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On Thanksgiving Day in 1981, the Chicago Bears faced the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium for Week 13 of the NFL season.
The Bears entered this game with a 3-9 record under coach Neil Armstrong.
The Cowboys were coached by Tom Landry and had a 9-3 record.
This game featured two future Hall of Fame running backs, Walter Payton and Tony Dorsett.
This audio recording is from the radio broadcast featuring an outers Lindsay Nelson and Jim Kelly.
It's always our pleasure on Thanksgiving to welcome Mr. Lindsay Nelson back to the CBS Radio microphone,
who 30 years ago today broadcast the Thanksgiving Day game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions.
Let's be happy Thanksgiving.
It's very same to you, Jim Kelly. It's always a pleasure.
Here we go as the Chicago Bears deploy the reception team. They're sending Henry Moyer back to the center deep.
As Rafael Cepci and his team develop on the 35-yard line to kick it off before a sellout crowd.
Here is Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas.
Chuck Heberling is the referee.
Here is Heberling Cepci on his starting forward.
And the ball is in the air.
Henry Moyer was waiting. He is at the 1-yard line.
He's headed for field of the cloud.
Here is right to the 10th of the 15th.
He's put the tackle to the 20th and gets across to the 22-yard line,
where the Chicago Bears will start first and 10th on the 22-yard return.
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Here's for him.
In the 7th, here's the quarterback.
He has completed 45.2% of his past six best downs in 15th and a half seconds.
That's who the young Walter Payton are in on our formation.
Payton's a tailback.
Motion across.
Kevin gets the hand up, hands it off to Payton straight ahead.
It's across to 25.
And on up to the 30-yard line.
Walter Payton on the first carry.
He's dropped by John Dutton.
Going to be marked just short of the 30-yard line.
Call it to 29.
Here's Chicago Bears with a record of three wins and nine losses.
It's been a rough, rough season for Chicago.
Jim Kelly pointed out this is the first time on Thanksgiving
that they've ever played anybody besides the Detroit line.
Here's a second arm and two to go.
Get in an eye formation.
We can back toward the inside.
Payton shutters steps, gets the first down here to the left.
35, 40.
And he goes out of bounds at the 44-yard line.
Roughly first down in 10 yards to go at the 44-yard line.
Dennis Sturman from the corner coming over to make the attack.
Walter Payton, 242 carries, 841 yards on the season.
They lined up in the eye formation.
That play was actually designed to go off the right tackle.
Walter Payton quickly saw there was no hole there.
Did the stutter step as Lindsay called it.
Ran around two tall Martin and Harvey Martin, rather,
and two tall Jones to the left side.
And picked up a key Chicago first down.
Brian Bysheganer, Ricky Watts of the starting wide receivers
here this afternoon for Neil Armstrong Chicago Bears.
Bysheganer in motion all the way across from a left set.
Walter Payton again, third consecutive carry.
He hits up the middle and gets up to the 49-yard line.
Roger Payton picks up five yards on the carry.
It'll be second and five. Mike Heitman getting in to make the tackle
along with Harvey Martin.
So far the Bears game plan, Lindsay has been rather simple.
Walter Payton gives the ball to Walter Payton
and either get somebody or get out of the way.
One of the two.
One of the key matchups to watch this afternoon
Chicago rookie offensive right tackle Keith Van Horne
going against defensive left-hand head two tall Jones
for the ball at Cowboy.
Payton is starting his 90-second consecutive game here today
with the Tigers.
He's had only two 100-yard games this year.
Payton goes right and he just breaks the tackle
and struggles back to the line of scimmy.
He was in a couple of yards deep but both the tackle
and struggled out.
He was hit first by D.D. Lewis, 36-year-old right outside linebacker
along with Harvey Martin.
So it's no game on the play.
It'll be third and five at 49-yard line.
No score in the game.
Walter Payton foretolding the single season
and had a single-game rushing record as far as the NFL is concerned.
In one game Payton rushed for over 275 yards this year
though he's everything about three and a half yards per carry.
And part of the reason for that, Lindsay,
the Chicago Bears offensive Lawrence.
Very down and five.
Margemore is in for one play and now
Marshmackle is back in there.
Evan's retreating.
Carry down right and he's hit.
Just as he was about to throw, it's gone incomplete.
It's gone incomplete.
And the ball popped away by the official says
in completion, which will bring out the funding in it on court down.
Evan's never had a chance.
Cowboys had the blitz on.
They blitzed the linebacker Randy White
and Waters came around from his safety spot on the right side
and put the initial pressure on.
So the Bears will have to put the football away.
James Jones goes back deep.
He's standing for Dallas on his own ten yard line.
Bob Parks is in the putt.
Then your veteran out of Penn State average 40.1.
His longest 54 yards for the year.
There's the snap.
Parsons puts it up a long high-spiling kick.
James is going to let it go.
It's on the two and takes the Chicago Bounce.
It'll be killed at about the two or three yard line
by the Marshmackle.
He's down there in a hurry.
And so the ball is killed by Marshmackle.
It was a 48 yard putt.
There is no return.
It's going to be spotted here the four yard line.
It's not short before first and test.
Where the score is Chicago, nothing Dallas, nothing.
Let's take time out.
Eric Hipple threw two first half touchdown passes
in Detroit's sovereign defense
out Kansas City to only a field goal in the second half
to give the Lions a 27 to 10 victory over the Chiefs
in an Ashley Televised Thanksgiving Day game.
That win lifted Detroit to within a half a game
of first place Minnesota
in the NFC Central Division with a 7-6 record.
But Kansas City slipped to 8-5 from the first place tie
with Denver in the AFC West.
Denver meets San Diego Sunday and it's possible
there may be a three way tie by Sunday evening
if Denver loses at San Diego.
Billy Sims clinched the game with about 240 left
when he carried linebacker Cal Peterson with him
into the end zone from four yards out
for Detroit's final touchdown.
It was Sims 13's score of the season.
In college football earlier today,
Pennsylvania lost to Richmond 18 to 12
and at the end of the first quarter at Texas A&M,
the Aggies lead Texas in their traditional battle
6-0.
And now the Dallas Cowboy breaks the little
top of the line Danny White.
Here's the quarterback Ross Spring,
and Tony Dorsett are in the out of formation now.
Dorsett is deep in he gets the handoff
of the bus to goal line and just past the line
of Jimmy's, backed up for what you call no game.
Like single carry along with Alan Page
coming in to make the tackle single carry
coming back to play before his friends and neighbors.
He's a rookie linebacker who played last year
at Baylor and was in the Cotton Bowl game last January 1st.
And he said it should be a pleasure to get back
and play in front of the home court. It should be.
Doug Charsley comes into the ball game now
for the Dallas Cowboys. They run him in there,
run him out. Tony Hill comes out,
headlocked to the left side and Drew Pearson
comes out to the right side running back
to the left side. And here's Ron Spring.
And if Tony Dorsett and Mozo to a left side,
now Spring. And if he gets the ball,
he's hit my single carry. And that was a pleasure.
Back on the two yard line, a loss of two,
and they could serve at 12.
There's that time came with a puts in linebacker
and they met head on back at the two yard line.
So it's a very interesting third down call now
for Danny White. White came into the game,
of course, with all sorts of offensive weapons.
White 186 fast completions on 321 to plus attempts,
brother. So he's up around 58% of his completions.
19 cuts down 12 at reception.
He has yet to throw a pass however in the football game.
Three wide receivers in the ball game now
for the Cowboys, meaning Butch Johnson is in there as well.
Tony Dorsett goes over to a right set
and gets the handoff and the shot comes to Danny White.
Breaks it out to the 11 yard line.
There were ever shots done and the handoff went to
Danny White who gave it then to Tony Dorsett.
Mike and Fenton came in to make the tackle.
Now 4,000, the running unit comes on,
not nearly enough to the first down.
Gary Fenton takes the safety in his sixth year from Yale.
6'1", 197, crops off and he's holding on to his left shoulder.
He's gone over to the Bears' bench now for some attention
and if they lose him, that secondary of the Bears
is suspect to F.B.C.I.
Jeff Fisher is off back seven days to receive the putt.
Running to the end zone is Danny White.
He's averaged 40.9 as long as 50.
He gets the snap.
Danny White with a high-rise Marling kick.
Richard, he's beating.
Breaks it on the 34 to the 35.
Goes right to the 40.
On the 5, he goes out about at the 44 yard line.
The Bears have a good field position.
Steve Wright ran him out.
He has a 57 yard putt.
So we'll be back in just a moment.
The odds seem stacked against the Chicago Bears
as they play down in Texas today.
They are coming off a dismal string of offensive productions.
Last week, their worst ever,
gaining a mere total 24 yards against the Detroit Lions
in a lopsided defeat.
Compounding the dilemma, Chicago has had little preparation time
to challenge a team that, while far from overpowering,
has shown signs of coming alive for the playoffs.
But Chicago coach Neil Armstrong feels that playing Dallas
with only a brief period of preparation
is not the same as in his playing most clubs.
He said, we're used to playing on Thanksgiving Day against Detroit.
I kind of like it too, because you get those extra days after game
at a time when your players can use it.
The Chicago Bears have had a tough time offensively this year.
Also, a lot of times on defense they've broken down.
And a lot of it can be attributed to off years for a lot of players,
perhaps some four draft choices, and also a flock of injuries,
especially that have haunted the offense this year.
And it showed in the statistics.
The Chicago Bears have the ball first and then they have it
at their own 44 yards.
No score in the ball game.
It's just 10 minutes, 27 seconds remaining in the first quarter.
Waterback is then 7.
Waterly of the University of Southern California.
Matt Surrey and Walter Payton are the running backs in the game.
Neil Armstrong, Chicago Bears.
He is bringing Ricky Watts out to the left side,
Brian Marsh, take him out to the right side, running backs in an eye.
Evan Depp calling starting signal, waiting for the snap.
Get to Danny, handed off to Walter Payton.
That's been the offense so far.
Walter Payton straight up the middle, tears off right a little bit
and gets to the 48 yards.
Danny picks up about four on the play.
It'll be second out in six yards to go.
Charlie Waters made the tackle.
Five carries now, 31 yards so far for Walter Payton.
You look at the Dallas Cowboys defense.
Of course they're going to key at number 34.
They're not that concerned about the passing of Vince Evans.
This has not been a good year.
It's really not Evan's fault.
We've criticized the Bears' offensive line
and rightfully so.
Payton rushing statistics away down as are Evans and the passing staff.
I call.
He's in place of Robin Ehrle at the tie-down, running backs in an eye.
Formation, Boshneggler and Worshensman left.
That's back towards the inside.
The handoff goes to Walter Payton.
Bears left just about a half yard.
As he stops short of the 50 yard line, it'll be spotted I think 49.
I take my message out.
This is kind of an interesting play call there
because that's when Bears sent Boshneggler in motion
back towards the line of scrimmage.
Meanwhile, you have Payton running outside.
So what in effect happened?
Charlie Waters was in motion with Boshneggler
running right back to where Walter Payton was coming.
Third and five at the 49 yard line.
Bears are all in their own territory.
I'd rather Dallas has gone in than the Cullan
dropping back is then seven.
He's set up throws and it's almost in his head to bat it down.
It's in his foot.
Charlie Waters, that is his hands and couldn't hang on.
He batted it down and then completed.
And Evans had to get rid of that football very quickly.
Harvey Martin and Ed Cusall-Jones, 79 and 72 respectively,
were in there putting all sorts of pressure on Evans
for the Bears will find it away for their second time so far this afternoon.
Parsons on the air, averages about 40 yards every time he punt the football.
His longest has been 46 yards.
He's back in deep punt formation now and James Jones is standing
at his own 10 yard line for the Dallas Cowboys.
Parsons gets the snap, puts it up,
and a long high-flying kick over to the left side.
Jones will now attempt to run it back.
He's going to take the Chicago ball.
So if he don't run back, it is down at the 7 yard line.
So the Cowboys will start again.
They will start from deep in their own territory.
As that ball was down by Al Harris, the punt was 44 yards.
So with a score, Chicago nothing and Dallas nothing.
Let's take time off.
And Dallas enters this game today, a heavy two touchdown plus favorite.
They enter the game with a nine and three record
sharing the NSP East lead with the Federal Eagles
who have to play the Dolphins in Miami on Monday night.
The Bears the other way are three and nine are trying for their first win
on the Cowboys home turf in almost two decades.
It was 19 years ago that they last won down in Texas.
Dallas has already posted a 16th straight winning season.
A win over the Bears in this one would leave the Cowboys just one win away
from nailing down at least a wildcard spot in the playoffs.
And that would mark the 15th time in 16 years
that Dallas would be eligible for the chase in the Super Bowl.
Quite a record.
Well, just one more disappointment for the Cleveland Lions to see the Reggie Rucker.
The 11 year NFL veteran and the teammates had hoped that they would be celebrating
this Thanksgiving and looking forward to another playoff race.
But at 5-7, the Browns hoped for a postseason play-off at Gaunt.
So it will make it tough for them to get up against Cincinnati on Sunday.
Thanksgiving Day in Irving, Texas at Texas Stadium.
The Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears score a list with nine minutes exactly.
Remaining to be played in the first quarter on the ball is spotted at the nine yard line
first and ten for the Dallas Cowboys.
They break their head now.
Danny White's a quarterback brings him up.
George says go and go right set.
Ron Franks is in the left set.
Now evening up is George's.
Good back. George said get this.
Go to the left side.
You've got the ten yard line.
Bill Shunty gets to the fifth season.
Goes out of bounds.
That's a nice being in your line.
It was Gary Shunty and Otis Wilson who finally ran him out of on.
There's that family lined up in a five man defensive front.
And when they do that, should the Cowboys elect a pass,
it puts all sorts of pressure on the defensive end.
Because then you've got the defensive end,
whose responsibility it is to cover the back coming out of the backfield.
Nobody more dangerous than the game is doing that than Tony Dorsett.
They bring in an extra tight end.
J. Salty comes into the ball game on a second and extremely short.
About a yard to go.
The ball is spotted short of the nineteen yard line.
Danny White up there.
Dorsett's alone set back.
They need a yard.
And now quarterback Danny White retreating and throwing up the middle.
And he's at the forty yard line.
On second and short they went to the end.
Henderson came across to make the tackle.
Just this great fly pattern for big number eighty nine.
The side end of the Dallas Cowboys.
Billy Jardou-Britney at 3.
A great drop by Danny White.
The offensive line held their block.
Dupree was wide open.
And he turned it inside.
And Henderson came over.
Otherwise it would have been another,
well another center fifteen yards because the corners were spread out wide.
Dorsett came into this game needing sixty six yards to break his club rushing.
Record of one thousand three hundred and twenty five.
Started in nineteen thirty uh nineteen seventy eight.
Lit back.
And off the second by spring as he goes to the left side.
He stopped at the thirty nine yard line after he came to the yard making his second down.
And nine yards to go.
Little line back to Mike Singletary and Al Harris.
He's going to make the tackle.
Seven minutes fifty five seconds.
Remaining in the first quarter.
Here comes Zed Cosby tied in in the ball game for the Dallas Cowboys.
Billy Jardou-Britney has gone off.
Artificial turf here at Texas Stadium.
Beautiful Thanksgiving afternoon.
Billy Joe by the way is playing in this eighty nine consecutive game.
Here's a long time.
Here's a draw play.
Dorsett with a big opening goes straight up to little and he's stood up at forty five yard line by Singletary.
The little linebacker was just a confrontation.
Make them about six making thirty down and three yards to go for the Dallas Cowboys.
Make them about make that thirty down and five yards to go for the Dallas Cowboys.
Gipters an advantage in a short week in terms of preparation.
It would have to be with the home team.
Being here here familiar with the routine here at home.
The Bears of course had a much shorter time.
They had to travel in here to Irving and Texas to take on the Cowboys with a short week of preparation.
That was something to bother D. Longstreet.
Very downplay so they go on to the shotgun formation.
Danny White.
They did receive direct snap.
He's got it.
Retreat steps up and throws down the left sideline and it is getting in with a juggle.
A completion down inside the twenty yard line.
Back at my Tony Hill and Henderson were stride with it.
They had a problem of hitting the air but control by Tony Hill and it's a 70 yard line.
A 38 yard gain on the play.
Tony Hill 31 catches 611 yards.
Three touchdowns on the air.
Got about a half step on Henderson.
Bumbled the ball back in about the 25 yard line and was ripped up as he went down.
Otherwise it was six for the Dallas Cowboys.
He did the judging.
Axel and Cowboys are threatening early here now in the first quarter layup.
17 yard line on the Chicago Bears.
He'll go to the left side.
Move to the right side.
Running back to White Mountain on the I-4 formation.
Tony Hill has the ball.
Kick the tackle.
He's got the cut back.
He has the 20 yard line and sacked up there.
They fad the end around as it were and Otis Wilson came out this morning for a loss of three.
Making it second and 13 of the 20.
That's when the Bears were not fooled.
That's what defensive coaches worry about.
They try to coach to stay in your lane, stay in your territory.
Don't over pursue.
And that's why I'm excited because the left cornerback for the Chicago Bears was able to come up
and keep that play as far as containment was concerned and wasn't for no gain.
Drew Pearson sit on the left side on the second and 13 running back to the I-4 formation.
Joy sets the tail back.
Right with the ball to Joy.
He feeds to the middle and gets to 15 yard line before he stops.
He's got a fast five before he gets on the front.
He's got a four to Chicago Bears.
He exploded over the right side.
Drew Peterson 65, Jimmy Cooper 61.
Opening up the hole for Tony Dorsett.
They move the ball down to the 15 yard line.
Third and long and he promised he'd shot him again for Danny White and the Dallas Cowboys.
Again they work with all sorts of offensive weapons.
Wide receivers met in motion, constantly trying to confuse the defense.
Dallas with the ball.
Third and eight at the Chicago 15.
Danny White brings him up.
