1989 - Wk. 13 Oilers vs. Steelers

forced no promises the AFC Central Division standings look like this by fire size Cleveland seven four and one they're hanging on Houston Pittsburgh against Cincinnati are all right there and something's got a shake today because they're all playing against each other good afternoon everybody I'm Jim Donovan along with Bob Trumpy it is ice-cold we'll talk about the weather as the afternoon goes along a tale of two different past week Pittsburgh one again that nobody expected them to win last week in Miami Houston had a nightmare in Kansas City getting shut out so the keys problem well I think for Houston they have to run the football they have to be able to get Ernest givins and drew hill in the football game in for Pittsburgh last week they got 95 yards rushing out of Tim Worley they got to do that together today and of course Houston the best rushing defense in the AFC a very tough task for Pittsburgh and the big question mark still around Houston has to be the injury no question about that very little hitting this week jerry glanville said we didn't touch each other we want to make sure we are healthy Givens and Hill are the two main factors on the offense they're not going to start double use sparingly but jerry glanville realizes that this physical Pittsburgh football team is going to make it very difficult on his injury lazy team there's Glanville for season his owners head coach he had a tough week of practice with all of those injuries on the other sideline Chuck Noll has his team back in it very proud of the way they played in Miami as a matter of fact he got the game ball last week I guess for the great coaching job didn't want to admit it to us but he got the game ball after the big win in Miami that was an absolutely remarkable win when you consider that Pittsburgh was down 14 to nothing had gone three downs and out three straight times and turned it around and so that's the way it looks series wise and of course there's a lot of bad blood between these two teams they just play no don't like each other as Kenny Johnson picks the opening kickoff for the orders from his goal line planchet crease hit high over the 25-yard line to the 26 where he's brought down by Gerald Williams a linebacker and here come the others on offense where they were absolutely stymied last week the offensive line is a bit healthier J Penniston gets the start at center he's got a bad knee and bruce matthews goes back to his normal spot at right guard moon with Highsmith and Rozier there'll be big factors in the game they want to run Jeffries and Duncan get the start because of the injuries and Marasco is a tight end when they go to the red gun here's what happens Gibbons Andrew Hill welcome in the injured wide receivers who normally start over their own 25 yard line at the 26 rosier and Highsmith ready to go and Rozier gets the first Gary and brings it on to the 30-yard line wholesale fee is in on the tackle the rookie out of get a temper on draft choice for the Steelers let's check the Steelers front seven Willis Williams and Johnson getting better week by week the linebackers Hinkle little both outski who made that last tackle and Greg Lloyd now when they go to their dime package in a passing situation here's what happens end of the time they go Aaron joins Aaron Jones comes up front Williams Griffin and Hall to join this secondary of Woodrow Wilson the rookie Parnell and Thomas every second in jeopardy from the two wide receivers say the 32 yard line game tackles the strong safety the rookie out of UCLA loose ball Perez's Rozier cooks it up looks like David little comes up with the ball is Mike Rozier it costs it up and the show is quiet here is dreamers that's the way Pittsburgh played last week against Miami very opportunistic defense coming up with the five turnovers and this football team feeds on and turnovers David little with the fumble recovery and look at the field position now bubby Brister in the scooters drop down into their first 17 Houston 32 yard line malarkey the tide and emotions here comes were layoffs a 95-yard election game last week in the raid in Miami and he goes inside the 30 to the 29 yard line and right your referee for today let's go back down to the Rozier run see what happened on that pummel play as Grimsley is down injured man in supporters Carnell lake the strong safety Rozier comes around the corner he still has the ball there you see it loose domination hit by Gerald Williams the nose tackle 98 ball is loose interesting that Pittsburgh began this season - 8 on the takeaway giveaway and right now at 6 and 6 they are plus 7 we'll be back as the snow is flying here in a winter setting no score early from Pittsburgh full recovery the Steelers this season 33 tango A's tied for the lead in the asd with Denver also of course a great defensive team this year that's the 17th fumble recovery the Steelers have come up with that's the tenth time Houston all there's a fumble it away John Quinn play was the engine oiler and he walked off on his own power Eugene seal comes in a much smaller linebacker in his place second of seven Worley again 25 push back at the 26-yard line Ferris is in on the tackle for the Oilers the linebacker 51 here's the Steelers offensive line getting better and better each week Jackson rein strip Dawson long and two children in the backfield it's brushed her with Hodge and Worley we've seen a lot of the rookie out of Georgia so far i lips which held without a catch last week Gill and malarkey there's the tight end now when they go into their shotgun Carter comes in and barks Ricky out of BMI Virginia Military Institute congenic wide receiver it is now third down and three ball is on the 25-yard line Roddy Carter check in for the spirit and goes in motion crisper from a shotgun first time today try the 20 down at the 17 yard line and Bristol loves that play that was wide open as Rodney Carter makes the catch let's check the other defense the owners with their front 7 Childers Smith bowler gets the start today bears Grimsley's Smith and Johnny means Robert Lyles is missing and that's an important miss for the owners defensively into the time they go Jones Johnson different come in and the other secondary Brown Alan McDonald Baratheon Donaldson Christian 10 Pittsburgh and they hand it off up the left side it goes to Merrill Hodge and hot bangs inside the 15 down to the 14 yard line where rage Childress out of Texas A&M makes the stop Jim very important that Pittsburgh just converted that third down come into the ballgame with the worst third down conversion percentage in the liggett's Tom Moore he is the offensive coordinator and Rick Strom is the man who signals the plays in the bubby Brister if Pittsburgh can convert third downs it extends this offense is a little more fall possession they're a killer when Lewis flips in the safe side of the field right at the bottom of your screen early in Hodge behind brisker lips set in motion on second down it recovers his own fumble inside the five no he didn't under his own fumble as he had it for a second then it popped loose but one of the offensive lineman I believe that was leading him on the way it's gyrates truck he recovers the fumble last week Pittsburgh featured Worley running to the right again they're featuring the same thing you see the guard pull out or the tackle pull out in front - chicken chicken Donaldson 31 makes the hit and as that ball bounces freer Easter comes up with the recovery first and goal good additional driver the game hopefully comes in now and is eligible to receive look at early he had a terrible opening game of the season against Cleveland it for a lot of those bumble pack at first and goal it's girly again big hit as he gets down near the goal line Jeff Donaldson is on top for the Oilers he closed inside the 2 yard line you hear that hit you really could hear no absolutely when it gets called this plastic that they were underneath those jerseys it's very very brittle helmets too and all of a sudden it almost sounds like bells ringing when two people clash down there second down and goal from gets hit he goes inside the one yard line but does not score Merrill had to hit three touchdowns last week against Miami he's the go-to guy down near the end zone Donaldson once again is in on the tackle along with Kenny Johnson Pittsburgh has had problem running the ball in in short yardage situations this time they choose to go left behind Wolf's least 73 Jackson 65 O'Shea the tight in defense structures the line of scrimmage so I think if I'm Chuck no I don't care if I make it a third goal I go for on fourth and goal to eight play of this Drive and remember the drive started deep in Houston territory after the Rozier fall at the 32 it's worldly with a guy and here's that shut them down and a great defensive stand why they were all there in fact they might have thrown him back they say they recover a loose ball but the officials say no right now right is the referee there soon an Anderson in for the field goal attempt I'm rather surprised decision right now yeah I think in a game like this between two AFC Central Division opponents you have to establish a certain psychology of the game there's Chuck though right there I realize he wants points but I think you can take psychological control of the game walnut does not flake break the plane of the end zone I'd go for here Anderson on the season 15 of 23 for the early lead and good Gary Anderson with an 18 yard field goal the Oilers fumble the Steelers cash-in with a field goal and lead three nothing in its AFC Central battle back to Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh were playing in - 25 degree windchill today Chuck Noll decides to go for a field goal by Gary Anderson on third down and goal on fourth down and goal actually from the one-yard line it was good and Pittsburgh kicks it away Johnson Kenny Johnson for his own and yet he finds a crease and goes out over the parody yard line that the 30 breeze brought down by david johnson of the steelers the derided chuck though for going for the field over you can see the Oilers numbers against the run Chuck Hall has been accused by a lot of people here in Pittsburgh of never changing of going with the percentages of always going with the percentages I shouldn't be surprised that he doesn't take the chance on fourth and goal at the 1 yard line in the back hi they're complaining he goes down [Applause] picket was covered up by osofsky and Gerald Williams as picket started left try to make the cutback and went right down in a Glanville putting Pinkett in is very characteristic of Jerry Glanville when a player fumbles or drops a pass or misses the coverage early for Jerry Glanville and Houston he gets him out of there Rozier goes out think it comes in this should not the putting here should not affect the Houston dollar offense that much they're more but at the line of scrimmage running go one is in the lineup Reshiram this last week to get hurt in the Raider game [Applause] he'll keep it and should get a first down as he steps out of bounds out near the 44 yard line a good decision by Warren Moon who actually I think it's the number three rusher in this Houston offense and he told us last night he was running on his own this year gonna put it to his own game plan it looked like Alonzo Highsmith was the intended receiver you see you sitting at fullback right behind moon watch he fakes then he'll go right across the line of scrimmage now the linebacker Greg Lloyd does a great job here he KITT he doesn't let moon throw the ball but then the fake freezes the linebacker moon picks up the first down at the 44 yard line I entered the game with 222 yards rushing first introduced it first here comes picot [Applause] I think it's not going to work good on this field the running back they need is either Lorenzo white or Mike Rozier I don't care if he fumbles it or not pink it is kind of a pool of pool aback you know he jumps around here and there and when you have slick footing on this acid turf you need somebody who's gonna fire up in there see his choice to go outside was the wrong one nose tackle Gerald Williams makes the tackle for a loss Darnell Lake came up to try and help out it's second down 14 as he loses four on that play red gun stick for wide receivers in Crewe Hill playing with a sore back you champion goes across the middle out near midfield down to the 46 yard line is to the catch it looked like it might have been scooped up by Gibbons there's no signal they're saying incomplete best or bringing it back good trap hop I didn't sigh I saw no official signal anything we're watching it he comes from below [Music] whoa looks like it might have been tipped by Carnell Lake I can't tell from that catch from that angle but that looked like a catch to me that might be worth the review look at it again replay official is calop or our first use of replay today Gibbons missed last week gets into the action right away here in Pittsburgh here it is again now does he have it look like Carnell lake got his hand on it I can't tell from that either and of course with the with the review you need irrefutable evidence to overturn the call on the field of the three angles we've seen I don't think Calliphora can make a decision to overturn the call [Music] to rule the other way so it's third at 14 a very big call now because Houston's in trouble here is Jerry Glanville not a big weekend last weekend in Kansas City with the officials he had a long long with the officials right now he's got as the crowd picks up here in Pittsburgh he was he told us last night he was that upset with his team being penalized 16 times but he said sixteen times place red guns said again for wires here is one back highsmith is the back a lot of time going for Drew Hill played excellent coverage are now linked he's over there on line with Thomas every both safeties end up with he'll double coverage well covered by Pittsburgh now Houston has to punt into a very very stiff wind when they punted last week it was a disaster twice Montgomery had one deflected and one blocked the one that was blocked ended up as a touchdown for Kansas City look at those goalposts swaying back and forth that's the wind situation here's montgomery Woodson is deep for the Steelers that's a good pun get 5018 they make anything happen he's trapped and goes down right away good coverage bears is down on the coverage along with Eugene seal but the first man down there was Bubba McDowell 48 yard punt 1 yard return 3 nothing Steelers first and 10 the schooners needing for nothing there's a field goal mr. Genovese inside the five-yard line at the fore as Brister did play-action fake and meats didn't bite it all they hadn't run the ball enough I mean the play-action doesn't work unless there's a threat to run the football now with the wind see means right there in front of you just outside of malarkey 84 that's going to be full pass protection there are only two guys in the entire pass route that was the two outside guys means first sack of the day through the tail they did it for County means he's making the defensive calls too with the intruder Robert Wiles with all of us at the 6 yard line second in 22 that's Lipton mochi [Music] really get job here the ten yard line Houston when they go to the long yardage set defensively they move their all-pro defensive end great Childress into the nose you can see in right over to Monty Johnson the center this is the run that got a double teaming long double and rough good pursuit by Houston it's only about a 1 a 2 yard gain Childress eight and a half sacks on the season let's see if he can get in right now blister out of the shotgun third and 16 but deep in his own territory 212 why it's hitted for March