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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history.

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On December 3rd, 1978, the Philadelphia Eagles visited the Minnesota Vikings at Metropolitan Stadium in Minnesota for Week 14 of the 1978 NFL regular season.

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The Eagles entered the game with an 8-5 record under head coach Dick Vermeel and second year quarterback Ron Jaworski.

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The Vikings had seven wins led by head coach Bud Grant and quarterback Fran Tarkenton who was in the final year of his career.

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This is the local Philadelphia radio broadcast featuring announcers Meryl Reese and Jim Barniak.

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Kicking off with the Vikings for the Eagles is Mike Michelle. Deep for the Vikings to the near side is Kevin Miller. In the middle is Miller and to the near side is Harry Washington. So it is Washington and Kevin Miller.

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Just to see if he approaches the ball. Kicking is very often a problem on a day like today. Mike Michelle's been kicking up and taking over in that spot where Nick Mikkemeyer has been doing very well.

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Kevin Miller deep. The crowd is ready here at Bloomington for this big game. Michelle approaches the ball.

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He hits it. It is high and moving over and taking it is Kevin Miller. He's at the 20. Up to the 25.

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30. Across the 35 and up to the 37 yard line. Kevin Miller. Michelle himself makes the stop up at the 37 yard line.

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24 yard return by Kevin Miller. So right away the Vikings get good field position.

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Not a real good kickoff. He's Mike Michelle who is confronted with some very tough winds here.

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Swirling winds. This stadium is wide open in some spots and in other spots of course it has a double tiered and side tiered bleaker.

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So very unpredictable wind.

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First to 10 for the Vikings as Parkinson lines them up. He splits his wide receivers.

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Forming the long running back as he drops the throw in first down.

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Fires to the near side. Complete to Amad Rashad up and out of bounds here midfield.

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It's Rashad who takes it inbound at the 50 and goes out at the eagle 49.

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A 14 yard pick up on first down and Parkinson went right to the air.

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Right to the air and I'm sure the Vikings would like nothing more than to get some points on the board in a hurry and try and force the Eagles to play catch up in these conditions.

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The Vikings are at their best when they've got a couple of touchdown lead on you and they can go put that defense to work.

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This time Parkinson splits the wide receivers. He sets his running back from the eye.

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The lead back is Ricky Young. Parkinson rolling to his right.

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Stopping. Looking. Fires over the middle.

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It's complete to Rashad and Rashad goes down close to the eagle 20.

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Parkinson again to Rashad and Rashad caught the ball at the 25 and leaned forward to the 22 before he was hit by Randy Logan and John Sheriff.

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A 26 yard gain and a good catch right there by Rashad.

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He was covered. There were three Eagles in the area there and Rashad just went up and got the football. Great effort.

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So Parkinson has the Vikings on the move once again.

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Parkinson in his 18th year his best passing season. This time it's a handoff.

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Inside it goes to Chuck Foreman who comes down close to the 20 yard line before the Eagles stop him.

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Charlie Johnson was right there to put the shoulder to Chuck Foreman.

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A pick up of very little maybe a yard and a half or two on the carry but that's about all.

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Interesting to note on that last forward pass.

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Fremtarkenton scrambling rolling out a little bit to the right had the option of running a plenty of clear field and elected not to do it.

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Second down and a long seven. The ball of the Eagles 20 yard line.

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This time Parkinson sets both wide receivers left.

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He gives off inside and taking the handoff is Ricky Young coming down close to the 15 yard line before Frank Lamantour makes the stop.

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So we saw Fremtarkenton open up with two successful passing plays both to Ahmad Rashad.

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They have a gain of 14 yards one for 26 yards and then a couple of running plays as they get closer and closer to the Eagle goal line.

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That'll be a third down at about three. The ball is just outside the 15 yard line.

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Fremtarkenton sets both wide receivers to the near side. Sammy White in the slot.

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Outside of him is Rashad. The back's in an open set.

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As Fremtarkenton gives to Chuck Foreman who tries to turn the far quarter.

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He meets Overland comes across the 10. He has a Viking first down.

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Bill Berge finally runs him out of bounds but he leaps over one man and puts it inside the 10 down to the nine.

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And the Vikings drive continues if they have a first and go to go at the Eagle nine.

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Good block right there by the veteran right tackle Ron Yarie.

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He really hit somebody and Foreman has some room to go around that right corner and leaps over one man.

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Bobby Lee Howard was on the corner there and Yarie just put him right into the ground and enabled Foreman to leap over the back straight.

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Bobby Lee for the big game.

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So it's first and go for the Vikings as Fremtarkenton lines them up. Foreman goes in motion to the far side.

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Fremtarkenton in a flat pass to Sammy White at the 10 and he's lifted and thrown down at the six by Herman Edwards who played that play to perfection.

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There was motion as Fremtarkenton sent Chuck Foreman to that far side and then threw right in the flat to Sammy White who still picked up four yards on the play.

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But Herman Edwards still read it properly and put him down.

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They tried a little flanker screen there and you're right Herman Edwards did a good job.

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He had to fight off a blocker and then get in there and make the hit.

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Bikes did get three yards or four yards.

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Vikings got close a week ago a couple of times against the Packers of that Green Bay defense.

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Hell let's see if the Eagles can do the same on second down play action by Fremtarkenton.

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Lost the pass in the air in and out of the hands. Incomplete.

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Intended for Ricky Young over on the far side.

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Parkinson had him. He had beaten the man Randy Logan. The ball went in and out of his hands.

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The Vikings had all but six points right there but Ricky Young could not hold on.

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Good play action. Excellent execution by Francis.

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And some poor defense by the Eagles. You've got to stay with Ricky Young every place he goes.

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He has caught 74 passes coming into this game. You know Tarkin and it goes with him a great deal.

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And that time nobody picked Ricky Young up and how he caught that ball over six.

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Parkinson had the ball in his hand.

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At the third down and go to go. They're at the five yard line.

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Just one running back. That's Chuck Foreman. Everybody else split.

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Tarkin, dropping, hooking, going to the deep corner. Touchdown Sammy White.

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Parkinson on a bit of play action dropped straight back and found Sammy White a lower end of the end zone

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on the far corner from Minnesota touchdown. The Vikings are on the board.

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Sammy White ran a post corner that time. Cut toward the goal post and then took it back outside toward the corner.

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The Eagles were in their nickel defense and John Jarrow was reading that but was in bad position.

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Sammy White had the outside all to himself and Tarkin had laid it right in there.

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And now Rick Danmeyer will try to make it seven to nothing if he lines up for the extra points.

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The ball is spotted. It's up and it's good.

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So we have a timeout on the field with the score. The Vikings seven, the Eagles nothing.

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Giamotta to 37 going Canfield.

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We're less than three minutes into this football game and the Vikings are leading the Eagles seven to nothing.

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Grant Parkinson made it actually look easy that time as he took them down to the field with a couple of great passes

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and a few running plays that did not amount to much but he set it up well and eventually passed the Sammy White to the score.

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Now Danmeyer kicks off. Canfield to the far side for the Eagles.

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Giamotta to the near side. The kickoff is high and is taken by Giamotta at the five, ten, fifteen, twenty.

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How does he get to 25? Pins to the 26th.

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And down under a rush of purple shirts goes Louis Giamotta.

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Making the tackle for the Vikings was Tom Hannon.

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So now let's see what the Eagles can do with 21-yard kickoff return by Louis Giamotta.

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One of the Eagles' biggest problems this year has been putting points on the scoreboard in the first quarter.

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Collectively throughout the first 13 games they have scored just 14 first quarter points.

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Now they're behind seven to nothing already.

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Jaworski lines them up and he splits his running back.

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Mike Hogan to the near side. Wilbur Montgomery to the far side.

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The wide receivers are split.

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Charlie Smith to the near side. Tom Hagan to the far side.

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Jaworski on a long count on first down.

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He turns inside Wilbur Montgomery who comes across the 30, up to the 35, to the 36.

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Wilbur Montgomery on a good burst right there before he is stopped by Phil Wise.

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Right up the middle of that Viking defense and that Viking forward wall ranks 14th against the rush in the NFC.

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Everybody it seems has been running on them and running right up the middle.

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Some very good blocks right there by Guy Morris and Woody Peoples.

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Wilbur's was off and going for an eight-yard gain.

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Second down on two is this time Jaworski hits both wide receivers to the far side.

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Carl Michael in the slot. Outside of him is Charlie Smith.

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Jaworski hands off inside. Big hole for Mike Hogan.

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As he comes right up the middle and picks up yardage to the 44-yard line before he is stopped by Tom Hagan.

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Good opening block by Guy Morris and Tom Hagan and the Eagles' second consecutive eight-yard gain.

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Nothing fancy on that play at all. Just a straight hand off to Mike Hogan and he ran right into daylight.

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Eight yards of burst for the Eagles' opening two offensive plays.

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This time they split the wide receivers.

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The ball is at the Eagles' 44-yard line. 10-53 remaining in the first quarter. Vikings up 7-0.

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Jaworski on play action.

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Looks left. Going wrong down the left sideline.

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Has Carl Michael at the 15-yard line. Touchdown!

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Jaworski on play action.

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Has Carl Michael open on the left side. He had beaten his man.

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He outran Bobby Bryant. Picked the pass right in his gut.

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And ran the remaining 15 yards of 56-yard touchdown pass.

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Ron Jaworski to Harold Carl Michael.

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He's got $100 a point from Pino Le for the Eagles. Fly for Leukemia Fund.

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Tom Hagan, the free safety there. The only guy with a chance took a slot at the football hoping to knock it down and miss it.

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And he went sailing right out of bounds. Lost his footing.

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Howard Carl Michael caught the ball and had nothing but clear sailing.

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This is still uncharacteristic of the Eagles. 7-7 already here.

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Alright, here's the extra point. And it's up and it's good.

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There's a timeout on the field with the score 7-7.

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We have a 7-7 game here in Bloomington, Minnesota.

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Kicking off for the Eagles, Mike Michelle. Deep for the Vikings, Kevin Miller.

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To the middle, Harry Washington to the far side and Robert Miller to the near side.

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Well, the bomb did it. 56-yard touchdown pass. Ron Jaworski to Harold Carl Michael.

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Here is the whistle. And here is the kickoff.

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It is high but it is short. And it is taken by Harry Washington at the 20.

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Washington to the 25. Up to the 30. And up to the 35-yard line.

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So again, the Vikings will get decent field position.

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Again, Mike Michelle kicking into a swirling type wind here and not getting very much on it.

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The Vikings are again outside their own 30-yard line. Excellent field position for them.

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That's the thing. You have got to contain them on these kickoff returns.

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It didn't happen right there the first time they took over their 37-yard line.

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And Parkinson went to work in the air. And this time they will take over the 35-yard line.

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A 7-7 game though as Jaworski drops. Perfect strike to Harold Carl Michael.

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This time Parkinson leads them up again with only one man on the backfield.

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Playack. He wants the throw. He goes with the bomb down the near side.

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The Rashad has dropped it. Rashad had it. They are going to throw the flag and call.

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Pass interference. Pass interference is going to be thrown against Herman Edwards.

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The ball was in the air and I got the feeling looking at it.

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And Herman Edwards had hit Rashad. Nothing was called at that moment.

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Then a second or two later the ball came down, hit Rashad in the hands.

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And then Herman Edwards clearly hit Rashad.

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But the pass interference I think Jim will be called actually before the touching of the football.

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In the air, number 46, defense, first up.

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Kind of an act of desperation that time by Herman Edwards. He was beaten by Rashad.

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Rashad had about 5 yards on him and was in position to catch the ball and take it in all the way.

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Locked the fireworks here early. 39 yard game right there.

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But the flag went down. It was a late flag.

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He took his time throwing that flag. He did not throw it actually until the ball had been missed.

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Right first down for the Vikings there was the Eagle 25.

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Hand off to Chuck Foreman who comes off right tackle. Picked up maybe two or three yards.

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Before Carl Harrison and Frank LaMaster makes the stop.

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But he is close to the Eagle 20.

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All right here's the scores. Maryland to Los Angeles, Rams 10.

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And the New York Giants 7 in the second period.

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Cincinnati Bengals 10, Atlanta 7 in the second period.

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San Francisco 3, New Orleans nothing in the first period.

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Miami 6, Washington nothing in the second period.

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Second down and 6. The Eagles know they have to tighten that pass defense.

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That is the area that Fran Parkinson is taking advantage of right now.

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He wants to throw again. Fires to the near side.

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Complete to Rashad who steps away from one man at the 15 and goes down at the 13.

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But he has another first down.

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Rashad, a good job right there. Went up between Herman Edwards and John Sharer.

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And took the pass that was thrown high.

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Came down, faked around one man and went forward inside the 15.

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He has another Viking first down.

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So we're seeing a lot of movement offensively so far today.

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And the Eagles knew that very play was coming.

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Herman Edwards gambled for the interception.

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Almost got it. The ball was thrown quite high.

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And Rashad is excellent at going up in the air and coming down with a football.

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He did score a touchdown in that manner against the Packers last week.

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Yes he did. 8 yard gain.

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So it's a first and 10 for the Vikings who are at the Eagle 14.

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Again it is Foreman below the setback.

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A pass in the flat.

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It goes out to Foreman who takes it and dives forward close to the 10 yard line.

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Foreman comes down and takes that pass in the flat.

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Took it at the 16 and he moved down to the 11 yard line before Bobby Lee Howard made the stop.

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But a pick up on the play of about 4 yards.

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Ball just hit about the 11 yard line.

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Parkinson putting the ball in the air.

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People here in Minnesota could not understand why a week ago he tried to run so much.

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Going into that final moment against the Green Bay Packers.

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Parkinson has thrown about 22 times and run the ball a lot.

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But today he is going to the air.

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He's back. He's looking. Fires over the middle.

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The pass is complete to Bob Parker at the 10 yard line.

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But a fly goes back.

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Fly goes down back at about the 16.

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Vikings are going to get called for a holding penalty here.

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That fly costs right into the pocket.

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Vikings now starting to back up.

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Parkinson not playing at all much with the run.

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The footing is very, very slippery.

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And we can almost put the same things on the passing.

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As we said about the running last week in St. Louis about the advantages of saying no gray.

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When you are out there, when your receiver makes his move, the defensive back has to wait and see which way he is going.

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And has a tough time getting down.

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Holding number 73 offense still second down.

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The holding penalty is against Ron Jerry.

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And they move the football back to the 21 yard line.

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And now it will be a second down and 19.

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Ken Clark and Lem Furnham come in the game to get the Eagles better pass.

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Carl Harrison moves over to the left side.

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The reason for that is when he is on the left side, he is left handed.

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He gets his left hand down and can't see the football from the right side.

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So this way he is on the left side.

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He has a clear view of the ball and can charge on the snap.

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Parkinson retreats.

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Looking. Flips a little pass.

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Over to Ricky Young who takes it up a 15.

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And Ricky Young goes down inside the 10.

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Right club astro Bobby Howard makes the stop.

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But Francis backs up.

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He gave it the long look down the center of the field.

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And then through to Ricky Young coming out of the backfield.

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That little flip pass that Ricky Young took it all the way down to the 9 yard line.

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It brings up a third down and a sixth to the Vikings.

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We have a 7-7 ball game.

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We have 7-54 remaining here in the first quarter in Bloomington.

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Parkinson got the Eagles the first time as he pulled them up by accident and went to Sammy White.

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Jaworski came right back to Carl Michael.

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Now Parkinson.

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The throw.

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Flips to the center.

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Fires touchdown again Sammy White.

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This time right down the middle as Sammy White ran the post pattern and Bobby Lee Howard could not catch him.

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Parkinson just took two steps back.

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Fired over the middle.

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Complete for the touchdown.

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The Sammy White and the Vikings take the lead.

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That wasn't even a strictly hard throw.

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The football kind of fluttered up there.

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You don't see passes completed like that down the middle very often.

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But the Eagles were just caught out of position.

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Sammy White had open territory.

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Ran toward it and Fred Parkinson found him.

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And Dan Meyer is into attempting the extra point out of a hole by Paul Krown.

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Well I'll tell you talking to him may not have the rifle but he gets the job done.

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Here is the extra point.

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It is partially blocked but it does get through.

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I think somebody got their hands on it but it kept on going and it does get through.

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So there's a timeout on the field with the score.

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Here are the Vikings 14, the Eagles 7.

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Back at Metropolitan Stadium we have a 14-7 game.

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The Vikings on top of the Eagles with 7.37 remaining in an action-packed first quarter.

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A lot of offense.

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A lot of football is being put in the air.

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Dan Meyer to kick off to the far side for the Eagles.

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The WC Campfield to the near side.

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Louis Gamota.

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Here is the kickoff.

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Coming up and taking it is Campfield at the 5 to the 10.

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15, 20.

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Campfield hits across the 25 and goes down to about the 26 to 27.

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And it is Tom Hannon making the stop.

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So it is from the 27-yard line, a 20-yard kickoff returned by Billy Campfield for which

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Jaworski will line up the offense and try to go back to work.

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The Eagles looked early on their first two running plays.

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They handed the ball off one to Montgomery and he went for eight.

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The second time it went off to Hogan he went for eight.

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And then came the 56-yard strike to Harrods Carmichael.

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So far the Eagles have three offensive plays and done well but they're down 14 to 7.

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Jaworski lines them up and sends both wide receivers to the far side.

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Starts his running back to the eye.

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Shows motion to the near side.

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It's coming across is Charlie Smith.

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And off goes off the left side the woman Montgomery who comes up across the 30-yard line up to about the 31.

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And all that excitement to Harrods Carmichael's PD pass a few moments ago.

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That was the 94th straight game in which he has caught a pass and he has now moved into third place on the all-time list.

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He went by Don Hudson.

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96, Lance Alworth, the next milestone.

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Well we may see Jaworski go to him a lot this afternoon.

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Bobby Banks who had some trouble back there in the corner.

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Just trouble getting the footing.

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Carmichael this time out to the far side.

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Charlie Smith in the slot to the left.

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The running backs are split.

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Second down and sixth.

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And off goes inside to Hogan.

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And he gets very little as he comes across the 30 and then the Vikings roll back.

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Led by Doug Sutherland.

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Nine-year veteran at a superior state in Wisconsin and Matt Blair the left linebacker.

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So that's much right there.

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It'll bring up a third down and four for the Eagles.

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Six minutes and 41 seconds remaining to be played here in the first quarter.

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Minnesota with more points today already than they scored all last week.

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And that's hence end game against the Packers.

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The Vikings go to the nickel defense as they put in the extra defensive backs.

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Third down and four for the Burris.

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They split the running backs.

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Split the wide receivers.

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Carmichael to the far side. Smith to the near side.

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Jaworski straight back.

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Setting. Looking.

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Fires over the middle.

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Complete the rich on-board.

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The guy at the first down at the 35.

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Jaworski split everybody out.

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And then with that little crossing pattern through to his right end,

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Red Jaws for his pick up only two yards and the Eagles will have to punt.

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Any Don Hudson fans out there, I apologize.

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Don has 95 straight and I beg your pardon how Carmichael has not gone into third place.

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He is 94 straight. Don Hudson 95.

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The long deep man for the Minnesota Vikings is Kevin Miller.

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He will await for Mike Michelle Punt at his own 28 yard line.

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The snap by Dennis Franks. Michelle gets it off.

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It is high and it is a good punt.

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It is taken by Miller.

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It is 25.

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Trying to get away from one Eagle.

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Rolls to the near side of the field.

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To the 25 he's finally hemmed in at the 30 and dropped at the 32 yard line.

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Kevin Miller did an awful lot of running that time,

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but most of it was natural and one Eagle appears to be hurt.

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I believe it is Rich R.

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Rich R. is the man who made the stop at the 32 yard line,

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but there is an injured Eagle on the play.

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There is a tie-down on the field with the score.

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The Vikings 14, the Eagles 7.

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A very important pick up, trucks.

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Guess which one is the one we are looking at.

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You guessed it.

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Dotson.

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Oh, party's in bad, and he's going for my Dotson.

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Dotson.

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The small pick up. Dotson King Green.

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Dotson Perspective.

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Number one for 19 straight meters.

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The Dotson Stretch.

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You've noticed that over 7 feet long.

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The Dotson King Can.

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Only pick up with reclining bucket seats and up to 11 cubic feet of storage space inside the cab.

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The Dotson Pickups.

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Number one for 19 years.

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Why?

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We work at it and it's hard and dark trucks.

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Why?

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We try.

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Oh, party's in bad, and he's going for my Dotson.

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Dotson King Green.

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Dotson.

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See and drive America's number one pickups at your Dotson dealer.

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Dotson dealer.

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Dennis Franks is the injured eagle.

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He is getting up and down.

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He's walking off the field.

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Right now that's 10 seconds for station identification.

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And Garmin plays your song.

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And the exclusive thinker forecast.

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6 to 10 a.m. on 610 WIP Philadelphia.

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Dennis Franks is walking off the field with Eagle's trainers.

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Over to Davis and Ronald Dealer.

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He apparently is all right.

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He's walking off under his own power and he has no lip.

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So apparently he just had a wind block out of him.

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Eagle Secondary has had the wind blocked out of them so far by the Vikings air game.

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Tarkington lines them up on the first down and wants to draw again.

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Fires over the middle.

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Complete the pass to Chuck Foreman who takes it and goes down.

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Diabla 40 up at about 38 yard line.

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Under attack by Bill Berge.

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But so far Tarkington has been throwing at Will.

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He's been moving the ball very well through the air against the Eagles.

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And that's why the Vikings are on top 14 to 7.

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He's mixing up the way he's throwing too.

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Sometimes he's rolling out.

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Sometimes he's dropping straight back.

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Sometimes he's working off a play action sequence.

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And those linebackers really don't know what to expect at this point.

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Using every part of the field.

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This time he puts Sammy White in motion to the far side.

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Makes their play action.

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Tarkington back.

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Looking down the far side.

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Fires the pass.

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Incomplete.

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Intended for Sammy White up at midfield and it is countered away by Bobby Lee Howard.

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Who that time timed things perfectly.

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And cut in front of Sammy White and got his hands on the football.

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So incomplete.

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Tarkington on the afternoon has put the ball up 11 times.

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And completed 9 of those for 87 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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We told you about Tarkington and the records that he is closing in on.

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Completion wise the man of the NFL who has completed the most in one season.

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The Sonny Jurgensen 288 going into this game.

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Tarkington has completed 274.

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It is a third down of three for the Vikings at their own 38.

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Tarkington again shows play action.

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Looks right. Looks left.

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He's being chased by three or four Eagles.

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Finally flips the pass away.

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And let's see they do not throw a flag.

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The Eagles are yelling.

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The Eagles are screaming that there was intentional grounding.

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As Tarkington was running right and running left and finding nobody.

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Reggie Wilkes was in hot pursuit.

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But Tarkington somehow managed to get enough balance to throw the ball forward in the zone of somebody.

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And he gets out of that danger and now the Vikings will have to punt.

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Were they heading back there 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage?

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And you're right somehow Brad Tackington got that ball airborne.

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And there was a Viking coming back into the pattern who was reasonably close.

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And the veteran gets away with one.

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And now the Vikings will punt Greg Coleman their punter in the ball game.

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He will await the snap on his own 25.

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John Charityk man for the Eagles.

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The Eagles want to move that football again at the low snap.

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But Coleman gets it.

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And punts it away.

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Hits low.

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And it hits it for 30 and takes a bounce to the Eagles 25.

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At which point it goes out of bounds.

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So the Eagles will take over first and ten at their own 25 or 26 yard line.

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At least that time Jim the defense showed the pass watch.

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And I think that's encouraging when they had Francis back there.

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They were not able to track him.

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They almost did.

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I thought Reggie Wilkes had him by the jersey momentarily.

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But he did escape a 35 yard punt that time by Greg Coleman.

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First and tenth of the Eagles.

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They trail the Vikings 14 to 7.

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We're in the first quarter here in Bloomington on a snowy day.

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428 remaining in the quarter.

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Jaworski lines them up.

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And puts Harold Carmichael out to the far side.

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In the slot is Charlie Smith.

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He saw the game.

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Did well.

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Still in a touchdown a week ago in St. Louis.

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The running back quickly on the eyes.

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Smith comes in motion to the near side on first down.

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Jaworski hands off to Montgomery on first down.

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And Globerg comes across the 25 up to about the 27.

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And then he is surrounded by a group of purple jerseys once again.

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And thrown back.

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Tom Hannon was the man who hit him.

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But Jim, you can see it right now.

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But the Vikings are doing the old gang tackling routine.

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You don't see them going down.

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You don't see an eagle hit by one man.

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But you see three or four Viking jerseys just surrounding him.

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A pickup of only one yard on the carry by Roberts.

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So it's second down and nine.

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Smith comes wide to the near side.

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Carmichael to the far side.

459
00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:55,500
Running back, start out in the eye.

460
00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:56,500
Redgars for the tight end.

461
00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:57,500
Strong to the right.

462
00:25:57,500 --> 00:26:00,500
Jaworski looks over that Viking defense.

463
00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:01,500
Rich breaks.

464
00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:02,500
Set.

465
00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:03,500
Pumps one.

466
00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:04,500
Ding rush.

467
00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:05,500
Going to be hurry.

468
00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:07,500
They drop with a second puck at the 15 yard line.

469
00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:10,500
Parallel her.

470
00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:12,500
Jaworski's wide is darned as to get under the rush.

471
00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:17,500
And now an official is going to throw a flag up at the 36 yard line.

472
00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:20,500
An official threw a flag way after the play.

473
00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:21,500
And let's see what happens right here.

474
00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:24,500
Well, the play was designed to go long to Rich Osborne.

475
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:28,500
And he might be complaining that there was a little bumping going on down there.

476
00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:31,500
And all of a sudden the referee comes along and throws a flag.

477
00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:34,500
Now I don't know whether that's going to be a flag on the linebacker,

478
00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:36,500
number 59, who's out there covering.

479
00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:39,500
Or whether it's Rich Osborne who was complaining.

480
00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:44,500
Well, Matt Blair is coming over and speaking to the official.

481
00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:47,500
The flag came, as Jim pointed out, way after the play.

482
00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:48,500
They came up and threw it.

483
00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:51,500
But now they are marching in the Viking's direction.

484
00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:54,500
And instead of a sack, threw the football all the way up across the 30,

485
00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,500
up to the 32 yard line.

486
00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:59,500
Illegal contact.

487
00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:00,500
Defense.

488
00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:01,500
First down.

489
00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:06,500
Well, as you can hear right there, illegal contact on the Minnesota defense.

490
00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,500
Matt Blair is the culprit.

491
00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:12,500
And the Eagles have a first down instead of being thrown for a big loss right there.

492
00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:14,500
They have a first down, a big break for the Eagles.

493
00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:17,500
They have the ball and a close to 30, up at the 31.

494
00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:19,500
This time both wide receivers come to the near side.

495
00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:21,500
The back shift out of the eye.

496
00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:23,500
Fogan left. Montgomery right.

497
00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:28,500
Jaworski into Montgomery, who tries to come off left tackle with little success.

498
00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:31,500
Only a couple before Bobby Bryant stopped him.

499
00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:35,500
So the Minnesota defense, not one of the better defenses against stopping the run,

500
00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:37,500
going well in that regard now.

501
00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:40,500
Well, they're very active right now, the linebackers particularly.

502
00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:43,500
And you've got a real fast set of linebackers here.

503
00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:46,500
McNeil, Seaman, Blair, all very fast.

504
00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:50,500
Woodward picks only two yards that time. That was it.

505
00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:52,500
First couple of times he touched the ball, eight yard gain.

506
00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:55,500
But now the Minnesota defense is heightened against the run.

507
00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:58,500
It's a second down and eight to the Eagles. The ball on their own, 33.

508
00:27:58,500 --> 00:28:00,500
Wide receivers split. Jaworski back.

509
00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:01,500
Rollin' to his right.

510
00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:05,500
Fires the pass off to Hogan, who cannot hold on, incomplete in the plan.

511
00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:07,500
He was being rushed by Paul Eller.

512
00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:10,500
Jaworski did his darndest to get away from Eller.

513
00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:13,500
And at the last second rather than go down, saw Mike Hogan out of the corner of his right eye

514
00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:15,500
and flipped the pass off to him.

515
00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:19,500
But the pass was incomplete. It went off of Hogan's hands, incomplete.

516
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:24,500
And now the Minnesota defense will come up with their nickel-covered five defensive backs.

517
00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:30,500
Jaworski has thrown three passes so far this afternoon, completed two of them for a total of 58 yards.

518
00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:34,500
56 of them coming on one scoring, like the Howard Carmichael.

519
00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:38,500
It is third down and eight. The Eagles go with three wide receivers.

520
00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:40,500
The backs in the eye.

521
00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:42,500
Now they shift out of it. They're in an open set.

522
00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:45,500
As Jaworski takes a long look, he drops back.

523
00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:47,500
Setting. Looking. Still looking.

524
00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:49,500
Going on a little flip to Hogan at the 40.

525
00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:54,500
Hogan away from one man. Pulls forward up to about the 44-yard line.

526
00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:57,500
Mike Hogan did a good job and he gets the first down.

527
00:28:57,500 --> 00:29:00,500
First down for the Eagles. He had to get to about the 42.

528
00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:04,500
And he was hit after that 42, but he just propelled his body forward,

529
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:07,500
picked up the additional two yards, and has a first down.

530
00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:08,500
A pickup of 10.

531
00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:10,500
Good job by Raj Jaworski, too.

532
00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:14,500
He had to duck under the blitz there and then reset up again and look for somebody.

533
00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:17,500
In the open found Mike Hogan, and Mike did an excellent job

534
00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:19,500
after his hit of lunging forward for the first down.

535
00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:20,500
He did not have the first down.

536
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:23,500
Had the attacker so wide, he's been able to make a clean hit there.

537
00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:26,500
Two minutes and 16 seconds remaining in an action packed first ball

538
00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:28,500
from an offensive standpoint.

539
00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:29,500
Vikings up 14-7.

540
00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:32,500
Eagles to the first and 10. The ball up to their 42.

541
00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:33,500
Smith in motion to the far side.

542
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,500
Jaworski on play action. Set.

543
00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:38,500
Fire is down the right side. Complete to Osborne at the Viking 30.

544
00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:43,500
Out of bounds he goes, but Jaworski on outstanding play action again.

545
00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:46,500
Roll to his right found Rich Osborne down that right sideline.

546
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:51,500
Hit him with a bullet, and now the Eagles move deep into Viking territory at the 30.

547
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:52,500
Great play.

548
00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:53,500
Great play by Rich Osborne.

549
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,500
That's the same play last week, and he turned into a near touchdown

550
00:29:56,500 --> 00:29:57,500
against the St. Louis Cardinals.

551
00:29:57,500 --> 00:29:59,500
This one was not run quite as deep.

552
00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:02,500
What happens there, that secondary really reacts to Harold Carmichael,

553
00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:06,500
and they follow him into the short zone, and then Rich Osborne cuts in behind him.

554
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:08,500
Talk about the value of Harold Carmichael.

555
00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:12,500
It is more than just his pass catching ability, and he made that thing work.

556
00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:14,500
He did. First and 10 to the Eagles.

557
00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:16,500
The ball just outside the Viking 30.

558
00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:18,500
Both wide receivers to the far side.

559
00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:20,500
Jaworski to Montgomery on a sweep right.

560
00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:21,500
Montgomery at the 30.

561
00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:26,500
Montgomery falls forward to the Viking 24 and leans forward to the 23.

562
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:29,500
Woodward Montgomery carrying the ball on a sweep right.

563
00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:31,500
He picked up about five or six right there.

564
00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:34,500
Carl Eller made the stop, but Carl Eller,

565
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:37,500
15 years in the league out of the University of Minnesota,

566
00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:39,500
but he is still in there mixing it up,

567
00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:42,500
and he is still one of the better defensive ends in the National Football League.

568
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:43,500
A pick up.

569
00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:44,500
Give Woodward five yards on that.

570
00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:47,500
They stop the football just at the 25-yard line.

571
00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:50,500
Second and five for the Birds as they split their wide receivers.

572
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,500
The running back shift down to the eye of Hogan right.

573
00:30:52,500 --> 00:30:53,500
Montgomery left.

574
00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:55,500
Second and five.

575
00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:57,500
Jaworski on a delay.

576
00:30:57,500 --> 00:30:58,500
Gives to Hogan.

577
00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:02,500
Hogan hits across the 25 and skips down to the 22.

578
00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:05,500
It was a bit of hesitation after Hogan stopped the football,

579
00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:07,500
put the football on the delay,

580
00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:09,500
and instead of coming right off the left tackle,

581
00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:11,500
he appeared to be spinning his wheels momentarily,

582
00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:13,500
but picked up three nevertheless.

