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of Tomorrow's Bills- Chargers Game Scoring Amnesia Hurts Last Chance to Win placed Lou Saban a half dozen formation? They did against games ago. the Cowboys, with the idea of running directly at the Dallas THE CHARGERS are con- flex defense. fronted by two major strategic The extra tight end, Reuben questions in the wake of Buffa- Gant, also has enough speed to lo's game with Dallas: function as a wide receiver and 1-Will the Bills blitz as the Bills split him out from his much as they did in the Cow- normal set several times Monboy game? Rookie linebacker day night. Dan Jilek estimated that Buffalo about 60 per cent THE CHARGERS' saving of the time. must have blitz- defensive, grace is a strong ed about 25 times myself," said against the run.

San middle linebacker Merv Diego is limiting its opponents Krakau. to 135 yards a game, 23 less Whether they will or won't is than 0. J. Simpson and his something for the Chargers' friends have been averaging. young quarterback, Dan Fouts, If San Diego stops the run, to ponder.

they have an excellent chance 2-Will the Bills use the dou- to stop their losing streak. ble tight end as their basic Gary Marangi has completed BUFFALO EVENING SPORTS NEWS Saturday, November 20, 1976 B-3 six games. The Chargers have lost four straight. SINCE BUFFALO received an for effort in Monday night's loss to Dallas, the Bills are favored by about three points. It's also the Bills' last chance to win at home.

The final three games will be played on the road. As poorly as the teams are playing offensively, the scoring potential is there. The Chargers bombed the powerful St. Louis Cardinals, 43-24. In the last game they', won, the Bills beat Kansas City, 50-17.

If Buffalo does win, it will be the first victory as a head coach for Jim Ringo, who re- Scouting Report on Chargers Runners Merit Respect RUNNING--The Chargers are slumping but Rickey Young and Don Woods still earn respect in Bills' game plan. San Diego's offensive line is a top asset, especially with tackle Russ Washington (who matches up against the Bill's quick rookie left end. Ben Williams) and guard Doug Wilkerson. Stan Jones, the ex Bills' defensive line coach, says Wilkerson is "as good a guard as I've seen." That may motivate the Bills' all-pro, Joe DeLamielleure, even more than usual. PASSING-Dan Fouts is in a big Pittsburgh scored a 23-0 shutout.

Last week Denver blanked them, 17-0. The Bills scored 14 points or less in five of their last six games. The name of the game may be defense in the National Football League, but those offensive malfunctions have resulted in losing streaks for both clubs. The Bills' string is now DAN FOUTS. Chargers' Air Arm Bills, Chargers Numbers BUFFALO By LARRY FELSER Two football teams with offensive amnesia will attempt Felser's pro picks, PAGE 4B to revive the lost art of scoring touchdowns in Rich Stadium tomorrow afternoon.

Kickoff time is 1 PM, with the game broadcast on WKBW. San Diego lost its offensive way about 3 weeks ago, when No. Player Pos. 5 George 7 Marv Bateman 13 Sam Wyche QB 17 Gary Marangi QB 22 Freeman 23 Clifford Brooks CB 24 Doug Jones 25 Roland Hooks RB 28 Dwight Harrison CB 29 Mario Clark 30 Bo Cornell 32 O.J. Simpson 35 Darnell Powell RB 36 Jeff Kinney FB 42 Eddie Ray FB 43 Tony Greene 46 Keith Moody CB 50 Mark Johnson 51 Dan Jilek 52 Merv Krakau MLB 53 Mike Montler 54 Tom Ruud 55 John Skorupan 56 Bob Nelson MLB 60 Bill Adams T-G 65 Bob Patton 67 Reggie McKenzie 68 Joe DeLamielleure 69 Ken Jones DE 70 Joe Devlin 71 Mike Kadish DT 74 Donnie Green 75 Jeff Lloyd DT 77 Ben Williams DT 78 Dave Foley 79 Marty Smith DE 80 John Holland WR 81 Bob Chandler 83 Sherman White DE 85 Fred Coleman TE 86 Emmett Edwards WR 87 Paul Seymour TE 88 Reuben Gant WR SAN DIEGO No.