stock down at the 25-yard line he threw that ball from his own 5 to the Houston 25 that is a he well he he died have a little win but it's still a heave right that rock today is hard but he still gets it done good coverage here by Houston when he rolls up he sees the guy way deep this is a he mark stock there is but without great coverage that's a catch and Bob early when he push let it go stock was open he was ahead of the pack harry Newsom's first punt of the day Kenny Johnson ready to tape it back from the endzone gets it away Johnson with a flag down Whitestone 42 yard line it's going to come back though that's holding against Pittsburgh they're gonna have to put it again holding your right against Pittsburgh it's been cries gives you the indication and on a day like this is deep in their own territory I'm pushing him back deeper in the end zone right now they'll force him to kick it again juror you also make the punt team run twice that 45 yards sprinting let's go back just a second now Houston fumbles Pittsburgh ends up with a field goal after getting field position deep in Houston's territory but Houston's defense really shut Pittsburgh down that time it didn't give up the touchdown it seems like that defense is fed off that now AJ Jenkins on the whole they're gonna take the ball at the spot it's about the 44 yard line Pittsburgh surprise they had the team a punting team out there again we'll be right back it's a preview chef first quarter it's three nothing Pittsburgh what about that Bob Houston is really shut them down that's Pittsburgh got the big early break Jim I think your point is well-taken anytime you can the other team gets a turnover you can hold up to three points it's a psychological advantage for you that's why our surprise Pittsburgh did not go all the answers at the then go on giving to pick it tries to get to the outside too much traffic there actually he tripped over Highsmith who was pushed back by one of the oncoming defensive people keith willis is over there on the tackle oh but Highsmith went down and Pickett got locked to his legs this is a lead blocking team you see Highsmith 32 on the right they're firing and Keith Willis on Stein cooler 93 on 70 makes Pinkett go outside and then Thomas ever 27 there along with Hinkle to assist on the tackle I repeat I do not believe this is Allen Pickett's type of game they need Rozier at running back one second any lovin out of the two back set they normally run 70% of the time but not this time Jeffery's comes back hands underneath the official says yes he's got it at the 3601 says he doesn't the other one says he does and the other official that said no is going to get the call well again always reviewable Woodson is the man in coverage that ball was underthrown your big pick it up again Jeffery stops comes back for the ball oh I think that's the catch I think that's the catch agree with you I think he came back and got it let's see again this is an excellent job of coming back for the football by Jeffries Woodson even see the ball coming young players going to look at it the replay is going to look at it once again from that angle it appears that he cradles the ball and the ball almost hit off his forearm up into his number yes so here it looks like he makes the catch on this one see if we can see that ball come down through the forearm [Music] I don't I don't see any shadow of the ball or any contact with the turf I think that's that's a close call that's a very difficult one to make that call go against them on trap catches it may be that because they're going into the wind that ball is going to dive a great deal in this first quarter but so far and we'll in his group they have not and who does over three got rid of it Andrew Hill makes a great catch down at the 45 yard line in a lot of traffic coming from the outside Erik Jones drilled moon from The Blind Side Houston likes the crossing patterns now of course Hill is playing with that broken transverse process on his back the littles finding things that stick out of your vertebrae he has not practiced a great deal in the last two and a half or three weeks this is good pass protection right at the end of this play you'll see from the left Warren Moon almost gets hammered but he stands in there big completion for Houston his first completion of the day look at he'll pull that ball away from Rod Woodson first and ten at the pittsburgh 45 Lorenzo White's first carry and she gets down to the pittsburgh 41 yard line brought down by Aaron Jones and Thomas Everett so there's Lorenzo white out of Michigan State here's the ticker now Cleveland and Cincinnati still scoreless up there remember they have that kind of weather that we have here Kansas City by six over Miami and the Patriots are on the board with a field goal at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro 14 nothing the Eagles over the Giants Green Bay by a touchdown Detroit by a touchdown the Rams by two touchdowns and the 49ers name second down six four on the last play for white you'll get it again it goes yeah everybody had a pop Adam and David little finally brings him down Woodson helps on the outside this Pittsburgh defense is very good at playing the hole man on the offensive line what that makes the offense to is looking for the alternate route now you'll watch Lorenzo white get up in there and he sees nothing there now he starts bouncing outside then the pursuit Greg Lloyd is out there slows him down at Woodson that Everett and little finally on the tackle for another big third down here for Houston against oil ball blows away and if we put long way away so they have to reset it Don ëthey Pittsburgh 4030 dears I roll out in trouble again throwing Jeffries great coverage by Woody who came back and knocked the ball away and our first little altercation as Woodson and Geoffrey's exchanging words and Curtis Duncan gets in there to play peacemaker food is on the roll out here he's looking at the primary receivers on the right side no one there and then because he's running left he can't really put any steam on it would sit again I'm fearing he would Jeffries face and would sit does a great job to knock that ball away oh they must put on Gummer e second part of the afternoon back at the 46 yard line his on Rod Woodson stands at the 10 line drives it but it bounces at the 20 inside the 15 down to the 13 yard line it looked terrible but it gets the job done by the Houston we'll take this Dishman goes down and touches on it 27 yard punt for Montgomery doubleheader day here on NBC hope you're staying warm and watching this one coming up is our second one stay tuned for the second half of the doubleheader on most of these NBC stations the Los Angeles Raiders drive for a wild-card berth they face a challenge today when they host the Western Division champion Denver Broncos immediately following today's game first and 10 ball is at the 13 yard line three nothing Pittsburgh on an 18 yard Gary Anderson field goal but for the second time they have terrible field position as Worley tries to cut pullers there along with Doug Smith and everybody else in a white jersey as they knock him down actually throughout this first border even with the toner turnover by houston houston is at the better of the field position absolutely they've done a great job of keeping pittsburgh backed up now with a benefit 12 and Counting left in the first quarter if they can stretch this out enough they can make gruesome pun against the wind which should give them good field position again no gain for Worley on that last carry second at ten lips derek kill the wide receivers Krister to the 25-yard and that's the first down for Pittsburgh for years Pittsburgh has been accused of being so conservative they don't throw to the tight end they don't run the shotgun Tom voiceover yestirday said they don't have anything to complain about now we run the shotgun we throw the ball of the tightener so nobody has anything to say about it there's Tom Moore the offensive coordinator markeith last week against my having a huge catch in the raid only 24 seconds and it's running down left here in the first quarter Richard giving to Merrill Hodge and Hodge right up the gut goes short of the 30-yard line to the 28th as they are running down here in the first quarter with just nine seconds left and that will do it for period number one my Crozier stumble turns into a Gary Anderson field goal of 18 yards and bubby Brister Steelers lead three nothing after one from Pittsburgh watch the line play here Germany Dawson the center John restric the left guard nice double and rub on Doug Smith and Grimsley really only picks up three yards you'd expect a little more yardage out of that play that used to defense warming to the football Boston the guy course who replaced Mike Webster one of this franchise's all-time greatest players first quarter numbers first outs Steelers with three rushing the Steelers better than the Oilers right there passing is gonna be a tough day to throw in this cold weather so it's a field position game right now and a turnover really has decided so far the only points on the board we also only have just one penalty which was declined it's 25 degrees wind chill factor below zero here at Three Rivers Stadium that's why you see some empty seats people had tickets we are sold out of here today look at the wind and the wind chill as we have played one quarter we've had snow flurries walls coming in from so far early Pittsburgh lead-free materials uber late second and seven at the Pittsburgh 28 yard line flipsie motion the fake to hide work at malarkey okay one here they grab it would have been a beauty out of the 48 yard line and he had Running Room after that dude Jim to see what the wind did to the ball took it completely out of the spiral there was a gust of wind Oh watch what happens when he rolls good play-action fake see the linebackers go with Worley now malarkey is right at the top-right corner of the screen will watch the ball the wind just gets it totally out of spiral not a poorly thrown ball but just the the trajectory is changed by the wind gust and of course in the first quarter we saw moons passes doing the same kind of things but dipping and that's why we had two traps by the Houston wide receivers one for three on third down conversions for the Steelers they're looking at third and seven right now with Rodney Carter emotions mr. steps up looping it for Derrick Hillary's guy and a first down the 46 yard line the rookie from Arizona this young man is a heck of a story last two seasons at Arizona Arizona went to the wishbone he didn't catch the ball a great deal wasn't sure that anyone in the NFL was going to really pay attention to him but he started about the last four weeks wrister does a good job of avoiding a rush and again the ball out of ground out of spiral because of the wind bill good concentration picks up the first down Steve Brown over to make the coverage 16-yard pass play Derek killed at three catches last week that's his first to the afternoon today Louis whoops this time emotion give it a mural rather whirling territory a nice running play by the Steelers on first down we'll pick them up some good yardage now the 47 of Houston well I'm sure Jerry Glanville was hoping that against the wind Houston would be able to shut down Pittsburgh to get good field position this birds having none of that still no score in Cleveland and the city 13 nothing over Miami are the Chiefs coming on anyway with six nothing Arabia Annapolis the Giants get on the board Detroit leading over New Orleans and in our other games the Rams by fourteen over Dallas and San Francisco six nothing over Atlanta the exchanges Priss sir loses the ball but it's recovered by the Steelers his johnny-on-the-spot with Meryl Hodge I believe it is Hodge covering up standing right over him was Eric Faris trying to pop down and get it we got an injured player too for the Houston Oilers and they cannot afford many more injuries down in the field is Smith you can see the snow falling and bubby just the ball just slips away now when it's this cold Jim at that ball is like it's made out of plastic it is slick it is hard you can't compress the ball at all so the quarterback and the center are gonna have to be careful I see pain Three Rivers today the House of steel and steel hearted fans today to be here this snowstorm right now on third down and short yardage turtle 3 Richard's a direct snap Camaro Hodge he'll get the first down to pull it out of the ordinary one bubby Brister does a great job of bacon as well watch their money Dawson and Jerri long I do a great job of just giving the nice little crack there for Merrill hunch big pick up the 18 he returns at third down conversion 15 yard pickup on the direct snap slap great fit by Briscoe they go back to high I'm more of the conditional sentence handoff and he goes inside the 35 down to the 32 yard line and he's brought down there's the snow is coming down in the field is now getting covered by the snow once again that big play watch Brister jumps up in the air like the snap is too high a nice little fold block by Dawson and Terry long and Hodge a good tough downhill runner goal line-- the goal line-- 15 yards and a third down conversion literate typesetting brister's settles that cried down second at 7:31 up Houston three nothing Pittsburgh second quarter reverse reverse to the 20-yard line and first we're gonna block [Music] they hand off the Hajj who gives it to Lois lips he cuts inside you did see the block there by bubby Brister an 11-yard pickup Doug Smith the nose tackle is the guy who eventually makes the stop I like playing in the snow said bubby Brister to us yesterday a lot better than the owners well he's got his wish first in town at the 20 of Houston I'll tell you what his theaters have the orders on their heels right now with these trick play the powerplay though inside the 20 down of the 16 yard line and Bubba McDowell is over there to make the stop you gotta wonder how to Myrlie throughout this game will function coming out of Georgia North Carolina not really used to carrying the ball on astroturf and also with snow all over that astroturf he's used to running between the hedges down there in Georgia right now he's running between the snowmen here in Pittsburgh at the 16 yard line 4 yard pickup second at 610 48 left in the first half mr. kraler Silla the crowd down have been electrified by some of the great plays by the Steelers another reverse yes [Applause] those killers [Music] they are yelling blue very seldom do you see two reverses in the same Drive the work this one's even better whirly a good pluck on needs that's Jeff Donaldson out there he assists closing down a little bit then he comes back to make the tackle a 12 yard pickup to reverses in the same series of plays and both work and they're good for 23 yards on both of those carries by ellipses he was shaken up on the tackle and he's coming off the field right now he's replaced by ouija Thompson will come in its first and goal at the 4 now for Pittsburgh [Music] jerry glanville on the Houston bench hoping that his defense continuing like they did the first time how they dug in and shut Pittsburgh down in the first quarter and he's convinced they're all huddled up on one of those warming up benches paralyzed Thanks [Applause] yeah that was a very impressive drive started at their own 15-yard line 85 yards later Hodge takes it in last week he had three rushing touchdowns and he gets this one is out of the hole of Harry Newsome extra points become a little more of an academic in this weather this one is good ten minutes to go in the first half Meryl Hodges touchdown there's given Pittsburgh a tenth nothing lead we're gonna watch this touchdown again we feature