1988 Week 2 - San Francisco at N.Y. Giants

1988 national football league season on cbs we've got the glamour game for you today from giant stadium as the 49ers take on the new york giants good afternoon everybody i'm vern lundqvist and welcome to giant stadium both these teams won last week both had tough times doing so the giants came from behind to nip washington on monday night the 49ers got big plays and came from behind to win at new orleans last week but in the process they have a bruised joe montana i'm working again today with john madden and john what does that bruise to montana do to the 49ers well it's an interesting thing i think what it really does is it gives bill walsh a chance to start steve young i think he wants to do that because he remembers the last time that they played the giants here and it was a it was a nightmare for the 49ers it was a nightmare for joe montana and i really feel that he would like to see how steve young can do against him i was talking to montana yesterday and he said he's thrown the last three days and he feels fine and he's disappointed that we'll expect that we will play joe montana today perfect weather conditions it's in the upper 70s overcast sky just a slight haze raul alegre will kick off for the giants as the 49ers have won the toss doug dubose is the man on the left hand side he's back deep along with harry sydney [Applause] last two times in this arena for the 49ers have been disastrous in the playoffs they lost 49-3 as john said in 86 17-3 and 85. dubose at the goal line cut down as he gets to the 27-yard line and steve young comes on for his first start of the year and for the giants defensively eric dorsey eric howard and john washington up front the linebackers without uh lawrence taylor of course banks pepper johnson harry carson and andy hedden and of the defensive secondary mark collins perry williams both played well monday night terry canard and kenny hill three starts last year 57 six touchdowns no interceptions they passed the middle and find nothing there dorsey leads the charge with harry carson offensively for the 49ers with young at quarterback roger craig and tom rathman in the backfield west chandler and jerry rice at the wide receivers john frank doesn't play today because of injuries steve wallace apollo cross mcintyre who might see some action to tight end along with harris barton and the offensive line second and nine rafter to the left side young first pass of the day caught by rice and that might be enough for the first down at the 38-yard line it was interesting vern is that the 49ers started the the first two plays with three wide receivers one tight end and only one back in there in fact roger craig wasn't in there roger craig now comes in and they will bring the chains out to see if rice got the first down i don't think anybody wants to have a bigger game today than jerry rice he was so frustrated by his last two appearances here well you know he was saying the last time remember that game the playoff game he was carrying the ball he was wide open going for a touchdown and the ball just popped out he fumbled it he said since that game he has never worn long sleeves again it'll be officially third and one it's third in link a chain link maybe two there's jerry rice who was held to two completions last week in two games at giant stadium both in the playoffs seven for 93 yards no touchdowns and the big one was that drop of a potential touchdown it was funny we were talking last night to both jerry rice and to steve young and jerry rice said well i didn't get the ball much last week was no big deal and steve young said i'll guarantee you're going to get it a lot tomorrow and he goes to him on first down third and one last week seven of ten on third down conversions [Applause] quarterback snape and steve young has picked up enough of the first down ball out to the 40-yard line that's one thing i think we're going to see a lot more of you with steve young and joe montana is organized quarterback runs now that was one obviously a quarterback snake i think we're also going to see bootlegs where where he will fake to a running back and keep the ball going the opposite way himself three wide receiver set once again hello the tight end is tight right the middle back heller flag is down ball is fumbled and it's going to be ruled incomplete there is a flag at the line of scrimmage holding the 49ers john frank bruised his ribs and his hip on his first catch last sunday he played the entire game scored two touchdowns but didn't practice all week so ron heller is the only healthy tight end in uniform for the 49ers holding 62 offense 10-yard pedaling repeat first down that's guy mcintyre with the hold do you see him he's the right guard there right to the right of the center i watch him here he's he's blocking down there on howard he just grabbed him with his left hand that's not bad you know usually a guard will do that or a lineman will do that when he doesn't move his feet howard took an inside move on him he didn't move his feet so he had to move his hands and that became a hole [Applause] gary carson you talk about a guy who had a big game last week was that guy right there pepper johnson he got those two hits on doug williams and you're gonna see the two inside linebackers right there that's carson and johnson they're responsible for the draw they start a step back but look how quickly they read that thing and they both get there boom boom right at the same time i'll tell you that made craig go back the other way where he came from second and 18 rice and motions put back behind yard four-man rush here's where he is so dangerous whoa that will be an incomplete pass or a fumble fumble boy that's a tough call for the referee to make well that's the way what the rule is if the ball comes out of his hand of course it's a fumble if it were a throwing motion and part of a throw then it's an incomplete pass yeah good coverage by the giant now he's scrambling here did he drop it or throw it no that ball came out the back that is a fumble see it didn't come out when his arm was going forward they're going to look at this on instant replay now but i think their call is right by the giants first down it's going to come out the back door on him had not started his forward motion that is tough that's a real tough call gordon mccartney made the call and one thing the giants must do this afternoon they feel is run well they had 56 yards in the game monday night on the ground and here is maurice cartham let's go back to the last play and look at the coverage on jerry rice i think that's what he was trying to do and they have good coverage on rice you see that's the thing you see good good coverage there by mark collins 25 he just mirrors him and runs all the way with him carthage second down and six joe morris goes right inside the 20 at the 17-yard line first down new york [Applause] offensively for the new york giants you've seen morris run twice bill sims morris lionel manuel and ingram are the wide receivers zeke moad and mark navarro at tight ends though moad is out now william roberts billard bart oates damian johnson and carl nelson up front martha has replaced moat they're in the eye on first and tenth of the 17th i think it's fair to say that the redskins defense against the run is probably a little stronger than the 49ers john i think the defense period is a stronger defense than the 49ers and i think the giants with two bats they're just going out with carthage going out now and moat coming back in but i think they're a better running team when carthon is in there of course he doesn't give him the the pass receiving than a moat second down five no score 11 23 to go first quarter ingram left manual in motion wide open one thing when the giants can get a little running going then they're always much better passing here sims just goes back boom hits manual right on the post i think that lionel manuel could be the most improved player in this giant team this year raul allegray is on for the extra point it's good [Applause] bill sims and lionel manuel after the fumble recovery and the giants lead in 7-0 30 yards in four plays after the focal recovery phil simms to a wide open final manual and the giants lead by seven eleven twelve to go first quarter allegra getting ready to kick off again 49ers had that same problem last week against new orleans ball blows off the team not that problem i mean they're fast defense and you know what they do and i've i i always had a rule that you couldn't zone play a pass zone defense inside the 20. and the 49ers do that they do that inside the 20 inside the 10. and i don't still understand how you zone the enzyme and we'll see how it didn't work in a minute here's doug the boss and a flag comes flying from way out at the 40-yard line heifer johnson made the tackle and that one was thrown for a long distance it'll be against the 49ers pepper johnson's earning his paychecks obviously he plays inside linebacker outside linebacker kickoff coverage illegal block number 53 receiving team half the distance from the spot in the foul first down that would be a costly one for the 49ers johnson had that big game monday night said he got home late after the game and the answering service had 20 messages congratulating him and one call from his sister and said don't get the big head you miss too many tackles there's too many tackles that's good i like that that's the way a coach does you know you do all this and a lot of yeah butts and the yeah buttons yeah but you missed tackles let's go back and watch the 49ers give up a touchdown pass you know here's what i'm talking about zone once the corner zones the safety zones this corner zone now manual comes in motion runs right up here into the end zone and there's no one on man-to-man and i don't think that you can zone that if there's anyone's job it's the free safety in the middle but watch a little playback that holds the linebacker i watch manual he just runs right up through the zone of the defense and he's hitting the scene between the safety and points roger craig on second and one that's a first down out near the 22 and a half kenny hill made the tackle [Music] there's a there's a guy who can play this roger craig remember he was the fullback and he used to always catch all those passes last year i think the 49ers really became a much better running team when they moved craig from fullback to halfback and started tom rathman in there with him raphman is left now on first and ten and craig to the right in the flat jerry rice that's another first down he's out of bounds at the 37-yard line here's what happened last year with roger craig in 87 as a starting fullback yeah when he was a fullback at 59 yards a game and then when they brought in rathman i think part of it is not only craig running the ball but rathman as a blocker look what they did 162 yards a game bill walsh said last year i know through a 13-2 record that's the best move he made all year first and ten 49ers they trail seven nothing split backs young short for craig knocked down at the 40-yard line the tackle made by carl banks let's watch in there eric howard number 74. watch him against randy cross you see cross get his hands up on him push him he knows he has help from his left guard so if he's going to let him go he can let him go to that side push him right out into the guard where he has the help where he gets in trouble is where he goes the other way where he doesn't have any help second down at six rice lined up for the right side in a wing spot and off roger craig gets a good block from jerry rice and stays on his feet out of bounds at the 49 another first down well they say wide receivers don't block but rice that time did i tell you rice blocked and roger craig ran right over number 48 kenny hill watch hill as he comes off this he's going to make the hit here and i think he doesn't take him down because craig the one thing he does he has that high knee action and he always keeps those feet going forward first and 10 49ers 8 54 to go first quarter 7-0 high formation this time chandler right rice split wide left young has some room john that looked like it was designed run i'm not sure yeah that that's the type of thing that that the 49ers will do differently is have these design runs for steve young we just saw one of them and most of the time if not all the time when he runs on a designed run it's going to be to his left now you watch here you see he just fakes a little running play now that's a bootleg he fakes to the back then he just bootlegs comes out the other way and of course the closest guy there is eric howard the nose tackle and you know you have to be able to outrun him second down and one 49ers in giant country for the first time seven nothing new york leads rice in motion followed by collins play fake college coming and young had to get rid of it a corner blitz from mark collins i'll tell you that was an interesting thing because colin started going in motion with jerry rice and then he just kept coming watch him here here's rice going in motion here's collins coming with him like he's going to cover him rice keeps going boom here comes collins here and watch him as he just hits steve young just as he gets rid of the ball i'll tell you that is an interesting thing where it looks like he's coming in coverage and then lo and behold he's coming on a here's blitz it looks like from this side you see it's the back side of the left-handed quarterback was always the best side to russia on third and one rice makes the catch from young and that's another 49er first down jerry rice with three catches in the first quarter bill parcells looks on and the 49ers on that last short yardage play had to put guy mcintyre who was a starting guard at left tight end because of the absence of john frank today well you know with john frank out they only have one tied in and that's ron heller so if anything would happen to hillary would have to be a guard playing here or mike wilson as a receiver and of course when they go to two tight ends they have to put the back there eller tight right first down at the 35. both wide receivers to the right side barton almost moved he got set young in the middle incomplete collins had his hands on it for the interception [Applause] last week the 49ers in the new orleans game had trouble getting the ball to their wide receivers only three that's the fewest since 1984 in week 14 and already today jerry rice with four of five or to the wide receivers that is so they've they've gone to them well see and