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0 00 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 a W. 6., 15, Volunteers top Terps in Citrus ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) It was billed as a confrontation between Boomer Esiason, Maryland's record-setting quarterback, and Reggie White, Tennessee's AllAmerica defensive tackle. And when the 6-foot-4, 205-pound Esiason met the 6-5, 264-pound White in the Florida Citrus Bowl Saturday night, it took place in the form of a collision that sent the Maryland star to the sidelines early in the second period with a shoulder injury after he had completed four of six passes for 61 yards. Esiason didn't know how prophetic he was when he shook hands with White at a midweek news conference and told him, "I know I'm going to meet you Saturday, so I might as well meet you now." He survived that one unscathed.

Although Frank Reich, Esiason's backup, completed 14 of 22 passes for 192 yards and Jess Atkinson kicked a Citrus Bowl record five field goals, there was no doubt that Maryland missed the Boomer in dropping a 30-23 decision. Johnnie Jones, Tennessee's junior tailback and the game's most valuable player, carried 29 times for 154 yards, including a pair of decisive short touchdown runs early in the fourth quarter, while Alan Cockrell completed 16 of 23 passes for 185 yards and teamed with wingback Lenny Taylor on a 12- yard scoring toss in the first period. But the play that did in Maryland was the first in the second period. On third and 1 at the Tennessee 20, the Terps had an apparent first down erased by an offside penalty. On third and 6, White flushed Esiason out of the passing pocket and combined with outside linebacker Dale Jones to sack the left-hander for a 6-yard loss.

"We fell and both landed on my shoulder," Esiason said. "It hurt a lot right away, but then the pain wasn't so bad. If it had been my right shoulder, I would have gone back in. But since it was the left, I couldn't throw the ball and wouldn't have done the team much good. What a way to end it (his collegiate career).

"I think if I rest, I'll return for the Senior Bowl (Jan. 14). I think I'll be all right by then. But it's my left shoulder, and I know they (the pros) want me for my left arm, not my Lions in playoffs after 23-20 win Continued from page 1B "It's a funny thing, but I think if we had had an NFL place-kicker this year and gotten a few breaks we might be drinking champagne instead of them." Detroit, which got off to a 1-4 start, finished the regular season 9-7. The Lions made the playoffs as the wild-card team in 1970 and again last year when they qualified for the post-season tournament because of a strike.

Last season, Detroit was the only team in history to make the playoffs with a record at 4-5. Jack Thompson did his best to keep Detroit from winning with three touchdown passes but an inability to get field goals again cost Tampa Bay a victory. Tampa Bay twice passed up field goal opportunities inside the Detroit 13 and both times turned the ball over on downs. Dave Warnke, signed by the Bucs after Bill Capece missed an extra point on a field goal a week ago, also flubbed an extra point try and stubbed a 29-yard field goal attempt. Tampa Bay even used guard George Yarno to kick its last extra point.

Thompson threw touchdown passes of 4-yards to tight end Jerry Bell, 20-yards to wide receiver kevin house and 13-yards to wide received Gerald Carter. The 13-yard pass to Carter came with 1:17 to play but Tampa Bay never got the ball again. Rams edge Saints Continued from page 1 1B Los Angeles added two touchdowns in the second half on interception returns of 31 yards by Johnnie Johnson (off Stabler) and of 43 yards by Nolan Cromwell (off Dave Wilson). Wilson came into the game early in the third quarter after Stabler suffered a knee injury. Wilson came in with New Orleans trailing 16-7.

The only Saints points in the first half were produced on Stabler's 11-yard throw to tight end Jeff Groth. But under Wilson's guidance, the Saints twice took the lead. Wilson scored on a 1-yard sneak in the third quarter and Morten Andersen gave the Saints a 17-16 lead with a 20-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. Then, after the Rams had gone back in front on Cromwell's interception, the Saints capitalized on Eric Dickerson's second fumble of the game to move to a go-ahead touchdown. That one came when Korte fell 'on Rogers' fumble.

