Press-Telegram from Long Beach, California • 24

PRESS-IELfcGRAM (PM) um b-ch cm Mpn oct National Football League Report That empty feeling Raiders shut out Chargers again pass from center and was downed behind the goal line by Mike Dennery only 50 seconds after the game opening kickoff In the final quarter Ray Guy's punt set the Chargers back on their four-yard line On the first play Jess Freitas back to' pass was tackled in the end zone by Otis Sistrunk -and Ted Hendricks Sin Diego 0 0 8 0-0 Oakland 2 7 14 3-25 Safety Parte tackled In end one Oak- Banaszak 1 run (Bland kick) Oak-Branch 45 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) Oak-Banauak 2 run (Blanda kick) Oak-Safety Freitas tackled In end ttm 42747 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS San Diego Bonner 1)7 Douglass 10-42 Matthews 4-27 Oakland Van Eeghen 1047 Hubbard 034 Baras zak 9-29 Davis 11-23 Phillips 4-34 San Diego Curran 449 Oakland Branch 595 Biletnikoff 443 PASSING-San Diego Douglass 4-22-1 49 yards Freitas 200 9 Oakland Stabler 13201 171 Humm 030 0 got Fred Biletnik-off and Marv Hubbard back" Biletnikoff caught four passes for 43 yards Hubbard out with a shoulder injury since the opener in Miami rushed eight times for 34 yards and caught a nine-yard pass It was the first home Sin Ditto Oakland First downs 1J 23 Rushes-yards 32 140 50-172 Passing yards 17 177 Return yards 20 44 Passes 8-201 14-24-1 Punts 7-34 045 Fumbles lost 2-0 OO Penaltiesyards 3-20 U-100 game for the Raiders now 4-2 who had earlier blanked the Chargers in San Diego 6-0 The loss was the -sixth 'for the winless Chargers whose top quarterback OAKLAND (AP) "We were able to pfay good solid football When this team plays good solid football there any team which can beat it" quarterback Ken Stabler said after the Oakland Raiders blanked San Diego 25-0 Sunday Stabler who has been nursing a sprained knee most of the month said felt better and played His 45-yard touchdown pass to Cliff Branch sent the Raiders out front 16-0 early in the second half For the afternoon he completed 13 of 20 passes for 171 yards with one interception "We are starting to get healthy Raider coach John Madden said Dan Fouts missed the game because of an ankle injury Almost the entire game was played in San Diego territory The Chargers last in the AFC in offense got beyond the Oakland 40 only once in the first half reaching the 17 before Ray Wersching was wide on a 34-yard field goal attempt In the second half the Chargers managed to pass the 40 only once more reaching the 37 But on the next play Otis Sis-trunk smeared Bobby Douglass for an 11-yard loss The first and last points came on safeties Charger punter Dennis Partee fumbled a low Blocked kick New John Sanders (25) and Steve King (52) fly high to block punt by Tom Wittum in final 12 seconds of A Rocky (Bleier) Bomton relies on loss for Green BayPastorM first half Blocked kick led to a Patriot touchdown -AP Wtrepbola five on a reverse set up the score The Steelers muffed a scoring chance after defensive end LC Greenwood stripped the ball from Hadl and teammate Ernie Holmes recovered at the Steeler 49 with less than 10 minutes to play The Steelers drove to the Packer 18 but Bleier fumbled and safety Johnnie Gray recovered for Green Bay Pittsburgh 3 10 0 3-16 Oreen Bay 0 4 7 0-13 Pitt-FG Gerela 19 Brockington 2 run (kick failed) Collier 94 kickoff return (Gerela kick) Pitt-FG Gerela 19 Brockington 5 pass from Hadl (Danelo kick) Pitt-FG Gerela 29 52815 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Pittsburgh Bleier 35-163 Fuqua 1352 Green Bay Brockington 10-16 Harrell 7-12 RECEIVING Pittsburgh Garrett 4-38 Swan 325 Green Bay Brockington 4-38 Odom 2-34 PASSING Pittsburgh Bradshaw 