1985 week 4 Dolphins at Broncos

[Music] Renault European technology built in America make Renault the one to watch by bug light everything else is just a light and by Ryder truck rental when you move it yourself its Rider or it's wrong [Music] we'll set up they've sold out Mile High Stadium every game since 1970 despite six inches to a foot of snow yesterday and last night were ready to go the Miami Dolphins 2 and 1 against the Broncos 2 and 1 both teams lost their opener but it bounced back the last two weeks low everyone Dick Enberg with Merlin Olsen welcome to mile high country and these teams are coming off good wins they're ready and they're coming off encouraging wins these Broncos have lived off their defense the last couple of years right now they're thrilled because they scored 44 points they're high in the last five years the Broncos shutout Kansas City and there it goes [Applause] Miami gets the bowl first and will start just inside their 20-yard line lineups with Dan Marino the opener for Miami and this is how they starting 11 looks Dwight Stephenson and all-pro center lien foster at guard green and Keesler the tackles the tight and his Bruce Hardy Mark Clayton the sensational wide receiver along with veteran net more for mark duper Nathan invented the veterans behind Marina but we certainly will see Hampton and Davenport a lot as well Moreno out of the backfield and Nathan moves down after it to yard game at the 22 defensively the Orange Crush and they can call themselves that now they work that out a little off the field negotiation Carter the veteran knows tackle with Chavez playing in another game his second longevity in Bronco history Jones is the top sack maker in the outside Rulon Jones the linebackers are Ryan Dennison Busic the top tackler last year and Woodard for the injured Tom Jackson blew a right Mike harden at the corners Steve Foley and Dennis Smith Smith is back the lineup after suffering a shoulder injury in the opener against the Rams and for the first time that defensive back for the intact and that pleases Dan Reeves second and eight for Miami Nathan and he's corralled after a gain of three it'll be let's go back and look at those matchups for a second dick had offense against the defense big play man mark Layton they'll be trying to get him deep today and I'm really going to keep an eye on Dennis Smith when you have a shoulder injury like that you got to be very careful any hit could reactivate that injury the critical matchup on the line of scrimmage Dwight Stevenson against the nose Moreno in a passing situation from the Miami 25 [Applause] sack this year [Applause] the first three games Moreno protected like fine crystal but the Broncos get him on the third play of the game number 61 Andre Townsend will come from the right of your screen and they've got a hot receiver out but they couldn't give that ball away Moreno's quick release tonight regi Roby averaging 45 yards of punt the deep man is will hide at the 35 Ford n burn what a kick by Roby a high spiral to the 30 well high 35 over his own man to the 42 yard line the Broncos will begin at their own 42 a 50-yard punt by Roby dozen yards on the return John Elway brings the Bronco offense on the field in good field position that the Bronco 42 Brian an outstanding center with hood and Howard at guard stuttered and linear the tackles they use the HVAC system to tight ends here in Denver will CK and write book handing that line with veteran Butch Johnson and clever Steve Watson on the outside and the single running back usually Sammy winder number three in the AFC rushing last year behind Elway but they start with two backs and move Steve Sewell the top draft choice out of Oklahoma that soul to the far left first down at the 42 winder a good hole and he has the 47 before Mark Brown can make the tackle for Miami a killer bees and they were that to Kansas City last week shutting out the Chiefs Charles a bright young nose tackle with a top sack maker betters on one hand and veteran Kimbo camper the other the linebackers Schieber brown ship and Brett since Kia's first start since long pulled Jetson and lime fritter at the corners brown and black would blend Blackwood at safety six bees among the 11 starters on defense [Applause] the second in five [Applause] by the Broncos and Dan Reeves indicated yesterday wants to use this man more Reeves talked about the caching ability of number 30 Steve su Lee said this guy could be a great wide receiver watch Sewell he just gonna go down and duck to the inside he has got great hands and knows how to get open has not played much as a wide receiver whoa look at that boy they nailed it but he has fine fine moves and excellent hands that was but Brown Oh made the hit so now is way out to the right side and Butch Johnson in motion Elway to winder inside the 40 and slices to about the 38 yard line before above Britton ski can make the tackle here no score early now let's go to NFL 85 all right dick with Jim Plunkett out and then Mark Wilson having turned an ankle in comes rookie rusty Hilger his first attempt his first completion his first touchdown to Todd Christensen then they get an interception return for atv2 up their lead to 35 20 no score early [Applause] the Denver Broncos at the 38 yard line sold in motion [Applause] but winder shot putting that ball downfield [Applause] [Applause] cross up the Miami defense why you'd like to foul people up a little bit with that outside movement Winer didn't come to run you've got to come to run if you expect to fool people with that kind of play that was indeed a shot but into into open spaces my 38 yard line third down and seven out of the shotgun for the first time ill way [Applause] he was trying to keep his feet in the end zone may have taken his eye off the ball very nearly six for Denver Sampson has a touchdown in each of the first three games one of the things that Elway has quick feet he can get outside he loves to run and throws well on the run this is right on target but the ball is batted away at the last instant his side right there that's Langford number 44 Paul Langford and without that tap would have been a touchdown and the ball kicks into the end zone it'll come out to the 20 yard line for the Miami Dolphins no score we played almost five minutes of this first quarter and twenty nine two great temperatures at Mile High Stadium in Denver dick I believe I said at the top of the show that the dolphins are that Denver had shut out Kansas City of course that was the Dolphins and they've been looking for their defense for quite a while they've been living off the strong arm of Moreno but they shut out a strong Kansas City team last week they'd been averaging Kansas City over 40 points a game [Applause] woody Bennett for three down at the bottom of the pile 52 ken Woodard from Tuskegee Institute other scores in the NFL Tampa Bay has lost to the Lions 32 9 and they're in overtime in Philadelphia the Giants and the surprising Eagles are tired [Applause] dan Marino the NFL player of the year brilliant season 64 percent of his passes [Applause] [Music] the Orange Crush salut dan Marino said that when he came back played his first game of the season he was giving the good reads but he simply wasn't able to deliver the ball on target and his you kind of had the same feeling here read the play properly he had the receiver open couldn't get the ball on target there's going to be just as good a Hummer that will hide goes back to 2030 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] returns at 17 yards of 53-yard punt by Roby appeared to be good coverage but Wilhite made a good move going to the short side of the field and again Elway and the Broncos start outside their own 40-yard line Broglie puts that ball so high it's unbelievable butch Johnson left Steve Watson to the right no score were 9 minutes and 28 seconds left in the first quarter ten yards for winder winder was the only player on this team to make the Pro Bowl last year he's still the workhorse of this Bronco offense it's just shy of a first down so it'll be second down in inches for the Denver Broncos [Applause] you see in the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Seattle Seahawks 28 to 7 here at Mile High Stadium in freezing temperatures no score early 8:45 left first quarter second down in inches and Sammy winder slamming forward for a first 46 yard-line betters and Charles and Bo camper all there to make the stop first two times that the Broncos have put their hands on the football they've started in good field field position Sammy winder getting up to get him a first down they picked up an opportunity here on about the 46 let's see if Elway doesn't try and capitalize with a pass [Applause] it's winder again nikka hall and ducks into about the 43 a gain of three chakki ship from oklahoma and bob bert since peel played his football at ohio state make the stuff will be keeping an eye on both those players Brzezinski just came into camp a week ago yesterday dick Jackie's ship who was called by Sports Illustrated the bust of the NFL draft of 84 has come on to where they're talking about him now as being the critical player in this Miami defense both of them in on that last time gene lying 33 James winder in the backfield and Elway doesn't like the call the Broncos will spend an early time on the seven minutes and 32 seconds remaining in this first quarter either score is a final and that was after the Redskins jumped in front 10 nothing in the first quarter and the Bears and had a kickoff return by Galt up around a hundred yards Willie Gault and they just used that kind of speed as an indicator and roared past the Redskins who are now one and three we talked talked to those Redskins back they said they don't play well to the backs against the wall well this is it this is hit ton one and three time to go to work the top with bull Don Shula yesterday dan Reeves the head coach of the Broncos about comparing Elway it was Elway despite the strength of the armor was surely talking about his feet he talked about the scrambling ability of [Applause] big plane the first drive got outside take some time to do that for you a little bit later because I think it'd be interesting to you to hear what these two coaches have to say about their not only their own quarterbacks but about the opposing quarterback orange the dominant color here in Mile High Stadium very rarely will you see an empty seat 75,000 plus the 111 second and seven and 11th round frantic last year is dropped for a loss by Mark Brown Brown shooting through he played his football for the Boilermakers of Purdue Jeanne Lang had a big week surpassing his total yardage for FL carries not able to go anywhere nice slicing move by Brown who penetrated deeply into the backfield simply wasn't fooled by that misdirection play there's Lang's numbers almost twice as many as he collected all last year as a rookie [Applause] [Music] [Applause] twice receivers knocked away by a Miami defender at the last second you'll see here why Shula is afraid of the mobility of Elway look how much extra time he gets with that scramble and then that powerful arm throw want you right here though but Brown at the last second cutting in front of the receiver batting that ball away