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The Sacramento Bee Final Monday Novembers 1987 Football mulligan dooms NFL WEEK 7 Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE Bo avoids strikeout in NFL debut On the first play of the series Jack-son ran left for 14 yards He gained 23 yards on four carries during that possession and was in and out of the lineup for most of the game playing primarily on first and second downs "I thought Bo did pretty well for his first Raiders coach Tom Flores said showed some Jackson caught one pass for 6 yards midway through the fourth quarter on a touchdown drive that cut New lead to 23-20 just went out and played Nothing Jackson said FOXBORO Mass (AP) Kansas City Royals outfielder Bo Jackson made his professional football debut Sunday and made it clear that his interest lies in football during football season Jackson the 1985 Heisman Trophy winner from Auburn ran eight times for 37 yards in the 26-23 loss to the New England Patriots He entered game with 12:57 left in the second quarter after New England had taken a 10-3 lead on Mosi 15-yard touchdown pass to Tony Collins 0:46 left? The Patriots simply went 68 yards in the other direction the big play 40-yard completion to Morgan who beat Mike Haynes to set up Franfc- game-winner i Haynes said point fingers any more at the They were down 23-6 when Hilger toog them 48 yards to their first touchdown an 8-yard scoring pass to Todd Christensen after running for his own life in thft backfield Then Hilger marched the Raiders 61 yards to score The key play was a 32-yard it pass to rookie fullback Steve Smith tha set up 2-yard TD run closingthn gap to 23-20 And the next time out Hilger marched them into field-goal position starting with a 34-yard completion to James Lofton Chris 39-yard field goal tied the game 23-23 with 0:46 left 4 There appear to be enough time for a Patriots drive until Grogan exploded a 40-yard bomb to Morgan over Haynes" on the first play Morgan was dragged down from behind at the 40 On fourth-and-five -gan hit tight end Greg Baty for 1 1 yards to the 24 On first down Grogan caught the Raiders with their middle uncovered and broke a quarterback sneak 7 yards to the 17 On came Franklin for the series of events that would culminate in the PatiJ victory By Mark Heisler Los Angeles Times FOXBORO Mass There was one very specific thing that the Los Angeles Raiders needed from this visit and it a stirring near-comeback or a chance to debut their new superstar or overdue good tidings from the Kid QB front What they needed was a victory which eluded them If game was memorable and hard-fought and perhaps marked the day this team began to care again all it is in the standings is a loss the fourth in a row cementing them in fourth place in the AFC West What do you get when you rally from 23-6 in the fourth quarter to tie the game and watch Tony Franklin knock a 34-yard game-winning field goal off target? Nothing but a longer ride home Raiders corner Lionel Washington was detected offside on the play Franklin the highest-paid kicker who had made his last six tries before this miss was allowed to line up another one from the 29 with 0 05 left which he hit The New England Patriots won 26-23 Raiders coach Tom Flores normally protective of his players at all costs called the offsides If so what had died all but officially was his season nothing really to explain about around Sunday it gave up 282 yards passing to 34-year-old Steve Grogan in a relief appearance Grogan replaced Tony Eason who suffered a separated right shoulder when he was tackled with 5:02 left in the first quarter Eason is expected to be out for the rest of the season The defense also allowed 100-yard games to both of wide receivers Stanley Morgan and Irving Fryar and another 110 yards to the feeble ground game And when the offense rallied behind Rusty Hilger to tie the game with said a somber Washington was just trying to anticipate the snap pretty much been timing him out all day I guess they just changed the snap count a little and I got But one Raider carry the burden for this loss The offense score a touchdown until the fourth quarter when the Patriots led 23-6 The defense showed none of its Horatio at the Bridge bravado of two seasons ago when it scored three touchdowns by itself in the game here to turn the season San Francisco 31 Los Angeles Rams 10 Houston 31 Cincinnati 29 Indianapolis 19 New York Jets 14 Chicago 31 Kansas City 28 New England 26 Los Angeles Raiders 23 New Orleans 38 Atlanta 0 Philadelphia 28 St Louis 23 Miami 35 Pittsburgh 24 Tampa Bay 23 Green Bay 17 Washington 27 Buffalo 7 San Diego 27 Cleveland 24 OT Denver 34 Detroit 0 Seattle 28 Minnesota 17 TODAY'S GAME Atlanta at Cleveland 10 am Chicago at Green Bay 10 am Dallas at Detroit 10 am Denver at Buffalo 10 am Los Angeles Raiders at Minnesota 10 am Pittsburgh at Kansas City 10 am San Diego at