583
00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:14,500
Some games of importance.

584
00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:16,500
Cincinnati 10 and Atlanta 7.

585
00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:17,500
They're in the third period.

586
00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:19,500
Miami 6 and Washington nothing.

587
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:20,500
They're also in the third period.

588
00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:22,500
17 for Green Bay.

589
00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:24,500
Seven for Tampa, also in the third.

590
00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:26,500
They're in the final 12 seconds of the first quarter,

591
00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:30,500
and now the Eagles will go with two tight ends as they bring Dill Larson in.

592
00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:32,500
Alex Carmichael lines up for the wing right.

593
00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:35,500
The running back through Squillamacur down in two.

594
00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:37,500
Jaworski to Montgomery off left tackle.

595
00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:41,500
He has the first down across the 20 and down to the 18.

596
00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:43,500
Montgomery the runoff carrier.

597
00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:45,500
Montgomery right there.

598
00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:47,500
An illegal first down.

599
00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:51,500
A pick up of five yards and an illegal first down.

600
00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:54,500
Clockdown shows 19 seconds, but they apparently reset it.

601
00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:58,500
Had 12 on the clock momentarily and then went back to 22.

602
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:02,500
Down to 12, and that is perhaps the last play of the first quarter.

603
00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:06,500
Vikings leading the Eagles 14 to 7, but the Eagles driving right now.

604
00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:11,500
Five, four, three, two, one, and he won't get it off.

605
00:32:11,500 --> 00:32:12,500
There's the gun.

606
00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:15,500
Ending the first quarter, there's a timeout on the field with the score.

607
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:18,500
The Vikings 14 to the Eagles, seven.

608
00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:19,500
Oh, it's here again.

609
00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:20,500
Yes, sir, I've won.

610
00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:25,500
I can see the answers to questions.

611
00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:29,500
Back in Bloomington where the Vikings made the Eagles after one quarter of 14 to 7,

612
00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:31,500
but the Eagles are certainly driving.

613
00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:35,500
They have a first down at the Vikings 18 yard line, 17 and a half yard line.

614
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:40,500
They've probably seen as much offense right there in the first quarter by the Eagles as we have all season.

615
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:44,500
Absolutely, and defensively it was good to see the Eagles put a stop to Fred Tarkin.

616
00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:49,500
He came out the first two series and just was totally unstoppable without any deal of pressure whatsoever.

617
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,500
The Eagles linebackers are put three linemen,

618
00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:56,500
and he just went right down the field untouched with that offense.

619
00:32:56,500 --> 00:33:01,500
That was real problems there until the Eagles finally put a little heat on him there that third series.

620
00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:04,500
That's what I said on the pregame show when we were speaking about Tarkin.

621
00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:09,500
He said this could be his last game before the home crowd here in Minnesota that he may retire,

622
00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:13,500
but he seems to retire, I'd retire depending on the fate of each game.

623
00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:16,500
First and 10 to the Eagles, they have the ball at the Vikings 17.

624
00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:21,500
The wide receivers who split the running backs in an open set as Jamorsky turns.

625
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:24,500
Fires into that right half, slaps the Carmichael over 20.

626
00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:27,500
Carmichael drives the muscle away from a man, but he is knocked back.

627
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:32,500
So Carmichael only gets back to the original line of scrimmage as Jaroszki fakes off inside,

628
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:35,500
then threw that green pass out to Harold Carmichael,

629
00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:41,500
but he can only get back to the line of scrimmage before Matt Blair rocks him and just knocks him back a few yards.

630
00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:43,500
So no game, it'll be second and 10.

631
00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:47,500
Matt Blair just beat the blockers that time, pushed them out away, and got just clamped on Harold Carmichael.

632
00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:50,500
Good blocking was out there. Two men in front of Howard, he had room if he could make the move,

633
00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:52,500
but Blair just got in there and boxed up the play.

634
00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:54,500
Also some help by Mark Mullaney.

635
00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:57,500
It is second down and 10 for the Eagles, the ball on the Vikings 17.

636
00:33:57,500 --> 00:34:00,500
The wide receivers who split the running backs are split.

637
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:05,500
So continuing to fall here in Bloomington as Jaroszki on play action, rolls to his right.

638
00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:09,500
Still rolling, looking, being taped, and knocked out of bounds at the 20.

639
00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:18,500
Mark Mullaney pursued all the way as Jaroszki tried to roll out to the far side and look for Carmichael in the end zone.

640
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:22,500
He was well covered, Ben Jaroszki just tried to pick up whatever yards he could,

641
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:28,500
but the Vikings had him covered. Mark Mullaney and Matt Blair, and out of bounds he goes a loss of about four.

642
00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:32,500
Rich Aswell is the number one receiver in that pattern, but he was just held up at the line of scrimmage.

643
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,500
He couldn't get over into that area in time.

644
00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,500
Vikings will go into the nickel coverage right now.

645
00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:42,500
Into the game comes their fifth defensive back, and the Eagles will throw three wide receivers at the white.

646
00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:48,500
Chris and Kenny Payne come from the game along with Harold Carmichael, an important third down on 14.

647
00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:51,500
The wide receivers, Carmichael out by himself to the far side.

648
00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:54,500
Payne and Smith to the near side as Jaroszki retreats.

649
00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:58,500
So deep, looking for Carmichael in the end zone, touchdown Eagles.

650
00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:04,500
Jaroszki on play action again, fakes the handoff, drop back,

651
00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:12,500
drop Carmichael in the far corner of the end zone, and just fired the ball above the outstretched arms of Matt Wright.

652
00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:17,500
21-yard touchdown pass, Jaroszki and his favorite target, Harold Carmichael, combined again.

653
00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:21,500
There is another hundred dollars, a point from Frito Lay for the Eagles, five for Leukemia Fund.

654
00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:26,500
And French Eagle blockers for that play. A fancy blitz on that time by the Vikings was picked up.

655
00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:29,500
There was not even man-to-man coverage in the secondary.

656
00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:32,500
Here's the cry for the extra points, they killed in the ball game.

657
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:37,500
It's plotted, it's drilled, it's no good, but there is a flag on the play.

658
00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:39,500
There is a flag on the play.

659
00:35:39,500 --> 00:35:42,500
There seem to be problems with the exchange, and it's against the Vikings.

660
00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:44,500
The Vikings are offside.

661
00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:49,500
So the Eagles get a break right there, but I say a break, perhaps Jim, I couldn't use that word,

662
00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:53,500
because I think it is the Vikings offside that shoved the Eagles center on that play.

663
00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:56,500
Guy Morris, the ball never got there properly.

664
00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:57,500
One more try.

665
00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:01,500
On that last touchdown pass, the Vikings only had two men guarding against the deep pass that time.

666
00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:05,500
The Eagles had two receivers and three receivers actually in the pattern.

667
00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:08,500
That's a great blocking on that play by Hogan and Montgomery.

668
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:10,500
All right, here is the repeat of the extra points.

669
00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:14,500
This time it's plotted, and it's drilled up, but this time it is good by Mitchell.

670
00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:18,500
And so there's a timeout on the field with the score 14 to 14.

671
00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:25,500
In 1969, Jackie Spirich won his first World Open Rivals Championship.

672
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:27,500
He repeated in 1971.

673
00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:31,500
Then again in 1973, yet Jackie Spirich doesn't know about cars.

674
00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:32,500
Hasn't been ready.

675
00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:36,500
I do know that cars just don't perform the way they used to.

676
00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:40,500
One of the reasons is the unladed gasoline that the new engines call for.

677
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:45,500
Unfortunately, most unladed don't have the power that gasoline used to have.

678
00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:49,500
Well, dirty unladed regular boats.

679
00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:53,500
Delivers the kind of power you got from gasoline before they could be laid out.

680
00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:58,500
Dirty unladed regular actually delivers more power than this other major unladed.

681
00:36:58,500 --> 00:37:01,500
And that's what you can drive a van, it seems to me.

682
00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:07,500
And while dirty unladed regular delivers more power, it costs less than this other major unladed.

683
00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:12,500
I don't know how Jackie does it, but for Scotsman, that really appears to me.

684
00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:15,500
Dirty unladed regular, more power for left-leaning.

685
00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:22,500
We've got a cold day here, but we've got a hot football game.

686
00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:23,500
Here we are in the second quarter.

687
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,500
It is 14 to 14.

688
00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:30,500
Both Parkinson and Jaworski with a couple of touchdown passes to their favorite wide receivers.

689
00:37:30,500 --> 00:37:35,500
He went to Parkinson, went to Sandy White twice, and Jaworski did the same to Harold Carmichael.

690
00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:38,500
Kicking off is Mike Michel and deep for the Vikings.

691
00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:39,500
To the middle is Kevin Miller.

692
00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:41,500
To the far side is Harry Washington.

693
00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:44,500
And to the near side is Robert Miller.

694
00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:47,500
So a couple of Millers and Harry Washington back there.

695
00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:51,500
A five-yard penalty is being assessed against the Vikings, who were offside again on the extra points.

696
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,500
So Michel kicks off from the 40.

697
00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:56,500
It is high and not particularly deep.

698
00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:58,500
Taken by Robert Miller at the 10.

699
00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:04,500
To the 15, to the 20, and across the 25, up to the 26 to 27 before Derry Campfield makes the drop.

700
00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:09,500
So that time, Jim, it was a matter of great distance by Mike Michel on the kickoff,

701
00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:13,500
but he did get the ball high into the air to give the title teamers a chance to get down there

702
00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:17,500
and contain the Vikings, not let them get up to the 35 or 36.

703
00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:22,500
Also, it got into the hands of Robert Miller, who is not nearly as agile and as quick as the deep backs,

704
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,500
and he was unable to get as much yardage upfield.

705
00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:29,500
Offside, number 38, kicking team, five-yard penalty, kick again.

706
00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:33,500
Well, as you can hear, there is an offside this time against Larry Barnes of the Eagles,

707
00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:34,500
one of the special teamers.

708
00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:37,500
They're going to move it back, so now he'll kick off from the 35,

709
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:41,500
where he would have under normal circumstances in the first place.

710
00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:44,500
Vikings like to take their chances.

711
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:47,500
Setting it up with Kevin Miller, he'll be the man in the middle.

712
00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:51,500
Then to the far side is Robert Miller, and to the near side is Harry Washington.

713
00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:54,500
16-yard return that time, and the Vikings will try to do better.

714
00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:58,500
We have 13-28 remaining in the first half, a 14-14 ball game.

715
00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:01,500
We have seen the ball put in the air a lot.

716
00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:05,500
Parkinson and Jaworski both showing an awful lot early.

717
00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:10,500
Big, big football game, but you know all about the importance of it.

718
00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:13,500
Now there's a discussion between Mike Michel and the official.

719
00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:17,500
Now Michel picks up a football and has started to move back to the 30,

720
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:21,500
but now puts it down and adjusts it on the tee at the 35.

721
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:26,500
Eagles special team is ready to go.

722
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:29,500
The bottom squad, Michel approaches the football, he hits it.

723
00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:34,500
It is high again, not too deep, taken by Kevin Miller at the 15, 20, 25, 30,

724
00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:37,500
and he's hit hard and dropped at the 32-yard line.

725
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:40,500
Good tackle right there by Dennis Frank.

726
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:45,500
Frank just came up and really put him down, so he has a 17-yard return.

727
00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,500
The Vikings have a better field position up at the 32, but how about Dennis at that time?

728
00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:51,500
He was hurt the last time when he kicked off,

729
00:39:51,500 --> 00:39:54,500
but he comes right back in the ball game and just really cracked him.

730
00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:56,500
I'll tell you, Dennis really loves it.

731
00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:59,500
He's from Michigan, played his college ball at the University of Michigan.

732
00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:02,500
He was all charged up today when he saw that snow, and he came out here earlier.

733
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:03,500
This is his kind of stuff.

734
00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:06,500
That's right, we were standing with him on the surface before the game,

735
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,500
and he said, I love it, I love it, can't wait to go.

736
00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:12,500
First and 10 for the Vikings, 13, 20 remaining in the first half.

737
00:40:12,500 --> 00:40:14,500
Clarkington to the throw on first down.

738
00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:15,500
He back-settles, he goes left.

739
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:19,500
He completes the pass to Rahman Rashad, possibly a 44-yard line.

740
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:21,500
Clarkington to Rashad.

741
00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:25,500
Mike LaMaster makes the stop, but Clarkington is showing you early

742
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:28,500
that he has so many directions in which to go.

743
00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:30,500
Unhesitatingly putting it up, that's for sure.

744
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:34,500
Almost every first down, if I'm not mistaken, he's just backed up and let one go.

745
00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:36,500
Rashad, excellent route runner out there.

746
00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:39,500
He can find the open areas, and on first down, of course,

747
00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:41,500
you're playing zone defense for the most part,

748
00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:43,500
and Rashad knows how to find those open areas.

749
00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:45,500
13-yard gain right there.

750
00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:46,500
At this time, the wide receivers are split.

751
00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:48,500
The ball is marked at the 44.

752
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:50,500
As Clarkington hands off, there's a penalty flag down

753
00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:53,500
as he gives off to Ricky Young, who comes forward for a couple of yards.

754
00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:56,500
The penalty flag drops very early.

755
00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:58,500
Charlie Johnson and Dennis Harrison over to make the stop,

756
00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:00,500
but the penalty is going to be against the Vikings

757
00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:03,500
and probably an illegal procedure right here.

758
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:05,500
I guess that's why they don't run very much, Will.

759
00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:08,500
No, they're not running as well as they have in the past.

760
00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:11,500
They think of themselves as a passing team pretty much,

761
00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:14,500
although as I said earlier, last week against the Green Bay Packers,

762
00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:17,500
for some reason, they seemed to think that putting the ball on the ground

763
00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:19,500
repeatedly was the way to do it.

764
00:41:19,500 --> 00:41:21,500
Now mark the ball back to the 40.

765
00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:25,500
Illegal motion, number 44, offense, still first down.

766
00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:27,500
It's an illegal procedure penalty against Chuck Foreman,

767
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:31,500
so it is first and 15, fought the football at the 39-yard line.

768
00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:34,500
Eagles held the Vikings the last time the Vikings went offensively,

769
00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:36,500
but the Vikings have done well.

770
00:41:36,500 --> 00:41:41,500
First and 15, the football at the Vikings 39.

771
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:43,500
The wide receivers are split forward at this time,

772
00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:45,500
lines up with the wing left.

773
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:47,500
The handoff goes inside, now Foreman takes it

774
00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:51,500
and goes forward across the 42 and up to about the 43 or 44,

775
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:54,500
and Carl Harrison and Bill Berge makes the stop.

776
00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:57,500
Miami on top of Washington, 13 to nothing now.

777
00:41:57,500 --> 00:41:58,500
They're in the third period.

778
00:41:58,500 --> 00:42:01,500
Green Bay in the third period, 17 to 7 over Tampa Bay.

779
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:04,500
The Jets 14 to nothing over Baltimore in the third.

780
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:07,500
Cincinnati 10 and Atlanta 7 in the third.

781
00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:10,500
Pickup right there of five yards by Foreman,

782
00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:13,500
now the Eagles will sink fast as Carl Harrison moves over to left defensive end,

783
00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:15,500
Lem Berlem in at right defensive end,

784
00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:18,500
and Ken Clark replaces Charlie Johnson as the nose tackle.

785
00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:22,500
Parkington, the throw, going down the middle for Bob Tucker incomplete.

786
00:42:22,500 --> 00:42:26,500
It went off Tucker's hands, and was he ever ahead?

787
00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:29,500
Randy Logan and Bill Berge just cracked him,

788
00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:32,500
the ball was there, it hung momentarily,

789
00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:34,500
and it took a long time coming down.

790
00:42:34,500 --> 00:42:39,500
Tucker did have it in his hands, but then Logan and Berge made a sandwich.

791
00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:41,500
Sort of a combination man for man zone there.

792
00:42:41,500 --> 00:42:44,500
Bill Berge, believe it or not, was in pass coverage there against Bob Tucker,

793
00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:47,500
and then after Bob Tucker gets a certain yardage downfield,

794
00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:50,500
about 10, 12 yards or so, then zone coverage comes into effect,

795
00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:53,500
and as that pass was arriving, so were a couple of Eagles.

796
00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:56,500
When you're hit by those two, if you're hit by either one of them,

797
00:42:56,500 --> 00:42:58,500
you're going to feel it on Monday morning,

798
00:42:58,500 --> 00:43:01,500
and Tucker will sting for a while, this time he lines up strong right.

799
00:43:01,500 --> 00:43:04,500
The wide receivers are split on the third down at 10.

800
00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:08,500
Francis back, going deep down the left side, firing incomplete,

801
00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:11,500
intended for Rashad down at the Eagles 20 yard line,

802
00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:14,500
the pass broken up by Herman Edwards and John Schara,

803
00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:16,500
good defensive job right there.

804
00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:18,500
Rashad had position and had some daylight out there,

805
00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:22,500
but the ball wasn't thrown too well, hung up there just enough for the Eagles to react and get over,

806
00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:26,500
John Schara and Herman Edwards both coming in there and breaking the play up.

807
00:43:26,500 --> 00:43:28,500
Just a not too well thrown football.

808
00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:33,500
Reggie Rooks perhaps getting Parkinson to release a couple of seconds early as he came barreling through.

809
00:43:33,500 --> 00:43:36,500
Schara will line up, he's the deep man as the Vikings will have to punt.

810
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:38,500
Greg Coleman, the punter.

811
00:43:38,500 --> 00:43:41,500
Jim Hughes, the man who comes into snap.

812
00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:44,500
Coleman stands on his own 30 yard line, awaiting the snap.

813
00:43:44,500 --> 00:43:48,500
Gets it at the good snap, he gets the punt away, it is low, it is driving,

814
00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:50,500
and Schara backs up and takes it at his 18.

815
00:43:50,500 --> 00:43:54,500
Runs left to the 25, and down he goes to the 26.

816
00:43:54,500 --> 00:43:59,500
John Schara never really getting underway that time before Fred McFeel made the stop.

817
00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:02,500
A 35 yard punt and about a 7 yard return.

818
00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:04,500
There's a timeout on the field with the score.

819
00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:07,500
The Eagles 14, the Vikings 14.

820
00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:14,500
Merrill Rooks and Jim Barniak back at Metropolitan Stadium,

821
00:44:14,500 --> 00:44:15,500
but the snow continues to fall.

822
00:44:15,500 --> 00:44:17,500
We have a 14-14 game.

823
00:44:17,500 --> 00:44:21,500
The Eagles have the football here in the second quarter, 11-42 remaining in the second quarter.

824
00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:24,500
They have a first and 10 at their own 26 yard line.

825
00:44:24,500 --> 00:44:27,500
Jaworski is 5 for 7, 115 yards and two touchdowns.

826
00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:32,500
Jaworski with a splendid beginning here today and a pocket that has opened well for the Vikings.

827
00:44:32,500 --> 00:44:35,500
He lines up with both wide receivers to the nearest side of the field.

828
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:37,500
The Eagles moving from right to left.

829
00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:39,500
The back shift out of the split into the eye.

830
00:44:39,500 --> 00:44:42,500
Now at most of the far side goes Charlie Smith.

831
00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:47,500
Jaworski turns, play action, has the football, still has the football being chased.

832
00:44:47,500 --> 00:44:51,500
Fires over to the far side, completes the pass to Rich Osborne,

833
00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:54,500
who takes it and goes out of bounds at about the 38th first down.

834
00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:58,500
He was not the primary receiver, he was the secondary receiver.

835
00:44:58,500 --> 00:45:04,500
Probably the third man he looked for, but Rich Osborne had cleared the pass and takes up a first down.

836
00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:08,500
Mark Mullaney had left a defensive end for Carl Eller, who's leaving the field as a matter of fact.

837
00:45:08,500 --> 00:45:10,500
Must have suffered some kind of injury.

838
00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:13,500
Mark Mullaney had good chance of really dumping Ron Jaworski then,

839
00:45:13,500 --> 00:45:17,500
but Ron Pupfink and Duck Sundrum got the extra time and there was Richie Osborne all by himself.

840
00:45:17,500 --> 00:45:23,500
Good job by Jaworski and by Osborne, who had cleared away from his original pattern and just got clear.

841
00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:26,500
First and then to the Eagles, they have the ball up close to their 40, the back to the eye.

842
00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:28,500
Both wide receivers over on the far side.

843
00:45:28,500 --> 00:45:31,500
This time the handoff goes inside to Wilbur Montgomery, who doesn't get much.

844
00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:36,500
He comes across the 40 up to about the 42 or 43 yard line.

845
00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:39,500
Right in the center of the field, Doug Sutherland makes the stop.

846
00:45:39,500 --> 00:45:42,500
A pick up on the play of about three yards by Wilbert.

847
00:45:42,500 --> 00:45:44,500
We have a first-teen, 14 game.

848
00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:49,500
We have 11 minutes and 16 seconds remaining here in the first half.

849
00:45:49,500 --> 00:45:51,500
All four touchdowns through the air.

850
00:45:51,500 --> 00:45:53,500
Two from Prockenden to Sammy White.

851
00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:56,500
Two from Jaworski to Harold Carmichael.

852
00:45:56,500 --> 00:45:58,500
Second down and seven for the Berths.

853
00:45:58,500 --> 00:46:02,500
Carmichael lines up wide to the near side, Smith to the far side.

854
00:46:02,500 --> 00:46:03,500
The running backs are open.

855
00:46:03,500 --> 00:46:06,500
This time Jaworski uses a long call.

856
00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:08,500
He retreats again with play action.

857
00:46:08,500 --> 00:46:10,500
Setting, looking, fires the pass.

858
00:46:10,500 --> 00:46:12,500
Incomplete.

859
00:46:12,500 --> 00:46:14,500
Richie Osborne was looking over his left shoulder.

860
00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:17,500
He tried to look back over his right shoulder.

861
00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:19,500
And as he turned, he lost his balance.

862
00:46:19,500 --> 00:46:22,500
But he was open at the Viking 35 yard line.

863
00:46:22,500 --> 00:46:26,500
It was a bit of a mix-up in communication between Jaworski and Rich Osborne.

864
00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:28,500
A pass play just never clicked.

865
00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:32,500
But he was out there and he wasn't clear and Jaworski just didn't hit him.

866
00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:35,500
Well, I tell you, these Vikings better have a little bit more respect for Rich Osborne.

867
00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:38,500
They've totally ignored him here on some of these passing opportunities.

868
00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:40,500
He's out there all by himself.

869
00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:42,500
That time the ball was in the air and he was still running around.

870
00:46:42,500 --> 00:46:45,500
And then when he looked around, there it came, almost hit him in the chest anyway.

871
00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:46,500
Well, this time he comes out of the ball game.

872
00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:49,500
As the Eagles bring in Ken Payne as the third wide receiver.

873
00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:51,500
Payne lines up to the near side.

874
00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:53,500
In the spot to that left is Charlie Smith.

875
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:55,500
The Vikings employ the nickel defense.

876
00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:57,500
Vikings almost jump off sides.

877
00:46:57,500 --> 00:46:58,500
Jaworski backs up.

878
00:46:58,500 --> 00:46:59,500
Hits ground.

879
00:46:59,500 --> 00:47:00,500
Big face.

880
00:47:00,500 --> 00:47:01,500
Post the football.

881
00:47:01,500 --> 00:47:02,500
Incomplete.

882
00:47:02,500 --> 00:47:04,500
Carmichael was down there at the 40.

883
00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:06,500
The ball thrown way out of bounds.

884
00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:14,500
You can just see that Jaworski that time was trying to get rid of the football as he was really being rushed by Jim Marshall right in there on Jaworski.

885
00:47:14,500 --> 00:47:17,500
And he just really never had time to plant the feet that time.

886
00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:22,500
And threw to Harold Carmichael or in his direction and then floated it actually out of bounds.

887
00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:23,500
Eagles will have to punt.

888
00:47:23,500 --> 00:47:26,500
Standing back in punt formation is Mike Mitchell.

889
00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:28,500
Kevin Miller is the deep man for the Vikings.

890
00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:31,500
He will await Michelle's punt at his 22 at the high snap.

891
00:47:31,500 --> 00:47:32,500
But it's handled.

892
00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:33,500
Michelle gets it away.

893
00:47:33,500 --> 00:47:34,500
It's high.

894
00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:35,500
It's close.

895
00:47:35,500 --> 00:47:38,500
And the punt is taken by a member of the 20 yard line.

896
00:47:38,500 --> 00:47:43,500
So again a good job by Mike Mitchell who hits the cloud and causes a fair catch.

897
00:47:43,500 --> 00:47:44,500
A 36 yard punt.

898
00:47:44,500 --> 00:47:46,500
Not great distance but no run back.

899
00:47:46,500 --> 00:47:49,500
Right now let's pause 10 seconds for station identification.

900
00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:54,500
When the Eagles aren't playing, we're playing the Fest of the 50s, 60s and 70s.

901
00:47:54,500 --> 00:47:55,500
610WIP.

902
00:47:55,500 --> 00:47:57,500
Metro Media Radio Philadelphia.

903
00:47:57,500 --> 00:47:59,500
We play your songs.

904
00:47:59,500 --> 00:48:06,500
Vikings have the football but now they try to get some work.

905
00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:11,500
But I think Jim we have to feel a bit more encouraged after the past few defensive series by the Eagles.

906
00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:15,500
They had a lot of problems early as Parkinson really takes that secondary apart.

907
00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:18,500
But in their last couple of series they've adjusted.

908
00:48:18,500 --> 00:48:21,500
Of course what they'd like to do too right here is force some kind of turnover.

909
00:48:21,500 --> 00:48:24,500
This is the deepest the Vikings have been in their own territory.

910
00:48:24,500 --> 00:48:28,500
They've been operating with great field position outside the 30 yard line for the most part.

911
00:48:28,500 --> 00:48:30,500
They're right at the 21 right now.

912
00:48:30,500 --> 00:48:33,500
Setting up the Eagles well of course to force some kind of turnover.

913
00:48:33,500 --> 00:48:37,500
When you throw the ball as much as Fran Stockenden throws it, you're going to have to throw an interception once in a while.

914
00:48:37,500 --> 00:48:39,500
He's thrown a great deal in his career.

915
00:48:39,500 --> 00:48:42,500
260 as a matter of fact. That's a lot of interceptions.

916
00:48:42,500 --> 00:48:45,500
Yeah well he's had his share of interceptions this year as a matter of fact.

917
00:48:45,500 --> 00:48:47,500
He has been intercepted 22 times.

918
00:48:47,500 --> 00:48:50,500
Last week against the Packers he threw four of them which hurt.

919
00:48:50,500 --> 00:48:54,500
So perhaps the Eagles can pick off one of these wobblers.

920
00:48:54,500 --> 00:48:58,500
Stockenden has thrown well but he does not have the rightful arm to get the ball there on a line.

921
00:48:58,500 --> 00:49:01,500
That kind of pass sometimes leaves itself to being intercepted.

922
00:49:01,500 --> 00:49:02,500
Let's see what happens.

923
00:49:02,500 --> 00:49:05,500
This time he hits both wide receivers over to the nearest side.

924
00:49:05,500 --> 00:49:07,500
In the spot of Sammy White. Outside of him is Rashad.

925
00:49:07,500 --> 00:49:09,500
The back's in an open set. The hand up goes inside.

926
00:49:09,500 --> 00:49:12,500
Good running room for Chuck Foreman who comes off left tackle.

927
00:49:12,500 --> 00:49:14,500
All the way up to the 30 yard line.

928
00:49:14,500 --> 00:49:18,500
Maybe to the 31 or 32 before Frank LaMaster makes the stop.

929
00:49:18,500 --> 00:49:21,500
If you get the defense thinking pass enough that's going to happen.

930
00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:26,500
You can give them that passing look and then open up a hole in the middle and that's what happens.

931
00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:29,500
Chuck Foreman came forward for a gain of nine yards.

932
00:49:29,500 --> 00:49:32,500
A second down and one and then they take a long look at it.

933
00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:34,500
And they look and say he has the 10.

934
00:49:34,500 --> 00:49:37,500
Makes the first down by I guess about the nose of the football.

935
00:49:37,500 --> 00:49:40,500
So a first down for the Vikings across the 30.

936
00:49:40,500 --> 00:49:43,500
Make it for 32 yard line. First and 10 for the Vikings.

937
00:49:43,500 --> 00:49:47,500
We have 10-12 remaining in the first half of a 14-14 game.

938
00:49:47,500 --> 00:49:50,500
Wide receivers line up to the far side.

939
00:49:50,500 --> 00:49:52,500
The back's thrown out in the eye.

940
00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:57,500
As Parkinson turns, gives off inside to Foreman that time and he is banged right down.

941
00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:01,500
He is knocked down by the Eagles who thought for a moment they had yards of football loose.

942
00:50:01,500 --> 00:50:03,500
But it came after the whistle.

943
00:50:03,500 --> 00:50:05,500
Charlie Johnson made the stop.

944
00:50:05,500 --> 00:50:07,500
That's kind of a little simple draw play.

945
00:50:07,500 --> 00:50:12,500
They've been faking that draw and running and passing off of a pass action sequence.

946
00:50:12,500 --> 00:50:14,500
Throughout most of this first period and early parts of the second.

947
00:50:14,500 --> 00:50:16,500
That time they gave it to the ball carrier.

948
00:50:16,500 --> 00:50:18,500
He got stacked up. There was a loose ball there.

949
00:50:18,500 --> 00:50:20,500
He's going to rule it with debt.

950
00:50:20,500 --> 00:50:22,500
That's exactly right. It will be about a second down of 13.

951
00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:24,500
Second, 13 and a half.

952
00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:27,500
Both the wide receivers come over to the far side.

953
00:50:27,500 --> 00:50:29,500
Now Ricky Young comes out to the near side.

954
00:50:29,500 --> 00:50:34,500
The handoff again up the middle of Chuck Foreman who cracks across the 30 and comes up to the 35 and 36.

955
00:50:34,500 --> 00:50:36,500
Chuck Foreman on the delay.

956
00:50:36,500 --> 00:50:39,500
He had Ricky Young spread out of the wide receiver on the right side.

957
00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:42,500
His normal wide receiver is over on the left side.

958
00:50:42,500 --> 00:50:45,500
But the handoff went inside and Berge finally made the stop.

959
00:50:45,500 --> 00:50:48,500
There was a pick up right there at six.

960
00:50:48,500 --> 00:50:52,500
Cincinnati Bengals playing top 16 to seven now over Atlanta third period.

961
00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:56,500
So a lot of things seem to be working out for the Eagles on the scoreboard wise.

962
00:50:56,500 --> 00:50:58,500
The most important score is right here.

963
00:50:58,500 --> 00:51:01,500
They are tied with the Vikings 14-14.

964
00:51:01,500 --> 00:51:06,500
Now on a third and four the Eagles get their better pass rushing team in with Ken Clark and Len Burnham.

965
00:51:06,500 --> 00:51:07,500
Parkinson back.

966
00:51:07,500 --> 00:51:09,500
Close the pass to the far side.

967
00:51:09,500 --> 00:51:10,500
Has a receiver.

968
00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:11,500
Completes the pass to Ricky Young.

969
00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:14,500
But there is a flag down of the 40 yard line.

970
00:51:14,500 --> 00:51:17,500
Drew Mahalek is the man defending who forced Young out of bounds.

971
00:51:17,500 --> 00:51:19,500
But there is a flag on the play.

972
00:51:19,500 --> 00:51:23,500
Len Burnham doing a little yelling down there like hey somebody's got a hold of me in there.

973
00:51:23,500 --> 00:51:25,500
That's I think is going to be the call.

974
00:51:25,500 --> 00:51:29,500
You know the Eagles got those mufflers on their shirt today and they're very easy to stick your hand in there and hold the guy back.

975
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:33,500
It is against the Vikings and Billy Burndale points out that it's against Frank Myers.

976
00:51:33,500 --> 00:51:40,500
So they will step off the holding penalty against the Minnesota Vikings and instead of a first down they will have a third and long.

977
00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:43,500
Eagles have their best pass rushing team in there.

978
00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:46,500
Len Burnham he is the healthiest.

979
00:51:46,500 --> 00:51:50,500
Holding number 74 offense third down.

980
00:51:50,500 --> 00:51:55,500
Holding penalty officially called and Frank Myers is usually Billy Burndale on the ball.

981
00:51:55,500 --> 00:51:59,500
Or on the man holding the ball.

982
00:51:59,500 --> 00:52:01,500
Third down at 14.

983
00:52:01,500 --> 00:52:05,500
Eight minutes and 41 seconds remaining to be played here in the first half.

984
00:52:05,500 --> 00:52:07,500
It's 14 to 14.

985
00:52:07,500 --> 00:52:09,500
Sammy White comes out to the near side.

