1987 Cleveland Browns at Houston Oilers Week 11 Football Game

one products are designed to perform better and by GTE gene no jte the blue and white spot piles are back and so are the crowd welcome to the Astrodome in Houston for what should be a beauty it's the Cleveland Browns and the Houston Oilers and the AFC Central Division standings tell you the whole story in this one the Browns are six in three the Oilers are six in three and this is really a coming-out party for the Houston Oilers I'm Tim Donovan along with Reggie record we should have a beauty here for you this afternoon the owners are out to show everybody including the Cleveland Browns that they are for real they're doing a lot of funny things offensively and the guy in the middle of all that foam engineering is Warren Moon warren moon is having an amazing season he is playing with confidence now everybody knows that he's been a fine passer but the thing that he is doing this year is running with the football and doing it well he has to gain breaking wide receivers in drew Hill and Ernest givins but the man that I think that's bringing it all together for the Houston Oilers offense is running back Mike Rozier on the Cleveland Browns had a battle-tested time and parolee this division now the last two years in a row and a short career has never lost a game to the owners his floor wins and no losses but [Music] [Applause] that's because the Houston holders bike took blitz on almost every down now cosa isn't the very mobile quarterback he has difficulty getting away from the Blitz added to that the fact that the Houston corner backs cover very tightly they don't give you any place to throw the football Marty Schottenheimer gathering the troops around very emotional coach loves the special teams loves the kicking game and right now he's talking things over for season there you see the success Reggie he has really turned them around a great deal he's brought them back in a couple of years have won two AFC Central Division championships in a row over on the other side Jerry Glanville is really in the position that Barney was in when he took over under the Cleveland Browns he's trying to tell this team and this city and the Central Division that his team is for real they can win today he's got a big opportunity this is essentially a game for power in the Central Division of the AFC Jerry Glanville would like to be where Marty Schottenheimer is the Cleveland Browns are the big boys on the block Houston Oilers think that they've grown up now it's a late arriving crowd right now but they have sold the Astrodome out and they have sold standing rooms only seats and of course this is going to be a big loud place here this afternoon they're late arriving because they forgot how to get here I think this may be the first sellout and weeks maybe year they had a great crowd I guess when they played the Bears last year but really the last time they played here in the Astrodome they had a crowd of just under 30,000 for that game the orders are set to receive the kick of Jeff Jagger this kickoff is being sponsored by Budweiser biers he's a rookie Jeff Jagger and he set to tee it up and kick it away Curtis Duncan a rookie at the port western and he receives the ball is Moraga right nerds out to the five can he get out of this mess no he's short of the ten yard line as he is brought down on the play coming down there was David Grayson and also Chris Rocco's kick returns are a matter of timing you cannot afford to muff a kick because if you do all of the blocking schemes ahead of the runner will collapse and the coverage people will be down on you and we won't be able to return the ball very effectively there you see Grayson and Hawkins coming in maybe special teams hit here's the honors offense moon gets it going Rozier comes off a 99-yard performance the blocking fullback ray Wallace and all of that talent and wide receiver the tight end his range in a real strong big offensive line here are the Oilers right now starting right out out of the shotgun under the red gun it's a direct snap it goes to those back to moon well we're going to play football right typical and he couldn't pull it down 35 yard line from the Cleveland Browns they're sending a message to Cleveland right now it's going to be a wide-open game they're trying to get those corner backs off the line of scrimmage Sam Clancy's in for the injured Reggie camp at that defensive end Kent had arthroscopic knee surgeries at four to six week bollock Hairston Hairston having a Pro Bowl type year according to the Browns defensive coaches the linebackers Sanford then Johnson and Johnson inside and Clay Matthews having a tremendous season too and the secondary is a good one the two best corners in NFL and Allyson Felix right at the center second down and 10 they call this the red gun Hopkins I'll talk more about it here's me this is Rosie to the outside and he's missed out of bounds by Mark Parker as he drives him out of bounds Harper over there to stop him on short yardage as Rozier tried to get to the outside corner that's a key formation for the Houston Oilers the red gun offenses formation they want to get into the door to passing formation as you just saw they will run the football Rozier makes most of his big yardage when they are and spread the defense across the field and they look for those natural running winning holding up in their own end zone and went on how tricky you can be right here on third down in long deep in your own territory the ball out at the 8 yard line third and 10 out of the shotgun for wide receivers in hence Gibbons and motion here's moon LeBron's trying to get the big rush on he's got a hole [Applause] as Mark Harper dragon respect pandemonium at some because Warren Moon can turn you on just like this we've talked about everybody knows he's a great passer but this what's this now this is what he is doing in 1987 that's making a difference look at the speed of Moon getting outside of the Cleveland linebackers enough for the first down big play early in the ball game by Warren Moon 12 yards on the gain it looked like 59 Mike Johnson was hit on a blitz he got sidetracked on the block that opened up the middle and moon shot through first and 10 just short of the Houston 20 22 yard line and the Browns on stack there there you see 24 ray Ellis 51 Mike Johnson and Sam Clancy on a Pittsburgh offense they do not rest the ball very well there you see Mike Rozier a former Heisman award winner from Nebraska his team went down to defeat yesterday his former team went down to beat to Oklahoma and the Houston Oilers will though when they get into the red gun offense and spread that thing be very explosive it's at the Houston 22 yard line woloson Rozier sit down to place second in a play action fake [Applause] scratch is out and it was Louisville against Louisville right there Frank Minnifield against Ernest Cubans there's quite a rivalry there and Gibbons couldn't hook it in those two just do not like each other the story is they were both on a Louisville talk show and Frank Minnifield said some things about Ernest givins that giveth didn't like Gibbons got up during the middle of the show on TV and walked out so there really wasn't much talking going on that after that that pitch scare a talk-show host where they walked off and I talked with milk Jackson the receivers coach of the Houston Oilers he says Ernest givins is just an emotional player he has matured a lot and we have told him play football and do the talking after they're up underneath Center mean is not into the shotgun right now Cubans in motion third down long third and eight Dixon on the Blitz the grounds pretty good [Applause] Harper brings him down and there's a flag down on the play - lets check it out a flag deep back by the 10-yard line roughing the passer on Cleveland most of you who have not had an opportunity to West the Houston Oilers play the young man wearing number 81 Ernest givins is one of this league's great players only in his second year Fred Wyatt the official pushing for roughing the passer number 59 run coverage we want to get your wide receiver in motion so he does not sit at the line of scrimmage and have to take these people on hit on head now Gibbons with the great speed makes the quarterbacks move away from him because he has that concentration [Applause] tack on the roughing penalty but it was questionable I think really not too much roughing going on there didn't seem like there's the series the Browns have won six out of the last seven the only lost game this year in a replacement game in Cleveland 15 to 10 was the fun my moves cashing in big on third down plays they're two for two as he drops back to the short side [Applause] I get the impression someone else should have been out there I think and the Houston offense they have what's called option running ability and the receivers read on the run and they run their patterns based on what they see the defense do sometimes when you have that kind of philosophy the quarterback can see something differently than the receiver does let's take a look at that roughing penalty once again on that pass play as they called it on Harper that's number 59 Center your screen Mike Johnson [Applause] second attend killing motion we've got the four wideouts in this is the red guy moon back [Applause] [Laughter] moon is putting the needle as he just carves up that Cleveland defense up the middle and they are deep inside the 25 take a look at that step nine receptions five touchdowns including a game-winner this is an exciting young wide receiver number 80 right in the middle of your screen good patterns coming across you see the concentration that's one of the most difficult catches for we see you to make gemenese run make the catch number 82 no customer kritis Gibbons goes on to the top of the screen as we center in a more noon it's first to ten inside the Cleveland 25-yard line remember this drive started inside the Houston lucious Sanford as the frogs had that one smelled out correctly you always like to get Givens in the open field one way you do that with a wide receiver is getting the ball on reverse watch number 50 Lucius Sanford scintillating defensive play big law you want to talk about a very good insurance policy that the Browns picked up and a player Lucius Sanford is exactly that when the Browns traded away chip banks and brought in Mike Junkin they knew they needed some experience they went out and got Sanford who was cut loose by the bills and he is now stepping in with junking out injured and playing that outside linebacker position he's out of there right now what a fit law second and 23 a loss of 13 on the play for wide receivers in to the Houston offensive liner and moon goes back the rush is there so the ball he'll cross it up it's a loose ball and they roll it in in completed passes Dixon on the cover and number 29 Hanford Dixon folks is the premier defensive back in the National Football League today he has it all great coverage great instincts good feet and he hits like a linebacker watch it here he'll has the football Dixon puts the shoulder right in his ribs ball comes loose good boy third down at 23 moon as their as their reserve numbers 41 yards so far Steven Bragg's is into the bronze lineup number 36 playing a corner out of the shotgun again direct snap to Rozier he'll go nowhere as Dave lazuli puts the knock on him back at the 40 yard line so the orders were moving and all of a sudden moved backwards it shows you what one defensive play can do to a drive the play by lucious Sanford was the key play and the Cleveland Browns stopping you all is on that run the big loss the olders weren't able to recover from it Lee Johnson is into Ponte has an average of 41 point three yards per punt 59 yards the longest his job right now is to get him out of bounds and don't let it go down to number 89 there is the IceCube Gerald McNeil the one thing that Lee Johnson does and does well as he's able to kick that ball some kind of uncanny ability to kick it out bounds inside the 10 yard line whistles on the play on the snap the lowest time well this gives them a little bit more of an angle now doesn't it retching yes they wanted they wanted that penalty because they have a better shot at giving the ball tuning the bounce outside out of bounds brother let's tell him about Gerald McNeil right now McNeil in his last three games has had to punt returns for touchdowns called back over 90 yards against Atlanta and a 73 yarder last week against the bills was both for call back or when you're playing the Cleveland Browns when you kick to them whether it be kickoff or punt they are very dangerous football team because of the presence of Glenn yo and this man Gerald the IceCube McNeil Johnson into the ball Eric Catchpole for Bligh McNeil as he races up and makes the catch 20 40 yard line and that was not a good pun the Browns dodged a bullet as the Oilers were moving we'll be back with Cleveland's first possession every day Jack Taylor and Joe Donovan take the same road but today they're way [Music] here's to you the clean crisp taste of beechwood aged Budweiser for all the guys who'd go out of their way at brawn we believe simple is better than complicated order is better than confusion quiet is better than loud only through superior design can one achieve superior performance it is this philosophy that has helped make brawn the number one selling foil shaver in the world what's also helped is that no other shaver gives you a closer shave brawn now available in America you Sonic's music system now the best seat in the house is in your GM car Delco electronics is who we are [Music] remember the owners had won six in a row against the Cleveland Browns until this day during the strike replacement quarterback Brent piece fires across the middle Keith McDonald with the touchdown at Cleveland Stadium and it resulted in a Houston five point victory fifteen to ten it lost six games in a row the others had lost six in a row to the brides here's the Browns offensive line coach R who is only completed 43% of his passes in his career the offensive line has had to adjust with Ricki Bolden out with a broken leg but Ferran and Williams are Manning that left side it was only a 20-yard pump Lee Johnson goes on back and time and fighters got it and first down out to the 37 yard line tackle made by the right outside linebacker Johnny means when you play against the Cleveland Browns off and you better find out where number 44 Ernest Byner is he is the man that will play a lot of different positions he is a great runner great passer inspirational leader he is the heart and soul of this offense Cleveland Browns was a 13-yard cash play he's also the leading receiver right now for the bouncing there he seemed at the top of the screen he goes out as a wide out along with Webster slaughter Brian Brennan down at the bottom of the screen the Browns start out with a first down pass play and it connects Kevin Mack is the lone back in the backfield against the oiler defense he gets the ball against Bostick and goes out over the 40 yard line Keith Bostick a big big hitter the front three for the Oilers Childress Martin getting a second chance of real reprieve here in Houston Jerry Glanville likes the way plays in birth the rookie Al Smith on the inside linebacker position and the secondary and they feel they've got a great one to two good corners Braun and Alan Foster who has six interceptions and dimes Boston maybe the best strong safety wall is out over the 40-yard line the 42 [Applause] it's Langhorne in motion and heading back and again it smack Roots is way over the right side and runs right into the linebacker John Grimsley out of Kentucky and Richard Byrd when you talk about the Cleveland Browns offense the personality of it is one of diversification they have outstanding balance they throw the football to seven eight sometimes Jim as many as nine different people they can run the football as well as throw it they are awfully difficult to contain defensively Chad Grimsley is down on the field the linebacker will check out his condition and will be back to the Astrodome scoreless right now we'll be back in a moment it's a Radio Shack Merry Christmas I'm giving everyone a mini phone from RadioShack 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 1295 I even bought myself one hello the mini phone on sale for 1295 only at RadioShack they're just trying to get these finals graded got a revive with vibrant fiber and helps wake you up government appointed experts confirm vibrant is effective revive with vibrant listen to the sound of a closer smoother shave Williams electric shave sets up my beer so my shaver shaves closer and I get a smoother shave listen to Williams electric 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that is the result originally leaving the field they lose a lot when they lose him he's a big hitter from the linebacking spot when you play a power team like the Cleveland Browns who has that big 230 pound runner Kevin Mack in the back [Applause] they will miss John third down and three on the Browns first possession let's see what Cozart does Spiner shifts over in the backfield he has four wide receivers in her life as Brennan heads out looks like he's checking off at the line of scrimmage took a long time to cut the playoff and biner looks like he'll get the first down as he goes up close to the 48 yard line it will be very close tackle made by Jeff Donaldson the free safety and Ray Childress it's next to impossible to stop a football team like the Cleveland Browns in third and two because they have so many weapons you cannot key on one player good block right there by Larry Williams number 70 that block actually Springs buying it through the hole and any good back that gets by the first block ought to be able to pick up