1980 Week 15 Miami at Baltimore

[Music] nbc sports presents the best of the national football it's a battle for third place in the eastern division of afc today as the miami dolphins take on the baltimore colts and the colts won the toss but have elected to kick off because of a win factor it'll be don vesely and nick giopino back deep for the miami dolphins i'm earl harmon with carl eller and welcome aboard and on the goal line at the 15. he's across the 20 to the 23 possibly the 24-yard line and the dolphins will be on the offense first this afternoon led by sensational rookie quarterback david woodley from lsu delvin williams is starting today in place of tony nathan and woody bennett out of miami university will be the fullback durial harris has had to find your net more you know what he has done in the past outstanding veteran the dolphins with a 7-7 record have this offensive line led by bob kutchenberg the veteran who is playing the left guard spot and ed newman has done an outstanding job over the other guard spot so the dolphins get the first shot this afternoon but right now we have a hold up because of an injury on the kickoff and i believe it is ed smith on the special teams who was injured for baltimore in the meantime that gives us an opportunity to talk about this young man david woodley one of the sensational stories of this national football league season not drafted high in fact so far down the list he really didn't expect to make the team his mother was uh getting his housing accommodations all set for him back in louisiana in shreveport and lo and behold he showed that he not only belonged in the nfl but he has made this ball club at miami has the starting quarterback taking over for the injured bob grizzy and he has been absolutely outstanding ed smith uh being helped off the field now under his own power little groggy but hopefully he'll be okay so the dolphins are ready to roll here in baltimore earlier this year in the previous meeting in miami it was the colts who won it this is david woodley first down in the 23. two tight ends are in now for miami and delvin williams on the slant goes out across the 30 and is stopped at about the 31-yard line and the defense led by mike woods making the tackle fred cook mike barnes has always been great against miami look for him to have a big game again today i don't know what it is but he just seems to come up to his very best against the dolphins linebacker's ed cemente leads the tacklers this entire ball club he's had an outstanding year and bruce laird had strong safety and look for him today they're saying that he is having an all-pro year and deserves it after a gain of six second and four [Music] if woodley completes his passively as 12th straight but he didn't it was intended for ronnie lee to tie it in that breaks the string mike woods the linebacker number 59 had the coverage on the play so david woodley who had 11 straight completions in his last ball game is incomplete on the first try today and carl eller i guess if there was any nervousness attached to that statistic it's all over well it's all over now bro but uh he's off to a fine start here you see he's going to mix up his plays starting off with running play and a little pass out to the flat i think he's feeling very confident third down about four tony nathan 22 is down the backfield for miami woodley completes it to more a first down at the 40 and more to the 43-yard line brought down by lyle blackwood number 44 and larry brazile number 47 from the baltimore secondary a gain of 12 yards and a first down for the dolphins receiver you saw what he did last week at the monday night game counter with an excellent catch there saved a touchdown or made a touchdown giving the dolphins to win and certainly uh bringing them in fighting position here today even though they're not in the playoffs head coach don chilo not used to wearing a jacket but it's chilly today in baltimore in the high 30s but the wind chill has it much lower than that first down miami delvin williams trying to get to the 45 he doesn't quite make it mike barnes number 63 an eight-year veteran from miami university makes the tackle with help from sanders shiver number 54 the outside linebacker on the left side a gain of about a yard let's give him two yards second down and eight and woody bennett is now in the backfield for the dolphins and going out of the ball game bruce hardy he was in for just uh one play delvin williams comes back and he'll be in there with woody bennett as the running backs david woodley 10 touchdowns 14 interceptions 57 percent completion second and eighth the draw to midfield short of a first down by about three mike woods 59 the linebacker out of the university of cincinnati makes the stop in the afc east the buffalo bills lots of trouble at new england today and of course baltimore and miami tied for third of the new york jets lost to new orleans this afternoon the saints have won their first game of the year they are 1 and 14. they just beat the jet set game ended again a few minutes ago bruce hardy is in along with ronnie lee double tied in don shula sends in the power offense third down three more of the motion man woodley rolling can run throws it almost intercepted kim anderson number 26 just about picked it off the ground it was intended for nat moore 89 the wide receiver and it's fourth down three for the dolphins well that was a good play an excellent play paul there by dave woodley but wondering what he did there he rolled out giving himself some time trying to gain a little ground there but his offensive line was very close to him and i think he had trouble seeing over the ball cars and that probably accounts for the bad throw george roberts the fourth best kicker in the nfl this year with a 42.8 average and a long shot of 71 will kick it away on fourth down three and nesby glasgow is deep for baltimore the left footer hits a line drive and gets a roll and pretty good distance how about that one inside the 10 at the nine and that's where the baltimore colts will have to start from first down a 41-yard kick as the baltimore colts led by burt jones go on the field right now let's go to bryant gumbel in new york for an update merle harmon here's the most dramatic play of this 15th sunday of the season no time left on the clock tommy kramer throwing it up for grabs and out of a pile of human beings ahmad rashad takes into the end zone the nfc central title for the minnesota vikings they beat the browns 28-23 merle all right brian oh what a story that one is as dicky on the first carry of the day goes out to about the 12-yard line curtis dickey number 27 the former all-american from texas a m stopped by doug betters the defensive right in number 75 and that miami defense really coming on but right now bert jones with curtis dickey and cleveland franklin to the back field and dickies had a super year roger carr is having his finest season as a wide receiver and the rookie ray butler out of usc a good year on the line robert pratt one of the best blocking guards in the business and ken hop over at right tackle having a good year for baltimore this is marvin sims who was having it pulled back from 39 getting to the 16 he may have dropped it but bob it was a play over or did baltimore recover i believe baltimore still has the football i think their play was over the defensive line what a play by bob baumhauer monday night blocking the field goal attempt by john smith sending the game in overtime against new england which miami won so he's a hero this week and the linebacking corps kim bocamper rusty chambers starting this afternoon in place of ralph ortega and the defensive secondary gerald small ed taylor at the corners vessel in blackwood and joe washington now in the game for baltimore runs it out to the 19-yard line and is close to a first down you see 51 rusty chambers you see number 58 kim vocamper and bob baumhauer number 73 right on the bottom now the officials take a look and it's a little bit short fourth down coming up and carl eller how about your old minnesota vikings wow what a day huh what a day they haven't i'm telling you they have really just come back all year they've been counted out from the very start in fact they got to the game today because uh they were entitled contention no one really expected to be but bud grants do an excellent job there congratulations minnesota now coming on is mike bragg depart from baltimore a little bit of the 39-yard average he was the kicker for the washington redskins for 12 years [Music] nick gioquino is deep for the miami dolphins no score first quarter 10 11 to go in the first period pretty good hit by bragg's got a win behind him all the way back to the 25-yard line at the 30 the 35 flag is down he's to the 39. gia comes back to the 39 but we'll have to see what the flag is about is it with it's thrown back on the 30-yard line and sander shiver downfield to make the hit for the baltimore colts at 59 yards and a 13-yard return [Music] and the penalty logged against the miami dolphins fred wyant the official referee minnesota win over the cleveland browns really throws the central division of the afc into a topsy-turvy affair with houston and cleveland tied for first minnesota as bryant mentioned a moment ago has won the central division of the nfc let's listen illegal use to the hand number 46 46 is don vesely who gets the foul carl that's if you wanted by uh coach mccormick chose to kick the ball the reason is that win you saw the distance on that kick their 59 yard kick plus the yardage on this penalty really makes that next play great change of field position miami in his second possession this afternoon with nine minutes and 59 seconds to go in the first quarter no score of the ball just across the 20-yard line and the dolphins led by the number eight draft choice david woodley out of lsu who wasn't really a full-time quarterback at lsu he shared the quarterbacking duties there but he has really taken over with the dolphins first down in baltimore it's the baltimore colts and the miami dolphins and we welcome those of you who have been watching the cleveland minnesota game which ended we don't have to tell you in a most dramatic fashion with tommy kramer throwing that touchdown pass and so here in baltimore we have just started with nine minutes and 37 seconds left to play in the first period no score between miami and baltimore as they battle for third place in the eastern division of the afc don shula on the sideline this is the first time that his team and for that matter the baltimore colts one of the other has not been involved in a playoff picture since 1970. this is david woodley the outstanding rookie quarterback of miami on a second down one woodley over the middle incomplete ed simon and he broke up the play it was intended for tony nathan coming out of the backfield i'm merle herman with carl aller and we'll give you another look at that one as tony nathan out of the backfield for this pass okay we see david wooley goes up he's got nice drop back he sets up in the pocket but the colt defensive line starts to crush in on him and mike ostowski starts to put a little pressure i think he puts the pressure in and he just gets too woodley before he releases the ball now it is third down nine here in baltimore a chilly afternoon joe rose number 80 is coming to tie it in woodley has hit 1484 yards and 10 touchdowns going into the game today matt moore goes in motion it is tony nathan brought down by reggie pinkney number 37 but he is short of a first down at the 30-yard line yeah it's interesting to watch the running styles back today we'll have a chance to really watch several different styles we're watching tony nathan ronnie picks his hole follows his blockers and you'll see him get the most out of any running players there is so it is fourth down one and once more the punting unit comes on for the miami dolphins and left footer george roberts out of virginia tech a three-year veteran will pop it away and nesby glasgow 25 is deep for baltimore [Music] ball going up into that wind look at the ball stop now strong wind fighting that ball and it is down on the 42-yard line of the baltimore colts so the colts wind up with their best field position a 27-yard kick by rogers and he came into the game with almost a 43-yard average fourth best in the afc time out in baltimore no score will return after this [Music] holiday greetings from budweiser [Music] the people who bring you budweiser wish you and yours a happy and safe holiday season you know i happen to tell my allstate agent about how everything i have i have two uh like two cars he asked maybe allstate's two-car discount can save you money on insurance i compared allstate saves me more i can use the money noah netter one wife compare allstate's multi-car discount may save you more money you're in good hands with allstate and that's a promise from us the good hands people [Music] this is brian gumbel in new york at mile high stadium in denver a trick play has backfired in the broncos fake field goal matt robinson hits burgess owens right between the fours and owens takes it 58 yards the other way untouched point after puts the raiders ahead of the broncos seven to nothing early in the first period let's go back to merle harmon carl eller in baltimore thank you brian and here in baltimore mike mccormick in his first year as head coach of the baltimore coast and don schuler who used to be here but he has been down south since 1970 where he built the dynasty but he now is he is in the rebuilding process and carl amazing thing about don shula his uh baltimore or rather his miami dolphins are out of it this year but everyone thinks they're going to be contending strongly next year as burt jones goes to the air the ball kind of slipped out of his hands and bob baumhauer was there all over it burt jones says hey what happened there it looked like i don't know if anybody deflected that ball or not it looked like it simply didn't have a good grip on it or something let's see if we can pick it up carl well he gets pressure in there durie starts to come in uh from his defensive end spot and it gets a little pressure there i think it does sniff out as we see here but you can see the defensive line for miami starting to give a little pressure the windchill here in baltimore gives us a temperature index of much lower than the 30 odd degrees that it is the high 30s second down 10 in the 42 in baltimore no score [Music] curtis dickey nice run by dicky and he's getting more out of it plenty for a first down down into miami territory to the 42-yard line a pickup of 17 yards larry gordon number 50. the outside linebacker made the stop for the miami dolphins [Music] another ball games this afternoon and we've had some very exciting ones the new england patriots are still in it they beat the buffalo bills 24-2 minnesota in that big big fourth quarter to beat cleveland 28-23 tommy kramer throwing for three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and four in the game first down baltimore this is marvin sims the big rookie from clemson who scored his first touchdown as a pro last week in cincinnati brought down by larry gordon number 50 once again and the houston oilers tied cleveland with cleveland's loss for the central division lead with that victory over the green bay packers earl campbell scoring a pair today and pittsburgh from behind to beat kansas city 21-16 and rocky blair closing out a great career in pittsburgh in his last home game scoring the winning touchdown okay rocket blind is really a fantastic player and a great human being second down six sims in motion jones draw back the other way oh curtis dickey 38 yards okay i'll tell you we watched the security thinking he's really an exciting football player and i just uh talked to lenny moore here a few minutes ago here at the baltimore stadium but this dick is certainly a reminiscent of uh the great landing board ages he's got the style the size and the speed and he was a sprinter but he's a gutsy sprinter he carries the ball and breaks it open and uh goes for a touchdown just can't say enough about this guy he ties i think now campbell out of houston with 13 touchdowns for the season landry will hold mickemeyer will go for the extra point he's got it in the coast jump in front seven minutes 16 seconds to go in the first quarter and in this first period curtis dickey had three carries for 57 yards including a 38-yard touchdown run for this 7-0 lead we'll be back when high interest rates keep america from buying the fuel-efficient cars it needs it's time to do something about it starting now when you buy a new u s built 81 chrysler plymouth or dodge passenger car on credit you can deduct six percent from the sticker price including options because we think the interest rates are six percent too high that 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to kick about 10 yards on that kickoff there it was really deep in the end zone so the dolphins who are down by a score of seven i think led by david woodley the young quarterback who got his first start of the year at new orleans and threw three interceptions in the first half but don schuller who has as you well know been one of the super coaches in pro football saw something in this young man and has stuck with him has brought him back as a starter this is his ninth consecutive start he has delvin williams and woody bennett in the backfield with him [Music] woodley with a quick release hits alvin williams 56 the middle linebacker the five-year veteran from texas a m who's the leading tackler for the baltimore colts this year picks up another one gain of five second and five i'll tell you he's the leading tackler and we've been talking about him all year but he's the middle linebacker in there uh in the 4-3 defensive set up and there he makes the tackle on the sideline on the screen play it was dumped off the delvin wing bruce hardy number 84 is coming to tight end to join ronnie lee number 86 jimmy cephalo is out of the ball game right now matt morris foot wide to the left here we go second and five woody bennett the fullback close to a first down in his second year out of miami has rushed for 101 yards going into this ball game and two ball games bruce laird number 40 nesbi glasgow 25. make the stop we see that the dolphins are usually too tight in offense there are a couple reasons they could be doing this i wanted to bring the linebackers up they're going to throw a lot of the flat passes and a lot of the screen passing like they've done so