last week that five to the tight end they haven't completed one to the tight end yet in this game second and ten seven nothing new york leads [Applause] here comes hidden on the blitz roger craig with three blockers in front and he's down at the 23-yard line barton was out there and mcintyre effort johnson makes the tackles you know the interesting thing here burn is on a left-handed quarterback as he comes back his backside comes from here so this is where you rush him the right-handed quarterback you always want to come from here but now this is the second time we see the giants as he turns to bring their rush that time it's andy head and 54. but you see usually you you just take that and flip-flop it but you always want your rush to come from the quarterback's backside impressive drive by the 49ers young bay groud in the corner gift and incomplete and no flag there is a flag back at the line of scrimmage it has nothing to do with the possibility of pass interference motion [Applause] 49ers [Applause] who was it let's make sure well harry carson number 53 of course is a giants captain in fact he's their only captain my misunderstanding the captain correctly refused the penalty with his second down the penalty was illegal motion number 80 offense i like that a captain uh correctly uh correcting a uh a referee and a referee accepting it and then admitting it to the entire home crowd that's nice washington a 55-yard pass to ricky sanders from doug williams has gone on top seven to three second and ten seven nothing new york leads it over the san francisco 49ers rice in motion chandler is a tight end to the left young back to the 19-yard line now for an nfl update let's go to our nfl today studios brent musberger well vern and john jim mcmahon is at it again for the chicago bears roughing the punter first and ten pump fake mcmahon takes a blow but he finds dennis gentry 35 yards bears lead the colts seven to nothing let's go back to vernon john all right brandon how how much they need mcmahon healthy this year i think not only the bears need mcmahon healthy i think the whole league needs mcmahon healthy i think that the bears are one of the interesting and fun teams in this league third and four craig and wing to the left young fumble pepper johnson i'll tell you again it's that backside rush that time it was eric dorsey number 77 the left hand watch him he's working against harris barton he's right here watch again it's the backside he hits he hits steve young and he doesn't see him watch him he starts outside he's working on harris barton there gives him a move arm over look young has turned to that side didn't see him put his helmet right on the eight and the ball popped out effort johnson gets the fumble recovery after dorsey's tackle second steve young fumble second turnover and the giants for the seven nothing lead half the ball for 24. 6 40 to go first quarter lee rousson checks into the backfield play fake sims russo russon obviously inserted for just that play we didn't expect to see that much of him see if he stays in the lineup nope he's going to go right to the bench i'm sure you're right it was a first down play after a turnover after bill marcel's had this play to russian and said here gwen will run this play second down and three split backs behind phil simms [Applause] joe morris that one took a while to get developed well you know when the giants were really good offensively was when joe morris would have all those rushing yards and then the giants would get that going and then they could go play pass and all the things would go with it but when they did that most of the time they ran to their right and it was that kind of delay play to that side last week three of ten on third down conversions third and two now you saw tim sherwin number 81 check in a tight end 87 rather acquired in a trade with the colts he is lined up tight to the left that's moan in motion play fake in the face of a rush and roughing the passer is going to be called on chet brooks the rookie out of texas a m i think he may have stuck a face to the helmet or an arm to the helmet he's saying he just had his arms up i don't know that looked awfully close to me but again now it's that back side the the left side the right side of the the defense ripping the passer blow to the face number 31 defense 15 automatic first down again you see the play fake here comes brooks he's right there unless that left hand hit him in the face that's the only thing i could see that he called he argued against the flag but uh without success as you might imagine first and ten two uh wide receivers to the left side and sims with a play fake again settles for the left side flag down thrown on don griffin as the pass was intended for mark ingram and ingram may have injured his wrist or fingers i think that's griffin i bet he got his finger in there i think that is really something where the ball hits right on the tip of the finger but again you would seem like they have to let defenders get in and go for the ball i don't know i don't know how you can take that away from defenders i mean you can't make them where they can't hit the guy they have to go for the ball too now i don't agree with that i don't know if i agree with the penalty before that but i sure don't agree with that last one you're saying he's being picky well i think you got to let defenders play that's a big defensive play for the 49ers back all the way across midfield oh boy bill romanowski the rookie and kevin fagan a loss of 12. there's romanowski who's starting for keena turner well this is one thing that the the giants aren't the best at and that is past protection and you're going to see they got a blitz from the outside and you know and that is the first star then the guy comes up the middle and then the other side so they all had three guys the middle both outside all arriving at the same time second and 22 back split joe morris scoots down inside the 45 to the 44-yard line and ricky ellison makes the tackle atlanta leading new orleans in the first quarter there's ricky ellison who had 12 tackles in the win over new orleans last week the 49ers are playing without ronnie lott at free safety today tom holmoe has taken his place lot tried to go last week with a hamstring and a tendon problem and he is not even suited up today third at 16. shotgun four-man rush bavaro that will be far short of the first down at the 34-yard line it's an interesting situation here is it a field goal or is it a punt it looks like the giants are already made that decision here going field goal but that would be about a 52-yard field goal and that is right at the extremes of a lake ray's distance i would think raul allegri hit two last week 52 yards it is [Music] low snap ross hitler the holder has to bury the ball the 49ers take over at the 44. bad snap yo that was but you go back to the extra point when the giant scored the touchdown i think that same thing happened in the extra point huss detler got it down that time he did bart oates was the center 49ers have the ball [Applause] seven nothing giants but they had a bad snap on the field goal bart oats let's take a look at it you know hostetler does a pretty good job there in fact i think had allegri stayed with it that was a terrible snap that just rolled back there but maybe he could have had a shot at it how you like allegra's blocking stance well i think that was just out of fight i think when he saw that ball roll back there and a bunch of guys in white jerseys coming out of i think he just froze you take a comfortable stance yeah and then fall down and hope no one falls on top of you 49ers third possession of the first quarter they have had both drives end in fumbles one at their own 30 which the giants converted into a touchdown the second inside the giants 30. steve young good block from wallace screen pass roger craig first down 49ers are moving the ball against the new york giants they've got 80 yards plus that play total offense you know i think if you had to take one stat in a football game and you don't know the score of the game you don't know the outcome is turnovers i think that's the biggest thing if there's anything and and that's what i mean the 49ers have good stats steve young has a good stat but of course they have the two turnovers young seven of ten he's now gone 82 passes in succession without throwing an interception he does have the two poles today three wide receiver set mike wilson is in now lined up in the slot right [Applause] mike wilson makes the catch he had a touchdown grab last week jerry canard makes the tackle at the 31-yard line i think what they're going to do today is they're playing heller as a tight end in the normal situations and then i think they're going to play three wide receivers i think mike wilson will probably catch those passes that the tight end john frank would normally catch they will use wilson at the tight end spot also mcintyre he's not the pass catching threat of course as an offensive guard john frank up for the game first and ten 49ers 233 to go first quarter 7-0 [Music] young goes by pepper johnson now he goes by jim burke and he slides down at the 21-yard line close for the first down andy headen caught up with him [Applause] and a flag is down you know that's one thing about steve young he not only has that speed but he has that quickness you think you got him and then all of a sudden he's around you pepper johnson was sure he was in great shape to tackle him then he didn't even get much cloth penalty against the 49ers and here is gordon mccarter illegal block number 80 offense 10 yard penalty from the spot of the foul repeat first round there's jerry rice let's see what he did that's what he did i don't know it was kind of in the back grab take down fall down flopper at least the guy is out there trying you know you don't find many of those wide receivers that'll do it very well and you don't even find a lot of them that will try i think jerry rice has a lot of pride and would like to be a complete wide receiver how many blocks did fred baletenkov throw for you in his lifetime none and the guy on the other side flip france equivalent they faked the draw down the middle caught ron hiller oh nice play by steve young and hiller releasing late first down at the 15-yard line now that's ball handling there burn you see that that was that old carry back thing watch it here steve young is going to come back he's going to go up above beyond craig look and then fake up front to him that's that fake draw and then hit ron heller in the middle i'll tell you that did hold those two inside linebackers too didn't it and boy isn't paul handling an overlooked element of the game you don't you don't talk about it no no you don't see that much anymore one of the best played for this team left-handed years ago frankie albert first down 49ers [Applause] greg down to the 12-yard line tackle made by john washington number 73. you know there's joe montana there in the cab he's he's given us signals he gets the play from bill walsh then he signals it into steve young second he is not a happy camper right now no he's not i mean he he he said that he he threw for three days he felt that he could play and then he was disappointed that he didn't get the start today final 40 seconds first quarter second and seven rice in motion [Applause] play fake again young in the grasp now once he scrambles out of the pocket [Applause] is he treated as a runner or a thrower well he's treated as a a thrower but the thing is i mean he's treated as a runner but the thing is is you have to play the whistle and i think we're going to find here that what happened is he started to scramble here andy head in his number 54. he's going to grab him see he has that ball out there i think what happened is the whistle blew before he knocked it out had to be yeah because that had to be a fumble out of that because hidden just punched it right out of there well young has fumbled twice officially and that's the end of the first quarter with our score the new york giant seven the san francisco 49ers nothing [Music] yvonne lindell going after his fourth his fourth straight u.s open singles title man's a machine he sure is yeah i saw him i saw him a week ago and uh in one of his early matches and you just watch him and and he is is so close to perfect that he looks automatic and you you know how can anyone be that automatic and not be a machine third and 12 49ers to open quarter number two very much question john madden steve young back to throw incomplete now let's go back to the last play bob solid leonard marshall and steve wallace are broken up quickly and no flags are drawn the last play where steve young did he or did he not fumble and was there or was there not a whistle while he was in the grass let's listen you know if we do it with sound i think we're going to see here [Applause] he did he fumbled that ball before the whistle blew blue that should have been the giant's ball we had to puts it up and gets it he's now three for three for the year out of montana's hold ron hiller a little late getting up the 49ers get on the board in the first nine seconds of quarter number two you're looking back at the skyline of manhattan from the west side of the hudson river the 49ers and the new york giants live from giant stadium in east rutherford vernon unquestioned john madden 14 51 to go before halftime and the 49ers just got a field goal from that man mike coper who replaced ray worship deep manor lee rousson along with mark ingram for the giants seven to three giant leads this is russo fumble picks it up and is knocked out of bounds short of the 20 of the 19-yard line tackle made by chet brooks thus far in the game what's happened in case you joined us late young started from montana though joe could go today the giants seven points off two steve young fumbles and the total yardage 49ers almost three times or yes exactly three times as much as the giants all of which goes back to your point about turnovers well it is a turnover and then and then the 49ers i think dodged a bullet on having another turnover and out of that they got three points because it should have been the giant ball sims has moat way up to the right side that's granular motion quick screen left side [Applause] nice compliment paid to phil sims by his coach bill parcells chatting with us yesterday said he gets tougher by the years yeah i agree with that i think that phil sims is one of the toughest guys in the nfl and you look at him and and you know blond-haired blue-eyed guy and you think ah that