1986 - Week 10 - Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills

the national broadcasting company presents the national football league today from rick stadium it's the pittsburgh steelers versus the buffalo bills brought to you by piccolo so exceptionally smooth the night belongs to nickelow by united airlines you're not just flying you're flying the friendly skies and by ford and your board dealer at you driven afford lately a near-capacity crowd at rich stadium orchard park new york as the buffalo bells and the pittsburgh steelers get together earlier this week the papers here in buffalo told the story as marv levy was named the 10th head coach in the history of the buffalo bills temperatures about 50 degrees wind gusting at about 40 miles an hour hello everybody jay randolph to call to play by playing alongside it's great to have reggie rucker with us to analyze the action marv levy will be trying to analyze some action today too certain will jay marv levy formerly the coach of kansas city is very excited about getting a second chance and he's got a great guy to do it with the number 12 jim kelly kelly with the great passing on will need it today 37 mile per hour wins and kelly is coming off an excellent second half performance at tampa bay last week now the pittsburgh steelers they've won two in a row they're playing better football because their offensive line is back together this is the third straight week they have all five men up front who are looking very good and they have a big man coming out of the backfield ernest jackson number 43. you don't have to look for the steelers they stand in the center of the ring go 15 rounds with you jackson very powerful going from tackle to tackle it should be a strong performance by this offensive line today mark malone handles the quarterbacking chores for pittsburgh and he's certainly been playing better of late mark malone is a quarterback that flourishes jay when he has the benefit of an excellent rushing attack he wants to throw the control type of passes as you can see from the graphic the last three games when he has been over 60 passing the steelers are in the game or will win chuck noll no 54 years old now in his 18th season as the head coach of the steelers going for his 168th win here today and marv levy of course getting the call here this week [Applause] the buffalo bills with a new head coach but levy told us last night that he'll not even wear the headsets today he's going to try and just uh be involved with the overall proceedings here and learn as much as he can about his new team set for the kickoff scott norwood puts it in play sanchez is back deep but the ball goes out of the end zone it'll come to the 20-yard line and the steelers will have the opportunity to get underway offensively [Applause] pittsburgh with mark malone at the quarterback spot jackson and abercrombry sweeney thompson and gothard it's webster in the middle with penny wolfley long and elkin and luigi thompson is in there as a wide receiver they hand off going to ernest jackson and we mentioned jackson right at the top of the show up to the 30-yard line met there by steve freeman number 22. jackson starting the day with a 4.2 average ninth in the afc rushing 391 yards there's a flag jay and the steel is probably the right side someone moved prematurely the defensive line for the bills now their linebacking core good linebackers on both sides here first down 15. the referee today is gordon mccarter and the indication is a five-yard penalty you know gordon mccarter lives a few blocks for me and i never knew it until yesterday when we flew up together helen jerome's bayless and freeman are the secondary for the mills and it's first in 15 and another flag as it looked like that time one of the bills jumped off side the give is to ernest jackson again and a lot of pushing and shoving daryl tally number 56 in the middle the outside linebacker on the left side making the play the bills are two and seven they're two and two at home this year and there you see number 75 mike hamby who is starting for bruce smith at right end smith has been bothered by injuries much of this season offside number 75 defense five yard penalty still first down so we're right back where we started first and ten the steelers have run that trap two times in a row that may give us an indication of what they intend to do here try the middle of that bill's defense where they have a rookie starting today and this offensive line of the steelers does some very fine trap blocking [Applause] alone using a long count and a little delay draw to abercrombie and he's wrapped up by ray bentley number 50. bentley the inside linebacker the free agent out of central michigan played in the usfl abercrombie a 3.9 average 466 yards and a touchdown george comey usually starts at that position but bentley is such a fine run defender that the bills decided they would go with the more powerful linebacker inside knowing that the steelers are going to come right at them the wind gusting down on the artificial turf it's like a mix master down there with the gusts up to around 40 45 miles an hour second down the handoff to jackson jackson maybe a yard or two at the most mike hamby 75 there to make the play and this is a fired up bunch of buffalo bills they were indicating they had the football and taking it away but the steelers retain possession and they're going to be facing third down and eight this is exactly what the steelers do not want to be stopped in the running game on first and second down and then to put mark malone in a situation where he has to pass and the defense knows he has to pass good coverage that time by the perimeter of the bill's defense and keeping the steelers from getting inside luigi thompson lips and sweeney all in there now on an obvious passing situation and out it comes it is complete ball goes out of bounds they're calling it a complete and a fumble out of bounds the ball caught by rich ehrenberg in there number 24 he is a spot player and the wind is really affecting the football when it has to go up in the air down there the wind will affect anything airborne you see the ball tail away from ehrenberg good concentration by ehrenberg to stay with that it actually looked like a knuckle ball jay they called the pass incomplete they got together and here is the punt coming from harry nelson a poor kick against the wind and you get an idea of what the playing conditions are buffalo's going to be in excellent shape as they'll get the ball at the 49-yard line a 27-yard punt with no return field position will be extremely important why because the wind going from right to left is extremely difficult to get into field position will play an important part of this ball game the bills with jim kelly at quarterback number 12. the young man out of east brady high school up the allegheny river from pittsburgh about 50 miles a lot of his home folks here to see him play today and kelly out to ricky moore moore's at the 45 and bang out of bounds down at about the 42-yard line by brian hinkle number 53 the linebacker kelly who played at miami working today with ricky moore and rob riddick butler the veteran wide receiver andre reed and the fine tight end pete metzelars who's been the favorite of jim kelly this season hull with jones and richard wolford the rookie and joe devlin devlin the 10-year veteran from iowa at right tackle [Applause] second down and two banging his way forward is carl byram the rookie from mississippi valley state he rushed for nearly 3 000 yards in his college career and robin cole 56 makes the tackle but it's a first down for the bills steelers with willis dunn and nelson fine line backing core as we mentioned merriweather little cole and hinkle swain clayton donnie shell and eric williams in the secondary at the 38-yard line first down for the bills coming in motion is rob riddick kelly rolling and throwing incomplete he was trying to get it to number 83 andre reed who appeared to be cleared down at the 20-yard line but the pass off target and it's going to be a tough day for both of these quarterbacks trying to analyze the defenses as well as the win that's right let's take a look at this this is called a half roll the bills intend to employ this kind of setup to get kelly away from the rush he throws well on the move and as you can see kelly is upset with himself because he's going to have to as you said jay judged the velocity of the wind behind his throws he was 29 of 39 for 342 yards and two tds last week this is riddick riddick down to the 34-yard line mike merriweather 57 and david little number 50 there to make the play riddick out of millersville pennsylvania school and a broken left wrist and he's wearing a cast he's caught 27 passes for 270 yards but couldn't make the catch to win the game at tampa bay in the final seconds last sunday third down and five the steelers have a prevent defense in there and out of the shotgun kelly operating throws out to the right side to riddick and riddick has the first down at the 24-yard line mike merriweather 57 making the play there you see the ability of this four-year man riddick to run with the football he's had some knee problems missed all of 85 originally a ninth-round draft choice let's take a look at kelly can't get anybody downfield doesn't really want to wants to throw the safe pass out to the flat riddick makes a shortcast now makes somebody miss that's what running backs have to do and that's what you get paid to do if you're a running back make the first man miss pick up the first down good run a nine-yard pickup on the play this time it's byrum byron comes into the game with a 3.8 rushing average but he only has 19 yards on the year he's been used sparingly edmond nelson 64. eric wilson the safety man 21 there to make the tackle 10 minute ticker here you are nothing shaking in the early going in atlanta indianapolis there's a score for houston as they lead cincinnati [Applause] those are all of the one o'clock eastern time games for you second down in six ronnie harmon the rookie from iowa getting the call for the first time as he's in the backfield now with byram harmon has 139 yards and a 3.6 average coming into today's play donnie shell the 13-year veteran coming up to make the play the strength of the steelers defense of course is their linebackers you can see opponents have not scored a touchdown in the last eight straight times they've been inside the steelers 20. that's astonishing it's mighty good going nine minutes 20 seconds to play we're in the first quarter nearly 80 000 watching with you here at rich stadium in orchard park new york 33 harmon coming in motion the pass gets out to byram and byram is down inside the 15-yard line he doesn't have the first down as merryweather doing an outstanding job from the linebacker slot made the play robin cole put the pressure on the quarterback trademark of the steal is once the opponent gets down around the 20-yard line the steelers start to blitz you can take a look at number 57 here mike merriweather who catches the back out of the backfield that is a good block by the rookie will wolford on merriweather keeping him out of the play outstanding well i said i didn't think they had the first down but we're going to get the measurement and i could be wrong yeah they got it they spotted that ball inside the 15. seeing merryweather a minute ago i'm reminded that he had 15 quarterback sacks back in 84. that is a team record for the pittsburgh steelers [Applause] actually they placed the ball at the 14-yard line where it will be first down 10 for the bills clock running with 8 45 to go first quarter steelers unable to move on their first offensive thrust a poor punt and the bills have protected the football and driven down to this point that's riddick and riddick is to the 10-yard line riddick loses the football as he's ripped out of the pile there number 50 david little number 31 donnie shell making the play for the steelers one thing you have to be concerned with with rob riddick having that cast on his wrist is when he's in traffic and he's carrying the football if the steelers at some point in time in this game don't go for the strip on the hand that's carrying the footballs very difficult to do we'll have to watch for that there it is his left wrist second down and six at the ten tenth play of this drive that's riddick and he has stopped for no gain in fact may have lost a yard or two brian hinkle number 53 top tackler for the steelers very consistent player out of oregon made the stop the last time that the bills defeated the pittsburgh steelers was in 82 when they shut them out 13 to nothing here at ridge stadium marv levy a chicago native once the b team coach at st louis country day high school now buffalo has been going to its back out of the backfield rob riddick has been the man watch for the blitz from the steelers and watch riddick in the play third down and seven kelly throwing back against the grain and is it complete or not along the sideline the pass to butler it's complete harvey clayton was right there the officials look very carefully at the line and we'll show it to you here's kelly number 12 going left with the rollout now it takes a extremely strong arm to run to the left and throw to a receiver butler protects the ball very well got both feet down inside good call first down for the buffalo bills his 13th catch of the season and kelly 4 out of 5 30 yards and here are the bills knocking on the door seven minutes to play in the first quarter ball just outside the two-yard line the bills with a two and seven record the steelers three and six going for their third straight win the replay we're told confirmed the catch and here is referee gordon mccarter review by the replay official indicates the play stands completed pass first down in goal well sometimes uh the officials will huddle without the replay but there are some positive aspects to it although many people think it's confused a lot of situations i think when you look at the number of plays run up to date and the time of times that they have actually overturned a play it's phenomenal there's some 20 000 plays that have been run in the first 10 games and they've only made a few changes butler is at the top of the screen wide left it is first down goal to it's go coming in motion rolling and throwing and the throw behind the intended receiver andre reed they set butler that way in motion and kelly rolled and tried to hit reed i'm curious to know if the wind didn't shoot that ball down jay to the ground because reed was wide open and kelly was rolling to the right and that's his favorite side to roll and throw and the ball just took off on him john swain had the coverage swain and kelly played together at miami swain is number 26 playing the left corner for the steelers here is second down at the two and this is riddick and he is thwarted in his shot at getting in no gain on the play mike merriweather leading the way he's been in the pro bowl the last two years meriwether now in his fifth year out of little pacific out in oregon robin cole number 56 and on that play as well he also made the pro bowl in 1985. brian henkel who is an outstanding outside linebacker has not made the pro bowl but they expect him to very soon do they have to throw here third down i don't think you can get in on this on the steal as i expect kelly once again to use that rollout that he's been using read to the right butler to the lounge lead goes in motion and it is a touchdown to read this big crowd in orchard park standing and applauding the play of the bills under their new coach marv levy clayton and shell were back with the coverage andre reed's fifth touchdown of the season he came into today with 21 catches here it is this was the play that was run to the other side the previous play that kelly missed on here's that roll action again it gets kelly away from the rush and there's no one i mean absolutely no one covering andre reed that was a blown assignment by to steal a secondary scott norwood with the point after it is no good the swirling winds definitely to play a factor here this afternoon at ridge stadium 6 15 left to play we're in the first quarter and the buffalo bills have bounced out on top for the pittsburgh steelers six to [Music] nothing [Music] oh [Music] but they're ready to turn [Applause] [Music] i got a new truck it's a ranger you know got the looks i want and it is ready to [Music] go [Music] reggie i think we can document what happened here ken hole snaps this ball to the right of john kidd now watch number 11 scott norwood you see him hesitate there his entire timing