1980 Week 15 MNF - Cowboys vs. Rams

[Music] by danny white having a remarkable year is their success in a rogers starback one of the other weapons the great third down receiver preston pearson but the man who gives them the real extra dimension is tony dorsett number 33 the last 10 years of his football career he has gained a thousand yards or more every year the cowboys must stop tonight another fine quarterback vince ferragamo who will play the word here he is well my ribs are a little bit sore um i'm going to have to wear some extra external padding on it and just play just play the game just hopefully that they won't get hit that external padding will be in the form of a fiberglass protection given time he can be remarkable the best touchdown for pass record in the lead so tonight a critical game top 14s in the playoffs if the rams can win tonight they clinch a playoff perk [Music] southern california on a beautiful night for football it's 67 degrees and tonight from anaheim stadium looking down from the goodyear blimp columbia much is on the line for two of the nfl's finest abc's nfl monday night football it's the dallas cowboys against the los angeles rams this abc sports exclusive is brought to you by light beer everything you always wanted at a beer and less and by datsun where you'll find that in all the 1981 datsuns the greatest economy of all is quality this place has been sold out for the past two months these two teams don't like one another they never have they present about as good a matchup as you can have in the national football league it's like houston against pittsburgh and we look for a deli tonight the rams as you know must win tonight from their point of view if they can you know what it means but they've got injuries here's the gifter to tell you about you're absolutely right howard we should have a beauty tonight these teams have met five times in the last seven years in the playoffs but for the rams tonight you couldn't call it the blue cross bowl because they are really hurting the question and the question for ray malaveza do you keep some of your players out and try to beat dallas tonight or other atlanta next week or do you go all out tonight to be dallas because they got to win one of these games or detroit could slide in by beating green bay next sunday the rams on their left side are really hurting jim youngblood a left linebacker he's questionable pat thomas is not even suited up defined defensive left cornerback uh fred dreyer is hurting and you know that they have also lost elvis peacock their fine running back wendell tyler's not available and well i'm glad i'm not ray maloney's he's gotta present a gloomy pregame picture for the rams on the other side of the coin the newly bearded one and a former cowboy ready to tell you about the likes of dorset and some of the others don meredith thank you i think that's one of the keys uh this year when we started the cowboys said hey we're going to rebuild we've got two major areas of concern now that starbuck is not here we're going to shore up that defense so tom landry goes back to the defense we're going to try to emphasize the running game well dorset's record to me really is impressive you think you go all the way back into high school and every year in the fall the guy runs for a thousand yards you're going to want him on your side however tonight i think maybe the key is triggers off of the unhealthy rams because these two offensive lines cowboys and the rams are as good as anybody around so it may show up in the strength of dallas's offensive line trying to work against a defense that maybe not as strong as ordinarily we would expect to see the rams but i'm excited about this game i think it is a good game we're getting close to it so frank it's your time let's go down there and see what's happening and there is a question mark tonight the man that has gone all the way thus far this season when pat hayden was hurt in the opening game against detroit vince ferragamo and he has been tremendous in doing so but he was bumped up against buffalo a week ago sore ribs and he'll be wearing a protective pad there tonight danny white what can you say about him howard mentioned and he stepped in took over from roger starback and he has been absolutely brilliant and what i like about him the most is the fact that he has been so cool and set to go the dallas cowboys have won the toss and as we look deep we see james jones the rookie from mississippi state frank corral will set it up again getting this game into perspective as we look down los angeles is nine and five in the western division of the nfc a loss tonight and a loss next week to atlanta and they are out of it should detroit be able to beat green bay a lot of complexities involved in the playoff system we'll try and bring you up to date on most of them as they have developed over the past weekend right now we're set to go frank will kick off and he booms one that will be taken over on the right side by t wilson the second year man from howard and steve wilson nailed there at the 20-yard line after the 22-yard line and let's meet the offensive unit of the dallas cowboys you had a quick look at danny white and he has been something 23 touchdowns four more this year and he will tie roger staubach's dallas cowboy record for a single year tony dorsett don has alluded to him he has just been absolutely magnificent he's holding on to the football that was a problem in past and he has only fumbled this year seven times out of over 250. the cowboys the leading scoring team in the national football league with 405 points move up to the line of scrimmage their first play from scrimmage setbacks again new house number 44. tony dorsett 33 and here comes tony dorsett inside fred dryer and dances out of bounds up at the 34-yard line where he is very close to a first down tony dorsett will i believe pick up the first down as we look once again it's not surprising that they go to this side of the line you see freddy dyer's really up field he's got a bad calf muscle he's not going to be able to cut very quick that may be his it is his strongest point it's his quickness that's just good running on dorset's part on the outside but they're going to check him out freddie you're going to play and they've already taken dryer out frank so he may not be ready freddie dryer at least made his 174th consecutive start tonight he has a full calf muscle he is out of the game already and in there quickly replacing him is reggie dawson under 71. on first and ten this is ron springs he'll alternate with new house tonight and he is met by the bulk of the defensive unit headed by jack reynolds who anchors the 4-3 defense for the los angeles rams and it is a good one freddy dreyer as i mentioned has already gone out with the sore leg has moved in number 71. jim youngblood is the other question mark number 53 jim youngblood with a hyper extended elbow a week ago and he did not know how long he could go tonight and the question mark over on the left corner is leroy irvin a rookie from kansas and you better believe that coach tom landry who follows the plays for the cowboys will be testing number 47 leroy irvin the rookie from kansas very quickly tonight because out of the lineup is pat thomas a former all-pro defensive cornerback for the rounds is second down and eight inside handoff tony dorsett and tony berg set finds an opening and out of the 40 to the 42-yard line picking up a quick seven good change of plays that time after he got to the line of scrimmage saw an opening in the middle i think maybe uh one of the offensive linemen i'm not for sure could have been scott may not have gotten that all but he still picked up almost the first down ran into his own mint third down and two and we'll see what type of respect tom landry has for the ram defense this scenario it's a little more than two to go it's an area where the cowboys could go with the run or they could come with a pass springs is in there for new house that would indicate that it's the casting unit in there but they do set up in the short yardage office and the handoff is to dorsett and dorsett to the 45-yard line he has a cowboy first down jack reynolds again defensively for the los angeles brands a remarkable player as you look at him we've told you with statistics but they don't really tell the story it's his growth that matters because he's matured even in his ability to run the football define the opening the first through with his rapidity and on top of it he's cut back on the fumbles the most frequently sighted deficiency only seven this year ron springs is joined by rookie timmy newsom a six-round draft pick from winston-salem state for the dallas cowboys youth in that backfield and danny white goes up high hangs it down and there's a scramble for it with the pass this led to drew pearson wall leading receiver out of bounds it'll be second down to 10 back at the 45-yard line and covering him frank as you suggested was leroy irvin they threw right against him and the kid was really nervous when i talked to him earlier today he should be because he was beaten on that play danny white had to throw the ball a little early they blitzed the linebacker we saw reynolds come in number 64. and danny forced that throw a little bit early it will help though because irvin is going to think deep now for a while the rookie from kansas and it should give pearson an opportunity to work underneath tony dorsett and another big open left side and dorsett spilled up at the 49-yard line perry was up there quickly defensively from quarterback number 49. that was not a clean hit i think tony may be a little upset with himself that time he more or less tripped rather than being tackled if he had not been tripped and had jack youngblood coming all the way from his defensive left in heavy pursuit third down and six cowboys taking the opening kickoff they've already worked nearly four minutes off the clock nearing the early going [Music] danny white settles in out of the shotgun cowboys come with the blitz and danny white had apparently honorable eyes to tony hill who did not read to bless the ball well overthrown and the cowboys will punch and he white saw the blitz but tony held it up little little nervous start there for danny i think he's a little tentative on his uh pass to preston and a little there's a mix up there don't know if danny's fault necessarily but there was a mixer leroy irvin is dropping to the los angeles rams as we look at danny white a fine punter doesn't get that long distance but he hangs it high and gets good coverage from his cowboy teammates [Music] then he hammers it and irving looks it in at the 12-yard line and that ball is [Applause] to cover it loose the five-yard line all the way down inside the five and hustling down there with number 23 lucia smith and it's a good thing he was there right there you saw the nervousness of leroy irvin he heard the footsteps pouring in on him it took his eye off the bobble the punt inside the five of the los angeles rams will begin at their own two-yard line vince ferragamo keep in mind had to leave the buffalo game a week ago with drew's ribs he's back in there as a starter cullen brant number 32 is in there with gerald thomas number 33 those are your setbacks and the motion man is victor hits the tight end thomas the rookie from san jose state and he may have squeezed the yard out but he is forced quickly by number 53 for the dallas cowboys that's the middle linebacker bob rooney again let's take a look at the entire offense they have been hurt throughout the entire year with the loss of running backs we told you elvis peacock was lost a week ago knee surgery they only had their fine wendell tyler for about three weeks an offensive line and it's a good one but nevertheless some of these players are also playing with bruises particularly doug franco on the left side there was a gain of one for a second down and nine as the rams bring it up capacity crowd of parts near seventy thousand baragamo from the end zone intended to go to thomas on the little screen out of the flat and dropping quickly heads up out there was number 58 mike hegman that's really a scary look you go back into your own end zone you're gonna throw a little quick screen you look at the linebacker instead of your offensive lineman as you see harvey martin randy white there that defensive line iran is down and being administered too and this would could really hurt the rams if rich saul had to come out the center that would mean hara would have to move from right guard to center and they would have to bring in a rookie irv panky at right guard and that is what we i think you're going to see happen for the rams offensive line so more injuries plaguing the rams in a game that they absolutely have got to win i know they feel that way yeah that's the senior citizen that you're seeing coming off there he's the guy that really does literally appear to be hold down that line and alabasie says what else can happen they can't cut it without saul he may be at this stage of his performance life and with jack langer now a veteran of so many years the best center in the national football league terrific witness the other one is fitzgerald of dallas who's not in there tonight you're playing for dallas it's not the best place to try out a brand new center but they got that snap third down nine ferragamo has a man open and he hits christian bernard and dennard what a play broke clear at the 25 30-yard line in ferragamo right on target aaron mitchell made the tackle but not until dinard had moved out over the 45-yard line to the 46. he was really open too don't really know for sure how it happened but he's just running three across the middle a perfectly thrown ball preston inari is guy that's got a lot of moves really quality kind of guy too like him a lot he just ran away from aaron mitzo the starting cornerback on the right side i think when you think that there was some kind of a mix-up over there i mean you're not going to leave in their third down and long situation there was just man-to-man coverage first down even if it was outside inside with the free safety gave him too much room this is thomas heading back breaks off a big run inside the 40-yard line of the dallas cowboys taken out of bound by aaron mitchell and iran has started from the two they're in dallas cowboy territory all right you're looking at an end zone replay and you remember jewel thomas and the brilliant ronnie executed against tampa bay on a thursday night game we did the first week of the season ordinarily a fullback but you don't sit down cullen bryant they've worked them all week at halfback because of the injuries already set forth by frank he's a tough good runner dennis herrera has moved to center but bill bain is coming at right guard he wears number 62 for the ram that's the adjustment it's all out of center first down of 10 the ball at the 39 yard line fargamol back again wide open this is billy waddy this time and wadi stretches tries to reach the 20 and he's very close to it he may have dropped that ball right he did not hold it they say no balls and then complete billy waddy with the great speed he was the man who beat the cowboys in the playoffs last year with a 50-yard score from this man fergamo seems like a broken record but it does start he had good time to throw benny barnes number 31 is the fellow we see in there benny has been in and out this year because of injuries but once again receiver was wide open and when that should