guy can't be tough but i'll guarantee you he hangs in there he got rushed so much in the first half against the redskins the other night you think the guy is almost being rushed he's five to five now is catch that maurice balls as the football out to the 25 ricky ellison with another tackle for the 49ers you know the thing is we're talking about the rush the other night bill sim what wasn't even aware of it until he watched the game on tape one of the guys number 63 carl nelson had a little trouble the other night but he seems to be doing a lot better today [Music] [Music] phil sims incomplete pass george adams the third down specialist couldn't get it griffin is playing now despite a dislocated finger that he suffered on that pass interference call back in the first quarter now a new punter maury buford has replaced shawn landena and if there are two nervous men in this stadium today it's romeo colonel of the giants and lynn styles of the 49ers because both teams are going with new punters and here's buford who hasn't been a football for a year west chandler deep to return the punt [Music] that's not bad but it will be returned from the 30. now the 42-yard line byron hunt makes the tackle and bill parcells eaves aside for lady 1303 to go in the half 49ers have moved the ball with ease against the giant defense but they've only got three points out of this there's jim burt the hero of the monday night win with a 39-yard fumble return for a touchdown he was timed in 7.2 seconds i don't know how much of a hero he is you know when you get one and you have to run 40 yards that's what they time the players in anyway and a good time like for a line would be like five five one five two he ran it seven point two and he's still taking the heat for us young incomplete jim bird picks it up burt becomes a bull hawk oh yeah he wants to stay you know those guys never get to touch a ball you know you never let an old nose tackle touch the bottom and they go there and they practice and they give them some stupid fumble drill or something let them touch it so if they ever get their hands on it i mean that's like that's like christmas or something when you get something like that i mean that's like look at all these presents and stuff i mean that right there is enough to have a party on it call your friend second and ten roger craig [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] johnson's sister can call him again and say pepper you missed a tackle that's the second one and i'm seeing and here on roger craig you've got to wrap your arms around him watch his great cutbacks now what's 52 there's pepper johnson right there put his head down didn't wrap his arm boom break just jump stepped ran right through it and jerry rice continuing to add to his legend he was downfield throwing another block first like a collision first [Music] that's close for a first down at the 30-yard line kenny hill with the tackle rathman the third year man from nebraska giants as you know or rather the 49ers stripped their first 25 and here's the distribution today john you can see that they had eight running plays 17 pass now the 49ers this just proves these are the plays that they think that they're going to run and they run it's fought out all week but you can see bill claus has always been a guy who passes to establish a run most teams want to be able to run and then pass he will always come out throwing first second one might have it he does at the 29. gary reasons number 55 another of the heroes of the monday night game made the tackle there was gary reasons who blocked the punt by steve cox that led to the go-ahead touchdown tom quinn ran it in reasons who held out of camp a year ago on in the process lost his starting job the pepper johnson [Applause] first and ten 49ers rice comes to the left against perry williams west chamber is right against mark collins williams plays off of him inside trapped [Applause] [Music] killing him right in the middle well they are but what they're doing is they're starting one way they're giving them a little misdirection watching craig is going to start up in here you see he'll start up and then cut back you know so you try and get these guys reacted and then cut back against the way that they're going see them they start into that side and then they bounce back to the other side first and ten 49ers split backs rice and motions [Music] young and open foes behind mike wilson picks up on the pattern because wilson was there and young threw it behind it you know and this is where joe montana is so strong and bill walsh said yesterday that he was going to play montana and he said he would play him in the red zone which is in this zone the 49ers are in now inside the 20. that there's there's no one that operates in this area with their offense better than montana of course when montana has that red cap on you know that walsh isn't even thinking about it it's a good idea on saturday night uh you don't do it second to ten [Music] [Applause] almost picked off by pepper johnson young made a mistake i guarantee you pepper johnson's sister is going to have a talk with him tonight not only about those missed tackles but about those dropped passes she's going to say what's wrong with you pepper everything's going right through your hands the ball goes through your hands guys go through your hands everything goes through your hands forget monday night pepper this is sunday third and ten at least he's in the right place i mean his location's good so with baseball you'd say he has good location and bad rotation greg first down and goal at the 5. gary canard makes the tackle 49ers get a fresh set of downs we'd have to think of all the players and the 49ers i i have always believed that this guy roger craig is one of the most valuable if not the most valuable and i'll tell you that tom rathman helps him out too did you see 44 the block that he got that's the difference between a first down and not a first down if rathman doesn't make that block craig doesn't get a first down greg gets a rest now and doug dubose he's into the lineup dubose the second year man from nebraska five seconds on the 45-second clock down to two they get it up the middle no signal for a touchdown yet and there is not he's down at the one foot line dubose was one of those players that was suspended for uh drug abuse he was out for 30 days just came back last week before the saints game and now he's here playing his second game it'll be second down and goal from just outside the end zone 49ers like to get off at three [Applause] they've done it touchdown san francisco [Music] and a little shuffle from doug dubose aimed in the direction of the giant bench that's a good thing what you try and do is you try and get all the defenders to go down you see make them make their commitment now you got the big pile and then dubose just comes in and he just dives over the whole bunch if you hit that too quickly you're going to hit it as the defense is hitting it if you wait just a little while gopher's extra point is good let's look at it from ground level watch the high dog well see they all hit in there now watch by the time he gets there they're all down in the ground so he can dive over him you know he got up there about 10 feet two inches i measured it didn't use the buzz very fluff there was a flag on the extra point personal foul number 62 on the kitchen team 15 yard timely re-kick that makes a field goal out of an extra point very quickly ball has moved back to the 17. and bill walsh looks on in exasperation last two trips in here the 49ers were defeated 49-3 and 17-3 in the playoffs so their first touchdown in a while they have only won here once since 1968. [Applause] gopher right through [Music] so with 9 18 remaining in the first half the 49ers get the touchdown from doug dubose and they have a three-point lead [Applause] 9 18 to go first half 49ers have moved the ball at will and they finally have the lead 10-7 and watch what happened to guy mcintyre for the top of the screen well here's mcintyre here watch his left hand it's going to hit peppa johnson right in the face look at him that's a pretty good left jab that cost him 15 points 15 yards gopher had to kick a field goal from there to get that one gopher kicks it rusov will take it and return it from the three [Applause] [Music] and the giant offense back on the field jeff regal playing the tackle there's jerry rice getting a little ice and the rest atlanta surprising new orleans in the second quarter miami and buffalo are tied and washington leading pittsburgh by four now giants have 48 yards in total offense so far the 49ers 186 in the 10-7 game [Applause] [Music] and michael carter is right there carter had a huge game in the second half against new orleans last week i think stover had a pretty good play on that one against carl nelson too nelson was trying to move stovery just didn't get any movement on it and of course that's not bad if you're not at the point of attack when you're at the point of attack you have to get movement on your guys down for 30. ricky ellison down hey you're one thing you know when you play a zone defense watch how the 49ers all get back then when the ball is thrown watch how they all convert ellison was the first guy there and again it looked like he hurt his wrist when he tried to wrap his arms time has been called to take care of ricky ellison cbs sports third and one giants trailing [Applause] [Music] and you 10-70 have enough to move the chain you know we're talking about the point of attack now when you run inside like this you have to get movement on the nose tackle watch out he does a pretty good job of carter he gets him going back a little and turned a little then by the time carter spins to get back up the field joe morris already has the first down ellison back in got a little bump on his shoulder but he's only out for a play here's morris coming right jeff fuller up on top with the tackle and charles haley and ellison also a part of it when they were talking about michael carter he was he was saying last year he weighed 325 pounds and he said he couldn't play very well in the fourth quarter he said all i ever wanted to do was get a hold of a guy and hold on to him grab and hold on he said now i'm 285 in the fourth quarter i can still chase quarterbacks and stuff you know he's also claiming a 35-inch vertical jump not that that would be astoria that's a lot of weight to move upstairs here's sims down at the 37-yard line as ricky ellison was there to shadow him and that will bring up the third in about six you know one of the tough things the giants are going to have going in at halftime is that they haven't had the ball enough or established anything to know one what they can do or two what the 49ers are really doing defensively it's been kind of a hodgepodge of offense for him so you have nothing to build that second half upon third and five new york baker is the answer is george adams no blitz sims and incomplete jeff brooks the 11th round draft choice out of texas a m with good coverage intended for bavaro you know bill sims did everything he had do it looked like mark barbaro tripped as he's going out you see him there he he went down went down to one hand then phil sims does a great job of getting this thing off to him bavaro had to get spun and turned around maury buford not a good kick taken by west chandler and he is down at the 27-yard line tackle made by sheldon white giants have one touchdown and followed a 30-yard drive after a turnover but they haven't moved the ball since that's coming up next sunday on cbs our first double header of the 1988 season in the meantime here we've got the san francisco giants leading 10 to seven and a little defensive conclave going on with george seifert [Applause] there's tom holmoe and there is carl banks of the giants steve young 10 of 17 for 108 yards he's been trapped three times and lost two fumbles [Music] shakes the tackle of carl banks and gets it out to the 34-yard line he picked up five more after banks missed the tackle yeah i'll say this the giants in this first half have have missed way too many tackles to be a championship defense now we know about carl banks he held out this is only a second game and that's going to happen pepper johnson has missed some tackles but i think that's one thing that that if there's anything that they can change and correct it's that in the first half they really haven't tackled well second down and three heller in motion oh he kept his feet moving he did not get the first down but he's awfully close at the 36. roger craig how many times does a running back get hit in the national football league game yeah i never knew this but i always thought that it's an awful lot you know when you look at your time now craig so far when he ran the ball has been hit 26 times he's been hit six blocking plays and then receiving he's been hit 20 times so in this first half he's had 52 hits on the punch chart you know how they do with fighters how many punches they took how many punches they got 52 he's taken so far that's why they're sore on monday there's about three more it'll be fourth down three more hits that is and now it's going to be the 49ers turn to trimble on the bench max rudiger had one punt last week he putted it 24 yards and the veteran was cut and they brought back barry hilton a fourth round draft choice who had been released in the last cut down and hilton is going to make his first nfl part right now fourth round draft choice in colorado and that is a nice way to start from the 20. [Music] well bill wallace will sigh with pleasure over that one a 48-yard punt and nine on the return a hang time of 4.8 seconds well bill walsh was telling us last night he says when he punts it if you guys see it up over your head it's good he said if i see it and it's just over my head then it's a bad one and that one did go up over our head first down giants under four minutes to go first half giants trailed 10-7 martha in motion [Applause] [Music] sales fired down to 36. tim mckeyer makes the tackle you know i have noticed one thing no burn is the giant offensive line has settled down in their past protection and and now they're giving sims some time so i think although they haven't had the ball a lot in the first half i think they're starting to establish some pass protection [Music] the ball on second and two back to the eye and joe morris oh what a hit but he might have uh well he didn't get enough of the first down ricky ellison hit that hole quicker than joe morris did raquel's who was a linebacker