mechanism was thrown off causing him to pull that ball to the left and it really did go left into that win 14 plays 6 20 the elapsed time 49 yard drive for the score norwood set to put it in play the ball having to be held for him because of the win luigi thompson lets it go out of bounds and they'll bring it back up field with a five-yard penalty tacked on the steelers and the buffalo bills offensively this season the steelers are 13th in the afc third in rushing and dead last in passing the bill's ninth on offense ninth in rushing and seventh in passing scott norwood was trying to place that football in the corner so they could get coverage in the corner and hold the steelers below the 20-yard line now watch he'll kick this thing out of the end zone because with the win at his back he should be able to get this ball deep into the end zone norwood number 11 out of james madison down in virginia he beat out nine kickers here last season it was a tough go for him but he has done an excellent job he was with atlanta back in 82 in their camp and also played in the usfl with birmingham and that's ouija thompson check it that's loopy sanchez now better not be ouija at six seven that's loopy sanchez sanchez averaging 27.4 on his kickoff returns but no return this time reminded that sanchez had a 64-yard return in the game last week and then fumbled they did get the ball back on the next play the wind has been checked now at 43 miles per hour and it's gusting probably to more than that indianapolis leading new england seven nothing chicago 7-0 over tampa bay in the early going as we check the 10-minute ticker and houston leading cincinnati 10 to nothing what a wild race this could be in the afc central division green bay has the lead over the skins it's six to nothing here that's ernest jackson and he meets the veteran nose man fred smearless number 76. excuse me looking at that cincinnati houston score the steelers should not count themselves out of this thing well i don't think that the division was won last year by the cleveland browns with an 8-8 record and cleveland's got miami and the raiders the next two weeks cincinnati has an awfully tough schedule steel has got to do it one game at a time though [Applause] second down and eight from the 22-yard line steelers trying to get their running game going this time the pass out into the flat is complete that's abercrombie making his 21st catch of the season martin bayless a strong safety 44 43 out there with the coverage what a remarkable turnaround it has been for walter abercrombie once was a scat bat brick scat back breakaway type runner now he's beginning to run with more power more strength rather than finesse and i think chuck noll likes it that way john stalworth is in the game stallworth coming back missed five games because of a knee injury stallworth number 82. ehrenberg 24 also in the lineup but his third down and three alone may have audible here [Applause] the pitch back coming out there to abercrombie and he's bumped out of bounds and he didn't get the first down rodney bellinger number 36 not very big at five eight and 189 but he lowered the boom on him here's one of the problems you have in the win as you said they did audible you wonder sometimes if everybody gets it watch on the left of the screen coming up from nowhere number 36 bellinger at 5 8 he didn't even have to break down the tackle and lucia sanford 57 showed very good speed ron pitts number 27 back to receive the punt from harry newsom [Applause] and the punt coming down inside the 35 to about the 32-yard line sanders of the steelers down there a 40-yard punt that time as they got some help on the bounce bills leading six to nothing with 509 to play in the first quarter are set to go on their second offensive go of the afternoon and we'll be back to take a look at them right after these messages no one really knows how your skin got sensitive but if it is try the shave cream with more advanced lubricants than any other new gillette foamy for sensitive skin it's in the look it's in the field thunderbird has changed this is the new design this is the new thunderbirds who has transformed home entertainment for bringing sight and sound with one remote 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the linebacker also there four minutes and 50 seconds to go first quarter swain i mentioned played at miami started against the bills last year he's a free agent who has seen action at minnesota and miami steelers have gotten improved play over the last few weeks from swain and the other cornerback harvey clayton down and four and getting the call as riddick breaks away first down at the 44-yard line david little 50 eric williams 21 making the play pickup of about seven on the play riddick was sidelined in the game against the patriots with that fractured risk he's been a very pleasant surprise for the bills this year second in rushing second leading receiver you have to think jay that at some point kelly is going to throw this football deep while he has the wind at his back [Applause] and this time he comes straight back in some trouble and down he goes the first sack of the day for the steelers and it was daryl sims who's been playing much better than the number one draft choice out of wisconsin number 99 sims gets in there to make the stop it looked like kelly wanted to go deep that time he takes a deep drop here which usually indicates that he wants a deeper pattern both players are covered as he scans the secondary and there is sims slinging him to the ground and it is second down and 12. [Applause] all back at the 43-yard line kelly with a quick straight back drop batted down and it was again sims making a fine play [Applause] sim's got his mitts on it there is sims [Applause] he's in his second season somewhat of a disappointment though a year ago did not apply the pressure that the steelers were looking for best pass defense in the world against the extraordinary passer like kelly has put somebody in his face sends with those big mitts up in kelly's face blocks that pass [Applause] third down conversions this is third and 12 and that is harmon harmon slips and is popped on by number 91 greg carr the steelers do a lot of substituting in their defensive scheme carr out of auburn played with the cfl and montreal ronnie harmon second pick in the first round by the bills number 33 from iowa going to the left on your screen virtually a situation specialist player that's a high price to pay for a first round draft choice jake john kidd does the punting very poor kick that is headed out of bounds and the steelers are going to have pretty good field position we'll see while they drop it it's going to be near the 22-yard line so pittsburgh with 224 left to play in the first quarter we'll have the football 34-yard punt you see those lights they're burning out too soon in ordinary soft white light bulbs but not me i'm in sylvania soft white bulbs why in this 60 watt alone i can burn 50 more hours and only these sylvania bulbs have a guarantee so get sylvania soft white light bulbs instead of those guys with a dim future ask for sylvania where the best comes to light this is a beer that's everything a fine imported beer ought to be it's brew with all natural ingredients the way fine imported beers are brewed bottled in tall green glass the way fine imported beers are bottled this is rolling rock perrone rock premium beer brewed by the latrobe brewing company and imported in bottles and cans from latrobe pa watch closely we're about to put this new ford mustang through its paces the mustang interior is completely new its controls have been placed within easy reach and designed to be easily operated all of which allows mustang to perform beautifully even standing still this is the new mustang [Music] tonight a baffling murder on live tv can raymond burr prove the man who fired the gun wasn't the killer parents all new perry mason tonight buffalo leading at six to nothing the bills with 73 yards against just nine for the steelers penny wolfele webster long and ilkin as we mentioned this is the third straight week for that starting front five and they have been playing better but so far they have not been able to get this offense on track [Music] [Applause] [Music] that's ouija thompson in motion pitch back coming to jackson and boy this buffalo bunch is showing excellent penetration the tackle made by bellinger 36 sanford 57. here's the problem jay the bills know that the steelers cannot throw the football into the win they don't throw the football well anyway the bills have nine men nine men up around the line of scrimmage look at this you've got nine players around the line of scrimmage they've got more guys up there than the steelers can block consequently they can't get past the line of scrimmage well there ought to be something open over the middle though if they get an opportunity to throw it second down and 11. [Music] again thompson is in motion malone out it comes well they were trying to throw it and set up a little screen ernest jackson couldn't catch up with the football good setup too he had ray penny out in front of him and the ball just took off on malone pressure applied from fred smirles the eight year veteran nose tackle against cologne that time now jackson goes out of the lineup for the steelers i think chuck noll at this point would be content with just not to make any mistakes and give buffalo a turnover down here reminder to our viewers we'll be selecting the budweiser most valuable player for today's game at the conclusion of the action john stalworth into the lineup with jackson out and it is third down and 11 at the 21. lone straight back has some time out it comes and it is complete out there to walter abercrombie and what a play by rodney bellinger the little guy and he has done some heavy cracking here early bellinger not noted really for his hitting ability but he's a good cover guy one on one malone still sticking with the safe pass didn't think that he wanted to put the football downfield abercrombie has trouble making the catch bellinger with a picture-perfect tackle dropping him in the backfield here is the punt by newsom hits downfield handles it and wisely falls on it right at the 47-yard line [Applause] rick woods was down there for the steelers one minute to play in the first period the first look will move you with revealing shapes that reveal even more about the overall design but there's an inner design that can only be felt when these cars are actually driven this is ford today designed to move you like never before ladies and gentlemen not everyone got a vacation this summer [Music] i need a vacation like nobody's business [Applause] [Music] this fall you can still get great low fares to more places on the biggest bargain airline united i got a vacation give me another shot and i'm not just it's a radio shack merry christmas i'm giving everyone a mini phone from radio shack that way they'll call often it's trim compact and has an automatic redial and the 16 foot cord means they can use it anywhere around the house best of all it's on sale for only 12.95 i even bought myself one hello [Music] the mini hello on sale for 12.95 only at radio shack this fall nbc sports has a november to remember when heart-pounding excitement returns to the greens where one pot could be worth and fifty thousand dollars jack nicklaus arnold palmer lee trevino and fuzzy zeller play the skins game it's a november to remember on nbc [Music] a 35-yard punt a moment ago and the bill's setting up shop as they lead at six to nothing the steelers are going with that unusual new defense of theirs it's called the 3-5 or the press they bring anthony hinton in and they take eric williams out they've got three down linemen and five linebackers hinton is number 96. [Applause] kelly with play action stands there now he goes down fine play made by number 93 keith willis willis the five-year man the free agent five sacks this year and make that number six for him second sack of the game now the 3-5 is supposed to be primarily a run defense but as you can see you watch keith willis he's getting good action up at the line of scrimmage gets away from joe devlin jim kelly can't find anyone to throw to so there's good coverage downfield that's a good defense second down and 14 40 seconds to go in the first period and they swing it out to more more up the sideline short of the first down banged out of bounce at about the 46-yard line donnie shell 31 and anthony hitting 96 on the tackle about 12 yards the pickup on the play but short of the first down it's gonna be third down and a long two the steelers are not covering the backs out of the backfield very well jim kelly has had that play all day long i think pittsburgh is going to have to find a way to get people out in the flats so that they can pick up that back coming out of the backfield hitton's now out of the lineup and brian hinkle 53 back in at the linebacker spot on the right side [Music] [Applause] kelly [Applause] john swain 26 makes the tackle 17-yard pickup there's no question a key factor in the ball game as you look at kelly coming right at you as pass protection for jim kelly if you give kelly a chance to throw the football he'll be as devastating as any quarterback in the game today good pattern by andre reid he has explosive ability jim kelley and there is the gun that ends the first period and the steelers are now going to have the wind at their back as we get set to start the second quarter the score here at rich stadium in orchard park new york bill 6. my dealer communicate [Applause] at the height of his career the falcons william andrews destroyed his knee doctors said his career was over the achievers those who face adversity and refuse to bail sponsored by the u.s army we don't know if the nerve is going to come back we don't know if you're ever going to be able to walk normal again with his knee in pieces and those frightening words ringing in his ears andrews began an agonizing two-year odyssey to return to football that part of the story later it wasn't a piece of cake it was a lot of hard work [Music] you're reaching deep inside you throw things you've never known it's been tough rough going but you haven't gone alone we do more before 9am than most people do all day good morning and they show you what problems the steelers have had now we turn it around they've got the wind at their back the only scoring play a pass from kelly to read a three yarder and the point after was missed and this is not to disrespect the effort the bills are making on defense because they're playing good defense but you have to admit the win is so atrocious that there's very little that these quarterbacks can do throwing into the win now number 12 eight million dollars for that passing on he's got a golden arm we're going to see right now if even jim kelly can throw into this win 10-minute ticker indianapolis still leads new england chicago out in front of tampa bay houston still leads cincinnati 10 to nothing minnesota 10-0 over detroit green pay by one over the redskins critic going in motion and down goes kelly boy the steelers were all over it and you know yj they just totally disregarded kelly's ability to throw the ball down the field now because they've got the win in their favor and they unleash those linebackers jim kelley didn't have a chance third sack of the day for the steelers it's a quick fake and before kelly can straighten up to look at it and look at that robin cole has a hold on that face mask of jim kelly cole got in there first and then willis wrapped him up it'll be second down and 15. opening moment of the second period on a little delay riddick down to the 31-yard line and a penalty marker thrown in the pile daryl sims number 99 with brian hinkle 53 were there for pittsburgh gordon mccarter our referee talking it over with his crew face mask call bob wagner is the head linesman terry blind judge jack fetty the back judge louis richard the side judge dean look field judge bernie kucar face mask penalty five yards number 53 on the defense repeat second down [Applause] all right on the right side of your screen rob riddick number 40 coming right through the hole you see number 53. [Applause] i mentioned earlier he's been used sparingly brian hinkle 53 on the tackle and it's gonna be third down and two coming up [Applause] in every situation in third down and two three four five jim kelly has utilized that half roll action in our meeting last night with marv levy he said that we're gonna use a lot of the little rolls with jim kelley he's very good at it and he gets him away from the defense on