1985 week 15 Patriots at Dolphins

[Music] this ABC Sports exclusive is brought to you by lite beer from Miller everything you've always wanted in a beer and less by Chevrolet who invite you to live the style performance and fun of Chevrolet in 86 by handycam the astonishingly simple new Sony Handycam all the excitement of video movies now in the palm of your hand and by IBM [Music] hello again everyone I'm Frank Gifford and along with my colleagues OJ Simpson and Joe Namath and all of our guys behind our ABC scene we are delighted you are with us tonight we think we could have a real stunner for you two football teams within the same division the AFC East they have been battling all season long they're two hot football teams a New England Patriots so the win tonight can clinch this division and they have won eight of their last nine games they lost the other game in overtime to the Jets meanwhile the Miami Dolphins have ever defeated November the third by this New England team they have won five in a row but there is something jinx over New England remember the little character and little after every time the New England Patriots come to the Orange Bowl they go away with the loss the last time they won here was in 1966 they have lost 17 consecutive games here in the Orange Bowl the players now say it's not a jinx well we don't know about that a man who can tell us a little bit more about what New England's going to have to do tonight to defeat Miami Joe Namath Joe thank you Frank well Raymond Barry the coach of the New England page it certainly doesn't put much stock in the jinx he says his 17 game jinx is not wearing a jersey out there tonight his football team the Patriots are playing better football at this stage and they have all season long they're healthier at this stage and they have been the entire season the question in my mind is will Tony Eason be able to handle the pressure now he's only in his third year this is by far the most pressure-packed game he's been confronted with people say well he's a California kid he'll be cool but we'll find out tonight the defense of the Patriots is a very good one they're second ranked in the entire AFC but they will have their hands full with Marino on the legs of the Marx Brothers now here's the juice the tunas in on the dolphin well Joe you said Moreno when you talk about Miami you start with Moreno 27 touchdowns near 4,000 yards and Don Shula says just now at the top of his game now his two worst games have been against New England one was the first game they played this year but Mark Cooper did not play they're a different team with d'hubert they're five I know since his return defensively what Miami must do is keep New England for running the football they don't want to they don't want to get in a shootout New England once a controller boss he's going to have to stop them from running the ball and key there it's going to be their nose times for Mike Charles they're two inside linebackers Jackie's ship and Jay Brophy when they lost the New England earlier this year the England with 80 yards on 20 yard drives late in the game and most of the runs will run right up the middle so those guys must perform well if Miami's gonna win here tonight in any event first place is on the line so it should be one well of a football game and the Orange Bowl is sold out of course it had been raining here this evening we're looking at the captain's on the field for the Patriots and the Miami Dolphins our referee tonight is Jorgensen Miami as you can see we'll receive here the opening kickoff our stadium announcer we understand is going to announce the national anthem and asked a very enthusiastic stadium crowd if they will rise and sing the national anthem as we look at head coach Don Shula runs now in his 23rd year as a head coach crashing Newfoundland we asked get on his the National opposite side of the field ray Perry in his second full year oh the hall-of-famer [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] tonight's national anthem dedicated to the victims of that tragic Newfoundland crash victims and their family [Applause] the mammy dolphins air but one the tars tonight they will have first possession do you talk about the Orange Bowl you talk about tremendous price for any team that comes in to the Orange Bowl the Dolphins are six and oh here this year they have a remarkable home feel that if you were with us a couple of weeks ago at the pair game you realize that the crowd becomes almost a 12th man for the Dolphins on many occasions the Bears had to stop and wait hoping for some kind of quiet where they could hear the signals snap and the call the automatics and they didn't get much of that deep for that often Lorenzo Hampton is back there the first-round draft pick this year out of Florida averaging a little over 23 yards on the return Joe Carter is back there with him and Tony Franklin will kick off for New England if no England wins tonight to tell you once again they are the AFC Eastern Division champions for the first time since 1978 a win for Miami they still have to go on and for themselves an AFC East title the stadium is rocking you stay in and zone the field was covered prior to the game although it did have a little bit of a mist after they had taken the tarp off as we look at Dan Marino clearly remarkable career he's ever so young to accomplish what he has accomplished there are the people that work on the other end with Dan Marino Mark Clayton needs seven receptions a season set yet another dolphin record break his own as a matter of fact he needs seven the break his bucket of 73 reception son a year ago Cooper of course back and healthy they are awesome when they're together first and 10 Miami Moreno let's back into the pocket and tries to get the ball to Clayton and you saw Clayton slip a little bit and I believe the field is a little damp it was misting on and off after they had taken the tarp and earlier we saw tavin port in the end zone slipped it'll be mostly a 3/4 Garen Ferris the defensive left in the rookie from Stanford is replaced an injured Ken Sims and he is playing very well there the quarterbacks lipid and Clayburn will be under tremendous pressure tonight second down at 10 Miami [Applause] Tony Nathan the versatile one is held for a two-yard gain it'll bring up a third down and eight well this first drive is an important driver both teams Miami has been very successful on first drive they scored six times on their first drives only Washington Redskins have done better than that you're leaving besides the rain factor the dampness Frank I got to believe that this northeast wind we have it's only about a 10 15 mile an hour wind but it did affect a kickoff by Tony Franklin right now the ball slight breeze on November the 3rd when New England defeated the Dolphins Matt Moore was not available mark Cooper was not available they're both in the lineup now on third down a seventh flag is down Marino's Oh Marino fires he's in and out of the hands of that boar but a flag is down at the line of scrimmage again a referee tonight dick Jorgensen [Applause] in the kitchen against New England it'll be a five-yard penalty yet we'll be short of the first down Don Shula which is a remarkable career has taken teams of five Super Bowl four of them here in Miami after the 71 season after 72 [Music] took the team following the 73 season to the Super Bowl and of course he had the Baltimore Super Bowl famous boss to the Jets right here in the Orange Bowl third down now and three years [Music] and he is hit and held short of the first down good defensive play by the veteran Roland James so New England's defense rated fifth in the NFL in to tonight is able to stop the first offensive move by these miami dolphins look at it from a wide angle Nathan top of your screen played well by James they win his own defense that time in Roland James responsibilities was to the outside of the shorter area but I would say that was a good tackler not too many people are gonna bring Tony Nathan down one-on-one out there here's a dangerous return man that's ravine friar he's taken to back for fear for touchdown 177 yards 185 yards he has blazing speed second year he's healthy Brett 0z hangs one up to the 17-yard line he's got a second line it was Brody who made the stop as fire got behind the picket line got outside had to cut back but he gets out over the 45 yard line and New England has great field position well they're a little lucky on that play because number 28 Jim Bollman came down field and he definitely clipped the man who - spring Herbie Tony Eason you had a glimpse of in the moment ago injured is two weeks ago back [Music] and as you see to the cold from the line passing for just under fifty seven percent lines up [Applause] you'll be fighting the crowd tonight that's Tony : finally taken down by butt Brown Collins will get about four yards and let's take a look at Irving fire he had a great set up a great picket line on the outside now watch the bottom of your screen 28 now that's a definite clip yet the number 52 right in his back and now to the outside picking up blocks and watch grep 0v he'll make the stop Irving fire there was a gator four yards by Collins wingman is in Miami territory 49-yard line is second down and six Craig James and James up close to a first down for New England James of course over a thousand yards rushing this season having just a superb year as we look at the defensive unit at the Dolphins they're rated 24th in the NFL the 23rd against the run 23rd agains the pass all they do is play good enough to win as we saw a couple of weeks ago against the Chicago Bears is that they they don't sometimes they even break at the offense who is capable of getting enough points to take care of it third down and one mostly tasuku is in there with Greg James as setbacks the tipo and he has the first down at the 37 yard line there's a flag down they can oh it's not a flag is something that is blown out of the stands well that first down will stand it's inside the 37 yard line of Miami well quite often you hear that time of possession is overrated but not in a game like this New England does not want to get in a shootout with Miami they want to control the ball on the ground score and keep the Reno on the sidelines and they have the people at Tony Collins and great James to do just that one first and ten you know why we're trying to run a draw play without having thrown a pass yet you know you're a running type team Miami is forced to play the run against you and they come out and run a draw I can't figure them you're right Joe a running team you must play them for the run on first down and on first and ten I don't think Miami was expecting I mean expecting doing Lin to throw a pass a pass that's right you want the defensive front to be charging when you run it we're in a draw play they certainly went charging that time there was a loss of one it's second down at 11 gallons tried to get the block the constant in Gwyn Blackwood was up there to make the stop at the line of scrimmage dick John Hannah was out in front of the play Collins took a look back inside couldn't bring it back inside because of the pursuit we asked Raymond berry this morning in the meeting which one of you guys called the plays out there of course when Grogan was playing he had a chance to call the plays but coach berry said he's the one that sends the plays in right now so don't think that Easton is making those foolish calls of running a draw without having a Collins is a good receiver out of the backfield seebik Jones is in to join Stanley Morgan Irving fire Stephon starring for wide receiver for the faithful pick off but Brown Eason obviously was planning on one of his wives is even to make a move other than the one they made the but Brown was wide open but there was not a patriot near Earth not a patriot here it anyway you look at it it's a really horrendous pass by Eason there's a defendant just waiting on the ball headers receive even broken in that direction but Brown was going to intercept the pass or at least break it up very poor a choice on Eason spark or break the receiver up but brown on a 26-yard return brings it back to the 41 yard line now all of a sudden Miami has good field position a lot of emotion building up to this game so much on the line dan Marino looks it over play action by Marino rifles one deep and the fun will be picked off Raymond Playboy Clayborne picks it off brings it back to the 19 yard line and two quick turnovers the intended receiver was mark duper [Applause] well it was interesting cuz mark Cooper got double coverage he was not open and at the same time mark plate was running a deep cross pattern he was open there was pressure on marina right at the last second and he just rifles this he's looking right there he looks right now quickly looks back sees duper he also sees a New England Patriot right in his face tried to whip a deep through it short and play Bourne was there and that Patriot that was in his face was Andre tippet a man who came into this weekend leading the NFL in sacks 14 and a half [Applause] 950 1780 in the first quarter James found a little something over the right side runs into duck better is over there he'll get about three out of that and there is Raymond play Barnes been around for quite a while first round pick back in 77 that was his 26th career interception Joe like us his wife had a little girl in October also Lindsay Murray all right and you know Raymond is one of the three guys on his New England team they're really tired of losing here's Steve Nelson and Julius Adams they've been here for all of those who teach here James got four out of the 22 is second down and six and here's Tony Colin [Applause] and a dolphin hazard background let the intercepts in a short while ago covers it for the dolphins three quick turnovers it's a beautiful play it's a little trap coming over here to the left side little under handoff he picked up the trap made a real nice cutback over the middle and a good play by Bob woods in ski ever on the ball get it right back there at their own 40-yard line we'll be back at the Orange Bowl in just a moment nothing works like a Chevy truck but me my buddies want to get away out of rough tough expedition what works for us is my rough tough sport truck sir vs 10 axe again just got room for all our survival gear and more room inside than any compact pickup ever so bring on the wild bring on the ball there's nothing like roughing it it doesn't fit my yes 10 it doesn't fit my life [Music] nothing we're here at the 18th hole of this light beer open and we've seen some real unusual shots today just set it to this tree no problem it's a good thing Mike's less filling John the last players approaching the tee [Music] [Music] like beer from Miller everything's always wanted in a beer unless this open ought to be closed on October 18th 1976 when New England hosted the New York Jets on Monday Night Football the Patriots rushed for 330 yards the most ever by a team on Monday night three yards at night for Groban the game the only Patriots quarterback to rush 400 yards in the game of course was injured three weeks ago against the Jets broke a bone in his leg and also injured his knee [Music] to set this in perspective once again the Miami Dolphins are ten and four in the AFC s so too are the New England Patriots a win by the Dolphins tonight they will not fix the divisional title they would have to be Buffalo right here in the Orange Bowl next week but the Patriots for the win tonight they will pinch the AFC East first down and ten the Dolphins inside the 40-yard line of the New England Patriots [Applause] Lari McGrew the inside linebacker after a gain of about a yard it'll