1983 Week 6 MNF Pittsburgh at Cincinnati

between central division rivalries from the afc the pittsburgh steelers and the cincinnati bengals for the cincinnati bengals it's been a very tough season they are off to one and four record a year ago at this time they had the defending representative the super bowl from the afc they are one and four and if they lose tonight well the players themselves are saying we're going to be out of it for the pittsburgh steelers they're three and two but it's a different team that dominated the 1970s we'll be talking about that but a win tonight for the steelers and they move to the top with cleveland and the afc central division howard casal will not be with us tonight he's in baltimore preparing for tonight's tomorrow night's telecast of the first world series game involving baltimore and philadelphia but when you don't have the one great mind you come up with two minds and we got a pair of a couple of greats from out of the past o.j simpson number 32 and don meredith hold number 18. 17. not 18. number one in y'all well yeah we'll miss his brain we got our heads together so it's going to be i've got a scoop for you i had so many lunches today with so many different people and i found this out pete johnson has been activated a big full-back all-time leading rush for cincinnati 270 pounds he's going to be playing tonight well i'll tell you he's going to need all every one of those 270 pounds because he's going to play against a pittsburgh defense that literally start 19 players wait a minute [Applause] we're gonna have a good time i think it will be a good ball game tonight okay let's have some fun let's go dancing oh frank take it away let's go get it frank all right gentlemen about ready to get underway the pittsburgh steelers have won the toss they will be receiving dropping our number 44 henry odom he's a rookie from south carolina state with good speed and tim harris another rookie from washington state set to get things underway jim breach the bengals again one and four they know they must win tonight pittsburgh fighting a rash of injuries we'll tell you about them shortly here comes tim harris we're underway from cincinnati harris out over the 28 to the 24-yard line where it would be first down and 10 the pittsburgh steelers and quite naturally the first injury that we will discuss is terry bradshaw the great quarterback of the 70s not starting tonight of course with the celebrated and much talked about injury to the right arm that required surgery last spring cliff stout for the year 57 percent four touchdowns seven interceptions but he has not been producing the spectacular games even though the steelers are three and two in the season that the pittsburgh steeler fans were accustomed to with terry bradshaw the wide receivers they'll be young tonight because the steelers are hurt at the wide receiver area on the right side of their offensive line as we watch balder abercrombie bursting over the right side for about six it'll be second down and four and defensively the cincinnati bengals like to play the steelers with a lot of movement up front that is the 3-4 that they open with eddie edwards one of the best pass rushers in the nfl over on the left side and he will be going up against chunch ilkan filling in for all pro larry brown of the steelers there are your four linebackers jim leclair returning to duty the leader of that defensive unit inside linebacker he's been out for four weeks second down and four for the steelers the ball just over the 30-yard line and here he comes franco harris over the right side he gets up close to the first down in the arms of jim leclaire and what can you say when you speak of franco harris he has moved ahead of o.j simpson [Music] he is into tonight's game only 953 yards of passing the legendary jim brown as the all-time leading rusher in the history of this game and he's off to the best start ever and they're going to measure it o.j what can you say about it he stays healthy he's wise he is uh still the leader of this team you know i asked him today if he was thinking about retiring or when he's going to retire he says he never even thinks about it he said if you think about it you start looking forward to it and he's playing the best ball he's ever played and he feels as good as he ever felt and he can play three or four more years look at franco and he runs just as well he is off to his best here 417 yards into the night he has three 100-yard games already this season and he needs to take up the slot because the steelers looking over a third down and short you saw it a moment ago just inches for the first down the steelers are hurting at the wide receiver and in the offensive line and stout pulling ahead using 6'4 and 218 pounds to get the first down for the steelers out over the 35-yard line always give it to your strong runner in those crucial situations okay i mean that's he actually is the leading uh rusher for a quarterback in the league you know that i mean cliff he's not throwing a lot but he's running a lot and we talked about those wide receivers we'll see a lot of calvin sweeney oj touched on him earlier we'll see the youngsters though wayne capers who opened tonight the rookie from kansas because greg hawthorne and john stalworth are both injured tonight flag goes as abercrombie ties the left side and the whistle goes before the ball is snapped offense and it will work against the sailors i'd like to mention the fact that ed files the coach of the houston oilers 016 on the season announced his resignation this afternoon so the houston oilers are coachless tonight winless on the season hate to see that i think it's an awful nice man but he certainly had a hard time putting that club offense they don't pause for one second it really is it's really strange to look at a pittsburgh team with all the great receivers they've had and they look at a guy like calvin sweeney who's only had 19 receptions in four years then capers who've never caught a pro pass lining up for him they've spoilers through the years haven't they they've had the great receivers there first down 15 south he fires in and out of the hands of benny cunningham the big tight end it'll be second down in 15 and cunningham also is playing with very sore ribs tonight greg hawthorne who would start a wide receiver has a muscle pull in his leg we won't see him john starworth into reserve out for four weeks with a hamstring pull and of course lynn swann retired last year jim smith who was a great backup to stalwart and swan he has gone to the usfl birmingham so the steelers going in a different direction frank o'hara single setback now second down 15. he's not open and he has to throw it away abercrombie picked up nicely out of the backfield stout had to switch off tried to get it to cunningham to no avail reggie williams put some good pressure in the linebackers i think we're going to see the the bengals are at a point right now where they're going to have to do so many doggone things and they're going to try a lot of them reggie williams 57 you'll see him come in you'll see stout drop back nobody's really open yeah i think you're going to see a lot of this with the inexperience in their receivers he's going to be looking for guys to get open all night and i got a feeling they're going to have to run the ball that's it's hard to do 15 yards to go new folks offensive line for casinos on the right side larry brown not in there tonight course they're not in they've been replaced by ookan and donnelly third down 15. here comes the pressure stop gets it to harris harris short of the first down after the 40-yard line a flag is down in the backfield for pittsburgh and we're going to have to call work against the steelers but it is a fourth down it could be declined cincinnati looking for possession another thing about frankel we talk about his running he's their leading receiver i think this year he's he is indeed holding number 55 offense declined fourth down rich donnelly filling in a right guard for the steelers for an injured steve corson out with a sore knee detected holding penalty declined to bring up the punting unit and craig copeland will kick away for the steelers and dropping is mike martin a rookie out of the university of illinois great wide receiver there respecting kolkat martin has settled in inside the cincinnati 20-yard line [Applause] a booming puck that hangs high and takes martin all the way back to the five good move hammered at the 10 yard line is the youngster mike martin a punt of 55 yards by craig colquitt he got it off beautifully and cincinnati their first possession where just underway will begin near their 10-yard line you can just see the lights of cincinnati they're all on tonight 50 degree temperatures skies are clear a beautiful night for football cincinnati's first possession kenny anderson of course the quarterback they'll begin at their own 11-yard line here comes charles alexander who's been filling in for pete johnson who was out for a four-game suspension on drug involvement he was activated this afternoon the big booming full-back of the bengals big kenny anderson 70 completion once again leading the nfl in that department as he usually does last week and losing to baltimore he still had over 330 yards there is alexander one set back they'll use rodney tate and they will often use three wide receiver chris collinsworth having absolutely great years thus far with 23 receptions he has split at the bottom of your screen that's paid in motion on second down and nine a little offsides look like anderson he reads defensive so quickly he looked right came back to collinsworth who never stopped working and he gets up to the 25-yard line but again the flag is down at the line of scrimmage looked like the tight end it looked like he readjusted his stance at the last minute i think it's going to cost him that little slot hits and it's good along that just kind of who's going out there a little bit in a hurry college worth has had a good year yep that's what it is our referee tonight is todd hagerty and he'll be working along with his crew hopefully we'll hear a little from pat nothing personal but we like it that way there's your three man down front and oj touched on it they'll play everyone on that defense 19 to 20 guys will see a lot of action linebackers they're good and particularly jack lambert inside on the left side the leading tackler once again as he is annually the cornerbacks mel blood over the right side one of the all-time leading interceptors in this league and he's got a couple already this year and he's in great condition at 35 years old illegal motion number 89 offense second down dan ross it was the tight end lost to five it'll be second down and 15. still a very loyal crowd they have turned out and sell out numbers here tonight but i'll tell you if they go one and five they'll be looking for friends anderson now backed up inside his own seven yard line [Applause] play action [Applause] [Music] anderson with a tremendous touch gets it to the tight end dan ross oh that's really pretty he dropped that one in the bucket didn't he i don't think there's no way you can cover a guy any better than he's covered really but evidently just a little quick not much of a play fake but a little one this is really the touch you just dropped that thing only didn't throw it that hard that's the only place that one can be nice throw that is a mark of a great passing quarterback and dan ross one of the better receiving tight ends pro bowl a year ago probably because they didn't give it to him in 81 when he had 71 receptions and led him to the super bowl as isaac curtis in motion on first down and this is alexander right side and alexander working hard out over the 30 to about the 32-yard line for a gain of about six before lauren taves is there first for the steelers it'll be second down at four hall of famer forest greg with the messenger system giving the play to rodney tate boris is really frustrated this year he's uh he thought he had a good ball club and they've come in and seemed like they've had so many things that have gone wrong for him with injuries and of course a couple of suspensions before the season started he he just he can't get it together so we've got to score some points that's all there is to it 32-yard line second down and four alexander single setback play action by anderson once again anderson isaac curtis inside pittsburgh territory at the 47-yard line curtis's 12th reception of the year but anderson has been concentrating so much on collinsworth this year curtis still oj with that great speed will take that defensive back so deep yeah well curtis used to be their home run hitter now he's more than possession receiver there he is running your everyday 20 yard out you know this is what they don't have in pittsburgh now they've been throwing to isaac for a number of years and the timing kenny let that ball go before isaac made his turn he knows where he's going to be and in talking to the pittsburgh people they haven't had enough time to work those receivers it was not your bobby lane's spiral was it it was beautiful tightly woven and anderson throws the ball that way on first and ten alexander breaks it again on the right side and this time he's up close to another first down once again lauren tave from the offside had to take alexander in president and the bengals have really come out firing tonight they're coming off that line of scrimmage working over there with mike wilson max montoya and dan ross does a fine job blocking there's pete johnson we mentioned he was activated this afternoon he could have been activated last week but they couldn't find scales enough to wave i don't think he came back at about 273 he's dropped three pounds this week he's in there at 270. boston earlobe yeah i tell you they really missed them because they've had some crucial third and ones and third and half foots that they haven't been able to get that's right against buffalo talk about they didn't score from the four and that's what boris greg says that's what this team misses says if you can't score from the four we don't deserve to win we see it all the time anderson either not liking his personnel that was sent in or the defense he was looking at he calls timeout number 46 all-time leading rusher for the bengals came up a second round draft pick all american ohio state and in the six years he's played he's been the bingo's leading rusher he also is a good man in protecting kenny anderson anderson has a first down and ten the ball at the 37-yard line of the steelers no score just underway here in the first quarter from cincinnati [Applause] anderson a lot of time too much time for the steelers isaac curtis and that ball was fumbled that ball is picked up right and taken by brian hinkle curtis had possession of it it was stripped and the steelers get the football good field position 38-yard line anderson frustrated he had the ball right into isaac curtis and then he gets stripped no flooding a zone he had three of his receivers over there and on the right side they couldn't cover all of them and he just fell out of his hands looked like to me dwayne woodruff got right up into isaac curtis the ball came out and the man that collected brian hinkle the steelers have a first down they're at their own 38-yard line we'll be back in cincinnati in just a moment recovered the ball for the steelers in his second year but actually was injured reserved for his first year so has not had that much experience he made a big play however quick snap and there was movement by cincinnati and pulling away fifth stop left the ball the bengals were saying it's theirs but i think it was contact made on the part of the left side of the line with the bengals i think i heard a whistle too before all that started looked like maybe the opposite