third down riddick and he doesn't have it he stopped at about the 23-yard line the steelers had david little number 50 in there to make the play as you look at marv levy phi beta kappa at little co college in cedar rapids iowa and also masters from harvard in english look at this jay oh they're gonna go they're not gonna try to kick it against that win incredible it's fourth down and about three you have to watch for the bills to try to pull the steelers offside reed goes in motion kelly's gonna throw over the middle and almost intercepted john swain in front of jerry 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coors light beers with a difference worth tasting with reggie rucker jay randolph buffalo leading six nothing the steelers for the first time with a wind at their back and mark malone at the [Music] and controls little delay goes to ernest jackson jackson is across the 25-yard line before he's wrapped up by eugene marv the five-year veteran from little saginaw valley state up in michigan he's number 54. the bills that time were playing defense honestly that time they only had the 3-4 look and the secondary was at normal depth now they have to realize that malone can throw the football with the win they've got to protect deep let's see how it changes things in this quarter [Applause] and off going to abercrombie and a good job by the bills leading the way again bellinger he has played very very fierce here in this first half bellinger number 36 the left corner coming up to make the play obvious passing situation coming now for chuck knowles club noel with five more wins we'll move ahead of paul brown in the all-time list and into the fifth winningest coach all time a win today ties in with bud grant sixth on the all-time list [Applause] we apologize we've lost picture again and we get it back as the pass is incomplete and it was for rich ehrenberg and mark malone looked very tentative on that throw the extra back dwight drain from oklahoma who played in the usfl had the coverage the steeler offensive line has been excellent they've only given up 12 sacks all year so malone has had plenty of time to throw the football he had great protection that time he had a receiver open it was just a fourth roll by mark malone harry newsome out of wake forest averaging 42.6 with the wind in his back ron pitts downfield hits backing up backing up back at the 12-yard line now he is hit down at the 18. so a booming punt rick woods downfield for the steelers 59-yard punch the score here six nothing bills we're nci racing hard to be your communications company we never coast we're 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nothing second down and six coming for buffalo ball at their own 23-yard line [Applause] kelly rolling to the near side this time throwing on the run and a fine catch is made by andre reed for the first down reed high into the air donnie shell made the tackle 12-yard pickup i'm continually impressed by kelly's ability to roll throw into this win and have some velocity on the football watch it now going to the right of your screen number 12 kelly comes out squares his shoulders up so that he can have velocity on the ball and that's an extraordinary catch by andre reed who is wearing gloves incidentally reed had 48 catches last year now has eight career touchdowns out a little kutztown state division two school in pennsylvania reed goes in motion penalty marker goes down the pass comes out to riddick riddick dancing his way along the sidelines goes out of bounds but they may call this one back play made by eric williams the free safety number 21 for the steelers i have not seen such repeated use of half rollouts and rollout actions at the pro level uh as much as i've seen it in this game today you just don't see that in professional football referee is gordon mccarter jets leading atlanta seven to nothing indianapolis as we have told you upon new england chicago handling tampa bay at the moment houston over cincinnati kansas city over seattle illegal motion is charged against rob riddick it nullifies that last play and before somebody says why don't you see it a lot because it reduces what an offense can do when you roll to one side jim kelly has been running and rolling riddick in motion and here's kelly again rolling to the right side throwing on the run it's incomplete intended for butch roll number 87 is in there at the tight end spot roll who played at michigan state mike merriweather 57 the linebacker had the coverage mentioned of course kelly from east brady high school from east brady pennsylvania almost went to penn state yeah he did almost go to penn state east brady's up the allegheny river about 50 miles and a big contingent of the home folks are here to see jim kelly in fact a big contingent of steeler fans he probably charged his own plane and brought them up well they've got they must have 12 15 000 people from the pennsylvania and pittsburgh area here [Applause] second down 15. really going in motion to the far side and again kelly rolling to the right side but he handed it off in there to moore and moore busts up for a first down across the 45-yard line some nifty work by kelly who looked like he was going to go ahead and roll to the right side again 14-yard pickup as the handoff was a dandy donnie shell finally made the tackle i think what we're seeing is the impact of mara levy and his experiences in the canadian league with this kind of attack it's a very deceptive play rolling one way and then handing back to the running back underneath you get all of the defense going one way and you bring the running back the other way good play nice block by jim richard the seven year guard number 51 former outland trophy winner at north carolina state richard really helped out in the middle there it is a first down at the 46 yard line eight and a half to play first half bill's leading six nothing down goes kelly that is the fourth sack of the afternoon number 93 keith willis has his second sack of the day and seven on the year you go to the well once too often and you can expect for it to be dry at some point going over there now and it doesn't take a brain surgeon to know if he's rolling that way let's get over there and start stopping him and the steelers are very good at sacking the quarterback they have good balance in their front seven people john kidd who played at northwestern findlay ohio the punt to rick woods woods averaging 9.6 in punt returns third in the afc [Applause] and a low kick woods taking and holding on at the 30 35 up to the 40 to the 41 yard line steelers will put it in play at their own 41. 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partnerships don't settle for less than you deserve get the most out of life with new york life next sunday the nfl plays here when the browns battle the raiders before your team takes the field our team hits the air nfl 86 let me do a little piece on him well john stallworth back in action this week for the steelers number 82 lewis lips 83 not playing because of problems with his back and other things five weeks ago stallworth made the decision not to have surgery when it was recommended and he has miraculously come back after a tremendous rehabilitation joe montana getting back today for san francisco before anyone expected to they play the cardinals later today first and ten at the 42-yard line and malone on first down throws and the receiver fell down ouija thompson thompson on the near sideline bellinger had the coverage but ouija fell down let's pause briefly for station identification this is the nbc television network wjac tv 6 in johnstown this is jay randolph along with reggie rucker rich stadium new orchard park new york the bill's leading the steelers six to nothing second down and ten from the 42 for pittsburgh thompson comes in motion and the handoff going to abercrombie abercrombies across the 45-yard line near the 46. and he was hit by eugene maher 54 and ray bentley number 50. now we apologize for the pittsburgh offense when they were throwing into the win but they're going with the win right now jay and you got to think at this point that buffalo is a fired up defensive football team and they're executing their assignments very well well they have done an excellent job to this point ehrenberg 24 in the lineup pittsburgh on fourth down conversions is all for four they're facing third down and six [Applause] malone throwing behind the intended receiver ehrenberg he couldn't handle it white drain the extra defensive back 45 was out there covering and the steelers have to punt again drain a former member of the usfla express puts a good pop out here on ehrenberg look at the throw it turns erin around and a good helmet on helmet hit that always has a way of getting your attention [Applause] ron pitts number 27 his dad of course the craig elijah pits an assistant coach here now pitts has it at the 16 at the 20 25 and he's to the 29 yard line [Applause] stop made by edwards number 42 38-yard punt well the jets are leading 14 to nothing o'brien with passes to tune and wesley walker in that one indianapolis 14-3 over new england as jack trudeau scored on a one-yard run late in the second period [Applause] chicago leading tampa bay the rams in new orleans are scoreless and kansas city has a seven to nothing lead as bill kenny went to walt arnold for a two yard pass and a busted play for the bills jim kelly i think they're going to catch keith willis offside yeah yes there is a penalty marker down green bay leading the redskins 7-6 minnesota out in front of detroit 10 to nothing in the minnesota game browner with an interception for 39 yards and a return and chuck nelson kicked a 29-yard field goal left side defense offside against the defense seven minutes left to play we're in the first half the only score of this game a pass from kelly to reed a [Applause] carl three-yarder is back in with riddick in the backfield for the bills of marv levy greg bell is on injured reserve with a groin injury and he was injured in the miami game cribs of course was traded the day after kelly was signed booker moore was waived it's a new wave of players here for the bills first and five riddick close to the first down over the right side stop made by robin cole and john swain time to check in again with a moderate shot all right jay in atlanta it's raining touchdowns all thrown by o'brien early hit altoona on a 59 yarder here he hits wesley walker on this 46-yarder the jets lead 14-0 second quarter [Music] and with 6 20 to play in the second period here buffalo up six to nothing it was a first down and it is riddick again breaking over the 50 and down to the 40 and out of bounds what a tremendous block by the tight end pete metzelars on the play keith gary number 92 for the steelers making the tackle and the bills going against the wind pick up 26 yards along the ground on the play let's see on your right side of your screen the good blocking number 88 metallar on anthony hinton actually clears away the path for rob riddick to come blowing through extremely talented play we've got byram 35 now and ronnie harmon 33 in the backfield for the bills six minutes to play in this first half would be a real plus for the bills if they could get some points on the board against this win handoff going to harmon and there's no gain on the play harmon played at iowa he's averaging 3.6 for carry with 139 yards coming into today's game dirt winston number 55. dennis the dirt made the play for the steelers get word that hinkle is out of action again with a head injury and we'll update you later on on what that situation is looking like second down and 10. banging up the middle byram number 35 is inside the 30-yard line short of the first down it's winston 55 and swain 26 making the play we just got word from the weather bureau that the winds are now gusting to 49 miles an hour so you might as well say 50 i guess just make it even it's a relatively warm day for this time of the year the temperature over the 50 degree mark sun shining brightly but the wind very much coming into play here at ridge stadium this afternoon third down and four penalty markers go down byram got the football didn't get very far but it looked like the steelers might have jumped off first there was activity at the line of scrimmage williams 21 and winston 55 in on the play offside pittsburgh the steelers having a rugged first half pittsburgh uses a variety of defenses and they're now using the 4-3 defense on the right side of the screen 99 daryl the steelers are now using the 4-3 defense and that leads me to believe that not only is hinkle out with an injury but robin cole must be hurting as well because i'm sure they would rather have cole and david little in the middle rather than dirk winston playing middle linebacker in a 4-3 steelers do not have a first down the bills now have 11 4 20 to go in the first half bill's leading six to nothing trying to get more now penalty marker thrown in there [Applause] illegal procedure against pittsburgh puts the ball down between the 18 and the 19 yard line there's dunn he's had a solid season the oldest defensive lineman for the steelers now 33 years old [Applause] out of the eye formation riddick riddick down to the 11 yard line and this big crowd is loving it at this point harvey clayton number 33 making the tackle nearly 80 000 sitting in here this afternoon and one of the steelers is shaken up down at the 15-yard line it is harvey clayton clayton who played at florida state what you have to be impressed with now is the way the buffalo offensive line is handling the steelers front line good holes for the running backs to get through they're not being touched until they get into the secondary if you give jim kelly the opportunity to be able to run the football the way he can throw it the steelers may have a long afternoon in front of them there's no question reggie that kelly has revitalized the interest in professional football in this part of the world when you have a two and seven record and you've got 80 000 people sitting in the seats that shows you how much uplifting one player can be in a sport particularly one that's as all-encompassing as pro football clayton in his fourth year shaken up and you'll see where it happened here i think as he and riddick banged head-on clayton has been much maligned earlier in the season he has settled down and started to play well you can see him on the left side of your screen there goes after riddick i didn't see anything when he made contact clayton's up and all right and his play has improved in recent weeks riddick now with 58 yards and a 5.8 rushing average and coming into the game to replace clayton is donnie elder number 37 it was a free agent wave of the jets he injured his ankle three games ago as being used as a kickoff returner so it is now swing 26 and elder 37 at the corners three minutes 57 seconds left to play in the first half bill's lead at six to nothing over the steelers and the ball at the 11 yard line first and ten the last time the bills were down here they disdained the 39-yard field goal attempt i think they're close enough now though to go for one and off to riddick reddick is down to the six riddick playing with that cast on his broken left wrist david little number 50 on the tackle a lot of the players are slipping down this part of the field i was down on the field earlier and the field is wet and this surface doesn't have the kind of traction that some of the other parks around the league have on artificial surfaces you slip more when this field is wet and we did have some showers yesterday and the couple through the night and it's a touchdown for rob riddick [Applause] get the job done this has been a very versatile offense in the first half when the bills had to win they relied on jim kelly's throwing on to move them down the field against the win they have run the football right at the pittsburgh steelers and that's something i didn't think the buffalo bills could do scott norwood missed the extra point in the first period here he is with john kidd holding and this is not a sure thing by any stretch of the imagination the kick is low but it is good [Applause] so rob riddick got the job done watch how determined riddick is going to the left of the screen there number 40. how he puts his head down levels eric williams number 21 and takes williams all the way into the end zone as he scores the second touchdown of the day for the buffalo bills a very splendid first half for the bills before this big crowd as they're out in front 13 to nothing over the pittsburgh steelers [Music] there's marv levy extremely happy despite the