and you're going to see him come in and as morris is starting this way watch ellison whack and he gets to this point before morris gets to that point watch him here he's reading it he runs in there he gets into the line of scrimmage and into the backfield that is a good read on the go 32 giants are one out of four on third down conversions got it nifty little spin at the line he had to because they didn't get michael carter the nose tackle block carter got penetration watch his flight right over the center he's going to get in the back field and joe morris just runs right by it then he makes the spin then he makes a crush and he makes the extra move all that for one first down watch where is he here he is [Music] [Applause] [Music] face so much for the pass protection and carl nelson is down [Applause] looks like he's grabbing his left ankle he had a very tough year last year he had hodgkin's disease then he had a shoulder injury he was treated for the cancer then he was treated for the shoulder as we see carl nelson down you see that now he's grabbing for his left ankle doctor's grabbing for his left ankle but you know with all the things about football that we hear you know we hear about the holdouts when we hear about the drugs and the suspensions and then you wonder where a story like carl nelson a guy through dedication determination fight fire life fights all that comes back and this to me is a great story i mean this is what football is all about this is what the nfl is all about this is what carl nelson's all about here he is we'll see what happened to him on that last play but you know taking something like that on and then and then whipping it and then defeating it and then coming back and playing again i think this is an amazing story john elliott first player or rookie out of michigan they call shamu after the whale out on the west coast he's a 300 pounder well they call them jumbo he's replaced carl nelson the two minute warning is upon us be right back vlander won in straight sets over cahill second down at 23 2 minutes to go down the middle incomplete flag is down the flag thrown by the head linesman on the near side holding 49 probably going to be against elliot too he just went in it's his first play they're working on carl nelson there and his left ankle you see the first thing they want to do is get ice on it then the bandage to give him pressure but i bet that holding was on number 76 76 offense 10 yard penalty repeat second down i'll tell you that's a tough thing you see elliot there coming in rookie first play guy takes an inside move on him he gets that left hand up there then he gets the right hand up then the right hand and the left hand both end up around the leg that's a tough one that is the first new york penalty in the first half 33. here comes hayley sims gets rid of it george adams down at the 23-yard line clock running with 145 to go and that was right over john elliott again watch this time it's haley's lining up there he's going to just run right around elliott look he hits him just keeps going going going phil sims has to get rid of ball at that time hey that's a tough thing for a rookie to come in on a passing situation and have two of them in a row and then draw a guy like charles haley with that speed and quickness coming up at halftime which is just 144 away from now we'll go back to our studios in new york brant irv and dick butkus with scores and highlights from around the nfl and a u.s open report as pat sumrall tony trebert and mary carrillo get ready for the championship this afternoon there's ronnie lott who has not suited up today played all of last week after having not played in the final pre-season game and it's really bothering him well it is he has a hamstring pull and and as bill walsh said last week against the saints he just played on nerve alone that last time out taken by the 49ers in anticipation of getting the ball back but they might not just short of the first down mark ingram came up a yard short i think we'll see where they spotted at the 48th it's gonna be fourth down and now the giants have a decision timeout well bill parcells wants to time out because he knows that he's going to have to make the decision here i'm sure he's going to go for it on fourth down but he wants to talk to phil sims to see what play they want to run you know you don't want any signals you don't want any mix up here you know one you decide that we really want to go for it here and two if we do what do we want to run i think this is a tough situation because this is fourth and to me it looks longer than a yard and once you get longer than a yard on fourth down that is a passing situation fourth and two and they will go for it reisenberg comes in adams is out ingram is out manuel is out yeah i hate to say this but i'm not second guessing because you don't know what they're gonna do yet if i were the giants i would punt because ten to seven i'd feel pretty good going in at halftime if you don't get it here then the 49ers have it then a first down they can get a field goal more than two that's moan in motion big hole first down new york at the 41. that's why i wanted to say that before they did it and then if you do this then it looks great look at joe morris he's going to start like he's going to the right then he cuts back to the left look at that hole there great blocking on that side william roberts billyard and he just jumped right in behind him now the 49ers take a timeout they kill the clock with 102 remaining so two huge plays by the giants the pass to ingram on third and 27 which got them 25 and a fourth down and two run by joe morris what happened the 49ers had their pass defensive guys in their sixth defensive back and the giants still had their run offensive carl nelson heading to the locker room with that injured left ankle damian johnson checks back in now for the giants as nelson leaves the arena chicago leading indianapolis by one atlanta still on top of new orleans green bay over tampa bay and miami and buffalo tied at the half we'll have highlights of all the action pittsburgh that was an 80-yard pass from bubby brister to lewis lips that put pittsburgh on top of the redskins wouldn't that be something if the world champion redskins started off the season oh and two it'd be like the world champion giants starting off last year 002. [Applause] sam's back stands deep caught ingram at the 33 don griffin with a tackle second and one no huddle 45 seconds to go [Applause] up the middle george adams first down new york at the 23. phil sims has him going now calling these plays without a huddle just audibilizing on the line they'll try it again adams to the 19. all of this after the giants had a third and 33 and phil sims had good pass protection hung in there and completed that big third down pass and then bill parcells had the guts to go for it on fourth down at midfield alegre getting set it's a 10-7 game 49ers lead at 23 seconds to go and i still think you go back again to phil sims and that third down pass and then to bill parcells making that decision and that call to hand it to joe morris on fourth down now these things can change everything going into the locker room at half time if the giants can get a score the 49ers have to go in and they have to be down from that conversely if the giants don't score that can be a big big disappointment second and seventh mixed up adams went short and turned around and sims lobbed it over his head and jeff fuller was right with george adams i don't know if phil sims felt the pressure saw the coverage on adams and just threw that ball away to stop the clock now he has third down now i think what you have to do is throw the ball into the end zone if you don't have something open you just throw it away but you don't want to complete one and then have to kick the field goal anyway baker and ingram go left lionel daniel to the right and navarro off the line to the right four-man rush sims tipped the intended receiver and mark had a really rusty start after his holdout monday night i'm not sure that was catchable you see chet brooks was back there with him a rookie defender for the 49ers he's number 31 right there he makes a good move coming back inside although the ball gets up over him now that that would have been a tough catch but that's one you have to catch last time the lake ray tried a field goal oats dribbled it back to the holder hostfiddler this is for the tie from 36 yards out that's a good snap and the kick is good and the giants with really an electrifying final two-minute drive and two huge plays the third down pass and the fourth down gambler here's the reaction well i think this is a big play here for the giants because they know now that they go in in a real positive thing at halftime bill parcells goes in with a good feeling i think the 49ers are going to go in and say wow what's happening to us here things are starting to fall apart we can't stop them on defense john i go back to the point you made on fourth and two because i had the same sense you did i i thought the prudent thing would be to punt and yet he took the gamble and won it that's why i like to talk about those things before they happen and not after and say the obvious and that's why i think bill parcells had a lot of guts there because that wasn't a no-brainer that wasn't an easy one uh you know because it was a little longer than a yard it was that midfield if you don't get it that can score for the 49ers that can change the whole attitude at halftime sam's hit the big third down pass here's the script kick oh boy that was nearly recovered by the giants parcells pulling a lot of magic out no that was adrian white down there and again if the 49ers didn't touch it if he gets that ball that would have been the giants ball right there a little squid kick by elect right now mccarter there's a flag down well the flag is down because the ball went out of bounds and it didn't hit a forty fourteen the kickoff was last touched by the kicking team before going out of bounds that by rule is a penalty which entitles the receiving team to the ball at the 35-yard line first and ten well set it's the same thing as kicking the ball out of bounds you'll see number 36 for the giants that's adrian white he's the first guy down here if he catches that ball then that would be the giants ball there if not if they knock it all up out of bounds then it's a penalty against the giants because the ball went out of bounds and the 49ers get it to 35. how about bill parcells here in the last minute bag of tricks he got young [Applause] out of bounds with one second left that's a gain of 20 for steve young now cofer missed a 59-yarder hit the hit the rail or hit the crossbar in pre-season that was one reason that he won the job over ray washington they're going to let him try a 63-yard field goal now that's impossible well it wasn't for tom dempsey with one second you have to try anything but he would need some kind of motor on his leg to hit one of these things 62 officially into the win [Applause] he needed a bigger motor that's the end of the first half with our scores san francisco 10 and the new york giants 10. welcome back to our studios everybody with nick butkus and irv cross i'm brad musberger what's going on at the meadowlands your impressions well my impressions are simply are very simple brent of the san francisco 49ers dominated the first half of play the giants came back in the last two minutes of the first half to tie the game but the big question that both teams will have to answer is how they're going to handle that right tackle spot karl nelson went out with an ankle injury and rookie john elliott is playing that spot for the giants very weak on his past blocking so that could be an edge for the point anderson i'm going to ask you about a questionable call in that game the score is tied at 10 joe montana not playing but he is signaling in the plays from the sideline now steve young was this a fumble or was he throwing her well the rule says that if your hand is if as soon as your hand comes forward it's an incomplete pass now did his hand come forward and the ball came out or not i think it did i thought it should have been an incomplete pass it was ruled a fumble the giants recovered and took advantage of that recovery right here they sure did and sims to manual and the giants after the extra point were up by seven and phil sims leading the cheers doug dubose over the top from one yard out and then san francisco took charge and the game is now tied at 10. dick i know you've been watching chicago indianapolis what's been going on in that game well it's been going back and forth brent and uh they held eric dickerson the 20 yards rushing in the first quarter that was all the rushing yardage indianapolis had and later in the game indianapolis after a poor punt by the bears indianapolis uh kicked that second field goal which was the longest one 54 yards so i don't know it's back and forth there that's where it stands right now one point game it is 7-6 jim mcmahon through a touchdown pass for the bears let's take a look at that pass mcmahon to dennis gentry mcmahon took a hit 35 yards beautiful now jack trudeau was injured what about this playback well you know we were talking earlier about the fridge tying up people at defensive end and here he does it and you see dan hampton one one-on-one he gets through he doesn't make the play but then steve mcmichaels and richard then were right there and on this play uh jack trudeau got hurt knocked out of the game and gary hogan has come in now some of the rest of the scores miami and buffalo and the afc they are at the half and they are deadlocked at a field goal apiece tampa bay and green bay they are tied at lambeau field and green bay at 10 all randy wright to brent fullwood for a 30-yard score fullwood also had a dandy kickoff return but it was called back because the packers were offside rookie lars tate from georgia was able to score for the buccaneers watch this dive long jump record for the buccaneers and they are deadlocked right now 10 a piece in that game new orleans and atlanta this has been the surprise in the nfc so far chris miller has the hot hand as far as the quarterbacks are concerned here he is to ken wisson it 12 yards and it was 7-3 falcons and then miller went to alex higdon dick what about the safeties for the saints well the safeties you know they're claiming that they're having some problems because last week against the 49ers you know they had some touchdowns right in the middle of field and in this game they had