986
00:52:09,500 --> 00:52:10,500
Rich shot out to the far side.

987
00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:11,500
Pucker lines up strong right.

988
00:52:11,500 --> 00:52:13,500
What a quick count.

989
00:52:13,500 --> 00:52:14,500
Parkington rolls right.

990
00:52:14,500 --> 00:52:15,500
Puts the ball in the air.

991
00:52:15,500 --> 00:52:17,500
And the pass is incomplete.

992
00:52:17,500 --> 00:52:19,500
It is dropped by Sammy White at the 40 yard line.

993
00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:21,500
And the Vikings fans are furious.

994
00:52:21,500 --> 00:52:23,500
Bobby Lee Howard is over there.

995
00:52:23,500 --> 00:52:25,500
They wanted an interference call.

996
00:52:25,500 --> 00:52:27,500
But that ball hung again.

997
00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:29,500
It hung again and the Eagles had a chance to react.

998
00:52:29,500 --> 00:52:31,500
Bobby Lee Howard did a neat little move that time.

999
00:52:31,500 --> 00:52:37,500
He jumped right over the back of Sammy White and came down on the other side and knocked the ball around.

1000
00:52:37,500 --> 00:52:42,500
So eight minutes and 36 seconds remaining in this first half and the Vikings will have the punt.

1001
00:52:42,500 --> 00:52:44,500
Backing up in punt formation.

1002
00:52:44,500 --> 00:52:46,500
Ray Coleman beats the Eagles.

1003
00:52:46,500 --> 00:52:47,500
John Sharer.

1004
00:52:47,500 --> 00:52:49,500
He will await the punt at the 38.

1005
00:52:49,500 --> 00:52:53,500
Jim Hughes snaps.

1006
00:52:53,500 --> 00:52:54,500
Takes a long time now.

1007
00:52:54,500 --> 00:52:55,500
Now gets it off.

1008
00:52:55,500 --> 00:52:57,500
And the punt is away.

1009
00:52:57,500 --> 00:52:58,500
It is high and it is floating.

1010
00:52:58,500 --> 00:52:59,500
And Sharer backs up.

1011
00:52:59,500 --> 00:53:00,500
Takes the punt.

1012
00:53:00,500 --> 00:53:03,500
It is 34 to the 35 to the 40.

1013
00:53:03,500 --> 00:53:07,500
And John Sharer has finally dropped at the 42 yard line by Jim off the center.

1014
00:53:07,500 --> 00:53:12,500
But he did a good job right there picking up those six to seven yards on the very high punt.

1015
00:53:12,500 --> 00:53:15,500
39 yard punt.

1016
00:53:15,500 --> 00:53:17,500
Eric Johnson was coming that time.

1017
00:53:17,500 --> 00:53:20,500
That was about as long a count, Jim, as I'll see for getting a punt away.

1018
00:53:20,500 --> 00:53:26,500
But I guess that's the old trick of trying to get the defense off sides that time and pick up some additional yards.

1019
00:53:26,500 --> 00:53:28,500
But the Eagles do take over the football.

1020
00:53:28,500 --> 00:53:31,500
They will have it across their 40 yard line up the three of 42.

1021
00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:37,500
First and 10 with eight minutes and 25 seconds remaining to be played here in the first half of a 14-14 game.

1022
00:53:37,500 --> 00:53:39,500
And what does it look like around the rest of the league?

1023
00:53:39,500 --> 00:53:40,500
Okay.

1024
00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:41,500
Green Bay 17.

1025
00:53:41,500 --> 00:53:42,500
Tampa Bay 7.

1026
00:53:42,500 --> 00:53:43,500
And the third.

1027
00:53:43,500 --> 00:53:44,500
All these are third period.

1028
00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:45,500
Miami 13.

1029
00:53:45,500 --> 00:53:46,500
Washington 0.

1030
00:53:46,500 --> 00:53:47,500
Cincinnati 16.

1031
00:53:47,500 --> 00:53:48,500
Atlanta 7.

1032
00:53:48,500 --> 00:53:49,500
New York Jets 14.

1033
00:53:49,500 --> 00:53:50,500
Baltimore 13.

1034
00:53:50,500 --> 00:53:51,500
Los Angeles 10.

1035
00:53:51,500 --> 00:53:52,500
The New York Giants 7.

1036
00:53:52,500 --> 00:53:53,500
They're all in the third.

1037
00:53:53,500 --> 00:53:54,500
Now in the second.

1038
00:53:54,500 --> 00:53:55,500
New Orleans 17.

1039
00:53:55,500 --> 00:53:56,500
San Francisco 3.

1040
00:53:56,500 --> 00:53:58,500
Buffalo and Kansas City are tied at 7-7.

1041
00:53:58,500 --> 00:54:00,500
And St. Louis leads Detroit 7-0.

1042
00:54:00,500 --> 00:54:06,500
Make that 10-10 now as the New York Giants at three points.

1043
00:54:06,500 --> 00:54:07,500
10-10 Rams Giants.

1044
00:54:07,500 --> 00:54:14,500
You know it's interesting that this weather is cold as it is.

1045
00:54:14,500 --> 00:54:17,500
I have expected a high today of about 21 or 22 degrees.

1046
00:54:17,500 --> 00:54:25,500
It's not as uncomfortable as it was last week in St. Louis where you had that raw rain and the dampness that kind of just creeped through to your bones.

1047
00:54:25,500 --> 00:54:27,500
Here it's just cold but it's very dry.

1048
00:54:27,500 --> 00:54:30,500
And it really isn't that bad for watching a football game.

1049
00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:31,500
It's cold enough.

1050
00:54:31,500 --> 00:54:33,500
That's easy for you to say.

1051
00:54:33,500 --> 00:54:37,500
I'm looking at a bunch of people sitting down here to my right who are sitting in 10 inches of snow.

1052
00:54:37,500 --> 00:54:39,500
They did not clear the sands out.

1053
00:54:39,500 --> 00:54:42,500
There's 10 inches of snow on the seats and on the runways between the seats.

1054
00:54:42,500 --> 00:54:45,500
And these people are with their feet stuck right in the snow.

1055
00:54:45,500 --> 00:54:52,500
But they're all happy and there are very few dough shows here in Minnesota and the crowd is whipping it up and enjoying a good offensive show here in the first half.

1056
00:54:52,500 --> 00:54:53,500
First intensive Eagles.

1057
00:54:53,500 --> 00:54:55,500
They have the ball at their own 42.

1058
00:54:55,500 --> 00:54:56,500
Wide receiver split.

1059
00:54:56,500 --> 00:54:57,500
Running back split.

1060
00:54:57,500 --> 00:55:01,500
And up inside the Mike Hogan who gets a block at the 45 and comes forward to the 48.

1061
00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:04,500
Mike Hogan as that play was contained off left tackle.

1062
00:55:04,500 --> 00:55:14,500
He was momentarily stopped at the 42 and kept the feet turning and came across the 45 and then up to the 46 and 47 and finally ends up at the 49 yard line.

1063
00:55:14,500 --> 00:55:16,500
Jeff Seaman makes the stop with Matt Blair.

1064
00:55:16,500 --> 00:55:19,500
But a good game right there by Mike Hogan.

1065
00:55:19,500 --> 00:55:21,500
A seven yard game by Hogan.

1066
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:25,500
Spot the football with the Eagles having it at their own 49 yard line.

1067
00:55:25,500 --> 00:55:27,500
Second down and four.

1068
00:55:27,500 --> 00:55:28,500
Actually a long three.

1069
00:55:28,500 --> 00:55:30,500
The wide receivers are split.

1070
00:55:30,500 --> 00:55:32,500
The running backs are in an open set.

1071
00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:34,500
The running game really not going too much.

1072
00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:35,500
It's been all through the air.

1073
00:55:35,500 --> 00:55:45,500
Jamorski gives off to Wilbur Montgomery who cracks off right tackle, comes across the mid stripe and may get down to about the 48 or 47 and he is very close to a first down.

1074
00:55:45,500 --> 00:55:50,500
I think the Eagles would very much like to get their running attack going for obvious reasons.

1075
00:55:50,500 --> 00:55:55,500
But of course when you do run the ball and eat up a lot of cock you don't have the football in the hands of Mr. Charky.

1076
00:55:55,500 --> 00:56:04,500
They're going to bring the chains in and just in case he does not have it the Eagles are going to employ a too tight offense as they bring Bill Larson into the game and they put Charlie Smith.

1077
00:56:04,500 --> 00:56:12,500
They stretch the chains and he is very, very close but he is maybe two or three inches away from having that first down.

1078
00:56:12,500 --> 00:56:17,500
So the Eagles will have a third down and just inches to go and they will bring up everybody tight.

1079
00:56:17,500 --> 00:56:19,500
Bill Larson, Rich Osborne.

1080
00:56:19,500 --> 00:56:29,500
I have seen quarterbacks in just this situation take the obvious which is the inside running play and sometimes go with the bomb that can really knock the defense for a loop.

1081
00:56:29,500 --> 00:56:34,500
As Jamorski say with the conventional method does he try to shake up the Vikings right here.

1082
00:56:34,500 --> 00:56:35,500
He calls the signals.

1083
00:56:35,500 --> 00:56:36,500
Has Carmichael on a wing right.

1084
00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:38,500
Has the backs in an open set.

1085
00:56:38,500 --> 00:56:39,500
Still called.

1086
00:56:39,500 --> 00:56:40,500
The Vikings almost jump off.

1087
00:56:40,500 --> 00:56:45,500
The handoff goes inside and plunging ahead and he appears to have the first down as Mike Hogan.

1088
00:56:45,500 --> 00:56:56,500
Just a quick little handoff to Mike Hogan off left tackle on a good block by Tom Lukin and Hogan went right over the top of Lukin and he has the Eagles first down at the Viking 47 yard line.

1089
00:56:56,500 --> 00:57:00,500
Tom Lukin a very fine drive blocker.

1090
00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:04,500
He did a couple of inches and he got about a yard and a half.

1091
00:57:04,500 --> 00:57:07,500
Tom Lukin very quietly putting in a pretty solid year here.

1092
00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:11,500
He first he filled in for Woody Peebles now for Wade Keane getting a lot of action and doing well.

1093
00:57:11,500 --> 00:57:13,500
He is doing a job.

1094
00:57:13,500 --> 00:57:17,500
First and then for the Eagles they have the ball to the Viking 47.

1095
00:57:17,500 --> 00:57:18,500
The wide receivers are split.

1096
00:57:18,500 --> 00:57:19,500
The running backers split.

1097
00:57:19,500 --> 00:57:21,500
As Jamorski goes to the long count.

1098
00:57:21,500 --> 00:57:24,500
On a pitch left goes to Mike Hogan who tries to turn the corner.

1099
00:57:24,500 --> 00:57:25,500
Hogan to the 45.

1100
00:57:25,500 --> 00:57:26,500
Hogan to the 40.

1101
00:57:26,500 --> 00:57:31,500
And Hogan out of bounds at the Viking 38 yard line pushed out by Bobby Bryant.

1102
00:57:31,500 --> 00:57:33,500
But a good block that time by little Wilbert Montgomery.

1103
00:57:33,500 --> 00:57:35,500
And also downfield Harold Carmichael.

1104
00:57:35,500 --> 00:57:37,500
He was tying up one of the secondary people there.

1105
00:57:37,500 --> 00:57:38,500
Phil Wise.

1106
00:57:38,500 --> 00:57:42,500
He kept him off the play and enabled Hogan to turn the corner and get about five more yards.

1107
00:57:42,500 --> 00:57:45,500
Don't underestimate that facet of Harold Carmichael's play.

1108
00:57:45,500 --> 00:57:46,500
Never do or never will.

1109
00:57:46,500 --> 00:57:48,500
You look at the wide receivers in the National Football League.

1110
00:57:48,500 --> 00:57:50,500
First of all a few of them have his size.

1111
00:57:50,500 --> 00:57:53,500
But very, very few of them actually like the block.

1112
00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:55,500
And Harold enjoys doing it.

1113
00:57:55,500 --> 00:57:57,500
He thinks it's a very important part of this game and it is.

1114
00:57:57,500 --> 00:58:03,500
At the first down for the Eagles they pulled out the 36 yard line as Jamorski lines them up.

1115
00:58:03,500 --> 00:58:10,500
Tumbles the football on the snap and then falls on it and falls forward to about the 36 yard line.

1116
00:58:10,500 --> 00:58:16,500
So Jamorski on the second down play, I beg your pardon, had the snap fumbled and then just fell forward.

1117
00:58:16,500 --> 00:58:22,500
And the football ends up in the possession of Jamorski on the Eagles and down at about the 36 yard line.

1118
00:58:22,500 --> 00:58:27,500
They're going to take a measurement right here.

1119
00:58:27,500 --> 00:58:33,500
He needed about a yard and a half and on the second down play.

1120
00:58:33,500 --> 00:58:37,500
They will stretch the chains and take a look and how about that?

1121
00:58:37,500 --> 00:58:44,500
Jamorski picked up a first down so he fumbled the football on the snap and then recovered it and picked up about two yards in the forward direction.

1122
00:58:44,500 --> 00:58:46,500
So it's a first down.

1123
00:58:46,500 --> 00:58:47,500
The clock continues to tick.

1124
00:58:47,500 --> 00:58:49,500
We have 6.36 remaining in the half.

1125
00:58:49,500 --> 00:58:56,500
It is the first attempt for the Eagles to pop the football to see a 36 yard line of 14-14 games.

1126
00:58:56,500 --> 00:59:00,500
So now the Eagles making the ground game start to operate.

1127
00:59:00,500 --> 00:59:02,500
They break the model.

1128
00:59:02,500 --> 00:59:04,500
Carmichael comes wide to the near side.

1129
00:59:04,500 --> 00:59:06,500
Charlie Smith now to the far side.

1130
00:59:06,500 --> 00:59:08,500
The running back in the eye.

1131
00:59:08,500 --> 00:59:10,500
First attempt of the first.

1132
00:59:10,500 --> 00:59:12,500
There is the Viking 36.

1133
00:59:12,500 --> 00:59:14,500
Jamorski on a pitch right to Montgomery.

1134
00:59:14,500 --> 00:59:16,500
He cuts inside at the 35.

1135
00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:18,500
Montgomery at the 30.

1136
00:59:18,500 --> 00:59:22,500
25, 20, 15, 10, 4, touchdown Montgomery.

1137
00:59:22,500 --> 00:59:24,500
There are no flags on the play.

1138
00:59:24,500 --> 00:59:35,500
The Eagles touchdown as Montgomery took the pitch, went to the outside, cut back inside behind Pops by Woody Papels and Jerry Sizemore and ran 36 yards for the touchdown.

1139
00:59:35,500 --> 00:59:39,500
There is another $100 a point from Tray to Lay for the Eagles, why for Leukemia Pus?

1140
00:59:39,500 --> 00:59:45,500
Boy I'll tell you how many times do we said what a delight it would be to see Wilbert Montgomery breaking the open field because nobody's ever going to get him.

1141
00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:49,500
That time Wilbert just made a precise cut that faked out about 11 Vikings.

1142
00:59:49,500 --> 00:59:52,500
They were pursuing so well that they all took themselves out of position.

1143
00:59:52,500 --> 00:59:53,500
Here is the extra point.

1144
00:59:53,500 --> 00:59:57,500
The ball is spotted and Michelle boots it up and boots it perfectly.

1145
00:59:57,500 --> 01:00:01,500
So the Eagles now lead the Minnesota Vikings 21 to 14.

1146
01:00:01,500 --> 01:00:05,500
And now it will be the Vikings turn to have the play come from behind.

1147
01:00:05,500 --> 01:00:07,500
The Vikings got off to a good start in this ball game.

1148
01:00:07,500 --> 01:00:16,500
And I'll tell you the signs were ominous for the Eagles very early when on the Vikings first possession it was Parkinson to Rashad and then Parkinson to Sammy White for a couple.

1149
01:00:16,500 --> 01:00:20,500
And ultimately Sammy White taking a five yard Parkinson touchdown pass.

1150
01:00:20,500 --> 01:00:22,500
But then the Eagles said the heck with that.

1151
01:00:22,500 --> 01:00:25,500
They came right back and they opened with a couple of eight yard running plays.

1152
01:00:25,500 --> 01:00:30,500
And then Jaworski dropped back and he spotted Harold Carmichael and he hit him with a bullet down on that side of the field.

1153
01:00:30,500 --> 01:00:33,500
And Harold took that for a 56 yard touchdown pass.

1154
01:00:33,500 --> 01:00:42,500
But then it was Parkinson's turn and he came back and brought the Vikings downfield and culminated that drive with a nine yard touchdown pass to Sammy White who dropped 14 to 7.

1155
01:00:42,500 --> 01:00:45,500
But in the second quarter Jaworski to Carmichael for one touchdown.

1156
01:00:45,500 --> 01:00:47,500
That made it 14 to 14.

1157
01:00:47,500 --> 01:00:54,500
And now we just saw a 36 yard picture gap by Wilbert Montgomery and the birds were up 21-14.

1158
01:00:54,500 --> 01:00:55,500
All right.

1159
01:00:55,500 --> 01:00:57,500
Don't underestimate the little quarterback for the Vikings.

1160
01:00:57,500 --> 01:01:00,500
Six minutes and one second left here in the second period.

1161
01:01:00,500 --> 01:01:02,500
He can take you downfield in about two minutes flat.

1162
01:01:02,500 --> 01:01:08,500
He seems just when you think he's starting to slow down or suffer or not putting enough on the ball he all of a sudden comes to life.

1163
01:01:08,500 --> 01:01:14,500
Perfect example last week against the Green Bay Packers when he had a terrible three periods and a sensational fourth.

1164
01:01:14,500 --> 01:01:17,500
As long as they got him back there, no amount of points or two safe miles.

1165
01:01:17,500 --> 01:01:19,500
Here's the kickoff by Michelle.

1166
01:01:19,500 --> 01:01:21,500
It is high and not particularly deep.

1167
01:01:21,500 --> 01:01:25,500
It is taken by Miller to the 15, Miller to the 20, up to the 24 yard line.

1168
01:01:25,500 --> 01:01:28,500
And he is knocked down by Billy Canfield.

1169
01:01:28,500 --> 01:01:33,500
Billy Canfield, I believe it's Louis Jamona who actually sped down and came under him.

1170
01:01:33,500 --> 01:01:39,500
Canfield, Jamona both coming down and Jamona actually lowering his body and getting the shoulder and knocking him off his pins.

1171
01:01:39,500 --> 01:01:45,500
Wilbert Montgomery, he's trying to be the eagle's first 1,000 yard a year man since Steve Van Buren back in 1949.

1172
01:01:45,500 --> 01:01:46,500
He needed 100 in this ball game.

1173
01:01:46,500 --> 01:01:48,500
He's got 67 right now.

1174
01:01:48,500 --> 01:01:51,500
It's all to be a first and 10 for the Vikings.

1175
01:01:51,500 --> 01:01:55,500
He's got the football to the 24 yard line, we have 5, 53 remaining in the first half.

1176
01:01:55,500 --> 01:01:58,500
Eagles up 21 to 14 as Parkinson lines up the line.

1177
01:01:58,500 --> 01:01:59,500
Wide receivers split.

1178
01:01:59,500 --> 01:02:03,500
Parkinson throws to the right flat to Tucker who tries to bounce away from one man.

1179
01:02:03,500 --> 01:02:07,500
It is Rashad who thunders the football out of bounds as the Vikings retain possession.

1180
01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:12,500
It is Samad Rashad who took the pass in that right flat and he tried to get around two or three.

1181
01:02:12,500 --> 01:02:14,500
Eagles stumble the football harmlessly out of bounds.

1182
01:02:14,500 --> 01:02:17,500
Reggie Wilkes had his arms over there around Rashad.

1183
01:02:17,500 --> 01:02:20,500
And actually all that, that's one yard in game.

1184
01:02:20,500 --> 01:02:22,500
I'd say it was a pretty hairy fumble.

1185
01:02:22,500 --> 01:02:26,500
It was in the hands of Frank Lamaster for a moment and Frank actually fumbled it out of bounds.

1186
01:02:26,500 --> 01:02:32,500
Last man of course to control the football though was Rashad and that is why the Vikings retain possession.

1187
01:02:32,500 --> 01:02:33,500
Second down and nine.

1188
01:02:33,500 --> 01:02:35,500
Out to the far side goes Rashad.

1189
01:02:35,500 --> 01:02:37,500
Out to the near side goes Sammy White.

1190
01:02:37,500 --> 01:02:39,500
Tucker lines up strong left.

1191
01:02:39,500 --> 01:02:46,500
Turns and they give the hand off to Chuck Foreman who tries to come straight up the middle and reaches about the 28 or 29 yard line.

1192
01:02:46,500 --> 01:02:49,500
He is thrown back by Bill Berge.

1193
01:02:49,500 --> 01:02:54,500
Berge played a great game a week ago against the Cardinals and he is playing very well again.

1194
01:02:54,500 --> 01:02:56,500
Here is the pass to do it against the Vikings.

1195
01:02:56,500 --> 01:03:00,500
He's been in on several tackles and has made a few excellent pass offensive plays.

1196
01:03:00,500 --> 01:03:03,500
Seven tackles Billy tells me for Bill Berge.

1197
01:03:03,500 --> 01:03:06,500
Vikings have themselves a third down and five as they break through the huddle.

1198
01:03:06,500 --> 01:03:08,500
Rashad comes out to the near side.

1199
01:03:08,500 --> 01:03:10,500
Sammy White out to the far side.

1200
01:03:10,500 --> 01:03:12,500
The back's in a wide set.

1201
01:03:12,500 --> 01:03:14,500
Ricky Young to the near side.

1202
01:03:14,500 --> 01:03:15,500
Foreman to the far side.

1203
01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:22,500
Parkinson dropping, retreating, throwing almost intercepted incomplete and tended for Ricky Young who was his safety valve.

1204
01:03:22,500 --> 01:03:30,500
He tried to flip the little pass for Ricky Young and almost intercepted by Randy Logan and had Randy been able to come up with that football.

1205
01:03:30,500 --> 01:03:31,500
It was clear sailing.

1206
01:03:31,500 --> 01:03:38,500
Very good pressure that time by Drew Mahalek who was in on Parkinson and he tried to throw the football while pedaling back.

1207
01:03:38,500 --> 01:03:40,500
So now the Vikings will have to punt.

1208
01:03:40,500 --> 01:03:45,500
5.05 remaining in the half and John Sharrah backs up to receive that punt to his own 32 yard line.

1209
01:03:45,500 --> 01:03:49,500
Drake Coleman in the front of the way for the Vikings.

1210
01:03:49,500 --> 01:03:52,500
21 to 14 the Eagles lead.

1211
01:03:52,500 --> 01:03:55,500
5.05 remaining in the exciting first half.

1212
01:03:55,500 --> 01:03:56,500
Here's Coleman's punt.

1213
01:03:56,500 --> 01:03:57,500
It's low. It's driving.

1214
01:03:57,500 --> 01:03:59,500
Sharrah takes it at the 36.

1215
01:03:59,500 --> 01:04:00,500
At the 40.

1216
01:04:00,500 --> 01:04:02,500
Sharrah at the 45.

1217
01:04:02,500 --> 01:04:03,500
Sharrah at midfield.

1218
01:04:03,500 --> 01:04:09,500
Sharrah at the Viking 49 and he's finally dropped by Fred McNeil but John Sharrah an excellent afternoon.

1219
01:04:09,500 --> 01:04:13,500
John Sharrah not the fastest guy in the world but he sure is a peasant act for finding the daylight.

1220
01:04:13,500 --> 01:04:15,500
He's like a shrew out there.

1221
01:04:15,500 --> 01:04:21,500
He picks a little opening and then claws into it and drives and powers his way and gets himself seven or eight yards.

1222
01:04:21,500 --> 01:04:26,500
They spot the football just into Viking territory at the 49.

1223
01:04:26,500 --> 01:04:30,500
Mark Mullaney is in at right defensive end now replacing Jim Marshall.

1224
01:04:30,500 --> 01:04:33,500
Carl Eller is back in the ball game so he's all right.

1225
01:04:33,500 --> 01:04:36,500
He had been injured earlier.

1226
01:04:36,500 --> 01:04:39,500
First and 10 for the Eagles.

1227
01:04:39,500 --> 01:04:41,500
Alex Carmichael goes out to the far side.

1228
01:04:41,500 --> 01:04:42,500
Smith in the slot.

1229
01:04:42,500 --> 01:04:43,500
The backs are open.

1230
01:04:43,500 --> 01:04:46,500
Now they shift into the eye with Mike Hogan the lead blocker.

1231
01:04:46,500 --> 01:04:49,500
Now in motion to the near side comes Charlie Smith.

1232
01:04:49,500 --> 01:04:52,500
As he turns, gives off to Montgomery who finds winning Willman.

1233
01:04:52,500 --> 01:04:54,500
Spins down to the 45 yard line.

1234
01:04:54,500 --> 01:04:58,500
Jett Seaman makes the stop but a good run by Wilbert who picked up four.

1235
01:04:58,500 --> 01:05:03,500
Again, there was a play Jim and how many times have we seen this season where it is all but closed up.

1236
01:05:03,500 --> 01:05:08,500
But Wilbert has one extra ball and a spin here and a fake there and he raised it down to the 45.

1237
01:05:08,500 --> 01:05:11,500
The Viking defense are pursuing so well that they're vulnerable now.

1238
01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:19,500
Their misdirection plays are just to the natural abilities of a Wilbert Montgomery who can turn on a diamond going the other direction and create his own misdirection play.

1239
01:05:19,500 --> 01:05:23,500
It is the second down and six and they have the football of the Viking 45.

1240
01:05:23,500 --> 01:05:25,500
Both wide receivers go out to that far side.

1241
01:05:25,500 --> 01:05:27,500
Now in motion to the near side comes Smith.

1242
01:05:27,500 --> 01:05:29,500
Backs thrown out in the eye.

1243
01:05:29,500 --> 01:05:35,500
Javorsky gives to the second man through Montgomery, bounces off a man at the 45, comes back and goes across the 40.

1244
01:05:35,500 --> 01:05:38,500
Montgomery was stopped for no gain at the 45 yard line.

1245
01:05:38,500 --> 01:05:47,500
He was bounced back two yards, cut to his right, regained his balance and took it inside the 40 and close to another eagle first down as he picked up six yards.

1246
01:05:47,500 --> 01:05:49,500
First down eagle.

1247
01:05:49,500 --> 01:05:50,500
He looked like a bumper car on that play.

1248
01:05:50,500 --> 01:05:54,500
Ever seen those things they crash into a wall and turn around and start going in the other direction?

1249
01:05:54,500 --> 01:05:56,500
Dodger's guard.

1250
01:05:56,500 --> 01:05:58,500
That's exactly what he looked like.

1251
01:05:58,500 --> 01:06:05,500
Montgomery on the afternoon has 11 carries for 77 yards at 977 for the season.

1252
01:06:05,500 --> 01:06:07,500
What a second year for Wilbert.

1253
01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:09,500
First and 10 for the Eagles.

1254
01:06:09,500 --> 01:06:14,500
The pitch left goes to Montgomery and this time he's going to be thrown for a loss back at the 44.

1255
01:06:14,500 --> 01:06:19,500
Fred McNeil leaves the charge and that time the Vikings had one man at their sights.

1256
01:06:19,500 --> 01:06:28,500
Number 31 and three or four guys went after him and they throw Wilbert Montgomery for a loss of five, Mark Mullaney and Fred McNeil and James White.

1257
01:06:28,500 --> 01:06:30,500
All converge to make the stop.

1258
01:06:30,500 --> 01:06:32,500
Well the Eagles guessed wrong I think that time.

1259
01:06:32,500 --> 01:06:33,500
They had been running up the middle.

1260
01:06:33,500 --> 01:06:39,500
They tried to spring somebody to the outside hoping that the Viking defense would be reacting to that middle pick but not the case.

1261
01:06:39,500 --> 01:06:41,500
The Vikings were in the perfect defense for that play.

1262
01:06:41,500 --> 01:06:43,500
It's a second down of 15 for the Eagles.

1263
01:06:43,500 --> 01:06:48,500
21 to 14 they lead with 3.06 remaining in the half and they were trying to establish that ground game.

1264
01:06:48,500 --> 01:06:50,500
But now let's see if he puts it in the air.

1265
01:06:50,500 --> 01:06:52,500
He splits the running back to worse he does.

1266
01:06:52,500 --> 01:06:53,500
Comes straight back.

1267
01:06:53,500 --> 01:06:54,500
Gives ground.

1268
01:06:54,500 --> 01:06:57,500
Fires in the flat to Montgomery who trips over his own man.

1269
01:06:57,500 --> 01:07:00,500
Gets up to the 30 or 45 and runs down to the 40.

1270
01:07:00,500 --> 01:07:05,500
He actually trips over Woody Peoples in that far flat at the 48 yard line.

1271
01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:08,500
But he knew that since he had not been stopped by the Vikings he'd just gone up.

1272
01:07:08,500 --> 01:07:16,500
And he picked up eight additional yards down inside the 40 to the 39 and a total pickup for Montgomery of about five on the play.

1273
01:07:16,500 --> 01:07:22,500
Right there inadvertently it was Woody Peoples who did the job of bringing down Wilbert Montgomery but Wilbert still gained yardage.

1274
01:07:22,500 --> 01:07:26,500
Kyle Herrer, he's been in the league for about 55 years and he should know the rules a little better.

1275
01:07:26,500 --> 01:07:30,500
Once he saw Montgomery down he sort of applauded it rather than jump on him.

1276
01:07:30,500 --> 01:07:34,500
Kelly Campfield comes in the ball game replacing Wilbert.

1277
01:07:34,500 --> 01:07:38,500
The Eagles have a third down of 10 at the Viking 39 yard line.

1278
01:07:38,500 --> 01:07:40,500
Three wide receivers in the game.

1279
01:07:40,500 --> 01:07:45,500
Jaworski back setting looking going over the middle incomplete.

1280
01:07:45,500 --> 01:07:49,500
Intended for Harold Carmichael down at the Viking 20 yard line.

1281
01:07:49,500 --> 01:07:52,500
Jeff Seaman was the man who got his hands on it.

1282
01:07:52,500 --> 01:07:58,500
Carmichael perhaps was open momentarily but Jeff Seaman did an excellent job of reading that play.

1283
01:07:58,500 --> 01:08:01,500
You're not going to find many brighter middle linebackers than Jeff Seaman.

1284
01:08:01,500 --> 01:08:06,500
He's been around for a long time and he plays the pass, the run, it doesn't matter which but he plays with a lot of expertise.

1285
01:08:06,500 --> 01:08:10,500
Well that ball is about 35 yards in the air and although Harold did have some daylight,

1286
01:08:10,500 --> 01:08:16,500
Jaworski had to thread it through those linebackers and when you're talking 35 yards and the speed that they have it's a very difficult thing to do.

1287
01:08:16,500 --> 01:08:18,500
So it's two minutes and eight seconds remaining in the half.

1288
01:08:18,500 --> 01:08:20,500
The Eagles will punt the ball to the Vikings.

1289
01:08:20,500 --> 01:08:22,500
Michelle comes in the ball game deep.

1290
01:08:22,500 --> 01:08:24,500
The receiver is Kevin Millery.

1291
01:08:24,500 --> 01:08:27,500
He stands back at his own 10 yard line at the high sap but Michelle handles it.

1292
01:08:27,500 --> 01:08:33,500
Gets away a short floating punt that goes down and out of bounds at about the 25 yard line.

1293
01:08:33,500 --> 01:08:38,500
We will see specifically where they marked the football but he did not get all of it.

1294
01:08:38,500 --> 01:08:43,500
The punt is only about 14 yard line, 14 yard punt.

1295
01:08:43,500 --> 01:08:48,500
14 yard punt so when time is back in the Vikings will take over on their own 25.

1296
01:08:48,500 --> 01:08:49,500
There is the two minute warning.

1297
01:08:49,500 --> 01:08:51,500
There's a timeout on the field with the score.

1298
01:08:51,500 --> 01:08:54,500
The Eagles leading the Vikings 21 to 14.

1299
01:08:54,500 --> 01:09:08,500
Oh we've shared the good times and the laughter after all that we've been through.

1300
01:09:08,500 --> 01:09:33,500
The Hondekers, the most expensive place in the world.

1301
01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:53,500
After all that we've been through, no other field will be as successful as the Hondekers.

1302
01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:56,500
For most of this season it has been a matter of the offense trying to get enough points

1303
01:09:56,500 --> 01:09:58,500
and the defense does the job for the Eagles.

1304
01:09:58,500 --> 01:10:02,500
But today the Eagles offense has put 21 first half points on the board.