two yards in the National Football League Browns put a play in this week called a wraparound draw and I just caught the end of that replay when Cozart was handing the ball off to Byner and it looked almost as though he was doing that nice language to the wraparound draw to get that it's a first down as they push it through there and Cozart gets a great block from the outside and he's going down the sidelines and Ozzie Newsome makes the catch and the streak goes on Steve Brown knocks him down and Newsom is inside the Houston 30-yard line it's a hundred and twenty two games in a row now with a pass call but this is a painful Ozzie Newsome is about as tough a Titan as you're ever going to see in the National Football League he has caught many passes this way and taken big hits watch it again now he's looking back making a concentration on the football you look at his head he doesn't care about the defensive back until after he has caught the football maintains possession good hit there by Steve Brown as he's getting up and there's Steve Brown here's Ozzie looks like he's okay I'm trying to get some air back in there we checked the Tim in a ticker scoreless at New England Tampa Bay jumps up and few goals Pittsburgh and green bay leaves over Kansas City first down there's a 25 yard pass play from Cozart and newson inside the Houston 30-yard line this is Mack here he comes as he bounces off the hidden gets inside the 25-yard line and finally Robert Wiles brings him down and that's what makes Mack so tough that's second effort and here's what you missed a John Grimsley because this is Grimsley's hole to field punch it now this power back he comes in there bounces off a couple of tackles ray Childress good vision picking up that extra yardage 81 Derek - now a replacement player is in a tight end for the Browns replacing Ozzie Newsome and again they'll stay with the hot hand and it's Makani pushes inside the 20-yard line and gets up close to a first down near the sixteen and Toby Caston who replaced brimsley a rookie out of LSU he comes in and makes the tackle a reminder to our viewers now they will be selecting the Budweiser Most Valuable Player for today's game at the conclusion of the ballgame with that catch he now goes past Mel gray and is third on the list where that streak catching a pass in hundred and twenty two consecutive games Ozzie Newsome the Browns did get a first down and they're at the Houston 16 yard line Brennan and slaughter lined up is the White House now Kosar quickly to Tennille across no signal yet there were no more come short Garrick Tinnell the tight end it was Bostick and Domingo Brian who makes him back [Applause] watch number 81 - now that looks like a pic there by Cody rising I'm not sure why Cody risin was able to make contact with that defense first of all inside the one the Browns thought that he got in for the touchdown there Marty Schottenheimer had the hit set off [Applause] I think they might take a look at this well I think they're going to take a look at the ocean but well they may be taking a look at the touchdown but there are people out there wondering why they didn't call the penalty on the pic bears because the instant replay cannot be used for anything other than places of possession and boundaries there it is again that's clearly a pic on Bostick by number 63 Cody rise and he is supposed to be downfield on a pass play alright they're showing the replay up on the screen and they're saying that he was down short of the goal line the reason why we talked the call to Jim the reason why we talked about that pig play because when you play a lot of bump and run coverage such as Cleveland and Houston do then pick plays are priority in terms of the offense will see a lot of that today ron's try and push it in minors in touchdown Cleveland with a great block from 40 to Tim Manoa the rookie out of penn state and the browns take it in on their first possession and they're up 6 nothing let's watch the good block on the right side of the screen number 42 what's the lead block this is the important block minora must take on that Barca he does it and find fashion neutralizing the play at the line of scrimmage of number 54 Al Smith and of course there is banner the tough one getting up inside for the touchdown gary Danielson will hold for Jeff Jagger as we look right down the barrel on the extra point [Applause] jakers got a hat loop with this one he's going to throw it seems of Garrow you coming him right after the Super Bowl and there's a good moment in the ballgame this early and now the crowds back up again you would think they would be out of the game after a touchdown we'll see if that comes back to haunt the Browns they store and wait six nothing [Applause] nowadays when it comes to telecommunications there's a great deal of confusion with so many different products and services available it's a real problem knowing what's 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Fontenot 64 Frank winters a rookie handles the snaps for the bronze replacing a long time snapper for them Scotty Nicholas beat him out during training camp number 63 is Kody rising to the AFC Pro Bowl for the first time he's Korea last year that's Johnny Davis down deep John Davis down deep and he's down injured so we'll check out John Davis's injury we'll be back to the Astrodome it's the brown six the orders nothing now that we're a family some things have become a lot more important to us when we had our home insulated we were concerned about our heating and cooling bills but we were more concerned about fire safety so we selected certainteed and so save three in so safe is non combustible thermally efficient fiberglass insulation sure saving energy is important to us but insulating safely is what insole safe is all about although on Tom I need help see there with you look at you in mind [Applause] [Music] when the last phrase rounded up your head for the mountains Porsche and the 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Hairston there's a loose ball on the field and now Bubba Baker has it but let's see what the call is it's Cleveland ball deep in Houston territory [Applause] now watch this here sometimes when you do have running ability you create problems for yourself warren moon now is being grabbed just a little bit by carl Hairston who's having just a sensational season for the Browns at age 34 but that's a turnover in your own end of the field and sometimes you never recover from that Hairston really went after Mike Munchak got through his block and that's when he got a hand on moon Warren tried to dodge the effort and the bronze end up with a loose ball fumble al Bubba Baker [Applause] first and goal inside the 10 a chance to really open up some breathing room for themselves they lead six nothing Kosar to mak to the five and mac having a big start here as he goes inside the five and drags Robert Lyle's along with him along with Richard Byrd [Applause] let's take another look at that Gumbel you'll see I think Warren moon makes an attempt here to make a throw forward but Hairston has him by the elbow he cannot bring his on board which case they would have ruled it an incomplete pass consequently Browns get the ball deep and Houston's territory in a good first down run by Kevin Mack Nathan finer squib sets him down in the slot now goes in motion inside the five at the four there's the wraparound draw again to the three to the two I love it well I've seen that played for years because that's a Cincinnati Bengal play Paul Brown brought that play into the National Football League many many many years ago that's a tricky handoff though isn't it Reggie I mean messing around they'll watch it it looks like a drop back pass you can't really tell what's going on and then they stick the ball around the front of the running back and he just waits for the ball to feel against his stomach and he takes off you know what it looks like a little bit of a kind of semi Statue of Liberty type run LOA doesn't go back and drop back and take it from behind the quarterback he takes it in front looks third and goal because it didn't go for much inside the five down of the [Applause] Fontenot in a slot kosher I watch a time on he did that a lot last week did that an awful lot last week against the Buffalo Bills and a number of times inside the 5-yard line when he wasn't sure about something he wasn't afraid to spend one of the three timeouts and obviously head coaches do not like for quarterbacks to take timeouts and judiciously but when you are in your scoring zone then it's allowable there's Kosar talking with Marty right now and I'll tell you what there's a lot of pressure on the Houston defense right now because what they'd like to come out of this with it's just giving up three points if they can give up just three points in this situation they will feel that they've won a psychological victory here Jerry Glanville going over everything defensively now with Toby Caston who becomes a big big part of this game now with brimsley going out the rookie out of LSU was in there at a linebacker spot now they have two rookie linebackers in there and Al Smith and cashton in both her over with Jerry Glanville and he was making sure that they knew their assignments and I think if I'm Jerry Glanville here I cannot sit back and allow Kosar to watch look over my defense I've got to pressure him I've got it blitzing I've got to pressure him right now and take my chances that way the problems bring in a throwing lineup and by that I mean they bring in Brennan they bring in Clarence weathers and they have Langhorne in there on third down and goal and put the ball down at the Houston three yard line the injured player on the kickoff return for Houston John Davis has an injured ankle it wasn't a knee and injured ankle the Cleveland will look for number 86 Brian Brennan that's the man they like to go to down here third and goal from the 3 that's Brennan in motion here it goes Cozart looping it and it's over the head of Brennan he's looking for a flag there isn't one and they'll have to settle for three great defensive stand by the Houston Oilers Brian Brennan usually is the man that Bernie Kosar will go to and third down possession kinds of situations there it is a pick play again on the right side of your screen the Houston corner backs cover just marvelously cosa really doesn't have a lot of angle to get the football in and he throws the ball over the head of Brennan ball spotted at the 11 yard line make it a 21-yard attempt for Jeff Yeager he's into it the kick is up and it is good and the Browns get a turnover but end up with three points they probably feel they should have had seven but the rookie Jagger knocks it through and they now lead over Houston by a count of nine to nothing but the one thing that Cleveland does do there is they get back the point that they missed on the extra point fiasco and at the same time they're going to make Houston score twice in some fashion to gain the lead as we check the owners huddling up now trying to straighten themselves out a little bit that has to be a shock to hear when you get the football like that and then lose it so quickly on the second half of today's doubleheader it's the San Diego Chargers battling the Seattle Seahawks and the crowd at the kingdom others will see the Broncos and the writers that's coming up next right here on NBC sports so stay with us as we give you the second half of our doubleheader and right now here at the Astrodome in Houston it's the Cleveland Browns leading over the Houston Oilers 9 nothing in this battle for first place in the AFC Central Division around Houston they are saying this is the biggest game that the Oilers had played since back in 1980 and I was involved in that ball game in 1980 coming down here and you know many people think in 1980 that the Houston Oilers won the Central Division of the AFC they did not Central Division the Cleveland Browns wanted and it was in a game similar to this back then a game a winner-take-all game the game for all the money the Cleveland Browns won that football game and spent seven years ago Jim as you said since they've had that kind of game on the line well there's other standings 1980 they were neck-and-neck and it's deja vu Jagger with the kickoff for the grounds the six comes over the 20 in the browns pinna man Grayson is in on the tackle and Colette young comes down there makes the tackle too and Duncan is down on the field along with another Houston oiler player two players down the second player appears to be Kitty Johnson so Duncan and Johnson Johnson a safety who also returns punts for them he's down on the carpet ear these are two key players in the Euler's scheme of things of course Duncan is that fourth wide receiver he also returns kickoffs and Kenny Johnson is a veteran defensive back who catches punts and it's a very important job because the Houston Oilers do not have a lot of people that can catch the pun and this Kurt is Duncan coming straight back up the middle he lowers his head right there and just don't see what happens to that's that's it's Patrick live that's my day Johnson [Applause] areas fall into the turf and he gets rolled up on just a little bit it's like his legs are involved in well there goes Duncan he's walking off but Alan Lyday is still down on the turf here at the Astrodome we have 2 minutes and 36 seconds left to go here in the first quarter in the orders has sustained some injuries so far brimsley went out Davis went out backup offensive lineman Duncan who's a very key part to therefore wideout offense he goes out on a kick return and Alan Lyday a defensive package down on the turf right now out by the 25-yard line you know it's not uncommon for the Houston Oilers to start slowly like this they've done that on a number of occasions this year the reason why they are an improved football team is because they had the maturity and they had the confidence in themselves to come back from something like this Warren Moon has had some bad first quarters on the other hand in the fourth quarter Warren Moon has maybe been the best quarterback in football so we're not to be concerned you just keep playing playing I'm gonna get another shot of this kickoff return and we'll we saw where where Duncan was hurt but this is where live AE goes down right here first of all 83 is Glenn young so he's going back and then 52 Nick water comes underneath them oh and there it is no question about it it's the right leg my day looks like he's getting a tremendous amount of pain well people have asked me all the time what do you prefer to play on grass or the artificial turf surface the one thing about grass sometimes is that the turf and sod will give at times and the leg is important some of those uncompromising positions on the astroturf you wear those very robert those rubber soles that had that adhesive quality to the turf and you can't get away from some of those hits as we go through the 10 minute ticker you notice that Pittsburgh in Cincinnati are tied 3-3 the Steelers bowed out of their share of first place last week when they lost had a terrible second half against these Oilers the others had a very good second half and they blew them up Lyday is being put on a stretcher right now take a look at these are the shoes and you have issues and they're all kinds of bottoms on issues but the one thing they do is they really a real catchy substance and look at the bottom of his shoes they really grip that surface and they don't have any movement in them Jamie and when that happens your leg is just planted there and as you can see some of these people have two speeds they're coming at if they hit you and you've got a lockni the knee is going to go so Alan Lyday is being taken off the field it's the applause of the watercraft or with all of the injuries you wonder some of the players on the wall the sidelines you think affect us emotionally how we get back into the ballgame well I think a lot of that and this drive would mean a lot to houston oilers he start from their own 23 with Drew Hill in motion moon will go back to the air which away from the rush throws one down near the end of the turf and it is a scoop catch by Drew Hill but he took it off the ground so it's an ink completed pass and it will be second and ten looks like lucious Sanford got a hand on the ball on a deflection as the ball went on a downward motion and he'll tried to scoop it up and make the catch moon not off to a good start now 2 for 741 yards but that is an uncharacteristic of the way they play football they are big play football team they can have bad play bad play back later then touchdown we have brick speed that the oldest had one football field second and ten top again with Mark Johnson 59 [Applause] with the interception as he pulls it away from let's get another turnover when you throw at one of those quarterbacks Dixon are Minnifield you're growing into the strength of the Cleveland Brown these people cover you so tightly they know what the odorant you have long that's how close Minnifield usually is to wide receivers that is the second interception of the season for Frank Minnifield all right going down the left side of the screen here you're going to see the coverage by a minute field actually minute field is covering Hill better than Hill is running the pattern look at that it almost looks like the ball was intended from in a field it looked like he had had better position first content Lila their own 35 the rush from the outside from Johnny means but co-stars going big for Webster slaughter the second year man out of San Diego State and on the race with him was the quarterback Patrick Allen Kosar trying to get rich in a hurry here picked out the one-on-one coverage what's the slaughter the Browns fine second year wide receiver had a couple of steps on Patrick Allen