have been caught [Applause] goes left wadi is to the right the tight end is victor hicks first year man out of oklahoma the big one colin bryant tries over the left side runs into randy white bob rooney is also there again of a yard maybe it'll be third down and nine and out comes the offensive changes for the rams in comes the defensive changes for the cowboys and they make wholesale changes dexter cleats skill queen scale a rookie from south carolina state comes in for the cowboys they bring in anthony dickerson as we look at the third winningest coach in the history of professional football tom landry and in my book having his greatest coaching year talk more about that later third in that fair combo with a lot of time what are you wide open i'll was saying boy that's it they have got him running open back in that secondary broke it off just there dinard did a few moments ago he was wide open that's steve wilson covering again it appears to me they're getting them in fairly close to man-to-man coverage there without blitzing linebackers just wide open but once again vince has got plenty of time to grow you know it looked like wilson was anticipating help from the inside he just didn't get it i think you'll see a free safety coming up from the top in there which is randy hughes actually who has been out almost all year he's come back could have been a missed assignment first down to ten baltimore 13 yard on the cowboys no score 8 25 remaining in the first quarter girl thomas [Applause] [Music] you know the rams front office crosstown and the rest the rams coaches long talks with them during the past two days they are convinced in their analysis of the cowboys through all the years there's the italian stallion appraised notarized by rizzuto and new york but the cowboys do not have adequate cornerbacks and have not had through the years they've had great safety and that's what they're trying to take advantage of third down and about four hours earl thomas tries that same spot again just beyond the line of scrimmage but maybe a gain of about a yard so we're going to call this third down and three don you give ferragamo time he can kill you mechanically he has every skill if he has a problem in achieving greatness in the years to come and he's far from it now it is attitudinal well i don't know personally i would i do know that he does have the equipment we've uh i think that's pretty obvious i think it's in that area of experience that he just needs some work third down to three out of the short yardage girl thomas tries it right up the middle this will again be dependent upon where the progress is marked i believe it'll be short of the first down and it will be decision time for coach ray malvey do we go for the field goal take the three while we're down here or do we try and take it in malaveiji says go for it very interesting i don't know about the choice of this call they started their drive the rams did at their own two yard line fourth down and a yard and it's a full yard i would guess if they're going to run they're going to go back to the left it doesn't do any good to guess but why did i do that that'll be working over against the cowboys harvey martin and randy white that's where they've been running with success ed two call jones is the other way easily done into the end zone helen trying on the rams around the scoreboard fourth down one betsy far ray malzy it pays off all right on such decisions does the coach hold his job ray from clifton new jersey has taken a lot of heat [Applause] they did go left and there was a big hole over there let's see what they're doing they're coming in good block actually good lead block by thomas out of that backfield who slowed him up and left them wide open in there thomas had a good block of course you've got we mentioned that line briefly offensive line as they have over there rookie from penn state irv pinky with the fine block also frank corral for the conversion high snap rolling cromwell gets it down the rams have seven six 29 remaining in the first quarter durant 98 yards for the first point from the scoreboard we'll be returning to a chat and friday night you will see how they really feel about one another and you can check out roberto duran's diet frank corral to kick off james jones is deep this will be jones a rookie for mississippi state from the end zone [Applause] [Music] and the cowboys will start well inside their own 20-yard line the rams look like an inspired football team tonight and sometimes when you have a lot of injured players a lot of adversity and certainly this team has had adversity throughout the entire year from the time the several players reported very late this man threatened to leave that's ferragamo they have fought adversity all year long but when you get a lot of injuries sometimes every player will reach down and they'll give it just a little bit of an extra effort and that's what it appears the rams are doing tonight [Applause] inside the 17 yard line interestingly landry is sending his plays in tonight with the pullbacks with new house the fire plugs instead of as is normally done with the tight end and as frank mentioned this is clearly an intense football game already you can see it it hawkins back to our great thursday night game of pittsburgh and houston [Music] from winston-salem state in there with tony dorsett and set back for dallas over the right side indoor set rounds out over the 20-yard line to about the 22-yard line it'll be third down and four and with all the millions watching 70 000 plus right here at anaheim stadium we'd like to welcome those of you watching on wbga tv in valdosta georgia i hope that's how i pronounce it our newest abc affiliate if i didn't pronounce it right we're still glad you're bored you got it they're down four if you didn't you said it cowboys railing the philadelphia eagles by a half a game he'll meet next week out of the shotgun danny white has all the time in the world but he could not find a receiver in jack youngblood the best for the past rushing rams drops him all the way back to the 12-yard line and will be fourth down that'll still have to punch he likes to play these cowboys i'll guarantee you they're out there reggie goss is the guy that is filling in for freddie dreyer we mentioned earlier he is also what's close to that quarterback that family did have him well covered down here leroy urban the rookie from kansas who bobbled the ball the first punt of danny white and you better believe he's been told you keep your eyes on that pill until it's in your hand here's danny white from his own end zone to that good field position as white bangs a beauty and white avoids a run back with a tremendous cut that they'll mark inside the 45-yard line of the los angeles red so white has boomed it all the way from his end zone inside the 45 of los angeles 4 24 remaining in the first quarter all right got a few funny folks out here they'll show up once in a while he's certainly not one of them that's normal rams leading seven to nothing 4 24 remaining in the first quarter after the line of scrimmage they come at their own 44 yard line single setback a 32 cullen brand he moved but he moved laterally ferragamo with a beautiful shot as the flag goes down pass complete to number 88 preston dinar but again a flag is down it'll be holding against the rams they'll mark it off that's what it looks like well i'll tell you put that ball in there don he really did i think it did go either through the hands are right by the hand as i i think it was pruning that was back there and i think rudy maybe thought that he could even intercept it changed his mind decided to knock it down and missed the ball and it drilled right on through referee tonight is gene barth we have not heard from him we like it that way he's not a bad guy we just don't like to hear from him 60 offense still first down dennis herrera playing that unusual spot now harry has gone back to guard and rich saul is back in at center sahara was holding interesting graphic the rams have been a tremendous first half team especially in the second quarter dallas a tremendous second half team but if the rams can keep giving despite that holding penalty this kind of projection of ferragamo he can kill you first to 20 the ball inside the 35-yard line of the rams floods backs to the right get the man wide open but he comes back to the screen to the left helen bryant right goes down again as brian gets back to the original line of scrimmage and tacks on a couple of but again a flag is down randy white legal lineman downfield and it appears that ritz all who try to get back in there is maybe hurt again well when he left he was complaining about a possible pitch nerve in his neck you hear he grabs it again and i think we'll see the switch error going back to center bill bane coming in at right guard but again a flag is down and being marked off once again against the rams they're working their way back home yes another holding penalty another play they could here 72 ineligible downfield on the pass still first down left guard kit hill got down field before ferragamo was able to deliver the ball through felon frank they could get inside their own 20 in a hurry now they back up to the two we know what they're going to do back there they've got that play worked out threw it to bernard coming across the middle for about 40. first down 30. willie miller number 82 billy waddy number 80 preston dinar number 88 they come in as wide receivers we lose the tight end for the rams real positions very important draw play hero thomas tries to get outside he is collected there by steve wilson at the line of scrimmage and recently activated one of the great ones lydell mitchell in his eight-year career he really put together some numbers released by the san diego chargers this year tried to catch on with the giants other ball clubs when the rams were so troubled last week with the loss of wendell tyler and of course elvis peacock they went to lydell mitchell didn't pass the physical with the giants loose knee but one of the great ones coming out of the backfield to pick up the pass and snake yard second down 29 garagama in trouble and he hangs one up and billy what he did not call for the fair catch but i'm sure he felt like it's at the 33-yard line because he knew he was going to get whacked and he did you know something gif sometimes it makes you wonder as you look at juani's statistics go ahead go ahead don well i can talk over you go ahead well as we watch this luck play again yeah an ill-advisedly thrown past they go through summer training they go through the exhibition games they go through the long season they're computerized and then you win games the way minnesota did yesterday and complete a pass like that third and 22 for the rams 33. in the gap between the zone yeah [Applause] got up off the ground we told him he's talking about his band rip but to play before this ed jones really pasted him pretty well this is really a delicate pass a touch pass in between wilson as frank mentioned and the zone that comes back on the other side a beautifully thrown ball and what he ran a nice route since i'm really proud of you kid that's nice very impressive he dropped it right in the well boom has had that touch passing it just about 60 all year long after replacing hayden the first game against detroit he also has 26 touchdown passes those are good numbers first down inside the 30-yard line of the cowboys here comes colin bryant right side and helen bryant taken by ed too tall jones who playing the best football of his career after taking a year off to could punch a few folks out well that sure made him a better football player thank evans he never fought scott ledoux that was in his mind he might have stayed in boxing had he done that he also handled in his hair quite well that time then for those of you who are not familiar with dennis herrera he made me one of the strongest guys maybe in the world who knows he's awfully strong came out and set him right back on the seat of his pants it's all back at center 61. error has gone back to right guard second down and nine in motion is victor hicks [Music] [Applause] [Music] a year ago i'm sure you recall took over for thomas henderson and he took over for a lot of football player when he did well that was a great defensive play because they've lost field goal position unless karagama can get it back on third down with 15 to go all mark just inside the 36-yard line we're inside one minute remaining in the first quarter of the rams on top seven to nothing as they went 98 yards on 11 plays maragamo has the three wide receivers in and he puts willie miller number 82 to the right up at the top of your screen you see dinard and billy wadi ellen bryant off the right side as fargamo plays it safe gets to the 33-yard line where he'll be fourth down and we will see one of the kicking units either frank corral well he'll come out either for the funny or the place kicking in profile jack youngblood right there has the facial construction of barrett but clearly not the good luck you said it and don's legs are bigger fourth down 13 frank corral apparently out of his range for a field goal attempt interesting james jones has settled at the 10-yard line he knows that corral will try to time it out we get the gun before corral can get it off so we will have the putt again nice catch [Applause] by one of our officials here tonight there it is the end of the first quarter the rams over the dallas cowboys seven to nothing will be back medically i guess for the cowboys because frank corral certainly will be angling for the sidelines it would not be a bad idea for the rams they did so after the gun had ended the first quarter possibly trying to get that hope you jump off sides to get five more yards however it would only be a 50 yard attempt from where he is right now not having the banner year he did as a rookie three years ago as a field goal kicker yeah they're gonna let it run down back up looking for a cowboy offside then they might try the field goal they don't get it so corral hangs it up and this is going to get into the end zone and they are going to net 13 yards off that punch strain series by the rams ferragamo had the hot hand on a third down and long he decided to run cullen bryant right side very much that over most of these abc stations abc's award-winning wide world of sports just made a critical point frank strange series of downs third down long yardage ferragamo consistently hitting his wide open receivers runs colin bryant and then they punt and corral might have kicked that this is timmy newson anderson tries to bring it back inside gets a couple of yards with a second down eight let's take a look at the stats and you won't be amazed by the time of possession it's almost double on the part of the rams they used five minutes on that 98 yard drive and -10 passing for danny white that leads us to the office the rams lead seven to nothing again the cowboys are half game behind the philadelphia eagles in the nfc eastern division and they will meet next sunday in dallas [Music] the rams out of it as far as the division is concerned for the first time in eight years that they can get in on a wild card if they can win one of two good defensive play there knutson nailed at the 35 again of a couple it'll be third and five zack reynolds is the middle linebacker there and they really try to have he had a pretty good block on him he came back off nail him in the middle that might be the whole key