line started for that snap apparently the offensive line movement drew the bengals off whistle blew before the ball was snapped options being presented to the bengals at the moment well i know you two aren't interested in basketball i live in los angeles i'm a big laker fan and they made a big trade today let me hear about it paul starts yes offense what happened to the lake well it seems the lakers send down to san antonio on mr norm nixon and eddie the thief of baghdad jordan they picked up a rookie named byron scott and sven neta formerly of ucla i'm glad that that's good to pass this stuff along you're an investigative reporter also i think that's terrific ah my friends will be interested in it first down 15 the steelers inside their own 33-yard line look out older abercrombie and abercrombie tries to get to the right side and jim leclaire who has missed so much playing time with a bad knee was up there defensively to make the stop getting help from robert jackson who has been the free safety for the bengals this year brian hicks who was the regular free safety a year ago on the into reserve with a knee gain of a couple for abercrombie it'll be second down at 13. abercrombie end of the night a dangerous receiver averaging well over 20 yards of reception and of course a great running all-american back out of baylor stout will go down inside the 25. gary boyarski the nose tackle inside the 25 the sack on stout you almost can sense when you see them go back to pass they're kind of saying we really don't want to do this but we read the book you got to do a little passing too but they're just not very smooth with their passing game all right the loss is inside the 25 and it'll be third down and they'll call it 22. and o.j i think we got our san antonio mixed up with san diego la in san diego correct that's close both of them have a sand sand they're both south sure [Applause] third down 22 stout clicks again [Applause] and harris gets some of the yardage back moving out close to the 34-yard line but we'll see the punting unit once again and that means great culprit for the steelers well that's the second time they threw that little delay pattern to franco you would think they'd throw it on first down i don't think they got much time to throw anything else from that they're coming in there pretty good as we say they have a lot of problems on their offensive line especially the right side where has a full-in tackle and a fill-in guard may be a long night for him coco count of the heads they're all there 10 beside himself mike martin has dropped you had a quick look at him at the 20-yard line of the bengals coal clip doesn't turn over and a fair catch is called for executed at the 25-yard line of the bengals so cincinnati will have their second possession near their own 25-yard line after a punt of some 41 yards by craig coquitt back in a moment then gals are here ben zoo is here he is a tiger that they keep leading around too close to comfort actually and cincinnati has a first down attend their second possession no score in the first quarter 7 18 remaining anderson they'll throw the ball for you isaac curtis and anderson comes right back to the veteran wide receiver who gave it up deep in steeler territory a short while ago and donnie shell up there defensively for the steelers after a gain of seven well that's the third time they've thrown that pattern they must have found something over there you think woodruff has given him a little cushion well sometimes it's like a throw to the right it might be though one thing i notice is how much more time anderson's got to throw than than uh world cliff on the other side all right makes a difference alexander single set back second down to three a pair of tight ends are in joining dan ross and then l harris [Applause] alexander and he struggles out over the 35 he'll get the first down as jack lambert is there defensively [Applause] jack lambert he plays this game emotionally wouldn't you say oj yes he sure does and it's it's amazing that he's been able to make the adjustments so well i've always felt i mean from 3 4 to a 4-3-3-4 defense i i felt that you have less responsibility playing with four linebackers in three but he's made the adjustment as if he's been playing it his whole career i mean he's 20 tackles ahead of the nearest guy on his team well a premature assessment on my part alexander short of the first down and you saw by how much well they'll bring him come on let's bring pete johnson no not yet we're going to save him from look at that fire drill down there no kidding they have changed people on given situations now they have a short yardage they bring in different folks in the lineup in a four down front lambert polar remain as linebacker stanley wilson joins charles alexander as a setback for cincinnati third down and inches alexander hole over the left side and this time he gets the first down at the 38-yard line alexander of course through the first five games of the season has been filling in in a different position for him although he does have the size of 225 pounds but he's been filling in for pete johnson while johnson was under suspension and of course last week when johnson reported a little heavy actually he may be more suited to play fullback we'll talk about that uh in a bit a guy with his feet would you have seen would be a [Applause] took the ball rodney tate had it knocked from his hands the steelers were in a blitz ball came loose and rick woods coming up from his safety spot was there 38-yard touchdown steelers on top i'll tell you this is something for pittsburgh because they've been controlling the ball in most of the games this year but they haven't been coming up with a big play last week they have one big play from abercrombie and let's take a look at this one this is another big play and they certainly don't have the offense now to dominate a game like this they're going to have to come up with more big plays like this if they hope to win whoa that was a good tag edmund nelson coming across robin cole had turned rodney tate inside nelson gave him a pop and it went into the arms of this man rick woods that was a ver a very nice move there first professional touchdown we were just saying that because there was a quarterback and missed that tackle out there i saw that how many tackles did you make i made several i threw a lot of interceptions gary anderson makes it seven to nothing the steelers keep for cincinnati number 23 rodney tate who just turned the ball over to rick woods who took it in from a 38-yard touchdown he's back there along with stanley wilson there is rodney tate they'll be looking for the big run back poor rodney he's been starting every game this year he's only carried the ball nine times and i think he will be lucky to carry it nine times in the next five games after that harry anderson and it takes rodney tate to the goal line and tate again oh i think the whistle might have blown and the steelers are saying no we've got it no the referee's saying they didn't some will go with the referee whistle at blown it was hinkle who says that he was the one that got the football we'll look at it again a return of 22 yards but he's really hammered you're really hoping that he'd break it after that fumble he's oh he really formed the ball didn't he that thing came out he got himself a whistle break and that's good i like that a whistle break hey the bengals down by seven five minutes remaining in the first quarter they have possession inside their own 18-yard line david mercer now wide receiver for cincinnati number 81 play action again by anderson this is burster and mercer a first down up around the 30 yard out of the arms of jack lambert and let's go back to rodney tate's fumble he was fresh at first by robin cole and then hit by edmund nelson nelson's number 64. from his college days as a disc jockers watch oh joe rock just knocked that finger straight up in the air woods comes by picks the thing up help him up help him up now this is a good move on a quarterback it was a good move anderson's a good athlete too well just a good thing there [Applause] near the 30-yard line first down at 10 cincinnati reverse to david mercer has a lot of speed but he attracts a lot of steelers the first one is rick woods first sir we'll get a couple of yards out of it after a lot of exercise a pretty good draft with wide receivers they got burster number one was it 79 or 80 and then they had chris collins worth number two so they picked up a couple of good ones right here in the college draft they really counted on versa to be the big man there and he had some problems i guess picking up the system and reading coverages but they're counting on him to be a big star in the future the bengals bring it up they look over a second down and eight the ball near the 31-yard line tate single setback [Applause] and anderson fire as it goes to the tight end ross the flag is down and ross is close to first down yardage you know what he met black as the flag down out there and i should wait let's see but that might have something to do with a little pick move that isaac curtis was trying to pull defensive back so yeah they'll get uh collins worth in sight so the bengals will lose their pickup by dan ross you know gifford used to make that play famous when he had play uh cornell green thought that uh frank was an offensive tackle for you he'd come down there and pick him off so many times in a second and that's why they call it a pick play they were picking up and watching frank will not deny that either look at him 16 just bring in there he said well maybe i did once or twice offensive pass interference number 85 offense what an eye 109. top of it done let's take a look at it again i used to do something similar for joe walton see he was in motion they're trying to get chris inside there so that was the pick move they're trying to call it chris didn't go inside i think he saw the fly yep loss of 10 loss to 20 if you count the loss of the completion it's second down and 20. [Applause] kenny anderson pulling away from the center he was anticipating the snap flags are everywhere and anderson very wisely get to the artificial surface inside the 15. i saw dan ross move a little quick at the end i think the snap by blake moore just didn't get into the hands they're going to have a procedure call against cincinnati blake moore of course filling in for dave remington the much talented rookie with an injured foot begins tomorrow night i already have some of don's money in my pocket from the playoffs we're going to be picking up a halftime report tonight from howard he's in baltimore with the rest of our technicians [Applause] philadelphia phillies the graybeards if you will and of course baltimore the perennial powers [Applause] so cincinnati drops five more on the procedure call boris greg i think he's having a difficult time figuring out just what has happened to my football team chris collinsworth of course has committed two years down the line to the usfl as has the great tight end dan ross if they have both turned in superb seasons thus far third down in a bundle look out anderson in town goes anderson it was keith gary he's going to flags it down he might have got his hand on the face on the face mask of kenny anderson i think he did there it is kenny's still down too he got a hold of kenny anderson's face mask yanked him into the end zone keith carey 6-3 255 and anderson is hurt let's take a look at it you're going to see why they have this rule in the neck is one of the more vulnerable areas of the body on the field along with the knee and you snap that head there's nothing he can do oh he's just snapping around i mean that could really be a serious injury and anderson is down keith gary got his hand on the face mask almost turned anderson's head around and let's hope he's all right it was a dick knight train lane that literally was the defensive player that led to that rule personal foul face mask number 92 first down it's good for debate run by and grab guys by the face man that single bar face mask i saw him do it at kizar stadium a few times you will certainly follow it i'll tell you that and there's no question why the rule was put in let's look once again keith gary coming in from your left side anderson trying to spin out anderson a good running back actually was trying to grab the inside of that he was just trying to grab the inside of that shoulder pad but it looked like he got a couple of fingers on that face mask and just didn't let go anderson being treated now at the end zone they've already marked off the assessment against the steelers and keith gary the man that is warming up his church schuner has not played that much in his brief career had a great career out at stanford university a lot of those stanford quarterbacks you see scattered throughout the league and uh actually i guess i don't know there's not one starting though i don't think isn't it there you go see there i knew you guys were waking up there's not but three or four of these guys started and i guess we've had a real concern now etched across the face to forest greg is for the well-being actually of his quarterback kenny anderson that's where we'll be a week from tonight washington again with a victory over saint louis and well they were impressive they they're really playing some good football i loved it you know you get the redskins and the teams like the raiders and those two teams in particular seem like they play with that old-time enthusiasm they got a bunch of guys that are kind of really having a lot of fun playing and it's it's showing up in that one loss record well they get down to the basics it seemed good well they continue to work on kenny anderson let's take a look at the washington redskins yesterday let's pick up the action as it took place in the third quarter joe this has been having another great day at this point the redskins are ahead 24-7 this is the tight end rick walker usually the motion man for the redskins that made it 31-7 washington and now at 31-14 the fourth quarter well guess who the big man rumbling where does he go the left side just as he did in the super bowl third touchdown on the day for john riggins this one from 15 yards out washington going on to beat st louis 38-14 and of course they stay one game behind the undefeated dallas cowboys with a five and one record dallas of course 6-0 isn't it amazing you look at big riggins he's the oldest back in football he's having maybe his best year if you look at franco harris is right near the oldest back in football and he's uh having his his finest year do you think he's going to come back taking i don't mean this facetiously but maybe they're taking better care of themselves off season work and stuff like that than maybe what we did a few years ago well i don't think you can just start this at the end of your career if you look at franco he's always been a guy who's taking good care of himself reagan's always been a guy who's taking care of himself and i think it's something that just happens over the years you know guys like you and i you know we're out there dissipating all the time oh no kenny anderson gets up one of the problems is don you might remember we were in cleveland penny anderson was playing with a very stiff knack i'm not so sure that they didn't just now put the collar on but when flew at him a couple of weeks ago in cleveland he'd been hurt against buffalo that's right could hardly move his head at the time so i think he's aggravated actually an injury from that buffalo game several weeks ago actually tony dungy was coaching the defensive back for pittsburgh mentioned that to me today that uh they didn't think anderson was picking up his second receiver well and he thought the stiff neck was hurting uh anderson's ability to hit that back out of the