Seahawks dump Pats, win a wild-card berth SEATTLE The Seattle Seahawks saved their best performance of the season for a game that was properly billed as the most important in the eight-year history of the franchise. No longer content to be doormats or also-rans under new head coach Chuck Knox, the Seahawks thoroughly dominated the New England Patriots in a 24-6 win Sunday that put Seattle into the playoffs for the first time. "In the past, we've always been in the position of wanting to win the last game to build for next year," said wide receiver Steve Largent, who has been with the club for all eight of its seasons. "Now, finally, this game meant Seattle, 9-7, which won its last two games of the regular season to earn a playoff berth, plays host to Denver Saturday in the Kingdome in the battle between the two AFC wild-card teams. The winner will be at Miami the following week to face the AFC East champion Dolphins in the divisional playoffs.

Quarterback Dave Krieg and rookie running back Curt Warner joined Largent to provide the Seahawks with most of their offensive lift in their victory over New England. Krieg fired touchdown passes of 48 yards to Largent and 16 yards to Dan Doornink and ran 2 yards for Seattle's other score. Krieg, who led the Seahawks to a 5-3 mark over the last half of the season when he replaced Jim Zorn as the starter, completed 13 of 21 passes for 230 yards and the two scores. Warner rushed for 116 yards on 26 carries to wrap up the AFC rushing title in his rookie season, finishing the year with 1,449 yards. But for one of the few times in the second half of the season, Seattle also got a solid performance from its defense, which harassed New England's rookie quaterback, Tony Eason, with a hard pass rush and limited the Patriots to just one score.

"We executed as well as we probably have all year," said Seahawk safety John Harris. The Seahawks thus become the third team Knox has led into post-season play in his 11 years as a head coach in the NFL. Knox, who previously took the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo into the playoffs, turned the Seahawks from a team with three straight losing seasons into a playoff club in his first year in Seattle. Press "What makes Chuck Knox a playoff coach is his approach," said guard Reggie McKenzie, a 12-year mark veteran who was acquired by Knox in the off season. "He's a George Allen type the future is now.

With a club like this, a lot of people say build for the future. Forget that. The future is now. "You have to go and get the players who know how to win, with the seasoning and who've been there, who know how to suck it up in the clutch." New England got its only score late in the second From News Dispatches quarter on a 33-yard pass from Eason to Derrick Ramsey. Eason, who suffered a slight sore shoulder, was replaced in the fourth quarter by Mike Kerrigan.

New England, 8-8, was one of four AFC teams still in contention for the final wild-card spot when the day began. But a combination of Cleveland's 30-17 victory over Pittsburgh and Buffalo's 31-14 loss to Atlanta meant the Patriots were eliminated from contention as their game with Seattle got under way. "We hated to end on a down note," said New England coach Ron Meyer. "I don't know if it (knowing they were out of the playoffs) did anything to us." The Seahawks opened the scoring on a 29-yard field goal by Norm Johnson with 4:21 left in the first period and led the rest of the way. Seattle raised its lead to 10-0 midway through the second period when Krieg hit Largent at the goal line near the right sideline behind cornerback Ricky Smith for a 46-yard TD strike.

Raiders 30 Chargers. 14 LOS ANGELES Jim Plunkett threw for 332 yards and Marcus Allen rushed for two touchdowns, helping the AFC West champion Los Angeles Raiders clinch the home-field advantage through the playoffs with a 30-14 victory over San Diego. The Raiders, 12-4, will meet the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC divisional playoffs in two weeks at the Coliseum. The Chargers finished a disappointing 6-10. Plunkett, who lost his job early in the season but regained it when Marc Wilson was injured, was 21 of 30, throwing one TD and one interception.

His 4-yard pass to Cliff Branch 72 seconds into the fourth quarter gave Los Angeles a 23-14 lead. Allen. the NFL's Rookie of the Year in 1982, scored on runs of 8 and 5 yards and his 72 rushing yards gave him 1,014 for the season. Allen's 5-yard scoring run with 7:13 left iced the victory. The Chargers scored on a 40-yard pass from Ed Luther, subbing for the injured Dan Fouts.

to Bobby Duckworth in the first quarter and a 2-yard run by Chuck Muncie in the third period. Chris Bahr kicked three field goals for the Raiders. Luther, who started because Fouts injured his right shoulder last week, was 20 of 36 for 236 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Muncie led San Diego's rushing attack with 77 yards on 18 carries. Ahead 13-7 at halftime, Los Angeles took a 16-7 lead 3:44 into the third quarter when Bahr kicked a 28-yard field goal.

