lot of talent on the field Murphy you know the story here has been the Patriots success at running the football you don't usually run well against the for three flex defense but the Patriots have as a witness right here when Annie Johnson gets loose for 37 yards he goes all the way down to the 39 yard line before cliff Harris can push him out of bounds on a fourth and 5 set of situation Posey went to kick the field goal but watched too tall Jones 72 you see looks like RC Owens just to do blocking field goals Patriots couldn't convert but also in the first quarter groving went back to pass Charlie Harris 50 dark Charlie waters picked it off and set up a field-goal for Dallas to put them on top three nothing early on the Cunningham gets loose right here Sam Cunningham and watch him go it looks like the Sam Cunningham at USC 52 yards and all Harris can't catch him sports with the Patriots 73 post he kicked another field goal to make it 10 to 3 New England Dallas Pittsburgh Houston what a game this is and it's been a bruising game Franco or Lynn Swann and Earl Campbell both have been hurt they're both back in the game both boys are back in the game Pastorini went on top first he'd go 24 Mike barber but it was intercepted by Mike Wagner the Steelers couldn't convert thought it would remain nothing nothing Houston's next possession pastor he went back to pass again but this time Lambert picked it off bump-bump Phillips looks on a little bit disgusted and gorilla did kick the field goal to make it 3 nothing here's the play where Swann gets hurt wham breaks timmreck runs into him and you see him writhing in pain he got his ribs Jan they are not broken he is back from the game and watch her up Campbell here he gets loose he looks like he's going for the distance but Donny Sheldon were 30 unruly racks him up Ron Johnson recovers his fumble he got hurt both Hamill and Swann are back in the game but that's just an indication of how hard-hitting this contest is and that has been a very bruising ballgame remember Houston right now is 9 and 4 looking for a wild-card berth and Pittsburgh going into that ballgame 11 and 2 seeking another AFC Central title another big ballgame going on is going on in the kingdom where Seattle is beating Cleveland that ball game stands at 23:10 of course at the half big day for the azure enlargen combination horn has completed 12 of 17 for a hundred and eighty yards and one touchdown his favorite receiver Largent has one touchdown catch he's completed east caught six balls for a total of 95 yards and if you're looking ahead as im2 two teams that go into this ball game seven six how they'll finish the season the Browns still have to play the Jets and the Bengals the Seahawks still have to play the Chargers and the Chiefs at seven and six they are very much alive in the playoff picture [Music] this 1978 National Football League game is brought to you by new slits like lateral pilsner beer still less filling with a taste that's bigger than light by dodge and your dodge dealer who invites you to come in and see why people are saying hey that's my dodge and by Sylvania makers of super set color TV and a complete line of home entertainment products [Music] everyone Bryant Gumbel back with you very quickly now let's run down the scores of week 14 Miami a shutout winner over Washington a 16 nothing the Redskins have lost six in the last eight Cincinnati 37 Atlanta 7 the Falcons playoff hopes very much hurt the rams wrap up the NFC West title they beat the Giants 20 to 17 the Jets playoff hopes still alive they beat the Colts 24 16 the final their Green Bay still looking to finish the top the NFC Central they beat Tampa Bay 17 to 7 Kansas City defeated Buffalo in a battle of teams building for the future final 1410 it was Minnesota 28 Philadelphia 27 as Fran Tarkenton and broke an NFL record for completions st. Louis 21 Detroit 14 New Orleans 24 San Francisco could only put 13 on the board game still in progress it's New England 10 and Dallas 3 that ballgame in the third period Houston and Pittsburgh are tied at 3 in the third period and the ball game going on right now also it is Seattle 23 and Cleveland 10 we're gonna return you for the second half of that get ballgame we'll get to that right after this Sally I want you to break in the new cold [Music] break it in a frisky new dodge cold hatchback is just about the most enjoyable assignment you can get it's got drug wheel drive new twin stick transmission it's real easy on the earth if all that sounds good to you see you dodging all staple a Colts imported from Japan we found the sock you find the foot that fits it smelled something remarkable about Burlington sighs he's just fun in here a special treatment called bio guard helps control sock odor that goes for Burlington dress socks casual socks sports socks just look for the green stripe 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at the 21 yard line but before the flag was thrown Larry Collins gathered in the ball on about the 4 yard line he starts up following the wedge starts to go to the outside to the right gets a couple of good blocks he's a 9-5 sprinter and you don't want to let this guy get into the broken field because he can go all the way following us blocking nicely before being brought down at 250 the referee will tell us what happened the teams are actually walking off the field a clip called and so that'll move them back excellent field position all the way out to the 50-yard line and of course they step off the clip from the spot of the infraction which is at the 21 yard line and that's going to be a difference of about 40 yards that is going to be a big difference because the Browns as we said scored the last 10 points of the first half what they would like to do is to get something going and this is not the way to get us started [Applause] we enforce the clip path the distance first down now the ball is at the 11 instead of at the 50-day 39-yard difference Brian Sipe will try to get things going you can see Reggie Rucker there one of the wide receivers [Applause] backfield drag truth and Cleo Miller Mike crew it started but has not played much since the first quarter Walker in motion [Applause] Gregg toward Oh My look at number 62 honey pipes number one draft choice of Detroit six years ago and played like it on that play road right down the line of scrimmage and got through it and knocked him down after about a yard gain I beg your pardon Cleo Miller about a second down and about eight and a half Rucker wide to the right Logan to the left and siphon company trying to get him out of trouble and shadow chronic evil info [Music] first man through is Cleo Miller he's going to get the first down Miller Pete Simpson makes the tackle playing over there for Dave Brown but it's a first down at the 26 yard line they're not out to our Larry Collins returned the football Paul but at least they're got some Running Room now is it look at the first half statistics and it looks like it's all Seattle 290 yards total total rushing in passing turnovers they're about the same passing those a big differences zone as 12 out of 17 first down 26 yard line [Applause] sike to throw the Keith right right steps back inside of Ernie Price and gets a cup in and then does a very dangerous thing he puts the ball ahead while still falling down someone could have fallen on that ball Paul and taking a white away from him but they didn't and Wright gets across the 30-yard line a pickup of five second down and five and here he comes out site we told you the Greg protocol Miller in the backfield Dave Logan Reggie Rucker the wide receivers Newsome the tight end Deacon and Darrell the tackles Shepherd and Jackson the guards and DeLeon as it's settled second down five lost the football [Applause] [Music] this one bill Gregory came up with the football on it number 77 Bryan side fumbles the snap from center and duck deacon number 73 goes over side because he is trying to pick up the ball and this recovered by seattle big break for the Seahawks they have charge of the football Sean at quarterback of course Dave Simms 35 Sherman Smith 47 the running backs margin 80 McCallum 84 sorry 81 the tight em got great field position straight ahead Simms gets inside the 25-yard line Dave Simms was guilty of a big fumble back in the first half always at the 24-yard line a gain of four second down on six well Cleveland had a lot going for it got the ball out to the 50 there was a clip picked up a first down then they lost the football on first down on the exchange of the ball from Center the quarterback and Deacon got over sight so he couldn't recover his own fumble and look at this they get away from Sherman snip and then he cut him down at the line of scrimmage in the backfield very quickly was Mike st. Clair they got away from st. Clair now it's third and long from the I formations Sherman Smith on this delay handoff that's number 72 Jerry shirt their all-pro defensive tackle he's the guy that caused the problems Smith spins away from him but there's a host of bronze tacklers headed by 52 Dick Anderson waiting for a very short gain if any I'll make it short content of st. Clair