blustery wins and so forth take a look at the ticker jets 14 to nothing over atlanta indianapolis still in the lead chicago leading tampa bay [Applause] kansas city up 10 nothing over seattle and houston leading cincinnati 13 to nothing still no score rams in new orleans minnesota 10 nothing over detroit green bay has a one point advantage over washington here it's been all buffalo jay in the last two years and coaching changes and particularly those made in mid-season the coach of the team that's that he's replaced has not won a game well i'm reminded that no buffalo bill coach and marv levy is now the 10th has ever won his first game [Applause] sanchez is back picks it up at the 15. at the 20 at the 25 gets out to the 28-yard line oh the steelers have two minutes and 58 seconds try and get something going gary wilkins number 34 for the bills on the specialty unit downfield to make the play this is pittsburgh's sixth possession the previous five have been three downs and the punt they have no first downs in this game [Applause] mark malone quarterbacking the steelers [Applause] lots of time over the middle and complete out at the 35 yard line the tight end preston gothard first year starting [Applause] 24 years old the tight end last season the tight ends caught 12 all year for the steelers that is gothard's 12th this year [Applause] second down and four 220 to play in the first half alone again with lots and lots of time and he throws and it's complete again to gothard at the 42-yard line he's got the first down mark malone now is doing what he's been doing well recently and that's throwing the control pass the pass that gets the ball to the receiver in a hurry not trying to do things that are outside his ability and now we get the two-minute warning malone going over to talk things over and we'll take time out with the bills leading 13 to nothing i always thought 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flamboyant chichi rodriguez take on one of the world's toughest courses the isuzu kappalu international makes it in november to remember on nbc well there's part of the story certainly in the first down department bills with 13 the steelers with just one eugene and they just picked up their first first down time of possession while the steelers don't have anything going in that area either they're trying to get something going in the final moments of this first half and that's an incomplete pass intended for abercrombie he had caught 20 coming into today's game the reason why the steelers are having this type of day is that they've been relying on that rushing attack on first down the past three weeks the bills have shut down the running attack malone has to go to the past and he is not getting the ball downfield and you can see abercrombie watch him slip ernest jackson looked like he was in the clear down the right side second down and 10. [Applause] and malone has all kinds of time and the pass is incomplete caught it on the bounce 87 ouija thompson official right on the play called it incomplete a minute and 51 seconds left to play in this first half ouija thompson had a fine game a week ago he caught three touchdown passes his best game as a pro look at the coverage the bills aren't going to let anyone get behind them now you can throw the ball in front but you can't bounce it in front martin bayless there number 43 the strong safety out of bowling green but his stealers really do miss louis lips he is the legitimate deep threat he stretches the defense without him they have to plod along stallworth back in the lineup number 82 ehrenberg 24 also there that got spread out all over the field and that's sweeney going in motion [Applause] and the pass is complete and i don't think they got the first down they're about a yard short as ehrenberg gathered it in ehrenberg who played at colgate penalty marker is down ehrenberg making his 17th catch of the year let's see what the penalty call is steelers have not had many holding penalties this year they've been very good in that department they haven't had a lot of penalties in this first half number 74 offense terry long called for holding long the eight year man shortest offensive lineman in the league used to be in the special forces is he some kind of tough the stories they tell about him let's go to right side of your screen number 74 you can see terry long has his arm up around the helmet of sean mcnany and they caught him third down and 20 with a minute and 40 to go in this first half [Applause] that's sweeney in motion again alone over the middle and all alone down there was luigi thompson but he just couldn't get to the football he would have had the first down if he could have made the catch near the 40-yard line ouija thompson ran a marvelous pass pattern broke it off coming back across the middle had he caught the ball in stride he would have run for a while might have run all the way to the goal line newsom with the punt that's pitts back at the 20. slipped down at the 29-yard line and down field edwards again number 42 a 45-yard through the six yard return a minute 26 to go in the first half the jets now leading atlanta 21 to nothing i thought that game would be closer i did too and it's indianapolis still leading new england chicago leading still nothing doing between the rams and new orleans houston down 13 to nothing kansas city up 17 to nothing on seattle minnesota still shutting out detroit the bills have the 13 to nothing lead i guess is they may be rather conservative at this point handoff going to carl byram byram's out to about the 33-yard line met there by number 55 dennis winston reminder this telecast presented by authority of the national football league it's intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast or other use of this telecast without the express written consent of the buffalo bills and the national football league is prohibited jim richard number 51 the buffalo bill's left guard is an underrated offensive guard jay he's a very fine player and if you watch him you'll see him make good contact stay with his blocks and by and large they're running on the left side behind richard second down in five 40 seconds to play in the first half again once again they went right behind jim richard number 51. 55 winston on the tackle half a minute to play in this first half richard was an outland trophy winner from north carolina state on all america got to believe that there's some injuries in that pittsburgh steelers linebacking corps they wouldn't be playing the 4-3 and they wouldn't be playing all the different defenses with dennis winston and some of the other backup people that have been in there if it weren't for the fact that hinkle and little and cole are hurting marv levy as his first half of football behind him as the new head coach of the bills and his buffalo club has a 13 to nothing advantage over the pittsburgh steelers well a most interesting first half here at ridge stadium we'll be back with more right after these messages a football injury means weeks or years of agony the falcons william andrews knows it's like getting piping white hot coals from a charcoal grill and just pouring them on your leg the achievers those who face diversity and refuse to fail sponsored by the us army doctors said andrews might never walk again two agonizing years proved them wrong i told them i said hey i'm going to walk normal and i'm going to run and i'm going to play football again and today william andrews is back in all pro form a ranger never takes the easy way out you're reaching deep inside you for things you never know that's why getting into the ranges is tough and the training is tough so it makes me feel like i'm part of something really special [Music] and i'm not the only one leading at 13 to nothing they scored in the first period on the pass to reed and 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compulsive gambler bingo addicts a special report this weekend on newscenter 6 while sybil shepard is enjoying a career high as moonlighting's maddie parts of her past are coming back to haunt her next week on pm magazine sybil tells marilyn beck about the nude pictures that recently surfaced then the detective takes us inside the mysterious black box to see how it can determine the cause of an airline disaster and our pm poll asks the men only what woman they'd like to see in the white [Music] take you house we welcome those of you watching the pittsburgh buffalo game bob costa's back at our nfl 86 studios in new york a check of other games ken o'brien is having an unbelievable first half in atlanta he's completed 17 of 18 for the jets including 16 straight the league record is 20 a few years ago by ken anderson of the bengals and he is thrown for three touchdowns joe walton has watched his team take a 21-0 lead in their quest to go 9-1 on the season the falcons are really slumping after a 4-0 start here is the first of three second quarter touchdown passes by o'brien altoon superb second year receiver who leads the league with better than 60 receptions out sprints the defense and hauls in his eighth touchdown pass of the year then it's wesley walker on the next two this one a 46-yarder to walker to follow the 59-yard connection with altoon and then shortly before halftime o'brien goes back to walker once more there is walton receiving mr walker on the bench and doing so happily scrambling away from some difficulty o'brien finds walker at the back of the end zone for yet another score 21-0 in favor of the jets in ahmad just last week you talked about ken o'brien and one of your features and you said that you felt altoon and wesley walker were the league's best pair of receivers and they've gone out of their way today to try to prove me right on that and one of the reasons they're so good is the accuracy of ken o'brien and the thing that the jets do when you have a couple receivers like that they throw the ball deep and they do that as well as anybody in the league all right ahmad in the opener this year new england crushed indianapolis 33-3 the colts are 019 and they haven't scored more than 14 points in any game this year at halftime at the hoosier dome they lead the pats 14-6 chicago with mike tomzack at quarterback and he's run for one score and thrown to willie galt for another now adds a field goal they just got that 17-3 in the second quarter just before halftime at tampa bay the rams and saints go to the half at the superdome and there's no score in that game kansas city very tough at arrowhead leading 17-nothing over the seahawks as they approach halftime and perhaps chuck knox is saying my kingdom for an offense or perhaps he is not saying that in any case here is bill kenny who has replaced todd blackledge at the helm for the chiefs hitting walt arnold for that touchdown nick lowry had a field goal of 35 yards kenny came back and hit stefan page from eight yards for another score 17-0 chiefs houston just one and eight losers of eight in a row has just scored once again and they lead cincinnati 19 to nothing as they come up to halftime at the astrodome the bengals come into this game with a record of six and three green bay is in front of washington seven to six halftime at green bay and the difference in the game another missed extra point by the new kicker max zendejas they sent the great veteran mark mosley packing they signed zendejas last week against the vikings he had two blocked and missed another and he's missed his first extra point try today minnesota over detroit 10-0 at the half joey browner a 39-yard interception return for a score in that one for the vikings and in the game you're watching buffalo in front of pittsburgh 13-nothing in marv levy's debut as the bill's head coach will he turn jim kelly loose to a greater extent than hank bullard did well you can't prove it by this play just a little three yard flip and it's good for the touchdown to andre reed they missed the extra point after a bad snap rob riddick then added a five yard score a little bit later on the ground and they lead it 13-zip paul well maybe marv levy has found a way to coach a football team like he said i'm not going to do anything just tell them when to call timeouts and maybe that's what the head coach should do let the assistants do it you watch the first half has he opened it up a little bit with kelly he's rolling him a lot like he said he was going to do they're rolling right and left all right we'll be back with gene upshaw the head of the nfl players association and frank de ford from sports illustrated talking about steroid use a serious problem in the nfl after this from your local stations a soldier comes home to his greatest enemy war doesn't give you cancer frank one woman some lady been asking around about the sprain and now two heroes who fought a faceless enemy and one don't worry baby you're not alone anymore an unforgettable cast and movie unnatural causes to clear a little snow an aaron's st 2 2 compact is your best choice to clear a little more snow and aaron's 5 horse model is your best choice and to clear even more snow aaron's eight horse deluxe model is your best choice in fact if one of aaron's 17 two-stage snow throws isn't right for you you have only one choice buy an errand snow throw before november 15th and get a free parka at these aaron's dealers at halftime i'm bob costas joined for this segment by frank deford of our staff gene upshaw who heads the nfl players association and in a moment from california dr forrest tenet who is the nfl's drug advisor he's employed by the league if you were with us for the pregame show you saw frank de ford's commentary about the problem of steroids in the national football league and frank in your opinion it's more than a minor problem it may be one that has been overlooked because of all the publicity about cocaine but it's just as serious yeah i think it's it's time has probably come a very interesting interview last night last week that i read about harry usher the former commissioner of the usfl who called it an insidious weapon he said what we're facing now is players who bulk themselves up with steroids then take amphetamines and go out on the field and they they become literally carried away uh animals in effect and it's it's a horrible problem i think i think though we're beginning to address it gene upshaw you played with the raiders now you see it from another perspective as the head of the players association how serious is the problem in your view well it is a problem it's one in which we have to address i think is one in which uh we'd like to know exactly the health consequences that uh surround it uh in our recent case uh against the leg we really dwelled a lot on the steroid problem it is a problem we have to do something about it and we're we want to do something about it as long as it were negotiated between the players association and management would your group favor some kind of testing that would include testing for steroids yes we've always proposed that as uh as any part of any testing program that we might agree to we feel that we must look at the health and the long-term effects of steroids and this is just one example of we're willing to do that so your only objection for example to commissioner roselle's recent attempt to institute drug testing was that he did it unilaterally and didn't negotiate it with your association yes that's correct do we have a collective bargaining agreement we feel any changes in that agreement must be negotiated with the union and uh we will talk about the merits of the program as we enter negotiations uh next season gene don't you think there is to a difference between cocaine and steroids one being a so-called recreational drug and the other being a vocational drug that you use specifically to help yourself on the field there's a great difference isn't there there's a difference we run into a problem simply because the cocaine is definitely illegal the steroids is something in which a player can get from a doctor it's prescribed by a doctor but i think the players need to know the long-range effects and the health consequences that he faces if he uses them and you would acknowledge too that an awful lot of players are using them without prescriptions well i'm sure that there is a black market out there and i'm sure that if it's something out there i mean all of a sudden you see a player leave training camp at 230 pounds he shows up the next year 280 pounds overnight uh is definitely a problem as a player did you see it did you use them yourself no i never used steroids and i never had uh never really needed them i was large enough to play the game uh