Muncie capped a 75-yard San Diego march that took more than nine minutes of the third quarter when he squirted over from 2 yards out with 2:03 left in the period. Branch's TD catch early in the fourth period came after Plunkett connected on a 41-yard strike down the right sideline to Malcolm Barnwell. The Associated Press Atlanta back William Andrews gains 10 yards Falcon tied an NFL mark Sipe-led Browns clobber Steelers From News Dispatches CLEVELAND Brian Sipe, perhaps quarterbacking the Cleveland Browns for the last time. threw four touchdown passes Sunday, including a 64-yarder to Rocky Belk, sparking a 30-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. But the victory was not enough to earn the Browns a wild-card playoff berth.

Cleveland, 9-7, needed losses by Buffalo and Seattle on Sunday to earn a berth. Buffalo cooperated. losing 31-14 to Atlanta, but Seattle dumped New England, 24-6. The Steelers, 10-6, closed their National Football League regular season with four losses in their last five games, but they had clinched the American Conference Central Division title a week ago. Pittsburgh lost despite a 56-yard rushing performance by Franco Harris that made him the first runner in NFL history to gain 1,000 yards in eight different seasons.

Jim Brown and Walter Payton each had seven seasons. Sipe, whose contract with Cleveland expires after this season, has been negotiating with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League. He completed 14 of 22 passes for 199 yards, including two scoring passes to Harry Holt and one each to Belk and Ricky Feacher. The Browns led 23-10 at halftime, scoring their final points of the half on Sipe's 4-yard pass to Feacher with one second left. Pittsburgh took a 3-0 lead early in the first quarter on Gary Anderson's 34-yard field goal.

Falcons. 31 Bills 14 ATLANTA William Andrews soared over the mark in rushing and receiving yardage for a record-tying second time and scored three touchdowns as Atlanta downed Buffalo 31-14. Andrews scored on runs of 10 and 1 yards and on a 6-yard pass. from Steve Bartkowski. He rushed for 158 yards on 28 carries and caught seven passes for 49 yards, giving him 2,176 for the year to yards twice since O.J.

Simpcome the first NFL player to hit son of the Bills did it in 1973 and 1975. The setback, Buffalo's fourth in five games, left the Bills with an 8- 8 record and ended their remote shot at a -card playoff berth. Atlanta, snapping a two-game losing streak, finished at 7-9. Chiefs 48 Broncos 17 KANSAS CITY, Mo. Bill Kenney threw two touchdown passes and raised his season passing total to 4,348 yards as Kansas City bombed playoff-bound Denver 48- 17 before the second-smallest crowd in modern NFL history.

A wind-chill factor of minus-30 degrees helped hold the crowd to 11,307. There were 26,377 no-shows as the Chiefs finished their 12th consecutive non-playoff season with a 6-10 record. NFL summaries The Broncos, already assured of a wild-card playoff berth. ended the regular season 9-7. Bears.

23 Packers 21 CHICAGO Bob Thomas' 22- yard field goal with 10 seconds remaining in frigid cold weather gave Chicago a 23-21 victory over Green Bay and spoiled the Packers' playoff hopes. The kick provided a wildwooly climax to the rivalry between the two NFC teams. Both finished at 8-8. Thomas' kick capped a 58yard. 10-play drive that began with 3:08 left, following Green Bay's 64-yard march that ended with quarterback Lynn Dickey throwing 5 yards to Paul Coffman.

With game-time temperature at 3 degrees and the wind whipping in from Lake Michigan, the windchill factor was minus-28 and played a decisive role in the 10 turnovers, seven of which came on interceptions. Cardinals. 31 Eagles 7 ST. LOUIS Ottis Anderson posted his seventh 100-yard rushing game of the year and scored a touchdown to lead St. Louis to a 31- 7 rout of Philadelphia that gave the Cardinals their first winning season since 1977.

