GIANTS' ROLE SUPER BOWL AGGRESSIVE. THAT'S ONE THING E SAN FRANCISC 49 >> G- 47, G-47. UNDER THE "I," I-18, I-18. >> ♪ ARE YOU READ AT THIS TO ROCK ♪ ♪ ARE YOU READY TO ROLL, ARE YOU READY FOR SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AND THE GIANTS KICK OFF THE PRIME TIME SHOW ♪ ♪ WE ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU SMILE AND GET RID OF YOUR BLUES WITH THE "MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" "BOOGIE" FOR YOU ♪ ♪ ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL , IT'S THE GAME OF FRANK: GIANTS STADIUM IN EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY ACROSS THE HURD SON RIVER FROM NEW YORK CITY. IS SPECTACULAR SEPTEMBER EVENING, A PERFECT NIGHT FOR FOOTBALL. OBVIOUSLY A SELLOUT CROWD AND A WONDERFUL SETTING FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AND THE NEW YORK GIANTS. HELLO AGAIN, EVERYONE. I'M FRANK GIFFORD ALONG WITH AL MICHAELS AND DAN DIERDORF. SPENDING YOUR LABOR DAY EVENING WITH US, WE THINK WE HAVE A SPECIAL SUPER KICKOFF OF OUR 1991 "MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" SEASON. THE GIANTS AND THE 49ERS. BETWEEN THOSE TWO TEAMS -- I CAN HARDLY HEAR MYSELF BECAUSE OF THE ROAR -- THEY HAVE LOST FOUR OUT OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE GIANTS LOST LAST YEAR TO THE 49ERS, 7-3 DURING THE SEASON BUT BEAT THE 49ERS IN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND WON SUPER 25 OVER BUFFALO. 29-19. THE 49ERS HAD A GREAT SEASON TRYING THREE PETE IN SUPER BOWLS 23 AND 24 BUT WERE DERAILED BY THE GIANTS RIGHT AT THE GUN. THEY THINK THEY'VE GOT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER AGAIN, AL. THEY HAVE DONE A FINE JOB OF TURNING OVER THIS FOOTBALL GAME, A PERFECT PRESEASON AND LOOK TO GO GET BACK ON TRACK AGAIN. AL: I THINK THEY WILL. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THIS IS A VULNERABLE TEAM. THEY POINT TO THE FACT THAT RONNIE LOTT AND ROGER CRAIG IS GONE. JOE MONTANA IS HURT. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 49ERS, KEEP IN MIND THE DEFENSIVE UNIT HAS BEEN AT OR NEAR THE TOP OF THE LEAGUE FOR A NUMBER OF SEASONS NOW. THEY DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCH DOWN TO THE GIANTS IN THEIR TWO MEETINGS LAST SEASON. IF THEY HAVE AN ACHILLES HEEL, IT'S PROBABLY THE RUNNING GAME. CRAIG HAS GONE TO LOS ANGELES, DEXTER CARTER LOOKS LILIOF A THIRD DOWN BACK. THEIR OTHER BACKS ARE UNPROVEN OR UNTESTED. THEN AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND WITH MONTANA OUT, THEIR BEST RUNNING BACK IS PROBABLY IN THE STARTING LINE-UP TONIGHT, STEVE YOUNG. ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE NINEERS, HOW TOUGH ARE THEY TO BEAT ON THE ROAD? THIS TEAM HAS NOW WON 18 CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON ROAD GAMES. THEY'VE NOT BEEN BEATEN AWAY FROM HOME SINCE NOVEMBER OF 1988. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN POST SEASON PLAY, THE 49ERS HAVE WON THEIR LAST 22 IN A ROW AWAY FROM CANDLESTICK PARK. THE 49ERS LOVE TO FLY, AND IT SHOWS. AS FAR AS THE GIANTS ARE CONCERNED -- DAN: PLEASE. AL: IT'S BEEN A LONG SEASON. DAN: I HOPE YOU GAIT UPGRADE. AL: THE GIANTS, WHO WILL BE THE QUARTERBACK DURING THE OFF SEASON? RAY HANDLEY 1O DAYS AGO SAID MY MAN IS JEFF HOSTETLER. DAN: HE SURPRISED A LOT OF FEMUR. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FROM PHIL SIMMS. I'M FROM THE OLD SCHOOL THAT SAYS YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR JOB BECAUSE OF INJURY. HOW DOES RAY HANDLEY LOSE? HIS CHOICES WERE BETWEEN TWO QUARTERBACKS, BOAT OF WHOM HAVE WON A SUPER BOWL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, RANDALL CUNNINGHAM, DAVE CRAIG OUT, YOU BETTER HAVE TWO GUYS THAT CAN PLAY AND THE GIANTS DO. UJS THE ROLE OF THE QUARTERBACK WITH THE GIANTS. YOUR JOB TO HANDOFF TO THE POWERFUL RUNNING GAME, YOUR JOB IS TO NOT THROW INTERCEPTIONS. DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT COMPROMISES THE GREAT DEFENSE OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS. BELIEVE ME, THE GIANTS CAN STILL PLAY DEFENSE. AL: BAHR BOOMS ONE INTO THE END ZONE AND A TOUCHBACK. DEXTER CARTER, SAN FRANCISCO WILL BEGIN FROM THE 2O-YARD LINE. AL: OVER THE RIGHT SIDE, PICKS UP TWO TO THE 22. IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT. AL: RATHMAN IN MOTION. EVERYBODY IS IN THE PATTERN. JONES DROPS IT OVER THE MIDDLE, THE TIGHT END. THAT'S A FORMATION THE 49ERS HAVE NOT USED THROUGH THE 1980'S. THEY HAD EVERYBODY SPREAD. RATHMAN GOING IN MOTION AND JONES SIMPLY DROPPED IT OVER THE MIDDLE. FRANK: CHARACTERISTIC OF JONES, 56 RECEPTIONS A YEAR AGO. VERY GOOD PASS CATCHING TIGHT END. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR THE FIRST DOWN. AL: RATHMAN OVER THE MIDDLE, BUT HE NEEDED TO GET TO THE 3O. THEY WILL MARK THE THEY DON'T PUT THE NOSE ON THE STRIPE, THEY ARE SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. THEY DON'T, IT'S DOWN. GARY REASONS MAIX THE STOP. THE FIRST OVATION OF THE SEASON BELONGS TO THE GIANTS DEFENSE. AL: RALF IS THE WELL TRAVELED PUNTER. THE 49ERS TOOK TOO MUCH TIME. THAT WILL COST THEM FIVE. NO BIG DEAL HERE. THEY WERE HOPEFUL THE GIANTS WOULD JUMP OFF AND THEY DIDN'T. DAN: AN UNCHARACTERISTIC START FOR THE 49ERS. THATENDED BECAUSE JONES DROPPED THE BALL. MAYBE THE MOST SURE-HANDED CORPS OF RECEIVERS IN THE LEAGUE. AL: TO MEGGETT AT THE 25 WHO BRINGS IT BACK TO THE 33. AN EIGHT-YARD RUN BACK. ROMANOWSKI. THE GIANTS TAKE OVER FOR THE FIRST TIME OFFENSIVELY. THE GIANTS WITH THE NEW MAN ON THE LEFT AND THE RESERVE ON THE RIGHT. IT WILL BE HOSTETLER. STARTING AT QUARTERBACK. HE IS WAITING FOR THE MOMENT. THERE IS A FLAG DOWN. SIMMS ON THE RIGHT. REFEREE: ILLEGAL RECEIVER DOWNFIELD, NUMBER 53 OF THE KICKING TEAM. AL: THAT WAS BILL ROMANOWSKI, THE MAN WHO MADE THE TACKLE. SO THE GIANTS WILL MAKE THE 49ERS KICK AGAIN. ANOTHER FIVE YARDS. THE FIRST FIVE WAS NOT VERY SIGNIFICANT THIS ONE IS. THE GIANTS HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET FIELD POSITION AT MIDFIELD. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU WATCHED THE 49ERS OFFENSIVE TEAM COME OUT AND NOT GET ONE FIRST DOWN ON THAT FIRST SERIES? BACK TO THE 37. WESLEY WALLS MAKES THE TACKLE. HERE COMES JEFF HOSTETLER. THAT KICK WAS 49 YARDS. AL: THEY OPEN UP LEWIS TILMAN IN A SURPRISE AND NOT OATS AND SENT. TILMAN SPARINGLY USED LAST SEEN. HE'LL COME RIGHT OUT. SAND SON NOW COMES IN. AL: OTTIS ANDERSON, THE MVP OF THE SUPER BOWL OUT TO THE 39-YARD LINE. THE VENERABLE FORMER CARDINAL HAS BEEN WITH THE GIANTS SINCE 1986. HE PICKS UP FOUR UP TO THE 39-YARD LINE. IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.