1981 Week 14 - Pittsburgh at Oakland

with him is arthur whittington both dangerous return men for oakland they can play it ever so loose tonight for the pittsburgh steelers well they have to be just a little tight but they have been playing superb football over the past few weeks we're underway this will be arthur whittington and down the sideline goes whittington out over the 35-yard line hit there by mel blunt and let's take a look at the offensive unit of the oakland raiders led by mark wilson last week against seattle down by 21 points in the third quarter wilson got control of this offensive team to win 32-31 he was 20 at 33 three touchdowns and 218 yards living up to the promise that he gave as a senior at brigham young pittsburgh steelers will alternate their defensive units in a little different fashion that you have become used to over the years as they open now with the 4-3 against mark wilson the motion man is bob chandler and our first down wilson with a lot of time strong arming it out to cliff branch and branch comes down with it with us a great catch of the 28-yard line working against mel blunt from the premier quarterback that's the key match up you're going to see tonight when oakland goes to the air even when blunt was young as you look at it in iso he had trouble handling branch now blood has trouble almost against anyone in one-on-one coverage and branch is still one of the best so watch this all night tonight part of the oakland game plan 27-yard line 38-yard pickup and the crowd is immediately on their feet [Applause] eric jensen 31 this is kenny king however 33 those are your setbacks for the oakland raiders of about a yard it'll be second down and nine that's your defensive unit bob scores good pass rusher along with john goodman they are two second year men the linebackers or maybe jack lambert is having the best year of his eight-year career just playing great in the middle linebacking position leaving the club in tackles tied for the lead with five interceptions number 58 jack lambert will see him all over the field tonight second down to nine again wilson with all the time in the world bubbles of football and is taken by the pittsburgh steelers [Applause] juggling with the football jackhammer he is always around the football john goodman was the guy frank could knock that one loose he had plenty of time to throw i think the steelers let down for a little bit they were let's take another look and we'll see what i'm talking about good time there on the outside you'll see coors try to make a move and here comes goodman number 95 big right hand in there and knocks it loose and ham as you mentioned is right there close to the ball always mark wilson a big target and goodman was there ham recovers and the pittsburgh steelers have the football their own 19-yard line we'll need to steal his offense for the line of scribby he has 21 touchdown passes on the year but eight of those 21 touchdown passes have come in the last three games the handoff is the franco harris that's a yard hit there by matt millen there's terry bradshaw earlier in the year he had his problems he was having his troubles he wanted to go deep chuck though wanting to keep it short he finally said chuck you call the plays but now they are back to sharing the play calling duties head coach chuck noll and terry bradshaw as long as swan and stalwart the healthy pittsburgh has super bowl championship dreams when they're not another story there they are bottom of your screen the two wide receivers this is sydney thornton making another start tonight for an injured frank collard mike hollard had won that job after sydney thornton in the opening game against kansas city up four times and frank pollard became a starter so he damaged his day a couple of weeks ago and thornton gets a couple third down and a long six for 22. now the three wide receivers and we talk often of swann and stallworth but jim smith who comes in as the third wide receiver is also a gifted one third down long six the ball just inside the 23-yard line where's the star where the pass that could have been caught even though it was low and the steelers will bring on their punting units dandy it seems to me there are some interesting human interest stories here tonight that's one right right there he came in woefully overweight to training this year he was on the chicken circuit all year long after the cinderella year of a year ago and finally they had no choice but to bench him in favor of young wilson there's ted watts the rookie first round draft pick from texas tech for oakland awaiting the kick of craig copeland has to hurry to get it off it takes a pittsburgh steeler bounce and continues to bound inside the 30-yard line not a good kick the culprit gets a lot out of it as it rolls to the 25-yard line 53-yard effort by the end over-end kick of great culprit and oakland will have possession once again at their 25-yard line back into the raider huddle brings the oakland raiders up to the line of scrimmage at the 25-yard line second possession for oakland guinea king left side king is better by jack lambert there will be a loss of a yard he reads that one didn't he stepped in behind that pulling guard and he was right in the oakland backfield he is so quick technique that the middle linebacker has really truly they said back there they key off with a different flat back sometimes and sometimes they key off the guards but you he just stepped right in there that time caught him behind the line of scrimmage good move in intensity that's what he plays with isn't it intensity in france split far to the left is the exception of the opening play of the game was his 400th career reception [Music] and that is it it'll be third down and near 10 yards as chuck noll talks it over terry bradshaw [Music] who came in 1969 after a career with the cleveland browns tutored under sid gilman and don schula his first season back in 69 1 and 13. changed to all that he turned it around they won four super bowls during his tenure six of the last seven super bowls frank have been won by these two teams that'll tell you something only dallas and 77 intervene against denver mark wilson third and long again a lot of time almost picked off by mel blunt and why didn't he that looked like he had plenty of time to pick that one up right in front of derrick ramsey and blunt could have been in the end zone with a back problem he has been in traction twice in the last two weeks nevertheless he is an athlete and a tough one indeed didn't practice all week frank before the game it took him about six minutes and then he seemed to have the rhythm again larry anderson you see fine return man for the steelers he's at the 35-yard line of the steelers the steelers should have good field position this one does not turn over anderson lets it bounce and it takes up pittsburgh bounce and goes out of bounds near the 41-yard line so the steelers with their second possession will be in fine field position following a 34-yard effort by ray guy we'll be back in a multi a win tonight by the steelers and they will be one game behind cincinnati and they play them at home next sunday on first and ten brad jaws back bradshaw a lot of times star wars is there and he does not hold on i think that's two passes that is very uncharacteristic of stallworth but he could have caught the one another third down pass that one was right the numbers threw over lester hayes it was the perfectly thrown ball reverse angle look at this we'll see terry of course had good time to throw you'll never see a better one either look at that ball it just sits right in there that is what i see whoa that is right there over the only thing terry didn't do is catch it for you that's right well johnny will come back and make one for him that's the way you swap those things out you know you throw one high or low and behind them and they'll catch one of those they say okay we're even cool night 55 degrees second down and 10. the steelers at their own 41-yard line gets out of the traffic and moves up over the 45 to the 46-yard line it'll be third down and about four rod martin is having a great year defensively for the oakland raiders who've been troubled by so many injuries made to stop that's an example that time of how when you have blitzing linebackers they over blit to overrun the situation they hit thornton couldn't bring him down didn't really see the ball there he stumbled around and broke through there were no linebackers to knock him up juan goes right with stalwart out to the left is jim smith the single setback sydney thornton bradshaw has the time once again going for swan almost one hands it oh what an interception by [Music] oh no give it to it that was too good had 18 interceptions a year ago counting his postseason he's only had two this year and they've been very discouraged but lester hayes has been beaten maybe a little bit more this year not a bad here by lynn either donald trump yeah the ball was thrown over the other side he tries to grab it lester hayes was behind it great concentration isn't it you got to give that to him he saw the ball on the ground oh boy man he caught that ball what are you talking about if he did we had a scoop is that what you're going to say well we have that fourth down with craig culkwood funny that was an interception ted watts standing at his 13-yard line hopefully looking for the sideline hangs it high instead fair catch called four and executed at the 11-yard line but the rookie from texas tech i can't believe you look at a player like watts drafted by the oakland raiders they still think he's going to be a great player defensive back let's look at it from the reverse angle dandy frank liam did make a terrific adjustment he the ball he was looking over his other shoulder all right let's see he's got the ball up hey i've got it right there what are you talking he has control of that thing no he brought him up he dropped well i didn't see that that's a wonderful thing about the reverse angle see that's where we got that stuff this year first down oakland at their 11 yard line jerry jensen left side no yarding this is another place where the raiders have been hurt with an injury their great pullback mark van egan has missed much of the saints he's on into reserve with a knee problem derrick jensen has under 400 yards filling in for van eagan point i was going to make an inside point there was disagreement in the oakland camp whether draft watts or chris collinsworth the great receiver now with cincinnati now today davis wishes they had drafted collinsworth though he still believes in what second down and nine good play here kenny king around the right side gets a tremendous block out in front and kenny king is out for a first down near the 25-yard line donnie shell defensively there for the steelers good block out in front by derrick jensen number 31. the good offensive formation you'll see a guy go in motion pittsburgh's defense didn't make the adjustment there's no one out there lead blocker does come back out on him makes a terrific lock kenny king is out there that was not a bad plot and not a bad tackle by donnie schell marty just inside the 25 yard line first down at 10 the open raiders kenny king left side piled up it's a yard a yard and a half jack damn the bottom of that pile and as usual jack lambert in on the effort now they'll mark it close to the 27 so it'll be second down along seven three but jack cam there and as frank said on jack hamm's first play when he recovered the mark wilson fumble always around the ball ham 11 years ted hendricks 13 years another of the human interest stories involving these two teams second down [Music] jensen to the outside and inside that's to out there right at the line of scrimmage the good defensive reads that time by lambert who apparently saw something with studying films knew exactly where that play was going you could see him turn around and yell to his defensive teammates and they got over there to hurry what a tough cookie that man is not that big either six four 220. doesn't look like your middle level got long skinny legs just kind of seems to get them going at the right place at the right time time remaining in the first quarter we have no score it's third down and six oakland near their own 28-yard line kenny king is in motion and mark wilson is back good time to throw and is wide open and it's bob chandler not gifted with all that speed but boy can he work a cornerback and particularly if he gets isolated on a one-on-one as he was there man suffered a ruptured spleen in the opening game of the year as you look at it and replay against denver a game that oakland still thinks it was robbed of because up church was called inbounds when oakland thought he was out of bounds on a critical catch denver won that game nine to seven and they lost chandler and there was no way they could it's a miracle on his back playing first down and ten oakland started after 11 they worked their way to their own 40-yard line wilson again with all the time in the world and this time going to branch branch was covered out there by mel blunt also dropping back robin cole number 56 it'll be second down and 10. what a remarkable record this young man had at brigham young he said 11 ncaa college records at one point don i think you'll find this interesting he had seven straight 300 yard gains let's see they do a lot of they do that at freaking yeah they've got something working up there what about mcmahon well i'll try this one he had 511 yards for the game against utah yeah i like that one even better maybe that's awfully hard to do they do that to utah i guess second down and ten kenny king blockers out in front see their defense formidable harvest ball comes loose we get the indication that the raiders are back on top of it a big tight end derrick ramsey [Music] and the steelers last three wins the defense has accounted for 12 interceptions five fumbles and sacked enemy quarterbacks nine times they've been playing pretty good ball these last three games third down in eight mark wilson pitches two wide receivers cliff branch 21 bob chandler through the bottom of the screen looks like he's landed up all sides wilson again with all the time finds chandler candle has the first down he's inside the 35 online bottles the ball this time the steelers come up with it the house of the half jt thomas put the hit on chandler let's do critical fumbles by oakland which came into this game a fired up team but you can't give the ball away here's the end zone replay done this is not an indication of what pittsburgh's been doing in the last few weeks they're giving him plenty of time to throw wide open over the middle couldn't stay within that long you'll see him trying to come in behind the ball drops out right there jump on it jump on it there you go you got it dwayne woodruff that took it really out of the hands of mel blunt and we have an injured steeler down [Music] the medical crew of the steelers we'll be back in oakland just the raiders have turned it over twice both times in steeler territory fumbled by the quarterback mark wilson and now bob chandler has topped it up first and tried with steelers inside the 35-yard line sydney thornton in motion this is frank o'hara cutting back against the grave so [Music] tell you frank if that man's out for any period of time they're not the same team no way dennis winston can replace him i think maybe as much not even as as far as his ability howard but i think it's just the uh the presence that he has earned as being the leader of that defensive unit that's the thing that's tough when you lose that leader people are looking around and say well wait a minute who's going to do this and lambert's been always been the guy that comes up with the big plays and keeps him in line he calls those defenses out there he is an emotional player and he gives the entire defensive unit a goose second down and six michael harris came up to talk to me on the field before the game he said i'm so happy here you have no idea why wouldn't he be traded away by the jets originally a number one draft choice he suddenly blossomed out with oakland part of a super bowl winner they got him for a third a six-rounder effect a year ago unbelievable third down long for bradshaw jim smith in he's of course the third wide receiver there was a blitz and a hook up [Applause] well they ruled it incomplete i thought he had that one for a moment i thought he had made one of them back from seriously i made one of these great catches we've seen him make so many good ones through the years you can't expect him to catch anything close the offense for pittsburgh has not been able to put anything together so far bradshaw now oh or four and you could say the three of them were not his fault copeland and there's ted watts once again averaging just under eight yards per return replaced ira matthews who was released earlier in the year as a return man for oakland oakland takes it to the right here comes ted watts and down goes ted watts hustling down there number 29 ron johnson 41-yard punt in oakland's offensive unit comes back out onto the field and they'll be operating from inside their 25-yard line final word tom flores to mark wilson the chorus game and a very important game for the pittsburgh steelers here in oakland we have 433 remaining in the first quarter the opening raiders led by young mark wilson now the first down and ten the ball just over the 24-yard line wilson making his eighth start tonight he won four and lost three of his previous seven games will drop once again coming out of the backfield kenny king doesn't hold on the ball thrown slightly behind him now as a setback for hilton raiders we have rookie frank hawkins in there from the university of nevada at reno he's a 10th round draft victim he's been quite a surprise the clc greenwood and joe green back in there is one of the changes i think howard you were alluding to earlier they've seen so many things that have happened on these two teams but they're playing spot play now rather than starting and i think it's not a bad idea because both of them have some good football left in them they're trying to get a pass rush they haven't had one tonight jack lambert also back in the lineup so he's all right second down and ten [Music] [Applause] all over mark wilson joe green was in there but the real strength was coming from gary dunn who has been the leading sacker for the steelers who by the way have really turned that statistic around they only had 18 a year ago tonight with 31. that's the 32nd of the year frank that is an interesting statistic because last year everybody said that was really the big telltale sign of that defensive unit in general on the defensive line in particular they couldn't get a fast run they leave the league in interceptions but they're getting those sacks too that's what you said a moment ago don out goes elsie greenwood joe green bc and griffin back in third down long yardage wilson wilson finds cliff france he drops the football he came way back to try to pick up that one from 10 yards down the field hit him in the hands and dropped it wouldn't have gained much anyway we're seeing some of the best receivers of football having a private time holding onto the ball tonight they're playing dropsy except for bob chandler he's kind of a magician anyway great guy again he's averaging over 44 yards on the season but again he has been troubled the past couple of weeks there's larry anderson the dealer's 40 yard line they're anticipating good field position he doesn't turn over and anderson has time he does not have the fair catch at the raider special team hustling down corrals anderson down around the 47-yard line i'll remind you saturday all this saturday you'll find it right here on abc dealers again have good field position the ball inside their own 48-yard line fractal has to go to frank o'hara and harris is inside oakland territory near the 47 for a gain of five he's in the arms this is the third time brad shaw's had good field position you can't expect any defense to keep containing bradshaw and the team with the receivers of pittsburgh forever there's jack lambert effort however for the steelers the ball at the 47-yard line of the raiders is craig hawthorne and hawthorne has a first down close to the 40-yard line hit there by rod martin that's the only that's only the 17th attempt for this number one draft pick from baylor 40 years ago seven yards on the floor a lot of nagging injuries in his young career did that so did hawthorne thornton was the one that really dropped it first down steelers inside oakland's 41-yard line still no score first quarter winding down frank o'hare's to check off man again and this time he lose rob martin stays in bounds and works his way short of a first down to the 33-yard line where he's taken by monty jackson unusual play by martin that time who is not one of the bigger linebackers but he usually has great position he does have good speed that time just left himself a little bit out of position the fall was completed he missed the time as frank earlier noted martin's having a remarkable year he's got 10 sacks hendricks was the sack leader a year ago scratch things out with hawthorne and franco harris now he looks over a second down and about two and a half hawthorne big opening in the middle and hawthorne works his way to the 17-yard line before burgess owens makes the stop it's a steeler first down and the steelers are on a drive got him a good pack defense had a little quick trap up in the middle not even an audible that time see the lead block left guard coming in on the inside makes a nice move opens it up and there he goes we probably should have noted for the steelers offensive line elkin has replaced larry brown that's greg woopley that made that block for elkin [Music] quick count on first down bradshaw oh yeah fires and it's complete and there will be another first down at the six yard line as john stalwart stops the clock he's working them over now the pittsburgh steelers are on a roll the early going dominated by oakland fumbles two of them really wrecked them up there's the iso on stallworth terry had a little difficulty in getting this ball off had some pressure had to kind of hold it down a little bit let the defensive man jump and kind of really threw it around and hold the money again that reception for stallworth now he's caught at least one pass in 60 consecutive games first down goal to go greg hawthorne hawthorne hammering and struggling inside the five-yard line it'll be second down a goal to go fumbled by wilson on the 20 a fumbled by chandler on the 35 both in pittsburgh territory stopped the early oakland drive now it's pittsburgh seconds ticking off you're in the first quarter 20 seconds remaining and i'd like to note we have had no penalty flags russell davis 45 greg hawthorne 27 those just set back dogs back to safety blitz holding onto the ball is benny cunningham who's having his best year by far he threw that ball right through the hands of fergie's always burgess always had a better position to catch that that benny cunningham did cunningham had to catch it he did how's that following rifled out might have given him a concussion had he not caught it and bradshaw doing all of that is otis mckinney was on the safety blitz right in his face here's david trott he's brought the thrill back to the extra point for the seniors he's missed seven this year [Music] look and crowd is successful and a sigh of relief escapes the steeler bench they've got him listed at five six and i think they're stretching it [Applause] here comes otis mckinney right on your left he's right in his face down all right then this is the reverse angle he'll jump up then look at terry rifle the ball and here's purges owen and burger says i can't believe the ball got there that quickly and it just went right between him right over his head the ball was smoking yeah benny says i'm just gonna catch it i don't care what you think that was the 36th reception of the year the best cunningham has ever done in the past was 36 in 79 and his third touchdown of the year he's playing up to the potential that they thought he had when he came up six years ago the number one draft pick that heaviest burden in life great potential then he's trying to do it dropping deep willis under 38 chester willis the rookie from auburn also back there whittington number 22. here's tiny david trout will be kicking from his own 30-yard line the reasons they kept trapped exactly was to get that ball into the into the end zone and the gun sounds ending the first quarter how do you know what i was going to say because it was self-evident maybe i shouldn't have said it at all i mean everybody must have done that it's possible after you see the same team i get your same players it's all yes it's late in the year what kind of car yeah well they had matt barr there and court matt was being a kind of a hometown they ripped me to penn state fella some were quite surprised they let him go and can't trust time for the first quarter has expired we will change sides and re-kick five-yard penalties good idea jim jim free tonight the first time we've heard from him we don't have anything against it we just hope we don't hear from anybody then here in oakland the pittsburgh cedars leading seven to nothing has decided received from this end kickoff will be from the 30-yard line he's a pistol left honey he makes speeches all over the country colorful character knows his business inside out that's the best part he likes of his job is being able to stand out in the middle of stadiums with 75 feet and have a microphone and talk to us he's the showboat why not willis 38 in whittington 22 or deep for oakland this time david trout hammers the deep to the five-yard line following the penalty and hustling down there number 30 was larry anderson and oakland drops out of the field let's take a look at the stats from the first quarter they'll have possession at their 27-yard line all right there they are you see how even they are in most areas except for yards passing and that's largely the long one from wilson the cliff branch and the early going the real difference the two turnovers i've mentioned the fumble by wilson the fumble by chandler which took the momentum away from oakland and pittsburgh finally fulfilled on field position dennis winston 53 defensively now for lambert for the steelers wilson back on first down strong arm and blunt and branch go at it again incomplete that's the match-up we talked about earlier and both mel blunt and donny shell who used to be superb on one-on-one coverage when they're younger no longer are and they can be taken advantage of they are still both great hitters particularly shell you can see by branch coming back that the vault although thrown a long way was still underthrown maybe about four yards had he been able to get it four or five more yards cliff branch with his speed could possibly have accelerated and caught that one he did have a step or two on mel blood second down in ten the raiders they're on 27 yard line here comes the blitz and there goes wilson buried back near the 20-yard line the steelers with their second sack of the night i think that's one of the things young quarterbacks have to learn is how to handle the pressure he didn't have that much pressure that time they got close and he tucked it under his arm and said okay i'm gonna go down with it as time goes on the more he plays he'll be able to get into more of a rhythm and get those passes off just as he's getting hit but dandy hits the nub of it his problem is in reading defenses and he becomes tentative an experience will change that he who hesitates he's lost somebody once said and that applies to quarterbacks that you're facing a bliss you were great handling the blitz third down 16 21 yard line there's nobody blessing that sound this time and the steelers get another turnover they'll be at the 27-yard line that is a 50-second career interception for this man mel blunt who started his 104th consecutive game tonight and that's ties jack butler's all-time stealer record of 52 interceptions this is where the users say look how much time he has to throw no wonder it's completed he got wired in trying to come over here to this side i'm sure in their scouting report they probably aren't trying to go after blood he was trying to hit kenny king that time but this threw the ball uh should not have thrown that ball 17-yard line great field position once again play action brad john scrambles looks to john fowler incomplete jerry may have been hit a little bit there looks like he's holding his arm down there still a little scattering around and ted hendricks gave him quite a shot hendrix will give anyone quite a shot there he is the defensive player of the year a year ago could beat you every single way a free spirit not your typical linebacker in the dick butkus sense a guy who's allowed to go on his own sort of rover fashion and college ball you're not calling dick buck it's a difficult land by the way no but a pure linebacker in the sense of what a linebacker is supposed to be the ones we've seen more often enough second down and ten hawthorne hawthorne taken by dave browning on a fine defensive play and the losses all the way back to the 34-yard line it will be third and long there's the man with the head mel blunt that was his 52nd career interception at times as you see the steal a record jack butler was a kid i played with an expansion theme down in dallas in 1960. he was related what a back he was saying that's where he went yeah i didn't know that he was some defensive back you know what he does now frank no he's with the steel organization i know he's assumed a lot scouting i believe and we may see malone coming in the only other quarterback that the streeters have is bradshaw was shaken [Music] for x-rays he was holding his right hand he was hit by ted hendricks on a scramble a couple of plays ago mark malone has come into the game to see there's only other quarterback keep in mind that cliff stout suffered a broken arm four weeks ago and here's mark malone we know he's a fine athlete he started against seattle a few weeks ago and set a steelers record but he started as a wide receiver and scored a 90-yard touchdown pass 6-4 223 pounds out of arizona state where he was a running and passing quarterback third down 17. and the loan will be sacked by dave browning an auspicious start and the sailors who started at the 27-yard line of oakland they are now at the 44-yard line i suggest that was a tremendous series for oakland the pittsburgh school would have had him deep in the well and nothing worse could have happened to pittsburgh than what happened to that fellow terry bradshaw fourth down and coke wood is on arthur whittington has dropped for the raiders as we see bradshaw once again and again we will get word as quickly as possible [Music] there's whittington at the 17-yard line by whittington and oakland will have possession here in the second quarter they trail seven to nothing doing so first down at ten the oakland raiders have all of their own 17-yard line bob chandler in motion this is kenny king king finds an opening down the sideline donnie yard line it was frank hawkins the rookie from the university of nevada had reno leading the way for kenny king let's watch it again well you got winston in the middle so there's not lambert coming out there but he also tied up jack hamm that time see him tried to arm tackle didn't quite get a good shot at him and donnie shell had to come and knock him out of bounds good blocking that time by the oakland offensive line you get king in the open he can kill you near the 35-yard line first and ten open king again this time they close it down joe green there first for the steelers gary down and bob coors helping out this game in some ways frank is a reflective of that tremendous game between these two teams of a year ago pittsburgh got off early bradshaw injured his hand and then oakland came on plunkett having the cinderella year they won it 45-34 and from then on they stormed to the super bowl second down and 10. the single setback hawkins the rookie becomes a pressure on wilson and hangs it high kenny king with deep battling with linebacker lawrence it'll be third down and long let me tell you something if kenny had gotten around saved they would have had it all the way looks like he pulled up a little bit for some reason or another mark wilson threw it deep kenny kane didn't make that adjustment art whittington checks in now for oakland as kenny king on the long pass pattern gets a breather on the sidelines putting to number 22 fourth year man out of assembly southern methodist university yes got him a good education you can be sure that third down a little more than nine yards for the first nobody's there winning turn again a drop pass arthur [Music] and that'll bring up fourth down and we'll see ray guy again as arthur whittington and all probability would not have been able to pick up the first down but he would have been close larry anderson settles deep for the steelers back at his 25-yard line it's a fourth drop pass of mark wilson anderson great guy high booming kick fair catch call for the 25-yard line by anderson [Music] 40-yard effort by ray guy who very obviously is struggling with the back problem questions prior to tonight's activities hands off to sydney portland the first and ten raiders storming all over sydney thornton the progress was marked after a pickup of a couple noticed mckinney came up with the football and some of his bigger friends really hammered otis mckinney out of the pileup and now in comes mike davis he was another one of the heroes from a year ago that has missed much of this season with an ankle injury remember the tight safety remember the cleveland game final seconds ticking off mike davis with the interception he is a great football tonight it's so good to be back he's big he's great on forcing the run he's 6-3 2-10 thornton got a couple his second down and eight crowd doesn't like it and now flash is dropped by one of the officials the time has expired the 30-second clock and already you're seeing the problems with young mark malone and be a delay a game he'll walk off five [Applause] [Applause] [Music] see they stopped with the field clock started with 20 seconds rather than the allotted 30. doesn't like that either [Music] so on the replay second down and eight and the ball inside the 28-yard line for the pittsburgh shooters they leave seven and i think with a little more than 11 minutes remaining in the first half malone looks it out to hawthorne makes the reception but he'll lose three yards in the process they're really banging in there 72 73 actually there were three of them in there including 50th the raid is putting all kinds of pressure on the young quarterback well the big defensive end six eight 285 pounder is working against church milken who is in the lineup because of the injury to larry brown robinson mark third and long once again for mark malone basically a rookie of his quarterback spot hawthorne pins and spins right into the arms of dave browning it'll be fourth down in the crowd fences the steelers are something less than super bowl quality without terry bradshaw howard long also in on that tackle rookie from villanova and a second round draft pick that's been quite a pleasant surprise for the raiders the last man from villanova you think jerry bradshaw away from the offense and jack lambert from the defense pittsburgh is not the same team he basic heart and soul folkwood hits it waiting for it arthur whittington and there's a scramble for the ball and whittington is taken all the way back to the 19-yard line as he overran the ball anthony washington was down there [Music] so oakland what about good field position up around the 35 or 37 now they'll be inside their own 20 when we come back to oakland mark wilson he's had four drop passes first down and 10. the ball just inside opens 20 yard line following that air by return man arthur whittington wilson the tight end derek ramsey taken there by dwayne woodruff but ramsey a really fine athlete works his way out of trouble and gets her first content out of the 31-yard line let's pause five seconds and allow our stations to identify the side with gary ramsey's 43rd reception of the year he's having a fine year pittsburgh on top 7-0 frank hawkins a rookie from the university of nevada in reno hawkins has been kind of a pleasant surprise for him had him a year ago cut him brought him back not too tall about 225 pounds has had a couple of good good games going for it they're not the same team though without mark van eagan who's done inches reserved in the meantime frank called ramsey a fine athlete he is all of that more he was the quarterback at kentucky as he grows into the tight end position they'll become a great on second down at six here's kenny king down goes kenny king in the arms of robin cole struggling for about a yard a yard and a half it'll be third down and three i mean cole's not one of those top draft choices the steelers brought in outstanding linebacker got all the things they really liked the good athletes the quickness that time you know they've been playing a little well some different defenses this year and robin cosby one of the guys that's figured in it noah was criticized a little bit he says you're trying to stick to the old kinds of defenses and you're not getting it done and he has made some adjustments for the three-man fronts a lot of linebackers coming in six packs robin cole plays a very strong role in that new defensive look from pittsburgh they're down three wilson back wilson complete ball going out to bob chandler times it out perfectly gets the first down up at the 47-yard line you know i've heard a lot of reasons or possibilities is why there is parody in the league we discussed