far today it keeps the linebackers out of the play and another reason it maybe gives a little added protection there one that tight ends stay in the block for woodland the distance good enough for a first down just barely a little more than five yards delvin williams on the pitch the former kansas star out across the 35 to the 37 almost to 38. before he is stopped and the tackler is mike barnes 63 as we mentioned before this eight year veteran from miami university has always had outstanding days against the dolphins i guess that figures he always wants to go back and do well against the hometown team gain of six second and four that barnes is an excellent tackle uh he hasn't had the sax in the past couple weeks where it's a great password he's been heard in the past and you'll see him today i think he's going to break his streak of not having an attack and probably get back into the swing of things [Music] woody bennett hitting hard he may have the first down if he doesn't he'll be very very close larry brazil 47 herb orvis 88 are the tacklers for the baltimore colts and we have five and a half minutes to go in the first quarter and the colts are leading by a score of seven or nothing on a 38 yard touchdown run by curtis dickey and i think we have really two closely matched teams today both of the records being the same seven and seven and both of them being out of the playoffs but uh they are playing really good football the coach could have easily been in the playoffs and miami have not really had the good season but they're coming strong here late in the year any part of the ball we'll do it first down dolphins so dennis woodley has brought the dolphins to the 42-yard line it's a chilly day in baltimore the temperature in the high 30s at game time but a strong wind has made the wind chill something less than 30 degrees and as the sun goes down here in baltimore it could be a very chilly evening dario harris 82 is split to the left of the tight ends are in close first down [Music] woody bennett makes his cut he's across the 45 to the 47 mike barnes 63 making the tackle he may have advanced that ball to the 48-yard line it will be a second down four coming up after a gain of six some more scores that we have not been able to give yet philadelphia has defeated st louis 17-3 so the eagles have bounced back from their loss to atlanta a week ago and speaking of atlanta nine in a row now for the falcons beating san francisco 35-10 and stopping at three-game win streak for san francisco how about this one new orleans saints defeated in overtime last week by san francisco finally won a game today their first of the year they're 1-14 they beat the jets 21-20 woody bennett in trouble doesn't go anywhere may have lost a little bit herb arvis 88 was there to put the hit on him dennis woodley uh as herb orvis gets up checks the ball see where it is yep i stopped him that's what i meant to do and third down and three coming up uh anyway david woodley has so many things going for him mechanically as a quarterback and certainly will be looked at with future superstar status third down three tony nathan is in now for the dolphins 22 in the backfield [Music] he'll bring it the other way to the 35 the 40. brazil still on his feet finally brought down to the 41. net more going one way but there's a flag back where the ball was intercepted brazil took it away got back to the 41. but we may have a pass interference call let's see i'm sure brazil is not very happy about that call i'm sure he's thinking about the call he got last week in the game against cincinnati where the uh biggles were able to get into interference call right the last seconds of the game and uh going to beat the coach after scored 27 points in the fourth quarter looking at that play i think was excellent play by brazil he comes and he makes a fight for the ball he gets in position he just beats that ball for the ball he takes the ball i really don't see the interference call there i've got to defend brazil on that one well it goes for nothing for brazil and the gain is 31 yards for the miami dolphins and a first down to the 19-yard line of the coast oh it's got to be snake bitten fred wyatt the referee today first down on the 19. several in motion play action woodley laying it out there for bennett touchdown woody bennett a perfect pass from david woodley and the miami dolphins are right back in business and does don schola like that one oh he does this is why they're feeling very enthusiastic about next year even though they're not in the playoffs this year but this is very reminiscent of the bob grizzy style a great play-action call here faking off to his running back getting time getting bennett open and it's a touchdown for the miami dolphins the 11th touchdown pass of the year for woodley and that's the first touchdown for woody bennett has a miami dolphin i think it would have been it is exciting he's just excited to be in that dolphin lineup there he's had uh he's been around a couple teams but he's come back to play and he's happy to have a home over one showman with strockholding [Music] having another fine year 23 out of 28 and the leading scorer ties the ball game let's check that interference call again okay we we we could start from the very beginning here to great coverage by brazil he's in position all the way both men have an opportunity to get to the ball and brazil comes up to winner there with three minutes 21 seconds left to go in the first quarter we've got a tied up ball game as don shula's dolphins come back behind young mr woodland control six of base looks like this uh big old hole on the ground is gonna be safe for the night over hey come on it's miller time miller time time to appreciate the difference between a good beer when it's time to relax [Music] here's another radio shack christmas gift idea this year thrill the kids with our amazing radio control toys on the track obstacle course or off the road you control all the action with a radio transmitter drive a race car or a four-wheeler command a tank there's even a robot excitement for kids and grown-ups too 15 different toys priced 11.95 to 59.95 the amazing radio control toys from radio shack your christmas electronics tour here are the principles as uva von shaman will kick off mesby glasgow the middleman the deep band for the baltimore colts and you're seeing it all glasgow at the 12 the 20 25 and glasgow still on his feet he gets that ball out to the 43-yard line where ed taylor number 45 a defensive back has to bring him down after a 33-yard return by nesby glasgow who was average better than 22 yards of return this year on that last drive there it is 80 yards seven plays carl that was a great return by glasgow he picked his uh blockers really well he made the most of that play there really wasn't that big of an opening there but he chose the right right pass and he got a nice return 33-yard kickoff return at the 43. burt jones and company jones whips it in his puck beautiful catch by ray butler the all-american from southern cal the rookie gets down into miami territory does jordan rounds with 27 by glenn blackwood number 47 and ed taylor number 45 from the secondary ray butler an outstanding wide receiver a 29-yard pickup at a first down for the colts deep in miami territory i'll tell you when you get in a game like this you have to play off two games to go in the season you have to look for a lot of exciting things one thing it can be enthused about is certainly bert jones and that was a well thrown pass to ray butler you can see the odyssey of bert jones and just how he threw that ball in there but the story is ray butler is an excellent receiver and he's certainly going to be one for the coach's future back to the running play and marvin sims a power runner at 6'4 237 pounds getting down inside the 25 of the 23 duck better 75 bomb bomb higher number 73 on the tackle for the dolphins two minutes 42 seconds left to play in the first quarter in this game that's tied at seven and it will be a second down coming up and seven yards to go for mike mccormick's baltimore colts merle hermann and carl are with you in baltimore delighted to have you with us us this afternoon draw dickey the play gained a lot the last time nothing this time bob bama our 73 the nose tackle said you can get away with it once but not twice and so he nails dickey at the 27 the line of scrimmage it'll be third down coming up well the reason i played to get so much that time is they had a blitzing uh linebacker i think it was uh chambers coming up the middle there pose in that hole may have lost a little yardage it's third down almost 11. roger carr splitting to the left ray butler to the right for bert jones jones and the deep drop being pursued by baumhauer lets her go and it's incomplete aj doing was on the pursuit also it was intended for don mccauley who had come into the backfield in the third down situation ernest rowe had the coverage on him the linebacker number 55 the five-year veteran from henderson in arkansas he's usually on the passing downs it is fourth down and mickelmeyer is coming on if you're wondering how our bum gardener please play his nose tackle position gets got all the way to the outside that was a stunt by the defensive lineman the inside defensive end comes the inside the nose tackle comes around he has to complain steve mcameyer going for a 43-yard effort and it is landry holding four out of six from this range for mickelmeyer [Applause] he can put the coats in the lead he's short way off to the left and the ball goes over the miami dolphins so steve mcavoyer who is a graduate of maryland nearby maryland the leading scorer with 74 points gets nothing on that effort the game tied at seven we've got a timeout and we'll return in a moment from baltimore rca wants you to see the right color does your television automatically capture all these subtle shades of blue in this ocean of color color track 1981 can with rca's exclusive detail processor color track separates detail from color refines it then locks the right color on track even colors only subtle shades apart color track 1981 rca is making television better and better this front-wheel drive plymouth reliant k 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tying touchdown then led the dolphins to the field goal range for bon shaman who booted for the winning three woody bennett breaking one tackle getting a little bit going getting back to the line of scrimmage i guess mike woods 59 the linebacker a two-year man from cincinnati making the stop for the baltimore colts we've got a minute 24 to go in the first quarter of the game tied at six is ed simeone the defensive captain who calls the signals looks to the sideline for an instruction durian harris number 82 has come into the miami offensive unit and bruce hardy is going out ronnie lee is set as the tight end he is set left woodley second and ten draw delvin williams no hold try and go to the outside now gets the reverse looking for the block williams makes his cut williams runs all over the field gets back to the line of scrimmage and maybe a yard before nesby glasgow number 25 makes the tackle on him and so a great second and third effort and just simply keeping the feet moving by delvin williams turned what could have been about a five-yard loss into a gain and is now third down and seven that play was well defensed by dakota that was cook up there uh cutting off the lateral movement by williams going to the outside so he had to cut back and he was very smart by trying to make something out of that play with certainly nothing there to get steve mcameyer on the sideline for baltimore much upset at missing the field goal attempt joe rose number 80 net moore 89 tony nathan 22 in passing down third down let's see what woodley does whistle stopping play six seconds remaining in the quarter and i believe he got hit with a 30-second clock i don't believe they get to play underway at times i don't think they did i think whatever he was going to do he didn't get it done in time delay of the game against the dolphins will make it third down and 12. this is one of the common uh mistakes you'll see young quarterbacks make especially for rookie quarterback ira what has been really exceptional as a young quarterback that's not made these type of mistakes delay of the game costs miami five as david woodley goes into that huddle david hit 147 of 257 passes going into this one almost 1500 yards 57 amazing what this young man how he has progressed in the last eight ball game woodley with time throwing incomplete was intended for elmer bailey number 88 the rookie from minnesota larry brazile 47 of the coverage as woodley drill bailey through the fingertips and brazil can breathe a little bit easier and we have run out of time in the first quarter so the first period has ended in baltimore the colts who scored first seven miami tied him at seven and we'll be ready for quarter two in a moment [Music] hey see y'all down the road jack if you're gonna move your family you could save a lot of money by renting a truck moving yourself and you might as well rent a real truck a rider rider isn't famous for renting cars baby little trailers riders famous but trucks pro 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roberts who came to the dolphins five days before the 78th season has been a tremendous fine that's what he has done today average wise into the win now he's got the win with him and he pops it down field and glasgow will let it roll out of bounds ball will be marked just outside the 30-yard line a 46-yard punt but we've got a flag back of the line of scrimmage george roberts and the penalty is against the miami dolphins george roberts with that 42-8 average for the year fourth highest in the nfl as i mentioned the dolphins got him right before the 78 season started when larry seifel and mike michael went down with knee injuries he'd been cut by washington now on the other side of the coin today bragg who's kicking the punter for the baltimore colts also was cut by the washington redskins after 12 years so mike has done a good job over here [Music] ray guy has the highest average uh right now in the afc that penalty was against cleveland green an eligible receiver downfield or an eligible man downfield actually nesbi glasgow back there again it is fourth down and 17 this time for george roberts pass kick with the win it did not get the distance that i anticipated uh we know he's got to win if he gets a little more heist on that ball he'll probably get the win to carry get more distance roberts will kick from about his own seven or eight gets it getting a roll it is down on the 38-yard line by kim anderson number 26 and elmer bailey a wide receiver a complete footed youngster from minnesota a rookie makes the tackle a pick of 43 yards for george roberts on that one time out in baltimore 14 minutes 43 seconds to play in the first half both teams scored in the first quarter and we are tied at 7. plymouth breaks through the mileage barrier a new front-wheel drive horizon miser with advanced electronic fuel control soars to the highest highway gasoline mileage rating ever achieved by any american car and at a price that dips below 5300 a great price for the car that 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got a red hot football game going between two tremendous rivals in miami and baltimore don chill as for the kohl's took the coast of the super bowl in miami and then in 1970 took over the dolphins curtis dookie behind cleveland sims but sims could not block out larry glenn blackwood rather than the 47.5 blackwood finally runs him out of real estate glenn back blackwood's brother is on the other side of the field lyle blackwood [Music] curtis dickey his best move was missing that bench over there on the uh on the miami sidelines it was like a hurdle there i know it was a sprinter but that was a hurdler's move jumping that bench second down ten you may have said cleveland soon marvinson cleveland franklin cleveland franklin's gonna shake it up a little bit for baltimore fake the draw jones going for the down complete maurice mccall the 6-7 235 pounder from auburn defense by glenn blackwood the second year man from texas so reese mccall got his running in for that play yes he did he was the deepest receiver that time on that play going straight down the middle that's something you don't see very often for a tight end that's remember reminiscent of the mackey days i'm having nostalgia fever here today thinking about the old coach after seeing lenny moore here earlier today i wonder how lenny moore feels watching uh curtis dickey down there they waited a long time for another lenny moore they sure did they'll have he's doing a good job but i'll tell you there'll be a hard time replacing lenny carter to the right butler left and mccauley in the backfield now jones whips it for butler incomplete he was covered by number 43 jeff allen the rookie from cal davis and it's now fourth down for the baltimore colts who will have to give up the football as jeff allen has done his job and leaves the field bert jones talking to randy burke one of his wide receivers it's fourth down mike bragg comes on to do the kicking as we mentioned a moment ago he was cut by the washington redskins after 12 years and he's averaged almost 30 yards a punt this season 40 yards point 39.3 to be exact nick gioquino out of connecticut back deep high hangar gia quinoa calling for the fair catch and feels it on the 29-yard line of the dolphins who are tied with the colts at seven as we play just a couple of minutes here in this uh second quarter that was a kick of 33 yards and the dolphins will take over at the 29 after hey you this to see some terrific pictures depend on the automatic minolta xg1 to give you clear sharp pictures it does the work you take the credit for a limited time get an xg1 and get a 25 rebate from minolta see your dealer now for details ring in the holidays ring out the year sparkling with andre love and good cheer take andre home for the holidays andre for the holidays what's a celebration without andre champagne to lend sparkle and elegance to your good times greet the season and your friends with the best andre for the holidays and all year long this blind dumbledore in new york at mile high stadium in denver lester hayes has just added to his league lead interception total picking one off against matt robinson number 12 of the year for lester hayes football games tied at seven in the second let's go back to baltimore moral harmony all right brian and