■ AL: HOSTETLER TO MEGGETT AT THE 35 TO THE SAN FRANCISCO 41. BOWLES AND JACKSON MAKE THE STOP. FRANK: DAVE MEGGETT CAN DO SO MANY THINGS. THAT TIME HE CIRCLED OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. THERE HE IS GIVING HOSTETLER TIME TO GET THE BALL TO HIM. GOOD CATCH, BALL JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND HIM. MEGGETT WITH A GOOD PATTERN UNDERNEATH. HOSTETLER ABOUT READY TO TAKE OFF. HE MIGHT HAVE, A YEAR AGO, RUN THAT FOOTBALL. AL: HOSTETLER FIRES. AT THE 34, THE PASS COMPLETE. MARK INGRAM, ONE OF THOSE REPORTING JUST THE OTHER DAY. HIS FIRST THE SEASON WITH A GAIN OF SEVEN. FRANK: ERIC DAVIS IS THE STARTER FOR AIRCRAFT POLLARD WHO WAS STARTING LAST YEEKR WEEK. THEY WILL TRY TO FIND HIM. HE'S GOOD ATHLETE, MIGHT HAVE POSSIBLY WON THAT STARTING SPOT. AL: NOTHING THERE, ANDERSON -- OR TILMAN HIT BY KEITH DELONG. DELONG HAS COME ALONG ENOUGH SO THAT THEY FOUND MATT MILLEN SUSPENDABLE, PUT HIM ON PLAN B. AL: NOT THE BEST RUNNING PLAY IN THE WORLD, BUT IT WORKS FOR A FIRST DOWN. INGRAM GOT A BLOCK OUT OF IT. HE HAD NO CLUE WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. HOSTETLER HAD TO TELL HIM. DAN: YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY WERE CONCERNED HE WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE. YOUDON'T SEE THIS VERY OFTEN THAT BIG PITCHOUT TO A RUNNING BACK A PLAY THAT WAS POPULAR BACK IN THE 195O'S AND 1960'S. DAVE MEGGETT LOOKING NOW LIKE HE'S BEEN IN TRAINING CAMP SINCE THE FIRST DAY. AL: WIDE OPEN, BUT HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS. BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED PLAY, BUT BAKER WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. FRANK: HOSTETLER HAD HIM WIDE OPEN. DAN: BAKER WAS OUT OF BOUNDS BECAUSE THE BALL WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. FRANK: HOSTETLER HAD HIM OWE EASY. KEVIN FAGAN IN THERE ON HOSTETLER. HE GOT AWAY WITHOUT AN INJURY. HE WAS OFF BALANCE, BUT HE LEAPS BAKER OUOF BOUNDS. AL: MEGGETT FINDS FORD OVER THE RIGHT SIDE, GETS TO THE 22-YARD LINE. FRANK: THE GROUP IN PHILADELPHIA GETS A LOT OF MENTIOIO REGGIE WHITE, DWIGHT SIMMONS AND THAT GROUP THERE -- CLYDE SIMMONS, RATHER. BUT FOR MY MONEY, THE GUYS WITH THE 49ERS ARE THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CARTER, FAGAN AND HALEY, I WOULDN'T EXCHANGE THEM. AL: HOSTETLER THROWS TO INGRAM. A SPIN MOVE BACK. THIS TIME HE IS STOPPED BY KEVIN LEWIS, WHO COMES UP TO STOP HIM A COUPLE YARDS SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN. IN COMES BAHR AND THE FIELD GOAL UNIT. GOOD TACKLE BY LEWIS ON INGRAM. A GOOD ALL AROUND ATHLETE. HE MADE A GREAT MOVE IN THE SUPER BOWL. THIS TIME LEWIS STAYS WITH HIM FORCES HIM OUT. AL: BAHR'S KICK IS GOOD. ALL OF THE SCORING FOR THE GIANTS AGAINST THE 49ERS IN THE LAST TWO SEASONS HAS BEEN DONE BY MATT BAHR. THE ABC >> WIDE ON THE PLAY. AL: HE HAS GE FOR FOUR GAMES. REFEREE: I WILL LEE BLOCK ON THE RETURN . FIRST DOWN. AL: JAMIE WILLIAMS OF THE 49ERS IS THE MAN RESPONSIBLE. THE BALL GOES TO THE 1O-YARD LINE. DAN: YOU'RE OUT FOR FOUR WEEKS, IF YOU GO ON I.R. AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE REGULAR SEASON. IF YOU WENT ON I.R. DURING THE PRESEASON, YOU'RE OFF THE ENTIRE YEAR. AL: JEFF HOSTETLER GUIDE THE GIANTS 45 YARDS IN 1O PLACE TO SET UP THE 200TH FIELD GOAL OF BAHR'S CAREER. AL: YOUNG HANDS IT TO SPENCER TILMAN WHO TAKES IT TO THE 1O-YARD LINE. TILMAN IS IN HIS THIRD SEASON WITH THE 49ERS. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME HE HAS CARRIED THE BALL AS 49ER. IN HIS FIFTH YEAR IN THE LEAGUE, ONLY THE 16TH TIME HE HAS CARRIED. HE'S BEEN USED ON SPECIAL TEAMS A LOT, BUT HE MAY GET A CHANCE TO DEVELOP OUT OF T BAEK FIELD. AL: THE SPAS DROPPED AT THE 21-YARD LINE. WALLS WAS ALL OVER JOHN TAYLOR. EVERSON WALLS HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE. IN HIS 11TH YEAR, THAT'S TOUGH FOR A CORNERBACK. HE NEVER WAS FAST. RAY HANDLEY SAYS AISLES A WILEY, CRAFTY VETERAN OUT THERE. HE READ FORMATIONS, KNOWS WHAT THE RECEIVER IS GOING TO DO ON EVERY PLAY. THAT WAS CLOSE COVERAGE THAT WAS CLOSE COVERAGE BY EVERSON WALLS. DAN: STILL LOOKS LIKE IT WAS CATCHABLE BALL. AL: HENDERSON IN MOTION. A SACK AT THE SIX. TAYLOR WAS IN THERE. THERE'S A MARKER DOWN AT THE PLAY. THAT'S USUALLY WHERE THE HOLDING FLAG IS DROPPED THOUGH. NO -- IT GOES THE OTHER WAY AGAINST RAY HANDLEY'S GIANTS. TWO DOWNED LINEMAN AND STILL ABLE TO GET THE YARD. REFEREE: I WILL LEE HANDS IN THE FACE, NUMBER 93 ON DEFENSE, FIRST DOWN. AL: THAT IS MIKE FOX. WE MENTIONED THE GIANTS ARREST LITTLE SHORT UP FRONT. ERIC DORSEY WENT ON INJURED RESERVE. HE IS GONE. ERICK HOWARD IS BOTHERED WITH BACK SPASMS. FOX GETS THE START. AL: YOUNG WITH A HIGH THROW OVER THE MIDDLE -- NEARLY PICKED OFF. BAD THROW FOR JONES WHO WAS LEFT EXPOSED. FRANK: JONES MADE A GREAT PLAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS NOT INTERCEPTED. HAD HIS EYES RIGHT ON IT. JONES STRIPS THE BALL AWAY FROM JACKSON. DAN: JONES IS GOING TO GET HIS CLOCK CLEANED HERE BY MYRON GUYTON. AL: YOUNG WHAT HE DOES SO VERY WELL. HE TAKES IT TO THE 26, CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. MIKE FOX AND GREG JACKSON MAKE THE TACKLE -- IT IS A FIRST DOWN. DAN: DO EITHER OF YOU NOTICE A RAISING OF THE INTENSITY LEVEL HERE FROM PRESEASON? FRANK: SLIGHTLY. AL: SYDNEY OUT TO THE LEFT. THEY PULLED PEPPER JOHNSON OUT. YOUNG DOESN'T HESITATE TO PULL THAT BALL DOWN AND TAKE OFF. AL: TILLMAN PICKS UP SIX. PEPPER JOHNSON MAKES THE STOP. ANOTHER FLAG, AND IT'S AGAINST THE 49ERS. GEORGE SEIFERT BEGINS HIS THIRD SEASON. REFEREE: HOLDING, NUMBER 44, OFFENSE, REPEAT FIRST DOWN. AL: TOM RATHMAN. TOM RATHMAN WAS THE LEAGUE BLOCKER, DOING A SIMPLE KICKOUT. CARL BANKS, I BELIEVE THE LINEBACKER. AL: YOUNG TO TILLMAN AND NOWHERE TO GO. THE GIANTS ARE THERE WITH NO BLOCKING. GUYTON AND LAWRENCE TAYLOR TAKE CARE OF HIM. WE WERE TALKING TO FILL PARCELLS AT THE SUPER BOWL ABOUT A PLAYER HE THOUGHT HAD IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY AND WOULD BE A SUPERB PLAYER. HE PICKED OUT MYRON GUYTON, NOT EVEN HESITATING. HE HAS DEVELOPED AND COME ON. AN EIGHTH ROUND DRAFT PICK THREE YEARS AGO. AL: YOUNG, PROTECTED WELL, THROWS TO KEITH HENDERSON. GARY REASONS MAKES THE STOP. WE MENTIONED AT THE TOP, THE 49ERS, AS YOU LOOK AT REASONS AND STEVE YOUNG, SOME DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE BACKFIELD. YOUNG IS FROM MONTANA. WITH CRAIG ON, YOU HAVE THE HENDERSONS AND THE SYDNEYS AND THE TILLMANS AND SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO AL: YOUNG WENT DEEP TO RICE -- AND IT'S THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS. 73 YARDS FROM YOUNG TO JERRY RICE. THE TWO SAFETIES WE TALKED ABOUT, GUYTON. YOUNG WAS ABLE TO GET IT DOWNFIELD. DAN: I THINK MYRON GUYTON IS GOING TO BE IN POSITION TO MAKE TACKLE ON JERRY RIELS, BUT GREG JACKSON KNOCKS HIM OFF. FRANK: GUYTON IS GOING TO COME OVER, START MOVING TO THE LEFT. HE TAKES AN ANGLE THAT'S -- HE CUTS OFF JACKSON AND THEY COLLIDE WITH EACH OTHER. AL: TOTALLY BLOWN COVERAGE ON THE PART OF BOAT OF THEM. AL: MIKE COFER WITH THE EXTRA POINT. ON THIRD AND NINE FROM THEIR 27, YOUNG HITS RICE AND THAT'S THE 80TH TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION OF HIS CAREER. FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. 7-3 IS THE SCORE. STEVE YOUNG, WHOSE OFFENSE HAD BEEN SPUTTERING, ALL OF A SUDDEN, JACKPOT. BY THE TIME HIS CAREER IS FINISHED, HE'LL DO TO RECEIVING RECORDS WHAT WAYNE GRETZKY HAS DONE TO HOCKEY RECORDS -- DESTROY THEM. AL: MEGGETT BRINGS IT BACK TO THE 19. DAN: LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN. THERE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE GREG JACKSON. ON THE LEFT SIDE IS MYRON GUYTON. WATCH HIS ANGLE. GUYTON'S ANGLE WAY UNDERNEATH. FOR SOME REASON, HE DOESN'T TAKE THE RIGHT ANGLE TO PLAY JERRY RICE. THE 49ERS HAVE A 7-3 LEAD. AL: BACK AT GIANTS STADIUM IN EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY. 2:34 TO GO IN THE FIRST QUARTER. 