be sucking down a nine Tony Nathan very versatile often see back to the Miami Dolphins probably doesn't get the credit he should yet he is once again this season over a thousand yards combined in rushing and receiving last week ten receptions against Green Bay always there when you need it done doesn't pop the football up just a steady hard worker Tony Nathan they market up to 37 so it's second down and 8 for the Dolphins 834 remaining here in the first quarter no score they're all in the pattern and Moreno fires to Dan Johnson Johnson comes down with it here's a 28 yard line first down yardage first down Miami Johnson playing with a very sore hamstring only worked one day this past week and Joe he had everyone in this pattern everyone in the pattern it was his own coverage at time Dan Johnson being a smart receiver that he is just simply found a dead spot I'm pretty impressed with his hands that ball was a high hard pass and Dan is all hands in the kitch the first down of the 28 yard line of New England that more in the line of now split wide to Marino's left [Applause] is there and puts a pair of New England defenders down near the 10-yard line finally made the stop this is what can happen all night if you do not get pressure on Dan Marino and it's hard to pressure him when he's showing up slanted is how much you can do about it he has such a quick release - it's been stated so many times he has the best pass protecting line in the leagues Dan himself has only been sacked 15 times this year and true Dan will throw the ball away but those quick slanting patterns you're not going to get the Marino duper's flips to the left Mark Clayton goes out right Marino likes to throw timing patterns to a wide receivers down here he gets a one-on-one situation he just puts it up for would he been it out of the backfield Rowland James up there quickly put the coverage on Bennett and marina once again had a little pressure applied to him by Andre Tippett keep an eye on this guy number 56 a lot of people haven't heard much about him until the all-star game last year yet something like 18 and a half sacks from his line back in position last few and that's almost an unheard of he's into tonight with 14 and a half sacks Lionel our Leonard Marshall of the Giants has 14 and a half after yesterday Richard dent of the Bears has 15 so tippet will be lifting to retake the lead four sacks second down and 10 Nathan for the six yard line gain of about four yards every third down and six Nelson and [Applause] Blackman in there on the stop [Applause] [Music] sunny Nelson he's a fiery when he is chilled out of last week's game against Indianapolis remember playing against Steve when he was a rookie he was with the New England Patriots and I was with the Jets and I mean you talk about a fiery player out of that football field he was awesome well I've got that I've had a chance to tell him over the last 10 or 12 years I'm an off the field on the field don't get close to him that's so true about so many linebacker [Music] with all that time he was finally able to find the tight end the fourth touchdown [Applause] they don't catch a lot of balls individually but party into the night at 33 Johnson at 12 yo Rose had 18 but when you give a quarterback this much time and particularly Moreno you're dead [Applause] Leyton was there duper was actually open also forecast tonight before scattered showers and we were getting one right at the moment good hands by tossed rock scooping that ball up to get it down as the phase puts the uprights and the Dolphins need seven or nothing of the rain is coming down most people know you can only buy a Curtis Mathes at a Curtis Mathes home entertainment center they know delivery and installation are included and there's a four year limited warranty on every product but what people don't know is just how long a Curtis Mathes really lasts oh well time to get another Curtis Mathes yep for products that last year after year after year this year make it at Curtis Mathes Christmas thanks for taking me to town for my birthday thought we were gonna have 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bounds here's a 32-yard line [Music] Davenport made the stop there for Miami rain continuing to fall here in the Orange Bowl it was slippery on the opening kickoff so it's going to get much more slippery New England down 719 557 remaining here in the first quarter and market just inside the 33 yard line [Applause] and he's up into that for pickup of about six yards out close to the 38 yard line he'll be second down and three the Dolphins of the Patriots the Patriots have not won here since 1966 they've lost 17 in a row a win tonight and they win the AFC Eastern Division for Miami they need the win tonight win right here next week against Buffalo to be assured of an Eastern Division title [Music] sucking down a breeze in this fact great catch out on the flat bike Alan's the leading receiver for the Patriots but he's short at the first down up near the 39 yard line it'll be third down and just about three as you Greene has moved out there from his right line back in position to make the stop you green couldn't have played that defensively any better he was writing them they don't he jumped on Collins there's the right time to break for his soft at Paso Jang I'm a little surprised by New England's not taking advantage of the center of the field Jackie Stewart the displacer Mark Brown [Applause] cruising my back Oh against those two inside young back and that it gives you green from the shotgun Pisan with a lot of time wide open is the live receiver that is Stefan starring starring out of bounds at the 21-yard line with the New England first down Stefan starring it was a college quarterback at McNeese State take a look at him he just split up what appeared to be a zone over there that's McNeill he's the Nickelback obviously not his own as McVie let him get by at the line of scrimmage and then tried to run him down and he couldn't do it you know that's the worst thing you can do if you're trying to bump a guy at the line of scrimmage you gotta bump him will because Stefan starring as a 13-7 high hurdler so he's got the speed to go deep first down New England [Music] prior in motion he's in the can with a lot of time and this is columns and columns inside the 15-yard line twists down around the 13 yard line gain of eight Zacky ship who started tonight's game replacing mark brown an inside linebacker because mark brown's ankle would not let him go made the stop jackie shippers from Oklahoma his I draft White's last year he's in his second year he has a weakness plane he doesn't play the class who will of course in the that big a conference they're running the ball all the time starring longest reception of the year James works over the left side close to a first down he had to get through the 11 I believe he's just short of it James that at remember in the American Mafia has been murdered in Manhattan Paul Castellano was executed along with his bodyguard outside an east side restaurant late this afternoon whose youngest is a first pick at 83 the Patriots in the ground pick you join the patients lives here of course at the end of the year son [Applause] [Music] [Applause] outside of Kaczynski James showed us a little something there a lot of people may not have seen him play much this year but not only is he a smart heart instinctive runner inside the guy has the speed to get outside he runs a four five forty and he saw that first down marker got away from bo camper sprinted right to the marker and gets the first down can you imagine playing against Kelly and Eric Dickerson [Music] they've had over 3,700 career beautiful timing he sent to fryer touchdown Paul Lankford printed with fryer but it was absolutely perfectly timed by Easton the fryer they had the ball on the left hash mark bedtime and had so much football field to work with to the right side fire just ran a sprint pattern and because of the angle thanks for cooking keep up with him beautifully grown TAS we just runs a little fade pattern uses the football field out here Lankford's in the chase position for the get gone just simply can't keep up with this play and every team's repertoire really is anytime you get man from the you see it almost on every okay Tony Franklin to tie it up decent places it down football game 301 remaining the man was a big play for Stefan starring I discovered a place for the whole town play Santa Claus it's the sea [Music] would you like some coffee that's Maxwell House seems whatever coffee taste is good good to the last drop it couldn't be anything but hands one house but Maxwell don't settle for second-best go with number one at the Shiva you're in sales drive Chevrolet is the best-selling car and truck in America and your Chevrolet dealer is out to stay number one for the fifteenth year in a row we're off to sell two hundred and twenty thousand cars and trucks before the end of the year don't settle for second best and here's more good news chevy announces low 8.5% financing on any new cavalier go with number one 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of Florida this is he is hit from behind hard by John Bachman who is having really a great year for New England you don't hear that much about Blackmun because of the play of Andrzej trip Tippett snippet of course is much like lawrence taylor binder wait let's move him all around and he has incredible athletic skill the Don Bachman just quietly is having a great year of his own I lost in the play of one it'll be second down and 11 Nathan back in the backfield out for the Dolphins [Applause] Lorena a great effort by Marino to get the fall to super under pressure and duper does not handle the ball and you can see the rain continuing to fall that ball has to be slippery yeah it was a pretty well thrown past New England that time moved their left defense event all the way to the other side and put Oh Andre Tippett down on the three-point stance and they tried to get the Merina with a four-man rush but Dan still read the defense he fill it to the right spot old Duke just couldn't hold on to it third down and 11 Clayton is flipped right Cooper goes left along with Matt Moore [Applause] vielen gets us in that more he's having a great ear for the dolphin you hear so much about - purring Clayton Burnett more that's his 47th reception of the season and it was a key one as he gets the dolphin from deep in their own territory well you know whenever New England go I mean Miami go to three wide receivers Marino is going to be looking for that more majority at a time he's going to have a safety trying to cover him one on one instead of a cornerback so he's the man that should get open first down and ten more get it out to the 33-yard line what do you get it back against the brain he'll get 5 out of it it'll be suckin down v Friday night special time 8 o'clock Eastern Time Denver and Seattle Denver needs to win on Friday night to retain any hope of the wild-card spot with Denver loses on Friday all three AFC East teams the Jets the Dolphins the pastries are assured the playoff spots to make the playoffs as a wild-card Denver must win on Friday and one of two other events must happen he does adjust lose to Cleveland's friendiy or tonight's loser loses [Music] [Applause] second down and five [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Marina marina look peace he unleashed one to travel about 40-50 yards in the air both of them kind of misjudge the ball we mention the wind earlier not a lot of wind right now but the ball wasn't a good release actually it slipped out of Dan's hand but Clayton should have caught the pass that hits him in both hands right here you can see our defender Ronnie Lippert is jumping to here early and the ball hits both hands right well I know mark would like to have that one over again 29 seconds remaining in the first quarter we are tied at 7 third down and 5 they have the ball of our own 30 [Applause] from the shotgun [Applause] [Music] off the fingertips Tony Mason who tried to sneak out in the flat took a little delay like he was going to stay in a block we tried to sneak it out in the flat and Don Blackman was right with him well one thing we're seen as effective Marino's had two of his worst percentage-wise gains against this New England demons IV is the reason - because New England is an excellent man the man from they've got the linebacker to stay with the back from the tight ends and the cornerbacks who can stay with old wide receivers they're still gonna have to get pressure on Dan to be able to stop the passing attack Irving fryer he'll give you a thrill [Applause] second to Lois lips the AFC be turning putts into the night but again he had to the 85 against Buffalo a 77 yarder against the this year Robi [Applause] and fire doing his playing once again close to the 30 yard line before he's tripped up by but Brown 53-yard effort by Rho V elope on Oh that fryer was able to bring back 20 yards I think the weather had a lot to do with prior possibly not breaking that around because normally would have made a sharp cut up to the course of the field he had to slow down he appeared to be worrying about his duty before he turned up bill punt returns unit for New England they do a great job for Pryor twice now they've had a good picket line set up for him and he is almost popped it all the way first agenda England their own he's our back completes the Stanley Morgan and the veteran from Tennessee comes down at the 49 yard line if we run out of time here in the first quarter so much on the line much excitement here at the Orange Bowl in Miami Chevy has v8s available up to a big 454 with unbeatable power and a full-size pickup go with number one at the Chevy you're in sales drive we're out to sell 220,000 cars and trucks by year's end and check out our specially equipped full-size pickups save up to seven hundred forty dollars up to seven hundred five dollars an s10 blazer see our Chevy dealer now each Don Shula the winningest coach in the NFL admired and respected by millions sure winning is important on a field but winning is also important in the home in the community the National Football League is concerned not only about professional football but they're also concerned about you and I in the community contrary to what people believe a lot of good things do happen in Miami it's a it's a city where people have come they've migrated there and they've been able to establish a new life families that have been broken have been able to get it back together there have been community services such as United Way that have been able to help these people get back on track and to make it and to start a new life and to realize that dream that they had when they came to Miami that's why I have such faith in United Way it gives to all different types of families regardless of race creed or color it's there to help the needy and that's what's important to me this ABC Sports exclusive is being brought to you by chevrolet who invites you to live the style performance and fun of chevrolet in 86 Frank effort along with Joe name of the OJ Simpson watching the New England pictures to the Miami Dolphins and over the years the New England Patriots have suffered dearly here in the Orange Bowl 17 consecutive games they have lost they did win here in Florida the state of Florida in a game of play to 1969 up at Tampa the last time they won 1966 it will be these AFC East of the vision champion with again in the second quarter we're tied at seven the Patriots have a first contender at the dolphin 49 yard line reactive Aisha time to get a deep tried to get it to [Applause] and complete and again starring goes down on what appears to be a very slippery