a very interesting ball game going on out there and we appreciate the update on it mike mccormick and burt jones i believe bert's lost his does he still get that beard he's saving since he saw him earlier in the season yeah he cut it off the wrong time 29-yard line for david woodley and the miami dolphins 6-296 pounds from lsu two tight ends two wide receivers woodley has an all-out selection [Music] the coverage by derrick hatchet number 42 but a flag was thrown in the offensive i'm backfield sure what that flag was called for but the willie was down woodley has an outstanding arm and a quick release and upstairs to our left here with an injured shoulder is bob griese who in 1967 joined the dolphins [Music] well we've got to change his mind get a personal foul called against baltimore don shula said i was right all the time that's what i was trying to tell you it was against the other guys now let's see if we can pick up the call all right [Music] fred cook number 72 the defensive end and mike mccarthy said i'll wait just a minute he said now fred gives it an all-out effort with lots of enthusiasm but he did anything wrong well that's up until the ball stone you got to let him go fred spoken like a former defensive lineman i can't say i always practice what i treat first down the 44. woody bennett daylight oh he is tripped up down to the 38-yard line of baltimore by nesby glasgow woody bennett popped through there for a 21-yard gain really picked up the steam when he got into the open field and only glasgow could stop him you'll see he's fallen over here by uh giesler and kuchenberg are leading blockers there he breaks the ball open off tackle and he's just chipped up here by the toenail that's what he called a real shoestring tackler he would have been gone has that not been the case i'll tell you i like woody bennett carla oh i'll tell you you know he's getting the chance to play and he's just happy to play this enthusiasm to see if the guy really wants to play football just two games left or out of it but he just wants to play and you're seeing it here bennett eight carries 50 yards [Music] play action woodley it was in his arms he's disappointed about that for sure that's not something you'll see dale to do very much delvin has caught passes for 202 yards this year and woodley was right on target with that one you can't do much better than that no you can't uh delvin williams and tony nathan have been spitting their running back assignments their two are excellent receivers coming on the backfield but that ball was well thrown i got to say woodley put it in there tony nathan is in now for miami second down 10. matt moore is split [Music] good rush woodley gets it away it is incomplete intended for nathan coming out of the backfield mike ostowski 71 was coming from the right side putting great pressure on woodley got the pass away all right but incomplete i think i said nathan it was durial harris number 82. okay uh you see there's a rush from his right end spot coming to the outside woodley smarties steps up the defensive end go around behind him if he does that and showing his arm really out throws uh dorado harris there just by a couple feet it is third down and ten coming up as baltimore brings on five defensive backs and sends it simineny to the bench jimmy cepalo is in for miami he is split to the left wide to the right side is elmer bailey two tight ends are in joe rose ronnie lee woodley lets her fly again he's got his man touchdown here jimmy jimmy savalo with his first touchdown of the year beat larry brazile number 47 and how about the david woodley coming right back going the same pattern with a different receiver a 37-yard touchdown strike and miami takes the lead well he says i know the work all i got to do is just do my part put the ball on target and we can get a score here guys he says let's try cephalo this time which he does cephalo coming from a bride receiver spot going down and uh derral harris has the speed so does that low and the ball is right on target the dolphins are ahead by seven so don shaw feeling much better about this thing right now as his dolphins have come back to take the lead and can add another point with bon shaman or von foot as they call him the all-american from oklahoma and his second year stockholding [Music] von shaman is right to the middle 13 50 to go in the first half now as the dolphins have jumped into a seven point lead on a 37-yard touchdown pass to jimmy but we've got a flag on the plane we'll return in a moment alcohol can't wait long before there was an energy crisis alcoa developed a window specifically to save energy beautifully 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came back repeated the play in the touchdown he says you were right on tried again you can do it and we're counting on you and he knows that he that they are because that's where the dolphins future lies and david woodley and he surely showed what he could do there by completing that touchdown pass to cephalon will and juventus we had a double foul on the extra point uh greg fields number 79 of baltimore and dwight stevenson 57 of miami we're mixing up a little bit offsetting fouls on the sportsman-like conduct so the kickoff will take place from the regular point at the 35-yard line von shaman tees it up duvet has won three ball games this year for miami with the field goals field goal department he's 12 out of 19 has added two extra points today nesby glasgow will be the deep man and he'll need to be d because he wins to bond shaman's back he drills the ball right out of the end zone baltimore will bring it to the 20 trailing by a score of 14 to 7 with 13 minutes and 45 seconds left to go in the first half here in baltimore i'm merle harmon with carl eller and we're delighted to have you with us this evening as it is now as darkness has surrounded us well that touchdown pass by david woodley deserves another look carl well yes it does he's he's an excellent quarterback he's a rookie eighth-round draft choice he's got a fine arm there and i think they're getting a second chance to try that play again he got the race that's what you say getting that old kentucky windage first down in the baltimore 20. burt jones in motion and he hits number 80 ray butler the rookie from usc and the black was thrown however in the 28-yard line ed taylor made the hit after a 12-yard pickup at taylor number 45 the left cornerback so let's see what the latest infraction defense decline first down i'm not sure what's going on down there but it's certainly a heated game these two are tough rivals it's the first time since 1987 and neither would have been in the playoffs they've got a lot to prove to themselves they certainly have a lot of pride among the players and they want to finish with a good record here regardless of what the stakes are the dolphins or rather the colts decline the five-yard penalty and take the 12-yard gain curtis dickey pops in there across the 35 to the 36th blackwood number 47 glenn blackwood the free safety makes the stop on curtis dickey you gotta he just sticks his head right in the hole there he's not afraid of anything i'll tell you he just goes right in there cincinnati and chicago into overtime roland harper scoring in the fourth quarter to tie that game and send it into ot sam rover and bob trump are there reporting that one for nbc second and eight out of the backfield dickey first down and more midfield and out of bounds at the midfield straight so it's a first down for the baltimore coast fall making the tackle and now it's going to brian gumbel in new york for an update thank you mauro harmon in chicago a turnover with just seconds to play has cost the bears a chance to turn back the bengals vince evans intercepted by lewis braden as the clock winds out that ball game goes to overtime it's tied at 14. cincinnati will receive merle all right brian after a 13-yard pickup by dickie to midfield on the pass play it is first down baltimore they're trailing by seven marvin sims the bruising pullback from clemson into miami territory and then knocked all the way back into his own territory by doug betters number 75 and larry gordon number 50. we paused briefly for station identification this is the nbc television edward [Music] in baltimore at memorial stadium where the colts scored first in the opening period and then the dolphins tied him before it was over and then a second touchdown pass thrown by david woodley to jimmy cepalo in this period has put miami into the lead and albert jones is trying to get something going going for the downs for ray butler and the tigers thrown against number 45 ed taylor they got their feet tangled up let's see if that's the call it'll be very interesting bro let's see what happens here uh ed taylor was in front of butler there and uh butler just runs up his back i'm not sure which way they're going to call that olympics no foul the ball was uncatchable all right i agree with that throw it away that's what i was going to comment on i mean you threw a flag when the ball was uncatchable and i have seen that happen and i think it was a very wise choice for the officials oh it's definitely a wise cause we're sitting here looking at the play uh both players are trying to get to it neither the ken butler runs up taylor's back guys certainly they know his picture will follow his part and taylor can't do anything about it so third down coming up doesn't make the baltimore fans happy though they want some of this to go the other way but i think it's justice the first time that he has gone to car today and carl and i were sitting here a moment ago saying when's he going to go to car he just did we were just saying that they'll tell you but that's burt jones every time he goes back to threat ball he's really excited he's really a super pass he just got great motion he throws a nice spiral ball you watch he pups there throws a beautiful ball down here guitar i gotta say that probably uh the ball was maybe deflected slightly because defensive band was right there but card normally catch those hands excellent [Music] is deep for miami he's kicking into the wind chiaquino from the 13. a former school teacher banging his way up across the 25 to the 27 pretty good return by gia and look what we've got going on well you can almost expect this we've already had double fouls in situations down at the other end of the field 33-yard kick and 11-yard return and the officials call a timeout let them cool off 11 54 to go in the first half and the dolphins lead the colts by 14-7 okay there is a coach don chiller there he just gave his quarterback dave woodley a pat on the head and this chose excellence in the coach really giving confidence in his quarterback they came back repeated the play in the touchdown he says you were right us try it again you can do it and we're counting on you and he knows that he that they are because that's where the dolphins future lies it's david woodley and he shows so shirley showed what he could do there by completing that touchdown pass to cephalon and uben shaman will kick off we had a double foul on the extra point uh greg fields number 79 of baltimore and dwight stevenson 57 of miami we're mixing up a little bit offsetting fouls unfortunately conduct so the kickoff will take place from the regular point at the 35-yard line von schamann tees it up hooves won three ball games this year for miami with field goals field goal department he's 12 out of 19. he's added two extra points today nesby glasgow will be the deep man and he'll need to be d because he wins to bond shaman's back he drills the ball right out of the end zone baltimore will bring it to the 20 trailing by a score of 14-7 with 13 minutes and 45 seconds left to go in the first half here in baltimore i'm merle harmon with carl eller and we're delighted to have you with us this evening as it is now as darkness has surrounded us well a touchdown pass by david woodley deserves another look carl well yes it does he's he's next to quarterback he's a rookie eighth-round draft choice he's got a fine arm there and i think they're getting a second chance to try that play again he got the rate so that's what you say getting that old kentucky windage first down in the baltimore 20. burt jones in motion and he hits number 80 ray butler the rookie from usc and the flag was thrown however on the 28-yard line ed taylor made the hit after a 12-yard pickup at taylor number 45 the left cornerback so let's see what the latest infraction defense decline first down i'm not sure what's going on down there but it's certainly a heated game these two are tough rivals it's the first time since 1987 and neither would have been in the playoffs they've got a lot to pull to themselves they certainly have a lot of pride among the players and they want to finish with a good record here regardless of what the stakes are the dolphins are rather the colts decline the five yard penalty and take the 12 yard gain curtis dickey pops in there across the 35 to the 36. blackwood number 47 glenn blackwood the free safety he's not afraid of anything i'll tell you he just goes right in there cincinnati and chicago in overtime roland harper's scoring in the fourth quarter to tie that game and send it into ot sam over and bob trump are there reporting that one for nbc [Music] so it's a first down for the baltimore coast fall making the tackle and now it's going to bryant gumbel in new york for an update thank you mauro harmon in chicago a turnover with just seconds to play has cost the bears a chance to turn back the bengals vince evans intercepted by lewis braden as the clock winds out that ball game goes to overtime it's tied at 14. cincinnati will receive merle all right brian after a 13-yard pickup by dickie to midfield on the pass play it is first down baltimore they're trailing by seven marvin sims the bruising pullback from clemson into miami territory and then knocked all the way back into his own territory by doug betters number 75 and larry gordon number 50. we pause briefly for station identification this is the nbc television network [Music] merle hermann with carl eller in baltimore at memorial stadium where the codes scored first in the opening period and then the dolphins tied him before it was over and then a second touchdown pass thrown by david woodley to jimmy cepalo in this period has put miami into the lead now bert jones is trying to get something going going for the downs for ray against number 45 ed taylor they got their feet tangled up let's see if that's the call it'll be very interesting bro let's see what happens here uh ed taylor was in front of butler there and uh butler just runs up his back i'm not sure which way they're going to call that olympics no foul the ball was uncatchable all right i agree with that throw that's what i was going to comment on i mean you throw a flag when the ball was uncatchable and i have seen that happen and i think it was a very wise choice for the official oh it's definitely a wise cause we're sitting here looking at the play uh both players are trying to get to it neither ken butler runs up taylor's back i certainly know his pick will follow his part and taylor can't do anything about it so third down coming up doesn't make the baltimore fans happy though they want some of this to go the other way but i think it's justice is served there yes jones cranks up and he's got it all for cars the first time that he has gone to car today and carl and i were sitting here a moment ago saying when's he gonna go to car or he just did we were just saying that they'll tell you but that's for jones every time he goes back to three ball he's really excited he's he's really a super pass he just got great motion he throws a nice spiral ball you're watching pups there throws a beautiful ball down here the car i gotta say that probably uh the ball was maybe deflected slightly because defensive band was right there but card normally catch those hands excellent thrown ball like wooden small were back there right now mike prague will cut it away [Music] nick giacoro is deep for miami he's kicking into the win gia cueno from the 13. a former school teacher banging his way up across the 25 to the 27 pretty good return by gia puedo and look what we've got going on well you can almost expect this we've already had double fouls uh in situations down at the other end of the field 33-yard kick and 11-yard return and the officials call a timeout let them cool off 11 54 to go in the first half and the dolphins lead the colts by 14-7 i learned to drive in an 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okay you know you got two really fine ball clubs down there they got a lot of pride they're not in the playoffs and none of them are happy they're really disappointed that they can't be in the playoffs and they're taking out their frustrations on each other which makes for a good ball game we certainly have one here mark dinner goes up over the ball as david woodley brings the offense to the 28-yard line guards are kuchenberg and newman the tackles are geesler and lakso woody bennett 222 pounds pulling his way near the 30 where mike ozdowski 71 the wide man on that front four of baltimore on the right side makes the tackle on woody bennett gain of three it'll be second down seven for david woodley at baltimore defensive unit had a tough time at cincinnati last week until the fourth quarter when the offense took over and put some pressure on cincinnati's defense for four touchdowns miami ahead by seven little more than 11 minutes to play in the first half second down seven [Music] woodley who can run pros incomplete for ronnie lee 86 is tied in [Applause] he was caught two touchdown passes this year ronnie is a two-year man from baylor uh okay so watch this we'll take a look at uh a fred cook there who's the left defensive end he goes out tries to contain but willie dave woodley gets outside and he's able to throw the ball it's a short pass and lee can't really hold on to it because the pass is really short okay 1104 to go in the first half we are happy to welcome our good fans in norfolk virginia who have not been getting the game up until now there was a telephone problem with the television on the lines but they have been restored and we're glad to have you with us norfolk third down seven woodley whips it to the sideline he completes it to number 81 jimmy cepalo scored a touchdown pass earlier derry hatchet 42 [Music] had the defensive assignment there jimmy cephalo is a not a penn stater he's been outstanding before for miami didn't quite get