49ERS, SEVEN. THE GIANTS 3. AL: A WHISTLE BEFORE THE INCEPTION OF THE PLAY. A LOT OF PENALTIES IN THE FIRST QUARTER, A LOT OF THEM. REFEREE: FALSE START, LEFT GUARD, OFFENSE. PLEASE RESET THE CLOCK 2:34. AL: THAT'S WILLIAM ROBERTS WHO JUST REPORTED TO CAMP THE OTHER DAY. THESE TWO GUYS, SEIFERT AND HANDLEY, WERE ON THE SAME STAFF AT STAMFORD DURING TWO DIFFERENT STRETCHES IN THE 1970'S AS ASSISTANT COACHES. AL: PICKS UP FOUR AFTER THE PENALTY MOVED THEM BACK TO THE 15. UP TO THE 19 GOES DAVE MEGGETT. MICHAEL WALKER MADE THE STOP. HOSTETLER GUIDING THE GIANTS. HOSTETLER GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA, HE WAS THE VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS. STARTED HIS CAREER AT PENN STATE, GOT FRUSTRATED AND WENT TO WEST VIRGINIA. AL: HOSTETLER THROWS ALONG THE 34 -- NO CATCH, OUT OF BOUNDS, STEPHEN BAKER. HERE'S A LOOK FROM BEHIND. ALS HE DOES SO WELL, RUNNING AND THROWING, THAT'S GREAT EFFORT BY BAKETORY GET DOWN ON THE GROUND. YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT KNEE SLIDE OUT OF BOUNDS. AL: HOSTETLER HAS THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 33-YARD LINE. ODESSA TURNER, CUT BY THE GIANTS AND BROUGHT BACK WHEN HANDLEY TOOK OVER FOR PARCELLS. HE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. KEVIN LEWIS ON COVERAGE. FRANK: HE HAD A LOT OF KNEE PROBLEMS. HIS PRESEASON, HE MADE THE MOST OF IT. HE KNOWS HOW FAR HE HAS TO GO, TAKES KEVIN LEWIS BACK. YOU HAVE TO RESPECT HIS SPEED. HE'S BIG, 6'3", 205. GAVE UP THE FIRST DOWN. AL: HOSTETLER THREW INTO A LOT OF TRAFFIC OVER THE MIDDLE. HE WAS CHASED BY ROMANOWSKI. SECOND AND 1O. AL: ANDERSON BREAKS THE TACKLE AND THEN GETS HIT BY DELONG. STOPPED NEAR THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. TALK ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFENSE. HE HAS BEEN THE DEFENSE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT HAS CARRIED THEM ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE OFFENSE. THEY WERE THIRD IN THE NFL A YEAR AGO. THEY WERE THIRD IN 1988 OVER ALL, FOURTH IN 1989. FIRST FOUR YEARS AGO. HAVE STAYED ON TOP. AL: ONLY TO THE 41, WHERE WAYMER COMES UP TO MAKE THE HIT. THE SECONDS WIND DOWN ON WHAT SHOULD BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER. IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN AND TWO. THE GIANTS WANT TO PUNT IN THIS DIRECTION. THEY'VE HUSTLED OUT ON TO THE FIELD. THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN. SHEER LANDETA. THEY WANT TO GET THE SNAP OFF, AND THEY DO. THEY WANT TO PUNT WITH THE PREVAILING WIND. THE KICK IS FIELDED AT THE 16-YARD LINE BY TAYLOR. TAYLOR RUNS IT BACK TO THE 22. TAKEN OUT OF BOUNDS THERE. THAT'S THE END OF THE QUARTER. THERE'S A FLAG DOWN. VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO HURRY IT OUT WITH A RETURN MAN LIKE TAYLOR. DAN: I THINK THIS FLAG CAME DOWN AFTER THE KICK. I HAVE A FEELING IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED DURING EITHER THE RUN BACK OR WHILE THE BALL WAS IN THE AIR. THERE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A HALF SECOND ON THAT CLOCK WHEN THEY GOT THE SNAP AWAY. IF THIS IS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GIANTS, I THINK SAN FRANCISCO WOULD JUST AS SOON AS SEEN IT DONE BEFORE. REFEREE: ILLEGAL USE OF HANDS, GRABBING THE FACEMASK, NUMBER 99, FIVE-YARD PENALTY ON THE RETURN. AL: IT HAPPENED AFTER THE RETURN WAS IN PROGRESS. IT WILL BE TACKED ON TO THE START OF THE SECOND QUARTER. AL: THE LOOK OF A LINEBACKER RIGHT THERE, STEVE DEOSSIE OF THE GIANTS. DAN: HIS TRAIN DOESN'T STOP AT EVERY STATION. FRANK: HE GOT THAT PENALTY A MOMENT AGO. FORMER DALLAS COWBOY, AND ONE OF THE FREE SPIRITS OF THE NFL. AL: CHECKING THE POLAROIDS AS THE SAN FRANCISCO DEFENSIVE LINE. LOOKS AT THE GIANTS OFFENSIVE ALIGNMENT. WE GET READY TO START THE SECOND QUARTER. THEY HAVE MOVED THE BALL FROM ONE END OF THE FIELD TO THE OTHER. HE SAID WE ARE CHECKING THE ENFORCEMENT. THAT ALWAYS HELPS, SEEING TESS AT ZERO AND THE START OF THE QUARTER. THEY'RE TRYING TO SPEED UP THE GAMES, BUT THAT'S GOING OVERBOARD. FRANK: WE'LL JUST PLAY 45 MINUTES INSTEAD OF 60. AL: GEORGE SEIFERT, THIRD YEAR AS THE SUCCESSOR TO BILL WALSH. REFEREE: FOUL TO THE 27, FIRST DOWN. AL: HENDERSON PICKS UP FOUR, UP TO THE 31. MARK COLLINS COMES IN TO MAKE THE STOP. ABC'S "MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MERCEDES BENZ. AL: DEXTER CARTER SWINGS TO THE OUTSIDE. HE'S TAKEN OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 31. HE CAN'T TURN THE CORNER. CARL BANKS WILL GET CREDIT FOR THE TACKLE. DAN: THE REASON HE CAN'T TURN THE CORNER, ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT GUISE TAKE SHOTS AT LAWRENCE TAYLOR. THEY TRY CUT HIM. THERE'S RATHMAN GOING AT THE KNEES, HE STAYS UP. MACTIRE HILTS HIM, CAN'T AL: YOUNG SACKED AT THE 19. MARSHALL AND HOWARD. DAN: FRANK AND AL, I WONDER IF THAT'S NOT A CASE WHERE STEVE YOUNG HAS BEEN OVERCOACHED TO STAY IN THE POCKET. THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE POCKET PASSER OUT OF THERE GUY. THERE'S DEAL WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN OFF RUNNING WITH THE FOOTBALL ABOUT TWO SECONDS BEFORE HE GETS SACKED. FRANK: HE'S HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT IT, READ SO MUCH ABOUT IT, HE JUST WAITED TOO LONG. AL: MEGGETT IS BROUGHT DOWN AT THE PA. FRANK: ANOTHER FLAG IS DOWN MIDFIELD. AL: BACK AT THE 26. AL: DAVE MEGGETT, THE TOP PUNT RETURN MAN FROM A YEAR AGO. REFEREE: MEMBERS OF KICKING TEAM, MORE THAN ONE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, REPEAT FOURTH DOWN. AL: THE FIRST GUY CAUGHT WAS WESLEY WALLACE, THE SNAPPER. AL: MEGGETT TOOK AT HIS OWN 49, RUNS IT BACK TO THE SAN FRANCISCO 43-YARD LINE. RENEE THOMPSON NEARLY BLOCKED IT. AL: MAURICE CARTHON TAKES TO THE 32-YARD LINE. THE 49ERS ARE ON TOP 7-3. FRANK: ALL THE PENALTIES THAT THE 49ERS HAVE HAD THUS FAR , THE KEY PENALTY THE ENTIRE GAME IS THE PENALTY AGAINST MIKE FOX OF THE GIANTS. THE HANDS TO THE FACE BECAUSE THAT KEPT THE 49 DRIVE ALIVE. THAT ENDED UP WITH THE JERRY RICE TOUCHDOWN PASS. AL: HOSTETLER GOT BY ROMANOWSKI TO THE 17-YARD LINE. HE CAN FLY, HE HAS GREAT SPEED.■ FRANK: THE 49ERS WERE NOT KEEPING SOMEBODY HOME TO KEEP TRACK OF HOSTETLER. HE LOOKS DOWNFIELD A BIG OPENING NOW. COMING UP THE FIELD. HE REALLY TURNS ON. HE HAS SUPERB SPEED. IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR SAN FRANCISCO -- HE WASN'T EVEN FLUSHED. AL: ANDERSON IS DRAGGED DOWN BY ERIC DAVIS WHO GETS SOME HELP AT THE END. WE TALKED ABOUT ERIC DAVIS EARLIER, HE'LL FILL BIG SHOES WITH POLLARD GONE FOR THE SEASON. RONNIE LOTT IS GONE, DAVE WAYMER TAKING OVER. ERIC DAVIS ON THAT CRITICAL LEFT CORNER SPOT. A LOT OF MAN COVERAGE FOR THE 49ERS BUT YOU'LL ALSO COME UP ON THE RUN. AL: HOSTETLER THROWS TO CROSS AND CROSS IS TO THE HALF--YARD LINE. ERICK CROSS IS NOW BAVARO IN TERMS OF HANZ. FRANK: SAN FRANCISCO HAS THEIR BEST PASS RUSHER IN CHARLES HALEY. IN PASS COVERAGE THAT TIME AGAINST FROST. AL: YOU'RE RIGHT. HALEY BASICLY IS LINEBACKER. HALEY PICK ITED IT UP. FRANK: I WOULD RATHER HAVE HALEY CHASING CORNERBACK. REFEREE: INELIGIBLE RECEIVER, 66. AL: WILLIAM ROBERTS IS AN ELIGIBLE RECEIVER HERE. DAN: THAT'S ON THE UPCOMING PLAY. AL: IF THERE IS AN UPCOMING PLAY. THEY MAY GIVE THE GIANTS SIX HERE. FRANK: THAT'S CHUCK HEBERLING, THE FORMER NFL REFEREE, OUR REPLAY OFFICIAL. HE'S DOWN LONG BEFORE THE BALL BREAKS THE PLAY. THERE'S THE ELBOW DOWN WITH THE BALL. I DON'T SEE ANYWAY THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM THE TOUCHDOWN. ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING REALED DOWN AT THE ONE HALF-YARD LINE ON THE FIELD. REFEREE: AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, THE PLAY STANDS, FIRST AND FOUR ON THE ONE FOOT LINE. AL: THERE'S ANDERSON AND HE IS -- IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! HE'S BEEN THERE BEFORE. LO AND BEHOLD, WHERE DOES HE GO? FRANK: OVER LEFT GUARD AND LEFT TACKLE. AL: THIS IS WHERE THE GIANTS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THE 49ERS. FIVE FIELD GOALS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE DEFENSE, THEY CRACKED THE GOAL LINE. BAHR WITH THE EXTRA POINT, . AL: AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DEERB DORF. OPENING NIGHT AT GIANTS STADIUM. THE GIANTS GOING 45 YARDS. ANDERSON TAKES IT IN FROM INSIDE THE ONE. AL: DEXTER CARTER BACK TO THE 19. JARROD BUNCH IS IN ON THE STOP, NUMBER 33. DAN: ONE THING TO NOTE, THE LAST TIME THE GIANTS WHY IN THAT GOAL LINE FORMATION, THEY PUT JUMBO ELLIOTT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THEY UNBALANCED THE LINE. THEY ONLY HAVE KRATCH AT LEFT GUARD AND HOWARD CROSS PLAYING TACKLE. WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT COMES INTO PLAY NEXT TIME THEY'RE IN A SHORT YARDAGE FORMATION. AL: KEITH HENDERSON HAS BEEN INJURED A LOT IN HIS FIRST TWO SEASONS, HAS A CHANCE TO HAVE AN IMPACT. STOPPED BY FOX AND HOWARD. AGAIN, THE 49ERS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO EMERGE TO HELP THAT RUNNING GAME.