ESPN NFL Primetime: Playoff Edition (1-1-1989)

play-off game in 22 years so they were ready to orchard park new york at ridge stadium bruce smith and the gang ready for the bills the fans had the oilers already buried it was certainly the house of noise as opposed to houston's house of pain it was plenty of pain though toby casting mixing it up early ray childress knocked jim kelly down kelly and childress and the players knew they were in a tough ball game radish nails alonso high smith this was playoff hitting to the first degree first quarter the bills normally run but kelly to andre reid kelly to pete metzeler's are these the bills first series touchdown no dropped by thurman thomas he could have held on tommy how do you get so open on the pick well it actually wasn't a pick the defender bostick has to make contact in order for it to be called the pitch bill's still with a chance to score in the same series but then ken hall's snap goes past kelly 15-yard loss norwood short on a 50-yard field goal nice drive still no score second position the bills are still throwing kelly to chris burkett for 19 yards now watch jim kelly on this play tommy this is indicative of the way he looked today jim kelly that i'm sure the bills are glad to see around playoff time here he looks off looks to his second receiver leads him perfectly gonna be a key next week jim kelly upping his play and not your two the bills then decide well we haven't run thurman thomas yet why don't we first carry his longest carry of the season 41 yards for the rookie before he's knocked out of bounds he had seven carry 75 yards today later on the drive fourth and one at about the two and a half the bills send in scott norwood for the field goal of them jim kelly runs on the field calls timeout convinces marvel leaving to go for it and the bills go forward in fourth and a half play action but they can't find metallars nice defense by uh donaldson two trips down the field for buffalo no points big matchup today the bruises well bruce davis had his hands full all day trying to control mr smith he did a pretty good job of it uh early in the game here you see him popping him out 325 plus pounds of man uh doing a pretty good job on it here as they move bruce smith around he gets up the middle he finally gets a good sack on warren moon pressure also put on oiler punter greg montgomery leonard smith blocks montgomery's punch and the bills with a big special teams play one of many on the afternoon then thurman thomas busting off the right side for 16 yards he ran like he was shot out of a cannon today that sets up rob riddick driving driving driving driving touchdown seven nothing bills on the orleans sideline definitely dressed in the black ski park after they get done scrapping jerry glanville knows he's in for a tough afternoon but so the warren moon he enjoy almost completed but no he's not about he hits the post pattern take another look kill clearly juggling the ball that post pattern was open all day for the others except when they ran it too close to the post hill had to leave the game with a sprain neck that that'll be a big loss for houston four bad news for the others tony's in day out field goal blocked by bruce smith four times to build the block field goals this year 7-3 buffalo at the half over glanville's gang in the third quarter jim kelly looks over the middle but tracy eaton will make his first interception of his career couldn't come at a better time only mistake for kelly on the day but at this point it looked like the momentum was shifting the oilers driving on third and goal following the int warren moon no nice contained by burroughs pitch for rozier goes back out of bounds and it forces a field goal attempt by tony zadeh he hooks it the bills escape unskied it's still 7-3 and the momentum shifting as thurman thomas takes the pitch right 10 yards falling into the end zone 14-3 buffalo in the fourth quarter the bills look at her the knockout punch fourth and goal they gamble again rather than field goal but john brimsley the great defensive player knocking rob riddick short and the oilers still have a chance warren moved back to fans intercepted by mark counsel to the 40. council of the mooneeba councilman 25 council is stopped at the eighth hole but a big turnover sets up a field goal 17-3 first buffalo intercepting since week number 11 first one in five weeks warren moon though did not give up showed his class in a money game moon to leonard harris 29 big yards that eventually sets up a one-yard run by mike rozier and the bills as did the bengals the day before or the bears couldn't put it away houston and boulder within seven 17-10 the oilers and moon looking for one last shot they stopped the bills at the two-minute warning john kid to punt curtis duncan to receive a year ago steve tisker a tasker was a special playman from the afc in the pro bowl makes the hit linebacker number 50 ray bentley falls on the ball it's over the bills are celebrating a trip to the afc championship game a trip they haven't made since the 60s as the buffalo bills beat the houston oilers 17 to 10 and rich stadium was rocking as the bills up their home record to 9-0 and after the game coach mar believed he had plenty to say about his special teams the media call wednesday with the houston media one of the members asked me said coach houston has the the the great special teams best special teams in the national football team they are good how are you guys going to handle that and i repeated the question to our players and i want to thank whoever asked me that question because i repeated an honest question to them it might help to motivate them well we heard all week coach lee was telling us how good houston orders say that uh their special teams were they said that they were the best league we knew uh coming into the game that uh how good our special teams were and i think uh i guess uh really we're excited about it and you they really put everything together i mean uh you know from blocking a kick to uh really covering the kickoffs that's why