The Cardinals, playing in neararctic conditions with a minus-10 chill factor, ended their regular season with an 8-7-1 mark after winning only one game in their first six outings. The Eagles lost nine of their last 10 games in struggling to 5-11. Anderson, who rushed for 156 on 23 carries, has exceeded the 100- yard mark in rushing 28 times in his Cardinal career and he kept numerous drives alive Sunday with tackle-breaking runs on the snow overed field. Eagles escaped a shutout on the last play of the game when Jaworski passed 20 yards to Pro Bowl receiver Mike Quick, a former N.C. State star whose four receptions gave him a season total of 69, surpassing Harold Carmichael's single-season club record of 67 set in 1973.

Colts 20 Oilers 10 BALTIMORE Kim Anderson scored on a 71-yard interception return and Baltimore scored on three of its four advances into Houston territory to defeat the Oilers 20-10. Baltimore, winless during the strike-shortened 1982 season, ended the National Football League campaign at 7-9 after snapping a five-game losing streak. Houston finished at 2-14. Mike Pagel tossed a 12-yard scoring pass to Pat Beach with 1:56 remaining to clinch the decision after linebacker Vernon Maxwell intercepted an Oliver Luck pass. Baltimore's other scores came on field goals of 48 and 37 yards by rookie Raul Allegre, giving him 30 for the season.

Raiders, 30-14 A1l-Andrews 6 Fourth from BartSeahawks, 24-6 Fourth pass NE Sea First downs 19 21 Rushes- yards 26-112 39-170 Passing yards 147 198 Sacks by-vards 5-32 2-29 Refurr vards 55 112 Passes 6-36-2 13-21-0 Punts Fumbles lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties 3-30 7-84 Time of poss. 27:26 32:34 New England 0 6 0 0-- 6 Seattle 3 7 7 7--24 First Sea---FG Johnson 29, 10:39 Second Sea -Largent 46 pass from Krieg (Johnson kick), 8:08 NE- Ramsey 33 pass from Eason (kick missed), 13:12 Third Sea -Doornink 16 pass from Krieg (Johnson kick), 10:05 Fourth Sea -Krieg 2 run (Johnson kick 7:00 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: New England Collins 12-48, Tatupu 8-36: Kerrigan 1- 14, R. Weathers 3-10. Eason 2-4. Seattle Warner 26-116, Bryant 5- 17, Doornink 3-14, Dixon 3-12.

Krieg 2-11. PASSING: New England Eason 10-22-1104, Kerrigan 6-14-2-72. Seattle Krieg 13-21-0-230. RECEIVING: New England Tatupu 4-36. Ramsey 3-52, Collins 2-14, Starring 1-16, Jones 1-11, C.

Weathers 1-10. Seattle Largent 7-133, Young 2-62, Doornink 2-23, Jackson 1-9, Bryant 1-3. Missed field goals: Seattle Johnson 34. Browns, 30-17 Pit Cle First downs 22 18 Rushes-yards 32-129 32-114 Passing yards 156 196 Sacks by-yards 1-3 5-46 Return yards 97 120 Passes 14-33-2 14-22-0 Punts Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 11-92 7-42 Time of poss. 30:33 29:27 Pittsburgh 3 707-17 Cleveland 9 14 7 0--30 First Pit- FG Anderson 34, 5:47 Cle-Belk 64 pass from Sipe (kick failed), 6:07 Cle-FG Bahr 30, 13:56 Second Cle-Holt 3 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick), 5:40 Pit-Stoudt 3 run (Anderson kick), 9:53 Cle-Feacher 4 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick), 14:59 Third Cle-Holt 1 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick), 10:30 Fourth Pit-F.

Harris 2 pass from Malone (Anderson kick), 15:00 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pittsburgh Harris 20-56, Pollard 2-4, Stout 4-29, Abercrombie 6-40. Browns Green 12- 66, Sipe 2-minus 2, Walker 2-4, Pruitt 15-43, Holt 1-3. PASSING: Pittsburgh Stoudt 7-. 21-0-94, Malone 7-12-1-108. land-Sipe 14-22-4-199.