we're talking about at the top of the show that if the offensive line of dallas or the rams can be outstanding tonight then that team would certainly have the advantage and so far it certainly has been that ram offensive line that's contained alice's defense tony hill the leading receiver for the cowboys top of your screen he's number eighty [Applause] out to the right luke pearson and butch johnson is also in there number 86. here comes the glance and danny [Music] [Applause] another guy who has suffered a little bit with a bad ankle but what a great athlete he is and terrific defensive football position to knock that ball away well he talked about him i think last time we had that we mentioned his decathlon man he was also a quarterback and holds an ncaa record for rushing his quarterback now i would have guessed that and he's troubled by a damaged ankle you saw him last week in the highlights bad snap from center he had to run it in you either pass right or run left in the ram system what quickness do you have white bangs it leroy irvin bearcats at the 35 and the rams will have once again field position 40-yard punt by white again not long but he hangs it high and it demands the fair catch well leroy irvin is learning don we'll be back in just a moment [Music] defense 238 pounder to midfield first down if they're guessing they guessed right that time d lewis left from his linebacker position to go out and put a short coverage on wadi and they ran right where he was they've got to capitalize while they have all the momentum and they're dominating the game an end zone replay done well you just see that's kent hill number 72 to come out there he said where is dede he's not here to block did he had gone out in front as i mentioned with wadi so he had to come all the way across over for randy white that finally made the stop and thurman munson all 170 pounds of him or rather dennis thurmanite forever confusing that thurman slid under there first down midfield mike gooman is in number 44 setback for the rams veragano rifles complete inside the 45-yard line preston denard has the reception and a gain of seven do you think they got aaron mitchell's attention a while ago he was 15 yards down he was playing so far off in the meantime go back to that last series where frank suggested it was a strange series and they didn't capitalize you're going for a playoff perth you can't risk a series like that that's why this series is so important for the rams rams in control of this football game against the dallas cowboys that have really matured over the course of the season this is billy waddy in motion on third down and second down and three this is cumin and rookie from penn state truman has a first down inside the 40 upended by bob rooney the development of this kid has been very interesting we talked about it last week and when we had the rams against new orleans he didn't start tonight they moved thomas to the halfback position because he's been troubled with a damaged leg the number of injuries that have ravaged the rams is almost unreal but gooman is coming on performed well last week against buffalo when elvis peacock went down 90 yards or no rookie from penn state by gumi first and ten 39-yard line of the cowboys fair gamble again puts backs to the left and looks right what he's in the crowd and charlie waters a little hesitant about going upward and while charlie waters is having a great year there's still some question about the knee that he had surgery on a year ago here he is five interceptions on the year and he is really the leader out there he's got a bunch of youngsters back there with him or he had most of the season until benny barnes came back a few weeks ago i think they called that secondary before barnes came back charlie's angels he had some kids with him aaron mitchell dennis thurman steve wilson that was the secondary that the cowboys began the season with charlie waters of course a 10-year veteran it's second down and 10. [Music] again flooding backs to the left bergamo comes back to the right with the stream [Applause] it's about six out of it going to be third down and four d.d lewis wiseman of the linebackers for the cowboys makes the stop he is a clever old one i'll tell you he knows how to fight off tackles and he knows where the ball is there he is e.d lewis he's played in five super bowls 22 playoff games and benny bonds was right in with him gift third and fourth the ball at the 33-yard line of the cowboys again on top seven to nothing did she join this early with us we had a 98-yard drive for the rams ferragamo again wide open is really what he over the middle and somebody just not picking up he cannot be that wide open in a dallas cowboy tom landry defense dennis thurman had to make the stop and not until the first down was accomplished at the 19. it's it's a good pattern frank you'll see what he on the outside a little delay pattern to come back in charlie waters you caught just a glimpse of to go to the outside the linebackers are not there here's another look at it prunic goes to his right they don't get any rush on him man he's coming right across the middle wide open good pass wrap plenty of time to throw juani four receptions thus far on the night 84 yards at the cowboys 19-yard line gerald thomas has a little quick opener and picks up three yards moving down inside the 16-yard line you're looking at a man who i think is having his greatest year in coaching for the past seven years he's never been as active in actively coaching his players as he has been this year using the theory of delegation he found this year a fresh challenge for him a team that wasn't supposed to be nearly as good as it has become he's a remarkable coach dom landry i guess everyone in football the wide knows denied what he's flipped to the right again ferragamo works his back to the right comes back and he had wide open terry nelson and he was just activated last week but he was really open as he slid along the line of scrimmage dance would certainly be the first one to admit that was maybe one of his poorest throws tonight he did have him open and contrary to the kind of a touch pass we saw him throw earlier down the sideline that one he tried to drill nelson couldn't get to it third down seven both teams adjust dallas anticipating the pass mike and the rookie setback comes in for the rams number 44 and we have the three wide receiver offers billy waddy 80 willie miller 82 plus the bernard 88. [Applause] try to go over the middle to zoom in and complete is fourth down and we should see frank corral now frank corral has had his problems this year we mentioned that he has missed his last three from distances of 39 43 and 49. frank i think he's got a slightly damaged leg which may have been why they didn't go for the long field goal in the prior series on the other hand solas and then they had a snap which may have been a reason too 33-yard attempt for frank corral dennis harrop the snapper nolan cromwell is the holder [Applause] i snap cromwell gets it down but pearl pulls it to the left and the cowboys get out again hey gosh the couple silver bullets is right frank corral and you can see the disgust in his own face we'll be back in a moment [Music] they'll have to beat atlanta by 26 points about philadelphia or rather philadelphia by 26 points confusing fifth tiebreaker will come into play we'll explain a little more about that later but they would like to do it tonight [Music] they would pull into a tie with philadelphia with a win tonight on first and ten danny white flips it out to ron springs and springs steps out of bounds at the 27 yard line he picks up seven it'll be second down at three rams moved up and down the field but they were only able to hang up seven points and they may look back at that later in the game that's the key point right there loan opportunities inevitably catch up with especially when you're playing this dallas organization so good from top to bottom tech trend gilbran tom lane that's tom o'bottom no oh oh second down three [Music] he was picked off by johnny johnson the rookie number one draft pick from the university of texas and telling you about the games are coming up next week well we have a beauty down in san diego not at afc is something there are seven teams eligible now for the playoffs nothing has been decided not even a wild card pittsburgh students are still alive and of course the san diego charges no matter what they're going to have to defeat oakland next monday night to win the western division of the afc oh wait pittsburgh i'd say i've been reading too many names wait here we go [Applause] [Music] his 19th reception of the season and his ninth first down that he's picked up for the cowboys over the year that's exactly that's exactly why in the very opening of the show we selected preston pearson as the third down receiver there's nobody better in that capacity nice block by drew pearson right there to pick him pick off a defensive back and let preston pick up a few extra yards this guy can also throw the ball do you know that crash preston's got a pretty good arm option pass play there you go very effective maybe in the old two-minute drill who knows like gifford and horny first down 10 dallas fall at their 43-yard line danny white hands it out on his pick-off kicked off by rod perry ron perry stepped right in front of the intended receiver zip down the sideline and the rams get another major break they'll have the ball at the cowboys 34-yard line rob perry's fifth interception of the year what a marvelous piece of timing yeah they made this break because he was wide open rod perry is back there brave enough to step up in front the ball was a little bit underthroat and here's rod perry and drew pearson the fellow he mentioned a while ago terrific receiver runs good route he saw he had to turn a little bit the ball was behind him and rod perry was right there pushed out of bounds cowboys again on defense in their own territory the big toss thomas hey goodbye at the goodbye line gerald thomas rookie from santa fe state roars in defense set up colin bryant a tremendous block on ed jones and i think frank you'll see that terry nelson coming in a motion man also cut back in that's brunic they caught up on the inside d.d lewis right there you're seeing this young man run for his first touchdown of the year that all was what's up dennis thurman also missing girl thomas i'll tell you cullen bryant ought to get overtime for this year he's been the only healthy back to that all year long steady dependable he can block he can run he's a good receiver and he's more importantly always there [Applause] frank corral for the conversion and they get 14-0 for 7 23 remaining in the first half for the first time in eight years will not win the western division of the nfc but they want to get into the playoffs as a wild card happy with the injured max and of course the first professional touchdown for gerald thomas the rookie frank corral to kick off there's james jones another rookie for the dallas cowboys averaging a little over 22 yards per return off to the right and steve wilson will bring it up field and wilson up in it falls forward at the 19-yard line hustling down there walt arnold a rookie from new mexico for the los angeles our booth is so high up there appear to be midgets playing down there but if whether they are midgets or not and certainly they're not this rams team is as fired up as any team i have seen this yet indication might be they've dallas received kickoffs three times they haven't made it back to the 20-yard line yet so they're telling me they're getting fired up they're getting down the field good special teams dallas first and ten at the 20-yard line [Music] 7 14 remaining in the half group pearson flipped to the right by the play called by tom landry and the little bowling ball type gets off to the 23-yard line four two three yards we'll call the second down and seven there are the two men rule thomas and cohen bryant bryant he hit that guy a ton in thomas's run ed jones is a big man he ought to get an assist on that market at the 23-yard line kevin brown is big he's way over 235 he's does a lot of weight work and yet he broke 10 seconds for the hundred when he was at the university of colorado second and seven tony gortex garcette goes down to the on to jack reynolds at the original line of scrimmage a loss back inside the 20. you talk about gang tackling that's the way to choke off a runner-like dorset well they strung it out strung it out i guess you'd give a lot of credit to jack you know what they keep that play from getting on the outside of him and you see reynolds coming off he was the guy that came back in turned it in reynolds comes out the pass defensive unit for the rams comes in preston pearson comes in for the cowboys he works well out of the cowboys backfield as we've seen over the years 14-year veteran that was actually waved earlier in the season nobody claimed him said he wouldn't play for anyone else and there he is number 26 back in the cowboy lineup flag is down time may have expired well that's a good indication too things are not clicking you know it's funny talking to danny reeves before this game i said danny well you guys going to blow him out he said man you never know says we're like a cracker jack box he says you never know what you're going to get do you open that thing up he said silly things like we're wearing blue jerseys tonight they lost the last time they wore blue jerseys to the frank scene the new york giants the cowboys have never liked to wear blue you think that's just basically i find this vastly irrelevant still third down well he was just marking it off you know he was stepping off a penalty that's good 50 yards and that team on top is the top scoring team through 14 games in the entire nfl daddy white now into the shotgun [Music] third and 15. here comes a free three-man white reads the blips and tries to get out to butch johnson but the blitz came too fast from the outside and white just had to dump it off and white will stay in because he's in there to do the punting on fourth down yeah you can certainly see tom's reaction to that you know what he's thinking why does this have to happen now i've still got another week to go and the eagles to play ernie scott tom and a quick word with ernie stoutner the hall of famer the old pittsburgh steeler who directs the cowboys defensive unit danny white in familiar territory in his own end zone leroy irving settles in at midfield white gets another good punt that is low and urban will have a chance from his 40-yard line good move flag is down could be equipped irving to the 25-yard line and they'll probably bring that back and what a for the cowboys kid ran that well he's learning really it's a shame to see him call it back because he did run it well follow his blockers pick them up and they're accelerated when he had two and a nice one too bad leroy irvine told a rookie third round draft pick for the rams out of kansas disappointed as the clipping penalty marked off by referee gene barth here's the call personal foul clipping number 36 on the run well that's interesting they don't have a 36 so they can't always catch the numbers when the traffic is so fast i suppose but in any event when we come back the rams will have the first and ten at their own thirty-one that fella davey lopes second baseman los angeles dodgers sorry about what happened against houston that last game david oh that stunned the city didn't it it sure did 5 25 