Terry long you hear that Pittsburgh is a great traffic deep watch that right guard pull up there boom he hits 54 Smith drives him out of the way and Merrill Hodge dives in for the touchdown 10 nothing Pittsburgh Brewster and Hajj with the hunt Erie Anderson with a kickoff at a 10 nothing steal early line dry kick and be picked up by Tracey Johnson Johnson's got some room to run balls but did they have possession I don't think so I think they're going to give it to Tracy Johnson Larry Griffin has the ball but never really had possession and that's the key right there that ball rolls out of bounds it's the last team that clearly possessed the football you can see he's trying to move it from one side of the other watch Anderson he hadn't arisen then Griffin they never can control it Gerald Williams makes the contact we have the officials who are talking on the sidelines coaches going all over getting all over the Houston all their players been driving his group are standing there on the sidelines which is very difficult to distinguish with this snow [Music] he finally says Houston ball [Music] you saw them on the sidelines telling Tracy Johnson cover up that football in Haiti right I like that 91 Williams makes the contact and then the ball is free loose almost recovered by Griffin you can see the players on a sideline but where is the sideline itself it very difficult to pick out the coach was Richard Smith who was going right after Tracy Johnson who's only a rookie fullback for the honors good field position for the honors starting right now we still reviewing this place no one's doing anything but the disadvantage that the replay official is going to have Jim is it it's very hard to see the sideline in fact there's califor it in the replay booth right now he's the guy standing up with the glasses the play stand you fall certainly a missed opportunity by Pittsburgh Griffin really doesn't have it there Hajis on the side I believe Merrill hides he's on the sideline yeah he's not cause of fear right Pittsburgh 48-yard line up close to a first down Woodson and Everett come up from the secondary to make the tackle seems almost a shame to dirty up this field with all those little footprints you know it looks like deer had been running yes right yes someone's backyard but I notice now that Houston has Lorenzo white they've taken Alan pick it out white Highsmith and Rozier are good backs of this kind of pudding Alan peak and I don't think and do much for the Houston Oilers today from the running back spot that here generator at the ball up white as the first down barrels ahead inside the pittsburgh 45 to the 43 yard line NFL live headlines today Berkeley a legal block 5 49ers on Lawrence Taylor from Bill Walsh Eric Dickerson totally serious about retiring after next you everything about that job I don't agree with good Kevin Mack may see action for the Browns today it's short yardage situation Ahmad Rashad talked to him just prior to the game in Cleveland and if you live coming like that's here comes Lorenzo white again white inside the 40-yard line with a flag down Gerald Williams the nurse tackle is in on the stop but as we said we have a flag down that's gonna be a big up against the defense too last week of course Houston had this happen to them Steve de Berg hit him jumping all over the place and today Warren Moon off five number 93 they took the penalty by yard and first down Heath Willis was the man in the neutral zone it could have either been that could have been 93 or 98 they took 93 Jim look there Houston is almost in a situation where this is a game saving drive even second quarter if they don't get this ball down the field get points of some sort Houston's deep trouble 809 left in the half 10 nothing Steelers its first and five at the 38 David little is in there with Gerald Williams and Lorenzo white didn't have a prayer on that play this Houston all our offensive line is a very big offensive line the defensive line the Pittsburgh Steelers not very very big but they do a great job of taking the middle of the man plugging up the holes and there you see Gerald Williams along there in Jones David little assisting on the tackle good job and just standing up that offensive line and allowing no place for the running back to running loss of one on that last play second at 6:00 now for wide receivers in for the orders with Gibbons emotion I snip deep in the back here you'll get the call he just gets a couple of yards let's go to New York and FL live update and we join Bob Costas thanks Bob ten nothing here Steelers leading over Houston 640 to go in the half third down and four [Applause] walking and the catch is made loose fall on the ground as Hill makes the catch down at the 26 yard line and that's the first down for Houston so drew Hill his second catch of the day you can kind of see him holding that back yeah he can run but he can't take a hit because of that broken bone in his back a hill goes in motion he's the second receiver in he's very deliberate in this pattern just waits for everybody to clear out moon rolls left hiko loses track of him and Jarriel zovsky there the hill makes the catch for a big first down God rule to fumble on that play first of ten 27 yard line like the skewers jumped again although there's no flag so they must have gotten back as Lorenzo white creases the right side and gets inside the 25 to the 24 yard line a reminder to our viewers we'll be selecting the Budweiser Most Valuable Player for today's game at the conclusion of the game so Lorenzo white 22 yards on six rushes a couple of weeks ago jerry glanville told us he was playing very well against the Raiders running the way they really wanted to do but his confidence kinda took a bit of a dip when he fumbled in that game second down six believe us the ball is at the 23 I know it's hard to make out where it is because of the snow to the 20 to the 19 you Kanha but six dealers right there of course they're coming up and gang tackling and somebody might be able to pop that ball loose they did that to Rosie earlier we haven't seen him since Jim Johnson assisted on the tackle along with David little there's rod Russ the defensive coordinator he's calling the defense there it looks like Pittsburgh is going with their nickel package three linebackers come out well that's the wave of the game today and signals from the sideline they look like third-base coaches in baseball hold up from the 19 yard line turn into wide receivers but who is right under center I'm out of the shotgun give us wide open and he slides safely down close to the five-yard line at a first down you know this may sound stupid but if you take a long look at that field you can almost lose these guys with their white jerseys and white helmets standing out there there were that there was no one close darkness gibbous Rod Woodson finally makes the catch but from a long distance away I think he could lose track of who is where now Givens is standing over here to the right over the moon's laughs look there's no one around it 12-yard pick up first and goal at the 7 yard line Houston down by Ken trying to get back into it in a big AFC Central Division battle again there came to the play I Smith tell Dwight [Applause] call for my mom very smart by Warren Moon he is not going to costume this team another five yards moon to the sideline Pittsburgh protecting a 10 nothing lead we'll be right back Billy what we have here is the old fashioned Steeler Jersey this is a lot heavier than what players were today this used to be the sole thing to keep body heat in now guys wear lycra long johns underneath it also cover the top he used to put all that would keep you warm on the outside and now you put it on the inside you can see Huston feeling the effects of the call they're all in eat him up Pittsburgh everybody's standing on his sideline first and goal from the seven Lorenzo white trying to get out he scores a touchdown for the Oilers Lorenzo white but a flag is down hold the phone on this one it's against Houston illegal procedure against Houston last week 16 penalties number 78 was not death five-yard first down that's Don Max who started last week he was playing right tackle but he wasn't set they say and he cost his team a touchdown this is the most penalized team in the NFL they're averaging 9.8 penalties per game look at that during a very dubious distinction a projected 157 for the season they would shatter the record by the 83 goes that amazing it is amazing that's a lot of yardage to give up and overcome first and goal from the crowd this makes it a different call I Smith offset white deep in the backfield moon rolling and running look out he'll get thrown by a couple of killers yes David little is there but the first kid on but a pretty wise decision by mom because that middle was open there was great coverage down the field of course when you come back out to the 12 yard line now your defense can run more than one coverage this is a half roll by Warren Moon makes it a renzo white but there is no one even close to open down there we asked that moon yesterday how do you like playing in the cold weather and said the former Edmonton Eskimo I don't mind it at all I've got CFL Grey Cup championships all over my house complaining weather second down and goal from the 6 series given to motion for wide receivers in moon rush he's not going to get it it's just gonna be an incomplete pass Greg Lloyd is the man on the pressure bend right rules you can see the entire defense here and the offense see what they're running that's his own but watch Lloyd delay blitz one that's pretty close to being a stack that's throwing the ball away to avoid the sack well I believe now they are marking the ball back yeah now they argued they were going to rule them down they're gonna say that Jerry Glanville said can you believe those women now Bend right is the only guy that can call the sack and here's Greg Lloyd and right starts incomplete fast hands going back and forth incomplete pass what they do count it as a sack so I'll mark it back at the 13 yard line [Music] wife is not ready yet to do whatever he's going to do synchro the owners back into the huddle I don't know that he has the Paul marked in the right spot well he couldn't if it's at the 13 because they are at the 12 jerry glanville obviously feels that his team has been a bit picked upon by the officials especially when they're on the road he said you know we get away with a lot more when we play in Houston and of course playing last week in Kansas Kansas City there was a lifetime of penalties called on his team away from home and today it's not the ball hasn't bounced their way the calls haven't gone their way and I think the umpire is asked the guy upstairs califor where did the sack take take place now I have no idea how califor is gonna figure that out with the snow on the field but this can't be the right spot the frustration of Glanvill as Dwayne Woodruff checks out what Bend Ryan is going to call here or at least where he's going to mark the ball and Ben is pointing down it it appears that that's where it's going to be just to pick up on the Glanville situations talking about the dreadful 16th penalty game in Kansas City last week he said in fact late in the game we got called for 12 men on the field the official came over and said you can't have 12 men on the field he said well we couldn't defend them whether he loved it masuo we can pick up where this ball should be you can barely see any lines there whatsoever Greg Lloyd with the sack I said that ball should be that ball should be back about where the huddle is now but you can see with a third down marker is on the other side of the field so as the early bird close as the Oilers break the huddle now the officials send them back once again bend right put the officiating crew at this spot by not calling the sack immediately and not marking where the sack takes place now he's telling California spot where the sack took place and there's no way he's gonna find it we could be here until they take still pictures of it until it thaws here [Music] in the meantime warren moon will come up and look it over there's califor in the replay booth suddenly it's becoming a busy day didn't start out that way 2:22 left here are the half now the mark back they are marking the ball back up five the I would say the 18 19 yard line and that's a kiss it is the 18 but if you're gonna call the sack call it market why'd you lose the ball George is telling him were ruling it a sack that's where replay said this act took place so they go from a touchdown - third down and goal at the 19th now they've got the two-minute warning at least with the caucus join the next two minutes for about four seconds as moon gets hit how the officials saw that they were at the two-minute warning which they were for about two or three seconds in the clock stopped so it's time to tighten it up a little bit it on the hair and find it because it's a big ballgame to get a warning two minutes left to go on the half 10-nothing the score from Pittsburgh and we'll be back [Music] one heater over there and their bench is absolutely empty nobody sitting on their bench at all now on the other side if it's all a state of mind the state of mind there is that the cold weather is affecting them a bit they're all on the benches they have brought one of those warm-up benches and they can all sit in those little cubicles they actually Houston has the slight advantage that the Sun could warn the but here's the big plan out third and a third goal at the 18th they let him play the drive it's taken 8 minutes go here in the half dude looking Duncan open Oh touchdown Houston Curtis Duncan right across the middle boy he had two choices cuz Gibbons was open to but Duncan runs to the slant in front of Woodruff and that's an easy completion what a big play for that band and his offense Warren Moon as they have really had a lot of obstacles on this Drive including some moments where the officials couldn't know where the ball was going to be spotted and they hit Duncan just runs the simple slanted and of course with the lack of putting out there Woodruff has got to be very very cautious lay back and moon puts it right on the money on a third and goal at the 18 they score Montgomery holds for Zende Hass and it is 10-7 so with a minute 54 left to go here in the first half houston scores and an 18-yard touchdown pass from Warren Moon to Curtis Duncan to make it 10-7 on the third and goal from the 18 yard line let's go around the league right now check in just before half Kansas City by 13 over Miami New England by 6 over Indianapolis 17 7 now two Eagles leading the Giants Tampa Bay got a field goal New Orleans to Detroit are tied and in our other games Dallas on the board and Atlanta has taken the lead over San Francisco 10 6 now remember this in the AFC Central Division Cleveland came into the day with a half game lead over Houston Pittsburgh against Cincinnati are both at 6 and 6 really facing must wins here today yeah Houston State is saying to all the people that want to here we win our last four games will win the division because the final game of the season is against Cleveland down in Houston so they feel very confident they felt this was the big game that they had to get by this is the tough one there's the scoring drive Bob eight minutes of six seconds 61 yards but the big play is the last play third and goal from the 18 and they score once it's brought back Houston is its own worst enemy in that Drive and then they come up with a big play and listen to the crowd right now Berry was right out of it send a hoss ready to kick it away and Rod Woodson is deep standing at his 5-yard line Woodson has busted one this year an 84 yarder right here at Three