1305
01:10:02,500 --> 01:10:03,500
Now the Vikings have the football.

1306
01:10:03,500 --> 01:10:05,500
Parkinson back throws over to that far side.

1307
01:10:05,500 --> 01:10:09,500
Complets the pass to Bob Tucker who takes a shy of the 30 yard line.

1308
01:10:09,500 --> 01:10:13,500
His tight end is about the 28 and is knocked out of bounds by Reggie Wilkes right there.

1309
01:10:13,500 --> 01:10:17,500
But we've seen a very, very effective first half offense by the Eagles.

1310
01:10:17,500 --> 01:10:19,500
They have put 21 points on that board.

1311
01:10:19,500 --> 01:10:24,500
A couple of touchdown passes to Harold Carmichael on a 36 yard Wilbur Montgomery run.

1312
01:10:24,500 --> 01:10:27,500
We have a minute and 55 seconds remaining in this first half.

1313
01:10:27,500 --> 01:10:29,500
The Vikings have 14 points.

1314
01:10:29,500 --> 01:10:32,500
Both of which, both touchdowns have come through the air.

1315
01:10:32,500 --> 01:10:35,500
Parkinson to Sammy White both times.

1316
01:10:35,500 --> 01:10:37,500
A pick up of three yards on that last play.

1317
01:10:37,500 --> 01:10:39,500
It's a second down and seven.

1318
01:10:39,500 --> 01:10:41,500
Parkinson to the ball and it's a 27.

1319
01:10:41,500 --> 01:10:44,500
He retreats. He looks. He goes deep down the middle.

1320
01:10:44,500 --> 01:10:48,500
The pass is intercepted. It is intercepted by Bobby Lee Howard.

1321
01:10:48,500 --> 01:10:51,500
And the Vikings are going to contend that they have their hands on the football

1322
01:10:51,500 --> 01:10:54,500
but no way it was intended for Sammy White.

1323
01:10:54,500 --> 01:10:59,500
But it is Bobby Lee Howard who went into the air at the 30 yard line of the Eagles 30

1324
01:10:59,500 --> 01:11:00,500
and puts the ball in the way.

1325
01:11:00,500 --> 01:11:04,500
Interception for Bobby Lee Howard and for him it is his third of the year.

1326
01:11:04,500 --> 01:11:07,500
Brand trying to throw the deep pattern go for it all.

1327
01:11:07,500 --> 01:11:08,500
He threw right into the coverage that time.

1328
01:11:08,500 --> 01:11:10,500
The Eagles had double coverage downfield.

1329
01:11:10,500 --> 01:11:12,500
Bobby Lee Howard, Randy Logan, they were all around the football.

1330
01:11:12,500 --> 01:11:15,500
And actually any one of three people could have caught it.

1331
01:11:15,500 --> 01:11:17,500
Good job by the Eagles right there.

1332
01:11:17,500 --> 01:11:21,500
Sammy White, what he tried to do was try to grab an additional handle on that football

1333
01:11:21,500 --> 01:11:25,500
and say that he had possession but the official was right on the spot to make the ruling.

1334
01:11:25,500 --> 01:11:29,500
And how the Eagles take over first and 10 the ball on their own 30.

1335
01:11:29,500 --> 01:11:32,500
The field becoming more snow covered all the time.

1336
01:11:32,500 --> 01:11:36,500
I have a feeling in that second half it will be tough to see the yard markers.

1337
01:11:36,500 --> 01:11:40,500
First and 10 for the birds but just 143 remaining to be played.

1338
01:11:40,500 --> 01:11:42,500
Carl Michael out there on the far side with one man on him.

1339
01:11:42,500 --> 01:11:44,500
The handoff goes to Willem Montgomery.

1340
01:11:44,500 --> 01:11:47,500
It is not a smooth exchange and he goes down at the line of scrimmage.

1341
01:11:47,500 --> 01:11:54,500
That time it was Ron Jaworski turning giving to Willem Montgomery and there was some misfooting right there.

1342
01:11:54,500 --> 01:11:57,500
They flipped into each other and the play went nowhere.

1343
01:11:57,500 --> 01:11:59,500
Boy there was a gaping hole too right up the middle.

1344
01:11:59,500 --> 01:12:04,500
Guy Morris had really cleared out a big hole and had there not been that breakdown back in the backfield he would have been gone.

1345
01:12:04,500 --> 01:12:08,500
Vikings called time out right now as they like one more crack at the Eagles.

1346
01:12:08,500 --> 01:12:09,500
Boy I can't believe it.

1347
01:12:09,500 --> 01:12:11,500
There's a fan setting up to play in the snow down there.

1348
01:12:11,500 --> 01:12:16,500
They're going to take about two weeks to get that saxophone off that kid's lip when he gets done playing here.

1349
01:12:16,500 --> 01:12:17,500
It's about 12 degrees down there.

1350
01:12:17,500 --> 01:12:18,500
Are you kidding?

1351
01:12:18,500 --> 01:12:19,500
There's such hardy people here.

1352
01:12:19,500 --> 01:12:20,500
They're used to this.

1353
01:12:20,500 --> 01:12:22,500
This is just a few flurries.

1354
01:12:22,500 --> 01:12:24,500
Nine, ten inches.

1355
01:12:24,500 --> 01:12:26,500
We can't see the cars though in the parking lot.

1356
01:12:26,500 --> 01:12:27,500
Everybody's here.

1357
01:12:27,500 --> 01:12:31,500
There are just, it just appears that there are very, very few no-shows.

1358
01:12:31,500 --> 01:12:34,500
This is their kind of football weather gym and I think they're very used to it.

1359
01:12:34,500 --> 01:12:35,500
I've been checking the scoreboard.

1360
01:12:35,500 --> 01:12:36,500
I will.

1361
01:12:36,500 --> 01:12:39,500
Cincinnati 23 and Atlanta 7 in the third period.

1362
01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:42,500
In the fourth period Green Bay 17, Tampa Bay 7.

1363
01:12:42,500 --> 01:12:45,500
Also in the fourth, Miami 16, Washington 0.

1364
01:12:45,500 --> 01:12:48,500
Giants and Los Angeles Rams in the fourth tied at 10-10.

1365
01:12:48,500 --> 01:12:51,500
They're just ahead of Baltimore, 21 to 16 in the third.

1366
01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:54,500
New Orleans 17, San Francisco 10 in the second.

1367
01:12:54,500 --> 01:12:57,500
Seven-seven, Buffalo, Kansas City in the third.

1368
01:12:57,500 --> 01:13:00,500
And Louis 7 and Detroit 0 in the second.

1369
01:13:00,500 --> 01:13:05,500
And I can't believe that kid is going to play the saxophone down there.

1370
01:13:05,500 --> 01:13:09,500
We have a minute and 31 seconds remaining to be played here in the first half.

1371
01:13:09,500 --> 01:13:11,500
The Eagles on top of the Vikings, 21 to 14.

1372
01:13:11,500 --> 01:13:16,500
They have a second down at 10, the ball at their own 30-yard line and Carmichael lines up in that spot.

1373
01:13:16,500 --> 01:13:20,500
So they write Charlie Smith outside of him, the back in an open set.

1374
01:13:20,500 --> 01:13:22,500
One of the Vikings almost comes offside.

1375
01:13:22,500 --> 01:13:26,500
She warns he gives off to Montgomery who turns at the 30 and goes down at the 31-yard line.

1376
01:13:26,500 --> 01:13:30,500
But there was a flag on the play and they may have slapped the Vikings coming offside.

1377
01:13:30,500 --> 01:13:36,500
I believe it was Carl Eller who made the premature jump that time.

1378
01:13:36,500 --> 01:13:40,500
So that would be a break for the Eagles who would like to keep the ball.

1379
01:13:40,500 --> 01:13:42,500
So it is offside against the Vikings and Carl Eller.

1380
01:13:42,500 --> 01:13:44,500
The Eagles would like to eat up this clock.

1381
01:13:44,500 --> 01:13:46,500
They're not going to try anything too daring right here.

1382
01:13:46,500 --> 01:13:50,500
Oh, they may if they have a couple of seconds and can't get into too much trouble.

1383
01:13:50,500 --> 01:13:55,500
But they would just like to eat up these remaining one minute and 26 seconds on the clock

1384
01:13:55,500 --> 01:14:00,500
and go to this locker room with a 21-14 halftime lead.

1385
01:14:00,500 --> 01:14:02,500
See if that defense can come out there in the second half.

1386
01:14:02,500 --> 01:14:06,500
Offside, 81, defense, no second down.

1387
01:14:06,500 --> 01:14:09,500
They call it against Carl Eller so it is still a second down.

1388
01:14:09,500 --> 01:14:11,500
Now it is second down and five yards.

1389
01:14:11,500 --> 01:14:15,500
So the Vikings five penalties today for 35 yards and penalties.

1390
01:14:15,500 --> 01:14:17,500
The Eagles have been penalized twice for 44.

1391
01:14:17,500 --> 01:14:19,500
So it is the second down and five for football.

1392
01:14:19,500 --> 01:14:23,500
The Eagles have at their own 35-yard line the wide receivers who split.

1393
01:14:23,500 --> 01:14:26,500
The back turn and open set as Jaworski wants to throw.

1394
01:14:26,500 --> 01:14:29,500
Humps left, goes to Carmichael who takes it at the Viking 40.

1395
01:14:29,500 --> 01:14:31,500
Away from one man at the 35.

1396
01:14:31,500 --> 01:14:35,500
Carmichael inside the 30 and down at the 26.

1397
01:14:35,500 --> 01:14:38,500
Jaworski and everybody thinking run that time.

1398
01:14:38,500 --> 01:14:41,500
Here is Carmichael who is having a magnificent afternoon

1399
01:14:41,500 --> 01:14:45,500
and took the football inside the Viking 30 down at the 28.

1400
01:14:45,500 --> 01:14:48,500
First down for the Eagles and now the Eagles call the timeout.

1401
01:14:48,500 --> 01:14:51,500
Okay, but for the most part, Carmichael is getting devil coverage,

1402
01:14:51,500 --> 01:14:52,500
but it doesn't seem to matter.

1403
01:14:52,500 --> 01:14:55,500
He is able to beat that front guy and then he just takes the deep man,

1404
01:14:55,500 --> 01:14:57,500
the safety one on one, and he beats him to an open territory.

1405
01:14:57,500 --> 01:15:00,500
And that time with a little more speed, of course, Howell is gone.

1406
01:15:00,500 --> 01:15:04,500
But he did make his way clear and had nothing but clear sailing in front of him,

1407
01:15:04,500 --> 01:15:06,500
but it was a little tough for the big guy to get some traction going

1408
01:15:06,500 --> 01:15:08,500
and the Vikings were able to react.

1409
01:15:08,500 --> 01:15:11,500
But the Eagles are in great shape now, the ball at the 26 yard line,

1410
01:15:11,500 --> 01:15:15,500
a minute and 17 on the clock, and the Eagles with two timeouts remaining.

1411
01:15:15,500 --> 01:15:18,500
On the afternoon, Carmichael is just having a tremendous afternoon.

1412
01:15:18,500 --> 01:15:21,500
He has caught four passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns,

1413
01:15:21,500 --> 01:15:25,500
so the Vikings are having their problems with Howell Carmichael this afternoon.

1414
01:15:25,500 --> 01:15:27,500
That doesn't make them special.

1415
01:15:27,500 --> 01:15:29,500
A lot of side teams have come up with Howell Carmichael.

1416
01:15:29,500 --> 01:15:30,500
The Eagles have a timeout right now.

1417
01:15:30,500 --> 01:15:33,500
We have a minute and 17 seconds remaining in this first half.

1418
01:15:33,500 --> 01:15:34,500
The Birds on top, 21 to 14.

1419
01:15:34,500 --> 01:15:37,500
You know, Jim, there are a lot of postseason awards.

1420
01:15:37,500 --> 01:15:39,500
One is the one in our city, the Maxwell Club Award,

1421
01:15:39,500 --> 01:15:42,500
where they give the Birkbeil Award to the pro player of the year,

1422
01:15:42,500 --> 01:15:43,500
the NFL player of the year.

1423
01:15:43,500 --> 01:15:47,500
And I'll tell you right now that my award is, my vote is going to go to Howell Carmichael

1424
01:15:47,500 --> 01:15:51,500
because I can't think of anybody who has had a better season than he has.

1425
01:15:51,500 --> 01:15:52,500
Well, I said that the other night.

1426
01:15:52,500 --> 01:15:55,500
You know, we looked, who's the most Iowa player in the National Football League this year?

1427
01:15:55,500 --> 01:15:57,500
And he is certainly a contender.

1428
01:15:57,500 --> 01:16:01,500
Just can't have a better season than big number 17, first and tenth of the Eagles,

1429
01:16:01,500 --> 01:16:05,500
the ball at the 26 yard line, the back from the eye, the wide receivers are split.

1430
01:16:05,500 --> 01:16:09,500
Jim Worske on play action, sets up, looks, fires to the far side,

1431
01:16:09,500 --> 01:16:13,500
incomplete and pended for Rich Osborne down at the 12.

1432
01:16:13,500 --> 01:16:15,500
So he takes the handoff inside.

1433
01:16:15,500 --> 01:16:18,500
He looks down the middle, then he tried to go to Rich Osborne,

1434
01:16:18,500 --> 01:16:21,500
who had run an out-pattern over at about the 15 yard line,

1435
01:16:21,500 --> 01:16:25,500
but Rich just about got his hands on a good coverage by the strong safety Phil Wise,

1436
01:16:25,500 --> 01:16:28,500
who stayed with Osborne step-per-step.

1437
01:16:28,500 --> 01:16:32,500
Another play action move there by Ron Jaworski, enabling him to get a great deal of time.

1438
01:16:32,500 --> 01:16:35,500
Once you stick that ball into Robert Montgomery's hands and he goes 36 yards with it,

1439
01:16:35,500 --> 01:16:40,500
they got to respect him every time, fake or no, and that's just what's happening here.

1440
01:16:40,500 --> 01:16:41,500
It's the second down at 10.

1441
01:16:41,500 --> 01:16:43,500
The clock shows 1-12 remaining,

1442
01:16:43,500 --> 01:16:48,500
and I wouldn't be surprised to see him set from up for the pass and go back to Montgomery once again.

1443
01:16:48,500 --> 01:16:51,500
Second down at 10 for the Eagles, Carl Michaelis to the nearer side this time,

1444
01:16:51,500 --> 01:16:54,500
mid-stown to the far side, Osborne strong right.

1445
01:16:54,500 --> 01:17:01,500
Jaworski on play action setting, going over the middle, complete to Charlie Smith, who takes it in for a touchdown.

1446
01:17:01,500 --> 01:17:06,500
Jaworski to Charlie Smith on a post-spotter, and he drilled it over the middle.

1447
01:17:06,500 --> 01:17:10,500
Smith took it at the 5, he was hit at the 3, and went in.

1448
01:17:10,500 --> 01:17:12,500
He beat Matt Wright for a touchdown.

1449
01:17:12,500 --> 01:17:15,500
Nate Wright beating on a 27-yard pass.

1450
01:17:15,500 --> 01:17:21,500
Jaworski to Charlie Smith, and there is another $100 a point from Frito-Lay for the Eagles' Fly for Leukemia Fund.

1451
01:17:21,500 --> 01:17:25,500
All right, there's a case of Charlie Smith being ignored the entire first half, and then you go to him.

1452
01:17:25,500 --> 01:17:27,500
Bad tackling also by the Vikings that time.

1453
01:17:27,500 --> 01:17:29,500
Here's the extra point at 10.

1454
01:17:29,500 --> 01:17:32,500
Yeah, they could have stopped him at about the 5, but a good job by Charlie.

1455
01:17:32,500 --> 01:17:34,500
Bad tackle by the Vikings.

1456
01:17:34,500 --> 01:17:37,500
Here's the extra point, and it is blocked.

1457
01:17:37,500 --> 01:17:43,500
It is so good as the Vikings got in there and blocked the football that was blocked by John Turner.

1458
01:17:43,500 --> 01:17:59,500
Right now, let's pause 10 seconds for station identification.

1459
01:17:59,500 --> 01:18:06,500
So the Vikings come in there and block the attempt for the extra point, and the score is the Eagles' 27 and the Vikings' 14.

1460
01:18:06,500 --> 01:18:15,500
27 to 14, so the Vikings can come back and take the lead with two touchdowns, but the Eagles' defense will sit around at half-time.

1461
01:18:15,500 --> 01:18:22,500
And look at Coach Marion Campbell outlining some ways, and Chuck Lawson, the defensive line coach, and Fred Brody, who comes to coach as the secondary.

1462
01:18:22,500 --> 01:18:27,500
These kind of people are going to try to stop any kind of Viking explosion in the second half.

1463
01:18:27,500 --> 01:18:33,500
Eagles' offense is explosive as it's been all season, not as explosive, more explosive than it's been all season.

1464
01:18:33,500 --> 01:18:42,500
Three touchdown passes today for Ron Jaworski, two to Harold Carmichael, one to Charlie Smith, and a 36-yard run by Wilbert Montgomery.

1465
01:18:42,500 --> 01:18:46,500
Mike Mitchell will kick off deep for the Vikings in the middle of Kevin Mitter.

1466
01:18:46,500 --> 01:18:51,500
To the far side is Robert Mitter, and to the near side, Harry Washington.

1467
01:18:51,500 --> 01:18:56,500
Block showing 105 remaining to be played here in the first half.

1468
01:18:56,500 --> 01:19:04,500
Michelle kicks the football. It is low. It is not too deep. It is going to bounce at the 15, roll to the 10, and go out of bounds at the 4.

1469
01:19:04,500 --> 01:19:10,500
So they will bring this football back, attack a 5-yard penalty, and kick it off all over again.

1470
01:19:10,500 --> 01:19:14,500
Kickoff out of bounds, 5 yards, re-kick.

1471
01:19:17,500 --> 01:19:20,500
The field now is taking on a little bit of a glaze.

1472
01:19:20,500 --> 01:19:29,500
About, I guess maybe an inch or two of snow has fallen since the game started, and the field is heated, and it doesn't absorb the snow, or at least it doesn't lay on the grass.

1473
01:19:29,500 --> 01:19:36,500
By this time though, there's a bit of a glaze forming, and I'm wondering if that isn't giving Mike Mitchell a little trouble as he approaches that football.

1474
01:19:36,500 --> 01:19:41,500
I'm sure it is, because if you take that last plant of the foot, you have to have some kind of traction.

1475
01:19:41,500 --> 01:19:47,500
He just is not getting the traction right there. He's approaching the football almost tentatively.

1476
01:19:47,500 --> 01:19:56,500
So now they'll move it back to the 30-yard line, and the Eagles' bomb squad will try to prevent any kind of damaging return by the Vikings here in the pad last minute and five seconds on the half.

1477
01:19:56,500 --> 01:20:00,500
Eagles on top of the Vikings, 27 to 14.

1478
01:20:00,500 --> 01:20:08,500
I mentioned earlier in the broadcast that the receivers do have an advantage. As difficult as that field is to them, it is more difficult for the guys covering them.

1479
01:20:08,500 --> 01:20:13,500
The defensive backs cannot plant, and the offensive receivers are taking advantage of it this afternoon.

1480
01:20:13,500 --> 01:20:21,500
Here's Michelle's kickoff. It is low, and again, it heads out of bounds at the Viking 35-yard line.

1481
01:20:21,500 --> 01:20:31,500
So they'll move it back, and Mike Michelle stands at the center of the field with his hands on his hips, and he looks down and he looks up, but he just seems a bit exasperated.

1482
01:20:31,500 --> 01:20:41,500
Louis Giamotto goes over to Mike Michelle and has a few words to him, and then Dennis Franks, who was the captain of the special teams, goes over and puts his arm around the shoulder of Mike Michelle and says,

1483
01:20:41,500 --> 01:20:47,500
Don't worry about it. We'll get the job done. We don't care if you have to kick from the five or kick from the one.

1484
01:20:47,500 --> 01:20:54,500
Or if there's a minute and five left and two timeouts for the Vikings, they're going to get the ball up around midfield if they get any kind of decent run back there.

1485
01:20:54,500 --> 01:20:56,500
Plenty of time for them to add some more points.

1486
01:20:56,500 --> 01:21:04,500
That's absolutely true, and I don't think there's a quarterback in the National Football League who can use those timeouts and run that two-minute drill more expertly than Franz Harkinzen.

1487
01:21:04,500 --> 01:21:11,500
Just how to make it work, as Green Bay found out last week, and so many teams have found out over the past 17 years.

1488
01:21:11,500 --> 01:21:19,500
So now Mike Michelle will be kicking off his own 25-yard line, but you can see the way he is approaching the ball right now that he's not going to get too much foot into it.

1489
01:21:19,500 --> 01:21:24,500
He's approaching it very tentatively. Let's see what the Eagles' bombslide can do right here.

1490
01:21:24,500 --> 01:21:33,500
Michelle hits it. Again it is low, and again it is heading over to the right side, but this time it is taken by Robert Miller at the 30 to the 35, and he has run out of bounds with the 42 or 43-yard line.

1491
01:21:33,500 --> 01:21:39,500
And a fly goes down over there, I believe, and we could have a personal foul against one of the Eagles for hitting him late.

1492
01:21:39,500 --> 01:21:46,500
There is a flag on the Eagles. It could be against Orrin Middlebrook over on that far side. Somebody hit him late.

1493
01:21:46,500 --> 01:21:53,500
And that's something that the Eagles could never afford. I was just about to say. They're going to step off the 15 yards right here.

1494
01:21:53,500 --> 01:22:00,500
I was just about to say, considering where he kicked the ball from, the Eagles could be in a lot worse shape.

1495
01:22:00,500 --> 01:22:06,500
But then 15-yard penalty, a personal foul. I know two ways about it. It's a dumb thing to do.

1496
01:22:06,500 --> 01:22:11,500
Late hit, out of bounds, number 81, he says, first down.

1497
01:22:11,500 --> 01:22:16,500
It is against Orrin Middlebrook. It's a dumb thing to do, and it cost the Eagles 15 yards.

1498
01:22:16,500 --> 01:22:21,500
And now the Vikings operate in good field position. There is the Eagle 42.

1499
01:22:21,500 --> 01:22:26,500
Markandum splits the wide receivers. Once the throw on first down, goes over to the far sideline incomplete.

1500
01:22:26,500 --> 01:22:33,500
Amad Rashad was separated from the football by Herman Edwards, and Herman is not playing tentatively at all.

1501
01:22:33,500 --> 01:22:42,500
Absolutely not. Rashad had a chance to catch that ball, and Herman Edwards, who wasn't over there in time to break it up, just drove right into Rashad chest high and knocked the ball free.

1502
01:22:42,500 --> 01:22:46,500
We have 57 seconds remaining to be played here in this first half.

1503
01:22:46,500 --> 01:22:55,500
Eagles on top of the Vikings, 27-14. Markandum breaks them from the huddle. Out to the far side goes Rashad. Out to the near side goes Sammy White.

1504
01:22:55,500 --> 01:23:04,500
Markandum backs up. Once the throw, goes over the middle, complete to Ricky Young, who takes it across the 35 and goes down at the 32.

1505
01:23:04,500 --> 01:23:10,500
Drew Mihalik made the stop right there. Minnesota is going to take a timeout right here.

1506
01:23:10,500 --> 01:23:18,500
He may be about a yard shy of the first down. We'll see exactly where they spot it, but from here it looks to be just about a yard short.

1507
01:23:18,500 --> 01:23:26,500
And we're going to get a timeout called by the Vikings. They now have one remaining. Fall on about the 33 yard line.

1508
01:23:26,500 --> 01:23:30,500
They're going to bring in the chains and take a look at it.

1509
01:23:30,500 --> 01:23:38,500
Fifty seconds remaining to be played here in this first half. But the Eagles offense has looked about as healthy today as it has this entire season.

1510
01:23:38,500 --> 01:23:41,500
First down!

1511
01:23:41,500 --> 01:23:46,500
It just has the first down, but first down yardage is not a big thing at this point.

1512
01:23:46,500 --> 01:23:55,500
We'd also like to come in and dump Mr. Markandum or pick one off instead of letting them come down to the field goal territory for Rick Danmeier.

1513
01:23:55,500 --> 01:24:03,500
The Vikings are very anxious to see how Rick Danmeier reacts when he has his first challenge this afternoon because he blew one last week at 21 yarder,

1514
01:24:03,500 --> 01:24:10,500
which would have won that game at overtime against the Green Bay Packers, and he blew an earlier one from 32 yards away.

1515
01:24:10,500 --> 01:24:18,500
But they say he's a tough kid and he can come back. First and 10 for the Vikings. Just one setback. That's Chuck Foreman.

1516
01:24:18,500 --> 01:24:24,500
Young is on a wing left. Markandum throws quickly to Rashad and takes the pass inside the 30 and runs out of bounds with the Eagles.

1517
01:24:24,500 --> 01:24:30,500
20 is to stop the clock and again it is Drew Mahalek back in the game and running him out of bounds.

1518
01:24:30,500 --> 01:24:36,500
Rashad's intent all the way was to step out of bounds there. Four and a half yard gain I guess. Stop the clock.

1519
01:24:36,500 --> 01:24:42,500
It uses up just four seconds. 46 seconds remaining to be played here in the first half.

1520
01:24:42,500 --> 01:24:48,500
The football is spotted inside the Eagles. 30 down to 28.

1521
01:24:48,500 --> 01:24:57,500
That completion ties Fran Parkandum with Sonny Jurgensen for the all-time record of NFL completions in one season of 288.

1522
01:24:57,500 --> 01:25:02,500
Parkandum back again. Fires to that far sideline and again gets Rashad.

1523
01:25:02,500 --> 01:25:07,500
This time he takes the football and goes out of bounds at the 23 yard line.

1524
01:25:07,500 --> 01:25:16,500
So he breaks the record right here. Fran Parkandum has now completed more passes in one season than anyone in NFL history.

1525
01:25:16,500 --> 01:25:25,500
They're not exactly picture perfect passes. They're all short outs. Flutter balls.

1526
01:25:25,500 --> 01:25:33,500
That's a pick up right there of about three or four yards. Pass was incomplete. Second foot came down out of bounds.

1527
01:25:33,500 --> 01:25:38,500
Well as you can hear from the official, here at the stadium they had already announced that Parkandum had broken the record.

1528
01:25:38,500 --> 01:25:43,500
But the official says nope. That's the second foot of Ahmad Rashad came down out of bounds.

1529
01:25:43,500 --> 01:25:48,500
And now the Vikings will have a third down of six. The football is 28 and Parkandum has only tied the record.

1530
01:25:48,500 --> 01:25:52,500
But I think he will break it.

1531
01:25:52,500 --> 01:25:55,500
The Vikings splitting their wide receivers as Parkandum goes back.

1532
01:25:55,500 --> 01:26:04,500
Hooked a little pass to four minutes of 25, four minutes of 20, and four minutes of eagle 18 for a first down and there is the record.

1533
01:26:04,500 --> 01:26:08,500
31 seconds. Vikings lining up without a huddle. Here we go.

1534
01:26:08,500 --> 01:26:13,500
And now it's down to 27 seconds remaining as Parkandum has two wide receivers over on the near side.

1535
01:26:13,500 --> 01:26:17,500
He pumps one. He's going to the end zone incomplete.

1536
01:26:17,500 --> 01:26:22,500
The pass is intended for Sammy White in the end zone, but he was well covered on the play.

1537
01:26:22,500 --> 01:26:27,500
Back with him was Bobby Lee Howard matching him step-per-step.

1538
01:26:27,500 --> 01:26:31,500
And it will stop the clock with 19 seconds remaining in the half.

1539
01:26:31,500 --> 01:26:36,500
It will be a second down and 10 for the Vikings. The football inside the 20 is the 18.

1540
01:26:36,500 --> 01:26:40,500
Parkandum in the afternoon has completed 15 of 25 attempts.

1541
01:26:40,500 --> 01:26:48,500
For 123 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception picked off by Bobby Lee Howard, his third of the year.

1542
01:26:48,500 --> 01:26:50,500
It's the second down and 10 for the Vikings.

1543
01:26:50,500 --> 01:26:54,500
Vikings going with three wide receivers as they pulled their tight end.

1544
01:26:54,500 --> 01:26:59,500
Parkandum back. Setting. Looking left. Going to the end zone incomplete.

1545
01:26:59,500 --> 01:27:04,500
Intended for a ball, Rashad.

1546
01:27:04,500 --> 01:27:12,500
Herman Edwards is back there with Rashad, but he had the inside of the Edwards gym and had the pass been delivered, I think, the Vikings had a six point.

1547
01:27:12,500 --> 01:27:16,500
Well, I tell you, he's a guy to watch, Rashad. Just put a great move on Herman Edwards.

1548
01:27:16,500 --> 01:27:21,500
In order to get to the inside, he actually came back toward talking at about four or five yards and then turned it back up.

1549
01:27:21,500 --> 01:27:27,500
That's how he maneuvered to get position, and he's just one of the great ones at getting in that perfect position.

1550
01:27:27,500 --> 01:27:33,500
And what he'll do is just when you'll think you have him inside, he'll turn to the outside and take one of that far corner.

1551
01:27:33,500 --> 01:27:36,500
And pressure that time by Dennis Harrison on Fran Parkandum.

1552
01:27:36,500 --> 01:27:39,500
It's the third down and 10 for the Vikings. Parkandum backpedals.

1553
01:27:39,500 --> 01:27:45,500
Look. Set. Rolls away. Flows the pass. Intercepted by the Eagles. Intercepted by Berge.

1554
01:27:45,500 --> 01:27:56,500
Berge to the 16, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40. Still on his feet. A midfield. 45 down in the Viking territory at the 42 yard line.

1555
01:27:56,500 --> 01:28:00,500
Finally brought down by Mick Pinglehop as the gun goes off.

1556
01:28:00,500 --> 01:28:05,500
So Bill Berge intercepts the pass and took a long run with it.

1557
01:28:05,500 --> 01:28:08,500
And the Vikings do not come up with a point right there.

1558
01:28:08,500 --> 01:28:12,500
The gun sounds. That's the end of the half with the score.

1559
01:28:12,500 --> 01:28:15,500
The Eagles leading the Vikings 27 to 14.

1560
01:28:15,500 --> 01:28:22,500
Lou Gimota is deep into the far side for the Eagles and Billy Campfield to the near side as Rick Danmire tees up the football.

1561
01:28:22,500 --> 01:28:33,500
The Eagles offense would like to just control the football as much as it possibly can here in the second half and not give that Vikings offense a chance to operate.

1562
01:28:33,500 --> 01:28:37,500
Here's Danmire's kickoff. It is low and it is skidding and bouncing at the 20.

1563
01:28:37,500 --> 01:28:41,500
And rolls the yarn needle for the intercepted by Gimota at the 5.

1564
01:28:41,500 --> 01:28:46,500
Running likely to the 10. And down goes Lou Gimota at the 12 yard line.

1565
01:28:46,500 --> 01:28:54,500
So the Vikings got a break on a poor kickoff that hit at about the 30 and dribbled his way through the two Eagle men.

1566
01:28:54,500 --> 01:28:57,500
Dribbled his way between Gimota and Billy Campfield.

1567
01:28:57,500 --> 01:29:02,500
Gimota had to go back there and pick it up at the 5 and he got it back to the 12.

1568
01:29:02,500 --> 01:29:05,500
Well I thought possession becomes very vital here.

1569
01:29:05,500 --> 01:29:13,500
The Eagles now with the ball in the 11 yard line will want to get it out at least a couple of first downs before they punt if they have to punt.

1570
01:29:13,500 --> 01:29:18,500
You know it's falling a little heavier right now and the field of course is getting a little flipier.

1571
01:29:18,500 --> 01:29:21,500
Fred McNeil was the man who made the tackle on the kickoff.

1572
01:29:21,500 --> 01:29:26,500
Jaworski brings up the Eagles and sets both wide receivers out to the outside.

1573
01:29:26,500 --> 01:29:29,500
There to the New York side with a callback of the match clock. The running backs are in the eyes.

1574
01:29:29,500 --> 01:29:33,500
Jaworski turns and gives and up the middle comes Wilbur Montgomery.

1575
01:29:33,500 --> 01:29:37,500
He comes across the 12 and up to about the 14 yard line.

1576
01:29:37,500 --> 01:29:40,500
A pick up of about 2 for Wilbur on the carry.

1577
01:29:40,500 --> 01:29:43,500
It will bring up a second down at 8.

1578
01:29:43,500 --> 01:29:56,500
Jake Vermeer talks about a low risk offense and here in the second half he would like that offense as low risk as possible but at the same time he cannot afford to sit on the ball because you know how the Vikings can come back.