field he can't having handle a wet wet ball many many times I know quarterback just is not going to pass the footballs accurately as he would with a dry football that last play he was opens throwing was open there wasn't a man around him for five yards and tell you this to get the boss but we had a snip out of the band second ten once again fires a shot [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I once made a diving effort and ruled incomplete let's take a look at the stats from the first quarter first touchdown removing the ball well in the ground and they all have the circum gotten away from it well the only reason I could figure that out expects him to run the football so the plane aligned defensive line to the city more room down field for the passing game and of course now the Patriots are looking at third and ten decent from the shotgun flag is down and whistles a blow New England's entire offensive line appears to have a rolling start we picked up John Hannah the entire line was moving his Big John 8 Pro Bowls for this man now in his 13th year and still about as good as they come New England is backed up near their own 46 yard line [Music] the world of professional football and darn Shula was playing for the ball back in 54 later Don Shula became the head coach 1963 was a player for Don Shula close relationship between the two third down and 15 James is in the flat and he holds on and slips at the 45-yard line he goes down short of the first down Paul Langford is out there defensively for Miami we will see the punting unit once again [Applause] on average the 43 yards on his hunts 33.7 net bigger Ito's props for the Miami Dolphins as a look at time to digger reto missed all of last year with a bad name was activated only a few weeks ago [Music] [Applause] [Music] looking to hang it high and get the coverage without hustling down there Hopper's could not quite get to it it was almost about that doing we could have killed inside the five it's a touchback however the Dolphins ball at the runs warning you don't get to the top by looking back and go for it the power you can muster all the confidence boys and you know that when you finally make all the way for people who know exactly where they're going and from now to the end of the year at 8.5 percent financing on a new Cavalier well I finally did it I've given up this surfing life and gone out and gotten a real job into it Korky the silver hit my palace air sending me off with a little party and some light beer from Miller White's taste is way cool and it's less filling and I can't afford to get filled up cuz I've gotta go to work tomorrow Light beer from Miller everything you always wanted in a beer unless you made a cookie yeah it's a tough job someone's got to do it introducing a new longer-lasting energizer the new Energizer double-a battery it's supercharged now radios play 14 hours longer than before it's stupid size no battery in the world outlasts it when you've got to go when Isis know you're gonna go with Prestone driving just 10,000 miles on weak neglected antifreeze can leave already even looking this bad while the Prestone radiator looks this good america goes with Prestone undefeated Olympic heroes by gand mark Breeland Tyrell Biggs and Evander Holyfield probe live on ABC's Wide World of Sports Saturday a sellout crowd but they have been dampened somewhat but certainly not his first couple of weeks ago they were deafening here in the Orange Bowl maybe they're still recovering from that bear game now they're on their feet as it opened up a first down and ten at their own 20-yard line [Applause] rado could be changing it up Nathan close to a first down out of the 30-yard line Andre Tippett is there he's all over the football field he'll market the 32:29 so it'll be a gain of nine suckin down in one I'm surprised you see the Miami Dolphins running the ball so much on first down it didn't have much success early but they're sticking with it this was a good gainer it's a good possibility the way Moreno was calling the signals dead time he saw a hole in that defense and audible eyes to the [Applause] check it down [Applause] for the first time [Applause] that's the first time he's out of the 35 yard line good stuff there by Claybourne former New York Jeff the free agent in 81 they've been drafting running backs ever since he got here and they still have to got him out of the backfield [Applause] even play barn he is really done a job out of that Ronnie lipid over in the other corner has struggled who of course was the man who replaced Mike Haynes but he was but the defense has gradually emerged as one of the strong defenses of the NFL we know back on first down again a lot of time this time he just has to throw it away all receivers were covered waitin had been picked up and was well covered by Raymond play born you know that's one of the things that we keep pointing to the fact that Marino's only been sacked 15 times right there was August Dan will fill that ball away more than most quarterbacks around the league he knows he's not a good scrambler so he'll Barry rarely looked to run around with the football back there throw it away and say alright I'll come back on second and ten or third and six grab it in second 17 or 18 you know it's the other thing that has amazed me about him is his authority to recognize what he's got to throw it away there's a great sense about that to be the fourth consecutive year the dolphins have led the league in fewest acts second down and ten from Reno [Applause] super different midfield for a dolphin first down if it was trying to stay with him let's pick up duper again Lippitt on the outside duper gave him a little move like he was going to take it upfield broke that square off and you can see the slippery field once again lipid slipping and sliding and he could not get back to duper and in the first game November the third it was the man who saw a moment ago Bob Cooper who was unavailable a hairline fracture the legs that kept him out much of the season New England of course about game 1713 first intended midfield for Miami [Music] a great effort by Nathan a great effort to keep that fall out of the hands of John Blackmun I think marina was trying to throw it away and I just gotta throw it on him I don't know what he was looking at that time there were two defenders there then had plenty of protection couldn't find a receiver I don't know why threw the ball maybe was trying to throw it away but this should have been picked off fans backing away a little bit too fast as he's throwing the football look at Nathan though Joe had a Pro Bowl player for unsung heroes he would have to be in number one in my book he just does everything to the Dauphin's and he does it all right and you know he has a career average of four point eight yards per rush that's pretty remarkable it so second down and ten [Applause] [Music] Joe Carter it was not seen much action this year that was the second attempt thus far the season had a couple of big games for the dolphin zoo a year ago fourth-round draft pick last year and he just was not able to get back into the lineup or the lineup the Don Shula wanted to have him there surrounding Moreno well Joe you know you spoke a pony Nathan averaging 4.8 yards a carry Joe Carter has five it just tells you without Marino if they were forced to run the football Miami could have a thousand yard runner easily [Music] they're down to three the Dolphins inside the 43-yard line Reina from the shotgun deep downfield but he holds onto a football better than that for the new he was going to get powder that he said by Fred Marianna flag is down dolphin's indicating that was going to work against New England and it does [Music] Bachmann was holding defensively for New England the penalty declined and let's take a look at a wide shot of that secondary [Applause] Marina was looking cheap he was looking for super Tapia's Green had to come back underneath pirates in that more poor knew he was going to get hit held onto the football at high well that shot took a year ago by the Jets and he was absolutely helicoptered and still managed hold to the football and a key play in that game Kristen's in Miami 23 yard line taken from behind the gruel with a fine stop to hold Carta to a gain of about three yards now they market that the about the 17-yard line so give him five it'll be second down to five and we're going to pause five seconds of our station to identify themselves this is wabc-tv channel seven munille the POC is moving with less than ten minutes remaining the first half the Miami Dolphins the New England Patriots are tied at seven in the Orange Bowl a dam portfolio [Applause] Division champion the dolphin could need to win tonight and next week to ensure of an innovation I'm very chipper gets his 15 and a half sack he is now the leader in the NFL once again insects New England did an excellent job on defense they had both quarter and natan in the game I think he wanted to go to one of his backs he figured if they blitz one of the guys should be open but they jumped on both of those bags coming out of the backfield and Andre tippet comes in he gets this 15 side and the reason he did was Ronnie Lee the right Tech when Steve Clark the Red Guard forgot who they were supposed to block either one up he got out there on Tiffin and I promise you one of them was a sign tool there was an 8 yard loss will be third down and 14 [Music] quickly sets up in the shotgun that board copy [Applause] [Music] complaining bitterly that he was held by Ronnie limpet a valid complaint and it falls on deaf ears and we're going to see pervaiz come into the lineup [Applause] Ruki seventh round pick out of tennessee with 19 of 24 long field goal of the season 47 yards but at Tennessee he took one through the uprights from 60 yards out here this bar hundred points into the night [Applause] [Music] [Applause] IBM presents you make the call from the shotgun Jim McMahon of the Bears hands forward to Walter Payton who runs right and passes back to the quarterback for an apparent touchdown now you make the call is this a touchdown when you're dealing with higher volumes of information and need answers fast you search everywhere for solutions but finds it hard to get on top of 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playoffs that's what's happened later either just lose the freezin Sunday loses again on Sunday out there for any reason his truth [Applause] [Music] he'll stay the azan the English Donald the 20-yard line and we will leave Seattle we'll go to Los Angeles well we'll watch the Rams and the Raiders both teams of course have already clinched their divisional titles Raiders however may need a win to clinch the home field privilege throughout the AFC playoff now if the dopplers win tonight they win against Buffalo next week and the Raiders should lose to the Rams well the Dolphins will be insured of home field privileges all the way through the playoffs [Music] [Applause] need a win to avoid open to playoffs on the road depending upon the 49er first contender English this is the one we're interested in at the moment great James very busy feat Craig James this keeps pumping and turning and looking memories heady runner co2 a three-yard pickup it'll be second down and seven talking about great runners you know you think about Dickinson and Marcus Allen it was just two weeks ago we were here and we saw Walter Payton said a league record for nine straight days [Music] poor things for nitrogen and [Applause] sucking down and Tony Collins Paul Langford put the hit on Collins the the fumble is out of bounds and New England will retain possession Lankford has spilled in over the past couple of years for an often injured on McNiel as [Applause] a cornerback thank you Neal is back semi healthy at the quarterback the Orange Bowl gets into I was his arm here Tony Eason covers his on football he started to throw the ball downfield changed his mind came out of his hands and he was able to make the recovery at the 14 yard line so that brings out Camarillo once again rich Camarillo and Tommy's a ggarrido dropped back for the dolphins and the dolphin should get good field position was 7:30 in the clock moving remaining here in the first half since the last time to down Lyman Camarillo feels that have been hazed what chikorita what happen and it's big arena for big field Johnny river so the Dolphins have great field position at midfield we'll be back in just a moment [Music] feel celebrity Eurosport something more from today's Chevrolet [Music] celebrity Eurosport drive today chevy lived today chevy celebrity-driven 10 hours a week this toy could lose $500 worth of alkaline batteries because when an alkaline battery goes dead you throw it away this is the GE rechargeable when it goes dead you don't throw it away you do something revolutionary you recharge it so I spent $500 for halka line batteries when you could spend less than $15 for to GE rechargeable batteries and a charger you know I don't like being disappointed why one time we lost a big game and I felt so bad I saw my car never that's why they call me hacksaw but now I take it easy and I drink Light beer familiar flight has 1/3 less calories in their regular beer and it's less Killian and that pace never lets me down hey how about another light beer sorry heck song we just ran out boy that's very disappointing light beer from Miller [Music] college football scandals i'ma crack down on those who play for pay on 20/20 Thursday tonight's game here at the Orange Bowl is being dedicated by the Miami Dolphins to the son of Nick Buoniconti the all-pro player and remember that 72 undefeated dolphin team with 17 Adel mark playing for Citadel earlier this year suffered a [Music] nearby Jackson Hospital but funds are being raised here tonight by the NFL alumni they are selling t-shirts and funds are being taken at the gate as people have come into the night to fund the University of Miami project for paralysis Nick Buoniconti has declared war on paralysis and is beginning in the name of his son mark and we wish him well and we wish Mark well on first and ten the dolphin submit field zip it in there first on the hip Lily got the ball out of Tony Nathan's hand but mark Google was right there the ball looked as if it right into his hands take a look at his hip reverse angle [Music] a moment ago from the opposite side of the field and here is Nathan carrying it a little bit loose Tippett just suck an arm in there took it away the ball went right into gooferz hands and it's also first down yardage so the Dolphins get one the bounces their way [Applause] why me first and ten 40 yard line 23 and there was wood even at the setback for the dolphin [Music] [Applause] 4:21 a threat Miriam but it's another Miami first down in my surprisingly strong tonight running the football well the keys locked on that play believe it or not was number 89 that more that more lined up outside machine turn into the screen or hit number 50 that's not more than just slimy got a great crack back block get crowded a rumor run brothers quite as an explosive runner I've been a little of mercury Morris daddy could catch the ball too coming out of the backfield 19 yard pickup [Applause] ten the Dolphins there at the 21-yard [Music] [Applause] again Carrie's for the 15 the primary six should be second down and four I tell you they drone a Java block upfront blocking innocent I guess is a testimony to Johnson dusty the job he's done with his team illegal sixteen SATs now after the night the doctor doing blocky with the line what injuries we would like to wish all our best tonight for our sympathy for the family of John Sun dusky his wife Ruth dying suddenly last night here in the