but Kosar just fired the ball too long Frank Minnifield was very pumped up for this matchup coming into Houston and he'll hold on to that football after the big interception moon and the orders have turned it over now the last two times they have had the football and Bernie Kosar brings the Browns off second and 10 after he went big first down and didn't get it those are 3/4 or 452 wives I was his first incompletion back in the backfield [Applause] with 216 to go before clothes over the kits by swatter gets away from Bostick still running still going hot over midfield into Houston territory Childress and Johnny Meade's have to come all the way back up the field to get slaughtered now Webster slaughter from San Diego State it's really improved in his second year because the one thing that he does well is he runs excellent patterns he makes the catch but this is what he is getting a trademark for running after he catches the football look at a good moves good vision coming back inside wide receivers not only must be past catches they must be open field runners he caught a big touchdown a finish last week against Buffalo of over 50 yards closer and slaughter recognized the bills blitz and beating this is mac here the owner 45 yard line as the Browns are doing it both ways now drawing in running mixing it up nicely Bernie Kosar is a high percentage passer he is the kind of passer that will hit receivers all over the football field if you expect to be in the football game versus the Cleveland Browns you must do something to him you must obtain the quarterback position the pocket so far the Houston team is not getting into that pocket not collapsing it you can't have success against the Browns don't make Kosar move out of that pump Browns look a little mixed up as they come out to the line of scrimmage Cozart and buyer motioning an awful lot to each other on this play [Applause] the outside slants inside has chased down again by jelly meat and cut off by Jeff Donelson Mack uses that stiff arm a great deal and if you notice Reggie he runs straight up and down he's not a crouched over Runner doesn't give you a lot of moves he uses his body in his strength this man really has only one weakness and that is he isn't a very good pass country but you will never see Kevin Mack shy away from contact when he is on that perimeter with the football he will turn back in and attack the tackler a couple of injury reports for you John Grimsley stretched ligaments who might come back Alan Lyday x-rays on his right knee for the Browns third down and two Houston camping around defensibility Kozar and the ball is caught by the ice cubes Gerald McNeil down at the 30-yard line Bostick makes the tackle on the play but it's good for a Cleveland first down when you talk about winning championships one of the primary ingredients you need to make a team a Super Bowl contender as an outstanding offensive line now you watch the play of the Cleveland Browns offensive line there's a double-team pickup right there Babb comes off the double team picks up one of the Blitzers Kosar is able to see people downfield and the Cleveland Browns have a plethora of receivers to throw the football to here it is again look at the good pass protection of Kosar they keep his Jersey clean but to do that they're two for three on third down conversions as they cash in on another one and that is the end of the first quarter near in the Astrodome in Houston the orders are shoot themselves in the foot with turnovers and the Browns lead after one nine of it the achievers sponsored by the US Army when Warren moon came to Houston in 84 he was expected to quarterback the hapless Oilers into winners but one man can't do it all I had other opportunities that probably would have been better for me as an individual but the thing that really attracted over Indianapolis Indianapolis five and four coming into that game tied for the top in the AFC East st. Louis ahead of Philadelphia in a bit of a surprise fourteen three boots bridge Cincinnati time that affects the Central Division as do the Packers second quarter starts around first and ten the i-formation first time we've seen them in the eye with Manila the rookie the up back then they give it to finer running out of a tailback spot and finer goes off the left side insides of the 25-yard line domingo Brian makes the tackle but Tim Manoa is in there for one thing Reggie Pitt blocks and he gave pine or a good one there knock some people back Manoa though is a talented player from Penn State a lot of people want to see this young man get into the game more often but Cleveland Browns obviously have two outstanding running backs to take a look at first quarter stats think the one that you don't see that's very important why the two turnovers by second down and five first down play Mac is the lone back in the backfield cores are with fires there's Viner out of the backfield and it makes him so dangerous he leads the team in receptions and he's got another Cleveland first down down to the Houston 15-yard line the only player that I can compare earnest Byner - although Byner is not that fast you see him down here he's almost lulling the defense and the sleek or the thinking that he isn't doing anything then suddenly that bursts of speed but the one player you think about when you think of Byner with all the things that he does is James Brooks at Cincinnati Brooks is faster but they both do a lot of different things for their football team here goes miners hawai down to the bottom of your screen along with 84 Webster slaughter is an 11 yard pass play Cozart a binary I was waiting for the block it just never really developed and Johnny Meade snuck around Rison and get in there and made the hill it was a real fine stick by Johnny Meade's and you'll see it Johnny needs is a quick linebacker good pursuit good tackler watch it left of your screen number 91 Johnny means head first tackle Knox Ernest Byner back and that's something you don't see often want you to take a look at Bernie Kosar and he seing him up under center he has a very unusual stance watch his right foot right foot they know he's slow acquits though they're trying to get him enough away from the center quicker than he normally would second and nine and he puts binary motion cochon pack [Applause] [Music] when he catches the ball now that's the way to Houston all is play defense Steve Brown whose sister Olivia Brown stars in Miami Vice and one day wanted to be an actor himself will settle for just being an outstanding cornerback right here good hit by Steve Brown who's a very physical cornerback didn't know his sister was in Miami buys a dredge you pulled that one right out yes sir Steve Brown but I watched the show yes great show it is third down and nine inside the 15 yard line remember the bonds were two for three on now the crowd is behind the orders again the Browns have really taken them out of the game so far little bit of movement but no flag and closer has a deflected pins falling conclude as he trying to get so the defense does a mighty good job shutting that play down here's a look at the two receivers on the left side receiver inside is number 86 Brennan once again they're looking for Brennan but he has triple coverage inside had that ball been thrown up that could have been intercepted Jeff Jagger is on for a 32-yard field goal attempt he's 1 for 1 this afternoon 416 on the season again problems with the stairs but Danielson got it down and the kick rides through they settle for three more and the Browns Nally 12 to nothing I imagine her brain whose left side is as brilliant as it's right a brain as artistic as it is logical that can calculate and create such a brain exists in the remarkable Apple 2gs brilliant graphics brilliant color brilliant sound to help you use both sides of the most personal computer of all your mind [Music] the America GMAC makes 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Curtis Duncan who is back into the order line up after being going out injured after the last kickoff return he puts the knee down and he'll start at their own 20 the objective now hold on to the ball yes of course you cannot afford another turnover here but at the same time you can't your offensive ability what you have to do is you got to get something going on this series I think Warren Moon understands that but remember this team scores in one play and they have those kind of people on the outside that can frighten you to death so they're not concerned about being down 12 points right now there's plenty of time left in the ballgame and and he has a new weapon in the line up right now lining up to pull back their number one draft choice alonzo highsmith who was trying to get into sync with the offense after the long holdout but its Rozier carrying the mail this time and he goes out over the 20 to the 22 where clay Mathews out of Southern Cal makes the tackle for the Browns and he's having a big season too if we could mention one man now they're going with the quick huddle because they want to keep the situation specialist out of the ball game to Cleveland and look they've got everybody screwed over now their offensive line at the top of your screen they've got Rozier over there he's got an automatic set of blockers but they go the other way and they pitch and it's Highsmith looking for the cutback and the Browns are there to shut it down Mike cotton along with Frank Minnifield in on the tackle for Cleveland I'm not so sure if that's the kind of offense I'd want right now I mean they're down 12 nothing they can't afford gimmick and gadgetry they've got to get good solid blocking up front and good performance from their skilled people this isn't the sort of thing that I think you want in a big ball game like this right now you got to get in and play football you're not gonna win this game with gadget Reed got the good tough solid hippo and they've got to get some performance going on a school field third and seven from the twenty three but they did was they put part of their offensive line over to the left foot Rozier behind them [Music] and overthrowing Gibbons Drury was out there too Willie Drury and Gibbons both in the same area and Warren Moon and the orders are three downs and off the field again and it will be lead Johnson into punt it's one thing to be tied for first place in the AFC Central Division both having six and three records but playing for sole possession of first place is going to require a lot more than talking about it you got to come out here and play and you're looking at the guys who have been there for the last three years so they know what it's all about I think the difference between the two teams is Houston players don't quite know what it's all about right now Jerell McNeil has to feel he'll get a returnable punt here from Lee Johnson who didn't have a good first effort 20 yards in the first punt a bear flicks it out of there end-over-end McNeal ends up with it 45 here he goes to the sideline he's got and the Kegel goes all the way down to the houston 26 yard line as he's proven out of there by robert lyons it was a low-end over in cut and McBeal takes it back and gives houston real problems now defensively as the frogs have great field position this is why the cleveland browns the one of the premier football teams in the National Football League they never let up they're always pressing you look at that wall on the right side right now middle of your screen you cannot form a kick return wall any better than that and this man number 89 has outstanding speed great block by Ray eller oh it really was on Johnny Meads it was a 37-yard punt a 34 yard return and Gerald McNeil is really dealing the hot hand with punt returns in the last four weeks for the ground again gifted with great field position close our play-action fake tonight across the that was 34 all the way as he takes it down to the 20-yard 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Christmas gift sets if you're part of a family even thinking of starting a family you have to watch the Jay Leno family Comedy Hour next week and you can plan the family Vanessa's show and on this special Wednesday chimp down a van at Reggie Rucker back with you at the Astrodome 947 left to go in the first half the Browns lead 12 nothing and I'll tell you they could be up by a whole lot more making they're forcing the errors by the Houston Oilers and then you get [Applause] right now Houston isn't performing like it has perform to get here from the Houston 19 it's 33 acting a blitz that's why biner is up close to the line of scrimmage they're going with a nod 33 cosine it's a loop pass he's got a man out there but the ball drop short as Reggie Langhorne tried to surround it the old alley you play on that one and they couldn't get it and once again Cleveland had a man open for a touchdown and the reason why is that what's it now middle of you left of your screen Houston just isn't getting any pressure on Bernie Kosar you can't get to Kosar with a three-man rush you must bliss they aren't blitzing like we thought they would and I don't think that they can make things happen in this game if they do not put more pressure on Kosar 37-yard field goal attempt for Jeff Jagger 2 for 2 this afternoon Danielson has to sliver it and the owners fall on top Brown was in there to get right over gary Danielson they have [Applause] Kix here today they have a missed extra point the last field goal snapped Danielson had to really surround that one and this one was a big big problem as you'll see but I've seen that happen once in a ball game but this is the third time that we get a snap that skips off the turf that ball is very slick Danielson doesn't handle it well here in any case he would have never had an opportunity to get it down and J go to kick it so let's see if Warren Moon and the others can cash in and get some momentum going here trailing 12 nothing boom across the middle of the ball is dropped by Jamie Williams the tight end williams only has five catches this year two of them have been four touchdowns but he didn't handle that one very well just mistake after mistake era after error people are committing errors of omission and Commission and when you have someone breaking down maybe one guy breaking down on every play what you have you're out of business you can't do business that way you've got to get you people together Warren Moon is going to have to get it together in that huddle show some leadership by example by making a big play and get the Houston Oilers back on track offensively punt fumble interception punt on the possessions a big domination Tanna possession for Cleveland this is Rozier on a delay Kirstin Eddie Johnson in on the tackle for Cleveland now we've been talking about how difficult a time the Houston team is having offensively you have to remember this though the Cleveland Browns are the number one defense in the National Football League and all of that Reggie excuse me but all of that after trading away at all-pro linebacker chip banks in the offseason they feel that they've got a system now that they can put players in and really perform well in and actually it was because of the absence of chip banks that they were looking for a defense that recovered for him on the last night Asian third mate out of the red gun offense with four wideouts moon delivers Oh for Gibbons and almost intercepted by Felix right number 22 right looked as though and went right through his hands will be interesting to watch how close he came to picking it off if you watch number 22 Felix right he is the defensive back that would be starting on many times right in the middle of the screen there's a double coverage right there on scene number 22 Felix right on the outside covering looking for anything outside he certainly could have picked that off and taking it all the way and by the way he has intercepted a pass and taking it in for a touchdown already this year vanishing the Monday night game against the Rams Gerald McNeil returned 34 yards the last time and he accepted a Leigh Johnson punt [Applause] he is so electrifying he is so quick keep the ball either way poor kick here he comes again always thrilled forty fifty forty five inside the 45 to the 43 in Robert Lyles tricked him down a great block by Felix right first of all Gerald McNeil is five feet 3/4 inches he is a hundred and forty pounds the smallest man ever to play the National Football League he is loaded with courage now watch this look at the acceleration if you don't get somebody on this man and slow him down he's a threat go for a touchdown on every play all right right gave him a good block Reggie and so 2:23 Mark Harper the Browns do excel on special teams [Applause] well dr. Donovan what do you see there I see Alan lyday's me a bunch of injuries today it's first intent at the 43 off the coast on concrete anchors iron has good field position when he overthrows his intended receiver both Webster slaughter and Ozzie Newsome were there it looks like it was intended for the tight end Newsome as we take the 10-minute IKAR Detroit's got a little bit closer to the Bears and Buffalo on the Jets are tied now Pittsburgh a game off the pace behind these two teams Cleveland and Houston in the Central Division moves out in front and a field goal dominated game Cardinals lead big over Philadelphia tied between the Falcons of rankings and the pack leaves [Applause] Allen Lyday we now get to report torn ligaments in the right being out of the I formation they fake to biter throw down the middle wide open down the middle is Newson all the way down to the Houston 20-yard line before the free safety Jeff Donaldson brings him down 23 yard pass player this doesn't make much sense to me you're going to see three people trying to get to Kosar and Kosar has five people blocking he has to double-team