remaining in the first half of this game an important game for both the rams and the dallas cowboys the rams on top 14 to nothing first and ten at their own 31-yard line justin denard in motion gerald thomas the right side cuts back a little further inside than he would have liked to but he saw an opening there and he gets off to the 35 yard line for a gain of four it'll be second and six bob rooney at the bottom of that pile frank don't you like the way that little fire plug thomas runs he is a little bit like new house except you move maybe a little more quickly he's 510 a 223 pounder it's bigger stronger here's another third-round draft pick as urban was brands like to collect those third fourth fifth sixth-round draft picks and they've made a lot of them over the years that's the way they built the team stockpiling draft choices second down six terry nelson in motion wide open as bernard again way in front of aaron mitchell who in the coverage it appeared had man for men lovely way to get a guy man-to-man they started out with battalion nelson on the left side of their line put him in motion that changes dallas's defensive coverage immediately and they leave him out there man-to-man i'll tell you the rams are blowing the cowboys away thus far they really are much more imaginative offensive team this year for the rams they've been criticized for a number of years of not being able to play exciting football but they certainly answered that claim this year steve wilson has moved in into left cornerback second year man for howard number 45 for the cowboys on first down and 10. rams for their own 43. ferragamo screens out to the right good players breaks the tackle and gets to midfield good running by preston dinard gain of eight another example of an offensive play you won't see too often let's see if we can watch this one unfold out to the outside trying to set up on a quick screen a little fake back into the act in the backfield you saw him trying to get out in front that was jackie slater number 78 and harrah out in front that's good good imaginative offensive football glad you mentioned jackie slater hi merry christmas to all of you he is so unsung in proportion to his ability he is one of the great linemen in this lake four minutes remaining in the first half helen bryant big opening but he can't get to it quickly enough as closing down for the dallas cowboys john cutton who has been used primarily in a running situation for the cowboys as they move people in and out of the lineup you never know for sure frank they keep saying they're really pleased with that trade and dutton's learning he's moving in from the end to the tackle and yet he's not been able to totally get larry cole out of that lineup so it makes you wonder how pleased they really are with they gave up an awful lot to get done they did a first and a second round draft pick the trading deadline of a year ago first and second round picks first one to the colts third down one you should see the big man [Music] there he is thomas does it again and he breaks the tackle and gets to the 40 and gerald thomas is putting on a show he almost broke that with guy brown number 59 tripped him up right before he was able to get away he's having a tremendous game good blocks in the line you see there's a good good block on broody gosh who is that helen bryant oh colors what a nice block on brodie coming across in the middle there daryl thomas he first went to ucla before he went to san jose state you see what he did to dennis thurman there that really was uh that's great what's going on he's being assisted off the field i said that's got to be one of those big offensive linemen pulling out there i saw the two and i said wait a minute that's got to be ken hill in fact it was colin brian coming out of the backfield franklin connecting earlier he weighs over i think he weighs over 240 pounds right and that's about what rooney weighs rams moving it well up and down the field however they have only been able to hang up 14 points the 247 remaining in the first half ruth's other 57 in for rooney at middle linebacker big strong with not much speed it was dead on target i don't know whether ferragamo even saw it oh my gosh what a beautiful throw ferragamo racing all the way down the field to congratulate billy waddy and it was billy waddy in the playoffs a year ago with a little more than two minutes remaining they caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from ferragamo to knock the cowboys out of the playoffs you're looking at a team that has come together tonight you give ferragamo time as we told you he will kill you and steve wilson just was just taken apart back there he's had a full hamstring the cornerback weakness we spoke of you won't see a ball thrown any better than this one it right in his pocket so there's six wadi has a great speed and it's hard for even ferragama to overthrow him if he takes the normal pass drop that time what he just sprinted right under frank corral for the conversion rams will come up 21 unanswered points and 234 remains in the first half you got it billy [Laughter] who could blame them from almost midfield by ferragamo and again the rams with a win tonight will clinch a wild card spot in the national football conference there's james jones settles in near the goal line frank corral hits it high there it is gathering ice in the drops into the arms of james jones with the two [Applause] [Music] and downs out to the 27-yard line where the cowboys will try to get their act together because they are being blown away by the los angeles rams playing some very passionate football this hasn't been done to the cowboys this year but one other time that was against denver when the cowboys were ripped 41-20 early in the season you normally don't do this to a dallas team but this team tonight the rams have come together always they have had great personnel we've talked about the way they built the team stockpiling draft choices and ferragama with the kind of protection he's getting becomes unstoppable first and ten they mark it inside the 24-yard line tony hills but out to the right drew pearson up there at the top of your screen now in motion white county helen is complete after the 44-yard line first down dallas heading towards the two-minute warning the cowboys will have to hustle to get a play off [Music] sticks are being moved up they will try to get the play off they will not the two-minute warning sounds cowboys have their three timeouts remaining danny white moves to the sideline and they would certainly like to get something on the scoreboard before they go to the locker room a very emotional rams team has hung up 21 points more than that the cowboys have not answered offensively whatsoever they've had 68 yards again this is the highest scoring team in the nfl the cowboys and they are being mauled by the los angeles browns two minutes remaining in the half out of the shotgun danny white first and ten the ball inside the 45 yard line inside handoff tony dorsett tries to use the speed to the outside nothing doing is leroy irvin who's made the stock tonight for pat thomas is up there quickly to dump tony dorsett for a loss remember his early game nervousness irvin it's vanished now he's feeling himself this whole team is cowboys not in any significant hurry either now they leap offside now tony was the rest of the guys weren't in a big hurry motion against the cowboys and let's see what the rams want to take it they probably do [Applause] if they don't shape up let me not hear a lot of harsh words 33 offense still second down there's some icy stairs go get some really cold stairs this is next week give you some idea of the way the rams defense is playing the last three time star centers carried the ball three-yard losses on every play consistency that's what they strive for white yard line of the cowboys out of the shotgun pressure on danny white that was another intersection nolan cromwell's eighth of the season and the rams are back knocking at the door again at the 34-yard line we have 122 remaining in the first half the rams have their three timeouts this is the finest performance i have seen by any team in the national football league this year end zone replay done well if we carry this all the way through you're going to see the frustration of the quarterback who's just so thrown his 23rd is that right 23rd interception he almost spikes cromwell when he's down one of those illegal penalties cromwell would seem to be just looking for one then he says i'm so sick and tired of you getting in the way where i'm trying to throw the ball not not very smooth tonight guys roland cromwell if he is not the best free safety around he is approaching it rams need to move closer for frank corrales who put up another three that they have the big gun against varagama we have already seen it he's not afraid to use it either and the pressure steps into the pocket [Applause] you ever see a team go crazy and its fans look at them they don't care much for dallas here in los angeles they've met so many times for the playoffs and of course the rams knocked the cowboys out last year but the cowboys in five previous playoff meetings have a 3-2 in so pretty once again he's coming back across the middle he's not that fast preston denard but look at that concentration that is a hard ball to handle because you have to break your fall and not have the ball jarred loose and he did a beautiful job preston dinard and ferragamo once again did a wonderful job of getting away from a fairly good rush to step up in the pocket and get that ball off crank her out and dallas must be stunned they're down 28 to nothing 116 remaining in the first half and we'll be returning to a wild anaheim stadium here in california after this message from the national football league brought to you by drew pearson international football league here it is again yeah you saw dutton number 78 was the guy that got his hands up danced through the ball but that is an unbelievable catch preston loves to play this cowboys let's just watch the catch one more time frank mentions i think a key word too the concentration he sees it's just a little outgoing boy you love to have receivers bro wasn't that shabby either not that sad all right that corral will kick it off 116 remaining here in the half the rams on top 28 to nothing a lot of excitement in anaheim and one of the all-time number one draft picks has just walked into the booth question about it low and on the ground fielder there quickly by the cowboys and jay sally explodes up to midfield jay saldi who came up a few years ago as a free agent and he has made himself quite a cowboy you think this job is hard work dipper you're looking at perhaps the most beautiful lady in the world what do you mean perhaps perhaps i mean i don't want to offend anyone bo derek i know i once doubled her husband in a movie i thought i'd drop that in that should mean something to somebody battered his hero i have decided that it should not be ten it should be a hundred cowboys midfield position they have three timeouts seconds ticking off 110. [Music] danny white and his rules complete there caught by tony hill at the 42-yard line i think he's an extraordinary receiver tony hill that time was dancing around right over the sideline saw him wait danny white trying to come back tony's a guy real hill they call him man he'll put some frills in it 24 years old young guy got great speed good move high school quarterback not too far from here at anaheim long beach first went up to stanford took all of gene washington's receiving records there but like the other cowboys tonight he is absolutely stunned by the performance of the rams second down and three [Music] [Applause] right and complete once again tony hill stepping out of bounds at the 23-yard line stopping the clock with 58 seconds this team is as professionally coached as any team can be there's no quit in it 28 to nothing seems impossible even for the cowboys but 24 to 14 was the halftime score in a thursday night game with san diego leading dallas and dallas and their sunday night game and dallas exploded in the second half and crushed the charge so getting a score now is critical for doubt and we don't mean three they need the bundle first down and ten 23-yard line of the rams out of the shotgun and had he been able to release that ball nolan cromwell might have got another interception he had timed it out beautifully running stride for stride downfield the intended receiver young blood coming number 85 coming back around hits danny's arm as he tries to release it couldn't quack it out there was jim cooper 61 trying to flock on youngblood raphael says well if we can't get seven please let me have a shot at three raphael set his own personal mark career mark last week with a 52-yarder against oakland i'm ready 53 seconds second down and 10. fall at the 23-yard line [Applause] tapped in once again annie white wide open looks johnson steps out of bounds inside the 15-yard line as the flag goes down maybe calling an offensive push-off that time you got it and the reigns of porn clubs the area you want doubled for john derrick saturday's hero yeah we had a lot of sc football players in there aldo ray that was his first they went around discovered people like that beau wasn't even around oh well she is now 86 offensive press interference still second down second down and 20. ball at the 33-yard line [Applause] matter factor ran into one of my former teammates who was also in that movie not that we want to dwell on that movie wolver robertson yeah old quarterback [Music] [Applause] it was a high snap from center and clearly the ball was not well close got a little pressure too they sent a couple of guys in that they weren't expecting pretty cool blitz down the middle the pass was there that'll be third down in 20. you'll see the pass press ram team fired up tonight both offensively and defensively again dallas loses tonight and they have to go in and play philadelphia next sunday there'll be a game behind to win the division they'd have to not only beat philadelphia they'd have to beat them by 26 points [Music] they're down 20. [Applause] yard line it'll be fourth down [Applause] they can't cut it not yet against this team the rams maintain their record of being devastating in the second quarter 21 points they have run up 38 seconds remaining in the half landry does not want the three rafael ceptian stays on the bench out comes an extra wide receiver butch johnson drew pearson and tony hill will all be in there we don't need you now raphael we're down 28 to nothing coach johnson is the great [Music] playmaker this should be incomplete the rams will have about 25 seconds in good field position but johnson was hanging there and the ball hung also incomplete the rams will have the football with 31 seconds they'll have it at their own 33-yard line and the way they're playing they could put some more points out they really could and you know in a situation like that they're going to go to butch johnson he has the ability to make the remarkable catch the big play they scored it last time in six seconds so they can score about four or five more times here ferragamo he has been hot tonight but you have to credit that offensive line for the los angeles rams they have really protected him fairgom 11 of 16 229 yards [Music] out to the 40-yard line that's gooman rookie from penn state though the rams apparently content with their 28 points i'm a little surprised at that oh i'm not at