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TIMES-ADVOCATE, ESCONDIDO, OCT. 1, 1979 D-3 Baby Buccaneers look Associated Press Photo THUNDER BLOCK Seattle punter Herman "Thunder a Chief touchdown on the next play after the recovery. Foot' Weaver (18) had his kick blocked by Kansas City's Ted McKnight scored the first TD of the day in a 24-6 Ed Beckman (85) in the second quarter Sunday to lead to victory by Kansas City. WINSLOW Continued from D-1 pass the plateau, only the second player to ever reach it. Jim Brown will remain untouched at 12,312 when 'The Juice' hangs it up after the season.

Simpson broke off a 22-yard gainer, but he fumbled once, nullified by a Charger penalty, and had a Steve DeBerg pass go off his hands to linebacker Woodrow Lowe for an interception. Clearly, the star that shines above 0.J. is fading. Winslow, however, received a game ball Sunday along with Bob Horn and Rolf Benirschke. "They were desperate," laughed Winslow.

"We don't have anyone else, Continued from D-1 interception? It wasn't the play he had sent i in. "The play seemed safe," Walsh said. "'He (DeBerg) was told to throw it away if there were any problems. We were just going to give the ball to 0.J. (Simpson) on a sweep to end the half.

"One receiver told (running back Paul) Hofer to run a different route and he foolishly did. It (the play) was ill-advised and I am personally embarrased, but I'm not taking the entire rap myself. "I'd like to tell you it will never happen again, but the way things are going, I can't tell you that." Following the Joiner touchdown, Winslow retrieved the ball and proceeded to stuff it basketball style over the goal post crossbar. "The plan was to put Charlie over the crossbar, but he left," Winslow said. "I had wanted to do it when I scored, but I didn't.

When Charlie scored, I said, 'What the hell, I'll do it anyway." MAGIC Continued from D-2 seeing what I've already seen," said Johnson, still sipping on his postgame Coke. "Take tonight, for instance, I found myself being a fan out there when Kareem and Walton were going at each other. Man, two dominating centers going right at each other. "That's something you miss on TV. That's the reason I think it's great to be here.

You face a tough player every night, no matter who you play. Just look at our league these guys (San Diego), Seattle, Portland and that's just our league. "Hey, this game is the same as its always been except the NBA is up and down the floor a lot quicker than college because of the clock and it's a 1 lot more physical, which I expected. "I played 12 games against some pros before I got to camp and that's helped a lot. "Most players come out and try to test me, you know, see what they can take," he said.

"I don't think about being picked first. It doesn't matter now. "It did then, but not now." like an NFL giant killer By Associated Press The game plan, coach John McKay admitted, wasn't exactly to go out and win the first five games of the season. That, in fact, is as many games as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won all last year with basically the same team. At this stage, however, the Bucs look like the giant killers of the National Football League.

They are the only unbeaten team. They beat the Chicago Bears, 17-13, on Sunday, while the other previously unbeatens the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins were losing. But McKay shouldn't forget what happened to the Washington Redskins last year, though. The Redskins got off to a 6-0 start and couldn't hold on long enough to make the playoffs. "I guess we're ahead of our plan for five weeks," McKay said, "but we still have a long way to go." Young quarterback Doug Williams engineered Tampa Bay's latest victory, throwing an eight-yard touchdown pass to Issac Hagins with 5:08 left in the game, erasing a 13-10 deficit.

The Bears had gone ahead when Vince Evans connected with Walter Payton on a screen pass that covered 65 yards for a touchdown. "We had to go out and move the football," Williams said. "and we did. I can read a little bit, too. I had three receivers out, and he (Hagins) was open." Hagins said he ran a slant pattern, and defensive back Mike Spivey "had to bite, so I just came back out.

I got his hips turned, and it was all over The victory kept the Bucs atop the National Football Conference's Central Division. Cleveland, meanwhile, found itself in a three-way tie with the Steelers and the Houston Oilers for the AFC Central lead after losing, 31-10, to Houston. Pittsburgh lost its first game in five to the Philadelphia Eagles, 17-14, and the Dolphins got whipped by the New York Jets, 33-27. In other NFL games, the Dallas Cowboys clobbered the Cincinnati Bengals, 38-13, the Oakland Raiders whipped the Denver Broncos, 27-3, the Los Angeles Rams blanked the St. Louis Cardinals, 21-0, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 24-6, the San Diego Chargers routed the San Francisco 49ers, 31-9, the NFL Roundup Redskins beat the Atlanta Falcons, 16-7, the Minnesota Vikings edged the Detroit Lions, 13-10, the Buffalo Bills romped over the Baltimore Colts, 31- 13, and the New Orleans Saints downed the New York Giants, 24-14.