blocks this is not the kind of quarterback you want to sit in the pocket in and have a shooting match he is a 60 years of better than 60% passer that means if you give him time he's going to hit somebody you must put more pressure on over down to the Houston 20 they have been in the other's back backyard all day long that's what's left in a half [Applause] nothing Cleveland as biner goes to work they pound you with the pass and then they come back with the run and he snuggles up close to the 15-yard line before Doug Smith and Richard Byrd who went off with a an injury earlier in the ballgame comes back and makes the tack regi coming into the game we set the stage those are undefeated against the Oilers for a know having problems throwing against the no but he's not really having those problems today one way you can take the pressure off the coast artists have outstanding line [Applause] mine is probably the unsung aspect of this [Applause] but they do an outstanding job now that's Matt coming up close to CoStar just to hear his signals and then he drops back and then he gets the ball off the left side down near the 12 yard line we talked about clothes our success and now we have a little extra activity going on finer a feisty player gets into a little pushing match after the play we talked about Kosar success throwing the football here today as we have another player down Doug Smith down on one day Warren Moon has only 41 yards passing so far the auditors haven't recorded a first down since their first drive of the game [Applause] and further you go into the ball game without having success offensively you know the more discouraged you are you need confidence the quarterback needs confidence and warmoon is a quarterback who has had a problem over the years and he has been sacked a lot of times in his career Jim he's been hurt he's been battered and bruised he's been much maligned and it doesn't take a whole lot for these fans to get on him here but I think that they will give him a little more time to get things going but when he gets back in again I think he's gonna have to make something happen Reggie this defense has been out on the field this Houston defense a long long time here in the first half there goes Doug Smith off imagine three of the five Cleveland drives has started in Houston territory at the nine at the 26 at the 43 that's been due to two things - that's been due to two turnovers and also for special teams coverage they have allowed Jerome MacNeil to have two fine punt returns to put Cleveland an outstanding field position sometimes when you try to defend against a guy like McNally think too much back there doing what you do best who ends up doing what he does best burning her it is third down insolent 15 [Applause] he's been going to slaughter on the blitzes he'll go to the run this time and he doesn't get it finer its mother Charles Martin and Jeff Donaldson in there to see that's the Houston oldest put a thought in your mind you saw the cornerbacks come from their coverage positions back inside to threaten the Blitz then Cozart checked off the line of scrimmage now whatever it happened he didn't run the play that he wanted to run and he's been very successful with that consequently they stopped Cleveland alright let's watch for the snap and the whole ball March at the 20 yard line it's a 30 yard field goal attempt for Jeff Jagger [Applause] Jagger is rolling around the flow looping it into the end zone man it is incomplete Wow they have come apart from the seams with a flag out on the field over on the far side by the Houston sideline down at the 5-yard line well I think you're going to get an eligible receiver downfield Marty Schottenheimer and that's his brother with him Kurt Schottenheimer who runs the special teams now Jeff Gossett was holding for Jeff Jagger who Gossett being the bronze punter but he was released earlier this week and hadn't been dressing for a couple of weeks before that all of the downfield were eligible it's just an incomplete pass first down that was the call and there is the rookie Frank winters and we told you earlier that number 64 is a rookie offensive lineman who was kept around because he was an offensive lineman and a snapper on punts and field goal attempt well there's nothing wrong with that snap there's nothing wrong with that snap at all Danielson just isn't handling this football and I don't know what it is but Gary is having some problems with the ball and it is so interesting because before the game is Reggie said along with special teams coach Curt Schottenheimer they went through a drill when he was picking up trap hops and balls on the floor was waved used to be the holder for this football team so 529 F to God zero puts it on the ground the bush have recovered on the first down play they have recovered it's clay Mathews Paulo bought back and the crowd that was waving pom-poms at the beginning when the game started they're now giving it to the owners because they are just turning it over but this has to be distressing for Jerry Glanville watch the right side he's going to come back Rozier number 30 he's going to come back to the right side he's carrying that ball very loosely once he made contact with the orange helmet the ball came flying out the Browns recovered I don't know what more could go wrong for the oldest football team it's at the 18 yard line and another Cleveland Drive starts in Houston Territory [Applause] to go in the head 12 nothing Cleveland [Applause] immunity means as the order defense they're going to take things into their own hands I think though they're going to have to because they aren't getting a lot of help from their offensive team what left of your screen you'll see the blue shirt come flying in Johnny made with that quickness outside linebacker don't hear a lot about bees but he certainly is an outstanding football player look at that hustle in the backfield Nichols tape Johnny needs is in on the tackle sit down at 12 the football today delay they give it to Mick Mac cuts it inside and gets down to the 15-yard line Toby Caston brings him down Dan fight gave Mack the block on that right side as the clock continues to tick down that switch remaining here in the half why would a Cleveland Browns I'd want third down and about oh five or six I'd want to throw this football into the end zone I wouldn't want to take a chance on fourth down kicking a field goal again because the Browns have not handled the snap from center a missed extra point on a fumbled snap and the last two field goal attempts never got airborne never left the ground never got to the holders hand that got to be Blitzen to do with it he rounds with four wideouts as you see go home across the middle it is Webster slaughter down at the 6 yard line and its first and goal Cleveland Patrick Allen brought him down once again they sat back in that just vanilla and chocolate defense tried to cover a man for me Kosar outstanding offensive line picked up the three people rushing once again Kosar hit the receiver the Patriots stretch out their lead over Indianapolis by 10 and the Bears moved way in front of Detroit 21 to 10 [Applause] San Francisco moves ahead of Tampa Bay Steelers continue to hold on to that layer first in ball to though at the six yard line two tight ends in 81 to 82 Newsome that's Mac to the five they might give him the four yard line Caston is in on the tackle the left-hand side linebacker who's played pretty well since he came in he's replacing brimsley who went on early with an injury as we come up to three minutes to go on a half certainly they're going to be people who have been following these houston old is wondering if they're for real who have been saying yeah but can you beat Cincinnati then they beat Cincinnati yeah but can you beat Pittsburgh and they beat Pittsburgh and they were tied for first place and then he said but yeah can you be Cleveland they did that on the world over Cincinnati in Pittsburgh second goal from the farm Mack power football mint kazoo touchdown Cleveland as he blew a second and gets the score his second of the ball game it is really going to take a huge effort on the part of Jerry Glanville to get his football team to believe that they can come back to winning this football game because they just aren't playing well watch the missed tackles here those are inside linebackers in a three-four defense who could pay to do nothing but tackle ball carriers and Kevin Mack runs through them like they're a bunch of hundred and seventy pound half backs not too much drama on that point after this power Danielson got that one down Jagger put it through and the Browns lead 19 to nothing after the Mike Rozier fumble Cleveland makes a big third down play on a pass to slaughter and then they run the football from the six and Matt goes in taking it five yards we talked about how diversified this offense is they can do so many things and they do it with so many players there's the power of Kevin hack we told you early when John Grimsley was lost that they're going to need him because that man will bring the football right at you you're going to have to put your helmet on him and stop him if you're going to prove to him that you can stop him 2:33 left to go in the first half Browns lead over the orders in this AFC Central Division first place battle at the sold-out Astrodome stay with us at halftime we'll go to our NFL Live Crew in New York for halftime activities [Applause] Frank Deford will be offering commentary at halftime why there are no black head coaches in the NFL I'm particularly interested in hearing that four plus scores and highlights from all around the NFL Ahmad Rashad handling the story in the previous show about the successful black quarterbacks in the NFL successful black 20 years ago Jim they weren't in that situation and you didn't see a lot of black quarterbacks drafted but now I think particularly next year you're going to see a number of them drafted Jade you're into the ball and we are right in behind Curtis Duncan rookie from Northwestern and he slants and slides over the 25 he'll be just shy of the 30-yard line Lucius Sanford made the tackle on the plane for the first time today we see a couple of Browns down injured as Herman Fontenot is down injured [Applause] flag down on the play and it's going against the Oilers so they'll be backing up I think the Cleveland Browns we can go back to last year's AFC championship game when they lost to the Denver Broncos in overtime and of course then we went on to the Super Bowl the Browns were so close to tasting and they resolved to do one thing in 1987 they knew they had the offensive ability to get to a Super Bowl but they knew they had to have a top-notch a ballclub that takes the doll away from you and stop you from scoring points that has been the focal point this year of their defense and that's what they're doing this year warren moon with a flag flying and there you see it Hairston on his back he crawls across the middle and it's caught by Drew Hill [Applause] Dixon we'll check out the fly Dave cazuli the Browns defense illegal opening number 18 one saying I'm gonna let it boil you tell us that it's a legal motion against Houston [Applause] so just when they finally get a play is going to give them some breathing room it's called back because of a penile it has been just one mistake after another for the Oilers here in the first ten to 13 to 12 now two o'clock right as we come down to the two-minute warning during the first half is Warren Moon brings them up and it's very doubtful who get this play off out of the shotgun there it is the two-minute warning he did not get it done two minutes ago here in the first half a first half dominated by the Browns here at the Astrodome in Houston a TMZ white joy [Music] this goal is important right now mil because they go in at the half and just be down by one touchdown Tim preaches range is about 42 yards he gets ready on the sidelines 23 seconds left decison trying to get them closer just to get away down the sidelines incomplete as she tried to hit any prom but he was nearly sacked by keith gary did a good job getting away from gary the past Rose specialist well they bring him out of the pocket tell me what you need to make it happen [Music] Kellen Winslow s5 TDS against the Raiders Ty Bob Shaw's NFL record for TD catches if you said Kellen Winslow you made the right choice Buon Giorno Here I am in Roma thanks to my new autofocus Nikon hey still any heavy metal now when you buy an icon you can fly Pan Am to the Caribbean Hawaii and get a companion ticket for half the price that way [Music] Nyko now take the world's greatest pictures in the world's greatest places two minutes to go here in the first half now we've told you that both the Browns and Oilers are six and three overall but inside the Central Division there you see Houston with the 2000 record all on the road the Browns with that two-in-one mark that's why really Cleveland needs this ballgame today because they would actually even go if they lost it would go one down but actually two down within the division and of course if they go on and were tied at the end of the year for the AFC Central then two head-to-head competition sitting down first an excuse me marriage in his own endzone who steps up throws and it is caught Ernest givins makes the catch up near the 30-yard line and gets pushed back by Ray [Applause] because he felt there was a lot of extra stuff going on and there is that Gibbons Minnifield battle breaking out right there shuts down that earlier in the game I'm not so sure if just Ernest givins didn't lose his composure here and I think the flag is going to be on Gibbons there's a flag down let's check it out as they talk things over in the way the orders are reacting and Kidd Hill there you see man fatica Lee going into the official Reggie said the flag might go against Givens one thing they may try to do here to keep things as they are no harm no foul though Gibbons did throw the football it's called offsetting penalties but what I saw the flag had to be thrown at the Givens threw the football at was it gray Ellis or Frank Minnifield it was Ellis at first Reggie and then Minnifield came in after that that was the best pass that moon has thrown in a long time here in the first half 1:47 to go in the half 19 nothing Cleveland and we wait for the final decision on the penalty flight this is strictly a conference call by the officials here there's no instant replay that comes into play here so they're not waiting on anything they just want to make sure of what they saw [Applause] we told you about the best pass that moon through before that completion he was over five yeah look at it looks as though the back judge there Reggie number 36 as was the hamstring pull er something it's all taped up well a personal foul we wiped it all off Marty Schottenheimer is environment and I don't blame mother he ought to be mad here first of all it's outstanding pass protection full moon that's why he's able to get the ball off now the play I think may have been called the whistle now Ellis slams him down that's one thing but Ellis doesn't slam him down the ball is clearly thrown at Ellis now that should have been a penalty I think on Ernest givins now the penalty that was called on Gibbons was delay of game Co spiking the ball but he wasn't spiking the ball he was it was a personal foul called against the defense that was the cleveland penalty is Dave uh sure Marty Schottenheimer off the field posar is out there on the field he's talking it over with the referee Fred Wyatt there is Bernice talking over well I don't know why Bernie is out there because bernie is supposed to be on the field he could very well well you've heard a man call to coach on the field and I think he's a little bit mixed up in here let's see what they call [Applause] well maybe they tagged the bronze for being on the field let's weigh the same [Applause] here we go what's the verdict bread will push will foul and then we have unsportsmanlike fall guess the up against Houston [Applause] so apparently the whistle is blowing and it's a dead ball foul because it's actually first down [Applause] the reason why it's first down from here Jim is because if there were offsetting penalties during the action to continuing action then the plate would be called that but it's a dead ball foul that whistle obviously had been blown offsetting penalties Houston Oilers get the football 1st down and 10 [Applause] I'll tell you what Marty Schottenheimer is standing there in the background as there is more discussion going on about this play let's check some of the scores from around the NFL today then you see it the Bears adding three more now leading 24 10 over the Lions course in the background there you're not losing any bit of the sight puffy the controversy of what [Music] our rhythmic clapping I think they just like to see the game resume been a long first half with an awful lot of blame the fans this is what the National Football League is yes which bands sit here for what's going on it doesn't seem to be that difficult a call to make come on guys let's get it together [Applause] now producer David Neal tells me that they have checked with the instant replay booth and they had not been alerted as to what's going on or what the delay is either they are pointing the ball down at the 30-yard line [Applause] shifeng started and forgivenss made the catch gibbons made the catch went down on the ground and was gang tackled by the rhymes namely ray Ellis and then a couple of pushes from the back by Felix Wright and by Frank benefit Givens thought he got roughed up he then spiked the ball throwing it down near the helmet of ray Ellis after that the Browns came in here's the whole thing yeah and the point is what's number 24 ray Ellis now if he slams Givens to