all they might get greedy i thought oh they do smart through that they had an insult to injury as it is they don't want to embarrass somebody they've been embarrassed this first half and the rams will let these seconds kick off and they lead the field to a tremendous ovation and they leave with a 28 to nothing lead over the dallas cowboys stick around for some interesting halftime activities [Applause] the quarterback of the day tommy kramer minnesota vikings spectacular performance miracle victory for the bikes over the browns is the way kramer operated throughout the afternoon you see the stats 456 yards four touchdowns incredible performance and this was illustrative of it a long gainer to number 85 sammy white but in the clutch kramer appeared unstoppable trailing 23-15 this touchdown pass to ahmad rashad but that takes us to the most dramatic play of the day because the bikes were in a desperate situation they had 14 seconds in which to go 80 yards watch closely tommy kramer right there to tight end joe sensor and then the lateral at dead brown all the way up past midfield to the 46-yard line of the brown five seconds left in the game now watch kramer a desperation pass about as far as he could throw it three of the bikes down there four of the browns the ball chip and to armored russia and the victory the outstanding receiver on the day wallace francis of the atlanta falcons now those falcons are playing they won their ninth in a row 35-10 watkowski with another brilliant day throwing right there deep down field to wallace francis 33-yard gain on the flight he was on the receiving end of the pass of the day francis white watkowski from his own 19. all the way down field to francis and he rambles in for the score and so 81 yards on the play touchdown the rusher of the day as he has been for so much of the year the most valuable player in the league the franchise earl campbell as houston beat green bay by a score of 22 to three and look at 34 go remember what we've told you don't try to stop them one-on-one stop them that way gang tackle them otherwise it's hopeless and on the whole day he rambled for 180 yards on 36 carries the oil is behind daryl temple an easy victory the defensive play of the day the former jet number 44 burgess owens oakland raiders leading them to the 24-21 victory over denver this was a fake field goal at 10. robinson's a throw owen thread the play perfectly picked it off 58 yards touchdown and that was really the difference as oakland wanted burgess owens the kick return of the day executed by ray williams in the silver dome in pontiac as detroit won 27-14 over tampa bay now watch this gary your premium had kicked off to the nine-yard line fielded by the rookie ray williams you saw him running left there bursting through open space all the way downfield eluding curtis jordan cutting back touchdown and ray williams the kick return of the day metropolitan really stands by you the games of the day let's begin with the big one in foxborough buffalo and new england and the bats desperately needing a victory to stay alive the pats leading seven to nothing here mike hawkins 59 blitzing joe ferguson still in the first quarter remember and a sprained ankle for joe ferguson had to be helped off the field david dave's proposition as to whether or not he'll be able to play next week in the critical final game for the build without ferguson the bills were helpless here still in the first half cavanaugh hitting the old world side and russ francis 14 to nothing in the past then in the third quarter kavanagh from the shotgun finding number 32 andy johnson he first sent for the score the pats went on to win it easily 24-2 [Music] at three rivers stadium pittsburgh also struggling to keep its playoff hopes alive against the kansas city chiefs first quarter action score nothing to nothing bradshaw 85 calvin sweeney hit from behind fumble and watch number 88 the practically perfect wide receiver lin swan picks it off that sets the stage for this play brad shaw injuries and all did not have a bad day when he has to throw in the clutch especially with stallworth out he froze to lin swan touchdown the steelers led seven to nothing but in the fourth quarter the chiefs had come back for leading 16 to 14 bradshaw with the handoff to number 20 rocky player this will be rocky's last year and that's the way he wants to go out a winning player as he's been all of his life and you'll see the steelers next monday night at san diego against the chargers what a showdown game the upset of the day the new orleans saints winning their first game of the season against the hapless jets it was fourth quarter action new orleans leading 14 to 30. but richard todd scrambling and you saw him move the football wisely to the left hand and he went in for the score and the jets were leading 20-14 but the saints working against that terrible swirling shea stadium win came right back bocce manic to jimmy rogers rogers went 24 yards and that set up this one yard touchdown first by tony galbraith that gave the saints their first victory of the season and the saints loved it [Music] abc's wide world of sports continues to bring you the constant variety of sport this is your classic case of course of beauty and the beast though derek talks with me while gifford and meredith die of envy i'd like you to explain why you're here and why you like football i'm here uh i was invited by georgia fun frontier and uh we were in a box and then we came up and said hello people though know you now so well and you are in fact a football fan which i think is the key point aren't you i am a football fan i'm a sports fan in general um this is the first live game i've been together the very first a lot more exciting than watching it on top i always thought that that with the instant replays and everything it was worth staying home but it's the excitement it's very difficult all right we've got to go back to the game stay with us huh all right okay thank you thank you back to you gifford set to go for the second half and you better believe that the dallas cowboys had the extra nose heating up the blackboards in there because everything the rams did worked they moved the ball on the ground they scored on a 34-yard run gerald thomas billy watty 40 yard touchdown pass from ferragamo preston dinard a 34-yard touchdown pass cullen bryan got it all started with a four-yard run and raphael seption pops onto the field for the first time tonight and again the importance of this game a win by the rams tonight they qualify as a wild card entry in the national football conference for some reason they lose this game and then lose next week to atlanta detroit would be alive were they able to beat green bay for the dallas cowboys are lost tonight they go in a game behind philadelphia next sunday in dallas and in a game where the fifth tiebreaker would be in effect for the dallas cowboys that have to win by 26 to win the eastern division of the nfc you think that's all easy you try it sometime i think if dallas loses tonight they play the rounds in a couple of weeks rafael cepheon drills it into the end zone and here comes drew hill good too taken there at the 15-yard line hustling down anthony dickinson for the dallas cowboys let's take a look at the stats we don't have to tell you they're all los angeles in every respect total yardage particularly passing yards overwhelmingly possession time materially so the rams a ball club as we said that tonight has come together vince ferragamo who was questionable during the course of the week after suffering bruised ribs against buffalo came out with the big gun tonight has directed his offense absolutely flawlessly has got great help from his offensive line thomas and he is a big opening right side turns on the speed he's down the sideline aaron mitchell tries to make the save and he finally does but not until joe thomas has gone all the way down inside the 25-yard line of the dallas cowboys i think we've got a repeat of the st louis cardinal fiasco about 10 years ago that's just straight you can see right there the cowboys have worked out of their defensive problems at halftime they get the offense worked out look at this cutback by jarrell thomas you saw the speed they did not anticipate this youngster could move that fast as he goes 61 yards and again cullen bryant with a tremendous block springing jarrell thomas at the line of scrimmage the first down they mark it just inside the 25-yard line simply incredible up to the line of scrimmage paragon will push worldwide receivers that's wadi and dinard to the left side tied in is victor hicks and here comes cullen bryant who has contributed so much [Applause] it hasn't been the beautiful open field running but he has sprung girl thomas on two runs tonight one at 61 yards one a 34-yard touchdown run i like to look at their average yard for kerry they see a 3.9 that's not bad that's you're getting awful you give it to him three times in a row and you got yourself first see how i figured that out well with that last run of thomas's they've about tripled the cowboys in yards games russia that was the longest run from scrimmage by any ram back this season many other ram backs have been injured this year roddy in motion fair camel everyone in the pattern and the flag blows our whistle blows the flag is down we're gonna have a procedure call [Applause] false starts 77 offense doug france left side moving a little quickly they'll back it off five that's this year by ram that's it frank elvis peacock all starts over 52 yards and gerald thomas the rookie from san jose state is threatening that more than that they are threatening the mental stability of the dallas cowboys they'll come up with some trick plays here in a little while second down 15 ball just inside the 30-yard line receiver wide open is victor hicks the rookie from oklahoma was actually drafted a year ago could not play and he gets down inside the ten it'll be first down goal to go at the eight yard line and nothing grams do can the cowboys stop i'll tell you one thing somebody's doing a heck of a job of either scouting because i just can't believe dallas is missing that many times however that appears that that's randy hughes who has slipped down a little bit 42 but he's still wide open good offensive plays the plays are designed real well these guys are they are getting joining those cornerbacks they've been doing it the entire game they had those teams scouting that is for sure not easy for tom land cowboys coming in to the night off a big win against oakland a week ago it's not the same team however helen brown is the block from harrah gets inside the five it'll be second in goal [Applause] he didn't know that he had another year on his contract he went home and looked at it somebody told him and he went home and looked out and said hey i've got another year here it'll be off ahead tell you that look at that differential in total yards almost five times the yardage racked up by the rams as what cowboys have been able to achieve second down goal to go the ball inside the five yard line short yardage offense wolf arnold looking tight end their wing back here comes colin brian oh so easy spinning around as thomas i think it was gerald thomas again and we've got a flag down the rams will be moved back with a holding i'll tell you you've got some bulk in there when you have thomas at 223. helen bryant well done you said about 240. i think he is they really do 240. well you know the thing is they're not partial they'll run right or left either way 61 offense holding rich saw the center he's having a tough night tonight that's 61 watch him you'll see the hands on larry cole yeah he got him larry says now wait a minute rich the defensive lineman really are complaining about slight rule change where these guys could use their hands a little bit they just moved it out there where ferragamo has some passing room we can do nothing wrong tonight helen bryant for the running sprint eyes to break loose andy white slid along the line of scrimmage dropped cullen bryant but he gets back inside the 10-yard line well they really just look awful uh ram line is just tearing that group up now they've had a pretty good year defensively i'm talking about the cowboys randy white then moving from a defensive tackle position to the outside where the linebacker is again the rams have either one or two things they're just blocking them away or they've really scouted them very well third down goal to go inside the 10-yard line out to the left is willie miller moving out to the right is jeff moore first-year man from tennessee inside handoff to cullen bryant [Applause] and that will bring up fourth down and we will see the place kicking unit and scuffle breaks out hey hey that's doug randy white tying into each other france is a huge man he goes over 270 but he's really a gentleman his brother has moved out here with him and doug and his brother asked me to tell them to tell their mother tonight that they're behaving very well not to worry brother as big as him no if he were you'd have a heck of a scoop you saw that cast on his arm he's had actually broken thumb i guess about four or five weeks ago so he's not been up in the car really it's very difficult to hold frank corral nolan cromwell is the holder and with 28 to nothing we assume that the rams will go through with their field goal attempt than they do 27 yards out corral extends it to 31 breaking also a string of four misses for frank corral we'll be back in anaheim in a moment just added three more points to their 28 to nothing lead at halftime it is now 31 to nothing frank corral bangs it it'll be taken by steve wilson wilson looking for the gap and it closes quickly as wilson is out over the 25 close to the 28-yard line hit there by carl eckern and i'm going to remind you friday night at nine o'clock you'll have that lennon duran live in our los angeles studios let's pick up with the action on first down at 10. [Applause] he takes a shot from cody jones all the way back to the 20-yard line boy and when the wheels come off they have really come off he really that was that was not what you call just a pull down he really smacked him good danny looks like he's got some time there and all of a sudden here comes cody jones and he really lets him have it that was tough quick note on the fight telecast frank you will hear from most if not all of the principals they're thinking immediately as the fight ended before they had a chance to think and come out with some of the statements now being rendered second down and 20 and it's tony dorsett who gets out over the 25-yard line a gain of six and it'll be third down to 14. joe harris in there defensively now jim youngblood with that troubled elbow of his is taking a little rest tonight five times the passing for the rams against the cowboys and six times in that effect well maybe five times the russian one what dominance five or six mathematicals troubled me too he's got an a in calculus i couldn't spell it third and 14 out of the shotgun for dallas [Music] [Applause] butch johnson is there and how do they rule it incomplete jeff delaney made the pop with drew pearson the intended receiver jeff delaney how many times have you heard his name he's a kid from the university of pittsburgh he represents the whole brand's drafting process in the recent years because he's a player of the future and he's being developed now and getting more and more opportunity actually drafted a year ago they kept him out because of an