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MONDAY, December 17, 19M, Lonsvi Morning Journal Packers ramble by Vikings, 38-14 Packers 38, Viking 14 Green Bey 21 7 Marmots 7 7-M Fuel Pwiod GB-Epps 21 pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick), 5 17 GB-FG Del Greco 30 1131 GB-lvery 5 run 0el Greco kick). 6 27 GB-West 2 pass from Dickey (Del Greco kick). 9 23 GB-Dickey 1 run (Del Greco kick). 14 08 Thifd Period Mm-Nelson 4 run (Stenerud kck). 10 14 GB Lofton 26 pass Irom Campbell (Del Greco kick).

11 42 rw Mm-Teal 53 interception return (Stenerud kick). 9 06 A 51.197 Ot Mm First downs Rushes-yards Passvtg yards Return yards 26 41-214 234 51 19-31-3 4-30 2-39 2-1 6-46 3130 16 21-70 171 68 22-37-3 2- 20 5-48 3-1 3- 30 28 30 Landry leads Bears over former team PONTIAC. Mich. (AP) Aging Greg Landry, playing his first National Football League game in almost three years, passed for one touchdown and ran for another Sunday while the Chicago defense set a season record for sacks as the Bears beat the bedraggled Detroit Lions 30-13. Landry, who will turn 38 on Tuesday, completed 11 of 20 passes for 199 yards with three interceptions against the Lions, a team he played on for 11 years before being traded away and later jumping to the United States Football League.

Landry was signed as a free agent by the Bears on Dec. 5, following injuries to Jim McMahon and Steve Fuller. The Bears' defense broke in to sack Detroit quarterbacks-12 times and give Chicago 72 for the season, breaking the old NFL mark of 67 by the then-Oakland Raiders in 1967. The 12 sacks equalled a single-game high set by two other teams. Steve McMichael led the Bears' charge with three sacks, while Otis Wilson and Dan Hampton had two sacks each.

Eddie Murray kicked field goals of 52 and 45 yards for the Lions, who concluded the 1984 season 4-11-1. Sacks By Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time ol Possession MOPDUAL STATISTICS MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Lynn Dickey threw for two touchdowns and dived in for another and cornerback Mark Lee set up scores with an interception and fumble recovery as the Green Bay Packers routed the Minnesota Vikings 38-14 in the season-ender for both clubs. The Packers, the hottest team in the National Football League during the second half of the season, won seven of their last eight games to finish 8-8. That was good enough for second place in the National Conference Central Division behind the Chicago Bears. The last-place Vikings, 3-13, lost six games in a row and 11 of their last 12 to end the worst season in the club's 24 years.

Dickey played only the first half and picked apart the Minnesota defense, which allowed an NFL-high 484 points this season. The 35-year-old quarterback completed 16 of 20 passes for 198 yards, including touchdown tosses of 21 yards to Phil Epps and 2 yards to backup tight end Ed West. The Packers went ahead 31-0 when Dickey nudged over for a 1-yard score with 52 seconds left in the first half. Eddie Lee Ivery churned for 59 yards and a 5-yard TD burst in the first half and Al Del Greco kicked a 30-yard field goal. James Lofton caught a 26-yard RUSHING Green Bay.

Rodgers 13-69. Ivery 10-59. Douse 6-43 Bis 7-24 Lofton 2-11. Dickey 3-8 Minnesota. Nelson 8-57 Anderson 11-14.

Collins 1-1. Manning i-( minus 2) PASSING-Green Bay. Dickey 16-20-0-198. Campbell 3-11-3-56 Minnesota Wilson 4-10-1-26. Manning 18-25-1-175.

Anderson 0-1-1-0 Coleman 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING Green Bay Lotion 5-91. Epps 5-60 Rodgers 3-37. Cofrman 2-46. ivery 2 Taylor 1-8 West 1-2 Minnesota.