Player Pos. 6 Ray Wersching 7 Eddie Bell 14 Dan Fouts QB 16 Clint Longley QB 18 Charlie Joiner 19 Neal Jeffrey QB 20 Mike Williams CB 23 Mercury Morris RB 30 Sam Scarber FB 33 Don Woods FB 34 Rickey Young RB 41 Bo Matthews FB 42 Mike Fuller 43 Jim Tolbert CB 44 Chris Fletcher 45 Hal Stringert 46 Danny Colbert CB 50 Don Goode 51 Woodrow Lowe 52 Ray Preston 53 Ralph Perretta 54 Ed Flanagan 55 Bob Horn MLB 57 Rick Middleton 58 Tom Graham MLB 62 Don Macek 63 Doug Wilkerson 64 Charles Aiu 66 Billy Shields 68 Leroy Jones DE 69 John Lee DE 70 Russ Washington 71 Fred Dean DE 72 Ron Singleton 73 Charles DeJurnett DT 74 Louie Kelcher DT 79 Gary Johnson DT 80 Jeff West P-TE 82 Pat Curran TE 83 Larry Mialik TE 85 Artie Owens 87 Larry Dorsey 89 Dwight McDonald WR to Win at Home only 36 per cent of his passes three late touchdown passes by a couple of fistfights with since replacing injured Joe sub quarterback Clint Longley Roger Staubach. Ferguson and he had another after Baltimore had run up an erratic game against Dallas. insurmountable lead 3 weeks BOTH OF San Diego's good Fouts' statistics are more ro- ago. young running backs, Rickey bust.

He has a 58.7 completion Any ground swell of Young and Don Woods, are average and touchdown support slumping. Young was held to nine, for Longley as the starter sub- minus 3 yards last week. Ex passes, along with 1936 passing sided last. week when he was yards. intercepted three times by the Dolphin Mercury Morris, who used to plague the Bills, hardly But the only points the Broncos.

He has gone back to Chargers scored in the last being the guy who was banish- plays. three games were the result of ed by the Cowboys after he had Another old Bill-killer, wide receiver Charlie Joiner, is having an excellent year, after the Chargers swapped defensive get him. Joiner has end Coy Bacon to Cincinnaches and one of the best per-catch averages in the NFL, 22.4 yards. Since the Bills could start the game with two rookie corner backs, Mario Clark and if Dwight Harrison's groin pull doesn't allow him to play Keith Moody, Joiner 15 probably a vital part of Coach Tommy Prothro's game plan. THE BILLS signed 27-yearold cornerback Clifford a one-time second-round draft choice of the Cleveland Browns, and placed defensive back Van Green on the injured reserve list.

Green will undergo surgery Tuesday to correct torn knee cartilage. Brooks, who received a tryout Friday, once played for Bills' defensive backfield coach Richie McCabe in Cleveland. He'll be dressed for tomorrow's game. slump, but Charlie Joiner would worry anyone. Tight end Pat Curran was the Chargers' most valuable player last year.

Young has 33 receptions. The other wide receiver, Dwight McDonald, has only nine catches, but four went for touchdowns and he has a 16.1 yard-a-catch average. Chargers have been sacked 38 times. DEFENSE--Chargers are far more vulnerable in the air than on the ground. Kid front four has only 14 sacks.

Top two interceptors are linebackers, Don Goode and Tom Graham. SHERMAN WHITE is suffering from muscle spasms in his back, and the big defensive end is a questionable starter tomorrow. WAYNE player, coach for skins, a ball's Hall an All-America Dame, died Friday in Fouts' Key Target was 63. CHARLIE JOINER The Heat's Off in Wembley Tennis Associated Press the roof of the Empire and defeated Tom Okker of the young Pole won the British AS FLAMES flared overhead, the match between Brian Gottfried of Ft. Lauderdale, and Raul Ramirez of Mexico was stopped.

Gottfried had won the first set, 6-2, and Ramirez led in the second, 3-2. Nearly 5000 spectators were cleared from the building as firemen arrived on the scene. When the fire was put out, Gottfried eliminated the thirdseeded Ramirez, who won the second set, 4-6, with a 6-0 verdict. Roscoe Tanner of Lookout Mountain, then went out WEMBLEY, Nov. 20 It was a lot cooler here today when the semi-finals of the $125,000 Grand Prix Tennis Tournament were held.