that forced the play third down now and seven to go third and seven wide receivers Simpson motion Zorn's printing out has all the time in the world grills the ball in front of the intended receiver across the way that's McCullum ball bounced in front of him and this may be a chance for a friend herrera they come on remember with pre seconds to go last week he kicked the 46 yard at zona pods as Herrera comes on also remember from the field goal situation Seattle has been known to do almost anything and you see who was going to hold the ball for this 41 yard attempt our arrows for for eight whoops hold it of course everybody is pointing including number 71 Jesse turnbaugh saying they did something and Seattle is saying you did something and the Browns have yet made a mother mistake Browns defenders getting a little bit itchy right there [Applause] micki Sims number 78 well I tell you barreras going off it's going to be fourth and short and they're going to go for it apparently Zorn is still in the back deal but large and us come on Smith comes in oh it's going to be fourth down in about a foot of a half and that mistake make in Seattle first down inside the that you like about this Seattle team is that they will go for it on fourth down they don't do the conventional all the time but I trust Oakland last week on fourth and one at the 21 when they were stopped [Applause] [Music] now let's see what happens here [Music] [Applause] [Music] dr. Dave Sims he's trying to find a spot we can discriminate fires daylight spritz Ron Bolton and Oliver Davis to the goal what was apparently going to be a frugal try Tildy occurred and now touchdown for seattle his second touchdown of the day his 13th of the year for David Simms and now herrera's in to add the extra point there is still a lot of time left but the fact remains it is now 3210 went on the opening kickoff at 23 to 10 Cleveland at the vault of the 50-yard line this is one of the most advanced motor cars ever built and it's equipped with one of the most advanced car stereos ever built it's by Craig who else a power-play cassette system am/fm related receiver with digital station read up but becomes an electronic digital clock when the radio is off and it's designed to fit virtually anything you could drive the DeLorean sports car is not available yet but the crepe stereo you just see or Craig viewer who else [Music] sit down craps sorry teach I didn't know the gun was loaded you didn't know freshen-up was loaded with flavor all this tastes [Music] ordinary gum didn't you know fresh enough loads delicious cup with refreshing liquid flavor boosters [Music] Cindy Williams stars in once hunters suddenly love of bittersweet drama Monday on NBC one of the most oft asking question to his coach what was a turning point of the ballgame what do you think a 2014 the ballgame is this fourth down going for a field goal went off side and then all of a sudden it's 30 to 10 [Music] Jim Zorn hands the ball to David Simms look at him as he sort of stutters right here Tom Darden number 27 has a shot of him but he can't quite get ahold of him then he just Sprint's to the goal line David Simms a little bit earlier in the second quarter and a fumble that perhaps alive Cleveland to get back into the ball game but he makes her forward right there Cleveland guarded by penalties all along throughout the game especially in the second half they'll try to get themselves on track Keith Wright outstanding kick returner 20-yard line 25-yard line hit hard by Keith Cutler buddy you're not supposed to do that to me we were teammates last year Memphis State let's pause briefly for station identification this is the NBC television network you're watching the seahawks on ki ng TV Seattle these are all buddies meeting on the field of play this is how nobody welcomes an old buddy after he hasn't seen him in about a year that's a big hit right there Jim Simpson with Paul Warfield its first down from the 27 yard line and it is 32 10 here's Greg Kot cruet saving tackle made by Ernie price number 62 you will see getting up there Terry be seen but price 62 just there getting up is the man who made the saving tackle after seven yard pickup by Pruitt who by our figures now is over 100 yards New England and Dallas ten all third quarter New England did have the lead at 10 to 3 but the Cowboys they sell them lose down at Texas Stadium of Irvine Texas and they come back to tie big game both teams [Applause] firstly since for Dallas Miami and wash Miami Beach Washington Philadelphia beaten by Minnesota in eastern division ranked wrote again boy been hit up and it's going to be third and short did not get it Terry Beeson is there any prices there again as they unravel John Harris is there at his Brian Sipe who may be calling on yet another tight end that's what he's joined Gary Paris is coming on Calvin Hill is coming on on the short yardage situation 25 minutes to go if they don't make it here you know they're gonna kick the ball away but it's getting down to the point of no return and they're still missing a person and missing Mike Pruitt who failed to come in for Greg Pruitt they've got 13 seconds left on the clock to get this play away now 10 as they come to the line of scrimmage five to get it away free to get it away gets it away Calvin Hill first down Calvin Hill they love him in Cleveland is come up with some clutch plays the Browns way to the seven and six season Calvin Hill we haven't seen very much of him today but here he takes two straight handoff and proof from site following Mike hood that is he's hit by number 58 Terry Beeson but Mason can't hold a man that's as big as Calvin Hill from making that extra tough yardage Logan to the right Drucker goes left ball at the 40 yard line first down Mike crota's in the backfield now with Greg fort he has not played too much since the first quarter [Applause] site throwing on first down he's got to blowing deep down the side [Music] [Applause] absolutely clear on one occasion caught the ball bubbled it away this time beautiful coverage but he almost made a big Kent frenzy record running the street down the side he makes a move to the inside the cornerback bites on it he gets beyond him on the outside now yes the stretch for this ball can't quite pull it in you'll see right there can't quite pull it in before it touches the ground loses control of it comes to Richards second down and ten whoever loses today see you later 478 and the playoffs and right now Seattle Seahawks are alive in the world and up by 20 points Galvan Hill is back in set up as a flop did went back at the tailback set it up on this side to Ozzie Newsome on a tight end screen Newsome gets across the 45 yard line it'll be third down about four to go and Ernie price is there again three times the last five plays from scrimmage Ernie price has been a big man on the play clock continues to run and the Browns need some scores in a hurry to get back in this game even though we're just midway in the third quarter because Seattle when they get the football moving they sold sixty four thousand seven hundred eighty - some folks decided to stay home in the house sixty-two thousand two hundred and sixty two they are sold out in the Kingdome he's right is in and wide left Rucker to the right on third down nearly five everybody knows what's going to happen apparently Calvin Hill is in sight we'll go back to throw and now he does not like what he sees and so he says timeout Victor look up eight men around the line of scrimmage walks over to talk to his coach 7:52 to go big crucial moment for the Browns third down and five or thrown 45 from the Cape to the Gulf they know how to cook up a good time [Music] [Music] in times a day America for actually [Music] 19:23 the first nonstop coast-to-coast flight made with Pennzoil 1934 a new transcontinental speed record made with Pennzoil Pennzoil goes the distance and through the years people have come to know and trust the quality in this bright yellow cab and today Pennzoil still stands the test of quality it's all there in the bright yellow cab Pennzoil always worth asking for the upset minded Baltimore Colts take on Terry Bradshaw and the playoff Bob Pittsburgh Steelers but after NFL 78 Saturday starting at 12:30 Eastern Time on NBC [Music] that's one reason why the Seahawks are up by 21 reason 9 times they've had a third down chance to convert and five times they've made it the Browns only 1 for 5 he had a third down on almost 5 yards to go Cypress talk to the coaching staff is back and a big play for the brown keep something going and keep the ball away from that potent Shadwell offense [Music] my crook Calvin Hill a setback Regirock too emotional [Music] site gets the ball away he has his man at port drop the ball not the football kicking away a lot of traffic couldn't hold on was there Coenen was there the linebackers Seattle users in the 34 defense on the Rose Bowl USC which is now 11 and 1 they defeated Hawaii last night that's a good trip for the Trojans against Michigan Tannen one of the big 10 winners the pac-10 the big 10 they always say this put us through the grand that in a ball on NBC on the afternoon January 1st