RECEIVING: Pittsburgh Hawthorne 5-66, Garrity 2-57, Harris 3-18, Sweeney 1-18, Cunningham 1-13, Capers 1-21, Abercrombie 1-9. Cleveland Belk 1-64, Feacher 3-45, Holt 2-4, Green 1-33, Jones 2-16, Newsome 4-30, Walker 1-7. Missed field goals: none. Cardinals, 31-7 Phil SAL First downs 13 24 Rushes-yards 12-14 40-231 Passing yards 224 147 Sacks by -yards 4-31 11-78 Return yards 62 37 Passes 45-21-4 28-14-1 Punts Fumbles- lost 0-0 4-1 Penalties-yards 2-15 3-18 Time of poss. 28:23 31:37 Philadelphia 00 0 1 Si.

Louis 7 7 7 7 10 7-31 First -Anderson 12 run (0'Donoghue kick), 5:01 Second St -Green 10 pass, from Lomax (O' Donoghue kick), 14:11 Third S1L-FG O' Donogue 28. 8:37 SAL- Love 1 run (O'Donoghue kick), 14:00 StL-Marsh 29 from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick), 11:32 Phi-Quick 20 pass from Jaworski (Franklin kick), 14:59 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Philadelphia Wiltiams3minus 5, Oliver 5-10. Haddix 3- 3, Runager 1-6. St. Louis Anderson 23-156, Mitchell 6-25, Love 2-(-1), Lomax 4-19, Ferrell 532.

PASSING: Philadelphia Jaworski 2145-4-298. Cardinals Lomax 14-28-1-178. RECEIVING: Philadelphi Oliver 5-42, A Quick 4-84, Carmichael 5-102, Sampleton 1-9, Hoover 1-8, Haddox 4-45, Woodruff 1-8. Cardinals Anderson 2-8, Green 6-64, Tilley 2-31, Marsh 3-64, Pittman 1-11. Missed field goals: Philadelphi Franklin 38.

Cardinals O'Donoghue 40. Colts, 20-10 Hou Bal First downs 25 14 Rushes- yards 34-125 39-188 Passing yards 236 27 Sacks by- 2-28 3-16 Return yards 101 200 Passes 40-23-3 13-5-1 Punts Fumbles- 1-0 1-0 Penalties- yards 9-75 7-68 Time of poss. 34:21 25:39 Houston 3 0 7-10 Baltimore 7 3 --20 First Hous- -FG Kempf 34, 7:40 Balt--FG Allegre 48, 2:24 Second Balt--K. Anderson 71 interception return (Allegre kick), 7:04 Third Balt- FG Allegre 37, 0:44 Fourth Hous -Dressel pass from Luck (Kempt kick) 10:27 Balt -Beach 12-pass from Pagel (Allegre kick) 1:56 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Houston Campbell 27-93, Moriarty 3-22, Craft 1-0, Luck 3-10. Baltimore Dickey 23-110, McMillan 8-41, Pagel 4-24, Moore 4- 13.

PASSING: Houston Luck 39-22- 3-245, James 1-1-0-7. Baltimore 13-5-1-55. RECEIVING: Houston Smith McCloskey 2-14, Kempf 1-7, Arnold 1-3, Moriarty 1-1, Dressel 3-25, Holston 2-62. Baltiry 1-13, McMillan 1-9, T. Porter 1-12, Oatis 1-9, Beach 1-12.

Missed field goals: none. Chiefs, 48-17 Den' KC First downs 15 17 Rushes-yards 25-94 31-91 Passing yards 164 268 Sacks by-yards 1-9 0-0 Return yards 26 156 Passes 15-37-4 17-34-0 Fumbles 2-1 2-1 yards 1-15 6-56 Time of poss. 26:26 33:34 Denver 0 3 0 14-17 Kansas City 21 7 10 10- First KC.L. Smith 58 interception return (Lowery kick), 1:07 KC-Carson 48 pass from Kenney (Lowery kick), 7:13 7-. KC-Scott 17 pass from Kenney (Lowery kick), 10:00 Second Den-FG Karlis 24, 2:39 KC-Brown 1 run (Lowery kick), 10:33 Third KC-FG Lowery 38, 8:00 KC-Brown 6 run (Lowery kick), 12:50 Fourth KC-FG Lowery 43, 3:04 Den-Willhite 1 run (Karlis kick), 6:03 Den- Willhite 2 run (Karlis kick), 6:25 KC-Paige 23 pass from Blackledge (Lowery kick), 13:07 37 'INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Denver Winder 11- 34, Willhite 7-25.

