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Tyrone Daily Herald, Tuesday, September 20, IMS Page Five Increase Division Load Over ftuct, Ixpoi To Two Oames Phils Continue Drive As Morgan Clouts Pair By LOGAN HOBSON UP1 Sports It was Joe Morgan's 40th birthday, but he was one who gave his teammates a present Monday night. The Phillies' veteran second baseman collected his second home run and fourth RBI of the game to break a tie In the sixth Inning and give Philadelphia a 7-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The triumph, Philadelphia's fourth straight and llth in 14 games, increased the Phillies' lead over Pittsburgh and Montreal to two games in the National League East. The Expos swept a double-header over St. Louis and the Pirates lost to New York Monday night.

"1 don't think about it," Morgan said of reaching his 40th birthday. "When they asked me how it felt to be 30,1 felt the same way. As long as 1 feel good, that's all that counts." Morgan, who hit a two-run homer in the fourth and also doubled and singled to finish 4-for-S, cracked a 3-2 pitch from losing reliever Lee Smith 4-10, high over the right field wall leading off the eighth for his 16th homer. He won't have to call the Expos or Pirates to tell them happened. "Even If It's a one-game lead (it's now 2), they have to win one more game to tie," Morgan said.

"If we have a two-game lead, they have to win three more Just to win it. If we keep winning, we don't need any help from anyone." Morgan, nagged by a leg injury most of the season, went into the game batting only .203. Me has also had to withstand pressure from Phillies president Bill Giles and a number of fans who feel it Is time for rookie sensation Juan Samuel to take over at second base. But Manager Paul Owens said a talk he had with Morgan in Houston in late July and assured the veteran that he would play an Important role in the Phillies stretch drive. Cubs manager Charlie Fox was impressed with Morgan's performance.

Owens knows Morgan's pennant race experience will help his team. "I thought Joe has been swinging the bat better than anyone on the club the last two weeks," Owens said. "He's showing what he can do." Ron Reed, 8-1, the fourth Philadelphia pitcher, picked up the victory. Al Holland recorded the last two outs for his 22nd save. In other NL games, New York topped Pittsburgh 5-4 In 10 innings, Montreal swept a double-header from St.

Louis 3-0 and 6-3, San Diego downed San Francisco 4-2 and Los Angeles clobbered Houston 92. In the American League, Kansas City swept California 8-4, 7-6; Seattle 9, Toronto Boston 5, New York Baltimore 8, Milwaukee and Minnesota 7, Chicago 5. Metss, Pirates 4 At New York, Hubie Brooks singled with one out in the bottom of the 10th to Score Mookie Wilson from second and lift the Mets. Expos 3-6, Cardinals 0-3 At Montreal, pinch hitter Terry Crowley singled In the winning run in the eighth and Andre Dawson collected three RBI to power the Expos to a sweep. Padres 4, Giants 2 At San Francisco, The Padres scored three 'runs on infield grounders and a fourth on a passed ball en route to victory.

Dodgers 9, Astros 2 At Los Angeles, Pedro Guerrero's solo homer ignited a six-run rally in the sixth inning that enabled the Dodgers to snap a three-game losing steak and put them four games ahead of idle Atlanta in the National League West. 'Magic' Number Reduced to 7 Orioles Rally In 11th To Brewers ByJOElLLUZZl UPI Sports Writer One of their own nestlings won'a game for the Baltimore Orioles Monday night. Rookie John Stefero's two- out single capped a two-run llth inning to rally the Orioles to an 8-7 victory over Milwaukee, eliminating the Brewers from the race in the AL East. The triumph, which cut the Orioles' magic number to 7 for clinching the division, gave Baltimore a V'-j-game lead over Detroit. "I just wanted to hit the ball hard and he (Tom Tellmann) hung a slider," said the rookie catcher, who was born in Sumter, S.C., but grew up in Baltimore.

"Anytime you can do something like this to help the home team it's a great feeling. I was glad 1 could do it in front of the folks and my friends." Stefero, who also had the £ame-winning RBI in Sunday's game against the Brewers, now has five hits in "his 10 major-league at-bats. "I was surprised when I got called on," said Stefero, who was called up from Rochester after the rosters were expanded. "Joe (Oriole manager Altobelli) has confidence in me." After Ted Simmons' two-out RBI single in the top of the llth put the Brewers ahead 76, Cal Ripken reached first on an infield single with one out in the bottom of the inning. After Eddie Murray Hied out to left, Ripken advanced to third on Gary Roenicke's single.