big game Michigan trying to get some glory back for the big temp all your old conference has not done too well in the Rose Bowl in recent years they certainly haven't painted this year we go year for the Wolverines and Bo Schembechler Johnny Evans kicking the ball away and another good punt driving Rufus Crawford back inside the 10 and he's not going to go far and there's the man Keith Wright number 89 flag is down at the 35 yard line a matter of fact on the near 35 on the far 35 and Keith Wright after that big hit is going to take a blow here while we take a look at the officials to see what it is it's coming up the ball is either going to be marked at the 11 or did the Browns commit some other kind of pretty foul it's going to allow the seattle seahawks to get out of trouble evans who didn't kick one at all last week you can see the indication of parents against Seattle has had a 57-yard front the day in a 49-yard punt today and Sam Rutigliano was thinking of letting Cockcroft do some punting today because Johnny Evans has been under some pressure but he's punted very well well he's been in a slump for the last couple of ball games but he certainly has responded today with some excellent kicking kicking for good distance as you said with this putt for over 50 yards and then the last part of 49 yards and so he's responded to the challenge very well ball is on the 11 yard line and now they'll tell us what it was that happened around a 35 yard line and the Browns are coming back Reggie Rucker's coming back on the field Ozzie Newsome is coming back on the field come it's a first down they've given no signal whatsoever and the fans are on the officials because they haven't said a word and now Frank SiC Yvette's the umpire grabs the ball and puts it under his arm and they're having a conversation on the field [Applause] they're trying to figure it out on the man they're quizzing his number 90 guildmates the headlines me now it's fourth down in almost five did they jump offside all of the flags were thrown way back at the 35 yard line notice Paul Warfield is not saying a thing Warrenville is just as much in the dark until I saw Reggie Rucker waved his hand so the Browns have apparently had the football barely was no personal fat personal foul that nature to give them a first down well let's see what it is going to mark it off problem 236 they just mark it five yards which is enough for the first down and now we will understand what is going on we hope the line of scrimmage on number 56 is the five-yard penalty first down alright there were two penalties the illegal cut by Sammy green gave them enough for the first down and then the clip on the play was disallowed because by taking the five yards in the first down well do you know why they get the ball at the 49 yard line and keep it alive 738 to go one of the breaks the Browns have gotten when the yellow flags a chance to get off site comes out throwing he's got talent on the one side but it's going for Ozzie Newsome in Wiltord out of bounds absolutely had by Calvin Hill to the far side free of Heath Butler who was but he was must have been thinking Ozzie Newsome all the way battle rematch of a great game Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims pummeled about the three yard line and that's the only loss Oklahoma had Nebraska will now meet Oklahoma in a rematch in the Orange Bowl right after that Rose Bowl Monday night here on NBC second down and 10 to go Calvin Hill would been and run a pattern came back in and now runs out because there's not time enough form to get in and get the fifteen seconds and counting breaking microtubule set back right through it making the stop it'll be third down and eight beside look like he audible at the line of scrimmage he changed to play perhaps he saw something as he approached the center but apparently Seattle was not food as he tried through it on a quick trap up the middle Alvin Hill brings into play after starting in no less than three times and being called back no less than three times bonny has the play they want to keep this moving big thing for Seattle is all of this is going on the football but the crime is famous Javel of a 20-point lead [Applause] [Music] and a third and eight its third and 13 like George peeler number 62 the right guard who was the man who was at fault on that particular infraction start number 62 sixty-two George Bailey well there are times when you can get on what they call the zebras the officials for calling you for holding when you didn't think you were holding but Cleveland has brought much of them this on themselves fourth down forced to go for a field goal a charged offsides gave a first down they went on for they run for the first down run to a touchdown burden eight there are legal procedures site going to try to get him back and he does record at the 32 yard line Rutgers had some bad luck as a flag [Applause] it's not the way you win a ballgame players have to take it upon themselves to have the responsibility that they'd will not hold they will not commit that infraction in a situation where you're going for a big play or you're going for play to maintain possession of a first down we've seen it happen time and time again to Cleveland this afternoon oh yeah well let's wait for Don wedge and I'll make a comment holding I was deacon [Applause] gradual came up with a big catch he slips inside corner back right here running into the zone pattern watching as he maneuvers into the open area he's a smart receiver better receiver with robbed experience makes to catch but all for not all right it is third down and 23 to go as a pass for Newsome who cooked the football at the 45 yard line shy of the first down down is fourth down and about five to go and let us see what particular Otto does here he is sending on the kicking team what's six twenty to go third quarter side throwing a flag pattern to Ozzie Newsome who's running to the corner but cornerback backs their safety op tree Beeman number 27 it's a good lick on Ozzy and hits him to shakes him up a little bit their call is for Rufus Crawford again as you look at Johnny Evans who's had a good day punting today they've got 10 men on the line of scrimmage they may be coming sattell knows many things [Music] and Evans at quarterback is going to throw and he throws at Keith right has it first down Evans a quarterback out of North Carolina State threw the ball 2 weeks ago against Baltimore on fourth and 12 he ran the football for first down this time he throws and Wright has made two big plays in the last five minutes Johnny Evans a versatile player back there he is 213 quarterback he's looking around he's calm lobs have passed a Keith Wright who's wide open Keith Wright makes the big catch has the first down for Cleveland the brown still have possession of the football and they can get something out of this they'll be right back in the ball game 541 to go New England now trails down the 0 up in front 10 3 now they're down to the Cowboys gently in Pittsburgh in a real tough battle little candles to know - that one's hit three Pittsburgh first down site back in sigh plucking has a man at school [Applause] [Music] Cleveland climbs back into the ball game on a fourth dog play they picked up the first down with a punter throwing and then on the first down site hits Pruitt touchdown great foot in the left corner he goes out of your screen no one picks up through it site lost the ball over the linebackers head in the Pruitts arms he's just got one man to beat and when foot is in the Brooklyn field he's going to beat that man nine out of ten times or even ten out of ten times now you can't say the ball game is over by any stretch of the imagination big extra point coming up cocked off coming on because we've still got five and a half minutes to go to third quarter and Cockcroft adds the extra point what I was about to say some time ago you hate to get beat you hate to get knocked out by the chance for a playoff but you don't like to beat yourself and Cleveland's been beating itself a lot lately up till this moment you're about to see something remarkable inkjet printing from IBM a word processing breakthrough in slow motion see how ink is guided electronically to form letters of typewritten quality at speeds no typewriter can touch type margins and spacing are changed automatically envelopes and paper are fed automatically inkjet printing part of IBM office system six fantastic here we have a 1979 Dodge Omni with front-wheel drive handy hatchback at the start of another day watch there's a whole family taking off well here comes mom back changing your duds let's see she's putting past the upstairs windows a nice job mom hey dad's home whoops he's off again was Little Leaguers back home again hope they won [Music] Jim Simpson Paul Warfield third-quarter the Kingdome crowd is slightly stunned for the moment Crawford 3424 they keep thinking they've got it wrapped up and the Browns keep pecking back but it is still the Seahawks who are in charge by 13 points but with more than a quarter to go and we expected a high-scoring game and we already have one with more to come knock off kicking it off the