it last thursday in houston i heard one tonight that made a little bit of sense al casao came in with oakland for a long time he says that the change in the offensive blocking room and may have had anything to it because the offensive lineman are able to push and they have to hit anybody they're giving a better protection therefore they're moving it down and they're causing these things to be more equal hawkins and rookie bangs close to another first down down around the 42-yard line and i do believe that pittsburgh is really feeling the impact of having jack lambert out of middle linebacker i think it's the key they're coming right out at the middle is right they haven't run in the middle all night until never went away it especially showed on that early a dash of kenny king's done called attention to it winston was all tied up well what what's wrong with them is there anybody who's got a report if there is such a thing yeah can you have a loud one that's right that's what they said gifford had when bed narrative at the beginning it was mild in the beginning mellow there uh funny situation uh several times while i was playing here you really don't quite you know you're here but you're not quite sure why okay jack lambert's going through that right now 42-yard line first and ten oakland they trail seven to nothing wilson again with good protection looks over the middle and he gets the big tight end derrick ramsey and ramsey battles his way to another first down near the 30-yard line i tell you i like that kid you keep watching him through the years to come it's going to be a super tight end dirk winston's the one that's frustrated again you see number 53 dropping back into kind of that middle zone area again though he's really getting a good time good move that time by wilson to move out outside winston made the hit missed him a little bit was able to grab a foot hold on but he's not pleased with his pass cover the first down inside the 31-yard line of the steelers and here comes kenny king breaks back and breaks the tackle in doing so gets himself three yards it'll be second down and seven i think he might have done a little better than that frank might have picked up four good running effort on his part because it really wasn't there's a real good hole that they made a cut just at the right time mark wilson once quiet and officer and jensen stacked up after a pickup of about a yard it'll be third down and about four and a half yards for the first do either of you guys feel that that past change in the pass rule blocking might have something to do with this parody thing where that they are able to protect it it might be a factor but good luck so many sometimes i look at the standings and it looks like every team is seven and seven well a lot of them are but as a matter of fact something's wrong but a lot of them are really improving their passing game too that's how they're able to upset differently we had a lot of upsets yesterday third down four and a half yards [Applause] wilson one of the end zones derrick ramsey touchdown wonderful beautifully thrown ball ramsey at six four working against the 511 donny show that's my kid but he also beat him on the move too uh the height didn't really come into into play that time good bro bob coors is coming in there got pretty close backed off the ball was really well thrown you'll see that he had donnie shell turned around derek ramsey made a good move touchdown oakland the whole game changed when lambert and bradshaw were hurt pittsburgh on a roll the look of super bowl and not now [Music] [Applause] remaining in the first half and you saw the sign don't count us out the reason being oakland at six and seven is not mathematically eliminated yet we'll be back with more action but right now this message from the national football brought to you as a public service by jeff plunkett of the raiders and of course by the national football league 511 remaining in the half we've got a tied football game chris barr to kick off deeds rick moser number 39 larry anderson number 30. [Applause] rick moses and moser up to the 23-yard line and once again we will see mark malone the second-year quarterback and there's jerry ramsey we do not have any word yet as to the condition of terry bradshaw who went to the locker room to have his right hand x-ray [Music] jack lambert we've been told as a mild concussion he is also on the sideline so the defensive leader lambert and the offensive leader brad shaw both out of the game for the feeling his completion percentage is good on first and ten frank o'hara finds an opening and works his way out close to the 30-yard line that's good close to seven with malone in there they're gonna have to use the run more than they anticipated the burden on the pittsburgh offensive line will grow i think it's a good movie they can run the ball uh malone came in as his first series tried to pick it up they just had a turnover try to turn converted into points by throwing but he's got some runners there they've been blocking a lot better in the last few games second down long three there you go and every time frankl harris carries the football he expands on his nfl record of attempts he's been utterly superb through his career on monday night look at that graphic no question about the accuracy of that [Music] if i'm not i'm sure close what can i say lord [Music] yard line [Applause] [Music] questionable during the week he had suffered a bruised lung that was the los angeles rams i tell you this was a remarkable throw by the young quarterback watch the pressure he's under from 73 doug browning i mean dave browning i said duck started with a d both of them did no but doug browning is an old dear friend of mine an abc staff announcer when i joined the company 28 years ago this same doug browning no it's stunned oh i think there's content sydney thornton left side thornton his way down around the 41-yard line for a gain of six you really have a strange mind you know that i mean the things that you pull out [Music] right there number 38 made a good block on that pass completion to swan a while ago didn't have a chance to point that out a little play action fake into the middle he did pick up one of the oakland raider defenders gave him a long chance to throw swan and forward both place to the right second down four and thornton in motion malone has the time [Music] cunningham that's a good found that one i don't think i don't think he even saw it coming well right through a raiders hands once again it'll be first down down around the 16-yard line for all the skiers out there you know sometimes when you lose it it's just totally out of control that's benny cunningham right now he just lost it on that slide so you just hold on to what you got and he hold on to the top part and picked it up i like that then that's going boy the other while matt miller who slipped gets moving most intense them i'll give it to franco right now wooden juice 16-yard line or somebody else great hawthorne tripped up and then better to give it to franco good defensive play mike davis we talked about him earlier there will be a loss there it is the two-minute warning indicated by referee jim cunningham for two minutes of the first half we're tied at seven second down and fourteen in the steelers under the direction of young mark malone oh he came to that corner of a brilliantly thrown ball and mark maloney pounded and he is the only quarterback available to the steelers at the moment what a catch by jim smith i think matt millen was the guy that came in there penn state guy this smith makes one look at millen right there mark malone throws that ball in the air he jumped and look at this catch oh boy that's fun there are two great pros doing what they do the finest i don't know how he got this off he just threw it with his arms i don't need him look he's up in the air millen is right his helmet's right in his stomach that ball is well from malone is a terrific athlete he's frank mentioned only he's played can you believe the quarterback has the record for the reception of the longest touchdown in steeler history that's 90 yards [Music] david trout executes gets it through the uprights and mark malone has started the oakland defensive coaches going back to their drawing board into the end zone david trout now to kick off with 156 remaining in the first half willis is deep along with whittington chester [Music] yard line and out comes the oakland offensive unit oakland we mentioned not mathematically out of the playoff hunt the pittsburgh steel is very much alive the steelers with a win tonight with a win next week against cincinnati and then a win against houston in their final game can really control their own destiny they would not only win the division with that combination but they might also win the home field advantage well that's not terry bradshaw's opening statement i believed him i thought i mean he was very convincing and i'm sorry to see him hurt first down and 10. mark wilson all the whittington and jackhammer gets to whittington winston dropped real deep ham stayed in the middle winning the game across the middle malone didn't see him neither did whittington gain of about three and a half calling second down and six wilson those are behind whittington this time [Music] could have got the first down also have been able to get out of bounds and should have picked up very good yardage turns the field position to get to at least the score before the end of the half third down and six oakland with her a lot of other timeouts three remaining morse bradshaw wide receiver now in the three wide receiver offense for oakland he wears number 81 and wilson is back once again this time whittington collects the ball off to the 39-yard line it'll be first down oakland and now mark wilson once time out all right i mentioned that i met the coaching staff so confident all week long fourth quarter action 2016 seattle deflected bad jerome barkum having a great year getting the ball that set up a jet score 23-20 jets but just two plays later a young man from wisconsin named free and steve lodgin beating daryl ray touchdown and seattle beat the jets 27-23 and the jets no longer control their destiny they've still got a shot but they're now in third place in their division they plan to do let's take a look at it from the end zone from the defensive standpoint let's see what mark wilson is going to come up with first down and 10. wilson is back that's bob scores and he thinks he's threw back towards gets away from tours there's a hook slide underneath there's winston number 53 and lauren tate and they'll be hurry up offense now for open they have two timeouts remaining it'll be second down and one we'll watch it from the end zone once again just made a block that time to keep a defensive guy off of mark wilson back again we're going to see it right with a lot he has the first down into the 42 yard line and timeout called once again by oakland they'll have one timeout remaining with 44 seconds mark wilson seven of his last eight for completion 44 seconds remaining he has one timeout with which to work right there he is over the middle and is complete once again cliff france the receiver he has the first down inside the 30-yard line but they are not yet within bars range he is not a distance kicker though he has kicked from such a difference but there's still nobody rushing in the past lennington bobbles the ball and a steeler is there covering it that is unreal that's twice that's happened after a fast jackhammer his second fumble recovery of the night he got the other one too well and not mark wilson's fault once again that ball bobbled looking from the other side mark wilson is getting so much time to throw they're only rushing three defensive guys i don't really understand that i it was stripped by mel blunt and jack hamm comes in there and then he picks up his second fumble recovery of the night that's what schuler was criticized for in the final minute and a half against the jets i think it's something that's worthy of consideration if not criticism but you must put some pressure on those with particularly young quarterbacks on first and ten and mark below will cover it up and let the final seconds expire here in the first half pittsburgh out in front 14-7 that they've lost jack lambert they may have lost terry bradshaw not only for tonight but for the season he is in the locker room having his right hand x-rayed within one game of cincinnati they play cincinnati next sunday in pittsburgh and then they close against houston while cincinnati closes against atlanta chris barr kicks off larry anderson at the two-yard