Ken Singleton then tied it 7-7 with a line shot just over the glove' of shortstop Robin Yount. Stefero then came up and lined a'base'hit to right to score Roenicke. The victory went to reliever Tim Stoddard, 4-3. Tellmann, 9-4, took the loss. With the score 6-6, Stoddard hit Yount with a pitch with two outs.

Yount stole second and Cecil Cooper was walked intentionally. Simmons singled home Yount. The Brewers made it 6-6 in the eighth off reliever Sammy Stewart. In other AL games, Kansas City swept California 7-6 and 8-4, Seattle beat Toronto 9-6, Boston topped New York 5-3 and Minnesota defeated Chicago 7-5. In the NL, it was Montreal sweeping a pair from St.

Louis 3-0 and 6-3; New York 5, Pittsburgh Philadelphia 7, Chicago Los Angeles 9, Houston 2, and San Diego 4, San Francisco 2. Royals 7-8, Angels 6-4 At Kansas City, Pat Sheridan's pinch-single scored Willie Wilson from second base to cap a two-run ninth and give the Royals a sweep. Mariners 9, Blue Jays 6 At Toronto, Darnell Coles drilled a two-run single to cap a five-run seventh and Ron Roenicke drove in two runs helping the Mariners. Red Sox 5, Yankees 3 At Boston, Jim Rice smashed a two-run homer and Glenn Hoffman and Dwight Evans added solo shots to lead the Red Sox. Rice drilled his league-leading 37th homer off loser Ron Guidry, 19-9, into the centerfield bleachers.

Twins 7, White Sox 5 At Chicago, Tom Brunansky's two-out, two-run homer in the eighth gave the Twins the victory over the AL West champion White Sox. NMIMM UftfM Bait Phlla 70 .533 Ptsbgh 78 7J 2 Mtl 72 2 St.Louls 7,1 77 .487 CM 67 S3 .447 13 NY 82 88 .413 West L08 Ang 86 64 .573 Alia 81 67 .547 4 Hous 78 71 .523 7 San Dgo 76 74 .507 10 San Frn 71 79 .473 15 Clncl 68 81 .456 Monday's Montreal 3. St. Louis 0, game Montreal 6, St. Louis 3, 2nd game New York 5, Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 7, Chicago 6 Los Angeles 9, Houston 2 san Diego 4, San Francisco 2 Tuesday's Oamm (All EOT) Pittsburgh (McWilllams 14-6) at New York (Lynch 10-9), 1:35 p.m.

Chicago (Trout 9-14) at Philadelphia (K. Gross 4-6), 5 p.m. St. Louis (Forsch 8-11) at Montreal (Gullickson 15-11), 7:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Pastore 8-12) at Atlanta (Nlekro 10-9), 7:40 p.m.

Houston (Ryan 13-8) at Los Angeles (Pena 12-6), 10:35 pirn. San Diego (Show 14-10) at San Francisco (Martin 2-4), 10:35 p.m. American League But Pet. GB Bait 92 56 .622 Detroit 85 64 .570 83 66 .557 9's Toronto 82 69 .543 Mllw 79 71 .527 14 Boston 73 78 .483 20'j Cleve 66 83 .443 26'. Weit x-Chi 89 61 .593 Kan City 73 76 .490 15', Texas 71 79 .473 18 Oaklnd 69 82 .457 20'.

Calif 65 85 .433 24 Minn 65 85 .433 24 Seattle 56 93 .376 32'. x-cllnched division title Monday's Resulti Kansas City 8, California 4. 1st game Kansas City 7. California 6, 2nd game Seattle 9, Toronto 6 Boston 5, New York 3 ew York 3 Baltimore 8, Milwaukee 7 Minnesota 7, Chicago 5 Tuesday's Games (All Times EOT) Baltimore (D. Martinez 7-14 and Swaggerty 1-0) at Detroit (Abbott 7-4 and Berenguer 8-4), 2, 5:30 p.m.

Seattle (Moore 5-7) at Toronto (Stleb 15-12). 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee (Caldwell 11-11) at Cleveland (Sutclifte 16-10), 7:35 P.m. New at Boston (Hurst 12-10), 7:35 p.m.: Minnesota (Williams 10-13) at Chicago (Hoyt 21-10), 8:.30 p.m. California (John 10-12) at Kansas City (Spllttorff 11-7), 8:35 p.m.