He's ready to shoot.
We're waiting for the direct snap.
He's got the ball.
He's got to be in the hole before he can get rid of it.
Couldn't find anybody open and he stopped back there at the 23 yard line.
Alan Page, the veteran tackle, got to it.
The loss of eight on the play will make it 4-16.
Coming out now is Rafael Septia.
The field goal to private is 22-25.
He leads the national football conference and scoring with 97 points.
Alan Page, 15 years out of Notre Dame.
He's been calling his number for a long time.
He called his number at Notre Dame for a long time.
Not standing for it.
Charlie Waters is going to hold us 31.
This will be a 41 yard of Depp O'Rafielle Septia.
Charlie Waters hands out the stretch.
Race for the snap.
Put your down.
Septian boots.
It's up.
41 yard field goal for Rafael Septia.
And now the scramble is over.
Now it's 3.
He's got to go nothing.
Let's take time out.
Texas and Texas A&M are in the second quarter at College Station.
And A&M is leading Texas by a score of 6-0.
Of course, Texas already is in the cotton ball.
And that would be an embarrassment for them to lose to Texas A&M.
But no surprise, folks, because Texas A&M has beaten Texas the last two years.
Senior tailback Barry Redden had a day he'll long remember.
He rushed for 284 yards and two touchdowns earlier today to lead Richmond to an 18-12 victory over Pennsylvania.
Redden's yardage and 51 carries were single game records for the Spiders who finished the season at 4-7.
Richmond's other score came on Scott Shrammy's 42 yard field goal.
The Penn Quakers got two touchdown passes from Doug Marisoni who finished the season with a dismal 1-9 record and 9 consecutive losses.
They won their opening game of the year, I think it was against Lafayette and they hadn't won a game since.
Well, our ball game has Dallas in front 3-0 as the Bears prepare to receive the kickoff.
Let's get back to Irving.
Dallas Cowboys have taken a 3-part lead on a 41-yard field goal by Septien, a 69-yard drive and 9 plays.
4 minutes, 56 seconds.
Septien has seated up on the 35-yard line. Every more ahead is Senator Deese.
We're waiting for the whistle.
Off-shot Kevelling, the referee is signed here this afternoon.
Septien raises his hand to indicate that he's ready there is the whistle. Here comes the kicker.
Every more ahead, repeating into the end zone 3-yard field. He's running about goal line 5 and he comes from the left to the 10-15.
And he is filled just as he crossed the 15-yard line.
And he's spotted first in the game. Steve Wilson is on the next attack.
It's very important for his quarters to the Chicago Bears. Let's see if they have been in the series most of the season.
They're not at all happy with their record of 3-9.
One thing they've been against on that still is they have been blown out.
This is a very important game.
He turns into the Chicago Bears.
They want to keep it close to the early going.
They do not have another blowout.
Exactly. Here they come now up to the line.
They're going to be in the 7-7 still in their 40-back.
Mike Carb is to tie down.
There he is. Payton is running back.
Motion all the way across by Barksnagel.
Here's Payton carrying, trying to sweep to the right side.
He wants to turn the corner and goes out about.
After he got asked about the 23-yard line, Michael Downs ran him up.
There is the speed of a Walter Payton around that right end.
He simply outran Charlie Waters, number 41 of the Cowboys, who came up and Waters was slapping his helmet after the play.
He's been by himself turned to play that looked like nothing into a gain of 6 yards,
second down at 4 for Walter Payton, whose average is way down this year.
Seven carries 38 yards so far in this game.
He's averaging about 3.5 yards every time he makes a rush for the football.
Second and fourth to 23, Ken Margerum, the Stanford Rookie Receiver is in there now for the Chicago Bears.
Heavies giving it to Walter Payton, buys up the middle again,
and then goes left and gets it across to 25-yard line, to the 26th.
Makes up about 3 on the play. It's going to be about a yard charge for the first down Mike Eggman,
getting him with Randy White.
Makes it stop for the Dallas Cowboys.
It's a little bit surprised that the Bears haven't tested a somewhat suspect Cowboys secondary so far.
It's only thrown the one pass, and teams who have been playing the Cowboys this year and scoring it against Dallas
have been doing it by the air, not on the ground.
As obviously Walter Payton left right around the end, but you would think that Evans would go up top a little bit.
You would think so because Emerson Walls and Michael Downs were very suspect in the early going,
and that's where teams managed to score on the Dallas Cowboys.
Payton again, he's got the first.
As he juggles his way up there to the 30-yard line, he will soon be coming in to make the back.
There's going to be a first in 10 for the Chicago Bears at their own 30.
They are trailing by three points in this game.
That's the first first down that Chicago's picked up on third down.
They were over two in third down conversions.
Again, Chicago playing a little bit conservative right now, not testing that secondary of the Dallas Cowboys.
Dallas followers have come to respect their defense a little more earlier in the year.
They said that the defense of the Dallas Cowboys was either too young or too old.
Now, it's Evans. He takes the handoff, sets back, goes long, up the middle line,
puts it in, gets there, the 30-yard line, and that's the second speed underneath it.
There was a Michael Downs in the tournament, incomplete.
He had Michael Downs beat.
Berman came over, kind of playing free safety.
Evans 45% completion ratio on the years to collect down 15 interceptions.
Through the ball, well, that's the down to throw on first down.
That's when you've got the defense confused.
You've got the thinking of maybe playing fast, but at least they're playing honest like this.
Two and a half minutes. You're mainly to be played in the first quarter.
Second down, 10 yards to go.
Bears fall at their own 30-yard line.
Evans, never received it to the right side, flips it running back.
Julie and Peyton, that's Evans still the quarter back.
Now, it's going out to the right side. It's Evans.
He comes back to the left, doesn't matter.
He was off the ball, scramble is on, and it's still a scramble on.
It's it's worked out here, it's worked out there.
And Chicago returns possession.
The Chicago Bears return possession.
Evans scramble, and there was a scramble all over the field around the 30-yard line.
It is at the 32, and it was Mike Cobb who finally had the ball scabbled in his arms.
Randy White had a shot at it, and the Cowboys down at the 35-yard line of the Chicago Bears.
That's on the little play action.
Evans rolled up slightly to his right, then White stripped the ball loose.
Hakeman had a shot at it also, but the Bears get a break, they got a back.
So it is third down and eight yards to go, as the Bears not only got it back,
but they got two yards into the basket.
Evans ends up there calling starting to go.
Four should now go.
Now it's like a whistle-stop play.
A whistle-stop play. The pass goes on anyway, but it's incomplete to what?
Up the middle of a flag, that's ended in a draw, and a whistle-stop play.
Delay of game, indicated by the field judge, and so it will be a five-yard penalty
assessed against the Chicago Bears.
It means they didn't get it off before the 32nd spot ran out.
That's like a third of 13.
Drops the ball back to the 27-yard line.
Delay, James, offense, number eight, third down.
They always charge out against the quarterbacks, they're going to choose to get the ball snapped.
I don't know how they're not charging against the center, he's forced to grab it.
Better can't see the clock in the end zone.
Still third down, 13 down.
Evans again up there, Payton's a long setback.
Five-receiver right of wing left.
Evans repeats the set-up.
Third down to the right, five-hand, and a second-hand.
Tied against this one.
Off to Marjore.
Walls are covering effectively, 14-13, brings out the running in.
Walls had the ball in his possession, it was stripped loose by the attempt receiver.
Kevin Walls with ten interceptions on the year.
Evans did well just to get rid of the football, the Cowboys had the puts on.
The Davos, Zubes, they deepened left side to their job at third and long.
James Jones goes back to receive the punt now at Bob Parsons, he's in deep punt formation.
He is a rather intense year man out of Penn State, he played everything.
He was a kicker, he was a quarterback at one time, he was a tight end.
If he gets this map, puts the ball up, southern end over end of this time.
Jones speeds up, takes the ball at 37 to the 40, 45, and he gets it up near the 48, 8-line
before he's got my Brian Marseille.
Excellent field position here for the Dallas Cowboys, they'll start 27-47 on a 37-yard pot.
Well with Dannings in the national conference as the team's head into action today,
Dallas and Chicago earlier today, Detroit B Kansas City 27-10,
in the national conference Dallas needs this win because it wants to keep at least a share
of the top spot at 9 and 3 in the Eastern Division.
Philadelphia has their time off until Monday night when they play the Dolphins in Miami.
Behind Dallas and Philadelphia in the NFC East, the New York Giants, 6 and 6,
and the Cardinals in Washington voted 5 and 7, real scramble there for wild cards.
In the Central Division, Minnesota the leader at 7 and 6, but Detroit now just a half a game back
at 6, Minnesota at 7 and 5, and then at Tampa Bay at 6 and 6, Green Bay at 5 and 7,
and the Bears in the cellar at 3 and 9.
The Western Division at San Francisco with a comfortable lead, the biggest in the pro football world at 9 and 3,
they are three games up in Atlanta at 6 and 6.
They can by 20 to 25 the right side and gets nothing as he is on out of outside down Hampton.
Blake is saying I'm going to wait some time for good many years,
but he's here, they've come back and they're playing this afternoon.
It's going to be third down, 5 yards to go with the ball at 48 yard line.
They're looking to have a little bit of a commitment.
Chicago Bears, the team with a record of 3 and 9.
Next week they play the Baltimore Colts, Baltimore won their first game of the year,
then they lose 11 consecutive games, and after that the Eagles come here to Texas City
for the game that will decide the winner of the NFC.
Now at the press level before the ball is entered, people were talking about the battle between
the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys.
They're looking for a threat.
Out of the shotgun, not any way. Looks down, feeling through, just a little added in the screen.
That's a 33-eyed line.
But the ball was dropped and it's called incomplete now in the Philadelphia put-scottsmen for a moment.
He was hit, shaken loose in the official play, and it's complete.
Todd Fowler is the defender who made the hit,
while it starts back up to referee Chuck Nevilley calling it an incomplete.
No catch, the fans here in every Texas amount of agreement. That's the way it is, and it makes a point out.
The fans can't really complain because that's the new rule change from this year where you have to come down
in possession of the football with both feet in bounds, and it all goes back.
It began a year ago, the game you and I did in Atlanta at Folkland County Stadium,
when Wood Johnson caught the touchdown pass, the Atlanta people didn't think it was a good grab,
but on the replay it showed he did not have possession for what the NFL people thought was an appropriate amount of time,
so they made the rule change, but this is an completion.
You're exactly right. Fisher is deep now, and Charlie Watt is off and down to the end zone,
and so it's going to be 12 out of the 20 yard line put in play first and 10 out of the 20 yard line.
48 yards putt with no return for the catch back, and so the downer's careful,
it's getting nothing out of that possession, besides the fact that they had excellent field position,
and the Chicago Bears will start at the 20 yard line.
We have 30 seconds remaining to be played in the first quarter of this game,
and the Dallas Cowboys are leading by a score of 3-0, and if you're the Chicago Bears who escaped the first quarter here in Texas,
stadium 3-0, and you come in with a record of 3-9 against the division leader,
with a record of 9-3, that's a good 15 minutes of football.
You've got to be very pleased with that. Now Chicago, up to the line, 10-7's a quarter back.
Running back to the line, formation three,
is called back here to the quick pitch to Walter Payton's left side, and he gets up to 25, 30, 35, 40, 45,
50, cuts back 45, and Walter Payton's finally back down to the 41 yard line of Dallas.
Now, running, and Michael's out, finally stopped,
Walter Payton secures the fans here in Texas a little fancy stepping,
Payton's out for 39 yards in the first down.
And what a move he put on Michael down back at the line of the pivot.
He's carrying that loaf of bread football out there in one arm.
Give a little dupe to the inside, cut it outside.
Left Michael down standing there all alone, and he was off to the race.
Time has run out in the period, and that's the end of the first quarter.
With the score, Dallas 3, Chicago nothing.
Well, as the Dallas Cowboy coach, Tom Landry, said before this confrontation with the 3-9 Bears,
you've got to watch Walter Payton.
He is the heart and soul of their offense, and he proved it on that run.
A great move by Payton, who dashed in and then cut to the outside,
was by two Dallas defenders before they knew what happened,
and sprinted down the sideline for a 40 yard pickup, and that's got a boost to bear.
Payton not having one of his better years, but he is approaching 900 yards on the season,
and that'll put him very close to it.
Payton would like to get a thousand yards, and he seems to be sure about to do that,
because he has been playing hard, and he is even coached for Landry and his own coach.
Neil Armstrong says, nobody in the National Football League is trying harder,
and tries harder each and every week than Walter Payton.
And Walter, even though he's having an off year for him, is still the fourth all-time leading rusher in the NFL.
He stands only behind the great Jimmy Brown, O.J. Simpson, and Frank O'Harris,
and his health remaining what should be for at least another three or four or five years in the NFL,
and if they get a little more power and punch in that offensive wall for Chicago,
Walter Payton could finish among the top three, or maybe even if he stays healthy and plays a longer time,
Walter Payton could become the number one rusher in NFL history.
Going into this season, Walter Payton had a little over 8,500 yards,
and is now approaching 9,400 yards, so he's doing very well.
In the first quarter, Walter Payton carries a ball ten times for 84 yards,
so he's off for another fine afternoon, and that doubles and triples,
and almost quadruples the entire Bears offense in their loft to Detroit from a week ago,
and they have left only 24 yards.
Tony Dorsey sets six carries for 26 yards.
Interestingly though, the Bears had no yards passing, no turnover for either team,
but as the comboers have concerned, 58 yards passing, and that led to that 41-yard field goal by Raphael Septienz,
who has just set a new single season record for field goals,
so the Dallas Cowboys with 23, and he tied the Cowboys all-time career field goal record,
set by Mike Clark with 69.
You remember Mike Clark? Two, two.
And now we're ready to go with the second quarter.
Lindsay Nelson and Jim Kelly here at Texas Stadium, the Chicago Bears held them all first since then,
and the Dallas 41 yards.
Here they come, out of the husband and wife of the Allianz M7,
to the quarterback running back to the Mayer formation.
Matt Sui ahead of Walter Payton.
Kevin, still calling, starting, waiting for the snap.
Quick pitch to Walter Payton, ties the left side.
Takes the Winkle outside and goes out about at the 39-yard line, Michael Down.
The rookie free safe, he ran him out about after again,
and two in the second now and eight yards to go.
And you get the feeling Michael Down's the rookie who's going to know Walter Payton is moved very well before this afternoon is over.
Matt Sui came up and threw quite a block on number 32 Dennis Thurman at the 40-yard line
and then left to go with our Payton to turn the corner and pick up a short two yards.
Marjoram and Watts coming to the ball game now.
Wydre Severs for the Chicago Bears, tight end Robin Eirle comes off the field,
they have two tight ends in there and Vashnikov comes out, Mike Top stays in.
Good running back, Wydre Severs left and right, Evan's up there waiting for the snap for the Chicago Bears.
Walter Payton's in the left set.
Now Evan, spent back, throws up to middle and it's Sui in, he can't get Sui in, it's a 10-yard mark.
Now, burning the middle adbacker, it picks up Sui in, he was trying to stretch his body out and give his fingertips on the ball,
that's a 10 and he couldn't do it.
Sometimes if there's a criticism of number eight, Ben Severs, who by the way got his first start two years ago against these same Dallas Cowboys,
it is his inability to look off to the receiver for whom he is in the past originally.
Ricky Watts was freaking out a post pattern across the middle, he was wide open.
And that time Evan was looking at Sui out of the backfield as they isolated the back on the linebacker one on one.
The Bears come up third down, eight to go, they are one out of four in third down conversion.
Thomas out of the ball game, Bruce Williams in there at the side end now,
bringing back Evan to set up, throws to the right side, Evan's gathered in for a complete, he's thinking about Williams.
Bruce Williams goes out about at the 25-yard line, that will be a first down and 10-yards to go for Chicago, and the Dallas 25.
Bruce Williams number 83, a big good looking side end for the Chicago Bears, 18 catches, 126 yards in 12 football games, only averaging about seven yards,
two cut downs however for the Chicago Bears, number 83-6 for 226 in his fourth year of former Tar Heel from North Carolina.
As they spotted the inbound marker at his first and 10-yards to 23-yards line,
running back to the line formation, that's still Matt Surrey in there, still Walter Faceness with tailback,
sent seven to quarterbacks, and it's Matt Surrey, five to go over left guard, and he gets inside the 20-yard line to the 19,
before he's pulled down after again a four-yard, then he's taken down at six yards to go for Chicago, trailing by three points.
Michael Downs made the tackle.
What about this? If the Chicago Bears take a seventh free lead over the Cowboys here in Dallas, that might change their outlook on their Thanksgiving game considerably.
It would change their outlook a lot of Texas football fans, because that most of them would have the big Thanksgiving dinner before they came out here this afternoon,
but they have three or four. What do you write? Here's Walter Faceness on a short lay and he gets over to the 20-yard line.
Lost the yard, it would be third down at seven, and it was Mike Henckman, the left outside linebacker who missed him,
he's seen him with a broken arm, but he's back in good form here and made the tackle for the Dallas Cowboys.
In Texas, they do things big. They have Thanksgiving breakfast, Thanksgiving lunch, Thanksgiving lunch, and Thanksgiving dinner.
I noticed that at the hotel coming out. I personally had Thanksgiving Mexican food myself.
Clam some more later on. Three down seven yards to go after 20-yard line. Now, Stridt-Winningdek, facing to the left side, Matt Cooley in the right side.
Evan Brown being chased down the weekend away. He's dropped back at the 27-yard line. He was really lost the moment he got the football there.
Charlie Waters, Van Dickerson, Anthony Dickerson. All right, it's 4-th down coming up now on 14.
That's an indication of just how Tom Landry feels his defense has come on in the 12th game.
Lindsay said they were either too young or too old as the season began, but they have meshed together as a unit. That time he allowed single coverage,
one-on-one on all the Bears receivers. They blitzed Charlie Waters, they blitzed the linebackers, and it resulted in a quarterback strike.