line for the steelers and anderson struggles out over the 20-yard line close to the 21-yard line and we will see mark malone coming in at quarterback for the steelers once again those are the first half steps halftime stats favor oakland quite clearly but the fourth turnovers the difference just spoke to joe gordon of the steelers he said we're the luckiest team in the world tonight i said not quite mark malone and jim smith executed one of the best plays of the year and this kid mark malone if he can carry them in the wake of brad shaw's injury it'll be a great great story first down and ten the other story there is no other backup quarterback for the steelers they lost this stop four weeks ago frank o'hara [Music] that is a good story frank because if they have one quarterback if bradshaw is out for four weeks certainly they'll have to activate someone who that someone will be i'm not sure but the steelers aren't a good position they as we mentioned earlier they did they do control their own destiny they do play cincinnati next week tough break for those leaders to have bradshaw go down and lamert will be up 23-yard line second down to nine frank o'hara runs into big number 57 randy flanagan and there is a loss all the way back to the 18-yard line what you must remember about oakland as you look at the figures on mcclanahan is that on monday night football they are the reigning king seventeen one and one frank was with me when they lost incredibly to buffalo and seventy-four opening games 21-20 they're only lost third down thirteen flag fly as you can see moving at the line false side movement by mark malone who again has one had one attempt prior to tonight's action in two years he had been used on the kickoff team as we look at our officials and their occupations when they're not officiating false starts quarterback number come out without the ball still third down and as don pointed out and wide receiver earlier this year against seattle he set a steeler record with a 90-yard touchdown reception on the night the feelers are all of five attempts on third down situation back back at the three yard line and it will be fourth down dave browning was in there first he had a lot of help from his friends i'll tell you if you were looking closely you saw ted hendricks moving across to the right side charging in there's bradshaw and you see already what's been done to the hand and you can see the deep depression written in his face because terry believes this team can win the super bowl again and he wanted to be the architect to come from the end zone the sailors will not be able to provide the coverage oh gosh that's unbelievable out of the end zone literally over whittington's head frank i think that's the best punt we've seen this year by anybody 74 yards and a clipping tack on that what a break for pittsburgh colquitt is having his best year by far a punting this year he's averaging close to 43 yards per kick and a beautiful ceremony at halftime george flanders getting his hall of fame ring accepting before a crowd and george blanda called by al davis and i think accurately the greatest clutch player ever to play this game with them tonight we're run mix the intellectual assassin in the hall of fame and of course double zero jim otto who started 210 consecutive games in the hall of fame a beautiful ceremony we return to action get cold his longest professional punt as the raiders start from the 17-yard line this is derek jensen jensen squeezes for one it'll be second down to nine oh did he turn field position around frank what it looked like is that the oakland was yeah they made the four turnovers that we've mentioned or have seen on the stats look like ogler was gonna have great field position and here they are backed up in their own end of the field now unbelievable that's what ray guy really has done for oakland through the years that's why he was a high draft choice and it's such an informal integral part of their success here second down this is kitty king look out open field look out and he has the feed jt thomas and pursue it and kenny king takes it down close to the 20-yard line beautiful cut back dale blunt makes the stop and king i don't know what's picking up i don't know whether it's just the wind knocked out of them fatigued or what it's the end zone replay dandy i don't think that kenny king will see mel blunt make this tackle he slips uh jackham didn't make the tackle came in through there moved out to the other side j.p thomas just turned around here comes blood from the back side and blood showed great speed there he's not really known so much they've been around for a long time they think maybe he's lost a half step but that time mel made a terrific play to come back cover a lot of ground and cut a king off 61-yard pickup you recall a year ago was kenny king who got the raiders string of victory started against san diego right here in the stadium and he won 89 yards against mccartney but then on they were almost unbeatable and now kenny king has just reeled off 61 yards and what a what a play that was it would be just like it would be diagrammed by a coach they set up the seal nobody could get to him and he shut back to back up the longest rushing [Applause] that stimmings the raiders have had this season first down in ten weddings [Music] gets down to about the 16-yard line he'll get five it'll be second down at five jackhammer defensively on the stop this rivalry between these two teams which tom flores spoke of at the very opening about telecast is one of the great rivalries despite much bitterness and even lawsuits in the national football league it's football at its very best kenny king had the win knocked out of him that's all [Music] robin cole he's in the end zone great move against robin cole guard winning the 5 11 180 pounder breaks the tackle and oakland was there then one of tying it up let's just watch it there's cole [Music] and jack finally uh whittington is in the end zone and this bar will come out in the attempt to tie it up but it was the electrifying run of kenny king at 60 yards that set it up we've got a tied football game here in the third quarter [Music] breaking tackle gets into the end zone up for oakland [Music] and deep in the end zone is anderson he will stay there there's zod whittington he's had his personal problems which shouldn't be delved into here but he had a run just now and he can kill you there's kenny's king who had the wind knocked out of him this is spectacular football game it's the best that the nfl has to offer when these two teams come together there is nothing like it's down to 10. on a quick count oh i believe they were set sydney thornton got the call and you look at the record of oakland 17 1 and 1. incredible monday night football fall star only timing is so critical and of course for the new quarterback things change dramatically for the linemen they're not used to particularly on a quick count they get used to a bradshaw are you used to hearing his cadence kenny king doesn't look like he's reviving himself too quickly or being revived too quickly there he'll be back on that kenny king 61-yard run did that look like a lombardi sweet treasure no well it did to me the way you used to draw it up you would say get the feel get the feel and that blows off everyone but la party didn't do that you guys first down 15. beautiful shot and it's complete star wolf has the first down what he has some armed on this gets amazing bradshaw at 63215 was the smallest quarterback that pittsburgh has alone six four about 225 and he does have a rifle there on that right side he drilled it between the eight and the two remind you again malone is the only quarterback lifts out broke his arm four weeks ago punching a bag or do you fall off of one of those bulls is one of those things it was it's one of those electrical bulls or a bunch of the bag or something first down and 10. does not hold on the flag is down there was a mix-up in the backfield but they got away with it but matuzak and browning and martin were in on the kid again and he never wavered never flinched all was made it did appear to be against lester hayes trying to get outside of leicester moved in on the inside lester looks like he does have his right hand around him that's an interference call good call certainly was man who couldn't be half of the halftime ceremony one laby was lance bambi allwork swan is the closest thing to bambi in football today 48-yard line first down steelers greg hawthorne that's back he runs into dave browning gets the yard it will be second down and nine the raiders and the steelers played in a game where the raiders came back after a 10 or 14 point deficit i think the totem's all-time scoring record on monday night but about 79 points for scored 45-34 last year what a game once the raiders crazy the steelers 28-7 going into the fourth quarter and the raiders won it 31-28 that's the same game i was talking about second down and nine malone a little low there's a shot to star wars and it's low the thing i appreciate about oakland is that they are not mathematically eliminated but they're very close they've got to have some strange things happen a couple of times earthquakes yeah a couple earthquakes and a couple of time ballgames but the fact is you're seeing i think the kind of character that the team has this is the super bowl team exactly and they were the first super bowl team to come out of the wild card position a year ago and a lot of people said hey they didn't deserve to win the fact is oakland is a spirited team they play good football as we said earlier these two teams as you look at them have won six of the last seven super bowls third and ninth frank o'hara single setback jim smith that one off his again foot alone under pressure fire is incomplete and the steelers will have to fight he felt the pressure that that frank did not step up threw it back off his right foot bounced it about 10 yards short the receiver was not open and we have an oakland player down it looks like defensive back for the raiders is down bradshaw there on the sideline i really hate to see that could be lester hayes i'm not sure [Music] [Applause] lester hayes yesterday the injured raider what a year lester hayes had last year they took away his stick em well the steal is frankly at the rate and frankly admit that lester misses the stick and frank you know lester's also the guy extremely superstitious he has all these little rituals that he goes through before every ball game and taking that stick him away might bother him but a lot of things he had 18 interceptions a year ago we missed this early the telecast he had two this year the raiders had the team only have 10. yeah but they just they're not throwing at him as much uh they're they haven't scored as many for let's see what happened he just falls right there on the left he looks like he maybe fell on his right shoulder maybe just knocked the breath out of himself you might have knocked the wind out of him he's walking off the field appears to be all right meanwhile back at the ranch he's fourth down craig goldwood has come on and you just saw a shot of the young quarterback malone with chuck noll and when chuck noll is not happy he has one of the most expressive faces in football they look like the one he has when he's happy winning 10 is at his 12 yard line hopeless with another grooming kick whittington lets it bounce and it'll settle at the seven yard line good punt whittington even had he made the fair cuts it would have been up close to the 10 yard line we got a brawl going that's the feeling between those these two teams dirk weston guaranty is gonna be in there somewhere number 53. i guarantee you none of them can fight that's third question 53 they're beginning to get it put together there right now what is the bride johnson oldest beginning ron johnson started it all off but there are no flags and the ball was killed at the seven yard line that's our story we're in the third quarter with 856 yards but this one he kicked high and it was able to be killed at the six yard line and whittington goes down in the arms of lc greenwood in pursuit after a pickup of about three we're gonna pause five seconds and allow our stations to identify themselves 14 terry bradshaw has been lost for four weeks broken bone right hand jack lambert out of the game tonight mild concussion second down at seven derrick jensen stacked up as jensen out over the 10 to the 12 yard line a gain of a couple it'll be third down and four had some help that time slowing them down but dirt whistling didn't make his move for the middle linebacker position to come over and