Myles 3-24, Elway 3-11, Poole 10. Kansas City Brown 6-51, Jackson 6-25, Ricks 8-11, Kenney 3-5. 1 PASSING: Denver Elway 13- 34-4-143, Kubiak 2-3-0-21. Kansas City Kenney 11-24-0-161, ledge 6-10-0-116. RECEIVING: Denver Winder 4-20, Odors 3-43, Watson 2-7, Thom.

05 1-44, Wilthite 1-19, Poole 1-12, Myles 1-9, Egloff 1-7. Sampson 1-3. Kansas City Carson 4-68, Brown 5-51, Paige 3-74, Jackson 2-35, Hancock 2-32. Scott 1-17. Field goals missed: none.

SD LA First downs 18 23 Rushes-yards 21-83 36-155 Passing yards 229 325 Sacks by 1-7 1-7 Return yards 155 109 Passes 20-36-1 21-30-1 Punts Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties-yards 11-86 11-71 Time of poss. 26:56 33:04 San Diego 0--14 LA Raiders 1 14-30 First SD--Duckworth 40 pass from Luther (Benirschke kick), 7:20 LA--Allen 8 run (Bahr kick), 8:34 Second Bahr Bahr 32, 21, 1:09 14:45 Third LA--FG Bahr 28, 3:44 SD--Muncie 2 run (Benirschke kick), 12:57 Fourth LA--Branch pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick), 1:12 LA--Allen 5 run (Bahr kick), 7:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: San Diego Muncie 18-78, Brooks 3-5. Los Angeles Allen 16-72, King 11-36, Hawkins 7-25, Pruitt 1-2, Branch 120. PASSING: San Diego Luther 20-36-1-236. Los Angeles Plunkett 21-30-1-332.

RECEIVING: San Diego-Winslow 5-40, Joiner 3-41, Duckworth 2-54, Sievers 2-24, Muncie 5-43, Brooks 3- 34. Los Angeles Christensen 8-136, Branch 6-93, Allen 5-49, Barnwell 2- 54. Field goals missed: none. Lions, 23-20 TB Det First downs 21 19 Rushes-yards 24-44 32-131 Passing yards 349 207 Sacks by -yards 2-16 3-24 Return yards 74 88 Passes 42-28-1 28-18-0 Punts Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-2 Penalties-yards 0-0 4-20 Time of poss. 29:14 30:46 Tampa Bay 0 7--20 Detroit 10 3 10-13 First -J.

Bell 4 pass from J. Thompson (Warnke kick), 13:47 Second Det-Sims 3 run (Murray kick), 4:58 Det-FG Murray 34, 11:11 TB- 20 pass from J. Thompson (kick failed), 13:48 Third Det-FG Murray 36, 4:33 Fourth Det-FG Murray 38, 6:08 Det-Chadwick 6 pass from Danielson (Murray kick), 12:28 TB-Carter 13 pass from J. Thompson (Yarno kick), 13:43 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Tampa Carver 23- 44, J. Thompson 1-0.

Detroit Jones 14-69, Sims 15-56, Bussey 1-6. Danielson 2-0 PASSING: Tampa Thompson 28-42-1-373. Detroit- 9-15-0-80, Danielson9-12-0-143, Jones 0-1-0-0 RECEIVING: Tampa House 8- 136, Carver 8-67, Carter 5-82, J. Bell 3-49, T. Bell 1-13, Tyler 1-16, strong 1-5, Witte 1-5.

Detroit Sims 5-81, Jones 5-38, Chadwick 4-46, Ru2-21. L. Thompson 1-23, Nichols 1-14. Missed field goals: Tampa Bay Warnke 49. Detroit Murray 55 Falcons, 31-14 Buff AtI First downs 14 25 Rushes-yards 12-34 41-243 Passing yards 243 151 Sacks by 6-61 16 Passes 22-43-2 20-32-0 Punts Fumbles-lost 2-2 4-2 Penalties-yards 15-123 8-80 Time of poss.