Roberto was 44-yarded with Amalini holding, and there is the kick. It's in the air. The 44-yarded for Roberto is good, and the score is tied.
And with the score is tied. Here's Tygo Bears, 3-down in Cowboys 3. Let's take time out.
A moment ago, we mentioned that Walter Payton is 4th behind Jimmy Brown, O.J. Simpson, and Frank O'Harris in all-time NFL rushing,
and that is correct. The yardage we gave you was a little off. We said 9,400.
Walter entered this game with a little over 9,200 yards, and he should probably pass 9,300 as the afternoon wears on.
He's having a good day. He's got about 45 yards rushing thus far.
In the National Football League American Conference standings, the big game for Miami after that tough loss to the New York Jets last Sunday
will be this Monday night against Philadelphia down in the Orange Bowl. Miami at 7-4-1 find the Jets at 7-4-1.
Of course, the Jets probably at home will be favored over a very weak Baltimore co-team that has won only one of 12 starts this year.
Buffalo in the east behind Miami in the Jets' Dillon Contention with a record of 7-5.
The Chicago Bears have come back to the side of the store with 53 yards drive.
Eight players, 2 minutes 25 seconds of 44 yards field go by Roberto, who has seized them all up on the 35.
Now James Jones has stopped back 70 boyfellows on one side, Tim and Newsom on the other.
They received the kickoff for the Dallas Cowboys.
Run, Johnny Brightley through the apertures, overhead here in this magnificent football stadium that is sold out again this afternoon.
65,000 plus change. We have 13 minutes 5 seconds remaining to be played in the 46. Here is the Vettel. He puts it up.
James Jones goes over in front of fellows and Jones takes it with a 2-yard line. He backs the 5, cuts towards the middle of the field going across.
This is James Jones, 15-20 and he gets to do the 24-yard line run back by James Jones and he is stopped by Moorehead.
23 yards, he stands on the first in 10 now.
More of the Dallas Cowboys who find them so tied with the Chicago Bears.
I imagine there are a few Cowboys over the bench that are surprised at the intensity with which the Bears have played the first part of this football game.
The feeling was this could be a shootout and very early.
Exactly. First in 10 after 24-yard line.
Danny White brings them up.
Ron Springs, Johnny Dorsett now shifting into an high formation.
Usual movement by the Dallas Cowboys.
Now the forward pass and it's just complete.
Dennis is Tony Harold and he was hit, rather intended for Drew Pearson. He was hit in sandwich by Doug Frank.
Just got to the time when he was making his move and he's still on all four.
Drew Pearson is down near the 41-yard line.
The pass was incomplete of course.
What a hit by number 46 Doug Frank who was actually playing free safety.
The man who was covering him, Terry Schmidt, the 8-year man out of ball state was with him, strived for stride.
The ball was perfectly thrown by Danny White but Frank came up and separated Pearson from the football and for a moment Pearson from his senses.
He's still down on the 42-yard line.
Doug Frank perhaps one of the hardest hitters of the National Football League and seventh year from Ohio State.
The hand is for Drew Pearson as he gets up now and is walking under his own power off towards the Cowboy bench on the far side of the field.
With the assistance now of some members of the training staff,
it is in his heart, butch Johnson as he plays him down at the wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys.
He'll have a second and seventh to 24-yard line.
Drew Pearson, nine years in the NFL out of Tulsa, one of the premier wide receivers in the league, also has a television show here in Dallas.
He might take the night off after that hit by Doug Frank however.
I should say, Doug Counties decided on the ball game just now. Here goes push-down, not go wide left.
Danny White up here now as they shift the running back to split formation.
White waits for the snap, goes to a high count and even higher counts. Still no snap now.
And up is in close to Ron Springs and he is tacked up quickly after the defense team's tackle man has lived by little linebacker Mike Singletary and tackle Jim Osberg.
He's got the 25-yard line, gave a yard off the field, make a serve down in nine yards to go.
You can kind of see the Bears' defense gaining momentum as this game gets underway.
Early on, Danny White has taken pretty much his own way. The running of Tony Dorsett, White was three for three, 66 yards,
throws the Cowboys down into field goal range. White has missed his last two passes,
the Bears' defense playing now with more intensity, more as a team.
This is a big play. Third down at nine yards to go. Drew Pearson comes out to the wide left,
he's double to the left side, they shift into the shotgun Danny White, talks back about seven yards,
waiting for a direct snap, right in and motion across, here's the snap.
Taking by Danny White, throws to the right side and in complete.
That's a 35-yard line, in and out of the hands of Jay Salty. That's a 35.
Very fancy covering, penalty marker, back. Holding is indicated, I guess for Dallas Cowboys.
If the Bears require to bring up the running down, the alarm's gone, waving his arms over on the Bears' sideline,
he'd rather have the football back with about 12 minutes left to go.
I do not blame him at all.
Roberto 3-70 entry, closing offense number 64, refuse, fourth down.
All rafferty worth the cup, it refuse means they go into front formation now,
and it is Danny White back to the kitchen, kicking, and Jeff Fisher standing back on his own 34, the Chicago Bears.
Danny White waits for the direct snap, gets it, puts the kick up, doesn't care deeply,
fair catch, and it is made at the 43-yard line, and Maashega Loom,
made the fair catch so the Chicago Bears start first again, it's spotted at the 44-yard line,
and we'll be back in just a moment.
We're seeing our look at the standings in the American Conference, as we said, in the East, it's Miami and the Jets at 7, 4, and 1.
Buffalo at 7 and 5, and of course New England and Baltimore out of it,
New England at 2 and 10 and Baltimore at 1 and 11.
In the Central Division, Cincinnati having a big year behind quarterback Ken Anderson,
who's really come on strong, 9 and 3, their record, Pittsburgh just hanging on at 7 and 5,
and Cleveland and Houston at 5 and 7, though mathematically alive, their chances are very, very slim, they're hanging out by their fingernails.
In the Western Division, Denver is now all alone in first place because Kansas City lost its Thanksgiving Day game earlier today
at Detroit 27-10, the Lions, so at the moment, Kansas City slips into second place at 8 and 5,
and San Diego can make it a triple-way tie for the top spot in the west if it can beat Denver on Sunday afternoon.
Oakland is behind at 5 and 7, still alive mathematically, Seattle out of it at 4 and 8.
This is Lindsay Nelson with Jim Kelly here in Texas for the Thanksgiving afternoon game between
the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears.
It's a 3-3 tie, Chicago has them all first since Denver at the 44, and Jim has pointed out,
it was expected in many quarters that this game might be over really quickly because the Chicago Bears
are coming off their worst performance against Detroit when they had a total offense of only 24 yards,
and the third was the Dallas Cowboys who were 9 and 3, and coming up from a big win over Washington,
might blow them out, that has not happened.
Robin Earl, Mike Sop, Devil's High down the line running back to the 9-4,
makes it for Benton and is up there for the Chicago Bears.
Here's a quick pitch to longer pace, tries the right shot, wrangles the patacles, sends his way up across the 50,
and is stopped right there across the 50 yard line by Bob Brennan and Charlie Waters.
Walter Peyton rapidly approaching 100 yards in the first half, he has been just about the entire Chicago Bears offense,
having just gone into the air, apparently, and that's still a big surprise,
why they're not testing the somewhat suspect secondary of the Dallas Cowboys,
a unit that has played up and down football games by virtue of the Dallas Cowboy record of 9 and 3.
Mike Sop, Mike Sop, Mike Sop comes out to the right side in the second and fourth 50 yard line,
and plays the setback, here is Thuay, trying to pick up the first shot,
he got a couple yards over the stack of the 48 yard line by Harvey Martin,
ran into the McFerlough after he's picked up two,
ready again to make the tackle as well,
third down and two yards to go for the Chicago Bears,
double tight end Mike Sop comes in down, Brennan's going to play,
and Marsh Nagle comes out of the ball again, it's Robin Earl and Mike Sop,
double tight end of the line around the third and short,
10 minutes 43 seconds remaining to be played in the first half,
Thuay had a Peyton in the air formation, here's Peyton,
drives the right side, and he's got the first to set,
which is here, sounds out to the 43 yard line, before Michael Down comes in to make the stop.
There's the great speed, the great acceleration of number 34,
Walter Peyton actually, the doomsday defense, the salad had him stop back at about the 50 yard line,
he just flithered through there, there wasn't a block, he did it all on his own,
and picked up another Chicago Bears first down, all the way at the 43 yard line of Chicago,
Walter Peyton's down, just about one yard shy of 100 yards in his first pass.
Vicky Watts comes out of the ball again,
Den Hargerham comes in,
Erlen Cobb, still a double tight end of the line,
with the running back to the slip, Peyton to the left side,
looks for an opening, it closes before he can speed through at the 40 yard line,
he picked up three on the play,
second down at seven yards, he's up operating the middle line back there, got there for the stop.
He's got quite a tribute to the Chicago Bears,
to their head coach Neil Armstrong and the assistant,
the intensity with which the Bears have played coming in,
Cobb always got on the board first,
three nothing and since that time, Lindsay, the Dallas has done nothing offensively.
Absolutely, it's been a barred up ball game,
so far for the Chicago Bears, who came in here with the record three wins and nine losses,
second down seven yards to go, running back to the slip,
dropping back at that seven,
sets it up in the low pass, he's down to the right side,
goes back to the left side, he's coming,
he throws it in there, the diving catch made by Peyton,
with no contact, he gets up and advances them all to the 42 yard line.
It will be a loss of two on the play,
with a triple all around and Peyton took the lead.
He was down with no contact,
got up to the scramble and in to the goal,
Jones was the man who almost got the evidence,
was sending him off the step.
The crowd is booing, but it was simply a great play,
a great play by the quarterback of the Chicago Bears,
number eight, Ben 7th, Ed Seathall Jones,
Harvey Martin with all kinds of pressure on the youngster,
and he scrambled out and as he was going down
before his knees hit the ground,
rolling to his left, rolling to his right with one arm,
somehow got the ball to the water base to avoid a huge loss.
Third down and nine yards to go,
Chicago has the 42 yard on the Dallas Cowboys,
Ben 7th has it all,
that's back to set up and puts it up to the right side,
and it's just going to play.
And sending for foot, will ya?
I go down, covering defensively,
and the running in has come down.
That time Charlie Waters was whistling again.
You wonder if Dallas had learned something
looking at the films after that loss to Detroit.
They had a young Eric Kippel, a lion's quarterback,
they didn't blitz, they gave them lots of time to throw results,
Detroit 27, Dallas 24, last week no contest,
Washington lost to the Dallas Cowboys on the rebound,
but this afternoon Dallas is whistling Ben 7th,
and making his rushes through, making his timing off.
Harvey's gets the snap, puts the kick up,
James Jones is going to let it go,
and it goes out of bounds, there's no run back,
it'll be lined up by the officials along the sidelines,
and it's going to be at the 23 yard line.
So with a score tied, Chicago 3-Dallas 3,
let's take time out.
Well in that game earlier today,
between the Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs,
won by Detroit 27-10,
incidentally Detroit is now 6-0 at home this year,
they're perfect as a Silver Dome.
Detroit wound up with the statistical legend of all game,
Detroit at 21 first down to Kansas City 14,
171 yards rushing to Kansas City's 116,
the only edge for Kansas City was in passing,
129-114, and the facts were the big story.
Detroit had five facts for 40 yards,
and Kansas City had three for but 18 yards.
And in the passing department,
well Eric Cipoll was rather conservative today,
didn't really put the ball up in the air too much,
was 10 for 22 for 132 yards,
and a combination of Fuller and Kenny
for Kansas City 14 of 25.
The fumbles, there were three by Detroit,
they lost one, and Kansas City lost its only fumble.
Time of possession was pretty even,
30 minutes for Kansas City, 29 and a half from the line.
This time the Dallas Cowboys start from their own 23 yard line,
three shots 10 yards to go,
Camden Chicago Bears defense continue to contain these Dallas Cowboys
with 8 minutes 15 seconds remaining in the first half.
And it goes to Frey and Jay Salt,
they double-tie down the line,
and he wipes it forward to back,
bending and waiting for the snap,
they put him on double receiver to the left side.
Now on the draw place,
it is taken out to the 24 yard line,
Ron Springs carrying it,
so there's a gain of only a yard on the play,
it'll be second down,
and I'm going to go my single carry,
came in to make the tackle.
Yeah, Smiths rather quiet offensively for the Cowboys,
but they really haven't seen the complex
of Chicago Bears defense all season long.
Neil Armstrong, 8 years defensive coordinator
for the Minnesota Viking,
a very elaborate defensive plan,
not as elaborate as the Cowboys,
but certainly something the Dallas offense has not
saved all season.
Good back, Springs in the right set,
George said in the left set,
now it's Springs and Moshe outside right,
dropping back,
is Danny Whitey's camera to the right side,
looks down, feels good,
back to Crossfield,
and it is incomplete.
Doug Cardvies,
the man for which it's intended,
but I do not know of great many coaches
who like to see that ball thrown back to the left
and back to the right side.
Dan Hampton was the man putting the pressure on.
Crossfield was as they say in the vicinity,
but he too was running left to right,
and he was against the grain,
tried to reverse his vehicle,
but the best ball hung up there,
and had anybody been available playing center field
for the Bears, that would have been an interception.
It'll be now 30 down and 9 yards to go,
the Bears have all of their own 24 yard line.
Cowboys have only two first down,
let's see it's a 1 out of 5,
a third down conversion.
Off here once again,
into the shotgun,
Danny White,
got back to take the direct snap,
there's Ron Springs in motion outside left,
here's the snap taken by White,
he's got back and forth to first right,
now he's back to his fair, the football
almost loses his balance,
he gets it in 5-3,
and the ball gets through,
Samuels,
the Tigers got the ball,
and White is through,
the Dallas Cowboy,
and Porterback is through,
and he's holding his rim,
and he's got the 40 yard line.
Remember to the training staff
for the Dallas Cowboy,
coming out to see him out to Porterback,
who is injured on the sample,
Chicago with the ball first,
and Jim has the Dallas 40 yard line.
And the way Danny White is lying down
on the 33 yard line,
he's not going to be getting up for White's some time.
He was chased out of the pocket,
the Bears that time came with a safety blitz
for the left drive,
White scrambled out, had an ocean to run,
and he was behind,
stumbled at about the 35 yard line,
was kind of slithered and then sandwiched
by three Chicago Bears,
the ball came loose immediately,
down with Danny White,
he didn't move, and then the huge scramble,
and the Bears take advantage of the turnover,
start just outside the Dallas Cowboy 40 yard line.
Again, White, he was scissored in there
by three separate Chicago Bears,
the initial hit being made by number 90,
Al Harris, 6'5", 240 from Arizona State.
With the score, the Cowboys 3,
what's the big tie box?
Well, that's not good news for the Dallas Cowboys,
as Tom Landry said,
when a quarterback runs with a football,
there's a lot of problems
that can develop, and for the Cowboys right now,
it looks as though Danny White
may be taking the rest of the afternoon off.
He really took a shot with sandwiched in
by two Bears in the secondary,
and was hit hard as he was going down
from opposite directions
and could have suffered some
rib or shoulder injury, it appears.
He's still laying down on the ground,
and the Dallas trainer
and the club position are out there
attending to him.
As we said earlier, Eric Kipple
through two touchdown passes
to give Detroit a 27 victory over Kansas City.
The win lifted the Lions record to 7
and 6 while Kansas City slipped to 8 and 5.
Kipple marks Detroit
73 yards on its first possession,
capping the drive with a 10 yard TDPast
to tie down David Hill.
The ultimate wide receiver for Eddie Scott
with a 30 yard scoring strike
with 429 left in the first half.
Danny White
has left the field under his own power,
and Dallas supporters hope that he was only
winded, the ball was recovered by Doug
flying for the Chicago Bears
who will start now first in Gen A to Dallas
for the 4th side 3-3.
We have 7 minutes 15 seconds remaining
to be played in the first half here
at Texas Stadium and Irving, Texas on this
Thanksgiving afternoon.
The Bears have started Lindsay at their own
43, their own 17, their own 20,
and their own 44.
This is the best field position Chicago has enjoyed
almost at the 40 yard line of Dallas.
Danny White 3 out of 7
66 yards,
and they are working on his next
over on the Cowboys sideline right now.
What do you do on first down?
Do you go deep and try to get the score right here?
I would go to the tight end.
I think the tight end has been underused
in the Bears attack all season long.
I think
with everybody keying out of Walter Payton
a little play fake into the line
and Payton on a dive and you pop it
you've got a big strong quarterback like this.
Well we've got it figured out.
Let's see if the Bears have here.
They come up to the line.
They have it standing in the 6th and the 5th
and they back to the 9th formation 2 way ahead.
I'll warn you Payton.
I haven't.
I'm putting out to the left side.
That's back to the left sideline.
And it's gathered in.
And it's a hit and it is a rick squat.
He's still down.
He has hit hard at about the 28 yards line.
And it's there
under the man who may say hip.
And now it will be numbers of the Chicago training
champ going back and now the indication
is incomplete.
D.D. Lewis was over there screaming
that Watts did not have possession of the football
when he came down. In fact, it did not.
The ball came loose.
The back official did not make the indication.
They had a conclave and finally
it was ruled incomplete
on the pass to Ricky Watts.
Then seven goes over. Watts is down now.
Dennis Sherman with a tremendous hit.
36 miles to second down.
Excellent call by the officials
because the ball was clearly loose
before Watts came down with it.
And as Tom Barton, our engineer,
correctly pointed out, a lot of the players
for Chicago and the Cowboys will be having their
Thanksgiving turkey with Nova Cane.
Here is so right. Ricky Watts got up.
He's coming off the field under his own power
with numbers of the training staff on either side.
Giving him a little assistance.