injury a johnny major's discovery resembles fat hey danny white to hit it trying to run and on fourth down and 14. danny white comes up short rams had to be thinking right along with danny white and the rams will have the football at the 27-yard line of the hapless dallas cowboys well that's one of the things that i am told danny does on his own they don't have those plants and he's back there and thought he saw something but i guess he thought he saw a lot of things tonight you know basically what we might be looking at is the wild card playoff coming up on the 28th of december grams of the win tonight will qualify for wild card cowboys already have they can win the division if they lose tonight and beat philadelphia by 26 next sunday drew hill in motion [Music] thomas and daryl thomas makes another good effort down inside the 22-yard line he got himself that yardage when it appeared he would lose yours very very strange thing to me because you see it when a team goes they go with kind of an all department it's been kind of sloppy tackling they haven't done well on offense they've missed some assignments on defense it does seem i believe as frank said the wheels have just come off [Applause] be that as it may it's one tremendous performance by this rams team really in trouble again i go back to the adversity that has plagued him all season long players not showing up they lost the detroit game a lot of veterans came in a few days before that game some missed it as we watch colin bryant hit up the line of scrimmage drop there it'll be third down and six and harvey martin moving in on the top but this team has come together spiritually in a talk with vince ferragamo today and you know he's had contract problems with the rams and the question is whether or not he will sign he said you can't crawfish out of a contract and i resent what brzezinski did when he walked out on this club so they're coming together third down six [Music] ferragamo brings it up to willie miller oh and what a sensational catch at the six yard line by willie miller i'll tell you we have seen bernard do it we've seen what he do it and now willie miller has made a catch this is terrific an attempt that kind of that soft in between pass we were talking about earlier underthroat look at that concentration again right up over top and clearly in bounds oh yep aaron mitchell going to school tonight well he's there defensively aaron really is in pretty good defensive position the ball was a little under thrown and there he goes yeah today is aaron mitchell's birthday is not getting a birthday present he's getting a singing first goal to go at the six yard line [Applause] gerald thomas there he goes thomas down inside the three taken by benny barnes i think they're being very nice just everything clicking for the los angeles rams who for the first time in eight years have not won the western division of the nfc a win tonight however they are in the playoffs dallas is already there qualifying earlier for a wildcard thomas spun away from that first hit that was dutton that came in there we've talked about him earlier he usually is on those runs and now they're in the goal line situation and he shot the gap between that guard and tackle and cause a little damage there boy you can hear that up here there oh third and goal the ball at the one-yard line i don't think the cowboys have been shut out since that same this was a st 19-17 1970 38 to zip oh and they are about to go behind 38 to nothing third down and one helen bryant single setback thomas in motion wide open over the corner and it is a tight end victor hicks fighting along the line of scrimmage slipping out wide open and we are heading for the 38 points huge this helen bryant throws a block on bruce huther coming in from the linebacker position cohen drives steps up watch number 32. that's pruning i was wrong i think the pruning man he leveled it came back across made it look really easy victor hicks the 29th touchdown pass of the season for paragon that's the second lick that has delivered to bob rooney tonight and he fell both on now guaranteed for the rams this is the impossible green as al michaels put it so well in the great american hockey pictures victory at lake flash i think alex is probably more apropos than here that was the american dream there you go hicks there he is victor hicks he was after the year ago we're back in anaheim and in case you just happened to flip on your television set you did not stay at the party too long you did not imbibe too much this is really happening to the dallas cowboys we have six minutes remaining in the third quarter so settle back put your toes up if you're in the east where it's kind of cold and chilly and let's see what's going to happen frank corral bangs it into the end zone james jones looks it over it hung high and hung for a long time he'll stay there good thanking james i'd like to bring up something with good first of all we want to congratulate our 1980 emmy winners here at abc sports this past week awards for the coverage of the 1980 winter olympics in lake placid ncaa college football also was a winner and our congratulations of course to jim mckay who was honored once again as the outstanding sports personality six other awards were also given including those to a great bunch of engineering guys for their work at the olympics and lake class and boy did they put on a show up there all of the people that worked on the up close and personal that were so much a part of our coverage and of course chuck mancione for the olympic music and here comes tony dorsett trying to turn the right side he does so after the 23-yard line for a gain of three it'll be second down and seven what is that nine emmys now for jim mckay i don't know i think that is nice he does a good job and i'd say the ncaa guys they did a good job here i'm happy to see that i didn't hear jim's speech but he said something about sports has changed so much and he felt so good about having contributed to that change over the years well he certainly certainly has a certain ncaa college football is long overdue second down seventh tony dorsett big opening good [Music] makes an effort at the 45-yard line tips out at the 44. that might be johnny johnson number 20. i'll wait and see he comes in right here hey there you go look out johnny you saw this at university of texas did you okay good move by dorset of course it was the big money signing of johnny johnson that occasion reportedly so many of the rams hold out but the kid's a great player and he's got a great view he certainly hasn't and of course tony is too dorset's the kind of guy that uh really can make a difference sometimes everybody's falling down tonight but he's still he's still there dallas at the ram 44 yard line [Music] eddie white will go up on top he has the time is over the middle wait a minute hey wait a minute heading for the end zone and i think that should be a touchdown why would they call that back didn't he catch that ball well i'm sure that gene barth will clear it up let's just talk about it while james thinking about it i mean he there was interference the flags were thrown well you got doris seth down there saying the same thing you're saying if there was an appearance i caught the football i should be able to ramble into the end zone we're so high up here we couldn't hear whistles and blue one well gene tell me something gene oh not right yet okay we had interference on the defense however we had an inadvertent whistle the ball was blowing dead here first down oh that's exactly the situation we had in a houston denver game with carlos well and that's the rule an inadvertent whistle and that's it the ball's dead if they have many more of those inadvertent whistles there's going to be a lineup well i think hey he got off his toe did you see that he kicked the thing back as re-examination did you see that rod perry no question about the interference that ball just bounded right off the toe tony hill inverted whistle as you heard gene bart first down to ten the cowboys at the 25 and there's so far behind me to even complain yeah we'll see that yeah we'll see that play a lot in some of your highlights look out wide into doubles oh reggie boss who was pulling in for an injured fred dreyer was in there first cody jones was also there jack youngblood was there one of the things about this little play action fake right here a little clown drop in there you've got to get back up in that pocket in a hurry and there's no pocket to get up into they're just well the rams have a situation though you know where they don't have to do anything but come that's correct but let me say this about reggie's dog all right he's a little rough as frank knows because we've discussed him but he is a player of the future great great ability and he represents the death of this rams team inside handoff press compression one of the rare attempts from the line of scrimmage for pearson gets inside the 35 to the 33 a gain of a couple it'll be fourth down now and 18. i would say that looking at that round bench they're now going to more than likely be playing dallas again in a couple of weeks so dallas is the kind of team i think that they're not going to do a whole lot section there's fourth down 18. third down 18. they're a group of most happy fellas right [Music] out of the shotgun and the ram front four will just freewheel on this one they're not thinking anything about run here comes the blitz danny white has to go quickly incomplete johnny johnson coming on the safety blocks deep downfield preston pearson made a vain attempt to go for the ball it'll be fourth down not a major gem of wisdom but one of the things that the shotgun formation does do it does eliminate a strong influence for a run therefore they do come back in there danny threw the ball a little too quick that time but when you back there you see all the pressure going you know you don't have everybody blocked you're going to throw the ball quickly well isn't it true the shotgun helps the quarterback in two basic ways gives him better peripheral downfield vision immediately and second mitigates to some degree the place 51-yard attempt right he did that twice last year last week against oakland he hit from 52 yards out he can reach it but not this time and the rams still have the glue sake on the scoreboard or whether the cowboys still cannot get on the scoreboard and the rams will have field position once again they'll get it at the line of scrimmage their own 33-yard line i used to run through airports now i've won sparky ballingers a cameraman archie griffin hovering high overhead perfect night for football here in anaheim for everyone except the cowboys archie griffin left cincinnati i guess first and ten the rams bring it up at their own 33-yard line that's the line of scrimmage missed field goal attempt the 50-yard job by seption [Music] helen bryant side and down goes colin bryant he had two tall jones all over him that down at the 31-yard line the loss of a couple it'll be second down and 12. you know we mentioned that 38 to nothing thing that took place back in 1970 and i wasn't working monday night football all the time but i was home don i was i could almost hear you the tears dripping on your spot board because you of course just fresh from having left the cowboys how's this one getting to you that's the night they chanted for don earlier they had booed him oh no well not really everything this one is a lot different let's see what old vance is going to do here we'll get into that in a minute on second and 12. yes helen bryant and brian heading back saving tackle by charlie waters at the 40-yard line it'll be third down and three i think well you see cullen again that's just a little cut back brudig is getting outside the middle as harrop just pushed him out of the way came back in as charlie waters that has to make the tackle they're really doing anything they want to tonight the thing that happened in that game in 1970 they're playing the cardinals and i really did know a little bit more about the intricacies of what dallas was trying to do and it just it was so frustrating because everything they tried to do really did just go wrong now tonight i don't have a clue what they're trying to do they're just they're they're fooling the heck out of it you know what's going wrong i know what's going wrong gerald thomas again he gets the first down close to the 45 yard line what a show thomas for looking from san jose state is put on tonight yeah but what you have to remember is that this is an up and down game that it's an almost eternal season and that year when saint louis beat dallas 38 to nothing who played in the super bowl well dallas did and i would say they played against the baltimore coast and they and they'll come back from this that's the basic well i think you're right obviously this score the score is a distortion of these two teams abilities so uh they'll have a chance to play one another again in a couple of weeks it'll be and i'll guarantee you it'll be very close mike goodman the rookie from penn state cutting back and gilman with a nifty gain out to midfield one of the things that you see happening out there they really truly are they're running anywhere they want to they're running left they really are running right they want to trap they're doing that too so you got it all going which way do you like it better i was i was always right-handed myself let's go to the right third and two go off right tackle why not you know you got appointment that was earlier in the season you don't like to go into the playoffs no play with a game like this behind you you really don't you have to question yourself it's a very young team eight different starters on this field tonight from a year ago they'll play well next week against philadelphia second and three screen to google and this works also but a flag goes down they threw the flag [Music] again that play was beautifully set up holding clipping one of those brit saul says no no it wasn't but we'll find out and again a reminder that dallas who can we know is the they can really blow you away quickly when they get hot but frank yeah you say yeah they're the leading scorer in the nfl so you know you come in here the legal use of the hand number 60 offense that'll help a little bit but i don't think it'll turn the score around dennis hara illegal use of hands the sign you just saw related to the intended or projected or purported move of the raiders to the city of los angeles that's a matter that one time has caused eight different lawsuits will not pursue it now second down fourteen mike gooman stacked up they'll lose a couple more on this one it'll be third down and 16. the point being that the cowboys return to texas stadium to play the philadelphia eagles next sunday and the fifth tiebreaker will be in effect and for the cowboys who have already qualified for their wild card for the cowboys to win again the eastern division they will have to win that one by 26 points yeah that's a chore that's a sunday's work they'll also be wearing a white jersey see that'll make the difference i know that's not gonna happen not against dick per meal [Music] blitzed by the cowboys bergamo region has to hurry a pass intended for willie miller incomplete denny barnes raining all over willie miller because he knew he'd get that quick pass rush and here comes the putting unit frank corral who added the putting duties to his place kicking role this past year and james jones is back at the 