23:00 37:00 Buffalo 0 Atianta 314 7 First FO Luckhurst 40, 9:07 Second Atl-Cox 7 pass from Bartkowski (Luckhurst kick), 0:04 Atl-Andrews 10 run (Luckhurst kick), 11:33 Tuttle 13 pass from Ferguson (Danelo kick), 14:26 Third kick), Andrews run (Luckhurst kowski (Luckhurst kick), 10:37 Buf-Dawkins 28 pass from Kofler (Danelo kick), 14:16 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING: Buttalo Cribbs 7-22, Leaks 3-6. Ferguson 2-6. Atlanta Andrews 28-158, Riggs 9-61, Johnson 2-11, Bartkowski 1 Cain 1-3. PASSING: Buffalo Fergusor 14-33-2-179, Kofler 8-10-0--125. Atlanta Bartkowski 20-32-0 -157.

RECEIVING: Buffalo Tuttle 6- 103, Dawkins 4-59, Franklin 3-46 Cribb 4-3, Moore 3-19, Barnett 2-19, Reddick 1 1-15. Atlanta Andrews 7- 49, Johnson 5-44, Cox 3-21, Robinson 2-15, Bailey 1-14, Miller 19, Hodge 1- 5. Field goals missed--Buffalo. Danelo 46. Bears, 23-21 GB Chi First downs 18 23 Rushes-yards 25-116 50-236 Passing yards 222 133 Return yards 117 150 Passes 10-30-4 14-26-2 Punts -lost 7-3 1-U Pen.

-yards 5-30 5-35 Sacks by- -yards 5-29 4-40 Time of poss. 24:17 35:43 Green Bay 7707-21 Chicago 7079-23 First Chi-Gault 35 pass from McMahon (Thomas kick), 5:36 GB- 1 run (Stenerud kick), 6:50 Second GB- 31 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick), 11:55 Third Chi- McKinnon 22 pass from McMahon Thomas kick), 8:25 Fourth Chi-McMahon 6 run (run failed 10:26 -Coffman 5 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick), 11:52 Chi-FG Thomas 22, 14:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Green Bay Clark 7. 61, Huckleby 10-39, Meade 6-15 Dickey 2-1. Chicago Payton 30-148. Suhey 12-71, McMahon 8-17.

PASSING: Green Bay Dickey 10-30-4-262. Chicago McMahon 14 25-2-162. Payton 0-1-1-0 RECEIVING: Green Bay Koff. man 4-122, Lofton 3-73, Jefferson 2 35, Clark 1-32. Chicago Gault 2-50, Moorehead 2-18, Payton 3-26.

Suhey 3-22, McKinnon 2-31, Saldi 2-15. Missed field goals: Chicago Thomas 38. Rams, 26-24 LA NO First downs 11 18 Rushes- 20-78 47-142 Passing yards 160 111 Sacks by- yards 3-20 2-15 Return yards 204 126 Passes 15-31-1 11-22-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 3-20 1-0 Penalties- 9-92 2-15 Time of poss. 22:02 37:58 Los Angeles 2 7 10--26 New Orleans 7 0 7 10--24 First NO-Groth 11 pass from Stabler (Andersen kick), 9:18 LA-Safety, Stabler tackled in end zone. 11:41 Second LA-Ellard 72 punt return (Lansford kick), 13:21 Third LA- 31 interception return (Lansford kick), 1:31 NO- Wilson run (Andersen kick), 11:02 Fourth NO-FG Anderson 20, 2:18 LA-Cromwell 43 interception return (Lansford kick) NO-Korte fumble recovery in end zone (Andersen kick), 11:13 LA.FG Lansford 42, 14:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Los Angeles Dick erson 19-80, Ferragamo 1-minus New Orleans G.

Rogers 31-124, Wilson 6-18. Gaian 4.12, Duckett 2- minus 16, T. Wilson 6-18, D. Wilson 1.1 PASSING: Los Angeles Fert gamo 15-31-1-175. New Orlean: Stabler 8-14-1-95, D.

Wits: 36. RECEIVING: Los Angels: Farmer 4-74, Dennard 3-40, son 3-16. Redden 1-7, Gunner Barber 1-11. New Orlea Brenner 3-40, Goodlow 2-38. Gret5, 35, Rogers 1-3, Scott 2-17.

Missed field goats: None.