Rivers Stadium against San Diego a short kick one of the linebackers gotta come up and get that one that is Gerald Williams general Williams carries out over the 25-yard line of the 28 he's brought down by Eric bears who look pretty good catching that ball so with a minute 48 left to go here in the first half it is 10 7 Steelers over the Oilers an AFC Central Division the owners after today have Tampa Bay at Cincinnati and that's the big one right at the end of the year they've got Cleveland in the house to pay for wins they win the division because they play Pittsburgh today Cincinnati in two weeks and Cleveland the last game of the season and the team with the best opportunity by record of opponents is the Pittsburgh Steelers none of those teams remaining after today have a winning record the ball is at the 26 yard line Lewis Lipsey motion whurling big hits by the Oilers you can hear them down they're really going after it they're fired up after that touchdown we also see John Grimsley back in the game the linebacker there you see him 59 as he comes over to help out Richard Byrd who's also playing with a sore back and everybody in on the tackle Al Smith now rounding out the AFC Central Division Cleveland playing Cincinnati today to top road games I think they've got the toughest road hog addy Indianapolis Minnesota at home and of course at Houston at Cincinnati Seattle and Houston at home and then at Minnesota that's a tough way to end their final game of the season that's it Monday night game bubby Brister talking with Tom Moore the offensive coordinator of the Steelers with that left 128 and the middle the wind has been taken out of the sails the Steelers right now but not too much of the wind has been taken out of Three Rivers Stadium that's very very cold a bay incidentally they did a wonderful job having this feel ready for today you see snow out there right now they covered the field last night and had it ready this morning but then the snow that fell here in the first half is the only reason we have snow on the field exactly Bob and I were down before the game the beer was beautiful and your figured apart here's Derek Hill in motion a flag is flying rooster crows Hill props Patrick Allen was on the coverage but there's a flag job with 124 left in the half when a Houston is in a good spot here they have one timeout left flag is gonna be against Pittsburgh reasonable field position here 83 on the offense line up in the neutral zone they decline the penalty it's third down Lois lips kind of hard to see where the neutral zone is would that snow out there but Pittsburgh does not want to turn the ball over here I'd look for a very conservative call and you see with a quick timeout to see if maybe they can block a punt somehow come up with a turnover for more points before the half ends as your score scores and highlights coming up at half-time plus a Mike Shanahan feature coming up as we go back to New York with NFL live and at 24 left in the half on third down and nine Brister out of the backfield the Hodge and Steve Braun comply up to make the tackle and Houston will use the timeout to force Harry Newsome to punt with 114 left and a half nice tackle by Brown open field I just couldn't quite get around him now jerry glanville wherever he coaches he wants to coach the special team see houston oilers emphasize special teams course last week their special teams got blown up two punts blocked one for a touchdown so you got to think that in this situation they're gonna pressure Newsome as much as they possibly can Mike Shanahan returns to LA as the Broncos and Raiders meet that all coming up at half-time Harry Newsome keeping the hands warm right now see a lot of the players with that Kenny Johnson is back deep at the 35 yard line Houston has one timeout left now the flag flies the lair game is going to be called against the Steelers I'm up five lay the game Steelers arguing that one of the clocks might have been off or that they didn't see it or that it didn't run out on them but from the other side the official made the call looking at the other end of the stadium Chuck Noll doesn't like this call he just said no delay of game okay obviously you're right one of the clocks is not working all right the clock had temporarily gone down on that end of the stadium but now it's running down as they have resented Houston does that appear be in a putty Locke situation Doosan standing back into 16 yard line low stamp but he picks it off the turf nice pun Jackson calls for a fair catch Kenny Johnson makes the fair catch at the Houston 32 yard line with Dwight stone down there on the coverage a 38-yard punt you may say not so great but remember the snap was a little bit low and into the wind right now Houston's got to be thinking with one time up not bad field position at their own 32 yard line that maybe they can get in and tie this game up get in field goal range well in this situations you have the thing that you've got to rely on I think as an offense are screams because the defense is gonna be dropping a great deal underneath patterns and then hope that the receiver can break a tackle hill and Givens are very good at that the Oilers still have one timeout left so we're gonna see the hurry-up offense here for last rent four seconds of the first half four for seven but number four on that completion chart was the big one 14:18 and he hit on a touchdown her death they get it out Topeka dan a great block by Munchak gets them down the sideline he goes over the 40 out to the 44 yard line and gets out of on that is the screen to pick it but Woodson finally runs him out and of course the best thing about it is it stops the clock it's short of the first down but it stops the clock so pink it goes out high Smith goes in that's a nice play I'm also in very surprised if Pittsburgh came with the Blitz on that play and AJ Jenkins coming from the backside of Warren Moon this tape this play takes a while to develop Gerald Williams and there's Jenkins very very close to getting a side 43 yard line first and 10 with 56 seconds left here in the hand have one more time on good protection for moon and a man open across the middle and once again it's Duncan he's trying to get out of bounds we don't quite to get out of Oz he did not get out of Oz as he actually gave up about six yards trying to get over to that Pittsburgh sideline they called their last timeout 42 seconds left here on the half look out after falling ten points down here come the Oilers we'll be right back goodbye Warren Bona it's hard to tell if this is the prevent because prevent is is not necessarily the personnel you put in it's the mindset that they have but Delta Hall gets his shot on Duncan and it Griffin finally drags him down before he's able to get out of bounds which is a fuss for the defense and you're hoping that clock eats up the offense before they can get in scoring position kind of a mercenary run against the piston fight Duncan he took hits all the way across the field but his choice is correct you lose a few yards to say that last time two seconds left on the crime trying to get back into it receivers in for the owners step back and throw to Heyward Jefferies and he gets out of eyes as they continue to get closer to send a ha strange short of a first down when did I see Jefferies and all actually tap hands there I thought these two teams handed each other maybe it's just the coaches don't yeah so Jefferies makes the catch and it's at the 35 of Pittsburgh and it's a pickup of 5 yards but just a little bit closer good smart play by Houston get the easy completion make sure he's out of bounds he starts out underneath center he'll stay there Dru Hill starts in motion and heads back here now to the near sideline and he'll make the catch Finn stays close to the sideline buys about three or four extra yards and doing a great job of working the clock Houston has 30 seconds left and they're even closer now and getting very close to Sunday hunt brains rod rush defenses generally combinations Bill's own deep they'll man-to-man on underneath but in this situation there isn't a US warming up on the sidelines anybody whose name is in dejas can't be comfortable kicking into stone I know that for sure sandé has had hit eight in a row until last week he missed his only attempt 39 yards he could see him a few moments first at 10 he'll got an upgrade for first down the Russian bucket was oh man and then froze it down below the ankles of Dru Hill in completed pass and we have 25 left here the Hat it will be second and ten Highsmith is checking in at Tracy Johnson is coming out 21 out of 30 on the season percent day house so he was on a good run he was over one last week he has the wind that is back here at the end of this first half but he's been standing that entire first half - and that doesn't help either just standing over there in a sideline and it's very difficult to get warm and obviously in a game like this it was ten nothing Pittsburgh it's now 10 7 and Houston is driving for the time Hill goes in motion a lot of time for moon Jeffries out of the back end of the end zone Jefferies was there for a moment and then moons just throw it right over his head the bonds out of harm's way with 17 seconds left in the half Jeff received a stop his pattern there he couldn't make up his mind what he was going to do and moon does not want to take the sack now they're at the 27 which would make it a 44 yard field goal if they were to kick it right now remember they're out of timeouts Jeffery's again it looks like he's running about four different patterns their end up out maybe the corner I'm not sure wait good but he just throws it where it can't be intercepted on third down conversions Houston four four six - from the standard 27 with nearly four Hill oh well I can't if he hung on touchdown here put that one in the highlight reel and Lola vent with a bad back Dru Hill a 27-yard touchdown catch and the owners have answered back with two big jabs right here at the end of the half Pittsburgh goes with a blitz you see the linebackers and it's Carnell Lake the strong safety on Hill Hill I believe has the foot speed that ball is by him through his hands he catches the back end of it for a touchdown unbelievable throw and an indescribable catch what did you see him in midair and tuck it right into his ball or you don't coach that you either do that or you don't where he stands you better stance you can't take a catch like that away from anybody DRO he'll barely practiced this week they said Jerry Glanville said to us yesterday he's been having a tough time getting in and out of his car his back has been hurting so much obviously it doesn't affect his hands that day asked with the extra point and here is Houston who looked like they were very very disorganized who look like they were turning in a typical Houston performance on the road wobbly now with ten seconds to go and a half from tenth nothing down moon has fired two touchdown passes and they leave a minute for seconds they do a great job for getting the ball down the field and then when you've got great athletes spider-like Ernest givins Dru Hill Heywood Jefferies you got to give him the opportunity and then the other half of this is Pittsburgh's choice they go at the Blitz that means man-to-man coverage and look at this that ball is he catches the back end of that football Jim what a great catch that is unbelievable that's one of the finest catches I think I've ever seen straight away from the quarterback lays out catches the back end of the football and hangs on you'll be staying tuned for halftime because we've got all the scores in highlights I missed Sunday number 13 with big games all the way around at playoff spots hanging in the balance Mike Shanahan returns to LA this time as the quarterback coach with the Broncos he started out last two times they've had the ball now put 14 points up so the attitude has changed have a pooch kick and once again we're gonna watch linebacker make the play is coming down with snow our Gerald Williams rather the linebacker he makes the catch out to the 24 yard line with six seconds to go in the half zendaya tried to kind of layer it in there bang a lot of respect to Rod Woodson they do not want him to run a kickoff back with six seconds left in the first half now the ball is out over the 20-yard line on this snow-covered field out at about the 23 24 yard line six seconds remaining Derek Hill lips stock are all in they're three wide receivers let's see if Krista airs it out here he's against the wind remember - Rodney Cartman McDowell trips them up with play by the rookie out of Miami and that will run out the first half and Houston runs into the locker room with a big head of steam Houston's overcome a lot bad field position in the first quarter the turnover wait a minute we got one more play left we have a flag must be a flag on some on the defensive the half can't end with a flag on the defense see what happens here [Music] it's offensive holding and so the half one is oh it's against both of them one more untime play very good bye good good lip-syncing never got but I don't know if either or both team has enough players to get the playoff if you could check down the far side of the stadium the others are yelling into their tunnel hey come on back out of the locker room one untimed played out the offensive people and those that are not playing are going to go into the locker they're gonna get the hot chocolate on warming up for the rest of the guy brister's gone Jim he went into that he went into the tunnel he is gone they may run a play but there's no quarterback to do anything with it well boy we've seen it all so more than the first stab watch the interest behind me just to the right of the 32nd Sun goes Brewster's in the locker room so they're gonna sort out the quarterback of Georgia Tech this is amazing this is amazing bug he's in there he's getting some well I mean this is one way for the young man to get a snap yeah there he is number 11 or extra mile of Georgia Tech I bet he didn't think he'd get into the game at this point but bubby Brister well he's just gonna deal down here put a zero on the way okay then give us the business here here comes Bobby back Bobby's back turns round goes back the other way what a Finnish young there go the Steelers and there is the great great receiver true he'll he made the catch right here right at the end of the first half for the touchdown that is given the Houston Oilers day 14 to 10 lead Warren Moon has thrown two touchdown passes and there you have it the otters were down 10 but now in this big AFC Central Division game at halftime they lead by four in Pittsburgh the second one five of seven with two touchdowns that Bob spoke of on the third and goal remember that that was third and goal after a very very long delay remember on the sack of Moon when they call him in the grass and good news for the Steelers we have located bubby Brister and he's back on the sidelines and they'll need a good second half now pittsburgh has some creativity didn't they on offense yet that touchdown drive there was a beauty with two Lewis lips reverses that's a great play called they start the third quarter they're going against the wind so again they're gonna have to be creative you can't just heave the ball up for the win you gotta think about the reverses it looked at the end of the half we were setting up for his end day his field goal but instead warren moon did them one better as he ended up with the touchdown pass second half underway it's woods away from eugene over the 40 to the 43 yard line 53 Yuji steel tried to get him but couldn't way back and once he got to the sideline racy chases arrived they've been trying all day to kick the ball away from Winston