the first down though fourth down less than a yard derrick hatchet 42 coming up with a play there that prevented cevalo from getting that first down and the punting unit is on what happens on that is when the players made close to the stakes the lion officials take the stake away i'm sure woody was trying to throw him for the first down and uh cephalo was coming back to the ball he probably just didn't know where marco was would have been taken off the sidelines george roberts out of virginia tech fourth highest average in the nfl at 42.8 for the season [Music] roberts pops it high oh how about this one nesby glasgow is back and into the end zone of the ball we'll come out to the 20. roberts nailed that one for 63 yards he got it up there where he wanted it he had a lot of foot into the ball and the wind did the rest looked like the blimp [Music] time out in baltimore 10 47 to go in the first half miami 14 baltimore seven [Music] the cheetah one of the most magnificent species on the face of the 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chicago in overtime the bengals have beaten the bears 4 23 into the extra session jim breach makes good from 29 yards out final bengals 17 bears 14. let's go back to baltimore thank you brian and indeed jim breach has made good in cincinnati after being cut for the oakland raiders don shaw mike mccormick whose teams are tied for third place in the eastern division of the afc they've always been very competitive this is the first time that one of the two teams has not been in the playoff picture since 1970. curtis dickey trying to get the outside is nailed at the 21. don vessel number 46 the strong safety rolled him down with a body block curtis dickey tremendous speed a world-class sprinter if he gets to the outside on you see you later but don vesely can move it too that was a really interesting play there meryl gordon there the linebacker number 50 was up outside but the curtis dickey just outran him he had the flanks but he couldn't really get the yardage but he certainly got around the outside linebacker second down nine curtis dickey is a receiver at the 25 at the 27 fighting for the first down brought down by larry gordon number 50 the linebacker there was a situation you were talking about dickie a moment ago being a sprinter some of the criticisms of sprinters in pro football particularly have been that they kind of shy away from contact they can run straight but they they can't pop you well dicky he'll run over you he's an exception for sure the miami dolphins know that he got tackled by six or seven the one guy just isn't going to bring him down he got seven yards on the play third down two macaulay 23 washington point are in the backfield [Music] and it is completed to don mcculley who is the third down specialist as a receiver and he's got a first down after a gain of seven glenn blackwood 47 the free safety larry gordon number 50 the weak side linebacker made the tackle so the colts who were behind 14-7 with nine minutes to play in the first half are starting to move the ball into the win against the dolphins the quality there was the third receiver that was just a drop-off pass there coming out of the backfield bert jones has lots of time on that play sims and vicki are the setbacks jones swings it to dicky vicky at the 40. vicki nailed just as he crosses the 40-yard line getting about six ed taylor 45 glenn blackwood number 47. they're back there to make the stop [Music] they've marked the ball at the 41-yard line gain of five it'll be second down and five for burt jones and company burke the number one draft choice of the colts in 1973 out of lsu comes from the same area of course shreveport that also produced david woodley and a guy named joel ferguson and also a young man named terry bradshaw pretty good company look at dickie try to find just a little bit and that's all he got but he got closer to a first down getting about three yards rusty chambers 51 the middle linebacker glenn blackwood 47 of free safety tackling dickey it is third down two for the baltimore colts to trail 14-7 with seven minutes 35 seconds to go in the first half dickie opened the scoring this afternoon on a 38-yard touchdown run to put baltimore ahead 7-0 in the first quarter then woodley threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to woody bennett to tie it before it was over then a 37-yarder deception in this period for the 14-7 lead with sims blocking dickey trying to get the first down and he can't do it that miami defensive unit led by don besselwood 46 the strong safety and larry gordon number 50 the linebacker on the right side stopped the play and baltimore will have to give up the football what'll happen on the situation like that merrell's the strong stacy comes up to force to play like that on the uncharted yard she'll be right up on the line of scrimmage and that's what don bessel did that time cutting across the minus scrimmage cutting curtis dickey off mike bragg will fund it for baltimore and back deep nick giacoino for miami into the win gia cueno can run it back at the 20. 25 and gets neck tied at about the 26 yard line a run back of 7 after a 36 yard punt next sunday it's the final week of the nfl season as nbc sports carries you all the way to the super bowl join bryant gumbel for all the latest news around the nfl including a preview of the playoffs all on nfl 80. then it's regional action as the cleveland browns take on the cincinnati bengals plus other regional games all here on nbc sports check your listings for the game and time in your area the browns losing to minnesota on the last play of the game today thrown into a tie in the central division with the houston honors they'll have a tough time [Music] woodley bennett about one make that williams herb orvis 88 mike barnes 63 on the tackle no it was bennett woody bennett 34 and alvin williams 24. we were talking about cleveland and houston and they are now deadlocked cleveland having lost that game to minnesota this afternoon on the last play of the game tommy kramer bringing minnesota from behind with four touchdowns in the final period and remember cincinnati although in last place beat pittsburgh twice this year and that's why pittsburgh is where the steelers are as far as the playoff picture is concerned but they're still alive second and nine for woodley wide open receiver nat moore first down on the 40-yard line maybe the 41. a 14-yard pickup to nat moore the seven-year veteran from florida derrick hatchett 42 had the coverage on the play the injured thing about woodley here is that he's giving himself some time he starts to feel the pressure coming and he gives himself a little room moving out of the pocket just a little bit and throwing the ball out to matt moore who's come back to the ball on the sidelines first down ball officially mark at the 38-yard line woodley is 6 out of 13 for 92 yards 90 yards [Applause] woody bennett getting a block from delvin williams who was out front then making the rest of it on his own fred cook 72 finally got woody bennett down who's been running hard and running well this afternoon again about uh five yards almost five we'll call it second and five fred cook the veteran seven year man from southern mississippi who anchors that line for baltimore durial harris 82 is in delvin williams [Music] i believe gone out he has harris splitting wide to the left matt moore wide to the right two tight ends aboard now for miami [Music] what event crashing straight ahead getting close to the first down might be just a little bit short herb orvis 88 was pulling him down from behind as woody bennett put that 6-3 222 pound machine to work and picked up four but he's a little bit shy that's a good call on the play like that uh second and down is kind of an optional yard situation where you can either go for the pass or the run but a quick opening play like that sometimes will break open and get you a really a long gainer third down one i think they're going to bring the chains out bennett has 12 carries 64 yards so woody's having a fine afternoon and evening the dolphins have that far to go less than a yard 14-7 the score the dolphins in the lead after going down 7-0 early in the ball game on dickie's 38-yard touchdown scamper but then woodley has thrown touchdown passes to woody bennett jimmy cephalo for miami and has a third and one i really like this kid carl oh so do i and he would take a note from bart starr here in his good old days in the package they would throw the carol dale in this situation we could never stop it as a vikings dalman williams bangs for the first down to the right 49. had devon williams to get it for barry krauss 55 making the tackle lesbian glasgow number 25 up there also ball just across the midfield stripe into baltimore territory we have four minutes and 20 seconds to go in the first half now it's going to be a very interesting finale next week on nbc as we bring you the close of a very exciting regular season with lots of teams still in it first and ten on the wing to the left is hardy [Music] woodley throwing for delvin williams and he dropped the ball to the 35 should have had that one delvin knows it too well dalvin has this is a couple for him today it's not his nice best day that ball was thrown there again uh delvin was in full stride trying to catch that ball and trying to look back at the same time he was close to the sidelines so you have a lot of things to keep your mind on while you're trying to catch that ball now dariel harris goes out for the dolphins three minutes 51 seconds left to play in the first half in baltimore david woodley he joined us late and have not seen this young man this year split the time at lsu they had the two quarterback system consequently the scouts well just weren't that interested but the dolphins were woody tripped up at the 49-yard line herb arvis and fred cook are there and let's see woody bennett at the 49 lost a yard and a half okay they watch cook he gets up they beats lasko there he gets he gets the penetration and it's an excellent play by cook very it's a off tackle play but he beats it before he can get a start bob kutchenberg was pulling from the left guard spot to lead the blocking he's in line for an all-pro berth this year he's in a good year he's an excellent woodley guns it and it's incomplete it was intended for elmer bailey the number four draft choice out of the university of minnesota a little bit chilly as woodley really drilled him and he couldn't hang on to it glasgow 25 blackwood 44 that's lyle blackwood brother glenn on the other side of the field he had the part of the coverage and bailey going over to warm his hands up fourth down 11 now for the dolphins well if you notice bayley had gloves on his hand baited played in minnesota which should be familiar with that cold weather that's one thing we never did i'm not sure what effect it has on the game or your ability to catch the ball we never won them in minnesota glasgow is deep for the punt from roberts george nailed one along with his last shot and he is going for the corner he has kicked it out of bounds inside the 15. good punt by george roberts thursday at 8 p.m eastern time it's games people play with the finals of the three-ton tug of war where you'll see the new orleans firemen battle the steel workers from pittsburgh then a fun look at the world's shortest pro basketball team led by billy bardy and an inspiring visit with the marathon man peter stedwick plus much much more are you in that uh basketball game uh carl at six six against billy barty and those little guys i'm definitely not on the short side except if i were in the nba yeah it would be don schuler's miami dolphins have played well this afternoon first down on the 13th for the baltimore colts flag is down as dickey goes to the middle and is short of the 15. bob baumhauer number 73 the four-year veteran from alabama making the stop offsides miami two minutes 48 seconds left to play in the first half and the dolphins have a 14-7 lead burt jones trying to keep those hands warm burt's come back with a good year he's missed one game because of injuries but the last two years he was out a lot and the colts finished last both years let's listen encouragement number 73 first out bob baumhauer a little bit too anxious there encroachment is the call for five you know talking about brett jones and the dolphins he's had excellent success against the dolphins i think he's won almost every game he's played against the dolphins when he's been in that quarterback first in five of the 18. jones with some time incomplete dickey coming out of the backfield cutting back across the field covered by kim beaucamper and the pass wasn't thrown that well for dickey well he had the time but uh the dolphins had great courage downfield that's why he dropped the ball off the dickey dicky was the auxiliary receiver there being the last patch event i think bert jones could find and throw the ball to and he's kind of doing the rush oakland has taken a 17-7 lead over the denver broncos at the half as jim plunkett and bob chandler with another 11 yard touchdown pass with only 40 seconds to go in the first half quarterbacks what about that jim clock if he's having another great year hickey trying to get to the outside spins off the tackler and is drilled out of bounds at about the 23. george small number 48 the right cornerback got him out of bounds he was hurt in the first colt game you might recall he he's a big play man inside the 10-yard line but they're down the other end of the field right now okay now you're watching can we talk about his speed here they do the best they can to string uh string the the ball carry out but dick he still makes a play around the corner there and small comes up uh running him out of bounds after a short game third down and one we have two minutes 38 seconds to go in the first half the posts are down by seven sims going for the first down and he struggles to get it if he did glenn blackwood tripped him up and got him down as big marvin sims a power runner at 6'4 and 237 pounds i think he had one eye on that yard marker and the other eye on blackwood well blackwood certainly ended up in an awkward position there but it did an effective job but he got enough for the first down two minutes 28 seconds left in the first half baltimore down by seven will jones crank up and go long remember he is fighting the wind and mike mccormick as he analyzes the situation on the sideline might be a little bit apprehensive about an interception at least at this end of the field let's see what jones does here we go over the middle sims at the 24. aj dewey the former lsu star all over him he's playing a linebacker spot he also play on the defensive line we've got a timeout now for the two-minute warning and the miami dolphins who came from a seven or nothing deficit have a 14-7 lead with two minutes left to play in the first half and the colts 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the united way the preceding announcement was furnished as a public service by the national football league two minutes to play there's the score and baltimore scoring in the opening period on a dickey touchdown run at 38 yards and then the dolphins on two touchdown passes from woodley coming back to take the lead carol well we've been talking about the win factor here but uh burt has really thrown the considerably short passes which are contrary to uh what is what he normally does he's only gone to roger carl once today uh car can run a number of patterns he likes an pattern into second base at about the 32-yard line palmhauer covers him immediately good move by burt jones bombard 250 pursuing him and bert today other better take the safe spot here he got about six though third down three yes i think you get a struggle for the first down yards but when you've had the injuries that bert jones has you don't want to take those chances i think he very wisely goes down here you'll see that uh he just goes down and not get the first down but that was a smart move on burt jones's part he wants to play third and three macaulay has the first down don mccauley to the 42-yard line and timeout is called by bert jones of the baltimore coast is ernest roane number 55. the linebacker from henderson arkansas makes the tackle and the clock is stopped with a minute 12 seconds to go in the first half and baltimore is trailing by seven mike mccormick and burke jones talking over with the coaches upstairs and all right carl you were a defensive ball player but i'm sure that you uh had that offense pretty well smiled off too what are they coming up with you have to know um you have to know what they're thinking what their strategy is what they're going to do you have to be aware of the situation here like i said right now he's going to the short pass continuously i'm not sure that that win is that big a factor for the mid-range patches passes that's to the tight end or maybe we could go to car on a square out pattern or something there i'm sure they're trying to see what they can do to get the ball down the field and get a field goal or another score before the half ends here one minute 12 seconds to play in the first half and baltimore defeated last week by cincinnati after a wild fourth quarter in which they scored four touchdowns trailing by seven on this one don shula big win over the new england patriots monday night to further complicate the life of the patriots but today they bounce back to beat the buffalo bills the bills play in san francisco next week and the bills can still win the east if they can beat the 49ers who were defeated today by atlanta and of course at halftime you'll hear all about those ball games john's being pursued by co-camper oh what a hit on the 30-yard line on butler he's lucky to get up he really took a pop from don bessel number 46 the strong safety he certainly is lucky to get up i felt that one all the way up here you see that jones gets a little pressure here he starts to run out of pockets and he throws the ball on the run he does an excellent job in getting the ball too butler it is a well thrown pass but butler you see has his eye on the ball and bezel comes over really nails it ah they both got up ray butler rookie out of usc interesting story there they're going to make a wide receiver out of curtis dickey they drafted butler and they a draft to dickie a running back out of texas as a wide receiver but contract squabbles made him late to work and butler won the wide receiver job and lo and behold dickies are running back and