20. [Music] next sunday the cowboys in philadelphia well next monday night we have a rock and soccer type of game down in san diego san diego and the pittsburgh steelers looking forward to that game that's going to be a fun game those two teams are [Applause] [Music] that's not one of those intentional things that was ivory sully down there and he threw a late hit i think in a way he was just kind of caught up in the whole action everybody's trying to run over dallas tonight frank i'd like to talk we'll wait for the official song and we'll do a commercial if we get the want to talk opportunity the impact of this loss upon the dallas cowboys i'll just mention it i think it's going to be a big impact they have to question themselves the point i want to make personal foul number 37 kylie on first down ivory sully penalty tacked on and moves the ball out to the 40-yard line of the dallas cowboys and we're going to take time out here in anaheim and we'll be back in just a moment enjoying it quite as much as the ram players are they lead 38 to nothing 36 seconds remaining here in the third quarter dallas totally frustrated on the air on the ground first down at 10. dallas at their own 41-yard line that's drew pearson in motion danny hits tony hill tony hill accepts over leroy irvine and gets down to the 36 yard line i think he's one of the exciting receivers in the league i'd put him with tom with john jefferson that kind of guy that's got that fluid sort of motion i really am i'm a fan of uh grill hills he's the kind of guy that you'd love to have on your side he can take it anywhere on the field and go all the way he's got that kind of speed he makes tremendous adjustments when you throw the ball downfield well the thing about him is the action begins when he catches the ball he's a great runner and we will not complete this play you heard the whistles again insider before the ball was snapped snap that into the third quarter well they should try to remember that pattern and we'll be returning to anaheim after this message from our local stations sugar ray leonard olympic anaheim stadium in anaheim california and it's in the night of the rams rams of course clinching a wild card playoff spot they can't win the division for the first time in eight years but they are certainly going to move in as a wild card and we could be seeing a wild card rematch on the 28th of december first down 10 dallas as we begin the fourth quarter the ball at the 86 yard line of the rams and here's tony dorsett and boy the rams are smoking now they're this is what you call building up your contract statistics game look at those statistics look at the overwhelming superiority of iran i truly believe that tonight the rams have given the single greatest team performance in my 11 years and we're about to close it out next week on monday night football i congratulate you and for the cowboys well it's hard road to hoe tonight but keep in mind that they have had 15 consecutive years of winning seasons 14 years of those 15 in the playoffs second down and 10. [Music] white going after preston pearson in and out of his hands you won't see that often another point i'd like to make frank this is not one of those cheap promotions for the national football league no way but the point is that two a week or so ago hello vince san diego lost by 23 points he might have been waving it down to washington san diego lost by 20. now you know san diego's a great football team so what happened to dallas tonight does not conquer any accuracy for the future not with landry it doesn't third down and 10. anyway out of the shotgun the rams will just pre-wheeled tony hill wide open and he holds on to the cowboys on the scoreboard no flags down and what a beautiful move tony hill put on over on the left side rod perry totally turned around tony hill took it in frank that's an example of what i mentioned just a moment ago of his ability to adjust to wherever the ball is thrown and as you know by playing receiver that's really not easy to do this is what the cowboys call a corner router a zig out you see the ball coming back he caught it over the other shoulder you see when tony hill looked back as if you were going to take it over one shoulder rod perry looked back and then when ron perry looked back tony hill broke it to the outside and perry lost him totally i think he's one of the best there's playing today i really do seption for the conversion there will be no shutout charlie waters places the ball down the end drills it through the uprights danny white is just hit for his 24th touchdown of the season we'll be back in anaheim in a moment [Music] what a tremendous weekend and we've been talking about the nfc just a reminder again in the afc seven teams are still in the running for the playoff spots none have even qualified for a wild card and you think this playoff system works tonight is the 13th sellout of a 14-game weekend here in the national football league chef dion hits it rams are playing for an onside gig drew hill settles back takes it [Music] and drew hill saving a little wear and tear on the body steps out of bounds at the 19-yard line as your man real help i remind you to stay tuned for abc news nightline 30 minutes after the game tonight but i am with numbers dallas had a quarterback sack in 67 consecutive games they haven't had one tonight is that good with numbers a little give us something to think about yeah bruce joyce my buddy told me that new hill in motion this is wide elemental he just was signed by the rams this week and lydell picks up four yards giving three it'll be second down and seven that's gotta be up nice thing for lydell what do you think the last time he carried a ball maybe two or three months ago well no training camp for the san diego chargers before he was released boy but he was something in baltimore their leading receiver they're leading russia for so many years and of course having played his collegiate football at penn state with franco harris and apparel they must have been second and seven baragamo drills it in complete there's live el mitchell that's his other specialty and he gets the first down out to the 30-yard line and even though they said he was in pretty fair condition when they signed him this past week because of the loss of elvis peacock and wendell tyler he has not really been conditioned for the contact well but they're i think surprised that they're having the opportunity to let him play some tonight i don't think they really were going to use him unless somebody else got hurt but now they can let him play and if they need him against next week he's had a little experience jeff moore 86 willie miller 82 wide receivers for the rams and a break on the left side that was bill bain moving offsides making contact to the rams you know frank one of the things maybe we should point out at this time as we're looking at tony dorsett is it this telecast that we're looking at right now of course it's presented by the authority of the national football league and so therefore it's really intended for the private use of of the audience scotland yeah now any rebroadcast or other use of this telecast without the expressed written written consent of the national football league is prohibited superbly rendered thank you first down 15 false start mike goodman and the rookie from penn state out over the 30 to the 32 yard line you know i like that kid frank which one human newman i think he's got a future in this league you mentioned the game 90 yards last week he's a versatile athlete he's done a lot of things at penn state where lydell of course played his football he was a wing back as a junior he played defense of the freshman tailback finally as a senior to joe paterno second down eight inside handoff we'll look at gooman once again back steps over the tackle of d.d lewis gets out over the 35 close to the 36 it'll be third down and four bruce heather who filled in for bob brunig when bruning had to leave the game made the stop from his middle linebacking position the game is frankly struggling now it's so well in hand but look at this character you don't see that often now that he is good with that yeah talk about something incredible he's planning to become ben green no no yeah i like that one hey meanwhile back at the ranch third down and four dallas showing blitz here they come with it perigamo region tries to get the ball to jeff moore who is going to try and lateral it and nothing happened that's incomplete he didn't try to lateral he just missed it but i will see if that was a good release by let's take a look i'm trying to get it to him no yeah no no that just flipped out of his hands no i don't agree with you gifford's right forgiver is not right that guy can't think that fast i'll guarantee he's out there flips [Music] to keep it away from jones he gets around the bounce and he gets a cowboy bounce and settles in inside the 21-yard line of the dallas cowboys 11 minutes and 11 seconds remain in the game it's been all the rams they lead 38-7 we'll be back the weather here on the west coast at 70 degrees well i point out one other thing again 15 consecutive winning seasons there's only one other team that has a better string of consecutive victories that's the open raiders the best ever in the nfl they have 16. you saw their worst defeats there were five of them i was there for three yours did do your part now that's what i always try to do my fair share first and ten dollars a good draw is a good play no need or set exciting fun to watch gets four to be second and six so we're gonna be in san diego next week and i'm gonna try and get this out but i wanna tell you about pittsburgh you know they can get in even though they've had their problems as a wild card and it's gonna take this kind of a reaction new england has got to lose to new orleans and if cleveland beat cincinnati and houston beats minnesota and the steelers beat san diego wait a minute howard buffalo of course if that all happened cleveland the central oakland the west no matter what happened to the giants by the way houston would be one wild card pittsburgh the other because they would have a 10-6 record like san diego but the first tiebreaker is head-to-head confrontation that would put pittsburgh in the playoffs yeah well there's 500 million chinese that are putting their yin on the chargers okay [Applause] that's his eighth funnel tony door set we just spoke of earlier and the telecast is having a pretty good season as far as holding onto the football this year and of course going over a thousand yards what'd you say i'll tell you one thing we so derek would add a little style of this booth at this point yeah well she only just left the booth i could take a lot of places bo derek would add things too there's one of them garcette able to cover the ball third down and seven ball at the 24 yard line inside handoff door set once again johnny johnson's never seen anybody run right down the sidelines for the first down at the 35 yard line stopping the clock inside 10 minutes johnny johnson was there new roy irvin i think you're right now i'm johnny johnson nobody can move that quickly hey he could get a 100-yard night again tony there's no quit in this team and there's no quitting this man what's this yeah the cowboys throw a statistic at us it's like i think he for the 18 times he's gained a hundred yards they've they wanted the game well they lost one i think that's 18 and one or something better than not make 100. oh we got to keep those records intact those things are important you pierson left tony hill right [Music] that's that ridiculous intended for leroy irving urban the rookie who is on the spot tonight because pat thomas did not play the regular cornerback for the rams that was a sprained ankle and this third round draft pick for kansas has done everything he could be asked to do it's a tough situation for danny to be in nothing's really gone he's trying to get it out there to billy joe to freak leads him a little bit he threw right into a heavy part of that defense they were there leroy happened to be in the best spot pick it up there he is we'll be back here comes brother wild card spot into the playoffs once again tough road to hoe and the rams had the football first down at 10 at their own 47-yard line ferragamo obviously not suffering too much for the ribs because france could bring in pat hayden if they wanted do ferragamo was hurting they keep him in he's pitches out to lydell mitchell lydell mitchell over midfield a gain of about five will be second down in five mike higman they're initially getting help from ed too tall jones and there's pat hayden kid he broke a finger a year ago ferragamo took over the rams took him to the super bowl parrot hayden had won the starting job again this season and the very first game against detroit pat hayden broke a finger ferragamo took over the starting role and feligamo has been dynamite second and five ball at the 48 of the cowboys ball final in motion by del mento who's looking awfully good considering he has had not any contact to speak out well none at all i guess since back in august he gets inside the 45 short of the first down size frank that his knee appears much better he passed the graham's physical exam where he did not pass the giants at that time he had that loose knee and the giants were absolutely justified and rejected yeah loosely he's fitting in better in southern california than they do in new york whatever you say yeah that's not far from wrong yeah a little frosty back there this time of year right you got to lose me in california that's not nearly as bad as having a loose knee in new york third down you saw how much one look at live dale mitchell's great years [Applause] [Music] unbelievable of 374 receptions coming into tonight's game over those eight years nearly 6 600 yards in rushing most of all of that of course accomplished at baltimore i think this whole thing's a trick i think they're trying to set them up for the playoff game mitchell gets the first down rams content to go with most of their backup people except their quarterback ferragamo and that's not fair first down is at the cowboys 42 42-yard line remind you again next monday night san diego and pittsburgh as we close out a regular nfl monday night football season we've had some thrillers danny faust is fun to watch isn't he's got his receivers down there those guys are fun of course i love to watch terry and flint swan yeah he's got a good group mitchell does not hold on incomplete who's either there [Music] absolutely really quick yo he was in las vegas he's from las vegas it is a peewee football team that's a good year 50 percent that's fine doesn't make a difference his peewee football coach was eddie le parent and the quarterback on that peewee team was not glenn corona it was wayne lebaron the coach's son i mean that's when it works politics politics politics he loves eddie though and so do i second down ten mike gooman [Music] put a move on dd lewis that you won't see by any running back very often oh they got him why i love that kid done he can play say you don't do this to d.d lewis well at first they're on the inside there's dutton that goes down i don't know where too tall was dvd there's dd was out there doing something and they got steve wilson coming there and knock him away see gooman gets another ram first down inside the 28 yard line stopping the clock as he steps out of bounds with 722 remaining give me any guy paterno trains any guy [Music] walt arnold the rookie