backfield he didn't turn well he hit that back swinging out of the backfield they will try to get a detailed report on the condition of ken anderson he has come off the field walking but with a neck brace around his neck and into the ball game comes turk schoenert fourth year man out of stanford he's six 109. he saw his numbers a while ago seven of 13 no touchdowns no interceptions and that was in a philip philly and roll when anderson was hurt against buffalo earlier in the year well you really hate to see that that's just that's one of those things a lot of things can go wrong with that old neck how about your spine yeah you can see what john uh goodman got his fingers in there because he has a couple of big finger scratches right on that other side of his face underway again again we will try and get a detailed report on the condition of ken anderson first down at 10 following the penalty and this is alexander on the left side big opening in alexander taken out of bounds up near the 20-yard line by rick woods there'll be a gain of about five and it'll be second down and five they're talking about anderson being more suited for fullback here's a guy who runs a nine two hundred and he runs about a four four forty and he doesn't look fast yeah some guys have speed on the field and some guys don't you look at frank o'hara's who really doesn't look like he's a speed burner but he's pretty either breakaway runner you very rarely see franco get caught anderson i see him get caught a lot not that he gets open that much second down and five for the bengals 305 remaining in the first quarter the steelers on top seven and nothing anderson has gone to the locker room here comes alexander right side again short of the first down out close to the 28-yard line [Music] boy he hasn't changed his expression very much he hates to anticipate but it doesn't look too good does it and we have another flag down on the field as anderson is being taken in the golf cart inside i presume where x-rays will be taken [Applause] they've had a lot of things that's gone wrong for them this year the injuries we've talked about plus they just haven't won any ball games so something like this could cause a little let down by those fingers offsides number 78 offense still second down anthony munoz over the left side offside with cincinnati and that good looking kid moves the ball back inside the 15-yard line where it'll be second down at 11. eastern time zone little man you ought to be thinking about rumbling on home for a little nap the quarterback now for the bengals former ncaa passing champion back in 79 at stanford left over the second down and eleven draws the clips and goes for chris collinsworth and collins we're short of the first down out over the 21-yard line rick wood ron johnson defensively and when he got a young inexperienced quarterback such as shona he's going to see a lot of blitzes well he's going to see uh this is not the best game for him to be coming in because pittsburgh gives you so many different looks defensively and move guys around you'll see him bring bob pores in number 90 they play him like aj dewey they try to move him around the line he rushes he drops back for passes and not the best game for a young quarterback to be coming in and of course the other thing he does not work that much during the week when kenny anderson was looking at the different pittsburgh defensive sets so he's on the spot and he's down seven to nothing in the first quarter corner [Applause] alexander and alexander gets the first down yardage plus out to the 33 all right mine before he's hit by rick woods that's a good play i like that that's got an unusual pass pattern he had his wide receivers and setbacks all dragging in toward the middle and here comes alexander out of the backfield a little swing pass not terribly difficult to complete picked up his first down alexander you know you said they're not uh difficult to complete it's amazing when i played ball how many quarterbacks really couldn't pop that ball out there they'd be up behind the run or let them below that is true i i should take that back as i've said many times that's one of the most difficult passes to complete because you're judging a different kind of gate different speed from that receiver coming out of the backfield the first down just over the 32 yard line of the fingers yeah i'll show you i'll go to collinsworth deep no flag collinsworth wanted one as he worked against mel blunt it could have been collins worth going down right where the pitchers mound is covered by the artificial surface here at riverfront stadium that's where he was tripped up but shona threw a good pass i think if the ball would have been inside a little more collinsworth would have had a chance for it now collins work would like for that ball to be on his eight side there and you see it the ball is a little outside and blunt has position there and he can't get back outside to get the ball and blunt has been positioning himself well for many years 14 to be exact [Applause] kenny anderson well we have heard thus far as a bruised neck x-rays will be taken hopefully we'll know more later in motion had to get it away quickly because he was under pressure from jack lambert you're gonna miss him miss him on that side because chris was pretty well covered anyway and i think turk probably saw that looks like he's talking to chris maybe they had a little mix-up that lambert is everywhere isn't he he is you know you see him he's tall but he's almost like like a wide receiver and body build he's 6'4 220 but looks almost frail i know what i've heard played him i said this guy cannot be playing in the middle he's so thin in the hips you know and in his waist but he pursue he reads offensive so well he just plays good all-around football third down and 10. alexander the single setback there's gary the one who manhandled ken anderson earlier was in there defensively gary a number one draft pick of the steelers in 81 who went up to canada for a couple of years and montreal came back this year as a free agent and he has tremendous speed and size a great pass rusher keith gary that'll bring up the fourth down punting unit scanci has dropped for the steelers and we'll watch pat macanally for the first time tonight with 135 remaining in the first quarter there is cancer gary and goodman both oklahoma fellows reunited here in that defensive line for [Applause] [Music] will bring it back not far to the 43-yard line good coverage by a hustling special team at the cincinnati bengals a cut of 39 yards two yard return steel is on top seven to nothing they have good field position still out crowd here at riverfront stadium we want to remind you college football it'll come to you live saturday at 3 30 eastern time here on abc this will be a beauty nebraska getting it on with missouri nebraska course on a 16-game winning streak longest major college football winning streak in the nation of course they have a great running back mike rozier who's leading the nation in russia nebraska missouri this saturday here on abc i thought smu had that streak stout tries to get it to abercrombie did he trap it no they say that abercrombie has made spectacular catches all year made a legal catch at the 30-yard line of cincinnati that's part of that baylor connection that the steelers seem to have four players from baylor and walker's one of them and he's really having a good year seems to be shaking up a little bit on that last reception yes he's giving him something that they haven't had let's take a look at it from the reverse angle he gives him a breakaway threat from that halfback position the last three weeks he's had three touchdown passes in each game and really did a real good job there made a real nice catch concentration by abercrombie the first down at the 30-yard line franco harris surging behind the front offensive line of the steelers a gain of four it'll be second down and six and with each yard that franco harris clicks off he draws ever closer to that incredible mark set by jim brown at 12 312 yards the incredible part of it he did it in nine years the strange thing is uh some of the shortcomings that the steelers have right now with their problems with their wide receivers may work out better personally for franco because they got to rely on him a little more he's gonna have to run the ball a little more and most backs would like to get that work they'd like to get the ball you know a lot of times give me the ball give me the ball well 7-0 in pittsburgh we'll be back in a moment [Applause] second quarter action coming up riverfront stadium out crowd for the steelers and the bengals the pittsburgh steelers don't believe it to move in to a first place tie with cleveland in the afc central division they can do so with a win tonight right now the steelers led by cliff stop as we begin the second quarter looking over second down and six the ball at the 26 yard line of the bengals the steelers on top seven to nothing god's the bullet and he can run the first down marker and he'll get the first down inside the 20. eddie edwards went right by his head smart man zach [Applause] get out of bounds good going cliff let's take a look at the first quarter numbers cincinnati with a couple of turnovers one of them turned into a 38-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown run they have an edge in yardage an edge in ball control but they trail by seven to nothing stop brings up the steelers greg garrity a rookie from penn state one wide receiver top of your screen [Applause] that's frank pollard right side he's in the arms of ross browner who was reinstated last week or after the fourth game and he did play on passing downs considerably last week there's greg hawthorne and with the hat stallworth two guys pittsburgh sorely missed if they want to go anywhere this year they're gonna have to get one at least one of these guys back that's their regular wide receiver stalwart but that's for horthorn without the hat and you talk about a big receiver and a great threat when he gets on it from baylor got a couple second down and eight good coverage by the bengals wayne capers the rookie from kansas double coverage ken riley the principal man back there who's playing with a pulled hamstring but he had help from louis braden as cincinnati rolled their two corner backs over to the right side yeah i think fouled after through the fall realized he may have went to the wrong man well he was certainly double covered but you know they talk about he's been around for a long time and uh chuck noll was talking to him this morning he said that's still not that's not the difference is the deal is he hasn't played much and you've still got to get out there and play so he's not picking things up very well i guess not he qualified for the nfl pension without ever having thrown a pass 56 games he did not even see action crackshaw out he's on the line however this season third down and eight gotta go and not a well thrown fall but nevertheless greg garrity well covered and it would have been a little hazardous had stout tried to get it in the snap comes from one of your basic major colleges he followed ron jaworski over youngstown state and uh jawarski had a lot of records over there and right here i see it right there he came from see right there says so right there he broke a lot of jawarski's records see those things are important here's greg anderson 35-yard attempt for gary anderson 10-12 this year for pittsburgh gary anderson now has nine in a row and the steelers have attended epic lead over the cincinnati bengals early moments of the second quarter we'll be back to riverfront stadium in a moment gary anderson good from 35 yards out the steelers on top 10 to nothing deep stanley wilson number 32 there he is a rookie ninth round pick out of oklahoma david fercer is also back there number 81 cursor of course with the great speed the kind of speed that could break it open anderson one would suspect would try to get this ball to wilson but he doesn't this will be david from his own enzyme and mercer dances a little looks for the opening explodes out over the 20 where he's met there by david little it'll be first down at 10 the bengals at their 23-yard line well don see this was my kind of game you know i certainly hope anderson is all right but yeah for a running back you know you got the best quarterbacks on the round one's in the locker room wherever terry is somebody at home hey let's put the ball on the ground and let's separate the men from those guys who goes to nestle oh okay all right well let's give it to him then let's let him run [Applause] the quarterback remains church for the cincinnati bengals will be joining us late kenny anderson went to the locker room for an x-ray of his neck after being sacked by keith gary this is alexander right side and alexander is met right at the line of scrimmage and rather severely by lauren taves mike merryweather also there defensively for the steelers steelers shuffle those defensive people we touched on at the top of the show they'll bring in some new folks right now because it's second down and 10 it's a good blitz down for the steelers second and long heath gary comes in keith willis comes in in the defensive line the linebackers come out except for jack lambert and rick woods comes in as the fifth defensive back near the 23-yard line second down and 10. [Applause] has the time fires is complete taken by dan ross who has the first down yardage out over the 35-yard line ron johnson there defensively i'd like to wish a happy 30th anniversary to krdo in colorado springs also a happy 30th anniversary on the air in 23 years as an abc affiliate to wtvm in columbus georgia and a happy 25th anniversary on the air and as an abc affiliate to wjrt and flip michigan all of our pals along the line let's bring you these football games and happy birthday to anybody that's having one today on first down the shoulder back once again donut can't find a receiver and schoener takes a hammering by mike merryweather after a gain of a couple i don't think that was a good good decision turk the turk was trying to get somebody to go deep don't do that sort of stuff that's the jack lambert in the middle that's ross coming out this might be one reason why turk was hey ross are going to get him for lambert's trying to give him some trouble in there isn't he doing something he looked like he checked him a little more than five yards downfield yeah schoenert got three yards out of it he took quite a hammering and the smattering of boos and cheers is for pete johnson who has come into the game for the first four games he's a big one bigger than force greg would like but nevertheless he's in the lineup and schoenert on the very first play pulls over the 42-yard line does pete johnson for a gain of two that'll bring up the third down at five lambert and edmund nelson there defensively for the steelers i was really talking some of the pittsburgh people when they used to play uh cincinnati and pete was in there they'd have to get defensive lineman to come in and run the plays for somebody anybody that big how would you like to be a 180 pound safety coming up looking at a guy 260 pounds about a foot and a half off the ground even lambert says man i don't really yeah if you tackle it he said yeah about 30 or 40 times he said every time i hit him i always hope somebody else was coming quickly to help change in personnel for the steelers on third down and five fires and it's complete it goes to isaac curtis and he has first down yardage and he is hustled back by about seven yards but he was up close to midfield for the first down i think schuner is going to take another pretty good lick this time from keith willis i believe it isn't right no i think it's the harvey clayton the cornerback they're doing everything here