■■ FRANK: THERE WAS LOT OF TALK ABOUT BOBBY HUMPHREY, THE TALENTED BACK STILL HOLDING OUT IN DENVER. TALK OF HIM GOING TO STAND FRAN, AMONG OTHER PLACES. AL: YOUNG THROWS. HENDERSON TAKES IT UP TO THE 29 SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. PEPPER JOHNSON MAKES THE TACKLE. PEPPER JOHNSON. HIS REAL FIRST NAME IS THOMAS. HIS AUNT NICKNAMED HIM WHEN HE WAS 5 YEARS OLD. HE SPRINKLED PEPPER ON CEREAL. HE WAS EXHIBITING LINEBACKER TENDENCIES AT AN EARLY AGE. AL: YOUNG TO RATHMAN. RATHMAN HAS THE FIRST DOWN. EVERSON WALLS MAKES THE HIT. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DID A LOT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. GOING TO RATHMAN. THEY CAME OFF IT A LITTLE LAST YEAR. THEY'LL PUT HIM BACK IN THEIR PASSING GAME IN 1991. FRANK: AS BIG AS HE IS, HE HAD 48 RECEPTIONS A YEAR AGO. HIGH PERCENTAGE STUFF. THE 49ERS ARE GOING BACK TO THAT. NOW THEY GO OUT ON THE FLAP. AL: YOUNG TO SHERRARD, THERE'S FLAG DOWN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. DAN: I THINK THEY GOT ROY FOSTER. HE DRAGGED ONE OF THE GIANTS DOWN TO THE GROUND. THE REFEREE THREW IN THERE. LAWRENCE TAYLOR, I BELIEVE, PUTTING THE PRERN SURE ON. REFEREE: HOLDING, NUMBER 67 OFFENSE, 1O-YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN. DAN: THEY MOVED L.T. ñrINSIDE, HE TAKES THAT KNIFE TO THE INSIDE. AL: GETS HELD ON ALMOST EVERY PLAY. DAN: I NEVER MET A DEFENSIVE PLAYER WHO DIDN'T THINK HE WAS HELD ON EVERY PLAY. THAT TIME HE WAS RIGHT. AL: DEXTER CARTER RUNS RIGHT INTO GREG JACKSON AS HE CROSSES THE 25-YARD LINE. DERRICK HOWARD ALSO THERE TO HELP OUT. DAN: YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T TRUST THOSE GUYS. AL: GREAT CATCH BY TAYLOR, CATCHES IT OFF HIS FINGERTIPS AT THE 35-YARD LINE. STOP BY JACKSON. JOHN TAYLOR! DAN: AND THAT'S WITHOUT STICKEM. FRANK: EVEN JOHN LIKES THAT. I LIKE IT. AL: ON THE FINGERTIPS -- LOOK AT THIS. WHAP. AL: THEY CAN'T GET IT INTO THE HANDS OF JERRY RICE. INCOMPLETE AND THE 49ERS ARE FORCED TO KICK. FRANK: RICE WAS THERE, JUST A LITTLE SLOW GETTING IT IN THERE. HE'S IN BETWEEN GIANT DEFENDERS. I THINK THAT WAS REALLY A COVERAGE THAT SCREWED THINGS UP FOR THE 49ERS. AL: MEGGETT IS RUN OUT OF BOUNDS UP AT THE 4O-YARD LINE. CHASED OUT BY DARREN JORDAN. EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, ABOUT EIGHT MILES. AL: HOSTETLER GETS SACKED BY KEVIN FAGAN WHO COMES FLYING IN. HE HAD NINE AND A HALF OF THEM LAST YEAR. HE VIRTUALLY COMES IN UNTOUCHED AS HE TAKES CARE OF HOSTETLER. DAN: CONFUSION ON THE LEFT SIDE. JOHN ELLIOTT IS GOING TO LET HIM GO. AND LOOK TO THE OUTSIDE. OTTIS ANDERSON IS THERE, BUT THERE'S SON CONFUSION. HE WILL WHY THE THOUGHT ANDERSON WAS GOING TO BLOCK HIM AND IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT ANDERSON THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BLOCK HIM. AL: TILLMAN -- YOU HEARD ABOUT RANDALL CUNNINGHAM INJURED YESTERDAY. WE'LL GET TO THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG. MARCUS ALLEN, IT'S REPORTED TODAY, WILL BE OUT FOR A MONTH AND A HALF, SPRAINED LIGAMENT IN THE RIGHT KNEE. THE RAIDERS, ALL OF A SUDDEN ARE MINUS HIM. AND OF COURSE, BO JACKSON WILL NOT BE WITH THEM AT LEAST FOR A WHILE, IF AT ALL. IS HE PLAYING TONIGHT IN CHICAGO. AL: MEGGETT GETS PAST THE 4O AND UPENDED AT THE 4-YARD LINE BY ERIC DAVIS. THE GIANTS ARE FORCED TO PUNT. FRANK: DAVIS IS FILLING IN FOR POLLARD. FINE TACKLE. DAN: WHEN WE TALKED TO ART SHELL, HE SAID BO JACKSON TOLD ME IF HE GOT BACK WELL NOUF PLAY BASEBALL, THAT HE WAS GOING TO PLAY FOOTBALL. AL: JOHN TAYLOR BRINGS IT IN AT THE 19-YARD LINE. A 38 YARD LANDETA BOOT. AL: IN GAME ONE, SPEAKING OF STEVE YOUNG, THE ONE PASS TO RICE HAS NOT BAN SCINTILLATEING FIRST HALF. FRANK: HE HASN'T HAD A LOT OF HELP, DROPPED PASSES, PENALTIES. IT HAS NOT BEEN THE TEAM WE SAW IN THE PRESEASON. AL: YOUNG HITS JONES AT THE 24-YARD LINE. PERRY WILLIAMS AND GARY REASONS MAKE THE STOP. FRANK: THEY CAN GET INTO ANY GEAR -- THE 49ERS KEEP GOING BACK TO UNDERNEATH PASSES AND BALL CONTROL. AID INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH JOE MONTANA LAST NIGHT. YOU'LL HEAR PART OF THAT AT HALFTIME TALKING ABOUT HIS FUTURE. AL: HENDERSON SWINGING TO THE LEFT SIDE TURNS NOTHING INTO A LITTLE S-NG. EVERSON WALLS MAKES THE STOP. WE TALKED ABOUT RANDALL CUNNINGHAM BEFORE. YOU WATCH MONTANA ON INJURED RESERVE. RANDALL CUNNINGHAM -- I'M SURE MANY OF YOU SAW THIS YESTERDAY IN THE GAME AGAINST GREEN BAY -- HE WENT DOWN. HE DIDN'T THINK I WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AT FIRST. BUT IT WAS OFFICIAL TODAY. TWO LIGAMENT TEARS, PROBABLY SURGERY. I SAY PROBABLY ONLY BECAUSE RANDALL WANTS TO BE CHECKED OUT BY HIS FIRST PHYSICIAN AND A DOCTOR IN LOS ANGELES. HE'S ON HIS WAY TO THE COAST. AL: NEW TWIST ON AN OLD REFRAIN. DAN: IT'S NOT TONY BENNETT, IF YOU'RE WONDERING. AL: NO. AL: STEVE YOUNG IS KNOCKED DOWN. FOX GOT THAT ONE, DIDN'T HE? FRANK: MIKE FOX, 6'6", FILLING IN FOR ERIC DORSEY. THE 49ERS TRYING TO BRING RATHMAN ACROSS. AL: BLOCKING A PASS FOR DEFENSIVE LINEMEN IS A BITTERSWEET EXPERIENCE. BY AND LARGE, IT MEANS YOU NEVER GOT OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. NORMALLY, A GUY BLOCKS A PASS BECAUSE HE'S GETTING THE YOU KNOW WHAT BLOCKED OUT OF HIM ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. AL: 13-YARD RETURN. MEGGETT TAKES IT BACK TO THE 31. STOP BY RATHMAN AFTER A 55-YARD KICK BY RALPH. THE GIANTS HAVE ALL OF THEIR TIMEOUTS AT THEIR DISPOSAL. WE TALKED ABOUT HOSTETLER WINNING THE QUARTERBACK DERBY IN PRESEASON A FAIR CONTEST BY RAY HANDLEY, THE NEW HEAD COACH. STILL A LOT OF GIANT FANS FELT WE MADE A MISTAKE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH PHIL SIMMS. AL: BAKER SPLIT THE SECONDARY, INSIDE THE 3O, TACKLED AT THE 2O BY WAYMER. DAN: THAT'S IMPRESSIVE PLAY CALLING BY THE NEW YORK GIANTS. THEY HAVE A THREE-POINT LEAD. THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BALL TO OPEN UP THE SECOND HALF. THERE HAD TO BE SOME QUESTIONING BY THE COACHING STAFF, SHOULD WE JUST RUN OUT THE CLOCK AND GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM AND BE HAPPY WITH OUR THREE-POINT LEAD? NO -- THEY'LL GO FOR IT. AL: WHEN HANDLEY WAS ASSISTANT UNDER BILL PARCELLS, HE WAS ENTRUSTED WITH CLOCK MANAGEMENT AND UEJS OF TIMEOUTS. AL: HOSTETLER FIRED INCOMPLETE, INTENDED FOR CROSS. CROSS WAS BLANKETED ON THE PLAY. WALKER STAYED BACK THERE WITH HIM. JIM FOSSIL, THE QUARTERBACK COACH, IS TALKING TO HANDLEY ON THE SIDELINES. PHIL SIMMS IS WATCHING THE COVERAGE FOR HOSTETLER. THERE'S THE GIANTS COACHING STAFF. AL: HOSTETLER THROWS, HAS GOOD COVERAGE AGAIN. GRIFFIN IS ALL OVER STEPHEN BAKER. DAN: THE MEADOWLANDS CROWD EXPRESSING THEIR DISPLEASURE IN NOT SEEING A FLAG THROWN. THAT WAS PRETTY TIGHT COVERAGE BY DON GRIFFIN. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT WAS SENSATIONAL COVERAGE IF THERE'S NO FLAG. THAT LOOK IS DERECEIVEING BECAUSE BAKER'S MOVING BACK TOWARDS THE BALL AS WELL. AL: HOSTETLER INSIDE THE 2O, GETS IT TO THE 13. CLOSE TO THE FIRST. FAGAN MAKES THE STOP. HANDLEY SAYS GIVE ME TIMEOUT ANYWAY. IT IS A FIRST DOWN. DAN: THE HAMMER SIGNALED FIRST DOWN. THE ONLY ONE OF THE OFFICIALS GIVING THE SIGNAL. KEITH DELONG IS GOING TO RUN RIGHT BY HOSTETLER. HE'S IN COVERAGE WITH MEGGETT. HE COULD HAVE MADE THAT TACKLE, BUT HE'S LOCKED UP IN MAN COVERAGE ON MEGGETT. A LITTLE SIDE BAR, WHAT A GUY LIKE DAVE MEGGETT CAN DO. PULLS A GUY OUT OF WHERE JEFF HOSTETLER WENT. AL: A GOOD SCRAMBLING QUARTER SPWAK MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU GET MAN FOR MAN COVERAGE. YOU DO GET MEN LOCKED UP ON RECEIVERS. THAT TIME HOSTETLER, SO GOOD COMING STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, GETS THE FIRST DOWN. AL: HOSTETLER THROWS IT AWAY. CROSS WAS COVERED BY TODD BOWLES. FRANK: HOSTETLER GOT SMACKED. THE BIG LINEBACKER UNLOADING ON HOSTETLER. WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY THE GIANTS HAD GETTING IT IN WHEN THEY GOT DOWN IN SCORING RANGE AGAINST THE 49ERS A YEAR AGO. THEY HAVE THROWN ON EVERY DOWN HERE WITH A SECOND AND 1O AND WITH 59 SECONDS LEFT. I WOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO RUN THE BALL. AL: HOSTETLER GOING TO THE END ZONE -- NO, MARK INGRAM WAS OUT! FRANK: LOOKED LIKE HE GOT ONE, BUT THE OTHER ONE WAS WAY OUT. AL: A GOOD LOOK FROM AUR CAMERA HOW ACCURATE WHO IS THOS TO BE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. COMES DOWN WITH ONE FOOT INBOUND. THERE'S THE LEFT FOOT. AL: HOSTETLER ONLY GETS TO THE 11. THEY BOG DOWN AND WILL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A THREE-POINT ATTEMPT . HOLT MAKES THE TACKLE. NOW HANDLEY WILL LET THE CLOCK RUN DOWN HERE. IF ANYBODY'S GOING TO STOP IT, IT WILL BE SAN FRANCISCO TO CONSERVE TIME ON THE OTHER END. THEY'RE NOT INCLINED TO DO SO. DAN: IF THAT WAS DESIGN PLAY, I WANT HAVE INITIALED THE PAGE. AL: THE GIANTS NOW TAKE THE TIMEOUT. THEY WANTED TO TAKE TIME OFF THE CLOCK. YOU WONDER IF SEIFERT WOULD HAVE DONE THAT IF HE WOULD HAVE HAD MONTANA EALTHY. DAN: YOU RAISE VALID POINT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT MONTANA, IF HE'D HAVE BEEN MORE COMFORTABLE WITH JOE MONTANA TRYING TO DO SOMETHING IN 35 OR 18 SECONDS, NOT A LOT OF TIME. AL: SEIFERT IS SAYING LET'S REASSESS THIS FIRST HALF AND COME OUT WITH THE SECOND HALF PLAN. DAN: HIS ASSESSMENT WILL BE A PRETTY GOOD CHEWING FOR HIS CLUB, THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED WELL. AL: BAHR'S 28-YARD ATTEMPT IS GOOD. THAT IS THE HALF. THAT WAS NOT A GOOD SNAP, BUT A NICE HOLD BY HOSTETLER. THAT'S THE WAY THE HALF ENDS. CONVERSATION WITH JOE MONTANA. YOU A LET'S SAY YOU DO COME BACK IN FOUR WEEKS, ELBOW'S FINE AND STEVE IS DOING A BANGUP JOB. WHAT WILL BE THE SITUATION BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU? >> I DON'T KNOW. YOU HEAR SO MANY DIFFERENT REPORTS AND IN MY CONVERSATIONS WHEN I COME BACK, I'M SURE GEORGE WILL EVALUATE IT AT THAT POINT. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I WOULD PROBABLY JUST GO BACK IN MY NORMAL POSITIONMENT YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES, YOU NEVER KNOW TILL IT HAPPENS. FRANK: JOE, IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR YOU. I REMEMBER YOU COMING UP ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. YOU'VE HANDLED IT SO BEAUTIFULLY. ARE THERE THOUGHTS IN YOUR MIND ABOUT WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL AN END, SAY THAT'S ENOUGH? I'VE GIVEN ALL I'VE GOT. >> WELL, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, YES. I REALLY CAN'T SEE AN END. I WAS JUST READING AN ARTICLE ABOUT JIMMY CONNORS. AND HE KIND OF HAS THE SAME KIND OF POINT OF VIEW AS THE FACT THAT ATHLETES CAREERS END REAL EARLY IN YOUR LIFETIME. THERE'S NO COMING BACK TO IT ONCE IT'S REALLY OVER. SO, HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT LAST AS LONG AS HE CAN BECAUSE HE ENJOYS IT. THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL. I ENJOY THIS GAME AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO TELL MIA COME BACK ANY MORE. MOST LIKELY, I WON'T. FRANK: ANY PLANS BEYOND FOOTBALL? >> I TAKE THE APPROACH WHEN I START THINKING ABOUT AFTER FOOTBALL, YOU KIND OF TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR FOCUS ABOUT FOOTBALL. RIGHT NOW, I HAVE THIS APPROACH OF IT WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF AFTER ALL. I'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME THAT MAKE THAT DECISION LATER. RIGHT NOW I WANT TO BE 100% FOCUSED ON PLAYING FOOTBALL. I DON'T WANT IT TO SLIP AWAY BECAUSE MY MIND WAS SW-B ELSE. FOR A QUARTERBACK, A LOT OF THIS GAME A MENTAL. THE MINUTE YOUR MIND IS SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU FINES YOURSELF IN TROUBLE ON THE FIELD. FRANK: FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IT WILL BE FIVE MORE YEARS UNTIL IT'S CANTON, OHIO. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED AS JOE MONTANA, QUARTERBACK OF THE 49ERS? >> GOD, IT'S HARD THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER YOU. I DON'T THINK OF BEING REMEMBERED, I GUESS. I ENJOY SO MUCH OF THE MOMENT OF THE GAME. THAT IT WOULD BE FUN TO BE STANDING UP THERE MAKING A SPEECH, WHICH I HATE TO DO. BUT IT WOULD BE FUN JUST TO REMEMBER IT AS PART OF THE WINNING TRADITION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS. FRTIONED AL: MEGGETT SQUIRMS TO THE OUTSIDE, IT TACKLED AT THE 18-YARD LINE BY DAVID WHITMORE, THE FORMER GIANT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. AL: APPEARED SON TO SIX, STOP BY MIKE WALTER. DAN MENTIONING NO TURNOVERS. LAST YEAR THE GIANTS BECAME THE FIRST TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL TO GO THROUGH A SEASON AND AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE TURNOVER PER GAME. THEY MADE ONLY 14 IN 16 GAMES. YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE RAMS YESTERDAY ALONE TURNED THE DAN: THAT'S QUALITY WORK. AL: SIMMS HAS HIS HELMET ON. LET ME GO IN, PLEASE. WHAT AN AWKWARD FEELING THIS MUST BE FOR PHIL SIMMS. WHO HASN'T COME OUT OF THE BULLPEN IN A LONG TIME. AL: HOSTETLER TO INGRAM. HE'S DOWN AT THE 22. DAN: LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT ZIFGS, HOSTETLER OVER SIMMS. ONE OF THE THINGS WAS MAYBE WITH THE UNSETTLEDNESS OF THE GIANTS OFFENSIVE LINE WITH ROBERTS AND ELLIOTT COME THING IN LATE, MAYBE RAY HANDLEY THINKS MOBILITY IS A FACTOR EARLY ON IN THE SEASON. HERE'S A CLASSIC ILLUSTRATION OF THAT. WHO IS SHOS FLUSHED, ON THE RUN, FINDS INGRAM AND GETS A NICE COMPLETION. AL: THAT WAS 3O-YARD GAIN. HERE'S ANDERSON FOR TWO, STOPPED BY CHARLES HALEY AT THE 41-YARD LINE. DAN: ROBERTS ISN'T IN CAMP YET, ELLIOTT IS JUST COMING IN. THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS COMPLETELY UNSETTLED. WE LOOK AT CHARLES HALEY, ONE OF THE GREAT PASS RUSHERS IN THIS GAME. PLAYING THE RUN PRETTY EFFECTIVELYMENT GETS IN FOR A PIECE OF THE TACKLE. AL: CARTHON BLOCKS TILLMAN WHO TAKES IT TO THE 37-YARD LINE. A GAIN OF THREE. ERIC DAVIS MAKES THE STOP. FRANK: TILLMAN LEADING PRESSURE FOR THE GIANTS IN PRESEASON. A SLASHING TYPE RUNNER OUT OF JACKSON STATE. HE WAS GIVEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN THIS PRESEASON. WE'LL SEE A LOT OF HIM WITH THE GIANTS THIS YEAR. AL: HOSTETLER OVER THE MIDDLE. INTENED FOR INGRAM. A BAD PASS, HE'S LUCKY THAT DON GRIFFIN DIDN'T COME AWAY WITH IT. DAN: MIGHT HAVE BRUISED GRIFFIN'S CHANCE. HE HAD A CLUB TO GET HIS CLUB OUT OF THE BACON HERE. DROPS AN EASY INTERCEPTION. LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION. INGRAM LOOKED LIKE HE PULLED UP A LITTLE SHORT. AL: NOW THE 49ERS DECLINE THE PENALTY. THAT'S THE PRABABLE COURSE OF ACTION. IF THE TEAM IS GOING TO LOOK FOR THE PENALTY, WHY GIVE IT TO HIM? FRANK: IF HE GETS BACKED UP. REFEREE: FIVE-YARD PENALTY, STILL FIRST DOWN. FRANK: HIS NUMBERS COULD BE BETTER. AL: HERE'S LITTLE MIND GAME. SEIFERT SAYS OK, I'LL TAKE THE PENALTY. YOU DON'T SEE THAT BUT PUSH THEM BACK ANOTHER FIVE. AL: JOHN TAYLOR MAKES THE FAIR CATCH AT THE 13-YARD LINE. FRANK: REYNA THOMPSON WAS INSIDE TAYLOR IN CASE HE LET IT BOUNCE. AL: THE 49ERS BEST RUNNING BACK MAY BE STEVE YOUNG, HE HALLS CARRIED ONCE FOR 10 YARDS. THE REST OF THE REAL RUNNING BACKS, SEVEN TIMES FOR 17 YARDS. AL: YOUNG WITH GREAT COVERAGE BY EVERSON WALLS. INTERCEPTION AT THE 33. FRANK: A TERRIBLE PASS THOUGH. THERE COMES A