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December 25, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 10 Page 1987 Scoreboard i! 30 664 22 1 39 0 22 477 21 7 46 0 Ro Bron Hams 26 555 21 3 95 t 21 440 21 0 66 0 Emery All Le D Fulhwod G witvt frun Br iTTnTri Tunrtiiiii B AMERICAN CONFERENCE Scoring Touchdowns TD Rjsh Rec Rel P"s I 20 0 '26 21 East m 0 571 276 232 6 0 571 352 311 0 500 263 288 770 500 296 283 6 8 0 429 327 340 Central 9 5 0 63 371 226 86 0 571 324 332 860 571 272 90 4 10 0 286 268 349 8 6 irMfcanapota Miarn Burlaw Near England 7 7 Jets N V Houston P4lsourgh Cincinnati Waal 4 9 5 86 t 679 355 288 0 643 351 273 0 571 253 233 S9 0 357 298 283 3 1' 0 214 232 3fc8 Sean San Diego LA Raiders Kansas City NATIONAL CONFERENCE EaU 10 4 0 714 352 S61 7 7 0 500 346 347 6 8 0 429 320 373 429 319 332 590 357 2fa0 305 Si Louis Philadelphia 680 Oaaas N r Giants Central 10 4 0 714 350 279 8 6 0 571 312 308 5 8 1 393 231 267 4 10 0 286 280 336 3 It 0 214 239 371 Minnesota Green Bay Tampa Bay Detroit West y 4n Franc.sc Near Orleans 12 2 0 857 263 3 0 786 389 259 429 317 313 3 11 0 214 19? 406 division line ptayott berrfi 11 680 LA Rams Atlanta Rice S F Phil OiHCk 11 Rams Gams Wmte Bavaro 11 Caner Minn wasn Dojttr WmA Ferrell Si Cm L U 0 Halliard Anoersen N 0 Ruzek Dall Lanstord Rams Burier Chi McFadnen Phil Wersch.ng S F Murray Del C Nelson Minn Al!ege Gams igweouiire T B Kicking PAT FG 3434 2432 2323 2225 3M8 1721 2830 1726 3434 1525 3839 13'7 18'8 1728 3334 1222 2324 1523 2426 12'5 Quarterbacks An Com Yds Montana SF 389 260 294 7 409 247 3073 loma St L Swims Giants 243 143 1966 McMahon. CM. 210 125 1639 275 159 1891 DeBerg T B Herjert NO 27! 148 1959 Cunnnqnm Phi) 385 207 2609 W Wilson Minn 237 126 1900 Schroeder Wash 250 120 1793 DWhile. Dall 362 215 2617 Ouanerbacks Int 7 14 8 22 11 14 10 1? 8 12 17 Kosar Cl Manno M.a Wilson. Raiders Kelly But Kneg Elwav Sa Or" OBnen Jets Kenney KC An Yds Avg LG TD 303 1279 4 2 58 11 225 188 200 184 181 129 117 153 167 864 3 8 811 4 3 759 3 8 754 4 1 690 3 8 586 4 5 569 4 9 562 3 7 526 3 1 38 44 25 60 42 2 5 3 38 3 72 2 29 6 34 3 Punters Arnold Del Ocmetry. All Landela Giants Hatcher. Rams Con. Wash Wagner. Chi Bracken. G B Hansen N O Home. Cm St Saxon. DaH L NO Yds 44 1937 57 2508 6 2596 6J 2834 61 2497 36 1461 67 2719 49 1985 39 1572 61 2437 LG Avg 60 44 0 62 44 0 64 42 6 62 41 t 77 40 9 71 40 6 65 40 6 60 40 5 57 40 3 63 40 0 Punt Returners NO Yds Avg 20 303 15 2 21 273 13 0 41 519 12.7 21 234 11 1 20 217 10 9 39 405 10 4 39 374 9 8 19 182 9 6 2! 180 8 6 20 162 8 1 Johnson. All Kickotl Returners NO Yds Avg All 24 660 27 5 t Stamps. 24 598 24 9 Gentry. Chi Clack. DaH 26 596 22 9 Minn 34 776 22 8 Guggms. Sikahema.SiL 31 705 22.7 Rouson. Giants 21 472 22 5 NO . Lewis. Minn . