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B-2 Mon Nov 27 1 978 The Modesto Bee Browns shock Rams The Los Angeles Times CLEVELAND With a playoff berth already clinched not on paper but in their minds or so they said the Rams were outplayed outscored and even sort of embarrassed by a football team that afford a letdown The Cleveland Browns laid it on Los Angeles 30-19 as quarterback Brian Sipe passed the Rams silly to keep the Browns in the hunt for a wild card playoff spot in the American Conference Now 7-6 and still two games behind second-place Houston in the Central Division On a cold (low 30s) clear afternoon at Cleveland Stadium a bundled-up crowd of 55128 saw the Browns play opportunisticly enough and the Rams sloppily enough for Cleveland to run up more points than anyone had against the proud defense since 1975 when Dallas scored 37 in a one-sided NFC championship game But if the loss here sting the Rams (10-3) the loss of running back lawrence McCutcheon did sting them they said McCutcheon suffered a probable torn hamstring muscle in his right leg when tackled by Jerry Sherk after a 2- yard gain on the last play of the first quarter NBA roundup Suns romp by Bulls PHOENIX Ariz (AP) The Phoenix Suns had seven men in double figures Sunday night led by Alvan Adams with 22 points and plaved an aggressive stealing defense to take a 125-109 National Basketball Association victory over the Chicago Bulls Paul Westphal and Walter Davis added 20 and 16 respectively to the cause Leading all scorers was Artis Gilmore who dropped in 33 But it enough as the Bulls fell to 5-16 PACERS 114 BUCKS 112 Guard Johnny Davis scored a career-high 35 points as Indiana edged Milwaukee It was first victory over the Bucks in seven meetings Center James Edwards contributed 26 points to the victory and Mike Bantom had 17 Marques Johnson had 23 to lead the Bucks while Brid-geman and Brian Winters added 22 apiece CLIPPERS 105 CELTICS 103 Randy Smith hit a 20-foot jumper with two seconds left in the game to give San Diego a come-from-be-hind victory over Boston Smith who finished the contest with 22 points scored the last six points for the Clippers Chris Ford who led the Celtics with 22 points missed on an 18-foot jumper at the buzzer that would have sent the game into overtime Lloyd Free who fouled out late in the fourth quarter led San scoring with 28 points ROCKETS 108 SONICS 103 Rick Barry scored 18 points and ignited a late Houston third-quarter rally that carried the Rockets to a victory over Seattle Gus Williams paced Seattle with 23 points but Moses Malone was the high scorer with 30 points and grabbed 22 rebounds Calvin Murphy scored 24 points for Houston and Robert Reid had 16 before fouling out early in the fourth quarter Tom LaGarde scored 19 for Seattle and John Johnson added 16 College basketball Hoosiers finish 7th in Sea Wolf ANCHORAGE Alaska (AP) Ray Tolbert scored 14 points in the first half and Indiana used a balanced outburst after intermission Sunday as the lOth-ranked Hoosiers downed Penn State 86-65 for seventh place in the Sea Wolf Classic college basketball tournament Tolbert led all scorers with 18 points Woodson and Steve Risley each added 13 for the Hoosiers Tom Wilkinson and Mike Edelman scored 14 and 13 respectively for Penn State KENTUCKY 80 POLAND 68 Kyle Macy scored 20 points and red Cowan added 17 as defending national champion Kentucky defeated national basketball team in an exhibition game played at Kentucky's home court Mieczyslaw Mylnarski led Poland with 22 points and Leszek Chu-deusz added 14 Freshman Dwight Anderson scored 14 points for Kentucky all in the second half including a three-point play that gave the Wildcats a 74-84 lead with 2: 48 to go Cleveland's Tony Peters intercepts a pass intended for tight end Charlie Young NFL football Tarkenton in overtime tie month would be declared champion because they won the season series The tie also put the Packers ADVERTISEMENT which would have ended immediately if either team had scored Danmeier saw his 21-yard field goal attempt sail wide to the right with four minutes left in overtime The extra period ended after the Chester Marcol was wide and low on a 40-yard field goal try with 17 seconds left drains the hell out of Packer defensive tackle Dave Roller said hurts to be able to win and we could have won and come out with a tie But Tarkenton has an uncanny knack of coming back