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Monday, November 26, 1984 Times-News, Twin Falls. Idaho B-3 il alone picks apart Chargers' defense, 52-24 The victory improved the Browns' San Diego's Joiner snaps NFL receiving mark I- 1 I By The Associated Press The Pittsburgh Steelers may not be ready to nickname their offense Air Noll, but they cut San Diego off at the pass Sunday with the Chargers' own best offensive weapon. Mark Malone riddled San Diego's porous secondary for 18 of 22 completions and four touchdowns, three to John Stallworth, and ran for a fifth touchdown as the Steelers ended a tim-Toma Incincr ctronlr with the Chargers' final possession of the game. He later caught a 19-yard pass on the same drive. Joiner's scoring catch came with 5:11 remaining in the game.

All of the receptions came on passes thrown by Chargers' reserve quarterback Ed Luther, who replaced Dan Fouts late in the second quarter after Fouts suffered a groin pull. Joiner had six catches for 70 yards and has 55 receptions this season, tying him for the team lead with the injured Kellen Winslow. Joiner also broke the overall pro football record for receptions held by Tommy Joe Coffey who caught 650 passes in a 14-year career in the Canadian Football League. "I would trade the catches today for a win," Joiner said. "We weren't in it today and I started everything out by droping a pass in the first quarter." The 37-year-old Joiner, who broke into pro football as a defensive back with the Houston Oilers, set the record with a three-yard catch on PITTSBURGH (API Charlie Joiner of the San Diego Chargers broke the National Football League's career receptions record Sunday by landing six passes in a 52-24 Chargers' loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Joiner, held without a reception in the first half, caught a 25-yard touchdown pass among his six second-half catches and now has 651 career receptions, two better than the 649 of previous record-holder Charley Taylor of the Washington Redskins. lVV glUllV BVdUAg LJl. HUH II National Football League victory over the error-prone Chargers in Pittsburgh. The 52 points were the most by the CHARLIE JOINER Surpasses Charley Taylor record under new Coach Marty Schot-tenheimer to 3-2 and snapped the Oilers' two-game National Football League winning streak. Houston running back Larry Moriarty, who had rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the Oilers' previous two games, ran 16 times for 81 yards before being carried off the field on a stretcher early in the fourth quarter.

X-rays of his neck showed no broken bones, and officials believed he may have suffered a pinched nerve. Cincinnati 35, Atlanta 14 In Cincinnati, Turk Schonert threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Cris Col-linsworth on the game's fourth play, sparking a 21-point first-half scoring spree that carried the Cincinnati Bengals to a victory over the reeling Atlanta Falcons. Schonert, a backup quarterback making his second straight start for Injured veteran Ken Anderson, completed 11 of 12 tosses as the Bengals rolled to a 21-0 halftime lead, their most productive first half of the National Football league season. The Bengals cashed in on a fumble recovery for a 28-0 lead early in the third quarter, and Schonert hit Col-linsworth with a 20-yard TD pass late in the fourth quarter to deflate the Falcons' comeback attempt. AFC Central who missed most of the 1983 season with an injury.

Cleveland 27, Houston 10 In Cleveland, Paul McDonald fired three touchdown passes and Matt Bahr kicked a pair of field goals as the Cleveland Browns capitalized on the first intercepted passes thrown by Warren Moon in four games to defeat the Houston Oilers. McDonald completed 16 of 26 passes for 151 yards, including scoring passes of seven and 14 yards to Brian Brennan and 12 yards to Ozzie Newsome. The Steelers' early lead, helped by two of the Chargers' five turnovers, enabled them to withstand two San Diego touchdowns in a 90-second span and maintain their two-game lead in the AFC Central Division race. Stallworth, enjoying his best pro season at the age of 32, landed scoring catches of 30, 5 and 45 yards and now has 11 this season, the most of his 11-year NFL career. "One of my reasons for coming back this year was because people were saying my career was over.

That made me Stallworth, Steelers held a huge 202-31 edge in rushing yardage as Walter Aber-crpmbie reeled off 109 yards for his first 100-yard pro effort. "Mark had time to throw and the receivers made the big plays," Noll said. "When we have time to throw, we are able to do a lot of things." Stallworth had seven catches for 116 yards and Louis Lipps had seven receptions for 118 yards and a touchdown. And those are 14 reasons why it was anti-climactic by the time Chargers' wide receiver Charlie Joiner caught six second-half passes. Chargers, who had five turnovers.