here's curtis dickey as a receiver the flag is down vicky into miami territory vicki down to the 38-yard line the all-purpose back of the baltimore colts a gain of 19 yards earnest roan 55 made the tackle now let's see what the penalty flag is about curtis dickey had carried for 38 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter holding against baltimore so nullify that one let's see if we can pick up the holding [Music] okay we've got the car here isolated on the replay he's definitely not in this place but we'll see what he does here and i think this is where the penalty is called normally you only get that type of play that type of call on a wide receiver think the holding call though was on uh wade griffin number 69 the left tackle it is second down on the 32-yard line of the baltimore colts second down in 20 54 seconds left in the first half for bert jones in the colts you know that wade griffin has had an outstanding year this year at that offensive tackle spot he's only been beaten twice all year jones joe washington washington spinning back was at the 40 will wind up at about the 39 in the arms of larry gordon number 50 the linebacker from arizona state who's had a great year very important gordon has had three sacks he was the number one draft choice in 1976 and he's been a great performer jones no time not third down 13. jones at the midfield strike two yards short of a first down as randy burke 84 gathers it in kim bokamper 58 on the tackle 19 seconds left to go in the first half and finally baltimore calls the timeout to stop the clock out fourth down and three coming up for baltimore well they have plenty of times out here they haven't used them i'm not sure why they didn't use it sooner they want to get that ball down the field and try to get something going here they're only behind by seven points that's a big difference here they haven't been able to move the ball since the first quarter and i'm sure they want to get three points out of this situation if they can at least three points fourth down and three but do you go for it at midfield well no you don't go for the field goal but you got no no no well of course there's only 16 seconds here miami really can't do very much it would take them just about that much time to to try to turn over here you wouldn't want to punch here because you give up in every opportunity you have you get a first down maybe you could be a long pass play then you can bring your kicking team on for a field goal what would bud grant have done or would do he'd fake it don has brought his dolphins to a 500 record at seven and seven as is mike mccormick of the baltimore colts building here from miami i started to say earlier in the ball game as we go to the other side of the field that miami has done a tremendous rebuilding job without tearing the whole structure of the ball club apart they're they're a 500 club i mean you go back kansas city is rebuilt they've been on the bottom of the heap for quite a long time and yet it doesn't look like that miami is going to have to suffer through that at all as don schuler behind david woodley and of course he's got bob creasy coming back next year he's got don strzok at quarterback but it looks like certainly that woodley is the quarterback of the future but i am sure that bob greasy is going to go to camp next year with every intention of winning that job back well wouldn't you say uh this is a rebuilding year the the big changes but in the offensive line for the miami dolphins you're missing some uh veteran jobs like larry little who's asking state but they've certainly [Music] going for the first down and curtis i believe has that first down if not he will be very very close brought down by rusty chambers 51. and we've got four seconds left of the first half time out baltimore to stop the clock and it is 14-7 miami on top and we're down to the final four seconds of the first half you know you look at both these ball clubs carl and you you think they basically they they stick to the solid football kind of conservative maybe and yet who knows with four seconds left to play anything can happen here huh anything could uh they've got a first down here i don't know what they'll do they'll probably just throw it up in the end zone and maybe uh that uh prayer and a hope or something i don't know but it's a long throw burt jones good father put it in though but four seconds isn't much time dickie is getting some medical attention on the sideline now as apparently he was racked up a little bit on the last play well you suppose he'll really go for it or throw for the interference call and then hope for field position for a field goal try remember he's going into the wind here with four seconds left in the first half i am ahead by 14 to 7. butler splits to the right left card to the right jones going incomplete intended for joe washington and the clock runs out of the first half is over so we've hit the midway point of this ball game the baltimore coast scoring first on curtis dickey's 38 yard touchdown run with 7 16 to go in the first quarter then dennis woodley throwing a 19-yard touchdown pass to woody bennett to tie it up and then a 37-yarder to jimmy cepalo in this quarter with 13.50 to go to give miami a seven point lead is that a good enough lead oh that's a good enough lead to where they're playing here today i think they'll hold on to it if baltimore doesn't come back and change their strategy here in the second half that's the end of the first half to score miami 14 baltimore seven allstate challenges you find your homeowners insurance policy then bring it in and compare i personally accept allstate's challenge because all homeowners insurance is not alike allstate could show you ways to get more for your money allstate's thrown us a challenge keep looking allstate homeowners insurance could give you more value for the money so find your policy and bring it in i found it you found it you're in good hands with allstate that's a promise make a love life for the winning team okay you guys would do that for us [Music] but a bunch of guys really go at it this hard just for a beer well consider its michelob light and that means a rich smooth taste you can compare to any beer you like you guys never played like that before hey we never played for a mickel of light before michelob light compare the taste it's the bob hope christmas special with lonnie anderson larry gatlin the ap college all-americans and loretta swift a christmas surprise from ho ho ho is this part of saving me my god miami leading baltimore by a score of 14 to 7 at the midway point and baltimore came out carl and jumped into the lead in a hurry the colts looked like looking like they had a lot of revenge in their hearts after that tough loss at cincinnati last week but i really am impressed with ryan well miami's looking really well here today merle what their daughters are calling excellent plays woody has certainly uh experienced a good day out there mixing this plays up real well the coach came out with a good run by dickey but since then they haven't really done very much uh jones has been throwing the short passes i'm sure the wins are factored but he's got two great receivers there i think it should go to him well woodley had one touchdown pass to bennett and the last touchdown pass went to jimmy cepalo and here it is well uh we saw him throw that early he overthrew uh uh harris there just a little bit early but now he's throwing the cephalote he gets the ball right on the money and willie's got a great arm you see cephalo catching the ball right here going into the end zone well thrown ball former penn state star getting his first touchdown pass of the year and that's how the miami dolphins grabbed the lead and have held on to the lead have we've as we've reached the midway point in the slogan now as we analyze what must happen in the second half baltimore really hasn't after that first touchdown really hasn't had much offense going no they haven't as i was just saying uh before dickie is having really a great day and uh jones has got to get a little more connection with the receivers all right it's a 14 to 7 ball game the colts are leading and nfl 80's halftime activities will continue in a moment we'll be back merrell herman and carl liller at baltimore's memorial stadium where the dolphins lead the coast 14-7 don schuller's team coming back with two touchdowns after mike mccormick's colts jumped to a seven nothing first quarter lead as uva von shaman kicks off dinesby glasgow with the colts from the two at the 15. 20 30 35 40 44. glasgow brought down by billy caesar after a return of 44 yards was an excellent uh run back by nestor glass code number 25. you'll see he finds it open here on the left side he'll find it and he picks it and gets a nice long return glasgow's got great speed as defensive back and he uses that as a return man so great field position for the baltimore coast set up by that great return at the 44-yard line mccauley and dickey of the running backs and the screen to car car across midfield down to the 47-yard line larry gordon number 50 making the tackle weight dripping 69 out in front of carr on that screen as we look at the game for the first half statistically and note the colts have a bit of the advantage except they do not have the lead girl no they don't the stats are very evenly matched here uh time of possession yards gain and all that but the coach is still seven points behind they're on the move here now it starts second half it is a second down one and dickey will get that on the running play getting down across the 45 of the 44 and the tackle made by larry gordon with help from baumhauer and curtis dickey who scored on the touchdown run scored the first touchdown of the afternoon of 38 yarder has been an outstanding performer today 12 carries 71 yards and we have an injured dolphin on the field and i believe it's bombhauer 73 who was shaken up on the last play from baltimore colts led by burt jones out of lsu david woodley out of lsu the rookie who is the quarterback of the miami dolphins today so it's an lsu dave in the backfield with burt jones marvin sims and curtis dickey don mccauley has been in there joel washington has been in there roger carr and ray butler randy burke have been the wide receivers rhys mccall has been a tight end and palmhauer is up and at him again but he will be going to the sidelines and rusty chambers comes on to replace him palmhauer looks like he's okay now baumhauer of course had that big block last monday night don chiller going to check to see if he's okay and apparently he is it is a first down the baltimore colts are on the 44 yard line of the daltons here comes dewey after him on a blitz and the pass is incomplete at the 44-yard line don mccauley the intended receiver doug betters had a hand on the ball i believe but aj dewey out of lsu was uh on the blitz number 77. it looked like they had a screenplay set up there and blitz came in and was a look put a little pressure on burt jones there not given the time he needed to set up that screen and he threw it off i think maybe bettors may have hit it like you say dewey had moved off the front four to a linebacker spot all right at the 44-yard line of the dolphins the colts have a second down 10 and are trailing 14 to 7 here in the third quarter they go slot left [Music] and right in motion looking for the block it is not there he gets maybe a yard at the 42-yard line he has brought down a.j dewey over there again with ernest roane aj dewey by the way number 77 out of lsu aj as i mentioned a moment ago was playing on the front lines remember the front four and uh don schuler was talking about being short of linebackers and a sports writer chuck otterson of west palm beach said why don't you move dewey back to a linebacker spot 41. and don chili said you know that might not be a bad idea and he moved him to the linebacker court he's been there ever since like don said he said hey we listen to everybody third down eight jones incomplete something went wrong washington the pattern randy burke had run by and it was either washington or burke i kind of think it was for randy burke however well it looked like it was thrown deep enough for bert washington was coming in underneath but there was a little miscommunications there i'm not sure who that ball was intended for jones of course is not happy with it fourth down seven coming up now mike bragg drops back to punt for the baltimore colts next year back deep for the dolphins fact we had the game down there as i recall baltimore and he had a great day and they had a big day for him at school more about that in a moment though right now a timeout with 13 minutes to go miami ahead by seven time the best is just what you deserve when you wanna feel your life [Music] i'll try almost anything so when mattel electronics asked me to compare their in television games with atari i gave it a try i compared atari baseball within television and found in television played much more like real baseball then i compared atari football within television again in television played more like the real game in my opinion if you try them both there's only one conclusion you can come to in television from mattel electronics college basketball is off to a flying start as america's most exciting premier point guard isaiah thomas and the hoosiers of indiana take on the north carolina tar heels saturday on nbc the miami dolphins who lead by a scorer of 14-7 of the ball of their own nine 26 players third year pros are younger gives you an idea of the youth out there david woodley a rookie from lsu against an old pro from lsu this afternoon bert jones woodley has thrown touchdown passes at 19 and 37 yards today delvin williams up the middle crossing the 10 to the 12. 47 larry brazile is up from the secondary and fred cook 72 mike oszdowski 71 are also in there on the stop we pause briefly for station identification this is the nbc television network [Applause] merle hermann and carla are in baltimore where the dolphins have as lead of seven here in the third quarter with 12 28 to play in a second down seven coming up mark dinner over the ball bob kuchenberg and him in the guards john giesler eric locks or the tackles for miami he wants it all matt moore is out there incomplete derrick hatchet had the coverage on the play against matt moore the five nine 188 pound speedster but hatchet can match him in speed you know carl here in the third quarter and i think i know what woodley's thinking he's got the win but he won't have it the next quarter they got to get a touchdown in this period well they have to use the win while they have it meryl and to hear this long pass is indicative of what you can do with the win the pass is a little bit on the throne uh matt moore has tremendous speed and he could have gone a little bit more and the ball led him a little bit it is now third down seven coming up for miami five defensive backs are on the field now for the baltimore colts as reggie pinkney number 37 has come in and woody bennett checking the play with david woodley [Music] miami will have to give up the football woody minute can go nowhere mike barnes 63 reggie pickney 37 coming in to make the hit they lost yardage on the play they'll be fourth down in town the ball is right back where the series started as reggie pinkney will leave the field a four-year veteran from east carolina reggie comes in there at the fifth back the draw plays an excellent call there but that back coming in there stepping up the holes replacing timidity at the middle linebacking spot it cuts off the draw pretty good george roberts for five punch today is just about on target he's 42-8 for the year 42-6 in this game and nesby glasgow's had a couple of real good returns his back for the colts who should come out of this with good field position let's see what roberts can do with the wind he just barely got it out of there and he goes down no flag though glasgow fair catch back in the 47 yard line and that's where the colts will take over 11 minutes 19 seconds to play in the third quarter a 43-yard kick by george roberts and no return by the baltimore coast and with this timeout miami has a 14-7 lead which they gained in the second quarter of the game we're in the third period we'll be right back i'm not very good at this but here [Music] make the magic last forever i'm looking for a new broker phil oh why i just think i can do better who's your broker well my broker is here hutton and ef hutton says when ef hutton talks people listen next sunday the final week of the episode nfl season and remember nbc will take you all the way to the super bowl cleveland at cincinnati new england and new orleans oakland at new york and all of these games are very meaningful buffalo at san francisco there are so many teams still in it and we'll have full coverage next week on nbc baltimore's ball at the 47. dickey midfield 45 42 i believe he has the first down by a yard glenn blackwood 47 larry gordon number 50 stop him after an 11-yard gain and a first down that's an extra run uh by dickie and we can hear the hitting all the way up here in the booth this is a hard-hitting game there but this dick is certainly has no fear of sticking his head in there and he comes with a first down and gordon finally makes the stop there that was a very hard hit there by gordon curtis dickey by the way is the leading rusher coming into this game at 643 yards he has a touchdown today 13 for the year and he has 85 yards on the ground in this game for 14 carries including his 38-yard touchdown run in the first quarter jones looks for dickey as a receiver beaucamper missed him but larry gordon didn't larry gordon was swarming all over him glenn blackwood 47 coming up to help out also scores coming in third quarter oakland still in it all the way 17-7 over denver jim plunkett hitting bob chandler for the leading touchdown detroit over tampa bay by 10 points in the third quarter but it's all over for the lions because the minnesota vikings beat the cleveland browns on the last play of the game today and the vikings will be the representative of the central division of the nfc [Music] second down nine at the 42. curtis dickey at the 35 rusty chambers number 51 making the tackle you know bert jones has 250 let's see 250 passes i believe that's the area that he's in without an interception by miami and uh that's that's remarkable he had an interception as i recall in the game i believe ed taylor intercepted him he did ed taylor intercepted him in the first game this year at