good defensive play Chris Norman to fund his first went into the endzone short toward the sidelines [Applause] dolphins once a game will start beeping their own in they've had three positions they've started at the 20 twice and now the 11 whereas Denver's two positions have begun outside their own 40-yard line field position critical but I gave like this take let's talk about those two quarterbacks let's talk about that too quarterbacks and what these coaches had to say about them was interesting to me that that briefs was saying that both our strengths were about equal shoe on the other hand feels that Illinois has the stronger our Greaves would give the top [Applause] sixth round draft pick he has been a most pleasant surprise in fact coming into the game leads Miami and rushing with 154 yards big guy 6 2 & 2 30 when he went down to the field for our opener Merlin Olsen took one look at that boy he's a lot bigger than I thought he has a huge running back it has surprising speed good burst speed anytime you can get a big man like that who can catch the ball well who can run well [Applause] and it in motion [Applause] an orange sofa right at the line of scrimmage and again maybe of a yard what he Benton has been pushed into service more and more as an h-back in a tight end because of Dan Johnson's absence from the lineup has done very well on that play simply ran into too much orange defense [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] has a first down near the 29-yard line 16 yards Moreno to Rose who has his seven catch of the year sought damn shakey said yeah that's what we want more of that what what a fine quarterback he's been at being able to spot those open receivers he has great vision and seemed to have it right from the first day he wasn't someone who had to fight his way into learning to read the NFL defenses he just seemed to have those great eyes right off the start four touchdowns in three games he was getting about four a game last year on his way to 48 good play action screen [Applause] [Music] Jones number 70 [Applause] minutes remaining in the period screen pass to rookie Ron Davenport Davenport fumbles room on Jones has recovered for the Broncos and the first break goes to Denver at the Miami 25-yard line [Applause] in Miami territory [Applause] to this complete to Clarence cast [Applause] several defensive place already makes another hard hit from a safety spot you get a feeling as you watch you away for that arm whip he throws that ball so very hard concerned here in Denver when so much snow was falling yesterday because last year in a very snowy Monday night game Elway was totally ineffective could not throw the football he's altered his grip a little bit this year [Applause] and no game into three or four he's close to a first down inside the Miami 16 defensively and never stopped on the whistle blows look right there betters had a hold of winder could not get into the ground wider just spun out and gets good you heard a Jets making something out of nothing and in turn but Bob but Brzezinski made an excellent defensive play showing good speed to track him down unwinder feared he might go all the way less than er [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] that ball starts to get hard that is leather and it starts to take on a different texture you'll see more fumbles you'll see more balls bouncing around the day than you would on a warm day Alice [Applause] for sandy winder and but Brown again comes up to make a hit gain of about three it appeared to be set up for much more for winder but good sign defense by the killaby defense 244 remaining in the first quarter no score and Denver is at the miami 10 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Broncos delight their fans with the first touchdown drive her point will be at the hole for Thomas [Applause] congratulations if you're a Denver Bronco you're very happy if you're on the other sideline right now Shula would very much like to have kept his team in the lead here because you can keep this you can keep this crowd quiet if you do that there's no question you pay a price when you come into Denver this is a noisy crowd a knowledgeable football crowd [Applause] this Broncos just [Applause] he was just breaking and declare [Applause] showed us good speed there I think you're right if he breaks open he's gone [Applause] [Music] [Applause] against the run me Nathan from Alabama the veteran getting a yard or two [Applause] at the 29-yard line call it second down and eight Miami losing to Houston in the opener at the Astrodome then winning convincingly against Indianapolis [Applause] kick-off Dan Marino who was not sacked in any of the first three games was nailed on his first pass attempt today by andre townsend of the Denver Broncos Mile High Stadium in Denver we welcome those of you have been watching the Raiders in New England the second half to beat the Patriots [Applause] sixty [Applause] that's receiver and Miami Dolphin history more both in catches he came into this season leading all of it off ins and catches 421 and in touchdowns and he just adds another to both of those records has been nursing a sore ankle in fact that a brace on that ankle yesterday no sign of that as he leaves he defense behind it carries it into the end zone [Music] Ruthie's nuts home the Exeter point and this game is even at 7:42 seconds remaining first quarter here in were tied at 7 [Applause] dan Marino his 73rd career touchdown pass in just two years and four games and that's the kind of offense that is excited the Dolphins well right down to the man himself on the sidelines Don Shula since Marino took over 74 yards and three plays the 69 yard strike two more [Applause] to the 26 maybe the 27-yard [Applause] 32 seconds remaining in this first quarter let's go back a look at that touchdown yeah this Dan Marino dropped back he sent he sent that more just down over the center more gets behind the defense Dennis Smith number 49 the man who's trying to catch up with him and Dennis back for the first time since his shoulder injury I could not catch up with that bird first [Applause] made the tackle for Miami and the first penalty of the game apparently against the Broncos there it is [Applause] Jeanne Barth is our referee this afternoon like Clarence K through all that feedback through the public arrest system [Music] as k the second year tight end from Georgia already caught a nice pass in this game more known for her blocking abilities rather than his past catching abilities although Dan Reeves said it's not because he can't catch the ball we're going to get more passes thrown to Kay final seconds first quarter seven all lined with a with a 69-yard strike to veteran that more with it as a flag as Kimbo camper the veteran from San Jose State from the backside downs alway and we may have a hold as well holding call will be made and boat camper beating Dave's stuttered on to place stuttered only had one sack all of 84 and Reeves as is the case with Don Shula the vice president and head coach of his team and the AFC coach of the year with his excellent 13 and 30 mark last season [Applause] there's the gun the end of the first period here at Mile High Stadium in freezing Denver Colorado or the score here at Mile High Stadium most of them had to come with some brooms or some device to sweep off six to twelve inches of snow that fell yesterday and last night the temperature the start today was 29 degrees there the numbers in the first quarter statistics favoring the Dolphins slightly [Applause] of course dead even play 69-yard bass was the one standing statistics of the quarter [Applause] it'll be third and long but first let's go to NFL 85 dick at the Astrodome the Oilers really gave the Cowboys a tussle but then with less than two minutes remaining Fred Cornwell catches this short pass from Danny white it's the winning TV in the process Dallas sacked Warren Moon 12 times that ties an NFL record dick alright Bob here in Denver 7 all and 3rd and 25 staring [Applause] so well [Applause] [Music] watson the intended receiver broke up the plane while blackwood 42 better shot at catching the ball than did Watson a very dangerous pass thrown by Elwood one of the things you'll notice and you always see it when Elway plays he throws the ball so hard that it kind of surprises those defensive backs a lot of times but they cannot control it it happened to Prince key just moments ago and it happened there on that last play but rolling against your arm and throwing deep downfield on across Nevada does power Chris Norman to kick Mike Kozlowski who played his college ball nearby at the University to Miami a wobbly kick Kozlowski at his own 47 [Applause] at the University of Arizona number one draft pick last year in that sign initially and was picked up by Denver Coors Light the Silver Bullet there's no slowing down with a silver bullet by Mazda cars and trucks the more you look the more you like Mazda van quickly state back in Mile High Stadium money starts for the first time in Denver territory at the 47 of 7 all time for the 40-yard line [Applause] to be called against the Broncos that's a dumb penalty you don't want to give your opponent better field position than they have Miami inside a difference territory inside linebacker for the Broncos let's go to the end of that play you'll see Moreno reading the play well gets the ball off and again a very quick throw Tony Nathan on the ground and Buzek coming just speared him on the ground an unnecessary shot [Applause] Nathan didn't see the ball Marino vacancy [Applause] pressure that they want to get on Marino they want to get in his face as quickly as possible to keep him from being able to watch downfield for those receivers Rulon Jones all over him on that play and run down all the scores for you the Raiders won at New England Washington loses it in Chicago 40 [Applause] 22 yard line and back to the NFL scoreboard [Applause] in overtime the Giants won in Philadelphia 43-28 st. Louis and winter against the Packers of Cardinals though tough this year he tried a winner at home against the Buccaneers 32 9 27 20 Minnesota beats Buffalo [Applause] first down and maybe more touch more second-story did he step out of bounds down at the 12 yard line there's a flag down over there we may have had a peel back blocked by another receiver that'll go against Miami [Applause] clipping Paul against the Dolphins will move the ball back about to the 23 yard line [Applause] number eight here defense will replay the third down since Heflin number 88 but see how quickly that ball zips that's Mazinger net more another big catch guess was the big touchdown there's this shot in the back have fun coming up to try and block form or simply smashed as a touchdown [Applause] the middle [Applause] [Music] Nathan a bit too much as he was open out of the backfield Nathan going straight down field so it will come flood Ravi's the rookie from the University of Tennessee for that volunteer club last year two outstanding kickers relays picked in the seventh round by the Dolphins has made the squad here and of course Jimmy Colquitt was the punter for Tennessee last year he is now kicking for the Seattle Seahawks [Applause] plenty of distance and just inside the upright