did you see what Pittsburgh did they had Woodson at about the 25 yard line so they could sky the kick and avoid kicking at the Woodson so Pittsburgh starts with excellent field position indefinitely their most important half of football now the season they have gotten back into the AFC Central Division race but they need a win today [Applause] Houston 20 years 37 yard run by Tim Worley dear this is a simple power suite executed perfectly by the Pittsburgh Steelers [Music] it's a split back you see both guards pull briefs for 79 pulls up into the whole wall gets the kick-out breach stress still flocking 37 yard pickup they got used to before they got used to the cold out here longest run of war was young NFL career lips emotion but it's Hodge who has touchdown and he gets inside the 20 down to the 17 yard line now you have the Pittsburgh offense where the field is cleared and the Steeler defense where they're still snow on the turf so the guy was fast as we showed you but he couldn't get it all done Steelers they started at the 32 yard line after the Rozier fumble they ended with a field goal punt touchdown punt end of the half so early they did it in the first quarter boilers fumble two punts two touchdowns it is second down and eight early on in motion flag goes down now before the play can run off you had to vent move Worley and the guard moved at the same time they call [Music] oh boy when the mic went on bubby Brister was talking actually not talking yelling whoa Rhys try snail for it no but you know I think if you look back at that offense it appeared to me that the offensive line was up in a preset her hand was not on the ground if that's the case than the offensive yes see his hand is up he can do that he could do that boy he does move he does move [Music] dendrite was absolutely correct his hand was down and once you put the hand down you can't pick it up second down and 13 now at the 22 yard line so fast Rory comes out of the back to the motion but God for Johnny means that he gets in for the second time today he gets Brist her way back at the 30-yard line he was like a train on the loose there he'd be John Jackson the young offensive lineman playing left tackle let's see the left-hand side watch B's will jump inside the block and he just grabs the leg of bubby Brister and drags him down and Pittsburgh's going the wrong direction here watch me again right side right at his leg so bobbing was second down and eight then the penalty then the Sacketts now third and 21 Johnny Meads second sack of the day out of a lineup right now is their into their dime situation in bubby Brister must call a time off he landed on his elbow you see him rubbing his elbow he hit rather hard to 12:30 to go here in the third quarter we'll be right back to Pittsburgh [Music] Houston 14 to 10 over the Steelers 12 and a half left to go third quarter Chuck Noel's team came out moving and we'll be back to see if they continue can continue the move right after this time out of it Bob Trumpy after the Pittsburgh timeout third down and 21 is what bubby Brister is looking at and he wanted to go to the sideline yeah well when you're third 21 you want your coach to call the play there's not a lot to choose from here now Houston has seven defensive backs three defensive lineman and one linebacker fairs they're 51 in the middle bris turn has four wide receivers she's getting set up there's only two on the play clock they did it off the trouble Hodge and he's down the 20-yard line well shy of the first down but we'll call on Gary Anderson right now for the Steelers to report out there and try and get them to it in one point with 12:15 left to go the snow again flying here at Three Rivers Stadium it's been on and off all day the most important part of a field goal attempt in this weather is the snap it's by Brian Blankenship he's lined up at the 27 it'll be about a 40 44 yard field goal 38 48 yard field goal up and good Gary Anderson today they're going to officially market a 37-yard field goal there is a flag down on the play offside Houston now do you take the points off the board or leave them up there knowing the conservative nature of Chuck Gold they'll keep the points and be within one it's 14 13 right now line up in the neutral zone they decline the penalty free points the field goal is grouped by anderson chuck norris steelers cash in on their first possession of the second half 11:50 to go in the third quarter and the Oilers lead by one it's something you could see that outfit they said you're taking a fashion ring I don't know that may be Elvis Presley underneath or worth all of that stuff on a jury Glanville's favorite people other yards rushing they kick it on the ground Marasco the tight end the rookie out of penn state and Marasco carries out to the 40 yard line and we have a scuffle going right now at the 40 yard line but they break clean and walk away from it now that yards rushing statistic there you see it big factor Worley got 37 on that last carry I got a penalty here against Houston [Music] on Houston by the Pentagon first down it's on Eugene seal you heard the three he said 53 you can see him now the Steeler defense is and again the special teams coach richard smith barking it's sealed we're never earlier anyone after Tracy Johnson when he funded that ball the Houston offense comes out to a roaring crowd against them in a one-point game Lorenzo white carries out over the 35 - maybe the 36 yard line David little is in on the tackle along with the free safety Thomas ever Houston can afford to be very patient here most important thing is protect that football they did a good job at the end of the first half of converting the third downs going for the short stuff up stuff underneath and I think white we haven't seen rose years since the first series and he's not hurt he just fumbled well it looks like the responsibility's gonna be Lorenzo white for the rest of the day they'll get it again and a first down and a lot more onto the midfield stripe first down Oilers great block up front and he gets through David little makes the tackle a 15-yard pickup you very seldom see Houston run traps or anything this is just a straight ahead blocking Munchak on Gerald Williams the center Penniston gets David little and then little goes back to assist on the tackle with Greg Lloyd but 15 yards down the field and the snow picks up and White's rushing numbers do 256 yards now first and 10 the ball right at the midfield stripe Givens in motion to wide receivers in the game Jeffries is the other Steelers jump this time it's Gerald Williams as the Oilers say the ball David little wraps up Lorenzo white along with Willis but I think you're gonna get 98 Gerald Williams across the line well obviously it worked so good for Kansas City against Houston last week they decided to put it their game plan you can't trust that lineup for the neutral of goal five-yard berth down you can't trust centers they'll pitch over the ball they'll flex their forearm and those tackles just dive across that line of scrimmage G on that graphic right there that you saw that number two penalties on Houston remember that's a big big improvement over last week when they had the sixteen there were twenty called and sixteen were accepted by Kansas City the ball is now marked at the 45 yard line they take the Pedley ten minutes to go down third quarter 14 13 orders first and five back to Lorenzo life tries to take it outside a bad decision Willis and Williams are there along with Bryan Hinkle running backs run with their eyes and especially on bad footing you really don't want to running back to bounce outside you'd prefer he bounce inside because that's where most of the protection is here's panis in the center almost the same blocky scheme this time 98 Gerald Williams goes down the line he's there to assist with Willis and Hinkle for the tackle second down now an eighth but they lose three on that play for wide receivers in the game one back that's Highsmith to check on the cop quick delivery defender Woodruff Lipton had bad footing as the catch is made by Kurdish Duncan and he goes into the Euler bench here's where the office has a tremendous advantage you can see where the spot is it doesn't look like it's enough for the first down but the defense is going to be very gingerly when they try to stop Duncan just runs the hitch pattern Woodruff way off looks like the proper spot and it brings up third down and very very short for Houston just a couple of inches now 911 left to go in a quarter Highsmith will be the lone back they have four wide receivers on third down and less than one quarterback sneak that's a safe call but that's not safe because I don't know he had control of it the second time he lost that the Steelers say [Applause] it looked like when Warren Moon sent his feet back pittsburgh's got it at least they're motioning that way boy he's out of a pack with the ball Grice saying that moon was down and had possession let's check and see yes Bert like Jimin look like moon sent his feet back to fall forward he just did not have all the football I go and say quarterback sneaks safe call nothing safe on this kind of field watch what he sets his feet back I think he just pulls his hands out and the ball is loose going through the Steelers legs looks like Greg Lloyd is in there diving I'll tell you what it looks like it looks like rugby right there yes it does this grumble Pittsford recovers it watch what he puts his feet that FC never gets the football and it is loose brisker gives to early early cuts in just gets a couple yards out over the 40 to the 41 yard line bears trips him down and makes the tackle on the play Bubba McDonald helps out remember Pittsburgh recovered all those fumbles in the game that you covered last week down in Miami and they do it again today Houston is the only allowed one running back this season over 100 yards rushing now is James Brooks of Cincinnati and worldly coming awfully close last week 22 carries 95 yards look at that he's doing it they're doing a great job and running the football Pittsburgh second down at 7 25 to go third quarter Steelers are down by one with lips and motion it's a roll out faith Walker and Malarkey's got the tight end on the Houston 40 there's a loose ball on the ground and the official says no no no bubble or no catch unaware of the field judges saying no catch this is reviewable once again he's gonna roll left malarkey is he malarkey sneaking down their second foot has to be down one two that's a catch boy I'll tell you what that from that angle that certainly looks like a kitchen one second foot down he never caught it he never had a hold of it good call by the official field judge was right there to see the whole thing [Music] time outs of dealers that's their second one that they have used and we have 8:14 left here in the third quarter so they only have one left printer to the second foot there's the first with the left foot second foot down does he have control so they appear so and then the swipe by the defensive back seems to knock it loose Steve Brown knocks it loose but the play is going to stand barely it was not reviewable you see Chuck Noland Tom Moore really given the business to bend right that was during the time on right now brister's looking at third down at seven from his own 42 yard line snow his load up again Rodney Carter emotion he's in trouble gets away from fuller but can he get away again he Luke's that ball up for grabs and out of bounds Louis lips was the intended receiver although he was really throwing it away and will be fourth down now and Pittsburgh will have to punt it away with eight oh seven to go here in the third uh Houston survives the turnover their second of the day the first one cost them three points this one cost them no points so Houston's luck seems to have turned a little bit here Terry Newsom is back to punt Kenny Johnson will take it back for Houston standing back at his 20 yard line it is 1413 the Oilers lead by one they trailed ten nothing moon threw a touchdown pass to Duncan on third and goal from the 18 just before half-time he threw a 27 yard touchdown pass to Drew Hill on a fabulous catch 1410 the lead Pittsburgh took the opening kickoff of the second half and settled for an Anderson field goal low snap Newsom rides it up one point and Johnson football [Applause] and has to scramble to get it back at the 15 yard line with Carnell Lake right on him 39-yard potted almost a nightmare on the fumble but Houston has the ball and that's important and Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh in the NFC Central Division that's how we started today Cleveland with a half game lead over Houston Pittsburgh and Cincinnati at six and six now in Cleveland right now Cincinnati has gone ahead of the bronze playing in the same kind of weather as we are here 14 nothing Bengals in Cleveland remember Kosar the quarterback of the Browns went into that game with an for me off houston we 1413 [Applause] so white and white carries out near the 19-yard line into the arms of Craig Lloyd who recovered the fumble on the last Houston possession Lorenzo white the Michigan State Spartans they've been trying to get the ball to more and more for the Oilers has done the bulk of the ball carrying today we saw Rozier in the first series he fumbles and let it go as we looked at the scoreboard was Kansas City for real what's going on here Houston would say yes they are after the performance they had against them last week the rest of our stories the Giants back within seven Detroit ahead of New Orleans tonight at 6:00 and get up here first down very close as ever it drives him out of bounds yet Highsmith as a potential receiver and that is a blocker actually Pittsburghers done an excellent job Jim of cutting that plate to shreds one has no place to throw the ball so he has to end up running and that's about the third time today he's done that Steve Young he has thrown a touchdown pass to that San Francisco game of 38 yards to John Taylor to put the 49ers back on top 32 check rod rush the defensive coordinator with Kansas City last year so he helped build that great Chiefs defense now here in Pittsburgh third down conversions the others are five for eight on third from the 25 there looks like warning moons got himself a Jaden's first now because he draws the Steelers off Keith Willis on that left side number 93 appears who get into the neutral zone we'll find out the bad news right now I'm sure he already knew it is offsides defense encasement defense made contact five-yard penalty [Music] this has happened several times today to the Pittsburgh defense both Gerald Williams and OHS tackle and Keith Willis do come across and make contact which is encroachment in the NFL so it's first down for the Houston Oilers and they're out of field position trouble anyway right now they're out at the 30-yard line close to the 31 the Oilers with two penalties normally are well above that Pittsburgh now at four and that one if she orders the ball in a first down earrings in Ocean the first Matthews in front of a moon [Applause] no signal can bend right no signal yet Warren Moon went done it looked like he left the ball there 95 Lloyd picked it up though they're talking there's been no signal from any official in either direction Houston ball he's ruling that Boone is down formerly said [Music] what takes you so long to make the decision [Music] jacques neau facing the sidelines that's time war without the Hat he was thinking that he's going to get his offense on the field on a fumble recovery moon rolled out and nobody to throw to got hit went down here it is turf can't cause the bumble again Pittsburgh does a great job there's nobody to throw it to [Music] the hippies by Lloyd he's down there's