Oakland (McCatty 6-8) at Texas (Hough 14-12), 8:35 p.m. OHIO MCHU Raider Defense Smothers Miami In 27-14 Victory ByRICHTOSCHES UPI Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (UPI) NFL teams use multi-million- dollar computers to probe and analyze opponents' weaknesses. Coaches watch films until their bloodshot eyes look like road maps. David Woodley could have saved them a lot of trouble. Tyrone Jaywees Drop P-O.

20-6 Tyrone High's Jayvee footballers racked up their first win of the season last night on the road, smothering Philipsburg-Osceola with superb defense to carve out a 20-6 victory at Memorial Field. The Baby Eagles, now 1-1, corralled no less than five turnovers with fumble recoveries by Mahlon Osterhout (2), Dallas Heaton, Ron Ayers and Murray Fetzer and didn't surrender the hosts' only TD until 1:46 remained in the game In shutting down the Little Mounties. And Kerry Cowher, Brian Snyder "and Chip Lehman each registered a quarterback sack to bolster the defensive effort. Tyrone nursed a shaky 6-0 lead at halftlme when Mike Woodring scored from four yards out to cap a 70-yard first quarter drive. Fetzer's fumble recovery 'set up TD no, 2 in the third quarter.

Wopdrlng banged in again from the two to cap this march, after Fetzer connected on a 20-yard pass to Tim Golden to spark the surge, Fetzer booked up again with Kevin Soellner for 9 45-yard completion to set up the final score for the Baby Eagles. Criag Hammond got this one on a 2-yard run and Jonas Johnson rushed for the only successful PAT of the game. "The Raiders have a great defense," the Miami quarterback said. "You can't run against them and you can't pass against them. That doesn't leave too much else." Sure it does.

There's always the kicking game. Dolphins got in position for one field goal attempt when it mattered. And Uwe von Schamann shanked it. And that was that. Tackle Greg Townsend recovered a fumble and rambled 66 yards for a touchdown, climaxing a brilliant Los Angeles defensive performance that powered the NFL Standings American Conference East Pet.

Miami Buffalo NY Jets Bait New Eng Ptsbgh Cleve Cinci Hous LA Raider Denver Seattle San Dgo Kan City 2 2 1 1 1 Central 2 2 0 0 West 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 '2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 .667 .667 .333 .333 .333 .667 .667 .000 .000 1.000 .667 .332 National Conference Dallas Wash Phlla NY Qlanta St.Louis Green Bay Minn Chi Detroit Tampa Bay Sag Frn Alls New Or) LA Rams East 1 3 2 2 I 2 1 1 0 West 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Pet 1.00 .66 .66 .33 ..00 .66 .33 .33 .00.66 .66 .66 .66 Raiders to a 27-14 victory over the Dolphins in Monday night's nationally televised game. "They kicked us around all night," said Miami coach Don Shula. "That's about as thoroughly as you can get beat. They did whatever they wanted to do. It was pretty much like that all night." The starting Raider defensive unit didn't allow a point as Miami scored twice in the final 2:29 against a collection of second-and third- string defenders, averting their first shutout since last Dec.

12 against New England in the famous snow plow incident in which a tractor cleared a path for kicker John Smith as the Patriots won 3-0. The victory was the 20th for the Raiders in Monday night games against two losses and one tie, by far the best Monday night record in the NFL. Los Angeles is now 3-0 and Joined the Dallas Cowboys as the only undefeated team this season. Miami, which ranks second with 15 Monday night victories, fell to 2-1 on the season. Los Angeles put the game away with 1:12 remaining in the third period, boosting its lead to 20-0 on Townsend's touchdown.