Ravi's hits again he's 8 for 9 in Miami Lee coaches in the NFL Joe oh your for so many seasons here with the Denver Broncos Don Shula yesterday complementing Colliers you see it's booked he's got all the different varieties of plays that the Dolphins run and he's reviewing right now horse wants his defense to tighten up a little bit - Marino exploiting them on a couple of deep passes here bird Jeanne Lang and advance Johnson our deepest reveille is kicks a low skitter it's Vance Johnson he's got brilliant speed and he stopped by the kicker relays at the 38-yard touchdown cats last week a me match against Stanford the Dolphins lead 10 to 7 in the cold weather as a player how did you accommodate yourself what you do to protect I was one of the strange ones I wore the same outfit in temperatures like this as I did in 100 degrees I would put on a full tee shirt as opposed to a half tee shirt and when it got down below zero I wore some gym trunks underneath but most players today will have thermals on when I have something to try and keep them warm from there 38 trailing by three that's Steve Watson in motion [Applause] [Music] drive that ball through scream I am II defenders Bob Brzezinski finally made the tackle it's a first down at the 46 Elway faking the little toss right there to winder now this is a planned rollout gives him a little extra time and I think he threw that ball to James Wright 87 went right over rights head and into the hearts of Clarence game made an extra 5 yards in the process [Applause] flag is down incomplete on the toss [Applause] we got a hold against the Broncos the offensive line has been called for a holding call Howard very close to where that flag went down but let's let's let the official call it 60 offense holding you defensive lineman you know it was Howard they call Howard buns that's short for Paul Bunyan you see him right at the right hand side of your screen he's almost tearing the shirt off for that defensive linemen that was duck better 75 coming in from the outside Paul Howard had his shirt locked up just about pulling it off his back first down in 20 Denver minutes left in the first half here at Mile High Stadium 75,000 fans again it's ten seven Miami the fingertips of James right right the bouncer at the 50-yard line but he didn't have the ball with him on the far sideline the signals are going in from the defensive coordinator Chuck steadily that's the hard to see that's that's who's signaling in the defense steadily of course calling the defense's that was not studly but those calls go into Glenn Blackwood 47 Blackwood the man who is responsible for feeding the defensive changes to this secondary in this particular situation they've got long yardage personnel on the field he's come off for the sidelines Blackwood his brother [Applause] stuck bettors Hannah beam on enemies out of bounds at the 44 yard line manners what a player he is throw bowler last year victim the since ran out of the battery no he played in this part of the country three years at the University of Montana before I went to the battery no makes his home up in Whitefish Montana he's the best pride about pilot and whitefish well they don't have that many up there he's a good skier too and yesterday as we were standing out that snow he said said did you bring yours your boards with you I said no but you could sure ski on a day like today [Applause] about 18 it is third down in 20 big trouble [Music] George 99 hit the sack and a 13-yard loss put two of those young youngsters in there when they put the four-man the line in Russia then they both got to Elway Elway he likes to do what I call a Tarkington roll they'll start one way and roll out the other way got his feet tangled otherwise I think he might have been able to outrun those defensive lineman Chris Norman his fourth punt already today [Applause] masky cats Kozlowski at the 31-yard line miami will start at its own 31 at 11 minutes and 43 seconds remaining in the first half dolphins Tim Bronco 7 [Applause] and close to a first down nine yards for Nathan and that's a real battle of wits between those two shul of course calls the often see plays although Marino calls a few Collier calls the defenses Marino are Shula when he has all of his tools so bright in the way plays there they're the signals going in from Collier very sophisticated defense Sheila just saying is a confusion as to who is going to stay on the field they'll be lucky to get this one off in time I think he's gonna audible there [Applause] despite the fact he lost his footing party down on the grass and still almost pulled it in he was a great athlete in these parts up at Utah was Hardy a bit of a smile for Marino you know it's amazing that this turf is in such great shape last Monday and Tuesday they had the Bruce Springsteen concert here there were 19,000 folding chairs down on the field and the next day they had to go out there you can see a little bit of a track running out across it's just kind of a semicircle that's where all the people walked it was kind of a mile where they could get to their seats but they did an amazing job [Applause] Steve music with air for Denver by the way Rick Dennison an ankle injury and he'll check on him at halftime but in the second quarter Rickey Hundley getting an extended chance to play he's been crying for just that finally number 98 for the Broncos Hundley in much the same position as Jackie ship was both of them trying to learn how to fit in with a complicated defensive system into the field [Applause] too far [Applause] [Music] one of the things you're going to see the line of scrimmage Mecklenburg number 77 watch him right here he's baking a three-point stance and just before the snap he'll drop back into coverage watch him now as the ball is step Mecklenburgh looks like he's coming in and now drops back into coverage those things that quarterback thinks he's going to get one thing and then a different coverage Robi nails it high and to the sidelines and out of bounds he'll market [Applause] and the call is to Wilder Samuel winder who gets across the 20 to the 21 yard line we pause briefly for station identification this is the NBC television network [Applause] winder gains three it is second down and seven by the way Chuck steadily is in case you're wondering a distant relative of uncle steadily but common [Applause] Sammy Wonder complete the Samsun covered by six Sandra Cheever both camper applying pressure Chuck's tightly will signal in the defenses from the sidelines in this case he's sending them in because he's making massive transfusions into that defensive lineup number number 47 Glenn Blackwood is really the man who is going to make the call in the huddle out there well he except he can't do it from the Seidel and he may be nursing an injury usually a cry defensive coordinator will have two or three people that he can trust to make the calls the man he wants to make those calls so is blackwell [Applause] joins Elway [Applause] he looks left he finally spots Johnson free and look at that ball boy that's just a strike and thrown with an absolute spring on it all the way down the field two defenders not very far away but when you throw with that kind of velocity they have no time [Applause] in the field [Applause] for eight yards but Brown also from Southern Mississippi a nice play by Sammy winder number 23 you're gonna see him right in the middle now watch winder he's going to go to his left and he's just going to take his time up in here and then explode up through the line watch him now is it work up in there they've offset the line they're stunning away from him winder just did a little bit of a wiggle up in there behind the blocking a number 88 Clarence K Sammy knows how to use that little shade doesn't it was a good illustration and how that back using his patience to find some room [Applause] [Applause] he said one when I walked up there I had to do a lot of thinking so now I don't have to think he said when I feel him coming and I know I'm going to get the ball off I don't have to worry about it it's gone and there it is right there perfect gasps nice play over there by Steve Watson who's I think one of the most prophetic receivers his first catch 11 yards on the planet first [Applause] so winder Siouxland will hide and he showed you that quick acceleration for short yardage boat camper made the tackle Miami Seal ain't coming off the sidelines if he welcomed him there mixing his plays he lists his place carries a piece of paper he'll have his priorities there on first and ten what do I want to run second and five which is this a situation a nice situation for the offense what plays what I like to run in this situation butch Johnson and now Watson Watson from the slide in motion the is when he starts the slide you might think he should get progress to the 20 though market where the ball was done when he made the slide a flag is down as well mark brown was the closest dolphin where the emotion call against [Applause] offense number 81 windmill should be for the second man sits that illegal ship on number 81 this can happen to you it's such a complex offense that he can't have two men moving at the same time Steve Watson has to wait until with Jim Wright who's the HVAC settles down into his position he didn't wait long enough and they get the five-yard penalty and neutralized a nice game second in the back [Applause] sigh number 33 just come out of the backfield he beats the linebacker across the center it's up to the defensive backs to stop him that was Bob Brzezinski 59 that he got out of position to beat up the middle on that play at the ends of the stadium down [Applause] first and goal ten to seven Miami leads but Denver threatens [Applause] [Applause] runs in tight a seven-yard when ten yards for a touchdown whiners just going to go to his left he gets outside of a few people and then he cuts inside of a very nice block by winter [Applause] the Broncos [Applause] the lake seasons of course NBC year home for the new Florida 7 playoffs the Mets beat Pittsburgh today 9 to 7 trailing by 4 behind st. Louis the Cardinals [Applause] water can't get in [Applause] the ball is down at the 12-yard linebacker ken Woodard [Applause] great lessons here as you watch first tremendous play action fake by Marino throws the defense Nathan to get free but now watch Ken Woodard he won't give up and he keeps coming and he just gets a handful right here of Jersey and dives down on the back of the legs the ball bounced away after he hit the ground so they won't call a fumble but what a great recovered I wonder [Applause] davin 40 folder [Applause] Steve Foley 43 first man in pardon there Rulon Jones JC join us late Ron Davenport fumbled at his own 25 Rulon Jones recovered and the Broncos went in to score the first touchdown of the game on a 10 yard run by teen Lange then Moreno two more a 69 yard touchdown pass at 7 all [Applause] [Applause] with 343 the six yard line Mike Parton and Dennis meant well we gave you the National League baseball here's the American League sign of the baseball story on this Sunday Minnesota defeats Kansas City six to three the Royals were in the first place time with the Angels let's see how the Angels do one at Cleveland 9 to 3 so California leads by a