Tonight, New England plays at Green Bay. Oilers 31, Browns 10 Earl Campbell ran for 76 yards, but he made the most of that yardage, scoring three touchdowns. Two of those scores, both on two-yard runs, came in Houston's 24-point first half. The Oilers also scored late in the half when J.C. Wilson intercepted a Brian Sipe pass and returned it 34 yards for a touchdown.

Oilers' quarterback Dan Pastorini only attempted 13 passes, completing eight for 102 yards. A pair of short passes to Ken Burrough helped set up Campbell's first touchdown, and a 35- yard Pastorini aerial to Mike Barber served as a preamble to the second. Eagles 17, Steelers 14 Philadelphia moved to a 17-7 lead on one-yard TD runs by Leroy Harris and Wilbert Mongtomery and a 48- yard field goal by barefoot kicker Tony Franklin, then held on to hand Pittsburgh its first loss. The Steelers had gone ahead in the first quarter on a seven-yard scoring run by Sidney Thornton, but two Terry Bradshaw interceptions and a pair of lost fumbles helped keep Pittsburgh off the scoreboard again until late in the game. Bradshaw capped an 80-yard, sixplay drive with a 37-yard scoring toss to John Stallworth with just 1:12 left.

"I really can't tell you how I felt coming off that field today," Eagles' coach Dick Vermeil said, "but I was excited and happy for my team, our coaches and our entire organization. "There is no way we're better than the Steelers over 16 games," Vermeil said, "but I told the guys we only have to be as good for one day. Today was the Jets 33, Dolphins 27 Richard Todd threw a 71-yard scoring bomb to Wesley Walker with 2:21 left to play that gave the Jets the cushion they needed to beat previously unbeaten Miami. Walker's only reception of the day gave New York a 33-20 lead, and Miami cut the final margin to six points when Bob Griese found Nat Moore in the end zone from six yards out on the final play of the game. Tom Newton had a pair of one-yard scoring runs for New York, and the Jets got the first six points of the game when Donald Dyes blocked a George Roberts punt and Johnny Lynn found it in the end zone with less Please see D-4, Col.

4 I guess. They had one left over. "This whole year, up until today, has not been the kind of year I'd have liked. I caught some balls but I just wasn't progressing until Friday I changed the face mask on my helmet because I've been having trouble seeing the ball. Then Klein gets hurt at the last minute and I kind of get thrust into the middle of it.

"Today, I just relaxed and reacted instead of trying to anticipate so much. I just made up my mind to do what I can do Winslow did not let down the Chargers, though. On the contrary, he showed even more graphically why he was the object of such intense scrutiny prior to, and during, the draft. A big, swift tight end who can catch the ball in a crowd, go deep, drag tacklers for extra yards and also block is The only bright spot on the day for San Francisco was the 89 yards rushing gained by Simpson. It put the former USC All-America over the yard career rushing mark.

Only Jim Brown (12,312 yards) stands ahead of O.J. "The record would have been better if we were winning," Simpson said, as he prepared to leave the stadium in a hurry. "At Buffalo (where Simpson spent his first nine seasons) we would be winning when they announced that I had broken a record. Today, I was not aware of it because we were trying to catch up. But it does mean a lot to me." Simpson, who still has a few of the old moves out of the backfield, says he still has the desire to play the game.

"I enjoy the game as much as I used to, but I just have to learn to get rested up during the week," he said. "I've reached an age (32) where you have good days and very bad days. Today my body felt good." Simpson scored the only touchdown on the day for San Francisco with 5:54 remaining in the third period. He went over from the one. Wersching's a rarity.

The Chargers obviously feel they have the best young one around. "I never even heard from San Diego before the draft," Winslow admitted. "I was standing in a newspaper office watching the draft picks come over the wire when San Diego made the trade and away I went. I wanted to come here but I thought Cincinnati would get me. "I yelled, 'I'm going to the when they picked me.

That's when all the talk about Casper, Riley Odoms, Russ Francis and Kellen Winslow being in the same class. That's a class in Pro Bowl with those three. "The only way I'd ever get there was to buy a ticket." Those days, for Orenthal James Simpson, they are history. For Winslow, they aren't that far away now. PAT was blocked.