It will be second down and ten yards to go at the 40 yard line.
Ken Marjoram has come in now.
Had a wide receiver.
We pass five seconds for station identification.
Mrs. Cecevius Radio Network.
This is the American Forces Radio
and Television Service.
This is Lindsay Nosworth, Jim Kelly
at Texas Stadium where the Cowboys
and the Chicago Bears are in a three free
tie. Second down, ten yards to go.
Four Chicago Bears.
Second down, ten yards to go.
Four Chicago at the dollar.
40 yards line. Six minutes, 59 seconds.
That's the play in the first half. Brooks Williams.
That's coming to the ball game at the side end now.
Lindsay is quite accredited
for the Chicago Bears defense.
It's three free. This seven, two out of nine
passing only seven yards. Still a five foot ball game.
Marjoram's in a wide right.
Evans now back. That's close over to the middle end.
This one is gathered in.
It's tight for the football but taken for a completed pass
by Brooks Williams.
That's a good one.
That is hands on the ball as well but Williams got it.
Had it been completed just inside the 28 yard line.
There's the four year tight end
out of North Carolina number 83.
Good size, good hands.
6-4, 2-26. Simply a little curl pattern
to the outside. They get the linebacker
isolated out of one on one. He clears the linebacker.
It's the safety man's responsibility. Michael Downs came up.
Tried to strip him of the football
but a good grab by the tight end. First down, Bears
driving in down the territory.
There's Brooks and Tim at the Dallas.
He's running back to the linebacker.
It's Matt Sui.
Up there, Peyton is the tailbacker of the
linebacker. Evans now.
That's back across the line.
It's getting inside the 25 versus the 23 yard line.
Charlie Waters, the veteran.
Strong safety. He made the tackle.
He gained a five yard on the play second and five.
Matt Sui from 10 states.
Throwing the big block on the left side.
Water Peyton saw the full close up there.
Cut it back against the grain and picked up four.
Second down at six.
He's winding down. Five, 50 left in the first half.
In a three free football game
the Dallas Cowboys came in.
Favored in some quarters by as much as two touchdowns.
Double tied in the linebacker.
Robin Arell all 240 pounds.
Comes in there now. Second and five running back
into the night of formation. Evans waiting for the snap.
Here's a quick picture.
Peyton drives the right side.
Jenny's fast forward and gets to the 20 yard line.
Charlie calls for another yard.
It'll be spotted after 20.
For a gain of three and I'll make it three down
to the 10 yard line.
Matt and Ed Jones in the makes the tackle.
Now this is an interesting place all for Neil Armstrong
in the 7th and company.
Walter Peyton 17 carries 180 yards
on the afternoon.
You don't want to risk an interception right here.
You want to come out of this drive.
The drive you started in Dallas Territory
with some points on the afternoon
or some points on this particular drive.
He was thick pass but obviously
the way they've run in the first half
he got a key on number 34, Walter Peyton.
He's got a key on number 34.
Peyton's way to the snap.
Three is just ahead of Peyton.
Peyton gets the snap now and he's back to
the corner.
The Dallas defense led by John Dustman.
Randy White.
He's got a key on him.
That's exactly what John Dust did.
He simply swithered through the line
and evaded his block.
He was waiting for Peyton almost
for the time that Walter Peyton took the pitch.
Word from the Dallas bench.
Randy White suffering bruised ribs.
He is being checked over now.
And no decision yet is to make
as to whether or not he will return.
And I'm a lady who will hold.
It's a 30 that makes it a 40 yard field goal to jump.
But John Ravettto.
John Ravettto is stepping a 40 yarder.
It's down, it's up, it's there
and it's not good.
It's far to the left side.
And it was put in play by Dallas.
That's the line of skimmish.
He was kicked outside the 20 yard line.
He's on the main side at 3-3.
And he's got some all
and some allot of skimmish.
On the 22 yard line.
Then Carano is going to corner back
to Dallas Cowboys.
Carano will be the corner back.
Bruised ribs for Danny White.
And the Cowboys will start
outside their own 22 yard line.
Here in the 23.
First and 10.
He's a five year man.
He's out at the Bottle-Ox-Figus.
He's only thrown 12 passes all season long.
Completing three of them.
And he's in there now.
Don't forget to join Jack Buck
and Hank Scram coming up this Monday night
from the Orange Bowl in Miami
as Don Schuller's Dolphin
dies for the lead in the ASC.
He will play host to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Dies for the lead in the NFC.
The game coming up at 8.50.
Airsoft Eastern thoughts on Monday, November 30.
Then on Thursday, December 3,
Cleveland will play at Houston.
Again, airtime is 8.50.
Pittsburgh and Oakland on Monday, December 7.
Lindsay and I will have a double header game for you
on Saturday, December 12.
Jeff will be in Cleveland.
Lindsay and I will be in the Silver Dome
in Moniac, Michigan. Minnesota Vikings down to
Detroit Lions.
Another double header here on CBS Radio
on Saturday, December 12.
That game we told you about then on the 19.
Another double header.
Alright, first and 10 for the Dallas Cowboys.
They're going to be playing the first half.
The cornerback.
George sets the tail back.
He gets the handoff.
He gets up to the 25.
Two yards for Tony.
George makes the second half.
And they make the tackle from his free-facely
spot for the Chicago Bears.
Dallas drive so far in the first half.
They start at their own four.
They're 10 to 47 for the Cowboys.
Their own 25, their own 23.
And their own 23 yard line.
And the Bears, Lindsay, you've got the starting
quarterback out of the Cowboys.
Maybe you can go in at half time, five free-off.
They can suddenly think, hey, we can win this football game.
And Gerardo brings him up.
George sets the ball and sets back their inner slot.
Well, he's in the ballgame.
He's in motion outside right.
There's the pass to Paul East.
And again, and it is incomplete.
Off his fingers, Jeff's trying for their
self-sensitive. He was trying to pass.
He gets the ball before he could hit the test.
He goes not so it's going to be very down
the 75 yard line for the Dallas Cowboys.
And you cannot fault the young Dallas
quarterback there. Colano is 63198.
As we've said, in his five year
put their bottle off. That ball was
thrown right on the money. That time, the receiver
did not make a very catchable breath.
Third down play coming down
for the Dallas Cowboys. Rocks stop down
to get completion 3-27 and they're ending
in the first half.
Now on a pace that time, put good pressure
on Colano. A pace actually.
If Colano gets third, the next Dallas
to see if he proved fair.
Carrano now in the shotgun gets the direct shot and he puts it on the left side of Tony Hill
and just waits.
Tony Hill and Richardson playing tag back and forth with the pass.
I think they should have been a minute ahead of Carl.
That was us.
Tony Hill was talking to one of the officials but it would be fourth and they were running
into him just getting a top barrel with the man, putting the pressure on Carrano, making
him unload the ball before he wanted to.
He clenched Carrano and he was down.
I'm not so sure that Tony Hill doesn't have justification for a complaint.
It was right in front of the Chicago bench.
But back there on the defense, number 20, Reuben Henderson in a rookie from San Diego State
and there was some bumping going on way beyond the five-yard zone.
Danny White comes in to do the planting.
He is the number one runner and he's going to purchase the river drips, gets the snap,
fishers deep for Chicago.
As the fireman kick off to the right side, there'll be no run back and he's the 41 and
he takes the Dallas bounce.
It's inside the 25 and still going.
It's inside the 20 and still going.
What a roll!
And it's at the 16 yard line.
59 yards left.
What's all the hull of a little upfield?
Back in the 25 yard line, tempers are blurring.
Heavenly markers gone down.
Layers dotted around the officials.
Chicago indicating that it is a Dallas heavily and that's what it is.
Just heavily the referee indicates that it is a personal foul.
I guess the Cowboys and everything have tell us about his 30 places of home at the 30 yard line.
Just heavily the referee.
And it's very rough, guys. Number 55 after the play.
First down.
Danny Stradlin, a rookie, made a rookie mistake.
A reserve linebacker out of Tennessee on the specialty team and he was the culprit.
So that negated a 60 yard punch, backed it up and it's net 45 yard change.
First and 10 bears at their own 30.
Evans is up there now waiting to take the snap.
Brandon looks right through his line and it's completed.
Second and a rookie left at the longest away.
Samwell is on the recovery cover.
Michael Downes recovered.
At the young stack of now, Michael Downes seemed to have it and a little twist of stuff going on down there as again the official message step is.
And we'll get this straight out of any minute.
Dan Neal, the center nine years out of Kentucky having to work with Michael Downes.
Simply a sort of square off pattern to the wise receiver number 80, Ricky Watts, who made the grab and it was ripped to the ball.
And the intensity of this football game ever since they hit on Danny White, has picked up noticeably on both sides.
So the Dallas Cowboys get the ball after Chicago 41 yard line on the recovery by Downes and it's Glenn Carrano stills water backing.
Carrano is now waiting for the grab now.
Split back.
Carrano drops back to look.
Looks to the right side and guns the football way short.
Way, way short.
It's complete. Hit the turf in front of Drew Pierce.
Way in front of Drew Pierce.
Second and 10th, 41 yard line.
Interesting. Tom Landry called the pass play on first down.
You've got a young quarterback in there who's coming into this football game.
He has the kind of confidence he has in his offensive line and in his backup quarterback.
That's time.
Understandably tight.
I would say Glenn simply held onto the football and just fired.
Word from the bench.
Danny White still being examined.
He has, they say, a bruised chest wall and will not return to quarterback in this half.
Carrano has it all.
He gives it to Tony Doherty.
He's free for a hole in the right side.
Get this side of the 35.
It goes all the way to the 32 yard line.
Got by Gary Fentz, the test for 32.
And the door is bent, exploding over the right side.
Again, Curt Peterson, 65. Jim Cooper, 61.
There's a guard.
He's tackled it respectively on that side.
I don't think I'm a huge hole.
Clock winding down.
230 and counting.
Cowboys have all three of their timeouts left as do the Chicago Bears.
It's going to be 30 down and a long yard to go.
More than hours, Cowboys.
They come up in an eye formation initially now.
Tony Doherty sets the veil back around the swing.
They hit him.
Now they split it out by sending Doherty says left.
Back to the sail back.
Lots of movement.
Doherty in motion.
The wing left across.
George dropped by Colorado and mixed up and he goes nowhere.
And now Harris finally pulled him down.
He's gone out of there and was all alone.
As we approach the two minute warning, we have reached it.
And that is the automatic timeout.
Two minutes of warning.
We'll be back in just a moment.
Los Angeles Rams coach Ray Malavasi says Pat Hayden will start at quarter by 10.
He will start at quarterback for the rest of the season.
Hayden was bent three games ago and replaced by Dan Pastoreni.
But Pastoreni was unable to reverse the Rams current slide.
And Hayden came off the bench last Sunday to lead the team against San Francisco
and did a fine job even though the 49ers won the game on a field goal kick by Ray Wershing
in the final seconds.
The Rams next game is Sunday against the Steelers in Pittsburgh
and their playoff chances are getting slimmer and slimmer.
Hayden Fry has been named the UPI's Big Ten coach of the year
for guiding the Iowa Hawkeyes into the Rose Bowl.
Iowa, which hasn't had a winning season since 1961,
claimed to share the Big Ten crown in its final game of the season
when the Hawkeyes defeated Michigan State 36-7 and Ohio State upended Michigan.
Iowa finished the regular season with an eight and three record
wins over Nebraska, UCLA and Michigan.
Here at Texas Stadium, the score is 3-3.
It is four-downs, about two and a half or three yards to go.
The ball is a little bit squarely after Chicago 33.
And the field goal you entered is in there for the Dallas Cowboys.
Charlie Waters is in the hole.
Raphael Steps in. It will be something like a 50 yards.
They get a blind up.
They'll mark it for you exactly.
We have had a field goal game so far.
The Chicago Bears just missed one.
And now Waters is going to set up at the 41, making the 51 yard attempt.
From 51 yard attempt for Raphael Steps in, Haydn Markle right.
It's five out of seven between the 40 and the 49.
This is his first try from outside of 50 yards on the year.
Waters and outstretched.
Wait for the snuff. Get the high snuff.
Put your down here. Steps in, kick.
And it is short. Short.
And it goes over after a long of a finish, which is the 33 yard line.
Chris and Tess for the Chicago Bears.
I don't forget that the Dallas Cowboys have lost Danny White,
not only as a quarterback, but also as a holder for Stepsie Ann.
Waters is the backup number 41.
The snap was high.
It's Aaron at the Charlie Waters.
And Stepsie Ann kicks about five or six yards shot.
So it stays a three-three game.
Take a look at the total yardage of the game.
The Dallas Cowboys 146 yards.
The Bears, brothers, 146 yards total yardage.
And Dallas is 99 yards.
So quite a credit to that Chicago defense who came in rank rather low
in the NFC as far as things go against the course.
One of the more potent offenses is the NFC and the entire NFL, the Dallas Cowboys.
Here come the Bears.
Our first and seventh-terms are on 33 yards on our mix-up on the strap
at the Chicago Re-Paint Procession.
They recover the fumble.
Matt Sui got the football.
As Evan took the seven-thirty, Becky dropped the ball.
And Sui was in the right set as he fell on.
So they take the loss.
They keep the football at the 29 yards on second and 14.
They're up there once again.
Evan's dropping back.
And of all the batters back, if he started to pass on the player batters,
he was fatted right back into the space by an upright environment.
It's two-tall John.
All six feet nine inches of him.
And so it's going to be Sui down and 14.
And the 29-yard line.
And an interesting play call with the way the Dallas Cowboys defense has been coming on.
The Bears obviously don't want to risk a turnover here.
They're all tied at turnover department to want a piece.
The Cowboys and Bears are.
You might want to go with some kind of a deep batter.
So if it is picked off, you'll at least have the Cowboys out of field goal.
Evan's back to throw.
And it goes up to the middle of the line.
Pass to Mike Stegel.
And Mike Stegel.
That's getting it in complete.
Actually, with up to right side-mounted it turned out.
Walls were covering him.
And completely brings out the funding in his right hand before the defense of the Dallas Cowboys.
Actually, Walls had a better shot at that football.
You can see that Vashnakel did.
He had inside position.
Drive for drive.
124 left to go on the clock.
And the Dallas Cowboys will get it back with again.
All three-time outs remaining.
Evan's now four out of 13.
Passing for just 36 yards.
Walls leads to the national football league in intersections with Ben.
We're trying for another there.
Parsons in deep frustration.
James Jones standing on his own 30 yard line.
Parsons gets the snap.
Puts it up high through Jackery.
Jones, yeah, that's the third.
They've got to return on.
And he comes to the left side.
And Jack breakthroughs.
He was looking for daylight and couldn't.
And he stops at the 38 yard line by Todd Bell.
It is a 41 yard spot.
So the Cowboys start with 1-13 on the clock.
You may be the first half.
They have them all first in his year-old 39 yard line.
And Todd Bell perhaps a touchdown saving tackle around the ankle of Jones
because they have the wall set up on the right side.
Jones gave a little stutter step as if he were headed that way.
Cut it back against the left.
And Bell was the last man between him and a lot of artificial astrosphere.
Now for the story tie 3-3.
Down the Dallas Cowboys movement here.
They go under the shotgun.
Miranda still cornered it.
He gets the most snap, but he can close it.
As it's complete, my heel as it goes out of bounds.
That's a 44 yard line of Chicago.
Tony Hill.
Jerry Campbell made the tackle.
Second and 10 for the Dallas Cowboys.
They have them all not just inside the...
It is inside the 44 yard line.
I just wanted to be on the last marker.
Tony Hill did something interesting after the play.
Lindsey, who's a five year veteran out of Stanford,
one of the great offensive weapons of the Cowboys.
But he rushed back into the Cowboy huddle
and had a young quarterback, Glenn Corano,
and I said, all right, keep your boys.
That's the way to go.
And I was keeping strong alive.
And it's the end of shotgun.
Corano gets the snap.
Now Stankler slides this down to the right end.
Complete.
Still on the other side.
It's almost the ball.
Chicago has recovered.
First and 10.
Chicago at that 35.
Jerry Smith got the football.
Hill had it for a moment, but as he was hit,
it was away from him.
And was recovered by Schmid, who made the hit
and made the recovery ball.
Again, an indication of just how hard
a hitting of football game this has become.
Actually, it was pretty hard hitting from the bear standpoint.
Most of the game.
Fencing separated Drew Hill from the ball earlier.
This time Preston Pearson open at the 30 yard line.
Had the ball.
Jerry Schmid came in.
Fencing came in and separated him.
And Schmid comes up with a loose football.
The bear is going to break.
One minute remaining to be played in the first half.
Matt Sui is the long set back, dropping back now.
11.
Over the little end.
One, two, three, four.
And the second interception by Steve Wilson.
And he gets the ball in his home 48 yard line.
He's down there.
Dallas Smith is dead on the Wilson Interception.
And the ball is 48.
What?
Making the effort to protect the ball,
but the interception by Wilson.
You got it, I got it.
And so Dallas has it.
I'm 30 on this Thanksgiving Day.
Watts tried to make a one-handed grab
at about the 45 yard line.
Wilson comes up with his second interception of the year.
He's simply took it away from the Chicago-wide receiver.
And then went away from it.
First down, 10 yards to go.
Cowboys at the road 48.
52 seconds on the clock.
Which starts on this map.
End of the shotgun formation now.
Gerano waits for the ball.
Motion across the spring.
Gerano has the ball.
He's dropping back.
Looks good as well.
And push, got it.
Dallas it is.
Over 25, down by push, got it.
He's beat Scott Bell.
He got around Scott Bell with 12 against push.
10 Dallas at the Chicago 25 yard line.
And how long ago was it?
We said both teams had all three timeouts.
The man in the ball is being standed by three
deprecations.
This is the last minute and a half.
What a closure by the young quarterback
out of the bottom line.
He's taken five years.
He stands up there 6-3, 198.
David the pump fake.