1579
01:29:56,500 --> 01:29:58,500
Brock and Dennis brought many a team back.

1580
01:29:58,500 --> 01:30:01,500
Second down and 6. A pick up of 4 they say.

1581
01:30:01,500 --> 01:30:04,500
The wide receivers are split to running backs in an open set.

1582
01:30:04,500 --> 01:30:12,500
As Jaworski turns, gives off to Hogan who flies a sweep. He comes across the corner, crosses the 15 and goes out of bounds at the 18.

1583
01:30:12,500 --> 01:30:15,500
Fred McNeil and Bobby Bryant did the job of banging him out of bounds.

1584
01:30:15,500 --> 01:30:18,500
But a good pick up right there by Hogan who shows some good balance.

1585
01:30:18,500 --> 01:30:23,500
Jim I think as you look down you can see the way his feet were sliding on the ice.

1586
01:30:23,500 --> 01:30:32,500
Eagles don't ordinarily like to throw the ball when they're down this deep in their own territory but Bobby Bryant is really playing way off of Harold Carmichael on the corner, the left corner out here.

1587
01:30:32,500 --> 01:30:38,500
The quick out pattern, certainly the way it was played the last couple of downs was wide open and it looks like it's wide open again.

1588
01:30:38,500 --> 01:30:44,500
Well he could do that or he could go to his right end, Rich Osborne. Let's see where he splits his back. He could flip to one of those.

1589
01:30:44,500 --> 01:30:52,500
Jaworski on a long count. Does he put it in the air? He dropped back. No delay. Hand off to Montgomery who comes across the 20.

1590
01:30:52,500 --> 01:30:58,500
Up very close to the first down yardage at the 21 or 22. Let's see where they spot it.

1591
01:30:58,500 --> 01:31:07,500
So Robert Montgomery took that delayed hand off and came upfield with the ball and he is very very close to an eagle first down, close enough to bring in the change.

1592
01:31:07,500 --> 01:31:15,500
Jaworski will do that and one of the things that makes that play very often is having Mike Hogan around, one of the better blocking backs in the National Football League.

1593
01:31:15,500 --> 01:31:24,500
They stretch the change, they take a look, first down Eagles. They get a break as the football just reaches the change.

1594
01:31:24,500 --> 01:31:28,500
So when you are trying to control that football that's a big play right there.

1595
01:31:28,500 --> 01:31:34,500
And they are away from that dangerous territory where they started this drive in the shadow of their own end zone.

1596
01:31:34,500 --> 01:31:41,500
Having it across to 22. 13.47 remaining in the third quarter. Eagles leading the Vikings 27-14.

1597
01:31:41,500 --> 01:31:45,500
Earl Reeves and Jim Barniak happy to send you all the action from Smoley Bloomington.

1598
01:31:45,500 --> 01:31:49,500
The back gives out of the open set. Now coming in both to the near side is Charlie Smith.

1599
01:31:49,500 --> 01:31:57,500
Jaworski goes to the pitch right to Montgomery who cuts inside at the 20. Comes forward to the 24 and then he is slabs and thrown back.

1600
01:31:57,500 --> 01:32:06,500
Bill Wise, the strong safety comes up and grabs Wilbert and he minimizes his gain. Only one yard on the carry by Montgomery.

1601
01:32:06,500 --> 01:32:09,500
Good pursuit that time by the Vikings. They've been burned on that pursuit.

1602
01:32:09,500 --> 01:32:15,500
The last time Wilbert carried the ball on a similar play he cut it back and turned it the other way for a long gain and a touchdown.

1603
01:32:15,500 --> 01:32:17,500
But that time they filled all the holes well.

1604
01:32:17,500 --> 01:32:22,500
That was a 30 yard touchdown by Wilbert in that second quarter.

1605
01:32:22,500 --> 01:32:27,500
Eagles have another three touchdowns have been on the path. Two to Carmichael and one to Charlie Smith.

1606
01:32:27,500 --> 01:32:33,500
Now they put in three wide receivers. Second down to nine. Jaworski again in a delay and getting good running room.

1607
01:32:33,500 --> 01:32:42,500
Up the middle comes Mike Hogan and he leans forward, doesn't quite reach the 30 but comes up to about the 28 or 29 before James White makes the stop.

1608
01:32:42,500 --> 01:32:48,500
So Jaworski likes to give them a passing look and then go with that delay either to Montgomery or to Hogan.

1609
01:32:48,500 --> 01:32:55,500
We got some final scores here Mero. Miami 16 and Washington 0. Green Bay 17 and Tampa Bay 7.

1610
01:32:55,500 --> 01:33:03,500
This is a very interesting situation for the Eagles right here. They have third down and two. Red Jaws boy with tight end comes back in the game.

1611
01:33:03,500 --> 01:33:10,500
The wide receivers split. The running backs are set left. Does Jaworski put the ball in the air? He intends to.

1612
01:33:10,500 --> 01:33:16,500
Fires the pass and it is incomplete. Intended for Richard Osborne and it goes off his hands.

1613
01:33:16,500 --> 01:33:23,500
And fairness to Osborne he has a leap to try and catch that ball and just fire out as far as he possibly could.

1614
01:33:23,500 --> 01:33:26,500
Jaworski rolled out and just overthrew Osborne.

1615
01:33:26,500 --> 01:33:33,500
Maybe threw it a little bit too soon. Carl Eller of course was applying the pressure and it's easy for us to stay way up here with that big guy coming down on you.

1616
01:33:33,500 --> 01:33:38,500
Ron tried to thread it there a little bit too quickly before Ricky Osborne was in position.

1617
01:33:38,500 --> 01:33:47,500
But he was open. Alright here's the punt by Michelle. He gets it away and it's high and it is floating and Kevin Miller looks up at the snow and he calls takes the football at the 30.

1618
01:33:47,500 --> 01:33:53,500
Does not take a fair catch. Comes forward, falls across the 35 and up to the 36 and there he will stop.

1619
01:33:53,500 --> 01:33:59,500
Louis Gimboda makes another tackle. A 40 yard punt by Mike Michelle that time and he is doing a fine job.

1620
01:33:59,500 --> 01:34:05,500
He's getting the ball up and the Vikings are not coming up at the run back. There's a timeout on the field with the score.

1621
01:34:05,500 --> 01:34:08,500
The Eagles 27 the Vikings 14.

1622
01:34:12,500 --> 01:34:18,500
The Eagles are leading the Vikings 27 to 14. That drive by the Eagles used up three minutes and five seconds on the clock.

1623
01:34:18,500 --> 01:34:22,500
So now the Vikings will get their hands on the ball offensively for the first time in the second half.

1624
01:34:22,500 --> 01:34:25,500
And they take over at their own 36 yard line.

1625
01:34:25,500 --> 01:34:32,500
First that's set for the Vikings. Parkinson lines the wide receivers left. Gives off a handoff to Chuck Foreman who comes off left tackle.

1626
01:34:32,500 --> 01:34:37,500
He's been hit up for about three yards before he is hit by Dennis Harrison and Charlie Johnson.

1627
01:34:37,500 --> 01:34:43,500
Dennis Harrison there's a defensive ender rookie who comes out of Vanderbilt and I am amazed at the improvement in Dennis.

1628
01:34:43,500 --> 01:34:47,500
This summer Jim watching him at training camp I got the feeling that Dennis just had a lot to learn.

1629
01:34:47,500 --> 01:34:51,500
The innate ability was there as the coaching staff said but he is learning in a hurry.

1630
01:34:51,500 --> 01:34:57,500
Dennis had a funny line at the Bakers Club last week. The Bakers Club honored Carl Harrison as the defensive eagle of the year.

1631
01:34:57,500 --> 01:35:01,500
And Dennis said hey we got three games to go and I'm really coming on.

1632
01:35:01,500 --> 01:35:06,500
He is. He is. Jack Edelstein tells us that Foreman carried nine times for 42 yards.

1633
01:35:06,500 --> 01:35:10,500
The handoff again goes to Foreman and this time he comes forward but not much.

1634
01:35:10,500 --> 01:35:14,500
Bill Berge makes the stop and Foreman goes down at about the 40.

1635
01:35:14,500 --> 01:35:21,500
The yard marker is becoming more and more difficult to read as the field is becoming more and more white.

1636
01:35:21,500 --> 01:35:25,500
They do a good job of keeping the snow off the field before the game.

1637
01:35:25,500 --> 01:35:31,500
As we told you before they have blowers underneath the top and the field may get icy but it does not get white.

1638
01:35:31,500 --> 01:35:37,500
But right now the green is being replaced. It is a third down of the sixth and the wide receiver split.

1639
01:35:37,500 --> 01:35:41,500
Handoff by the delay to Foreman. Off the tackle and forward he goes.

1640
01:35:41,500 --> 01:35:46,500
Boltsam and deals on a Viking first down. Carl Harrison makes the stop.

1641
01:35:46,500 --> 01:35:50,500
That's why Parkinson set up the pass. He went to Foreman and Foreman did the rest.

1642
01:35:50,500 --> 01:35:55,500
Well that's what makes the guy such a great quarterback. There is no way you can figure him out.

1643
01:35:55,500 --> 01:36:01,500
He throws the football all over the place for two periods and then starts out in what looks like an obvious passing situation here

1644
01:36:01,500 --> 01:36:04,500
and tucks it into his big running back who gets the first down.

1645
01:36:04,500 --> 01:36:09,500
That's absolutely right. He can have the worst game in the world and still find a way to beat you in the final second.

1646
01:36:09,500 --> 01:36:13,500
Viking shows both wide receivers out to the near side. White in the slot.

1647
01:36:13,500 --> 01:36:16,500
It gives off on a reverse and around with the football comes Ricky Young.

1648
01:36:16,500 --> 01:36:21,500
Ricky Young goes down inside the down about the forty-six yard line.

1649
01:36:21,500 --> 01:36:25,500
Ricky Young was the recipient that time of a reverse.

1650
01:36:25,500 --> 01:36:29,500
It was Robert Miller taking the handoff giving off to Ricky Young as he raced to his left.

1651
01:36:29,500 --> 01:36:35,500
Young turned it back to the right, crossed midfield and came down to the forty-six yard line of the Eagles.

1652
01:36:35,500 --> 01:36:41,500
But all things considering the Eagles did a pretty good job of containing that and stopping it for a minimum game.

1653
01:36:41,500 --> 01:36:45,500
It is a second down of three. That could have been trouble right there.

1654
01:36:45,500 --> 01:36:50,500
Parkinson spins, gives off inside and down goes Robert Miller.

1655
01:36:50,500 --> 01:36:54,500
Robert Miller gains very little right there.

1656
01:36:54,500 --> 01:36:58,500
And Ricky Young, you just have to think he's not even the best runner in his own family.

1657
01:36:58,500 --> 01:37:01,500
He's got a pretty famous nephew by the name of Walter Payton.

1658
01:37:01,500 --> 01:37:04,500
Both uncle and nephew played in the same college backfield.

1659
01:37:04,500 --> 01:37:12,500
Jackson State. Good. He's got a famous cousin to Robert Brazil, the linebacker for the Houston Oilers.

1660
01:37:12,500 --> 01:37:15,500
Ricky Young, just one of the guys.

1661
01:37:15,500 --> 01:37:18,500
No start for him when the family gets together.

1662
01:37:18,500 --> 01:37:20,500
Third down of three. We're in the third quarter.

1663
01:37:20,500 --> 01:37:23,500
Eight minutes and fifty-seven seconds remaining in that third quarter.

1664
01:37:23,500 --> 01:37:26,500
The Eagles on top of the Vikings, twenty-seven to fourteen.

1665
01:37:26,500 --> 01:37:28,500
The Vikings have the football. The Eagles forty-six.

1666
01:37:28,500 --> 01:37:30,500
Parkinson. Fires in the flat.

1667
01:37:30,500 --> 01:37:31,500
Good for Miller.

1668
01:37:31,500 --> 01:37:34,500
Miller at the thirty-five and down to the forty.

1669
01:37:34,500 --> 01:37:38,500
Miller took it at the forty-five and went down to the forty and has the first down.

1670
01:37:38,500 --> 01:37:43,500
Ken Clark makes the stop, but that time the play was well disguised.

1671
01:37:43,500 --> 01:37:51,500
As Parkinson looked downfield, he pumped one that went out to Robert Miller in the flat, who took it at the forty-five and went down to the forty.

1672
01:37:51,500 --> 01:37:54,500
He is just inside the forty actually of the Eagle. Thirty-nine yard line.

1673
01:37:54,500 --> 01:37:57,500
And the Vikings have another first down.

1674
01:37:57,500 --> 01:37:59,500
The clock now shows eight eighteen.

1675
01:37:59,500 --> 01:38:01,500
Vikings mounting a drive.

1676
01:38:01,500 --> 01:38:06,500
The last time at the end of the first half when they came close, it was very near the saving interceptor.

1677
01:38:06,500 --> 01:38:08,500
The defense wants another big play.

1678
01:38:08,500 --> 01:38:10,500
As Parkinson on play action drops.

1679
01:38:10,500 --> 01:38:13,500
Set. Goes over the middle. Incomplete.

1680
01:38:13,500 --> 01:38:16,500
Excellent defensive play by Herman Edwards.

1681
01:38:16,500 --> 01:38:20,500
The pass was intended on a post pattern to Ahmad Rashad.

1682
01:38:20,500 --> 01:38:25,500
And Herman Edwards came up and knocked out the arm and knocked out the football. Incomplete.

1683
01:38:25,500 --> 01:38:32,500
That was about the only thing he could do. Rashad cut across the middle, had some room and tucked himself, tucked his body down low, getting ready to receive the ball.

1684
01:38:32,500 --> 01:38:36,500
And Herman Edwards came in from the rear, tucked his arm around and poked it free.

1685
01:38:36,500 --> 01:38:40,500
We spoke of Parkinson floating the ball earlier in the game. He did not float that one.

1686
01:38:40,500 --> 01:38:43,500
He drilled the pass. But Herman Edwards did the job.

1687
01:38:43,500 --> 01:38:45,500
It's a second down. A ten for the Vikings.

1688
01:38:45,500 --> 01:38:48,500
The eagle. Thirty-nine. The wide receivers are split.

1689
01:38:48,500 --> 01:38:51,500
As Parkinson drops. Still dropping. Fires over the middle.

1690
01:38:51,500 --> 01:38:55,500
Complete to the tight end. Bob Copper who tumbles the football forward.

1691
01:38:55,500 --> 01:38:58,500
The football is retained by the Vikings. Robert Miller.

1692
01:38:58,500 --> 01:39:01,500
And down he goes. They were putting three yard lines.

1693
01:39:01,500 --> 01:39:05,500
The pass is caught by Bob Tucker. He was hit.

1694
01:39:05,500 --> 01:39:11,500
The ball popped out of his arm into the arms of Robert Miller who took it down to the eagle twenty-two.

1695
01:39:11,500 --> 01:39:14,500
A year ago that probably would not have been legal.

1696
01:39:14,500 --> 01:39:20,500
But this is 1978. It counts for Vikings of a first down there at the eagle twenty-two.

1697
01:39:20,500 --> 01:39:28,500
And some good reaction too by the eagles there. That play on that play could have very easily, Mr. Miller could have tied it down there for a touchdown.

1698
01:39:28,500 --> 01:39:32,500
Eagles go with five defensive backs. But this time it is a spinning handoff.

1699
01:39:32,500 --> 01:39:34,500
So Miller and Miller come to the twenty.

1700
01:39:34,500 --> 01:39:40,500
And maybe, maybe gets to the nineteen. But not much more before Charlie Johnson stops him right there.

1701
01:39:40,500 --> 01:39:42,500
But the Vikings are moving the football.

1702
01:39:42,500 --> 01:39:47,500
They picked up about two. We have seven minutes and three seconds remaining in the third quarter.

1703
01:39:47,500 --> 01:39:49,500
Eagles leading the Vikings twenty-seven-fourteen.

1704
01:39:49,500 --> 01:39:54,500
Johnny Atlaw is in the ball game for the eagles in place of Bobby Lee Howard.

1705
01:39:54,500 --> 01:39:59,500
So it is Atlaw, Logan, Sharrah and Edwards in the deep secondary for the eagles.

1706
01:39:59,500 --> 01:40:02,500
Bobby Lee Howard lint off. John Atlaw in his place.

1707
01:40:02,500 --> 01:40:07,500
Second down the pace. Parkinson. Play action. Looking. Looking left.

1708
01:40:07,500 --> 01:40:13,500
Firing deep into the end zone. Pass batted in the air off the hands of Ahmad Rashad incomplete.

1709
01:40:13,500 --> 01:40:18,500
Herman Edwards again at good position. Rashad had a shot of it but it went off his hands.

1710
01:40:18,500 --> 01:40:21,500
But Herman Edwards is having a tremendous game.

1711
01:40:21,500 --> 01:40:26,500
That time Parkinson looked first to Rashad then pumped the other way and wanted to go to Sammy White.

1712
01:40:26,500 --> 01:40:31,500
Sammy White was covered by Johnny Atlaw as the Vikings tried to exploit Atlaw who just came into the game.

1713
01:40:31,500 --> 01:40:37,500
So back he goes to Rashad and he just throws the ball higher in the air figuring that Ahmad can out jump most people and catch the ball.

1714
01:40:37,500 --> 01:40:39,500
But that time Herman Edwards got up and blocked it.

1715
01:40:39,500 --> 01:40:43,500
Big third date for the Vikings. So poor Robert Miller.

1716
01:40:43,500 --> 01:40:47,500
And Ryan Church, Ricky Young. It was so continuous to come harder.

1717
01:40:47,500 --> 01:40:51,500
Third and eight. Parkinson back setting. Looking. Fires the flat to Foreman.

1718
01:40:51,500 --> 01:40:56,500
In the way from the man at the 20. 15. 10. Chuck Foreman down at the eight.

1719
01:40:56,500 --> 01:41:00,500
Boogie makes the stop. But Chuck Foreman takes the short pass.

1720
01:41:00,500 --> 01:41:05,500
Comes away from one man. Cut down shot at the 15. And takes it down to the eight.

1721
01:41:05,500 --> 01:41:07,500
First and goal for the Vikings.

1722
01:41:07,500 --> 01:41:13,500
Had a great call that time by Frank Tachin and Drew Mihalek the right corner linebacker on a blitz that time.

1723
01:41:13,500 --> 01:41:21,500
He just jumped it right over Drew's head into Chuck Foreman's hands who had gone to that vacated area and then just used his great athletic ability to work it downfield.

1724
01:41:21,500 --> 01:41:23,500
And the snow is starting to come down much harder.

1725
01:41:23,500 --> 01:41:26,500
Parkinson joins all the experience right now.

1726
01:41:26,500 --> 01:41:29,500
First and goal to go for the Vikings at the eagle eight.

1727
01:41:29,500 --> 01:41:34,500
In the loft. Inside. It goes to Ricky Young and he does not reach the five.

1728
01:41:34,500 --> 01:41:37,500
He goes down about the six yard line making the stop.

1729
01:41:37,500 --> 01:41:41,500
Frank LeMaster and Charlie Johnson.

1730
01:41:41,500 --> 01:41:43,500
A pick up on the play of only about.

1731
01:41:43,500 --> 01:41:49,500
Well they say about three and a half or four yards as they spot the football forward checking where he is forward.

1732
01:41:49,500 --> 01:41:51,500
Progress came to an end.

1733
01:41:51,500 --> 01:41:53,500
So they spotted at the six yard line.

1734
01:41:53,500 --> 01:41:57,500
Second down and goal to go for the Vikings from the six.

1735
01:41:57,500 --> 01:42:01,500
5.22 remaining in the third quarter. Eagles leading the Vikings.

1736
01:42:01,500 --> 01:42:03,500
27.14. Parkinson.

1737
01:42:03,500 --> 01:42:06,500
Rolling. Rolling. Rolling. Right mopped the pass to Ricky Young.

1738
01:42:06,500 --> 01:42:13,500
Parkinson. The Ricky Young at the Vikings store.

1739
01:42:13,500 --> 01:42:18,500
Parkinson rolled to his right.

1740
01:42:18,500 --> 01:42:20,500
Kept pumping the arm. Pumping the arm.

1741
01:42:20,500 --> 01:42:22,500
Looking for Ricky Young.

1742
01:42:22,500 --> 01:42:27,500
He loosed a little pass. Young ran under it for two and took it in.

1743
01:42:27,500 --> 01:42:29,500
And now it's a 27-20 game.

1744
01:42:29,500 --> 01:42:34,500
The Vikings come within seven and they can come within six with the extra point right here.

1745
01:42:34,500 --> 01:42:37,500
Dan Meyer in. Crouched the hold.

1746
01:42:37,500 --> 01:42:43,500
Up the step.

1747
01:42:43,500 --> 01:42:46,500
So the Vikings trying for the extra point.

1748
01:42:46,500 --> 01:42:49,500
The kick is up. There's a flag on the play.

1749
01:42:49,500 --> 01:42:52,500
The kick is good.

1750
01:42:52,500 --> 01:42:55,500
There is a flag on the play.

1751
01:42:55,500 --> 01:43:00,500
The kick was good and I believe it will probably be an offside against one of the Eagles this time.

1752
01:43:00,500 --> 01:43:02,500
Let's wait and see.

1753
01:43:02,500 --> 01:43:04,500
12 men on the field.

1754
01:43:04,500 --> 01:43:05,500
Defense.

1755
01:43:05,500 --> 01:43:07,500
The point is drawn.

1756
01:43:07,500 --> 01:43:10,500
Five yards on the kickoff.

1757
01:43:10,500 --> 01:43:14,500
Well it is 12 men on the field. The Eagles had 12 men on the field.

1758
01:43:14,500 --> 01:43:16,500
I think they would have tried 14.

1759
01:43:16,500 --> 01:43:19,500
But they should have gotten away with it. But they had 12 men on the field that time.

1760
01:43:19,500 --> 01:43:21,500
The kick is up. The kick is good.

1761
01:43:21,500 --> 01:43:25,500
Here's a timeout on the field with the score. The Eagles 27. The Vikings 21.

1762
01:43:25,500 --> 01:43:29,500
Hike.

1763
01:43:29,500 --> 01:43:33,500
The Vikings will kick off to the Eagles. Dan Meyer approaches the football.

1764
01:43:33,500 --> 01:43:35,500
With the penalty tacked on he kicks off to the 40.

1765
01:43:35,500 --> 01:43:38,500
It is going deep. It is taken by Jamona at the 4.

1766
01:43:38,500 --> 01:43:42,500
10. Jamona at the 15. Jamona to the 20.

1767
01:43:42,500 --> 01:43:47,500
And they finally bring the wiggling Louie Jamona down at the 25 or 26 yard line.

1768
01:43:47,500 --> 01:43:51,500
Scott Studwell makes the stop. They had Louie at about the 22.

1769
01:43:51,500 --> 01:43:56,500
And all of a sudden coming out from under a pound with Louie Jamona for an additional four yards.

1770
01:43:56,500 --> 01:44:00,500
The Eagles will put the football in play first and then at their own 26.

1771
01:44:00,500 --> 01:44:03,500
The 22 yard return by Louie Jamona.

1772
01:44:03,500 --> 01:44:07,500
But the Vikings are within a touchdown. A touchdown and they take the lead.

1773
01:44:07,500 --> 01:44:10,500
At extra points the Eagles miss just before the half could hurt.

1774
01:44:10,500 --> 01:44:14,500
The Eagles leading the Vikings 27 to 21.

1775
01:44:14,500 --> 01:44:17,500
Lock and then took them down on a tremendous drive.

1776
01:44:17,500 --> 01:44:21,500
Now the Eagles back on offense with five minutes remaining in the third quarter.

1777
01:44:21,500 --> 01:44:25,500
DeWarty splits the wide receivers. The running backs are in an eye.

1778
01:44:25,500 --> 01:44:27,500
Now they shift out of it into a set right.

1779
01:44:27,500 --> 01:44:30,500
In motion to the far side goes Charlie Smith.

1780
01:44:30,500 --> 01:44:35,500
As DeWarty turns and gives off an off-left tackle comes Grover Montgomery and he crosses the 30.

1781
01:44:35,500 --> 01:44:38,500
And comes up to about the 32 yard line.

1782
01:44:38,500 --> 01:44:42,500
James White makes the stop. A good block by Tom Lukin.

1783
01:44:42,500 --> 01:44:45,500
Giving Grover some running room and Grover picked up six.

1784
01:44:45,500 --> 01:44:48,500
Throw it second down and four.

1785
01:44:48,500 --> 01:44:52,500
4.42 remaining to be played here in the third quarter.

1786
01:44:52,500 --> 01:44:55,500
The snow. One moment it comes down hard.

1787
01:44:55,500 --> 01:44:57,500
Then it eases up for another.

1788
01:44:57,500 --> 01:44:59,500
The field very, very icy.

1789
01:44:59,500 --> 01:45:01,500
Second down and a long four.

1790
01:45:01,500 --> 01:45:04,500
Wide receivers split. Running back to the open set.

1791
01:45:04,500 --> 01:45:06,500
DeWarty looking. Dropping.

1792
01:45:06,500 --> 01:45:08,500
Setting. Going over the middle.

1793
01:45:08,500 --> 01:45:11,500
Looking for Carmichael. Almost intercepted. Incomplete.

1794
01:45:11,500 --> 01:45:15,500
Almost intercepted by Tom Haddon who had the best shot at it.

1795
01:45:15,500 --> 01:45:19,500
DeWarty wanted Carmichael on that left sideline. It did not work.

1796
01:45:19,500 --> 01:45:24,500
He made short as Howard Carmichael beat Bobby Bryant and then Ron Jaworski tried to lay it in there.

1797
01:45:24,500 --> 01:45:26,500
But Tom Haddon came over and great reaction that time.

1798
01:45:26,500 --> 01:45:29,500
It broke it up almost. Intercepted it.

1799
01:45:29,500 --> 01:45:35,500
He had the angle on it. And to most effectively run that pass with Carmichael you have to throw it up there a bit.

1800
01:45:35,500 --> 01:45:42,500
And if it isn't thrown highly the linebacker or the defensive back or safety in this case can come over and get that angle.

1801
01:45:42,500 --> 01:45:47,500
And he did just that. A two down and five for the Eagles. They have the ball at their own 31.

1802
01:45:47,500 --> 01:45:50,500
The running backs are split. The wide receivers are split.

1803
01:45:50,500 --> 01:45:53,500
Jaworski back. Setting. Looking up the middle. He's going to run.

1804
01:45:53,500 --> 01:45:57,500
Jaworski to the 35 and he slides down at the 38 yard line.

1805
01:45:57,500 --> 01:46:00,500
He has just enough for an eagle first down.

1806
01:46:00,500 --> 01:46:04,500
So Jaworski took the drop. He saw the center of the field wide open.

1807
01:46:04,500 --> 01:46:09,500
And he rolls upfield. But there is a flag down at the 25 yard line.

1808
01:46:09,500 --> 01:46:11,500
And I think it's going to be holding against the Eagles.

1809
01:46:11,500 --> 01:46:15,500
Well the Vikings are certainly raising their fist in jubilation to indicate that it is against the Eagles.

1810
01:46:15,500 --> 01:46:18,500
And now we see that it is as both teams are walking back.

1811
01:46:18,500 --> 01:46:21,500
Back towards the 20 yard line.

1812
01:46:21,500 --> 01:46:23,500
Well that's going to hurt.

1813
01:46:23,500 --> 01:46:29,500
No question about that as they step off the penalty yardage because Jaworski did have a first down.

1814
01:46:29,500 --> 01:46:33,500
Instead they will spot the football at the Eagles 21.

1815
01:46:33,500 --> 01:46:35,500
So it will give him.

1816
01:46:35,500 --> 01:46:40,500
Holding number 76. Offense. Third down.

1817
01:46:40,500 --> 01:46:48,500
So holding penalty against Gary Sizemore and it's going to bring up a third down in about 15 and a half.

1818
01:46:48,500 --> 01:46:52,500
As they get close to the 37 yard line.

1819
01:46:52,500 --> 01:46:56,500
This time they go with three wide receivers. Carl Michael Winnis knocked to the left.

1820
01:46:56,500 --> 01:47:00,500
Outside of him is Kenny Payne. Out to the far side is Charlie Smith.

1821
01:47:00,500 --> 01:47:02,500
The running backs are wide open.

1822
01:47:02,500 --> 01:47:05,500
On the long count. Jaworski back. Set.

1823
01:47:05,500 --> 01:47:11,500
Bing right. Loads to his right. Flies go down. Fires incomplete.

1824
01:47:11,500 --> 01:47:15,500
As intended for Willard Montgomery. The flies go over the place.

1825
01:47:15,500 --> 01:47:18,500
And it could be a holding penalty on the Eagles again.

1826
01:47:18,500 --> 01:47:23,500
But I wouldn't blame an offensive lineman who was caught for holding right there.

1827
01:47:23,500 --> 01:47:27,500
Because I'll tell you. All kinds of people had shots at Jaworski.

1828
01:47:27,500 --> 01:47:29,500
They had all kinds of shots at him.

1829
01:47:29,500 --> 01:47:31,500
And it was a desperation move.

1830
01:47:31,500 --> 01:47:36,500
And Jimmy had talked to most offensive linemen and they'll tell you when somebody has a clean shot at their quarterback.

1831
01:47:36,500 --> 01:47:40,500
They're going to hold if that's the only way that they can use to keep them out.

1832
01:47:40,500 --> 01:47:43,500
And the Eagles are suddenly backing themselves into some real trouble here.

1833
01:47:43,500 --> 01:47:45,500
They're now huddling near the end zone.

1834
01:47:45,500 --> 01:47:48,500
The ball of the line is scrimmage is going to be at about the 10 yard line.

1835
01:47:48,500 --> 01:47:52,500
Coming out to the 11.

1836
01:47:52,500 --> 01:47:56,500
Of course there's a third long here. Third and 25 actually for a first down.

1837
01:47:56,500 --> 01:48:01,500
And the 75.

1838
01:48:01,500 --> 01:48:06,500
Even a great punt is going to give the Vikings a very fine field position to start another drive.

1839
01:48:06,500 --> 01:48:09,500
And they only need seven points to go ahead in this ball game.

1840
01:48:09,500 --> 01:48:12,500
The Eagles have now been penalized eight times for 94 yards.

1841
01:48:12,500 --> 01:48:14,500
The Vikings have seven penalties.

1842
01:48:14,500 --> 01:48:16,500
At the third and 25.

1843
01:48:16,500 --> 01:48:18,500
The Eagles put the ball on their own 12 yard line.

1844
01:48:18,500 --> 01:48:21,500
They lead the Vikings 27-21.

1845
01:48:21,500 --> 01:48:23,500
We have 4-0-4 remaining in the third quarter.

1846
01:48:23,500 --> 01:48:26,500
As DeWorsky has a three wide receivers in the four game.

1847
01:48:26,500 --> 01:48:29,500
He dropped. He gives. That is a late Montgomery.

1848
01:48:29,500 --> 01:48:33,500
The 10. The 15. He stumbles at the 16 and goes down hard.

1849
01:48:33,500 --> 01:48:37,500
And there is a flag again thrown back at the eight yard line.

1850
01:48:37,500 --> 01:48:42,500
And again the Vikings yell and scream and it's against the Eagles.

1851
01:48:42,500 --> 01:48:46,500
The Vikings having a ball right now.

1852
01:48:46,500 --> 01:48:50,500
Showing happiness with every penalty flag.

1853
01:48:50,500 --> 01:48:58,500
Wilbur took that football on the delay handoff and brought it up to the 17 yard line.

1854
01:48:58,500 --> 01:49:00,500
Let's check the call.

1855
01:49:00,500 --> 01:49:04,500
Holy number 76 offense.

1856
01:49:04,500 --> 01:49:06,500
DeFaulding or some.

1857
01:49:06,500 --> 01:49:10,500
This time it is against Jerry Seisbohr as you can hear.

1858
01:49:10,500 --> 01:49:14,500
The referee said the officials had holding against the defense but he meant the offense.

1859
01:49:14,500 --> 01:49:17,500
And now the Eagles will punt the football as the Vikings have declined.

1860
01:49:17,500 --> 01:49:20,500
The Eagles have been having some trouble on their punting snaps.

1861
01:49:20,500 --> 01:49:23,500
They've been high and unfortunately Mike Michelle is able to come up with them and get the points off.

1862
01:49:23,500 --> 01:49:26,500
He'll take this snap inside his own five.

1863
01:49:26,500 --> 01:49:28,500
Kevin Miller stands in midfield.

1864
01:49:28,500 --> 01:49:30,500
Here's the snap. It's a good one.

1865
01:49:30,500 --> 01:49:34,500
Michelle gets it away. It's high. It's floating. It's a fine punt.