Mularkey 7-58. Nerson 5-33, Lewis 3-41, Collins 3-22. Anderson 2-15. White 1-21, Jones 1-11 MISSED FIELD GOALS None TD pass from backup quarterback Rich Campbell in the third quarter. Lofton caught five passes for 91 yards to set a Packer receiving yardage record for a single season with 1,361 yards in 62 catches.

Beside Lee's ball-hawking defense, Packer rookie safety Tom Flynn intercepted his NFC-leading ninth pass of the season. Minnesota was shut out until late in the third quarter when Darrin Nelson scored on a 4-yard run. AP Laserphoto 0 14 3 15-30 3 3 0 7-13 Bean 30, Lions 13 Chicago Detroit First Pwiod Oet-FG Murray 52. 4 12 Moorehead scores on 25-yard pass play give McKay 41-21 goodbye present Bucs 41, Jets 21 NYJets 0 7 0 U-21 Tampa Bay 10 7 3 21-41 First Period TB- FG Ann 37 6 06 TB- Wilder 6 'un lAnri kick! 8 53 Second Period TB-J Bell 3 pass Irom DeBerc Anr-kick '3 05 NYJ Dennison 5 pass from 0 Bne iLeahy rncki 13 49 Third Period TB FG Arm 35 6 15 Fourth Period TB- Bel! 18 pass Irom DeBerg lAnn kick I 05 TB Carroll 4 pass trom DeBerg kick 2 50 NYJ -Paige 3 pass trom O'BneniLeariy kicki 1138 TB -Wilder 4'un iAnr heki 13 39 NYJ Heclor 2 run iLeahy kicki 14 06 43 617 Chi Thomas 1 run B.Thomas kick). 2 08 Det-FG Murray 45.

6:26 Chi Landry 1 run (B.Thomas kick). 14:21 ThW Period Chi-FG B.Thomas 30, 12:31 Fourth Period Chi-FG Thomas 35. 4:46 Chi Gaun 55 pass from Landry (B.Thomas kick). 6:37 Chi-FG Thomas 42. 10:29 Dot Jones 4 pass from Hippie (Murray kick).

13:41 Chi Del First downs 13 13 Rushes-yards 43-94 15-47 Passing yards 199 149 Return yards 103 26 Passes 11-21-3 14-38-1 Sacks By 12-100 04) Punts 5-43 9-41 Fumbtes-tosl 1-0 3-1 Penalties-yards 3-15 5-57 Time ol Possession 34:48 25:12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Chicago. Payton 22-62. Gentry 4-37. C.Thomas 6-4. Landry 2-1.

Lisch 3-(mnus 4). Suhey 6-(minus 6) Detroit. J.Jones 4-16. Witkowski 2-13. Jenkins 5-11.

Bussey 3-7. Black 1-0. PASSING-Chicago, Landry 11-20-3-199, Lisch 0-1-0-0 Detroit, Hippie 11-27-1-187, Witkowski 3-10-0-62, J.Jones 6-1-0-0. RECEIVING Chicago, Moorehead 5-66. Payton 2-25.

Gentry 2-9. Gaurt 1-55. Krenk 1-24 Detroit. Chadwick 5-82. sion in the second quarter and 3 yards to Tony Paige with 3:22 remaining in the game.

New York also scored on Johnny Hector's 1-yard run in the final minute as Tampa Bay's defense relaxed in an effort to get the ball back and give Wilder a chance to gain more yardage. Wilder's last three carries netted no additional yardage, though, and he finished 15 total-yards-from-scrimmage short of Eric Dickerson's NFL record of 2,244. Dickerson topped the previous mark of 2,243 set by O.J. Simpson in 1975 Friday night in the Rams' finale against San 280 yards, tossed touchdown passes of 3 and 18 yards to Jerry Bell. The Tampa Bay quarterback also threw a 4-yard scoring pass to reserve tight end Jay Carroll, whose first NFL touchdown gave the Bucs a 34-7 lead with 12:10 to go.