game going to Kansas City to brown-eyed a big four-game series Yankees lead [Applause] to low-income [Applause] the rookie field goal kicker for Miami will come in to try for three that has to be disappointing for Marino not to get more out of that drives watch number 57 Dwight Stevenson on the nose working on Townsend one on one doing a good job good job on the top by Cleveland Green to tackle look from that angle I get caught up and you could see it bounce and he's got it bro vase is too / - he's 9 for Tim with the Dolphins his only miss was from 52 yards into the wind [Applause] Shoeless said that one was on me I never should have called with the wind was howling and just snapped that ball after left his foot Sourav A's it's the 24 yard field goal to get three out of a drive that featured the 75 yard pass to Nathan you see an excellent hold by Don struck and that relationship of snapper holder and kicker is so important we'll talk about that when we see Denver's kicking unit on the field because Keith Bishop who usually snaps for them is nursing an injured knee and because of that they cut hide out there stamping the ball Glen Hyde and I think that's gonna be a little bit of an adventure if I were him I don't think I would have snip slip very well last night Glen Hyde 34 year old veteran they call him lumpy and for good reason NFL 85 will have all of the details of this fourth week of the NFL season for you all the scores and top plays there were some big ones and for the Chicago Bears who remain unbeaten four and Oh a long kickoff return for a touchdown but Willie Gault took them from 10 nothing down and got them on their way to a big victory over Washington today reveille is with 246 [Applause] Vance Johnson the speedster from Arizona at the 25-yard line they called Johnson 82 the fastest Bronco ever he ran a 4 3 8 on grass during the summer drills and he is going to bring some lightning to the to attack they're using him also in different situations in the backfield I think you're going to see a lot of him today but he has such great speed but that'll stretch that defense a little bit that's something that the Broncos have really lacked here he just missed the US Olympic team in the long jump Toronto [Applause] walkies have got the first [Music] gets out of cyberspace grasp and the hem complete past may have been the best choice James Wright 87 the target a good battle going on on the nose Billy Brian number 64 the center right here working one-on-one on Big Mike Charles a nose tackle you'll get a chance to watch them let's look at him right now very critical for for Bryant to control at nose man Charles got a little bit of a size advantage but Billy keeps good position on him fix this state hey you're not getting the by a quarterback running them back and forth and just like basketball trying to keep your man away from the basket 2:29 [Applause] great job extra cating himself from the Miami pressure Chuck steadily said before the game the key for us is controlling Elway containing him keeping him in the pocket well they haven't done it here he's pulled away twice and gotten away from shore tackles watch him here two men he gets away that was Charles 71 the last one there was the block you talked about right there and now what a shame he gets free gets some time gets an open receiver and drops it short that's frustrating it'll be third down and ten for the Broncos at their 25 approaching the two-minute warning completion remember to Butch Johnson the last possession that [Applause] close to the first down it's going to be a little shy about the thirty four and a half Paul Langford was there for Miami [Applause] Berkman Denver picture around 30 degrees a dandy first to happen the Broncos leading 1413 with two minutes remaining seven substitutions coming in defensively for Miami as Chuck steadily rushes some troops into triumph and may be good after this punt I think what he expected was maybe they were going to take the final and at the last moment seeing the putter in there sent in the punt return fourth down and one slicing one and it's black wood with a fair catch in baubles and holds at the 25-yard line Glenn Blackwood and the dolphins with 153 left in the half that's a lot of time for Dan Marino who said on two big bombs today 175 yards to Nathan another 69 yards and that one for a touchdown to NAT more let's check the late games along with this one where it's 1413 Denver over Miami Cleveland and San Diego at the half tied at 7 in San Diego 15 to 10 the Jets lead Indianapolis in the second the Rams have a 10-3 lead in the second the Rams trying to join Chicago is the only two unbeaten teams after four games in San Francisco with a seven nothing lead against the Saints in the second [Applause] [Music] Nathan in the backfield for about three what a good all-purpose bag to--they Tony nathan is from Alabama year after year he's usually the number two Russia and the number two receiver for the Dolphins he's always there he came into this game averaging six yards a carry that's impressive Marino by Andre Townsend number 61 [Applause] as Townson had read the screen which was going out to Nathan drifted out in front of it Moreno putting a little sip on that ball watch it now Townsend right in the middle of your screen reads that screen and you see him exploding to the outside that ball right in tow heartbreak city he could see the goal Isaac in the second year man from Mississippi nearly had six big ones for Denver its third Moreno reads it gets it off to Joe Rose in the first down at the 37 yard line and if there is one thing that separates Moreno from so many other quarterbacks in the league it's that ability right there to read and get the ball off so quickly now highly heralded out of Stanford the number one draft pick Moreno he was the sixth quarterback taken although first-round pick look what's happened 84 nine yards per pass Elway 6.84 the numbers are reversed at 85 Moreno [Music] [Applause] first down 1413 Miami trails down the middle to Rose and Mike Hardin blindly reaching out and the ball was there and he was the right man in the right spot for the Broncos hardly from the University of Michigan where he is continuing his studies in the off year he's two and a half years from a law degree Jo rose with a couple of big drops in that game last week he said took a little ribbing and a little booing from that crowd down on Miami that's a tough catch he'd spun around he was on the ground there was a hand in front of him that ball was low but that still trying to make it tough on burrito little the Clayton is first catch and he is tough in the open field all the way to the 34 yard line first down Miami Mark Clayton who had a record 18 touchdown catches last year that's his first of this afternoon there quickly to the line of scrimmage Moreno is talking and he had to dump that one off [Applause] and some of Nathan's jersey they're going to call mecklenburg perhaps for a late hit on the quarterback it looked like he had a chance to avoid [Applause] go the other way - that was borderline they ignored Mecklenburg Slade hit but Nathan appealing and no one saw it except the official far downfield and Woodard is ticketed for five course that brings with it a first and it also stops the clock mecklenburg blitzing now they're using him a lot of different positions they use it at all four linebacker positions moving across the field that put in [Applause] Dennis Smith making the tackle of NAT more after a five-yard gain Moreno calls timeout very quickly to try and save what's left on the clock that'll leave Miami with one timeout 41 seconds showing officially 41 14:13 Denver liens marina we were asking him yesterday is it really true that the first word you said was ball he said well that's what my dad says and his dad had a great influence on him he was the one who taught him not to take his hand back too far when he threw the ball he wanted to help develop strong wrists early in life so he could throw the football to the good job certainly has if you look at this little picture right now you see something interesting it's struck was doing the talking not Shula over there in that three-way conversation strike a very intelligent quarterback and he's giving Marino some of the input I'm sure it's been shared with Sean you saw the nod from Don Shula but there's tremendous value to having a very bright quarterback on the sidelines especially one like the stroke that's his deck probably calling a play for him may be the best relief man in the NFL not only because of his talent beneath his attitude [Applause] rules it's down Miami rose the tight end beats hearten and Miami takes the lead again for Rose his first touchdown of the year vindication for Joe rose and you see Moreno coming after him to congratulating big duck betters Mike harden 31 trying to cover man-to-man rules does not have brilliant speed but boy does he know how to run a pattern and look where this football is thrown when you throw a ball that well even tight coverage it's just not gonna get the job done 24 yards on the Play reveille is to try the extra point [Applause] but it skids through and Miami leads by six at 2214 Joe Rose grants a breather here mile high country with 35 seconds remaining before the gun [Applause] last year of Joe was in the hospital and I'm supposed to have his shoulder operated on got walked himself out of the hospital ended up being in shoeless dog house for a little while this kind of play will get him out you see Dan Reeves on the near sidelines wearing a shirt and tie that's something new this year Reeves decided that maybe if he put on a shirt and tie it would be a symbol of holding in his emotions not getting quite so excited or as angry he said I'm gonna wear that shirt and day it just reminds me physically I've got to behave on the sidelines so he and Elway have a bet and both of them trying to control their tempers they have a little bets going between the two and $100 every time they lose their cool they say it's about even right now both have had a few outbursts but that way said he had to give Reeves odds he said he loses his girl more than I do [Applause] 22:14 as Dan Marino is hit on a couple of touchdown passes the two touchdowns scored by Denver both on the ground Johnson and Lange our deep very Johnson [Applause] and Johnson a threat his way through brought down but linked Kozlowski at the 22-yard line and a flag again you'll see good protection that's Townsend trying to get at Moreno their burrito back sets Joe Rose all the way knew that they were going to get a single coverage on him and got him the football we were checking the throwing action by the two quarterbacks now when marina because they are distinctly differ a good a chance we're going to let you see it a little a slower close-up look down the middle complete Samson goes with 21 seconds of called timeout 21 seconds there's just too much time to be taken for our way to free his team to the line of scrimmage so he decides to spend the Broncos second timeout but one of the differences between these two quarterbacks in the pocket dick is that Elway likes to get in fact has to get those feet set before he can throw and Marino on the other hand he doesn't care who his feet apart it just delivers the ball but Elway has that almost has a pitcher's follow sir reaches way back and rifles that ball forward with a tremendous downward shot of the arm that's one of the reasons he's had trouble hanging onto the football when it's wet as he did last week in Atlanta let's look at the numbers right here completion percentage is very close and with it with yardage like that Marino's numbers and we showed you the comparison on average per catch well the kind of numbers he's had today that'll kick that way up may get it back on par with what it was last year Marino has already had 13 games over 300 yards out way only to an interesting step for the two young man of course it's a different system that's one number that Elway has in his favor [Applause] gunning the ball deep on the sidelines the watson at the miami comparison both member upstanding high school baseball players one was an infielder Moreno and he throws like one when was an outfielder in pitcher Elway he was here what she starts higher gets way back he gets that ball way back behind his head and delivers look at marine he starts with the ball lower and his move is a much quicker one more like an infielders throw and I'm a straight back and boom like a dark you don't have that reach the feeling of reaching with that ball [Applause] that contact was made between Swain and Watson it's over on the side of the field where Butch Johnson was going head-to-head with William Judson number 49 [Applause] pink surely wants that cover he said what who there's a 47 night well there's a 47 it could have been on there but I don't even think he's out there right at the moment they've got their long yardage defensive nickel defense on the field Becker more than a nickel 2 for 6 87 in Johnson he'll be active in next week's and say I got a number problems wait'll I get the game but dance on the sidelines he said you can't call it on me I'm not on the field 9 seconds left from the 39 now way looking for perhaps a quick out in a field goal chance motioning for Sewell to move inside and now [Applause] seconds rich Carlos a chance for long in rushing last year 18 237 yards extreme long yardage situation of smart call by Reeves realized it against seven DBS your chance of completing a pass not good just getting enough and you see the bare foot of rich Carlos [Applause] never put anything on that foot even on the cold days he said I did put a was 20 below in Kansas City 47 yards away [Applause] who's had a pension for that an affinity for hitting the upright hits the left side a flag is down we'll check the calls of the Dolphins against Miami [Applause] break for the Broncos 12 in on the field of play and Don Shula whose teams consistently to the were the least penalized in the NF and get that kind of call they don't make those kinds of mistakes and you know someone will pay for it and it might just be the rookie George little four-mile or the third round draft pick so Carlos will get a second chance Carlos is working on a string of 10 in a row you got 12 on the field we can count them 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 this one will be 42 yards [Applause] first he hits the left no good gets a penalty moves him five yards closer so he kisses it off the other upright and caroms it through looking at it from the endzone you can see how close this one came just nursing itself over and gets the benefit of the kiss so that is the end of the first half rich Carlos hits his eleventh in and the score is now Miami 20 Denver 17 so this Mile High Stadium crowd and Denver treated to a action-packed first half the long throws of Dan Marino at a 75 yard play and a 69 yard touchdown two more the Broncos using their running game primarily with Elway mixing in a pass when it counted most and that's the end of the first hit in excellent condition but the temperature is dropping here and what some of the locals call the real orange bold it's orange day of the Bronco orange very much in display at the intermission that the Bronco from his box snow flurries starting to fall at Mile High Stadium he has to feel a bit happier as do the 75,000 partisans here with that rich Carles kiss off the upright that pulled the Broncos to within 20 to 17 at the intermission that does give a team a live it gives the team a left and I think it frustrates and kind of takes the emotion level down a little bit for Miami as they head into the locker room but of course that's certainly not a secure score a three-point lead doesn't going to hold up in this game believe me the play that I found most fascinating in the first half was one that did not score a touchdown got Miami a field goal but it's a four-point defensive play for Denver Nathan breaks clear but watch 52 Woodard he saves four points because nathan had a short touchdown the Dolphins had to settle for a field goal it's also good to remember that's the second time today that they were able to get behind the Denver defense something that has not been easy so far this year that's right that more earlier 69 yard touchdown was clear as was Nathan and he had the speed to get it into the end zone Denver will get the ball first to start the second half [Applause] the tip toward Johnson and again it's towards Johnson missile in play by Robert so well number 45 the star the dolphin special teams they'll start from inside the 20-yard line first half statistics statistics says you might expect quite even in the ball game although the Dolphins with those two big big plays have the edge in passing yardage and total yardage in passing numbers fairly similar both sides turnovers a big turnover for the Dolphins that hurt them and of course the score 20 to 17 generally [Applause] 22:17 AME ladies I'm sorry which Johnson in motion [Applause] winder and Browne who were teammates with the Eagles at Southern Mississippi they have encountered one another many a time in this game wrestling match going on you've seen winder used that little shake as he gets up inside gets away from Glenn Blackwood number 47 makes good yardage on the play but Brown does do a good job of Nick tight in there they're holding him stripped it on the bounds hit wonder a couple of more yards he didn't step out of bounds to leave us to the 33 yard line again at 15 Steve sores stand he goes back across the watson and a first down [Applause] free-agent from temple it's quite an interesting story how he got to Denver actually any team could have taken him he was not drafted he said I knew at that time that Haven Moses was going to retire said I've always had a lot of confidence at that pop go to Denver I'll replace him who knew Steve Watson now everyone does he has over 250 catches [Applause] at full speed to stutter stepping looking for a little hole and then shooting through for seven [Applause] Arthur scores these are the late games in Cleveland I moved in front of San Diego in the third quarter the Jets have an eight-point lead against the Colts in the third the Rams looking for for a No ten six against Atlanta and San Francisco and the world that's a surprise [Applause] the Broncos in Miami territory and wider cut down on a good defensive play Marc Brown the third-year linebacker from patroon stops winder just as he was heading into the secondary it'll be third down and two we've mentioned that battle going on on the line of scrimmage watch 60 for Billy Bryan on Mike Charles 71 and he's getting a little help in there for one of the guards actually that's James right Danny Wright coming infamous the outside [Applause] we saw go after the long hold what appears to be a first down will depend on where they market if it's at the 38 that's a first down Sanders Schaffer carcinoma backers make the stop [Applause] winder and brought the ball to the 38 they marketer first down Jackie ship has come a long ways but I was talking to Don Shula yesterday and I said now you mean the chief has really mastered this system of working in the secondary and the passing defenses he said well mastered is kind of a second order to use they're still a little concerned he's still [Applause] right keep it himself to safety across the sidelines at about the 33 the gain of 5 or 6 people we could get sit on the sideline they have a kicking net over there to practice their kicking into Anna's own way chives done to the sidelines one of the photographer's sunny get out of the way we ran right into the net looked like a fish benefit up out of the water over there hit him in the boat chopping him to drag him in smart play by Elway nothing downfield again using those quick feet the difference in this game so far today there 22:17 it's second down and a short five 33 cookie outside [Applause] the Broncos Schieber made the hip and the clock stopped with 1152 left in the third quarter Wilhite a first round draft pick a couple of years ago and in Denver they've kind of had to bite the bullet a little bit he has never really come to the the kind of stature that they expected out of him he work side he is productive but he is the great back that they thought they drafted zone backflips he used to do earlier 22 the 19 maybe the 18 yard line 196 that's almost the prototype for the running backs for Dan Reeves are all about 510 511 right at the 195 to 200 pound mark rotate them in and out of the backfield he believes in using a lot of people as does Don Shore both these offensive teams and defensive teams for that matter keep a lot of people involved a lot of substitutions on and off the field inside the 20-yard his lead of three being threatened by this Bronco [Applause] first [Applause] right there lang 33 makes the second block it's one gets it Johnson misses the shot there they finally trapped they finally trap winder but he rolls into the end zone they market just outside of the goal [Applause] blocks in this game [Applause] it's the touchdown [Applause] watch 87 come out a block to the outside to keep Robert so well out of it and good surge by that good off it's clarence gay celebrating they're a little on the light Watson took this is both uprights and he misses right direction break down the middle but a flag is motion against offensive line so Carles will have to kick it over it was Miami with a penalty on the 47 yard field goal at the end of the half 12 men on the field that gave Carlos a second chance the other way and he made good his Denver fans certainly don't lack for support of their home team you can see their signs as well as their bright colors and I'm sure that this has really become a comfortable home for for Dan Reeves right next to him on the sidelines the young man in the dark cap let's dance son lead he's a fine linebacker here for the number one high school team up Sharia oh this one is it appeared that Langford pressuring the Carles might have hit just the very top of that up right that's a significant point that means there are three points out instead of four that could be a big opening tip-off March 82 yards and 10 plays to get the late 23 20 but rich Carles misses the extra point the second try [Applause] hi Lorenzo Hampton played in the snow before [Applause] today's game is brought to you by mercury cars the shape you want to be in by United Airlines flight friendly skies and by NCR who bring you a better personal computer [Music] this game that has found each side in Denver sign a 23-20 the Dolphins Maryna over the middle to the tight end Bruce Hardy and he has close to first down yardage at the 24 now plenty of scoring here in Denver let's see what's happening elsewhere all right take at the Meadowlands the Colts have closed it up with the Jets this pass from Mike bagel the Pat Beach covers 15 yards he makes an unscheduled already rallied back there at the 30-yard line of Indianapolis looking to cushion it so Mike bagel with a couple of touchdown throws for the Colts today second and one woody Bennett back blocked out of bounds by Steve Foley after a first down near the 30 Karlis you must be wondering if something magnetic about those uprights he just seems to every kick drawn at least more than his year to an upright but he misses he misses by so little and often by hitting an upright his field goal [Applause] the point Heflin had a good catch of the 40-yard line excellent timing between Moreno and Vince f1 he had made his cut before he saw the ball a chance to look at a couple of things we're gonna watch Moreno come to the line get a chance to see him take his pre snap look and it also did something interesting to me Moreno has never still as it comes to that line of scrimmage he's always shifting back and forth we'll take a peek at that dick that's something he's also take a dancer out there shifting his weight back [Applause] that one is incomplete and it for darielle harris who has rejoined his golfing teammates after a year hiatus played with Cleveland and Dallas last year Tony Nathan we understand with an ankle injury and may not return to al Harris I asked him I said did you have to get new jerseys and they said no you know he was here long enough we kept summer yet three of his jerseys even had one with a couple of pockets for him to put his pants in he was in shoeless doghouse when they select what he left that they say he is worked so hard since he got back I don't blame him might be his last chance [Applause] they were talking about [Applause] if that's a serious injury that would be bad news because Clayton is that speed man that they used to get deep they need to stretch the defense it's hard with the kind of receivers they've got in there Harris does not have that speed any longer that it is Clayton they now confirm that from the side [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the backfield mattemore whoa buy more and the veteran skillfully has a first down at the 45 of Denver T that was a nice play Nathan was open to both over the middle speed is a relative thing when I said they don't have speed I'm not referring to the fact that they can't run that Moore has speed he does not have the kind of speed that dooper and Clayton laugh but he sure knows how to get open runs a great pattern here uses that quickness to get away from a chance there it's finally fully 43 that gets over and strips him down [Applause] Lance now leading Atlantis 17 to 6 in the third has taken the lead against the 49ers and that's at Campbell sir Nathan wrapped up by the usik but not until Nathan at the computed six yards to the 39 Moreno continues to impress me two big Broncos right up in his face on that play but he just ignores him he goes at and throws that football one thing that he does so well is his ability to sift around in that pocket he seems to just have a a second sense about where to move to him little extra time and yet keeps his concentration into the 24 year old eyes [Applause] Hundley getting a lot of duty with an innocent out for the entire afternoon that's good news for him he feels that he's ready to plan what a big horse he is I mentioned earlier much like ship at linebacker for Miami just has not had a chance yet to really master the the defenses in particular that [Applause] let's [Applause] they say trapped [Applause] were saved and a touchdown sprinting from the cats Tony Nathan made a circus interception the ball away from us we could to see his body in the way with the official on the other side of the field said no he did not but almost made a one-handed catch Joe Collier promised promise to blitz sparingly today but that was an all-out blitz you saw the ball being bounced away Andre Townsend who had the sack in the first quarter is at the 10-yard line [Applause] [Music] and a flag is down now the bounce was not a good kick for Robbie would be marked at the 16 let's see the penalty it appeared that someone on the far side from Miami broke before the snap let's go back in and look at that last play perhaps we can see who knocked that ball away a lot of pressure we're looking from the backside we're not in position to see where they got his hands on him you could see him fighting to get control that football the official to call them Moreno and it's winder for short yardage a yard dug better 75 the veteran making the hit see George little the rookie from Iowa playing on the knows from my Charles are very high on little really works from the outside they put him at the others guard with all entries Bob bomb how are the veteran on and little has shown he can play all three front positions the Dolphins have had to scramble a lot of their front line players on that injured reserve one of them Charles positive No keep him on the active roster he can play play gene lang to the 20-yard line it'll be third down and six Denver the score 23 20 Broncos let's go to NFL 85 dick right after the Colt touchdown we showed you a moment ago ken O'Brien brought the Jets back this scramble took them to the doorstep and then a moment later Tony Paige scored from the one the Jets are in front now 25 17 back to Denver ken O'Brien was part of that tremendous 83 quarterback draft that featured Elway [Applause] the sixth [Applause] at the 24 that'll be shy at the first time that's his first carry out of the backfield of course that he was a running back in college and the shift to wide receiver has been a considerable one he's still learning the pattern said he's going to get more effective of course he took a familiar handoff instead of a pass on that play he's short of a first down but that deep in Denver territory Dan Reeves taking no chances from Chris Norman to punt for the sixth time inconsistent 39-yard average the longest 42 Kozlowski is the best kick of the day this mouse key chased back late fair catch and then he [Applause] Kozlowski to the official film hunter had enough time to get out of the way it was still illegitimate [Applause] let's see if we can see it now the official ruling Hunter was trying to get out of the way there you see the pump right there oh and he did he hooked his snow on the field but confetti 3:51 remaining third quarter Denver 23 Miami 20 [Applause] 25 play action to Nathan the thrall goes out to more Partin secures him at the 36 yard line that'll be close to a first down I believe he's got it what a tremendous advantage it is for Don Shula to have veterans like NAT more on his squad that more played sparingly when dooper and Clayton were ripping everyone up last year now settling with injuries he is the main man again and responding beautifully here today Shula has a good reserve Bank of Shula has an excellent Reserve how to use this talent to do moves up onto the field first quick pitch slice through the secondary it was a tough throw for Marino thought he should have had it let's go to NFL 85 and Bob Costas ok dick with Dan Fouts sidelined by a knee injury the Browns now leave the Chargers 21 7 in the fourth quarter this TD covers 10 yards Danielson to Kevin Mack second touchdown of the day for Mack the Browns in front by two TD good news for Cleveland bad news for the Chargers they're not the same team without [Applause] thirty-six party the tight end dropped at the 45-yard short of the first down Woodard and Smith collaborate a durable performer and his eighth year really only missed one game in all that time he has taken and he is one that mixes it up pretty good does a lot of blocking in there a lot of moving around [Applause] the 300 yard mark still have three minutes left in the third quarter 14 times and [Applause] to Nathan Maxim out-of-bounds at the Denver 47 but Miami has another first down that Nathan through the years it seems as if he is always open the way they use for the wide receivers to clear out and he always finds the right little and again a first down Cleveland now leading San Diego's you heard Bob Costas 21-7 and the fourth the other late games the Jets 2517 over Indianapolis Rams with a 17-6 lead over the Falcons the 49ers have regained the lead against the Saints out of Florida and he slashes four five six feet tall and 212 pounds the ex Gator is around 100 yards which again is first three and a half games baseball the finals today the Mets beat Pittsburgh nine to seven while the Cardinals were losing at Montreal so the Mets pull within three and go to st. Louis for three Cincinnati a shutout winner five nothing Dodgers [Applause] suffers a loss chance to watch this motion man coming across from the far side of your field left-hand side I watched the motion man come along he'll tap the quarterback and go on [Applause] this position we'll shoot after the play we're getting [Applause] we'll come back and show you that complete the Heflin he breaks free at the 30 he's head to 20 we'll score his first NFL touchdown Emily I think we'd rather show you the touchdown than that last play let's give been sampling a chance to celebrate pressed into action here most forcibly because of the injuries that continue to deplete the wide receivers of the Miami Dolphins but there he is number 88 Heflin working solo on Louie right number 20 thanks to the outside and gets Louie to bite right there and then spins away actually from two people that was Steve Foley who was it deadly one on one tackler he got away from two of them broken touchdown play drives his team 75 yards in seven place and caps it with a 46 yard pass to Vince f Linda does some fancy running as he spends back inside to collect his first NFL touchdown dolphins by 427 23 relays he uses only a four yard run up short this time to Johnson thanks Johnson down at the 29-yard line at Van Johnson Vance Johnson the American League schools today go to the final week of the 1985 regular season Minnesota swept the Royals 3-1 today 6 to 3 while the Angels were winners at Cleveland 9 to 3 to salvage the final game there the Angels go to Kansas City first of a four-game series tomorrow night were the one game lead of the royalty Yankees the first game winning for nothing second game [Applause] - - but Toronto there's one though it appears the Blue Jays are home free [Applause] Willian jutsu that's that high-pass where the receiver is so unprotected by the Don Meredith used to call it a medicine ball he's hit after they throw you one like that you've got to go get some medicine I'll tell you Watson's gonna need some just to offer official evidence of that the Blue Jays over Milwaukee 13 to 5 and it appears for the first time we're going to have playoff action in the American League in Canada for us the Expos had that honor a couple of years ago in the National but Toronto apparently will be part of our featured coverage starting in La Cosa first its Watson now it's