The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 53

Monday Diumbtr 17 1973 THE KANSAS CITY TIMAS 5F Record for OJ Strain Calls Plays Continued from Page IF stripping mark of 305 set 12 years ago Simpson blazed 13 yards for one Buffalo touchdown The Bills got two more touchdowns from Jim Braxton on one-yard runs and Bill Cahill ran 51 5:56 remaining in the game on a 7-yard sweep around left end For the second time in the game play was halted as his jubilant teammates rushed onto the icy field and hoisted him to their shoulders while the Shea Stadium crowd again thundered yards with a punt for another its approval score while John Leypoldt It was final play of kicked field goals from 12 and the game and gave him his 332 11 yards out The Jets' only I rushes for the season far cut-touchdowns came on Joe Na-i math passes of 48 yards to Je rome Barkum and 16 yards to Rich Caster But it was Simpson who brought 47740 fans into snow-swept freezing Shea Stadium And it was Simpson they got right from the outset He carried on Buffalo's first three plays the second one a 30-vard sweep around right end that made it obvious he was go ing to be a record-breaker 77 MAt Nb york After Braxton carried once I At Mmi 55 rhiedoM -i44 Kansas Otv 39 157 New Yor GiTtS 9-40 At New Orleans 20-79 At PhiiAtjpiohla 28-273 Simpson rushed four more times Then with the ball on the York Braxton By Fritz Krelsler A Momtx-r of th Sport Staff Hank Stram called the plays yesterday in the 33-6 victory over the San Diego Chargers and then said he might do it on a regular basis next year something toyed with for a long long time and this game provided a good Stram said of the experiment in which he used tight ends Gary Butler and Morris Stroud as messengers between him and quarterback Mike Livingston wanted to see how the timing would work because thinking of doing it next Stram cited better control as the major advantage of calling the plays from the sideline and dismissed the idea that he was just adding to his own burden and leaving himself open to more second-guessing a responsibility you have to take if you feel help your he said doing this you have so much more control involved with film work and studying tendencies all make him dissatisfied with the play selection just something had in mind for a long he reiterated have changed so much There are so many variations and it's so difficult to convey information to the quarterback takes a burden off the quarterbacks and their only worry is about the mechanical part of the game not the play calling The play I call can always be negated by the quarterback if the wrong play for a certain type of defense But it doesn't make any difference who calls the plays The important thing is executing Livingston who has always called his own plays as a pro and in college at Southern Methodist accepted the experiment philosophically worked out good so you have to be he said takes the pressure off Nor did Livingston view the change as a slap in the face I getting things done the way he wanted he answered he has a day as he sent in plays At right is Len Dawson quarterback who did not participate in the game (Staff photo by Ray Corey) Messenger Service Morri Stroud (88) strolls off the field while officials take time out for a measurement in the Chiefs' game with San Diego Coach Hank Stram shuffled tight ends yester Chargers Leave Waller Muttering New 3 carried three straight times for the touchdown that capped a 71-yard march When the Bills got the ball back Simpson belted over left i said Tim Rossovichi been a lot of little the famed glass-eater human! the way he classified torch and all-round football the Svare decline nd as a handyman they want me to little thing He says you 2-play end I'll put on somejU-1 particular disrup tion The fans were only showing Late Cage Results EAST Drexel 63 Wagner 57 York 72 Roaer Williams 67 Long Beach State 60 Long Island 4 6 Dominican 69 Cathedral 52 Lehman 72 New York Tech 65 Dowling 99 St Thomas Aquinas 80 Rutgers 70 Stone Hill 63 South Hampton 91 William Paterson 74 St Francis 93 Montreal Loyola 72 weight If they want to play linebacker I'll take it off I'll do what they want looking for- fe'r he said ward to next year He smiled They do that everywhere all going to have a big! not £0n8 criticize that We re season next vear and live hap-! professionals with a job to do pilv ever after and that's long befort That finished he walked to the Tu TV the Chargers either stopped do- ling their jobs or proved incapa- We definitely have the 0f ning them any longer At Pittsburgh 19-79 St I mdt 22-154 Dallas 17-51 At 5t Louis 29-17 At Detroit 13-41 tackle for the six yards that vor 