Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 60, Greencastle, Putnam County, 14 November 1983 — Page 7

Chargers were ready to hold comeback Cowboys

By BEN WALKER AP Sports Writer The Dallas Cowboys have spent all season falling behind and then rallying to win. And on Sunday, the Cowboys seemed to have the San Diego Chargers right where they wanted them; Dallas trailing 24-6 early in the third quarter. “We reminded ourseives that they are a great comeback team,” Chargers Coach Don Coryell said. “The game was not over.” Once again, the Cowboys came on strong at the end, but the of-ten-maligned San Diego defense managed to hold on for a surprising 24-23 National Football League victory. “They came out to play and we were ripe for the picking,” said Dallas running back Tony Dorsett, held to 58 yards in 17 carries. In other games, Houston downed Detroit 27-17, Kansas City tripped Cincinnati 20-15, Chicago shaded Philadelphia 20-17, Green Bay beat Minnesota 29-21, St. Louis outscored Seattle 3328, Cleveland blanked Tampa Bay 20-0, New England bounced Miami 17-6, Buffalo got past the New York Jets 24-17, Pittsburgh defeated Baltimore 24-13, San Francisco shelled New Orleans 27-6, the Los Angeles Raiders slipped by Denver 22-20 and Washington beat the New York Giants 33-17. The Los Angeles Rams play the Falcons tonight in Atlanta. The Cowboys entered the game as the only 9-1 team in the NFL while San Diego, with its offense still wobbling since the loss of quarterback Dan Fouts a month ago, was 3-7 after four straight losses. “It was a lousy, stinking, rotten game,” said said Dallas quarterback Danny White, whose team is now tied with Washington for the NFC East lead. Redskins 33, Giants 17 John Riggins and Washington continued to roll while New York endured another dismal day at home. Riggins scored on a pair of 2-yard runs, and now has rushed for a touchdown in 11 straight regular season games, tying the NFL mark set by Lenny Moore in 1963-64. The Giants, 2-8-1, are winless in their last seven games. Oilers 27, Lions 17 Houston finally won a game as quarterback Oliver Luck, making the first start of his career, threw two touchdown

Rams, Falcons both need win

CHICAGO (AP) - The play looked like a sack and a fumble. And when the referee said otherwise, according to Philadelphia Eagles Coach Marion Campbell, “it got our players in a frenzy.” But it wasn’t enough to keep the Chicago Bears from posting a 17-14 victory Sunday on Bob Thomas’ tie-breaking 22-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. All the fuss Sunday was packed into the final minute of the first half, just before Chicago scored a touchdown with 10 seconds left to take a 147 lead. Quarterback Jim McMahon appeared to have been sacked and forced into a fumble with 1:07 to play. But the officials ruled it an incomplete pass, and the Eagles went into their “frenzy.” The Bears then took thenfinal time out and Walter Payton was stopped cold on a run. Suddenly the ball was sent spinning downfield and the of-

One play turned tide for Bears

ATLANTA (AP) - Los Angeles fights for a share of the division lead and Atlanta fights for survival when the two National Conference West rivals meet tonight on national television. The Rams, 6-4, need a victory to retain a share of the division lead with the San Francisco 49ers, who defeated New Orleans 27-0 Sunday to drop the Saints one game off the pace in the torrid West race. Atlanta carries a 4-6 record into the game and will remain in the division cellar, but could close to within one game of the

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ficials called a delay of game penalty that stopped the clock. Then Dennis Harrison, who had three sacks and recovered a fumbled, was flagged with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Harrison blew up when the officials called him for the delay of game penalty for spiking the ball. “It wasn’t me,” said Harrison. “I was on the other side of the field and I hollered at the officials. I shouldn’t have. Whatever they do, I shouldn’t lose my composure. I don’t think one play should determine a win or a loss but that was significant.” Bear Coach Mike Ditka admitted the sequence of events confused even him. “I didn’t know what the call was, but I appreciate it,” Ditka said. The delay of game penalty for the Bears was important because it gave the Bears a chance to regroup. The ensuing 15-yards for unsportsmanlike