the turf then that should be a personal foul let's see what happens I don't know what do you think Jim doesn't look like to me that was any malicious intent it really doesn't Gibbons is red-hot and but he's frustrated he throws the forest rated it's 19 to nothing they expected to be playing better and then not and we're gonna have another run he's doing a lot of road work here going from sideline to sideline and explaining things [Applause] I could have had a sandwich during this pause here it's about a ten minute delay since Ernest givins made that Judge and the fireworks started in the means and the ball is at the 30-yard line we were waiting for a final decision we have been told that there were offsetting penalties after the play was over first down Houston at the 30 let me say that with all that we've seen and done and with the score being as it is 19 to nothing if Warren Moon can get this football team down the field into the end zone go in with a 19 score that I think Eastern oil distill can come back in the second half and maybe get back into the ball game from the replay official double foul after the play first down at the 30 there this ball again [Applause] 25 22 it's that simple if you want to get back into the ball game play better you have to execute the beat the Cleveland Browns they're a good defensive football team they aren't going to give me anything 42 yards on the play as moon throws the ball right down into the ground on that first down play as they stop the clock with a minute 19 left to go in the half on that play Duncan did not get out of bounds on that long pass he beats Frank Minnifield who of course was one of the participants in that play preceding clock stops with a minute 19 remaining let's watch it bottom of the screen down at the line of scrimmage there rookie Curtis Duncan's with outstanding speed look at that stride he leaves Frank Minnifield by a couple of yards he should have gotten out of bounds here maybe but he doesn't second down in ten and the Browns come across its 72 kazooie who came across as moon throws it down the middle and it's illegal procedure called against Houston [Applause] so that will back him up five might have been Kent Hill we'll check out the number but bazooey 72 Dave kazooie for the Browns came shooting across call stall number 72 [Applause] that puts them back at the Cleveland 27 yard line it was can't help you see number 74 in the ballgame bruce matthews former number one draft choice and USC his brother his play matthews playing on the opposite side of the ball number 57 for the cleveland browns here he sits like 57 popping in on the line of scrimmage getting away from the rush gets away but not for behind Mike Johnson 59 got him from the ankle trailing from behind a minute 11 left to go in the first half the Browns lead and will return I've tried it now I believe it denorex tingles tells me it's doing more head and shoulders no tingle both have dandruff medicine but denorex adds both an extra anti itch medicine and conditioner - goodbye Head & Shoulders hello denorex what a smart person you bought Sylvania soft white light bulbs which lasts 50 hours longer than ordinary soft white gloves and no extra cost Sylvania where the best comes to light [Music] Jim Donovan and Reggie Rucker back in Houston at the Astrodome there you see it Cleveland 19 Houston nothing 1:11 left to go here in the first half and the owners had the ball at the Cleveland 31 yard line looking to get on the board before they go in at halftime because they have had a wild and woolly first half with mistakes turnovers and penalties I think what they need to do here is think about maybe getting half of this then make a decision whether they're going to go for three or go for the first down on fourth down but they may not be able to get it all in one play third and 19 out of the shotgun going down the far sideline into the end zone incomplete he was throwing for Willie Drury and that was a rookie 36 Stephon Bragg's right here from the Houston area he went to smiley High School played his college football at Texas he was striving for stride in the end zone on coverage those adjust tough place to hit versus tight bump and run coverage in a situation like that I did not expect why I didn't really expect moon to go deep into the end zone I thought they would try to put themselves in a position to maybe go for the first down on fourth down but this may turn out for them to have an outstanding field goal kicker Antonis in day house he's 14 for 16 on the season nine in a row 21 out of his last 23 [Music] 48-yard field goal attempt the putter lead Johnson holds up good the streak is over and they will not get on the board here with 101 left to go on the half Xin Davis's streak ends at nine in a row and the Oilers shoot a blank right there as they can not get on the scoreboard and the bronze maintain a 19 to nothing lead and they'll get the ball back with 101 left to go here in the first half ratones and a-ha starts missing field goes you know you're having a bad day he's absolutely one of the finest fifth goal kickers in the business there will be a major regrouping session in that Houston locker room is in day HUS at halftime that kind of typifies the way the afternoon has gone so far frustrating shaken the head because they were playing so well coming into this game they'd won three out of their last four they have time to get back into it and the Browns trying to add to their lead they have 61 seconds to try and get some more points [Applause] finer shakes loose it goes out near the 40-yard line the two linebackers Johnny Medes and Al Smith both on the right side make the tackle as the clock runs down whenever Kosar has used two of his time out so far with 43 seconds to go in the half and he won't sit on the 19 you try to put points on the board four wideouts and he's barking them up about the signals to the far side there we run it again in binder goes out over the 45 to the 46 yard line where Richard Byrd trails him down and brings him down from behind and Cleveland uses their last time on the Cleveland Browns are big believers in controlling the line of scrimmage and that's what they have done in this ball game they have dominated line of scrimmage offensively and they have controlled the line of scrimmage defensively when you had that kind of power advantage going in your favor it's gonna be a good day for you you'll be getting scores and highlights at halftime here's what's on the board right now the Patriots leading Buffalo on the Jets tied Bears winning big after their Monday night loss to Denver 49ers who will play the Browns next week in San Francisco and Pittsburgh moves ahead of Cincinnati 13-6 as the Steelers came into that game five and four after losing to the Oilers last week at home Vikings move in front and the Packers at the half lead over Kansas City you have to be amazed at how Pittsburgh gets it done we know that Cincinnati Houston and Cleveland have outstanding quarterbacks but in Pittsburgh they have mark Malone who's been as they say much maligned Malone and he hasn't really gotten the job done but yet Pittsburgh has continued to win and obviously they're going to be six and wealthy if that score holds up there will be six and four and still in the thick of things there's Bernie explaining what the plays are going to be a lot of times now and during the normal course of the game and they expected a lot of crowd noise here today they were going to go with a system where he would at times call two plays in the huddle during the normal course of the game not down near the end of the half or deer down there in the end of the game he would call a couple of plays and then bring them up to the line of scrimmage and just go with hand signals 23 seconds to go here in the first half 19 nothing bronze lead draw play goes to final forty-five looking for the sideline and gets out of bounds with 18 seconds to go in the half what a nice run and they did it just then they called it they talked called two plays in the huddle and you could see you see Brian Brennan given the signal to Webster slaughter with the hands and slaughter also gave miner a clearing block along that near sideline along with rennet Brian are getting out of bounds stop the clock it's inside Houston territory now as they try and move up closer to field goal position the 44 [Applause] rush by the orders [Applause] sidearms it and the catch made by Gerald McNeil down the sideline tightrope walking that white line and he goes inside the 20-yard line but they're gonna mark him out of bounds at the 26 fascinating little player isn't he now this man does not have a lot of mobility say he's awkward doesn't look pretty he just gets the job done and wins look at him throw that ball across his body silent look at a great speed on the outside there with Gerald McNeal getting outside 16 yards on the pass play nine seconds to go here in the first half coach are still in the offensive huddle as he brings them up Langhorne goes out to the top of your screen Brennan and slaughter down here at the bottom well that's 44 minor as they rush goes on [Applause] with four seconds to go in here slaughtered good at his clothes on anything for pose on the knows how to play one way and that's to attack and you have to any hope to stopping this man and his passing game down at the bottom of the screen number 84 western slaughter emerging in his second year really one of the big play receivers in pro football a lot of years left to play with gets the football over the middle will take people on he blocks well and at that he's only hundred seventy pounds the hold was good the snap is pretty good the kick just got through and the Browns as Reggie said we're not sitting on a 19 nothing lead and they now lead 26 to nothing with four seconds to go here in the first half the grounds were looking for a receiver they sent hall-of-famer Paul Warfield about the country to find a player that he thought could play and play immediately with Cleveland Browns what he found was West to slaughter at San Diego State and what a find he has been it's a pretty good program to go to if you want to look for a receiver because they throw them all so much yeah is little that you have to teach those youngsters coming out of passing offenses tuned with a lot of the things that the professional players do and consequently they've had experience catching the football as well and Webster slaughter had combined to some exciting thrills their second third year once the ball Kosar loves to throw - he loves to throw it long what makes that a very big reception for Webster slaughter is that he was born against Patrick Allen and Patrick Allen was really one of the truly outstanding Manville man cornerbacks and pro football as a matter of fact he had gone 18 or 19 straight ball games Jim without giving up a touchdown pass Marty sang you use the clock so beautifully there that's really one to put you down in the doldrums if you're in the Oilers shoes right now just before half-time to get nailed like that with a haymaker by Cozart four seconds to go here in the first half Curtis Duncan awaits the Jade route kick line drive kick bouncers at the 12 Duncan miss handles the kick that will be the end of the half as Duncan runs it out and it goes out over the 20-yard line and that is the end and sophisticates almost break out in the middle of the five day they do their fighting all over the place big rumble here in the Astrodome it's been all Cleveland here in the first half as they continue to battle it out get control of this pretty quickly players are coming from everywhere now the Browns and Oilers staging a war here in the first half an awful lot of frustration here well the people that have to go out here and stop this thing are Jerry Glanville the head coach of Houston and Marty Schottenheimer - head coach of Cleveland and they're right in the thick of things getting players separated because I knew that the Houston team was very much frustrated if it they're down 26 to nothing they have to be miserable miserable about their performance in the first half Jim a couple of the combatants were 56 for the Browns David Grayson and Robert Lyles they walk off NFL live halftime activities will continue in a moment we'll be right back passing completion percentage of the Browns 11 of 18 the big step three turnovers by the Houston Oilers and don't forget those two punt returns by Gerald McNeil giving the Cleveland Browns gorgeous field position and at time of possession were so big too as the Browns had the football and the real knockout punch and if it stays this way that will be the one that sealed it was the long touchdown pass by KO SAR to Webster slaughter just seconds before half-time this kickoff is sponsored by Budweiser the king of beers that's Lee Johnson ready to kick it away well what are you doing the locker room at halftime Jerry Glanville what do you do pray a lot well aside from that we doesn't do that I tell you there when you're playing a team that's a great football team and is having a good day and they're hot there isn't a lot you can do Jim honestly I don't know what a coach could say to his players except look keep getting in there fighting and trying to do set out to do second half kickoff save it first this is [Applause] I'm hit by the orders young team around him back last week because of a sore shoulder male by a Rayford cooks what a hit and if Glanville says anything to his players he could possibly say in the locker room I don't know whether we can win the football game on that but I tell you I'm gonna be watching everybody in a blue shirt and I want to see everybody hustling and giving everything he has or you maybe you won't be a part of this football team and you can see the big hit the recklessness of Houston on that coverage team Wow well there he gets turned around right there and nail young got it right on the numbers but from the back and Rayford cooks was the man that made the hit both players are down young number 83 of the Browns cooks number 98 for the Oilers that's what kind of contact was made there and we'll be back with the second half as we resume from the Astrodome after this nationwide people are rushing to you go spectacular 100,000 countdown celebration I can't believe the deal I got now I got a great new car that's reliable for college we knew this was our last chance to buy out you go at thirty nine ninety and with this great deal saved even more Google wants 100,000 satisfied owners so right now they're dealing to make America's lowest priced car even more affordable get to your local dealer now call 1-800 USA you go hurry it's for a limited 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under their own power and this is power running by Ernest Byner out to the 25-yard line banged up today in a big hitting ballgame Houston with these players Munchak probably won't return Grimsley will not return live a with a bad knee problem torn ligaments in his right knee Davis Byrd Smith all went down here so far this afternoon so it's been an expensive game that way for them to dude it's been a black-and-blue football game second and five after a five-yard pickup my earnest Byner on first down it's going Brown trying to get the cursor he can delivers to Kevin Mac Mac steamrolls after he makes the catch out over the 35 yard line Patrick Allen and Al Smith make the tackle but it's a first down for Cleveland Kosar is able to do a lot with his offense because as I talked about in the first half his offensive line is controlling the line of scrimmage they're doing just about what they want with in front three of the Houston Oilers now Kosar that time fakes the running you may see them a more high formation in the second half because they'll probably want to run the football a little bit they've got a 26 point lead and I don't think Houston is the opponent anymore it's maybe the car when they're home 36 with Kevin Nealon backfill he's the lone setback and banners ad wide at the top of the screen in the left Thanks got a whole again to the 40 and he spills off and Domingo Brian wraps him up along with Robert Lyles out over the 40 to the 41 yard line [Applause] Kevin Mack with a big afternoon so far two touchdowns when you're the nose tackle Charles Martin Emma 94 is it you get a lot of double-team blocking and this is the reason why the Cleveland Browns are having such success today you see that double-team block Charles Martin is nowhere to be found even though it's a tough job yet have to sort of neutralize a couple Team Rocket get blown away like that for the cross after 6-yard carry by Mac and he gets it back again and he'll get a first down over the 45 on to the 47 before that play he had 54 yards rushing but now he's tacked on more to that on his way to a 100-yard rushing day and New England now moves way out in front of the Colts 17 nothing in the third and the Jets trailing Buffalo's 17 7 is that AFC Eastern Division is a battle now the Bears well in control of Alliance the 49ers leading Pittsburgh in control of Cincinnati been a bad year for the Bengals Vikings lead Green Bay's lead cut down to four it's a first down for the bronze first possession of the second half and again they are moving this time on the ground the rookie manoa to midfield and he goes down Tobey cast him the rookie out of LSU and Johnny Meade's team up for the tackle of 42 Manoa we call Manoa the Tunga tank number 42 from Penn State a very powerful man very big to about 6 to 235 pounds gets an opportunity here because Kevin Mack has gone off the sideline with I think where this looks like an elbow injury but this man brings a load to the line of scrimmage straight ahead is his 49 behind closed are three in the pickup by Manoa that's the IceCube McNeil almost like a fifth reverse but we have whistles and flags