FLAG IN LATE. STEVE WALLACE AND CARL BANKS WERE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING. THAT'S AFTER THE PLAY. THAT WON'T IMPACT THAT INTERCEPTION AT ALL. AL: WALLS HAD THE COVERAGE UNDERNEATH. DEEP HELP. DAN: THEY'RE GOING TO CALL HOLDING AGAINST -- AGAINST THE GIANTS. WAS THAT THE SIGNAL? AL: I DON'T THINK SO, I THINK IT'S AFTER THE PLAY. DAN: YEAH. AL: SHOULD HAVE SAID PERSONAL FOUL, I THINK. DAN: HE GRABBED THE ARM AND HELD ON TO IT. REFEREE: PERSONAL FOUL, NUMBER 58, AFTER THE INTERCEPTION, FIRST DOWN, GIANTS. AL: STEVE YOUNG TRYING TO THROW INTO DOUBLE COVERAGE, WALLS UNDERNEATH, HE HAD DEEP HELP. HE WAS JUST LAYING FOR THAT. MAKING IT LOOK LIKE ITWAS MAN FOR MAN. STEVE TRIED TO GO DEEP AND WALLS PICKED IT OFF. AL: HOSTETLER TO JARROD BUNCH, THE NUMBER ONE DRAFT CHOICE OUT OF MICHIGAN. BIG BRUISING FULLBACK. TACKLED BY DON GRIFFIN. AL: ANDERSON BREAKS THE TAEK HE WILL AND PICKS UP FIVE. TAKING IT TO THE 4O WHERE IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND THREE. WALTER AND DELONG ON THE STOP. GIANTS STADIUM ON A SPARKLEING SEPTEMBER NIGHT. TEMPERATURE NEAR 70 DEGREES, JUST PERFECT. A LOT OF CHANGES HERE AT GIANTS STADIUM. NEW 5O% OWNERSHIP BY BOB TISH. AL: ANDERSON PICKS UP ONE, TO THE 39. THAT PENALTY AGAINST BANKS AFTER THE INTERCEPTION WAS PRETTY KEY HERE. BECAUSE THE GIANTS ARE OUT OF FIELD GOAL RANGE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PUNT, INSTEAD OF A FOLD GOAL AT THE 49-YARD LINE. DAN: THAT WAS TOTAL STUFF JOB AT THE POINT OF ATTACK. FRANK: HOSTETLER WAS SHAKEN UP BY THAT. DAN: THE OPTION HERE WAS FOURTH AND A YARD, TO GO AHEAD AND GO FOR IT. AL: GENERAL, THE GIANTS ARE SAYING CAN WE TAKE THE EXTRA FIVE YARDS. AND SEIFERT SAYS --. DAN: THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE, IF I'M THE GIANTS, I DON'T LET THE CLOCK RUN OUT. I GO AHEAD AND PUNT THE BALL, RATHER THAN TAKING THE FIVE-YARD PENALTY IN CASE SAN FRANCISCO COMMITS SOME KINDS OF FOUL THAT GIVES ME A FIRST DOWN. AL: THEY STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN. DAN: HERE'S A SITUATION WHERE SAN FRANCISCO IN THIS CASE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF TO TAKE IT. AL: THE KICK IS OUT AT THE 1O. USUALLY GETS IT INSIDE THE FIVE. DAN DIERDORF. THE GIANTS LEAD 13-7. AL: DEXTER CARTER TO THE OUTSIDE. GREG JACKSON THROWS HIM DOWN. FRANK TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP. ON THE LEFT IS ROBERT TISCH. CO-OWNER. AL: REALLY TAKES A POP UP AT THE 22 FROM MYRON GUYTON, SHOULD HAVE THE FIRST DOWN. TERRY WILLIAMS WAS THERE AS WELL. FRANK: SLIPPING AWAY FROM LAWRENCE TAYLOR. TAYLOR ON THE BLITZ, ALMOST COLLARED STEVE YOUNG. HE'S WORKING AGAINST STEVE WALLACE, THE LEFT TACKLE. WALLACE RUNS HIM UPFIELD. STEVE YOUNG IS A BIG QUARTERBACK, A LITTLE OVER 200 POUNDS. ONCE L.T. GETS BY HIM, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A GOOD SHOCK, YOUNG GETS UP UNPHASED. AL: HENDERSON EXPLOITS A HUGE HOLE UP TO THE 36-YARD LINE. WE TALKED ABOUT KEITH HENDERSON EARLIER. HE HAS BEEN AT PRACTICE LAST NIGHT, THE 49 POSITION DOWNFIELD SAYS HE'S MY GOOD BUDDY. AL: DEXTER CARTER PICKS UP FOUR. FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, THE 49ERS SHOW AN INKLING OF A RUNNING GAME AS BANKS AND JOHNSON CONVERGE ON THE STOP. THE 49ERS TONIGHT HAVE BEEN PINNED DEEP BY THE GIANTS. THEY HAVE STARTED THEIR DRIEBS DEEP IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. AL: RATHMAN TAKES IT TO MIDFIELD, ACROSS THE 50. FRANK: THAT TOOK AWFUL LOT OF TIME FOR RATHMAN TO CIRCLE OUT OF THE BACKFIELD, BACK TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND BRING IT OVER TO THE MIDDLE. AL: LITTLE TOSS TO HENDERSON. PEPPER JOHNSON DRAGS HIP DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF THREE TO THE NEW YORK 47-YARD LINE. DAN: THE LOSS OF ERIK HOWARD, THE PRO BOWL NOSE TACKLE, REALLY AFFECTS THE PLAY INSIDE OF GUYS LIKE PEPPER JOHNSON. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NOSE TACKLE THAT WILL OCCUPY TWO PEOPLE. IF HE'S GOING TO BE BLOCKED BY THE CENTER ALONE, YOU HAVE PROBLEMS. THIS GUY CAN'T BE BLOCKED BY THE CENTER ALONE. AL: CAUGHT BY HENDERSON, AND HE HAS A FIRST DOWN. STOP BY JOHNSON. THAT WAS THE 49ERS 3OTH PLAY OF THE GAME, THE FIRST PLAY THAT STARTED IN GIANTS TERRITORY. FRANK: A CROSSING PATTERN LIKE THAT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME. STEVE YOUNG HAD ALL THE TIME HE NEEDED TO GET THE PASS TO THE RECEIVER. JOE MONTANA FLASHING IN THE SIGNAL TO STEVE YOUNG. AL: GREAT JOB BY SYDNEY TO BAT IT OUT OF BOUNDS AND KEEP POSSESSION FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THAT BALL WAS ALIVE. DAN: THAT WAS LATERAL THAT WENT BACKWARDS. FRANK: A LOSS OF ABOUT FIVE YARDS, BUT THEY KEEP POSSESSION. AL: THE PLAY WAS FORCED BY EVERSON WALLS ON A BLITZ. DAN: THE BALL WAS ON THE HASHMARK. NOW, THERE IS YOUNG, HE THROWS IT AT THE 41. BACK TO SYDNEY, WHO'S AT THE 43. AL: THE THROW IS HIGH, INTENED FOR BRENT JONES OVER THE MIDDLE. FRANK: THAT TIME YOUNG FEELING PRESSURE AND OVERTHROWING A WIDE OPEN JONES. PLAYING BACK IN THE ZONE DEFENSE. JONES WAS BETWEEN DEFENDERS AND WIDE OPEN. YOUNG MISSED HIM. AL: THE PASS IS OFF RICE'S FINGER TIPS. WALLS COVERING, FOURTH DOWN. DAN: I THINK STEVE YOUNG THREW TOO FAR OUT IN FRONT OF JERRY RICE, NOT A VERY GOOD PASS. AL: RICE SHAH THE COVERAGE AND YOUNG DOESN'T READ IT WITH HIM, IT'S OFF THE FINGERTIPS. DAN: IN THAT SITUATION, YOU'RE MORE INCLINED TO SAY I'M GOING TO GO WITH JERRY RICE. AL: MOJSIENKO AVOIDS THOMPSON WITH A NICE LITTLE MOVE. DAN: THERE'S FLAGS ALL OVER THE PLACE. AS PUNTER, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. EVERY ONE OF YOUR GUYS IS LEAVING ON TIMING, AND THERE IT IS. AL: YOU DIDN'T MEAN IT PERSONALLY -- THAT HE WAS STUPID. DAN: NO, THAT'S A STUPID PLAY. I'M BIGGER THAN THE MAN. WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO -- BEAT ME UP. REFEREE: FIVE-YARD PENALTY, REPEAT THE DOWN. AL: HE DID GET PRESSURE. AL: THEY WILL LINE IT UP AND MARK IT OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SIDELINE AND THE 21-YARD LINE. AL: HOSTETLER PICKS UP A COUPLE, STEPPING OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 22-YARD LINE. C AL: HOSTETLER THROWS, AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. CHARLES HALEY, WHO HAD 16 SACKS LAST YEAR, LOOKING FOR HIS FIRST OF 1991 NEARLY GOT IT. DAN: AN ALL-STAR MOVE TO THE INSIDE. FAKES A LITTLE MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE. THERE'S DOUG RIESENBERG, NUMBER 72. HALEY WHIPS HIM TO THE INSIDE. AL: HOSTETLER DROPPED THE FOOTBALL. LOOSE AT THE 1O. IT'S ALL HOSTETLER CAN DO TO COME UP WITH IT. DAN: I THINK HALEY KNOCKED IT OUT OF HIS ARMS, HIT IT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. IF HE DIDN'T, HE SCARED IT OUT OF HIM, ONE OR THE OTHER. AL: HE'S SO QUICK. THERE HE COMES ALL THE WAY AROUND RIESENBERG THIS TIME. I THINK HE IT UPED THE BALL. AL: LANDETA'S KICK IS FAIR CAUGHT BY TAYLOR AT THE NEW YORK 42-YARD LINE. 3-YARD PUNT. AL: HALEY REACHES, AND IT'S TOUGH TO TELL. AL: YOUNG SKIRTS THE SIDELINE, TURNS IT INTO A NICE LITTLE GAIN CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. SHORT BY LESS THAN A YARD. DAN: LINEMEN IN THE NFL ARE GETTING BIGGER AND FASTER, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT FAST. STEVE YOUNG HAS REMARKABLE SPEED FOR A QUARTERBACK. FRANK: THERE'S ERIK HOWARD, WHO HAS JOINED THE ACTION NOW. AL: THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH -- AS HENDERSON GETS BEFORE HE'S STOPPED BY JOHNSON. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, YOUNG HAD A 47-YARD SCORING RUN AGAINST SAN DIEGO. LET'S TALK A LOOK AT PEPPER JOHNSON. THAT'S ENOUGH, CLOSE ENOUGH TO MEASURE. DAN: PRO BOWLER, PEPPER JOHNSON LAST YEAR. AL: IT WILL EITHER BE FIRST DOWN OR THIRD AND WHATEVER'S LEFT HERE. 58 SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY IN THE QUARTER. FIRST DOWN. IF I WAS A LINEBACKER, I'D LOVE TO PLAY ON THE SAME TEAM AS LAWRENCE TAYLOR, HE DOES GET THE ATTENTION. FROM THE LAST SERIES, THE 49ERS WERE DOWN IN GIANT TERRITORY. IT HELD. AL: YOUNG TO TAYLOR, HIS SECOND CATCH OF THE NIGHT. HE'S STOPPED AT THE 2O-YARD LINE. THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB ON HIM. THE ONLY OTHER CATCH WAS THE O-YARD FINGERTIP GRAB. FRANK: GOOD JOB BY YOUNG. TAYLOR UNCOVERED AGAINST THE GIANTS ZONE. TAYLOR BREAKS RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE. AL: HENDERSON FROM THE 19 TO THE 16 TO TAKE US TO THE END OF THE QUARTER. AL: YOUNG FUMBLES AT THE 18-YARD LINE. THAT'S THE SECOND TIME NOW IN THE LAST TWO DRIVES THEY'VE HAD A PLAY, THE ERRANT PASS TO SYDNEY, THE BACKWARD BASS BOGGED THEM DOWN THE LAST TIGHT. NOW THEY'RE MOVING AND HAVE THIS HAPPEN TO YOUNG AT THIRD DOWN AND NINE. AL: MARSHALL AND TAKEN IN BY JONES AT THE FIVE. COVERED AND TACKLED BY TAYLOR WITH HELP. JONES HAS GOOD HANDS, GOOD RECEIVER. NEARLY 60 RECEPTIONS A YEAR AGO, THEY LOVE TO USE HIM DOWN CLOSE. ALSO HAD FIVE TOUCHDOWNS LAST YEAR. THEY LIKE HIM IN THE RED ZONE. DAN: JONES GETS SO MUCH WORK OVER THE MIDDLE BECAUSE LOTS OF TEAMS, INCLUDING THE GIANTS, LIKE TO THROW DOUBLE COVERAGE ON TAYLOR. AL: JONES PUMP FAKES AND RUNS IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! STEVE YOUNG! DAN: LAWRENCE TAYLOR IS GOING BERSERK SAYING HE WAS TACKLED BY GUY MCINTYRE. AL: THERE ARE NO FLAGS. STEVE YOUNG, WITH THE AWESOME BURST OF SPEED TO GET IT INTO THE END ZONE. LET'S LOOK AGAIN. DAN: MCINTYRE IS 62. HE STARTS OFF WITH HIS LEFT HAND RIGHT UNDER L.T.'S THROAT. THEN HE PULLS IT OUT OF THERE IN TIME. DAN: LAWRENCE TAYLOR HAS CONTAINMENT ON THE PLAY. HIS JOB, YOU CAN LET THE GUY GET TO THE OUTSIDE. AL: COFER'S SKIK TAKEN BY MEGGETT IN THE END ZONE. A LOT OF THE 49ARIES GAMES HAVE BEEN MONDAY NIGHT GAMES, DEVELOPING IN A RIVALRY. FRANK: THE GIANTS COMING BACK TO WIN IT, GREAT GAMES. DAN: COMBINATION OF GREAT ATHLETES HELPS MAKE GREAT RIVALRY AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE. TWO VERY PHYSICAL, EXCITABLE TEAMS, THEY'RE KNOCKING EACH OTHER FLAT. AL: ANDERSON OUT TO THE 25 HE GOES. STOP THERE BY DAVE WAYMER. 13:18 TO PLAY IN REGULATION. DAVE WAYMER, LONG TIME ST. . RAY HANDLEY AND HIS GIANTS OFFICIAL DEBUT, A MAN WHO HAS NOT BEEN A HEAD COACH SINCE THE EARLY 1970'S. THE LAST TIME HE WAS THE HEAD MAN WAS AT REED HIGH SCHOOL IN SPARKS, NEVADA. AL: SECOND DOWN AND THE SPAS TIPPED. THERE'S A FLAG DOWN. HOLDING AGAINST THE GIANTS. DAN: NOW THE GIANTS GET THE FLAG. REFEREE: HOLDING, OFFENSE, 1O YARD FEN PALLET, REPEAT SECOND DOWN. AL: WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONNECTION . HE HAS BEEN BANNED FROM A FEW CASINOS BECAUSE HE HAS THAT KINDS OF MIND, ESPECIALLY WHERE THEY DEAL SINGLE DEAL BLACKJACK. AL: HOSTETLER THROWS, THE CATCH IS MADE BY INGRAM. IT WILL BE THIRD AND SHORT. I READ A STORY ABOUT THE FACT HANDLEY AND SEIFERT WERE COACHES TOGETHER AT STAND FORMED. HANDLEY, WHEN THE COPES WOULD GO OUT, GET THE CHECK, FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS WITH THE TIP AND TELL YOU WHAT EVERYBODY OZS. I SAID 51O DIVIDE BY 14 GUYS, HE SAYS $36.43. BUT IF EAVES A REAL GENIUS, HE WOULD HAVE DIVIDE IT HAD BY 13 AND PALMED HIS PORTION OF THE CHECK. DAN: I CAN HANDLE SLOW PITCH. AL: WANT TO BUY BREAKFAST? WE HAVE A CONFERENCE TAKING PLACE DOWN HERE. AL: IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD AND TWO. DAN: WAS THERE A REVIEW UNDER WAY? ARE WE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT MR. I THINK A RAM WAS INBOUNDS? REFEREE: AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, THE PLAY STANDS, COMPLETED PASS. DAN: THAT IS INDEED WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THERE'S MARK INGRAM AND ONE-TWO. AL: ANDERSON IS STOOD UP AT THE 3O-YARD LINE. BUT MAY HAVE CROSSED IT. GRIFFIN AND WHITMORE CONVERGE ON THE STOP. THEY SPOT IT ON THE STRIPE. THAT'S A FIRST DOWN. DAN: A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF POWER RUNNING BY OTTIS ANDERSON. BECAUSE DON GRIFFIN HAS HIM STOOD UP ABOUT A YARD SHORT. I MEAN STRAIT UP AND DOWN IN A POSITION WHERE ANDERSON -- HE'S NOT ABLE -- HE'S STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN. AL: HOSTETLER'S THROW IS INCOMPLETE. A FLAG IS DOWN. THE LINEBACKER ON THE COVERAGE ALL OVER BAKER. REFEREE: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 99, FIRST DOWN. AL: THERE'S WALTER MOVING IN ON BAKER. HE AARRIVES BEFORE THE FOOTBALL. AL: MAURICE CARTHON PICKS UP THE YARD OR TWO. MICHAEL CARTER IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PILE. NUMBER 65 , MAKING HIS 100TH CONSECUTIVE START TONIGHT. PRACTICING ATTORNEY HERE IN NEW JERSEY, BART OATS, ESQUIRE. AL: INGRAM AT THE 5O-YARD LINE. THAT'S ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. THERE'S A AG DOWN BACK AT THE 35. THE BALL WAS THROWN RIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. AL: IT'S AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO. DAN: I THINK MAURNS CARTHON WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE BACKFIELD AND GOT HELD. REFEREE: HOLDING, DEFENSIVE RIGHT END, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN. AL: WITH THE OPTION OF THE PENALTY OR THE PLAY. DAN: HERE'S CARTHON TRYING TO COME OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. WHEN HE GETS OVER HERE, HE'LL BE GRABBED AND HELD. THIS WILL BE THE CALL. REFEREE: THE HOLDING OCCURRED DURING THE PASS. THE PASS -- THE PENALTY WAS FORCED FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT SO TAKE THE BALL AT THE END OF THE 5O. AL: SAY WHAT? DAN: I THINK HE'S SAYING THE GIANTS ARE BETTER OFF TAKING THE PLAY, RATHER THAN THE FIVE-YART PENALTY AND AN AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. DAN: THERE WE GO. MIKE WALTER GRABS CARTHON. IT HAPPENS BEFORE THE PASS, SO THAT'S -- YOU'RE RIGHT. AL: HOSTETLER AT THE 45 BY CHARLES HALEY. DAN: HALEY IS GETTING A PRETTY GOOD START ON GATHERING ANOTHER BATCH OF PRO BOWL VOTES EARLY IN THE SEASON. AL: HALEY IS AWARE OF HOSTETLER'S MOBILITY. HOSTETLER TRIED TO GET OUTSIDE. THE 49ERS WERE IN MAN COVERAGE. AL: THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE, INTENDED FOR BAKER. HALEY WAS COMING AGAIN. KEVIN LEWIS WITH THE COVERAGE. DAN: CHARLES HALEY IS PUTTING ON A TEXTBOOK EXPOSITION HERE OF WHAT'S A HAPPENING ON HOW TO PLAY DEFENSIVE LINE. RIESENBERG NOT GETTING A LOT OF HELP, ALMOST ACTING LOOK HE WAS EXPECTING HELP FROM HIS BACKS. ALMOST GAVE HALEY THE UPFIELD RUSH. HALEY WAS HAPPY TO TAKE IT. THAT'S NO FLUKE. AL: HOSTETLER AT THE 3O FOR FIRST DOWN. NEEDED 16, GOT 21 . FRANK: HE SAW HOSTETLER RUNNING OUT OF TIME, DROVE IT BACK ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND AWAY FROM FORMER GIANT RAY COX. HE CEASE THE PROBLEM, BREAKS IT BACK TO THE INSIDE. COX WITH HIM ON THE UNDERNEATH COVERAGE. AL: A GAIN OF A COUPLE TO THE 33. DELONG AND WAYMER MAKE THE HIT WITH 9:15 REMAINING IN THE FOURTH. DAN: THE GIANTS UP FRONT HAVING SOME PROBLEMS. THERE'S SOME REAL COORDINATION LACKING. AL: KNOCKED DOWN BEAUTIFULLY AT THE 23 BY KEITH DELONG ON A PASS INTENED FOR HOWARD CROSS, THE TIGHT END. AL: CROSS WIDE OPEN. GOOD SAVE THERE BY KEITH DELONG. FRANK: ALMOST IGNORING CROSS COMING OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. NO COVERAGE ON HIM AT ALL. AL: 11TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE. AL: HOSTETLER TO MEGGETT, WHO FUMBLES THE FOOTBALL. OUT OF BOUNDS IT GOES. THE GIANTS HAVE IT, BUT NOT CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. KEVIN LEWIS KNOCKED IT OUT. THAT WOULD BE AT THE LIMIT OF MATT BAHR'S FIELDOAL RANGE. DAN: THAT LOOKED LIKE A FORWARD LATERAL TO ME. WAS HE BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE? ALMOST LOOKED