Woodley was crushed by linebacker Rod Martin and coughed up the ball. Townsend, a 240-pound rookie from Texas Christian, scooped up the ball along the right sideline and followed a wall of blockjrg down the middle of the Held, Martin got up after Jarring the ball loose from Woodley and made the final key block on Townsend's run, clearing the way for the big tackle who ran the ball into the endzone for a 66-yard TD I could see was the goal post in (root of me," Town- was TROPHY WINNERS at the 27th annual Tyrone Sportsmen's "Field Days" event over the weekendI show-off their prizes. Seated (1 to r): Mike Clark, Junior Division winner with a 152 score; Joe Cupp, Intermediate Clasf ner a total; and Ray Golden Senior Division (19 years and older) winner with an.aggregate JSJ'S over runnerup Russ Walk and four points better than 3rd-place Jerry Shearer. Standing 1 t. rAflunn rch clas winner; Scott Sipple, .22 rifle competition winner; Dan Lykens, Hi-Power rifle winner; 0 winner ana Clint Abrams, Veterans Trophy winner.

The Tyrone Gold (Ray Golden Russ Walk, SollenbergeWaynes Lykensi and Dick Golden) won the team trophy competition; Jim and Joe Cupp the trophy; Linda Weaver the.Ladles Division trophy; and Ken Hostler the special trap-shooting trophy for 24 consecutive birds. The host Tyrone Sportsmen club was run in the 5-man team competition. light Of Top 20 Beaten Explosive Nebraska Steady, But UPl's Ratings Shuffle ByDAVERAFFO UP1 Sports Writer NEW YORK (UP1) In a week in which eight of the Top 20 teams were either beaten or tied, the survivors prospered in the UPI college football poll announced today. Nebraska, which continued to roll with an 84-13 whipping of Minnesota, retained its top spot in balloting by the UPI Board of Coaches, but the ratings were thoroughly shuffled below. No.

2 Texas and No. 3 Ohio State both scored impressive victories over highly-rated opponents to move up and North Carolina jumped four places into fourth after its third straight win. 1 the next four teams No. 5 Alabama, No. 6 Iowa, No.

7 Washington and No. 8 West Virginia all ascended at least six places after victories. No. 9 Pittsburgh moved up four places while idle, while Oklahoma tumbled from second to 10th after losing to Ohio State. Rounding out the Top 20 are No.

11 Georgia, No. 12 Southern Methodist, No. 13 Florida, No. 14 Auburn, No. 15 Boston College, No.

16 Notre Dame, No. 17 Michigan, No. 18 Arkansas arid Arizona State and Michigan State tied for 19th. Nebraska received 39 of 40 first-place votes for 598 points, while the Longhorns were a distant second with 544. Ohio State received the other fir- stplace vote and 523 points.

Nebraska's high-powered offense featuring quarterback Turner Gill, I-back Mike Rozier and wingback Irving Fryar has brought the Corn- huskers three blowout vie- SPOmSURD -TUESDAY- (Sth-Grade Football) Tyrone at Roosevelt, 3:30 p.m. -THURSDAY(Jr. High Football) Tyrone at B.E.A.,4 p.m. Keith at Bellwood-Antls, 4 p.m. -FRIDAY(Varsity Games) Bellefonte at Tyrone Willlamsburg at Bellwood-Antls Altoona at DuBois Central at Bishop Guilfoyle Youngstown (Ohio) at Hollldaysburg Cambria Hts.

at Curwensville Tussey at Everett Northern Cambria at Portage Huntingdon at B.E.A. at Chief Logan State College at Lock Haven Penn Cambria at Bishop Carroll Wlndber at Bedford Chestnut Ridge at Mo Valley Indiana at Clearfleld Conemaugh Twp. at Central Cambria J-town at East Allegheny Vo-Tech at Bishop McCort Ligonier Valley at North Star Lewistown at Mount Union B.E.N. at Jersey Shore Penns Valley at Newport -SATURDAY(Varsity Games) West Branch at Claysburg (8 p.m.) Southern H-don at Junlata Valley, 1:30 p.m. Glendale at'Northern Bedford, 8 Forest Hills at Westmont Conemaugh Valley at Blacklick BlairsvllleatSaltsburg Laurel Valley at Ferndale Somerset at Rtchland Youth Football Leagues (Tyrone) Wolfpack vs Cougars, p.m.