Oxtas arm, bonded-favorite receiver.
Freaking out a corner pattern.
Johnson with a great hand.
He could start the most teams in the NFL.
But here in Dallas, what are so decent wide receivers?
He's used to the backup.
Johnson comes out to a slide left.
Not Gerano.
Gifts under shotgun formation.
Waiting for the drinks.
Not Gerano.
He's got the ball.
Out back and look.
And throws and it's in complete.
Got it close to Tony Hill.
Johnson was out there swinging towards the goal line.
But the incompletion makes the second attempt
at the 25 yard line.
They're keeping Tony Doris at number 33
in the backfield to help the young quarterback
try to relieve some of the pressure.
Some of the heat that bears undoubtedly
are throwing at him right now.
It might be a good opportunity
since they're keying off on the quarterback.
To give it to Doris 7, either the draw play,
let's hear how about floating Doris
set out into one of the flats.
Clearing out the zone and let Doris
set to do what he does best.
That's run with the football.
All right, it is second and 10.
The ball is at the 25 yard line.
The Cowboys are coming up to the line now.
Gerano up there,
coming to the center of the ring.
Oxtas, Oxtas, Oxtas,
Oxtas trees on the right,
and Oxtas.
Back to the corner.
On the left side weQué
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Two- Customer
to 25
The play was over. Doug Frank, seven years from Ohio State, came over and popped Pearson from behind after the ball.
It clearly sailed over his head and the play was whistled said. The line of scrimmage for 25 yards line.
He bears three. The Cowboys three 35 seconds to go third and ten. Interesting play call.
Again, maybe not a bad time. Try to get the ball to the door set one on one out of the blank.
Now three out of stuff. Cowboys, stay on the shotgun. Ocean across, that's Naldi.
Gerano has them all in retreat. Make sure. Fetally Marcus Bencrohn, he scores the ball the incomplete.
Now the marker of that three shot. The line must flag.
What is being laid to the left, three shot, everything.
Illegal procedure, he indicates he gets valid.
That's a five yard penalty. That was incomplete. Everything will tell us about it.
Illegal chip, offense, two men moving, three two, four down.
They declined the penalty to bring up the four down and Dallas now brings the field goal unit on again.
Charlie Waters coming out the whole little Raphael left here.
It's time they spotted us a hash mark right. The ball is squarely under 25 so you figure something like a 42, 43 it'll be.
Waters will hold. Deftian kicking hash mark right, 43 yard accept. 30 seconds on the clock which starts on the snap.
Storytimes three three and the closing second to the first pass. Here at Texas City Waters puts you down.
Deftian versus this one carries and it is so good wide.
It's down high enough and long enough and it was wide and the right is so good. All goes over to Chicago at the 25 yard line
and Sammy Sontore is still tied. Chicago Bears three and the Dallas Cowboys three.
And most teams still have all three time outs left. What a wild and woolly two minutes of football.
It's turned it out on the right side. It stays very misted by about a yard and a half wide to the right.
Deftian not having a particularly good afternoon. Neither are the Dallas Cowboys.
They came in nine up three down, five with the Eagles and the NFC.
Two touchdowns favored over teams that is looking more towards Christmas than they are towards the rest of the NFL.
The Chicago Bears three wins nine losses and we are dead even with 25 seconds to go on half number one, five, three, three.
The Bears and the Cowboys.
And here comes the seven. The quarterback leading the Chicago Bears up there.
He drives the quarterback carry and moves straight out of the right yard to about the 31 yard line.
Randy White coming in to make the tackle again at six yards, five then seven.
You just hit the quick snap and go to the right yard and picked up six.
You wonder what 25 seconds left to go. You're tied three-all.
You've got some good speed there in Ricky Watts. Why not put it up?
Why not hope for a long pass completion to get into field goal range or maybe a penalty?
And down has one up.
There's the gun ending the first half with the score. Chicago three to Cowboys three.
LaVetto is teaming up the ball and in just a moment we'll be joining Lindsay Nelson and Jim Kelly at Texas.
John LaVetto thinking all four Chicago. He's heated up to 35.
James Jones is still in the lead for your flank by Newsom and Fellows.
Here comes LaVetto and the ball is in the air.
Jones goes over in front of Fellows. He takes the ball in the 70s.
The children's assistant comes back to midfield 20-25.
Jones has stopped at the 27 yard line.
So the Dallas Cowboys get first position and this is second half three-three tie.
LaValle can now make the tackle and they start at their own 27 yard line.
And today the Dallas Cowboys will start with Glenn Carrero at quarter by.
LaValle in his fifth year from Devon Alarc
LaValle comes up now. Ben Senn running back into the I-4 formation.
The first set moves to the right of Ron Springs and I'm going back into the I-4 formation to sail back.
Lots of movement in the Dallas offensive set.
Right end debris and motion across.
Stopping back. Here's the pass and it's incomplete to Tony Hill.
I'm going to let you see.
Wrigley-Marcus strong. Wrigley-Marcus strong.
Ruben Henderson was covering and the marker was strong there at the 38 yard line.
This is going to be a very simple square out that time for Tony Hill.
Hill of course one of the primary receivers. He is third on Cowboy receivers list.
Passing interference defense. Number 21st stop.
Ruben Henderson covering and defense at the first set now.
Boy that's a very close call. That ball was delivered right in there.
If he hit him he hit him with the right shoulder.
He may have got the right shoulder in there.
Before the ball was delivered to Tony Hill there was 31 sketches.
611 yards. Three touchdowns for the Dallas couple.
Tony Joyce has gone out of the ball game. James Jones is in there.
Here's a quick picture on Frank's left left side.
Put the shoulder down and drive to the 43 yard line.
Harris Damon makes a tackle along with Henderson.
He will get the run.
Ron Spring 133 carries. 489 yards. 6 touchdowns on the year.
Ball might have popped loose on that last carry.
But the court got it back before he picked up good yards.
Second down five yards to go at the 43. Tony Joyce has come back into the ball game.
That goes through here from out to a wide left. Tony Hill out to a wide right.
Running back to a well split. Now they even him up.
Toronto is waiting for the snap.
Toronto to Tony Joyce. He passed the left side and he can't get away.
He is thrown by Al Harris.
He hit him in a big fair hug as he tried to go wide to the left side
and he dropped back at the 41 yard line.
Al Harris is 6'5", 240. It is third year from Arizona State.
And he is having some kind of a football game.
He is beating his man over there on the right side of that Chicago defensive line.
He is going up again to tight end. Billy Joe Dupree in most formations.
At number 61 Jim Cooper. But he has been sliding through there
and has been in the backfield almost as soon as Dorset has been getting a lot of a handoff.
Which Johnson comes into the ball game and Billy Joe Dupree goes out.
It's a third and seven.
Corano into the shotgun. Direct snap now for the Dallas Cowboys.
Rod Slinges and Mushen across from the right set.
The direct snap is taken by Corano.
And he's hit. The midfielder for the ball is loose.
And Dallas remains position at the 30 yard line.
Doug Plank with the man who hit Corano.
The ball popped away and it was gathered in by Kurt Peterson.
Kurt Peterson in the offensive right guard.
We covered the fumble and Dallas gets the football
but it's four times after going to putt formation.
There's that time came with two men blitzing one right up the middle of the other
from the right corner back spot.
And Doug Plank who is really playing some kind of a football game
separated Corano from the football.
Peterson with the recovery now works for the Cowboys bench.
That bruised chest wall by Danny White. He will not be back today.
That's right it's FDN back in putt formation.
And Rafael FDN the runner puts it up there.
Catch signal and it's made at the 37 yard line.
Just Fisher coming across for Chicago. It will be first cut in at the 37 with a story tie.
Chicago 3 Dallas 3 let's take time out.
Former St. Louis Cardinals coach Bud Wilkinson will also set some kind of a record
as a college football coach at Oklahoma said he is not negotiating to buy the NFL Cardinals.
Jitto CBS Vice President Robert Highland.
They were responding to a report in the sporting news this week naming them as members of a group
that has all but completed the purchase of the St. Louis Cardinals football team.
But Card Vice President Bing Divine quotes owner Billy Bidwell as saying the club is quote not for sale.
In the college ranks again Frank Curse he fired earlier this week as Kentucky's coach
said he's like you to sue the school for compensation for his lucrative radio and TV contract.
Curse made his remarks Wednesday evening on his final statewide radio show.
Curse was released after nine years as a Wildcats coach even though he still had three years left on his contract.
The school has agreed to pay Curse yearly salary through December of 1984.
And again to this tie at 3 3 here in the third quarter of the Chicago Bears get the ball for the first time in the second half
and they'll start first and then at their own 37 yard line.
Special assistant Ermaul Allen is saying the massive heart attack last Wednesday.
Long time member of the coaching staff of the Dallas Cowboys.
Works a great deal in research and game plan and scouting information he is recovering
and now very best wishes to Ermaul Allen for his 3D recovery.
Here comes the Bears now.
That's seven things enough.
Why have you seen the left and right?
Lift back.
Motion.
All the way across by Vice President.
Evan hanging off the Walder face.
He drives the right side.
Walder face and puts his head down and back to the 42 yard line.
Fakes up five yards on the play so he's off running again there on the dock.
He is amazing.
He is just kind of flittering along that line of scrimmage waiting for the block to take place.
They did the Cowboys headed for it up and some others he managed to pop it through there and still pick up five yards.
It's been a big afternoon for Sweepers.
Second down five yards to go at the 42 yard line.
Vice President is coming to the left side.
Marjoram to the right side running back to the 9th formation.
Here we go.
Head of Walder Payton.
Walder Payton again drives the right side and again gets the first down at Mid-Seal.
Walder Payton stops by Michael Down.
Cherokee 3-15.
That's a 50 yard line first in 10, Fort Chicago.
And here comes Mike Tom all 243 pounds of them in there at the side end.
Robin Earl is coming off for the Bears.
They break the huddle.
Vince Evans the quarterback.
He is quarterbacked from throughout the act.
Running back to the 9th formation.
Why is he Sweepers left and right?
Motion from those people on the right side.
Dallas again to Payton drives right guard and moves up to the 47 yard line.
They got only three on that character and they second down at 7.
Head 2-thall, John John Harvey Martin converts to make the stop.
You know we talked at the top of the broadcast as one of the key matchups to watch Keith Van Horn for Rookie.
The offensive tackle for the Bears 6-7-2-65 out of USC.
Going up against 2-thall, John for the reference for the Cowboys number 72.
It would seem the Rookie Keith Van Horn has been winning it on the line of scrimmage on the running place where 2-thall has been winning it on the pathway.
Exactly.
Vince Evans again, Vince Evans with a running back to the 9th formation.
Get the pitch to the side of Payton.
He passes the right side, cuts back inside and gets to the 44 yard line before Charlie Waters by him down.
It will be 3rd and 4th now.
And again the elusiveness of the Walder Peyton.
Everton Walls number 54 on a safety blitz.
Head Peyton, stop cold back at Midfield.
Peyton just simply stopped.
He'll slide on through and then Peyton tops it again and picks up another couple of yards.
3rd down for the Chicago Bears.
Marcus Anderson is coming in now.
Tom Tulane.
Owen Setback.
Evans waiting.
By the draw play.
And it is Suhey on the draw trying to get to the 6th but he's a little short I think.
I think he's about a foot short.
It'll defend himself and where he's fighting and then pick the long look.
Then we'll find out.
That's a draw play.
Barnes and Downs.
Coming to make the tackle.
Along with John Dunn.
He puts on squarely on the 40 yard line.
It means that he's an inches away.
4th down and inches for the Chicago Bears.
Double tight in the line but Mike Robin Robin earlier in there.
Chicago's gonna go for it.
9 minutes 35 seconds left to play in the 3rd quarter.
Story time 3-3.
4th down.
It's just a good Chicago in the 40 yard line.
And they pick up the 3rd down.
Paterson's the field back in the eye.
Contact.
4th down.
And then Marcus whistles off the play.
I think it was Mike Cobb.
A little new action.
Somebody a little new action.
4 year tight end down to Michigan State.
He moved before the snap so that makes what was a relatively easy play where you need just inches.
Now 4th and 5th that will change the play call and it will change the possession.
There's the indication by referee Chuck Heverly.
5 yards left and it will be enforced against the Chicago Bears.
And that brings the running in and out of the field.
He just puts out the 45 yard line.
4th down.
Paterson's done the punch.
James Jones has gone back to Dallas sending his own 10 yard line.
Both stars, E7 offense.
4th down.
Mike Cobb decided to move before the snap.
Custom 5.
A little over-anchor.
Paterson standing on his own 40 yard line waiting for the long snap.
Dave Hoganberg makes the snap in deep on formation for Chicago.
Paterson passes.
Steps up.
Gets the kick off.
Eyes trajectory and Jones lets it go.
Hit down the 5 and takes the Chicago bow.
So if there's no run back, it's going to be killed by Chicago in the general area of the 10 yard line.
From which point, it will be a first to get out of 34 yards left.
So with a story tie of 3-3, we'll be back in a moment.
In other sports news, the Soviet Union won the women's team title at the World Gymnastics Championships in Moscow on Thursday
to complete the first team double since 1958.
The Russian women were even more impressive than the men were 24 hours earlier,
finishing nearly 5 points ahead of China.
East Germany took the bronze ahead of defending champion Romania.
The Soviets have now won the women's crown seven of the last nine championships.
The Soviets also filled the first six positions in the individual standings with Olympic champion Elena Dadevoia,
heading the list with 78.25 points.
Dadevoia carried half the total of points into Saturday's individual all-around finals.
Latina Bunga, showing the stamina of a marathon runner,
battled her way into the quarterfinals of the New South Wales Open Tennis Championship in Australia today.
She won her match over Ann White in three sets.
They're still in the 3-3 struggle here at Texas Stadium on this Thanksgiving afternoon.
The Dallas Cowboys have the ball at their own 12-yard line.
They're short of the 12, they're in their hudlin', here they come.
They're on a quarterback, they can play some daddy white who's in the first half of the ballgame.
Dallas fans are getting a little impakient here now, trying to rouse themselves and their football team.
Raines and Dorset to the splitback. Here's a hand up to Dorset, tries the right side, comes live.
If you cross the fifth here, it goes out about to the 19 right now. Faced all the way into the track.
A right-wing little fairy. Little live back up, rookie from nearby Baylor at Waco, Texas.
It'll be spotted at the 19-20.
And what a flock, Lindsay. Herbert Scott, the seven-year man from Virginia Union, 6-2, 258.
Through on big number 99, Dan Hampton, 6-5, a third-year defensive end for Arkansas.
Who allowed Dorset to turn the corner and pick up almost seven yards.
We have an orchard, the last putt by Rafael Septian, with his first career putt for the Cowboys.
It was good for 33 yards. White is the normal putter, pushing out from the end here. Here's a quick fit.
Taking live 20 Dorset and he goes to the left side.
Fixed up the first and 10 for the Dallas Cowboys.
With a hand-restored orchard.
Fixed the move and it's just in advance of the 23-yard line.
And that would have suspected also for the first Dallas first down in a long, long time.
Cowboys were out first down to the first half from four to seven.
Turnstile count here this afternoon, 63,499.
The capacity of 65 and change.
The rest are out of the parking lot, tailgating and having turkeys.
You're exactly right.
Three, six, 10 now for the Dallas Cowboys.
Storytimes three for the swing through to the left side. George says get the ball fast to the left side.
Files an opening and speeds to the 30-yard line.
Or just Wilkes who brought him down.
The end of seven makes a second out of three yards to go.
And if he doesn't bring him down, Lindsay, he's gone.
He had one man to feed and Wilkes, the basic stop right there to free was one on one.
Number 20 for the Chicago Bears. Ruben Henderson, the quarterback.
And Dorset easily could have gone outside and with his feet would have been gone.
We have here this afternoon two men who are threatened every time they carry the football.
Walter Pavement, Tony Dorset, each capable of going all the way at any given time.
Second down, three yards to go. Glenn Gerrano brings the Cowboys up in the line formation initially.
Now they split the back. Dorset in the left set, Prings in the right set.
Gerrano hands it off to Dorset. He drives the right side and he can't go.
This time he is dropped by Gary Fenton.
The strong safety from Yale University got him back in the 26th yard line.
It is a sixth year for Yale. Farm Coza with another 5-Eleague championship this year.
Three-luck. Big, big year. Lost the four there.
Third down and seventh. With Johnson comes in. They got three wide receivers in the ballgame now.
Goddbell has come in and the nickel four, the Chicago Bears.
Gerrano still has the Dallas Cowboys back down to Huddle. And here they come.
Then there's Tom Rafferty coming over the ball. Gerrano.
The only Dorset that's in the set by now. He puts you back into the shotgun flying by Prings and Dorset.
Direct snap taken by Gerrano. He looks downfield and guns it. And it is incomplete.
In and out of the hands of Drew Pearson.
Henderson covering defensively and is forced down to putting it on for Dallas.
That's the fault of the young quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys to let Gerrano.
That ball was thrown out of rope, thrown right on the money.
There's a case of the now monsters of the midway playing more like their namesake than turkeys.
And they came in with a very hard hitting action back there by just like Gary Fentzick.
And that's not, I think Pearson simply heard some footsteps. He wanted something to do with going up for that football.
Thank you, all right. Rafael Sevilla on the second point of his Cowboy career.
Jeff Fisher is back standing at his own 37.
Got it off under every pressure there. That's the second one.
And it's later in the 44 yard line.
It got Bruce Aaron was right in there on him.
But no call is made on the 35 yards.
But it will be first in terms of 44.
Sevilla learned quickly. That was his first career as part of it. He learned how to fall down.
Aaron came in there and the, you know, Sevilla already had to put down and Sevilla came back.
So there is no penalty. It is first in 10 and we'll be back in just a moment.
Getting back to that tennis story, you talk about somebody showing a lot of power and staying power at that.