falling down there's closer eye throws the ball down the near sideline McNeil looked like a decoy there is when he came behind Kosar you had to think reverse and kozara was rolling out [Applause] let's check the penalty call here we have a legal motion against number 82 with the whistle of going no play against the bronze illegal motion 11:17 to go third quarter 26 nothing Cleveland [Applause] looking to go a game up here in the Central Division Kosar with a hundred and eighty-one yards passing and a touchdown that came just before half-time with Webster slaughter second in 12 after the penalty [Applause] it's too slow who catches drops it they relive an incomplete pass Smith and Meads again hitting slaughter you don't see Webster drop the ball like that too much you will see Webster across the middle he's not afraid to go in that territory he's absolutely fearless and that's one of the things that Cleveland Browns likes about Webster slaughter because he will kiss the football over the middle there he is now in right side of the screen Bernie is scrambling right now and West was doing what he should do that's fine an open spot so that Bernie can get in the past and he drops me 1312 the grounds were three four seven on third down [Applause] [Laughter] [Applause] there is defensively if they wanted to the football game hey Jean ladies internal intro [Applause] Grima killer and that's basically how you start to make things happen they got better pressure on Bernie codes that time right up the middle they made Bernie move around a little bit and had Brennan caught the ball he would have been tackled short of the first down so you have to force Kosar into doing something other than sitting comfortably in that pocket this is George Winslow his first punt of the afternoon so far since winning the job from Jeff Gossett and this 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care if you run the football they are just going after that's going to be a terrific problem for second man first time the owners have been shut out in the first half once of eating the same food sack of the game so far for the bronze wood crew hell emotions checking down 18 drop there by Ernest givins as he cannot hang on [Applause] third down and 18 well as Reggie said the Browns defense is ranked number one in the NFL so far they're on a streak right now where the third quarter they have shut teams down completely blanking them mamadi always talks about that first defensive series shutting that team down 1 2 3 the skeleton and the shotgun third down and abundant for it maintain the trial the ball is deflected Dixon cannot pull it down after the deflection it was intended for Curtis Duncan were noon and the offense is starting to hear it when they sellout crowd here at the Astrodome three downs and they're off the field again and Lee Johnson in to punt but wait this gets up there because the only thing Warren can do to get back into the pool football game is growth Oklahoma and those offensive lineman I wouldn't want to be them right now because they're going to give up a lot of sex 9:56 to go a third quarter lead Johnson has had a rough day putting and Gerald McNeil waiting back for the Browns has had a great day returning as he stands at his own 37 yard line he put the bronze and great field position in the first half two successive times almost the block no flag the crowd will war on this one Ellis was thrown into the punter flags all over the place as McGill gets kneeled at the 40-yard line Eric fares came in and drilled McNeil Flags down at the 50-yard line as the return will come back and back on the other end we almost had a roughing the connor but it looked like Alice got pushed into the putter [Applause] they may go Block in the back number 50 let's take a look at the kick because you will not get roughing or running into the kicker if you are block 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quickly too much anymore and into Houston territory rich they were blitzing there well that's just outstanding coaching the Cleveland Browns are well-prepared for this football game here comes the Blitz now Kosar recognizing it with his receiver who adjusts the pattern he gets rid of he gets rid of the ball he saw 61 Mike Babb the Browns Center out of Texas who played with sore knees last week he's been going up against big nose tackles every week he banged heads with Fred's merliss last week of the bills and he did pretty well hit me right there against Doug Smith 26 nothing Brown's leader second down and long they've got nine on that tennis player is Cozart beat the Blitz to Langhorne on second and one they try and run back was stopped there it is again with that effort and he goes down inside the 45 yard line down to the 43 you know the briars came down here to Texas and really helped out to sell this place out for this ballgame check out these numbers Browns players hailing from around this area look at the number of tickets they purchased and it's Reggie will tell you Myers don't get free tickets right that's right those babies are about 20 bucks apiece so you see they have to play the rookie Steven Bragg's 26 tickets he doesn't make a lot of money it's a first down 14 as Kosar has them now inside the Houston 45 yard [Applause] reading and getting down to the 41 your honor and this is what they can do right now with this offense Richie they could call it but still running backs on making binary they can drain a clock too and that's what they're doing it's a very versatile offense they're capable of doing a lot of things and as I said before the Houston Oilers let's face it they aren't the opponent right now is the clock marty is utilizing that excellent offensive line he watched his offensive line they get a good surge on the snap of the ball the runner reads to block and he stays in the middle of the field running straight ahead picking up good [Applause] let's fire in shot down right behind Newsome and on a counter play they give it to Anna Richard Byrd out of Southern Miss and put finer down one of the few times in Houston holders defense has gotten the kind of penetration into the backfield that you need Richard Byrd number 71 gets off the line that time watch top of the screen number 71 Byrd splitting the block right there that's the kind of effort you need from your defensive line if you're going to slow down the Cleveland Browns you can't sit there at the line of scrimmage taking on blocks you have to have penetration third down and 11 back at the Houston 45 yard again three yelling relays the call 284 slaughter and then the pigeons and it is clock slaughters loose at the 20 down to the 17 year line where do those two have it in sync you won't see a more perfectly time pass if you watch this thing for a hundred years smaller topic your screen hasn't even turned to come back on the pattern and cosine throws the ball so he's looking back fakes to receipted that he's going deep comes back the ball is already in the air before Webster slaughter made the cut and you have to have worked on that time after time after time and practice that's what makes it perfect he spun around Patrick Allen he was a very good one yes but let's face it the Houston Oilers aren't getting any pants pressure on Cozart I told you a long time ago if we don't pressure this guy he'll hit pass at the pass after pass 29 yards on the pants play Langhorne in motion Manoa in the backfield now but it will be binary he's ten peaceful touchdown great block by the rookie Manoa I think a lot of people are going to head for the exits after that run those guys are those advanced things who made the trip down this is what you call you old fashioned blowout 17-yard touchdown run is first of the day and it is Cleveland well in control down 33 nothing and I can tell you something right now this is not the Houston Oilers football team I have seen on two other occasions just I'm not playing good football jakers kick is good there's another look at it's coming off the left side where Larry Williams good block on the left side and Paul Ferren reside and they're controlling that left side over there Ernest Byner straight ahead ties stepping it into the endzone [Applause] nice flying trick Thanks so you're really not gonna do another tour now Susan I've made plans you're gonna miss this place Murdock my mind's made up alright then I guess you're gonna want this American accepted Mary looks like I'm going back to fly school I hope they know they're getting one of the best we'll use something special people know it [Music] [Applause] [Music] is there a problem approaches out well I can get you a car easy to wear a hard to resist you're letting that great smelling guy get [Music] nationwide people are rushing to you go spectacular 100,000 countdown celebration we knew this is our last chance to buy you go at 3990 and with this great deal we saved even more furry it's for a limited time only these prices and deals won't last next Sunday the NFL place here when the Broncos battle the Chargers before your team takes the field our team hits the air NFL live his earnest Byner touchdown run watch number 61 Mike bad go to the left of your screen they call this finishing off the block watch how he stays with the defensive man until that back has cleared the point of attack here's another look at it right side of your screen look at the good blocking there Dan fyke 69 good solid block right up the middle and behind dad you saw the block by 42 Manoa I'm Johnny me to the shooting in from the outside here's the Jagger kickoff Chris Duncan and the branch nutter here in short of the 20 yard line file up there Nick Miller first down last four possessions for the owners clunk fumble rare occurrence this year as in dejas miss and another part after everygame pro football teams [Applause] [Music] as the team has units on mondays they look at the film to see where they went wrong Houston Oilers go to take this can of human burning I wouldn't let any of my players see me play [Applause] in football know that this thing must better football team than their show him today well here comes one million down 33 nothing [Applause] [Laughter] [Applause] whole lot of directional line [Applause] and the pom-poms are swinging here in the industry doll and these fans deserve something to cheer about it's just so unfortunate that the Cleveland Browns took this football team out of it because as we've been saying all along they have tremendous weaponry they had that quick strike ability that you just saw with Ernest givins but if it was ever a little bit too late too little too late maybe that was it sandy has for the extra point [Applause] strikes for the first time today boilers on the board 33 set up [Applause] [Music] [Applause] more profound than words diamonds okay this is Bill Elliott and the core is racing team now you might think 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outside there picks up a good block here now once he's in the open there it's just beer speed he's got it all 83 yards that is the longest oiler touchdown pass play in about ten years it is November 6 1977 when Dan Pastorini connected with Cowboys for crowd trying to get the orders going Fontenot holds on to the ball she took that cup slicing hits and the Browns half of all lawyers with a little bit of line loose again or mojo it's a Radio Shack Merry Christmas yeah they're both asleep well we've got one wheel on but now we're stuck Radio Shack sale price cordless phone not only 69.95 it gives you the freedom you need indoors around all the controls over the handset and no twisting trail on cords to get you away [Music] [Applause] 3:7 [Applause] just had a big play eighty-three yard touchdown shakes loose 40 East out to the 47 yard line Keith Bostick went along to the ride just as he carried three guys willing Reggie Kevin Mack is a very powerful man he has amazing upper-body strength he has tremendous thighs if you take a look at Kevin Mac sometimes you'll see some of the biggest eyes in the game if you try to tackle him no he'll just break the tackles very strong run good blocking once again Cleveland Browns continue to control that line of scrimmage Matt cash 89 yards on the day 22 of them came here at their own 37 yard line first and ten for the bronze 501 left to go third quarter 33 seven cleaner they give it back to Mack and he rumbles into Houston territory Steve Brown a quarterback up to make the tackle helped up by the free safety Jeff Donelson you have to remember that John Grimsley number 59 the oil is main inside linebacker the guy that leads this team in tackles who roams up and down that line of scrimmage is out and the Cleveland Browns have been exploiting his vacancy ever since Toby Caston number nine he is playing in that position he is a rookie and he's lost six yards for mank on the first down carry two wideouts to the top of the screen Herman Fontenot is in there he's the running back from Byron Scott out wide though on this play number 28 boy they almost took that handoff right in there as they stuck the rouse charging in Lyle's and Childress were in there they almost were in the backfield when he got the ball let's watch that one again boilers charged up on defense one to the right of your screen you you can see the flash by Keith Bostick number 25 almost pad the hand off as you said Jim and but that's rare when it happens but it's embarrassing also if it does so it's 34 he looks like he's gonna survive that quickly cuz I refused he's got somebody out there in the open weathers was but the ball was delivered far off to the right I've often wondered why is it that when football teams get behind and don't have nothing to lose then they start to play the way that they should have been playing in the first place they needed to bring pressure on this man from the very beginning we said that they didn't do it they got too far down and I'm not so sure it's fiction do anything with a 33 to 7 deficit know what the greatest comeback in the National Football League eight points and it happened earlier this year in Tampa Bay Steve de Berg did it George means I didn't have a good first pint as you saw the graphic on him this he spent most of the afternoon watching his offense go up and down the field Kenny Johnson is back deep single safety for the others Winslow towards the sideline inside his town Stephen Bryant so the orders will come back trailing 33 setter it's a radio show Merry Christmas yeah they're both asleep well we've got one wheel on but now we're stuck RadioShack sale price cordless phone not only 69.95 it gives you the freedom you need indoors around all the controls over the handset and no twisting trail on cords to get you away that's what we've been doing wrong thanks you're welcome save $30 on Radio Shack's cordless phone only 69.95 only at RadioShack light fighters the new light infantry no matter where you are in the jungle the Arctic the desert or the mountains you run out of days before you run out of challenges you know how let's talk about building your confidence might sound like a lot of height let me tell you hype doesn't get you to the top of this rock yeah what the elevators here [Music] little towns in Europe had their own way of knowing the holidays were near it wasn't the decorations of the first magic snowfall it was the appearance of special holiday lockers in every Park in beer hall today that tradition lives in America at Coors introducing Twitter fest a lager so bold so extravagant we brew it only for the holidays and when the new year comes the Winter Fest will be gone but not the memories this fall NBC Sports has a November to remember when heart pounding excitement returns to the greens where one putt could be worth four hundred and fifty thousand dollars Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer Lee Trevino and fuzzy cellar play the skins game it's a November to remember on NBC but when you get this far down - you don't think plays anymore you think players get the ball to people like Givens and drew Hill names on cars looking for blockers here is he going flag down chair so they ran the gamut on that one everything came flying out that looked like an illegal forward pass but I don't know whether he was forced into that for some reason maybe he had a facemask pulled or something but you certainly can't throw the ball forward you would lose 15 yards from the spot of the foul if you did that and they discuss it benefits second interception of the day though you recall last year in Cleveland in the Houston game that went overtime Frank Minnifield had two interceptions in that overtime win by Cleveland he seems to play well against Warren Moon and the Houston Oilers wide receivers they had six as a team on that day four were thrown by moon 2 by Oliver Luck Benefield now has three on the year we have an illegal forward pass against the interceptors we have an illegal block in the back against the interceptors they'll take the illegal block in the back first down well all of that came you'll get the superior of the two penalties which is the 15 yarder well as Reggie pointed out Frank Minnifield likes playing against the orders obviously gets charged up four out of his eight career interceptions have come against Houston and a big day for him today all right after all of that to penalties called against the Browns the ball is at the 39 yard line of Houston and Kosar [Applause] [Music] fingertips can't pull it in at the five he was there so risque Jackson playing centerfield on the floor then looking to make Webster slaughter all-pro today very close to being a second touchdown of the game here's another look at that interception going for Gibbons as I said the big playmaker but they've got three people surrounding her and his Gibbons now watch Frank Minnifield who isn't quite known as a good runner watch and throw this