up man is Rufus Crawford at the 15-yard line very short kick gets hit by one man and as get back to the 20 yard line for the spotted at the 21 yard line first and 10 for Seattle considering he got the ball at the 15 that the ball spotted just over the 20 that's pretty good coverage well Johnny Evans may have turned this game around Johnny Evans he's around quarterback as I said he's pretty calm back there looks around before he spots Keith right right is wide open he makes the catch that was the big play in that Drive to allow the Browns another shot at getting a score and they took advantage of it well here come the Seahawks again and got a cable up starting right from there and spot the ball at the 22 not the 21 but Sherman Smith in motion and Zorn's going to throw up first down goes up by 13 puts it down in for large interception of the year Darden down inside the 40 yard line runs a first down for Cleveland and just like that as his ninth interception of the year which ties him with Tommy James of Cleveland the 1950 but more importantly gets the Browns saw the lead of the ballgame Jim Zorn rolling out to his left and looking for Steve Largent rajat runs an up and go pattern but there's Tom Darden flowing over playing the ball like a center fielder he's a free safety comes up with interception number nine and gives the Browns great field position and an opportunity to go up seven more points possibly am I correct in saying that it was strictly double coverage I did it there Miami may have finished off Washington Redskins our 86 Cincinnati [Music] [Applause] there is one of the closing moments the Jets won it comes great cook vines put inside a 30-yard line inside the 25-yard line first down Browns other scores today Green Bay 17 to 7 they thought Minnesota was going to lose it look like it Kansas City one another one Mar believe he's done an outstanding job but Minnesota did come from behind at the last minute 29 seconds for Green Bay and Minnesota still tied in the NFC Central Division Detroit lost the st. Louis and bud Wilkinson who is now 1-5 in law state after lost nine after losing the first eight in the road New Orleans for the first time in history wins six ball games of a single season morning honors having a disastrous season first out Brown break through it oh my [Music] [Applause] there looks to be Niehaus the number one draft choice of first man ever selected in the draft by the expansion Seattle Seahawks playing today because bill Sandefur hazard even Niehaus makes the big stop it's second down to 9 Pittsburgh remember Lynn Swann went out with ribs we understand he's come back and is playing earl campbell went to the sidelines we understand that he is still out in this important game where the steelers up six to three over Houston do-or-die game for the orders who are nine and four they'd love to be tenant for that the on the winner of the playoff almost for sure site over the middle nobody there had to get it away under tremendous pressure site pad to get it away and it's third down along Newsom was down field Rucker was down field neither one has even turned to look for the ball Nielsen was demand a site was looking for us he was running a post pattern over the middle but he took a little bit too long and was a little bit too deliberate in his pattern site was under pressure it had to get rid of the ball or either take a sack the way you described that Paul Warfield it seems as though that's something as a rookie he's going to learn with experience he'll get a feel for that as time goes by something that he will have to learn to do is to break into the pattern a little more sharply and to get into the pattern quickly 22 yard line situation third down and [Applause] site five looking for wrecker [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Seahawks analogue look down [Applause] well the penalty give them to added yardage Seahawks have stopped them for the moment they've exchanged interception a big thing is do they stay at the farm or do they get severe outage on a penalty that's tough territory to operate down at the 5-yard line when there's a lot of time left in the third quarter but they're moving it out and another penalty is going to hit the Seahawks the ball at the 21 and instead of at the five that's 15 yards from the 61 [Applause] late hit after the number 30 they all men are about two personal fouls against the quarterback and this time a late hit on the Interceptor that's a ninth penalty for 72 yards welcome back what again Hey if you're gonna move your family you can save a lot of money by renting a truck moving yourself and your might as well rent a real truck a rider batteries and famous for renting cars trips Pro drivers will tell you that the road writer the best truck money to crash three unidentified 19-inch color TV pictures each the best of its brand over a thousand people saw them and picked the one with the best overall picture they didn't take America's biggest sellers Cedars for the second biggest of RCA over sixty percent picked the 19 inch Sylvania super set over 60 percent were not the biggest a lot of people think we've got the best picture the Sylvania super set Brian sight back in the pocket he's going to be looking for Reggie Rucker number 33 who was running a sideline pattern I'm sorry a turn in pattern but Cornell Webster gets in front of Rucker and then just takes the ball away from him now Kleon Loretha number 30 comes in and he is accused of making a late hit which he which the Browns are excess to kill early that moves the ball out to beyond the 20-yard line no that did not look to me like a vicious hit that looked to me as though he might have thought Webster was still returning the football when putting him down but no matter it's a late hit though say the officials from the 21 yard line first down [Music] David Simms two touchdowns today fine runner gets out for the 27 yard line outstanding runner 13 touchdowns on the year sell out of the Kingdome hope you enjoy today's game we have 350 to go in the third quarter it's not over yet Roy Hammerman our producer Barry started our director the Bobbsey Twins from Los Angeles what are they around the corner from each other or something they're doing their outstanding job the column to the left Largent to the right second down and four yards to go and there goes Sims again boy he breaks the tackle tonight so first down I do believe one and a half yard line looks like a first down today James's Grover today on that Wharf down in one plague looking for yard anyone Louisville 19-yard to the touchdown quick into the Sims 56 Robert Jackson actually runs himself out of the play they have Mike Sinclair 74 sealed off which opens up the hole then Sims uses a little bit of power on his own before he's brought down by Tom garden and Robert Jackson 32:17 they'd like to say the game is still in the Hat [Applause] is the first down larger than motion give me the ball on the ground and that his Davidson look at the moon force to the right get back to the left and then back 20 Peters crapped it now watch right left right Sam's takes his hand off he starts right watch him stop right here skips a step to the left fires opening him darts back to the right before he's brought down I think Robert Jackson is on the tackle eight yards on the play second down and two and the clock all favors the Seahawks when a third quarter last time they tried to go to larger dark made the interception we expect Iran on second down - and you're going to get him a Sherman Smith field [Music] got to the 40 and a half yard line now watch Ambrose almost pull him down Sherman Smith here taking the handoff he'll be met by dick Ambrose that's just a missed tackle right there it allowed Smith to keep going and get beyond a first down marker the end gives another first time the outer garden of measure for fall they brought the sticks clear across the field show us that it is a first down I knew it all the time sure after 41 and a half yard line 151 to go third quarter there's Jim Zorn truly a man of the hour a man of the future in the National Football League his statistics are impressive the biggest thing is when you talk around the league I'm not talking around the cities of the league around the league the players and the other teams have the deepest respect for Jim Zorn well they should he's a very fine quarterback he is really virtually set this league on fire since coming in three years ago he may even be a little bit better athlete than Fran Tarkenton whoops France listening I think in Minnesota I'm sorry about that friend but going to the sidelines all by himself over there's become first down inside the 50-yard line at the 46 yard line Ron Bolton put the hit on Sam McCollum there's been a couple of catches today but they've both been big ones and each time Shawn has come out shake his hand now he's picking up the play from Ron Howard again not to repeat ourselves Dom Testament coming in along of the Seahawks hold on to the football the better chance they have they're up by less than two touchdowns less than a minute to go a third quarter [Applause] Tom Sadler 20 lead thornback lots of time or does