put the final touches on that tackle big down for oakland they've got to get out of the hole on the wise pittsburgh will have superb field position lindsey macy has replaced art shell at left tackle for the oakland raiders lindsay mason third year man out of kansas archel of course the veteran 14 year man former all-pro we understand third down three whittington made it first down taking the arms of jackhammer but not until he picks up the oakland first down rapidly pace game hard-hitting game and they did what they had to do see if they could pick it up joe green number 75 is right over the center makes his little jump can't get out quite quick enough l.c greenwood is there too jack hamm is the guy that finally makes the tackle gets a little help late there from dunn 18-yard line first and ten oakland mark wilson gary jensen with an open field and he's round down at midfield by j.t thomas may have been a good example we've got green and greenwood back in the lineup right now they went right between both of them no jack lambert to fill the hole big hole 53 is winston he's the replacement great greenwood in on the inside good block by right tackle henry lawrence big hole one of the great sub drummers here tonight joe green gene upshaw certain hall of famers each in the twilight of his career is frank 33-yard pickup one first and ten wilson is back wide open as ken learned he does not hold on and the pass has thrown low but could have been caught nobody was there to defend you frank that ball should have been should have been caught donnie shell was out of position chandler they went a good route it was a play-action pass you'll see chandler over here all by himself oh sure well he could have actually caught that ball it was there taking a step or two back toward it right on the numbers really for mark wilson the fifth pass that has been dropped by receivers tonight definitely catchable it didn't look that casual when i saw it the first time but he should have had that ball 608 remaining in the third quarter second down at 10 the ball near the 49-yard line of the steelers through tied at 14. hawkins struggles for perhaps two it'll be second down and eight clinton hawkins he has a 10th round traffic also the third all-time leading rusher of the university of nevada reno he had some incredible numbers there when he left school he was the third all-time leading ncaa rusher hit over 5000 yards his height was the big concern frankie five foot nine 225 pounds he didn't think they cut him once came out here they picked him up had some injuries his heart isn't small third down in eight wilson whittington first down they had a blitz that's that but it was a late blitz too slow and developing got no pressure over wilson had man-to-man coverage with ham out there he's a very good winner busy tonight and he gets the first down at the 35-yard line see lauren taylor's number 51 on a slow blitz doesn't get back there in time you got ham out here 101 on whittington and it's wigs and could beat him as good as jackham is when you get it one on one with a quick back like aaron whittington he's going to be late slow blitz remember the raiders started this drive with the seven yard line fusion in the backfield we'll have the football this turnover i tell you with the mistakes oakland has made tonight robin cole comes up with the recovery mark wilson trying to hand the ball off to art whittington there was a collision as you'll see appeared there that he was not a good exchange between the quarterback and the center no he has it right there no he actually hit his pulling guard kurt marsh hit the putting guard he didn't quite have good control of it had the ball up high kurt marsh the guard pull knock it out of the way so robin cole gets another turnover and the steelers will have a first and ten their own 36-yard line but the national football league has not dimmed the enthusiasm for football here in oakland capacity crowd 54 000 here tonight on hand raiders on the season six and seven pittsburgh agent five sydney thornton on first half ocean a little bit outside harris you saw the movement just a little bit offside otis mckinney you realize done the raiders have had four fumbles one intercept five turnovers and they're still tied and the parkers had a fair three they didn't call that offside and he was in the backfield if i was there no flag won the world to have left the gain of about a yard and a half by franco harris second down at eight you've got a phone line at jim tony no i don't care talk with him that's okay 38 yard line of the steelers marge malone a young quarterback in a rather heady situation he's a good athlete [Music] offensive setup middle linebacker moves out let's look at it again saw that ship boy what a great time to have a call follow steve kersten that could almost even have been an audible you don't know you'd like to think that he's smart enough to do that finally chased out of bounds by burgess owen i'm not sure if i had just one quarterback i would want my sole remaining quarterback running the football like he has that's probably they bill it they said he could probably make it as a running back a wide receiver or even a defensive back if he doesn't make it as a quarterback maybe the fastest fact they had first down and ten malone on a 16-yard pickup near the 42-yard line of the open raiders that's thornton in motion this is frank o'hara who's in trouble nobody out there to block otis mckinney dave browning has slid out to force franco wide to the outside otis mckinney who's done a tremendous job this year filling in for an injured mike davis had some troubles earlier in the year and our first week of the season was fine for a hit on the minnesota quarterback came a little tentative after that then he's had trouble too with injury problems twice he's had a broken cheekbone this season but he was there when the raiders needed it there was a loss of seven yards second down 17. sydney thornton i think missed a big block that time they've replaced him with greg hawthorne franco harris harris in the arms of the rookie for villanova howard long you know the backup quarterback and emergency is the biggest um either lynn swann or john stalwart you've got it lindsey have a face mask as you could say indicated against oakland another key oakland mistake did have him from a reverse angle we can see it quite clearly comes back in there franco had no place to go and there's that big right ball coming in and hits right in the face what a mistake rookie second round draft pick from villanova and the man who set up that play was dave browning who was in on malone so fast it was unbelievable howard long saying i didn't do it he forgot about our reverse angle he said i didn't mean to do it first and ten 46-yard line at the oakland raiders greg hawthorne he finds three difficult yards it'll be second down and seven as a young man that the steelers had such high hopes for when they took him as a first round draft pick in 79 but nagging injuries hamstring pulls ankle problems and bad hands michael harris seven yards on nine attempts against the rugged oakland raider defense on second and seven belong to cunningham and betty cunningham the big one to the 27-yard line another steeler first down and mark malone is not looking like a young man who is really playing his first professional football at quarterbacks settle down as they frank plans his feet well that's how vinnie cungham goes down on a turn in route plants his feet pretty well malone just really thrills it right there cunningham goes 260 and he gave otis mckinney at 185 one shove that took mckinney back about four yards first down and 10 27 yard line [Music] malone was anticipating the break to the sideline swan took it inside incomplete it'll be second down and ten two minutes now remaining in the third quarter hope you're enjoying good football game these two bitter rivals steelers have lost the last four times these teams have met can you remember some of those games in the middle 70s as we look at bradshaw once again in case you just joined us broken fingers broken hands bone in the right hand out for four weeks or longer hawthorne stacked up line of scrimmage sheer effort we'll get him one it'll be third down and nine ted hendricks donnie robinson the rookie nose guard the louisiana tech they ran on the stop if they're anticipating that their record will go to 18-1-1 with a win tonight out of those 17 victories the raiders have won 13 straight on monday night in 73 they played a tie against denver at 23 off and 74 the opening game lost to the o.j simpson-led bills 21-20 third down nine swan wide open and a flag goes down juan has the artist for the first down up to 12 but the flag is down [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and the steelers indicate that it will work once again against oakland i don't believe the penalty was against swan there was another receiver down deep i believe it was john stallworth illegal contact number 37 declined first down he does not complain about little crisscross battered swan comes in promotion he and strongworth coming up from the same side that was a pretty quick call on hayes sure what because that was not what i would call one of your illegal touches no inside the 12 yard line first down and 10. roll out by malone he'll get into the end zone easily and mike davis was down there ticking fighting in the end zone with his back to malone davis covering star wars and malone literally went into the end zone all alone not bad had a little collision with her that could have it wasn't a real smooth move whatever it was greg hawthorne was a guy that he bumped into but once again malone shows his basic athletic ability to roll in there and score earlier below with the 16-yard pickup got a first down now he takes it into the end zone this one is blocked david trout that's at traveling has put suspense back into the field the extra point hasn't he a big extra point what are the odds of him kicking off for pittsburgh in the opening game next year [Applause] actually they got it down had the movement hit it low didn't get it up quickly enough you gotta pop that conversion up and as they say that could be the difference 2014. [Music] 104 remaining in the third quarter what a difference that extra point could make down the line there's mark malone filling in for bradshaw he has been a force tonight cop arthur whittington number 22 is deep with kenny hill the first year man from yale [Music] god really hammers this one quitting's it from the one-yard line and tripped up as he crosses out over the 20-yard line they'll mark it at the 21 and the open raiders offensive unit back out on the field fine play by zach valentine had he gotten past valentine he would have had some open space and big yardage and feel possession instead oakland has to start the long way oakland frankly a victim of their own mistakes tonight penalties four fumbles interception [Music] first and ten mark wilson puts cook france in motion and here's our quitting team nice line of scrimmage that's about it j2 thomas up from his free safety position on the stop along with dwayne woodruff and thomas has been really a pleasant surprise filling in for retired mike wagner that free safety position i remember in 78 running into jt thomas they never thought he'd play this game again he was out for the season with a blood disorder and used to travel around and scout the teams that the steelers had coming up he's made some comebacks they give winning to the yard second down to nine malone that's it flag is down that usually indicates howling bob coors was all over mark wilson another mark wilson tripping or a leg whip indicated again against oakland they have made some mistakes tonight oh no team could surmount this number of mistakes nothing number 70 decline down henry lawrence number 70 watch the wrong kind third down 15. wilson fires to derrick ramsey he'll be short of the first down at the 30-yard line but not by much as we see the final seconds expiring here in the third quarter for the first time it will be close enough for a measurement so we'll check it out they bring the sticks in i don't believe he made it eric ramsey got to get to first down territory that will be our situation when we come back it'll be fourth down for oakland you're watching another exclusive of abc sports there it is at the end of the third quarter with the score 2014 pittsburgh over the raiders will respect with which he would show a healthy ray guy we begin the fourth quarter great guy this time really pounds it anderson at his 20-yard line good move by anderson and works his way back out over the 