thing forward could have been disastrous second down in tannish still at the 39 clock stopped on the incompletion 302 lat third quarter 33 7 bronze Ernest Byner back in the game to the top of your screen along with slaughter Kosar I going down the middle again and this time overshooting his man [Applause] Patrick Allen on that coverage bernie has aired it out twice slaughter was the intended receiver ten minute ticker time Patriots leading bills still leading all of those games in the fourth quarter the kids that all the sizzle games of fizzling their sizzling 23900 the bengals well the Eagles are making a charge but the Cardinals still hanging in there with the man in the lead as they have been all afternoon Vikings leading as are the Packers third down and ten after two in a row incomplete thrown by cosine where they come I would expect a blitz to be on those are throwing touchdown Gerald McKeon [Applause] there's his rendition of very popular dance you see a lot of players who celebrate that way after touchdown but I wanna tell you something sure Kosar made the excellent throw and McNeal got loose for the touchdown but if you take a look at the Cleveland Browns at the line of scrimmage that was a blitz the offensive pickup was outstanding they gave Kosar the time against that coverage and when you blitz you gamble and when you gamble against fast people like this one-on-one in the open field if the blocks are there you're going to lose 39 yard touchdown pass on third down and 10 into the end zone and every one of those plays he went long missed the first two and then hooked up with McNeal for the big one Tigers kick is good here's another look at it now what's what's the blocking their stunning their looping inside the line back was coming outside oh that's picture-perfect good pickups and then Cozart does the rest then Bostick cannot keep up with Gerald McMahon it is forty two seven Browns and we'll be back with 250 left to go third quarter the owners get the ball 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massage burns McKenzie is ready to party sponge bodies with only public he knows everything else is just coming into this ball game we talked about Bernie Kosar I'm not actually having had individually an outstanding game against the Houston Oilers even though the Browns had won today I guess he's laying to rest admit that his lack of mobility has something to do with that 15 out of 26 257 yards and two touchdowns and we're not finished with the third quarter maybe at some point June you gotta start thinking about getting Bernie Kosar those are out of the ball game absolutely 250 left to go here in the third quarter and it's Curtis Duncan again again it's 52 Nick Miller Herrmann Fontenot and Chris rockets down on the coverage for the Browns as Duncan brings the kick-out Warren Moon comes back out into the offensive huddle threw that interception minute field picked it off and LeBrons Aydin paid for that with shuttle I think it's here the Houston Oilers I think Jerry Glanville the head coach has to maybe think about starting to try to run the football a little bit and it cuts some of that time off the clock not to just look ragtag not to let these people embarrass you anymore because if you just try to throw the football and try to come back the results aren't going to be pretty first down here Eiffel sit down the mall and it is picked off again and it's Minnifield again his third of the ballgame the minister is doing the dance but he can't do it so well oh what a great player Frank Minnifield is what outstanding hands what's this catch by Minnifield there's any question about these two pointed backs being the premier two in pro football I think they'll to be answered by now look at the diving catch the concentration and covering his nemesis well we talked about problems between Gibbons and Minnifield he probably didn't want to seem in the fear that a third interception from nothing in the world forty-two seven the Browns lead their defenses given the offense the ball and perfect field position all day and they run it banging down to the 25-yard line Reggie something to point out the Browns three weeks ago lost a big road game out in San Diego blowing a ten-point fourth quarter lead lost the lead lost the game in overtime Cozart threw an interception in overtime the charges got the ball back in one the Browns regulars have not won a road game yet this season until today you can tell when you're behind by 40 to 7 no one wants to stand around you if you take a look at Bernie Kosar when he stands on the sidelines with this kind of lead they're being accepting congratulations from everybody but the team doctor grenadine motion a five-yard pickup on first down second and five Mack looking Church out the hole mumbles were pushed down as he gets a over the 20 yard line inside the 20 out of bounds at the 17 yard line chased out by Jeff Donelson and Patrick Gallery [Applause] Frank Minnifield has tied a Browns club record for interceptions in a ball game with three I think seven other defensive players have done it before but Frank Minnifield when he came into this league I liked his aggressiveness I liked the way he concentrated hanford Dixon who has always been a big believer in film study has gotten Minnifield to study the film and as a result Minnifield has turned into an all-pro player and certainly one of the best two or three players in his position Mac hits to the 15 and down inside the 15 to the 14 yard line he's over 100 yards on the day as you saw Al Smith makes the tackle and Robert Lyles and keep this in mind Minnifield gets a lot of opportunities because most football teams will not throw in hanford Dixon's direction where's your scoreboard for the afternoon [Applause] forty-niners lead bronze traveled to Candlestick to play the 49ers next week Pittsburgh leading so they will be tied with the orders a game behind the bronze in the Central Division when the day is done 58 seconds to go fifth quarter those are checking off again at the line of scrimmage he's done that very well all day long from the 15 it's Kevin Mack again couple years ago the Browns won the Central Division with the run again and Mack was a big part of it Mack and finer both went for over a thousand yards and that season down the stretch the Browns have a tough schedule San Francisco on the road at Indianapolis of course now becomes a big game always a tough again right LA Raiders the Browns have always had trouble winning in California and of course the big one at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh that's like the army-navy the Michigan Ohio State ball game for particular Browns every year third quarter winding down some of you will be leaving us right now here from the Astrodome and we bid you farewell 42 seventh of rounds lead after three at the end of the third quarter Cleveland 40 Houston 7 we'll be right back after these messages from your local station this week late night is an electronic miracle with Max Headroom Grace Jones Jay Leno Gilda Radner Ron Wood Raquel Welch stupid pet tricks and/or she was a redhead about 5 foot 6 inches tall and all sudden this thing starts spinning and it's going around and rancid NL so that makes me safe because with my wife I'll never be dead what just love your career and you're frustrated I mean that that's what you want of course that's just my opinion so money is no object if money's no object what are we gonna do with our life well first of all Levi's 100% cotton Dockers if you're not wearing Dockers you're just wearing pants I'm still paying the loans I get all the money in the world I'd like to at least be your pool man [Laughter] one weekend a month you can take off for the beach the moment or a drive in the country in the Army Reserves it's no picnic but it's the kind of excitement no other weekend operation and you'll still have three weekends a month to take off on your own [Music] the preceding performance has been brought to you by Porsche [Music] TVs alles linda lavin Monday on AM Cleveland [Music] today's game is brought to you by Bud Light everything else is just a light by IBM in the IBM personal system to the next generation and personal computing and by American Airlines something special in the air Jeff Donovan and Reggie Rutger fourth-quarter getting underway here at the Astrodome some of you will be leaving our ball game shortly the bronze lead this 142 7 he'll be going and watching these Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals [Applause] near the Bronx in total control of this battle for first place in the AFC Central Division there does that wraparound draw play again they give it to Mack he's down to the 10 yard line [Applause] there are two bronze offensive linemen hopping on that loose ball Paul Ferran is there along with Kody risin [Applause] let's check the scoreboard look check it in a couple of minutes they're going to also try to get this still goal stat combination one more time and to try to get it right gary Danielson has had trouble holding on to the snap from center it hasn't been that it's been a poor snap from center on a couple of those occasions you'll put it down at the 20-yard line so it's a 30 yard field goal attempt for Jagger forty two seven Cleveland in the lead and the kick is no good you missed it good pressure put on by Steve Brown number 24 I think Jagger parried that ball just a little bit that was a good effort by Steve Brown there's no quit in Steve Brown it's a quality player and I know he's very frustrated with what has gone on the day they wanted more than anything else to play well against the Cleveland Browns and they put themselves in position to maybe win in the fourth quarter but as it was they were taken out of this game early well when you're hit 42 7 you should dominate these numbers too and they're gonna look pretty for you rods rushing yards passing look at the total yards three to one almost in time of possession four turnovers by Houston three of those interceptions [Applause] with 1405 left to go in the game moon has the orders up to the line of scrimmage [Applause] wide receivers a direct snap to Rozier we saw that early in the game but of course they've been forced to throw the ball so much being behind we see it here now pretty soon you have to think about taking Warren Moon out of the ballgame for two reasons one you don't want to really jeopardize destroying the man's confidence completely it's been bad enough as it is in two with the Cleveland Browns in the past you don't want him to take one of those blindside hits and lose him point along to town because he's gonna stay in this the rates that was the first running play for Houston in the half and here's the second as Rozier brings it out and he gets it first down out over the 30-yard line first down for the owners clock running 13 18 left to go in the game the Browns with the victory here today will go to 7 and 3 Houston with the loss will go to 6 and for al Bubba Baker racing off the to deal for Taylor first and 10 [Applause] a receiver over the middle Dru Hill couldn't bring it down at the 37 yard line and it's an incomplete pass second down and 10 coming up for the Oilers three times as many first downs for Cleveland but you know what you can characterize the Houston Oilers as a developing contending team and when you have a developing continuing team but you had our lulls in their performance to high-lows but the true contending football teams like the Cleveland Browns and the Seattle Seahawks and teams Denver they very really have off days they play consistently pretty much second and ten [Applause] moving back again again off the top of the receivers nailers across the middle Curtis Duncan came Phillip both of their brewing and I think you have to direct that a little bit towards the receivers I mean on many plays you can point the finger at noon here this afternoon but both of those passers looked as though they were catchable Warren who really has to block out what he hears right now because there isn't anything good that's going to come out of this debacle today I mean this ball game is over it's been over and warming now is in there mopping up and I think you ought to get him out and I'm just to mention this on the Browns sideline I do not see anybody warming up for instance gary Danielson warming up to get ready to come in for Bernie Kosar here on the floor we got a team [Applause] it was through him stretch down we cannot connect and they will punt again just to step away that time [Applause] because the tail end of that play Dru Hill has a couple of steps on hand through Dickson both just out of the reach meet Johnson into punt Gerald McNeil who caught a touchdown pass from Bernie Kosar today and has returned punts very effectively to stands at his 26 yard line waiting the Johnson put some pressure on Johnson if he'll takes it at his 19 bounces off a hit and picks up about six extra yards Jeff Donaldson was the man down that made the first hit right now we pause briefly for station identification this is the NBC television network [Applause] newlywed couples Kissin tell weekdays at 4:00 on channel 3 12 minutes 37 seconds left in a blow on the Browns putting their stamp on this one and ready to take first place by themselves couple weeks ago was a three-way tie after last week a two-way tie the head-to-head competition between the others and brows today well in Cleveland's comedy first at 10:00 for the Browns after the McNeill returned a punt carries the ball for the first time today he's tackled by Steve Braun [Applause] the running play was stopped New England leading the Indianapolis 24 nothing the jet spree closer to Buffalo down by a fuel goal now the Bears going to win after a tough Monday night loss as they beat the Lions today a final score at Tampa Bay loses to the 49ers 24 10 Pittsburgh now leading by a touchdown over Cincinnati so the Bengals climbing back in a bit and st. Louis over Philadelphia 3117 in the floor flight games well in control over the Falcons and the Packers in the same manner over Kansas City Kansas City fired a coach that took them to the playoffs a year ago and now the new coach is one in 22 B 1 and 10 grant peace warming up that's it number 10 the Oilers replacement quarterback during the strike stop with the team in his running second sprint for lemon he was soon to coming in it appears that way there's the rookie Timmy Noah for the Browns carrying out over the 40-yard line and you might say why is Bernie Kosar still in the ball game and I wouldn't be concerned because he is running the football and he is in no danger I would be concerned if he were throwing the football risking a blindside hit so the Cleveland Browns have to be careful with what they're doing in their play calling so that they do not eat Bernie Kosar to unnecessary injury in a ballgame that they have safely tucked away at 42 seven third down and change formation right now oil with four wide receivers in one back behind him on third and two he is turning over trying to pick up the Blitz here they come and he unloads it going down the sideline trying to make the comeback catch up flag is thrown on Steve pride Clarence withers and Braun get up shoving now Robert Lyles comes in that's light horn in there trying to get Lyle's you got a lot of face smash grabbing going on and you've got an awful lot of frustration being taken out on the field I never got into a fight on the opponent's side of the fields and I thought that was wounded why's ticking the littlest man on the feather the little guys are feisty and there's Webster slaughter in there now and to wait from weathers they have cool Clarence off of it but now Webster slaughters in there there's Clarence weathers he was going for the pass he and Browne had some contact there weathers tried to come back and make the catch the flag went down with Cleveland receivers are small but out of the game unsportsmanlike number 93 out of the game alright and a couple of ejections out of the game now this is what they need to do in order to stop a lot of the foolishness start throwing people out of the ballgame now there's an interference call now let's see who does the wrong thing there's Steve Brown d15 over-exuberant a little push from him weathers Langhorne taking up for his buddy what a wide receiver is tangling with that linebacker and he's doing a pretty good job and some guy to Street foes gun swung at all right 93 Robert Lyle's is out of the game that was Spencer Tillman in his street clothes the running back from Oklahoma who is enacted this week Spencer look out here's Robert Lyles 10:46 to go this football team wanted Jim excuse me this football team Houston Oilers really wanted to play well that's Spencer Tillman trying to be a good Samaritan you know Spencer Tillman was a good Samaritan a couple of weeks back he was riding in a cab to the ballgame doing about 70 miles per hour the cab driver had a heart attack Tillman reached over gain control of the world brought the car under control got out gave the cabdriver CPR saved his life unbelievable story Webster slaughter was he ejected for the Browns not whether slaughtered as the Browns continue to run the ball after the interference penalty gave him an automatic first and [Applause] or pushing and shoving after the fact myth and Herman fontanel Fox Adele figured to be big in the Browns offense this year but came up with a hamstring pull during training camp and never quite get in the floor Plus last year when he was big in the Browns offense it was in large part because of the injury to fighter and Mack who only played seven quarters with each other all of last season Fontenot got in there that bronze went on a roll towards the AFC Championship game in Fontenot was a big part of their offense he has not been a big part this year minor and Mac have been helping