"Every time we went on the field we felt we had to do something because of San Diego's offensive potential," Noll said. "Against the Chargers, we wanted to be aggressive and try to score. That's what we felt we had to do to win. We wanted to control the football with the run and the pass." That's exactly what they did. They were outpassed 391-243, but mainly because San Diego was forced to throw on nearly every down after quickly falling behind 24-3.

The Steelers in their 16 seasons under Coach Chuck Noll and bettered the 51 points scored in a 51-35 victory over the Cleveland Browns in 1979. "They played extremely well. Malone played a great game, just great," said San Diego Coach Don Coryell, whose pass-happy offense is nicknamed Air Coryell. "It was no contest today," he said. Malone completed 11 consecutive passes at one point and ended with a team-record completion average of 82 percent on 18 of 22 attempts for 253 yards against the self-destructing Philly knocked out of hunt for playoffs LA.

still in running for playoffs By The Associated Press Neil O'Donoghue kicked a 44-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining to climax a frantic finish and give th( St. Louis Cardinals a 17-16 triumph over the Philadelphia Eagles in St. Louis. The victory enabled the Cardinals to keep their National Football League playoff hopes alive. O'Donoghue's field goal, offsetting one less than two minutes earlier by Philadelphia rookie Paul McFadden, LOS ANGELES (AP) Quarterback Marc Wilson tossed two touchdown passes and ran for another score and the Los Angeles defense did the rest Sunday as the Raiders rolled to a 21-7 National Football League victory over the Indianapolis Colts.

Wilson hurled scoring strikes of seven yards to tight end Todd Christensen and one yard to tight end Dave Casper and scored himself on a 14-yard scramble as the Raiders boosted their record to 94. Los Angeles has a one-game lead Jaworski hurts leg against Cardinals; hell sit out season ST. LOUIS (AP) -Philadelphia quarterback Ron Jaworski suffered a fractured left fibula in the opening two minutes of the Eagles' game Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals, ending the season for the National Football League veteran. The 33-year-old Jaworski suffered the injury when sacked for a 4-yard loss on the third play.

Backup quaterback Joe Pisarcik took over for Philadelphia. Jaworski started the day with 2,754 passing yards for the season, with 16 touchdowns and 14 interceptions on a completion percentage of 54.8. NFC East AFC West capped a 46-yard drive by St. Louis. Quarterback Neil Lomax, off-form most of the day, launched the march with an 11-yard pass to Roy Green and a scramble of 14 yards.

By winning, St. Louis boosted its record to 7-6 and dropped the Eagles out of playoff contention at 5-7-1. Defensive end Dennis Harrison set up what appeared to be Philadebhia's winning points on a wK vv c- I y. aft fy over the Kansas City Chiefs. The -Giants then clinched the victory when defensive back Mark Haynes recovered a Chiefs' fumble as Kansas City was driving downfield with a chance to get a winning score.

over New England in the battle for the American Football Conference's second wild-card berth with three games remaining in the regular season. The Raiders' defense was awesome throughout. The Colts, who fell to 4-9, had only four first downs in the first three quarters and didn't have possession in Los Angeles territory until the third quarter, when they recovered a fumble to set up their touchdown. The Raiders took the lead for good after just 5:02 of play on Wilson's scoring pass to Christensen. Los Angeles scored In just three plays after Larry Anderson of the Colts fumbled a punt and James Davis recovered at the Indianapolis 15-yard line.

32-yard kick by McFadden with 1:50 remaining. But the Cards, after receiving the ensuing kickoff, squeezed nine plays into their winning drive. St. Louis led 14-6 late in the third quarter after Lomax found Pat Tilley in the end zone on a 19-yard pass play. Washington 41, Buffalo 14 In Washington, Joe Theismann riddled the Buffalo Bills secondary for 311 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Redskins to victory.