he have time going for large without a sideline with him was Oliver Davis Davis had his eyes squarely on Largent's head and I guess when Steve would begin to turn that he might turn to but he large and who was not supposed to be fast certainly he had a step off David had a step on Oliver Davis but I had a sneaking suspicion or a feeling that Oliver Davis would have been able to break on the ball turn around and get it in a footrace I think Oliver Davis is going to win more times than he's going to lose against Steve Largent large and has had a great deal of success by running the finesse patterns underneath on Vaughn Oliver Davis that time he tried to pull him up and go deep on him but didn't quite work out 2nd down and 10 from the 46 yard line clock is stopped at 42 seconds to go third quarter players come in from the side both team seven and six each team is gonna the season is right here for both teams Smith in motion and there's Billy Sims trying to get some Running Room he always does and gets down the third dog three-and-a-half jerry shirk is over to make the tackle number 72 so same plague in that delayed sprint out sort of drop lay and with the same kind of success with sims running the football their data let's call it a little bit better than three Paul and I don't know whether or not they're gonna get this play off ten seconds so I think I said Billy Sims he's a - pokey water my apologies to neither man because they're both good football player my apologies to you for having made the mistake [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] get your pencil and paper I'll give you that Olympic address in a moment in which you can send your tax-deductible contribution either guy doesn't know we don't have the NBC were many more phone I thought our red and blue n is very attractive anyway they're dividing up the running very well David Sims has rushed the ball 20 times for 82 yards and Sherman Smith has rushed the ball 15 times for 87 yards they're nearly even each has done an outstanding job third down and about three and a half to go and Zorn's going to throw four saunas hat time flag goes down and it may be holding maybe holding the ball is underthrown aim for Sam McCollum on the far sideline and a flag went down back at the 50-yard line and very quickly it is picked up by Jo Jones who gives a little whirl and hands it back to the official because he knows against whom it is well here's that address again for your tax deductible contribution remember the Olympic Games in Lake Placid just about a year and a couple of months away at a Moscow less than two years away this is the Olympic address [Applause] the US Olympic Games post office box 1980 T as in Tom cathedrals station Boston Massachusetts Oh two one one eight now apparently Herman Weber will kick the ball away Keith Wright is deep I say apparently because the Seahawks have been known to do many things and the Browns have already thrown on fourth down when Johnny Evans was back to Papa Weaver will kick them all away kicks it high or the sidelines this may be a goodie with all depends on where they get it they can't keep it from going into the endzone we come out to the 20-yard line and down by 13 Cleveland will try to go to work 14:46 to go rounds of the football first and ten at their own 20 last battery your car will ever need that's a well done sign in it 77th Gregory 66 is Sandifer 68 is board 62 is price 53 is Butler 58 is BC 56 see screen you can see Harris back 10 photo Webster first down 420 hard line break foot is across the 20 and gets out across the 25 yard line it is second down and Ford while we're away Paul tamiya and our crew were discussing what are they gonna do throw the ball balls answered they get a lot of time and they did not throw the ball they gave it support it was well over 100 yards today well he's enjoying his best day really in terms of total yardage since coming back from the injury that he suffered earlier in the year and he's the guy that they look to in their offense although they have other men in there often still they go - but who does the man who can break the big play Greg now has a hundred and thirteen yards unofficially rucker to the left Logan to the right still better than 14 minutes left [Music] the up man Cleo Miller and Miller who got caught for the late hit picks up a first down across the 30-yard line and the Browns get some more operating room tendency is among many people who follow football and say come on put the ball up in the air in the fourth quarter but they have a chance to march for football and touchdown and come back and do it again and again Bryan side handoff to the other back in the backfield who is now Cleo Miller who's a tough runner in his own right he sort of just slides along the line and finds daylight and picks up the tough yardage he's a good back here Oh Seattle's defense wants to come to the floor corner wets has just made an outstanding play back on the six yard line moments ago they want another play like that hold him down but here is right he's grabbing a good day he is out of Memphis State as we told you at number five draft choice and he's at the 44 yard line another first down for the Browns they start at the 20 they moved off to the 43 Keith Wright is a good little ball player he has a little more speed than Dave Logan they may want him in the ball game at this point simply because he's the man who can go for the big play along with the Reggie Rucker now I seem to detect fall at the Kingdome a little rest is here wanting their defense to let's get with it stop them Greg Court bobble the ball for the moment and they may have lost any chance ahead let's get back to the water swimmer but bruit bobble the ball and Boyd was there along with green to make the stop flag is down yeah and they're gonna mark it off against Seattle and it's a big one and now the Seahawks have done something they should not have done and they takes them all to the 43 yard line which will be a first down for Cleveland this is a big penalty [Music] I hate to do it you hate to hear that's Sammy green standing linebacker second round draft choice out of Florida lot of speed good linebacker but like a cup of Cleveland men he has come up with a personal foul out of Steve Niehaus who's playing today because Santa fer has a knee problem anyhow has not been too healthy in the last year or so but it looks like he's alright there as he's walking off the field he has had as share of injuries personal foul that occurred on Seattle has moved the ball in two of their own territory now in the Seattle territory now we're going to see if the Browns are a good enough team that they can take advantage of an air that has been made most good teams will take advantage of the air turn it into a score of some form or another as I said Paul you always second-guess yourself even if you play well if you play poorly that's what you're really upset at losing Shadle played much better in the first 25 minutes of the ball game than they've been able to since the Browns videos inching their way back into the ball game type sight going for Rucker was there with a step on his man [Applause] how to Memphis state director was there and Simpson got a hand up aside threw the ball very well records looking over his shoulder it's a difficult catch at this point Simpson goes up he doesn't quite hit the ball but his hand may have distracted Reggie Rucker and he may have lost the flight of the ball as it was coming in second down from the 43 yard line Simpson was beat on the play got a hand up sigh his 14 427 and 191 yards but a few balls have been dropped on Brian Sipe today few have been dropped second down and 10 they went for the bomb 12 21 to go 3217 Seattle [Applause] [Music] break through it he may throw he spoon goes deep and this may be intercepted County [Applause] completed and Harris had an easy interception the ball was underthrown a 27-yard returned by John Harris who has come up with his third interception of the year against footprints last week and the big interception is still Cobo seven to go it's not over yet Kodak introduces extra max the ultimate can do camera the new Kodak extra max camera it's fast lens and florid speed film can take pictures without a flash it light as low as this and even this [Music] and when there's no light the extra max camera has a built-in electronic flash extra max the ultimate Kendu camera from Kodak [Music] what up party party well mr. Baker and his faithful companion thing who is it it's me mobile your detergent gasoline I mean I deserve a party while you're up there making dough I'm down here ready to keep the carburetor clean to help your car run great I tell you I don't get no respect but I bet your greatest part to party yeah oh my gosh mogul your detergent gasoline has Sally Struthers searching for her husband in post-war Vietnam finds oh love she never intended my husband is missing Tuesday on NBC well here's when the Gregg hood would like to have back throwing it sort of looping in the hurry doesn't quite get enough body in arm underneath it the ball is turning over in the air like a dying quail and John Harris comes over to