under my normal circumstances and i feel that there is no need for them you have to go with your natural ability and there are a lot of players out there that are really concerned about that they think we talk a lot about drug testing illegal drug testing and we really need to spend more time talking about the steroid question let's go out to los angeles and speak with dr forrest tenet who is an expert on the subject of steroids how pervasive do you think this problem is in the nfl dr tenant there's no question it's very pervasive and i certainly agree with gene it's an issue that has really come forward and it's one that is at the top of our agenda as far as priority because it is a problem we have to do something about it dr kenneth there's a lot of talk that the players in bulking themselves up their bodies are in effect getting too big for their bone structure do you think there's a lot of truth in that no question about this i i personally believe that a great number of injuries and a great number of the real mishaps in the game today are really responsible to steroids we don't know exactly how many but we know it's a problem and we do know that this extra bulk this extra mass causes injuries to players adopted senate steroids with a prescription under certain circumstances are legal is it possible if there are some circumstances any at all where it would be appropriate for a football player to take steroids i think that the physicians who deal with football players in the national football league are in general agreement that it is almost rare if ever that we would ever prescribe steroids for legitimate medical purposes to an active football player in other words all the steroids that are being taken are being taken either by being prescribed by unethical physicians or being taken illegally and we are totally against them we've taken a stand against them they have no place in professional football essentially outside of the increased injuries because people are getting bigger unnaturally they're faster the collisions are more violent what are the other health consequences of the misuse of steroids well they they are numerous first off not only do you have the aggressiveness but you have all the things that go along with this you have increased heart rate high increased blood pressure the long-term effects are serious liver tumors heart disease testicular atrophy and the big thing that physicians are worried about today is that we feel a number of these people might develop cancer several years down the line in other words the health consequences are extremely serious can you test reliably for steroids use yes they can be tested for very reliably except there's a major catch and that is the testing process is so lengthy that no one today really has the ability to do mass testing in other words we actually wanted to do testing for steroids in august when we tested all 2800 players but we simply could not test 2 800 players within three weeks dr tennant thank you gene upshaw is it going to take a len bias a don rogers for the players as a group to apply the kind of peer pressure that will be necessary to help stem the problem well we're very aware of the problem and we want to do something about the problem and that's one issue we're not afraid to face uh we understand the consequences the long-range effects one of the things that really would disturb me if i was a young player and i was on steroids would be what effect it's going to have as you try to produce a family i mean there has to be some long-term effects there also we got a young group of players that are just starting their families and i think they have to do something about that our thanks to gene upshaw from the players association and frank deford of course nfl 86 halftime activities will continue in just a moment back at rich stadium in orchard park new york where the bills lead at 13 to nothing jay randolph along with reggie rucker some first half for buffalo well buffalo has done everything right considering the win factor kelly threw well with the win and they ran well into the win pittsburgh hasn't done either let's show you how the scoring took place in the first period it was a touchdown pass from kelly to the man in motion reed good good strategy by marv levy to roll a lot in this game it gets kelly away from people and it puts receivers on the run it's been a good strategy that has worked well here's riddick from five yards out he wouldn't be denied here in the second quarter first extra point was missed the second one was okay and it is 13 to nothing here at halftime as we get set for the second half and uh marv levy obviously has had some very good uh effect on this buffalo club it seemed to be a much more spirited football team and sometimes it has a lot to do with the way you play look at total yards 27 and we'll come back to those stats as the kickoff comes down field and that's eric richardson taking it for the bills ball hits out of the officials picked up by one of the steelers down at the five-yard line well it was buffalo that had problems with the specialty teams at tampa bay last week and mike merriweather has that ball for the steelers and the steelers get a very big turnover to start this second half almost a devastating turn of events for the buffalo bills watch it coming on the right of your screen 82 eric richardson is carrying that ball very loosely in one hand the ball is going to hit the official come back toward the players and probably save the touchdown off of that for buffalo now who's mike murray weather has picked up that football and this could have a devastating psychological effect on the buffalo bills first turnover of the day for either side and for the steelers ernest jackson goes in ernest jackson bangs in and with just 16 seconds of the second half gone the steelers are very much back in the picture and i can't help but feel sorry for all those people that went out to get a hot dog and they have come back in here after 16 seconds and the scores 13 to 7 and they're probably wondering what in the world happened chuck noll has won many games with special teams and once again he's back in this football game because of his special teams [Applause] 13-6 there was an offside call as the bills had jumped off and it'll be assessed on the kickoff gary anderson originally a buffalo draft choice back in 82 will attempt the extra point newsom will hold a problem and just as the bills missed an extra point down at that end earlier this one is botched up what's the ball what's the ball from dan turk this is incredible right in the center of your screen i was right in his hands no problem [Applause] newsom botched up the hold now here's the play again that led to the touchdown the turnover the first in the game merryweather comes up with a football looked like a soccer style kick by the empire well he couldn't get out of the way meriwether got it down and jackson took it in for the score 13 to six the bills we're looking at those halftime stats earlier and we'll pop them up again when we have an opportunity let you take another good look at them richardson and tasker back to receive [Applause] gary anderson who because of a problem with his holder didn't have an opportunity to get the extra point through both clubs missing point afters in this game [Applause] wind gusting up to 50 miles an hour here [Applause] and the kick high and deep and it will come out to the 20-yard line i think we maybe have a chance to get those stats in again for everybody to look at it's been a very hectic second half up to this point well the point that i was trying to make incredible total yards 27 for the steelers you see how overwhelming the game has been in favor of the buffalo bills and just as we said that there was a fumble by eric richardson and now the game is is back into perspective for the steelers but time of possession strikes me too twice as long for the buffalo bills the steelers have to possess the ball a little longer in the second half jim kelly at the controls [Applause] and off to the second man through out of the eye riddick riddick is hit by david little number 50. riddick getting about four yards on the play and fumbles j leave a negative impact on not only the player continue in just a moment back at rich stadium in orchard park new york where the bills lead at 13 to nothing jay randolph along with reggie rucker some first half for buffalo well buffalo has done everything right considering the win factor kelly threw well with the win and they ran well into the win pittsburgh hasn't done either let's show you how the scoring took place in the first period it was a touchdown pass from kelly to the man in motion reed good good strategy by marv levy to roll a lot in this game it gets kelly away from people and it puts receivers on the run it's been a good strategy that has worked well here's riddick from five yards out he wouldn't be denied here in the second quarter first extra point was missed the second one was okay and it is 13 to nothing here at halftime as we get set for the second half and marv levy obviously has had some very good uh effect on this buffalo club it seemed to be a much more spirited football team and sometimes that has a lot to do with the way you play look at total yards 27. and we'll come back to those stats as the kickoff comes down field and that's eric richardson taking it for the bills football ball hits onto the officials picked up by one of the steelers down at the five-yard line well it was buffalo that had problems with the specialty teams at tampa bay last week and mike merriweather has that ball for the steelers and the steelers get a very big turnover to start this second half almost a devastating turn of events for the buffalo bills watch it coming on the right of your screen 82 eric richardson is carrying that ball very loosely in one hand the ball is going to hit the official come back toward the players and probably save the touchdown off of that for buffalo now who's mike murray whether it's picked up that football and this can have a devastating psychological effect on the buffalo bills first turnover of the day for either side and for the steelers ernest jackson goes in jackson bangs in and with just 16 seconds of the second half gone the steelers are very much back in the picture and i can't help but feel sorry for all those people that went out to get a hot dog and they have come back in here after 16 seconds and the scores 13 to 7 and they're probably wondering what in the world happened chuck noll has won many games with special teams and once again he's back in this football game because of his special teams [Applause] 13-6 there was an offside call as the bills had jumped off and it'll be assessed on the kickoff gary anderson originally a buffalo draft choice back in 82 will attempt the extra point newsome will hold a problem and just as the bills missed an extra point down at that end earlier this one is botched up what's the ball what's the ball from dan turk this is incredible right in the center of your screen i was right in his hands no problem newsom botched up the hold now here's the play again that led to the touchdown the turnover the first in the game merryweather comes up with the football looked like a soccer style kick by the empire well he couldn't get out of the way meriwether got it down and jackson took it in for the score [Applause] 13 to six the bills we're looking at those halftime stats earlier we'll pop them up again when we have an opportunity let you take another good look at him richardson and tasker back to receive [Applause] gary anderson who because of a problem with his holder didn't have an opportunity to get the extra point through both clubs missing point afters in this game [Applause] wind gusting up to 50 miles an hour here the kick high and deep and it will come out to the 20-yard line i think we maybe have a chance to get those stats in again for everybody to look at it's been a very hectic second half up to this point well the point that i was trying to make incredible total yards 27 for the steelers you see how overwhelming the game has been in favor of the buffalo bills and just as we said that there was a fumble by eric richardson and now the game is is back into perspective for the steelers but time of possession strikes me too twice as long for the buffalo bills the steelers have to possess the ball a little longer in the second half jim kelly at the controls [Applause] and off to the second man through out of the eye riddick riddick is hit by david little number 50. riddick getting about four yards on the play and fumbles j leave a negative impact on not only the player fumbling but everybody else because now instead of expressing your ability when you have the football you're more concerned about protecting it and that has a way of preventing you from doing what you do best clayton is out of the game with a concussion he will not return today [Applause] [Music] on second down they hand off again to redick riddick is out to the 26-yard line gary dunn 67 the noseman making the play it'll be third down in about three did you know that both jim kelly and dan marino the eminent quarterbacking duo who are pennsylvanians had their first 300-yard nfl performances in florida kelly's was in tampa last sunday and mourinho's of course in miami and each occasion their teams were losers kelly over the middle wide open flag down andre reid is going to go all the way they beat the blitz but there's a penalty marker down and i think they're going to bring it back illegal procedure against the buffalo bills [Applause] for one second didn't set that's a good call by referee gordon mccarter because kelly changed the play he recognized what was going on in the steeler front and when he changed the play he did not have enough time between when he made the snap call and the and the uh the the illegal motions of the snap they have not reset for the required one second now watch the running backs now he's checking the play off right now now they're still moving they have to be set for one second and they weren't and they were not puts the ball back at the 21. and this crowd was going wild now they're sitting rather quietly the steelers will be in a three deep on this play you can bet [Applause] kelly on the run and down he goes at the 23-yard line keith gary number 92 making the play and kelly is hurt [Applause] kelly sixth in the afc in the passing department with 163 out of 262 coming into today's game here's the other thing about those half role plays they kind of get your quarterback out of control jay and you don't want him out there that much when there's nothing else to do if you don't have anybody to throw with then he's left there well what do i do and quite naturally the thing that you want to do or you're you're compelled to do is run the football and he took a hard shot that time from the blind side that's why you don't see more of it in the national football league you've got to try and protect your quarterback marv levy a new head coach of the bills out there as kelly is up and apparently he's all right he was wriggling around with that left leg a little bit and he of course went down very hard on the shoulder you know he's a big strong quarterback he's 6-3 215 pounds and i've always thought football players from pennsylvania are tough anyway but watch this see it's the guy from behind keith gary that he doesn't see that hurts him john kidd ready to do the punting he had a record in 85 with 33 punts inside the 20-yard line rick woods is back to receive this 12 59 to go third quarter mills 13-6 bill's turning the ball over on the opening kickoff of the second half and the steelers getting in for six they point after mist and this kick against the wind should give the steelers a very fine [Applause] let's opportunity how it's handled [Applause] straight up in the air and it's going back down field and boy oh boy looked like one of my wedge shots against the wind when i played in england many years ago just comes right back at you that punt is six yards and if they hadn't caught the ball on the first hop they would have lost yardage on that punt now the steelers are going to have the football inside the 30. 