Wilder, meanwhile, set a NFL record for carries in a season (407) and finished with 1,544 yards rushing. He also caught 85 passes three shy of Ricky Young's single-season mark for a running back for 685 yards, giving him 2,229 total-yards-from-scrimmage the third highest total in league history. Jets quarterback Ken O'Brien threw two touchdown passes, 5 yards to Glenn Denn- TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Steve DeBerg tossed three touchdown passes and James Wilder ran for 103 yards and two TDs Sunday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers gave retiring Coach John McKay a farewell gift in the form of a 41-21 National Football League victory over the New York Jets. McKay, who announced his resignation six weeks ago, finished his nine-year reign as the only head coach in the club's history with a 45-91-1 record, including a 6-10 mark in 1984.

The Jets, losers of seven of their last eight games after a 6-2 start, finished 7-9. DeBerg who completed 27 of 34 passes for TS NYJ 19 23-9! 161 6 19 34-2 5-50 4-40 28 32-116 230 82 26-34-0 6-40 2-48 42 5-45 32 48 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Sacks By Punts Fumbles-lost Penailies-yards ol Possession Anderson-led Bengals bury Buffalo, 52-21 Chiefs overwhelm Chargers, 42-2 1 SAN DIEGO (AP) Bill Kenney ravaged San Diego's defense for 245 yards and three touchdowns in slightly more than one half Sunday, and Kansas City closed its 1984 National Football League season with its third straight victory, a 42-21 victory over the Chargers. The Chiefs finished at 8-8 under second-year Coach John Mackovic and placed fourth in the -i rugged AFC West divi Chiefs 42, Chargers 21 Kansas City 14 14 14 04 San Diego 0 0 7 14-21 Firat Period sion, behind playoff-bound Seattle, Denver and the Los Angeles KC-Jackson 3 run bowery InChi 4 (V KC-ArnoW 4 pass trom Kenney iLowen Raiders. They beat the kicki. 10 40 Broncos and Seahawks in the two weekends Second Period KC MarsftaR 8 pass from Kennev iLcw- Kc-Paige 65 pass trom kenney aowery preceding Sunday 's fi- kick).

13 50 ni KC-Heard 3 run ILowery kick), 2 48 San Diego set a team Anderson took over from there, leading the Bengals to touchdowns on their four possessions. Cincinnati tied it on Anderson's 12-yard touchdown pass to Collinsworth, the Bengals' leading receiver who is under contract with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League next season. Bengals 52, Bills 21 Buffalo 7 0 7 7-21 Cincinnati 7 21 3 2152 First Period Bui-Bell 5 run (Nelson kick), 4:06 Cin Collinsworth 12 pass trom Anderson (Breech kick), 8:06 Second Period Cin Kmnebrew 1 run (Breech kick). :54 Cm Holman 1 1 pass from Anderson (Breech kick). 7:36 Cin-Kreider 11 pass from Anderson (Breech kick).

14 22 Third Period Cin-FG Breech 36. 5 20 Bul-Franklm 16 pass from Dutek (Nelson kick). 12:57 Fourth Period Cin Jennings 20 run (Breech kick). 3:26 Cin Simmons 43 interception return (Breech kick), 9:130 Cin J. Griffin 57 interception return (Breech kick).

11:16 Buf-Bell 1 run (Nelson kick). 14:46 A 55.771 But Ch First downs 25 27 Rushes-yards 18-64 36-201 Passing yards 281 218 Return yards 149 274 Passes 36-58-3 20-28-0 Sacks By 1-9 2-21 Punts 6-41 5-96 Fumbles-lost 0-0 4-2 Penalties-yards 10-75 5-52 Time ot Possession 29 05 30:55 WOIVIOUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Buffalo. Bell 16-58. Moore Mrnmus 1). Fergu-son 1-7 Cincinnati.

Kmnebrew 14-65. Brooks 7-52. Jennings 5-42. Andeson 1-12 Alexander 6-26. Farley 1-t.

Verser 1-3. Esa-son 1-0 PASSING Buffalo. Dutek 30-47-3-250 Ferguson 6-10-0-52. Moeley 0-1-0-0 Cincinnati. Anderson 17-23-0-206.