Miami area not on the sidelines as he worked merrily to be of course war daily stands by Don Shula second down to five dollars and again Moreno Astatula went away you know another reason is running game to dolphins uh half tonight is working because because of play selection this game still has a lot to do with strategy we pointed out earlier why run a draw play when you haven't thought forward pass yet it didn't work coach surely know it that this games of defense is going to be playing past most of the time and he's made some beautiful calls in the running game and I think that's why they work do Linden's been playing pass and a dolphins across them up third down and five Moreno brings them up we'll work from the shotgun Nathan again we're out of the backfield the tiger now is Joe fine you see them and of course duper more and Clayton [Music] [Applause] more is having a first down at the 10 yard line Ernest Gibson that Morgan vocalist is the bigger the game the better this man plays he likens him to Charlie joiner he says his awareness on the football field is so good similar to Charlie joiners he knows where he's going he knows how to get a first down yardage he'll get just the yards beyond the first down mark and make the first down and he's also the leader of this receiving for mark Cooper Mark Clayton Tommy bigger Ito this man right here and that more is their leaders he gets the big tough one receiver [Music] tries to reach into the enzone doesn't was play born and took fitted out of bounds down close to the one-yard line while they're doing a job John geez we had a tough block is blocked get the block Don Blackman an outside linebacker yet they're not only blocking you have to turn him to the inside and that outside linebacker lined up outside of him well he made the plat allowed the runner to get outside nine yards down to the one one is there is one of those offensive linemen that has been wound at all season he's playing on sheer guts tonight the botany as a store actually is broken bones in his hand number 79 John they like to use you down close this time they holding short of the end zone into the night inside the 5-yard line Davenport has had ten attempts of eight touchdowns alfred fans thought he had it this time [Music] well 8 out of 11 is not bad I got a pill and he should get the opportunity to make it a 9 out of 12 sixth-round rack picked out of Louisville the rookie Ron Davenport number three years ago took another player out of Louise only mark plate got him in the age they're down battleborn they take the lead Davenport and where did it go right over the left side behind Worcester and he [Applause] you know he's coming there's not a whole lot you can do about it when your mind given the Dolphins the lead once again defensive end julius adams is the leader of their defense however he's also the oldest live in the NFL that it looks like they're running the football right at Julius aside from BAE's now for the conversion [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 17:07 leave [Applause] Friday night we're going to be up the Kingdome in Seattle Denver making Custer's last stand if you will against the Seattle Seahawks Seahawks will be very loose there's a victory in Seattle trying to stay alive and what's interstate is when this season began you would have thought nine games would have been an excellent shot of being one of the wild-card team then you look at Denver as a chance that they can win 11 games and still not be one of the wild-card teams this is one of those years when the AFC East New England of course AFC West has the Raiders [Music] song as ring to it did this not come out of Houston Houston Oilers one [Applause] well I guess they figure that was so long ago remembers we remember Miami was there in a great game in 1978 Miami played Houston but they broke that song out for Bob Griese big night burro cam used to run it it's all a definite copyright infringement [Music] Thanks [Applause] [Music] [Applause] sorry up near the 27-yard line Wow Blackwood was in on that play defensively for the Miami Dolphins [Applause] down 17 to 7 here fascia game is a running game what do you do Joe I think they're going to have to stick with the running game some is still plenty of time left in his football game and really Miami has [Applause] with their play selections they have to go back with what works best for Mon first down he's not pratico foot their previous win over the Dolphins remember the third they ran for 203 yards on first and 10 he's in his back James took his eyes off that football looking downfield you breathe with right women there's Nick Buoniconti of course a very successful practicing attorney know what really does that he has been going through over the past few months and we certainly wish him best we wish his son Mark the best quadriplegic after an accident [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he sit back again [Applause] who gives an inordinate battle in that position that's his sixth of the season dear man not a circus it was injured a year ago that a very bad knee had actually taken over as he since he's right in for the Dolphins but he suffered that knee injuries right on the center watch him good move beating guy Boris then he gets away from Wooten back here the 16-yard line sure sound and chanting defense Leeson almost level again gets away from the safety yes it's complete brilliant play by Tony Eason to friar are they going to give it to him No but it was a great effort by Easton starting with the catch of the stamp first of all that's the second most map penta made a nice presents about it here this is the one thing to worried predictable back in the pocket is last year he set a national football league record by being sacked 59 times oh so close but out of five they were busy complaining all the Patriots have been about [Applause] again at the 40-yard line of the dolphin from the Dolphins good again have a back into field position Camarillo was a fine bigger burrito at the 37 Diggory no back out the 48-yard line of the topic we have to 14 remaining in the first half 46-yard punt by Camry lat both teams have three timeouts and Dan Marino who once tonight on most occasions he's had plenty of time to throw the football interesting piece coming up at halftime about where Monday Night Football travels around the world I think you'll enjoy that further look at the standings with one remaining [Applause] 85 NFL's so stick around first and in Miami they have marked a just inside but down from 48 yard-line [Applause] they said to the 49-yard line to get close to three yards out of that we'll call a second down and seven we will tick off down to the two-minute warning so much on the line tonight we brennidon we'll be back there's a final two minutes of the first half of all hello it has finally got his Christmas poem done and I would like to read it to you it is once again that time of year to enjoy little Christmas cheer and so with all the cooler names we're glad you've remembered Bartles and Jaymes for your continued support we give our thanks have a real nice holiday signed Ed and Frank I hope this is not too sentimental it tends to choke up a lot of Christmas anyway enjoy the holidays and we will see you soon it's a RadioShack Merry Christmas this year I needed to give a real family pleaser honey please help me with this budget dad please and I found it Radio Shack's color computer 2 on sale for just $88 it entertains educates manages it's expandable and affordable now that really pleases me the color computer to save price for Christmas at RadioShack hamburger places serve billions of burgers and I'm yes they also serve chicken like chicken nuggets but it's hard to do chicken right part time at Kentucky Fried Chicken our negatives have our secret blend of 11 herbs and spices so they taste great in fact people who said they'd ever tried Kentucky Nuggets and McDonald's chicken nuggets waited hours higher on taste so get your nuggets from the chicken experts but Denver Broncos face a must-win game to keep playoff hopes alive Ken Seattle's spoiler party live at 8:00 Eastern and NFL Friday nights special two minutes remaining in the first half Frank Gifford along with OJ Simpson Joe Namath watching every unusual football game there's been some dynamite hitting we've had several turnovers New England Patriots seemingly doing everything right things are just not quite clicking for them however and the Dolphins have a 17 to 7 lead and they also have second down and seven they're new at New England's 49 yard line there is Ray Barry over 600 receptions only ten thousand yards 68 career touchdowns I remember 19:58 against the Giants first sudden-death game before flour passes from Johnny Unitas that day 478 yards and they beat us in overtime second down and seven [Music] [Applause] captain that bore perspective when more wasn't quite open still at the time and the presents to get the Baltimore for another dolphin first down inside the 40-yard line of New England I tell you that's 52 receptions from that more days best he's ever had was 52 receptions and he went to the Pro Bowl that year shows how differently this game is played today [Applause] first attempt coming down with it that for a little down the sidelines and he couldn't Adler oh he wanted that back you got his birthday then you imagine 52 deceptions would get you into the Pro Bowl just five six years ago on the day you just the third receiver on your team look at that great adjustment to the ball just couldn't hold on to it Marino by the way has 102 yards thus far here in the first half he came into the night leading 191 yards for his second consecutive 4,000 yard plus season is the only other NFL player that has had a 4,000 yards season consecutively Moreno looking for tonight and he should get it in the second half to the 35-yard line a gain of almost four it'll be third down and six and the Dolphins will use one of their timeouts they still have two remaining at Marino will move over always have Don Rock standing close by Don struck one of the finer backup quarterbacks that's Don struck with a baseball cap on track also calls a lot of plays we might also touch on another interesting thing that happened here today David Shula revealed that he had indeed been contacted by at Norman Braman the owner of the Eagles who also announced today that they had fired Marian Campbell gamble in the Eagle six and nine this year but David Shula impromptu press conference and said there is nothing concrete made they had agreed to get back together once again I wonder if he told you to take a lap you would take a lap which is picking up and burping recipe I like Julius at 37 in the league and your coaches you know 11 years younger than you are this guy's 26 years old he had a remarkable way just arere up at Dartmouth with Jeff Kemp the backup quarterback out with the Rams they broke all kinds of records up there and for Marion Campbell we'll turn up somewhere there's a lot of football savvy remaining in that band third down and seven for the dolphin 115 remaining here in the first half Falcons leading the Patriots 17 to 7 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] fires up completely it's it's a twofer and do perhaps first down yardage given playboy in the unhidden people of citing can forgive mantle man you have just got to lay off mark duper he has that quick speed he doesn't have the blazing speed of mark plate well he does - for crying out loud they're both just outrageously fast on the outside but you just have to give him the room and you are single coverage joenie partner stays down the set back when you give him the room throw that quick slant pam is fine yet hit you underneath [Applause] they work - Carter underneath and Carter is hid behind the line of scrimmage first man there those is Lester Williams Lock ticking away inside one minute dolphins are comfortable Hager they have to time check it down at 11 [Applause] Breno finally happy he was really hit by really hit right in the back distance he released the ball and that is a very good example of Dan getting rid of the ball to avoid the loss Mandy Hale did he'd have been sacked at the 40-yard line we could have taken him out of field goal position impossible touchdown position Garin Farris he's an interesting case he's a rookie this year they say he is slow he runs up over five seconds for the 40-yard dash but he has nine sacks nine sacks for rookie in in the beginning of the season he would share in that position with Kim sim so impressive wraps it out of Stanford this for the Dolphins they are 42 seconds tellers [Applause] knocked it out of there Tippett came all the way from behind Moreno Moreno I don't think even saw him he knocks it loose and Ferris comes up at the recovery reverse angle you see it back lock by Ronnie Lee Tippett took him outside then Moreno kind of tripped it out to the right and tip it heads up play strips the ball and Barris was there for the recovery now for our New England they have 33 seconds they have three timeouts remaining they have a first of ten the ball at their own 34 yards [Applause] they want to point he said back in the shotgun he said Lucky's to the 40-yard line stopping the clock with 26 seconds fast Eason to Stanley Morgan what a career he's at when over 7,000 yard last week for his careers we look at it again lots of time freezin yes as Danny just runs a little corner pattern falls right in between two defenders they're in the hole perfect ass for inside the 39 yard line [Music] first down at 10:26 second remaining goes up comes down live it at the 5-yard line really had no shot at that overthrown he was open but it would have to have been a very well thrown football well again this is the biggest game Neeson's head and his young career as a professional and he's going to have to play hot for him the win this game so far he's not really been on his mark that much this interception in the one earlier he had in the game were really too poorly filling past Patriot turnover 19 seconds now remaining in the half that the football near their own 10-yard line I'd like to think that the rain may have had something to do with that last pass but it was such a tight spiral I don't think it did behind you again - can't win these two division with a victory tonight we're sure that they would have to win [Music] thank you [Music] football game here in the Orange Bowl since 1966 that's the end of the first half go to the Patriots 17 December after this from our stations Tuesday tony arranges a marriage arranged marriages right out of the Middle Ages it's cruel it's barbaric the way my parents come back always are Tony's ways if you start singing from fiddler on the roof I'm leaving it's a Christmas miracle when Jason tries to save Santa Claus tomorrow [Music] nobody has a musician's in a pro deeper sit back nobody sweats me but I don't shower with the owner is soaked cuz I made a break from that stuff a clean break with ivory look what you see is basic natural soap and what you get is an honest clean some soaps cover you with smelly perfumes are the opponents that stuff doesn't get you clean Harvey makes me feel clean and smell clean that's an honest clean make a clean break with ivory no soap can get you cleaner up against good evening coming up tonight here on Eyewitness News some mob killing on a crowded mid Manhattan Street two men gunned down gangland style as they were getting out of their limousine tonight police say one of the men is reputed organized crime boss Paul Castellano Castellano is currently on trial for federal racketeering charges there are many questions tonight who was this notorious Castellano and could this be the start of a citywide mob war we'll