HE DUMPED THAT BALL. AL: IT WAS CERTAINLY ALIVE WHEN MEGGETT DROPPED IT. IT WAS VERY CLOSE. DAN: DIDN'T THAT LOOK LIKE HE WAS ACROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TOO? AL: THE 51-YARD ATTEMPT IS NOT GOOD. HE NEEDED IS COUPLE OF MORE. THE TOUGH PART OF FIRST DOWN, CHASED OUT BY YAX JACKS AT THE 48.CHAS OUT OF THE POCKET. FRANK: BY YOUNG CARL BANKS, THE CONTAIN MAN ON THAT RIGHT SIDE. YOUNG WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE. TAYLOR COMING ALONG STEPS INSID. IS ON THE INSIDE ON PASS YOUNG WITH SUPER SPEED WAS RST DOWN. THE TACKLE.OME ON SECOND KEITH HENDERSON. DAN: HOWARD IS PLAYING NOSE LIKE HE'S BEING EFFTHE BAD BACK, HAS STRUGGLING. THAT TIME HE WAS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE PRETTY GOOD. IF ERIK HOWA OF PLAYING UP TO HIS CALIBER OF FOOTBALL THIS SEASON -- IF THAT BACK IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM -- THE GIANTS ARE GOING TO PROBLEMS. AL: BAD PITAL WORK OUT OR DO TH IT EFFORT. DAN: IT'S TOUGH TO GET WELL. AL:THE FIRST DOWN. TESS NOT BAD TO HAVE SECOND AND INCHES, YOU'LL TAKE MORE TIME OFF THE CLOCK. HENDERSON NINE CARRIES, 44 YARDS. AL: RAT MAN, IT WAS A BLESSINGDISGUISE. YOU HAVE ANOTHER PLAY, TE OFF T DAN: THE GIANTS THIS TIME GETTING A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE ON THIS PARTICULAR IGH BEING VERY DELIBERATE AND CHEWING UP CLOCK. THEY'RE STANDING IN A HUDDLE STAIFRING AT STEVE YOUNG IS IN NO HURRY TO CALL THE PLAY. HENDERSON ON THE IS TACKLED BY MIKE RODNEY HAMPTOND. KEY MAN FOR THE GIANTS AS THE SEASON PROGRESSS. KEITH WAS LOST IN THE SHUFFLE IN COLLEGE. TRYING TO EMERGE IN THE NFL.TH SHOULDER, HE DOES GIVE YOU MEPG YOUR OFFENSE. GOOD RUNNING BACK, GOOD RECEIVER OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. FLAG DOWN. YOUNG THROWS IT OUT OF JONES TOOK HIT AND WANTS A ANK: REACH TAYLARE DOWN. INTO JONES W HE WAS CLEBOUNDS. YOU SEPARATE PENALTIES HERETHEY'LL GET WALLS AGAINST LLEGAL CONTACT OF DEFENSE, WITH THE POCKET. PENALTY IS DECLINED. WE HAVE HOLDING, NUMBER 76 ON THE OFFENSE, 1O-YARD C AL: APPEARLY, THEY'RE SAYING WA AGAINST DON TAYLOR WAS PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE YOUNG POCKET. IF PARENTLY WAS TRYING TO DISENGAGE HIMSELF, FROM TAYLOR. THERE WAS PLAY AT THE ENDS OF THE PLAY OUT OF BOUN. DAN: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. SPECULATING ON WHO IT WAS, BECA76 FOR49ERS. STEVE YOUNG T THERE A NUMBER 79. <i>IT'S NOT LIKE IT HAD 6 WHEELS
OR NUCLEAR POWER OR SOMETHING.</i> <i>MADE IN THIS COUNTRY
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OF THIS CAR.</i> LINE. THROWN INTO A LOT OF BROKEN UP BY GREG JTHIS GAME REMINISCE OF THE GAME? THE THE LEGIANT TERRITORY. REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST CRAIG FUMBLED THE BALL AND L.T. RECOVER IT HAD. SOMEWHAT THE SAME SCA FIELD GOAL BEING ABLE TO WIN IT FOR NEW YORK. AL: REASONS KNOCKS IT DOWN AND HAD THE INTERCEPTION. LAWRENCE TAYLOR CAN'T SEIT OUT. HE IS BEING MUGGED DOWN FIELD. AL: COMES OFF THE FIELD IN DISGUST. HE GETS EVERYTHIA MUGGING. THAT'S PRETTY BLATANT WALLACE, TACKLE. FRANK: THAT'S THE SECOND TIME, AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OFFICIAL. MEGGETT FROM THE BOUNDS AT THE LINE.REMAINING.33-YARD KICK SEVEN-YARD RETURN. THE GIANTS HAVE ALL TIMEOUTS DAN: I DON'T THI EXPECT ADD WE KNEW THE DEFENSES AL: OVER DAN: YOUNG'S 49ERS ARE IN THE LEAD. AL: HANDLEY COOL AND COMPOSED. AL: GOOD AGAIN, THE CATCH MADE D BY GRIFFIN. DAN: IT'S CHARLES HALEY'S TURN. HE'S BERATING THE OFFICIALS ABOUT THE 49ERS PUT HALEY UP LEFT SIDE. THEY ARE ZONE BEHIND HIM AND MAN FOR MAN ON THE OTHER SIDE. BAKER WAS MAN FOR MAN ON GRIFFIN.AND GETS IT TO HIM. ANDERSON DOES NOT GET THE FIRST DOWN.CRITICAL ER IS THERE DE IT AT THIS LOOKING AND THIRD AND FOURTH ON UPSTAIRS ON THE FAR LEFT, RON EHRART HAS BEEN CALLING PLAYS FOR A NUMBER HE HAS NOT CALLED CH IN NEW ENGLAND. AND ONE, 16 TIMES HE 1O TIMES HE CONVERTED. THIS PLAY IS TOO KEY FOR THE GIANTS TO COME UP TO THE TIMEOU. DAN: THEY RAN THE PLAY WITH THE UNBALANCED LINE DOWN ON HOWARD CROSS ACTUALLY IN A LEJUMBO ELLIOTT ALL TIME TO CONSULT WITH TENS COACH. DAN: IS. FRANK: WHEN YOU HAVE A IT'S NOT A BAD TIME AT THIRD YA ACTION WITH A ROLLOUT.66.HANDLE. HE'S DISPLEASED. AL: O THE 2:35 AND COUNTING DOWN. WHITMORE MAKES THE HAVE TO ROOT PEOPLE O AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT CAN ROOT FOLKS. THAT IS GET AND DIRTY, PUT YOUR FACEMASK DOWN TO THE GROUND AND GET THEM OUT OF TT D WITH KEVIN FAGAN. OF 49ERS JUST TRYING TO GET IT IN THERE. WAYMER AND GRIFFIN RIGHT THERE KEITH DELONG, THE LINEBAC FORCING HIM TO THE OUTSIDE. JEFF HOSTETLER MAY BE PICKING A BAD CHOICE OF RECEIVERS. LOTS OF 49ERS IN THE DAN: I DON THAT PASS. AL: THAT'S THE THIS PARTICULAR TIME OF THE GAME. TWO MINUTE LEFT, YOU'RE TRAILING TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPLETE EVERY PASS. LINE.HAPPY AS THIS DRIVE CONTINUES. OFF AFTER THE LAST PLAY. WE HAVE A THIRD AND FIVE AT N F DOWN AND FIVE.<i> ABC'S WORLD NEWST</i> TO GET TO THE 4O AND DOES FOR THEY'LL BE USING MEGGETT, OUT IN IN RUNNING SITUATIONS. FRANK: AN INJURED THAT'S CHARLE LINE. THEY HAD TO SPRING THIS TO THE OUTSIDE. WHEN YOU GET OUTSIDE ON THAT CLIP, YOU HAVE TO BREAK CONTAIN SOME HOW. WE'LL LOOK AT IT FROM THE REVERSE ANGLE. INGRAM COMES DOWN, PUTS A VERY LEGAL AND GOOD BLOCK ABOVE THE WAIST ON CHARLES HALESPRINGS MEGGETT TO THE OUTSIDE. A GUTSY LITTLE BLOCK BY MARK INGRAM, A GUWEIGHS AL: A PERFECT BLOCK, LEGAL ABOVE THE DAN: NOT OFTEN YOU SE DEFENSIVE ENDS. HALEY ALTHOUGH HE LOOKS SEVERELY SHAKEN. AL: JUST A THIGH BRUISE FOR ANDERSON IS THE REPORT FROM THE BENCH. HALEY COMES OFF, AT LEAST FOR ONE PLAY. 1:41 AND TWO TIMEOUTS FOR THE GIANTS. DAN: THE RULE GUYS ON THAT TYPE OF BLOCK IS THAT IT HAS TO BE ABOVE THE WAIST. AND YOUR HAND HAS TO BE IN FRONT.A TEXTBOOK BLOCK THAT TIME . UNFORTUNATELY FO DEFENSIVE GUY, YOU NEVER SEE ITCLUE WHAT HAPPENED. AL: FIRST AND HOSTETLER THROWS. MEGGETT HAD NO THEY THREW AWAY. AND ALSO NUMBER 29, GRIFFIN. GET AWAY FROM WHERE HALEY WOULD HAVE BEEN. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. GRIFFIN IS PROBABLY THE BEST SINGLE MAN FOR MAN COVERER OF THE 49ERS. HE IS ALL OVER BAKER. AL: IT'S BATTED DOWN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY DENNIS BROWN. HE HAS NOT GOTTEN A NIGHT. THE BACKUP DEFENSIVE TACKLE DOE THE WAY OF PENETRATION, HAS BEE HOPE YOU GET LUCKY.BACK IN NOW. THE ARM UP EARLY, A BIG BLOCK.IM KELLY. CONVERSION. MARK INGRAM TACKLED BY LEWIS AT A FIRST DOWN! DAN: ANOTHER 49ER IS GREG COX. THE 49ER SECONDARY IS AND NOW ANOTHER COX WHO BOY, YOU NEEDED IT, INGRAM CAME THROUGH. COX FIELD, NO TIMEOUT WAS TAKEN. LINE. DAN: YOU SAW DAVE SIGNALING GOING TO USE THEIRS.. AL: INGRAM IS BECOMING AN OUTSTANDING STAR. HE HAS FIVE RECEPTIONS AGAINST THE BEARIN THE FIVE AGAINST THE 49ERS, FIVE IN THE SU WE SIGNALING FOR THNEVER SAW ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER AS . DAN: NOT THAT IT'S AN AWARD. AL: BUT IT'S PRETTY KEY HERE TOO. IF THE 49ERS TOOK IT, THEIR LAS. AND THEY DID IN FACT TAKE IT. 35-YGOAL ATTEMPT. WITH A REMARKABLE RECORD UGHING UP THA. DAN: HERE'S GUY 34 YEARS OLD AND STILL MAKING PEOPLE MISS HE MADE A 49ER MISS IN D AND GOI AL: HANDLEY PUT UP TWO HANDSFUL SAYING CALL IT A 1O. A TIMEOUT.T THEY DO. IF YOU SEND BAHR -- AND THEY DO -- HE'S SAYING IF YOU HAVE A BAD SNAP, WE STILL HAVE AN EXTRA DOWN. 1981, BAHR IS KICKING FOR THE 49ERS. IN 1991, HE'S BEATING THEM AGAIN. <i> TAKE QUESTIONS FROM</i> AL: TO HOSTETLER ON A SNAP. FOR RAY A PIECE OF CAKE, NOTHING TO DAN: ÑiGOOD LOOKING WHEN YOU PLAY DEFENSE IT'S SYMBOLIC HANDSLY WAS CONVERSING WITH LAWRENCE TAYLOR -- DEFENSE LIKE THE NEW GIANTS, YOU ARE IN EVERY GAME. LOSES THE FOOTBALL. DAN: THE NEW YORK GIANTS THEY L TAMPA AND THEY NOSING OUT THE 49ERS IN NEW JERSEY.