Esiason 3-5-0-21 CINCINNATI (AP) Ken Anderson fired three first-half touchdown passes, one of them to departing receiver Cris Collins-worth, as the Cincinnati Bengals buried the Buffalo Bills 52-21 Sunday. Ttie Bengals' easiest victory of the season raised their record to 8-8, but they were eliminated from the playoffs when Pittsburgh defeated the Los Angeles Raiders. Anderson, making his first start since separating his left shoulder Nov. 11, had a hot hand as he directed the Bengals to a 28-7 halftime lead in their most productive offensive showing of the year. Anderson, making only his second appearance in a month, connected on 16 of his 20 tosses for 206 yards before the intermission.

Buffalo finished with the NFL's worst record under second-year Head Coach Kay Stephenson, whose job reportedly is in jeopardy. The Bills stunned Cincinnati with an early score behind second-year quarterback Joe Dufek, marching 77 yards with the opening kickof for a 7-0 lead. Greg Bell went the final 5 yards for the score. so-chandier 15 pass irom Luther (Be- mark for futility by f-oSTpT going 0-8 against fellow AFC West opponents in 1984. The Chargers, who 14 05 No-Shows- First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards so lost seven of their final 36.12 21.110 10 games, finished at 7-9 279 333 their second consecu-i82M 24-4M tive losing campaign xT mmmJZ I II tiJ.

mil ii'i i nn'! ssfy mi o-o under Don Coryell and -43 4-36 Pumpies-iost o-o o-o only the third in Cor- Time of Possession 28 43 31 17 8 SeBSOnS as 3 COl- bidiviooai statistics Ippp and Dro head coarh RUSHING Kansas City. Heard 15 84 1Cf UUU UeaU caca Gunter e-12. Jackson 5-10 Lacy 3-8 Brown Kenney, a sixth-year from Northern "dov challanged former 24-44-0-333. Houohan o-o-o-o Chief teammate Lucious RECEIVING-Kansas City Marshall 644. Cmjth hv thrnwincr throp Carson 3-78.

Paige 2-82. Amok) 2-10. Heard 3111110 0 mrOWing tnree 2-5 Scott 1-12. Lacy 15 Jackson 1-3 tOUChdOWnS tO receivers Franklin boots Patriots to 16-10 win over Colts Smith was defending, including a 65-yarder to Stephone Paige in the second quarter. He completed 15 of 21 passes for 223 yards in the first half, when Kansas City built a 28-0 lead.

His touchdowns went for 4 yards to Walt Arnold and 8 yards to Henry Marshall in addition to Paige's long score, and Billy Jackson added a 3-yard run in the opening half. Herman Heard and Theotis Brown tacked on short scoring runs in the third period. After Heard's score, which made it 35-0 just three minutes into the second half, Kenney was replaced by Todd Blackledge, who finished the game. Indianapolis, which suffered its fifth consecutive loss, had a chance to tie the score, but Julius Adams blocked Allegre's 42-yard field goal attempt with 4:53 left in the game. AP laserphoto San Diego's Eric Sievers juggles pass 0 S1 1 10 0 2 Patriots 16, Colts 10 Indianapolis Now EnQtMid First Pvftod NE-FG Franklin 21.

14 02 Falcons snap losing streak, 26-10 Falcons 26, Eagles 10 I 17 0-18 Attenta I HI 7 FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) Craig James rushed for a career-high 138 yards and Tony Franklin kicked three field goals as the New England Patriots held on for a 16-10 National Football League victory over the Indianapolis Colts Sunday. The Patriots ended their season in second place in the American Conference East but out of the playoffs with a 9-7 record. The Colts, playing their first game under interim head coach Hal Hunter after Frank Kush quit Thursday, finished, at 4-12 and in fourth place in the division. New England, which snapped a three-game losing streak, grabbed a 13-0 halftime lead on Franklin's kicks of 21 and 34 yards add Tony Eason's 3-yard touchdown pass to Lin Dawson.