13-6 the bill's back with more in a moment here at hewlett-packard we think long and hard about your business computing system and how it can help your people share more information and make better decisions so before we talk hardware we answer a lot of hard questions at hewlett-packard we never stop asking what is they need a network package between sales and shipping what if we took a new approach to the [Applause] problem give me a light that's not correct steve don't just ask for a light beer come on give me a light you asked for it steve [Applause] [Music] isn't just [Music] [Music] when you want to feel the thunder put yourself in today's chevrolet camaro iraq z and listen to your heartbeat [Music] [Applause] today's game is brought to you by the heartbeat of america today's chevrolet by federal express why fool around with anyone else and by hewlett-packard the people who turn your business computing problem into a business computing solution officially that was a five-yard putt a moment ago here are the steelers at the 29-yard line of the bills jay randolph and reggie rucker with you penalty marker goes down the handoff going to jackson got a couple but it looked like the bills might have jumped offside steve freeman 22 and lucius sanford 57 on the tackle five-yard penalty coming up against the bills steelers are still having trouble running the football [Applause] left side number 76 defense still the first door is the nose man one of the very best in the business right at the screen there you can see number 76 gets in the neutral zone and can't get back out in time smearless had one of his best games in december of 82 against pittsburgh seven tackles he caused the fumble he had two sacks when the steelers can't run the football jay they're like being in a fight and having one arm they just don't know how to function if they can't run the football and that is the way that buffalo has taken pittsburgh out of this contest until the fumble recovery first and five [Applause] that's jackson jackson is inside the 20. first down near the 17. charlie romes the cornerback number 26 came up to make the play time now to check in on the 10 minute ticker for you jets rolling along new england coming back chicago defeating tampa bay at this point i'll show you the other scores right after this play first and ten at the 17-yard line for the steelers that's jackson again jackson to about the 14-yard line pickup of two or three lucious sanford 57 on the stop kansas city shutting out seattle 17 to nothing still no score in that rams new orleans game houston 19 to nothing upon cincinnati detroit has scored against minnesota and green bay leading by one over washington here it is 13-6 the bills lead the steelers second down and seven at the 14. luigi thompson coming over wide to the right and it looks like hallelujah he may have audibled here he's going to give it a little shove back to jackson and jackson doesn't get much we spoke of that alley-oop pass and i would venture to say that pittsburgh will use ouija thompson at 6-7 against rodney bellinger at 5-8 at some point maybe in this series now jackson goes out that last stop made by sanford 57 it's third down and four for the steelers big play coming up for pittsburgh 10 and a half minutes to go in the third quarter [Applause] is in there with abercrombie thompson stallworth back in the lineup [Applause] luigi thompson is set to the right side we'll be watching him and there is the pass for the touchdown to ouija thompson an 11-yard scoring play for pittsburgh it was exactly as you called it luigi thompson against rodney bellinger it wasn't exactly an alley-ooper but it got the job done what they wanted to do was isolate a man who's six seven on one that's five eight and you can see third straight game he's caught a touchdown and i'd be screaming all day long if iowa thompson throw me the ball throw me the ball and they did it and that's all you can ask for and they've messed up the extra point try again they messed it up twice in this period with the wind at their back i got an idea why don't they just run for the extra point because they're not getting it done this way once again what looked like a good snap 10 11 to play in the third quarter hills 13 steelers 12. who has the easy to load easy to shoot easy to enjoy camcorder who rca it's the new pro wonder camcorder if you settle for less than rca that's exactly what you'll get [Applause] [Applause] this fall you can still get great low fares to more places on the biggest bargain airline united i got a vacation have a nice [Music] shower [Music] the goodyear vector is the all-season radial that pumps water away to keep more tire tread on the road and 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man for the bills went on injured reserve because of a quadricep injury the bills now will operate first and ten from their own 20 yard line keep this in mind going with the win buffalo in the fourth quarter they could kick or attempt a 65 or 70 yard field goal three of the four touchdowns have been scored when the teams had the wind at their back bob riddick and reddick pushed back david little number 50 leading the way for the steelers steelers doing a lot of mixing it up as we've indicated to you on defense with that 3-5 press and the 4-3 and [Applause] call it no gain on the play second down and 10 coming big crowd of nearly 80 000 here at rich stadium in orchard park new york on a really nice day they've gone to that 3-5 defense now jeff they expect buffalo to run it's a nice day if you don't count the win penalty market goes down steelers may have been offside riddick doesn't get much riddick pulled back and he's upset he wants to have a little chat with keith willis also robin cole offside against the steelers there's cole there's jim kelly offside 93 defense five yard penalty still second down against willis tony dungy slipped that 3-5 defense in there at the very last minute and caught the bills in a run offensive selection and stopped him but of course they were offsides and that defeats the purpose of the defense 9 15 left to play in the third quarter the steelers have the wind at their backs the bill's going uphill against it right now bill's leading 13 to 12 as the steelers get two scores here in the third floor and now more activity at the line of scrimmage let's see do the bills pull them off this time or not [Applause] 67 defense call goes against gary dunn the nose man watching the center of the screen 67 on kent hull number 67 and that's the second time this afternoon that gary dunn has been called for encroachment or offsides for the player of his experience you would expect that he should know better besides he's looking right at the ball out of the eye formation it's riddick and he's not getting much the steelers very much back in this ball game down by one point keith willis 93 leading the way meriwether 57 also there we'll pause briefly for station identification this is the nbc television network along with reggie rucker jay randolph at rich stadium orchard park new york bill's led at 13 to nothing at halftime steelers have come back with two touchdowns missed both extra points here in the third kelly rolling to the right side he's going to keep and run and he has run out of bounds over there by merryweather he had a big game last sunday didn't merryweather he had a sack first interception of the season jim kelly he has the entire package jets putting it on atlanta [Applause] indianapolis still leading kansas city shutting out seattle they're still scoreless in that rams new orleans game 19 to nothing houston over cincinnati minnesota 10-7 over detroit green bay by one over the washington redskins third and four at the 36 for the bills pittsburgh can hold him here the steelers might get that ball back in very good shape if the bills have to punt against the wind at this point on the field on the shotgun kelly throwing and it is incomplete he had his man ronnie harmon the rookie from iowa under throw him a little bit and harmon just couldn't hold on as he had to go down and try and get it looks as if the ball tails away from harmon just as he's about to catch the football here's kelly now eyeing harmon all the way you can see how the ball tails downward because ronnie harmon had meriwether beep on the pattern rick woods back to receive the punt that will come from john kidd kid's last punt was five yards he got it just too high in the air he's got to try to keep it lower try to get a line drive this one is a little better a lot better now what a great bounce picked up back there and returned to the 26-yard line by rick woods woods couldn't stop that ball from going behind tasker picked up this week 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during your off season diving catch good concentration that's the way to get a drive going he's now caught more passes than all of the tight ends for the steelers a year ago that was his 13th catch of the season [Applause] gonna put it up again he's had excellent protection going long down the field and it is incomplete almost intercepted the coverage was by charlie rome's number 26 as they were trying to get it to calvin sweeney sweeney trying to run under it sweeney came into today with 13 catches and a 19.1 average he started the last five games because stallworth was out of there this is a good play by sweeney who wants to fake the short route and take it deep but he's doing that against the wrong defensive back charles rome's 10 years of the north carolina and t has excellent recognition and he isn't the guy you want to go against on a pattern like that on second down and ten [Applause] along again to put it up out it comes and that is ernest jackson jackson to the 42-yard line daryl talley number 56 the former all-american at west virginia making the play the mountaineers with a good victory yesterday over rutgers stallworth coming into the lineup now for the steelers who are facing third down and six the ball at their own 41-yard line six and a half minutes to play in the third period rich ehrenberg returning for the steelers number 24. bills leading at 13 to 12. they have not gone to stallworth yet [Applause] sweeney is in the slot to the right side abercrombie and a whistle and was it too much time it might have been yep that's the call the steelers didn't get it off in time and normally you see that happening when you have to flash signals in from the sidelines player game offense still third down but the steelers don't flash their signals malone calls his own play so i don't know why they took so long well it's now going to be third down and 11 from the 36 with six minutes to play in this third quarter [Applause] he's got to get the football to a wide receiver downfield here he's been throwing a lot more to the backs lately but as you said they need 11 for the first down and the pass is off the mark it was intended for ouija thompson he was coming back toward the middle of the field the past thrown way behind him and rodney bellinger had the coverage and the steelers will have to punt of course ouija thompson is more effective down around the goal line because of his height but when he's out in the field the defensive back has the advantage because thompson isn't that fast and ballinger covered him well that time newsome who's had some ankle problems and only practice one day this week gets the kick away and it is all the way into the end zone it'll come out to the 20-yard line 64-yard punt with the wind that is back the bills lead the steelers 13 to 12. listen to [Music] your own put yourself in today's chevy spectrum and listen to your heartbeat [Music] where's the package uh your express company doesn't know nobody knows hold it 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perhaps all new perry mason tonight number 40 rob riddick playing with that cast on his arm and of course the bills turned the ball over in the opening seconds of the second half and the steelers got a touchdown they picked up another it's a one-point game you have to wonder how long the bills are going to gamble with riddick who has the cast on and protecting a slim lead the steelers are going to be stripping that ball from him critic the deep man out of the eye and he gets the football and riddick hangs on and gets to the 25-yard line maybe the 26 robin cole number 56 for the steelers stalled him there the steelers were juggling those linebackers a great deal in the first half robin cole was not in there a number of times and of course robin cole and david little have to be in the center of things for the steelers to stop the opposition from running cola number one draft choice got his first interception of his career against buffalo back in 80 he has four overall [Applause] second down and four again the i formation and again it's riddick and he's got the first down running with abandon he gets to the 34-yard line i'm amazed at the way riddick is playing and how he's carrying the football and yet running as you said with reckless abandon that's the way you want a running back to come through the hole good vision here as he spots the hole on the outside gets up inside look how he's carrying that football i still say that's a dangerous way to play the second half of this game when you protect a small lead like that he has that ball out there that concerns me donnie elder 37 made the tackle it is a first down [Applause] trying to bang up the middle is byron he gets across the 35 near the 37 robin cole stalled him at that point these two clubs next week the bills will meet miami's dolphins here at one o'clock the dolphins playing at cleveland tomorrow night and the steelers will take on houston's oilers at three rivers at one o'clock the oilers beating the bengals in the astrodome this afternoon three minutes and 45 seconds remaining in the third quarter and the bills holding on 13 to 12. some of the games next week hope you'll join us nfl 86 will kick off the day [Applause] again it's riddick and a good effort by riddick as he tried to get outside and then twisted back against the grain david little number 50 is there to make the tackle at the 40. let's call it the 42-yard line clock running down to near the three-minute mark left to play in this third quarter and you know buffalo jay is running this football because you know they want the win they don't intend to put that football downfield into this win they want to run this third quarter out take the win and then open up with kelly passing third down and one [Applause] kelly's going to put it up he's in trouble and i thought he was in the grass and now penalty markers go down pass came out to ricky moore number 42 there may have been a personal foul committed out there but i thought the quarterback was in the grass i think he is in the grasp let's take a look at it here right side of the screen now kelly can't find anybody to throw to gary dunn has him by the ankles now watch it number 96 anthony hinton comes in late why in the world would you do something like that i don't know well it's going to cost the steelers they'll march it off a personal foul against hitton and it's going to put the ball down in pittsburgh territory and chuck noll can't be very happy about that let's call that an injudicious decision by anthony hitton because you can mark it down at this point in the game in the third quarter 244 left that may be a turnaround in this ball you saw hitton game out of the game first and 10 at the 43-yard line here's a penalty against the bills as the back riddick moved on the play that'll cost him five yards here's what hurts pittsburgh more than anything else it gives buffalo a chance to continue to keep the ball in the third quarter when pittsburgh wants it desperately with the win 239 left to play in this third quarter they might refuse this penalty let's see [Applause] illegal motion number 35 on the offense penalty declined yards penalized steelers 65 bills 30. way to go coach well i bet you coached little league why give them an extra doubt my coaching days are long gone i'm just a just just a fan byram single setback riddick in motion to the far side kelly rowling under pressure again it looked like he might have been in the grass but they say no and the steelers are arguing that the quarterback was in the grasp of number 67 gary dunn swain had the coverage over there as the pass went out intended for metzeler as the tight end steelers are very close to forcing jim kelly to make a mistake kelly is throwing some footballs into the steeler defense that advisedly are not wise at this point in the game stealers are getting good penetration into that secondary they're grasping him but they're not controlling him it is grasp and control and there's a very thin line there on occasion out of the shotgun on third down and 12. they hand it off to riddick and he doesn't get it willis number 93 on the tackle and kid will come on and punt now you know what john kidd needs to do here when he gets this snap punt this ball as hard as he can right for the center of the