one again right in the middle of the field but a bear was able to come back with that strike to martin for a touchdown and that's the status there pittsburgh over washington they are in the second half the steelers up by a field goal baseball cleveland and boston and the last time we checked they were tied at one they're in the sixth in detroit and the yankees right now 2-1 yankees and the nfl today continues after these messages from your local station well welcome back to our new york studios you know yesterday steffi graf made tennis history at the u.s open later today the men can make some history of their own and for a report let's go to tim ryan and mary carrillo you're looking at the national tennis center empty now but later this afternoon it will be filled the capacity to watch the men's championship final yvonne lindell the top seed against number two seeded matt filander and mary carello certainly yvonne lindell hoping to maybe have his piece of tennis history yesterday with steffi graf's day completing her grand slam if he should win here he'll be the first man to win four u.s open titles in a row the first to do so since bill tilden that would really be something and history means an awful lot to yvonne lindell but matsby lunder has got a lot to prove too in 1988 he won the australian the first leg of the grand slam and the french if he were to win the us open you would have to consider him to be number one in the world and in fact if he does beat yvonne when the next computer ranking comes out on monday he'll be number one well yesterday yvonne lindell had to get by young andre agassi he was a crowd favorite the number 4c the young american who represents the future of american men's tennis but yvonne lindell was not intimidated at all despite dropping the first set to the 18 year old agassi and having to deal with some points like this but in the end the stoic play of yvonne lendl and the superiority of his experience in shot making as usual prevailed over a younger opponent here at match point he was too much for agassi [Applause] on the fourth and afterwards pat o'brien talked to him about what it'll be like if he can win four in a row one was great two was incredible three was unbelievable and four you know it's better than that but it will be a tough match tomorrow much first match is playing well and i'm sure he wants it as badly as i do go what do you think well i picked lindell at the beginning of the tournament so i'm not going to change my mind but i think if matz is aggressive and takes more chances he could he could surprise us all okay well it should be an exciting match this afternoon it's coming up at four o'clock eastern time right now we take you back across the river to the nfl today uh or uh who do you like glendale or finland uh yvonne lindo my guy i don't know that much about tennis so i like stars and straight by about five minutes we'll have that tennis match for you at four o'clock eastern time on cbs and our halftime coverage continues after this halftime at giant stadium just about over the new york giants coming from behind to tie this game on around allegray field goal with nine seconds to go tim tent we had a sense i think both of us for much of the first half that there was a sparring match going on that's what it seems like you know you start out uh 0-0 and you play the first half to establish something and look like both these teams just fired and now they're going it's 10 10 and they have to come out and start the second half just like it's a new game john we saw the 49ers last week and they made some defensive adjustments at halftime that helped them win that game in new orleans is there anything they need to change in their approach well i don't know i think that that last drive hurt him i think when the giants were able to make that third and long i think that was a big play for him then go for it on fourth down come out with a field goal and i don't think there's a lot of adjustments i think that steve young has to settle down a little offensively for him but other than that i think they've really played the giants pretty well big play by phil sims on third and 27 and then the fourth down gamble leads into tying field goal cbs sports coverage of nfl football will continue after this message and a word from your local station another sellout crowd of 76 000 plus on hand at giant stadium and they got revived in the latter two minutes of the first half as the giants came storming back to tied up 10-10 mike coper will kick off now and mark ingram are deep for the giants coffer to kick off as we get set for the second half 49ers have won here only once since 1968 that was in 1984. and the giants trying to go 2-0 as are the 49ers to begin the 88th season lee russon [Music] not much and he's down at the 17-yard line the tackle made by danny stubbs number 96 bill sims in the first half let's take a look at what he did well you know if we look where he threw the ball look he threw most everything was in the middle and three to the left he only threw one pass out to the right and that was a completion but it looks like he tried to work early in that first half the middle and the left we'll see how he comes out this half from the 17. manual starts in motion and there's motion in the backfield as maurice garth on lean forward looked like phil seuss tried to call timeout when they were coming through there you see me put his hands up like timeout now we've got two flags down report from the giant bench in the meantime to bring you up today carl nelson cannot put weight on his left ankle so he will not play in the second half you know and i think a report that i'm just looking at as i look down the 49er sideline now vern is i bet joe montana is going to start and play the second half for the 49ers here's mccarter the movement was legal the ball was never snapped the defense gave a late reaction with a five-yard penalty for encouragement on the defense [Applause] there's joe montana he's got the red baseball cap tucked away and he's got the helmet on and that's usually a pretty good indicator and then you can see he has that pad back on the elbow so that could very well be one of the adjustments the 49ers made at halftime switching quarterbacks manual in motion on first and final charles haley number 94 and joe morris i had the feeling last week that charles haley was coming into his own as a linebacker and i think as we see this game i think he's better this week against the giants than he was last week against the saints and i think he's going to get better each week there's a guy who was a defensive lineman they moved in the linebackers and you just get the feeling now that he's getting the feel of what's going on with a little pressure and tackles from behind by the ankles at the 20. well let's keep up to date with joe morris how many hits is he taking you saw roger craig in the first half well you see he only has 42 and one of the big reasons is look at 37 i'm a lot running five long but he hasn't caught any passes until roger craig gets hit about five or six times when he catches a pass maybe joe morris is saying thank goodness i don't catch any of those things third and six from the shotgun four-man rush stems up sims down is that a fumble or is it a forward pass forward pass says mccarter steve young said where were you in the first quarter and sims chases the football now that will bring on maury buford after the incompletion wes chandler is uh back to return it buford's third punt out of texas tech saw action in chicago bears out of football for a year and sean landetto on injured reserve with back spasms [Music] and let's see which quarterback is going to be in the lineup for the 49ers steve young stays on the bench and here comes joe montana [Applause] [Music] well bill parcell said all week he said we expect to see montana they were saying he you know he was doubtful he probably won't play marcel said all week bologna get ready to play joe montana when you play the 49ers those three touchdowns came in a 12-minute span last week ron hiller in motion montana play fake into the flat comrade and rasmus sends perry williams backwards now you get a close look at the burr haircut the old flat top of the nebraska cornhusker you know he reminds me the old 49ers he looks like gordy salto used to look when i was a kid watching the 49ers play reminds me of jim taylor at green bay when i was a kid you like those kind of hits when the guy you know i mean you talk about things that go in ways that they don't normally bend his head neck went that way second down [Applause] three that's short of the first down and short of midfield [Music] tackle made by pepper johnson number fifty it looked like there wasn't even a block there we're going to see it's right here pepper johnson just runs straight through here and he doesn't even get blocked but the guard blocks down to help on the nose tackle no one blocks pepper and he just runs right through the hole you've got to make that play maybe a sister call him it happens with kemper wrap your arm roger craig searching over right guard that's the first down for the 49ers well given what's gone on with the 49er quarterback situation all summer long i don't think it's any surprise that bill walsh would make a change at halftime like this well and you know he said yesterday that that montana was going to play montana was upset that he didn't start and uh you know he thought he could and thought he should have started first and ten 49ers two wide receivers left handoff [Applause] and harry carson makes the defensive play you know in the play before this one steve wallace is starting left tackle just limped off the field with what looked like a hamstring bubba paris number 77 is back in there at left tackle now big bubba remember in training camp the 49ers thought he was way too big so they sent him out of camp set him through the pretty contender to lose weight he lost a little but not enough he's down to 318. montana deep man open overthrow jerry rice had a couple of steps on mark collins i think montana wanted to come in there that's again one of the things i'm sure they talked about at halftime joe montana probably watched that first half but that they could get that and then couldn't wait to do it then he wanted to prove hey my elbow's okay watch me air one out it won't look like a helicopter landing joe himself said last week after the elbow injury and he continued to play he threw a couple of flutter balls it looked like helicopters third and nine favorite three-man rush roger craig has some room first down at the 29-yard line [Music] one thing about roger craig he could catch that underneath pass and then do something with it once he gets a you know because carl banks was right there roger craig just runs away from him you know it's one thing to catch a ball underneath in the open field then it's the other thing to run by around and through guys that are trying to get you tell you craig has made this giant defense uh tackling wise look poor that's the first and ten on the third and nine a gain of 16. split backs montana play fake screen past the wrapper good block for mcintyre good block from sapolu and again to the 20. steve wallace went back in a left tackle for bob appearance maybe that wasn't a cold bust but could have just been a cramp because he's right back there just had a corner of my eye i've been watching wallace most of the afternoon he's had a good day and he had a good day last week remember against the saints blocking pat swelling with one of the top pass rushers in the nfl wallace won this job over paris in part because of the weight problems in part because of his play [Music] and a good block on the wing this time from west chandler who shielded a potential defender jerry canard makes the tackle another 49er first down yeah there's no one at leading a team on a first drive in football better than joe montana bill walsh would normally start him and then that first drive is something you could write a textbook about here he didn't start him he comes in the second half and again he has a textbook drive first and goal from the nine weiss right chandler left [Music] roger craig down at the five-yard line attack is made by carl banks you just go back and you think last week first drive against the saints montana just took that team right down the field methodically touchdown this time he comes in second half just taking the 49ers right down the field methodically roger craig has now caught six for 60 yards and run for 61 yards second and goal for the five [Applause] two step drop left side is complete rice held up in the end zone and the flag is down may have been more than held up he may have been held in the end zone now the indications are it's going the other way wow maybe he wasn't held up maybe he was holding he was the whole lee or the whole door pass interference number 80 on the offense 10 yard finally repeat second down well it was jerry rice and it was canard we'll see him here and it happened right up here in the end zone against canard you'll see him pushing off i guess see the contacts are up there in the end [Applause] zone i don't know i think that's a phantom call the guy pulled one out of the back of his hat i wonder if this guy worked at nebraska ucla game yesterday when they had a phantom call here's montana the craig down to the seven yard line [Applause] and the opening drive of the season a week ago joe montana's 49ers kept the ball for a little over eight minutes in scoring a touchdown and they've had possession of it here for quite a while third goal for the nine hey that was some penalty wasn't it that was no there was nothing there the guy just threw a flag and caused a penalty they make them up i don't understand i can see you missing a penalty i really can't i can see what i'm missing but i can't see you making them up they're not there [Music] [Applause] [Music] i'll tell you one thing that the 49ers did is the the giants had a lot of momentum going in at halftime the 49ers came back and have taken that away from them this will be the 12th play of this drive in five and a half minutes 26-yard field goal gopher has yet to miss in 88 kicked into replacement games for the new orleans saints last year [Music] got another one mike gopher is perfect and the san francisco 49ers have reclaimed the lead of three 7 51 to go third quarter lendl and vilander coming up next the men's final at the u.s open from here in new york city glendale in his seventh straight u.s open final he's going after his fourth state title and