TWIPF NFL 1977 Week 05

[Applause] good afternoon everyone and welcome to Metropolitan Stadium the airplane [Music] man together can't lose [Applause] [Music] last week in Los Angeles a new generation of athletes took over on offense Joe Namath was among the spectators as quarterback Pat Haden and number 26 looki runner Wendell Tyler accounted for the Rams first score against the New Orleans Saints and nine tries the Saints had never won a game in the Coliseum but this Archie Manning touchdown pass to Henry child's tied the score in the third period and had Los Angeles fans wondering if their talent Laden team would ever find the right combination on offense then just one big play made the difference for the Rams as Pat Haden hit tight end Terry Nelson with a short pass over the middle Terry Nelson's superb effort set up the touchdown which allowed the struggling Rams to squeak by the stubborn Saints 14 to 7 and if you think the Rams have quarterback problems consider expansion coaches Jack Patera and John McKay both of whom have tried every one available at the all-important quarterback position last week McKay's quarterback was former bear Gary Huff and he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to their first two offensive touchdowns of the season including this bomb to Morris Owens but the Bucks also turned the ball over six times and that gave the Seattle Seahawks a chance to find out about their latest quarterback who seemed to get all his signals straight for the first time last week in fact number 16 Steve Meyer put on quite a remarkable show especially considering it was only his third start in the NFL [Music] Steve Meyer had 20 of 30 passes including four touchdowns two of them to number 80 Steve Largent another Seahawks scorer resulted when Myers scrambled left and a la Fran Tarkenton found a running back named Sherman Smith who did the rest [Music] the Seahawks won their first of the season and their third overall while Tampa Bay still awaits the first taste of victory meanwhile in Oakland the Raiders were hungry for a different kind of history an 18th consecutive victory would place them in the NFL record book alongside the Chicago Bears and the Miami Dolphins but this early touchdown by Dave Kasper was to be their only score of the day first the Raiders top ranked rushing offense was shut down by the top-ranked rushing defense of the Denver Broncos and then all-everything quarterback Ken Stabler was harried into his worst day ever including three sacks and seven interceptions [Music] [Applause] Denver quarterback Craig Morton took advantage of Oakland's turnovers in a variety of ways in fact the Broncos scored four touchdowns and each was accomplished in a different manner first number 88 tight end Riley Odom's tied to score with an endzone reception which was soon followed by a beautifully blocked end sweep for a touchdown by running back Lonnie Perrin number 35 [Music] another touchdown came by way of an interception return but the most ingenious scoring play of the day belong to face kicker Jim Turner and his holder Norris Wiese number 14 [Music] Jim Turner explained the first touchdown of his 14-year career by saying I ran out of fear obviously speed wasn't involved whatever the reasons the Raiders victory string had been snapped at 17 while the Broncos continued their own longest winning streak which now stands at 7 and would you believe these same two teams meet again next week in Denver just try and get a ticket for that one no one could really blame the Buffalo Bills for wanting to beat their heads on something after all before last Sunday buffalo had yet to win a single game for head coach Jim Ringo having dropped 14 straight against the red-hot Atlanta Falcons however the tide turned and the man who turned it was the Jews Oh Jay Simpsons sled through Atlanta for 138 yards to surpass the 10 thousand yard career rushing mark and was something Atlanta's new head coach Lehman Bennett would just as soon not have seemed but while his falcons held the bills to a mere three points in the end it was enough to let the Bills enjoy a 3 to nothing victory the worst catastrophe since the Buffalo snow of this past winter was finally over with last season storms behind the Miami Dolphins fans are enjoying 1977 more and more while opponents like the New York Jets are enjoying playing the Dolphins much less against New York last week Miami's defense was tough when it had to be while their offense led by quarterback Bob Griese was precise when it had to be [Music] twice Gracie scoring passes found their mark and these true the differences Miami held off a stubborn and improved jet team 21 to 17 [Music] in San Diego the Chargers are a team that lives by the big ploy and it was this all-or-nothing style they hoped would speed them past the New England Patriots last week [Music] their plan however like this Don woods effort came up short throughout the afternoon both San Diego and New England found long-range strikes to be so close yet so far away [Music] in a big play shortage New England became the favorite since it also possessed the bruising ball control offense three short touchdowns the longest being this Ike Quartey seven yarder enabled the Patriots to slip past the Chargers 24 to 20 keeping their hopes for catching the high-flying Baltimore Colts alive [Music] Baltimore took their glimmering unbeaten mark to Kansas City last Sunday in a tune-up game for this week's AFC Eastern Division showdown with the Patriots their leader is number seven quarterback Burke Jones last year's NFL player of the year number seven is a blueprint of the perfect quarterback owning all the physical as well as mental attributes needed for greatness but what helps Jones shine is a polished offensive supporting cast diverse in its methods of fire using the big ploy as the exception rather than the rule Jones kept close to the vest using runners Ron Lee Don McCauley and Lydell Mitchell depict the Chiefs apart and move virtually at will yet for all their movement down near the goal line Baltimore found further progress difficult indeed Baltimore failed to score here and would manage only two others short touchdowns on the afternoon it was a bewildering experience for this team which is used to racking up many points each afternoon yet today Jones and company were safe for 17 points would be plenty as Kansas City was stonewalled by the sack pack an improved version of the Colts defense which has helped Baltimore into the playoffs during consecutive years [Music] cult strong men like John Dutton number 78 made life miserable for cheap runners and quarterbacks alike turning kansas city's offense into a state of confusion the men in red were held to a single touchdown despite several other opportunities to make a game of it as the Colts knock Kansas City back to their fifth straight defeat but it was over Baltimore had shown it just may be the coming monster of the NFL [Music] it has not been a joyful season for the taped and hurting but courageous Jim Hart and the st. Louis Cardinals who lost three of their first four games even coach Don Coryell's bright smile seems somewhat tempered in Philadelphia last week in the first quarter the Philly defense was more destructive and powerful than a speeding locomotive [Music] but the Cardinal offense has two states of being about to explode and exploding art to number 84 I Karras gave st. Louis the lead for good [Music] then number 21 Terry Metcalf added some comforting insurance on a 10-yard easy glider [Music] the Eagles trailed 21 to three with five and a half minutes left in the game when number seven Ron Jaworski cranked up a face-saving Riley [Music] a pass to number 32 herb lost made the score 21 to 10 but even the praying halfback couldn't intercede with the relentless sweeping of the second hand [Music] a last-ditch pass from Jaworski to number 17 Harold Carmichael made the final score 21 to 17 but the Eagles rally was a quarter late and a touchdown short [Music] meanwhile in the Meadowlands the Giants were not up against a bunch of pasture patsies because the 49ers had come east to lay on some hurt while their defense isn't bad the Niners offense is neither Footloose nor fancy the Giants rolled 220 points six of them on this Joe Pass are checked pass to tight end Gary shirk [Music] the lead hell despite a furious last quarter rally by Jim Plunkett and his sometimes leaden sometimes golden throwing arm Kenny Harrison's catch set up one touchdown and plunk it on a beautifully fake play-action pass nailed Jean Washington for the last score of the game the 20 to 17 final of San Francisco at Owen five one of only three winless teams in the NFL while the 49ers are winless the Cowboys don't know what the word could possibly mean last week they disposed of Washington's Billy Kilmer with 8 sacks and a physical disability pension with Kilmer out due to injury number 7 Joe Theismann took over the fourth-year Notre Dame grad who has seen little action behind the practically indestructible Kilmer was up to the Doomsday pressure on only a few occasions such as this tally in the alley to number 38 Clarence Harmon a rare rookie [Music] [Music] but the Dallas offense was the showstopper last week is Robert Newhouse bullied and battered for one score [Music] then Drew Pearson turned the war bonnets into feather dusters as he dusted off number 45 Gerrard Williams and blazed 59 yards to cap a 34 to 16 Dallas victory dance now the big question in the NFC seems to be what color shirts will the Cowboys be wearing in Super Bowl 12 Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington Minnesota for the second time in as many weeks the Minnesota Vikings played host to a battle for first place in the NFC Central Division the latest challengers Walter Payton and the Chicago Bears Walter Payton leads the NFL in rushing because he performs well regardless of the caliber of Chicago's opponent against the veteran Vikings Peyton eclipsed the hundred yard rushing mark for the fourth time this season setting up to Chicago touchdowns in the process [Music] Chicago's to scores came on short rollout passes one to bowl rather and this one to tight end Greg Lana how about that Viking fans but Viking fans had no reason to despair for Chuck Foreman outgained Walter Payton rolling up 150 yards and a touchdown as the Vikings matched Chicago point for point sending the game into overtime and setting up a Fred Cox field goal attempt but a funny thing happened on the way to Fred Cox's game-winning field goal [Music] older Paul Krauss to number 83 stu vause a surprise six pointer as Minnesota rallied for a 22 to 16 overtime win why on earth conservative old bud grant ordered a fake field goal as anybody's guess whatever his reasons the bear sure weren't expecting for the Chicago Bears it was a real bummer being a Bombers down in the Astrodome the Houston Oilers declared themselves number one in the AFC Central Division then sent John Havel out in place of the injured Dan Pastorini to prove it fortunately for Houston Dan Pastorini absence didn't stop Oilers special teams from leaving their own special brand of magic number 84 is Billy Johnson adding another chapter to a story that's becoming all too familiar to Houston oiler opponents 87 yards of pure broken-field wizardry ain't nobody in football who does it as often or as well gather round boys and learn the white shoes shuffle unfortunately for Houston Johnson's magic couldn't make Dan Pastorini heel any faster and John Hagel just didn't seem to be the answer [Music] [Applause] [Music] Clarence Scott carried it back 49 yards wiping out Billy Johnson's splendid effort and giving Cleveland the lead sensing trouble bummed Phillips sent out Dan Pastorini to stem the time but a late hit leveled Pastorini for the duration while number 27 Tom Darden added insult to injury [Music] reenter John Hagel this time disguise is a mild-mannered placement holder but once in the open field he powered goal word like a mild-mannered placement holder gentlemen John earned high praise for his death-defying scramble he really hadn't intended on running however his lumbering effort kept Houston in the game [Music] but Brian Sipe and the Browns have grown up a bit this season this is a dogged persistent Cleveland Brown team a team that earned league wide respect for its solid showing in the season's first four weeks the lead changed hands often but despite the absence of Greg Pruitt the Browns didn't allow the strong oiler defense to put them away played in period four they drove 54 yards to the oiler 13th consuming the clock as they went then needing a field goal to win the brown sent out Don Cochran they don't make kickers anymore dependable for the second time this season Don Cockroft ended the game with a placement as Cleveland outlasted the Oilers 24 to 23 if Cockroft had miss Cleveland would have fallen two games behind the division leading Oilers but he didn't pass through stuff winners are made ohh [Music] you

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