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T1MES-ADV0CATE wdDir MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1980 D-1 Chargers' fast start enough to clip Eagles' wings pass for 342 yards and gained 403 yards total offense against a team that has allowed its opponents an average of 172.6 passing and just 266.6 total offense. ini 1 1 W- fk (d- 'iw said. We had an accumulation of great plays defensively and a number of great catches from Jefferson and Winslow. But, the Chargers were less than awesome in the second half. Philadelphia took the second-half kickoff and marched 80 yards on 15 plays and scored on a one-yard run by Wilbert Montgomery.

The drive took 8:07 and cut the Charger lead to 19-7. Moments later, the Chargers blew a chance to put the Eagles away when Mike Thomas halfback option pass, intended for Winslow, was intercepted in the end zone. At the start of the fourth quarter, however, Benirschke did hit the third of his three field goals, a 42-yarder, to give the Chargers 22 points. After that, it was all Philadelphia. Chuck Muncie gave the Eagles life when he fumbled away the ball at the Charger 16 with 11 13 to play.

Six seconds later, quarterback Ron Jaworski fired a 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Keith Krepfle to cut the Charger lead to 22-14. Jaworski, who was helped off the field in the first half, was again the Philadelphia catalyst on the next series. He completed six passes for 61 yards on a 10-play drive, including an 11-yard scoring toss to Montgomery. The conversion was good and the Chargers were clinging to a precarious one-point advantage. But, the Eagles had done themselves in earlier in the half by using a pair of their alloted three timeouts.

That prevented them from stopping the clock and the Chargers in the games final three minutes. And, when Fouts found Winslow for 10 yards and a first down with two minutes to play, Philadelphias fate was sealed. I know there will be people who say we folded in the second half, Coryell said. I know there will be people who say we didnt deserve to win, but they add the points up at the end of the game and today we had more than the Eagles. The reason for that, however, was superlative play in the first half and some great catches by Winslow and Jefferson.

The most spectacular catch of the day was Winslows second TD reception, a ball he grabbed between defenders Jerry Robinson and Brenard Wilson. I went up for the ball and twisted my body, said Winslow. I lost the ball for a moment, then I was hit and snatched it out of the air. It wasnt a Jefferson catch, but it was a touchdown. Actually, the second defender (Wilson) helped me catch the ball.

When he hit me, he knocked the ball back into my arms. I had mistimed my jump and I needed some help to get that ball. Jefferson has been talking to me about total concentration on pass routes and I realized on this catch what he's been talking about. I busted up my lip on the play, but it was a spectacular catch and it was a touchdown. Winslows other big catch was quite a bit easier, but no less important.

He Please see Chargers, D-4 San Diegos 22 points is also double the average of points the Eagles are giving opponents in 1980. We had a pretty good idea of what we wanted to do," Coryell said. That idea was to run a hook and go on the first play from scrimmage. We wanted to let them know that we were willing to go deep against them. If we didnt hit the pass, well okay at least we would have planted a seed of doubt in their minds.

But we did hit it and that was great. That set up everything else we wanted to do." After connecting for 50 yards on the first series, Fouts found Winslow for 24 yards on the Chargers second possession a drive that ended up with Benirschke hitting a 34-yard field goal. Midway through the second quarter, Fouts went to work again. This time he hit Charlie Joiner with a 51-yard bomb that set up Fouts 17-yard TD pass to Winslow. That score and the PAT put San Diego ahead, 16-0.

But, the Chargers first-half fireworks werent over. Fouts guided the team 34 yards on four plays and Benirschke hit a 45-yard field goal to up the count to 19-0. The key play on the drive was a 25-yard pass from Fouts to Jefferson. I think the first half was as well as were capable of playing, Coryell IS KELLEN WINSLOW MAKES i Rogers runs away with the Heisman By JOHN MAFFEI T-A Sports Editor SAN DIEGO The San Diego Chargers loosened em up early, but then had to hang on late yesterday. But it was all worth it as Don Coryells club squeezed past the Philadelphia Eagles, 22-21, before 51,760 fans in San Diego Stadium.

The victory pushed the Chargers record to 9-4 and temporarily puts them one-half game ahead of the Oakland Raiders (pending the outcome of tonights game with the Denver Broncos) in the race for first place in the AFC West The Eagles dropped to 11-2 with the loss. 1 Yesterdays (larger victory was not accomplished easily, although San Diegos play in the first half indicated the team was in for a cakewalk against the National Football Conferences best defensive team. Dan Fouts opened the game for the Chargers by firing a 50-yard strike to John Jefferson. Two plays later, Fouts found tight end Kellen Winslow in the end zone for a TD. With the game just 63 seconds old, the Chargers led, 6-0.