1866
01:49:34,500 --> 01:49:37,500
Backing up his mother at the 40. Coming to the 45.

1867
01:49:37,500 --> 01:49:40,500
Splitting away from one man and down he goes at the 47 yard line.

1868
01:49:40,500 --> 01:49:42,500
Eagles with a good job of containment.

1869
01:49:42,500 --> 01:49:45,500
Again Louis Giamotto makes the stop.

1870
01:49:45,500 --> 01:49:47,500
Here's the timeout on the field with the score.

1871
01:49:47,500 --> 01:49:53,500
The Eagles leading the Vikings 27-21.

1872
01:49:53,500 --> 01:49:57,500
Here in Bloomington, Minnesota we're getting set for what could be a very dramatic finish.

1873
01:49:57,500 --> 01:50:00,500
The Eagles leading the Vikings 27-21.

1874
01:50:00,500 --> 01:50:04,500
As yet there are three 47s remaining in the third quarter.

1875
01:50:04,500 --> 01:50:06,500
But the Vikings showed some signs.

1876
01:50:06,500 --> 01:50:09,500
Boy they had a great drive to come back and get that last touchdown.

1877
01:50:09,500 --> 01:50:12,500
Now they have the ball again.

1878
01:50:12,500 --> 01:50:15,500
The Vikings have their own 48 yard line.

1879
01:50:15,500 --> 01:50:17,500
The snow drives down.

1880
01:50:17,500 --> 01:50:19,500
Markenden splits the wide receiver.

1881
01:50:19,500 --> 01:50:21,500
He goes with a pitch out the chuck for the new runs through his right.

1882
01:50:21,500 --> 01:50:23,500
Wides the turn in the corner. He cannot.

1883
01:50:23,500 --> 01:50:26,500
He is shoved out of bounds by a fast charging Dennis Harrison.

1884
01:50:26,500 --> 01:50:29,500
And picks up only two yards. Jim Habbison scores.

1885
01:50:29,500 --> 01:50:34,500
Well these are all finals. The Jets 24, Baltimore 16, Miami 16, Washington nothing.

1886
01:50:34,500 --> 01:50:40,500
Cincinnati 37, Atlanta 7, Green Bay 17, Tampa 7.

1887
01:50:40,500 --> 01:50:42,500
Los Angeles 20 and the New York Giants 17.

1888
01:50:42,500 --> 01:50:47,500
And the Rams are in the playoff. They clinch their division, the Western Division of the NFC.

1889
01:50:47,500 --> 01:50:50,500
Right here it's 27-21.

1890
01:50:50,500 --> 01:50:53,500
Dennis Harrison showing very good quickness getting over there on that left outside.

1891
01:50:53,500 --> 01:50:56,500
But the play was strung over by Reggie Wilkes.

1892
01:50:56,500 --> 01:50:59,500
It is a second dominate for the Vikings. The ball just shy of midfield.

1893
01:50:59,500 --> 01:51:02,500
In motion to the near side goes Ricky Young.

1894
01:51:02,500 --> 01:51:04,500
Markenden back. Fires for that far sideline.

1895
01:51:04,500 --> 01:51:07,500
Oh the lower taking the pass and for a shot.

1896
01:51:07,500 --> 01:51:11,500
And he goes out of bounds at the eagle 33.

1897
01:51:11,500 --> 01:51:13,500
I don't know how Rashad was that clear.

1898
01:51:13,500 --> 01:51:17,500
But he was all alone over there on the far side.

1899
01:51:17,500 --> 01:51:21,500
And Markenden found them and dropped the football in there for a 17 yard gain.

1900
01:51:21,500 --> 01:51:25,500
And once again the Vikings are threatening.

1901
01:51:25,500 --> 01:51:29,500
I think Drew Mihalek just lost his footing and couldn't get a very deep drop over there.

1902
01:51:29,500 --> 01:51:32,500
And Herman Edwards protecting the deep zone.

1903
01:51:32,500 --> 01:51:34,500
Had to play way off of Rashad.

1904
01:51:34,500 --> 01:51:37,500
He had to fall down because he was that open.

1905
01:51:37,500 --> 01:51:39,500
First and 10 for the Vikings.

1906
01:51:39,500 --> 01:51:41,500
They have the football. It's the eagle 36.

1907
01:51:41,500 --> 01:51:43,500
Markenden rolls right. Fires over the middle.

1908
01:51:43,500 --> 01:51:46,500
Incomplete pass intended for Reggie Young at the 30.

1909
01:51:46,500 --> 01:51:50,500
The pass goes off his hands as he was swarmed over.

1910
01:51:50,500 --> 01:51:53,500
Hit by Reggie Wilkes but there is a flag down on the field.

1911
01:51:53,500 --> 01:51:55,500
Down at the 16 yard line.

1912
01:51:55,500 --> 01:51:58,500
And we'll have to wait and see what they call right here.

1913
01:51:58,500 --> 01:52:01,500
They are motioning.

1914
01:52:01,500 --> 01:52:03,500
Pass interference against the Vikings.

1915
01:52:03,500 --> 01:52:09,500
And there is offensive pass interference being called against Ahmad Rashad who was on the right side that time.

1916
01:52:09,500 --> 01:52:14,500
And now the Vikings will be penalized.

1917
01:52:14,500 --> 01:52:16,500
Bobby Lee Howard I think was the defender in this case.

1918
01:52:16,500 --> 01:52:19,500
You don't see that play called too often.

1919
01:52:19,500 --> 01:52:21,500
But don't forget the new rules this year.

1920
01:52:21,500 --> 01:52:25,500
Once outside that five yard zone the receiver cannot make contact with the defender either.

1921
01:52:25,500 --> 01:52:26,500
That's what happened down there.

1922
01:52:26,500 --> 01:52:29,500
It becomes almost a basketball thing.

1923
01:52:29,500 --> 01:52:35,500
Number 28 offense Dale Forshaw.

1924
01:52:35,500 --> 01:52:37,500
It's against Rashad. Rashad's had a fine afternoon.

1925
01:52:37,500 --> 01:52:41,500
He has seven catches on the afternoon for 84 yards.

1926
01:52:41,500 --> 01:52:45,500
But that time a penalty against him.

1927
01:52:45,500 --> 01:52:48,500
Almost like a charging penalty in basketball.

1928
01:52:48,500 --> 01:52:50,500
It's a first down and 20 for the Vikings.

1929
01:52:50,500 --> 01:52:51,500
It's the 45 of the Eagles.

1930
01:52:51,500 --> 01:52:53,500
Markenden wants to throw a first down.

1931
01:52:53,500 --> 01:52:55,500
Goes left. Fires down the far sideline.

1932
01:52:55,500 --> 01:52:56,500
Incomplete.

1933
01:52:56,500 --> 01:53:00,500
Herman Edwards over there in coverage. Ahmad Rashad is the closest man to the ball.

1934
01:53:00,500 --> 01:53:02,500
But Markenden was being rushed.

1935
01:53:02,500 --> 01:53:08,500
And rather than eat the football or throw into a more dangerous territory he wisely fired it high into the yard out of bounds.

1936
01:53:08,500 --> 01:53:11,500
Reggie Rooks and Dennis Harrison were pressuring him.

1937
01:53:11,500 --> 01:53:13,500
We pause 10 seconds for station identification.

1938
01:53:13,500 --> 01:53:15,500
When the Eagles aren't playing.

1939
01:53:15,500 --> 01:53:17,500
Second down and 20 for the Vikings.

1940
01:53:17,500 --> 01:53:18,500
Second and 20 for the Vikings.

1941
01:53:18,500 --> 01:53:20,500
Eagles leading 27 to 21.

1942
01:53:20,500 --> 01:53:22,500
322 remaining in the third quarter.

1943
01:53:22,500 --> 01:53:24,500
Vikings with the ball at the Eagle.

1944
01:53:24,500 --> 01:53:26,500
44. It's a draw play.

1945
01:53:26,500 --> 01:53:28,500
And right up the middle goes Chuck Foreman.

1946
01:53:28,500 --> 01:53:30,500
He comes across for 40.

1947
01:53:30,500 --> 01:53:34,500
And he goes down to the 36 yard line before Reggie Rooks stops him.

1948
01:53:34,500 --> 01:53:37,500
So Markenden mixing his plays beautifully right now.

1949
01:53:37,500 --> 01:53:40,500
We saw how much he can confuse a defense on that last drive.

1950
01:53:40,500 --> 01:53:46,500
On the first drive of the game he was about as effective as anybody could possibly be as he moved him right downfield.

1951
01:53:46,500 --> 01:53:50,500
And on the first offensive series for the second half he did the same kind of thing.

1952
01:53:50,500 --> 01:53:53,500
Precision football. Sir Francis Giles.

1953
01:53:53,500 --> 01:53:55,500
Third down and 11 for the Vikings.

1954
01:53:55,500 --> 01:53:57,500
The ball is spotted just inside the Eagle.

1955
01:53:57,500 --> 01:53:59,500
35. Third and 11.

1956
01:53:59,500 --> 01:54:01,500
The wide receivers are split.

1957
01:54:01,500 --> 01:54:02,500
Manny White to the near side.

1958
01:54:02,500 --> 01:54:03,500
Rashad to the far side.

1959
01:54:03,500 --> 01:54:05,500
Markenden rolling left.

1960
01:54:05,500 --> 01:54:06,500
Still rolling.

1961
01:54:06,500 --> 01:54:08,500
Turns. Fires. Incomplete.

1962
01:54:08,500 --> 01:54:10,500
Knocked down by Herman Edwards.

1963
01:54:10,500 --> 01:54:14,500
Herman Edwards cut across the field and knocked down the ball that tended for Bob Tucker.

1964
01:54:14,500 --> 01:54:15,500
Big defensive play.

1965
01:54:15,500 --> 01:54:19,500
Another key defensive play for Herman who's been making them all afternoon.

1966
01:54:19,500 --> 01:54:25,500
Another waggle pattern by Tucker that time he just tucked it under his arm and waggled out toward the sidelines for a while.

1967
01:54:25,500 --> 01:54:28,500
Then set up and tried to find a receiver down there.

1968
01:54:28,500 --> 01:54:30,500
Tried to drill that one and that's not French sound.

1969
01:54:30,500 --> 01:54:33,500
Herman Edwards was able to react and knock it down.

1970
01:54:33,500 --> 01:54:37,500
Very difficult to get the body behind the pass when you are rolling on this kind of icy turf.

1971
01:54:37,500 --> 01:54:39,500
But Markenden did well there.

1972
01:54:39,500 --> 01:54:41,500
John Carroll backs up.

1973
01:54:41,500 --> 01:54:42,500
Greg Coleman in the game.

1974
01:54:42,500 --> 01:54:45,500
He specializes in dropping punts inside the 20 yard line.

1975
01:54:45,500 --> 01:54:48,500
Last year he was the best in the NFC in that.

1976
01:54:48,500 --> 01:54:50,500
He gets the snap.

1977
01:54:50,500 --> 01:54:51,500
He gets the pun away.

1978
01:54:51,500 --> 01:54:53,500
He angles for the nearest sideline.

1979
01:54:53,500 --> 01:54:54,500
It hits at the 5.

1980
01:54:54,500 --> 01:54:55,500
No way.

1981
01:54:55,500 --> 01:54:56,500
It goes in then out of the end zone.

1982
01:54:56,500 --> 01:55:00,500
Greg Coleman I think I said he was the best in the NFC last year doing that.

1983
01:55:00,500 --> 01:55:02,500
He was the best with the AFC last year.

1984
01:55:02,500 --> 01:55:03,500
He was with the Cleveland Browns.

1985
01:55:03,500 --> 01:55:06,500
And he was really an artist in getting it inside the 20.

1986
01:55:06,500 --> 01:55:09,500
But that time he misses and will bring it out first and then for the Eagles.

1987
01:55:09,500 --> 01:55:11,500
There's a timeout on the field with the score.

1988
01:55:11,500 --> 01:55:14,500
The Eagles beating the Vikings 27-21.

1989
01:55:14,500 --> 01:55:20,500
We've got a football game here in Bloomington today about as entertaining a game as you've seen in a long time.

1990
01:55:20,500 --> 01:55:24,500
Two minutes and 29 seconds to be playing here in the third quarter.

1991
01:55:24,500 --> 01:55:26,500
Eagles on top of the Vikings 27-21.

1992
01:55:26,500 --> 01:55:27,500
Eagles with the football.

1993
01:55:27,500 --> 01:55:29,500
They want a amount of drive here.

1994
01:55:29,500 --> 01:55:31,500
Not a safe margin at all.

1995
01:55:31,500 --> 01:55:34,500
Jim Worske lines up both wide receivers out to be a five-side.

1996
01:55:34,500 --> 01:55:38,500
On first down he hands off inside and going straight off left tackle.

1997
01:55:38,500 --> 01:55:45,500
River Montgomery is charging up to the 25 or 26-yard line marks the lady and Jeff Seaman makes the stop.

1998
01:55:45,500 --> 01:55:48,500
But Wilbur is having himself quite a day on the afternoon.

1999
01:55:48,500 --> 01:55:49,500
He has 91 yards.

2000
01:55:49,500 --> 01:55:52,500
And we mentioned he needs only 100 to top the 1,000 mark.

2001
01:55:52,500 --> 01:55:57,500
And no one's done that in an Eagle uniform since Steve Van Buren in 1949.

2002
01:55:57,500 --> 01:55:59,500
Jack Emelson tells me he has 99 yards.

2003
01:55:59,500 --> 01:56:01,500
99 on the afternoon.

2004
01:56:01,500 --> 01:56:05,500
So he is one shy of that 1,000-yard mark.

2005
01:56:05,500 --> 01:56:07,500
Second down and five for the Eagles.

2006
01:56:07,500 --> 01:56:10,500
Jim Worske sets them up to be 26.

2007
01:56:10,500 --> 01:56:12,500
Both wide receivers left.

2008
01:56:12,500 --> 01:56:13,500
The handoff inside to Wilbur.

2009
01:56:13,500 --> 01:56:18,500
Good yards and he crosses for 30 and comes up to the 32, up to the 33 or 34.

2010
01:56:18,500 --> 01:56:21,500
And now Wilbur gets the 1,000 yards.

2011
01:56:21,500 --> 01:56:25,500
Wilbur cutting inside right there and a good, good run.

2012
01:56:25,500 --> 01:56:27,500
Good blocking making it possible.

2013
01:56:27,500 --> 01:56:29,500
Sam Walters and Tom Lukin.

2014
01:56:29,500 --> 01:56:33,500
They open that hole and whish went Wilbur.

2015
01:56:33,500 --> 01:56:35,500
107 yards in the afternoon.

2016
01:56:35,500 --> 01:56:38,500
124 remaining in the third quarter.

2017
01:56:38,500 --> 01:56:40,500
First and 10 for the Eagles.

2018
01:56:40,500 --> 01:56:43,500
27-21 may lead the Vikings.

2019
01:56:43,500 --> 01:56:48,500
Now flip-flopping over to the far side goes Richos for the tight end.

2020
01:56:48,500 --> 01:56:50,500
Jim Worske to Montgomery on a sweep right.

2021
01:56:50,500 --> 01:56:51,500
Gets away from one man.

2022
01:56:51,500 --> 01:56:52,500
Tries to cut it back.

2023
01:56:52,500 --> 01:56:54,500
Doesn't get any plays.

2024
01:56:54,500 --> 01:56:57,500
Wilbur Montgomery started out to the far side.

2025
01:56:57,500 --> 01:57:01,500
Tried to cut it back to the inside where the outside was closed.

2026
01:57:01,500 --> 01:57:02,500
But the Vikings were there to grab him.

2027
01:57:02,500 --> 01:57:04,500
And he goes no play.

2028
01:57:04,500 --> 01:57:07,500
The Vikings really looking for that cutback move now out of Wilbur.

2029
01:57:07,500 --> 01:57:10,500
He's already burned him once for one touchdown, a 36-yard run.

2030
01:57:10,500 --> 01:57:15,500
And Fred McNeil, he's watching them all the time and anticipating that play.

2031
01:57:15,500 --> 01:57:20,500
Well, they brought Richos over there to that far side to give him additional blocking.

2032
01:57:20,500 --> 01:57:24,500
Now the wide receivers line up for the near side with Carmichael in the spot.

2033
01:57:24,500 --> 01:57:25,500
Inside of Charlie Smith.

2034
01:57:25,500 --> 01:57:26,500
The back to the wide open center.

2035
01:57:26,500 --> 01:57:28,500
The second down and 10.

2036
01:57:28,500 --> 01:57:31,500
Gimorsky had a little flutter to Montgomery at the 30.

2037
01:57:31,500 --> 01:57:35,500
Montgomery cuts inside at the 35 and goes down at the 48.

2038
01:57:35,500 --> 01:57:36,500
That's a 38.

2039
01:57:36,500 --> 01:57:38,500
Montgomery took the pass.

2040
01:57:38,500 --> 01:57:40,500
At the 30-yard line, drives his header inside.

2041
01:57:40,500 --> 01:57:42,500
He crossed the 35.

2042
01:57:42,500 --> 01:57:44,500
Came up to the 38-yard line.

2043
01:57:44,500 --> 01:57:47,500
And then he was hit and dropped by Fred McNeil and Mark Melaney.

2044
01:57:47,500 --> 01:57:49,500
So he does pick up six yards right there.

2045
01:57:49,500 --> 01:57:57,500
But it brings up that third down and four and a half for third and five.

2046
01:57:57,500 --> 01:58:00,500
And that is going to do it for the third quarter of the Guns Down.

2047
01:58:00,500 --> 01:58:01,500
It is the third quarter.

2048
01:58:01,500 --> 01:58:03,500
A time out on the field with the score.

2049
01:58:03,500 --> 01:58:10,500
The Eagles leading the Vikings 27-21.

2050
01:58:10,500 --> 01:58:13,500
At the end of the quarter today, the Eagles are leading the Vikings 14-7.

2051
01:58:13,500 --> 01:58:16,500
That's the half they led the Vikings, 27-14.

2052
01:58:16,500 --> 01:58:20,500
Now we have just passed the three-quarter mark and the Eagles are up 27-21.

2053
01:58:20,500 --> 01:58:24,500
But all that counts is what the score reads at the end of this one.

2054
01:58:24,500 --> 01:58:27,500
Getting set for action here in the fourth quarter.

2055
01:58:27,500 --> 01:58:31,500
Story day in Bloomington, Minnesota, 27-21 the Eagles.

2056
01:58:31,500 --> 01:58:33,500
They have themselves in a third and five.

2057
01:58:33,500 --> 01:58:37,500
They have the ball at about the 38-yard line.

2058
01:58:37,500 --> 01:58:43,500
Their own 38.

2059
01:58:43,500 --> 01:58:47,500
Eagles breaking the huddle using three wide receivers.

2060
01:58:47,500 --> 01:58:49,500
The Vikings go into the nickel defense.

2061
01:58:49,500 --> 01:58:51,500
They have the extra defensive back.

2062
01:58:51,500 --> 01:58:53,500
Carmichael in that slot to the right.

2063
01:58:53,500 --> 01:58:55,500
Outside of him is Kenny Payne.

2064
01:58:55,500 --> 01:58:58,500
He's got the left out to the far side, the back to the open set.

2065
01:58:58,500 --> 01:59:01,500
As Gimorski turns and gives off on the draw.

2066
01:59:01,500 --> 01:59:05,500
The Vikings have contained Wilbert Montgomery for little or no gain.

2067
01:59:05,500 --> 01:59:07,500
They were reading at that time.

2068
01:59:07,500 --> 01:59:10,500
The Eagles tried to go with the draw to Wilbert Montgomery.

2069
01:59:10,500 --> 01:59:12,500
They set up to look for the pass.

2070
01:59:12,500 --> 01:59:14,500
They went on the delight of Montgomery.

2071
01:59:14,500 --> 01:59:17,500
And Jeff Seaman says, uh-uh, Wilbert, you stop right here.

2072
01:59:17,500 --> 01:59:19,500
Kyle O'Hara, too, played a big role there.

2073
01:59:19,500 --> 01:59:21,500
He took an inside loop and when he did that,

2074
01:59:21,500 --> 01:59:24,500
he ran right into the hole and plugged things up and bumped right into Wilbert.

2075
01:59:24,500 --> 01:59:26,500
So Mike Michelle with another pressure punt.

2076
01:59:26,500 --> 01:59:29,500
Will await the snap at the 22-yard line.

2077
01:59:29,500 --> 01:59:31,500
Kevin Miller deep for the Vikings.

2078
01:59:31,500 --> 01:59:32,500
Michelle gets it off.

2079
01:59:32,500 --> 01:59:33,500
It's high.

2080
01:59:33,500 --> 01:59:34,500
It hangs.

2081
01:59:34,500 --> 01:59:37,500
Miller comes over, backs up, takes it at the 25.

2082
01:59:37,500 --> 01:59:39,500
Tries to turn up field, but he does not.

2083
01:59:39,500 --> 01:59:42,500
Down he goes under a right sled by Terry DeToto.

2084
01:59:42,500 --> 01:59:45,500
The Vikings will take over at the 25-yard line.

2085
01:59:45,500 --> 01:59:47,500
There's a timeout on the field with the score.

2086
01:59:47,500 --> 01:59:51,500
The Eagles leading the Vikings 27-21.

2087
01:59:51,500 --> 01:59:53,500
Vikings are the first in 10.

2088
01:59:53,500 --> 01:59:55,500
They're on the 27-yard line.

2089
01:59:55,500 --> 01:59:57,500
They trail the Eagles 27-21.

2090
01:59:57,500 --> 02:00:00,500
As Parkinson lines them up, he's 20 for 38, 181 yards.

2091
02:00:00,500 --> 02:00:03,500
Three touchdowns, two intercepts.

2092
02:00:03,500 --> 02:00:04,500
First in 10 for the Vikings.

2093
02:00:04,500 --> 02:00:06,500
In most of the nearest line comes Ricky Young.

2094
02:00:06,500 --> 02:00:08,500
Parkinson to throw in first down.

2095
02:00:08,500 --> 02:00:10,500
Setting up, looking right, looking left.

2096
02:00:10,500 --> 02:00:12,500
Pumping, fires the football out of bounds.

2097
02:00:12,500 --> 02:00:13,500
Incomplete.

2098
02:00:13,500 --> 02:00:15,500
Chuck Foreman was over there on the far side.

2099
02:00:15,500 --> 02:00:19,500
Good pass right by Carl Harrison, who was in there on Parkinson.

2100
02:00:19,500 --> 02:00:20,500
Forced him to scramble.

2101
02:00:20,500 --> 02:00:23,500
The Eagles defensive backs did a good job that time.

2102
02:00:23,500 --> 02:00:25,500
Tuckenden wanted to find Ricky Young that time.

2103
02:00:25,500 --> 02:00:27,500
Young went in motion to this side of the field.

2104
02:00:27,500 --> 02:00:30,500
Armand Rashad cleared the zone.

2105
02:00:30,500 --> 02:00:33,500
Drew Mahalek came right up and played Young nose-to-nose.

2106
02:00:33,500 --> 02:00:36,500
Tuckenden couldn't throw it across field with Mahalek that close.

2107
02:00:36,500 --> 02:00:39,500
Then he almost ate the ball and then threw it away.

2108
02:00:39,500 --> 02:00:41,500
It is second in 10 for the Vikings.

2109
02:00:41,500 --> 02:00:43,500
Wide receivers are split.

2110
02:00:43,500 --> 02:00:45,500
The running back to the open set again.

2111
02:00:45,500 --> 02:00:47,500
In motion to the nearest side comes Ricky Young.

2112
02:00:47,500 --> 02:00:52,500
He's got the handoff inside, but the Eagles lead it and Chuck Foreman is dropped to 3-27.

2113
02:00:52,500 --> 02:00:56,500
Eagles right at the perfection of Bill Berge surrounds them.

2114
02:00:56,500 --> 02:00:58,500
Drops Chuck Foreman.

2115
02:00:58,500 --> 02:00:59,500
No gain on the play.

2116
02:00:59,500 --> 02:01:01,500
So again, Jim, there was the motion.

2117
02:01:01,500 --> 02:01:03,500
Ricky Young coming out to that nearest side,

2118
02:01:03,500 --> 02:01:06,500
trying to get some running room in the middle or create something.

2119
02:01:06,500 --> 02:01:07,500
And it didn't work.

2120
02:01:07,500 --> 02:01:09,500
Chuck Foreman was there for the handoff,

2121
02:01:09,500 --> 02:01:12,500
but Bill Berge was there to receive Chuck Foreman.

2122
02:01:12,500 --> 02:01:14,500
It is third and nine for the Vikings.

2123
02:01:14,500 --> 02:01:16,500
Rashad lines up to the nearest side.

2124
02:01:16,500 --> 02:01:17,500
White to the far side.

2125
02:01:17,500 --> 02:01:18,500
Huckenden back.

2126
02:01:18,500 --> 02:01:19,500
Setting.

2127
02:01:19,500 --> 02:01:20,500
Looking.

2128
02:01:20,500 --> 02:01:21,500
Fires the ball over the middle.

2129
02:01:21,500 --> 02:01:23,500
And the pass is complete.

2130
02:01:23,500 --> 02:01:24,500
Complete.

2131
02:01:24,500 --> 02:01:25,500
Company 45.

2132
02:01:25,500 --> 02:01:28,500
Your mind is standing white for a Viking first down.

2133
02:01:28,500 --> 02:01:30,500
Rashad by Sammy White.

2134
02:01:30,500 --> 02:01:33,500
Had to take it almost on his back.

2135
02:01:33,500 --> 02:01:34,500
Pass.

2136
02:01:34,500 --> 02:01:35,500
Greer barely reached him.

2137
02:01:35,500 --> 02:01:40,500
Barely reached him, but he did get his hands on it for a 16-yard gain.

2138
02:01:40,500 --> 02:01:42,500
Big completion right there for the Vikings.

2139
02:01:42,500 --> 02:01:45,500
That hurts.

2140
02:01:45,500 --> 02:01:46,500
First and 10 for the Vikings.

2141
02:01:46,500 --> 02:01:47,500
They move upfield.

2142
02:01:47,500 --> 02:01:49,500
They have the football at the road.

2143
02:01:49,500 --> 02:01:50,500
44-yard line.

2144
02:01:50,500 --> 02:01:52,500
They trail the Eagles 27-21.

2145
02:01:52,500 --> 02:01:55,500
We have 12-58 remaining in the fourth quarter.

2146
02:01:55,500 --> 02:01:57,500
Huckenden just throwing first down.

2147
02:01:57,500 --> 02:01:58,500
Scrambles left.

2148
02:01:58,500 --> 02:01:59,500
Scrambles right.

2149
02:01:59,500 --> 02:02:03,500
Close the pass over the middle and drops armlessly with nobody around it.

2150
02:02:03,500 --> 02:02:07,500
And penned for Chuck Foreman, but it is incomplete.

2151
02:02:07,500 --> 02:02:09,500
Dennis Harrison with good pressure.

2152
02:02:09,500 --> 02:02:11,500
I tell you, Brad Huckenden going to his whole bag of tricks here,

2153
02:02:11,500 --> 02:02:13,500
calling on all 18 years experience,

2154
02:02:13,500 --> 02:02:16,500
just trying to pull off another touchdown here.

2155
02:02:16,500 --> 02:02:18,500
That time he had nobody to throw to.

2156
02:02:18,500 --> 02:02:20,500
Held the ball as long as he could to avoid that rush.

2157
02:02:20,500 --> 02:02:22,500
And then finally dumped it off into an open area.

2158
02:02:22,500 --> 02:02:26,500
And he always gets it close enough to a receiver to avoid the penalty.

2159
02:02:26,500 --> 02:02:30,500
Well, the Vikings quarterback this season have been sacked 27 times.

2160
02:02:30,500 --> 02:02:32,500
The Eagles would like to make that 28.

2161
02:02:32,500 --> 02:02:34,500
They have not reached Prentice so far this afternoon.

2162
02:02:34,500 --> 02:02:36,500
They have pressured him intensely a few times,

2163
02:02:36,500 --> 02:02:38,500
but they haven't gotten them yet.

2164
02:02:38,500 --> 02:02:40,500
They love him.

2165
02:02:40,500 --> 02:02:41,500
Huckenden backs up.

2166
02:02:41,500 --> 02:02:42,500
Second down and 10.

2167
02:02:42,500 --> 02:02:43,500
Fires over the middle.

2168
02:02:43,500 --> 02:02:44,500
Intercepted.

2169
02:02:44,500 --> 02:02:45,500
Intercepted by the Eagles.

2170
02:02:45,500 --> 02:02:47,500
Randy Logan and he turns it back up.

2171
02:02:47,500 --> 02:02:50,500
He goes down at the Viking 46 yard line.

2172
02:02:50,500 --> 02:02:52,500
First down for the Eagles.

2173
02:02:52,500 --> 02:02:53,500
Big play.

2174
02:02:53,500 --> 02:02:55,500
The pass was intended for Sammy White.

2175
02:02:55,500 --> 02:02:58,500
Randy Logan steps in front of Sammy White.

2176
02:02:58,500 --> 02:03:00,500
Picked up the interception.

2177
02:03:00,500 --> 02:03:02,500
There is a timeout on the field with the score.

2178
02:03:02,500 --> 02:03:05,500
The Eagles 27, the Vikings 21.

2179
02:03:05,500 --> 02:03:07,500
First and 10 for the first.

2180
02:03:07,500 --> 02:03:09,500
Jaworski lines up with both wide receivers left.

2181
02:03:09,500 --> 02:03:10,500
On play action.

2182
02:03:10,500 --> 02:03:11,500
He dropped.

2183
02:03:11,500 --> 02:03:12,500
He fires over the middle.

2184
02:03:12,500 --> 02:03:13,500
Incomplete.

2185
02:03:13,500 --> 02:03:16,500
Intended for either Rick Josborn or Harold Carmichael,

2186
02:03:16,500 --> 02:03:19,500
but it almost ended up in the hands of Tom Hannon,

2187
02:03:19,500 --> 02:03:22,500
and there had to be a mistake there in the pattern.

2188
02:03:22,500 --> 02:03:23,500
Right.

2189
02:03:23,500 --> 02:03:25,500
Two receivers, Carmichael and Rick Josborn,

2190
02:03:25,500 --> 02:03:26,500
much too close together there.

2191
02:03:26,500 --> 02:03:29,500
Ordinarily, Harold Carmichael on that play squares down

2192
02:03:29,500 --> 02:03:31,500
and runs maybe a 10 yard pattern.

2193
02:03:31,500 --> 02:03:33,500
That time he was 20 yards downfield.

2194
02:03:33,500 --> 02:03:35,500
I don't even think Harold expected the football either

2195
02:03:35,500 --> 02:03:36,500
as it sailed right by him.

2196
02:03:36,500 --> 02:03:38,500
One of the Vikings down on the play,

2197
02:03:38,500 --> 02:03:40,500
one of the guys in the deep secondary.

2198
02:03:40,500 --> 02:03:42,500
It is Tom Hannon who was back there in cover.

2199
02:03:42,500 --> 02:03:44,500
He's the man who almost intercepted the football.

2200
02:03:44,500 --> 02:03:46,500
Jim, while they take a look at Hannon

2201
02:03:46,500 --> 02:03:48,500
and straighten him back to his feet,

2202
02:03:48,500 --> 02:03:49,500
how about us taking a look at the board?

2203
02:03:49,500 --> 02:03:51,500
Well, a lot of things going well

2204
02:03:51,500 --> 02:03:53,500
as far as the Eagles playoffs go.

2205
02:03:53,500 --> 02:03:57,500
Atlanta Falcons got clobbered today by Cincinnati 37-7.

2206
02:03:57,500 --> 02:04:00,500
The Washington Redskins were defeated 16-0

2207
02:04:00,500 --> 02:04:02,500
by the Miami Dolphins.

2208
02:04:02,500 --> 02:04:04,500
Green Bay 17 and Tampa Bay 7.

2209
02:04:04,500 --> 02:04:08,500
The pack with a chance to go in the first place in NFC Central.

2210
02:04:08,500 --> 02:04:11,500
If the Vikings cannot win this ballgame today,

2211
02:04:11,500 --> 02:04:14,500
then the Vikings are in some trouble as far as playoffs go.

2212
02:04:14,500 --> 02:04:18,500
Elsewhere today, San Francisco trails New Orleans right now 24-13.

2213
02:04:18,500 --> 02:04:20,500
They're in the fourth quarter.

2214
02:04:20,500 --> 02:04:23,500
The Giants were defeated by Los Angeles 20-17.

2215
02:04:23,500 --> 02:04:26,500
Baltimore was defeated by the New York Jets 24-16.