no question about that you just wished it the referee would make the call earlier make a decision whatever the decision is is reviewable make the decision play fans no fumble again this is a heck of a hit [Music] who's the ball to his left hand and I'll watch Bend right coming right in the picture he makes no signal now right here's a lever it looks like right there he's looking like the player still goes over losing the ball six yards and it's second down and 16 looking for Jeffries Oh throws arms at the 35 yard line through a lot of arms Everett and Woodson are on the coverage so it will be third and 16 for Jim I called Duncan's name he's at the far side of the field and he had Duane order of beat like a drum and here is Jeffries who goes by Rod Woodson this ball is thrown with the wind Everett comes over to help Woodson doesn't touch it Jeffery should make that catch right through forearms right there Hayward Jefferies cannot come up with the ball that would have been a huge played for the Oilers but instead now it's third and 16 and this crowd will get right into the face of war wide receivers accused gun fires across the middle for Guinness and boy did he see shadows of commas Edward coming right up in his face or what it raised his hands it's 4th down and it's time for Montgomery to come up with a very important pun on a snow-covered field here in every River City there is two pumps on the dais maybe turn his pudding right down snapping will be Bruce Matthews who was pressed into playing center full-time last rib and the injured a jade finishing has played today let's see if the stewards come after my gum looks like speeders a try he gets it away with a Sun Woodson try to stay in bounds now and he did but Cris Dishman is right down there on the coverage for the owners and Woodson can go nowhere a 40-yard punt that looked better than it sounded in if up there's a black down of the play too delay of game against Pittsburgh that's to what he been on the field receding team 12 men on the field on a receiving team you can only play this game with eleven unless you're north of the Canadian border I think you know if I think of I'm Houston I give the ball their decline the penalty absolutely because it was a good pint at airplane coverage and the more you put the ball in the hands of Woodsen who knows what could happen jerry glanville and his players out there talking with Bend right we're letting the field on receiving the baby crying the penalty so it will be first down Steelers at their own 35-yard line Chuck Noel's team down by one there's six and six and Pittsburgh is trying to come up with the victory today and then as we showed you earlier they have crew games remaining against teams which all have losing records six rutila they have the ball [Applause] mr. self-esteem down with emotion he's back to pass swing set up and Richburg gets away completely cutter MacDonald takes them in tosses him up there's a lot of extra I don't think they can throw the flag there cuz it's so hard to see where the sideline is you know what Bob I saw the official rear singing back for the flag and then he did obviously listening to you and that's not a bad idea but I have a feeling that's why timeout again this is a screen setup all the way you read it well - but it's covered much makes a great catch now the problem is I'm not sure you can tell exactly where the sidelines is that's tough that's very tough but there's a flag down number 74 of the office was down the field Theriot have over $75 fee illegal land that's also a loss of Ghana blue Terry long there is 74 the shortest offensive lineman in the NFL at 511 [Music] and a call like that you feel even shorter wish you were so short that nobody could see you now it's not a loss of town but it's a 10-yard penalty so it comes up first in 20 the fans are going because they thought Meryl Hodge was abused out of bounds over here and the spot comes back at the 25-yard line of Pittsburgh we have 605 left here in the third quarter the AFC Central Division we told you right at the top of this game red-hot and putting in two ice-cold cities today we're watching what's going on in Cleveland Cincinnati leading that game 14 nothing and watching right here what's going on a Pittsburgh and the order is reading by one with a lot of football left Brewster time and that's going to be picked off by Bubba McDowell then he dropped the ball and it was picked up by Al Smith our water fish was saying no catch Claire is saying no catch number eighty-eight signals no catch but again reviewable and Dreyfuss to shoot away a lot of players today I mean yes he has when an interception takes place you apply the same rules to the Interceptor that you do the receiver Brister on the scramble throws back the krint against the defense one - that's an interception and then I'll spin that's fine he can make a decision about California review official can look at one second foot down but it was coming out right there again back a little bit did he have it or was it coming out but that second foot comes down but the same rules apply to the Interceptor first foot down after reviewing an incomplete pass incomplete fast I believe is correct and again ladies and gentlemen your keyphrase today is after review what would we do without slow motion just answer me that thanks for everybody on the camera and down at videotape for watching that play and dissecting for us a second down in pointing the ball at the 25 yard line look out from behind it's Johnny Meade's for the third time today he's got Krister Robbie's not getting up either that was Medes second sack again on John Jackson the left tackle mede second set Houston's third of the day now he's got all of them he's got all three yeah he's got all of them top of the screen he comes he's untouched nobody lays a hand on it you don't Bob if we go back there maybe watch Childress and it appears as though someone came over to help out there and I don't know if that left nobody then to block means well you can see Worley is setting up for the screen 38 and he does not pick up the Blitz and he's gets his third sack of the day it's third and thirty back at the 15-yard line Krister throws one and it's almost intercepted by Steve Brown in fact Brown was the only player that could have caught that one and now there's another late flag go down as brisker is watching from down on the turf and holding his right elbow you know that thing on his left leg he's got hammered a couple of straight times here we'll watch again [Music] odd sleep slips out in the flat the ball is thrown Childress is the guy who gets there - bubby Brister [Music] number 33 on the offensive foul barrel ha ha whoa he was trying to get the bottle lips they flag hots for going at Brown and suddenly the penalties have turned against Pittsburgh and in Houston's favor so Harry Newsome going to be funny from his own end zone he's stepping back into even more snow right there that's where they didn't flare off during halftime they try to get the whole field done as it has gotten darker again here at Three Rivers idiom both weather-wise and situation wise for the hometown Steelers as Newsom is punting deep in his own and so now and Houston should get great field position that's the point now with they're about five minutes and 20 seconds to go they'll have the win at their back field position for the remainder of this game probably the most important key so he's got his hands warm as you see flips the pouch on the back and he'll get ready to go to work [Music] let's see if the Oilers come after him now as he punts out of the endzone they are and he handles a little snap and he'll go down for a safety Dishman touches him down along with Bubba McDowell [Music] and put two points up on the board for the orders and make it a 16-13 ballgame actually not a bad play by hearing Newsome taking the two points when the snap is offline and low by Germani Dawson he just takes the two points now obviously they're gonna have to give the ball up to Houston see how far to the left he has to move slips out of his hands a great shot it'll be a free kick from the 20 but you're giving up two points and that's better than seven [Music] field position weather conditions like this 98% of the time determine the outcome of the game with these penalties against Pittsburgh put themselves in that spot check the weather right now as another squall has Braun right blown right inside Three Rivers Stadium this is the type of the weather that you always waited to hear the no school announcements right Pittsburgh saw this last week and Miami with rain and how they got the snow squalls here that's the first safety given up by the Steelers since last year and it came against the orders at the Houston sideline a forty thousand brave souls who are still inside Three Rivers Stadium with 515 left to go in the third quarter this is really tough because Newsome has to punt against the wind here and of course and a free kick you can't use a team and that's why all teams punt the ball and yes the whistling moves in the pot dude Kenny Johnson has to backtrack to his own thirty and he's on his way up here and he's up to the 50-yard line midfield stripe we've got a fight off to our left of our shot right there is they are all wrapped up there that was Larry Griffin in there for the Steelers along with Tyrone Stowe and I believe Tracy Eaton is the oiler that they're trying to pull out of the pack [Music] again Griffin and Eaton get close to each other and then Kenny Jackson 86 walks eating away let's go around the league right now 14 nothing Cincinnati over Cleveland there in the third quarter up in Cleveland Kansas City Lee's offense a personal foul on a deep end ten nine Colts over the Patriots in the fourth quarter the Giants close to it in seven in the third Green Bay by one over Tampa Bay and the Lions after that big Thanksgiving Day upset at Cleveland now lead again over the state so they're giant-killing around the league Dallas has gone ahead of the Rams 24 21 looking for your second win of the year the 49ers now lead by 10 after they'd fallen behind against Atlanta and here in Pittsburgh at 1613 Houston leading over the Steelers with 504 left to go in the third quarter by midfield Houston is Lorenzo white will carry it it three turnovers now all fumbles one five rows here one by moon and now by Lorenzo white he's been the most short-handed of the group today but he coughs it up and the Steelers get it back he's got a nice in here Jim and it jumps over the pile and then the ball just seems to slip right out of his arm don't want hit him all just gets away Dwayne Woodruff with the recovery [Music] Haywood Jeffries Nets Lorenzo white Haywood Jeffries is down on the field right now he was the guy who was trying to battle Luger for the football there he is and they attend to him he'll run to the runt left he's got a nice pick up here does anybody hit him if anybody hits him it's his own man's right it's like bruce matthews may have hit him it's really not enough to pop the ball up but Vanette maracas hard today now go back to the safety given up by news soon it's a three point ballgame they had to punt the ball away but they get the ball back they get it in better field position and there's still only a field going on so your point about Newsome being really smart about just taking the safety and not trying to punt that out of there is a good point that he could have tried to run the thing out of the end zone and Houston gets the ball at the one the Bengals now lead over the Browns 21 nothing becoming a bit of a blowout up there including Cincinnati off a disappointing performance last week in Buffalo knew that they had to win today that's what it was at the start of their Lewis Lipsey motion actually slipped and had to come back here's whirling carry logout did not get the walk Bubba McDowell and he puts him down great play by McDowell safety out of the University of Miami I think one of the true candidates for Defensive Rookie of the Year they played a lot of zone at Miami's a great open field tackle er now what soy he fights through the protection here you see long 74 full read stroke watch McDowell dives right underneath long well that is a picture-perfect tackle for a gain of about a yard you can't do it any better than that second down and nine they actually give him a yard on that line there on 34 yard line schoolers are down three and crystal - whirling and he was immediately hit by Al Smith and brought down Smith got him low and then Steve Brown came in high and Kukulkan was going after al smith down like Tim Worley when Al Smith hit him tried to retaliate a little bit now Smith took exception to it the little pass out the flat Smith's got him dead to rights whoa he's trying to kick there he's trying to kick Steve Brown yeah he was trying to kick Brown and Smith actually was the guy that ended up with the foot man who hill can comes in Smith goes after ilk in this is a bad time for either TV dog third and two burgers whispers only three piranhas they're looking at 34 rocky Carter Chechen wrists hurt throws it away as Johnny Meade's was right on top of him again in the backfield and that's why Edwin load down the field Derek Hill had been knocked off the play and the crowd wanted a flag on them but that ball is not catchable by Derrick Hill Allen has the coverage his band a man on that side watch out short this ball is thrown that's what the fans are complaining about that ball was 15 yards short of the receiver [Music] so Harry Newsome who got trapped at his own endzone the last time and took a safety will punt it away to that man Kenny Johnson Newsome stands back at his 25-yard line dear Motty dawson against snaps in-law Newsom has the good hands though honks it away fair catch call for Betty Johnson makes it at the 28 yard line we got a flag down there's a flag down on the play 33 yard punt and the second low snap and a run out by dear Motty dawson legal man downfield by pittsburgh you make him cut it again no I don't think starting cuz anytime you can make the catch what they've done all day oh he's gonna he's gonna have him go back now they're kicking against the wind you know what I'm not so I'm not so sure that is special teams coach who he was just talking to there wants them to force the read kick again or not anyone other cooking the team was down field five-yard penalty Gerald Williams gets nailed for the penalty but they are going to force Newsome to punt it again well not if you're gonna bring them back Jim my suggestion is then go after it there's Dawson we've had two tough snaps in a row 2news now we get a chance to do it all over again this one's right on the line you know what the others actually lose two yards on that whole exchange so Dawson corrects the staffing problem on a 39-yard punt by Harry Newsome Jerry Glanville rolled the dice hoping that maybe there would be another low snap per usual after kicks we have a mild altercation a reminder to our viewers now stay tuned for the second half of today's football doubleheader and stay warm won't you most of these NBC stations there or easy and it looks like the orders that recover the ball may there were two Steelers right on top but very on the spot Don Maggs is in there to recovery for the orders warrant moon does not do a very good job of protecting us football this is a half roll now once way he's got this ball out one guy goes by him and the second one just grabs all of his arm else off see Jerry osofsky and Houston is very very lucky to retain position when you saw the arms of all saskiamarie made that hit he was trying to grab that ball in but he was inches away Houston's just lucky to get the ball back [Applause] receivers have moved right back again unloads iike Geoffrey's