have the full story and Eyewitness News tonight right after the game President Reagan was in Fort Campbell Kentucky today he led an emotional memorial service for the families of American soldiers killed in last week's Newfoundland plane crash mr. Reagan told the mourners they do not grieve alone also deny where do we stand on the battle against AIDS is the epidemic getting worse the city has just issued a new report on the deadly disease we'll have that for you Bernard King races long silence the Knicks Superstar says he's coming back to play and Cora McFerrin has a football playoff picture how tonight's game affects the standings at 11 trevi is the game weekdays at 4:00 Saturday on ABC's Wide World of Sports u.s. Olympic boxing heroes continue to throttle boxing's pro ranks mark Freeland quick pants and a good combination have served him well Tyrell Biggs he's shown he's got a heavyweight front evander holyfield a relentless style that can rock any opponent undefeated who will face their toughest bouts to date see them live on ABC's Wide World of Sports critical game in the AFC East in Miami leaves New England 17 to 7 at halftime right now we're going to take a look at the standings the National Football Conference Dallas's splits the NFC East the Rams have flips the NFC West the mayor's pushed central that they said long times ago there are two wild cards remaining with the - the 49ers of Washington still alive action now for the tasin Cowboys yesterday Texas Stadium in Irving Texas the Giants were in town looking ahead for their first divisional title in over two decades second quarter action the Giants leading 14 to 7 Phil sends it back look at the top of your screen Big Ed Jones puts up that PAH backs it away right into the arms of Jim Jeffcoat he takes a 65 yards for the game-tying touchdown and how many games have turned on a net Jones deflection and yet another bizarre play for the Giants on the very next series Sean landeta is back to punt he's afraid it would be blocked he shovels the ball forward it winds up right in the arms of Dexter Clinkscale for an apparent touchdown however the play was ruled an incomplete past the Dallas ditch for a touchdown on the following play to make it 21 to 14 into the fourth quarter Dallas leading still 21 14 Steve floor is in a quarterback gift replaced Gary Howe kaboom quit replaced an injured Danny white pillar looks over the middle and he finds the rookie from Alabama State Carl po-po running hard deep into giant territory before he's finally dropped by Terry Cunard Dallas took it in however to make it Dallas 28 the Giants 14 and then in the fourth quarter was Dallas leading 28 21 52 seconds remaining the Giants had the faulty fin Dallas territory it's fourth down Phil Simms is back he rolls right he looks for Byron Williams but it's intercepted by number 22 Victor Scott Dallas defeating the Giants 28 21 they take the NFC East the Giants title dreams are reduced to hope for a wild-card spot Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim California yesterday the Rams dieter Brock more than justified coach John Robinson's faith in him with a big day against st. Louis 2nd quarter action Rams leading 13 to 7 Brock hands off to Eric Dickerson Dickerson over left tackle for 18 yards 124 yards on the day for Dickerson he had a hundred and nine of those yards in the first half Peter Brock had from him to stay four touchdown passes on the very next play following Dickerson Brent Peter Brock is back he looks over the middle finds Tony hunter 47 yards and a touchdown Tony hunter rapidly becoming a big play receiver Graham took the lead 22 7 and then in the second quarter leading 29 to 7 with 29 seconds remaining in the half dieter Brock is back once again this time is Henry Ehlert Ellard 43 yards on a touchdown the Rams blow away st. Louis 46 to 14 Deana Brock is now the third rated passer in the NFC [Music] I got the same card if you Coburn that's nice you don't have to be a big cheese to own a MasterCard I know the same card you bop around the South of France with I used to buy wool wool so you're not as hotsy-totsy or do you think mister Tinseltown yeah I buy you a drink anytime Jimbo [Music] Tuesday North Pole Santa speaking hohoho it's a special holiday story this one's a pip patty I'd like you to meet Mary sure my manger is your manger on mood lighting tomorrow time once again Miami over New England 17 to 7 a look at the AFC picture the Raiders have won the AFC West the Central Division is still alive Cleveland and Cincinnati they're with Cleveland having an edge and again the AFC East if the winglet wins tonight they are the champions of the East End Miami will be looking for a wild-card get the win over Buffalo on Sunday aureate Denver loses on Friday night just by the way are still alive they play Cleveland on Sunday if they win they're a wild card but the Raiders locked it up yesterday the AFC West the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum another big day for the Raiders defense and Marcus Allen against Seattle fourth-quarter action the Raiders leading six to three Mark Wilson is back he has a lot of time he looks deep over the middle looking for number 85 Doki Williams and the former UCLA star makes the diving catch to set up a touchdown by former USC star Marcus Allen and what a day Marcus Allen had was his eighth consecutive 100-yard game he could tie Walter Payton to nine next Monday night you'll see it right here on ABC and this is that very next play Marcus Allen had his very best he takes it in from seven yards out the Raiders beat Seattle 13 to 3 the Raiders champions of the AFC West my wife was having her second child and so we Anthony and I were on our own and we went to the store and I picked up a bargain baby shampoo not Johnson's I thought I was just helping out but we 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League landed on British television four years ago [Music] the audience here has increased 400% in London there's even a video cafe where NFL games are the highlight [Music] and this is something really special on there's no way I stopped playing I play football in the afternoon another Sunday and then I go home I change I come here and their destruction of Dallas a fortnight ago is still being talked about with or across the states so here we go the Bears of the Dolphins we join ABC's match commentators OJ Simpson Joe Namath and Frank Gifford [Applause] [Music] NFL games were seen throughout most of Europe including Paris there's even the French equivalent the Monday Night Football anchor team Vinny see me also in Europe Italian fans of American football can get their weekly fix of first downs and forward passes from a TV station in Milan these NFL fans in Italy are trying to master the subtleties of the game but have no trouble identifying one of the NFL's less subtle phenomenons what they pull out of their own refrigerators for a football snack isn't exactly beer and popcorn but this isn't exactly popcorn country good game people they are in front of the TV eating spaghetti and drinking wine that's why not sure little s [Applause] from Europe it's a quick kick to the Middle East in Lebanon those who aren't too busy with the unofficial national pastime of street fighting often tune and the Lebanese television which reruns America's less violent unofficial national pastime [Music] [Applause] [Music] they're also tuning into televised blitzes and tackles Down Under in Australia and in Japan Romanova Grandal suppose I don't take your day old Christmas American football is very big in Tokyo special Japanese stores sell NFL souvenirs most of the world has a different view of the NFL than we grew up with because in London football undergoes electronic shrinking three and a half our game in America becomes a one-hour games overseas we take out most of the time out we 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this philosophy that has helped make brawn the number one selling foil shaver in the world what's also helped is that no other shaver gives you a closer shave brawn now available in America tonight on Eyewitness News an organized crime murder in Midtown two men shot dead on a crowded street police say one of the victims is a reputed mobster story later [Music] this ABC Sports exclusive is being brought to you by Miller beer Miller made the American Way since 1855 five Pontiac America's Road car company Pontiac we build excitement and by the US Army a place to be all you can be [Music] back in the Orange Bowl in Miami we're stuffed to go the Miami Dolphins will kickoff to the New England Patriots reminding you once again what's on the line for the Patriots of victory tonight and they win in the AFC East again if not one here in the Orange Bowl since 1966 the Dolphins need to win tonight and a win next week against Buffalo here in the Orange Bowl to lock up the AFC [Applause] a few times of the 26-yard line going to be first down and ten Dan Marino in the first half 11 of 23 110 yards one touchdown one interception for the New England Patriots Tony Eason 7 of 1313 yards he had the one touchdown he had the two interception in the first half on first down and a fool step in starring one-pass on first down they have to do better on first down if they're gonna win this game bring out the run formation and they immediately hand off to Craig James out a little counter play write this in his left and brought James back right and James will get good yardage out of it give him seven it'll be second down at along three is Mike Charles the nose tackle it was played a fine football game for the Dolphins pursued that play they had to stop from behind will be second down and three [Applause] Onision lifts it over from the same formation they open the second half long formation left and this is James right up for 35 yards first down by Mike Charles it'll be third and short yardage for New England this is what I think they wanted to do OJ when they came out to begin the football game wanted to run the football they beat Miami 1713 November the 3rd ran for 203 yards and most of those yarns over the middle and I noticed even on that run it was designed to go off tackle I think great James is this Alou indecisive if he cuts back over the middle I think he's going to get positive yards the tofu is in the this is Robert weathers and weathers has the first down of must board he almost broken big the 48-yard line it'll be first down to England any Testaverde an outstanding quarterback at the University of Miami of course he'll be taking the Hurricanes into the Sugar Bowl game will be bringing you New Year's night [Music] rated number two in the 80s [Music] again a bit indecisive it gets to the 47 yard line looked back to the inside once again OJ it's about three out of it break you know he got there a little late once again I think it'd be he was a little indecisive the hole wasn't there I think he makes up his mind when the holes not there I'm not going to get outside outside as Hugh green outside is Bob Burzynski inside his jab Brophy and Jackie Stewart playing linebacker not much decision there Bob majeski that time did cut it down had he cut back early I would have gotten better yardage second down it's a long seven for the Patriots mix up in the backfield all by himself however out on the left side and Jade there was a collision in the backfield between James and Collins and let's take a look at it from the endzone and this hurts yes it does especially to an something happening on the other side you saw both of the linemen got out there clean and if he would have been closer to his linemen loss of about four ought to be third down and sorry scream the two wide receivers dicen from a shotgun [Applause] [Music] then tried to get it into starring waste is incomplete and the honey unit will come on for doing the dolphin defense [Music] what's the hunt here the second half I'm telling you this is typical of the Dolphins you know they really haven't stopped this team this team has stopped themselves they had the chances to get the big positive yards I played against Miami nine years we never beat them here and every time we went home he said we should have won the game we blew it we should've won the game Vaness type defense they don't overpower here they Bend a bit but they don't break ciggarete Oh it's Camerino let's it up it goes out to the left side and it's taken there by Lyle Blackwood he made the fair catch [Music] 25 yard line short punt the camera reel 35 yards that'd be young jack up for the weekend probably driving that new Pontiac he was talking budget prestige car young Jack performance car belonging down hotshot like that want prestige yeah rusty car again these guys came in here wanted to buy us out direct the place like the rest of the puck this pipe in our families for 70 years so we said go ahead [Music] they're still the place where some things are not for sale where beer is beer [Music] Miller contains no additives or preservatives purity you can see quality you can taste [Music] the decision is endless Rocky is a winner due to overwhelming demand we just put rocky 4 in a lot more theaters you get here for the check this Christmas the family main event of the year rated PG check newspapers for localist days [Music] [Applause] dan Marino needs 80 yards for his second consecutive 4,000 plus season the only other player to do that of history Annabelle Dan Fouts Raina was stoned the one touchdown pass and he leads the NFL with touchdown passes he was tied coming into the Knights can lift an ounce of 27 he's thrown one tonight for 28 more importantly in the toppers would like to win tonight I'd like to win next week over Buffalo and they would dearly like the Raiders lose to the Rams a week from tonight in a game that will bring you from Los Angeles on the 23rd and then they would be assured of the playoff being here in the Orange Bowl up to the Super Bowl 1st down and 10 the single setback and this will be Nathan Manhasset [Applause] [Music] Blackman was right there reading the runt life getting ready to play the run and the ball bounced right into his hands Tony Nathan twice now has given up the football very uncharacteristic of this young man let's look again simple little toss right in his hands he was looking ahead to the blocking up front right into the hands of Don Backman goes the ball New England with a big break they trail 17 to 7 here in the third quarter they have a first down at the 21 yard line of Miami the setbacks for New England great games there was an opening he popped through it it was hit by but Brown but he moves inside the 15-yard line he'll get about six yards out of that it'll be second down and four for New England [Applause] James by the way has been known to throw the football he's thrown it a couple times this is he he's complainant over them and they have both been four touchdowns [Applause] on the night 34 tough yards on 10 carries second and four that's fire emotion Dean's again got a good fly from College turned white to take my car and as hell's joy to the first down near the 12 yard line it'll be third down and two [Music] nose tackle spot murder vacated our approval for many years but to the Pro Bowl laughter [Applause] treachery our correcta Carnegie problem as pet Bob thousands doing a fine job James on a counter James with good running that was a good swarming defense and James's on his own and that little stutter step oj it doesn't look all that effective but it seems to get it done well he understands my first time I've had opportunity to watch him play for any length of time and he's obviously just a heads up runner he has a lot of confidence in his ability mini backs at that time with a panic put their hair down and maybe not