2216
02:04:26,500 --> 02:04:30,500
St. Louis goes ahead at Detroit in the fourth period 21-14.

2217
02:04:30,500 --> 02:04:35,500
The hand here at Metropolitan Stadium is for Paul Crouse

2218
02:04:35,500 --> 02:04:37,500
who comes in the game replacing Tom Hannon.

2219
02:04:37,500 --> 02:04:40,500
Paul Crouse, a big favorite, a 15-year veteran,

2220
02:04:40,500 --> 02:04:41,500
and he enters this game.

2221
02:04:41,500 --> 02:04:43,500
He played very little this year, but he enters this game

2222
02:04:43,500 --> 02:04:45,500
as he enters the season,

2223
02:04:45,500 --> 02:04:48,500
needing one interception to tie the career interception record

2224
02:04:48,500 --> 02:04:51,500
of Emlyn Tanell.

2225
02:04:51,500 --> 02:04:53,500
Tanell has 79.

2226
02:04:53,500 --> 02:04:56,500
Crouse has 78.

2227
02:04:56,500 --> 02:04:59,500
But the Eagles would like to keep him from getting it against them.

2228
02:04:59,500 --> 02:05:02,500
He can have all the interceptions he wants next week

2229
02:05:02,500 --> 02:05:04,500
when the Vikings visit Detroit.

2230
02:05:04,500 --> 02:05:07,500
But this week, the Eagles want some more points.

2231
02:05:07,500 --> 02:05:09,500
They lead 27-21.

2232
02:05:09,500 --> 02:05:10,500
They have a second down at 10.

2233
02:05:10,500 --> 02:05:11,500
They have the football.

2234
02:05:11,500 --> 02:05:13,500
The Vikings 46.

2235
02:05:13,500 --> 02:05:14,500
Wide receivers split.

2236
02:05:14,500 --> 02:05:16,500
Jaworski on play action.

2237
02:05:16,500 --> 02:05:17,500
Drops back.

2238
02:05:17,500 --> 02:05:20,500
Brooks has the pass batted into the air incomplete.

2239
02:05:20,500 --> 02:05:22,500
Almost intercepted.

2240
02:05:22,500 --> 02:05:24,500
The pass was batted into the air

2241
02:05:24,500 --> 02:05:27,500
and almost picked off by the Vikings.

2242
02:05:27,500 --> 02:05:30,500
I believe it went off the hands of Mark Bellini,

2243
02:05:30,500 --> 02:05:33,500
and it was almost picked off by Matt Flair.

2244
02:05:33,500 --> 02:05:35,500
Fortunately for the Eagles, it hits the turf

2245
02:05:35,500 --> 02:05:38,500
armlessly at about the 40-yard line.

2246
02:05:38,500 --> 02:05:40,500
So instead of a Viking interception,

2247
02:05:40,500 --> 02:05:42,500
and that would have been critical,

2248
02:05:42,500 --> 02:05:43,500
the Eagles have a third and 10.

2249
02:05:43,500 --> 02:05:45,500
Ken Payne, wide receiver, the third wide receiver

2250
02:05:45,500 --> 02:05:47,500
coming in with a play here.

2251
02:05:47,500 --> 02:05:49,500
Out goes Rich Asbork.

2252
02:05:49,500 --> 02:05:51,500
Three wide receivers.

2253
02:05:51,500 --> 02:05:53,500
Third and 10 for the Eagles.

2254
02:05:53,500 --> 02:05:56,500
They have the ball at the Vikings 46-yard line.

2255
02:05:56,500 --> 02:05:58,500
12-32 remaining in the fourth quarter.

2256
02:05:58,500 --> 02:06:00,500
Eagles up by six.

2257
02:06:00,500 --> 02:06:03,500
Oh, Michael, all by his momentum on the near side.

2258
02:06:03,500 --> 02:06:04,500
Jaworski looking.

2259
02:06:04,500 --> 02:06:06,500
Fires down the far side.

2260
02:06:06,500 --> 02:06:07,500
Incomplete.

2261
02:06:07,500 --> 02:06:11,500
Intended for Ken Payne, who had beaten this man.

2262
02:06:11,500 --> 02:06:13,500
Ken Payne was open momentarily,

2263
02:06:13,500 --> 02:06:15,500
but the pass by Jaworski's

2264
02:06:15,500 --> 02:06:17,500
skidded by his outspread arms.

2265
02:06:17,500 --> 02:06:19,500
Incomplete.

2266
02:06:19,500 --> 02:06:22,500
Jaworski looks down and kicks the dirt or the ice

2267
02:06:22,500 --> 02:06:24,500
or whatever is down there and frustration

2268
02:06:24,500 --> 02:06:25,500
drops off the field.

2269
02:06:25,500 --> 02:06:28,500
So the Vikings will have the football once again,

2270
02:06:28,500 --> 02:06:30,500
and Mike Michelle will be in to punt it.

2271
02:06:30,500 --> 02:06:32,500
Kevin Miller drops back.

2272
02:06:32,500 --> 02:06:34,500
He'll be the returner for the Vikings,

2273
02:06:34,500 --> 02:06:36,500
standing at his own 14-yard line.

2274
02:06:36,500 --> 02:06:38,500
The rush comes, but Michelle beats it

2275
02:06:38,500 --> 02:06:41,500
with a high floating punt that hits on the five

2276
02:06:41,500 --> 02:06:43,500
and goes out of bounds on the three.

2277
02:06:43,500 --> 02:06:46,500
A tremendous punt by Mike Michelle,

2278
02:06:46,500 --> 02:06:49,500
who has been punting with just that kind of pressure

2279
02:06:49,500 --> 02:06:53,500
all afternoon, and he drives it inside the Vikings five.

2280
02:06:53,500 --> 02:06:55,500
Vince Papale's so happy he did a surf slide

2281
02:06:55,500 --> 02:06:56,500
down in the snow down there,

2282
02:06:56,500 --> 02:06:57,500
running down under that punt.

2283
02:06:57,500 --> 02:06:59,500
The Vikings are on the three-yard line,

2284
02:06:59,500 --> 02:07:01,500
and if Brad Tuckerton's going to put it up here,

2285
02:07:01,500 --> 02:07:02,500
he's really a gutsy quarterback.

2286
02:07:02,500 --> 02:07:06,500
A 42-yard punt that time by Michelle.

2287
02:07:06,500 --> 02:07:08,500
Yeah, we have seen Michelle so often

2288
02:07:08,500 --> 02:07:10,500
since he came to the Eagles in critical situations,

2289
02:07:10,500 --> 02:07:13,500
and he always seems to come through.

2290
02:07:13,500 --> 02:07:16,500
Nick Vermeer has often said that he's not comfortable

2291
02:07:16,500 --> 02:07:18,500
in getting Mike Michelle because he's an athlete

2292
02:07:18,500 --> 02:07:19,500
who has played other positions.

2293
02:07:19,500 --> 02:07:21,500
He was a strong safety at Stanford.

2294
02:07:21,500 --> 02:07:23,500
He's right in the football game at all times,

2295
02:07:23,500 --> 02:07:25,500
and he's doing a job this afternoon.

2296
02:07:25,500 --> 02:07:28,500
First and ten, and Tuckerton wants to throw from his own end

2297
02:07:28,500 --> 02:07:31,500
on, fires it in the air incomplete.

2298
02:07:31,500 --> 02:07:33,500
Intended for a Bob Rashad somewhere over there

2299
02:07:33,500 --> 02:07:34,500
on the right side.

2300
02:07:34,500 --> 02:07:37,500
The pass did not come within 15 yards of him.

2301
02:07:37,500 --> 02:07:39,500
It goes out of bounds over everybody on the sideline.

2302
02:07:39,500 --> 02:07:42,500
And the Vikings have a second down and ten.

2303
02:07:42,500 --> 02:07:44,500
Brad Tuckerton just gambling there that maybe Rashad

2304
02:07:44,500 --> 02:07:47,500
will be played very loosely and pick up an easy 10-yard game,

2305
02:07:47,500 --> 02:07:49,500
but Rashad, that was not the case at all.

2306
02:07:49,500 --> 02:07:51,500
He was watched very closely by Bobby Hart,

2307
02:07:51,500 --> 02:07:53,500
and I think Brad just threw that one into the stands

2308
02:07:53,500 --> 02:07:55,500
or into the Viking bench, as it were.

2309
02:07:55,500 --> 02:08:00,500
Tuckerton has 43 attempts this afternoon.

2310
02:08:00,500 --> 02:08:01,500
43 attempts.

2311
02:08:01,500 --> 02:08:04,500
Second down, and he fires again, and this time on a screen

2312
02:08:04,500 --> 02:08:07,500
left to Sandy White, who cuts back inside,

2313
02:08:07,500 --> 02:08:09,500
flies to the running room, flies it at the 10,

2314
02:08:09,500 --> 02:08:12,500
and comes up to the 15 for a first down.

2315
02:08:12,500 --> 02:08:15,500
Sandy White on the screen left, the Eagles had him at the 10,

2316
02:08:15,500 --> 02:08:18,500
but he kept moving the legs, and he five-steps,

2317
02:08:18,500 --> 02:08:21,500
and five-steps, and five-steps, and finally found

2318
02:08:21,500 --> 02:08:25,500
right in the room to come up to the 15, the Vikings first down.

2319
02:08:25,500 --> 02:08:27,500
So the Vikings put the ball in the air,

2320
02:08:27,500 --> 02:08:29,500
and they come out of trouble.

2321
02:08:29,500 --> 02:08:31,500
For the moment, they do.

2322
02:08:31,500 --> 02:08:35,500
First and 10 for the Vikings, the ball to throw at the 15.

2323
02:08:35,500 --> 02:08:38,500
Wide receivers over there on the far side, Rashad,

2324
02:08:38,500 --> 02:08:40,500
Tuckerton rolling right,

2325
02:08:40,500 --> 02:08:42,500
flip throughs running back Young,

2326
02:08:42,500 --> 02:08:45,500
and Young is thrown down for a loss inside the 15,

2327
02:08:45,500 --> 02:08:47,500
down at the 14 by Dennis Harrison,

2328
02:08:47,500 --> 02:08:50,500
and this may be Dennis' best day of the season.

2329
02:08:50,500 --> 02:08:52,500
Well, on that play, Dennis Harrison's first responsibility

2330
02:08:52,500 --> 02:08:54,500
was to pressure the quarterback, which he did,

2331
02:08:54,500 --> 02:08:56,500
and then he turned around and tackled the receiver.

2332
02:08:56,500 --> 02:09:00,500
What an afternoon for the young rookie out of Vanderbilt.

2333
02:09:00,500 --> 02:09:03,500
Even speaking to Dennis, on the trips to practice,

2334
02:09:03,500 --> 02:09:05,500
you can see the poise that he's gaining

2335
02:09:05,500 --> 02:09:07,500
on almost a week-by-week basis,

2336
02:09:07,500 --> 02:09:10,500
and he's playing his final defensive end this afternoon,

2337
02:09:10,500 --> 02:09:12,500
as anybody has this season.

2338
02:09:12,500 --> 02:09:14,500
He's just playing a great game. He really is.

2339
02:09:14,500 --> 02:09:16,500
Second down and 11, following the loss of one,

2340
02:09:16,500 --> 02:09:18,500
and Tuckerton to the air again.

2341
02:09:18,500 --> 02:09:20,500
He goes to the nearest side to Rashad,

2342
02:09:20,500 --> 02:09:22,500
who catches the pass, and then the Eagles bring him down

2343
02:09:22,500 --> 02:09:24,500
for a short gain inside the 20,

2344
02:09:24,500 --> 02:09:27,500
down at about the 17-yard line, Frank Lamasher.

2345
02:09:27,500 --> 02:09:29,500
The pass was drilled down to Rashad.

2346
02:09:29,500 --> 02:09:31,500
He tried to give ground, look for running room.

2347
02:09:31,500 --> 02:09:33,500
He didn't find it.

2348
02:09:33,500 --> 02:09:35,500
He tried to pull the same maneuver that Sammy White turned into

2349
02:09:35,500 --> 02:09:37,500
a first down, and that time it didn't work,

2350
02:09:37,500 --> 02:09:40,500
and he actually lost a couple of yards in trying to do it.

2351
02:09:40,500 --> 02:09:43,500
If ever there is a quarterback who can come up

2352
02:09:43,500 --> 02:09:45,500
with these critical third downs,

2353
02:09:45,500 --> 02:09:48,500
it's Mr. Tuckerton out there.

2354
02:09:48,500 --> 02:09:51,500
45% of the time they've converted on third downs.

2355
02:09:51,500 --> 02:09:53,500
Robert Miller comes in the ball game as the third eight

2356
02:09:53,500 --> 02:09:55,500
for the Vikings, as Tuckerton drops.

2357
02:09:55,500 --> 02:09:57,500
Tuckerton looks. Tuckerton rolls.

2358
02:09:57,500 --> 02:10:01,500
Fires over across the middle. Incomplete lockdown by Randy Logan.

2359
02:10:01,500 --> 02:10:03,500
Intended for the tight end, Bob Tucker.

2360
02:10:03,500 --> 02:10:08,500
Great job by Randy, and the Vikings will have to punt.

2361
02:10:08,500 --> 02:10:11,500
While you talk about quarterbacks who come up with the clutch plays,

2362
02:10:11,500 --> 02:10:14,500
Tuckerton does so often, but the Eagles defense

2363
02:10:14,500 --> 02:10:16,500
has been coming up with the clutch plays today

2364
02:10:16,500 --> 02:10:18,500
and for so many Sundays.

2365
02:10:18,500 --> 02:10:20,500
Brand rolled out to his right that time and tried to throw back

2366
02:10:20,500 --> 02:10:23,500
across the grain. Again, great coverage by Randy Logan.

2367
02:10:23,500 --> 02:10:26,500
The Vikings putting now from inside their five yard line.

2368
02:10:26,500 --> 02:10:28,500
As far as pass coverage is concerned,

2369
02:10:28,500 --> 02:10:31,500
this might be Randy's outstanding game of the season.

2370
02:10:31,500 --> 02:10:34,500
Goldman in the punt, coupling the feet nervously,

2371
02:10:34,500 --> 02:10:36,500
awaiting the snap. He gets it.

2372
02:10:36,500 --> 02:10:38,500
No pressure by the Eagles. He gets it off.

2373
02:10:38,500 --> 02:10:41,500
It is high and fluttering as Jarrett takes it into three.

2374
02:10:41,500 --> 02:10:45,500
He is hit in a hurry by Harry Washington,

2375
02:10:45,500 --> 02:10:47,500
who went down and swabbered John Sharer

2376
02:10:47,500 --> 02:10:50,500
seconds after the football touched his hand.

2377
02:10:50,500 --> 02:10:53,500
So the Eagles will operate after that 37 yard punt.

2378
02:10:53,500 --> 02:10:56,500
First and 10 for the Eagles, the ball on their own, 46.

2379
02:10:56,500 --> 02:10:59,500
Some other scores. Seattle running it up against Cleveland.

2380
02:10:59,500 --> 02:11:01,500
21 to nothing in the second period.

2381
02:11:01,500 --> 02:11:03,500
New England 7 and Dallas 3 there in the first period.

2382
02:11:03,500 --> 02:11:06,500
Pittsburgh 3 and Houston 0. That one just starting.

2383
02:11:06,500 --> 02:11:10,500
And another final in now. Kansas City 14 and Buffalo 10.

2384
02:11:10,500 --> 02:11:14,500
New Orleans 14, San Francisco 13 there in the fourth period.

2385
02:11:14,500 --> 02:11:17,500
Jim Jaworski is going to be out of the game right now.

2386
02:11:17,500 --> 02:11:20,500
He bruised his hand, we understand, in that last series.

2387
02:11:20,500 --> 02:11:23,500
And John Walton, his backup is in the game.

2388
02:11:23,500 --> 02:11:25,500
Jim Gallagher stops in to tell us.

2389
02:11:25,500 --> 02:11:27,500
Now the Eagles are going to have to go with John Walton.

2390
02:11:27,500 --> 02:11:30,500
John Walton is a quarterback with out-much game experience

2391
02:11:30,500 --> 02:11:32,500
in the National Football League.

2392
02:11:32,500 --> 02:11:34,500
But he has one of the strongest right arms.

2393
02:11:34,500 --> 02:11:36,500
He is a guy who works very hard.

2394
02:11:36,500 --> 02:11:38,500
He studies his game film.

2395
02:11:38,500 --> 02:11:41,500
Dick Vermeel has said repeatedly, I think the Eagles are very fortunate

2396
02:11:41,500 --> 02:11:44,500
to have a backup man as capable as John Walton.

2397
02:11:44,500 --> 02:11:46,500
Well, John Walton is a very likeable guy who has certainly

2398
02:11:46,500 --> 02:11:48,500
slipped in a lot of time and doesn't get very much credit

2399
02:11:48,500 --> 02:11:50,500
and doesn't get very much recognition.

2400
02:11:50,500 --> 02:11:53,500
It will be a great opportunity and a great boost for the whole club

2401
02:11:53,500 --> 02:11:55,500
to see John come in here and get the Eagles to more points.

2402
02:11:55,500 --> 02:12:00,500
They sure love to have more points and make the Vikings have to score at least twice.

2403
02:12:00,500 --> 02:12:03,500
We have 10 minutes and 2 seconds remaining to be played in this game.

2404
02:12:03,500 --> 02:12:06,500
The Vikings offense has had their chances.

2405
02:12:06,500 --> 02:12:10,500
A couple of big Eagles punt plays have started the Vikings back

2406
02:12:10,500 --> 02:12:12,500
pretty far in their own territory.

2407
02:12:12,500 --> 02:12:15,500
That last one, that last drive, made them start at their 3 and they took it out.

2408
02:12:15,500 --> 02:12:17,500
But now the Eagles want to sustain some offense.

2409
02:12:17,500 --> 02:12:19,500
They want to eat up some seconds.

2410
02:12:19,500 --> 02:12:21,500
There are 10 minutes and 2 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

2411
02:12:21,500 --> 02:12:24,500
The Eagles leading the Vikings 27-21.

2412
02:12:24,500 --> 02:12:28,500
Here's Walton's first play with the Eagles having the ball on their own 46.

2413
02:12:28,500 --> 02:12:31,500
He turns and gives to Montgomery who finds running room off left tackle.

2414
02:12:31,500 --> 02:12:33,500
Montgomery across midfield.

2415
02:12:33,500 --> 02:12:35,500
Montgomery down to the Vikings 48.

2416
02:12:35,500 --> 02:12:37,500
Red McNeil makes the stop.

2417
02:12:37,500 --> 02:12:39,500
You talk about the passing.

2418
02:12:39,500 --> 02:12:41,500
You talk about going from Jaworski to Walton.

2419
02:12:41,500 --> 02:12:43,500
You talk about the timing with receivers.

2420
02:12:43,500 --> 02:12:48,500
But one thing you have to remember is there is a great deal of timing on the very handoff play itself.

2421
02:12:48,500 --> 02:12:51,500
Absolutely. Of course these conditions don't make it any easier.

2422
02:12:51,500 --> 02:12:54,500
Wilbert looked like Luke Dupont going through that line that time.

2423
02:12:54,500 --> 02:12:56,500
Second down and four. The Eagles in a spot left.

2424
02:12:56,500 --> 02:12:58,500
Osborne the tight end, strong right.

2425
02:12:58,500 --> 02:13:00,500
The backs in an open set behind John Walton.

2426
02:13:00,500 --> 02:13:03,500
Who puts Charlie Smith in motion to the near side.

2427
02:13:03,500 --> 02:13:06,500
Then he turns and gives off to Hogan who finds big running room.

2428
02:13:06,500 --> 02:13:08,500
And he cracks down inside the Viking 40.

2429
02:13:08,500 --> 02:13:10,500
Down to the Viking 38.

2430
02:13:10,500 --> 02:13:13,500
Good blocks by Sam Walters and Tom Lueken and Guy Morris.

2431
02:13:13,500 --> 02:13:16,500
And now the Eagles have a first down there on the move.

2432
02:13:16,500 --> 02:13:18,500
The snow continues to fall.

2433
02:13:18,500 --> 02:13:21,500
9-0-8 remaining to be played here in the fourth quarter.

2434
02:13:21,500 --> 02:13:24,500
The Eagles leading the Minnesota Vikings 27-21.

2435
02:13:24,500 --> 02:13:26,500
They want some more points.

2436
02:13:26,500 --> 02:13:28,500
They want at least three more.

2437
02:13:28,500 --> 02:13:32,500
The Vikings can tie them with one touchdown and take the lead with a touchdown and an extra point.

2438
02:13:32,500 --> 02:13:34,500
So the Eagles want more.

2439
02:13:34,500 --> 02:13:37,500
John Walton and the Rick Forteback trying to drive them in.

2440
02:13:37,500 --> 02:13:40,500
He splits the wide receivers. He splits the running backs.

2441
02:13:40,500 --> 02:13:43,500
Now in motion to the near side comes Charlie Smith.

2442
02:13:43,500 --> 02:13:44,500
Walton turns.

2443
02:13:44,500 --> 02:13:47,500
Gives to Montgomery who comes off left tackle for short yardage.

2444
02:13:47,500 --> 02:13:50,500
It may be a gain of two but not much more.

2445
02:13:50,500 --> 02:13:52,500
Fred McNeil makes the stop.

2446
02:13:52,500 --> 02:13:54,500
Eagles pecking away here getting three yards at a clip.

2447
02:13:54,500 --> 02:13:56,500
And of course eating up that clock.

2448
02:13:56,500 --> 02:13:58,500
8-27 to go now. They've already killed them.

2449
02:13:58,500 --> 02:14:01,500
Better than three minutes on this drive.

2450
02:14:01,500 --> 02:14:05,500
It's a second down and eight.

2451
02:14:05,500 --> 02:14:10,500
Football sitting in the mud at the center of the field.

2452
02:14:10,500 --> 02:14:13,500
But it's inside the Viking 40 down at the 37 yard line.

2453
02:14:13,500 --> 02:14:15,500
It is a second down and eight.

2454
02:14:15,500 --> 02:14:18,500
Walton running the series has yet to draw a pass.

2455
02:14:18,500 --> 02:14:20,500
Carl Michael out to the near side.

2456
02:14:20,500 --> 02:14:22,500
Out to the far side of Smith.

2457
02:14:22,500 --> 02:14:23,500
The back shift out of an eye.

2458
02:14:23,500 --> 02:14:25,500
They're in an open set with Montgomery right.

2459
02:14:25,500 --> 02:14:26,500
Hogan left.

2460
02:14:26,500 --> 02:14:30,500
Hand off to Hogan who bounces off one man but then the Vikings have him and they score back.

2461
02:14:30,500 --> 02:14:32,500
Tom Hannon makes the stop.

2462
02:14:32,500 --> 02:14:34,500
Hooked out by Matt Flair.

2463
02:14:34,500 --> 02:14:41,500
So that time John Walton tried to make the pink pass go with the delayed hand off that has worked in the past for Mike Hogan.

2464
02:14:41,500 --> 02:14:43,500
But that time it does not.

2465
02:14:43,500 --> 02:14:45,500
It'll bring up a third down and eight.

2466
02:14:45,500 --> 02:14:48,500
And this time Walton will almost surely put the football in the air.

2467
02:14:48,500 --> 02:14:52,500
Kenny Payne comes to the game and the Eagles will try it with three wide receivers.

2468
02:14:52,500 --> 02:14:54,500
As Richard Osborne trots out.

2469
02:14:54,500 --> 02:14:56,500
Third down and eight.

2470
02:14:56,500 --> 02:14:58,500
Seven and a half minutes in the fourth quarter.

2471
02:14:58,500 --> 02:15:00,500
Twenty-seven, twenty-one the Eagles.

2472
02:15:00,500 --> 02:15:02,500
Payne comes out to the near side.

2473
02:15:02,500 --> 02:15:03,500
Carl Michael in that slot.

2474
02:15:03,500 --> 02:15:05,500
Smith out to the far side.

2475
02:15:05,500 --> 02:15:07,500
Backs in a wider from set.

2476
02:15:07,500 --> 02:15:09,500
Walton with his biggest play.

2477
02:15:09,500 --> 02:15:10,500
He's dropping. He's setting.

2478
02:15:10,500 --> 02:15:12,500
He fires the pass. Incomplete.

2479
02:15:12,500 --> 02:15:15,500
And tended at the near side to Mike Hogan.

2480
02:15:15,500 --> 02:15:19,500
Even if he caught it he would not have had the yardage for a first down.

2481
02:15:19,500 --> 02:15:22,500
Bill Wise is over there in coverage but Hogan will fall back.

2482
02:15:22,500 --> 02:15:24,500
Reach down. The ball went off his chest.

2483
02:15:24,500 --> 02:15:26,500
Incomplete. The Eagles will have to punt.

2484
02:15:26,500 --> 02:15:28,500
Hogan didn't get set up very well that time.

2485
02:15:28,500 --> 02:15:30,500
He was still backpedaling when he threw that football.

2486
02:15:30,500 --> 02:15:32,500
And that's a heck of a way to have to throw a completion.

2487
02:15:32,500 --> 02:15:35,500
He threw it low in the ground and the Eagles are going to be punting here.

2488
02:15:35,500 --> 02:15:37,500
He was and the Joe will take the step.

2489
02:15:37,500 --> 02:15:41,500
From Dennis Franks at his own forty-eight yard line.

2490
02:15:41,500 --> 02:15:43,500
Gets the punt away.

2491
02:15:43,500 --> 02:15:44,500
It's high.

2492
02:15:44,500 --> 02:15:45,500
Kevin Miller watches it.

2493
02:15:45,500 --> 02:15:47,500
It bounces at the ten.

2494
02:15:47,500 --> 02:15:49,500
And they will mark it at the ten yard line.

2495
02:15:49,500 --> 02:15:52,500
Eric Johnson was down there in coverage.

2496
02:15:52,500 --> 02:15:55,500
But the punt goes out of bounds just inside the ten yard line.

2497
02:15:55,500 --> 02:15:59,500
And Mike Michelle puts the twenty-seven yarder out of bounds.

2498
02:15:59,500 --> 02:16:00,500
And he does the job again.

2499
02:16:00,500 --> 02:16:02,500
That is twice in succession.

2500
02:16:02,500 --> 02:16:06,500
That Mike Michelle has made the Vikings start their drive inside the ten.

2501
02:16:06,500 --> 02:16:09,500
Last time the three. This time the nine.

2502
02:16:09,500 --> 02:16:12,500
What a beautiful place for a turnover here, Murrell.

2503
02:16:12,500 --> 02:16:15,500
Trash talking indicated on that last drive that he'll throw it from anywhere.

2504
02:16:15,500 --> 02:16:17,500
He threw two passes out of his own end zone.

2505
02:16:17,500 --> 02:16:22,500
And got the team out from that field position when they were starting on their own three.

2506
02:16:22,500 --> 02:16:24,500
So he's going to put it off.

2507
02:16:24,500 --> 02:16:26,500
He's been intercepted three times.

2508
02:16:26,500 --> 02:16:30,500
But usually when he's under the most pressure he seems to perform it the best.

2509
02:16:30,500 --> 02:16:32,500
He does that.

2510
02:16:32,500 --> 02:16:34,500
He has Ricky Young in there of one running back.

2511
02:16:34,500 --> 02:16:36,500
Chuck Foreman the other.

2512
02:16:36,500 --> 02:16:37,500
Works most of the day with those two.

2513
02:16:37,500 --> 02:16:40,500
Although we have seen Robert Miller on occasion.

2514
02:16:40,500 --> 02:16:42,500
They've stayed pretty much with the same guys.

2515
02:16:42,500 --> 02:16:44,500
Some odd Rushon and Sammy White.

2516
02:16:44,500 --> 02:16:45,500
Sammy White playing an excellent game.

2517
02:16:45,500 --> 02:16:47,500
Rushon has made some big catches.

2518
02:16:47,500 --> 02:16:50,500
Sammy White has received a couple of touchdowns.

2519
02:16:50,500 --> 02:16:52,500
Ricky Young has a touchdown reception.

2520
02:16:52,500 --> 02:16:57,500
As far as the Eagles are concerned a couple of touchdown passes to Harold Carmichael.

2521
02:16:57,500 --> 02:17:02,500
36 yard run by Wilbur Montgomery.

2522
02:17:02,500 --> 02:17:05,500
Charlie Smith has the other Eagles touchdown.

2523
02:17:05,500 --> 02:17:07,500
So now the Vikings have the football.

2524
02:17:07,500 --> 02:17:11,500
And when time resumes they will put it in play just inside the 10 yard stripe.

2525
02:17:11,500 --> 02:17:13,500
Their own 10 yard stripe.

2526
02:17:13,500 --> 02:17:16,500
As the skies darken some more.

2527
02:17:16,500 --> 02:17:18,500
27, 21.

2528
02:17:18,500 --> 02:17:20,500
The Eagles flying the nail down.

2529
02:17:20,500 --> 02:17:23,500
Biggest win in many, many, many years.

2530
02:17:23,500 --> 02:17:25,500
Crockington lives up the Vikings.

2531
02:17:25,500 --> 02:17:27,500
Puts the receivers.

2532
02:17:27,500 --> 02:17:28,500
Drops back.

2533
02:17:28,500 --> 02:17:29,500
Almost slips.

2534
02:17:29,500 --> 02:17:30,500
Fires into the middle.

2535
02:17:30,500 --> 02:17:32,500
Compets the pass to Bob Tucker.

2536
02:17:32,500 --> 02:17:34,500
And Tucker goes down at about the 15.

2537
02:17:34,500 --> 02:17:38,500
Crockington did a good job as he backed up almost to the end zone.

2538
02:17:38,500 --> 02:17:41,500
Had his feet nearly go out from under him at the 2.

2539
02:17:41,500 --> 02:17:46,500
He regained his balance and threw the crossing pattern to Bob Tucker who picked up 7.

2540
02:17:46,500 --> 02:17:47,500
He hasn't done much with his tight end.

2541
02:17:47,500 --> 02:17:50,500
Threw that ball high and Tucker made a real fine catch.

2542
02:17:50,500 --> 02:17:53,500
That ball could have been intercepted if Tucker did not get his hands on it.

2543
02:17:53,500 --> 02:17:55,500
Frank Lamaster is the Eagle who made the tackle.

2544
02:17:55,500 --> 02:17:58,500
So it is second down and a long 2 for the Vikings.

2545
02:17:58,500 --> 02:17:59,500
Running back split.

2546
02:17:59,500 --> 02:18:01,500
Wide receivers split.

2547
02:18:01,500 --> 02:18:04,500
As Crockington turns and gives off to Ricky Young who comes off right tackle.

2548
02:18:04,500 --> 02:18:06,500
Comes up close to the 20.

2549
02:18:06,500 --> 02:18:07,500
I don't know if he reached it.

2550
02:18:07,500 --> 02:18:08,500
While they compile.

2551
02:18:08,500 --> 02:18:11,500
Will pause 10 seconds for station identification.

2552
02:18:11,500 --> 02:18:13,500
Can Garland play your song?

2553
02:18:13,500 --> 02:18:16,500
WI.

2554
02:18:16,500 --> 02:18:18,500
The Eagles are leading the Minnesota Vikings 27-21.

2555
02:18:18,500 --> 02:18:20,500
Eagles trying to contain the Vikings right here.

2556
02:18:20,500 --> 02:18:22,500
They want the football back.

2557
02:18:22,500 --> 02:18:23,500
They wanted a wave.

2558
02:18:23,500 --> 02:18:43,420
They wanted a

2559
02:18:43,420 --> 02:18:47,420
wave from Frank Crockington.

2560
02:18:47,420 --> 02:18:49,420
They know how dangerous he can be.

2561
02:18:49,420 --> 02:18:51,420
Rashad lines up to the near side.

2562
02:18:51,420 --> 02:18:53,420
Sammy White to the far side.

2563
02:18:53,420 --> 02:18:54,420
Crockington dropping.

2564
02:18:54,420 --> 02:18:55,420
Setting.

2565
02:18:55,420 --> 02:18:56,420
Looking.

2566
02:18:56,420 --> 02:18:57,420
Firing for the near side.

2567
02:18:57,420 --> 02:18:58,420
Almost intercepted.

2568
02:18:58,420 --> 02:18:59,420
Incomplete.

2569
02:18:59,420 --> 02:19:00,420
Intended for Rashad.

2570
02:19:00,420 --> 02:19:03,420
Almost intercepted by Herman Edwards.

2571
02:19:03,420 --> 02:19:06,420
And he has got to be one of the most valuable players of the snowy day.

2572
02:19:06,420 --> 02:19:08,420
I tell you a lot of things going on down there that time.

2573
02:19:08,420 --> 02:19:10,420
Almost intercepted by Herman Edwards.