34-200 A Washington 2E-125 surpassed Brown's previous sin-j Total? ru games) 332 2003-c Totals 1 4 game) 29l-863 a-250 yards rtJhinQ reco-d ot 747 yards held hv wtiue EEtyisoo Los Angelas Pams vs New Origans Dec 5 1971 b-39 rushes roke sing I e-gam a 38 hv Harr Newman math hitting Emerson Boozer ef New York Giant vs GrPn Rev Nry for 11 yards then connecting' ik ithak'ilnoc0 with Barkum who caught the ruVhlVa-Xmrt rSrKHjos ball racing down the left side- In lw- whpn np line on the way to a touchdown o-si mpson with 11 gf 100 grdS The Bills who finished the' 5P35HT1 pt Q-S a nrt Otlrlot WltVl bhcrttf: th tint plsvpt in tj history season ai mo ann enoeo hJW thrpp OTvrrt in 3 3096 rushing yards breaking J'T 8 ow" ln w'th 2V Dallas and 277 aia n-t Miami one-year-old record of simo'or ban 25c in tri t- QCA milt tlno samea aaanit NV and 290 2060 yarns put the game away aoamst th? in the second quarter I yard barrier And he got it with! week and this way we can do a chance to do It the way he better job from an overall wants to the way I have standpoint When we know what t0 af play has been called our people upstairs can watch the point of attack and see what happened and why Then too there are a lot of things like to run that it seems like we get run and this way you can make sure you do you worry about being second-guessed then better get out of the business Second-guess is a term that In my opinion can be thought of in a positive way If fans second-guess you then that means Eagles' Progress Not Satisfactory Washington (AP) Mike McCormack said yesterday his first season as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles could have been better even though the team rebounded from a dismal 2-11-1 record in 1972 wanted a winning By Jay Greenberg A Member of the Sports Staff Six weeks of coaching the San Diego Chargers had lowered Ron voice to a whisper and left his football future hardly more audible least I can say I was he said sitting on a table in an equipment room off his dressing room He looked very much defeated he continued perk ing up slightly just about completes the cycle Playing a few champsionship teams (with the Rams of the late and now Even the losing coach of a miserable team having a miserable season is sometimes afforded the luxury of looking forward to a next year Waller was guaranteed nothing when he took over for Harland Svare in mid-season and after one victory in six weeks he will now get nothing Except as he said the honor of saying he was once a head coach in the National Football League what the Chargers left Waller with And that's how he leaves them EASY! 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Order Star Want Ads for 3 or more consecutive save 5 cents a line each day Just dial 251-5500 Adv said Mike Garrett who this year was unable to add any footballs to his advanced collection of touchdowns scored against Hank Stram his former coach He put the venom aside to discuss the Chargers really has been bad" be admitted And the coaching change and the vicious howls of the San Diego fans which brought it about marie it even worse like a wounded ship going into battle it hurt us don't think we were that bad" a matter of getting ev- they care When they do 'd Mormack whose club that means interested in fmshed wlth '1 ater seeing you do well and that they 3 the WashnBton hurt like we hurt when we Redskins do I thought we Stram said if he decided to do played well enough to do it We it next year he'd do it regard- didn't do as well defensively but less of who was playing quarter-i when you're in charge back and he insisted that noth- responsible for the whole ing had happened this year to Sunday Football Statistics Army 100 Pitt Johnstown 65 Hofstra 69 Adelphi 58 John Jay 93 Windham Vt 53 Seton Hall 89 San Francisco 83 New Hampshire 76 Springfield 67 Assumption 100 Worcester State 85 Franklin and Marshall 77 Elizabethtown 69 Edinboro State 82 Slippery Rock 81 Harvard 78 Brown 63 SOUTH Ersklne 77 Claflin 73 Morehead State 93 Georgia State 0 Tennessee State 69 Northern Kentucky S3 MIDWEST Wittenberg 77 Akron 68 Northwooa 81 Pikeville 73 Centenary 87 Henderson 68 Luther Iowa 103 Icelandic National FAR WEST Denver 80 Regis 67 Svnon Fraser 78 Pacific Lutheran 67 Puaet Sound 59 Montana 58 Montane Tech 93 East Washington 86 Southern California 79 Arizona State Fullerton State 65 Biola 45 Chapman Occidental 57 Idaho 82 Seattle Pacific 70 Cal-Poly Pomona 90 Wheaton 78 I os Anglps State 65 Bakersfield State 61 Fresno State 75 Wyoming 66 Linfield Ore 84 Alaska 79 East Washington 82 Montana Terh 73 77 70 The promise of a new man erybndy together within the or-running the show holds nothing ganization and we'll be all Recognition for a professional ome Miller has earnpcl one of higheAt honoi warded annually in the life msuranee field: Missouri Association of 1 ife 1 eaders membership This honor is in recognition of his outstanding achievement in life underwriting and excellence in service to his polir vholders Our rongiatulations to a top Southwestern Life career agent A imp pintessional wm Srn ithv -npitnrn iTn fcJ tzippinnfis what wa 1 B00 COMMERCE TOWER KC MO (B 18) S4? 