uprights let's let it hang up there let the wind bring it right back into the field of play about the five of the 10-yard line rick woods is the man in the middle down there a low kick and it out of bounds at about the 19-yard line hi i'm mark malone of the pittsburgh steelers and this is my wife mary ellen we were both brought up in single-parent homes because we came from broken homes we know how some of these children feel that's why we're united way volunteers at this united way supported family and children's service agency because we know what it's like to grow up in a home with only one parent here at this fresh air camp single parents and youngsters can get together to work out some of their problems when i was being raised by my mom it was tough but i never gave up and these kids are learning that they can make it too united way wants to make sure that they get their chance that's why they support programs like this all across the country when you support your united way you're saying that you care about families you want to see every kid have a chance that's why we can say thanks because thanks to you it works for all of us the united way this message furnished by the national football league back here in orchard park new york buffalo leading by one abercrombie picked up four yards on the first play as there was a 24-yard punt now on second down and six the give is to abercrombie and he doesn't get much maybe a yard out to the 25-yard line where it's going to be third down and five eugene maher 54 making the play it appears that the insertion of ray bentley at inside linebacker along with maher who is a good run tackler at 250 pounds has been a key factor in stopping to steal a rushing attack 20 seconds left to play in the third quarter [Applause] third and five from the 25. now penalty marker goes down ehrenberg went to his left to go in motion fell down and it looks like it'll be a procedure call [Applause] let's listen to gordon mccarter as we look at the ticker [Applause] the procedure call new england now leading indianapolis kansas city shutting out seattle and houston 26-7 over cincinnati new orleans leads the rams six to nothing minnesota by seven over detroit and the redskins now lead 13-7 over green bay third down and 10. alone has had good protection got a man wide open the pass is complete out to ehrenberg it's short of the first down gun sounds that's the end of the third quarter pittsburgh steelers and the bills 13 to 12 the bills we'll be right back after this from your local station monday when elf gets a message from space will he stay with his new family please don't go or let his buddies 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have to punt into the win coach chuck knowles very upset they did not get that first down time ran out on them and now newsome must punt into the wind ron pitts is back and the shoe is on the other foot look at that well i know that coach chuck noll would our coach uh chuck knox i should say no would have uh wanted to have that punt come with a wind at their back at some point in this quarter chuck noll is going to have to make the decision to let's play four down football forget punning it anymore and forget field goals unless he's in an opportune situation to win with the field goal he's got to think about playing four downs 14 53 to play in the game and the bills lead 13 to 12 and they have the ball at the 48 yard line of the steelers riddick cuts outside at the 40. 35 and down to the 32-yard line what an afternoon reddick is having shell 31 and williams 21 making the tackle 16-yard pickup on the play and you might say well what difference does it make that the wind is at your back or into your face if you're running the football the difference is with the wind at your back they have a passing threat which loosens the players from the line of scrimmage and allows the runner to have more lanes to run in over 100 yards for riddick first time a buffalo back has had over 100 since the pittsburgh game last year this is byrum the rookie and he's hit by cole 56 and williams 21. clock running with 14 minutes to play in the game the bills now with that 50 mile an hour wind gusts at their back kelly no yards passing into the wind in the third quarter as the steelers got two touchdowns but had problems on both point after tries and you can see the wind is well it i think reggie it's stronger now than it was an hour ago definitely reddick in trouble hit right along the 25-yard line gain of about one gary dunn 67 was there i'll tell you what's important for buffalo now is that they make sure they do not turn the football over jay and kick a field goal if nothing else because a field goal will not beat you from pittsburgh pittsburgh would then have to score a touchdown and we can tell you right now it is going to be awfully difficult to score a touchdown going into this third down and three [Applause] and the steelers jump offside and another penalty will go against the steelers and give the bills a first down the steelers have this afternoon been uncharacteristically aggressive to the point where it has hurt them time and time again [Music] [Applause] chuck knows teams are usually drilled those teams are usually drilled very very proficiently and it's strange as you mentioned to see them act so anxiously just time after time after time and along that line of scrimmage they've had at least four or five penalties today for the same call [Applause] don't suppose kelly's cadence could have anything to do with that problem that could be and along with the win you can't hear when the wind is up this loud here's riddick no gain maybe a loss of a yard [Applause] steelers trying to hang in here tough and that was ryan hinkle 53 david little 50. hickle out of oregon little of course playing in his 82nd consecutive game took over for lambert little was the top tackler last year second down and 11. 12 minutes remaining in regulation time [Applause] kelly's gonna put it up he fires it out the mexilars and the big tight end is down to the 11-yard line [Applause] brian hickles number 53 on the tackle metzelers came here in a trade when byron franklin went to seattle back in 85 in august he caught seven for 113 yards at tampa bay last week this is such a guessing game the steelers had the blitz on buffalo has the right play at the right time metallars out into the sideline area kelly can get rid of the ball quickly good call on that particular defense three tight ends in the game now for marv levy's buffalo bills metzelers roll and wilkins are all in there don't think they got it he lost that was byram trying for the first down no gain on the play david little and robin cole were there in the middle and here comes the field goal kicking unit we know this is no sure thing no we've seen a couple of problems for the steelers when they had the wind at their back in the third quarter they missed both point afters now the key here of course is the good snap and the good hold by john kidd for scott norwood the ball will be spotted at the 20. it's a 30-yarder with the wind at his back [Applause] they're saying officially 29 yards [Applause] it's good the bills increase their lead to four as scott norwood gets the good hold and bangs it through this baby will blow the doors off anything on the road just like a bmw isn't she a bmw beauty build one like this you think bmw has advanced technology listen to this for about 22 000 you can own a bmw 325 or the hollow feeling of having settled for less he lives [Music] i've got the time a legend in jeans wrangler bob i need a trainer how about eddie he's just a kid so was i you've worked long 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to shut out seattle new orleans shutting out the rams washington leading green bay minnesota by seven over detroit first and ten at the 26 yard line for the steelers they're down by four ten minutes to play steelers have not been able to get their running game on track today and that's abercrombie getting just about two as he was hit by tally 56 the linebacker and smirlos 76 the nose man and that's going to continue to happen you know why because buffalo does not fear the steeler passing threat because of the win so buffalo has eight men at the line of scrimmage you've got five people trying to block eight it can't happen you can't run the football they have to throw the ball outside i don't care when or not they've got to do it [Music] luigi thompson going in motion malone using play action over the middle it is complete out of the 34-yard line to ouija thompson and the stop made by ray bentley number 50. and they're short of the first down by about a yard that's a good play good play here he puts ouija thompson in motion so that he can get him on the run and come back across the grain of the field good look away by malone hit squeegee thompson underneath now that's a good play good safe pass that can be thrown into this win they take sweeney out and put mark benning 66 an extra lineman up front and going for the first down it is ernest jackson penalty marker down it looked like jackson got enough for the first down but it also may be a penalty against the steelers it's against pittsburgh holding this offensive line had been so spectacular all year long when they played together because they hadn't been holding they hadn't been giving up sex number 52 offense mike webster the center number 52 against smearless the noseman well they caught the future hall of famer against fred smirles smirlos actually got into webster very good and webster had no choice but to hold and use his hands [Applause] third down and 11. eight and a half to play bills by four [Applause] malone gets it out to abercrombie abercrombie close to the first down it looks like he's got it at the 36. close or not jay they got to go for this i think that even if they're a yard short on fourth down they need to go for this well they got it it's a first down for pittsburgh a big play for them martin bayless number 43 the strong safety made the tackle as they continue with this drive jay look for chuck noll to just do away with any kicking at all they need to run on all four downs they need to play the first downs [Applause] nothing doing that time for walter abercrombie lucious sanford leading the way number 57. see bayless congratulating sanford sanford the start of the last eight years here at back surgery in the off season there he is number four draft choice played at georgia tech look at all of the people up around the line of scrimmage and blue shirts good pursuit to the ball right side of the screen number 57 is sanford he jams up that play causes abercrombie to go inside and get stopped in the backfield it'll be second down and 12. [Applause] number 86 gothard the tight end in motion great protection here and coming back trying to make the catch was ouija thompson bellinger had the coverage it's incomplete mark malone doesn't have anyone to throw to he's looking he has good time to throw the football and i think he wants to throw the football to 12 to 14 yard range but there aren't any receivers in the pattern watch malone now number 16. he's looking now he's looking for someone to get open outstanding protection you can't throw it folks if there's no one to throw it too now here is third down and 12. malone 10 of 21. stallworth 82 is back in there ehrenberg 24. they've got them spread out all across the field [Applause] and the pass is incomplete at the 45-yard line it went right through aaron bird's hands charlie rome's had the coverage but that was a catchable ball that was a catchable pass and one of the things that roams did he was looking into the backfield so he was able to leave john stalworth who he was defending and go help on the pass to ehrenberg and a hopeless situation for harry newsome who has to punt against this wind and a little squiver at the 49-yard line and the bills lead by four and they have the football near midfield i cannot imagine why you just don't go and attempt to pick up the first down 17 yards on that punt [Applause] hello yeah i got your proposal when you have a phone that remembers 20 numbers and redials with one touch and automatically gets through when a busy line is free and a whole lot more you can get plenty of office work done at home or run your business from wherever you choose to live we got a deal okay bye-bye gee no gte who has transformed video cameras making them more compact simpler more colorful more fun rca with the new pro wonder camcorder the camera and recorder that uses standard vhs cassettes plus solid-state technology for brighter more colorful memories pro wonder if you settle for less than rca that's exactly what you'll get you might be 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leading green bay now 16-7 redskins fans have got to be breathing a little easier second down and 12. kelly and almost intercepted at the 40-yard line kelly was trying to get it to andre reed john swain the old teammate of kelly's almost picked it off outstanding defensive position by john twain kelly's looking right all the way so rome i'm sorry so swain knows that he's coming his way and breaks in front of andre reid on the play it's going to be third down and 12. five minutes 55 seconds remaining to be played hills lead at 16 to 12. rolling to the left side kelly back against the grain incomplete and the bills will have to punt the ball [Applause] andre reed number 83 the intended receiver kelly a little out of control rolling that time tough throw back against the grain yes that receiver wasn't in his vision he had to actually turn his body 360 degrees back to the middle of the field and that's difficult to do even for jim kelly rick woods is back to receive the punt from john kidd there is woods pass a little high [Applause] and the kick oh look at this bounce at the three yard line the bills cover it and the pittsburgh steelers have a giant task ahead that was tasker the newcomer downfield number 89 tasker picked up this week 5 41 to play buffalo leads by four today's small cars are tougher than ever on oil their high compression engines not only rev high they can run hotter than regular small car engines their searing heat can begin to break down an oil immediately that's why there's castrol the only leading motor oil that in every grade provides maximum protection against viscosity and thermal breakdown so use castrol before your engine does something to get you heated up castrol engineered for today's smaller cars an idea can happen anytime and when you work for hewlett-packard you don't just sell business computing systems you solve problems so when you have an idea you do something about it you never stop asking what if you know that electronic mail project for the bank what if we used hp message [Music] the bmw 735i is one of those rare luxury sedans engineered by driving enthusiasts while other luxury sedans announce to the world you've arrived the new bmw 735i offers you the considerable advantage of arriving a bit sooner for a test drive contact your local bmw dealer [Music] america's favorite pastime returns to nbc as the nation's top rollers battle it out for bowler of the year honors join jay randolph and hall of famer earl anthony for the pba fall tour next saturday on nbc marv levy's bills lead at 16 to 12. levy the only man to have been a head coach in the canadian football league the usfl and the nfl of course chuck noll his steelers have got a tough assignment now first down the pass over the middle dropped the tight end gothard couldn't hold on marv the linebacker on the inside number 54. at the play now there's a flag down i am reminded hugh campbell also coached in all three lakes didn't he yes that's right la express and of course the houston oil that's right [Applause] i thought there was a flag down an illegal chop block the left side of the offensive line friendly after distance from the goal line illegal chop block which means that an offensive player cannot cut block a defensive player below the knees it's illegal bills have dean prather ella was a walk-on in oklahoma state was with kansas city the free agent 79 prather's out there now right side of your screen watch number 75 can really be dangerous yeah they used to lose a lot of knees in the early 70s in the mid 70s when that rule was in force penalties declined at second down [Applause] pass comes out to jackson jackson up the sideline out of bounds at the 18-yard line daryl talley ran him out over there it's a first down good piece of running by ernest jackson one of the few times today he's been able to get the football with some room to run he had trouble holding