wide open but it's hanging up there and a plaque will go down on car downlink he had no choice the rookie Carnell Lake out of UCLA if he doesn't do that Jeffries may catch the bull of all the way Lake never saw the ball he had to play the man like they do in hockey [Music] he says fasten your chairs number 13 selling birth sound how did he get so wide open it looked like Thomas Everett the weak safety was the man in coverage he may have slipped actually late makes a smart play here take no chances make sure he can't catch it break a tackle and run the distance just break up the play all the way down to the 35-yard line what a turn of events at peddling Lorenzo white he fumbled on his last carry brakes three this time in the red zone right spinning when he has the right snowshoes on doesn't need a hold on to his putting right there and he weaves all the way down close to the 10 yard line well you could see him protecting that ball to Jim he really had it tucked in there against his ribs have been running to the right today a great deal this time they're running right at Aaron Jones [Music] the stein cooler does a good job Marasco does a great job getting coal out of there well that was a 46 yard penalty followed by that bigger one 15-yard line first down and once again here come the Steelers across the line quickly no flag on this plateau as their Enzo why if center running right runs left and gets down near the 11 yard line the Steelers were jumping but apparently stayed out of the neutral zone here's the ticker 21-nothing Cincinnati you surprised by that Trump very much so in Cleveland Ellen now Miami is snuggled up close to Kansas City the Dolphins started the day one back of the bills in the AFC East New England's gotta hit the Indianapolis in that game the Giants are tied down Tampa Bay girls they had a groove back we've been second down and seven the ball is at the cross guard line given Zuzu motion for Houston white gets the ball the Peck just pushes over there as we are coming up to a half minute remaining here in the third quarter Aaron Jones is in on the tackle for the Steelers with Gerald Williams [Music] and will be third down in about two yeah my was just gonna say I don't think they'll run another play I think they'll let the time expire in the third quarter and they not have to go into the wind for the final quarter shucks no looking on the numbers tell you and if they give up a touchdown on this Drive they're in a lot of trouble they would go ten down a field goal would be really what they would try and hold the others to as we are down to one quarter remaining here in Pittsburgh the Oilers leading by three 1613 and we'll be back and Pittsburgh Steelers all rights reserved hello from Pittsburgh Jim Donovan and Bob Trumpy that's the weather situation here's the score by quarters Steelers led actually ten nothing then Houston came back with two late Warren Moon touchdown passes one to Duncan one to Dru Hill on a barbless catch right before halftime and the others led 1410 the two points for the orders came by way of a safety Harry Newsom getting trapped in the end zone and a field goal for Pittsburgh it's 1613 Houston is fumbled six times today and lost three and they have the ball burned out who starts the fourth quarters of all these on the Pittsburgh eight who rolls the snap the ball is kicked piece back to the 16 where [Applause] while he was very lucky now white as opposed to falling on that ball appear to go back there to try to pick it up the seventh fumble the day now for Houston and they've lost threes and day us on for the field goal so Pittsburgh really won they didn't jump off size or get in the neutral zone now watch white he tries to pick this up and shoot just follow send a hearth ready to go now out of the hold of Montgomery though he stepped from the line of scrimmage is at the nineteen the placement makes a 37-yard field goal attempt where's in de house whoa and it is still a 3-point game and remember the Steelers now have the win snap is good spot is good he hooks it so the reaction by Sen Tejas no good and we'll be back to Pittsburgh he missed his only attempt last week and after hitting eight in a row he's now missed tuturro the pittsburgh side of the ball last week they got five today they picked up free bumbles it's only produced three poems but we got eight turnovers in two weeks ball is at the 20-yard line they are down by three with rich in motion - good job goes to worry he skates on ions over on the Houston sideline fuller runs him on William fuller chases him back this team is amazing they start the season with all those fumbles against Cleveland and he did too yeah a terrible day and last week in a driving rainstorm or I swear I saw someone building an ark down in Miami and today in the snow Pittsburgh has not turned the ball over Worley with 84 yards rushing on a tough day to rush [Music] so it is second down at 7:00 they give him 40 in that first night Gary its Hodge and Worley in the backyard 14:04 election regulations I'm early out of the backfield emotion they're looking for whirly cross at the 40-yard line he was wide open [Applause] they're gonna call that on Jeff Donaldson for a late hit I don't think Donaldson ever saw it I think he thought that worldly caught the ball he's been down this street before and seeing that signal personal foul against his team Worley comes up motion late brinster looks at it her football number at the 59th belly from the previous I take it back I said that Jeff Donelson didn't seem drop the ball he most certainly did seem drop the ball and still went up there and hit him not a particularly smart play [Music] jerry glanville loves that player JD jeff Donelson and Donaldson is playing with a lot of aches and pains he tried to dish one up right there and gets nailed for it so a big big penalty [Music] looks out and sees that his defense on apparently now is given Pittsburgh the ball at their own 38 and more importantly first and 10 with 14 minutes left Merrill hogs reversed to lift back to pressure reaction yes deric down to the 44 loose football and is picked up by the Steelers what a play that's like a run down in baseball if you're trying to score that one how many people touches that ball before it stopped we've got a Houston all are down Erik fares and it looks like they're gonna count the fumble so it's gonna pick up about two yards on that entire play that Derrick bears down there with the medical staff around him and we'll check out the condition of Eric fares as he remains down on the turf here at Three Rivers Stadium 13:41 left regulation time and Houston leads by a field goal 1613 try to go into first place today trying to hang on in Pittsburgh they predicted a gloomy year for everyone but they didn't count on Mazda with cars and trucks engineered to feel just right now Martha is racing for an all-time sales record with record-setting deals that can save you up to $1,000 now so come get a record-setting deal at the Mazda race the snow coming down as hard as it has all day long now with 13 39 left here in this game with all the snow on the ground surprising they would try this play up with a couple of yards just a couple of second down six the ball is at the 42 they're on 42x Catania malarkey emotion whirling [Applause] mcdowell on the tackle for the orders and the balls right at the midfield stripe with that wind at their back [Music] that's David little the inside linebacker drawing plays of the snow at the time you can draw pasture turf he's talking to Dave Arnold there on the bench Worley now with 92 yards rushing first and 10 Steelers from the 49 they'll go narrow Hodgins way and hide things inside the 45 yard line with a 44 and that's Richard Byrd on the tackle Byrd had such a sore back last week from Kansas City had a sleep on the floor of his hotel room Pittsburgh with 136 on the day 92 goes to the rookie from Georgia last week he hit 95 against by having on 22 carries who stood defense is in big trouble here because you can see they can't really get a pass rush they got to be very loose in their coverage like Carter's closest guy to him with five yards away when he makes that catch and that picks up the first down but it looks like they're going to measure it first out Paul Chryst her over to the sidelines with time more the offensive coordinator the chains come in really no very very hard to make spots and things like that because the yard line markers are wiped out by the snow there's a little marker on the chain if you're wondering how they do this and they put it in the middle of the next line not there but if the other end of the chain they put it down wipe the snow away put it the middle of the line there's a little marker on there that can determine whether or not it's a first down remember the big play right here has to be that Donelson personal foul Bob go back to that play and Jerry Glanville looking down at the notes right now trying to find a way to come up with subtraction that's very important and trying to find a way to stop the Steelers yeah this is also a bump and run defense their quarterbacks like to get up and pressure the wide receivers but with this footing in his snow it's very difficult to do that and if you do pump their own I'm here taking a heck of a chance in fact Brown and Allen or a good eight yards or so from the 39 yards or are they gonna reverse it again yes looks that's three times now they run that reverse they got 23 yards on two carries in a burst half he gets 12 on that one that's three carries for 35 yards on the same play you can see the deep end going back and forth missing a lot of pudding now Smith finally here to assist on the tackle but another first down Pittsburgh when we talked to bubby Brister yesterday and he told us that they had worked an awful lot on the reverse here's lips emotion first in 10 the ball is Fe Houston 28 Houston saying they have it and the official says no Pittsburgh vol Richard Byrd is right in there I think you'll find 71 in white he was trying to come up with the ball yeah there is and whirly ends up hanging on but he did lose contact with the football and got it back not much to the play you can see fuller 95 I believe is the guy who makes the contact it's the ball loose and any that arm comes out there and WHAM right back in his chest Pittsburgh hangs on second down at 9:00 snow really coming down in the wind blowing the Steelers have that wind behind their back his lips comes in motion again another reverses he gotta fry your keep headed up like he was gonna throw it and then finally Steve Brown takes him down Merrill Hodge was the guy who was the intended receiver no question it was a reverse fast they've run it three times for good yardage and this time they're going to try the pass but it was well covered by Houston I choose the fact you see him release on the outside there but he's well covered so lips has got to run it brings up third down and four Bob I go back to earlier in the season Houston lost to Cleveland and the [Applause] first [Applause] close to the 10-yard line this drive started at the Pittsburgh 20 have done an excellent job of hanging on the football behind you give he's got blitz control no blitz he releases a flat Eric fares 51 is the closest van Hajj makes a good catch first down pickup and if it's inside the 10 I'll take your word for ashle they're saying the 15 of course first at first intent from the 15 with 913 left that's malarkey in motion and this is whirling wafer one tackle drag down William Florida brings him down by the ankle beads mr. just lost his footing just before he's to accelerate to the tackle shot I'm amazed Pittsburgh has not lost the ball in the two weeks with all the rain yet last week from the snow today answer is coming up tonight at backbase piranha about the life of NBA star Isiah Thomas how his mother fought to give him the chance he needed alfre woodard stars and a mother's courage the Mary Thomas story and mr. cake don't miss a special preview of a new series coming to NBC true blue nine yards rushing like the emotions sucking down in five Richard Byrd on the tackle and he's over 100 now for the day and that's just the second time running back has gone over a hundred yards rushing against a Houston defense James Brooks of Cincinnati was the other but the turnovers have killed Houston had seven fumbles lost three Pittsburgh is fumbled at once and recovered it they have not lost the ball we're gonna get a measurement down to see if Worley picked up the first down 104 on the day at 95 last week in Miami but he goes over a hundred today I was shocked he told me yesterday as we look at the measurement that's short it's over yesterday at Georgia the woman most times he ever carried the ball was 24 times our Herschel Walker created at 35 or 40 times when he was down there so it will be third down and inches shut null reports down with a tone I'd left hopefully has checked into the lineup now as an eligible receiver but on that offensive line for extra blocking Frank wolf Lee is in third down less than one just inches the ball up to six let's see what they do in the back there why wasn't it very a bunch of counterplay they flanked two guys out to the right kind of spread the defense offsides defense look at half the distance to the goal we'll make it first down they would have had the first down anyway after the run last week against Miami Jeff a head war Flay lined up as a flanker and he trapped the nose tackle on a couple plays this week that's a first down see we can see somebody in the neutral zone yeah it looks like this side the dear side of the defensive line is line up in the neutral zone first and goal at what the two two and a half the meantime while all of this is going on down off to our right if the opposite end of the field there's a foul and a feeling here clearing off the yard markers and its first and goal from the tune in the snow Hodge did not get in so this takes us back to the famous game New England playing Miami remember when Ron Meyers was the head coach of the Patriots that his streets at this deer line is the line where the kickoff would take place [Music] it will be second down and goal 21 nothing remember kosher has been lifted in favor of panel in the fourth Kansas City hanging on against Miami Indianapolis back on top over New England those are the other scores going on all in the fourth quarter Pittsburgh has 169 yards rushing it is second down and goal Carter in motion Hodge the carry bangs traps getting it in that's the rookie out of the University of Putin of Houston Glenn Montgomery who is in there right now at a nose tackle spot he comes in and makes the stop he's nicknamed too short because everybody said he was too short enough to play me in it up he's like a three stone a lot of what he has as blow as wasting it's hard to get him out of there third down conversions and a big one coming up right now Pittsburgh is 5 for 12 you got to think that if bubby Brister is healthy here's wolf Lee on the on the lamb watching coming in motion seemed lined up as the flanker third down and goal and they set him in motion crisper keeps it going to throw to near side fires it completed headed for Terry O'Shea the tight end Tim Worley was wide open in his own I hope he didn't see but the near side of the endzone he was standing there and Jim there was mill 1 within 10 yards of it now in which Rolla than the first one no when he came back to the left Tim early was way out there in the corner of the endzone wide open not Craig Wolf Lake Tim Worley and Bubba couldn't get in the ball Gary Anderson comes in for the field goal attempt for the second time now today Houston comes up with a big defensive stand inside their 5-yard line this is for the tie game again 18 yard attempt