on that play that Bernie through earlier Bernie did take a hit after he made that throw and that's the thing I'm talking about you have to be careful of that second down and four from the 30 we're gonna know his way and he'll get down to the 20 million Doug Smith ray Childress Richard Gerard all in on the tackle for the Oilers under 10 minutes now 935 remaining in the ball game 42 Shevin cleveland already Marty Schottenheimer has to be thinking about the San Francisco 49ers because The Cleveland Brown scene Jim to have trouble when they fly to the West Coast and it seems to be always after a big win that the Browns are playing a West Coast team and they just do not play well when they're on the west coast 257 yards passing foreclosure best day ever this Houston as he launches 15 all up in the line of scrimmage Fontenot behind a Manoa block by Richard Byrd as he tried to get the first down but he'll be short incidentally in talking with head coach jerry glanville yesterday he happened to mention the two teams the San Francisco 49ers in the Cleveland Browns and he said I think the Cleveland Browns are one of the very best teams in pro football and I think they're better than the 49ers sorry originates fourth down and they will go for it the Browns will on fourth down and two well that's where they go for tonight it's they could just yeah Marty will not be second-guessed on this one Marty Schottenheimer the Browns coach 8:18 left [Applause] ducks with me first contact and Kenny Jensen finished him off so the ball goes over to Houston on downs with 806 left to go on the game [Applause] and we have a new quarterback in the lineup for the Houston waters breakfast who engineered the orders to a to analog replacement team record and really put them in good position in the AFC Central Division he engineered as we showed you earlier that victory over the browns at Cleveland stadium the winners won that 15 to 10 boy he was looking for a big day very excited about throwing a big game [Applause] but back for him peace - Rosie air first real running room of the day for Mike Rozier the former Heisman Trophy Award winner goes out over the 45 yard-line Clay Matthews brought him down Matthews with a fumble recovery here today clock running 748 remaining as piece sets his team up no huddle Clay Matthews is directly over his brother Bruce right now [Applause] grounds almost jumped off the right side Baker got back the ball is thrown intended for Drew Hill and it's incomplete [Applause] I once asked clay Mathews when he plays against his brother does he ever think about it and he said no he doesn't really think about it and I then asked him also had he ever run into him didn't block and yes they have and what did they say to each other when they see looking in each other's eyes as you're getting up off the turf and there's just not a lot said between him you you would think that they really aren't best of friends during the ballgame which i think is the way he had to go about it but after the ballgame of course they get together and hug each other and say mom says hi second out of town after the first daddy conflation Bubba Baker from the outside didn't get there the catch is made by rookie Heywood Jefferies out of North Carolina State and that will please some of the fans here they've been wondering when he was going to get on track as they drafted him he was their second first round selection in last year's draft and Jeffrey's made the catch and looks for the next play and it's third down and four with 7:10 remaining in the ballgame as Brent piece tries to move this or their offense into another scoring position bruce matthews going back to pass block there almost fell down nice catch there by Willy Drury over the middle and it's very close to Houston first down inside the bronze 45 yard line all final games we're looking at now New England shutting out Indianapolis probably did a fine job against Eric Dickerson in that one I think that sets everything five and five doesn't it in NAFC Eastern Division that Cincinnati Pittsburgh game is looking like it must be an overtime affair option play they pitch it Rozier from piece up the sidelines and they get the first down as they went on fourth and one and ran the option play and piece picks it back to Rozier a page out of his Nebraska Cornhuskers days rolls the most important thing about running plays in a ballgame like this is stay inbounds don't run out of bounds now we've got some of the later game starting Seattle has moved ahead of San Diego in the dome three nothing he's throwing across the middle puck I grew Hill coming into today's game there were two teams with dramatic turnarounds in the NFL this year San Diego of course is one of them they lost their first game have won eight in a row and the Houston Oilers were right behind them coming in with a six and three record so they are very much on the right track here although this has been a very long afternoon forward they'll only drop the game back to the Browns in the Central Division peace fires across the middle almost intercepted by Hanford Dixon he's trying to get it back as I said football teams have will have this happen to him you can't escape this when you're developing a football team but once you have reached that watch Dixon here gets his hand on the ball good coverage once you have reached that contending status you don't want to see a ball game like this anymore because if you see a game like this it's telling you something hey we may not be as good as I think we are well we've got some weaknesses somewhere with spoilers I think maybe it's more of one of experience they're just not experienced at playing at a big game right action play again the pits back doors looking caring that ball on loose it was out of the 25-yard line they'll go on fourth down with 5:30 in the clock running another factor to remember too last year after seven games the Browns were four and three this year after seven played they were four and three last year they went 18 one down the stretch they went on a tear Reggie and then finally of course lost to the Broncos in the AFC Championship game from 420 to seven and three now they will have won three in a row here's peace back throwing on fourth down shake loose Rozier is brought down by Clay Matthews and the Browns get the ball over on downs as the owners do not get the first down you look at good football teams teams that want to be in the playoffs they think about doing one very special thing let's take a look at the replay teams going to the playoffs think about winning games in November and if you win in November you're going to set the kind of momentum going into December where normally you have two or three ball games and you can propel yourself on into the playoffs with that kind of play there's gary Danielson in for some action now as he takes over for Bernie Kosar with 507 left to go in the game snapping is number 73 a bronze high draft selection this year Gregory cozy it is also involved in the chip banks deal to San Diego as the Browns swap draft picks they're moved up drafted chunk and then got Rico Z after that he's out of the University of Miami as the Browns run the ball there is a winner today he's now five and all against the orders and his best day ever against them 257 yards in passing two touchdowns no interceptions he's very efficient that way one thing that he does well most of the time and had against the houston team over the past couple of years but he did it today is that he read those defenses and he got rid of that ball quickly Oilers had the Colts away next week as a matter of fact the rest of the way they play indoors they do not play another game outdoors they're dominant all the way up to this game they may want to get outside 420 as Danielson brings them up to the line of scrimmage [Applause] 32 yard line fontanelle Steve Brian Harrison and here get a flag time come across the chops on Fontenot that's some more stuff breaking out in the middle of the pool Laurie wins it has his face mask being grabbed by ray Childress and a personal foul called on Brown [Applause] that's how a blowout is built right there volume nothing 17 more points in the second quarter get ahead early dominate the line of scrimmage forced the other team to pass usually with the defenses in regard nothing but the past the other team has no chance to come back [Applause] under four minutes now left now would you call them a great team now the Browns have day they have been battling to get them to that level Reggie being a great team there's no question oh man Cleveland Browns are a great football team they've moved past being a good football team the Houston Oilers are a good football team completed rounds along the great teams in the game today because they have great balance they have and they run the football they can throw it they can stop you from running it they can stop you from joining it they have outstanding special teams and they are very well coached Manoah the whole odd new midfield in a Cleveland 48 yard line Steve Brown on attack Manoa won the outstanding rookie award for in training camp for the bras that's where his name started to get set in the coaches minds and get to so much catch the ball did block it good special teams player to show he offered them a great deal mayn't the cloth one way of looking at a team appeared great or not you take an outstanding rookie player like in Manoa he can't get into the starting lineup when you're high draft picks cannot get into the starting lineup then you've got something certainiy Danielson passive Clarence weathers had it cooking he fumbles it out of bounds Patrick Allen on the coverage will be fourth down for the grounds Danielson will come off and George Winslow will come out and punt it away [Applause] bottom of the screen number 85 Clarence weathers with a good inside moved and outside comes back to the ball should have made to catch catch a gallon on the coverage I think he strips the ball just as weathers tries to put it away there's low as a free agent out of Villanova Kenny Johnson is back deep for the Oilers the up and they're running the show for the bronzes play man throughs good miss relation with 232 left to go in the fourth quarter and in the game whose line gets it away with bad punt no to Cleveland Browns turn one punter of Luke the loose Jeff Kasich pull anything like that it's not very healthy in this league mr. Winslow to punt that ball that way to 25 left to go that was a 15 yard punt and I believe he had a 20 yarder earlier in the game yeah and a 20 yard earlier in the game well they had the luxury of being able to afford him in this ballgame because of the blowout score but had this been a close ballgame you're getting punting efforts like that I have to think twice about the old mr. Gossett where are you Brent piece 2nd series for him hit by Sam Clancy as he delivered the ball [Applause] and he's all the way down to the bronze 40-yard line there is a flag down and holding against Kent Hill yes sir so final now in Cincinnati the Steelers win 32:16 they go to six and four hang it in there Reggie last week imagine against the others they only had 170 total yards offense they only achieved eight first downs in the game and as you said they keep finding a way to win we're trying to run Marc Milan out of there every week I'd like to know who played quarterback in that ball game he said that mark Malone was going to start he would stay with him they asked him how was the quarterback play going he said not well but mark Malone will hang in there down at the two-minute warning left to go here at the Astrodome in Houston fourth quarter two minutes left to go in the game the Browns on their way to their seventh victory of the season Alcoa presents fantastic finishes 1972 desperation time for Dallas in the playoffs trailing San Francisco 28 to 13 Roger Staubach comes off the bench and hits Billy Pirates on a nifty sidekicks Staubach is back with a perfect strike to Ron and seller [Music] Kowboy scored 17 points in the fourth quarter Stilo shot at the championship from the 49ers [Music] find out who raises money through recycling and saviour cans for them aluminum beverage cans today aluminum food containers tomorrow Jim Donovan and Reggie Rutger back at the Astrodome two minutes left to go and it's time to give the report career edgy and it's not going to be very good you're gonna get no supper this afternoon all right Gibbons had an 83 yard touchdown catch from moon so that's a lot of that yardage but for the Browns laminate this one remember when you're a kid you got a doll for bringing home aids these guys are gonna get a lot of dollars [Applause] Bank with 114 yards rushing Frank Minnifield with three interceptions in the game on a day that he wanted to play so well he was fired up for this one going against Ernest givins look out Darrell sentence trying to come in on Brent peace Sims a former law number one draft choice in the Pittsburgh Steelers hooked up with the Browns during the strike and has stayed with them and he was blowing in on Brent piece that's what it will look like after today the Browns will go to 7 and 3 Houston Pittsburgh mount tied at 6 and for the Bengals at 3 and 7 [Applause] and of course a major factor now in the tiebreaking situation there you see it inside the division Houston had that lead over the Browns because of the victory at Cleveland 15 to 10 but the Browns come back and get that one so now they're tied and side the division at three and one here data piece throwing to the bench what I'd be concerned about is all right Cleveland plays San Francisco next week Houston goes to Indianapolis I would be concerned what this game does in terms of demoralizing my football team I want my football team to be up when they go to Indianapolis next week because they can still get into this thing that's what's coming up second half of our doubleheader here on NBC San Diego and Seattle coming out already underway and maybe joining where some of you will be joining the Broncos and the LA Raiders so stay tuned on NBC more NFL football to follow this one 149 left to go in the game Browns leading 32 shoten is well Drury comes down the line of motion catch made by Alonzo Highsmith rookie out of Miami makes the catch clay Mathews makes the cover for the bronze as Highsmith trying to get some badly needed playing time talented individual to 35 pounds you think it very good I think he is I think he has a big future ahead of him [Applause] 1:12 to go to then peace throwing and it is caught Willy Drury that in between hit for Dixon and Ray Ellison made the catch we're going to check in now and get you caught up on all of the scores the Patriots win over Indianapolis blanking them at Sullivan Stadium 24 nothing the bills tip over the Jets 1714 and a big one at the Meadowlands so that AFC Eastern Division is very much up for grabs and Chicago beats Detroiter rundown the rest of the scores right after this play with a minute 14 left to go in the game sideline [Applause] and there is a flag down on the play [Applause] mark Harper makes the interception for the Browns as he picks off the pass thrown by Brent piece with 104 left to go in the game total domination by the Cleveland defense and every aspect of the football contest it wasn't an area in which they didn't win the battle yes number 29 first down personal foul on the Browns after the interception was made now the remaining scores 49ers win 24 10 over the Bucs Pittsburgh as we told you now with their 6th win of the season beats the Bengals 32 16 and st. Louis with an upset win at Philadelphia they go into the vet that sting buddy Ryan's Eagles 31 19 the Vikings win and the Packers beat Kansas City stay tuned for the second half of the doubleheader you'll be joining either San Diego and Seattle and the Seahawks lead in that one or Denver and the Raiders in the Broncos winning at the Coliseum and the Giants underway against New Orleans gary Danielson with 104 left hands the ball off as the Browns run it out there Herman fontanel on the carry out over the 20 yard line under a minute to go and this one is so much like the victory the Browns had last year down at Cincinnati when they had to go down and win in the AFC Central Division late in the season and that's exactly what they did they won in big fashion they come in here today against the Houston team that was very pumped up and they end up blowing them out inside their own building 42 7 long way to go yet though and as far as the regular season is concerned that they have taken firm hold on first place Manoa up close to the 30-yard line now it's time for the most valuable player award sponsored by Budweiser today's MVP is Frank Whittle field from the Cleveland Browns Budweiser will make a contribution to the United Way on behalf of all the MVP selected in today's game Frank Minnifield of the Browns with three interceptions and that's the ball game here at the Astrodome in Houston once again the final score of the Browns 40 the Houston Oilers 7 in a moment we'll continue to review the action of today's game the fuller family finished four fried foods and this is the fullest the Fuller's have ever felt alka-seltzer to the rescue alka-seltzer fixes your acid indigestion and headache in a flash Thanksgiving marred by harvest gathering and a special gratitude for alka-seltzer fast relief of heartburn with a headache from Turkey cranberry sauce and overstuffing alka-seltzer the other holiday tradition regi a total victory by the Browns today forty to seven over the Oilers complete domination by the Cleveland Browns now stay tuned for the second half of our net bell doubleheader as the Chargers take on the Seahawks or Denver faces the Raiders football continues after these messages from your local station

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