it was 93 turned out to be 33. but he let him have it 93 was close i saw i think everybody was in the area the way pittsburgh played a safety blitz dealers and schoenert reads it very calmly gets the ball up isaac curtis first down at midfield [Applause] action here in the second quarter he was on top 10 to nothing play action by schoenert he made a great move on the cornerback he gets the first down at the 25-yard line and donnie shell has no right to be trying to work with chris collinsworth as great as shell has been college worth has just too much speed for him let's take a look at it looks like he's running a deep end this is a nice move you see how he got up field he almost got by two guys when he came down he's a guy who's always conscious of where he is and where the defender is he's not thinking about getting hit there's a guy thinking about running he's a player 25-yard line first down cincinnati [Music] johnson gets about seven yards all on his own using tremendous size and strength and we're gonna pause five seconds and allow our stations to identify themselves channel 4 wtae-tv pittsburgh p johnson who came back after his suspension at 273 pounds down to about 271 has picked up six yards it'll be second down for the ball inside the steelers 20 yard line [Applause] inside handoff after faker johnson and this is rodney tate and take breaks for big yardage and another first down down close to the 12-yard line i sure hope tate breaks one today yeah i don't like to see those backs playing the whole game thinking about a fumble it may cost in the game certainly no i just pick it up i can't believe you like seals back run over people you never like to run over here oh no no i didn't weigh 270 pounds either give him a little oaky dough man let's have came in under tremendous pressure has not played hardly at all in his four years he hasn't played that much kenny anderson very durable out of this game however and shonert is moving the bengals they started at their own 23-yard line donut 5-7 64-yards before johnson whoa [Music] [Applause] peter johnson down close to another first down near the two i think he was looking for somebody to run over he couldn't find a stiller to run over at one point let's take a look at this oh mary brown marion motley where are you hey look at him he's looking for somebody to run over right here where are you where are you give me somebody [Laughter] he is a big one isn't it really a seismic wrap to record his yardage 270. inside the two-yard line first down goal to go and pete johnson has brought this crowd to life now here's where they've been having their problems here's where they say they miss him the most are the fans saying pete seems like i'm here boom oh this time he goes down lambert took him where he should down low [Applause] that's where i would have taken him right around the shoelaces i would have taken him only if i had a pal to come along with me i tell you what he hadn't played in a while he's carrying a few extra pounds he's going to be breathing hard when he come out of this drive we won't beat you got him second down goal to go [Applause] this is where the bengals one area they've been troubled getting the short yardage plays to function for them they've got their big man back and they give it to him one more time and johnson right in there close to the goal line because they're going to mark it about a foot short hey those steelers are hanging tough aren't they oh i tell you they're hanging top in there [Applause] this is my kind of football let's take a look at it again johnson they're running a what looks like just a four drive he's to follow his half back right in there this is where i thought they made a mistake in the super bowl a few years ago i thought instead of him carrying it when he was stopped on the goal line they should have used that 250 or 60 pounds to lead alexander in the hole dwayne woodruff 49 at quarterback we met him first and he did a pretty good job of holding his ground third down goal to go the bengals trail 10 to nothing johnson goes over left side the pringles get a touchdown out of pete johnson and his very first series of plays back third time's the charm well you just knew they were going to keep giving it to him and if they didn't make it then they're just not going to make it i used to love it down on that goal line where everybody's digging in i say give it to braxton smart i'll tell you when b johnson gets all that body moving if you know anything about physics mass velocity i do i know a lot about you just don't want to be a safety yeah well that's that's right i bet he's looking for the oxygen now though jim brady for the conversion [Applause] fighter does the holding for cincinnati there's the bingo and they do so new football game for riverfront stadium in cincinnati the bengals on the scoreboard they trail the pittsburgh steelers 10-7 two great clubs who meet for the first time battle for baseball's greatest prize the world series begins tomorrow on abc the big man on the bengals drive along with their quarterback schoenert is pete johnson jim puts it in the air and tim harris the rookie from washington state is there at the four yard line and good coverage by the special teams that had just been given a fired up feats on the sidelines by head coach forrest grey the steelers have the ball back and we'll be back in a moment they don't necessarily like to be this clinical but the x-rays have been taken of ken anderson's neck they apparently been brought out onto the field where the doctors remain during the course of the game and we will try to get a more definitive word on the extent of ken anderson's injury the steelers first down and ten with foot stop going all the way as he has all season and relief of the injured terry bradshaw looking over first down and ten franco harris with the nifty little moves and of course the question on a lot of people's mind particularly steeler fans will bradshaw be back this year there's a question that we put to him earlier well i i expect to be back i it's a slow process getting the arm back in to gain shape i can throw now which would be good for sandlot ball but i can't throw a competitive player i'm restricted right now i don't have the pain that i have i'm virtually zero pain no pain at all and what i'm doing is strengthening it now and strengthen it the proper way and it uh has responded in the last 10 days it's been tremendous i've almost tripled the the the arm strength and uh with the greatest signs the fact that i can go out and throw and have no pain at all other than muscle fatigue from all the exercises that i do prior to throwing so i'm encouraged by that and with that i would say that i'm going to play this year when i don't know but i i definitely feel like i'll play terry bradshaw talking about his future for this year third down at five now for the man that's filling in flips out [Applause] defensively as wayne papers the rookie from kansas comes down with his first nfl reception that was a good move i thought by stout that time he didn't really have anybody open until he made that little move to the outside and capers opened up to the inside well you take a good look at capeler capers he looks like a clone of stallworth i mean he looks exactly like in uniform he runs like him i know there's still is hope he end up playing like that he can catch like him they got a deal right [Applause] first down and ten for the students they have a three-point lead 335 remaining in the first half and this is frank pollard out on the right side and he's up close to first down yardage one of those situations where the bengal helped him pick up some extra yardages that time pollard is kind of an all-purpose uh football player he can play that outside slot that you saw right there he plays both the backs not a really it was all-purpose utility they won't try to make another rocky blair we're trying to get all these older players back into their uniform so they they can win more super bowls right listening to the words of uh terry bradshaw might be providential the injury but the state has lost all those receivers yeah i'll tell you it makes it tough to get the completions this is left side and collard gets into cincinnati territory a gain of six before ross browner is there defensively big number 79 for the bengals i'm sure hopeful terry does get healthy he can play i've enjoyed watching him play for a number of years terry was the one that said really i've written an article in the newspaper he's talking about the difficulty that stout was having and he said it's just he thought he could help the young receivers a little bit more than stout and that was maybe the only area he thought that he could improve on by being there he says these guys have a little more confidence in him [Music] second down and four paris the single setback out stop under a lot of pressure spins and gets away from eddie edwards the fire is incomplete it'll be third down and four [Applause] well stout showed a lot of poise that time well it just looked like it from up here where he was it wasn't no point his heart was yeah just give me a break get away from me eddie eddie is leading the league after five games tied with miami's doug betters he had eight individual sacks in the first five games and of course he annually leads the bengals and sacks big defensive left in eddie edwards to cincinnati he'll be coming back on this one because his third down and four the shroud is in the passing situation bingo showing blitz all the way [Applause] they drop out of it that's calvin sweeney no they're saying he never controlled it well that's what he did i think he was probably bobbling it all the way defensively back there with him was louis breeden yeah at one point it looked like both of them had the ball we're fighting for it let's take a look at it on the inline zone sweeney's having a tough year right now he has two fractured thumbs he's had a bad hip yeah we might be able to see that on a reverse angle and uh it looked as though he caught it from here our viewpoint but when you see the reverse angle you can see he never did control it i think i don't think he ever did well neither did that referee down there fourth down cochlear out for the steelers he angles for the corner but he hangs it high fair catch call for by mike martin and then he backs away from it and it takes a steeler bounce inside the 15-yard line it looked like he was hit you know i think he got hit yeah i did but i wonder if he had not given his uh fair cat signal before he got hit not that would make any difference i don't guess though would he well he was running up field rather fast [Applause] he gave the fair catch indication right there got hit by his own man who was knocked into him there will be no flag no penalty in cincinnati trailing by three with 153 remaining in the first half will take over at their own 13-yard line they have two timeouts that's hall of famer forrest greg the head coach of the bengals with his back to you former great tackle with the green bay packers where he participated in so many of the championship games and as a super bowl member of the dallas cowboys late in his career standout for the silver springs wildcats the bengals have a first down and 10 at their own 13-yard line frank gifford along with o.j simpson and don meredith howard in baltimore for the beginning of the world series tomorrow night we'll hear from him at halftime charles alexander single setback now for cook and this is alexander good strong running by alexander hit at the line of scrimmage and he stretches out four it'll be second down and six and speaking of the world series that's our schedule it'll begin tomorrow night eight o'clock eastern followed by the game wednesday there will be a travel day on thursday they don't go very far of course up to meet the graveyards in philadelphia and friday and saturday and if necessary game five on sunday and travel day on monday followed by games on tuesday and wednesday if necessary the phillies and the orioles i think it will be yes sir has to waste another timeout or rather schoenert either not liking his personnel or the defense they are down to one timeout 116 on the scoreboard clock remaining in the first half the bengals down by three to the pittsburgh steelers they lost by the bengals tonight well they could start dreaming of next year one would suspect they're one and four in this young season the pittsburgh steelers are three and two the bengals the kenny anderson out of the game his x-rays by the way negative that's good news kurt kilnert the quarterback looking over a second down and five the ball with his own 18-yard line alexander dances back to the inside picks out a couple it'll be third down and a long two as lauren taves was there defensively in the crowd booing somewhat i think they wanted to see shonert go up on the top timeout once again 107 remaining in the half we'll be back after this message from the national football league stay with us [Applause] i'm in the same league with german announcement brought to you as a public service by the national football league the bingos have no time-outs remaining one is indicated on the scoreboard clock but we've been counting them they have a third down and two the ball at their own 21-yard line alexander cannot get outside taken there by mike merriweather who has turned in a whale of a linebacking job already this evening no donnie shell he's not too far behind either flag down i'm out pittsburgh pittsburgh of course using one of their timeouts because pittsburgh wants the football back they still have 58 seconds remaining hey we'll be bringing you some of the highlights from yesterday first of all let's take a look at what happened at giant stadium east rutherford new jersey the giants have beaten the eagles four straight times here's action in the first quarter scott pruner the quarterback for the giants to score nothing to nothing at this point and brunner big tall lanky quarterback looks for the free agent tight end zeke moa and zuke moat picked up a 21-yard gain and rookie ali sheet came in to put three points on the board and action now in the third quarter the eagles on top seven to six jaworski having a good year back looking for an exceptional fine receiver mike quick and he hits quick for 18 yards quick second touchdown of the day ron jaworski doing a good job for marion campbell to have those eagles playing once again they beat the giants 17-13 as we look at cincinnati's pat macanally we'll go back and pick up the rest of that action in a moment skancy is back for the steelers good kick by macanally takes scancy all the way backwards 37 where he bobbles the ball and falls quickly upon it 48 seconds now remain for the steelers [Applause] mike quick was on the receiving end of this pass from jaworski and he's having a tremendous year he caught six for the day and his fourth and fifth touchdowns of the season great diving catch by mike quick second year out of north carolina state right up there among the leaders philadelphia again over the giants 17 to 13. philadelphia going four and two and as i said marion campbell keeping the eagles in it in the nfc east coast for the redskins at five and one and the cowboys at 6-0 [Applause] pittsburgh has two time-outs they have a three-point lead and they have good field position their own 38 yard line they can be a little chancy here and they have used too much time getting the ball into play so they'll be backed up five yards that's not really how you execute your two-minute offense no you can't be called for the lay of the game cliff it'll come it's all right it's on its way yeah those are quite frankly and taking nothing away from cliff stout he's been around seven years hasn't played that much terry bradshaw would have been in that huddle fired up chewing on the