12-22-0 84 yards Gilliam 0-1-0 Green Bay Hadl 14-21-1 128 Rookie Mike Collier scored only touchdown on a 94-yard kickoff return as the Steelers took a 10-6 lead after a two-yard scoring run by Green John Brock-ington Rookie Joe conversion attempt after Steelers Packers First downs 24 )1 Rushes-yards 59-248 21-63 Passing yard 84 98 Return yards 22 12 Passes 12-230 14-22-1 Punts 4-45 8-39 Fumbles-lost 3-3 2-1 Penalties-yards 5-52 1-5 ir-hri touchdown was blocked The Packers pulled to 13-13 tie on a five-yard touchdown pass from Hadl to- Brockington with 1:08 remaining in the third quarter A 20-yard pass from Hadl to rookie Will Harrell and a 27-yard run by Steve Odom to the MILWAUKEE (AP) -Rocky Bleier powered for 163 yards on 35 carries and set up Roy decisive 29-yard field goal with 1:04 remaining Sunday lifting the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 16-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers Bleier gained 29 yards in four carries on the winning drive which began at their 27-yard-Iine following a Packer punt Linebacker Jack Lambert insured the fifth victory in six starts by intercepting a John Hadl pass two plays after third field goal Gerela kicked a pair of 19-yard field goals in the first half after Steeler drives had stalled at the Packer one-yard-line HOUSTON (AP) -Houston quarterback Dan 56-yard touchdown bomb to Ken Bur- rough and Billy Johnson's 52-yard punt return for another TD within a 1:35 1 span of the third quarter ignited the Oilers to a 24-8 victory over Detroit Sunday After a brutal first half in which at least eiglit players were forced from the game with injuries the Oilers were nursing a 10-6 lead on a 27-yard scoring pass from Pastorini Johnson and a 42-yard field goal by Skip Butler Detroit scored first on field goals of 34 and 37 yards by Errol Mann in the first quarter In the third quarter 26-yard pass interference penalty against Detroit safety Dick Jauron set up bomb to Bur rough on the next play Pastorini ducked under one tackier and flipped to Burrough who had outffis: 5 tanced Jauron into the end Grogan sub makes amends as Pats win FOXBORO Mass (AP) suffered his second shoul- after a holding penalty delay of game penalty put Rookie quarterback der separation in seven nullified a San Francisco the ball at the 11 Grogan Steve Grogan of the New weeks pass interception Another passed to Andy Johnson England Patriots fumbled With New England followed a blocked punt for the touchdown the snap on an attempted ahead 3-0 Grogan directed The third resulted from a San Francisco quarter-field goal the last play of he Patriots to a pair of punt fumble recovery back Norm Snead who the first quarter and fig- touchdowns in the second After the 49ers rallied to passed for 224 yards be-ured he had to make quarter 17-10 Manfred Moore fum- came the the fifth player amends Then after the 49ers bled a New England punt in NFL history to pass for The 6-foot-4 former 3T and the Leon 30000 yards Kansas State star more u-ileiil McQuay recovered at the 5anPrancisco than made up for it Sun- Passing yards 212 151 49er 38 Seven plays later New England 3 14 0 day replacing injured Jim Palvanls 14-274 Grogan fired the winning Kilcunninghlam 11 run (Smith Plunkett and passing for cunL 53f 43? touchdown pass to Vataha w)- I uniivt 11 auu panning iui Fumbles-lost 32 31 Johnson 11 pass from Grogan two touchdowns in a 24-16 Penalties yards 533 451 Late in the first half the wcm i i McGill 14 fumble recovery re- n'rnn? Frarn narrow-ed the score to 17- Patriots moved 46 yards in prone San Francisco 0 jn the second halfi seven plays for their first hm from Grogan "Whnn i fnnihinri thv Grogan applied the pres- touchdown Sam Cunning SF-Hoimes 24 pass