intercept the dying quail and makes a pretty fancy return of it himself Browns moving the ball stop begin Seattle has the ball eros is another rookie in that defensive lineup of Arizona remember Keith Simpson is a number one draft Russ Harris is a number seven that Schultz Jorn comes out throwing and goes down the sideline for Sherman [Applause] door just keep cranking up and throwing the football outstanding offensive team well he said Sam McCollum deeper than they said Sherman Smith out of the backfield he gets behind number 86 Gerald irons is on the chase there but number 47 has the ball out in the open he's brought down by Oliver Davis won a seven-yard gain and as we were saying that Cleveland wanted to climb back into the ballgame here is a chance now for Seattle has shut the Browns down big score here beat awfully difficult to come back 11 minutes 20 seconds to go field-goal will do them a lot of good Sims carries a football and David gets just inside a 30-yard line in that right now 14 points with bacon 31 30 should the Browns get him but a field goal and they've got a score three times to win this football game you know Jim the thing that I really like about the Seattle football club is they don't sit on a lead they don't go back and play it conservative they're always going after you and they make the big things they make the big plays happen and that's one of the reasons why they're out in front of this ballgame Lorna's 14 for 22 today 212 yards to a touchdown pass to larger 27 yards second down and 10 to go Zorn is flowing again has time again and there's that man again Largent Russell down by Bolton large and having an outstanding day that is his seventh catch today his 64th of the season 64 catches there's no some one reason why he's leading the league this club puts the ball up a lot and they've got a fine young pass receiver and Steve Largent and they've just got a good combination between zone and Largent they work well together and they make the completions a hundred and three yards now for larger on his seven catches third down in about a yard to go ten minutes to go lose this ballgame and the season is over as far as the playoff his concern win it and you've got a chance [Applause] and the Seahawks want to have that chance they've beaten Oakland twice but been beaten by Denver twice straight ahead and I don't know whether I got the first down Charlie Hall made the hip it's very close to the first down looks as though he should have it but when the unpiloted you never know David Sims gets up and it all depends on where the officials say here's Steve Largent [Applause] Moreira is coming in as he did not make it I'll show you at 32 17 14 points by the Browns and it's 31 30 we set before you get a field goal here and they've got a score three times so it'll make it awfully difficult for friend Herrera who won it with three seconds to go with a 46-yard our last week can hit on a 37 yarder right here this is a bigger play than what many people may realize [Applause] from 37 yards out [Music] [Applause] [Music] that touches it up to 33 to 17 with 5 minutes and 22 seconds left 9 volt battery not included pedable portable radios there's a brown spaniel white terrier black poodle Pekinese raccoon and country mouse each radio animal sold separately at RadioShack 40 years ago these four-wheel-drive dodge trucks helped America do a really tough job this year the Dodge four-wheel drive power wagons will do more tough jobs than ever with standard full-time four-wheel drive that costs extra and Ford and Chevy and the W 150 has the lowest price of any short wheelbase four-wheel drive pickup built in America [Music] for more than 40 years [Music] hey that's my dives [Music] [Music] mark Roth a mean anything to you Virginia Norton a mean anything to you they should they're the men's and women's top bowlers of the year they'll be out in Reno Nevada next Saturday afternoon here on NBC and I'll be there and it is $100,000 event we hope you'll join us right after Baltimore plays Pittsburgh 922 to go Herrera to kick off the Browns in real trouble now the whole 1978 season sitting right there in front of them they've got a score score quick and get a lot of scores or seven without bring it out of the end zone will upset with himself but will come up with the 20 Seattle v8 and six and still in the game now should Seattle win this ballgame Denver in Oakland are eight and five and play each other tonight Seattle would go into a flat-out tie with one or the other but of course Denver has beaten Seattle twice and Seattle has beaten Oakland twice so what they figure must happen Denver's got to win to have Seattle's to win the division Oakland has to win 2-1 lose one and Denver what a couple lose a couple I don't know let's let some professor describe it up well all know when a 16-game season is over psychotic keep the Browns in it record on the sidelines double covered almost another great pitch Keith Simpson was Overman Rutger made a sliding at the 45-yard live we've got a knee burn there on the synthetic surface but the pass was a little bit under thrown wreck around an excellent pattern and out and go pattern got upfield on the defender ball thrown just a little bit under him he couldn't quite make the catch but if it had been out there a little bit may have had it for a big gainer second down and 10 and Brian Sipe on many occasions here today has come out throwing on first down Jim Zorn has done that but you kind of expect that out of the Seattle offense Lana has done a lot of that there's Jim Zorn along the sidelines outstanding young man only 25 years old went to that tremendous football school California party at Pomona but the Dallas Cowboys thought enough of him to take him to training camp before he wound up here [Applause] that's a fake to one side to the other [Applause] Audrey Viva makes the stop of Ozzie Newsome loss on the play third down and 14 yeah and that much of anything is working now Brian Sipe fakes the screen to the other side being demon has comes in on that Oma's he Newsome right here who makes a fine tackle no game no Gregory was causing a lot of Cleveland fans heart fish including Brian sight he was all over Brian big number 77 well with 8:25 to go you would have to think on third down a long time is running out on the brown they've got a hold on to the football because once the Seahawks get it they've demonstrated they can hang on to it and score [Applause] third down flag down site throws and it's almost caught [Applause] almost caught by rucker is a lot of almost today but remember a flag is down headlines what is coming in somebody might have been offside they're walking up and it's going to give them a reprieve for a moment as they bring them all up to the 21 yard line what happened Seattle seventh penalty today [Applause] third down and nine they get another shot [Music] fight [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the Seahawks baby looking for veggies Raptor he's price his blocker Varadero he makes the hit on Brian Sipe causing two fumbles for number 77 bill Gregory to follow I'll mark the ball at the 9 yard line Seahawks win today we'll tie a 30-year expansion record of eight wins Seahawks win today still in the running for the playoffs they made believers out of Oakland they beat them priced this year the first team to do that in 30 years handling the browns today first and goal ago from the nine [Applause] Jorn he'll throw on first down he usually does now he's going to hang on to it it race inside the tent for maybe a yard or two second down and goal to go 755 left Jim Zirin has only been under pressure a couple of times all day long he's had a lot of time back there and he's made the most of the time that Browns have given him he's hit a lot of different past receivers today Seahawks came out firing Paul Warfield and the Browns came out frankly very very flat they've tried to come back climb back into the ball game since the last four minutes of the first half but penalties and mistakes and good play by Seattle has for them second down German Smith in motion John hands to David since in [Applause] [Music] [Applause] god since good lock me up there big huh before David Simms his men as he crosses the line by Tom garden and add the extra point [Applause] leave it all here 34 by Pittsburgh in his 44 Seattle the highest point probe of the year gets a brown Kathy what are you doing on the dark waiting for Santa oh ho ho I wonder what you'll bring me well have you been a good little girl purse good little person hey first Merry Christmas make a dream come true this Christmas from Christmas dreams diamond collection 79 [Music] [Music] visa is the most widely recognized card in the world visa we're keeping up with you Simpson Carl Warfield Larry condoms nearside Keith Wright the far side will repeat again the pittsburgh steelers rolled up 34 points in a 34 14 ballgame but the Browns have now given up 40 points that's more points and they've given up all year long in a single game and after their amazing win over the number one defensive team in the league the Rams last week they've come up in Seattle has really put it to him and the