2574
02:19:10,420 --> 02:19:11,420
And then almost caught by Rashad.

2575
02:19:11,420 --> 02:19:13,420
And had Rashad caught it.

2576
02:19:13,420 --> 02:19:16,420
He had nothing but clear sailing down that sideline.

2577
02:19:16,420 --> 02:19:18,420
Well, Herman will talk about that gamble.

2578
02:19:18,420 --> 02:19:21,420
He says you can't think do I gamble or don't I gamble.

2579
02:19:21,420 --> 02:19:22,420
You react.

2580
02:19:22,420 --> 02:19:24,420
You don't think on a play like that.

2581
02:19:24,420 --> 02:19:26,420
We've seen him react to the Eagles advantage.

2582
02:19:26,420 --> 02:19:29,420
We've seen him be beaten at a time or two.

2583
02:19:29,420 --> 02:19:31,420
But right there he reacted well.

2584
02:19:31,420 --> 02:19:32,420
It worked.

2585
02:19:32,420 --> 02:19:33,420
On third down.

2586
02:19:33,420 --> 02:19:34,420
The handoff goes.

2587
02:19:34,420 --> 02:19:35,420
Off to Chuck Foreman.

2588
02:19:35,420 --> 02:19:36,420
And he falls down.

2589
02:19:36,420 --> 02:19:38,420
Just short yardage.

2590
02:19:38,420 --> 02:19:40,420
Comes up to about the 24 yard line.

2591
02:19:40,420 --> 02:19:42,420
Foreman on second down.

2592
02:19:42,420 --> 02:19:43,420
Picked up about two yards.

2593
02:19:43,420 --> 02:19:44,420
That's about all.

2594
02:19:44,420 --> 02:19:46,420
Now it will be a Viking third down.

2595
02:19:46,420 --> 02:19:50,420
Third about seven.

2596
02:19:50,420 --> 02:19:52,420
Seven and a half perhaps.

2597
02:19:52,420 --> 02:19:53,420
Foreman in the afternoon.

2598
02:19:53,420 --> 02:19:57,420
16 carries 66 yards.

2599
02:19:57,420 --> 02:19:59,420
Not a great day for him.

2600
02:19:59,420 --> 02:20:01,420
It is a third down and eight for the Vikings.

2601
02:20:01,420 --> 02:20:04,420
They have the football at their own 24 yard line.

2602
02:20:04,420 --> 02:20:06,420
Markinson splits the receivers.

2603
02:20:06,420 --> 02:20:07,420
He's dropping.

2604
02:20:07,420 --> 02:20:08,420
Still dropping.

2605
02:20:08,420 --> 02:20:10,420
Fires over the middle.

2606
02:20:10,420 --> 02:20:12,420
From post to pass to Sammy White.

2607
02:20:12,420 --> 02:20:14,420
He gets away from the man for 45.

2608
02:20:14,420 --> 02:20:16,420
And finally Herman Edwards tackles him.

2609
02:20:16,420 --> 02:20:18,420
But the Vikings take the first down.

2610
02:20:18,420 --> 02:20:20,420
And they move the game.

2611
02:20:20,420 --> 02:20:22,420
Markinson to Sammy White.

2612
02:20:22,420 --> 02:20:24,420
Markinson had time right there.

2613
02:20:24,420 --> 02:20:26,420
He had nobody in front of him obscuring his vision.

2614
02:20:26,420 --> 02:20:30,420
And he had time to watch Sammy White run that crossing pattern.

2615
02:20:30,420 --> 02:20:31,420
And drill it he did.

2616
02:20:31,420 --> 02:20:32,420
21 yard game.

2617
02:20:32,420 --> 02:20:34,420
And he had everybody out on the pattern.

2618
02:20:34,420 --> 02:20:36,420
His both backs were running short out patterns.

2619
02:20:36,420 --> 02:20:38,420
And they occupied the linebackers.

2620
02:20:38,420 --> 02:20:40,420
Sammy White just took a deep breath and turned back in.

2621
02:20:40,420 --> 02:20:42,420
And came up underneath the zone.

2622
02:20:42,420 --> 02:20:45,420
Four minutes and ten seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

2623
02:20:45,420 --> 02:20:47,420
Vikings with a first and ten.

2624
02:20:47,420 --> 02:20:49,420
Motion left but Robert Nutter.

2625
02:20:49,420 --> 02:20:51,420
Markinson hands off inside the Chuck Foreman.

2626
02:20:51,420 --> 02:20:55,420
And he's grabbed by Bill Berge and slammed down at the 45.

2627
02:20:55,420 --> 02:20:57,420
Maybe a yard at the very most.

2628
02:20:57,420 --> 02:20:59,420
But Bill Berge read that precisely.

2629
02:20:59,420 --> 02:21:04,420
And he grabbed Chuck Foreman and slammed him down at about the 46 yard line.

2630
02:21:04,420 --> 02:21:05,420
A pickup of only two.

2631
02:21:05,420 --> 02:21:08,420
Eagles leading the Vikings 27-21.

2632
02:21:08,420 --> 02:21:11,420
3-44 remaining to be played in the fourth quarter.

2633
02:21:11,420 --> 02:21:13,420
Vikings break from the hollow.

2634
02:21:13,420 --> 02:21:15,420
The football at the 46.

2635
02:21:15,420 --> 02:21:16,420
Their own 46.

2636
02:21:16,420 --> 02:21:17,420
The backers flip.

2637
02:21:17,420 --> 02:21:18,420
The receivers are flip.

2638
02:21:18,420 --> 02:21:19,420
Markinson back.

2639
02:21:19,420 --> 02:21:20,420
Setting.

2640
02:21:20,420 --> 02:21:21,420
Looking.

2641
02:21:21,420 --> 02:21:22,420
Still looking.

2642
02:21:22,420 --> 02:21:23,420
Screen pass.

2643
02:21:23,420 --> 02:21:24,420
The Foreman.

2644
02:21:24,420 --> 02:21:25,420
He cannot get away from Wilk.

2645
02:21:25,420 --> 02:21:26,420
Now he does.

2646
02:21:26,420 --> 02:21:28,420
And down he goes again at the 46 or 47.

2647
02:21:28,420 --> 02:21:30,420
So Reggie Wilk came up.

2648
02:21:30,420 --> 02:21:31,420
He contained him.

2649
02:21:31,420 --> 02:21:32,420
He had him.

2650
02:21:32,420 --> 02:21:33,420
He let him slip away.

2651
02:21:33,420 --> 02:21:34,420
But finally he does get him again.

2652
02:21:34,420 --> 02:21:35,420
A very short game.

2653
02:21:35,420 --> 02:21:37,420
Good thing about the Eagles.

2654
02:21:37,420 --> 02:21:39,420
And lots of discussion down there as though there might be a penalty.

2655
02:21:39,420 --> 02:21:43,420
It's getting hard for us to see the flag.

2656
02:21:43,420 --> 02:21:45,420
If there are any flags.

2657
02:21:45,420 --> 02:21:47,420
It's a penalty against the Eagles.

2658
02:21:47,420 --> 02:21:49,420
Looks like a personal foul against the Eagles.

2659
02:21:49,420 --> 02:21:53,420
And this will hurt.

2660
02:21:53,420 --> 02:21:54,420
Oh boy.

2661
02:21:54,420 --> 02:21:56,420
They're going to step on 15 big ones right here.

2662
02:21:56,420 --> 02:22:05,420
And this does hurt.

2663
02:22:05,420 --> 02:22:08,420
I see the flag laying at about the 35 yard line.

2664
02:22:08,420 --> 02:22:09,420
First foul.

2665
02:22:09,420 --> 02:22:10,420
Close to the head.

2666
02:22:10,420 --> 02:22:12,420
Number 66.

2667
02:22:12,420 --> 02:22:13,420
Defense.

2668
02:22:13,420 --> 02:22:14,420
First down.

2669
02:22:14,420 --> 02:22:16,420
Well the personal foul is against Berge.

2670
02:22:16,420 --> 02:22:19,420
And they step off the penalty yardage.

2671
02:22:19,420 --> 02:22:21,420
And now the Vikings have the football.

2672
02:22:21,420 --> 02:22:23,420
That's across the Eagle 40.

2673
02:22:23,420 --> 02:22:24,420
Inside the 40.

2674
02:22:24,420 --> 02:22:25,420
Down at the 36.

2675
02:22:25,420 --> 02:22:26,420
Down at the 36.

2676
02:22:26,420 --> 02:22:28,420
First and 10 for the Vikings.

2677
02:22:28,420 --> 02:22:30,420
They've swapped their wide receivers.

2678
02:22:30,420 --> 02:22:31,420
Rashad.

2679
02:22:31,420 --> 02:22:33,420
Inside Rashad is Bami White.

2680
02:22:33,420 --> 02:22:34,420
Rockington.

2681
02:22:34,420 --> 02:22:35,420
Fires.

2682
02:22:35,420 --> 02:22:36,420
Screen left.

2683
02:22:36,420 --> 02:22:37,420
Almost intercepted by Edwards.

2684
02:22:37,420 --> 02:22:38,420
Incomplete.

2685
02:22:38,420 --> 02:22:39,420
Intended for Rashad.

2686
02:22:39,420 --> 02:22:40,420
Edwards had the B that time.

2687
02:22:40,420 --> 02:22:44,420
And if he had taken it he would have gone 70 yards for a touchdown.

2688
02:22:44,420 --> 02:22:48,420
But the ball just moved his icy, icy hand.

2689
02:22:48,420 --> 02:22:50,420
Incomplete.

2690
02:22:50,420 --> 02:22:52,420
What a bloody that would have been.

2691
02:22:52,420 --> 02:22:56,420
But nevertheless, Herman does the job and knocks the pass away.

2692
02:22:56,420 --> 02:22:57,420
The Vikings.

2693
02:22:57,420 --> 02:23:00,420
Not yet in field goal range of Dan Meyer.

2694
02:23:00,420 --> 02:23:02,420
But they need more than a field goal.

2695
02:23:02,420 --> 02:23:03,420
They trail the Eagles by a six.

2696
02:23:03,420 --> 02:23:05,420
Eagles leading 27-21.

2697
02:23:05,420 --> 02:23:07,420
The clock was 3.19.

2698
02:23:07,420 --> 02:23:09,420
As Rockington lines them up.

2699
02:23:09,420 --> 02:23:11,420
Fends Ricky Young in motion right.

2700
02:23:11,420 --> 02:23:12,420
Rockington back.

2701
02:23:12,420 --> 02:23:13,420
Humps one.

2702
02:23:13,420 --> 02:23:14,420
Fires over to the near side.

2703
02:23:14,420 --> 02:23:16,420
The foreman who falls down.

2704
02:23:16,420 --> 02:23:18,420
And he's going to be contained at the 36.

2705
02:23:18,420 --> 02:23:19,420
The line is scrimmaged.

2706
02:23:19,420 --> 02:23:20,420
No damage there.

2707
02:23:20,420 --> 02:23:22,420
Well that was a break for the Eagles.

2708
02:23:22,420 --> 02:23:24,420
The Vikings ran a little free play that time.

2709
02:23:24,420 --> 02:23:26,420
Put a couple blockers in front of Chuck Foreman.

2710
02:23:26,420 --> 02:23:28,420
He caught the ball and had some running room.

2711
02:23:28,420 --> 02:23:29,420
But lost his footing and fell down.

2712
02:23:29,420 --> 02:23:31,420
And gave the Eagles time to recover.

2713
02:23:31,420 --> 02:23:36,420
So again, Sir Francis with an important, important third down.

2714
02:23:36,420 --> 02:23:37,420
It is third down and ten.

2715
02:23:37,420 --> 02:23:40,420
They have the ball at the 36 yard line.

2716
02:23:40,420 --> 02:23:42,420
Two minutes and 47 seconds.

2717
02:23:42,420 --> 02:23:44,420
46 seconds as the clock continues to tick.

2718
02:23:44,420 --> 02:23:46,420
Here in the fourth quarter.

2719
02:23:46,420 --> 02:23:50,420
The crowd gets ready for action.

2720
02:23:50,420 --> 02:23:52,420
The wide receivers are split.

2721
02:23:52,420 --> 02:23:53,420
One running back.

2722
02:23:53,420 --> 02:23:55,420
Rockington rolls right.

2723
02:23:55,420 --> 02:23:56,420
Setting.

2724
02:23:56,420 --> 02:23:57,420
Has time.

2725
02:23:57,420 --> 02:23:58,420
Goes long.

2726
02:23:58,420 --> 02:23:59,420
He counters.

2727
02:23:59,420 --> 02:24:00,420
Out of incomplete.

2728
02:24:00,420 --> 02:24:01,420
Incomplete.

2729
02:24:01,420 --> 02:24:02,420
Intended for Sammy White.

2730
02:24:02,420 --> 02:24:03,420
The pass broken up.

2731
02:24:03,420 --> 02:24:06,420
John Sharer down there at the end zone.

2732
02:24:06,420 --> 02:24:09,420
So Rockington that time tried to surprise the Eagles.

2733
02:24:09,420 --> 02:24:11,420
As he went for six.

2734
02:24:11,420 --> 02:24:12,420
He did not get it.

2735
02:24:12,420 --> 02:24:16,420
Fourth down and ten and twice last week against the Green Bay Packers.

2736
02:24:16,420 --> 02:24:19,420
Grant Tuckett has converted fourth down plays to keep the last second drive going.

2737
02:24:19,420 --> 02:24:28,420
And the Vikings have no thought to doing anything else but to go for it right now.

2738
02:24:28,420 --> 02:24:29,420
Rockington.

2739
02:24:29,420 --> 02:24:30,420
Huddling the Vikings.

2740
02:24:30,420 --> 02:24:32,420
On the afternoon.

2741
02:24:32,420 --> 02:24:35,420
27 completions for 54 attempts.

2742
02:24:35,420 --> 02:24:37,420
27 for 54.

2743
02:24:37,420 --> 02:24:39,420
Drawing in almost every down.

2744
02:24:39,420 --> 02:24:40,420
A fourth and ten.

2745
02:24:40,420 --> 02:24:42,420
This is it for the Eagles defense.

2746
02:24:42,420 --> 02:24:43,420
As Rockington rolls.

2747
02:24:43,420 --> 02:24:44,420
Set.

2748
02:24:44,420 --> 02:24:45,420
Goes left.

2749
02:24:45,420 --> 02:24:46,420
Still looking.

2750
02:24:46,420 --> 02:24:47,420
Close the pass.

2751
02:24:47,420 --> 02:24:48,420
A load is Pucker.

2752
02:24:48,420 --> 02:24:49,420
And Puckton goes out of bounds.

2753
02:24:49,420 --> 02:24:50,420
Down to the ten.

2754
02:24:50,420 --> 02:24:51,420
Pucker with a roll.

2755
02:24:51,420 --> 02:24:52,420
Rockington has the time.

2756
02:24:52,420 --> 02:24:53,420
The Eagles rush was not coming.

2757
02:24:53,420 --> 02:24:54,420
And he found Bob Pucker down to the Eagles ten yard line.

2758
02:24:54,420 --> 02:24:55,420
First down for the Vikings as they drive deeper and deeper into the Eagles territory.

2759
02:24:55,420 --> 02:24:56,420
And now the clock continues to tick.

2760
02:24:56,420 --> 02:24:57,420
All the way down we're going to have the two minute warning to start.

2761
02:24:57,420 --> 02:24:58,420
And the first down for the Vikings.

2762
02:24:58,420 --> 02:24:59,420
And the second down for the Eagles.

2763
02:24:59,420 --> 02:25:00,420
And the third down for the Vikings.

2764
02:25:00,420 --> 02:25:01,420
And the fourth down for the Vikings.

2765
02:25:01,420 --> 02:25:02,420
And the fourth down for the Vikings.

2766
02:25:02,420 --> 02:25:03,420
And the fifth down for the Vikings.

2767
02:25:03,420 --> 02:25:04,420
And the sixth down for the Vikings.

2768
02:25:04,420 --> 02:25:11,420
And the seventh down for the Eagles.

2769
02:25:11,420 --> 02:25:12,420
The Eagles 27.

2770
02:25:12,420 --> 02:25:13,420
The Vikings 21.

2771
02:25:13,420 --> 02:25:14,420
And the fourth quarter.

2772
02:25:14,420 --> 02:25:17,420
In all probability we have two minutes left in this football game.

2773
02:25:17,420 --> 02:25:22,420
The Vikings have the ball on the ten yard line of the Eagles.

2774
02:25:22,420 --> 02:25:23,420
The Eagles lead the Vikings.

2775
02:25:23,420 --> 02:25:24,420
27 to 21.

2776
02:25:24,420 --> 02:25:25,420
As Puckington came through with a pressure force down.

2777
02:25:25,420 --> 02:25:26,420
And a pass for Bob Pucker.

2778
02:25:26,420 --> 02:25:27,420
And a double.

2779
02:25:27,420 --> 02:25:28,420
And a double.

2780
02:25:28,420 --> 02:25:29,420
And a double.

2781
02:25:29,420 --> 02:25:30,420
And a double.

2782
02:25:30,420 --> 02:25:31,420
And a double.

2783
02:25:31,420 --> 02:25:32,420
And a double.

2784
02:25:32,420 --> 02:25:33,420
And a double.

2785
02:25:33,420 --> 02:25:34,420
And a double.

2786
02:25:34,420 --> 02:25:35,420
And a double.

2787
02:25:35,420 --> 02:25:36,420
And a double.

2788
02:25:36,420 --> 02:25:37,420
And a double.

2789
02:25:37,420 --> 02:25:38,420
And a double.

2790
02:25:38,420 --> 02:25:39,420
And a double.

2791
02:25:39,420 --> 02:25:40,420
And a double.

2792
02:25:40,420 --> 02:25:41,420
And five by saying a Q.

2793
02:25:41,420 --> 02:25:42,420
Would do double the cancel.

2794
02:25:42,420 --> 02:25:49,880
Their job because of the

2795
02:25:49,880 --> 02:25:53,720
to the left and box them out of bounds but there is a flag thrown inside the

2796
02:25:53,720 --> 02:25:57,620
tent and let's wait see what happens here it could be holding against the

2797
02:25:57,620 --> 02:26:01,040
Vikings it is. It's been a long time since the Eagles got a break in this

2798
02:26:01,040 --> 02:26:04,340
ballgame and almost the whole second half in fact is going the Vikings way

2799
02:26:04,340 --> 02:26:07,660
but here's one that bounces the Eagles way of holding finally that's going to take

2800
02:26:07,660 --> 02:26:15,460
the bike back to the 20 yard line. 155 to remain. Eagles 27 Vikings 21. 20 yards

2801
02:26:15,460 --> 02:26:23,040
separating the Vikings. Holding number 73 offense still first down. Second holding penalty

2802
02:26:23,040 --> 02:26:29,560
the afternoon on Ron Yerry. Vikings need a touchdown the tie a touchdown and an

2803
02:26:29,560 --> 02:26:35,400
extra point to take the lead. They are 20 yards away. It is first down. Four shots

2804
02:26:35,400 --> 02:26:40,440
to the Vikings right here. 155 remaining in the fourth quarter. One running back

2805
02:26:40,440 --> 02:26:46,040
behind Parkinson as he drops he pumps he goes long looking into the end zone.

2806
02:26:46,040 --> 02:26:48,040
Touchdown!

2807
02:26:48,040 --> 02:26:52,040
A losing touchdown by Rashad!

2808
02:26:52,040 --> 02:26:57,040
As the Vikings quiet as he goes up between Herman Edwards and John Sharrah.

2809
02:26:57,040 --> 02:27:03,240
And lastly, history against the Packers. The peeps against the Eagles as Rashad goes

2810
02:27:03,240 --> 02:27:08,040
into the air as the Vikings have tied it up.

2811
02:27:08,040 --> 02:27:14,840
It was well covered the Eagles had him surrounded. Parkinson simply put the ball up

2812
02:27:14,840 --> 02:27:22,840
and Rashad did the rest. It's 27-27 and now Rick Danmeyer is in the ballgame to try to add the lead.

2813
02:27:22,840 --> 02:27:26,840
It's slippery. Paul Krause in trouble with the snap.

2814
02:27:26,840 --> 02:27:30,840
How is Carmichael would try to bat it out of the air. He's done that before.

2815
02:27:30,840 --> 02:27:38,840
The kick is off. It's good.

2816
02:27:38,840 --> 02:27:46,840
And so the Vikings take the lead in 28-27. But there is still time left in this game.

2817
02:27:46,840 --> 02:27:51,840
A minute and 49 seconds remaining and the Eagles will take the kick off and try to move

2818
02:27:51,840 --> 02:27:56,840
downfield. Jim, we will have to wait and see what happens. A bad break when Ron Jaworski

2819
02:27:56,840 --> 02:28:00,840
did not come back from the office on that last drive. They have John Dawson in there.

2820
02:28:00,840 --> 02:28:04,840
He does not have the experience but he does have the arms.

2821
02:28:04,840 --> 02:28:09,840
Absolutely and 1.49 to go. Eagles special teams now huddling around the 50 yard line,

2822
02:28:09,840 --> 02:28:13,840
40 yard line, trying to get something going here. A good return, a couple first downs

2823
02:28:13,840 --> 02:28:19,840
and who knows this game is far from over. That drive was 90 yards, 13 plays. Ron Jaworski

2824
02:28:19,840 --> 02:28:23,840
has the warm up jacket off. I think he's going to come back in this ballgame.

2825
02:28:23,840 --> 02:28:28,840
I try to drive the Eagles down in a two minute drill but they work on it so often in practice.

2826
02:28:28,840 --> 02:28:34,840
Try to drive them down. Although I would hate to see this game end on a field goal.

2827
02:28:34,840 --> 02:28:39,840
This field is so icy. Yamoda awaits the kick off to the far side.

2828
02:28:39,840 --> 02:28:44,840
Amfield to the near side. Van Meijer. Now they have Montgomery in there I believe to

2829
02:28:44,840 --> 02:28:48,840
try to take this thing down. Montgomery is in there.

2830
02:28:48,840 --> 02:28:54,840
Yamoda and Montgomery. Here's the kick off. It's high. It's short. It's Montgomery at the 15.

2831
02:28:54,840 --> 02:29:00,840
To the 20. To the 25. Montgomery to the 40. 45. He's down at the 38 yard line.

2832
02:29:00,840 --> 02:29:05,840
So Roy Wilberts in his number and took it out to the 38 and they have some operating positions.

2833
02:29:05,840 --> 02:29:10,840
Eagles are first and 10. The ball at the road, 38 yard line. And it is Jaworski of the game.

2834
02:29:10,840 --> 02:29:14,840
Right. Just want to say that Jaworski is the quarterback. Good position here on the 38

2835
02:29:14,840 --> 02:29:20,840
yard line and Wilberts in a game of so many inches here. A narrow break almost breaks that one all the way.

2836
02:29:20,840 --> 02:29:27,840
A minute and 42 seconds remaining in this fourth quarter. Eagles railing the Vikings by a point.

2837
02:29:27,840 --> 02:29:33,840
Out to the near side comes any pain and heroin Carmichael. Out to the far side goes Charlie Smith.

2838
02:29:33,840 --> 02:29:37,840
They operate with three wide receivers. Back to the open set. Jaworski.

2839
02:29:37,840 --> 02:29:44,840
Dropping. Stepping. Skipping ground. Big pace. Fires to Hogan. He's thrown for a loss at the 36.

2840
02:29:44,840 --> 02:29:50,840
Jaworski went to Hogan and Hogan could not get free of Bill Wise who dropped him back at the 36.

2841
02:29:50,840 --> 02:29:56,840
So now the Eagles get nowhere on that play of the clock. Down to one 22 and running.

2842
02:29:56,840 --> 02:30:00,840
It is a second down and all he does is go back to the line of scrimmage.

2843
02:30:00,840 --> 02:30:04,840
Again the three wide receivers employed. The backs are wide open.

2844
02:30:04,840 --> 02:30:10,840
Jaworski being right. Rolling right. Still rolling. And the Vikings back of him by the 40 at the 28.

2845
02:30:10,840 --> 02:30:16,840
But the lady makes the stop and down goes Jaworski at the 28 yard line.

2846
02:30:16,840 --> 02:30:21,840
And now a minute and seven remaining and the Eagles are going to take a timeout.

2847
02:30:21,840 --> 02:30:28,840
The Eagles are going to have a third down at 21 and they stop the clock at the 37.

2848
02:30:28,840 --> 02:30:36,840
A minute and seven remaining in the ball game and Jaworski huddles the Eagles for the third down at 21.

2849
02:30:36,840 --> 02:30:41,840
We've seen miracles this season. This one would not fit into the miracle category.

2850
02:30:41,840 --> 02:30:46,840
But it's a long shot at fence. Jaworski breaks him from the huddle.

2851
02:30:46,840 --> 02:30:51,840
Out to the near side comes Charlie Spence. Carmichael a pain out to the far side.

2852
02:30:51,840 --> 02:30:56,840
The back to the wide open set. As Jaworski goes into the long count.

2853
02:30:56,840 --> 02:31:02,840
He's dropping. He's setting. He's looking. Steps out of the pocket. Same shape.

2854
02:31:02,840 --> 02:31:09,840
Puts the pass in complete. Tennis for Hogan. And Malaney was all over Jaworski to pressure him and throw him down.

2855
02:31:09,840 --> 02:31:14,840
Jaworski's thrown down. He got the pass away in complete to Mike Hogan.

2856
02:31:14,840 --> 02:31:21,840
He avoids the loss. Carl Eller and Mark Malaney in there on Jaworski forcing him to unload.

2857
02:31:21,840 --> 02:31:27,840
He never had a chance Jim to set up and look for Smith or look for Carmichael or look for Payne.

2858
02:31:27,840 --> 02:31:33,840
Now it's fourth down now and all the marbles here. 21 yards to go. The Eagles are going to go for it.

2859
02:31:33,840 --> 02:31:40,840
Fourth down they have to. Just a minute remaining to be played in this football game.

2860
02:31:40,840 --> 02:31:45,840
The Eagles need that long completion or they need a pass interference against the Vikings.

2861
02:31:45,840 --> 02:31:52,840
Jaworski on his last chance. Lines them up. Dropping. Team Rush. Rolling left.

2862
02:31:52,840 --> 02:31:58,840
Setting up. Firing down. It is complete. It is complete to Charlie Smith who has the first down.

2863
02:31:58,840 --> 02:32:02,840
Just complete across midfield and the Eagles have a first down.

2864
02:32:02,840 --> 02:32:06,840
And a timeout with 51 seconds remaining to be played in the game.

2865
02:32:06,840 --> 02:32:09,840
And Jaworski turns the magic of the goal.

2866
02:32:09,840 --> 02:32:21,840
51 seconds. The Eagles have one timeout remaining. The Vikings have all of theirs. They want to get that football at least down the 25 yard line to give Mike Hogan a winning shot.

2867
02:32:21,840 --> 02:32:27,840
And even then it will be a long shot. The wide receivers are spread. He's got all three of them in there.

2868
02:32:27,840 --> 02:32:31,840
They're running back to his split. The Vikings in the nickel defense as Jaworski retreats.

2869
02:32:31,840 --> 02:32:35,840
Setting. Looking. Pumping once. Looking again. Incomplete.

2870
02:32:35,840 --> 02:32:43,840
And a timeout for Montgomery on the far side. Up to the 41 yard line. Incomplete. The players take back a second down to 10.

2871
02:32:43,840 --> 02:32:49,840
That timeout Kyle Reichel ran a deep corner pattern. Charlie Smith was running a deep post pattern.

2872
02:32:49,840 --> 02:32:56,840
And Kenny Payne cut underneath him and Kenny was wide open. A little bit more time and Jaworski would have been able to spot that.

2873
02:32:56,840 --> 02:33:09,840
One of the things that Dick Vermeer has said to us so often is that one of the outstanding attributes of Rod Jaworski is his ability to bring himself back. The leadership, the confidence, the belief that that right arm can penetrate anything.

2874
02:33:09,840 --> 02:33:20,840
And he's flying right here. Second down to 10. The ball on the Viking 49. Jaworski retreats. He's rolling right. He's setting up. He's still rolling. He's looking. He's directing traffic.

2875
02:33:20,840 --> 02:33:29,840
Fires down the sideline. Incomplete. Off of Viking. All those players said that he was looking for Charlie Smith. Down the white sideline at the 25 yard line.

2876
02:33:29,840 --> 02:33:42,840
That player breaks up the pass. Jaworski just rears all the way. He started to go against the traffic. He had some thought about running the football. Eventually unloaded. Vikings almost picked it off but they didn't.

2877
02:33:42,840 --> 02:33:47,840
And now it's third and 10 with 35 seconds from the clock in the board on the Viking 49. Vikings of course are all over here.

2878
02:33:47,840 --> 02:33:55,840
I'll try to make a situation like this and Rod Jaworski doing the best he can to try and find some of the other guys who are being covered. Not so much.

2879
02:33:55,840 --> 02:34:03,840
There's a slow down of 10. 35 seconds remaining to be played in this football game. The wide receivers.

2880
02:34:03,840 --> 02:34:17,840
Tom Michael has to be a far side. Paying in splits with the nearest side. The running back's open. Jaworski back. As time. Looks right. Rolling right. Still looking. Being practiced. Still looking. Fires the football. Incomplete. Incomplete.

2881
02:34:17,840 --> 02:34:28,840
It was intended for Mike Hogan who was his last royal hope on the white sideline. But he gets it off. He was tilted. I believe Carl Ellers was the man who tilted Jaworski.

2882
02:34:28,840 --> 02:34:38,840
But he picked himself up and he walked slowly back to the hole. He takes a look at the scoreboard which reads 26 seconds remaining to be played in this football game.

2883
02:34:38,840 --> 02:34:48,840
The Eagles 27. The Vikings 28. The football of the Vikings 49 yard line. Drama here in Bloomington, Minnesota.

2884
02:34:48,840 --> 02:34:59,840
Fourth and 10. Parkinson made the first down plays. And Jaworski. Playing out to the nearest side. In that front. Charlie Smith. Tom Michael out to the far side.

2885
02:34:59,840 --> 02:35:09,840
The last chance for the Eagles right here. The back through split. Jaworski calls the signals. He's back. He's rolling. He's hitting. He fires the football. Intercepted by the Vikings.

2886
02:35:09,840 --> 02:35:19,840
Intercepted by Matt Moore who has fallen over at the 35 yard line. That player, Intercepts LePen, has a Viking to existence. 17 seconds.

2887
02:35:19,840 --> 02:35:29,840
Hit right from Mike Hogan right here as Jaworski's last big effort of foul-get-one goes awry.

2888
02:35:29,840 --> 02:35:40,840
17 seconds remaining to be played in this football game. And Jim, there's one thing we can be pretty certain of and you know what it is. You will be no exchanges. Parkinson will merely fall on the ball.

2889
02:35:40,840 --> 02:35:47,840
Well, I would certainly think so. I'd say around as long as he is, it's been a cop to fall up in this situation. Very frustrating situation here.

2890
02:35:47,840 --> 02:35:57,840
Overall for the Eagles, ironically, Kent Payne has found some open daylight there. And Jaworski just couldn't get enough on the football to get it over the head of Blair and into the arms of Kent Payne.

2891
02:35:57,840 --> 02:36:07,840
17 seconds left and I have learned to stop giving the credits until the clock goes 0-0-0-0-0. But nevertheless, it is Parkinson just falling on the football.

2892
02:36:07,840 --> 02:36:13,840
14 seconds and the Eagles will use their final timeout to stop the clock. But that's all they can do.

2893
02:36:13,840 --> 02:36:22,840
The Eagles will take their final timeout right here and Parkinson is just going to huddle them back and drop on the football one more time.

2894
02:36:22,840 --> 02:36:34,840
But we knew it. We knew it all game long. Even when the Eagles led the Vikings 27 to 14 and a half time, it wasn't one person in the Eagles organization watching the football game thinking this is all but rocked up.

2895
02:36:34,840 --> 02:36:48,840
We've seen Mike Parkinson do it seemingly a hundred times. He comes back and when there are points to get, points needed, he somehow finds ways, invents ways, advises ways, but comes up with ways to get those points on the scoreboard.

2896
02:36:48,840 --> 02:36:53,840
He's done it before and unfortunately for the Eagles, he has done it this afternoon.

2897
02:36:53,840 --> 02:37:03,840
16 seconds remaining to be played in this football game and this should do it as Parkinson falls on the ball and the crowd gets to their seat and they count the seconds off the clock.

2898
02:37:03,840 --> 02:37:10,840
Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, it's over.

2899
02:37:10,840 --> 02:37:18,840
The Minnesota Vikings have the speed of the Eagles, the final score the Vikings 28, the Eagles 27.