game and he would have been coming out coughing at the mouth looking for more points i think if you can get a good experienced quarterback that can come in there and call plays very quickly you eliminate a lot of this special substitution stuff that's going on let's get them in now that hurdle and they force the defense to play with the people to have on the field that's right first down 15. [Music] [Applause] jim griffin a rookie from middle tennessee stepped right in front of benny cunningham down the sidelines we've got a new leader in this game the bengals have come back from a 10-point deficit 41-yard return of the interception by jim griffin you could see him winding up stout telegraph that pass and griffin started running he had a running start i mean coming five eight yards back well that's uh two touchdowns by the defense hey even it up that high tied seven seven as far as the defensive units are concerned i'll tell you call it exactly right because cliffstop was waiting and watching for benny cunningham to uncover a linebacker and jim griffin who was really deep in that prevent defense put on his track shoes took a run at it was about 15 yards and he picked it up in dead stride he really did reach for the conversion the bengals have dramatically turned this one around our bengals go out on top good football fans in cincinnati still out crowd tonight the team coming into the game with a one and four [Applause] and mark if we can see cliff he's coming back looking he glanced a little bit to his left but right there he's zeroing in franco's out in front of it and coming in from the back time that went well didn't he here comes griffin 6-2 197 pounder a seventh-round draft pick out of middle tennessee and good stop good athlete not even close 36 seconds we met completed any better than that so the steelers who took a timeout when cincinnati was faced with the fourth down so they could get the football back got it back they promptly got a delay of the game on the first and 15. it was stout firing to the tight end cunningham picked off by jim griffin for the touchdown and cincinnati continues to bedevil the pittsburgh steelers they've won four of the last five games they've played the last time the steelers have won here goes back to 1978. and you wonder if one man can make a difference you wonder about this team here great football team cincinnati a lot of personnel they've missed misbeat johnson he made a token appear well not really a token appearance and this team has been playing like a super bowl team soon great along the ground and later by donnelly to get it to one of his skill man i think he was trying to kill her he didn't want to get in that way he does what they said about donald he was a phi beta kappa in college that guy's smart donnelly to odom and the steelers with 30 seconds have the football good field position they're out over their own 35-yard line and they have two timeouts remaining remind you again we'll have some more highlight for you at halftime and of course howard's report from baltimore in the world series and right now we still have action [Applause] plenty of time for the steelers in quick shot draw play franco harris and franco breaks for seven over the left side to the 47. oh this is when the back loves to get the football you know you know they're playing to prevent defense everybody give me the ball this is working come on a couple of 30 yarders on here and the steelers the two time ops remaining choose not to run another play they're going to go in and regroup the bengals have roared back the bengals on top at halftime 14 to 10. we'll be back for the halftime features after this message and a word from our local stations the second half is underway david mercer from the 7-yard line the speedster and he's taken just out over the 20 close to the 23-yard line by mike merryweather and turk schonert remains the quarterback you weren't with us in the first quarter ken anderson the gifted quarterback for the bengals near his own two yard line drop back the blitz was on keith gary number 92 watching he's trying for the safety i don't think you can really fault him he put the hand out there was the face mask i think he even tried to release it and wound up with kenny anderson's jersey but anderson who had suffered a very severe neck injury in the buffalo game several weeks ago and a slight concussion is out of the game the x-rays taken were negative but kurt schoenert remains the quarterback on first down and 10. schoenert fires in this complete isaac curtis and curtis is up close to the 30-yard line in the arms of ron johnson short of the first down by a couple let's take a look at the numbers as they transpired from the first quarter to halftime cincinnati of course got one of their touchdowns on an interception from jim griffin i mentioned a moment ago they also brought pete johnson in and put together a long scoring drive they had the margin of possession as you see is as we translate to the halftime 17 minutes and 50 seconds against 12 10. and in overall yardage 166 to 100. that's not what you call a real offensive show well the defenses are outscoring the offenses 14 to 10 right now second down and two schoener looks it over from his own 31-yard line play action on second and short trying to get a big one and schoenert has to pull it down he has the first down hook slides out over the 40 to the 43-yard line for a bengal first down and i'll tell you gunnart coming in four years in the nfl actually started with chicago coming into the night when he was pressed into action he had only thrown the ball 33 times in his career at 18 completions no touchdowns but no interceptions the former stanford ncaa passing champion back in 79 is on the spot right now the fingers almost have to have this game tonight they're one and four in the season the steelers are three and two and looking to tie cleveland and the afc central with a win tonight [Applause] black is down like an offside against pittsburgh they got a little antsy right there in the middle of the line but they see they bring in some linebackers i would imagine we'll see more of that this second half pittsburgh is not generating a great deal of offense so maybe they rely on that defense to score some more points for them they'll bring linebackers from different directions a lot of movement our referee pat haggerty will sort it out and what we have is the movement on the pittsburgh steelers offside looks like they got a little anxious right there in the middle of the line it happens a lot of times when these guys know that they're not going to just go right straight ahead sometimes when it blitz they've got one of those defensive linemen will go the left shoulder let that linebacker come to the right shoulder he jumped a little quick offside number 67 defense still first down gary dunn in the middle and two setbacks in there with turk schoenert rodney tate who we just saw absorbing the blow with the steelers on that last play and charles alexander who is now the single setback as tate is split out alexander and alexander gets into steelers territory short of the first down by a couple it'll be second down and two 48-yard line of pittsburgh [Applause] but sonar's done an excellent job he came out and threw the ball to the right side that's the way they started the game looks like they're sticking with whatever the game plan was to pick on the left side of the pittsburgh defense of throwing the ball throwing under the d-backs and and trying to break something up the middle they haven't had much success running up the middle but they've been having some pretty decent success throwing those intermediate passes 15-20 yards down field and the dangerous one for the bingo hollandsworth split to the left schoenert wants him deep collinsworth is behind blood and he doesn't hold on at the three-yard line blunt forcing collingsworth to the outside and collins were bitterly complaining to the officials that he was interfered with we saw him complain earlier in the first quarter with a i think he had more reason to complain this time than he did one in the first quarter that one looked like they're getting his weight a little bit less and shorner could have got it out a little further put it out in front of him a little further this is a cinch touchdown he's certainly adding beat i'll tell you no blunt 35 years old he's there somehow got a hand in there collinsworth with much more speed at this point in blunt's career you see a ball that's under thrown a little bit as that one was you see a lot of times the guys have you know they go the receiver sees the ball comes back catches it but it looked like me that time that blood could have could have interfered a little bit but what do i know about passing across nothing third and one play action there he is a man wide open and it is stanley wilson a rookie from oklahoma on short yardage the steelers thinking short yardage run play action schoenert hits wilson and the bengals are moving once again comes back again he's got three receivers in the route deep middle and short cp johnson 46 he's back in got some time to look at these guys he just dropped it right over there that's jack hamm out there i mean jackhammer we miss old jack him jack lambert that wasn't even lambert oh yeah the play action held lambert just long enough that he could not get back to that zone it was a good cause it's a good pattern by wilson going to oklahoma you know he didn't catch many passes down there oh no okay ninth round draftkick stanley wilson gets the first down for the bengals inside the 30 of the steelers pete johnson back in the game this is the big one johnson picks up five yards moving to the 25 yard line it's interesting they bring big feet in and i think they're telling pittsburgh you better tighten up your helmets you know because whenever pete comes in they're putting the ball down on the ground and they're just playing muscle football they got the muscle [Applause] funny you'd mention that johnson got five and then you'll get out of that some way well i was just gonna i was gonna agree with that yeah second down in five johnson remains a single setback quick walner wanted to release it had to pull it down the intended receiver the tight end ross covered as lawrence taves and woodruff were both with him the pressure made children [Applause] back to the 29-yard line when you got a four-point lead in your field goal range you don't want to lose any yards you never wanted big jack lambert been around a long time and got him out in the passing situation i don't know if i'd ever take him out but he's one of the few guys that never normally never lead the game from pittsburgh third down and a long eight here comes the blitz they're gonna throw it all at them clayton coming from the outside neil schoenert all the way back to near the 40-yard line yeah it looked like all 19 of them came that time yeah you know lambert's tied with ted hendricks for the i guess the leading receiver i mean uh interceptor and active players and they got him they don't even have any of those passing situations all the time but normally i think maybe he just needed some rest because blunt woodruff and he uh uh lambert are normally the three guys that play in any situation yeah you know they aren't really designated to come in and out maybe they're just giving him a little rest oh you what that sack did it moved cincinnati out of jim breaches field goal range so pat macanally is on with the punting unit very timely effort on the part of the steelers and harvey clayton macanally does not get the corner end over in the short time that paul scancie falls for and makes the fair catch inside the 15-yard line upon a 26 yards and i think it was because macanally was pressured i got it right d.o.g he left the jail we're not going nobody out but nothing steelers having their problems the bengals fired up the steelers have the football first down the ball at their own 14-yard line welder abercrombie abacombri gets out over the 15. close to the 17-yard line to pick up a three it'll be second down and seven well i'll tell you until stouts start completing some medium passes the passes to get those middle linebackers out of there all those little traps that they're trying to run inside just won't work i mean it's just not going to work for him and he does have some problems he has two guys on his offensive line who doesn't play regular we know the problems he had with his wide receivers but i think i start trying to hit my back on medium routes and trying to hit my tight end to get those middle backers out of there second down and seven i tell my defense to play harder play hard score more questions [Music] that's what i'm talking about that's it and abakami got up to the 30-yard line but the pursuing bengal defense met him there and it will be third down at four [Applause] we wondered why lambert was out of the game on a passing situation he's a good pass defender we've been told now that he has a slight head injury and he is expected to return just what is a slight head injury i just repeat what they tell me no such animal i know i love it slight concussions you know just slightly [Applause] here comes the blitz again the bengals put on their own safety blitz they brought louis brayton in hurry cliff stout his pass to calvin sweeney incomplete and the bengals are smoking now i think the last two series of downs by both teams is an indication of what's going to happen in the second half the defense is know that both offenses are struggling so man they're going to throw everything in the world at them we might see somebody get man-to-man and break along with a little while but louie breden is right there in stout's face he just got rid of that one he's lucky it wasn't picked off he had ken riley in the game for the first time and he looked like he was after his 60th interception he's the active player leader with about 59 and second that's mel blunt you got the two top guys playing the day out there co-clip to do the funny for the steelers off the side of his foot mike martin couldn't get up with a fair catch and it takes a bit of a steeler bounce to the 32-yard line but the bengals with a 14-10 lead 8-31 remaining in the third quarter have good field position copeland a 48-yard effort he got a good roll the call [Music] on a free kick following the safety the miami counter kicks from the 20 and the ball is recovered on the 34 yard line by the dolphins now you make the call is it a legal recovery finding the best video game system is a tough game to win who plays the most games the best selling games in television two add the new system changer and play all atari 2600 games the most games the best selling games like hubert enduro on a free kick after a safety normal kickoff rules apply and since the ball traveled more than 10 yards it is a legal recovery [Music] one on the left is on the right the one in the middle is the methodist pittsburgh steelers struggling offensively the bengals leading 14 to 10 and they have the football at their 32-yard line alexander and alexander line of scrimmage and that's about it robin cole looked like him in there we haven't heard too much from him but he's the second man in the steeler defense as far as tackles are concerned this year the only player for new mexico university that's ever played for the steelers robin's had a good career here with him number one draft choice back in 77 i think the shuffling defense of the steelers if you want to see a future star keep round number 69 in the middle of that nine behind rather rivera second down and nine schoenert is thinking glitch and he could well get it second and long no blitz that time look out the pressure and toner gets the ball out goes out to the tight end and ross put him complete here's shown it was pressed into action when kenny anderson