Bettina Bungie showed real class today.
Battle her way into the quarterfinals of the New South Wales Open Tennis Championships in Australia.
Because Raine Hamper in Wednesday's program, Miss Bungie was forced to place two singles matches today.
Well, she defeated Anne White, 5'7", 7'5", 7'5 in the morning.
Then upset Pam Schreiber, 6'4", 4'6", 7'6", in the afternoon.
In addition to that, she played another 18 games in a losing doubles match.
Bungie was joined in the quarters by Chris Everdloy, 16-year-old Andrea Yeager,
Martina Navratilova and Yvonne Gulagong-Caulley.
Japan's top money earner shot a 500.67 today for the first round lead in the $270,000 golf tournament in southern Japan.
Ayoke is the pace-setter. Lee Trevino won stroke off the pace. He's furthest three strokes back.
The Chicago Bears came in with a record of three and nine victories over Tampa Bay, 28-17,
over the Chargers and over time 20-17 and over the Kansas City Chasen, over time 16-13.
There were only three of Chicago's, the only three Chicago victories all year.
Now, Chicago first-scan tears their own 44-7's and has them up there in a right formation.
Here's a quick-pitch wall to pace at the right side. Looking for a climb.
It's a nice throw by Haasback Pass, downfield.
And it's got to be way short of his incentive to save his seeding down the right side.
And then, uh, get Marjoram. And Everton Walls with the start of Marjoram is way short.
The Haasback Pass, by Walden Paton.
And again, Marjoram. Let's check the passing to this big of a hill.
Paton on the year. Paton and Parsons are one out of one.
So, Paton's passing that to the big drop. Just stays up.
It is second down in ten yards to go now. It's two-tied, three-three.
And a battle between the defenses of the Dallas Calvars and the Chicago Bears.
Look, Williams is in there now. Tied in for the Chicago Bears.
And Evans has the ball.
And he hits from behind.
And the ball is sent by Jones.
He was hit by Marjoram and Jones, they covered.
They finished the 35-yard line.
Marjoram made a hit. The ball hit the air.
And the ball was sent by Jones. And Jones is down.
And again, that was one of the matchups to what?
Jones, Harvey Martin against their offensive counter.
That's on. Harvey Martin forced the turnover.
Jones was there for the interception.
And it's a big break for the Dallas Calvars.
They are just outside the 35-yard line of the Chicago Bears.
Again, Danny White starting quarterback out to the bruised test wall.
They covered the first of all of it twice.
They've taken away three times.
And Gerardo has them up their nose.
He does have his landing back.
James Jones is in there and plays up.
And he has a quick quick Gerardo's frame.
He passes the left pass.
And the left pass has a pass.
Now the 20-yard is in the air.
In the end zone, the left pass is on.
And it is intercepted.
And backpacks are coming back.
There was a wrestling match for the football.
Kato got his Henderson. And Tommy Hill were wrestling.
But Henderson came down with it.
He was even touched down.
He touched back.
Kato got his three-three.
Kato gets to borrow the 20-yard line.
Simply a fly-matter kill.
Briggs would have been better.
Never to throw the football.
Henderson was perfect for it.
It was like a volleyball game.
The ball went in at once by Henderson.
One by Hill.
And it's a swift ball three.
Turn over against Dallas.
They're all even to turn over to the Department of the Greats.
Greats, but that's a gait.
When Harvey Borkin's two-ball goes into the third,
first defense Chicago at the row 20-yard line.
623 left to go in quarter number three.
Three through wild.
Dallas is a great Chicago three.
Well, can Mike Borkin be walked here?
Upset the swift ball carry
and passing on offense and a gang tackling defense.
Well, that's what Auburn is going to find out this Saturday.
When his face is powerful,
Alabama in Birmingham.
Auburn is an 11-point underdog,
but has been trying to cite Bama all this week.
Taking note of the fact that Coach Paul Bear Bryant
of Alabama is after his
315th career victory,
which would be an all-time record.
Auburn has sent out a lot of press releases this week
saying, this is Bryant's first chance
at breaking the record.
Well, there has been an ominous silence
from the Alabama campus about that record.
Well, that ought to be quite a shootout on Saturday.
We'll see you next week.
Well, that ought to be quite a shootout on Saturday
down at Legion Field in Birmingham.
And it's the first part of a college doubleheader
on AFRTS, Penn State, and Pittsburgh
in the first game.
And then we'll have Alabama at Auburn,
which is the host team this year at Birmingham
in that southeast conference showdown.
Alabama, of course, already
securing a spot in the Cotton Bowl
opposite Texas on New Year's Day.
Auburn always potentially
an upset team.
We could be here a while.
Three off.
It's 4 out of 15.
536 yards.
200 seconds brings the Bears up.
First and 10 at the 20-yard line
for Evans and the Chicago Bears
who's running back to the 9th formation.
Evans to the quick space.
Walled in place, and back to left side.
3-nest across to 20.
25 and out of bounds.
Pendley-Marquers is thrown.
He's building in a moment.
As Pendley is reported to him just now,
Michael Downs is the man
who ran the pace and out of bounds.
Space mask.
That's what I suspected.
It'll be packed onto the end of the run
which was for 5 yards, not 25.
And this is a 5-yard space mask
and Chuck Heverling, the referee,
will tell us about it.
On attack, we'll face mask
5 yards, number 20-60
in defense, first time.
That's Michael Downs.
Rookie out of right.
He's presented the first pass
but the time this football game is over,
the rookie, number 26 out of right,
will get to know Walter Payton very well
and that's why he got to know him better than he wanted to
because he had to grab the base mask
long before he threw Payton out of bounds.
First and 10 bears at their own 30-yard line.
Evans again up there.
Takes his nests, handing it off.
Second by Matt Sturley,
we pass 5 seconds for station identification.
This is the CBS Radio Network.
This is the American Forces Radio
and television service.
This is Lindsay Nelson with Jim Kelly
at Texas Stadium in case you're keeping
a statistical summary of this ball game.
The plan with the edge, Jones got the ball
set, popped up into the air after Harvey Martin
and made the tackle was officially ruled
a proper recovery.
Second by 7 yards to go for the Chicago Bear.
Running back to an I-4, make sure once again.
Here's a quick fix.
It's Payton trying to left side, gets to the 35-yard line.
This down is Randy White there
for the tackle after again and two,
third and five for Chicago.
Amanda May, that's play number 32
for the Dallas Cowboys turning it inside.
Dennis Thurman, the four-year man from USC.
He went one-on-one with Matt Sturley
and he held his position
and that four-stage to turn it inside.
That's where the waiting arms are number 54.
Randy White works it out.
It's the third down play call.
Kevin's four out of 15, remember,
and Patrick looked at third and long.
Rick Williams is coming there
offensively now for Chicago.
Dallas is into the middle.
Jones sets back his 10-7s away from the tap.
Drop back, take a look.
And so is that his victory.
This eight, as it just across the 40-yard line
he was hit high by Dickerson.
Take a long look at the six
to see if that's possible first down.
The most of the spot is across the 40.
It is very, very close.
They're taking a long look
and perhaps they'll have to bring out the six.
That's exactly what they're going to do.
They're going to make it for the possible first down.
If he didn't get it,
it's less than the length of the football.
Right.
And it is going to be a first in 10.
And there it is.
Cowboy is before Danny White has bruised ribs.
Next race, no evidence of fractures.
Danny White is in the millionth close now
over on the sideline.
He was not even out there
at the start of the second half.
So they have tamed him up.
Maybe put a nice pack on the ribs.
He is out there now.
And we'll not return.
There keeps a drive on our first down across the 40-yard line
running back to the nine-four.
Makes him prevent sevens.
Now, play action and
incomplete.
He's a beautiful Brian Brashnegel.
He was running a flat batter to
the middle at
Everton Walls.
The command was only collided and wasn't ever a collegiate.
Everton Walls, the rookie out of
Grandling who leads the NFL
in an interception with 10,
really put a hit on Brian Brashnegel.
Most battered down about 10 yards,
cutting in, sliding over across the middle.
The ball was thrown right on the money on a string
by Vint Sevin.
No one has ever questioned his arm.
It's been his direction where he has thrown the ball.
He's now four out of 16
doing his second.
Brashnegel with a wide receiver,
turning back to a slip for Vint Sevin.
And he got off the wall to
make me pass the right side.
Sturdy stuff and gets up to the 50-yard line.
A little bit short of the first I think.
He tried to sort of aid you out there
for it. It's going to be spotted again just across.
It was watered
and down on the tackle.
And we're going to have here now
a third downer I think it used to go.
And again, Walter Payton turned to play.
That could have been stopped back at the line
of scrimmage into a huge gain.
They bring the six up. Walter Payton on the
afternoons, 24 carries,
136 yards.
They measure now as they extend the chain
to see if he fixed it up. It is very close.
Inches away.
It'll be third down and inches to go.
Double tight on the line of Robin Erlen-Mike Gopp.
Today is in there for Chicago.
Payton keeps his face up.
He goes over 1,000 yards for the season this afternoon.
He came in with 841 yards.
So he needs just the 159.
And he's got 136 of that.
So
one would certainly suspect
to go over 1,000 yards again.
Exactly. And it's been a great afternoon
for Walter Payton here this afternoon.
He came in having had only
three games this year.
In which he had gone over 100 yards.
The clock is running
with 4 minutes and 4 seconds.
He's in the third quarter. Chicago's trying to pick up the first down
on a third and inches.
They're in the tight wing right.
The wing back at motion
across to the left side.
And that's the way he's got the first down.
Almost focused.
He was pulled out by 50 Charlie Waters
at the 35 yard line.
The defense was pulled in there tight.
He's got a stop to third and inches.
That's the way he's almost focused.
And that's the way he's got the play call
about the Chicago coaching staff.
Obviously everybody is
keying on number 34 Walter Payton.
Suey has been used as the decoy.
The first man through that time
evidence just slipped him the ball
and he slipped the right by
all of the Dallas defenders.
He was into the open field before
Charlie Waters came and made a touchdown
saving time.
3-10 Chicago at the Dallas 35
score tie 3-3 in the third quarter.
And that's the way he's got the ball.
He's got the 32 yard line again
of three. Remember how this drive
started the last time the Bears had
the football army marks and forced
Vince Evans into a mistake.
The ball batted loose.
He saw Jones picked it up turn over
against the Bears. Dallas started
the Chicago 35. Then on the next play
Ron Spring threw an Aaron half back
option pass that Tony Hill batted
around for a while and finally
Ruben Anderson came down with it on
the left side.
Second down seven yards to go ball
outside the 31 yard line.
And it's the Suey driving the left
side.
He gets down to the
25.
Just short of the 25 and just short of
the first down.
It'll be third down a yard to go.
That's the 34.
That's the 26.
There's obviously a key call now for
the Chicago coaches. They want to pick
up the ball outside the 25
and keep this drive alive.
They would like this touchdown. They
really don't want to settle for the
field goal though. And I'm sure they
would be happy to put three points
up on the board. And it's going to be
a cause for concern for Tom
Landry and the Cowboys too because
you've got Danny White out for the
rest of the game. You've got your
backup quarter back in and Dallas
on offense has generated no scoring
threat since that field goal early
in the game.
That's going to be free down 10 yards
to go for the Chicago Bears. It's a
now it's 24 yards live.
And again so important they keep that
Chicago drive alive. There's
a lot of the touchdown up on the
board. And one would have to suspect
back in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
the Eagles listening and watching would
like to see a Chicago touchdown too
because the Cowboys, Eagles, 9 and 3
tied for first in the NFC
Central.
And then all the way across by
Mark Knickle.
He takes the ball as far as right
tackle.
He gets him out of the yard and that is
all as Bob Rooney catches out over
there.
That's my personal answer.
I'm going to again a 2, make a second
out on 8 yards to go. We have now
exactly one minute to be played in
the third quarter.
And at this point the Cowboys was
6 first down. The Bears was 10.
Chicago 184.
Mostly obviously Walter Payton.
Cowboys 105. Chicago
23. The Bears
about gained $207.
For 162.
Chicago up there in an high formation.
Quick pitch to Walter Payton.
And he starts the right side.
Offs his off. Gets inside the 50.
And Walter Payton is out about
0 to 14 yard line.
He goes out and forces him out of
outside. Where exactly will they
go?
I think it's going to be a tad short.
About a foot and a half
that's one of the Bears injured on the play.
That's number 87 Mike Cobb.
That's right in Michigan State. Payton
at that time. He simply ran away from Mike
Hakeman 58. He blew his 50 back
at the 20 yard line. They had him
sustained before he gave him a hip and took
it away and he was off. They're going to take
the chain all the way across and measure
before they spot the ball. They've got a
long the sideline on the far side.
If it's not a first down I don't think it is.
It's possible at the inbound market.
Extend the chain.
It's a little short.
So now they'll use that chain
to spot the ball at the inbound
market. Looks to be about the length of the
football.
That will be a third down coming
for Chicago. And it's
at the 14 yard line.
All that's
properly spotted inbound marker on the right
side.
31 seconds.
Remaining to be played in the third quarter
with the score tied 3-3.
Chicago drive it.
Now he's started off the touchback
at the 20 yard line.
That's the way
the right side is going to the left side.
They're going to wing out overall.
Mike Hakeman wing back in motion across.
The way he's got the first to pin
the ball in front of the 10 yard line.
He's down to the 12 yard line.
Mike Hakeman,
to make the tackle first and go to Chicago.
And the down is still in the
line.
What's an impressive drive by the
Chicago Bears. It began after the turn
over all the way back down at their own
20 yard line. They have done it
almost entirely on the ground
with the very key calls on third down.
Walter Payton down 28 carries.
154 yards.
And the next time Payton carries the ball
the most carries against the Dallas Cowboys ever.
There's the gun. That's the end of the third quarter.
What's the score?
The Cowboys 3-3.
Well, in case you missed the
score earlier, Detroit
was in front at half time
17-7 and
beat the Kansas City Chiefs
in impressive style to run their record
to a perfect 6-0 at the Silver
Dome in Pontiac, Michigan earlier this Thanksgiving
day. The final score was
Detroit 27, Kansas City 10.
In college football,
Texas was leading Texas A&M
late in the ballgame, 21-13
an earlier game on a very light
college card this Thanksgiving day.
Richmond, B. Pennsylvania
by a score of 18-12.
Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton
Oilers appears to be well on his way to
breaking his own single season scoring record
of 164 points set last season
in the National Hockey League.
Gretzky scored four more goals
and assisted on one more Wednesday night
to lead the Oilers to an 11-4
Roppelgast, Los Angeles.
In just 24 games, the 21-year-old
Phenom has now popped in
28 goals and 25 assists.
At this time of season
ago, he had just 12 goals
and still came on to win
the scoring title. So he's
well ahead of his record-setting pace
of a year ago.
The NHL Washington
Capitals are on a chair after Wednesday
night's 4-4 tie with Minnesota.
These other dwelling caps are now
unbeaten in their last six games
after losing 13 straight.
The hero Wednesday night, Darren Beach
says the new coach, Brian Murray,
is responsible for the team's
turnaround with a lot of confidence.
One quarter to go.
To go, score a tie at 3-3 here at
Texas City. That's in regulation.
We can go into overtime the way this
one's going on. We've had no talent
scoring at all. It's 4-04 left
quarter, except the end of 41-yard
field goal, but the Cowboys out in
front are 3-0. 13-0, 5-0 in the
first half of 44-yard field goal
by John Romero. And that's where
we are right now.
40 minutes to football later.
All the spotters are from 7-yard
line. It is free-stown and gold
to go as we start the fourth quarter.
Lindsay Nelson and Jim Kelly here at
Texas City.
The guy's over there, Drake's a
Huffelner running back.
That's Evan, he's a quarter back.
Right-hand go on motion for
right-hand all the way across.
Evan should be able to meet that
right side. One-yard is
back to the 6-yard line.
Ah, Bruni. They have the defensive
charge to the Dallas Cowboys second
and goal outside the 5.
Chicago testing the character of the
Cowboys defense right now on
first and goal from inside the
10-yard line. Cowboys defense knows
the offense is in trouble all
the time.
You don't want to fall behind and buy
a touchdown. You're at the fourth quarter
and you have to go back two years ago
Thanksgiving to find the last time
the Dallas Cowboys team has lost
to Texas City. That was to Houston 30-24.
I carbon it tied in, Robin
early's out.
Ocean's left side all the way across
by Barcagel.
He's the guy on the left side. He wants
to hit for the corner. That's back
5 and gets to the 1-yard line.
He's got a run for the flight.
Cut back, got to the 1-yard line.
And it was Bob Bruni again.
He set him off at the pass along with
Charlie Waters.
He's got a run for the 1-yard line.
It was Bruni that time by Charlie
Waters, number 41.
I thought tomorrow Vantage for
Leslie when Nate made his cut at the
10-yard line and turned on the after
corner and he was gone. He made his cut
back, Bruni shut it down. Waters came
up for the second hit and now another
one.
They're calling a timeout, Chicago Bear.
Robin early just come back
to the ball again but
down there on the 1-yard line
the Chicago Bear is one of the discusses.
So with a score tied down
at 3, Chicago 3, let's take timeout.
Well you know fans
coming all sizes and shapes not to
mention occupations. Among those
cheering on England's soccer team and it's
pushed toward next year's World Cup or the
following, an undertaker, a land
speculator, a pub owner, a travel
agent and insurance agent and a moving
van owner. What makes them news
is that they all played for the English team
which won the World Soccer Cup in
1966. That was the last time Great Britain
won it. The undertaker is Ray
Wilson who was the left fullback
for that team. The last speculator
is George Cohen, a defensive
star. The pub owner is Bobby Moore
who's captain of the team.
The travel agent is Bobby Charlton
who played a superb defensive game for
England back in 66. And the
moving van owner is Roger Hunt
who is a great passer in his day.