miami jones was at 199 then and the play didn't go because penalty nullified it so jones is still alive third down three dickey no first down but he's close he missed it by a yard [Applause] jones 13 for 24 123 yards the fans are calling go go fourth down and one coming up albert jones has certainly had a lot of success against the dolphins he is beating them almost every time he's played them uh looks like he's having a little trouble here today but he's certainly going to have trouble here if this guy is out of the game but burt jones has got to get a little more going and it continues the accessible string of against the miami dolphins so bert jones and mike mccormick talk it over on the sideline you know that is really a remarkable statistic when you consider that jones has thrown 250 passes without an interception against miami here's nikki let's see how he got hurt well here he goes the short yard he's playing he's uh getting up there trying to get all he can do but uh he's pulled back here and that's what does it kim vote camper beaucamper actually tackles it and pulls him back and he probably falls on his leg that's what it looks like fourth down one jones to the air for the first down caught but is it a first down it'll be very close don mccauley you may have a gerald small 48. was there on the coverage and mccauley had no chance to run as he had to go down to the ground to take that ball right off the grass the other thing too is that the gordon was coming that really put pressure on on jones as soon as he set up he had to release the ball they probably just running out of the backfield and it looks like they don't have the necessary yardage i think let me see they do have it they just said move those markers so it is a first down for baltimore marvin sims comes out of the baltimore backfield joel washington is in there along with don mccully ray butler is to the left roger car to the right look for cars first down look for washington washington right up the middle across the 25 to the 23 for a gain of eight and it'll be second down two coming up as the baltimore colts are on the march but they trail by seven let's go to brian gumbel for an update in new york thank you morrow at mile high a turnover has allowed denver a chance to get back to the ball game this is jim plunkett he is first intercepted by bob neren who laterals to mike harden who lateral to aaron kyle in any event denver's in business but trailing 17-7 merrell bryant they're laddering lead ball all over the place here's a first down run for don mccauley inside the 20 to the 16 yard line larry gordon 50 don vessel 46. the linebacker in strong safety stopped his veteran don mccauley a 10-year man for north carolina so now the miami defense is really going to be tested as burt jones has marched the coast all the way down to the 16-yard line oh this is our best drive of the day the best series is to mix it up with some good running plays and college into replacing dickie but they're certainly having an excellent ground game now jones and the baltimore colts are back in business with a 16-yard touchdown strike that was rhys mccall's fifth touchdown of the year well the ball was really excellently thrown by bert jones there he gets his tight end who goes right down the middle uh beating blackwood there's stacy there and it's a touchdown reese mccall it's fifth of the year that's a growl throwing ball and a great catch now nicki minaj for the extra point drive landry holding for steve and we've got a tie ball game so the colts have come back here in the third quarter on this march from their own 42-yard line to tie up the ball game 6 47 left to play in the third period and we'll return to baltimore right after this outside the canon np200 may look like any small copier but inside there's a world of difference a world of [Music] but made micros with a microcomputer fiber optics precisely defines your image and a toner projection system gives you clear copies on virtually any paper up to 11 by 17 compact in size and price the canon np 200 is definitely worth looking into hi honey where are the kids spending the night at [Music] the mothers this time the best is just what you deserve it's time for erlanger one look one sip one taste will tell you this beer is a classic [Music] on games people play round four of the youth fitness pentaton billy body basketball and a man who goes the distance and running against all odds thursday [Music] steve mcameyer will kick off for baltimore we're tied up at 14 in the third quarter don vessel who is back deep for the miami dolphins he had one return of 87 yards but he won't return this when it's on the ground at the 30 and return to the 39 and so the dolphins come out of this in good shape rose was on the ball along with bill bennett number 70. [Music] 16-yard touchdown pass to reese mccall was the let's see number 20 this year for burt jones now the dolphins led by rookie dennis woodley out of lsu this team uh beg your pardon and david the dolphins have really responded to david he he got a start in the new orleans game did not do well then two games later he started he's been in there ever since and these veterans really like this game david woodley to throw the ball is deflected by herbarvis number 88. so we are tied at 14 and once again we're going to go to bryant governor new york for an update thank you muraham at mile high in denver the broncos have pulled within three of the raiders craig morton 12 yard strike to his tight end riley odom's point after is good at 17-14 raiders in the third merle all right brian and the pressure continues on oakland this afternoon san diego winning yesterday taking a half game lead [Music] over oakland and that western division second down 10. woodley over the middle incomplete intended for woody bennett coming out of the backfield [Music] david woodley now is faced with a third down in ten he is six out of eighteen ninety yards two touchdowns okay uh willie is starting to get a little pressure here i don't see it here but he throws the ball and it's incomplete there but the coaster started to move in on him a little bit and i'm sure he's going to start to feel the pressure here [Music] third down 10. the score tied at 14. 6 32 to go in the third period in baltimore woodley brings more in motion to the right covered by bruce laird woodley and complete a little bit underthrown intended for tony nathan out of the backfield again woodley getting pressure but he calmly picked the target but just under threw him so it's fourth down for miami well leona threw him there he got a little pressure there from a blitzen linebacker he had to throw that ball the man was open but uh he was rushed seven straight incompletions for woodley now who opened this game with 11 consecutive completions george roberts will kick it away to nesby glasgow of baltimore well the baltimore defense uh they put her snapchat ball they finally do and robert's left puts it high he's got the win behind him glasgow fair catch and take it on the 22. and that's where the colts will put the ball in play a kick of 40 yards six minutes 20 seconds to play in the third quarter and here in this third period the colts have come back to tie the dolphins and again they have the ball [Music] welcome to bluff atari what's your pleasure break up ah here's something new circus atari garbages video chess football cartridge sir the feds is here we meet again fez yes a little game of space invaders perhaps what shall we play for for fun of course no other company offers you as many different video game cartridges as atari plymouth breaks through the mileage barrier a new front-wheel drive horizon miser with advanced electronic fuel control soars to the highest highway gasoline mileage rating ever 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and dicky might have picked up a yard did he take a pop from glen blackwood after chambers 51 came in to make the initial tackle and then glenn blackwood 57 came in from the secondary just to make sure dickey wasn't going to go anyplace else burt jones lsu veteran quarterback his counterpart today david woodley a rookie out of lsu where did all those good quarterbacks come from in louisiana there's joe ferguson miss terry bradshaw they just keep coming don't they they certainly recruit him down there in louisiana second down nine after a gain of one into baltimore territory and inside the 45-yard line he is down near the 42-yard line as don mccauley was the man out there a 22-yard return by gerald small the three-year man from san jose state okay we'll see a car here who actually gets open who beats this man of taylor coming in from the linebacker spot but vessel actually kept the ball here and you'll see small the ball goes over the car's head small comes up with the interception and he returns it back to midfield it's a nice run back by small too so gerald small puts the dolphins in a good spot with five minutes and 24 seconds to go in the third quarter in a 14 tier woodley to williams into the middle across the 40 to the 38th ed newman opening the hole for him harvest 88 making the tackle with help from sanders scheiber and they mark that ball at the 38-yard line of baltimore a gain of four it'll be second down six for the miami dolphins who went behind seven to nothing in the first quarter when dickey went 38 yards for a touchdown then woodley threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to woody bennett to tie it and a 37-yarder to jimmy suffelo in the second quarter to get the lead 14-7 at halftime and then mccall caught a 16-yard touchdown pass for baltimore 71 and mike wood 59 the linebacker coming up so the loss about two okay you'll see uh thousand coming from his right hand spot number 71 is really having an exit year coming in at about mid-season starting from and has been started ever since but he's one of the most improved defensive lineman on that baltimore coat team now it is third down nine coming up for david woodley nick giaco has come into the to the backfield now for the miami dolphins [Music] this is critical for the dolphins they need to score here while they've got the win advantage tony nathan also in the equino and nathan can catch that ball they release after a block as the passes throw in complete [Music] a reckless hitter who last week had a ton of tackles he had 18 tackles against cincinnati last week and it is a fourth down and nine coming up okay let's see uh not more here who's uh being defended by derrick hatchet i think this was the intended receiver woodley wisely rolls out of the pocket after getting some pressure but you see that moore's well covered here and an incomplete george roberts coming in to punt nesby glasgow is deep roberts gets it away anyway and look what he does with that football is knocked back and did they down it i believe they downed it about the one i think they did steve shaw the linebacker a 40-yard kick and you saw steve down there jumping up and down so indeed they down the ball at the one yard line which really puts the colts in a hole with three minutes and 37 seconds left to go in the third quarter in this game that is tied at 14. we'll be back in a moment thanks mom somebody's gonna hire themselves the best little artists outside of the mississippi i hope so what you're looking for my first job oh point 117. you're going my way come on follow the sun reach for a star i've got a safe place it's only your career right right [Music] anything i can get you how about a job down there oh i think you're gonna do just fine you know how to get downtown 285 madison avenue between 40th and 41st take the tunnel this is brian gumbel in new york at mile high stadium in denver the raiders have padded their lead over the broncos jim plunkett 37-yard hook-up with bob chandler the point after has the raiders 10 points ahead of denver let's go back to baltimore and merle harmon all right brian and certainly plunkett's having quite a day isn't he and so is bob chandler now he's been on the receiving end of two touchdown passes carl i see that don shula has uh appropriated a minnesota type code oh yes he has he started with a lighter jacket in the first half and he's uh gone to a harrier jacket here in the second half the temperature has really changed here as the course of the game has progressed at the one burke jones and nicole's can they get it out of there john mccauley not much on that one [Music] number 77 aj dewey and 73 bob baumhauer are in there to close him down he got a yard maybe two yards i believe it is two yards second down eight interesting thing about aj door you say it was a defensive lineman it certainly has the size first six feet tall six feet six about 250 pounds but he does have the speed and the agility you won't find many linebackers of his slice second and eighth macaulay again doug better 75 put a shoulder into mccauley bob baumhauer 73 plays right alongside him as the nose tackle they'll help you out big guy if you need it but uh duck better's at six seven two six he didn't need it now mike mccormick ponders the situation third down and seven and he is inside his own five-yard line well the one thing here is a critical situation we have a little uh disappointment being expressed by the baltimore front fans but you've got to be cautious here you certainly don't want to make a possible turnover at this field position and again jones is going against the wind right now curtis dickey will not get the first down he got a couple of that's about all and that was all on his own indeed it was 55. [Music] drone 73 bamhara and a supporting cast and it's fourth down and three for the baltimore coast and mike bragg will kick it out of his own end zone so the dolphins are gonna have good field position out of this he's kicking into the wind he gets a pretty good pop though gia cuando will feel the ball on the 46 and he gets no return randy burke 84 a wide receiver down field to nalem a 37-yard kick and randy burt got the tackle at the 45-yard line of baltimore it'll be first down for the miami dolphins with a minute 41 to go in the third quarter pearl i'll tell you the coasts are really lucky to get out that situation after starting on their own one having to kick in the about kick the ball from the end zone they got a good kick into the win uh by uh frag there and excellent coverage by burke that was really an excellent turnaround for them at the 45 david woodley [Music] incomplete intended for woody bennett coming out of the backfield next saturday start your day with nfl 80 and host brian gumbel bringing you all the inside news on the climactic final weekend of the regular season plus a special feature on the sounds of football then stay tuned for a unique treatment of the game between the new york jets and the miami dolphins from the orange bowl immediately following its college basketball as the indiana hoosiers meet the north carolina tar heels all here on nbc sports i am sure that when we talk about the special treatment of that game between the jets and the dolphins you are aware that you will watch that game like you're sitting in the stands without an answer woodland right up the middle incomplete and all it is is back to midfield and baltimore has the football there is a flag in the play ed newman made the tackle it was a flag thrown at the 38-yard line a 19-yard return by nesby glasgow on his fourth interception of the year and let's see what the flag is about we would guess flip it pretty easy guess on that okay let's see what he drops back to pass the ball is a little bit uh high for that four here it's intended he misses the ball as a presence by glasgow being around the ball that's what to say you want to be doing that ball all the time you don't know what will happen if it gets deflected you saw the clip against fred cook and the ball is taken back to the 24 but the colts have it mike mccormick can breathe a little easier the last time he had possession he started from a one david woodley is now nine straight in completion he needs to pick up the hot hand game tied at 14. third quarter minute 27 to go mccauley and dicky the setbacks play action jones no place to go and down he goes black is rather whistleblown at the 15-yard line kim beaucamper 58 covered him he was in the grasp as they say and the flag stopped it as jones took the loss well he's dropping back here he starts to roll out but he can't get out of the pocket he fakes but they don't take the fake and now we have a sac it's our first sack of the game kim bocamper said you all right the loss makes it second and 19 a nine yard loss ray butler number 80 to the left roger carr 81 to the right of sticky trying to evade gordon not trying to evade anybody better he missed them dickie runs all over the field to get to the 17-yard line and he got about two yards on the play ernest roane 55 made the stop now let's go to brian gumbo for an update thank you mauro harmon at mile high the broncos have pulled within three other raiders craig morton looking downfield gets a great catch from steve watson that gets them close and then dave preston gets the call from eight yards out going over the left side preston takes it in with the point after the broncos have pulled within three it's 24-21 in the fourth merle oh brian that's a wild one out there isn't it all right thank you brian for keeping us up to date on that one that game is still hanging in the balance we're down to four seconds and counting here for the end of the third quarter in baltimore and we have reached the end of the third period so at the end of the third quarter the score miami 14 baltimore 14. we'll be right back after these messages from your local station tuesday it's the bob hope christmas special with lonnie anderson larry gatlin the ap college all-americans and loretta swift followed by the dean martin christmas special starring eric estrada andy gibb and beverly sills it's the steve allen comedy hour with larry wilcox anthony newley and steve lawrence it's a night of comedy tuesday on nbc [Music] you've both worked hard to establish a wonderful way of life but what if one of you were no longer in the picture luckily you have total way of life coverage from independent life it protects your total lifestyle so that you can go on living in the manner to which you've grown accustomed when an agent from independent life calls talk to him about total way of life it definitely has to be the pure silk i know but it's worth it i've got capital behind me and capital bank 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[Music] okay uh this was a long