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Belvidere Daily Republican, Oct. 11, 19715 decfflirjittatte By JOHN SMITH BDR Sports Editor and JOHN MEDEARIS line. Sayers ran two consecutive plays to the Saints', 35 yard line and a face-masking call moved it to the 20. Following a five-yard loss by Jim Grabowski, Nix found Wallace in the end-zone for the score. The Bears added two more TDs in less than two minutes in the second quarter when Nix hit George Farmer with a 40-yard aerial to move Chicago down to the Saints' 35.

Nix then came right back to Gordon with the 35-yard touchdown pass and a 14-7 lead. Moments later, the defensive unit jumped on Archie Manning at the New Orleans 25 and tore the ball loose. Staley leaped on it and the Bears took possession. This set up a 'razzle-dazzle' play by Shy as he moved out of the backfield with a pitch-out, faked a pass, then faked the run and hit Farmer all alone in the endzone for the Bears' third touchdown. "That was the second pass I've ever thrown," Shy joked.

"The first time was in the Pitt-, SbUlrfTh" pp-" I a HmfJinaivn hnflr i CHICAGO Bears' running back Don Shy was a little upset about not getting the starting nod in yesterday's 35-14 Chicago victory over the New Orleans Saints. Gale Sayers said he should have started in place of Shy two weeks ago. But as it was, both backs added a new dimension to the Bears attack and Chicago jumped to the top-of-the-heap in the Central Division. Using the first-half passing of quarterback Kent Nix and a combination of Shy's running and passing talents, the Bears streaked to a 35-7 halftime lead and held 'Archie Manning and to one second-half TD for the victory. "I didn't know until just before the game that Sayers would be starting in place of me and I was a littje pound running DacK said foflowing the game.

'Twish they would have told me ahead of time." If Shy was upset then Sayers was relieved for the All-Pro running back, making his first appearance of the season following two operations on his left knee, carried seven times for 29 yards and was satisfied with his performance. "No problems," Sayers shot back as he hurriedly dressed and tried to elude the mob of newsmen in the Bear locker-room, "My knee felt good. I wasn't worried at all, I only wished I had played more. I felt like I could have played, two weeks ago." But regardless of Sayers and Shy's feelings about not playing, the Bears put on a first-half offensive show and then sat back and watched their defense pick-apart the Saints in the second half. Nix, whose back-up heroics led the Bears to victory in their first two games, made his first start since 1968, when he was with Pittsburgh, and hurled two touchdown passes in a brilliant performance following last week's mediocre exhibition.

He finished the day with 16 completions in 27 attempts for 225 yards including TD strikes of 25 yards to Bob Wallace and 35 yards to Dick Gordon. Nix looked at first to be following the same pattern he displayed last week when the Bears 'Kansas Komet' back in action yards and two touchdowns to spearhead the Chicago attack. BDR Photo-Smith add another, dimension to an already potent Bear attack. Kent Nix, replacing the injured Jack Con-cannon, hit on 16 of 27 passes for 242 Gale Sayers takes off, around right end during yesterday's 35-14 Bears victory over the New Orleans Saints. Sayers ran seven times for 29 yards to back "of the head." "No, that play is set-up strictly as a pass play," he said in reference to a pass-ma option.

"It is set-up to look like an option and I saw Farmer with coverage on him so I faked the pass. Then I decided to run but saw Fanner's man come in for me and I laid it in there to George." Following the TD strike to Farmer, their offensive unit added yet another touchdown and their defensivesquad pulled yet another in the closing seconds of the first Their fourth touchdown covered 63 yards in eight plays with the biggest strike coming via a 31-yard pass from Nix to Gordon which took the Bears to the Saints' one-yard line. From there, Shy shot over for the score. In steps the defensive unit led by Dick Butkus, Ross Brupbacher and Willie Holman. Holman tore Manning apart with a 10-yard loss on the next series of plays and then the Saints tried to kill the clock with a running play with seconds remaining.

Brupbacher decapitated Tony Baker from the football at the seven. O'Bradovich batted the ball towards the goal-line, Butkus leaped on it but the ball squirted out from under. and George Seals fell on it for the Bears' final TD. Drugan keys 37-18 win Musk ies dump Marshall close the gap to one point. the third quarter everybody a chance to play." close out scoring.