left the game in the first quarter damaged neck x-rays negative that is the last word that we have been able to get from the clubhouse third down in nine steelers change personnel again [Music] [Applause] oh gary dunn was there as well as keith gary and schoenert looks like they're going to get keith gary for a roughing that's two on him tonight defense offside defense pete gary again called for aggressive play he wears number 92. they get shonar out of the pocket and let's pick up the foul you'll watch 92 come in from the right side of the screen right here yeah the oh welcome to the nfl welcome to the stardom unit and that will produce a cincinnati first down out at the 42-yard line here's the call crystal foul number two fighting on well he put a 90 in front of that and we've got keith gary first down at 10 42 yard line for midway in the third quarter the bengals are on top 14 to 10. blitz again with the steelers and robin cole stormed in covered alexander and the flag is down that blitz was timed just right slipped right in front of mike wilson tackle he was pulling the block on that last play and robin had that one time there's a flag down didn't see that and gary is indicating that it will work against the bengals so it will we'll pause five seconds and allow our stations to identify themselves channel 4 wtae wtae-tv pittsburgh [Applause] forest craig head coach of the cincinnati bengals looking on as his bengals are assessed the holding foul number 55 offense well we don't have a 55 i think what we have is a 65 he's the only offensive lineman [Applause] and what a great record he has compiled in his 15 years as head coach of the steelers and just a little slow getting it delivered was kirk schoenert ron johnson in there to knock it away from the intended receiver actually i think he was trying to do the same thing that jim griffith did he was trying to play the ball there he had a running start and i think he was a little disappointed he didn't pick the ball off [Applause] connor glances over to the bench where the signals are being sent and doing picks up the call steps back in the huddle on second down and 20. that's a good group i'd say at the beginning of this game the steelers looked like they were going to blow the bengals out of it they had a 10 to nothing lead pete johnson came in capped a long drive they bring it to 10-7 and then we have the interception and great return by jim griffin to put the bengals on top and and sherlock goes down again you gotta do that you just gotta do that until the guy until the quarterback beat you and he can only beat you by getting rid of that ball quickly let's watch gabe rivera the number one draft pick out of texas tech also keith willis number 93 and keith gary number 92 they were all over schoener the big number 69 i know people they're expecting big things from here from him i know the raiders wanted him real bad in the draft they say he's a lot like joe green he's a tough kid he's physical and they think he's going to be one super football player one day he can play on the nose you can play on the outside he has great speed he weighs 282 pounds rivera they call him senior sack respectfully i call him mr senior side third down and 28 draw play alexander picks up a few yards far short of course of the first down and cincinnati will have to punt i wouldn't be surprised to see pittsburgh go after one of these punts because they're not doing much run and moving the ball they're going to have to make something happen they pressured macanally on his last one and he got off a 26-yard effort when he was looking to put it out of bounds inside the tent and here's macanally out again as we look at paul scancy the rookie return man from the university of washington how would you like to be returning the ball when you know everybody's going after the block and if he gets it off it's you and the 11 of the other guys i stick up my hand right now fair catch well they got a return on here macanally not high but rather deep skancy drops and takes it into 22 up ended at the 28th and scancie is out over the 30-yard line after a hit by larry kinnebrew pittsburgh has the ball back we'll be back in a moment how we are away o.j had a thought frenchy quick maybe with alan amici i mean frank has been around a long time i mean passing me up and all he must have been here at least 15 20 years um we got some smart cats down there in the truck could have been rocky blind rocky wasn't around that long was it tom tracy tom the bomb i think steelers first and 10 inside their own 31-yard line and stout is complaining and the flag is down oh wait a minute what was the back that ended up in dallas against the steelers all right stout that's what i'm talking about he's getting into the game now got his helmet off does he realize this is late in the third quarter i'm not quite sure what they're complaining about but now chuck noll is taking up the case on the sideline i'll tell you chuck noll can look very serious can he he really can't he's something else 55 there's the captain franco there that was rich donnelly filling in for the injured steve corson at right guard he was offside and of course as you mentioned several times earlier toots ilkin is filling in a right tackle for the steelers for the injured larry brown so they are hurting on the right side as well as the receiver core where both greg hawthorne and john stalworth are injured is that the same coochie looking from turkey that's two one in the same first round 15 steelers now a lot of time and a man's wide open it is wayne capers a rookie from kansas he's not ken riley over in the left side where he told you earlier riley is playing with a full hamstring almost looks like somebody missed an assignment over their little play action pass and nobody was out there he just went out and up about to run out of bounds here let's take a look at him he's running them out well he does look like stallion real nice if he can perform up to stallworth because he certainly has a look-alike steelers have themselves something and this would be from kansas wayne papers the first down is at the bengals 48-yard line abercrombie good running by abercrombie breaks the tackle and gets inside the 45-yard line gain a four it'll be second down and six all right what's the answer art abercrombie's out there right now oh jay's got a good memory i preston pearson could be all right dude hey hey all right well it took you a while you guessed everybody there was i don't even have to go with presidents why do you guess john henry johnson i mean he could have done it justin pierce one of the few stealers not homegrown started in baltimore wound up in balance got four checking down and six for the steelers look out and out again under pressure had to deliver the ball much more quickly than he wanted to reggie williams very cerebral linebacker for the bengals was all over stout cliffs out there and so this is what terry's been doing all these years i see and it's one of the reasons terry's at home no wonder jerry's got a sore arm boys nobody that might have been abercrombie's man you see 34 going out to the outside yeah it looked like it should have been i know if it was not i'd try to talk and to pick him up next time he had his hands up maybe he thought he was hot on the play you know reggie's very active in the community here in cincinnati the big hometown favorite third down and six the ball inside the 45-yard line of the bengals good pass cal swinney shout out to tremendous pressure sweeney was hit but he had first down yardage as a slow whistle yeah it almost looked like he was hit before he caught the ball he was you know galva sweeney man-to-man coverage because the bengals were on the blitz made a fine catch take a look at calvin here he knows the blitz is on he's looking right to the receiver riley you know that's a tough call i don't know what the answer to that one is either because he did get hit before and we're smart enough to get up you know one of those intelligent guys from usc the first down is at the 36-yard line stout going for capers and the defensive back louis braden also a very heady veteran timed his collision with capers just perfectly well i think stout thought he was going to go outside you know in the background was trying to lead him along the sideline there and kai went inside and stopped really through the ball to the outside he had no chance at it see the end of it you see the ball is to his outside to the zero side of him capers trying to get back out there but he just can't do it both of them checking out the ball no flags it'll be second down and 10. steelers hailing 14 to 10. four minutes remaining in the third quarter [Applause] play action to avocado comes back across the field with a big tight end benny cunningham and benny cunningham as the first down yardage to the 25-yard line tom dinkle there defensively for cincinnati so the steelers now on the move here in the third quarter and a reminder saturday college football here on abc 3 30 eastern time nebraska with a 16-game winning streak and their great running back mike rozier take on missouri nebraska the team second in the nation total offense and missouri usually plays in tuck they were played tough last week fighting for a mistake oh they were that was saturday here on abc college football and he gives up the football the bengals get it back i don't think he ever had it around and glenn collins comes out of the pack with the football for the bengals the steelers had a first down at the 26-yard line of the bengals and on first down uncharacteristically franco harris maybe he was a handoff maybe it wasn't coughed it up and the bengals have got it back i don't believe i don't believe franco ever had this let's take a look look at it with reverse angle a little stutter step something almost ragged about this steelers offense they've been called procedure calls hit him at the ball hit him high it seemed to me they should make some rule about that we've talked about that in the past we've seen bach's uh get the ball on the shoulder pass and that goes against them that's their stat you know it should be a quarterback stack 14 team we'll be back in a minute [Music] glenn collins covered the franco harris fumble for cincinnati and the bengals bring it up first and ten the ball up their own 26 yard line alexander single setback for the bengals 3 23 remaining here in the third quarter spinning to the sidelines cut back inside hook slides over the 30-yard line picking up additional yardage but he could have paid heavily for it as robin cole had zeroed in on him along with lauren taves a gain of about seven yards for kirk schoenert you can believe rob and cole don't appreciate that next time shonen come out there they're going to be bowling up for it and the normally you see those quarterbacks go down you wonder why these guys are taking shots at them they hate to be shown up by quarterback we'll put a move on you like that we saw joe ferguson do it last week for a first down and he lost him for the rest of the night second down and three alexander big opening and alexander will have the first down up near the 40-yard line as the bengals put things together here in the closing minutes of the third quarter [Applause] tough defensive game tonight and of course the steelers struggling offensively harry bradshaw of course still on engine reserve questionable if he'll be back at all this year stout has been going all the way they've been hurt on the right side of their offensive line the steelers have offensively a wide receiving four has been totally depleted and of course kenny anderson for the bengals went down with an injury and they are being directed by church shernett at the moment and he is called timeout 159 remaining in the third quarter riverfront stadium sell-out crowd and i know their spirits dropped considerably in the first quarter it is taking a ten to nothing lead but they have roared back have the bengals they now lead 14 to 10. they're being directed by schoenert helensworth in motion look out schoenert robin cole over from the outside spins shown it around auburn coal is a free spirit tonight and they're turning him loose oh i think he went to get even that time too good thing that he touched turk stepped forward because he could have paid the price then you know this pittsburgh defense they sort of bend but they don't break you hear the pittsburgh people speak of it they say they're maybe better than the great defense they had during their super bowl years they're playing virtually everybody on the defense you've heard us mention they're playing 19 players they say everybody's happy because everybody is contributing to the defense so it's a happy unit and they're off playing some super football a lot of speed in those down linemen beasley dunn goodman gary willis rivera all have run around 4-8 for the 40. second down and 22 and shounen is back fires a strike and pittsburgh is saying it was trapped by izzy curtis and a ruler to completion just short of the first down by about three let's take a look at it here it's amazing how cincinnati teams like cincinnati san francisco and san diego they just seem to be able to spread the defensive part look how wide open the defense is [Applause] very nice catch but very close i was close right yeah that was very close isaac curtis has been doing that for 11 years five years ago let's take a look at it one more time let's see i think he got it right wrist under the ball it's third down and three now for the bengals blitz again jack lambert totally unimpeded as he came on the blitz what do you i mean that's got to be scary you know you go back there and lambert beats you back to your setup position yeah get out of here you've got smoke coming out of those knobs too well he makes a lot of noise out there you get the feeling if the pittsburgh is going to win they're going to have to win with that defense that group without it there right now they're not moving that ball too well on offense i'd say at this point i think schoener would vote for them that's right all right and time has expired here in the third quarter the bengals over the steelers 14 to 10 and we'll return with our fourth quarter action after this word from our local stations [Music] yeah just another day at the office yeah the jockocracy is finally taking take it over hey y'all watching guys a couple of class running backs and yeah i got some treasure down meredith trivia trivia yes that the pittsburgh steelers have nine sacks that's all-time team record i just heard that from the truck and they've got a quarter to go and they're gonna have some more for it's over fourth down for the bengals they've all at their own 37-yard line pat mcinelli on for the bunny paul scamps he has dropped for the steelers [Music] macanally three to kick away doesn't turn it over and scancie will feel it with the yard line oh left-handed out of the 30-yard line it'll be first down and 10 the steelers and the flag is down now it's picked up there is no flag coming up tomorrow night that's where howard is tonight getting ready for our telecast with our talented crew that will be of course directed by our regular monday night football director chap 40 and we are being ably directed tonight by jim jeannette first and 10 the sailors they trail the cincinnati bingo's opening moments of the fourth quarter 14 to 10. bingo showing blitz stop gets it to benny cunningham and the big tight end pulling forward looking for first down yardage you'll be a yard short in the arms of robert jackson let's take a look at the third quarter numbers mostly a defensive effort not tearing up the game offensively that's at halftime that's how it was now we'll switch it over cincinnati still dominant in yards gained and they also lead in the scoreboard this time of possession look at that 12 