we're number one national football league and covering kickoffs and probably number two overall when special teams they proved it today we watched them on film against tampa bay and they just did a great job pushing people back and getting about three four yards penetration and i don't know how they do it just you know our offensive line is very good at that and i don't know i just got to give them credit they did a good job on this buffalo did a lot of little things you don't expect of a team that hadn't been to the playoffs since 1981 and i think jim kelly did a lot of big things today uh we've been waiting for kelly to grow up a little bit this season as a quarterback he was telling everybody tommy he was grown up he had a point to prove today yeah and he proved it we talked this morning about how important it was for kelly to play well early in the game he was authoritative i thought he was more accurate than he's been all season and especially when they couldn't get the ball in and made a couple of mistakes when they got down close early in the game he kept them poised kept them ready to play so that they didn't go the way that the eagles went yesterday i would like to ask why are we listening to any anyone named zandejas commenting on special teams they are on this earth to destroy humanity or at least those of us humans who bet on games but beside that uh this was a bitter day for jerry glenville uh he did take great pride in his special teams now he gets punch blocked a field goal blocked a punch fumbled uh but and and beyond that they didn't even get any good kickoff returns they were always stopped inside the 20 or very close to the 20. uh i think glenville feels a little like he left tickets for elvis and they were picked up by tony marsala and the flatbush iii in some ways though i i think the houston oilers grew up in defeat they played a classy game they learned very early that in buffalo there were plenty of team that could dish them out as hard if not harder than them and there wasn't very much cheap stuff there wasn't cheap stuff at the end when they lost i think in defeat though the oilers can be proud that they grew up and certainly in victory the buffalo bills made a major step growing up today well that's you'll have to take that up on another program the buffalo bills are moving on to the playoffs against cincinnati next week we'll have more in this game when we'll take a look at the late game how special have the special teams been for the bills this season today as all year very much so we'll be right back [Music] from now on this is what dry is dry is a beer that starts bold from the first taste finishes clean with no aftertaste and refreshes completely dry is a beer called nicole fry one taste and you drink it dry [Music] you know thrifty cow ren was thrifty price for everyone while hammering this is a good deal of silence it's a love for you 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michelob drive one taste and you'll drink it dry by thrifty car rental for worldwide reservations call 1-800 for cars and brought to you by mazda cars and trucks including the all-new mazda mpd it had been documented as one of the darkest moments in the history of the san francisco 49ers where last year at this very point at home the niners were bludgeoned by the minnesota vikings 36-24 a chance for atonement this afternoon at candlestick park could it happen again to san francisco well joe montana was bound and determined not to let it happen again after last year and for him worst money game performance anthony carter last year 227 yards receiving could he burn the niners this time well wade wilson was getting burned sacked five times in the first half here hayley robertson cox gang up on him this is a key call early vikings led us three nothing in the first wilson dumps one off to rick fenney he's out of the open but all of a sudden tweed goes to whistle referee jerry mark wright says in the grass replay tommy chris i i just think it's a rule that's gonna have to be reviewed because it's supposed to be grasp and control and i hardly see control here it was a pun after that so the niners take advantage of the break joe montana on the move as he does so well taking charge early he'll tuck the ball in and run for nine yards later on in the drive the niners are down to the two yard line second and goal montana rolling right touchdown jerry right seven three niners rice's first career playoff touchdown he'd have four after the ensuing kickoff on first down wilson picked up on the better number 42 ronnie line niners in business again deep wilson knew that well you have to watch for number 42 at all times niners want to reverse bryce runs it look at joe out in front leading him down field title makes the block bill walsh with joe please not that it's a 20-yard gain three plays later second quarter and third and goal montana rolling right same end zone same type of play that he hit dwight clark said this is at the front of the goal line touchdown to jerry rice 14 three-niners and uh when joe gets outside it adds a whole other dimension he is such a great short thrower and has such great vision and that accuracy is uh the best in the league 15 yard completion here first half 10 of 13 montana but only 100 yards but in control on third and ten montana 12 yards jerry rice three touchdowns on only four receptions that's called economy and the niners are into iraq it got worse for the vikings after a fair catch at the last few seconds at the end of the first half a rarely invoked rule a free kick hoefer botches it which leaves max percival safe remember in the 60s he made one of those against green bay well i know some of the young viewers may not jerry burns probably remembers it though twenty one three niners at the half anthony carter who says finally in the third quarter carter gets his hands on a ball making this 21 one yard reception to set up a wilson de haasen jones touchdown pass to make it 21-9 but any hopes the vikings thought of coming back in this game were ended with this loss to the end zone on fourth down hassan jones can't come up with it they turn it over on down to wade wilson through often but didn't get it done and add to injury to insult or insult to injury it doesn't matter with roger craig he gets it right no matter what way you say it he could go all the way 80 yards longer front of his career 135 yards rushing for roger craig in san francisco they were talking just two months ago about controversy about a question at quarterback do you think there's any question now this looks like 84 and 81 to us the final score the san francisco 49ers 34 and the minnesota vikings nine more than atoning for last year so the niners move on to play the chicago bears in the late game next sunday and tommy really let's think about it for a second did anybody really think that joe montana was done i mean did anyone really think that was that was true you know it's kind of like mixing gasoline in matches you take the offensive player of the year roger craig and you tell him oh i think you guys forgot how to play in the playoffs take a quarterback the caliber of joe montana you're pretty good but uh maybe it's over now you can't win in the playoffs uh jerry rice you're a great receiver but you can't catch tds in the playoffs you're building an explosion today they exploded right on top of the minnesota vikings well they certainly exploded on top of me since i picked up vikings but uh i i'm glad that you mentioned uh chris that burns remembers distant history because i don't think he remembers uh close history i mean last week way ahead he takes wade wilson out and brings in tommy kramer today wilson can't get anything done let's stick with him bertie well you know it's time we had another feud bernie he ran into a juggernaut today and there's one thing to say about the 49ers for the first time since 1984 in the playoffs you can honestly say these are the 49ers our chris myers has been getting jet lag he was at the game this afternoon at candlestick park and just recently talked with coach bill walsh chris all right thanks very much chris the 49ers their first playoff win since their super bowl year of 84. they do it against the team that knocked them off here last year the vikings was that revenge factor bill walsh much of a factor this week in preparation not at all the big preparation was going for the championship this year it was a big game for us no matter who we have played and it would have been just as tough so there wasn't much room for a revenge when you're playing somebody like minnesota in the playoff game two questions easy to ask may not be easily done how did you stop anthony carter how did you spring jerry rice well uh we just jerry was healthy for this game and that made a big difference and with anthony we had a lot of pressure on wade wilson and uh i think we did a great job uh in our coverage and uh we just took it away from her gary burns said that domination of the defensive line pressure on wade wilson was the difference oh i think it was i think we went after him with some blitzes and were able to hold up in our coverage while we did it i think that pressure just took the edge off and he couldn't time his passes all right next up the chicago bears do you have any plays that work in the fog well we'll take the fog it's going to be tough they're one of the best teams in football they have a great coach and a great organization and they could be the team in the 80s all right thanks very much coach happy new year all right congratulations go lost to the 49ers winners today we're at candlestick park in san francisco let's go back to the studio and chris berman but no team has won three super bowls in the 80s and the niners have that opportunity the bears will be going for number two and so the niners win the bills win and you know what southern hillman and fury acts i know you remember that group they had a song safe at home in the divisional playoffs this year it was a lock [Music] you depend on your car and you can depend on tune-up clinic to keep it running smooth our train technicians use dynamometers to tune cars to perfection a 10-minute valvoline oil change includes a 14-point quality inspection depend on tune-up clinic america's favorite tune 49 down delivered this week only at thornton chevrolet the end of the year brings the biggest savings of the year and 49 down delivers no credit slow credit pass credit problems no problem at thornton chevrolet buy this week and we'll even pay your ad valorem taxes for you and sell the last week for huge rebates from the factory through saturday only at thornton chevrolet on the street thing named after us thornton road take the first exit pass six flags off i-20 west the best football teams ever espn's all-pro team of mike patrick and joe feisman bring you the head-to-head action of the 1989 pro bowl sunday january 29th live on espn that georgia bulldogs of vince dooley in his final game charging out of jacksonville florida in the gator ball to meet michigan state that game coming up at eight eastern time about ten minutes from now after prime time let's go back now to the two games of the day the buffalo bills using defense and hard hitting on special teams and an uplifting performance by jim kelly to beat the houston oilers uh 17 to 10 and tommy we talked special teams yes we heard marv and everybody talk about them they were special the key word today was special teams all day uh here greg montgomery trying to get the ball off and you see the pressure come from the outside certainly you don't want to make a mistake but i think when you get that kind of pressure you have to go after that kick the oil is becoming conscious of that pressure outside leonard smith sneaks up the middle and finally gets the block that's one area that they excelled in all year was their kickoff coverage they were number one in the nfl and they pinned uh the oilers down all day made field position a real problem yeah well i think glanville might hand out some of the helmets to the bills players he recognized what he was up against today uh alonzo