The insurance agent is Jeffrey
Hurst who scored three goals
in the final game that
gave Britain its last World
Cup soccer title back in
1966. In my how the years
have gone by.
Ben Stevens of the Chicago Bears has been over
for a strategy coverage and now he's returned to the
Hubble. Dallas Cowboys
defensive unit some of them have been
on the sidelines for conference there.
It will be screwed down
Golden O4 Chicago outside the Dallas
1 yard line. 13 minutes
43 seconds left to play in this
holiday football game in the story
ties. Dallas 3, Chicago 3
Chuck Eveling the referee marks them already
for play in the third to count.
Chicago still in the hundred.
Dallas fans, signing, Corsair defensive
unit. Here comes the Chicago Bears.
That's who is in the left set.
Walter Paterson in the right set.
Ben Stevens is a quarterback.
Evan
gets the handoff. Matt Spetzow
to the right side. He's going to take it in
touchdown. Ben Stevens
that's acceptable.
Ben Stevens to the right side.
He's in for the touchdown.
No handoff at all.
Ben Stevens
took the shot.
Ben Stevens to the right side.
He's got him easily.
He's a great call by the Chicago coaches
in the two next to us. Direction
everybody going to the left side except
Ben Stevens. Matt Sui through the key block
on Charlie Waters and Evan just
scampered in. Nobody touched him.
Bears go out in front. 5-6 points.
John Roberto in the
Depple Conversion. He's 10-3-10 in the extra points
department. Alavine will hold for it.
Alavine is waiting for the snap.
Put it down.
It's a good time.
He's slow down.
He has two sharp goals.
He's lost the conversion.
He's sent by Roberto.
So the Bears do not get the extra points.
They get just the
six goals.
He's way up into the air.
John Dutton was gone by side with him.
That's how the conversion
The Bears are leading by a score of 9-3.
Jaco Bears are over in a huddle now for Bad Georgia.
Aligning himself to kick off.
All right, it's Alice Cowboys have deployed.
Jones's deep fellows is on one side and Newsom is on the other.
Red has received the kickoff.
We're in the fourth quarter.
That have been a very important block of a conversion
of Jeff that just took place.
And there's two goals Jones is having perhaps the best year of his career.
It was an 80 yard drive, 15 plays, it took 9 minutes, 58 seconds.
Evans took it in and the one after touchdown, no good.
Now that huddle for the man is as close to the 30 yard line.
It's obviously important that this sector points to Cowboys
to win with a touchdown and a conversion by a 70-N.
Or if it's been the case that Cowboys are unable to punch in,
two 70-N field goals could put us in an over-conviction situation.
So we're in one of those things as Roberto has seated up on the 35 yard line
and Jones waits for the deep to one yard line.
We're waiting for Heavenly Clifton, there it is.
Here comes Roberto.
There's a knuckleball down field.
Jones watches the hop and it goes into the end zone,
Newsom lets it roll and it's going to go across the sideline.
How do I get a touch back?
It'll be put in play first in 10, 20 yard line.
Now if you're the Dallas Cowboys,
you don't have your number one quarterback in there.
When Corano is in a five-year van out of Cermont-Alan-Stake,
it's been a rough afternoon.
But to be fair, the Umpers thrown the ball extremely well
and she's finished the series that have been dropping into the bears
that have been batting it away.
13-31 to go.
First in 10 now, Dallas into 20 yard line.
Dallas fans again.
It's a good start of the year, hopefully.
Corano brings him up.
Even up the running back.
And Corano gets the snap.
Makes it.
Goes on the run.
25-31, makes it 35-41, brings it across the 45 yard line.
Finally pulled out by Otis Wilson and Terry Stett.
Play action, and good play action by Corano.
And then he threw the pass out to the right,
and it's passed to Spring. It is up there at the 47 yard line.
However, there's a penalty mark there,
a penalty against the Dallas Cowboys
that will qualify the big, big gainer
that would have put them all at the 47.
Everling says, swing it back.
Bring it all back.
The Lions put through the flag before the snap,
or right at the snap, back in the 20 yard line.
Offsides against the Cowboys, and again that huge gain.
Here's Chuck Eveling, the referee.
Offsides, off in number eight, first time.
That's Tony Hill, one of the wide receivers.
He jumped a little bit too soon.
It was his job on the play simply to go down
and clear out the zone.
Had a very perturbed and confused Tom Lantry
over the Cowboys sideline right now,
and just separated himself from his footboard.
Three-cent, 15 at the 15, running back to Riva,
and that's for Corano.
And Sammy hands it off.
And then taken by Dorey Stett, he ties it on his side.
Tony Dorey Stett moves it off to the 20 yard line for five.
Before single, Harry brings him down.
Second down and ten yards to go.
Tony Dorey Stett now, 16 carries, 55 yards.
Contrast that with Robert Payton,
who's up with a total of 159 yards on 30 carries.
Dorey Stett gained 1,000 yards his first year in the NFL,
13-25s, 1107 his third, his fourth year,
1185 yards, his fifth year shortly in progress.
Tony Dorey Stett has gone ahead as George Rogers
has a leading right here now.
Second down, ten yards to go.
Driving back at Corano.
Lots of time, a long pass to Hill, the 20-year series.
And the tackle, that's a 25-yard line by Doug Clay.
A good shot, baby, tackle by Doug Clay.
Tony Hill, wasted ten dollars as the Chicago 25,
55-yard pickup.
And if anybody doubted that this five-year man
is the monologue's biggest head in arms,
consider the fact that that ball travels
55-oh yards in the air.
That was a great throw by Corano right on the money.
Hill was a good concentration,
looked it right in, and flanked him up
and tackled him around the ankles.
Otherwise, we had a five-football game.
That's what he said to him, the 117 yards.
Over to Alasdair Boy,
three-ster, and then to Chicago 25.
On to the right side.
Tony Dorey Stett's a left-foot for Ben Corano.
Corano's got them all.
Dustback, looked downfield.
And now in traffic, he went down to the right side.
He gets to the 20 and hits the deck.
Corano and a lot of traffic,
spin outbound, open territory,
and gets to the 20-yard line where he hits the deck.
And the Chicago man is down.
An injury timeout for Chicago.
More attention to an injury.
And it is Ruben Henderson who is down.
Corano now, four out of 11 at the fasting department.
One interception, but let's just get a question for you.
Danny White is out of the football game
and will not return.
If you're Tom Landry,
and the Dallas coaches,
what are you thinking about when you see
your back up quarterbacks
scrambling out of the pocket right there
because if Corano goes down,
it's Brew Thurston, a wide receiver
who comes into play quarterbacks.
11-28 left to go in the fourth quarter.
And the Chicago Bears,
clinging to a six-point lead.
9-3, we'll be back in a moment.
Well, the final score is in
from College Station Texas quarterback Robert Brewer.
Scored one CD and passed for another.
Thanksgiving Day to carry number 6, Texas
to a 21-13 win over Texas A&M
in the regular season finale for both schools.
The long-awarned who will host Alabama
in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day
finished the year at 9-1-1 their loan loss.
That lost side to defeat at the hands of Arkansas.
The Aggies finished at 6-5
in their schedules to face Oklahoma State
in the Independence Bowl on December 12th.
Texas blew apart the game for all its points
in the second quarter after spotting the Aggies
two David Hardy field goals
35-27 yards early in the first quarter.
Brewer marched Texas 80 yards on 12 plays
and kept the drive with a one-yard plunge.
Seven minutes later, Johnny Walker
who rushed for 178 yards on the afternoon
ran 60 yards for a score.
The third CD came on a 38-yard pass from Brewer
to Hercke Walls to wrap it up.
The injured Chicago man with Al Harris
gets him out of the ball game second and five for Dallas.
Here's a hand-off.
He's taken by George Sanding,
into the 10-yard line, pushed down
and goal to go inside the 10, Gary Simpkins
and Doug Black made the hit.
First and goal, it's spotted at the 9-yard line.
Dallas has the Chicago man, Tony Doris,
that's leading through.
Who appears to get back into the ball game.
Here comes Judge Harvey back into the ball game.
The Cowboys are driving.
That's where the first time is a football game.
The left side of the Cowboy off-census line,
Revers got bats out of it, opening up some holes.
It's been all on the right side
when the Cowboys didn't regain anything on the ground.
Dallas in the now formation for quarterback Glenn Gerardo.
Here goes George Sutter to a left cut now.
He evened up a run free.
And on a draw play, it's taken by George Sutter.
He gets to the 7-yard line.
Jim Larsberg made the back-off.
Second down and goal to go after 7 for Dallas.
This is what I didn't understand the last time
the Cowboys had the ball deep into our territory.
Why did it use George Sutter's Atlanta?
He just got in and replaced it in your Danny White.
And Tom Landry is called to play.
He's called to play.
He's sent the miss from the sideline.
He's visited on using the down and out pattern
or the post pattern to his wide receivers
instead of using Tony Doris at it all.
Now it's the in-sign to the 7.
Ron Pring has gone out of the ball game.
Jay Sarley in on the double side in.
One more set back in the story set.
Here's Ben Moschian.
He's got 0, 0, 0.
He's got it in the screen at the 5-yard line.
Complete after 5-yard line.
Good round.
You want to make the tackle?
There he is.
He's also on the tackle.
There's Pearson coming back slowly to the 100-yard line.
Little Ben went in at the 5-yard line.
Ron Pring comes back into the ball game.
Third down and goal to go.
At the 5.
Big 3 down play.
The crowd is rising to the revocation.
Ray's enjoying setting even though
the round is a quarter back.
Now contact is important.
Todd Bell.
Got an early start.
What's he pulled off?
He just kept coming and
the number is going to indicate.
First trim and he's finished.
That's not bad.
Got 50.
First trim, number 25, third down.
Third down and goal to go with the ball move now
to the 2.5-yard line.
There's had the blitz on.
That's why Todd Bell was coming.
His key on that particular play
was number 21, Pring to his emotion.
Pring went in.
Bell kept coming back on the 2.
Third down play.
Triple side in.
Ocean exhaust.
The fast play of the quarter-year zone is complete.
And then if it does pass it,
it's uncovering defensively.
And then the left corner.
And Tim Stick with covering defensively.
And when Toronto put it up,
four down coming down.
The ball was perfectly thrown by Toronto.
Freda Henderson, number 20,
makes the big plays to rookie from San Diego State
for the fine defensive play.
Number 84, Doug Cosby for the Dallas Cowboys.
Toronto has called side line.
The Dallas Cowboys have called the time line.
Toronto is going to the side line.
With a story side, Chicago 3-Dollar 3-List.
What about the other with the Bears?
Well, a big ball game for the Dallas Cowboys.
And a big decision.
Do they go for three points or go for the touchdown?
The touchdown and the conversion would give them the lead.
If they miss on a touchdown attempt,
the ball goes over to Chicago.
If they settle for a field goal,
they're still trailing 9-6.
But there's still plenty of time left in the ball game.
So my bet, knowing Tom Lentz
he's tracked record over the years,
is probably go for the field goal
after what happens after.
But he may have a different idea
on the sidelines now he is discussing with Toronto.
It'll be an interesting call.
But the Chicago Bears,
whether they turn to a field goal, a touchdown or not,
have played a great game today.
There are not the three and nine Chicago Bears
that everybody has seen most of the season.
They came to play today and have been fired up
since the opening tick off.
Earlier today, Detroit behind Eric Hipple
has two touchdown passes,
celebrating a Thanksgiving day
with an impressive 27-10 victory
over the Kansas City Chiefs
at the Silver Dome in Pontiac
where they are now 6-0.
More stamina than gold
it goes, Allison.
Chicago 2-1 1.
Chicago leading by 6 points
and Toronto is back in the middle now.
Second guessers will have a field goal with this.
Tom Lentz resigning the field goal
a chip shot for Rafael Cepián
to pull through within a field goal.
If they take the three points now, almost a short shot,
they will have 9-6 lead
as the Cowboys would have
still 9 minutes of the fourth quarter
to get the tying field goal
or a go ahead touchdown.
But right now, they are going for it
on 4-2.5
which means if they miss, the Bears will take over
first to 10
and the Cowboys drive with momentum.
Over the Cowboys, get 6,
do they get 7, do they get message?
They move over, it's going to spring over.
Toronto is a quarterback.
If they can take the ball, it goes over.
It was almost intercepted.
Almost.
Ike Highton's down.
That is the ball and Harbosch started coming down.
Fourth down, the ball goes over.
And as it's been pointed out,
the second guess, that one for a long, long time.
Tom Landry could not believe it
when he saw the ball get batted away
by Mark Hartnestine
in his seventh year out of Penn State.
Mike 6-3, 2-40 for he got his big arms
up to the base of Toronto.
Ron Spring had gone through.
He was wide open in the end zone
coming out of the backfield
and the Cowboys could get the ball through.
Make break for the Bears, they keep their 6-point lead.
But they keep the ball just outside
the two-yard line.
8-3 of the setback for Heaven.
There's Ike.
He started his way onto the four-yard line.
In two-tall,
John Greston's into the third there.
Second on 8 at the four.
Chicago Bears still in
danger territory here.
And the Cowboys trying to keep the pressure on.
Point to the stopping block
for the moment.
Mark's the ball out there on the four-yard line.
Now he marks them all ready for play.
By the way,
Walter Fateson came into this game with 841 yards.
It now carries 31 times
161 yards.
Going over the 1,000 yards mark
for his sixth consecutive year.
That's the new NFC way.
Chicago Bears up there with a running back team
and up.
Dennis Fateson.
They've got him moving up to the 7-yard line.
They've got three of them to be third down
and five. Randy White made the stop.
Four of the Dallas defense.
Bears obviously,
they're not going to risk putting it up down here.
They'll keep it on the ground, keep that clock winding down.
Fifth down to the passing department now
is
five out of 16.
Five out of 16 for 40 yards
with two interceptions.
So the Bears will not put it up, they'll keep it on the ground.
They'll try to get Parsons to the funding room
and rely on their defense.
Now the Schemboys are going to come out of all of this
with a good field position.
The pressure will be on the down to the Chicago defense
once again.
Fateson tries to light back.
Michael Fateson is here to pick up on.
He stops at the pin.
They'll bring him to the point down.
He's got a tackle along with John Dunn.
Well, Parsons comes out now to put the ball.
That's time Michael down.
We said we're getting to know Walter Fateson very well.
And of course, in the afternoon,
does not take the fake. He held his ground to look
out of price. He's 6'3", 198.
And a good tackle stopping Fateson
about two and a half yards shy of first down yards.
Parsons is about five yards deep
and he's on him.
James Jones is out there
at the 49th year of the Atlanta Chicago Bears
to receive the putt.
They're waiting for the snap.
Parsons gets it, steps up.
Cowboys have the return on good plus.
That is James Jones back to his own 45.
He's got a delight back.
Looking for the wall.
He's got a 55-40 out of 5
at the 37-yard mark.
He's got a lot of the portion of the wall
on the left side.
And the his left cabral running out.
So now the Dallas Cowboys
start first and end up in Chicago
37 with the score.
The Bears 9-0-3.
Let's take time out.
On-seat of the American Tom Gullick
can beat six-seated Ralph Gehring
of West Germany in straight sets.
In women's play in Johannesburg
all eight top seas of advance.
Number two seed Virginia Wade defeated
South African Annalise Muller.
Third-seated Kathy Horvath
and in the local favorite Lorna Zeitzman.
Well, the Chicago Bears cling to a 9-3 lead,
but again the Dallas Cowboys
who have been threatening to score,
but not quite getting there except for a field goal
by Raphael Sefti and early in the ballgame
had six minutes and 50 seconds
to do something about that six-point deficit.
The clock says we have six minutes and 50 seconds
left to play on this game.
The Chicago Bears are leading the Dallas Cowboys
by a score of 9-3, but the Dallas Cowboys
have them all first to win after Chicago's 37-yard line.
The wings have gone off the field.
They're bringing another side in on Jerry Salty.
Toronto quarterback in the gym in the Fs
with Andy Leiden who's empty for first time.
The boy sets the lone setback for Toronto.
Back off a wing right.
Motion of cars for the wing back.
That's Salty.
Loving back his Toronto.
He steps up and he's going to run the ball.
He's headed for the side on the cross for 30
because Adam Hansen is 26.
He was looking for the sixth.
He went out of the bar, and he's 26,
and that will be a first down.
Henderson ran him out.
Loving Henderson in the break.
So unable to find the receiver.
Glenn Toronto is playing like a veteran out here this afternoon.
He ran for the first down.
He really is, but he got outside the constraint
but Alan Sade's taken out of it by Herbert Scott.
Colano looks at the corner.
He also saw the Bears coming at him.
Henderson had also liked single-stairing.
Number 50 was freaking a thruster.
The rookie out of bailers, single-stairing wanted his shot at him.
But Colano got out of bounds.
Colano now, freak carries, 14 yards for the last one.
A key, cowboy first down.
A lot of strings in the right side.
Jordan Sets out leading the play.
Waiting to set up. Here's a throwback to Sings.
A lot of strings.
He's into 25, and 20 to 15.
The 10-yard line.
He started with a quarterback.
He's going for it.
He's out there. He's out for the throwback across the field.
But they have set up a screen left to spring.
He advances down to the 10-yard line.
Gary Finchick made the stop.
Tom Landry pulling out all of his stops
over on the dollar sideline right now.
That's playing exactly as Lissy called it.
I want to tell you, Colano had a con boy out there
and he wanted to run the football.
Instead, the play was set up to come back
on a counter over the left side.
The half-back played, leading the blocking out there for Dallas.
Number 61, Jim Cooper the tackle.
6-5, 2-63, a five-year man and a couple.
Racing 10-yard, just outside the 10-yard.
Set out to the right side.
Fives into the 6-yard line.
He's higher up into the 6.
Tony Dois set, Gary. Alan P. is giving the make the tackle.
Second down and 6-joy to go.
All of the 6-joy line.