matt's feeling not not all that often these days when the number one and two seeds make it to the championship match but they have so we've got a heck of a matchup for you on the u.s open men's final coming up next probably when they draw those things up that's what they hoped for they got it this time you know as i watch cofer here line up the ball goes off the t the guy's perfect for the year you talk about tennis these guys remind me of tennis players kickers and tennis players are kind of the same guys why well they spend a lot of time by themselves they do that pat sumrall was a kicker he announces football he announces tennis i think there's something to that i think have a tennis tournament here's ingram after the 30 for the giants are you implying that somerow spends a lot of time by himself yeah yeah but then you take a guy like like we lander uh we lander he could come and kick in the nfl he probably will no i know it linda you know these guys when you have kicking problems like the 49ers having the giants have the teams get more telephone calls than any other position both teams said the phone's ringing off the hook guys are coming truck drivers pulling up to the joint you know saying hey let me kick foot everyone in the world thinks they can kick hayley coming boris makes the catch his second of the day off to the 36-yard line ricky ellison larry roberts part of the tackles god i bet it's the same thing with tennis i'll bet you you start playing tennis everyone looks what what you just take a racket you hit a ball i can do that i can do that kick a ball what you just kick i can do that everyone thinks they can do those two things probably tickers think they can be tennis players yeah they are second and four more short of the first down outside the left hash mark and short of the 40 as well you know the guy who's done a pretty good job is this uh elliott guy jumbo elliot out of michigan he had to come in replace carl nelson and remember that last drive just before the half he had to do some pass protection and some tough situations here he is here man he cuts off that back side that guy [Applause] [Music] of the san francisco 49ers that's a gain of 14 yards remember the guy tony galbraith always ran that play they'd get in the in the shotgun galbraith would be their their pass receiving back they get in this boom they just make a a draw trap out of it hit that middle these guys have made a living on that play for three years i think that was your guy elliott who made a pretty good block then he came across here and picked off that linebacker gave him a deep pleater and makes the catch at the 43-yard line i like my guy elliot you know partly because he kept those toledo's over 300 pounds you got to like a guy named jumbo you know you start out there what's your name jumbo you gotta like that pretty good pass protector just grabs up there you get a little face mask you get a little jersey whatever it takes you get the job done so you got a nice base to out second to five that's manual in motion knocked down at the 39-yard line another third and two you know this guy's the type of guy that's really a guy that kind of like wallace was for the 49ers the guy's a good player once he gets in there he may stay in there for 10 12 years you know those guys never come out i mean those linemen once they get in there they may just uh you know you know bring their lunch pail kind of hang around there for a long long time third and two [Applause] [Music] seek moana did not get it this time it'll be fourth down this will be interesting to see what bill parcells did now we know what he did in the first half went for it he went for it on fourth and two from midfield in the first half he'll try the gamble again i don't know you know he took a timeout last time he went for it it's one of those situations that he has to feel is too close for a punch and too far for a field goal so i might as well boris that's really going to be close this is going to be where that guy puts his foot down and what kind of mark you got i don't think from here i don't think he made it 49ers are saying the same thing but where you put that ball look they're moving it around down there from up here raw eyes i would say no i would say it's 49ers ball first down i agree with you look they even got the spare ball that guy's holding on to that thing there carson's out already on defense it's short 49ers take over well he won the gamble in the first half he loses here in the third quarter i think here he gets the lead it's joe morris again he probably feels if he can get him into the line that joe morris could squirm to get the first down he couldn't that time doubleheader on cbs next week most of you will see the minnesota chicago game at dandy in the nfc central others watch philadelphia against the redskins phoenix at tampa bay it all begins with the nfl today at 12 30 and then the second game the giants dallas the rams raiders or atlanta and san francisco all of that next week on cbs play fake joe montana rice hipped and incomplete catchable mark collins pretty good coverage on jerry rice okay that was great great coverage by mark collins on jerry rice because he had him all over the field which is a tough thing and we see rice is going to start out as a wide receiver then he comes in motion tight collins has to cover him before then all the way into play montana threw it a little behind rice but still i don't think with that coverage he would have been complete anyway no matter how he threw it second down and ten 49ers have to blow because the giants went for a first down on fourth and two and didn't get it here's roger craig of the sweep good block for mcintyre but a fine defensive job against mark collins who knifes through and makes the tackle go back if you will john of that decision by bill parcells he went for it and won the gamble before halftime were you surprised he went for it here in this circumstance no because i was i was surprised he went for it in the first half on fourth down i mean i was a guy who always believed that you punt let your defense play but i was the same guy who would have done that in the first half he was successful in the first half i wouldn't have done a fan i wouldn't have done it this time either third down split box four-man rush reverse jerry rice he's going to throw the ball and he always throws chandler it was too high for west chandler one thing it didn't fool terry canard jerry canard was a free safety what they hope is when they see rice running with a ball that everyone will come up to tackle him canard stayed back and had the coverage on chandler eric howard got buckled on the first contact after the snap and so he limps off jim burke is the other nose tackle here's barry helton playing in his first regular season game mcconkey is back to return [Music] i would think that'll be one where it'll be against the 49ers i would think with that punt and that return the giants will probably turn it down oh offside against the giants that would not be enough to give them the first down but that was only a 38-yard punt and a 10-yard return so well what it will do now now to let the 49ers punt it again though that's a big play it's not enough to give them a first down as you say but at least they get a chance to defense the man left his center five yard penalty replay fourth down whatever his number was well it's just the guy left to the center sounds like a politician defensive guy left to the center there's eric howard who limped off fourth and one and hilton with a second chance that's much higher greater hang time cocky with a fair catch at the pitch so that was a very big play for the 49ers the giants lose 20 yards on the exchange 253 to go third quarter 49ers lead by three florida state clemson coming up next saturday on cbs both in the top 10 both winners last night meanwhile the 49ers lead the giants 253 to go third quarter vern lundqvist and john madden from giant stadium phil sims on first down perfect six and six i don't know that that's what he's got in mind from his own eleven but we'll see emanuel starts in motion going left real throw oh boy big rush and it hit ricky ellison in the back michael walter number 99 was right in phil sims face when they look like the 49ers are deciding that instead of just bringing free they need some more pressure they're going to bring the linebackers they're going to come from the outside they're going to instead of bringing three they're going to bring five to get pressure on phil wayne board is checked in defensively now for the 49ers here sims back claude first down at the 37. i think the giants will be real happy when and if mark zavarro gets back to the player he was a couple of years ago you know he held out he missed the entire training camp the entire pre-season and on that play there he had some freedom some flow and he looked like the old mark bavaro a year ago he looked like i mean a week ago he looked like a shadow of mark tomorrow that's the 26-yard gain first down 37. joel gordon oh he's got a wonderful block from bill hart and ricky ellison makes the tackle i'll tell you look at the job that they do on charles bailey here he's right here watch hayley watch we hit him here then they come here and they get him here and they put him right on his back you see bravaro is going to start and then karthon is going to come in and watch where haley ends up i'll tell you if that is what you call a soft corner and you can knock the linebacker off the line 44 second to three in a play fake and sims charles haley got him and phil i think thought there was a face mask there but [Applause] no flag zilla's checking to see if he has all his teeth tell you haley got knocked down like we showed to play before you talk about a guy who is excited watch him come on this play i mean he is going to d head sims this is saying that caught him on the face man poop [Music] who was being trailed by danny stubbs it'll be fourth down danny stubbs is a a rookie and any time a rookie can make a play like that where he doesn't get fooled he comes off in pass coverage as a defensive lineman he's the happiest guy out there pittsburgh timmy smith was thrown out of the game for participating in a shoving match in that game and he bumped a referee new orleans on a morton anderson field goal back on top of atlanta or on top for the first time west chandler back for glory and chet brooks almost got down it comes to a rest at the 27. so this teeter-totter battle continues from giant stadium 49ers have the ball and the lead battle of two top 10 teams next saturday on cbs fsu rebounded from its opening game loss with a big win last night over southern mississippi and clemson playing at home in death valley that's one of the liveliest places in college football and all of that color and excitement will be brought to you on cbs next saturday afternoon college football on pbs first and ten 49ers 13 for 10 lately roger craig oh he's got a terrific block tom ramsay a picture perfect block by number 44 gets craig around the corner and a gain of 15. you know that's the reason you look at a guy's stats like rapman the fullback and you don't see him you'll carry the ball a lot catch a lot but that doesn't show up in the stats where he runs out there knocks the linebacker down so that roger craig can run around the corner and that is as valuable as any run or any pass you could catch you ought to have a stat for that stuff you know what i mean first and then 13 to 10 49ers lead third quarter here's wrassman i think craig returns well though craig didn't return the favor craig was out of the right wing but the offensive line did its job for tom wrapping well i think bill walsh decided then after a block like that let's throw the guy a bone and let him carry the ball like a real pullback tell you with that haircut rathman could only have played for nebraska and could only yeah and could only play fullback for the 49ers i mean that's a that's an entire package i'll tell you one thing about fullbacks from nebraska though i mean before i knew anything about tom rathman i knew one thing when he could block i mean every running back who comes out of nebraska is a good blocker and a complete player just the program you think i think so i i think i think the program the type of guys they recruit and the way they coach although last night it wasn't good enough to beat ucla well how about troy aikman yesterday and that tight end for ucla then he looks good i [Applause] [Music] i'll tell you an interesting thing they took guy mcintyre put him at the tight end now watch the block that he makes on head near here's big bubba he's gonna get a good one mcintyre who's a guard playing tight end watch the corner that he gets there block it on head get on him get on him stay with him stay with him take him back look at that block i mean hidden looks like he's been tied to him that's the end of the third quarter with our score the 49ers 13 and the giants 10 we now pause for a word from your local [Music] station sellout crowd watching the close exciting ball game 13 10 49ers have the lead and a second down and two with the giant 40. rice in motion craig gets to the outside and has a first down at the 33-yard line a little spurt as he turned the corner well byron hunt is in there now at that outside linebacker and again that little spurt was just enough to get craig around that corner and around byron hunt and him waving for air does that hide knee action of his remind you of anybody else no it reminds me of roger craig and it seems like i've been watching him so long and seeing him doing it so much and that's that's roger craig that's his style first and then 49ers rice in motion he's been quiet for the last two quarters of play montana into the flat for wrestling watch him try and pull over players and collins did a nice job of getting a 5-10 frame underneath craftsman well that was an intelligent job when you see a big fullback come running straight at you and and you're outweighed by 20 or 30 pounds you don't want to take them on in the shoulder area watch mark collins number 25 this is what he's looking at and he says the way to do it is get down below those knees there's no power there that's smart that gives new leading to the phrase get down right and it and it gives booming to the phrase i'll be back to play another down [Applause] [Music] across the 20 on first down on the 17-yard line might give him only the 18. now andy hedden comes back in defensively for the giants see if byron hunt is the one who goes out yeah you know they're