minutes more by the bengals pittsburgh only has 56 yards rushing and last year i think it was well i'll get right to that boy this is big too hold on just a minute second down less than the yard abercrombie breaks it off outside and keeps on his feet gets the first down tried to break it big but nevertheless he picked up the first down i wish he'd have turned up the first time then he would have one guy to beat you know he had that wiggle yeah i sure like the way he performs though he's a good running back and an excellent receiver number one draft pick a year ago who missed most of the year with an injured knee and the steelers can be thankful they've had him this year because he is not only a gifted man running with the football but he's turned into a big play receiver and that's where they've been hurting injuries for greg hawthorne and john fowler retirement lynn swann jim smith for the usfl scout oh and just when you talk about his receiving ability abercrombie doesn't hold on i just when i was about to say they should throw him a few more swing passes in short password i still think they should and uh that ball was a little bit it wasn't well he should have caught it of course but it was a little bit behind you know franco has not had a good success running against these bankers last year i was going to say i think he only ran for six yards something like that i think a three yard three yeah six carries three yards that's not what you call on your big averages interesting stat on franco is of the uh 40 games he's going over 100 yards they've won in five they've lost second down and ten stout a lot of time eddie edwards misses south [Music] across the field to calvin sweeney and that was almost picked off robert jackson roaming back there free safety had his hands on it if you leave that ball in the air that long somebody's going to get to it well that was a good example of having inexperienced receivers because they saw he was in trouble and nobody really scrambled to find an open area come back and help him that's right let's take a look look at our at this point abercrombie should have been coming back giving south a passing angle yeah but he's on the complete opposite side of the football field it would have been a very difficult throw to get it all the way over there let alone see him yeah but what you're saying is right abercrombie should have gone back toward that quarterback come back in there toward him third down and ten dealers at their own 44-yard line [Applause] blitz is on again and stout goes down at the 40-yard line ross browner one of them in there anna eddie edwards in fact they were all there yeah the company had it oh it kind of yeah this doesn't always work but if you've got some roll out passes instead of going back here and trying to set up in a pocket that doesn't exist let the quarterback roll out to the right or left and throw those little short swing passes well we can really see it up here i'll tell you a good thing here eddie edwards first man there for the bengals steelers fourth down that's mike martin the rookie from illinois and here's greg kochlis cochlear booming hunt mike martin from the 13-yard line good coverage by the steelers they usually do that pretty well don't they those special teams for the steelers throughout the years have been pretty effective bob coors down there on the coverage and the bengals will have the football the ball just inside their 20-yard line we're in the fourth quarter those two great clubs who meet for the first time battle for baseball's greatest prize the world series begins tomorrow on abc that 236 12 36 remaining in the game and the bengals possession inside their own 20-yard line shown it remains the quarterback jimmy anderson out for the neck injury in the first quarter here's alexander on the first down call over the right side for a couple in the arms of mike merriweather and dwayne woodruff of the steelers it'll be second down and eight we've seen pete johnson in case you have joined us late sparingly tonight they used him extensively in one drive that resulted in the bengals one touchdown executed by the offensive unit he was the principal ball carrier but this is his first night back and it looked as though johnson had really fired him up while he was in there but let's face it he has not worked that much on second down and eight with a good move to get the ball to dan ross for a pickup of about three tried to hit him quicker than that and ross wasn't looking and so i pull it down again you know young quarterbacks on both sides we talked about it they're blitzing linebackers safeties cornerbacks and that's what they're going to continue to do i would say all night long throw it at him come at him got a third down and six look at the steelers shuffle the fire drill continues they get the pats defensive folks in there the bengals bring in the other wide receiver and they've got chris collinsworth who's been relatively shut down tonight isaac curtis and steve freitas oh yeah [Music] he may go in turn about favorably johnson takes it in there are no flags down the defense that scored 20 points well 18 points anyway without the p-18 that's almost identical to what we saw earlier when we saw james griffin do that for cincinnati ron johnson read the eyes again of schoenert full stride he picked it off 34-yard touchdown return i'll tell you something about those defensive backs let's take a look at it from an end zone the owner looks left well all the way it's as if he was looking all the way that's what he did you look at these the steeler defensive backs they're coached by a guy named tony dungy who was a rookie in 1977. i'll tell you a little more about that story when we come back that's gary anderson helping put the steelers back out on top they now lead the bengals 17-14 we'll be right back in never say never again [Music] [Music] sean connery does it all in never say never again rated pg now playing czech newspaper you talk about tough now sean connery is tough james bond so is that guy ron johnson 34-yard touchdown for ron johnson both of their touchdowns executed by the defense gary anderson set to kick off stanley wilson the rookie from oklahoma is back with dave verso a little more than 11 minutes remaining to be played in regulation that is [Applause] high kick by anderson and here comes wilson the rookie from oklahoma and he runs immediately into david little and it will be first down for the bengals and christie cups break out two teams really haven't cared for each other they've seen some tough sledding over here that the steelers have in the past few years particularly here in cincinnati things don't like one another how do we go to green bay next monday night we're gonna see some offices yeah that's gonna be fun how about that sunday game on october the 23rd like that one that's right there's going to be two good ones the raiders come into dallas one how far dallas will be behind i don't know that's been they really had an amazing oh i could not believe that yeah timmy newson made one of the great efforts i've ever seen down that sideline to pull that one out for dallas yep walking along tightrope didn't they first down cincinnati they fall at their own 23 yard line that's either curtis in motion a little late releasing it taken out of bounds chris collinsworth it was a good drop by robin cole the linebacker who forced that ball to be thrown out of bounds you know i started to tell you a story about pittsburgh's defensive uh back coach tony dungy tony dungy was drafted out of minnesota he was a quarterback he came to pittsburgh and they moved into defensive back where where mel blunt and donnie shell sort of worked with him a little bit to teach him how to be a defensive back he was traded to the 49ers now he's back coaching the guys who taught him how to play defensive back well he must have learned that one in a hurry i think i [Applause] the play from the sidelines they do the wiggle waggle he's running out of time and he just does get it off within the 30 seconds ross another short reception pickup of about three it's going to be third down and seven mike merriweather getting a lot of calls tonight was there defensively for the steelers i wonder what motivates somebody to get into one of those funny suits well they just want to get out of the house that's all there is to it maybe a free ticket i remember that guy and we put on those funny suits there yeah you wonder what motivated us 26 yard line third down and seven look out look out chris but turner gets away from willis and he gets the pass off to collinsworth and he has the first down out near the 37-yard line and good job by schoenert to get away from the charging keith willis that was an example of seeing a little more experienced receiver also come back toward that quarterback what we were talking about earlier should have been tackled it looked like the lead this is big keith willis 93 he almost pulled him down right there oh he'll be upset in the film tomorrow turks still looking for that receiver threw that ball on the run here's what you meant don watch collinsworth he sees that schoner is in trouble he's over there helping keep looking trying to find an open spot man that's how you keep moving out there that's i tell you what you're going to look for receivers like that when you know they're doing that they're working alexander on the first down and defensively big jack lambert once again he does have a way of being around that ball doesn't it yeah he's always nothing even the teammates don't get too close to him out there i've said it many times he plays this game in the stanislavski method totally motivated lambert saw the tackle pull out there and just shot in right behind him these guys they play each other so much you may be wondering why nobody seemed to be fooled by any play here well when you play twice a year every year you tend to know what the other team is doing pretty tough to fool anybody loss of five blitz again on the second down and long and it was a safety blitz harvey clayton coming from the outside right in shona's face he had to deliver long before he wanted to all right now really i think it's time to start rolling out a little bit don't you think they'd have some that roll out passing in the outfit somewhere around him doesn't everybody have that oh you know roll right rolling i think they do yeah if you can't block them let's get out of their way let's run one with the other say they have come with it many times tonight the steelers and schoenert only because of pretty good athletic skills as he's been able to avoid a much more severe pounding than he's already taken clayton has been in about three times totally free wheeling third down long blitz again that's it and it gets the ball to friday and friday has first down yardage up to the 48-yard line and again schoenert showing a lot of composure that time they picked up a few of those blitzing uh linebackers just long enough for them to hit the criders coming in from the slot position you can see the safety going again little cross pattern over the middle and they couldn't hold up to him couldn't get in there good heads-up play by both prider and schoenert kreider saw the linebacker lawrence taves going and he was looking quickly for the ball that he knew that schuner would have to release quickly when the blitz he always has single coverage and he was able to be ron johnson p johnson back in the lineup this is big pete surging into steeler territory for a gain of a couple lauren taves a whole bunch of his buddies finally bringing big p johnson down surging i guess would be that is a good description of that he didn't lumbering [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is 270 pounds the ball right at midfield second down and eight a little more than seven minutes remaining in the game the steelers are on top 17-14 and time-out is called [Applause] the steelers want to talk it over we'll be back [Music] frank gifford along with the danny one and o.j simpson watching a hard-hitting football game if not a game of cosmetic perfection the steelers and the bengals we have seven minutes and 10 seconds remaining in the game and the steelers lead 17-14 both of their touchdowns coming from the defense second down and eight all right at midfield steve johnson second and eight not one of your better calls of the night as johnson is held for about a yard pick up and it will put schoenert back to another third and long third in seven situations you know you're right though they gave it to johnson again and that time you had gary willis and goodman on their own defensive line that's about seven eight hundred pounds i guess against the 270 pound pete johnson stopped him for a yard well they need about 15 more yards before they can bring grief in and perhaps a little more jim breech is not one of your longer kickers third down and seven donor has the time isaac curtis has the ball he has first down yardage at the 40-yard line and isaac just keeps on rolling on i remember five years ago we're talking about earlier he had a knee operation a neighbor of mine frank jobe out in l.a operated on him and had talked to frank about him and he really didn't think isaac would play much more he really thought it was a severe injury isaac was in his late twenties at the time he's had that trip his career keeps rolling along he's no longer the game breaker that he once was but he's been able to adjust to being the possession receiver and he's doing a good job of it he's down from about nine five to about nine nine i guess first down and ten comes the blitz again and connor completes his 14th pass of the night and 22 attempts to collinsworth it's amazing what you can do when they pick up those blitz it is every time they pick it up they're going to complete they could uh they've completed the ball so that's true you're going to blitz you're taking a chance because you're leaving them back there one-on-one collins worth just short of the first down schoenert looks to the sidelines where the play is being signaled in it's amazing what one guy can do to the team this is the second time they brought pete johnson into the game and the team seemed to be moving the ball reels real good second down less than a yard seconds ticking away inside five minutes remaining backs flooded to the right koenig looks for individual coverage and he gets it with collinsworth working on blunt put both backs to the right play action and blunt wound up single coverage on collinsworth he gets the first down i'd say they're in field goal range right now wouldn't you i would say pittsburgh is going to start bringing some people more than one which is what they've been doing the last two or three plays earlier in the game cincinnati was within field goal range and they gave up the sack and rather than being able to go with the field goal they had to punt away the steelers probably thinking that again they've been getting to show it but he has shown a lot of cool in a very average situation tonight this is rodney tate on first down hear it all the way up here couldn't you yeah didn't fool him that time lauren tays with a real nice play coming across there forcing him up field the gain maybe of a yard it'll be second down and nine cincinnati one and four on the year they were seven and two last year blown out in the super bowl tournament by freeman mcneil and the jets 44-17 pittsburgh well they got there last year to the super bowl tournament with a 6-3 record san diego did a number on them in the super bowl tournament looked like a fire drill over in that defense six defense six new guys second and nine johnson a single setback for the bengals and a whistle stops to play did he run out of time game oh offense well once again the 32nd clock is ticked off and it'll be five yards assessed against the bengals yeah