Dallas Dallas is slailing by 6 points.
The block is running with 5 minutes 39 seconds.
Let's play in this game.
He goes a 3.
He goes off the field and coming in.
He's done target.
Bill comes in defensively.
So there's Bruce Herron born in Chicago Bears.
Now here comes the Dallas Cowboy.
They've done 2-30 to the right side.
Double the 20-year-old.
Running back through the straight to the right side.
Here's the pick to spring.
He drives the left side.
He's at the 5-yard line and he's...
It's a quick, quick, quick fell.
Taking out the left straight.
Bruce Herron hit it right at the flag.
Chicago Bears caught him in the end.
He lost.
But he's got him at the flag.
And the long swing has started.
The score is 5.
And Dallas has a great finish.
Coming.
The man that led the blocking.
Number 33, Tony Dorsett.
Wide around the left side.
Hell, this block.
And about the 6-yard line.
He didn't allow the defender to slide off the block.
It all just kept driving his man.
Driving his backwards.
And that allowed spring to turn it outside.
Bruce Herron, the 4-year man from New Mexico.
Dorsett held his block.
Result, Dallas-Bushta.
Jeff Deyed is not listed to conversion this year.
He's 31-foot-31.
Johnny Waters holding.
Maratio, Jeff Deyed.
Johnny Waters puts his ass.
Jeff Deyed, who's the next?
It's Jeff.
And the Dallas come on to a hand.
I am going to send him a ride.
We'll be back in a moment.
Is Lindsay Nelson excited?
We're going to have a look at the
CBS Radio Network.
We'd like to remind you that looking ahead at a very busy holiday weekend,
our next presentation on the Parade of Sports
will be the final regular season game
between Notre Dame and Miami of Florida
from the Orange Bowl.
That will be on Friday, the 27th of November,
the day after this Thanksgiving day.
And we'll have that game for you via
the Mutual Radio Network,
live from the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.
Penn State will
tangle with number one Pittsburgh
on Saturday, and you'll hear that game
on the Parade of Sports from
Free River Stadium in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh hoping to finish the season
unbeaten, untied, and going to the
Sugar Bowl opposite Georgia
as the number one team in the country.
Of course, Clemson will be
watching that game with a lot of interest on Saturday.
Clemson is currently ranked second,
also unbeaten, untied.
They have already finished their season.
If Pittsburgh should follow against the Nidney Lions,
Clemson very likely would be
the first to win the game.
And now, the Cowboys
leading in the ballgame now with 5 minutes
and 9 seconds remains to be played.
We'll be kicking it off Rafael Cepri and
is leading up to 35 yard line.
Every more end is Sunday.
They'll fish on one side,
Mark and Adam are on the other.
To receive it for the Chicago Bears,
still a lot of time,
but lots of things to happen here at
Texas Stadium.
We're waiting for the referee to put
his hands on the ball.
And it's been a battle between
the Bears and the Cowboys here this afternoon.
Just heavily with the whistle.
And here comes Rafael Cepria.
Put the cup into the air.
And then, boy,
and those people, the end comes with a lot of
of that touchback.
And if we put it play first, just at the 20 yard line,
the Chicago Bears start giving yards away
to see what they can do about
regaining the lead over the Dallas Cowboys.
Here at Texas Stadium where the Cowboys
and I've lost the game, says Thanksgiving Day
of 1979 when they lost to Houston.
You have Kelly and I
were here for that afternoon, as a matter of fact.
That was 30-24 and you were still having
Mexican food.
So you had chili that afternoon.
I certainly did. I'm glad to have four
later this afternoon. Keep in mind now
with 5-04 to go, all the bearers
need is a field goal.
Well, they've got to get in the field goal range.
Evan is up waiting for the snap running back
formation.
Evan throws and it's complete.
They can come to the 40 yard line.
And it goes Ricky Watts.
Who's ever been in that system?
Ever since Wals made the stop.
It'll begin her 20 yard pickup on the first place.
This Evan threw that ball
into the right on the bunny.
Simply a square out he went down about 18 yards
Ricky Watts. This turned it inside
on number 24 Everson Wals.
The NFL Interception Leader with 10
moved the ball up first to set bears
to the 40 yard line.
Watts winding down inside 4.5.
Marks you up to a wide left.
Watts to a wide right.
Oceanic now.
That's Marks you up.
And now it goes to Wals.
Wals to Wals.
That's wide right.
That's on
number 79 Harvey Vartson.
He's 9 year old East Texas State 6'5".
To 52.
Simply blew by the entire bears office
He's got the ball
He's got the right side this time.
That's one player.
That's back to the end of the car.
He gets up to 45 yards line.
He's got 11 yards on the play.
Dickerson came in to make the back up.
He is amazing.
Benny Barnes is 10th year from Stanford.
Has pastes stopped back at about the 33 yards line.
And Walderface simply outran it.
He turned it to the outside.
Got a key block by Badge-Nagel.
And now pastes 35 carries.
170 yards to the left.
He's had quite a season here today.
Here it is.
35 yards to go.
And it is by a big player.
Walderface is a man.
45 yards line.
The man for Dickerson.
Dickerson's count is up.
And it's waiting for the fast now.
That's back to the throw.
And he gets it.
After the outside, it's watching the plate.
Watches the back into the pass.
Betcha put on by Dickerson.
So he never turns it on for him.
And it is 4-down at 5 yards to go.
Blocked his top with 2-52 left to play on the game.
And it's as above as their own 45 yards line.
They fail by a point.
If they give it up for Lea, we get it back.
No indication from the Bears bench.
Let's do this.
Our part is just coming into play now.
4-down in a long cut.
I've only got a question that last play call.
It takes so much time to develop.
But the Cowboys are looking.
They're putting pressure on this one.
All you need is a simple down and out.
This is this for the man.
4-down at 5 yards towards the home.
4-down.
Little over 2 minutes to go.
And it is right to play the game.
And now, motion against the Chicago Bears.
Here at Albrecht.
Coming back in over to this.
Touchdown.
Back up there at Albrecht.
4-4, 6-7.
That's 5-4 yards to make it 4-down and 5 yards to go.
Albrecht coming back on his fast protection.
Made the big throw before the top.
Interesting play call now by Neal Armstrong.
Now it's going to be 3-4 through the call.
12-down.
Number 64, Austin.
4-down.
Obviously, nothing to lose to the 3-9 Bears.
So you would think that 4-0 was the number 250 to go.
You might want it away.
Hope for a turnover.
Hope your defense can contain the Cowboys.
But the Bears are going to go for it on a 4-0 death.
And Devon jumping back.
He's dead.
He left.
First to the left side.
And while the 10-0 is in the air.
A 10-0 back at start.
It's a 49 out of the Cowboys.
It was Steve Wilson.
That was a good one.
And it's going to be interference against the Dallas Cowboys, I think.
And we assessed the way to Chicago Bears.
Acting at interference is calling a balance.
That's an automatic 3-down.
3-10 to go for Chicago at the Dallas 49.
Six defenders in there.
Ricky Watt burned it outside.
Ran wide away from Wilson.
They had to pump it one.
Wilson but it's clear the 5 yards zone after taking two short pops.
Then gave him the elbow.
The left hand was holding on with the left arm.
Trying to grab the right arm.
It was all over.
Mr. Fawkes delivered perfectly by Evan.
So Neil Armstrong gambled.
And he got away with it.
Chicago Bears trying to get the field to a range.
2 minutes and 42 seconds.
And Evan and he's playing again.
Running back to the 9-4.
They say, you know, we're just the right side all the way across.
Evan's a little bit off the pace.
Evan's the right side gets 2 yards to the 38 yards.
That's second down.
8 yards to the left to 38.
Middle line back up.
Bob Burningman at the top of the Dallas Cowboys.
Cowboys 9-3.
Tied for first in the NFC Eastern Division with the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Eagles lost 20-10 in Philadelphia to the New York Giants last Sunday.
And for all intents and purposes, thought that perhaps their chances at winning the
Eastern Division were gone because they still have to play here in Texas stadium against
the Cowboys.
And the Cowboys having won 17-14 against the Eagles.
Owned the Tied Raker at least the first one.
So everybody figured that if both teams went undefeated until that meeting, the Cowboys
playing at home would win.
Or certainly if they'd split, they would still have the edge going into the NFC.
Who would have imagined that Chicago Bears had two touchdown underdogs when rising for
a go-ad field goal with two minutes left to go?
We'll be back in one moment.
Well, as we turn into the holiday season with Thanksgiving starting the winter holiday season,
there are a couple of trades to report.
In Pro Basketball, the NBA Seattle SuperSonics, the New Jersey Nets completed a trade.
The Sonics sent forward James Bailey.
He's a big one.
To New Jersey, for rookie forward Ray Tolbert and a future draft pick.
Bailey averaged a little over 14 points a game last season.
Scoring less than half that this year.
Tolbert played last season with the NCAA Champion Indiana Hoosiers.
In the hockey trade in the NHL, the Colorado Rockies sent right-winger Lanny McDonnell
and a future draft pick to the Calgary Flames in exchange for forwards Don Lieber and Bob
McMillan.
McDonnell goes to Calgary after scoring 66 goals in two seasons with Colorado.
In return, Colorado gets Lieber who has 234 goals in nine NHL seasons.
And in McMillan, the Rockies get an eight-year veteran and a family bond.
He's the brother of Colorado General Manager Billy McMillan.
The question is, can the Bears get him positioned for a field goal that can win it?
The Chicago Bears let the clock run down to two minutes where we got the automatic tie-off
that we're completing just now.
So we have two minutes left to play on the ball game.
Chicago has the ball, second down and eight yards to go with the 38-yard line of the
Dallas Cowboys.
The Cowboys are leading center-bound John Ceretto.
Long to sideline for Chicago, it's loosening up this leg.
Hopefully, he'll get a shot and a field goal at them.
Now the Bears are up there in the high formation.
Heaven gets the ball, hands it up.
The Wall to Pace, Wall to Pace struggles through to the 35-yard line and John doesn't
come to make the tackle.
They got three on the plate.
It'll be three down and five yards to go.
A big three and five for the Chicago Bears at the 35-yard line of the Dallas Cowboys.
And if you're thinking field goal, they are way out of John Ceretto's range.
He is over all.
He hasn't even tried one outside of 50.
One for three between the 40 and the 49.
So they need to pick up another 10 yards to get into realistic John Ceretto field goal
range for the Chicago Bears.
The Bears longest is 47 yards.
This would be a 52 if they get this right from here.
This is a three and five.
Heaven is up there now running back to the mound.
Here's a six to Pace.
Pace gets there into the 32-yard line.
32-yard line.
And this is going to be about a 49-yard field goal.
It's got Mike Heckman coming in to make the tackle.
They'll get the ball spotted.
Then they'll get it lined up.
Ceretto is coming onto the field and Avelini is coming on the whole form.
So it's all coming down to the 40 Chicago Bears.
Liner's gimmick is a 32.
Roberto takes one quick clue as he comes out there.
It will be a 49-yarder.
Steps his lock.
It's a year of 47.
Ake's for a right.
44 seconds on the clock.
And that is leading by a 4-7-9.
And the crowd is on his feet.
Avelini puts it down.
The ball is footed.
It's carrying.
And it is.
No good.
Wide right.
So good.
Wide to the right.
And the ball goes over after Liner's gimmick is a 32.
31 seconds on the clock.
It was long enough.
He had plenty of toe.
He spliced it just a little bit to the right side.
And the Bears who played so valiantly this afternoon will fall one point short
because two tall Jones blocked the next two points.
The step was good.
The spot was good.
Roberto nailed it.
He knew it was long enough but he watched it just spliced off to the right side.
And the second error is golf shot.
And the Bears who seemed to have begun,
well it actually began on a losing note and it continued that way.
With just three wins to nine losses.
It was about three and ten.
And the Dallas Cowboys will go to ten and three.
Height alignment now.
8-0 seems to have two downouts.
He made them all a second like a lot of them.
He's definitely hit the deck.
Down at the back, hit the deck.
Right there at the Liner's curve.
And we're getting a time out here.
I guess the Chicago Bears will have one more.
Jack Eberling indicating Dallas, Chicago number two.
We'll be back in a moment.
Well, assuming Dallas can hold on to this ball in less than 30 seconds,
that's almost in the bank, Dallas will go to ten and three and go up on Philadelphia.
The Eagles do not play until next Monday night when they take on the Dolphins in Miami, Florida,
the Monday Night Feature.
And the pressure will be on them to stay with Dallas and they'll have to go up with a victory at Miami.
And Miami, of course, will be smarting.
They have to win if they want to keep pace with the New York Jets.
The Jets have a relatively easy assignment, but is anything really relatively easy this year in the NFL?
The Jets will host the Annette Baltimore Colts on Sunday and figure to win that one.
Baltimore having won only one and lost 11 and having the worst defensive record,
having allowed 412 points.
They're averaging when they come on the field.
Baltimore average is getting up close to 40 points of ballgame this year and it's tough to win that way.
So it would seem that Miami, almost like Philadelphia, has to come up with a win on Monday night
if it hopes to keep pace with the New York Jets who have a much easier assignment this weekend.
Dallas Cowboys against Maptville, one of the quarter-mackerel hits the deck.
And another timeout call by the Chicago Bears.
That's their final timeout.
They'll come up to 3-13.
The Chicago Bears can stop the clock.
They have used up their 3-a-lot of timesouts.
And here comes Dallas Cowboys up to the line once again.
They're out of ending in.
He gets them all hit the deck and now they let it run.
16 seconds on the clock.
And that will be all.
They don't have to snap it anymore.
Dallas Cowboys have come up behind to win the football game.
And it's been a thriller here at Texas Stadium.
It was close to failure of battle for the Chicago Bears.
But that's the end of the game between the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys
where the final score with Cowboys wins their timeout.
So we'll get back to Lusian Alphen and Jim Kelly for some post-game comments.
They're a really tough loss for the Chicago Bears.
If you're an impartial observer, it's been a rough season for Neil Armstrong,
Ted Marchabrota and the entire coaching staff at Chicago.
The defense has been much more line.
The offensive times was non-existent.
But today they put together a fine effort.
But as pointed out, came up one point short.
That extra point attempt was the turning point in the ball game.
As Dallas came back, scored a touchdown, came from behind,
and set the end out of the extra point.
And that was really the difference in the ball game.
Both teams played well when they had to,
but Chicago just came up a bit short.
But there's one thing sure we're going to lose in the locker room tonight.
Neil Armstrong is not going to make any comments like he did last week
when his team was so inept offensively with only 24 total yards against the Detroit Lions.
After that game, Neil Armstrong said,
we were so bad last Sunday, we even look lousy coming out of the huddle.
Now let's get back to Dallas, Texas.
Good game, that's the good game.
Good game, good game.
Good game, let's get out to back at Texas Stadium.
It was a dandy, it was anything, let's see, but a turkey.
There was, it was a thrilling football game, and the Cowboys wanted my watch.
It was 3-3 at the end of the first half,
set the end of 41 yard field goal for Dallas,
the 44 yarded by John Juvena for the Bears.
And that's the way we were to a scoreless third period.
13-39 left in the game.
The Chicago Bears used 15 plays, 80 yards, 9-58 in the clock,
and then 7 snapped it off with a 1 yard touchdown
on the point after which blocked by it,
two-tall jump, and the Bears were swinging to a precarious 9-3 lead.
Cowboys got it back down to the Chicago Bears 5 yard line,
and on 4th and 5th, Tom Landry disdain the field goal
that would have put Dallas in an in-crate.
Colorado rolled out to the right side,
Spring was open in the right side of the end zone,
but the Wubba Hall was fatted down by Mark Heitzenstine,
and the Bears took over. They punted,
and then the Dallas Cowboys drove 37 yards for plays,
141 on the clock,
and last spring punched it over to 6 yards out around the left side.
The 70-inch conversion turned out to be the winning margin.
In 10-9, the Cowboys over Chicago,
as the Bears missed what would have been the winning field goal.
By John Romero, he sliced his wide to the right side
with under a half-minute left to play from 49 yards out.
So there you have it, the game between the Chicago Bears
and the Dallas Cowboys has ended with a Cowboys winning in tonight.
Well, our thanks to Lindsay Nelson and Jim Kelly of CDF Radio
for their description of what turned out to be a very surprising
and entertaining ball game down at the Dome in,
rather than make it down at the Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas,
home of the Dallas Cowboys.
The final score again was Dallas 10 and Chicago 9,
and believe you me, the Dallas Cowboys, after this game,
will know that they were in a ball game this Thanksgiving day.
Dallas coming away very fortunate with a victory.
The only thing that separated these two teams was that blocked extra points.
So at the moment, Dallas is taking over the lead
in the National Conference Eastern Division
over the Philadelphia Eagles by one-half a game,
and that of course, depending on the outcome of Philadelphia's battle
with the Miami Dolphins on Monday night.
Final score again in the ball game to Dallas Cowboys 10.
The Chicago Bears had nine.
One point difference, anything but a turkey on this turkey day.
Earlier, Detroit had a relatively easy time,
leading at the intermission 17-7 over a high-powered Kansas City offense,
and holding on and coming on strong in the second half,
holding KC to but a field goal in the third quarter
to win it 27-10.
Eric Hipple threw two touchdown passes in that ball game
as Detroit beat Kansas City 27-10.
Detroit very much still in the running for the NFC Central
as either the division winner or a wild card.
They are only a half a game back of Minnesota in the standings there.
Minnesota had seven and five.
Detroit at the moment, seven and six.
Minnesota plays Green Bay on Sunday.
So the Chicago Bears now have a record of three and 10,
but they can hold their heads up high after a very valiant effort
against the Dallas Cowboys.
Dallas, of course, is a questionable team next week.
They know exactly how bad Danny White suffered those bruised ribs,
but he was taken to the hospital for X-rays,
and, of course, depending on what those show,
he may or may not be available for service next week.