30-yard line before he's taken by jeff barnes and now a late flag is dropped once again tippers begin to flare otis mckinney was the first guy down on that front coverage made one quick move larry anderson did uh oh where's the foul against the steelers third quarter stats open as you can see dominating in yardage by nearly a hundred if you trail on the scoreboard here's our call personal foul unnecessary roughness number 61 15 yards first down tyrone mcgriff 161. he'll come from the left side of the screen there is tyrone little brad show while he's down steelers at their own 16-yard line not a very cozy six-point lead following the misconversion thank o'hara having a difficult time tonight after a pickup of a yard it was matt millen [Applause] second-year man out of penn state a couple of penn state guys there going head to head mike milling a little bit of the younger end of that he's just jumped in out here at oakland and fit into that middle linebacker position in a very fine fashion franco came in at tonight's game needing 106 yards to set an nfl record of eight years of a thousand or better he has gained eight yards on the night that is amazing second down and nine russell davis was not expected to play because of a very sore knee i told you david browning is playing some game tonight he was in there again just spectacular it'll be third down and seven there was a gain of a yard by russ davis so we'll see the three wide receivers swan 88 smith 86 and john stalworth 82. smith hit to the left top of your screen swan and star goes wars [Music] the rookie from villanova howard long on the password he's big 265 265 pounder and malone has dropped all the way back at the eight yard line and the raiders on fourth down should get excellent field position and once again the job is craig colquitt he's been remarkable tonight as a matter of fact ever since on a thursday night game in the early season tommy vegardo vigorito of miami returned upon 87 yards for a touchdown they have been able to do nothing in returning punts against him hangs it high the bear catches called for and executed at the 48 yard line excellent field position for the oakland raiders they trail 20 to 14. mark wilson made his eighth start tonight took over for jim puckett after oakland had been embarrassed for three consecutive games in which they could not score a point against detroit denver and kansas city [Applause] he won four of those seven starts he lost three one first and ten if branch even though the ball was deflected comes up with it he'll have a first down at the 37-yard line that's a good open for oakland after you get the ball zipped if it still goes into the intended receiver and he's able to catch it a little bit of pressure there the steelers still don't get real good pressure that was goodman that stuck his hand up no actually he was it was coarse took his head up and deflected it but it comes down into that's his hand almost first down we'll have a measurement bring out the yard markers first down first down and ten 38-yard line pretty eight-yard line to the pittsburgh steelers wilson all the time in the world going for chandler chandler out battles woodruff touchdown oakland wayne woodruff head position chandler goes up with it it looks as though woodruff slipped and decided to come back six points oakland you believe this football game the crowd understandably going crazy magician [Applause] couldn't ask for better position than that well he had the inside position woodruff is trying to go up for it then he slides down and leaves chandler all up it started with an apple amount of time to throw the football no pressure from the defensive line of pittsburgh that was the key to that touchdown mark wilson just stood there in the pocket he missed it i cannot believe i don't believe the way they missed extra points has missed the conversion we're tied at 20. it's unreal it's pro football you can find kids on the streets of the big cities who can get better but they don't always do it but it's uh you have to have it and he just slid that one off to the right didn't he and for a right footed kicker to miss it to the right that's almost impossible we'll be back in a moment 12 23 remaining in the fourth quarter here in oakland we are tied at 20. anderson and moser are right the kick they're trying to assure that the ball will go to anderson they want to hide moser if you will and it doesn't matter because bars exploded into the end zone it'll be a touch back bob chandler and he was so missed during the early going last year he led the team a touchdown yardage on receptions he just keeps rolling along now in his eleventh year a ruptured spleen had to have the spleen removed after the first game of the season many thought he would never play again back and as great as ever somehow always getting loose and as you just saw taking advantage of woodruff for the touchdown test remarkable story first down and ten the steelers ball at their own 20-yard line following the touch back and malone is in deep trouble and is it the ball that'll do it and somehow a steeler got under the pile comes up with the football you talk about it maintain possession it was silicon torch only got out there touches the kind of came in they've cut him once you believe this game frank it is wild here comes the charge they got him from all angles didn't they hendricks still couldn't get it [Music] they still scrapped it lost it while he was on the ground ali elkin got it second down 17. ball at the 13-yard line malone is back again batted away hendrix dad hendrix i tell you when he gets going there's no one like him in football he proved it last year they had such a great year last year this year i think teams are more aware of what the raiders try to do with hendrix and of course he's had nagging injuries but he was everywhere at any time in any part of the game a year ago look at the durability for a linebacker 188 consecutive games what a player third down 17 13-yard line the crowd is on his feet russell davis 44 the single setback malone under throws to stalwart it'll be fourth down and oakland should get the ball back once again in good position he had start worth hoping that time under through star wars made a good move he had swine viral double tandem that time stalwart comes in motion comes down the field makes a cut to the outside mark couldn't get it there high enough for him to catch kid has been remarkable but in a situation like that you know what brad shaw means the great veteran is ted watts there is 47 yard line with cochlear his night punt of the night this time it doesn't turn over watts takes it at his 48-yard line that's some room got some room let's go all the way all the way the rookie first round draft pick from texas tech his longest return until just a moment ago 17 yards on the season this one 52 yards oakland touchdown colquitt has no chance that is the first time a punt no he's never had one blocked he may have had one run back on him vicarino 87 yards you're right thursday night king the kid from virginia now it's this kid lester hayes said hold back i'll go here and get this thing going and they did it didn't they oh what games these two teams play chris barr [Applause] still i think shaken perhaps by this conversion but just a few moments ago high snap chandler gets it down this time we're through the uprights there he is head one first round draft pick and he has just paid a major dividend we'll be back in oceans in a moment has taken the lead for the first time tonight chris barr hammers one larry anderson from the one yard line and anderson taken inside the 20 through the 17-yard line by a hustling fired up raider defense when you look at the number of mistakes oakland has made tonight the fumbles the turnovers and still they're ahead it is simply amazing if the steelers don't make a first down to this series of plays yes party's over you'll sing it marty i think kid's been astounded he really has they got to have a first down this series to quiet everything down frank o'hara they're gonna get it back and harrison piled up by a pursuing oakland defense short of the 25 yard line but good first down yawning gain of six it'll be second down and four a reminder once again terry bradshaw has a broken bone in his right hand he'll be out for four weeks his dealers have also been going without services and they're all proven linebacker jack lambert he was injured early in the game diagnosis there mild concussion he's not been back second down four here comes the blitz on the low steelers pick it up [Applause] almost picked off by lester hayes a passive attempt to vinny cunningham who was open was overthrown [Music] well could be the mark is just starting to realize the situation he's in the best if he doesn't think about it he just goes in and plays his natural ability but it's hard not to think about it right done but frank's comment was very coaching and one wonders about that ball because this was a situation where as you said they had to get the first down and now they got to get it on third down when a quick trap might have done it on second third down a little less than four malone the top horn and he'll have the first down out of the 30-yard line [Music] rod martin was there defensively along with matt millen the two linebackers for the raiders it's important the first day of situation for just this excuse me don there is a flag down line of scrimmage and again it's indicated against oakland i'd say they have not had breaks go their way how they they're still on top they're winning in spite of themselves that's true the options being discussed with mark malone the acting captain on the field for the steelers you just get the feeling that the whole sense of this game has shifted over to oakland holding number 37 five yard penalty shifted first down lester hayes is having himself a night uh for all the grandmas in the world wait a minute [Applause] and mckinney brings it back to the 17-yard [Applause] [Music] line attempt again to benny cunningham three raiders were there and mckinney came up with it the party is overthrown there was a man right in front of cunningham good things it's not over yet john all it is pittsburgh tonight the punt is over you mark my words i think you're right no way i don't think you're right but kind of sad for mark malone better for the steelers i really felt they had it together they really put three games in a row lost bradshaw first and 10 18-yard line frank hawkins the rookie from nevada at reno it's bradshaw and lambert too much to overcome really what they're trying to make a transition period they've done a pretty good job of it they put it together hawkins gets three yards comes out of the lineup and terry bradshaw tries to cancel his replacement mark malone on the sideline i'll tell you the pittsburgh organization from the top down the ownership people's scouting the player personnel people just such a great organization second down and seven chandler in motion [Applause] [Music] defensively there for the steelers as you look at tom florey's suddenly under fire this year all the accolades a year ago if they played all their games on monday night they might never lose again oakland a great organization i don't care your feelings about the lawsuit between the raiders and the nfl which by the way i suggest may may be settled picked off almost in the end zone jt thomas had his hands on it and a scuffle breaks out at the line of scrimmage they are very sincere about this match yes they're very sincere they're they're not taking it lightly on either side two great football organizations well the big bodies involved in that's couple and look at jackhammer penn state grad talking to number 55 matt miller matt millen penn state grad now they're both out there at the same time no flags we'll have a fourth down we'll see chris barr anything can happen frank gifford was playing defensive back against george flanders with the chicago bear how do you like that i like it it's a 29-yard attempt chandler's the holder i snap again by dalby but no problem [Applause] and oakland has extended and protected the lead they moved to a 10-point advantage with 8-10 remaining in the fourth quarter chris barr wearing a cast of covered cast and the take no bridge that's the problem against miami here's larry anderson from the end zone he'll bring it out [Music] he got a broken wrist in the miami game several weeks back when oakland crushed and mark malone forced into the role of terry bradshaw tonight at times brilliant and another times less than brilliant i'll tell you who's watching this game with huge interest for new york jets exactly