Clint Sampson who is tumbled as he tries to go for that toss Brzezinski and company were there fifty nine Bob Briggs in ski what a good deal that was with the dolphins to get him for well they had to give up a number two and a number three to the Rams and eighty one but he has been solid was a bitter holdout Shula very angry when but since he finally did come in but they needed him desperately [Applause] there he is playing after from the 29 it's third and 10 for LA to Johnson for the first town again out of bounds at the 36 but Brown who has made what seems like a dozen tackles today has been brilliant in the deep defense that offens denied the first down right futures for those youngsters Vance Johnson and Buck Brown and the thing that Shula likes about Mike Brown is the way fits in he said it really underwear player at the good kind of consciousness out there he's a good thinker and he's also a good hitter Pulaski drops back to the trunk five in Miami Territory and inside the 25 is Normand to punt [Applause] over the spiral Kozlowski takes a chance at the 23-yard line good delivery by Norman and the Dolphins with a lead have the football inside the 25 and a reminder of our doubleheader action next Sunday here on NBC most of you will see that Pittsburgh Miami game boy it'll be a good start to things Miami back home against the Steelers New England and Cleveland Buffalo Indianapolis the other early games Merlin and I will be at the Coliseum in Los Angeles the Chiefs 3 and 1 winners today the Raiders won at New England 2 and 2 CN the Jets at Cincinnati you our doubleheader coverage Nathan on a screen 32 about the 32 yard line that's close to another first Oh [Applause] talk to Joe Collier yesterday about I asked him I said what it strikes you when you look at them he said well first if you go back and look at last year the sheer numbers are absolutely incredible he said looking at the Miss year I'm only sorry that we couldn't have played them earlier in the season referring to the fact that Marino finally is hitting his stride and finally getting those passes on target Collier of course the veteran of so many campaigns the man who put together this great warm fresh defense and he'd like the crush to come breed hard to believe that there's snow on the ground in Colorado the temperature was 29 at the kickoff 27:23 dolphins here's a little and it works out to Bruce Hardy ball was whistle dead-on at the 43 yard line [Applause] more rushing the football 122 yards for Nathan no no all-purpose indeed 14 minutes left in the game Miami 27 Denver 23 [Applause] music looking to the sideline to get the defensive call [Applause] eleven sacks last [Applause] Townsend sac Marino in the first Corps Marino's been down this year Miami Dolphins offensive line very proud of the way they protect their quarterback they were in their fifth game before I got sacked one time last year do you saw it right there Townsend getting there very quickly Nathan I think that's in the area that's [Applause] - its third and 16 gets back to [Applause] a little while ago and they given him the name plundering or heard Parker or Joe's bait and tackle and they didn't like that on this side oh they're glad the crush is back the Orange Crush see how it hurt that bottling company to have the extra publicity anyway robee averaging 41.3 it's below his average he'll pick up some yards on this one is he Amber's it the will hike [Applause] flip I believe or an illegal block against the Bronco has looked like a buoy right over there they were double teaming the outside man and one of them got on the back of his legs we devised a new manners they checked on that penalty of giving you a focus on the race within the various standings first Jean bars when first the one number xx the yard difference it will be 10-yard penalty and first down what mr. Barth is saying is the penalty against Wright was one yard closer to the Denver goal line so they only give the Broncos the worst penalty but not both of them so they will start so in the AFC East Miami up by four in this game two two and one tied with the Jets two and one the Jets lead Indianapolis at the moment in the fourth quarter by five New England has lost their two and to Indianapolis first plane the Jets Buffalo has lost 1/4 it's a city Greenlawn a winner Denver trying to win to tie the Chiefs but down by four against the Dolphins deep in his own end trailing 2724 [Applause] except bobrucz in ski and company boat camper was there as well Jackie let's go look at Bob Brzezinski number 59 outside linebacker graded out as the most durable and steady of the linebackers last year that's daddy right 87 blocking on in Brits in ski spins back well that was a nice move sensing the right time he's got to stretch that play out was able to do that it's been inside a new sauce [Applause] to the receivers wearing them as one almost intercepted vibrant sinski and perhaps those gloves might have been the difference in field you kind of sense the dual responsibilities of those linebackers they have to be special athletes you saw the present ski claim the run now he's got to read the pass and get outside the bump right there on winder gets across in front of him well maybe with those gloves speed had caught that football I don't know it was there hit him in a bad place again the velocity of Elwes passes [Applause] thirty-eight in short Kozlowski all the way up to the 47 four point lead 27:23 over the middle to Nathan who else smothered by Busic and then to finish him off number 50 Jim Ryun [Applause] Dwight Stevenson doing a fine rubin carter number 68 down inside actually all three of those defensive linemen really neutralized as marino had plenty of time to pick out his receiver what makes him so good it's his quickness [Applause] refused to sign with Cincinnati so they traded him here for number one and number three six two and 238 can run like the wind and he did right there what he does best just play the football with his nose when he finally gets to where he can play the drops and the pass responsibilities he better believe they're gonna rush [Applause] Maryna going deep for Harris and flags are down again Wilson there's the man coverage and Moreno waiting to the last moment and took quite a lick from Rulon Jones [Applause] [Music] Stan Jones talked about the difficulty of getting to Moreno he said most of his passes are thrown relatively quickly you see there the clear case of well the receiver being knocked off his feet before the ball arrived you can let snack at the quarterback that doesn't mean you grab the guy throw him down at this take him off his feet that way no question about that oh good one my dear bishop Zenit puts inside the 20-yard line [Applause] every one but three had a piece of Nathan that time dick to finish that thought Stan Jones is the defensive line coach for the Broncos times the the passes of the various quarterbacks and he said most of the passes the moreno throws are thrown within 2.8 seconds or less and he said you know if we run without anybody blocking us that ten yards to get back to the quarterback that's about 1.7 seconds he said that means we've got a 1 second to get rid of our blockers at the line of scrimmage well good luck that's thousand one and basically they say hold you man two three released three seconds in protecting that quarter lightning quick and there it is again but he had to throw it around good coverage by Wilson intended for Durio Harris Wilson was Danny played with the Rams a few decades ago teeny Tommy Wilson he went to Howard where he was a free agent Pick of the Dallas Cowboys this is where the Bronco defense traditionally has been very tough our 25th in the league last year if you counted on yardage and yet by the time you got through [Applause] Oh Marino three times [Applause] [Music] [Applause] by Dennis Smith of the now [Applause] scroll on this Miami Drive the Dolphins lead 27-23 here in Denver with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter Cleveland has beaten San Diego 21 [Applause] against perhaps with that hand in the middle of the back of the receiver let's watch that more right there you see you see Nathan coming to the outside war is going inside and let's watch the contact there's the hand on the back and you see that more pointing to [Applause] all of the 75,000 seat structure for Marino he's going to hear a lot of voices minutes remaining in the game this is a timeout by Moreno or an official's timeout because of the noise as Wallace at the 13 yard line to the sideline to get a call and you saw Moreno going over [Applause] [Applause] so Audrina [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] gave developed this way Jean Lang scored after Rulon Jones fumble recovery of Davenport's fumble at the 25-yard line lying ten yards seven nothing Denver then Marino timorous 69 yard touchdown play seven seven field goal for the Dolphins then winder came back on a seven yard run to make it 14 to 10 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] - squirt through on that quick hitter it gets to the 10-yard line plenty of warns crush their forum 8:48 left in the game it'll be third down from the 10-yard line at about 7:00 for Don Shula the 55 year old genius that has guided these dolphins to winning seasons after winning see only one losing year in his career in Miami what's amazing to me oh he's he's had six streaks of ten [Applause] comes a field-goal unit [Applause] is Don stock number 10 will hold number 80 working on pardon and Moreno I think sensing that that was a hopeless case fired that ball through the end zone with plenty of velocity [Applause] [Applause] Oh Miami 30 the veins 3 4 3 field goal kicking his short run up it's a highscore advanced Johnson at the two he's got sprinter speed they push that about [Applause] today's game is brought to you by RCA creators of video technology that excites the senses maestro's and Stroh light the circle of sports beer and by Honda motorcycles the leader that kickoff return Miami in that'll add 15 yards and put Denver in great field position at the 50 series signaling well we've got a shot arrays I thought that was really a class act yesterday wind howling yesterday Miami anticipating working out here in the stadium they covered the field Greaves made a special point of insisting that they get to Dodge they could come and workout I think that's class the Broncos practice field the north side of Denver just that over the middle the pain that they [Applause] the ball but it was whistle dad he shipped made the tackle that'll be second in three hey it caught only two balls coming into this and the first three games has a couple this afternoon okay I'm sure happy to have a good game was offsides three times last week in that wall he said a better day today but what a lineup tonight along with punky brewster and silver spoons old friends steven spielberg we welcome him to our NBC Sunday night Alfred Hitchcock is back this great stories and then Sylvester Stallone Rambo first blood [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Brezinski comes up with a football and just as the Broncos head to a March that might tie up the Miami gets a big hit at ball popping free the first turnover by the Bronco ticket something we talked