The Chargers put two more TDs on the board in the final period. Winslow took a 21-yard scoring strike from Fouts. This time, the rookie saw the goal line and let nothing distract him. He broke two tackles going in for the score. The final Charger score was actually set up by defensive lineman Gary "Big Hands" Johnson, who, along with Leroy Jones, had been pressuring DeBerg most of the afternoon.

With 1:46 left in the game, DeBerg fumbled at his own 40. Johnson scooped the ball up and headed for daylight. On the way, Johnson fumbled, but picked up the ball on the bounce still in full stride and lumbered to the four-yard line. James Harris came in to QB for San Diego. Running back Hank Bauer got the call three times.

On third down, Bauer leaped over the San Francisco line for the final score. Fouts completed 26 of 34 passes for 251 yards with one interception. The Chargers rolled up 317 net yards compared to 242 yards for San Francisco. San Diego travels to Denver next Sunday. Associated Press Photo CHARGER SANDWICH San Francisco 49er quarter- Johnson (79) nailed him just after releasing a pass, which back Steve DeBerg (middle) drew quite a large crowd of went incomplete.

The Chargers went on to defeat the San Diego Chargers when Leroy Jones (68) and Gary winless 49ers, 31-9. Sunday's Chargers 49ers Quotebook Quotes from the locker rooms after the San Diego right now and it feels good to contribute to this team." in. But I'm fine and everything's okay." Chargers defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31-9, on Gary Johnson, Charger defensive end, on his fumble Charger cornerback Willie Buchanon on his rib injuSunday in San Diego Stadium. recovery and run late in the game: "I picked that ball ry: "I pulled or strained something in my ribs. I got it Charger Quarterback Dan Fouts on having to play up and just knew I had a TD.

But I underestimated the trying to -extend myself on a tackle. I kept ice on without Bob Klein and John Jefferson: "'We have great cat (Freddie Solomon) who was pursuing me. I scored it the whole first half and they were so numb I couldn't offensive tools this team. What other team can re- last year in Seattle and my goal is to score one TD tell if they hurt or not. I sat out the second half, but I on place like Klein with a Gregg McCrary or a every year.

I came close today, but now I've got to get could have gone into the game if we got in an extreme a guy Jefferson with Larry Burton or run in backs like Artie another chance." situation. But the coaches saw no reason to aggravate Owens and Mitchell? We have good ath- the injury." Lydell some Johnson on the game: We made quite a few mistakes San Francisco letes this team." coach Bill Walsh: "We brought a lot on early. We knew we had to keep our poise. We've been when hit from of errors on ourselves and they just weren't individual Fouts on the third quarter play he was playing together for too long to make a lot of mistakes. errors." the blind side while attempting to throw: "I sure didn't No, we didn't take San Francisco lightly we never think that fumble, but opinion doesn't count take team We can't afford that.

Charger running back Clarence Williams: Our game was a my any lightly. Every plan called for too much only the official's does. I think that if the is big to because going all the San us to mix up the running and passing. would game us we are way. At the beginning they played the run well of he and gave us ball had gone forward instead straight up, Francisco could have embarrassed us today if we'd the screen pass.

have called it a pass." have let them." Williams on the touchdown he scored to tie the club Fouts on the game's turning point: "The game Johnson on 49er quarterback Steve DeBerg: "'We rushing TD mark of nine set by Paul Lowe in 1961: "It turned when Bob (Horn) made that interception (with missed several tackles on him, but he was very tough. was good to score a touchdown. I never thought I get to 21 seconds to play in the first half). Heck, we scored Personally, I thought we'd get more sacks (the Charg- score nine touchdowns this season." and went in ahead, 17-3, instead of 10-3. That's a big, ers had three), but the guy moved around pretty Hank Bauer, Charger running back, on his TD late in big difference." good." the game: "In the huddle we were all hungry.

The subs Charger offensive guard Doug Wilkerson, who was Jefferson on the injury that forced him to sit out were in and we hadn't been playing much and we playing his first game of the season after suffering most of the game: "When I got hit (after catching a wanted to contribute. We were rarin' to go. The TD knee injury in the pre-season: "I've only practice four pass over the middle), I snapped my head and really was great because their line knew we were coming up days and I'm still a little rusty. I tried to do as much as banged it hard on the ground. I was kinda woozy and the middle and we still scored.

Lydell Mitchell gave, I could do. I'm still in pretty good shape because I wasn't going to play uniess I was really needed, but we me a great block on the play." worked hard at rehabilitating the knee. It feels good had a chance to score in the fourth quarter and I went John Maffei.