Falcons Rams Eagles vs Lions (Bellwood-Antls) SouthsldevsNorthslde East Antlsvs West Antis send I picked up the ball, there was nothing but black Jerseys around and i knew i was going all the way Martin, said he wasn't satisfied merely stripping Woodley of the ball. "After I knocked It out of bis hands, i saw Townsend pick up," Martin said. "I decided was going to get my butt downfield and throw a Los Angeles coach Tom Flows be couldn't explain bis team's remarkable Monday night record oi our games night," be Three Teams Remain Unbeaten In Tyrone YFL Three of the six teams in the Tyrone Youth Football League maintained unbeaten records over the weekend as the Eagles, Lions and Wolf- pack rolled to victories in week No. 4. The Wolfpack climbed to 3-0-1 atop the East Division with 28-0 shelling of the winless Falcons while the West Division leading Lions, also 3-0-1, ripped the Cougars 34-16 and their West challenger, the Eagles (2-0-2), clawed the Rams 35-0.

In the evening's opener the Eagles soared behind two long TD jolts by Joe Steinbugl a 50-yard run from scrimmage and a 60-yard punt return, a 30-yard interception return by Tim Williams, a 2-yard TD blast by J.R. Riggleman and John Supina's 4-yard TD run. That game also was marked by a rare kicking feat as three different Eagles players Supina, Steinbugl and Todd Mertiff all booted successful PAT's. Riggleman also added a 2-pointer on a run to round out the scoring. Rick Day punched in four touchdowns and Beau Klein added one to power the Lions to their 34-16 triumph.

Day romped 60,46 and 78 yards for scores and was on the receiving end of a 12-yard TD pass play from Ron Garber, while Klein scored on a one- yard run early In the game. Day and Klein also added 2- potnt PAT runs to account for the other points. Chad Brooks scored on a one-yard run and a 13-yard pass from Jim Cannistraci and Tony Owens ran for a 2- polnt PAT for the Cougars. The Wolfpack got TDs from (our different players to dump the Falcons. Chad Sprankle tallied one on a 2-yard smash and also rushed for a PAT conversion, Scott Rizzo scored on 28-yard run, Shawn Snyder on a one-yard run and Scott Hoover on a 43-yarder, while Jason Barr added another 2-point conversion for their points.

IAST 3- 2-2; Bams, 0-4. DIVISION Lions, H-2; 0-4. Girls Basketball (Jr. High), Juniata Valley at Tyrone, 4 p.m. (Jayvee Varsity) at Tyrone, 6:30 p.m.

Bellwood-Antis at South. H-don, -THURSDAY- Cross-Country Bellefonte at Tyrone, 4 p.m. Girls Basketball (Jr. High) Tyrone at Huntingdon, 4 p.m. (Jayvee Varsity) Tyrone at Huntingdon, 6:30 p.m.

Junlata Valley at Bellwood-Antis. 6:30 p.m. -SATURDAY- Glrls Basketball (Jayvee Varsity) Mo Valley at Tyrone, 6:30 p.m. lories. Among rebounding powers, Oklahoma hosts Tulsa, Georgia hosts South Carolina, Auburn visits Tennessee, Notre Dame travels to Miami of Florida, Michigan visits Wisconsin and Arizona State hosts Wichita State.

Georgia dropped four spots Tyrone Runners Win Triangular Tyrone High's cross- country team recorded its first victories of the season yesterday afternoon with a sweep of Philipsburg-Osceola, 24-32, and Bellwood-Antis, 2437, in a triangular meet at home. Both guest teams placed runners in the top two positions as B-A's Mike Burns checked in at 17:45 and P-0's Doug Smith at 17:58, but Sam Hayes' 3rd-place and 6th through 9th-place finishes by teammates Lee Hayes Dan Wagner (19(14), Dan Wagner and Chris Scordo (19:26) swung the decision. P-0 salvaged a split by beating B-A, 23-38. The only Blue Devil besides the meet's winner, Burns, to finish in the top 20 was Ray Cook, 19th at 20:43. after tying Clemson last week while Arizona State held its ground after a' tie against PaclO rival UCLA.

Copyright 1983 by UPI NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 1983 college football ratings, with first-place votes in parentheses (total points based on 15 points (or first place, 14 for second, 1. Nebraska (39) (3-0) 598 2. Texas (1-0) 544 3 Ohio State (1) (2-0) 523 A. North Carolina (3-0) 404 5. Alabama (2-0) 399 6.

Iowa (2-0) 357 7. Washington (2-0) 349 8. West Virginia (3-0) 249 9. Pittsburgh (2-0) 194 10. Oklahoma (1-1) '76 11.

Georgia (1-0-1) "2 12 Southern Mthdst(2-0) 138 13. Florida (2-0-1) 128 14. Auburn (1-1) 119 15. Boston College (3-0) 85 16. Notre Dame (1-1) 69 17.