trying to uh to compensate for losing lawrence taylor and lawrence taylor is one of those players that you can play byron hunt you can play andy hedden you can put pepper johnson there and none of those things will compensate for his talent second down and seven clock shows 1305 to go blitz good job of picking up the blitz and then a near decapitation by canard on west chandler they carry canard just has chandler zeroed in chandler's going to come to the inside canard has a free safety in there waiting and look at him he just zeroes in on canard and chandler says there's going to be a collision if you catch that one third and seven 49ers are five and ten they have 308 yards of total offense more than double that of the giants and yet they have only 13 points and they have a third and seven right now let's look by new york audible by joe montana four seconds on the 45 second clock into the end zone dropped by rice and it was catchable he had six jerry rice said that he hasn't played well in new york and he's keeping that streak alive you remember when he just fumbled one when he had a touchdown here here he has to catch that ball i mean that's right there in the hands you have to i mean they pay him too much money to drop those kind of passes in that kind of situation mike coper perfect today although he did miss that 62 yarder that's right at the end of the first half but this one is no good i'll say it back will fire up this giant defense that giant team this fans these stadiums if you joined us late joe montana came on in place of steve young to start the second half young played the first half roger craig with 165 total yards the 49ers have won the battle on the ground but they have only a three-point lead with 12 51 to go bill sims with his backs in the eye on first and ten and he'll throw again maybe the 26 yard line charles haley jacqueline valvaro will be slow getting up i don't know that was that second hit he really got bent over i think he was all right on the first one and then when haley comes across again bavaro's going to be knocked back in a way your body doesn't bend watch it right there mike walter was the second mike walter was a linebacker coming over the top while we have just a moment let's go back to our new york studios here's brent mussberger burn a lot of action now around the league atlanta's regained the lead on new orleans settle from one yard out and so that one's 21-15 falcons washington has just scored in rfk they trail pittsburgh by two and indianapolis has just gotten the lead on the bears eric dickerson scores 13-10 let's go back to vernon john tell you what brent it's nice to be playing talking about football in the second week of the season instead of talking about a coming strike isn't it and seeing these scores here's the borrow up as it looked like that uh when michael walter hit him and bent him over it looked like what it did was just knock the wind out of bavaro knocked a lot of things i mean the way the way he was bent and twisted could have knocked a lot of things out of him tim sherwin has come on it'll be second down and four joe montana on the sideline and rice open in the end zone rice dropped the ball second and four 12 25 to go in the game giants trail 13 to 10. carson in motion followed by jeff fuller [Music] delayed rush is caught by manual first down lionel manuel who had the touchdown in the first quarter of 12 yards from phil sims you know it looked like in the first half that they were going to manual now he's only that's just the third pass he caught looked like the giants got away from their wide receivers and started going more to their backs and tied in i think if they want to move the ball i think they're going to have to get back to the wide receivers [Applause] [Music] here comes michael carter's screen pass well it wasn't the screen pass sims just got rid of it closest man to it was bill hart as carter was right in his face let's see how the giants have distributed the ball today wide receivers six catches running back six and tight ends four yep that's not bad that's not bad i mean that's really moving the ball around they've thrown it to nine different receivers that's uh that keeps all the guys happy maurice parthon lines up wide to the left otis anderson is the running back second and ten sims sidearms the ball the closest player there was bill romanowski of the 49ers it'll be fourth down well that's two times in a row this time he's going to get the rush from the outside the time before that he got it right up the middle but in both cases he just threw those passes away and he wasn't going to take the sat he had to get rid of the ball i'll tell you michael walter made him himself uh available on that last series this time stephen baker comes line to the left and the other two wide receivers well fewer to the left now ingram goes in motion to the right stunts by the 49ers front the pass is complete intended for ingram excellent coverage by don griffith there's another guy that held out both of these corners held out in training camp don griffin number 29 the guy playing the other side tim mckeyer and i think that you know that they're just starting i think that when you miss training camp it's you don't start playing like you should it's all about the third or maybe fourth game you're back lori buford fairly short but nobody in the vicinity and makes the lateral bounce out of bounds at the 25-yard line 43-yard punt nothing on the return we've got 11-18 remaining game number two that's coming up in just a few minutes right now we've got charles haley getting a little equipment repair on the sidelines changing a rip pad i think 11 18 to go in our ball game the 49ers lead by three and they have the ball i think they were adding a pad to charles haley adding one huh joe montana on in the second half put back play fake to craig for craig carl banks and harry carson were never fooled by the play fake and as a result of moderate gain for the 49ers roger craig is just one yard shy of 100 yards on the ground and he's also caught seven passes this afternoon he also takes some a lot of hits when he does that you know you can see just that last one catching that pass and coming out here i just got six or seven guys to take a whack at him over here in the sideline second down seven flip four makes it to the left play fake again montana on his hip he settles for the short man that's mike wilson number 85 who's tackled by pepper johnson you know talking about settling for the short man that was the first pass that montana completed over 10 yards it was all for three before that everything else was under 10 yards i mean a lot of that is just joe montana some of that could be the elbow that was a gain of 14. doug dubose checks into the offensive set now replacing roger craig wilson goes left jerry rice comes right and we're under 10 minutes left in the game 9 57. [Music] dubose nice play by kenny hill now let's go to brett rushberger in our new york studios for this nfl update well vernon john the lead has changed hands again in atlanta reuben mays a slick 17-yard run here for the new orleans saints he'll get to the corner on the right side step into the end zone 22-21 now in baseball new yorkers are concerned here and the yankees can move to within three and a half jack clark's two-run homer and the indians in the ninth inning lead boston 3-2 back now to vernon john all right friend in the meantime kenny hill injured on the last play will walk off the field it's ironic uh you know brent was talking about reuben may's scoring a score there how many guys we're talking about who hold out for borrow just got hurt he was a hell out we had griffin we had mackay they've been hold out it seems like all the holdouts right now are starting to do things montana incomplete flag down at the 45-yard line as chandler and rice were both within five feet of each other holding giants reuben mays john cena is a holdout for the saints here's the building number 25 defense five yard penalty automatic first down you can see collins here on chandler chandler starts in then he goes back out then he goes in again and right there was the grab he had his hand on his shoulder pad well i think so but remember this is the guy on monday nights again yeah he got away with a big one that was a bugging on monday night he got an arm around the neck so maybe they're making up for it a week later first and ten [Applause] [Music] adrian white knocks him down but that was after the first tackle was missed by pepper johnson walter and ellison and charles haley talk on the sideline see what roger craig has done today john well you see they don't run a lot to the left he's only gone three times left eight up the middle and five to the right he's made most of his yards up the middle and although they've only gone three times to the left they've had pretty good success over there on that last play seven yards to add to his total he's now 106. montana throws it away as andy hidden was right with him jerry rice the ostensible primary receiver you know the one thing the giant defense is looking for now is a dominant defensive player you know of course when they when they have lawrence taylor he is the dominant maybe the most dominant player in the nfl when they play without him they don't have that dominant guy you know carl banks maybe will be but he's another one of those holdout guys carl banks in this game is not a dominant defensive player crowd recognizes just how big this play is and so does joe montana who calls timeout when we return we'll have 8 48 remaining in the game and the 49ers third and three [Music] eight minutes and 48 seconds remaining in this ball game a 13-10 49er lead i think we're both a little surprised it hasn't been more high scoring yeah i'm always confused in a situation like this bernie said it was 10 10 at halftime at 13 10 now 49ers they got that drive right off the bat and are we watching a great defensive game or are we watching a boring game in the second half i'll follow your lead i don't know as a coach i like to say hey this is great defense i love it but then as a fan i think hey this second half has kind of gotten a little boring you know we need some scoring let's have some action come on guys get her going down there right now third and three air 49ers have to punt pepper johnson putting the pressure on joe montana i was going to say burn i think that's one of the problems with only having one guy you're looking at watch montana here he's looking at roger craig all the way now if roger craig slips there's no one else that's open or ready to catch the ball and i think on third down i think you have to have more guys open and ready to catch than just one premeditated guy barry hilton high mcconkey bearcats at the 17-yard line [Applause] 33-yard punt but inside the 20. 13-10 49ers lead with 8 37 to go elsewhere around the nfl indianapolis still leaves chicago you saw brett's update on the new orleans atlanta game tampa bay and green bay by andy buffalo todd pittsburgh on another long pass from bobby brister has gone up on the washington redskins joe morris goes right for about three [Music] you know i think this is what i'm talking about now whether this is is great defense by the 49ers or boring offense by the giants or whatever i don't know but if you just look at what the giants have done in the second half it's you know the old few plays and then punt the ball second down seven 805 to go bow out is in that seat moan in motion [Applause] to the 44-yard line first down final manual this year wants to be a pro bowl player like bill parcells was saying this guy is a different guy he's in better shape he's concentrating more he's better than he ever was in fact he's married now and he's in a bowling league when you get a guy married and in a bowling league you got a settle down wide receiver [Applause] sam again a couple i would think that would indicate a change of lifestyle married and bowling well then he probably has a station wagon and a lawnmower it's all goes i always said when i was coaching the toughest group to coach and handle and get along with and get things done and motivate with a single player they were always the type of guy those married guys and when practice was over they had a place to go they had to go home you had no idea where those guys would [Applause] go [Applause] it was a little bit behind him and the flag is down at the 42. bavaro here he's coming straight up the middle he's just going to turn on a hook pattern work back towards the ball and it was a little to his left but again at some point when you pay those guys that much money they got to catch the ball there's gordon mccarter one of the modest changes in the league this year illegal use of hands jammed to the face number 76 offense 10-yard kind of lead repeat second down that's john elliott oh we saw him earlier you know that's that's the way you got to you know whatever it takes to get him we saw him early where he had to grab a hole to pull a push that time someone saw it earlier they didn't see it second down and 18. block shows 6 46 to go [Applause] here comes the blitz by the 49ers sams gets rid of the perfect call joe morris great blocks and don griffin saves maybe 25 more yards an absolutely perfect call and i think it was a great throw by phil sim because he's getting the rush from the side he's going to throw the screen to now watch what he has to do he had to bring that ball down and throw it sidearm get it out there to morris it's a good lead and griffin makes a saving tackle here gain of 17 it'll be third and one it has to be tough for a quarterback like tim to get the pressure like that stay in there and get the ball underneath once you hear this this is the type of thing they get a screen pass and they just hand it to morris he just fires in there gets the piles going backwards and that excites this crowd here the whole place started to yell when joe morris knocked the 49ers back first and ten five twenty nine to go in the ball game as he let it go incomplete pass charles haley again the 49ers are going to end up with a pretty good defensive player in charles haley i know that when they first moved him there and in the spring and in the preseason game they weren't sure what they had but they also need a dominant player on defense and if they don't watch out this guy could be the guy who's going to be that dominant player they've asked haley to line up both in an up position at linebacker and in the nickel defenses and down lineman now he comes to the right side and he will be in well is he