The Colts rallied iir the third quarter on Raul Allegre's 25-yard field goal and Art Schlichter's 19-yard scoring strike to Bernard Henry, cutting the Patriots' lead to 13-10. PN-FG McFadden 20. 7 36 Atl-FG Luckhurst 38. 1144 leceno renoo Atl-FG Luckhurst 29. 2:24 Atl-Coi 16 pan from Archer (Luckhurst kick).

12: 15 Third Period Ati-Riggs 2 run (Luckhurst kick). 2 34 Phi -Quick 15 pan from Ptsardk (McFadden kick), 836 Foul Hi Paries) Atl-FG Luckhurst 27. 4 13 Atl-FG Luckhurst 34. 13 56. First downs i 24 3S-1M NE Dawson 3 pass from Eason (Franklin kick).

6: 16 NE-FG Franklin 34, 13 58 Thifd Period lnd-FGAHegre25, 9 58 Ind-Henry 19 pass trom Schllcfiler (Aflegre kick). 1130 Fourth Period NE-FG Franklin 36. 14 10 A 22,383 NE First downs 13 19 Rushes-yards 21-65 49-175 Passing yards 174 60 Return yards 6 63 Pans 15-28-1 11-174 Sacks By 7-63 3-14 Puntt 5-46 5-39 fumbws-iost 1-1 2-1 Penenos-yards 6-38 4-33 TknaofPoeeeseion 21:11 38 49 MfVIOUAt STATISTICS RUSHIrM-lndlanapc4ri. McMillan 7-31. MkMKton 8-19, Wonstey 2-8.

ScMchter 1-5. Moor 3-2. New England. James 30-138. Tetupu 12-44.

Cessna 5-10, Eaton 1-(minue IL Starring Htntnua 16). PASSING- tndlanapotte. Scratchier 15-28-1-166 New England, Eason 11-17123. RECEIVING-lndianapolls. Henry 4-51.

Butter 3-M. Bfjua 2-23. McMHen 2-11. Mlddteton 2-3. Sherwin 1-26.

Moor 14. ATLANTA (AP) Rookie Dave Archer threw a touchdown pass on his first National Football League completion and set up two other scores as the Atlanta Falcons snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 26-10 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday. Archer, who entered the game midway through the second quarter, connected with Arthur Cox on a 16-yard scoring strike with 2:45 left in the first half, one play after Fulton Kuykendall returned a fumble 9 yards. The first-year quarterback from Iowa State then completed passes of IS and 34 yards to Stacey Bailey in a 79-yard drive that ended on Gerald Riggs' 2-yard touchdown run on Atlanta's first possession in the third quarter. Archer accounted for 45 yards running and passing in a 77-yard that resulted in Mick Luckhurst's 27-yard field goal early in 12-! the final quarter.

Luckhurst also had field goals of 38, 29 and 34 yards, with the second putting the Falcons ahead to stay at 6-3 in the second quarter. Atlanta closedTts season at 4-12 and the Eagles, who had prepared for the game under the possibility the franchise would be moved to Phoenix, finished 6-9-1. Philadelphia's scoring came on Joe Pisarcik's 15-yard pass to Mike Quick in the third quarter and a 20-yard first-quarter field goal by Paul McFadden, whose four points gave him a club record 116 for the year, breaking the old mark of 114 set by Bobby Walston in 19S4. The Eagles' defense also set a club record with nine quarterback sacks, and Atlanta's defense had eight sacks. 306 208 Pining yard Return yards Sacks By Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Tkneof Posaetskm MMVKHIAl STATISTICS i 25-47-0 16-28-1 t-56 S-it J-47 S-M 4-4 1-t 8-16 S-3S.

26:11 33:4 RUSHING-PhHadetphla, Montgomery 11-53 Atlanta, Riggs 31-88. Archer 5-31, Catn 1-4. Moroni 1-3 PASSING-PMedelphia. Pfsardk 2446-334. May 1-1 33.

Atlanta. Moroakl 4-10 62. Archer 12-11 197..