He has a knack of getting the job done and he has an uncanny knack of somehow If the teams share first place at the end of the season the Vikings who beat Green Bay 21-7 last GREEN BAY Wis (AP) If it can be said there was a hero in a game which ended in a 10-10 tie after five full quarters try Fran Tarkenton Tarkenton the magician who plays quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings was held to five pass completions in 15 attempts for 35 yards and had two intercepted by the Green Bay Packers in the first three quarters But he finished with 20 of 37 for 199 yards including a 5-yard touchdown pass to Ahmad Rashad with 10 seconds left in regulation play Rick ensuing extra point concluded the scoring as the neighborhood rivals remained tied for the National Football Conference Central Division lead at 7-5-1 However both teams muffed scoring chances in the 15-minute extra period behind Washington Philadelphia and Atlanta all 8- ur gs who was held to 35 yards passing in the first three quarters but finished with 199 completed his scoring pass to Rashad and Danmeier kicked the extra point for a 10-10 tie Minnesota took over at its 43 with 1 :50 left in regulation and used 11 plays to score the tying touchdown Tarkenton facing fourth down and 7 at the 20 with 23 seconds left passed to Sammy White who made a diving catch at the 5 setting up the score MAKE A GOOD GETAWAY The Bee's travel section will tell you how Every Sunday ENGINE RAN WHEN IT WAS OFF I'd switch tiie ignition off tut the engjpe stop Instead it sputtered rotted and coughed Then discovered SPIT FIRE Now my troubles are over" writes a happy user Yes engine "alter run" can be not only et asperating but downright dangerous mechanically So be kind to your car and yourself Add a can of WYNN'S SPIT FIFjf lo your gas tank today Svailable at Kiinn': Sl( IKK JACKS SKI OPEN OVER 1900 SKI PARKAS IN STOCK NOW! 14th DOWNTOWN THURS Til 9 PM Miller romps BUFFALO NY (AP) Rookie Terry Miller rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns leading the Buffalo Bills to a 41-17 romp over the staggering New York Giants In the second half Miller gained 1 29 yards and scored on runs of 39 and 13 yards as the Bills rebounded from a 17-7 deficit Roland Hooks who alternates at halfback with Miller also broke the 100-yard barrier rushing for 115 on 12 carries and scoring on a 1-yard dive Quarterback Joe 31-yard pass to Al Dixon and a 27-yard field goal by Joe Danelo gave the Giants their first-half points and New York added another touchdown early in the second half on scoring pass to Doug Kotar Gerald Brown Chiefs come alive KANSAS CITY Mo (AP) Mike Livingston fired touchdown passes to Henry Marshall and Larry Dorsey in the second quarter and Jan Stenerud booted three field goals lifting the Kansas City Chiefs to a 23-0 victory over the San Diego Chargers for their first shutout in five years Livingston the much-maligned quarterback who had thrown only two scoring passes going into the game hit Marshall from 29 yards out to put the Chiefs on top 10-0 with 1:42 left in the second quarter San Diego quarterback James Harris subbing for the injured Dan Fouts was intercepted five times Less than a minute after touchdown linebacker Whitney Paul grabbed a Harris pass at the 47 and the Chiefs quickly drove for another score The loss snapped a four-game winning streak their longest since 1969 and dropped their record to 6-7 It was Kansas third victory against 10 defeats The captain of our service team Jets sink Dolphins MIAMI (AP) Matt Robinson had the best passing day of is career and Bob Griese was intercepted three times and lost a fumble as the New York Jets dealt the Miami Dolphins a 24-13 loss and a severe blow to their playoff hopes Sunday Robinson a second-year pro completed 17 of 26 passes for 257 yards including a 33-yard touchdown pass to former California standout Wesley Walker Darnell Powell scored on a 3-yard run and Kevin Long added a 2-yard touchdown plunge for the Jets Griese was coming off the best game statistically of his National Football League career a 23-for-33 349-yard game against Houston which the Oilers won but a Bob Martin interception in the third quarter set up touchdown giving the Jets a 17-6 lead Joe recovery of a Griese fumble in the fourth quarter preceded pass to Walker The loss the second to the Jets this season dropped Miami to 8-5 The Jets are 7-6 Griese replaced