4011 for the Charger veterans except a spot on a training camp roster but most of them cemented their lips upwards after the 33-6 loss to the Chiefs yesterday at Arrowhead and spoke of better days we can said tackle Russ Washington start working for next Packers 21 Bears 0 Colts 18 Pats 13 Russ Washington said he agreed Homecoming for the Southeast High graduate did not go particularly this year but since he was recently voted the Most Valuable Charger he is not likely to be shuffled off anywhere by the new regime So he is determined to make the best of it would have been a good rorn Domre5 F'K'nkoH Packers Bears First downs 16 12 Rushes-yards 63 298 S6-125 Passing yards 72 68 Return yards 1 12 Passes 2-12-1 10-27-1 Punts 7-30 8-34 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-2 Penalties-yards 7-55 5-35 Green Bay 7 7 0 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 I GB-Staapers 20 pass from Taqge I (Marcol kick) GB Goodman 3 run Marcol kick) i 36 pass from Taaae I (Marcol kick) 55701 (actual 29137) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Green Rav Rrockinaton 22-142 Lane 19 101 Chicaao Lawson 13- res (pass failed) 39 Aoore 11-52 FG Hunt 32 RECEIVING Green Bay Staaaers 3- A 40801 kPckLfaMeSdTvrr 17 BALT FG Hunt NE -Vataha (Whit kick) (kkk faffed)0" balti -TMitrheii going to start tomorrow said a Charger dressing nearbi fPeing jie off season if we tired of all the losing and happy wouirj have won it" he said it was over about jfs st a letdown said another think anytime we mi -e he repeat- we It's wait until Tuesday pa5S from Dom-! I may start tonight e(fi personnel and 6nd so on If the Chiefs suffered haven't been that far away Raiders 21 Broncos 17 Bronco Raiders First downs 16 16 Rushesvarda 27 90 43-161 Passing yards 119 134 Return yards 44 52 Passes 15-38 3 12-20-0 Punts 8-13 7-42 Fumh'e- lost 1-0 2-2 Penal he wards 3 25 5-65 Denver 037 7-17 Oak'and 770 Smith 1 Oak--Devis run Oen-rO urno 0pn Moses 13 (Turner kik) S'ani 31 rasa from (Blands kirk) Hen- Odo mi 14 (T 'rrner '-k 51710 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Denver Hawkins 12-47 Little 14 47 Oakland Davis 15 78 Hub bard 14-53 Panas7ak 3-16 RECEIVING Denver Odoms 7 68 Mnes 2-30 Van Heuen 2 25 Oakland Bi'etnikoff 6-58 Sleni 4-62 PASSING Denver Johnson 11-22 -1 91 verbs Ramsey 4-16-2 54-Oakland Stabler 2-20-0 139 77 Chicago Sflriderson 7-12 Firmer 2-41 PASSING Gren Bay Taage 3-12-1 72 yards Chicaao Huff KL77-1 110 yrds individual leaders thus year the Chargers suffered RUSHING New England 116 rr on 8 75 pr-nrcF T'hpir aiifterinac dre i I Cunningham 9-17 Baltimore Mitchell worse ineir SUliermgS grew callouses about the time thev Oh or 1 1 y- i i doiiiiiiuic 34-142 Domres 7-32 Olds 6-X Rams 30 Browns 17 RECEIVING-New England Herron 8-95 Vataha 2-33 Rucker 2-31 Baltimore Brown Ram Mitchell 5-57 Doughty 3-39 SDeyrer 2-26 PASSING-NEW ENGLAND Plunkett 13-! 27-2 164 yards Baltimore Domres 11 20-115 1131 Vikings 31 Giants 7 Bengali 27 Oilers 24 ViWinq Giants tied the black hood around Svare so one could hardly expect them to act like Super Bowl losers yesterday To the Chargers simply finishing was like winning It was finally over Give HerA CORVETTE FOR CHRISTMAS DeBACKER CHEVROLET 117111 71 Hiwoy 763-4000 Benaals Oilers 14 25 26-101 89-190 281 191 140 43 23-15-0 24-17-0 4-47 3-34 1-1 1-1 10-89 6-40 3 10 'O 0 10 0 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles-iost Penalties-vards Cincinnnah Houston FG Muhin First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-Iost Penalties yards Cleveland Los Angeles LA FG Rav 48 FG Rav LA Klein 23 kick Cle Phipn 25 run (Cockrnft kirk) Jackson 8 pass from Hadl (Rav i Cle FG Cork oft Baker 4 run (Rav klrk) FG Rav IS Cle Pitts 14 pass from Phipps (Cock-roft kick) A 73948 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSH I NG Cleveland T-39 Kel 'v 7 24 Phipps 4-35 Lns Angelas McCutcheon 19-83 Bertelsen 11-66 Jo-sephson 5-36 RECEIVING -Cleveland Pitts 4 4 A Holden 3-27 ICelly 3-24 Los Angeie Jackson 3-48 PASSING Cleveland Phipoa 1625-2 13? yards Los Angeles Hadl 6-14-0 92 yards Harris 1-4-0 4 yards 84 THESE AEE HOT WEEKEND SPECIALS! 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