The way we compute things," said Chargers head coach Don Coryell, Philadelphia has the best pass defense of all 28 teams in the NFL. They give up fewer yards per attempt (4.77) than any other team. We knew we were going up against an excellent defensive team and we knew we had to do something about it. What the Chargers did was snap the Eagles eight-game winning streak, average 11.87 yards per pass attempt, Williams 4 turns hot on Free SAN DIEGO (AP) Freeman Williams had to race up and down the court, and that suited the San Diego Clippers guard just fine. We ran and got a lot of fast breaks and thats my game, Williams said last night after he scored 24 points to pace the Clippers to a 126-100 National Basketball Association victory over the Golden State Warriors at the Sports Arena in front of just 4,025 fans.

I play better when we get out on the fast break. San Diego has now won four of its last five outings to boost its record to 10-16 on the season. Were not the team we will be in February, said Clipper coach Paul Silas, but weve made great strides so far. Freeman came in and gave us the spurt we needed. Weve Been executing very well in our last few games.

The Clippers built a 65-56 halftime lead as Williams came off the bench to score 15 second quarter points. The Warriors, however, rallied to lead 70-69 with 7:17 remaining in the third period. But Golden State turned cold and Williams turned hot, scoring nine points to lead a 24-8 surge that put the Clippers on top 93-78 by the end of the quarter. I The Warriors are 13-11 after losing their third straight and seventh of road games this season. Warriors coach A1 Attles, who kept the locker room door closed to reporters for some 20 minutes after the loss, said, This is the first time weve lost three in a row.

Well never be a good team until we can play the second night. Last night we got 24 offensive Rebounds, tonight we hardly got any. Forward Michael Brooks scored 23 points for San Diego, guard Henry Bibby had 18, and center Swen Nater, who held Joe Barry Carroll to three points wit)) a one-for-10 night from the floor, had 17 points and 13 rebounds. John Lucas led the Warriors with 20 points, and Sonny Parker came off the to add 18. Bernard King had 16 former high-scoring Clipper guard Lloyd Free had 15 points just two in the second half.

I couldnt understand these guys, Free said of his aggressive former teammates. I asked them after the game what they ate. It must have been raw meat. I was tired from yesterdays game. Playing 40 minutes a night is killing me.

(Ex-Clipper coach) Gene Shue only played me 39. 1 took Just 11 shots, normally Ill take 20. Bibby, whose point total was a personal high for him with the Clippers, said: I got 30 minutes of playing time, and thats the key. Lately, Paul told me to be more offense-minded. The reason the team is playing together well is that theyre getting ao-c lama ted to each other.

Pauls going with a set system now. Theyve made up their minds and are sticking with the system." CHARGERS' GARY JOHNSON POUNCES ON PHILADELPHIA'S RON JAWORSKI enjoys his day, a death threat Associated Press Photo A CIRCUS CATCH FOR A TD in 1957 and John Hicks of Ohio State in 1973. Rogers received much publicity this season not only for extending his string of 100-yard games to 21 but also because of his background. He left home and lived in several Georgia towns during his teen-age years and also made headlines when his father was released from jail in October after serving almost eight years for the fatal shooting of a girl friend. Rogers coach called it a highlight of his coaching career, his aunt was practically speechless with delight, but his mother said she knew her son would win the Heisman Trophy because he once promised her he would.

He was always talking about all the things he was going to do, and every year he did it, said Rogers mother, Mrs. Grady Rogers in a telephone interview from her home town of Duluth, Ga. So I knew if he had his mind set, he could do it, she said. Hes a determined child. He told me four years ago when Earl Campbell got his that I was going to be sitting where his mother sat, because he was going to get it for me.

My little old boy won it, said Rogers aunt, Mrs. Otella Rogers, with whom Rogers lived while he played high school football in Duluth. Praise the Lord. Oh, Im so happy for him. Coach Jim Carlen of the University of South Carolina called it one of the highlights of my coaching career.

Its exciting. Its a tremendous honor, not just for George, but for our whole program and the university as well, Carlen said in Columbia. Carlen said Rogers called him at 11:45 a.m. from New York to deliver the news. He said, Coach, Ive won, Carlen said.

He was excited. He couldnt believe hed won it. You could tell he was choked up. Carlen said Rogers would return to Columbia tonight. Hes missed a day of school.

Ive got to get him back here. GEORGE ROGERS An easy winner NEW YORK (AP) George Rogers, who put the University Trophy of South Carolina on the college football map while becoming the fourth leading rusher in NCAA history, won the 46th Heisman Trophy today as the nations oustanding player. Rogers, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound senior from Duluth, who leads the nations rushers this season with 1,781 yards in 11 regular-season games and 6.0 yards per carry, won by a comfortable margin over defensive end Hugh Green of Pittsburgh. Herschel Walker, Georgias sensational freshman running back, was third, the highest finish ever posted by a first-year player. Rogers received 216 first-place votes, 179 second-place votes and 122 third-place ballots for a total of 1,128 total points based on a 3-2-1 scoring system.