have gotten the first down he has enough confidence in his ability to do his stutter step and still get the first down and again he had another fine block [Applause] with a good block this time keys to the arms of brown is inside the 5-yard line it will be second down goal to go and we're going to pause five seconds and allow our stations to identify themselves [Applause] while anticipation for this game as it developed down through the final weeks of the season New England needs a victory tonight to win the AFC Eastern Division crown Miami needs one tonight and next week against Buffalo to pinch the Eastern Division 17 to 7 but the Patriots are a second down goal the goal to have yardline of the dolphin James once again threat open field tackle that was Gwyn Blackwood right by a blocker came in low and upset break James oj we've been talking about James being a smart runner as things is it a used round whooping his guard that finally gonna walk the Manzo in case you know you see a father he's but suit is not there and he figures if he can make it to the endzone the other guy like Reggie McKenzie that time he wouldn't have to wait for him he had the rifle [Applause] at play and he said oh you know he sort of waited for me to win inside of the block Parrish am gonna throw at the 4 yard line that's often crowded [Applause] headed by Quin Blackwood he's floating up first and then they were all there - plays you saw two fat choices by good runners the first play is toe pointed out jiae's to the waiters boys block on that play i think tony collins e at one chance and that is to turn up this team that hasn't gotten any yards getting outside the day all their yards have been inside of the tackles and he should have gone Tony Franklin now on - bringing the Patriots within 22 yard attempt Franklin [Applause] Eason is the holder [Applause] whether the uprights is Franklin [Applause] beautiful day yeah hi how you doing a little trouble keep it up with you thank you back there yeah some rota sure is hey how do you like your granddad love it really handles well I guess you just flat disappeared for me back with me when engine you running three litre v6 to uncheck oh yeah maybe I'll see you next time sir yeah hey maybe next time I'll have a [Music] sir tank spotted [Music] in a battle drill you've got good guys and you got bad the hunter and the hunted [Music] if you're gonna win you need horsepower firepower that's teamwork this team uses a computer thermos a laser rangefinder the whole tank with the whole team went tot just one person [Music] but Denver Broncos face a must-win game to keep playoff hopes alive Ken Seattle's spoiler party live at 8:00 Eastern and NFL Friday nights special a little more than half of the third quarter remaining here in the Orange Bowl a misty almost surrealistic night light refracting off the wet field rain has been falling on and off throughout the evening the field is very slick so much at stake here for both teams Franklin to kickoff for New England Lorenzo Hampton is back to the dolphin this time Hampton will feel it there the 7 yard line I become Hamptons thrown running out of the 25 to the 27 yard line McSwain made the stop for the Patriots there [Applause] the New England defense has come up here a second half marina 110 yards on eleven completions of 23 attempts I mentioned early in the game New England defense rated fifth in the entire NFL seventh against the rest and that's where the Dolphins have been doing most of the damage tonight they attempt against the pass [Music] first inch in Miami there are thrown 27 yard line Joe Carter who has worked well for the Dolphins tonight is in there with woody pennant as a setback Carter is number 23 [Music] burrito as super and back inside an additional five yards out of it the first down is out over the 45 yard line that's the second time they threw that ball Joe and I'm not saying this because you're here but it looked like Namath the sour to make a George yeah that's a perfectly tied past and his band's duper is such a tough guy to get hold of sensational receiver then again what do you do with Moreno you try to put pressure on hitch with a quick passage you give them time to pick your part down chilly so strong down Miami [Applause] gee Clark and Ronnie Lee they'll get seven out of it into delinquent territory near the 47 yard line [Music] Franklin's little red in that intercept a lot of people who never really seen a kick and you think you kick the ball with the toes even field goal kickers they kick it with their instep not with the toes under if they put any kind of tough inner on there sucking down to three [Music] breno in a crowd but he fires a shot [Applause] [Music] this time working in Auto blipping another first down for Miami and that time Marino had New England Patriots all around him but his line had not collapsing they were still holding their blocks he stepped right back into the pocket fired him I tell you if they gave points one in two points on pass completions that have been tuned to the quarterback and one to the receiver that was all Moreno 42% it is 43 career our game with an marina or more [Applause] on first down [Applause] [Music] really Popeyes nevertheless you'll get four yards out of it it'll bring up second down and six [Applause] Friday Denver will be at Seattle Denver course needing to win on Friday night to retain any hope of a wild-card spot and again take note of that special time 8 o'clock Eastern Time Denver loses on Friday all three AFCC by the way the Jets the dolphins and the Patriots are sure to playoff spots but to make the playoffs as a wild-card Indra must win on Friday one of two other events must happen either to just lose to Cleveland Sunday or tonight's loser loses again on Sunday Danny reads Denver defense they're still alive second down and six Moreno in trouble one out of bound bring on who the Don Blackland was bearing down on him good coverage on Clayton downfield and Moreno had to throw it away I think Dan got fooled that time with the coverage New England went to him what we call a to deep zone and believe five guys underneath and Dan simply didn't have anyone open wise he threw the ball away that more comes back into the lineup final word from Don Shula's falls most of the plays they'll get assistance a time for John Scott [Applause] third down and six [Music] [Applause] time to get a tattoo paren beyond his outstretched fingertips [Music] the session time [Applause] the vases hit from 44 yards tonight his best thus far of the season has been 47 yards out pío number seven the art Plunkett e6 70s in the middle of that golf and beef is and his job is to get his hands up 50-yard attempt the haze has hit from 60 when he was at the University of Tennessee the vases best feels all of the rookie from Tennessee he hits the 50-yard 444 yards it's a 2010 game [Applause] [Music] where I come from folk stand proud and tall you know they're always sincere where you were friends a friend [Music] Oh Miller beer contains no additives no preservatives [Music] [Applause] [Music] my travels around the world I follow to countries alike no two governments alike there's a lot for governments to disagree on but 31 governments have found at least one thing they can't agree on the power of Sperry computer systems to make government manageable now 31 countries can agree on that who knows what else son 14 it's turbocharged now he's a picture I wasn't that much how much cardiac sunburn well what do you think well I don't know I'd have to drive I'm sure you can handle it give me the key [Music] President Reagan's last-minute tax reform battle on Nightline tonight phase is officially credited with the 49-yard field goal and the Dolphins have a 2010 lead over the Patriots for 4:16 remaining in the third quarter Stefon starring is deep now for New England very versatile football player out of a Matisse state where he was a quarterback for over 3,000 yards for the patients this will be starring from the six yard line [Applause] gets it out close to the 37 yard line a moment if we could Saturday the world of baseball lost one of his genuine heroes Roger Maris succumbing to a long battle against cancer Roger was five unassuming the consummate professional and for whatever reasons he perhaps was not recognized as one of the game's true legends but he will be I knew him from our days when we shared Yankee Stadium together when I played with the Giants Roger of course with the Yankees all of us at ABC extend our deepest sympathies to all of the family arrived [Applause] Kristen 10 New England at their own 35-yard line Aysen growing underneath the coverage and this time he's been working to the tight end Lynn Dawson first time the Patriots have given their tight ends a call Eric Ramsey has got a very effective receiver work well last week against the cokes [Applause] Johnson got about eight out of us so it'll be second down and two the 43-yard line [Applause] Lanta first down at miss Dido finding an opening over the left side behind John Hannah and Brian Holloway do it seems that the Patriots if they run up the middle and when the dolphin linebackers try to stop that the only way they can stop that is to come up to the line of scrimmage didn't just start going balls deep Burnie and over the middle that's where you want a quarterback ideally that can recognize what the defense is going [Music] Christian 10 New England decent has it to the 35-yard line when we win first down right in front of Paul Langford one of those feats was that he is blazing fast they clocked him for 39 for the 40 has had the great career at the University of Nebraska and he's almost a rookie because he was injured so much at the time last year but he is a threat every time he gets his hands on the football to take it all the way at times you'll watch Breyer and you think you're looking at tiny Rodgers all over [Applause] and James will work on the left side down close to the 32 yard line only a couple of yards out of that like Charles again in on that stop and getting a lot of help from his friends Domini James and Dickerson they were a parrot as it at over 3,700 career you are second only position the third all-time Southwest Conference dicker senator Campbell rain really coming down now almost a foggy situation here in the Orange Bowl second down and eight the reverse and it did not fool a soul including poverty Alfa's bringing it all the way out bob Burzynski made the stop at the line of scrimmage well there are two people Tony Eason as well as Irving Breyer they're the two guys that had to make the key block on that fillet if they would have made their blocks it would have been a little room to run in but unfortunately neither one made their block the trouble is Tony Eason he's an event asked to flog cut better six-foot-seven - thunder [Applause] [Music] once again decent that's Greg Hawthorne the short of the first down former Steeler first-round draft pick it was Alex Boyer the rookie from Northwestern he was out there defensively a thorn just about a yard short [Applause] aim has been remarkably free of this is the same appears they're going to go 17 and about a yard they could be going was just a long count will see a long count looking for the offside at Instituto he usually gets it and whether mobile whether he heard it earlier on third and fourth he gets the first down and the Patriots keep this drive alive down at the 23-yard line that was a stadium just jumping up and down there's a flag down and against New England it's back to the drawing board I think it's back to the field goal kicker now it's the five-yard penalty plus he's going to have the wind at his back if they turn around what wind there is right now doesn't really appear to be much [Music] [Applause] by the tidy and lived off [Applause] that was a very important first down that'll be fourth down to six when we come back to the Orange Bowl after this from our station Tuesday I see a world starving for hope world starving for fantasy weren't starving for joy how about you I'm finite before I came in could it be a Christmas episode for Maddie and Dave golfing and you're having an open game three kings season's greetings from moonlighting [Music] Panasonic presents Romney movie NEMA camera and video recorder in London capture magic moments forever the movie uses full-size VHS tapes plays Hollywood movies all your own don't miss a single movie magic wand from Panasonic just slightly ahead of outline since its introduction in the u.s. 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Joyce brothers tomorrow at 9:00 you know a lot of people may wonder why these kickers kick the football with their bare foot now this young man is the Franklin went out for his high school team back when he is a sophomore he hit three out of ten field goals from the 30-yard line he got frustrated took the shoe off and he started making everyone he tried you see when he was a young boy growing up he didn't wear shoes that off and he always picked the ball with his bare feet now he feels better doughnut it'll be a 49 yard attempt Eason is the holder [Music] bringing the pictures within a touchdown [Applause] 4:49 a few moments ago reveille is hit for the Dallas again we have a seven-point football game as we are in the opening minutes here in the fourth quarter from the Orange Bowl in Miami Franklin is in his second year with New England after five years in Philadelphia as a rookie they watched him kick a 59 yarder second best in the NFL history against Dallas so he can get it out there where Tom Dempsey still holds that record at 63 yards that's one of those you begin to wonder if they will ever break they're getting close though yeah the Patriots keeping it close they would love to win tonight it's been 17 straight years their straight games if they have not been able to win here in the Orange Bowl they won back in 66 Lyndon Johnson was president then dividing a nation whether they say Tony he's was five years old he doesn't care much about a date didn't he know about it strange though neighbors had good me had a lot of friends [Music] where were you in 60 when are the City College of San Francisco trying to get over Lorenzo Hampton is deep for Miami Franklin puts it on his way [Applause] and Titleist is wine money out of the 30-yard line in the 32-yard remind you later tonight on Nightline when does the president become a lame duck some say now if Regan Kent's a tax reform from defeat by his own party tonight on Nightline following your late local news hard-hitting football game it has been it's been semis sloppy I guess you could say we've had our share of turnovers three apiece [Applause] truly heavy it [Applause] first down and ten Miami on their own 32 [Applause] [Music] he'll get seven out of that dolphins have really been running to football well and they're doing it against the best defensive team in the National Football League through 14 games well they're doing it with not only good blocking up front but more importantly they're doing it with good play calling I think they're just calling the right play at the right time something that the Patriots I would debate if they've done that but I wouldn't think so going all the way back to that job they make a good catch here good pass there [Music] second down [Music] [Applause] the road reverse this is Mark wait turn the corner picking up first down yardage on the 49 yard line before he stopped by Tippin he really got caught inside on that play Rick Matt once he was too far inside that the reverse was coming his way and he fought his way outside he made two tackles he may not have done his job because he was supposed to have containment on that play but he still made the tackle and wasn't there he really is