high smith acts uh when he was in there he looked great went in there enough was he well everyone knows that jerry glanville is my cult hero but i think today he was using the wrong running backs mozier is running the ball high smith when he gets in there does some great blocking great running look at this run down here uh and tremendous pass blocking helped out as much as he could and pinkett could also do a good job uh they're using their third best running back as their main ball carrier of a mistake uh and i hate to say that about a guy that would leave passes for uh passes for me today i don't know he didn't leave enough passes for alonso heisman 6-1 to 234 pounds he is a load and hats off to marv and his offensive staff like ted martibroda jim ringo they were so conservative all year were they conservative today no ted remember that yes he wants coach the baltimore colts with burt jones and they're wide open thurman thomas in motion first play of the game thurman thomas bottom of your screen split wide right all this happening before he even runs with the ball first drive thurman thomas the rookie dropping what would be a touchdown i'll keep jackson yesterday but how did he shake it off immediately thurman thomas seven carry 75 yards second round pick by the buffalo bills that was their first pick in the draft and i wonder how many teams who passed up on thurman thomas in the first round maybe denver tom would be one of them might have used a running back uh this guy plays like a veteran now out of the second game which the niners crushed the minnesota vikings like a grape anthony carter where was he today connor certainly i think that the minnesota vikings met a better football team today but you have to wonder when anthony carter walks into the locker room at halftime and has no catches what are they thinking about doing the drive one drive where he caught more than one pass he had two catches on one drive they get a touchdown actually we continually look at rules uh in the game in the grasp rule today's uh sermon right well i love the in the grassroot and and certainly that that evoked itself today but today jerry mark wright one of my very favorite reps uh second only to jerry seaman uh jerry came up with uh he revived intentional grounding they were passes the vikings had one pass that hit the receiver in the hands and it was called intentional grounding and then it just to show there's no prejudice here montana had one that was right in the vicinity to receive intentional grounding do you ever get the feeling that jerry markbrite likes to get attention on television you know should have got intention today the referee crew in the first game gordon mccarter so they did a very good job of when they went to the replay they took about 30 seconds and decided it's the only way you can use that you know else got attention today joe montana he is back and wouldn't it be interesting as we posed on the show a month ago if montana in 81 won a little ahead of his prime in 84 at his prime and if the niners going to win the super bowl maybe he's good enough to win a little past his it's about the highest accolade you could give an athlete and here's joe montana after a couple of off performances in the playoffs the last two years today not great yards but magic the niners are back american ingenuity is finding a simple way to do a job well at tempstar we applied our ingenuity to home heating we invented a furnace that's 95.8 percent efficient the ingenious part is that the technology is simple proven reliable two heat exchangers instead of one backed by a limited lifetime warranty the tempstar gas furnace brought to you by your tempstar dealer [Music] it's 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play next week the early game at the afc the late game is the nfc remember week eight monday night bears 10 49ers nine and one of the hardest hitting fears this game and actually already said you make the bears a three-point favorite we don't know if it will be tom zach or mcmahon but nevertheless uh you like to buy a field it will be tom zach you have that on uh from your fort lauderdale saloon all right that's next week uh as the late game in chicago will it be foggy we shall see we'll be back to wrap things up on this edition of nfl prime time you're tremendous you might expect a guy who flies a jet like this to drive a jet like this the mazda mx6 gt if you also expect it to fly through the wide open spaces you're right but you probably don't expect to find all this wide open space inside i guess that makes it the one sports cook which flies in the face of convention mazda mx6 gt sports coupe the mazdaway in three words or less tell us why you prefer thrifty car rental you don't 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minnesota vikings 34-9 next week we're back to an hour on game day 11 30 eastern time you watch us for an hour you go right to the game no reason to watch anything else then on prime time at 7 30 which is our new back time start for the playoffs that of course will be next sunday as we decide we will know by then who was going to the super bowl you picked at the start of the playoffs tommy chicago and cincinnati you're still alive well it's still alive and as a linebacker you have to love this time of year defense is the name of the game three out of the top four still in acts you picked philadelphia and houston close not still alive there's always next week well history has shown i'm always i've never had a losing regular season i'm very good in the super bowl in the playoffs i go south you're the rams in the playoffs in the 80s and i have buffalo and san francisco uh still alive we'll take our chances next week we hope to see you next week happy new year once again everybody if we're not the first we hope we're not the last for pete axe known for tom jackson i'm chris berman for all of us here at nfl game day in nfl prime time best wishes in 89 we'll see you next week the gator bowl coming up live next [Music] you

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