about at the very beginning of the game [Applause] it's getting colder in the stadium now winder has got two arms on that football but it's stripped away looked like a good hit on by duck Boehner's [Applause] he clutches that except five more to the 43 Merlin Jones makes the hit you can't blame him he's working against the defense that turned the ball over took it away from their opponents 55 times last year Poppins is he on the sideline very dependable very solid very in an incentive of making errors and that's something that Shula does not on top oh he's the kind of guy because he rarely makes them intense a studier of filmy the projector and checking the offenses second inside as a forward pass not allowed the scrimmage but a forward pass and in this case that Nathan did not catch him because that would have been in 3 or 4 yard laws I don't think he dropped it intentionally I think he just looked up field he felt the pressure coming from the defense that had responded quickly and looked up before he caught the football and that's the kind of error that you would anticipate from someone perhaps in high school you don't always see it [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] tase him for the sack at the 31 that is his sixth of the year Limburg [Applause] brave said he doesn't want to use it too started as a defensive lineman they to as a linebacker although they employ him on the line to the three six minutes left rugby punts it away [Applause] farmer X Undersecretary of the Health Education and Welfare dad a medical doctor from the 28 yard line when open so it throws it away the Rickey Hundley along the sidelines the play had fooled Miami's defense but not the deep secondary well-covered were the receivers final Rams for know the Bears and Rams the only unbeaten teams both winners today the Broncos have used that play very effectively today to fake a run and then just drop Elway out with a plan roll out he's had extra time every time he has done [Applause] 50 seconds left [Applause] Oh too close to the - scream - scrimmage so they won't call it though it was a play that set up very nicely and excellent read by the offside linebacker to come across Sanders Schieffer number 96 all over the intended receiver Jane Lange was right there at the line of scrimmage so no penalty thrown it'll be third and 10 from the 28 clock stop 544 left watson to the right to the left Flint sacks and the third wide receivers slotted right I'll wait [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] three Dick Enberg with Merlin Olsen five minutes and 17 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter the lead has been exchanged on several occasions at half time it was 2017 [Applause] by 7:30 [Applause] the duel between Marino and Elway certainly has received more than your normal amount of publicity here in mile-high country but in those yards 186 they pale in insignificance that those accumulated by Marino who's well over 300 yards with three touchdowns no way has seen his team score on the ground today I would say that's their only one always tables only one [Applause] for the Chargers a first-time miami territory trailing by a touchdown go away as a man open in the first down at the 16-yard which Johnson see we talked about her the stronger ready for this is an experienced receiver will gets downfield sees his quarterback in trouble and comes back to the football right there Elway hands it to him boy he's [Applause] Miami's 16 clock running were at the foreman golfing's 30 Denver total yardage to Broncos more successful on the [Applause] second and ten [Applause] [Music] in complain and he gets away from the penalty by getting the ball near enough to Clarence K that he's not called for grounding there's an indication watching Elway on that play that when he can't break free and reading rolled to the outside he's a little frustrated he doesn't have Marino's ability to watch his receivers and still sit and watch him going back and forth doesn't quite know where to get and it's not able to keep his concentration downfield I think that's one thing that Marino just has a marvelous sense about no way on the other end when he can break free and roll after white is very effective in doing you'll buy some time now by luring the shotgun and complete by 45 Robert so well blitz was able to fly SWAT the pass down its fourth and ten and Dan Reeves has decided to go for or at least descending the vehicle 3:33 on the clock grieves I guess believing that he is going to get another chance for his defense [Applause] we've just it we want to go we're gonna miss the field goal or are we gonna go to New York [Applause] I think we want to see how this field goal goes first we've got a quarterback holding the ball 34 yard [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so Hampton all the way to the 45-yard line 3:17 actually they'll say wasn't down to the 47 yard line [Applause] special teams letting the Broncos down here Dan Reeves again opting to to give his defense a chance to perform and you might remember the snow on the ground will remind us that last year in a Monday night game he won the toss opted to kicked the ball off and his defense went down and in the first minute or so the game had two touchdowns off bubble recovers he's banking on a turnover two quick stop by his defense so they have to trouble snap and then the quick toss to Nathan wasn't exactly smooth sake dick your eyes very quick on that when Moreno lost the handle as he took it from bright Stevenson he finally got a hold of it and was able to flip it out the ball should have been thrown there and look it's just late and Nathan had to wait for it that gave the defense time to get out and be ready for him I believe that the Broncos would like to would like to of course have [Applause] [Music] [Applause] four seconds on the 30-second clock is - second sign takes the snap and there is the ever-present Tony Nathan tackled at the 48 in Denver territory where it'll be third and three will Denver - 22 left they do not use a timeout or and this perhaps the biggest play of the game for both clubs if Miami gets a first down they can all but run out the clock at Denver can stop Miami on third down and three they'll get one final chance to go for what they now need a touchdown to win it they went for a field goal down by seven this is the play that Dan Reeves ended up staking his gamble on really he was gambling that his defense could stop Miami that he would get another shot at a touchdown if they can't stop them here and the gamble fails and he really has put himself in the hole in the Senate while I Stadium crowd baddest Marino brings [Applause] major shift offensively behind Moreno sure he gets it to meet them [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Moreno Moreno read the Blitz got it to the hot back Nathan but the defense reacted too quickly they forced the fourth and long Shula will go to the kick and we've got to wonder now if maybe Denver might not try and block the kick here's the past of it would not surprise me too come after the punt here well they're lined up to return lined up to return all spread out of a compliment to the Denver defense and away Ranchi Roby in the first three games punted only a total of six times this is his seventh today unable to stop the man the offense three games against Stanford the sack [Applause] [Music] which kick inside the five whether he is Robi did not come out of college with a reputation as a finesse kicker seemed to be kicking it mostly into the end zone digging with bull power something he's worked 97 yards away from the and unless they get they walk out of here with a [Applause] side of the column by the way where is she muffin I guess you have to have a light to find 97 yards away and now that missed extra point all the more important Elway from his endzone pay short yardage animals consume time Jackie ship with attack don't understand that play at all that's not going to get you enough yardage to do here any good the clock and you gotta get the ball deep for the man excessively against the Broncos [Applause] second and six - Watson Watson as he was Broncos his team trying to rally from [Applause] the rifle shot in which shots and unable to hold it down been difficult to stay inbounds for him 56 seconds left Johnson with a chance to control at football but it was not well thrown he had to make a full 360-degree turn there's Chuck steadily calling his defenses onto the field he's been working at simplifying the defenses for this Miami Dolphins defense trying to get more physical I'd like to be very physical on degree heat last week they shut out Kansas City 31 nothing getting out of trouble again there's will hide a good catch by Wilhite [Applause] 37 we'll bring them right to the line having to call the but ticking down 29 seconds instead of coding to place in the huddle he's having to audible eyes looking big down the middle intercepted and is it appropriate that he should get the Miami interception he goes down at the 50-yard line with 13 seconds left but Brown a relative unknown another B in that Miami killer B defense he has been outstanding all day making tackle after tackle comes up with the first interception and that kills the Denver threat and apparently it'll be Miami that goes home 3 & 1 Denver stays with 2 & 2 that way perhaps relying too much on that strong arm trying to gun the ball to Butch Johnson maybe not wanting to see those hovering defensive backs but Brown just waited until the ball was thrown stepped in front of Johnson and picked it off dan Marino has served to Don Shula well again today with three touchdown throws and now it's just a matter of taking a snap and dropping to his knees will not use its final timeout satisfied that this one is over the final seconds tick away it's a good one and the Miami Dolphins beaten the Denver Broncos 3226 one would have to wonder I'm sure coaches are always second-guessing themselves Braves saying to himself should I have gone on that fourth down should I have tried for that touchdown well there's a man who's got to feel comfortable he won't have to second-guess himself in the film's Marino with dick plays a 69 yard touchdown two more he had a 46-yard touchdown throw to vince Heflin another of 24 yards to Joe Rose Elway did not have the touchdown throw came up with some key pass completions but it was on the ground with winder and Lange that the Broncos did their most serious damage and if we were to look at that Elway and Marino matchup for the day Medina was a Marino day today around a long time if they stay healthy and are going to be helping their teams to victories for many years to come the Dolphins with three straight wins after the opening week loss at Houston 3226 they go back to the heat of Miami from the snow wasn't so cold for Marino and that dolphin offense the final 3226 will be back with all the scores of this day after these messages from your local station [Applause]

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Views: 28,368

Keywords: NFL, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, 1985

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Length: 143min 46sec (8626 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 12 2018