Theismann, who completed 26 of 33 passes and moved ahead of Sonny Jurgensen as the Redskins all-time passing leader with 22,706 yards, threw touchdown passes of 11 yards to Art Monk and 18 yards to Charlie Brown to spark the Redskins. New York Giants 28, Kansas City 27 In East Rutherford, N.J., Phil Tin KLIX 11 11 TWIN FALLS BANK TRUST Chicago's Walter Payton, right, hugs Brian Cabral as Bears clinch the NFC Central title SKI REPORT CALL TOO OCII Rams still in post-season barely FOR LATEST SKI CONDITIONS LXL NFC West Simms threw two touchdown passes in the final 7V4 minutes the game to rally the New York Giants to a victory Mike Lansford's 27-yard field goal gave the Rams a 34-26 lead with 5:35 to go. The Bucs' refused to give up, though. DeBerg brought his team back with a seven-play, 82-yard drive that James Wilder completed with his second touchdown of the day, a one-yard plunge that sliced Los Angeles' advantage to 34-33 with 2:51 to go. The Bucs regained possession after a Los Angeles punt with 54 seconds left, but LeRoy Irvin Intercepted a DeBerg pass intended for Theo Bell to kill Tampa Bay's hopes.

game-high rushing total on 28 carries, launched the Rams' comeback by bolting 51 yards on the first play of a four-play, 66-yard march that quarterback Jeff Kemp capped with a one-yard sneak. DeBerg completed 27 of 44 passes, including scoring strikes of 16 yards to Jerry Bell and six yards to Adger Armstrong, the latter giving Tampa Bay its 26-17 lead as time expired in the third period. Henry Ellard returned a punt 17 yards to the Bucs' 42 to set up Dicker-son's 33-yard sprint through trie middle of the Tampa Bay defense, and TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Eric Dicker-son rushed for 191 yards and three touchdowns Sunday, igniting a fourth-quarter comeback that carried the Los Angeles Rams tgo a 34-33 National Football League victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Dickerson, boosting his league-leading rushing total to 1,632 yards, scored on a pair of two-yard runs and galloped 33 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown that gave the Rams a 31-26 lead with 10: 18 remaining.

The difference at the final gun, however, was a blocked extra point the Rams, 8-5, came up with after a holding penalty nullified a successful conversion following the Bucs' first touchdown of the day. Dickerson's performance overshadowed a 322-yard, two-touchdown passing effort by Tampa Bay's Steve DeBerg, who helped the Bucs, 4-9, to a 26-17 lead through three quarters. Dickerson, who amassed his SNAKE RIVER AUCTION Seahawks Continued from Page Bl by a Denver defense that had 41 circ (mine in he kept finding Seahawks quieted them. Turner flanked left, ran by cor-ncrback Mike Harden down the left sideline, gathering In Krieg's bomb on the tip of his fingers at the Denver 30 and trotting into the end zone. Denver scored midway through the first period on Karlis' 27-yard field goal.

It came on a drive that started at the Seattle 39 after a short punt out of his end zone by the Seahawks Jeff West. But Denver came right back within two minutes, going 75 yards in four plays, 63 of the yards coming on a swing pass from Elway to Gerald Willhite, who broke a tackle at the Seahawks 45 and took the ball to the two. Lang dove in from there to tie It at 17-17. The fired-up Denver fans had barely quieted down after cheering and stamping for Karlis' kickoff through the end zone, then the Evry5oturoay iu.w. Antlqu Auction Firtt Sundoy of vry month TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 TREVINO EQUIPMENT.

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The Broncos got the ball again with 2:32 remaining and drove to the Seattle 9 before Karlis missed the field goal. Denver showed its resilience throughout the game and went to the lockcrroom at halftime with a 10-10 tie despite being outgalned 234-118. But Krleg untied It early In the third period with a six-yard touchdown toss to David Hughes. But the big play on the 80-yard, four-play drive was a 65-yard connection to Largent, who took the ball at mldficld and raced to the Denver 15. 1 Largent and his other receivers underneath the deep-dropping linebackers.

Krleg finished the day with 30 completions in 44 attempts for his 406 yards and Largent caught 12 of those passes for 191, Including the three-yard touchdown pass that broke a 17-17 tie early In the fourth period. For Largent, who caught a pass in his 104th straight game, It was the most catches and most yarage In his Illustrious nine-year NFL career. "I hope everyone keeps thinking we're conservative," said Krieg. "Sure, It was one of my best games, but the numbers I like the best are 27-24." Right from the first play Krleg's 80-yard touchdown bomb to Darryl Turner that stunned the Mile High Stadium crowd of 74,922 It was clear It wouldn't be the anticipated defensive struggle. THIS WEEK Nov.

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