from snead When I fumbled the 6 ham capped the drive (kick failed) snap and forced John sure Passing seven yards with an rd run a-4u5 (Smithi In mine fho fipM to Randy Vataha for a individual leaders (omitn) 10 miSS tne Iicla at thp mitcpf nf With 12 Second remain- RUSHING San Francisco goal I figured I had better wuenaown at tne outset 01 fi half John I2 New 5 fL- ihc final Denod land A Johnson 21-103 Cunningham do something or I really me nnai perron Sanders broke through 10-39 get my tail All Patriot touchdowns and blocked a Tom Wit- Mitn johnn 3nnCN Grogan said were set up by San Fran- turn punt Steve King Evataha 7-70 Francis 3-34 a mistake came cisco errors One of the recovered for the Patriots passing san Francisco snead one play after Plunkett New England scores came at the 49er six After a ten Pun' BENGALS WIN AGAIN Lions First downs 21 Rushes-yards 38149 Otters 14 JM8 212 77 9-I6-T 741' Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost" Penalties-yards 179 0 24-40-! 5-36 2-1 9-106 remaining on a two-yard pass from Kim McQuilken to Jim Mitchell Bartkowski had engineered a nine-play 71-yard scoring drive on the for the afternoon on the scoring play when he was tackled by Bill Kollar Cincinnati 14 7-21 Atlanta 7 8 0 7rl4 Atl-Mitctiell 17 pass from Bartkowski (Mike-Mayer kick) Riley 30 interception return (Green kick) Joiner 30 Pass from Anderson (Greene kick) Mitchell 2 pass from McQuilken (Mike-Mayer kick) Citv-Anderson 3 run (Greene kick) A-45811 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING-Cincinnati Clark 11-41 Fritts 9-38 Anderson 5-34 Atlanta Thompson 18-88 Hampton 1661 Cincinnati Curtis 444 Joiner 356 Williams 332 Clark 35 Atlanta Mitchell 445 Jenkins 330 PASSI NG-CIncinnati Anderson 18-260 193 yards Atlanta McQuilken 9-19-3 113 Riley returned his 30 yards for a touchdown and set up a 48-yard touchdown drive that ended on 30-yard pass to Charlie Joiner It was the sixth victory in a row for the Bengals one of only two remaining unbeaten teams in the NFL The Falcons forced to use backup quarterbacks alter rookie star Steve -Bartkowski was sidelined with a dislocated elbow in the opening quarter had tied the game with 8:20 ATLANTA (AP) Ken Anderson scored on a three-yard run with 2:04 remaining Sunday as Cincinnati remained undefeated with a 21-14 victory over the Atlanta Falcons The winning score came after Ron Carpenter had recovered a fumble on the Atlanta 21 and marked the third touchdown the Ben-gals had scored after Falcon turnovers The- other to came within a 24-minute span in the second quarter after pass interceptions by Ken Riley and Jim LeClair Falcons first possessionN hitting Mitchell with a 17-' yard touchdown pass Bartkowski who chipped a bone in his elbow two weeks ago was sidelined zone with 9:05 gone in the third period Detroit was forced to punt after its next series and the 38-yard boot sailed to Johnson at the Houston 48 Johnson who leads NFL in kickoff returns squirted through a hole to his right and then darted down the sideline He was hit at the three and started stumbling but managed to dive into the end zone I The rapid-fire touch- downs ballooned lead to 24-6 After defense had stopped Detroit at the Oiler twp-i foot line to start the fourth quarter Pastorini elected to take a safety in the end zone which resulted in De-- final points It was second successive win over an NFC team and gave the Oilers a 5-1 record Detroit 4o Ju-I Houston 3 7 14 -24 Det FG Maim 34 Det-FG Mann 37 FG Butler 42 Johnson 27 pass from Pastorini (Butler kick) Hou-Burrough 54 pass from Pas-forlni (Butler kick) Johnson 52 punt return (Butler kick) Safety Pastorini stepped out of end zone 46904 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Detroit