Friday, there was evidence of fire on and off the court. Poland's Wojtek Fibak ousted second-seeded Ilie Nastase, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, in a volatile match to join Jimmy Connors in the semi-finals. Connors, the No. 1 seed, defeated countryman Stan Smith, 6-3, 7-5. Then play in the third quarter-final match was suspended when a fire broke out in some electrical equipment in Netherlands, 6-1, 6-4, to complete the field for the semis.

FIBAK OVERCAME the effects of a stomach ailment to beat the fiery Romanian. He said that doctors had advised him not to play this week. Both Fibak and Nastase questioned line calls throughout the tense match. Nastase, exhibiting his usual temper flareups, complained of a pulled thigh muscle after the match. The victory continued Fibak's streak of fine play in Great Britain.

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He -Charley Young SaysAnatomy of a Diagram Buffalo Evening News Sports Editor Could the Bills give some idea how they'd deploy their defenses, particularly since ex-coach Lou Saban made no bones about the fact that he didn't like to flipflop his linebackers and cornerbacks, even to meet unusual situations. No response. Contact renewed with Dallas on Nov. 1. The Cowboys, struggling a bit on offense now, clammed up.

Coach Landry clamped the lid on all information about the shotgun, even its efficiency in third down situations. Back to the Bills. They'd mail a diagram. Also the assurance there was enough flexibility in Buffalo's defense to permit moves to cover any "set" the shotgun might present. Nov.

2, diagram arrives from Bills. It's sterile. One right out of the Little League coaching book. No pass routes, no numbers, no names. Just Xs and Os.

So, to the drawing board. Research showed Cowboy pass patterns off shotgun were basic hooks, curls, sidelines, etc. Not nearly as complicated as you might think. Diagram prepared. (Krzyzynski's own rough sketch appears here today).

Meanwhile, out at the Bills practice field, the coaching staff went to work on defense. Film studies were intense nobody, in fact, studies films as long or as hard as McCabe. Scouting information was reviewed, tendency patterns were analyzed. Statistics were perused for any hint that might be helpful. The Bills got busy.

They figured they had just about every possible situation the shotgun could present covered as well as it could be. The preparation took them through Friday. Then came the diagram in The News. "Where'd you get it?" McCabe asked again. "We spent most of Saturday's defensive drill working against the lineup you showed with two wide receivers on one side." Good thing they did.

The first time Dallas used the shotgun, you know what "set" they used don't you? The one in the News' TV Game Plan. Well, maybe it saved a score or two. The Bills' shut down the shotgun and the Dallas running game and yielded just two touchdowns, only one on a shotgun pass, in perhaps their strongest defensive game of the season. D. Pearsen Hardcourt Championship in Bournmouth, Eng.

Connors had trouble with Smith, who has come back from an injured elbow. "He has become a very difficult man to beat," Connors said. Whatever difficulties or problems are involved in the mechanics of how newspapermen gather information seldom, if ever, is of interest to readers. The stories and the pictures are the things. The only things.

But there are exceptions. For instance: Larry Felser, the News' pro football writer, was talking with Richie McCabe, defensive backfield coach of the Bills, for background on Mario Clark's progress as a rookie cornerback. "Before you ask me any questions," said Richie, "I've got one for you. "Where'd you get that diagram of the Cowboys' shotgun the one you used in Friday's TV Game Plan section?" "Why?" Felser wanted to know. "Because it was one we'd never seen before," said Richie, harking back to the coaching staff's runs and reruns and reruns of Dallas game films as Buffalo prepared for last Monday's game on national TV.

"They hadn't used it before." Ah, but they had. Back in September. Early September. Gene Krzyzynski, News staffer who prepares the TV Game Plan, saw it on television. He remembered a story he'd read on how the Cowboys were making good on two-thirds of their third -down situations by using the shotgun.

He made notes and diagrams from TV, then dug up quotes from Tom Landry and his special assistant, Ermal Allen, a prime mover behind the Cowboys' use of the shotgun beginning a year ago. The plan was to diagram the shotgun for News' readers before the Bills played in Dallas. About Oct. 20, the Bills office was contacted and asked to provide an official diagram. No response.

On Oct. 27, Ermal Allen was contacted in Dallas, and a similar request made. No response. Same day contact was renewed with Bills with specific request: Would the coaches chart a play with two wide receivers on the same side of the shotgun, the most dramatic illustration of the kind of mismatches the Cowboys try to achieve? D. free P.

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