Browns have not helped themselves on plays such as that picked up by Larry Colin maybe he can turn it into something Collins in trouble excellent coverage phenol far down he goes on a flag goes down at the 34 yard line Lag down at the 34 Wow Paul you're gonna go back with the team tonight because you leave in the clip of Cleveland area and I'm sure it's going to be a disappointing flight and a disappointing week for the Browns of the fan has to be a disappointing week Browns Hannah still had an outside chance to make it to the playoffs one would think that they would have responded to this ball game with great play today but they haven't they have played less than enthusiastic football here today and frankly Seattle has been the team that has taken charge and has really played well well here's yet another penalty being stepped off ten yards back to the 19 yard line [Applause] 57 briefly for station identification this is the NBC television network you're watching the Seahawks on ki ng TV Seattle well it may be that Steve Meyer will come on to play the last few moments of the game and soreness through fruit carries a football not her much that is Boyd who has his hands around his feet and you see Beeson getting up up top but it's bored 68 that made the stop 7:24 to go outstanding day for Zorn outstanding day for larger outstanding day for Simms outstanding day for Smith the Seattle offense today has been just outstanding and the defense has done its job they held him to 17 points including a remarkable interception on a big play that might have been the turning point of the game when the Webster made an interception Brucker this time has the football at the 33 yard line Beeson does not like the fact that the man got away from him but it's a first down under the 33 but the less than seven minutes ago New England final Dallas has wanted 17 to 10 and so Dallas now has a two-game lead over Philadelphia and Washington Pittsburgh now in front of Houston 13 to 3 looks like they're going to win their division and agrees they would be 12 and 2 after today site ball is thrown off the hand of Ozzie Newsome Newsome outstanding young rookie so Dallas has got a big bugs in Eastern Division now with two games to go they've got a two-game lead here at King Tommen Seattle has scores 4217 of course and immediately following NBC's football coverage the wonderful world of dizzy and Bob Hope salutes you Ohio Jubilee Plus Centennial we seen over many of these stations except for most Mountain Pacific time zone stations whether it be seen at the regular time we're running a little long I guess the game has been too long for the Browns and the Seahawks they love it second down and 10 sike going for Logan Logan makes the catch at midfield down he goes another first down for the Cleveland Browns getting things cranked up here but they're down by 23 points with 6 minutes and 10 seconds to go Disney remember to follow except in the mountain Pacific time zone stations [Applause] team sleeping ever so close and closer to a playoff spot sight back there's great fruit tryna get around and almost gets through a phalanx of men down to the 41 yard line Beeson was the man who put him down at its second out of law after the day doing will be ten and four Miami is nine and five so there's only a one-game lead there the AFC East and they play each other in the Orange Bowl on the final game of the season on the 18th court goes straight at that Spiller straight ahead Miller gets up to the 25-yard line attack Obeidallah by Keith Simpson first down from there but the clock continues to run down my name is still battling it out and remember the New York Jets won today so they are eight and six would be the same as Seattle there died for one of the two playoff berths does he have time loops it for Keith right right down at the 5-yard line is knocked down there it is first and goal to go LeBron's Browns need a quick touchdown here but it's a little bit too little too late grind cycle all day back in the pocket loves this and he lost the pass over the hands of Autry Beeman keys break makes a nice shoestring catch I'm looking at the next season next week for that matter Browns must be happy with Keith right here site trying to get it to Calvin Hill and Kenneth covered by the linebacker there on the plague eat Butler but he's right done an outstanding job today not only returning kickoffs the few he's had a chance to return but also catching the football wide receiver the future while the brownish I wonder what the odds are Paul I wonder what the odds are on a third year expansion team not only making it to the playoffs as a wild-card but then going the way would be a Cinderella team well don't you think the Seattle folks aren't thinking of that possibility whooping it for Logan Logan makes the catch touchdown Logan gets them on the scoreboard five yard touchdown pass by Dave Logan with 424 to go Logan makes his second touchdown pass today site just lost the ball up Logan against six for the man defending against him can't be much more than six foot even and it's a mismatch and Logan comes up with the catch for the touchdown carry Austin was the defender diary Justin Rather mr. Steve Austin's younger brother John Cockcroft did the kick the vault and I would assume it he's also into Toronto in sidekick once this is good or not good or 24 to go they need a lot of points and it is good and they add seven points and the score is now 42 24 in favor of Seattle 42:24 you will not see the spur the NFL reports attend to the lateness of this game we're well past our time sir here the final miami 16 Washington nothing Redskins may be out of the playoffs Cincinnati ones at the second 37 7 Atlanta may be out of the playoffs Los Angeles they have clinched a playoff berth by beating the Giants 22 17 Baltimore first they're out of it the Jets are still in it in our eight and six even without Richard Todd is on the injured reserve for the rest of the year Green Bay 17 to 7 over Tampa Bay more about that in a moment Buffalo lost Kansas City the Chiefs on the Marv levy very tough to shut up San Diego and one of the games remembered Philadelphia eaten the last moments by Minnesota and so now Minnesota and Green Bay are tied at set eight five and one and Minnesota owns two wins over Green Bay this year st. Louis won its fifth game knocking off Marty Clark's Detroit team that's a final and New England ten to three they had the lead third quarter at lost 7210 and Pittsburgh is leading Houston 13 to three here's your onside kick flag goes down battle for the football at the 44 yard line and somebody may have been offside tried to get to the football in a hurry blaghhh is picked up now it is thrown again they picked it up and dropped it again this is a final Pittsburgh has beaten Houston thirteen two three [Applause] now let's see what happened this is dawn wedge our referee [Applause] now Pittsburgh is 12 and to Houston is nine and five which means they are Seattle is a Tatum 6r what the loser of the Denver open game will be so it's still wide open it's on an outside chance Hunter try to pick it's an outside chance and it means what's going to happen in the rest of the games that determines whether or not Seattle can make it to the playoffs because Houston at nine and five is in a better shot and whoever loses Oakland or Denver tonight will be in a better shot and of course if Oakland should lose Seattle has already beaten them twice and Miami is very much in it and so is New England depending on who wins and loses there so it's just an outside chance for the Seattle Seahawks Myers is now the quarterback we told he he was going to come in Myers comes out throwing second down fires the football [Applause] Joey Peters makes the hit on shield Reybold [Applause] and they may move the sticks that's a first down inside a 35 yard line 322 go 42 24 the score when you get in a situation where a Miami or New England or Houston or an Oakland or Denver can beat you up for the wild-card spot you don't pay attention to that stuff out imagine Paul you figured we went them all and see what happens that's right and a Seattle can win all over their ball games open in Denver are going to play later this evening open must play Miami later on in Houston working in there to remember there's al hunter trying to get some kind of Running Room Houston next week gets the audience at the audience and others have been proving tough they won the sixth game of the year today but Archie Manning is having an outstanding season so anything can happen I guess it's best just to wait till the final game is over and we say that's it these are the teams that go remember there is an extra wildcard team this year too from each conference and the first to the wild-card team playoffs will be on Christmas Eve the 24th of December 4224 Seattle he had a 23 to nothing lead they've announced courts since but they've got enough there's dom testerman get a few yard to win down to the two minute five and it obviously looks as though that the Browns going to take the long long flight home at 7 and 7 on the year that Seattle is going to go home to their suburbs wherever they live in Seattle