yardage situation here and i'm certainly jones now with the wind behind his back wants to go for the long yard situation we're here we'll see roger carr who misses his foot in a little bit and jones can't go to him so jones has to go for a shorter pass and they come up short of a first down and glenn blackwood was right there to cover mike bragg will do the funding now for baltimore [Music] gia cuando is deep tio quinoa running back he wasn't gonna let that ball go he's got it back across the 35 to the 38 and he got about three yards on the return after a 41-yard kick so we played less than a minute of the fourth quarter it's all tied at 14. now let's see if the miami dolphins can put it together here in the fourth period one of these glasses is slits and one is budweiser hi i'm tommy bell during the afc playoffs i'll be the referee to find out which beer is preferred budweiser or slits by 100 loyal bud drinkers on live tv how many bud drinkers will pick 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more than he had last monday night pharaoh when he brought the dolphins back oh he did a great job bringing him back and the dolphins were in overtime but right now he's having a tough time he goes to delvin williams no hole williams goes down they may mark that at the 37 though mike woods 59 made the tackle the ball will be marked on the 37 he was thrown back to about the 33. yes well to continue on woody he's having a tough time here he's only had about six completions most of those were in in the first half he hasn't had one this half now he's about 21 attempts about six completions but some of those have been dropped some of those were on target and they were dropped by the receiver and he's thrown for two touchdowns today 12 for the year for david woodley second and 12. and a great catch in the 48-yard line with durial harris on the receiving end and derrick hatchet was all over him on a gain of 15 yards and by the way it was dariel harris who caught that uh touchdown pass or rather the 54-yard bomb that set up the winning field goal against new england well you see you know what is it mark where real is finding quarterback keep that ball at the last minute there's getting some pressure and throws balls a great reception by uh woodley hit harris with a 54-yard bomb to put the ball in the five and then bon shaman kicked the field goal to beat new england monday night listen to the popping as woody bennett goes crashing through the middle inside the 45 to about the 44. ed simeone number 56 the middle linebacker from texas a m made the stop with help from her harvest number 88. interesting contest uh out there on the field carl it's simone 56 the middle linebacker looking at his old pal mark dinner the center of miami and they were teammates at texas a m yes but sometimes uh that gets misplaced here when you're wearing different jerseys second and five nathan is now in the backfield for miami the tight end stay in woody bennett bennett inside the 35 to the 32 into the first down nsb glasgow had to stop him woody bennett has had a great day 11 yards on that one okay this is what he'd always say he's just he's just excited to be in there playing but he gets a great hold here coochie berg leading the way and it's a great quick epic quick opening play he breaks through there beats the linebackers and he's in the defensive backfield and gets a nice 11 yard gain and another first down for the dolphin longest game that he had from scrimmage prior to this ball game was six the next new york jet played in the same backfield at miami university with otis anderson 17 carries 74 yards for woody bennett woodley pump's going to go along to the far side derrilla harris is the intended receiver nsb glasgow had the coverage on the play so david woodley throw into harris but incomplete well while we talk about the they're hitting here in the competition this game and we wonder why we're getting excellent courage we're getting great hitting here see derek hatchet is really covering these guys but what happens you get these guys they have a lot to fight for uh this is a hard hitting game and you certainly hear the sounds up here in the book it is second down ten don schuler has sent bruce hardy into the lineup at tight end second and ten intended for hardy covered by bruce laird the strong safety bruce hardy says mr official i think blair may have interfered with me there and woodley took a pretty good pop but he's up and at him talked to bob griese a few minutes ago at halftime he's up here in the uh press box area today i said hey bob you got the best seat in the house this afternoon he said i'll tell you where i know the bill yet right rather be right down on that field right down there in the heat of the action third down 10 from the 32 yard line of baltimore [Music] cephalo and rose are now in pikney has come in for baltimore five defensive backs on the field third and ten score tied at 14. fourth quarter harris first down darial harris near the 20-yard line sander scheiber 54 the linebacker making the stop the ball is marked just outside the 20 a gain of 12 and a first down okay what is has been throwing the ball well on most occasions today he throws the ball right on target he's got a good drop he sits in the pocket his hair is right here in the numbers complete from first down cyrus coming over making the tackle you know you mentioned carl even though that uh david woodley had the string of incompletions i believe it reached nine as we see ronnie lee coming into the ball game of the play but even though he had those incompletions you mentioned something very important he's been right on target on some passes today that have been dropped well at least about three of them [Music] woody bennett into the middle inside the 20 to the 17. getting three on the play mike osdowski 71 the defensive right in who is a very fine defender against the run and there he is makes the tackle after a gain of three it'll be second down seven mike ozdowski out of virginia a three-year man at six five 247 pounds darial harris has just come in tony nathan has gone out for miami as harris brings the play in we're tied at 14 9 37 to play in this game in baltimore these teams are tied for third place in the eastern division second and seven ball knocked away by fred cook add to the incomplete so fred cook got a hand in the air and knock it down he anchors that line he a little slop earlier in the year but he's come back strong in the last couple of games yes cook has an excellent year last year he's not having the type of year this year i'm sure he'd like to have but here you see he jumps up this is what a defensive lineman does if he can't get the penetration easy once he gets up in the view the throwing the quarterback so he can block his vision and he gets his hands up and he knocks the ball down third down seven jimmy cephalo splits to the right durial harris to the left net more in the slot left goes in motion incomplete a big rush put on nat moore was the intended receiver and the colt defensive line put on a very good rush and it's fourth down and seven for miami and bon shaman comes on the field uve kicked a field goal monday night to beat the new england patriots so now don shaw has the confidence that this long range kicker can do it again as he talks over the last series with his rookie quarterback ball held in the 25 a 35-yard effort [Applause] the distance is good and the field goal is good and miami takes a three-point lead [Music] ball officially marked in the 24 making it a 34-yard field goal and miami is on top by three with 9 15 left to play [Music] this front wheel drive plymouth reliant k coupe has america's highest six passenger mileage priced at 58.80 with this rich custom pleated interior equip reliant the way you want automatic transmission power steering deluxe wheel covers white walls am radio choose the ones you want or take them all for only 65.95 four-door 100 additional at your chrysler plymouth dealer now chrysler fights high interest rates with six percent off all new 81 cars get 325 to a thousand dollars direct on my weekly new york television show i advise people on the best restaurants gourmet food and fine wine of course advising about wine can be difficult but a wine i confidently recommend is hearty burgundy from ernest and giulio gallo a delightful wine with the most enjoyable taste the truth is the more you know about wine the more you appreciate gallow hearty burgundy from the winery of ernest and julio gallo [Music] carl those kickers are worth their weight in gold are worth the goal they get anyway well they get a lot of it you know but that game i just passed monday night that overtime was set up by uh bob garner who was the uh those tackler who blocked that extra point and then bon shaman kicked the field goal and he just kicked another one to put miami into the lead 17-14 he's kicking into the wind and glasgow from the seven is at the 20 and still going good return by nesby glasgow out to the 32-yard line he thought he was gone there for a minute and a hand came out from nowhere and uh ended that return jeff allen tripped him up but he still sped by him and broke the arm tackle and got about seven more yards let's see if he bumped into one of his own people well i don't know it looked like he had lots of room there he's picking an opening there you see he's breaking for it here and it looks like he's got room to go it does it does it's one of his old men that hits him and i know that was the shocked look on his face where's the guy come from ray donaldson was a blocker for him at the 32 jones ready to go airborne right over the middle flagship thrown over the place he only got five of them mccauley caught the ball in chambers 51 the middle linebacker was right on top of don mcauley holding against baltimore there can't be any doubt about that nobody had any flags left they all went down they all went down uh the play that we saw here was mccauley coming out of the back but what they call a middle screen it's a very difficult play to set up you want to get the defensive line to come in and get penetration and uh the back just sort of floats through or sneaks up past the line of scrimmage and it said i gotta excuse these guys for holding on that they shouldn't but it's a difficult way to run jeff hart guilty of the holding call george coons is now in the ball game for the baltimore colts this is his first action since way back when there's george former colleague in the nbc booth first down 20. jones zips it over the middle incomplete that was intended for curtis dickey who was coming out of the backfield and rusty chambers had the coverage in that area jeff hart is playing the left tackle george coons the right tackle wade griffin is out of the ball game right now for the baltimore colts on that front line as we check in with the miami secondary don vessel rusty chambers miami leading 17 14 8 57 to play in this game well it's getting to be very close here baltimore has to win now that's certainly what they want and they've got a long way to go but they've got to win behind them to do it ray butler to the right roger card to the left jones the screen dropped the football he had robert pratt in front of him pratt one of the finest blocking guards in the league and macaulay just simply dropped the ball [Music] where was uh jones going i think he lost it down there somewhere i don't know i'm sure he's disappointed there's something very strange going on here today bro we're seeing uh sighs on both sides drop the ball here and i don't know if it's a cold weather it's certainly not the type of weather you have in minnesota and i don't see that the weather should be bothering today but we've had a lot of drop balls here today a.j dewey was counting on the last play he was looking jones right in the eye it is third down 20 at the 22 of baltimore jones going for car incomplete and broke it up number 47 glenn blackwood so roger carr having his finest season intended receiver glenn blackwood who was not even drafted broke that play up car had a lot of company on that play uh not always blackwood there but bessolu was there also and uh also drills small they're coming over from the other side he had a lot of company on that don't stew it into a mike bragg will kick for baltimore nick gioquino we'll be back deep or the reception you mentioned gia cueno had a real good day in his former students where he taught school had a big day for him bearcats called for and taken by glenn blackwood and the dolphins have good field position coming out of this one but going into the win the kick of only 32 yards [Music] that's one way to keep warm on a chilly day in baltimore in december as long as there's a smile there that warm smile uh kind of heats things up huh 46 yard line beautiful baldwin 46-yard line miami territory over the ball is mark dennard gutenberg and newman the guards eastler unlocks all the tackles here we go [Music] woody bennett trying to go airborne the initial hit by mike barnes number 63 and mike ozdowski came in to make sure that bennett wasn't going to take off you know back to david woodley and we've talked a lot about him today i'm just amazed as this young man operates this miami football team for the ninth consecutive week his poise carl that's the thing i think is astounding well well the thing he mentioned the way he came in been an eighth draft choice not really a lot of hope i'm sure he came in there with a lot of admiration for the guy needs to be followed that was bob griezy and you can certainly see some influence that barbaris has had on uh can scramble he's got an open field and he runs out of bounds at the 41-yard line to the coast that he's got a first down david woodley can do what bob griese could do about 10 years ago 12 years ago he could scramble and he did for 12. now you're going to see something here that really makes defensive lineman mad not only do they get him in and they chase him out of the pocket but they have to run him all over the field and here he takes off to the sideline and you see uh orders there taking our bathroom and it goes out of bounds sander scheiber was coming over and saying hey quit running like a halfback you see him tuck that ball under his arm i can't blame quinley for that no first down 41-yard line of baltimore 17-14 miami 7 49 to play [Music] tony nathan at the 29. ed newman the right guard pulled the lead to blocky nesby glasgow 25 made the tackle as nathan picks up another first down for miami john brody and don cricky are seeing a good ball game today out in denver denver has scored on a dave preston nine yard touchdown run oakland is leading by three in that one and detroit running over tampa bay 27-14 it's a little bit late though ray williams exciting the crowd with a 91-yard kickoff return a moment ago for detroit but the detroit lions are out of it the minnesota vikings will be the representative of the central division for the nfc after beating cleveland on the last play of the game today tony nathan ed simon and he nails it at the 27. that hole opened and all of a sudden there was so many the middle linebacker on tony nathan who has rushed 474 yards this year but been basically a pass receiver 549 yards and five touchdowns okay he's timid it really hit him there and uh you know you really want nobody's guys place of heart i want to touch on that just for a minute you know this is when the pure ball player comes out these guys are not playing for the playoffs they're playing really because they're real professionals and they love the game and that's what you're seeing out here today they're really enthusiastic run the 27 second down miami play action the fake defendant woodley throwing net more touchdown how about that a perfect executed pass pattern and play and look at don schiller's response and look at this affection for david woodley as he comes to the sideline and nat moore will get his share also that's his seventh touchdown reception of the year just like the coach drew it on the board i'm sure trilla is very happy about this here's another good thing about the way this ball is thrown not only is it a well thrown ball but uh nat moore's not that closely covered but the ball is thrown down had he been covered he still could have made a reception right at the end zone line and had a touchdown [Music] so the extra point drive by von schumann [Music] bang right through there six minutes 13 seconds remaining to be played in this game and the miami dolphins have taken a 10 point lead as david woodley is thrown for three touchdown passes this afternoon [Music] you give a man a couple of days to himself and a black and decker workmate and there's almost nothing he can't do you can pound on it and saw on it hammer on it and sand on the sturdy vice jaws do the holdings for you you can clamp on it pain on it 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dolphins from the orange bowl immediately following and it'll be college basketball indiana hoosiers meeting the north carolina tar heels right after the football game next saturday all on nbc park alignment getting a chance to run the football good barry cross no i guess it was hart jeff hart i thought it was jeff hart a big uh lineman getting the chance to run the football and got it back to the 44 yard line that was a good return by heart i'm sure he's got to add a little excitement to his seat he can say i uh returned to kickoff here this year after some time in january he'll talk to mike mccrory said coach how about putting me in the backfield colts are down by 10 604 to play in the game jones with a win to his back looking for butler he's down there butler is knocked away by ed taylor number 45. that was a great defense there by taylor butler was was out there but taylor was there to cover you know we've seen bert jones here we know what he can do he can put the parts on the board last week scored 27 points in the fourth quarter here he goes for the big strike again trying to hit butler down the ball is a little bit short but taylor's right there to cover knocking the ball down [Music] excuse me had butler not been able to come back for the ball or had it not had to come back for the ball they may have had a touchdown it's a second down in the 43-yard line off baltimore [Music] jones going up the middle incomplete butler coming from the other side this time but way overthrown gerald small had the coverage [Music] mike mccormick seeing his team come back to tie the game 14 all by the end of the third quarter now von shaman has a 34-yard field goal david