i'll tell you all those guys coming in there he's trying to figure out what they're going to do but you know what it's too bad they didn't get it off because it appeared as if they had picked up all the blitzes second isaac curtis double team over the middle but the two outside guys have one-on-one situations it's kind of a game of chess because if you keep your backs in to pick up the blitzing linebackers you're going to get double coverage when they don't come on the outside guys if you don't keep them in you put them in the pattern and they come with the blitz well you're going to be looking for a new quarterback rodney [Applause] second down and 15. showing blitz again and they bring just before linemen but they chase children out of the pocket and they had to throw it away it was gary john who had just had three wheeling chasing schoenert out of the pocket he sure made a quick release this sea dawn 67 right hey there [Laughter] well latoya says wait a minute what was that snap count i forgot the snap count you know that's what it was that's really what it was he got off the and he's a good one he just can't hear real well poor guy third down and 15. not an enviable position against the steeler defense they're young they're not the old iron curtain but they are ever so quick four downlining right there they're about 47 yards away from a field goal isaac curtis had the ball in his hands he was upended by harvey clayton who timed his hit out beautifully and now on fourth down we anticipate jim breach coming on jim breach five of six for field goals this year with a miss only at 40 yards he had a long field goal this year of about 47 and that's about as far as he's going to put it out there for you that's about where he is right now well this is like one of those old-time football games you know 17-17 defensive struggle controlling the game possibly 17-17 back in the dark ages before the new rule changes [Applause] it's a 46 attempt well make it 47. [Applause] got the distance oh hitler not good and breach fell to his knees just hooked into the crossbar dreamed off and the steelers will get the football back and they remain on top 17-14. just got a little that hook shot going for him i think one of these days they're going to have one of those laser beam goal posts you know so if it goes through the goal post it's good well they call it on the tennis you know they call him the one hour oh yes 3 40 remaining in the game and the steelers have the football back don't go away further back to the wall of this young season the steelers had led the nfl in rushing 206 yards per game coming into the night and look at a night 62 yards they only have been able to rush for 12 yards here in the second half first down and ten franco harris held to practically nil tonight this time over the right side for about four it'll be second down and six well you know they're gonna try to run it now what better man to have out there running it than franco you know of course greg was talking about i said we missed pete johnson on the short yardage but what we really miss it was in a situation like the one we're looking at right now where you got to control that ball and that's what franco has been called on dude so many times in the past maybe he'll do it again tonight i remember playing the all-star game with chuck knows he's a real quiet guy and i was on the football field he started yelling at me simpson you were supposed to do this i said no i was supposed to do that then he started when i was yelling at him he started smiling i think he just wanted to know if my head was in the game second down and seven [Applause] dealers using all the time they can on the clock as frank collard is brought up short on the right side it will be third down and five [Applause] steel is now working on the clock [Applause] i like to see him try to go outside because just about every play they've run they've tried to run up the middle and cincinnati's not given much up the middle both teams have two timeouts remaining each of them had to sacrifice one with confusion of personnel third down five bengals showing blitz they drop out of it and they go back and almost in off by robert jackson in the past intended for thomas winnie oh boy louie greedon pressuring on the safety blitz and cliff stout hung it up trying to get it to calvin sweeney now watch breton coming in from the side pretty slow drop right there breeden did make his move to the inside wasn't picked up stout didn't get back very quickly through the ball just his arm that should have been picked off i said i wish he had a shot at chuck knowles and bengals disguising their blitzes beautifully tonight forcing the steelers to turn it over once again colton hurries the punt and this will be mike martin good field position and martin gets the bingos out to the 38-yard line and that's the two-minute warning we talked earlier about the dallas game many of you probably saw but it was another come-from-behind win the cowboys remaining 6-0 let's go back and take a look at it tampa bay deserved better than they got yesterday frankly they did danny white was 159 remaining in the game tampa bay on top 24-17 fires into the end zone looking for the touchdown to tie it up and it's picked off by cedric brown the score still 24-17 now 57 seconds remaining as we pick up the action no time springs caught two from danny white no timeouts remaining timmy newsome down the sideline timmy going about 230 pounds walking the tightrope gets it into the end zone touchdown to tie it up and then raphael seption the field goal kicker from 50 yards got to try again he made good from 42 yards out tampa bay loses to dallas 27-24 in overtime dallas remaining the only undefeated team in football we're going to see them a week from sunday when they take on the los angeles raiders i mean tell me about that roughing the kicker i don't understand that yeah it looked like he was on the ground now that was not the one right that was not the one okay yeah they they got him earlier on that they got him really good and we got hey we got old rogers call back in that ring of fire down there so congratulations go out with roger he's up there on the he better not be near the 50 than you but he certainly should be 38 yard line well it's showtime 154 remaining the scene is on top 17-14 the bengals desperately need this game they're 1-4 in the season ah he had isaac curtis he did didn't he missed him yes he did that was a pretty that's that guy you guys been talking about all night this game rivera looked like he made a little late charge in there may have blocked his vision some at least sounded off loud enough to let old turk know he was in the area all right let's see if number 69 comes in makes a little quick move to the inside come on back around over here now there you go yeah look 200 what'd you say he weighed 280. 282 program weight and he is quick as a cat second down and 10. donuts almost broke the tackle he could have got in but he has the first down inside the 40-yard line of the steelers now you wonder they haven't blessed any linebackers or any safety people they've had great success with that all night i guess they're trying to protect against that one-on-one situation where he could go all the way but they're down cincinnati cincinnati for some reason calls out there's 135 remaining they are down to one timeout we'll be back the comment a moment ago when you watch chris connell's worth you realize he's a threat every time he gets his hands on the ball to score he almost broke this tackle that would have put the bengals ahead donnie shell cutting by one leg allen's worth six receptions on the night 79 yards coming off a record-setting performance last week against baltimore when he caught eight for 206 yards one time out remaining for cincinnati they have a first down at 10 38-yard line of pittsburgh 135 remaining in the game donut oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] down the sidelines clayton scoring once again for the defense and schoenert under a lot of pressure tried to squeeze it in and it was harvey clayton who has got a lot of calls tonight as a blitzy safety man can you blew this first touchdown as a broken you believe this is a team that's been winning the stat competition in every game and not winning they haven't made the big play tonight they've scored three touchdowns all three touchdowns were scored by the defense and half the steeler football team has chased harvey clayton down the sidelines shoenard again he did have pressure tried to get it in to kreider and then harvey clayton down the sidelines rookies five foot 970 pounder out of florida state wait a minute [Applause] gary anderson for the conversion it's going to make a long season for these folks here in cincinnati and they've got a better ball club than than a 1-6 or a 1-5 or whatever it is there he is not big but he has been standing tall tonight has been a tremendous force defensively on the pass rush and you bet he's going to keep that football as his first touchdown as we said as a pro schoener just tried to squeeze it in to steve kreider and you'll see right here again don he's got a lot of pressure on him he's throwing this ball along he had a little time to throw this time shake he just seemed like he wound up rivera had his arm up and he doesn't have that gun anyone who's ever been out there understands everything is going on all the noise and the discussing of the different people's ancestry and things like that it gets brave it gets a little violent in there yeah this is what he decides they might as well stay here because that one's gone well even if they weren't in there they've been in there enough tonight because he knows they're in the area so that's going to make you think about it well you find out one thing despite not having ham job green lc greenwood why so many of the people in pittsburgh believe that this could be their most effective defense yet these guys if they had an offense if they played any offense this defensive team is amazing two sides of the field you had a look at schoenert who was within what he felt i know was moments of pulling this game out then you had a look at harvey clayton who is for all practical purposes has won this game for pittsburgh here is david mercer mercer battles and struggles out the 28-yard line and tippers flaring just a bit in the waning seconds of this game forest greg is going to be looking at a one and five record the steelers will go to four and two moving into a tie with cleveland in the afc central division you know i've enjoyed uh being with o.j so much tonight shake it i'm gonna oh look i'd like you know this is something means a lot to me o.j so i'd like for you to go ahead and do this this telecast has been presented by the authority of the national football league it is intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast other use of this telecast without the express written consent of the national football league is prohibited well that's that's a good effort for your first time out congratulations that's good i plan to improve well it was average i will admit that too bingo's back on the field and now 24 to 14 and they were ever so close [Applause] [Music] they say that all good things must end call it tonight the party is over sorry about that forest and tomorrow starts the same old thing again that was it didn't improve a whole lot from last week were you talking about the disclaimer or the song or something i missed last week i forgot offside defense number 95 still first down first down at five one minute and six seconds remaining we're going to have a good one next monday too going to green bay get the redskins up there and following sunday we've got raiders in dallas that's going to be nice good how was it 1967 your wake-up call they told you good morning good morning it's 19 below zero [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he was touched by the bengal steve kreider but he'll get the interception and the steelers have the football back once again president what a defensive effort they put on tonight they really do all 19 players kenny anderson went out of the game injured in the first quarter and we have been informed that he has been taken to christ hospital here in cincinnati for more x-rays the first report however were that the x-rays taken here at the stadium were negative we certainly hope so and we wish him well ken anderson a great athlete great performer you know speaking of next week i wonder which green bay team is going to show up yeah on alternate weekends i read a quote by bart stark he said you know i thought we were really ready for detroit man we were really getting this thing going he said i don't know what happened out there but that's a good point if they're hot man they can put some points on the board this stop will just drop i look forward to seeing cherry star a lot more than i do but yeah he's a lot prettier than bart bengals have one timeout and in a frustrated way i presume they'll use it tough night for schoenert he came in obviously not prepared really to go because when a team gets ready for a team like the steelers they usually use their starting quarterback all week in the drills schoener came in performed admirably under a lot of pressure and as i mentioned before he was within just a few yards of at least tying this thing up and sending it into overtime when he threw the interception that was picked off by rookie harvey clayton he did throw some good balls tonight though frank uh turks well this puts pittsburgh in the first place tie with cleveland huh you got it you've got it there still no sunday the steelers will be home and they are going to play cleveland and cincinnati will be in denver to play denver will be in green bay next monday night with the redskins seconds ticking off we'll have to watch stout go through that charade one more time this is killing a scout's uh yard per carry average here you know and he had a pretty good average coming into this and i'll tell you something this game is so emotional he'll have a hard time sleeping tonight thinking if i could only have had that back we were just almost close close enough for breach to tie it up why couldn't i phone it just a little further yeah and they hit the goal post on one [Applause] this will be the final play of the game steelers defense has defeated cincinnati resoundingly we'll be back in just a moment [Music] final score once again from cincinnati the steelers defeat the bengals 24-14 and coming up tonight on nightline interior secretary james watt it's what he said that got him in trouble but what did he actually do that's tonight on nightline following your late local news our travel arrangements made through and a promotional fee paid by united airlines the official airline of the 1984 la lap games and the proud sponsor of the united states olympic team this has been a presentation of abc sports recognized around the world as the leader in sports television and it was ever so close for cincinnati it was this close from tying it up in the closing moments but that's the game of football see you next monday from green bay with the redskins tomorrow a world series preview dick schaff looks at the philly wheeze kids a bunch of veterans who just get better with age and ray gandolf covers the baltimore orioles the powerful birds that attack from all directions watch abc's world news tonight with peter jennings tomorrow for numerous silver pants and silver helmets uh as you look out there the numbers are not that easily to distinguish the steelers and their white jerseys with the black numerals and they are very easy to see now seattle is ready going down deep for the kickoff return so maybe david will be able to do a crack drop for the steelers today but you were

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