going down yes position but on the line here haley again almost picked off ingram fell and in the process knocked don griffin out of the way now let's go back to brent busberger and our new york studios for this update vernon john here's how the chicago bears regained the lead in indianapolis matt stewie pounds in from two yards out butler's extra point is good 17-13 nine minutes to go in that one let's go back to vernon shot 13-10 here brent 5 18 to go in third and 10 and haley is hurt and out of the lineup wide receiver set for the giants for the 49ers lionel manuel is up on top you're going to see him go up the field to the 30 cut in on an end pattern catch the ball and take it up the field that's the gain of 16. the clock shows 440 remaining in the ball game first contest joe morris almost got by mike walter say as long as kim mckay is that far off emanuel i would keep throwing the ball to him i think the way mackayer is playing and has played these last few downs they can hit lionel manuel on ins and outs at about 12 or 15 yards all day they've got a second down at nine now four ten to go in the ball game 13 10 49ers see how far mackayer is off them i think they can still run that same pattern 10 12 yards zone defense employed by the 49ers sam pulls up incomplete [Applause] mckeyer and manuel well they had to sing and they had it earlier watch him and sims been able to throw it now he had him wide open he had to hold it a little but he still hit manual right in the hand third and nine haley comes out carter comes out and ellison comes out the nickel defense down this will be the dime defense i think with six defensive backs for the 49ers homo griffin comes near side third and nine draw play george adams no [Applause] and that will bring on raul allegray along with boos from the crowd i think i would have tried to come right back and hit manual again because the way mackay is playing them i think they could make a living over there on that side and maybe they went to the well one time too often on that draw play for the shotgun allegray 39 yards to tie it up with 3 25 to go in the clock running [Music] [Applause] no sir that was one of the ugliest looking kicks i've ever seen i mean that thing was just a line drive like it was the last shot out of a roman candle it was a line drive it didn't get up it didn't go end over end it didn't do anything helicopters i don't know what it did watch it it's just going to take off until lake ray's left watch it i guess it did end over end that was just fine that wasn't even close and as a result a fine drive engineered by the giants comes to north they still trail by three 3 18 to go and joe montana leads the 49ers up san francisco with one win here in the last 20 years [Applause] pittsburgh leads washington by nine now 29-20 in the fourth quarter i guess it is that type of situation where once you win the super bowl you just can't come back and be the same team i you know everyone has the right things the things they try and do they talk about the way they try and play this 49er team here hasn't won a playoff game since they've won the super bowl giants haven't gotten to the playoffs since they won the super bowl keller starts in motion montana back lobs it out the flag is down in the offensive backfield now the giants of course oh and five last year including three losses in the strike games that'll be against the 49ers proudly against jesse cepula the left guard because the official pointed right at him that's a pretty good indication he was standing there like i caught you there's mccarter illegal use of hands jammed to the face number 61 offense yeah repeat second down jesse supullo didn't argue watch him he's the left guard right here let's see if we can see what he's doing with the hands to the face has to be that left hand right now right there that's it right to the face man oh and then he even jerked the mask back a little after he did it second down and 16 2 32 to go on the ball game there's the fuller leonard marshall all over tom wrestling here we were talking to play before about jesse chapulo and the penalty the guy he hit in the face was leonard marshall leonard marshall is this guy who missed last week he's been injured watching the penetration right in the middle of the screen he gets in the backfield before raphman can get to the line of scrimmage [Applause] time out new york giants that will leave them with two in baseball the yankees lead detroit in the sixth inning while boston is training cleveland in the ninth so the yankees with a win could pull to within three and a half seattle and milwaukee just underway and milwaukee only five and a half back to start today leads one nothing early in that ball game this telecast is presented by authority of the national football league and is intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast or other use of this telecast without the express written consent of the new york giants in the national football league is prohibited both teams with two timeouts left 2 22 to go carl nelson still with his uniform half on out of his shoulder pads and jersey and montana back on the field nelson went out in the first half of an ankle sprain third and nineteen two thirty two twenty three to go roger pepper johnson giant time out with 2 13 to go [Applause] hey they get the pressure on them there they get crank they get the blitz up the middle then they get containment on craig you see watch come to the outside forcing him leonard marshall forcing him to cut back inside to pepper johnson tell you those were two big plays in a row made by leonard marshall and barry hilton just resigned this week is on the punt to the 49ers but mcconkey waits for it as a giant 45-yard line and i would think if i were the giants that i would come on a punt block here you take a guy who's a rookie he's going to be nervous anyway a punter a guy who's been waved was up in colorado watching the game last week brought back who's in new york visiting team i think he has to be a little nervous in pre-season he begged helton just give me one reason to keep you on the roster [Applause] that's a short punt mcconkey at the 48th [Applause] mcconkey no flags phil mcclurkey had a big play monday night against the redskins he comes up with another big one here's a guy who's too small too slow too low to everything but i'll tell you he is a big part of the heart of this team the guy who doesn't have anything he's not strong enough fast enough quick enough but he gives you big big plays when you need him that was a 32-yard return by phil mcconkey of a 34-yard barry hilton punt mcconkey last week with a 35-yard return punch and now a first down for the new york giants in the 15-yard line trailing by three you need guys like phil mcconkey around you really do i've always i used to have a guy pete van impe you always i mean they're just the spirits they give you life when you need it maurice carthage starts in motion joe morris matt is driven back by bill romanowski the rookie out of boston college now do you think field goal here to tie you can't afford to do that i would be scared to death after what my field goal kicker just did on that last time i would i would go i would have gone for a shot there and first down i'd sure go for a a shot throwing the ball on second and third now then if i can't do it that way then i'd go for the field goal of the time otis anderson in with maurice cartham in the background the backfield second and ten sims far corner manual touchdowns 81 seconds left a leg raise extra point is good white shims back here he's watching emmanuel all the way daniel starts to the inside then goes back out to the corner watch your mirror he's going to run a corner you start up here he brings griffin to the inside give him the reactor and then come back outside on the corner you see you got to sell them that you're going in here start in right there see how he sold him then he could come bounce back out to the corner and give sims room to lead him to the corner perfect pass from that man to lionel manuel coming up tonight on cbs it begins with 60 minutes if it's sunday it must be 60 minutes and if it's 60 minutes it's everybody's favorite news magazine that's followed by murder she wrote starring angela lansbury and tonight's cbs sunday movie in three starring scott glenn that's all tonight on cbs and of course we've also got the u.s open men's finals coming up after our ball game right now 1 21 to go and the 49ers have fallen behind by four sam kennedy came up with a loose ball the u.s open men's final lindle against feylander that's next on cbs right now a minute 15 remaining in the ball game and joe montana brings the 49ers up 17-13 giants and you're not going to see montana get in a shotgun in this situation this crowd has eliminated the shotgun as a formation montana is going to have to get up under the center [Applause] this is the toughest thing about the shotgun you practice at the practice what is being reviewed well they are looking at that fumble on the last on the kickoff return we're going to look at it again too we'll see the ball is out there we know it's a fumble so you're looking here who recovered it there's haley 94. it's underneath but there's two 49ers and one giant in there sam kennedy came up with the ball and so it's not whether or not it was a fumble but a true recovered the fumble the play [Music] [Applause] 49ers go with four wide receivers rice and wilson come nearside nicholas and chandler go top there's a slam pattern to jerry rice who dropped his second pass of the day he's going to remember new york for bitter reasons again you know he said that that he's never played well here he's never had a good game here he's never had anything good happen to him here but he told us yesterday i'm gonna change that tomorrow [Applause] with three passes all in the first quarter flag is down yeah i would think that that would have to be a problem with the noise here for the quarterback you know that they can't use the shotgun there's no call nearly enough of the snap by the quarterback ball was recovered by the offensive team i wonder why they threw their flag down then if it's just above the quarterback i think the muslim quarterback is the reason of the crowd they just can't hear before the ball was snapped he would like to get in the shotgun [Music] [Applause] 70. [Applause] pass with 42 seconds remaining and that's why they pay him a lot of money and that's why he said last night i'm going to change yesterday [Music] bill mcconkey barely had time to put the towel away and rice stuns this crowd and the giants 78 yards okay and that was the perfect throw by montana is that here here's rice right here montana again can't shotgun just comes back hits rice right over the top of mark collins much of collins comes up watching touch joe montana has just leads the ball right over jerry rice and right over colin and at this time it's academic collins and kenny hill bumped but i don't think either could have caught him and rice erases a nightmare of three years making mark collins on the bench how about a nightmare at joe montana the last time he played here he didn't walk out they carried him out he was knocked out by jim burt carried out in an ambulance now that was 49-3 disaster in the 86 playoffs by gracious i don't think the 49ers were ready to put joe montana on the shelf yet mike kopfer will kick off [Music] and lee ruslan at the 15th calvin nicholas makes the tackle and the giants with one timeout left have 39 seconds remaining i think they only have one thing they can do here one player i think somehow they're going to have to try and get the ball two or three times to lionel manuel i think it has to be here they need pass protection gil sims has to get the ball to manual i would think he's his guy in this situation four wide receiver set baker the low man on the left side three-man rush four-man rush now jim's back and gets rid of it just before gordon mccarter called in the grass final score tampa bay defeats green bay by three donald iguev and buffalo gets a field goal late in the game to edge miami by three washington has scored again 29-27 second down to 10. and the final valendar and lindell coming next [Applause] ingram okay i think phil sims has had a good day today and the passes that really haven't been complete or ones that he got rushed and had to throw them away or ones that guys have dropped such as ingram dropping that one it's funny about this game it went you know pretty good in the first half then it went to kind of the defenses took over and then boom explosive at the end that's a double boom boom third [Music] behind him alegree missed a 39 yard and it would have tied the game but that became academic well it didn't become academic because had he made it and things gone as they have since we'd be tied at 20. yeah but then you go you know the giants have dropped five passes today had they caught those had you know something happened for the 49ers they could have scored another one and that's the way it is fourth and ten sims needs a couple more has it first down you know i still think that you know the giants have to think here and the 49ers defensively have to think here in term of a field goal you know all they have to do is get about 30 more yards two quick completions and then take a shot at the field goal giants have used their final timeout 17 seconds remaining this one was just kind of rolling along placidly at 13 to 10 through most of the second half and then lionel manuel caught a pass from phil sims put the giants on top 17 13 and with 42 seconds to go and you see bill walsh here he's probably as upset with the prevent defense as the fans are you know the fans always say prevent what does it prevent it just prevents victory and the 49ers are in it they're all off the giants are complete and passed and the head coach is mad about it ingram makes the catch in front of tom holmoe four seconds to go i don't know that they'll have time to get another place now i don't know where that ball came from because usually until they're ready the umpire will stand on the ball he's the official behind the defense that ball came flying out of there i don't know where it came from on the plane the game is over as gordon mccarter says despite the argument offered by phil sims a 78-yard touchdown pass montana to jerry rice with 42 seconds remaining and bill walsh's 49ers defeat bill parcells giants and go 2-0 in the 1988 season the giants fall to 1-1 49ers win it back after this

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