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FIRST EDITION best available copy C6 ARIZONA DAILY STAR Saturday, September 1, 2001 NFL PRESEASON ROUNDUP Cards ruin Tomlinson's debut, defense too much for Chargers (mil Aft i 7 ML MM JW 5 By Bob Baum THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TEMPE LaDainian Tom-linson made an unspectacular NFL debut, and the rest of San Diego's offense was equally 1 ineffective, as the Arizona Cardinals handed the Chargers their lone preseason loss 16-3 on Friday night. omnium. A PaSS inter" CARDINALS 16 ference call in CHARGERS 3 the end zone by a replacement referee set up Thomas Jones' 1-yard touchdown run for Arizona in the first quarter. The Chargers also were called for interference on the Cardinals' first offensive play of the game. Rookie Bill Gramatica kicked field goals of 46, 22 and 24 yards for the Cardinals.

Arizona's young, inexperienced defense stifled the Chargers through most of the night, and twice kept them from scoring a touchdown from inside the 10-yard line. The teams that had the worst It Ravens dominate Giants in rematch of Super Bowl THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE The. intensity was different, and so were the officials. The result of this Super Bowl rematch, however, was almost identical to the original. The Baltimore Ravens held the New York Giants without a touchdown and used an efficient ground game in the second half to pull away to a 38-9 preseason victory Friday.

Although both teams yanked their starters in the second quarter, the game played out in much the same fashion as Baltimore's 34-7 Super Bowl rout last January. Broncos 35, 49ers 7: Broncos coach Mike Shanahan plans to keep his starting running back a secret. Terrell Davis could blow his cover. Davis, battling Olandis Gary and Mike Anderson for the starting job, ran for 42 yards on eight carries and scored on a 20-yard run as the host Broncos beat the San Francisco 49ers. "I felt great," Davis said.

"Things are starting to come together for me physically." I Vikings 20, Dolphins 7: Daunte Culpepper had 151 total yards in the first half, and Randy Moss and Cris Carter gave host Miami's defense fits. Culpepper was 7 of 15 passing for 96 yards and ran four times for 55 yards. He had a 6-yard TD pass to Moss and later a 35-yard pass to Carter. I Rams 21, Chiefs 17: Rams third-string quarterback Marc Bulger played the last three quarters after Joe Germaine struggled again, and the Rams' defense scored two second-half touchdowns on miscues by Chiefs quarterback Bubby Brister. The visiting Chiefs blew a 17-0 lead.

to. The Associated Press On the board: Cardinals running back Thomas Jones slips into the end zone from 1-yard, out against the San Diego Chargers. The Associated Press Baltimore's Dwayne Missouri, left, forces a fumble as he sacks Giants quarterback Jessie Palmer. records in the NFL last season first four weeks of training both finished the preseason 3-1. camp, gained 14 yards on five Tomlinson, the No.

5 pick carries with San Diego's first-overall in the draft who held team offense, which played out in a contract dispute the only the first quarter. C13 IHRVSIKK Panthers 23, Browns 20: Matt Lytle was the most impressive of Carolina's three quarterbacks, throwing a 51-yard touchdown pass to Dialleo Burks with 3:53 left to play to lift host Carolina. Falcons 36, Buccaneers 7: In Atlanta, Mau- I rice Smith rushed for 89 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns, perhaps solidifying his role as Jamal Anderson's top backup for the Falcons. Raiders 24, Packers 13: Tyrone Wheatley made a 49-yard scoring run in the first quarter, and host Oakland, the NFL's top rushing team last season, racked up 263 yards of total offense in the first half. CHRYSLERJEEP ORDER YOUR fTX 2002 PT CRUISER 1 PTZkTVTI TODAY! STEVE CHRISTY President and Owner Extra i September Golf i Special i ML I Before 12 PM I Reg.

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And a top NFL official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that, after talks broke off last week, the league committed itself to going deep into the season with replacements, if the union doesn't substantially reduce its contract demands. Tom Condon, the chief negotiator for the officials, said Friday he had been in contact with Jeff Pash, his NFL counterpart, and hoped to negotiate in person soon. I Defensive end Tony Brack ens, the Jacksonville Jaguars' best pass-rusher, will miss the next four to six weeks with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. I Bengals defensive end Vaughn Booker faces domestic violence charges following his Friday morning arrest after the Bengals' 23-17 preseason loss to the Indianapolis Colts. According to a police report, Booker was arrested "for putting his wife in fear for her safety after he pushed her in the back." Sheila Booker told police her husband pushed her during an argument.

Sedrick Irvin's season is finished before it even began. Irvin, the Detroit Lions' third-year running back from Michigan State, tore a ligament in his right knee in Thursday's 28-25 exhibition loss to Tennessee. Wire reports Around the NFL r- All-Pro cornerback Samarl Rolle returned to the Tennessee Titans on confident he let team officials know just how much he wants a long-term contract. "I just wanted to make a statement," Rolle said after a 50-minute workout Friday afternoon, his first practice since leaving the Titans on Monday. Coach Jeff Fisher called Rolle's return the most positive step in a week in which the Titans had fined their cornerback $5,000 a day and threatened to suspend him if he wasn't back within five days.

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