a kind of player I would say that you look at the film during the week and you say look at the pursuit on this guy we go left with it he's going to run it down and you put the play in and then you realize what a great athlete he is he got caught inside and still got back out there but the Dolphins get the first down here their own 49-yard line supera is there [Applause] flag is down this game is for the championship and I don't I didn't see his arm come across his hand he here give him a little extra shot but when you plan for the championship in effect of a conference nice interface for a face mask [Music] he's the defender against duper got the arm around there yeah really also smoking around there pretty severely but he grabbed ahold the face mask I tell you on a play like that on the helmet that could have broke his arm [Applause] I agree I think the arm is a much more jeopardy than any part of the face percent in clammy there at the 30-yard line a Billy is Hampton and Ben if those are the setbacks for the Dolphins they've been using a lot of people tonight here stacked up good play by the grand old man of us doing the team the oldest player in pro football today as Julius Adam at least the oldest active player as a defensive lineman the Baris was also their big Julie did make that play came down hard from a dry dead position and made the first contact good defensive play but Julie's loss of about a yard it'll be second down and 11 [Applause] Clayton is going left looper splits right [Applause] in the lineup at the moment number 87 s Dan Johnson picked off Tony Nathan the intended receiver and Steve Nelson got out there got a hand on it it would've been a good play but it could have been an interception third down and 11 I think Julia's and Steve Nelson realized the importance of this defensive effort right now they want to stop this Miami fight a smell championship all they have to do is pull this game out I'm sure they're trying to inspire the rest of that defensive unit disinterest in how those old pros come through in the end remember too tall Jones yesterday bad at that ball on the arms of Jeffcoat when the Giants were threatening patrons trail by seven they have a third down and 11 [Applause] it was Ernest Gibson battling that for Marino held it to the last possible second he was really leveled after he released it Moreno gets up limping it was a stop-and-go on the part of mattemore and there's Gibson only getting into his face not playing unquestionably Anna Faris welcome would be think he expected the ball of the underthrown he was just trying to catch up and then that slowdown he ran ran it right into him Matt Moore made a gait move and Moreno really helped him at more came down about 12 yards looked right back as if he anticipated the past he got a little pump fake from Moreno then he turned on the speed and just left Gibson tried to make up the yardage for the coverage and came up at the interference call first down cold [Applause] short of the goal line with Ron Davenport [Applause] Davenport has nine touchdowns on the year now he's nine of thirteen inside the box still a nice average think you'll get another set Joe give it to him a couple more times here he's a big man six-two runs tough down there run for four five board second down gold [Applause] [Music] fetches it out Miami of course of the wind tonight will not clinch the division but they have Buffalo in town next week they feel that if they can win tonight and they're looking awfully good win against Buffalo and then the Rams can beat the Raiders a week from tonight and we'll bring you that game and Miami will have clinched the home-field privilege if you will right up to the Super Bowl did they be able to travel that far in the playoffs surveys for the conversion with 1108 remaining in the game [Applause] 47:13 [Applause] he is you he's your competition one of you will call AT&T small business experts one of you won't one of you will find out how to use long distance systems to cover your customer base to beat your competition so who's going to call you or the other guy AT&T long distance services talk with us AT&T the right choice Christopher hi it's me how are you doing it did that's great I can't wait to see it this man is an explorer one of thousands of general motors embarking on an odyssey into the unknown filled with technological wonders that might seem like science fiction but a GM they're becoming reality now lasers that probe body structure sophisticated instrument displays computer simulated testing electronic navigation systems but the road doesn't stop here the 21st century lies dead ahead and GM is leading the way there today's GM is evolving into a GM the future will demand driving America down roads we've never been before the GM Mars science not fiction but Denver Broncos faced a must-win game to keep playoff hopes alive Ken Seattle sparkler party live at 8:00 Eastern and NFL Friday nights special it's almost home for the holidays for the Denver Broncos they are still alive however something has to happen though they need help they have to win their game Friday night and either the Jets lose to Cleveland on Sunday or tonight's loser loses again on Sunday night that's special time at 8 o'clock Eastern Time pervades to kick-off starring is deep blue England he takes another goal line [Applause] sorry over the 25-yard line close to the 27 Don McNeil made the stop there for the dolphins week from tonight we'll be bringing you that Ram's Reiter game in Anaheim and no matter what's at stake there that's going to be a thing to behold Marcus Allen against Eric Dickerson the city championship if you will [Music] Thurston's handle England easin takes a little off it tries to go underneath the Tony Collins's incomplete as Eason has it behind him well New England has been killing themselves on first down they've happy opportunity on three or four occasions tonight to get a positive play on first down and it wasn't anything Miami did to prevent it it was something that New England did to themselves that's right a bad pass and drop the ball this is another [Applause] second attend 27 [Music] running by Collins the former a thousand-yard gainer back in 1983 who's running role has become a bit subordinated to that of Craig James the Collins has made up for it becoming tremendous blocker and he also came in tonight as the club's leading receiver let's look at it from the end zone good hole for Tony common but he breaks it back is any good runner will they're always looking to bring it back across the middle there's content at the 43-yard line he's looking to go teeth flip covered he checks up and he finds Derek Ramsay and Ramsay will have a first down in the 37 yard line of the Dolphins Dave Brophy was back defending for Miami [Music] Tony Eason dearly wanted to get deep to Stanley Morgan the Dolphins heading double covered deep he had to move out of the pocket but he was able to find Ramsey for the first down [Applause] see we go number 83 Irving flour number 80s foot to the left the wide receivers recent undergrow of Jones Jones at individual coverage out there by Paul Langford just to join us watching the New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins at the moment 933 remaining in the game the talons lead the Patriots 27 13 in the game in which England knew when they came into the game that a victory would get they have the AFC Eastern Division championship [Music] 17 straight they have the ones in $66 either win tonight [Music] we have the football there's a 37 yard line of the dolphin second down and ten lot of pressure and wide open the pony comet Collin just ripped food tacklers down to about the 15-yard line dolphins were and one of their rare blitzen for the night and New England was able to burn them New England hasn't done the greatest job of getting the ball teeth Tony Collins and Greg James on fasting situations but I tell you what I don't think he's gonna find a finer pair of runners than these two guys and I think on the offseason I've tried to work on ways to get the ball to him in open field situations like that New England 1st and 10 just outside the 16-yard line of the dolphin and this is where the noise really gets deafening down here where the Dolphins drawn up so often that's the case [Music] yes the veteran John Hanna with a little movement dolphins picking up on it very quickly coming off that entire right side [Applause] changes the complexion considerably gentle mistake cost 5 yards fifteen man right here mentioned we'd you Bank today about how we've helped him so much in becoming a player and a coach we've used the stress first and 15 Eason to Stanley Morgan he takes it all the way down to the five-yard line in the arms of Langford and it should be another New England first down ecent under tremendous pressure there was able to get the ball to Morgan and Morgan had good coverage by Langford he even had to have it in just the perfect position and he did beautifully throwing past certainly in contrast to the one he threw out their neck to his hook man about two plays ago the way through in the ground plenty of time for the Patriots same pattern it again flag goes down urban crowd was the intended receiver william Jetson was back here he's trying to say I was playing you can't put those hands up in front of a receiver and wave them back and forth you have to look for the ball to look for the football evidently one of the officials thought he might answer they're discussing it they're free 16 [Music] let's look at it again William Jetson covering Irving fryer now he cannot put those arms up waving back and forth and screen fadeaway weather is Institute flu other setbacks for to England the two foes marceca to toe Gordon certainly here's his blockers well that's load up then cut back New England team they are mentally tough as well as physically tough they have been battling back throughout the entire night and they keep coming back usually mostly running outside like this he was a great pool back at SC for a number of years and he's the kind of guy you like to see blocking or running inside did a good job on that plane no sparkplug for this New England team he does a great job on the special teams of course the talents of James the work offensively we get to see that much action franklin to bring the new england patriots to within seven once again we have 737 remaining here in the fourth quarter the Dolphins lead once again to seven points buick announces 8.5% financing now 8.5% financing is available on the Nimbo stylish ilk Skyhawk there may be other cars with reduced financing but they're not Buicks [Applause] of all the beers in this world there's only 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Dolphins was played in Tampa that day Lorenzo HAP's in his Jeep Tony Franklin to kickoff Patriot's once again within seven points and this is where my you're part of a bring it down [Applause] who's in the Patriots habit and they're indicating touchdown it was McLain who provided the hit ceedric Jones came up with the football and they're mobbing Jones in the endzone Carter hit a big pile up with the 20-yard line rhod McSwain had ahold of he ripped it out of his arms let's look again at here comes Carter because right into the pile here runs into McSwain [Music] Swayne stains whipping gets the ball out of there and ceedric jones was right there to take it in and we are a conversion away from a tied football game here in the Orange Bowl and how quickly things turn around [Applause] to tie it up [Applause] twenty-seven there he is [Music] seebik Jones we'll get the football strip lives thereby McSwain right into the arms of Jones and the fourth year speeds to attitude provides the 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live at 8:00 Eastern and NFL Friday nights special Franklin the kickoff for New England [Music] it will be Lorenzo that's running by Hampton he's out of the 30-yard line this is 32 rain is coming down [Applause] dan Marino is going to try to move tuna it's been raining on and off a very wet football field a very slippery field often times if it isn't too bad rain will help a passing team the receivers know their cuts they know where they're going and a good delivered quarterback can make a lot out of it offensive the Patriots tied a 712 remaining in the game Moreno duper Cooper has a first down he's been at the 47 yard line [Music] right in front of Ronnie lipid and lipid was out there feeling all alone and blue once again and when he is out there alone he is going to get food for a lot of room he did Cooper broke it off at about 13 yards get the completion and the first down well I guess these guys have to figure from New England they're certainly getting do Pericles anything they're going to give him the most difficult pass in football to complete and that's the deep house to the right deep out to the left and he was wide open right but that's the toughest pass they can make dan throw and no one throws it better than Dan Marino today powerful arms or zip it out there on first and ten woody Bennett [Music] hustles inside take the territory to the 47 yard line a gain of five Larry McHugh made a stop then Thomas made an excellent job in getting a lot of penetration on that play unfortunately couldn't wrap his arms around the runner the Wesley would had a two or three yard loss second down and five Layton goes left Cooper is right Alfa's very effective tonight running the football simple pattern both outside receivers Cooper and Clayton take it down about eight yards Anglin in both backs circle out of the backfield Moreno reads the defense that decides which outside receiver is going to have single coverage that time it was Platon and before he reads a quickly does the job he does coach Shula you know sounds redundant if it is the children says right now Marino's playing better than he's ever played and that's pretty darn awesome for me seven yards away from another four thousand yard seasons on first and 10 almost picked off going for the football on the outside was lipid the intended receiver was woody Bennett what happens sometimes in this kind of a situation when it's wet once a quarterback starts his throw and fainted his mind he doesn't get a good grip on the ball at a second time around Maryna wanted to go downtown this last time and when he came over here to the short receiver the ball fluttered out of his hand nearly intercepted second down in ten [Music] [Applause] Moreno looks it over right right and duper left every party at Harding get up the 32 yard line gets to the 31 yard line who'd be short of the first down they will be third down and about three fred marion five free safety Berto England made a stop there was a big stop - bruce hardy released inside and got underneath line back to Steve Nelson and it just turned into a footrace Steve could you keep up with him and if Fred Marian doesn't come up to make the tackle that's a good 25 30 yard game Brandt Marian another one of these unknown almost superstars for this New England defense the guy has seven interceptions and he was AFC Defensive Player of the Gullit we fumble recoveries third down a three now this is Devonport rain oh by the way has gone over 4,000 yards unofficially say what they may decline this penalty well I think I wouldn't give Marino another chance to throw it dolphins the toughest team in the NFL in long situations they're just uncanny in the third and long situations Ops is being give it out to Steve Nelson [Music] [Applause] that will be fourth down lack of concentration mental error comes onto the field he has hit from 44 yards tonight is it from 49 yards but he can have a possible championship riding on this kit having a great year that's