Michigan (1-1) 65 18. Arkansas (2-0) 35 Arizona Sttll-0-1) 33 (tie) Michigan State (2-0) 33 Note: By agreement with the American Football Coaches Association, teams on probation by the NCAA are ineligible (or the Top 20 and national championship consideration by the UPI Board of Coaches. The teams currently on probation are Clemson, Southern California, Arizona, Wichita State and Southern Mississippi. Closing In On O.J.'s No. 2 Spot: Franco Off to Best Start In Seven Years ByPOHLASMITH UPI Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (UPI) Why is Pittsburgh Steelers' running back Franco Harris off to such an uncharacteristically fast start? "Happenstance," Coach Chuck Noll said Monday.

Noll wasn't trying to be funny; nor was he belittling the accomplishments of the 33- year-old running back, who has rushed for 260 yards in three games this season his best start since he gained 264 in the first three games of 1976. Tigers' Treesa, State College Head Eastern Golf Qualifier Hollidaysburg's Mark Treese finished No. 1 in a field of 20 qualifiers and State College's Little Lions copped team honors at the 1983 Eastern Section qualifier for the District 6 Golf Championships yesterday at the State College Elks CC. None of Tyrone Area High's four entries Charlie O'Rourke (52-56-108), Dave Keller (62-60-122), Shane Hanna (65-58-123) and Brad Laird (63-62-125) made the cut for the Pist. 6 Tourney, scheduled Oct 3 at Sinking Valley CC.

Treese and Little Lion teammates Larry Walker and Mike Thomas matched 76s for the day's low among some 44 entries, but Treese earned top honors in a sudden-death playoff. State College posted team low score (233), followed by Hollldaysburg (249) and Osc. (252), who qualified four girls for the Dist. 6 Championships. "We're trying to run the football right now, and that's a big part of it," Noll said, while reviewing the Steelers' 40-28 victory over the Houston Oilers Sunday.

"He's going to get the ball quite a bit the way we're playing now. But if we get behind, he won't get the ball as much." The Steelers had 276 net yards rushing against the Oilers, and Harris accounted for 115 yards of them. His 260 yards this season leaves the 12-year veteran Just 33 yards behind O.J. Simpson, who is the NFL's second all-time rushing leader with 11,236 yards. Noll also explained -why he thinks Harris doesn't seem to be affected by growing older.

"You guys over-estimate the effects of age," Noll said. "I don't think it stops people. Your attitude towards age does that first. You get tired of doing things. "And, besides, Franco has been relatively Injury-free over his career and injuries are things that help to slow you down." Noll said he was pleased Meeting Notices The Tyrone Area Basketball Boosters Club will meet Sept.

21, at 7 p.m. in room 100 at Tyrone Area High School. The Tyrone YMCA will hold a reorganization meeting for Us Fall-Winter Co-Ed Volleyball League on Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. at the YMCA.

The reorganization meeting for the Tyrone Little League will be held tonight (Tues.) at 7 p.m. in room 108 at the Tyrone Area High School. with the Steelers performance against Houston. They rolled up 458 yards net offense and held Houston to 311 yards, including just 57 rushing. "It was a very physical football team (Houston)," Noll said.

"We expected it to be that way. Our people held their own. Our ability to put pressure on the passer helped considerably." Noll praised the play of defensive linemen Keith Willis, Keith Gary and Gabe Rivera for their defense against the pass. Other players complimented by Noll were quarterback Cliff Stoudt, for his "performance handling the running game," kicker Gary Anderson, who converted four field goals; the running and pass-catching of second-year running back Walter Abercrombie, and the play of center Mike Webster. Abercrombie had two big plays.

He caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from Stoudt and also ran 50 yards for another score. "A day like that should help his confidence quite a bit," Noll said. The Steelers had three turnovers all in the fourth quarter, when the team had started making numerous substitutions, and Noll said they may have resulted from overconfidence. "An attitude kind of permeates a team sometimes when you make wholesale substitutions (hat the game is over," he said. Noll said the team suffered numerous "bumps and bruises" in the game, but only one serious injury.

Rookie defensive back Eric Williams suffered a sprained ankle on the opening klckoff, and Noll said the initial prognosis is Williams will be sidelined six to eight weeks..