By JOHN SMITH BDR Sports Editor DEKALB Northern Illinois' head football coach Jerry Ip-politi left nothing to the the The young Thundering Herd's Felix Jordan, one of only three lettermen on the squad, intercepted a Piazza pass and scampered 55-yards for the touchdown. Marshall failedJan It proved to be the perfect ending for rejuvenated 'Monsters of the happens to every team during the year a mental letdown. Marsh ay Northern First downs 20 29 Rushes, yardage 27-88 69-264 Passing yardage 335 228 Return yardage 134 108 Passes 16-37-1 17-24-1 Fumbles lost 1 3 Yards penalized 54 63 imagination when describing his Huskies performance lost to Los Angeles as he missed on his first four passes before connecting with Wallace for the touchdown. Saturday "against University. Marshall1" the point-after for the 7-6 halftime margin.

As it was, Marshall marched for two-fourth quarter touchdowns on a 20-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Dave Walsh to Lanny Steed and a Walsh five-yard run. Both conversions failed and Northern left the field with a 37-18 victory. "This was our fifth game of the season and we had great effort in our first four," Ippoliti said. "What happened to us out there tonight was something that Northern's leading scorer, fullback Steve Goehl, scored his seventh touchdown of the season in the fourth quarter for NIU's last score and the 37-point total. "There was no way that I would run-up the score against those guys (Marshall)," Ippoliti said following the game.

"I substituted freely in the third quarter and decided to give "I got on them pretty hard at Statistics Storing Marshall Northern 4 1218 737 0 23 Bears 26 45-201 225 49 16-27-0 1-26 2 47 "I guess I was a little nervous, Nix admitted. "Yes, I was concerned because it was my first start in a long time. I wasn't getting set and as a result I was throwing off-balance which made the ball sail on me." "Our offensive line did a great job and our backs ran well," Nix added. "Our backs helped set up our play-action passes and made it a lot easier on And with Nix getting more than ample time as he set back to pass the Bears frolicked. Chicago went the route on their second series of plays as they took over at the Saints' 45 yard Saints 18 19-75 188 28 16-33-2 3-46 2 35 1 2 0 7 7 28 "It was the worst exhibition of offensive football that I have ever seen," a disgusted Ippoliti said following a 37-18 Northern victory.

"But you'll take a win anyway you can get it." Ippoliti was referring to first-half play which saw the Huskies manage only one score with back-up quarterback John Piazza. Marshall also scored in the half and went to the locker-room trailing, 7-6. "I don't want to take anything away from Marshall," Ippoliti added. "They played their First down Rushes yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost 1 Yards penalized SCORE BY QUARTER Saints Bears halftime," Ippoliti said "Marshall was playing inspired football and we completely letdown in the first half. I told them that that was the worst football I've ever seen and to go out there and play the brand of ball they were capable of." "I decided to start Terry Drugan (NIU's regular quarterback who had sat out the first half with injured ribs) in hopes that he would give us the spark we need," ippoliti said.

And it worked Huskies marched to three TDs and a 7-14 0-35 TT hearts out and they play every game with an inspired attitude. I guess we just had a letdown." field goal in the third stanza to put the game out of reach. Bryon Florence, NIU's leading rasher for the evening with 129 yards in 27 carries, started the Huskies rolling in the third quarter when he rambled for a 26-yard touchdown. Ail-American candidate Tom Wittum put NIU up, 17-7, when connected on a 22-yard field goal and fullback Mark Kcllar's But as it was, the Huskies put together a 23-point third quarter and added seven additional points in the fourth stanza for their second win against three losses. Piazza got Northern on the board in the first quarter when he rolled to his right on a quarterback keeper for a one-yard touchdown.

But Marshall, whose team is comprised of practicaUyaiL. freshman- and 10-yard TD run put the game out of reach at 24-7. Drugarr added th lone touch' down pass of the night for the Huskies when he found Don Martin on a 34-yard TD aerial to Kellar for the TD Huskie running back Mark Kellar finds himself surrounded toyfarshalHacklersr during NIU's 37-18 victory Saturday night. Kellar went on to score the touchdown and Northern easily won their second game of the year. BDIt I'hoto-Iletland sophomores, following last November's air tragedy, came back in the second quarter to Washington remains- unbeaten who enjoys coming up with downs razzle-dazzle plays.