Brook in Tennessee's 21 to 26 that is young career-best earlier with this will be for 48 yards [Music] usually means trouble that was a great effort by John struck that ball was left high got it down got it down perfectly unofficially the phase is given a 47-yard field goal and this game is untied once again in German its fry your final Swedish [Music] the language may change but the message stays the same happy holidays from the world of löwenbräu you might think a computer that doesn't cost a lot doesn't do it but look at the IBM PC Junior it's low-priced but runs over a thousand of the best programs written for the IBM PC the programs for the classroom and powerful programs for business and with PC juniors extra memory attachment it can run over a thousand more programs PC junior from IBM turn a little money into a lot of computer Buick announces 8.5 percent financing now 8.5 percent financing is available on the nimble stylish Buick Skyhawk [Music] there may be other cars with reduced financing but they're not Buicks [Applause] knickers are strange about their holders Don struck did a great job we've got this ball down quickly and he got it down very accurately 48-yard field goal struck was just as happy as Quadra vase the patreon out trail by three once again for 27 remaining in the game will tell you one more time win by the women Patriots and they win the AFC Eastern Division the Dolphins can't clinch it tonight but if they win tonight win against Buffalo here in the Orange Bowl next week then they will have Plex it and then they will sit back and watch this Monday night hoping that Rams do knock off the Raiders and they'll pick up the home field advantage that's the scenario but this one is far from over another way it's cheap once again for the lingual this time you bring it out of the end zone sorry never really had a speed under him he slipped at about the 15-yard line slip again at the 20 and gets out to about the 23 while it was at this time of the game the last time these two teams played Steve Brogan was the quarterback he walked in the huddle and he told his players hey if we're gonna be a championship team we got to march down the field and score they went 80 yards then the score they had 76 yards to go now Brogan of course started at six games he won six of those games he had to be relieved by Ethan who has been hurt earlier in the season against the Jets one game out of nine that they have lost in the last nine games they play his tawny color talons running hard up to about the 29 yard line he'll get poor out of that it'll be second down and six Jackie's ship made the stop easton started the first six games when Patriots opened the season he was a start of course last year 20 through 23 touchdown then he was injured against Buffalo enos five Govan started all of those games Eason has been back and he's won the last two that he is quarterback second down and six the rain really pouring down [Applause] doing what he does the best over the right side just bullying ahead he'll have a first down at the 35 yard line well we talked about decisions Joe one thing Miami knows is that New England's going to run the ball and they're going to try to run the ball inside of the tackles is who's going to guess right Miami's going to come up and stop that maybe New England Abbas that's where he's and hopefully inaudible eyes close to three minutes remaining broke a tackle in the backfield [Music] deep in the backfield was you green he got away from green was able to get about three yards out of it will be second down and seven well if Miami I mean if New England lines up in that I the way you stop them from running off tackle as you take those two outside backers and you bring them down the line as fast as they can to get them before they get to the line of scrimmage linebackers in the league do it any better than Ukraine is so quick the nose tackle with the stop the James gets up to the 42 yard line it will be third down and a long two and we're getting down to an area where it might be two downs two minutes coming up I really don't think they're going to give the ball to Marino again unless they're stopped obviously will not get a playoff before the two-minute warning and Eastern has already moved over the sidelines we'll be talking with Ray Barry good minutes remaining we'll be back in a moment [Music] sitting after fine [Music] gonna take my own sweet time to find America Kota convey our films capturing America in all its glorious colors people smile [Music] because time goes by you finished patties present now get some rest rest not with this cold on top of my father likes sneezy taking feverish at my head stuffy sounds like you need a present nyquil nyquil will make you feel better so much better I could arrest him tomorrow you can help our birthday girl decorate nyquil the nighttime sniffling sneezing coughing aching stuffy head fever so you can rest medicine from Vicks of course when you with Charlie you wear one of the world's great originals the original original both Adolphus and the Patriots have three timeouts we have received the two-minute warning Patriots at the football they're at their own 43 yard line they have a third down and about three maybe a little less than three and we I think are in that area as he said gets the final word from Ray Barry and quarterback Steve Grogan who was injured three weeks ago you can see Grogan to the right obesity's on crutches he has a broken bone on his leg and damage to the knee but I think we are in an area where New England is not going to want to get the ball back to Marino on a fourth and short they should plant a for down situation I think for New England we've gotta try that option play away what San Diego run so efficiently against Pittsburgh a couple of weeks go I haven't seen that play stop yet [Applause] think they're gonna try that one Billy Collins Greg James the little setbacks James 32 James he's very close this will be totally dependent upon where they mark the ball [Applause] he had to get just outside the 45 yard line and Irving fryer is indicating to the bench that he did not make it about a half a yard George maybe you put the half short let's see if he trip or it appeared as if he had a little putt back there [Applause] and doing food once timeout they have a fourth down and about a foot they want to talk it over and bayberry in so many tense situations let's take a look Oh J and C what did happen well we know the cut back has been there most of the day it's a nice hole there is the back and as he cooks he didn't really cut back cleanly if he'd cooked that cleanly it appeared as if he had a lot of Running Room I think he was thinking about the first down or maybe he slipped we couldn't tell from that angle he went down a little sooner than I thought he should have it didn't look like he came out of the cut cleanly yeah big time doing that last two-minute warning you would think that you'd have two plays called here if you didn't make the first down the first time why they wouldn't know what to go in third in the foot championship and possibly the whole season I think I take my time on this one yeah yeah that's a good reason first time would have an extra time hot lift down the road here that's why I always want the play with you Joe Granberry has become one of the real popular football coaches New England has ever had Don Shula of course he's Don Shula a win tonight he moves back into the tie with Tom Landry's the second winningest coach in the history of this game willing only Papa Bear award Channel Ray Barry replaced [Music] quiet there his own assistants right now [Music] this will be the play he call [Applause] as to tofu and he gets it easily over the left side moving behind Brian Holloway [Applause] New England Patriots with 143 in the clock moving [Applause] two timeouts we'll have a first down right near midfield this is the way it should be something the last two games of the season championship time night game unfortunately the time they're going to have to throw the ball they can't keep running them so we have a very nervous Franklin on the sideline was the intended receiver Lankford made a great play you Reese tried around fryer and knocked the ball out of fryers hands [Applause] Lankford playing awfully tight on friar who has that great speed fire with a look outside though square Lankford is goes up for the football and look at that play brilliant plan by Lankford with a foot New England within Tony Franklin field goal range it's second down and ten now quick left he's the one with the dynamite Steve Morgan Tapia's green he has the better move the leading receiver for the Patriots inside the 35 yard line at the 34 yard line first down to England if we talking football this is where it should be I think I'd be looking for these backs coming out of the backfield these linebackers cannot stay with backs like Tony Collins and great James says Franklin I mentioned a moment ago they are within his range right now three Bayou sit on that [Applause] all the receivers were in line of sight he took college the condoms got the first down inside the 35 prior in motion once again he said again looking for Colin intercepted in and out of the office Glenn Blackwood that was not a smart play come on where is he throwing the football he had three defenders there Callens coming out of the backfield he had attracted just about everyone Tony Eason dodged a bull at that time and so did the Patriots that should have been interception right there alright you got it back it is one that you will remember a long time if you're Glenn Blackwood and should this game go against the dolphin and there's great field goal range they gotta get another eight nine yards second down and ten the Dolphins holding on to a three-point lead 1:06 remaining a lot of times many over time it will be picked off then Blackwood had another opportunity to tell chances he hooks live 25 yard line pass intended for Derrick Ramsey [Music] 56 seconds remaining Ystad is saying how could I do it he overthrew Derrick Ramsey poorly thrown football by Easter the first one should have been picked off by black the last one was oh boy you got safeties playing the middle you need another eight yards to assure the fact that you can tie the game you pull the safest fast as you can throw at this point I would think Joe yeah oh and he was he had a little bit he just flat missed him Easton's third interception of the night and look at black but he's taking no chances of parking that football up papers have two timeouts Miami in the Orange Bowl [Applause] timeout will be carved by the Patriots it's a game remembered by Tony Eason but it is far from over for the New England Patriots we'll tell you about that in a moment his ABC Sports exclusive has been brought to you by Buick in your Buick dealers comfort innovation and a real commitment to quantity as today's doing come on brown crude and the great beer drinking countries of the world this world and by AT&T in long-distance services information systems telephones and computers AT&T is the right choice and by General Motors the GM Odyssey science not fiction [Applause] that looks as though the doubt firm definitely are going to take over first place in the AFC East and convince the title with a win over Buffalo on Sunday or if the Jets and the Patriots both lose on Sunday pictures remain alive they'll punch at least a wild card birth if Denver loses at Seattle on Friday if they defeat Cincinnati on Sunday so again it remains in their hands but it looks as though the division is rapidly disappearing the individual title that they wanted so desperately and of course the game that they wanted to win here at a court for the Denver Broncos they need a win most certainly on Friday nights routine and they hoped of a wild-card spot make the playoffs as a wild-card Denver must-win on Friday and then look for help from other people either the Jets lose to Cleveland Sunday or tonight's loser loses again on Sunday that would mean the Patriots losing to Cincinnati Karina will drop on it one more time and the Patriots bill will stop it one more time [Applause] this telecast is presented by the authority of the National Football aigis antenna for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast other use of this telecast without the expressed written consent of the National Football League is prohibited [Applause] and Don Shula and the Orange Bowl magic has worked once again for Tony Eason there'll be many great days man who came into the league the same year Dan Marino came into this league as you watch him move around out there you realize he has the strong arm he has the mentality Joe spoke of it earlier he's tough he doesn't tighten up he threw a couple of bad passes tonight he threw several of them [Applause] on the last occasion when black wit turned it around they'll go home like many teens have done since I've been when I was playing and they'll say hey we outplayed the Dolphins is the game we should have won but we'll look at three or four mistakes that they made and they said we blew the game but you know what that's been happening here in the Orange Bowl ever since humans been there and the other thing is - it's not all over when they still have a shot at making the play they got a tough one makes weak Cincinnati points on the board ask the Cowboys admire those Cowboys till they lose that one to the Bears 44 to nothing they give up 56 points to Cincinnati they come back and play a hot Giants team at up Giants team they had some other bizarre happenings down there at Texas Stadium but they hung in there they hung tough they got the big plays as Joe mentioned from the veteran the big play by Ed Jones when they needed it by remaining in the game New England is out of timeouts [Applause] [Music] as feet as long as you can't dancing around [Applause] not too sure that's the smart way to go using the clock right now [Applause] a berry looking on final seconds ticking away [Applause] plan of game would be over there will be about two seconds remaining they'll be able to snap the ball the game will be over that's the 30-second clock it'll tick down to zero [Music] is now one second on the scoreboard clock [Applause] Moreno should be able to back away from the center if he didn't want to do anything else it could run in the end zone and take a safety then they were still winning [Applause] so the penalty assessed against the dolphins I know that hurts Don Shula he does it from a strategic point of view [Applause] this has been that these penalized team in pro football for many years now they're putting seconds back on the clock they're going to go back to three seconds that's the time that's actually remaining here in the game you might even be thinking that back out of there and take a two-point safety they can do it comfortably [Applause] here once before Bob Griese did it forget the exact circumstances [Applause] twenty-seven from the Patriots well played game by the New England Patriots they were battling all the way back don't even on a tough night 14:26 217 yards put the three interceptions that did the men Moreno 17:33 192 yards one touchdown one interception he's over 4,000 yards in consecutive seasons once again the final score Miami 30 New England 27 stay tuned for ABC News Nightline following new late local news most of you on the west coast stay tuned for Hardcastle and McCormick traveler

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Views: 33,208

Rating: 4.8531075 out of 5

Keywords: NFL, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, 1985

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Length: 186min 31sec (11191 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 15 2018