Bussey 7-57 Thompson 8-40 A Taylor 12-28 Houston Willis 7-47 Coleman 12-28 RECEIVING Detroit Sanders 743 A Taylor 5-45 Thompson 5-22 Houston Johnson 653 Burrough 3IH' PASSING Detroit Munson 1 143 yards Landry 4-54 29 Houston Pastorini 9-16-1 2)2 yards razzle-dazzle bad day FOR QBs give Denver fits plays charge of the battle Kerry Reardon intercepted Steve Ramsey's pass and'return-ed it 12 yards to the 22 and a lacemask penalty on the play put the ball on the 17 Four plays later Livingston on a quarterback keeper rolled around Chiefs 17 37197 104 41 Broncos 22 38-151 201 14 First downs Rushes yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles-los! Penaltiesyards hard enough to find a good quarterback these days in the National Football League but getting even tougher to keep one The most serious injury appeared to be the one to Jim Plunkett of the New England Patriots Plunkett suffered his second shoulder separation- Atlanta lost high-priced rookie Steve Bartkowski with a dislocated left elbow Pittsburgh lost Super Bowl hero Terry Bradshaw- Both Bill Munson and Greg Landry went to the sidelines after being leveled in the first half of hard-hitting game with Houston Bartkowski said miss at least one week and maybe three but Bradshaw Munson and Landry are ail expected to be back next Sunday 17-32-3 10-231 4-38 4-49 1-1 30 9-79 4-26 ona seven-yard touchdown pass Trailing 9-0 the Broncos moved 71 yards with Frank Lynch capping the drive with a one-yard TD run early in the final period A bad pass from center prevented Jim try for the extra pointy Denver scored the last-touchdown in the final minute Keyworth taking a 19-yard pass from Steve Ramsey Denver 0 0 0 Kansas City 3 3 3 KC-FG Stenerud 28 KC-FG Stenerud 44 KC-FG tenet ud 37 Lynch 1 run (kick failed) KC-FG Stenerud 23 KC-Livingston 8 run (Stenerud kick) Kf-Masters 7 pass from Livingston (Stenerud kick) Den-Keyworlh 19 pass trom Ramsey (Turner kick) 70043 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Denver Little 1358 Lynch 941 Keyworth 1332 Kansas City Brunson 1-45 Lane 14-54 Green 1347 Denver Keyworth 8-47 Dolbin 2-55) Van Heusen 2-43 Kareas City Lane 341 Masters 2-24 White 1-18 Denver Johnson 4-15-2 44 yards Ramsey IM7-1 144 Kansas City Livingston 10-231 113 KANSAS CITY (AP) -Jan Stcnerud kicked four field goals and Kansas City sprinkled two defensive gems with some 'ballhandling wizardry Sunday for a 26-13 victory over the Denver Broncos field goals one in each quarter for 28 46 37 and 23 yards When it appeared Denver might catch up with the Chiefs leading 9-6 Kansas City came up with a razzle-dazzle double reverse with quarterback Mike Livingston handing off to Ed Podolak and Podolak handing off to Larry Brunson who fled through the Bronco defenders for 65 yards to the Denver 10 It was then Stenerud kicked his fourth field goal putting the Chiefs ahead 12-6 Shortly thereafter the defense took Arctic offer exhibition The Arctic Blades Figure- a hi right end from the eight for the touchdown It was the first touchdown scored against Denver in more than nine quarters Seconds later Jon Key-worth fumbled a handoff and Wilbur Young picked up the ball and ran six yards to the two Livingston fumbled and lost five yards on the next play before he hit Billy Masters Skating Club of Para- mount will present a two-hour ice skating exhibition tonight 6 at Iceland 8041 Jackson St Paramount The public is invited-Y and there is no admissjorr charge although donations will be accepted Oh no you Ken Johnson a 6-6 defensive end who never played college football at Indiana reaches up and blocks pass just as Pat Sullivan releases football Sunday Bengals remained undefeated turning back Atlanta 21-14 AP Wlrephoto.