that's when he hit earlier in the ballgame and we are tied with 543 left in regulation time 16 16 in the red-hot AFC Central Division this one's going right down to the wire here in Pittsburgh by bubby Brister will be pick it up here he's already ruled the right now it goes back to the left everybody's waving our hands high 33 O'Shea 85 little Worley over in the left corner wait wait wait the fall I can't beat it over can you find me I'm a big guy time but it ends up in a field goal in church 17 plays 79 yards 827 off the clock and it ends up in an 18-yard few goal by Anderson his third field goal of the game his second from that distance and we're tied 1616 with 543 left Jerry here Angela he's standing there the the crush say the Zamboni has cleaned off the spot where the kicker kicks and Glanville is saying wait a minute that's not fair you can't give an advantage to the kickoff game that's not right there's Bend right saying now they're cleaning off the line for Houston that's no advantage for Houston it can be an advantage for Pittsburgh they have the wind and Anderson should have pretty good footing I'm saying know what he said he's not happy about the plow coming on it meant dry it's kind of getting a chuckle right now there it is and it's out clearing along the end lines and the side lines but as quickly as he does it the snow just comes right back as covers it up but I think they're doing it for the spots you know where they're going to spot the ball on the in line at about one o'clock this afternoon Eastern Time we were it looked like a typical early winter day that's where we are right now with 543 left in regulation time the plow has been out three times once at halftime a little bit earlier and now right here with this 543 remaining Anderson has the ball flow off the team sixteen sixteen Houston started the day a half game out of first place in the AFC Central Division Pittsburgh was a game and a half out along which Cincinnati Cleveland led the path but the reports as we have shown you from Cleveland Bengals romping over the Browns 21 nothing in Cleveland and here it's tied 1616 on on Houston's got real problems there you see the Cincinnati Cleveland score the Houston is very much against the wind so field goal is it that day house is already missed from 38 yards but they're gonna have to get an awful lot of yards and they've already fumbled seven times today lost three is to look at the records of the teams of the AFC Central at the start of the day second half of the doubleheader coming out of most of these NBC stations Denver 10:00 and 2:00 they're already wrapped up their division they're into the playoffs against the LA Raiders out in LA out of the Coliseum as the Raiders still have wildcard hopes alive [Music] Anderson Nixon Hawaii Kenny Johnson took it in the end John and it will be a touchback now in the skirt a good plowing Bob here's how they are ruling they're ruling that they are plowing both 35 and the 15th okay that's what they've done here today the replay official califor made that rolling there it is see the 15 in the 235 so what what does that do 16:16 first of ten where is your wife my wine started right then cut it back up the middle let's go around the league right now one of the problems Houston has is they just set for 8 minutes and 27 seconds so they come out of this very important Drive koi Kansas City wins Bob over Miami Miami loses for the second week in a row 16:15 the Colts over the Patriots fourth-quarter scores the Eagles leading the Giants San Francisco wins second down and six [Applause] is dragged down by Brian Hinkle David little is there to along with us al ski as the linebackers all team up Jim Johnson also there there's the late scores now Houston in the situation where a third and three they generally go with their red gun offense which is what they're going with got four wide receivers in the game alonzo highsmith is below [Applause] he's got Haywood Jeffries for a first down he's about 2 yards beyond the stick and he has the first down with 4 minutes to go in regulation Jim I gotta tell you I don't know why Houston's going out of this formation you see the four wide receivers leave the regular set come in but the the defensive coverage because of the lack of real footing out here look how loose it is see it there's a good $0.05 Delton Hall that's a good eight yards away from the receiver as the ball is thrown for the rest of this drive first at 10:00 at the 32 back to Lorenzo white he's up to the 35 they might give him the 36 yard line David little once again along with Bryan Hinkle you notice the linebackers are now getting more and more involved for the stewards Lorenzo white now having a great day with 87 yards rushing with a big fumble that last time that started that Pittsburgh Drive and a second down and eight it it looks like Houston is coming with the four wide receivers there's Joe green the defensive line coach of a fist I think this works for them I really do 2:48 at a time I've got second down Jeffery's is there Oh does he involve yes they're saying whoa or Delton hall on the coverage he fakes the hitch war moon against the wind puts that baby up watch this catch drew Hill had a great would it be to the first half Jeffries catches it 37 yards oh I don't know you're ever gonna overrule that if that's close where's the sideline can you see where the side line is one and his elbow is done I don't know if he's in or out I haven't the slightest idea it looks like there's the line I can see the line one okay there's two ways to look at this he's either out of bounds or the field judge says he was forced out of bounds by Rod Woodson if so they can still rule it a catch but I repeat because the line is so obscured by the snow I'm not sure the replay guy can overrule that work is there contact by Woodsen wudu you've come down inbounds without the touch well no matter which way they rule this they'll discuss this one for a long time it is ruled a catch and unfortunately the game is now in the hands of the first call there's califor standing up with the glasses now he sits down to look at the replay again a replay officials nightmare here yes in Pittsburgh Chuck null anxiously waiting this decision as is that man Jerry Glanville it's Haywood Jefferies and Rod Woodson Jefferies clearly has the ball and possession and at least one foot you can see where the line is there I don't know if there's enough evidence to overrule that I mean whatever the official calls first is probably what it's going to end up Calla pores had some tough calls today you know that the replay official has been put to work today [Music] the man standing there in the picture is Eddie white he's the NFL communicator dalip auras poring over that tape trying to find something that he didn't see the last time well there's the guy that caught it Haywood Jefferies and Jerry Glanville on the sideline the Oilers waiting for the call now it's interesting the Pittsburgh defense is pointing back it's no catch and the order up there said see right there 78 right there that's Tim Johnson saying take it back and on the other side the Houston Oilers offense is waving now it's a good catch sure if your Pittsburgh gets no catch anybody watching television if you're in a state of Texas where it's a kid come on what's the holdup more football coming up right here on NBC we'll get you there sooner or later but we got a great finish coming here with 239 left in regulation time that's what's coming up Denver against the LA Raiders as the Raiders at home trying to get a badly-needed win today to keep their wildcard playoff hopes alive this is a very important review by the replay official Calipari and his sixth preview of the day he's had no easy ones either by the way Jim while we have a moment we're going back to Houston I'm sure you agree with me that we'd like to congratulate Jack Party University of Houston and Andre Ward for winning the Heisman trophy congratulations boy he had to do it by word of mouth with Houston being a program on probation though televised games this year now I think we might be ready to get the official marking here I don't think so but congratulations Dondre we're back at the University of Houston the Heisman Trophy Award winner the numbers he threw for for the University of Houston our only comparable to Dan Marino's numbers with the interest Miami Dolphins back in 1984 the touchdowns he threw for the yards they like coaches wait it's a good catch [Music] I don't know if this makes any difference but if the official on-the-spot rules he's out of bounds that stands - when the catch is made and whatever the official says in that situation I don't like the replay official had any chance to overturn 2:39 laughs the ball is at the pittsburgh 27 yard line it is 1616 so he hangs onto the football it's the smartest thing you can do in that situation and Keith Willis drags him down along with Brian Hinkle in the fourth quarter still battling it out in Cleveland but the Bengals are on their way to win and those final scores Kansas City's down to 661 and at Green Bay next week Detroit their second consecutive win they beat New Orleans 21 14 the Rams come back and beat Dallas and San Francisco's a winner again and the Raiders have a field goal on Denver as we come down to the two-minute warning in regulation time as the late games are underway two minutes to go regulation time hang in there and snowy Pittsburgh we're tied minutes to go and in a locket a 1616 tie right that trump between the others and Steelers you can see that the footing is no good that Keith Willis actually has a kind of a doormat out there that he's scraping the snow off it's a thing that areas it's a thing to clean off his spikes and he's the answer there it is he hands it to the equipment man or the ball guys he runs up the field Houston has got their four wide receivers in the ballgame Jim and they have that great luck just with running the hitch I think it works in this situation to him I don't think Pittsburgh wants to get up there and bump and run they've got all their timeouts left I'm not sure Jerry Glanville trusts Lewis and de Haas no matter what the distance is excuse me Tony ah trust the defensive coordinator of Pittsburgh and he's in it he's gonna find that big catch more not catch rule gets by Haywood Jeffries we put Pittsburgh down a tough spot second down nine it's at the 26 who Pittsburgh two minutes left I was wrong they don't have four wide receivers in the game formation the blocking back swept that was Highsmith but wake up the quarter anyway gets up nearer first down in fact the spotlight come right at the stick and he could have another Houston first down underneath two minutes now a minute 54 left they go with two tight ends watch I Smith slipped there's basically not much of a block out there although I Smith does get on Carnell Lake looks like it is a first down first down Houston Lorenzo white did not start the game Mike Rozier started at that running back spot fumbled on their first possession and it's been white ever since and Lorenzo white has a hundred for the day right again if he could go he's for the 5 dives down by the one-yard line he is not in [Music] with a minute 40 and it's running but if this is an absolute shock Houston starts this Drive and about their own 20-yard line the big play that catch by Hayward Jeffries Jerry Glanville is gotta be he's got to be overjoyed at this Drive Bob let me ask you this do you milk sometime here do you go right in and get it no I go right in and get it right now with 114 yards two minutes left in Cleveland the Bengals lead 21 nothing they are home free there I got a hang out of the football here Joe white no signal no touchdown David little is asking the bench do you want the timeout right now 54 seconds 53 seconds running down they only have one left I'm serious I don't know if I take a chance with Tony's end day us even from extra point range you said he's missed his last two kicks in a row one already today Jerry Glanville looking up at the clock 35 seconds it's running down he has all of his timeouts left they are at the one-yard line Warren who steps up with Highsmith and white behind him - Lorenzo white up and over and touchdown Houston celebration on the honor sidelines with 21 seconds left in regulation time one game for Lorenzo white what a struggle for both teams bad footing big plays white 23 carries a hundred and fifteen yards and scindia's will not command it Brian tack on the extra point with 21 seconds left crowd heading on here at Three Rivers Stadium Montgomery to hold an 80-yard Drive for the Oilers that is good and it's 23:16 you can hear a pin drop in 98% of the stadium except on that sideline and with the touchdown ball Lorenzo white it's time for the most valuable player award sponsored by Budweiser today's MVP getting the hugs right there from Richard Johnson is Lorenzo white of the Houston Oilers Budweiser will make a contribution to the United Way on behalf of all the MVPs selected in today's games not bad for a guy who was not scheduled to play much didn't start Rozier has a fumble Lorenzo white goes into ballgame all right if Cincinnati wins and Houston wins and they are both very close now Houston would go into first place Cleveland would go a half game behind them Cincinnati and Pittsburgh now would drop to six and seven Cincinnati would go to seven and six and be one game on and remember they play Houston and Cincinnati right in Cincinnati in two weeks the others have Tampa Bay next week then they go to riverfront and then they have Cleveland at the House of Pain a lot yet to be decided in this division huh there should be a great great finish here thank our spotters up here in the booth today Tim Fogarty at Mike McKinley the reaction of Jerry Glanville on the touchdown by Lorenzo white what a drive 80 yards of course last year they had to play two successive weeks in Cleveland and snow and bad weather this team has historically not been a very good team on the road it's a final score now in Cleveland the Cincinnati Bengals have gone in there and won today in fact it pits - shut up 21 nothing if the Oilers hang on for the fine at 21 seconds it'll be in first place the let's see if Rod Woodson has one bit of magic left as he rolls into the other bench but there were a lot of sighs of relief when he ran out of bacchus Woodson with the ball at least if you're an oiler fan is so dangerous [Music] that's what it will look like if our final scores hold up and of course that cleave that is what Cleveland and Cincinnati are at right now because that's a final 21 nothing the Bengals win that game Jimmy remember the two timeouts at Pittsburgh hooker Pittsburgh took her own in the second half they have one left with 15 seconds and it looks like about what 65 yards to go for a score there at the 39 yard line George Jordan and John Wayne were on our stats today and we got them here's puppy Brewster now looking for the big big play - here we go in complete down at the 10-yard line with 8 seconds left [Music] 23:16 Houston goes 80 yards laid here on a snow-covered field at Three Rivers Stadium and scores on Lorenzo white and here was the big play the catch by or the run by Lorenzo white for the score he dives over and that was the six points sounds like a cherry bomb just well in the stands [Music] eight seconds left Bobby Brewster lines him up bring in the top of your screen brisket back airs it out loose-ball fighting for it and the Oilers had there you have it boilers come up with the wind that's it here from Pittsburgh for Bob Trumpy this is Jim doubt of it saying goodbye from Pittsburgh stay tuned for some more football 23:16 the Oilers are in first place in their red

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