with an 8 and 6 record for Seattle 40 clean all 24 with too much to go [Applause] it's a big shiny machine Dodge makes it one of 28 pickup truck models or 1979 including roomy club cabs even a roomier crew cabs four-wheel drive power ways that have nerds to play dodge makes pickups that help build houses and carry houses and sometimes dodge makes the day [Music] and that's my dodge I was a secret money worrier until Connecticut general showed me how to reach financial independence in my lifetime CG certainly came through for me [Music] my successful business became more successful after Connecticut general helped me work out a cash flow strategy CG sure came through for me [Music] call us we'll come through for you too well strange as it may seem or as hard as it is to take for Cleveland Brown fans the Browns figured that the Fed just scored 17 points in all our four games it would only lost three games all year then they with that in mind they come in there and give up 40 points to Seattle meanwhile the Seahawks under Jack Pateras Sam Rutigliano is disbarment have reacted well it has always been an outstanding offensive team but under Jim's or his wide receivers and his backs he has built an offense that is to be respected that I'll say the a cliche for one more time if you don't believe me you don't believe what you see and ask the Oakland Raiders well the thing about the Seattle team that's impressive in today's performance they've done what is expected of them offensively they've scored points in this quote um all year long but defensively they've shut down an offensive team that's been pretty hot in the National Football League for the last two weeks and so defensively Seattle must be coming along too and last week they hailed Oakland two to less than 20 points Waveland three weeks ago beat Baltimore with 45 points last week beat the Rams of 30 points today the different story Meyer puts the ball up has his receiver across the way and there is mr. speed large and again that is his eighth catch of the day he had 113 yards before that catch I guess well he'll go out of the ballgame I don't know how sure he's heard it doesn't look like it sets yours but I'm not Steve Largent so I don't know but he goes out with 55 catches on the year and remember things don't get that easy for Seattle because San Diego which beat him 24 to 20 in the opening game is waiting for the Seahawks down there next week it's kind of too bad the Steve Largent got bumped right there but looks like he's starting to walk a little bit better now really at this stage of the game there's no need for receiver his caliber to be in the ball game walk down on a couple of yards 108 to go they'll give it to John testerman testaments got the first down custom fights his way inside the flag goes down Robert L Jackson makes the stop a flag down and I was look at Turkey Jo Jones number 64 because he'll tell you which way it's go up hey he leads the March back toward the other way well he called it right on the money there the official is going the other way so the turkey new Turkey probably could qualify to be a lawyer out there on the field all on a 33 David Simms three touchdowns today 14 on the season has left the team of Jim Zorn firing the ball to many different receivers eight times to Largent but he's hit McCollum on two big plays he said ray volley is it Sawyer the tight end across the middle and on tight end screens it's been an offense it's been a good one Sherman Smith has ran well today the Browns gave 17 game balls away last week after they beat the Rams Seattle might be doing the same today giving away a ton of game balls Meyers here looking around large and estilo in and out of the hands of Charlie Hall 54 seconds to go that's right last week when Cleveland beat the Rams by the score of 30 19 they gave away 17 game balls the most they ever gave away in 33 years now today Seattle might nearly have that many to give balls to themselves on offensive defense you can really pick them because the is Seahawks have played like a team that is trying to win the last three ball games of the season to help out their own chances of possibly making it into the playoffs Browns have not nearly played to the potential their potential today Browns come home against the Jets and then wind up with Cincinnati since 91 today but may have lost Ken Anderson for the season with a broken jaw that's unconfirmed Miller is in as the quarterback intercepted by Concepcion [Applause] demonstration [Applause] [Music] devastating mark millar never saw him the intended receiver Calvin Hill he's got open spaces nobody there to get him wait 37 yards for the touchdown insult to injury to the Browns it's been a rough day it'll be a long flight for the Browns and me back to Cleveland ball change your mind there's Herrera might do that you might stay over with you forty-three seconds to go can you believe is 47 to 24 Seattle has devastated the Cleveland Brown I want you to meet my new business partner he's a management genius a wiz with figures and he doesn't cost me much here he is Sperry UNIVAC bc7 computer what I really like about BC is he speaks and understands English so we don't need a professional programmer inventory please it only took us a few days to get to know each other and now he gives me any fact I need in seconds inventory or payroll order entry anything he doesn't need a big office or a special air-conditioning he even has his own health plan if BC doesn't feel good I just call these guys Sperry UNIVAC what a partner he's teaching me more about my business than I ever knew before hey partner how do you like your coffee with or without Sperry making machines do more so men can do more Jim Simpson along with Paul Warfield Keith Simpson number one draft choice first interception as a pro 37-yard touchdown he won't find it that easy but what a way to break in as an interceptor in the National Football League Herrera will kick the ball off along the ground the most points scored out here against the Browns the most scored hood scored on here by Seattle 37 seconds to go thank you to produce of NBC's NFL football as Don ohlmeyer telecast of today's game has been produced by Roy Hammerman directed by Barry Stoddard associate director Bob oh ha ha our unit manager is Mike Pearson Karthus are technical supervisor we thank them all outstanding job of coverage outstanding played by Seattle in the Browns well got a tough day was knocked down by number 59 McShane reserve linebacker 29 seconds to go 47 to 24 one time it was 23 to nothing well Mark Miller is in there now and it's very difficult situation to try to complete a pass in Seattle is virtually playing a prevent type of pass defense you're going to find a lot of linebackers along with defensive backs just hanging loose and playing the ball in the secondary kind of tough to throw under these circumstances our set fault I can't speak to the Cleveland Browns it's tough to lose the ballgame when you think we got a chance for the playoffs but to play this way and lose really devastate you because they're never really in the football game that is columns carrying the football they had a shot there to draw within 10 but then the interception came by Webster and that took it away from them that that's the disturbing thing about today's performance by the Browns when they had an opportunity to get back into the ballgame they never really grasped at it and they never really made a run at the Seattle Seahawks Seattle on the other hand took advantage of all their opportunities and put the points on the board and you could plainly tell that the guys in the blue jerseys out there today we're a hungry football team [Music] first down 22 seconds to go down 2-1 up seven and seven the playoff picture Seattle wound up eight and six with an outside chance for the playoff picture this is Larry Colin Kernighan a good run but he cuts back inside and that will complete keep the clock running as he gets inside the 25-yard line clock is running and apparently the hourly stop it with nine seconds to go it might be that Mark Miller wants to get one more shot one more plainest quarterback he's had very little chance this year's only thrown the ball 15 times completed seven now here in Seattle where they've had their fifth consecutive setup they can now sit on pins and needles and wait for what's coming up next room they got to go down against San Diego and then Kansas City is here they're sold up for that one it will have at 97% of their Kingdome capacity once they have completed their home season that remember Kansas City today had a win and Kansas City even though four and ten Paul denai FC Kansas City they handed Cincinnati their first loss of the season they paid outstanding football they can be tough defensively they control the football the long season for everybody he's just got to keep winning Miller trying to hold his feet 5 seconds to go 4 3 2 ballgame is over except for this play in the end of the end zone is out of the end zone and that's the way 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Length: 186min 50sec (11210 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 02 2018