by backup Don Strock in the final eight minutes finished with 14 completions in 25 attempts for 112 yards Bears crush Bucs CHICAGO (AP) Roland Harper and Walter Payton led a crushing ground attack and combined for 249 yards to power the Chicago Bears to a 14-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Harper picked up 144 yards in 25 carries and Payton added 105 in 27 carries while the Bear defense sacked Tampa Bay quarterback Mike Rae eight times for 61 yards in losses The result left both teams with 5-8 records and tied for third place with Detroit in the Central Division of the National Conference Harper and Payton became the second Bear tandem in history to gain more than 100 yards each in a game On Nov 6 1955 Bobby Watkins and Rick Casares also accomplished the feat in a 52-31 victory over Green Bay Watkins carried 14 times for 115 yards and Casares 16 times for 115 Campbell too much HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Oilers awoke in the second quarter on the record-setting running of rookie Earl Campbell and a 47-yard Dan Pastorini-to-Rich Caster touchdown pass to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 17-10 The victory was fourth in a row and gave the Oilers a 9-4 record best among the American Football Conference teams contending for a wildcard playoff berth The Oilers also avenged a 28-13 loss to Cincinnati Oct 29 the only victory of the season Cincinnati is 1-12 During his second-quarter performance Campbell became the leading rookie rusher in National Football League history breaking the record of 1162 yards set by San Don Woods in 1974 Campbell gained 122 yards on 27 carries against the Bengals to give him 1265 yards this season It was seventh 100-yard performance of the year Pats blitz Colts BALTIMORE (AP) Stanley Morgan scored on a 75-yard pass play from Steve Grogan after setting up two New England touchdowns with a 37-yard punt return and a 38-yard reception and the Patriots struck for lightning scores in a 35-14 victory over the Baltimore Colts New England 10-3 including 6-0 on the road opened up a two-game lead over second-place Miami in the AFC East with three games remaining in the regular season The Dolphins lost 24-13 to the New York Jets The 75-yard bomb to Morgan came on the second play of the second half and Sam Cunningham scored from 5 yards out in the fourth quarter after Grogan had gained 41 yards on two running plays Eagles still hoping ST LOUIS (AP) Ron 22-yard touchdown pass to Charles Smith in the second quarter and Mike 2-yard scoring dive in the fourth period sent the Philadelphia Eagles past the St Louis Cardinals 14-10 With Jaworski directing scoring drives of 62 and 54 yards the Eagles 8-5 kept alive their hopes for a National Conference wild-card playoff berth The victory moved them into a second-place tie with Washington in the NFC East and ended their string of nine straight losses to St Louis A 32-yard field goal by Jim Bakken of the Cardinals 4-9 preceded drive to its first touchdown a march that featured three Jaworski pass completions accounting for 49 yards Supplying John Deere owners with quality service is Gerald's job He makes sure that our service department delivers good service has thorough training and experience and the right service tools and instruments And he's backed by a large and varied supply of parts People like Gerald make the difference here You can count on us Service is the other half of a great product Falcons do it again ATLANTA (AP) Steve Bartkowski fired a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jim Mitchell with only five seconds remaining as the Atlanta Falcons defeated the New Orleans Saints 20-1 7 on a miraclecomeback for the second time in three weeks The scoring play capped a 72-yard drive on seven piays that started with only 53 seconds left in the game and lifted the playoff-hopeful Falcons to 8-5 for the season A pass interference call on Maurice Spencer of the Saints in the end zone gave Atlanta the ball on the 1 with 10 seconds remaining Ralph McGill had intercepted pass on the interference call which produced a 24-yard penalty Two weeks ago Atlanta trailed 17-6 with one minute remaining and scored two touchdowns the last on a tipped pass play that covered 57 yards from Bartkowski to Alfred Jackson That also was a 20-17 victory for the Falcons Traitor Co MODESTO 104 NINTH ST 523-1801 PATTERSON HICHWAY 33N 892-6103 i.