Green received 179 votes for first place, 125 seconds, and 74 thirds for 861 points. Walkers totals were 107-120-122 for 683 points. Rogers carried four of the six regions into which the country is divided the Mid-Atlantic, South, Southwest and Far West. Green captured the Northeast, while Purdue quarterback Mark Herrmann, who finished fourth overall with 405 points, won the Midwest. Rounding out the top 10 Heisman finishers were: Jim McMahon, Brigham Young quarterback; Art Schlichter, Ohio State quarterback; Neil Lomax, a quarterback from small college Portland State University and college footballs all-time passing leader; Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska running back; Kenny Easley, UCLA safety; and a three-way tie for 10th among Anthony Carter, Michigan wide receiver; Mike Singletary, Baylor linebacker, and Dave Wilson, Illinois quarterback.

Rogers became the eighth consecutive running back to win the Heisman and the 31st in the 46 years of the award. Green was only the third lineman to finish as high as second without doubling as a pass-catching end. The others were Alex Karras of Iowa HUGH GREEN Finishes second Staff Photo by Jim Baird Big Hands admitted that he and his defensive line partners felt that it was particularly important for them to apply pressure yesterday since the Chargers were so injury riddled in the secondary. Comerback Mike Williams missed this one with a groin pull and Mike Fuller got his first start of the season at safety since Pete Shaw is now out for the year after undergoing knee surgery. We knew we had to go out and play because of the injuries, said Johnson.

But we didnt feel any extra pressure. Were supposed to sack the quarterback. If we dont do that, we lose. It may sound like Johnson was putting too much importance on his particular phase of the game, but one man definitely agreed with him. Any time the front four plays good we play good, said defensive back Willie Buchanon.

They put the pressure on them and we dont have to cover them so long. Someone wanted to know if the Chargers might let down next week when they travel to Washington, D.C., to play the 3-10 Redskins. I dont think well let down, said Johnson. If we let down, well be home in December and we have to be playing in December. Finally, Johnson was asked if he felt hes now earned the respect that seems to have escaped him his first five seasons.

1 If I dont have it, I guess thats their problem. Johnson certainly earned the respect of one Philadelphia fan, the kind of respect he could do without. Johnson survives By DON NORCROSS T-A Sports Writer SAN DIEGO The way Charger defensive tackle Gary Johnson played yesterday against the Philadelphia Eagles, you might have thought it was the last game of his life. Unfortunately, thats the way a very sick Eagle fan wanted it to be. When Johnson lifted Philadelphia quarterback Ron Jaworski off the ground and slammed him to the turf for an 11-yard loss in the second period an aggressive act that cost him 15 yards for a personal foul an Eagle fan back in Philly figured he could get even with Johnson.

The fan phoned San Diego Stadium and said Johnson would be shot after the game. Stadium security and Charger officials were very hush-hush about the incident, but there was no doubt that the man known as Big Hands had been threatened. Security, usually minimal after a game, was at an all-time high. Three guards stood at the head of the corridor leading to the dressing rooms. Four more stood outside the Chargers quarters and just inside San Diegos locker room four armed guards were surveying the premises.

Before Johnson dressed, Charger owner Gene Klein pulled his large defensive lineman aside and informed him of the threat. He just told me, well, he just told me they want to keep it quiet, said Johnson, obviously a bit shaken by the news. Id prefer that nothing more was said about it myself. Moments later Johnson was ushered out of the locker room in the company of more armed guards, got into his custom-made van and headed to his Rancho Pensasquitos home. A prank phone call turned out to be nothing more than that.

Johnson was almost apologetic about the play that caused all the trouble. He (the referee) said it was roughing, so I must have roughed him. If I would have heard the whistle I would have let him go. I dont like to be known as a dirty player because Im not. I just play hard.

Jaworski would attest to that fact. I got stung pretty good, said the Eagle quarterback of the jarring sack. I was seeing stars and I had vibrations in my toes. I heard the whistle blow and then I was hit. The Eagles normally protect Jaworski like a fifth generation family heirloom.

Before being introduced to Johnson and Jaworski had been sacked only 21 times in 12 games. Yesterday, the Chargers laid him to the turf six times and Johnson was his escort on three of those occasions. Thats my job is to get to the quarterback, said Johnson, a soft spoken, 6-foot-3, 252-pound man. Johnson has been doing his job quite well this season, better than ever in fact. His three sacks yesterday gave him 15 Vi on the season, high in all the NFL and also a career high for the sixth-year professional out of Gram-bling.

Johnsons previous best season at trapping quarterbacks was 1977 when he wrestled them to the ground 13 times. JIT.