Indianapolis 10 am 1 ampa Bay at St Louis 1 0 a Washington at Philadelphia 10 am Houston at San Francisco 1 New Orleans at Los Angeles Rams 1pm Miami at Cincinnati 1 New England at New York Giants 5 pm McMahon is the man Late-game heroics save Bears again CHICAGO (AP) Jim McMahon limping after the Chicago second comeback victory in two weeKs keen about the way they did it not what we planned" said McMahon who threw three touchdown passes including two to Willie Gault in the fourth quarter for a 31- 28 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday it shows charac- ter and sends a message to the rest of the clubs in the league that you might get the Bears down but you beat 1 McMahon was making his first' start since last Nov 23 when he suffered a shoulder injury and under-' went surgery last December It ex- tended his streak of starting victories to 24 Given the liberty of calling own plays in the second half by coach Mike Ditka McMahon wenTTo a hurry-up offense as the Bears roared back from a 28-14 deficit went to the hurry-up because we know what doing and it keeps the other team off McMahon said was happy because I started throwing right away They had stopped our running so I decided to McMahon who completed only 6 of 9 passes for 83 yards and a 28-yard touchdown to Cap Boso in the first half finished with 23 of 34 for 287 yards including touchdown throws of 25 and 38 yards to Gault the latter coming with 4:44 to play The winning touchdown came after the Chiefs who had scored all four of their touchdowns on passes by Bill Kenney committed their first turnover on a fumble by Christian Okoye Dave Duerson recovered and returned it 10 yards to the 21 when McMahon went to work on a 79-yard drive that included a 21-yard pass to Gault hope we do this much more I stand these exciting Gault said referring to last 27-26 victory over Tampa Bay generated by return to action in the second half won a lot of games in a lot of said Ditka the defense has won 90 percent of them Today we had some breakdowns on defense so you have to give credit to the offense and the special teams" Dennis Gentry provided a big play on the special teams when he returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown after the Chiefs had taken an early 14-0 lead is no guarantee in this Kansas City coach Frank Gansz said played hard but they have some weapons in their arsenal that are unbelievable Their three linebackers are the best in the NFL have to be flawless to win We flawless by any means The loss was the sixth straight for the Chiefs while the Bears upped their record to 6-1 including four victories by the regular team and a 2-1 record by the non-union team during the strike The Chiefs held a 21-14 halftime lead and on their first possession in the second half Kenney taking a flip back from Larry Moriarty threw a 43-yard flea-flicker touchdown pass to Stephone Paige for a 28-14 lead The defense stiffened after that and the offense chipped away at the lead Kevin Butler kicked a 27-yard field goal and McMahon threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Gault before hitting the world-class sprinter with the game-winner Kansas City jumped out to an early 14-0 lead before Gentry broke his 88-yard kickoff return in the first quarter i New York Giants at Dall3S 6pm MONDAY NOV 9 Seattle at New York Jets 6pm Overachievers Dan Marino of Miami completed 25 of 31 passes for 332 yards and four touchdowns Albert Bentley of Indianapolis rushed for 145 yards in 29 carries Stanley Morgan of New England caught six passes for 1 46 yards Boomer Esiason of Cincinnati completed 26 of 41 passes for 387 yards and two touchdowns Dan Fouts of San Diego completed 25 of 42 passes for 31 5 yards and two touchdowns marking the 250th TD pass of his career Jim Breech of Cincinnati kicked five field goals to tie Horst Muhlmann club record Cris Collinsworth of Cincinnati caught eight passes for 121 yards Stephone Paige of Kansas City caught five passes for 121 yards and one touchdown Carlos Carson of Kansas City caught seven passes for 117 yards Smith of St Louis caught 10 passes for 112 yards and one touchdown Underachievers Walter Payton of Chicago rushed eight times for 15 yards Don Majkowski of Green Bay completed 4 of 13 passes for 43 yards Scott Campbell of Atlanta threw five interceptions Eddie Murray of Detroit missed all three of his field-goal attempts Odds I San Francisco favored by 4 defeated the Los Angeles Rams 31-10 New York Jets favored by 8 lost to Indianapolis 19-14 Cincinnati favored by 6V2 lost to Houston 31-29 Chicago favored by 14 defeated Kansas City 31-28 New Orleans favored by 2 defeated Atlanta 38-0 Washington favored by defeated Buffalo 27-7 Green Bay favored by 2V2 lost to Tampa Bay 23-17 New England favored by 3 defeated Los Angeles Raiders 26-23 St Louis favored by 2V2 lost to Philadelphia 28-23 Miami favored by 6V2 defeated Pittsburgh 35-24 San Diego favored by 1 defeated Cleveland 27-24 Denver favored by 1 1 defeated Detroit 34-0 Seattle favored by 6 defeated Minnesota 28-17 Ends Kellen Winslow of San Diego caught seven passes for 76 yards giving him 504 career receptions joining the Ozzie Newsome as the only tight ends in NFL history with more than 500 catches Newsome caught two passes to extend his consecutive-game catching streak to 1 1 9 He has 555 career receptions New Orleans' second scoring drive was aided by a quick whistle when Hoby Brenner caught a 20-yard pass to the Atlanta 7 and fumbled Atlanta recovered but officials ruled that the whistle had already sounded Jets defensive end Marty Lyons misled Sunday's game with the Colts to be with his wife Kelley who was severely injured in an automobile accident in De-mopolis Ala Kelley Lyons was hospitalized Saturday The 24586 fans at the St Louis 28-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles was St Louis' smallest non-strike crowd Busch Stadium since 21 902 went to a game between the Cardinals and Eagles dunng a snowstorm 1983 Troy Stradford gained 110 yards on 19 carries to become the first Dolphins rookie to run for more than 1 00 yards in a game since Larry Csonka in 1 968 Summaries on page F5 Associated Press Eric Dickerson the newest member of the Colts takes a Jets player for a ride during a second-quarter run Dickerson learns 6 plays helps Colts beat Jets Now Dickerson will be expected to start earning his $56 million over the next four years beginning against San Diego in the Hoosier Dome next Sunday Unfortunately the league book the Colts for any Monday night games this season which can be the difference a Dickerson makes Without the player Trudeau calls big-time superstar" the Colts might be the most anonymous title contender around Dickerson talked about being unappreciated in Los Angeles but Jets lineman Mark Gastineau who crossed the picket line in the strike must be the most hated athlete on either side of the Hudson River When he got into a scuffle with the Kevin Call near the end of the game Jet fans were rooting for Call and cursing Gastineau Dickerson said his new teammates "really made me feel at but Bentley share their enthusiasm now unhappy" Bentley said sure in the long run going to work out OK" Asked how his contract compares with Bentley said embarrassed to say" Dickerson implied that Bentley will just have to understand thing I can say about this football team they want to win and they have a good offensive line With a good offensive line and me I think we can go Dickerson said Dickerson knew about Indianapolis was that it had a major auto race every year was a little nervous believe it or he said know the offense that well We went over it last night and I tried to learn as much as I could in one On the last play of the third quarter third-and-two at the 2-yard line quarterback Jack Trudeau pitched out to Dickerson going left but the ball bounced off his chest for a 19-yard loss (not charged to Dickerson) Dickerson said I was thinking too much I know the plays and I want to mess up terminology here is different Even numbers were to the left Here to the right out there trying to reverse in my mind not a thinker on the football field When you think you're A few minutes earlier on second-and-four at the 25 Trudeau turned left to hand off to Dickerson who ran behind his back Trudeau took a 2-yard loss was an Dickerson slid i just sure That was my fault I knew two pass plays and four run plays When we practice I can learn a lot in a Dickerson play after the bungled pitchout surprised he made only one mistake" Trudeau said "I was audibilizing a lot while he was in there and he picked them all By Rich Roberts Los Angeles Times EAST RUTHERFORD NJ With sorrow for his friends and enthusiasm for his future Eric Dickerson has no room for anger at the Los Angeles Rams They have traded him to a first-place team that doubled his salary appreciate Dickerson said Sunday want to be on a contender I like winning I hate to lose not 1 and Make that 1 and 6 As the stock continued to drop the Indianapolis Colts 4-3 and Dickerson are soaring above the rest of the AFC East following their 19-14 upset of the New York Jets 3-4 before 60863 at Giants Stadium That left the one-time doormats of the division sharing the lead with the New England Patriots whom they had upset a week earlier 30-16 Not that Dickerson had much to do with it The star of the day was the tailback Dickerson will displace Albert Bentley who rushed 29 times for 145 yards but is destined to become the next Wally Pipp Participating in 16 plays Dickerson carried the hall 10 times for a net of 38 yards caught one pass for 28 and botched two scoring opportunities when the Colts had to settle for two of Dean four field goals All was quickly forgiven however because this was a honeymoon afternoon Before the trade late Friday night all -T I I.