from new mexico in motion verragamo drills one that drew hill cannot handle incomplete i mentioned that totally a moment ago how pittsburgh and i'm sure you don't understand it because i do i'm sure you do i've got it but another thing no matter what oakland does with the giants on sunday san diego is still going to have to beat them to win the western division of the afc well i can tell you right now oakland will do against the giants now you be careful what do the giants do to dallas 38-35 38-35 but dallas wore blue jerseys that day i know second and ten jeff moore the first year man from tennessee mrs mitchell mitchell takes harvey martin for a bit of a ride for a pickup of four [Music] i think the crowd would like for the rams to pour it on even more have met five times in his last seven years in playoff competition dallas has a 3-2 edge but the rams beat them last year in dallas as they went on to ultimately lose to the pittsburgh steelers in the super bowl it's not a big good night for danny what's his heart like the way hamilton go down we talked about that coming over nothing seems to bother him he's very cool he knows there's going to be another day he's a good guy he's also a terrific athlete third and six gilman inside the 20 short of the first down it'll be fourth down dennis thurman defensively there for the cowboys well they ran and he should have come soon yeah but they can also go right if they want to rams keep their kicking unit on the bench on fourth down and a play action pass of course will freeze the linebackers i don't know well they couldn't do it they couldn't punt from here they don't want to go for a field goal that could hurt it could be blocked yeah you have to wonder if tom is thinking about his malavi trying to [Music] [Applause] on foreign that wasn't the same guy that you told me he was trying to make a lateral while ago was it yes i see must have been trying on this one yeah that's that's the thing he learned in practice is you don't catch it you lateral it off to somebody glenn currano has come on the field for the dallas cowboys danny white will get a breather we have 5 40 remaining in the game we'll be back sugar ray leonard roberto duran live in the studio with me friday night no mods no moss no ma torano a second round draft pick four years ago they're playing the role now the danny white played for so many years four years to be exact behind roger subback first play he unleashes with the arm that we have seen in pre-season play and he has got a strong arm he's also got terrific touch maybe maybe a purer passer than his danny white not the all-round athlete does not have the general ship but i'll tell you he bad pickup at six second down and four they've got another kid behind those two huge boom that's right and he can play [Music] dono draw play carver new house down he goes short of the first down gets a couple of yards that's the play i'd call if i was back 37 38-7 third down and two mike fanning who's had a great year for the los angeles rams leading the club in sacks made the stop and there is the man that really sparked a offensive explosion for the rams in the first half i think i think it was on that when they were on their own three-yard line when leroy urban set it up no no not cleveland no no no no oh wait what else but when our third day they got a third down in love and he hit with his coming in the middle and that really just opened it up they took off from there out of the shotgun toronto 6-3 202 pounder gets the ball to jones he does not hold on he would have the first down pretty good little dance step by glenn back there although the ball was thrown a little hard jones maybe could have caught it there was a lot of hot breath on glenn carrano's back he was surrounded by rams and the cowboys will have to turn it over again danny white comes back out and dropping deep a pair of safeties for the rams nolan cromwell who has a little bit of everything anytime the rams want something special on any other team they use nolan cromwell that great athletic skill also back there johnny johnson the rookie first round pick from texas nolan cromwell the fair catch called for and successfully made at the 35-yard line so the rams will have first and ten have all of their own 35-yard line if you look at doug france [Applause] ah got tough congestion on the part of ray malvesy he's not putting pat hayden in the ball game with the rams on top 38-7 a lot of controversy centered around the quarterback duel out here but there can't really be much of a controversy ferragamo has had a great year pat hayes has had his own successes with the rams but the injuries last year and this year has given ferragamo the opportunity he's made the most of it but this is bob lee former minnesota viking quarterback who heads off now to mike gooman who really wasn't playing last year when hayden was hurt the rams picked him up and he actually performed very well for the rams last year in a couple of key games there's a group what's easy when you win big yeah it is enjoy guys why not you really deserve it you know bob lee had some good years in atlanta too frank sure did he was traded to atlanta and then atlanta traded him back to minnesota well he had that great victory over a then unbeaten minnesota team fran will never forget it lee had a great night that passed to tommy garady and the robert e lee they had him in atlanta that's a good place for him newman got one second down to nine here comes lydell mitchell says wait a minute he runs into mike hegman he gets to the line of scrimmage last set third down and nine there is a football player there's a football player now smile nolan come on nice looking guy he picked up his eighth interception the way they grow him in kansas frank what did you say what was the interception record for the cowboys is it 25 i don't have it of course well therefore i'm going to ask eddie lebaron 25 back in 1960. that's going to bring that up ready baron he was just kite at the atlanta falcons for their first divisional title ever if you'd seen the team we had in 1960 it wouldn't be bad to bring up right off the line of scrimmage drop for a loss as a matter of fact we'll see the turning unit now for los angeles rams as we head down towards the two-minute warning that's irving and rod perry and oh both of those guys have had a heck of a night they're a very intercepted one and leroy urban has been kind of a hot spot played good defensively yeah has set a cowboy punt return yardage record here's frank corral and we've got the two-minute warning is the rams just let it run down contented happy about the situation they're in the playoffs as a wild card cowboys must try next week tonight statistician jerry klein had his eyeballs spinning like a top in the first half they can do just about no wrong and on fourth down frank corral will punt james jones has positioned himself with the cowboys 25 yard line i still think that's stat about no quarterback sacks they had 67 straight games where they got at least one they've gotten none tonight low kick by corral jones and it sets up for jones and he gets out to the 45-yard line for the special unit of the rounds closes down headed by jeff delaney then toronto had a great pre-season did glenn coronel there is some pressure as a matter of fact even though danny white had been the backup man for so many years to the great rogers saw back to go with carano but danny white of course you cannot fault the year he's at also i don't think tom was giving a play i think he was saying glint if danny does this again the job is yours he does things like that oh no he wouldn't say that no i'm teasing first down to ten 45-yard line of the dallas cowboys jack young bud with a little pressure and knocked up in the air a lot of rams were around it but nolan cromwell couldn't come up with it it was carl ecker number 55 who got a big ball on it there they are and of course the only spot not clinched at least the only division not clinched is the dallas cowboys and the philadelphia eagles they'll get it on down in dallas next week and of course as we mentioned several times tonight it goes to the fifth tiebreaker we won't repeat all the the other four but it goes down to the tiebreaker that says that the rams would have to win by 26 points jack youngblood and boy the dallas cowboys would have to win by 26 and frank boy i'll tell you that one is a great football player and he is shaken up you got to hope that that guy's not hurt badly because he really is a key no contact made the rams back on side second and ten toronto fire is complete after the 45 yard line taken by jay it's saldi little bit short of a first down now they mark it right at the 45 that should be good enough for a first well at least they should have measured it well why johnny johnson i want to tell you that was a great play even though it didn't hold it what timing what anticipation as good as you can be well one of the things that the defensive backs have at this time of the game is they have a certain sort of security they don't start the game off with you know that's true i mean they could go for those things that was a good play but johnny but hey they don't have anything to learn i mean anything to lose that's jack young blood looks like they're going over his ankle knee that could be trouble hey he played the player last year with a broken fibula that's the point not with young blood that man is unbelievable fourth an inch is corrado who was quite a running quarterback when he played at the university of nevada las vegas gets the first down i'm worried that a minute remaining in the game now our buddy jared klein just handed me up another good throw complete this is drew pearson andrew pearson down to the 17-yard line another dallas cowboys first down the rams have totaled 519 yards total offense tonight now the most yards dallas has ever allowed was 527 yards in 1962. saint louis you're right a game called hard idea too many men on the field is what the call was the rams had too many men on the field and they had a backwards for a moment and we'll check those game films they could have had too many men on the field all night long maybe that's what it is apparently they did that's what i remember dwayne thomas saying when somebody asked him you are very fast cowboys take the game apparently the first down is the rams 17-yard line well apparently the ones they had on the field did the job tonight 54 seconds for me [Applause] rams showing safety blitz now they drop out of there [Music] [Applause] firing in the corner of the end zone intended for tony hill and did coverage there by lucia smith the rookie from cal state australia the rams have emptied their bench clock stopped at 48 seconds down at 10 the ball for 17 yard line admitting that dallas is a truly great football organization and that man is a truly great football coach third best that ever did it they have been embarrassed tonight but they need not be ashamed they played a team tonight that was almost frenzied in its intention we got a perfect game planned and they have played brilliant so i salute the rams tonight cowboys the same team to beat the open raiders a week ago toronto no chance he was going down trying to get the ball off incomplete that's a pretty good reaction for a quarterback he was going down frank he did throw the ball away but at least in an area that he's not going to be called for grounding the ball it's not bad boy this is something to say figure that out i'm going with the 500 million chinese are really involved in this national football league they don't want to get into it all if it didn't then we determined that not any of those teams however has a lock that's right boy it is really come down to the final week third down and 10. [Music] again feeling the pressure of the passport had to unleash it and down he goes blitz johnson the intended receivers fourth down coming up nolan cromwell back there defensively that's your life for your basic nfl quarterback hello he says though i know you from somewhere he does now yep again the rams thinking not at all about the run they have just unleashed everyone that was phil murphy a rookie from south carolina state he's a pretty large fellow 6'5 and 280. [Music] fourth and ten [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] johnson but what a great pass by columbus was a good pro quite over nolan cromwell touchdown dallas i hope toronto doesn't get fined for his jersey being out yeah that's that's a nice thing that's the pride of this deed fourth down and ten the kid does have a good arm and he does have good touch he drills the ball in you see some rams there cromwell is one of them and i love butch johnson as a player a great key play man that's that prize well they're a terrific team we've talked about their record which is terrific and they will be in the playoffs they're already in the playoffs and they may win the division i doubt if they'll beat philadelphia 26 points they may not even beat philadelphia but at least they're going to be in the playoffs puts it through the uprights [Applause] [Music] i mentioned also that he not only was a great pastor but he rushed for a lot of yardage and a bunch of touchdowns at the university of nevada las vegas frank the night is running out it's been a remarkable performance by the rams but we can't let this night go and i must talk personally here about one of the remarkable man i've ever known in sport he died over the weekend at the age of 51. so many memories so much dignity so much class the home run against don nukem in the 55 world series the remarkable hitting against the bucks in the 60 world series the most valuable player in the american league in 1963 the yankees with so much class still in that ball club but how they miss elston howard and of course thurman we're all going to miss him a great man on side kick attempt had to travel to 10 yards rams all over the football they were of course anticipating that 27 seconds remaining in the game like our spotter steve bazica also tonight who here in the lofty heights of anaheim stadium has been stretching his eyeballs considerably tonight and a reminder we'll be in san diego next monday night san diego in the pittsburgh steeler and there'll be much on the line in that one well eight yards and they will have set the record for most yards gained against the dallas defensive team in the history and they're just going to plop on it they'll use the quarterback they get into their popping offense [Music] [Applause] now they're going to lose a yard there final seconds ticking off great victory for the los angeles rams [Applause] tom landry will be busy this week under fire i really don't know whether he is or not but he has moved to the playoffs for the third time in three years as a head coach of los angeles rams of course the cowboys are already there once again the final score on tanzania's 38th the dallas cowboys 14. and remember to stay tuned for abc news nightline 30 minutes after the game 11 30 on the west coast over most of these abc stations our blip has been provided by the goodyear tire and rubber company travel arrangements paid through and a promotional fee paid by the united airlines united buys more people to hawaii than any other airline that's what friendly skies are all about this has been a presentation of abc sports recognized around the world as the leader of sports television we'll see you in san diego next monday night with the steelers

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