It was, he said, "a blackboard play." Quarterback Dennis Shaw summed up the winless Bills' game against the Colts when he muttered: "We made them look good, we were so bad." Greg Landry of the Lions had his best day as a pro, completing 18 of 29 passes for 302 yards and four touchdowns, including two covering 10 and 60 yards to wide receiver Larry Alton. "Green Bay threw a lot of single coverage at us instead of a tone." Landry reflected "We couldn't run on them because of their strong defense line, so we passed." And Wslton sdded with grin: "It was the first time we have been single covered a 11 year and I know darned well it be the last." erratic offense. But Cosch George Allen called it "a 40-man effort. We took the ball away five times and csme up with the big play. You have to win the game and it doesn't make any difference what the score is." The Browns, tsklng sole possession of first place in the American Conference's Central Division, got a superlative performance from tight end Milt Morin.

who hauled la eight passes for 126 yards and a touchdown against the Steelers. "I have never felt like I had a better day than today," said Morin. "It's all opportunity. I can catch no passes sod feel like I had a good day or I can catch eight and fed like I had a had day. The most important thing is winning the game.

Bill Nelsen wound vp with 236 yards la passing for Cleveland while Terry Bradshaw passed for both Pittsburgh touch By BRUCE LOW ITT Associated Preti Sports Writw "I keep my bead down and look at the point where I'm kicking until I hear the crowd," Curt Knight commented. The field goal kicker beard the crowd of S3.041 Washington fans five times Sunday as he booted three-pointers of IS, 36. 13, 17 and 39 yards to lead the undefeated Redskins to a 23-13 triumph ever "In the past I wasn't consistent on the short kicks," the former soccer-style kicker said, "so I changed. Now I have confidence that I can get the job done and that I really belong out there on the field." His club-record five field goals were the only points generated by tbt Washington offense. Defensive end Rao McDoie picked off a Charley Johnson pass and carried it beck it yards for a touchdown that assured the smszing 'Skins their fourth straight victory, a feat they had not achieved at the start of season since 1943, when they made it to the NFL championship game.

In Sunday's other games, Cleveland beat Pittsburgh 27-17, Detroit edged Green Bsy 31-28, Chicago walloped New Orleans 35-14. Los Angeles upset San Francisco 20-13. Baltimore bombed Buffalo 43-0, Oakland topped Denver 27-16, Minnesota muffled Philadelphia 13-0. St Louis whipped Atlanta 2M, New England silenced the New York Jets 30-0, Miami turned back Cincinnati 23-13 and Kansas City overhauled San Diego 31-10. In tonight's nationally televised ABC, p.m.

EOT gsme, the New York Giants face the Cowboys in Dallas. The game was not a thing of beauty." Knights said, referring to Washington's Buffalo fumbled four times, had four passes intercepted and gained a measly 49 yards. Baltimore had little trouble as Don McCauley ran for two touchdowns and Norm Bulaich ran for one and caught a 30-yard pats for another. "We know our defense will do the job and get the ball back for our defense," Coach Bud Grant said after the Vikings recorded their second successive shutout for the first time in their 11 year history. Dave Osborne's touchdown run and a pair of Fred Cox field goals helped ruin the debut of new Eagles Coach Ed Mr.

Cool bedevils Saints Kent Mx. Bear Mr. Cool, thows hit poise darin yesterday's triumph over the hapless Saints. Not recdTing a itartlnf assignment since IKS, Nix directed the Bears to four first-half touchdowns and dispelled the qnarterhacklnf worries of coach Jim Dooley. Saints defensive UekJe Pollard S2 could not break op this pass nor could New Orleans stop the Bear-machine BDR Photo-Smith The Rams took over the NFC West lead from the defending champion 49ers on a gsme-winrung 64-yard touchdown run up the middle by Larry Smith.

"No gimmicks on that one, said Coach Tommy Pro thro..