because if pittsburgh loses the jets can re-control our own destiny by winning their final two there's all those other 8-5 teams you think so many of them malone gets up to it finds the receiver downfield i don't believe that has a first down at the 45-yard line lance swine was a good 15 yards behind everyone but it's that kind of play where there's no way malone could have gotten it to it where was the rush well he tripped right here playing it safe now either on his own feet it looked like he was going to stay there for a moment or sydney thornton he gets up flips it out to cunningham it was all alone lester hayes was behind it and they marked it inside the 45-yard line of oakland first down and 10 pittsburgh the raiders can't start playing too conservatively or it's all over for them that's right seven minutes remaining in the game shot in the middle and complete mark malone has another pittsburgh first down this time lynn swann quinoa lose this kid has been a meat he really has swanny come here from the outside always a threat even if he doesn't catch the ball he's going to influence the defense you've seen him make a number of catches like that he has the ability to go with that ball slide down catch it he catches that ball better a ball thrown like that better than anyone i've ever seen he really does the little hook slide total concentration he gets the first down 22 yard line of the raiders pittsburgh trading by 10. hello looking for cunningham good ball well thrown balder cunningham well he was out of bounds that was still a beautifully thrown really was he whipped that one out there do you mark malone you've got it kid you're going to be a great star in this league for a long time look at it from the reverse angle and that ball is right on the money cunningham got the first one in and he couldn't get in one out right foot down quick enough he tried so hard second down and ten crowd on his feet [Music] will have a first down near the 10-yard line if you want to know about time we're coming down to the six minute mark so there is time dave browning is going to be right in malone space number 73 again another good throw stalwart up we saw stallworth miss a couple of passes in the early part of the game but we made mention then this man is the top receiver dillard will be able to get a first down close to the goal line [Music] line now would you accept the penalty or negate it let's just see i'm not sure how far he got there there two odds passed the penalty i would uh i would not accept it if it's down on the two what would you do again did not make contact so the play was allowed to continue what would you do gift i believe they marked it though on about the four therefore you'll take that penalty and put it down on the first down and five on the five i think i'd say that's what i'd do yeah what would you do again well i think that's the situation you take the save the down if you can [Applause] [Music] still it leaves some some area there you it is on the three-yard line but it is inside the three-yard line first time in 11 years we've all agreed and we were right they were wrong so at second down they take the advancement but i'm back looking kickoff lester hayes [Applause] what a time to come up with the interception oh the pass intended for len squan and hayes had that one played all the way moved inside of swan i think lester's made a few mistakes tonight he just redeemed himself totally there lester reading him all the way stepped in front of him the ball thrown actually a little behind swan and oakland will have first and ten at the 20-yard line they maintain their 10-point lead with 5 26 remaining in the game a tough task ahead now for pittsburgh we'll be back they'll be 18-1-1 the last 11 home teams on monday night have won that's an interesting stat we saw a quick look at lester hayes with his third interception of the season nothing like last year but what uh an important one it was tonight first and ten whittington right side played a major role tonight kenny king was shaken up on a 60-yard run to help set up an oakland touchdown we understand he too was taken for x-rays looked as though he had the wind knocked out of it but it could be something more serious [Applause] [Applause] you heard somebody shouting to him stay in bounds which he could not do exactly stops the clock at 4 45. so i had that hunch based on the fact that both bradshaw and still caught third down wilson under pressure and wilson can get the first down and he did which he does bob coors for losing but not until wilson had picked up the first down how about that one for one of your quote big first house [Music] good old boys hanging out in oakland [Music] hey he gets out of a lot of traffic here here comes lc greenwood he had a little deal on greenwood should have made that tackle coors comes back from behind can't get him down first down wilson now three scrambles 25 yards on the night raywood cut through clean inside four minutes first down and 10. hawkins the rookies over the left side good news for the raiders x-rays negative on kenny king brilliant 61-yard dash by kenny tonight one of the key plays and there have been many in this up and down contest kenny king hawkins is coming out now with a minor limp whittington filling in for kenny king you can recall whittington had a tremendous year as a rookie over 600 yards rushing hurt the next year replaced by kenny king last year he's been the definite factor tonight second down in eight whittington and whittington gets out to the 38-yard line where it'll be third down and four good yardage and chewing up time exactly what they want to do it's been more important than those figures show frank started to come out turn around now he's going back in any way he can help he wants to add to it that's that's part of the spirit i guess he kimberly is somewhere in his collegiate career wish you missed it terry bradshaw broken finger right hand out four weeks it was almost on an insignificant play he scrambled threw the ball and then went down and that was it third and fourth this will be dependent upon where they market as to whether it's a first down or not to derrick ramsey they're going to go down probably going to call donnie shell it was the defender jack ramsey i don't think he actually got the first down with it of course it obviously depends on where they mark it personal foul oh pittsburgh they do have a first name [Music] [Applause] personal foul against the pittsburgh steelers ramsey was close to the first he becomes academic as jeffrey jim tunney marks it off down close to the 43-yard line of the steelers here's the call foul number 31 unnecessary office 15 yards first down 2 24. remaining in the game i also think we've seen a couple of future stars born tonight mark malone and derek ramsey and mark wilson we're seeing really for the first time and he may be around oakland for a while also also inside the 40 close to the 38 yard line nice run there to the traffic gets four it'll be second down at six and we're heading towards the two-minute warning the pittsburgh steelers 39-yard line two minutes remaining in the game the steelers have three timeouts as does oakland in motion for the raiders hawkins left side frank organ for the ball carriers navigation down to the 30 six yard line where joe green is there for the shop and the pittsburgh steelers will extend a timeout 38-yard line ark whittington and weddington gets a couple far short of the first down it'll be fourth down there's another man tonight plays that he doesn't appear to be the central figure in still ultimately responsible for by the pressures he creates two of the very great organizations in the nfl yeah gloria anderson who's back for the steelers steelers have 146 on the clock they have one timeout remaining great off the side of his foot again we'll remind you ray guy playing tonight with a very sore back he was in traction twice in the last two weeks we'll see the raiders our final monday night telecast against the san diego chargers and next week we'll see atlanta versus los angeles hope you'll be with us hope you've enjoyed our year atlanta is mathematically still alive los angeles is not 38 and it's hard to tell the way this season is gone they cannot write the steelers off they have cincinnati at home next week they will however tonight fall two games behind the bengals should they go on and lose as it appears they will and that oakland san diego game appears to be much bigger than it was before tonight's game also that's true on first down and ten malone is back cunningham and betty cunningham navigates his way to the 41-yard line for a first down as the seconds tick away 125 and moving lester hayes tried for another interception got there a little late ball zip right under six-man defensive backfield for the raiders pittsburgh goes underneath the franco harris he gets eight yards get there by mike davis after the steelers for cincinnati next week their final game will be against atlanta and the steelers will close out their season the final sunday of the year against houston malone then swan they say yes and swan stops the clock with 53 seconds and another first down for pittsburgh green bay and the lotta particularly will be very [Music] and in the nfc there are so many teams with at seven playoff possibilities only verna von braun could tell you about it frank o'hara will scramble to get out of bounds and he stops the clock with 28 seconds after a pickup also of seven san yards has already clinched the western division of the nfc dallas has assured a wild card but after that well the computers are whirling what i was saying don which you quickly understood was it had all of the complexity of a problem in nuclear physics yes burner von braun let's go that's yes second down four [Applause] give me a break with a lot of time and this one almost picked off again by lester hayes dr frank our stats and research man minimum for four weeks that would of course take him into the playoff season sydney thornton jordan has the first down ted hendricks made the stop and the final time out called by the pittsburgh steelers with 16 seconds remaining in the game he's a little ridiculous but i mean that was the feeling i got off first down at 10 17 yard line alone back again looking back completely smith is in the end zone with 10 seconds remaining on the clock that's the coach that's a man jim smith his second touchdown of the night from young mark malone he is really some fine receiver they have three as good as any around you can see them giving them plenty of room frank it's like hey look we'll let you even have this touchdown caught and uh that particular dwight dwayne osteen didn't really make that much of an effort to keep him out of the end zone which is a little unusual because crazy things do happen but not with 10 seconds all right in his throat puts it to the uprights [Music] pittsburgh is drawn to within three they have ten seconds they have no timeouts in the vein of what don said do you remember the game when suddenly the ball went to franco harris i do they beat oakland and al davis has never gotten over it one of those i guess one of the most remarkable plays in the history of the nfl these teams have played such remarkable games through the year they're indescribable but you look at oakland's record now it is more than likely to be 18-1-1 on monday night football and they have beaten the pittsburgh theaters the last five times they played [Applause] it is a very fierce rivalry tom flores what a tough year for him in his second year he took the team in the super bowl and saw so many injuries early in the year and jim plucking too great this will be your on sidekick and it will not go far enough it had to travel 10 yards and now oakland will be able to just run the timeout the flag is down by the way that's marked i believe where the ball was hit by a steeler after eight yards inside the uh 45 so that's a dead ball a gun taken back no blunt tried to knock it forward there's a sneaky little punch and they go talking to the ball he finds opening recovery the ball first shot well pittsburgh has no further timeout [Music] and mark wilson has now won five and lost three in his eight starts well we'll see the oakland raiders again on our final monday night telecast against the san diego charger frank a remarkable athlete he is a big part of the pittsburgh steeler success franco harris has been of ours i might say too over the years michael harris the most prolific ground gainer ever on monday night and there it is the final score 30-27 oakland over pittsburgh

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