on to the ball watch it here ball floats around just a little bit malone looking away then coming back to jackson who stays with that ball nicely and then starts up the sideline good game from ernest jackson 12-yard pickup on the play five and a half minutes to play [Applause] along complete the gothard gothard gets it to the 34-yard line ray bentley free agent from central michigan number 50. inserted into the lineup today you see him there because he does so well against the run he played the usfl he made the check the bills have to make sure defensively that all they do is keep steelers in front of them if they don't make any unwise decisions to break on a football and miss and let somebody go deep for a touchdown then it's going to be very hard for malone to move this ball the way he's doing second down and four luigi thompson going in motion lots of time again the ball batted and incomplete certainly malone has had all kinds of time but it is a very tough day throwing against those gusts up to 50 miles an hour when you don't have your best receivers in the football game particularly a lewis lips who can break the game open on one play then the defense is not threatened at all [Applause] as fred smirl is in the center of your screen number 76 being handled by two steals and he still gets his hand up and down to knock the ball down third down and four [Applause] out again it comes to abercrombie breaks away has the first down abercrombie out to the 35-yard line white green number 45 made the stop a pickup of 11 on the play four and a half minutes to go [Applause] freeman shaken up on the play freeman the senior man in the secondary originally a special teams player now in his 12th year very intelligent performer out of michigan or mississippi state penalty marker down this has been the key pass play all day long for both sides number 34 spiked live ball while the clock was running technically this is a delayed game penalty five yards from a dead ball spot it is still first time still a first down abercrombie spiking the ball while the clock is still running i don't like a call like that at this point in the football game this game is closely contested and a play like that only serves to interfere with the natural flow of the game [Applause] four minutes and 20 seconds remaining to be played the bill's led 13 to nothing in half steelers got 12 in the third bills have added a field goal here in the fourth again to quarter and he gets to the 34. bentley again number 50 with charlie rome's 26 making the play this is a sensational play by ray bentley he had a man blocking him in his face and he was able to ward off the blocker and get one hand down there and trip up abercrombie pick up a four second and six malone goes down it was mike hamby number 75 first sack of the day for the bills wrong time to take a sack like that mark malone has to get rid of the football but he's had such comfort back there throwing the ball that i think he was lulled into a false sense of security that time hamby a six-round draft choice let's take another look at it and watch how long he has to throw once again cologne isn't getting people to get open for it you got to get open downfield third down and 16. [Applause] malone gets it out to abercrombie and the steelers hurt by the wind by penalties and i'm telling you this win this win j now is kicking up that ball just floated away from ernest jackson he had no chance to catch that you're going to see a very difficult attempt at a punt here [Applause] newsom [Applause] another bad bounce coming back the other way and it's going to be the bills ball at the steeler 43-yard line edwards down there for the steelers [Applause] coach is winning everybody's around marv levy chuck noll a loner over there on his side of the field no man is an island three minutes to go the steelers need a turnover they need to make something happen the bills need to hold on if they do it'll be the first victory for a bill's coach in his first game byram byron banging forward gets inside the 40-yard line update you with the ticker the jets handling atlanta new england now in very good shape so are the bears new orleans kansas city and houston winning cincinnati trying to battle back minnesota leading 24 to 10 in washington 16 to 7 now over green bay time called by the steelers they will have two remaining there's a good look at the man from east brady pennsylvania the timeouts left quite a story here today in buffalo paper about this young man and how he hasn't changed even though he's got all that money and how much the folks in the pretty little town of east brady pennsylvania revere him and he's also giving the people of upstate new york a great deal to look forward to as jim kelly quarterbacks the buffalo bills for the next 12 13 years or so well he's a talented performer almost rallied his club at tampa bay last week and has certainly showed his maturity and his ability [Applause] here's what marv levy said when he took over this team levy of course is a man he's a real expert at special teams and a kicking game took over his head coach at kansas city in 77 left there in 82 some people might be interested in his connection with the bills well he was a broadcaster in their pre-season telecast for four years got to know mr wilson here and he got the call last week nothing shaking here for byram and another time-out is called stopping the clock with 2 43. i got a kick out of coach levy telling us last night about him trying to get here from montreal and they didn't want him of course to register in his own name but he couldn't get through customs in montreal so he flew from montreal to toronto and they sent a car up to toronto picked him up and drove him down here and despite all of that some guy in the toronto airport said hey aren't you leaving that's right levy said if there's one thing that he would do a second time around as a head coach would be to control his emotions on the sidelines during the game so he can be more in control of his thoughts and i think based on today's game you've got to say that he's been in a very very effective sideline boss today because he showed an adaptable game plan well let's remind you next sunday a double header on nbc nfl 86 at 12 30 with bob costas and the crew and the first half the seattle seahawks and meet the bengals there are the other games of course the rams with eric dixon clashing with the new england patriots check your local listings for the times the games in your area a doubleheader day on nbc next sunday and uh hope a lot of you will join earl anthony and yours truly next saturday afternoon we'll have bowling for you at two eastern time it'll be in mike albee's hometown indianapolis indiana at the woodland pole for the 135 thousand dollar true value open i bowled every now and then jay pretty good no 180 180. how do you need to work on that a little bit before you come out on the pba tour but [Applause] all right it is third down and two at the 36. [Applause] riddick penalty markers are thrown into the pile as riddick who's very close to the first down near the 33. tackle made by david little number 50 and let's see what referee gordon mccarter can indicate to us holding that'll hurt the steelers have one timeout remaining we have 2 38 left on the clock bill's lead at 16 to 12. offensive center 10 yards all goes against kent ho paul who was with the usfl new jersey for three years number 67 with the infraction so it's going to make it third down in 12. when you see that umpire throw a flag he's the fella that lines up behind the linebackers on defense when you see him throw a flag you can bet it's holding by the offensive line now kelly and company don't want to do anything that might turn this ball over here that's right they want to sit on this thing and as long as they do that protect the ball they're going to be in good shape i i might have i don't know if i'd have rob riddick even though he's had a great game i don't know if i'd have him in here now with the cast on now kelly wants to throw he does oh he had a man wide open couldn't get it to him oh andre reed was all alone and it's a play like that with the kind of risk and the return that you could get that's when a play like that works you don't expect them to throw the ball andre reed made a fine move inside on john swain and then went back to the outside swing fell down it was six points but he couldn't complete it time john kitt who has the wind at his back his average 31.3 is longest of the day 47. the steelers appear to have a rush on we've got to be going for the block here rick woods downfield here come the steelers he got it away no return again and it goes into the end zone so the steelers have two minutes after that 46-yard punt they will get the ball at the 20-yard line they've got 80 yards to go they are down 16-12. to be no secret about what has to happen here there's very little time to run the football the steelers have already used two timeouts they've got one timeout left and the two-minute warning so you can look at that maybe as being two two minute warning they'll come right after this first play they have to throw the football and they've been doing it by throwing it to abercrombie out of the backfield let's see if they continue with that aaron berg is in there he's set in the slot on the left side [Applause] and the handoff coming to abercrombie abercrombie gets out of bounds as he gets up to the 22-yard line 157 on the clock martin bayless the safety man 43 ran him out so the two-minute warning is given here at ridge stadium the bills lead at 16 to 12. a t the right choice against the vikings philadelphia's wilbert montgomery rips minnesota for 98 yards trailing by five with one second left from the viking one there's time for only one play should the eagles call on workhorse montgomery once more or cross off the vikings with a pass what would you do [Music] this is a cover story taking shape for time magazine but late breaking news stops the presses time puts at t skynet digital service into action via satellite a new cover story is transmitted instantly accurately and rolls off the presses in under 24 hours let us show you how at t digital services can help your business a t and t the right choice what did you decide with a viking defense keying on montgomery ron jaworski throws to tight end jon spagnula for a heart pounding victory the eagles made the right choice [Music] well a big day for the bills but the steelers still with the opportunity although it's very tough going against that win reggie nonetheless i think that mark malone has to throw the ball to maybe calvin sweeney who has the speed to get deep john stalworth's experience will be worth something he should be in there working inside and of course ouija thompson who has already caught a touchdown earlier in the ball game they need to feature these players because if they don't they don't have a chance to get this football 80 yards [Applause] this wind is if anything increased as the game has gone along and the last report we had were that the gusts were right around 50 miles an hour [Applause] man i'm not up there in a light plane today let's pause briefly for station identification this is the nbc television network wjac tv 6 in johnstown reggie rucker jay randolph with you second down and eight bills lead it 16-12 double pump and the pass is complete out to sweeney and sweeney is out to the 43-yard line reggie you mentioned that might be the receiver they'd have to go to to get something happening clock running with 140 to play a pickup of 21 yards one timeout left for the steelers [Applause] malone trying to rally him and the pass on the far side a complete pass on a sensational catch by sweeney at the 45-yard line isn't that amazing penalty marker down gonna be a holding call it'll nullify it and boy the steelers are really upset and well they should be [Applause] holding 73 call goes against the orchard park native craig wolfley number 73 coming back from knee surgery and coming back to his hometown didn't amaze me as a player and it doesn't amaze me now how you can move the football than the last two minutes when you couldn't move it all game long a minute and 30 to go first and 20 now [Applause] a draw and banging up the middle that's abercrombie and he got a big chunk of it back as he reached the 49-yard line before derrick burrows number 29 an extra defensive pack in the game made the play a minute and 10 to go [Applause] malone throwing and almost intercepted at the 40-yard line on the far sideline sweeney was over there but it was bellinger who almost picked it off there's the head man chuck knoll and he has been very exercised in the second half the fact that they have not tried to get the ball to john stalworth leads me to believe that stalworth even though he is out there is not ready to play you don't have a player like john starworth on the field and not throw football to him third down and four and it is complete for a first down to ehrenberg ehrenberg took it in and got it down to the 44-yard line 50 seconds to play one time out left for the steelers [Applause] made the stop and now timeout is called that will be the last time out for the steelers the bills lead 16 to 12 34 seconds remaining the 1986 indianapolis 500 champion bobby rahul winner of the fastest indy in history continuing the winning tradition of budweiser racing teams mommy took the checkered flag to win the indianapolis 500 racing fans this buzz for you [Applause] how much longer till we get there brakes internationally patented suspension uncanny control conventional luxury sedans are built to survive accidents bmw 528 e is built to avoid them let's see if they're okay second down and five at the 39. over the middle it is complete to ehrenberg erenberg got it to the 30-yard line clock down to 25 seconds here's where you're gonna have to start looking for john stallworth and his experience milan throws 13 seconds left to play aaron burke couldn't hold on and they're gonna have to throw that ball down the field at this point maybe hope to get an interference call or come up with a big play the next couple of plays will have to be thrown into the end zone i don't know whether malone has enough arm to get the football there with any velocity but he has to go into the end zone with his next throw sweeney discussing it there with malone he trots back onto the field this big crowd yelling defense defense hoping the bills can get the victory for their fans here and for new coach [Applause] he brings it back and is just running around with it out there and the celebration takes off here at rich stadium pass was intended for sweeney the victory for the bills mark levy is an ecstatic coach here first time ever that a buffalo bills head coach named coach during the season has ever come out and won a football game bellinger as you said has had a big day all day long for such a little guy well he started right out setting the tempo doing a splendid job and of course riddick also had a big day kind of tough to choose an mvp in this one between riddick and bellinger bella just got that football and he's going to hold on to it [Applause] the bills come away with the victory over the steelers the steelers now are three and seven a very tough loss for them and buffalo moves to three and seven on the year and they are three and two here at ridge stadium this year let's watch this final play of the game we knew they were going to have to go down field with it actually it was the finest pass that malone threw all day he did muster up and get good velocity on the pass there's derrick barrows covering and malone's got the ball underway now really bellinger was between ouija thompson and was in good position and made the catch well our budweiser mvp the most valuable player award sponsored by budweiser goes today to rodney bellinger a third year man from miami and budweiser will make a contribution to the united way on behalf of all the mvps selected of course in today's games well it was a big victory for the bills a tough day for both clubs when they had to go against the wind no question about that well it was a reward also for the fans coming out here to this game today buffalo 16 pittsburgh 12. we'll be back with the budweiser nfl report and bob costas after these messages from your local stations the abstract term good television

Channel: Jean-Paul Müller

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Rating: 4.875 out of 5

Keywords: Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, 1986

Id: ybK52GUNejM

Length: 196min 42sec (11802 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 21 2021