woodley hit net moore with a 27-yard touchdown strike to build the lead to 10 points with five minutes and 52 seconds left to play nat moore's touchdown with away was the 46th of his uh career which bills to his own dolphin record car goes to the left butler to the right jones ball deflected throwing over the middle he had randy burt and joe washington over the middle and it's now fourth down and ten you also had a lot of pressure on that uh pass there too i'm not sure that his hand wasn't hit as he tried to throw the ball [Applause] [Music] fourth down mike bragg will punt it away for the baltimore colts [Music] brag at 38 38-yard average for eight punts today up to 59-yard earlier nick tiapointo is deep for the dolphins fair catch call for taken with a short man and this time it was glenn blockwood who was up there short so the dolphins take over the football with five minutes and 42 seconds left 40 make that a 31-yard kick by mike bragg not too much distance and so the colts come out with the ball at their own 26. this telecast is presented by authority the national football league and is intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast or other use of this telecast without the express written consent of the baltimore colts and the national football league is prohibited so david woodley who has performed like a veteran and he is becoming a veteran in a hurry nine consecutive starts this year all right you know you talk about this being a rebuilding deer but anytime you can finish over 500 which looks like it may do it it's here with the experience they got it's a great year david woodley woody bennett bennett across the 30 to the 33 mike woods number 59 the linebacker made the tackle on woody bennett who's having an outstanding day for the miami dolphins and he has shaken up on that one however woody bennett at 222 pounds has given the dolphins that big fullback they have not had since larry zonka today 20 carries 84 yards clock is stopped with five minutes 27 seconds left to play in this game and miami leading by 10 new england defeating buffalo today but buffalo is still in it and can be the eastern oakland over denver 20 by three in the fourth quarter a wild wild game out there jim plunkett has thrown a couple of touchdown passes detroit leading tampa bay but detroit is out of it as the minnesota vikings for beating the cleveland browns will represent the nfc's eastern division in the playoffs and don shula hoping that his team can now work the clock david woodley is thrown for three touchdown passes this afternoon and woodley has won matchups against joel ferguson of buffalo vince ferragamo of the los angeles rams steve de berg of san francisco and matt kavanaugh of new england that's pretty good comedy carlo when you beat quarterbacks like that that's yours when you go up against guys like that you're certainly cutting on the mark for yourself [Music] they still can't believe woodley's performance against the rams he was sensational he is nine for 28 not a good percentage today 144 yards three touchdowns and a 10 point lead you can't knock that second down three tony nathan just keeps plugging away until he's got the first down and more all the way out to the 43-yard line before nesby glasgow 25 and sanders scheiber 54 make the stop on tony nathan so nathan gets the first down with a 10-yard strike [Music] we'd like to welcome those viewers that have just joined us our game here in baltimore between the colts and the miami dolphins is now in the fourth quarter four minutes 22 seconds left to play oral herman and carl are here david woodley has thrown for three touchdowns today for the dolphins nathan goes nowhere on that one stopped by mike barnes disney's wonderful world from all of us to all of you will be seen immediately following the conclusion of nbc football coverage over most of these stations except for most mounted and pacific time zone stations where it will be seen at this regular time okay we have another flag down on the field i don't know what the altercation is but i'll tell you this is a hard hitting game i don't know if it's the weather is making this patch sound the way they are but we're certainly getting an awful lot of sounds up in the booth [Music] face mask against mike barnes number 63 it's a first down for the dolphins who lead 24-14 there's mike barnes who's always had great days against the dolphins he played his football at miami university the dolphins grabbed the lead or rather the colts grab the lead on a curtis dickey 38-yard touchdown pass and then miami went to work i'll tell you about it in a moment how they did their scoring tony nathan again as they control the ball and control the clock as nathan goes to the 49-yard line of the baltimore coast 358 left to play in this game [Music] there it is the oakland raiders have beaten denver oakland and san diego state tied in the west jim rather let's see oakland winning it by three and jim plunkett had two touchdown passes two big ones today to bob chandler and the oakland raiders have won it by 24 to 21. that's a tough question tough race out there in that afc west san diego right here second down six [Music] dolphins shift the tide into a wing back spot tony nathan getting the extra blocking flag is down as he goes to the 46-yard line sanders scheiber making the stop after dickie scored for baltimore in the early minutes of the game and we've got a holding call against miami woodley hit bennett on a 19-yard pass then cephalo in a 37-yarder and miami led at halftime 14-7 then reece mccall tied the game with a 16-yard reception from burke jones in the third quarter in the fourth quarter juve von shaman's 34-yard field goal and woodley's 27-yard strike to nat moore are responsible for the 10-yard lead for the miami dolphins and we have 3 14 left to play one thing miami has done let's listen [Music] they have controlled the clock here they've used at the time uh in that last drive going in to score another touchdown given the ten point lead but they're certainly used up the clock here now they've had the win at their disadvantage but they're certainly keeping the ball away from baltimore coach holding call was on ed luxo it's a great pass protector but he got caught that time on the running play third down 15 seconds second down 15. nathan trying to get a lot of it back loses the football and the colts say we've got it and they do have it at the 43 a 47-yard line i believe that's the first fumble today that is the first part of the day uh maybe we could have to start us up and it's kind of late in the game but we know what bert jones could do if they get a hot hand last week the interception by brazil started off and turned around with the 27th point fourth quarter uh they only need ten points they've got three minutes to do it that's a couple of scores to tie the ball game up with two touchdowns to win fred cook number 72 lines up on the football and so bert jones and company come aboard he is 13 and check it 16 for 33 149 yards one touchdown one interception and he has missed on his last six he's looking for cars he's trying to get this one and the ball tipped three times and picked up by ed taylor number 45 taylor brings it back for the dolphins down into colt territory and finally the ball is marked down on the 38-yard line of baltimore a 43-yard return by ed taylor with his first interception of the year and the first interception that jones has thrown in some 260 odd passes against miami i can't believe that play that ball looked like it was right on target there was covers in there but the ball is tipped and they come with an interception here jones goes back he rifles the ball the ball just like it's right on target as i said it's going in there it's tipped up bounce one by one miami player there's tipped again here taylor finally comes up with the ball and wow what a fight first it was blackwood then it was bessolu and taylor out of memphis state grabbed it off he had an interception against burke jones in the game down in miami but it was nullified by a penalty so finally burke jones is stopped by the miami dolphins secondary first down [Music] steve howell who's down at fullback almost lost that ball mike woods 59 made the hit on him steve howell started the first seven games of the year but woody bennett has moved in and kind of taken over there at fullback at the 41 yard line the lost three second down 13. i'll tell you this has really not been a good year for the coach certainly not what they expected they've uh had a lot of bad luck a lot of turnarounds and really uh tough situations here uh bert jones comes in looking to get his team back on the scoreboard back into the game and uh the hands of all over the dolphins on a big interception by taylor natmore who caught a lot of pop greasy passes talking to david woodley as they go to the sideline we're two minutes and 33 seconds away from the end of the ball game burke jones like woodley out of lsu seeing a youngster who is performing so brilliantly this afternoon throwing three touchdown passes and the quarterback of the future for the miami dolphins and don shula has to be extremely pleased with the way woodley has played not only today but throughout the season i'll tell you what the baltimore had a lot of hope done on their season this year burke jones has been the catalyst for this ball club he came back starting the season very healthy and they had big plans for the baltimore coat team this year he's played all season only missing one game but he's certainly not having a better hand here today woodley uh coming from lsu as you say is having really a fine day roger carr talking to mike mccormick about the patterns and matt moore and woodley and don schulich and conversing on the sideline they've got the ball in the 41 of baltimore two minutes 33 seconds to play and miami holding a 10-point lead our spotters today ron thomas and charles kalani and our statistician john schneider thank you gentlemen miami's ball on the 41 of baltimore mark dennard up over the ball as calm and cool with quiet david woodley those stats aren't impressive but the three touchdowns are aren't they they are [Music] reverse nathan flags down nathan to the 35. bruce laird number 40 to strong safety making the tackle on tony nathan a second-year man from alabama we'll see what the call is here holden miami offense bruce lads the first time i heard from him today he's normally in that a lot of the action don shula even with a 10 point lead with 227 showing him the clock shows a lot of concern as any coach would here's the call [Music] oh fred forgot to push his butt so we don't know who the guilty party was oh the gilded party was and the guilty party is just disclaimer just as well what we have now with that penalty is a second down [Music] at the 49-yard line and miami has got a lot of ground to pick up 22 yards in fact david woodley at 6 296 has thrown for 13 touchdown passes this year free today we'll get a flag on that one and steve howe the second year man from baylor stopped by ed simmondini after getting three possibly four yards at the 46. that may be on her boris defensive tackle there who would jump people truly [Music] they'll know that they'll identify him this time [Music] if he hasn't made a deal with friends so that mike won't work maybe they've got something going they've got a lot of flags here today in this game and yet but we have had but one fumble now we'll get the call fred turn it on [Music] 71. oh it wasn't always it was uh ostowski sorry mike over here sorry fred wyant the referee this afternoon ball at the 46 second down 17. dariel harris puts wide to the left net more to the right [Music] steve howell at the 40. [Music] mike barnes 63 the tackler for the baltimore coast it'll be third down 12 at the 40-yard line and we have two minutes and 13 seconds left to play and we have a miami dolphin shaken up dolphins are leading by 10. they came into this game tied with the baltimore colts for third place each team winning seven ronnie lee the tight end is the injured man getting medical attention each team with a game to go miami will play the jets next saturday that'll be a very interesting game on nbc and next sunday the final week of the nfl season nbc carries you all the way to the super bowl so join bryant gumbel for all the latest news around the nfl including a preview of the playoffs all on nfl 80 and then a lot of exciting regional games because so many of the representatives for the playoffs will be decided next week for instance cleveland cleveland's got to beat cincinnati new england has to win and hope that buffalo loses at san francisco oakland is tied with san diego in the west and buffalo as we mentioned at san francisco denver in seattle kansas city and baltimore it's going to be an exciting conclusion to this 1980 season so follow it with us and right on through the super bowl on nbc detroit has defeated tampa bay today 27-14 ray williams ran a kickoff back 91 yards for a touchdown to kind of cap that game off but uh tampa bay or detroit rather is still out of it minnesota beat cleveland on the last play of the game today to win that central division championships you know you talk about the playoffs it's going to be exciting next week because so many decision division titles still to be won baltimore out but in two minutes ago i remember those great years with the knights let's see what woodley does here they got the lead but if the coach get the ball i remember united's used to work miracles in those last two minutes and the clock is showing two minutes the two minute warning has been signaled to each team fred wyant having a little discussion with the players on the field we have two minutes to play in this game they may be talking about the time on the clock the situation being explained to coach don shula the clock the stadium clock showing two minutes left but right now we've got a bit of a conversation in the middle of the field [Music] well they had an injury time out there at 2 13. i don't uh know how he got down to two minutes without uh playman run but they could have charged that to the dolphins or that they or not had a tight hard to start to pop [Music] the dolphins by the way will entertain the kent or rather the colts will entertain the kansas city chiefs in their finale next week here in baltimore as we mentioned earlier miami will play against the new york jets and we hope that you'll be tuned in to nbc to follow that ball game a very unique telecast will be presented with no play-by-play announcers and bryant gumbel will be down in miami to host it a game that is has attracted a lot of attention as nbc will present that game to you and your living room just like you were sitting in the stadium listening to the pa announcer well whatever it was we have two minutes left and no explanation as to the long discussion the ball on the 40-yard line third down and 12 coming up for the miami dolphins and the dolphins are leading it 24-10 they led at halftime 14-7 and then baltimore tied it up in the third quarter in this fourth period a bon shaman field goal and a net more touchdown pass from woodley accounting for the 10 points third and 12 tony nathan nathan won't get it he's down to the 34. sander scheiber 54 the linebacker from carson newman made the tackle uh that was a good play rather than going to a pass play which you'd normally do with this yard situation but by keeping the ball on the ground it forces baltimore to use their timeout and baltimore just used one baltimore just took a timeout it'll be fourth down and five coming up for the dolphins the ball in the 33 yard line where it's officially marked 33-yard line of the baltimore colts the colts won the earlier meeting in miami this year but the dolphins you know the dolphins look like a different team carl they really do from what we saw earlier well well they do well back when we saw that was early this season that's when they were having their problems at quarterback uh but with grizzy and stock uh they were calling griezmann the cinderella man within those miracle games there and since then uh woodley has come on to start nine consecutive games and they they've got a different team out there his confidence is certainly up and i think they're a very stable team and yet here was a kid that went to camp he was drafted so far down the list and looking at the quarterbacks that that miami already had in camp they had struck they had guy benjamin of course he had greasy and he was saying what chance do i have so he went down to camp he said well maybe it'll be an interesting trip anyway and after don shula saw him in the first exhibition game he said there's no way we can cut this kid i'm not even sure he packed his bags before that first exhibition game [Music] nathan on the power sweep nathan i believe has the first down ed newman number 64 was out there he pulled out to lead the blocking shiver had to make the tackle and then when tony nathan popped that app burner i believe he got it up for the first down and scheiber had to make the tackle well that he did really is an interesting call they're ahead by 10 points they don't want to give up the ball but they certainly have no reason not to you've got to give credit to coach don schuller their head coach of miami dolphins really a smart guy and a gutsy one baltimore has one timeout left miami is not worried about that the dolphins have a 10-point lead look at that hand warmer down there will you that looks like something out of the northland not out of minnesota though that's the voice of carl eller of the purple people eaters with the vikings at the university of minnesota first down right now woodley killing the clock one minute left to play and the clock running baltimore with one timeout remaining uh apparently not going to utilize it well the situation here is that again that first down it gives the dolphins four plays and they can certainly use up the time on the clock if baltimore does use their time up miami still can run the clock out by uh just uh using their times of possession miami ahead by 10. david woodley's past completion stats will not be impressive but his quarterbacking will be he is leading the dolphins with a 10-point lead to this victory over the baltimore colts he has thrown for three touchdowns this afternoon and the clock pits away with 18 seconds remaining and the baltimore coast letting the clock roll and they're now getting ready to move off the field and so the miami dolphins have come back to beat the cold

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