Rams and Saints and stay two games behind the 49ers with a victory. Despite the records, Atlanta is a IV2-point favorite in the Monday Night Football telecast (ABC), set for a 9 p.m. EST kickoff in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The Falcons were assured of a sellout of just over 60,000 when a local television station gobbled up some 1,000 unsold tickets Friday so a local blackout would not be in effect. The Falcons have lost all four of their games within the division this season, including a 27-21 setback at the hands of the

passes. The triumph snapped a 17-game losing streak that dated back to September 1982. The Oilers had lost their first 10 games this season. Packers 29, Vikings 21 Lynn Dickey threw two touchdown passes as the Packers tied Minnesota for the NFC Central lead. The visiting Packers, 6-5, recorded their first safety in seven seasons when reserve defensive end Greg Boyd sacked Minnesota quarterback Steve Dils in the end zone for a 19-0 halftime lead. Minnesota running back Darrin Nelson accounted for 278 total yards, 119 of them rushing, to break the Vikings’ team record of 265 set by Chuck Foreman in 1976. Quarterback Steve Grogan sparked New England over Miami and rookie Dan Marino, who began the game as the NFL’s topranked passer. Grogan sneaked in for a 1-yard touchdown and set up the host Patriots’ other TD with a 44-yard pass to Stanley Morgan. Marino completed just 14 of 37 passes for 141 yards. The Dolphins, 7-4, are tied with Buffalo for the AFC East lead. Raiders 22, Broncos 20 In Los Angeles, a nervous but steady Chris Bahr kicked a 39yard field goal with four seconds remaining to give the Raiders a wild victory. The Broncos had taken a 20-19 lead on a 4-yard touchdown run by quarterback John Elway with 58 seconds left to play. But the AFC West-leading Raiders, 8-3, drove 48 yards in five plays before Bahr’s kick. Elway completed 11 of 31 passes for 190 yards as Denver slipped to 6-5. Steelers 24, Colts 13 Cliff Stoudt threw two touchdown passes as the Steelers stayed atop the AFC Central. Stoudt threw short TD passes to Calvin Sweeney and Bennie Cunningham as Pittsburgh, 9-2, won its seventh straight game. The Colts are 6-5. Bills 24, Jets 17 Joe Cribbs, making up for several dropped passes, caught a 33-yard touchdown toss from Joe Ferguson with 22 seconds left for visiting Buffalo. Ferguson left the game in third quarter with an injured elbow,

conduct penalty didn’t hurt either. Later, it was later determined that Greg Brown did the spiking, but Brown wanted to avoid the controversy. “Leave me out of it,” he said. “One of the officials threw it to another.” Payton, who led all rushers with 131 yards in 23 carries for the 105th 100-yard game of his career, recounted what was happening on the Bears side of the line of scrimmage. “Noah (Jackson) told the official ‘They can’t do that,’ and the official said ‘You’re right’ and called the penalty,” Payton said. And that bothered Eagle safety Wes Hopkins. “They told me that No. 65 (Jackson) told the official that Harrison spiked the ball,” said Hopkins. “I think the referee would have more guts than that. It’s like he talked tne referee into it.”

Rams four weeks ago that built Los Angeles’ commanding advantage in the series to 25-6-2. Coach John Robinson of the Rams reviewed the films of the initial contest last week and said that “looking at the first quarter again makes you want to vomit.” The Rams were dominated in the first period before claiming the victory. Five of Atlanta’s losses this season have been by a total of 19 points, but the Falcons were trounced last week by the Saints 27-10, blowing a 10-0 lead.

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but guided the Bills 75 yards in five plays in the game’s final minute. The Bills, 7-4, overcame 15 penalties. The Jets fell to 4-7. 49ers 27, Saints 0 Defensive end Fred Dean sacked New Orleans quarterback Dave Wilson sue times in leading a spirited San Francisco defense. The 49ers recorded nine sacks and held the visiting Saints to 100 total yards. Joe Montana threw three TD passes Chiefs 20, Bengals 15 Bill Kenney passed for one touchdown and ran for another and Nick Lowrey kicked two field goals as Kansas City led all the way. The Chiefs’ defense sacked Bengals quarterback Ken An-

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derson seven times in Kansas City. Kansas City is 5-6. The Bengals slipped to 4-7. Cardinals 33, Seahawks 28 In St. Louis, Neil Lomax fired four touchdown passes to Roy Green as the Cardinals won a shootout. Lomax completed 21 of 27 passes for 253 yards and Ottis Anderson ran for 130 yards. Neil O’Donoghue’s 33-yard field goal with 7:50 left broke a 28-28 tie. Seahawks quarterback Dave Krieg threw three touchdown passes to Steve Largent and Zachary Dixon returned a kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown, the first score on a kickoff in Seattle’s history. Browns 20, Buccaneers 0 Cleveland recorded its first shutout since 1974 and Mike Pruitt ran for two short touchdowns at home.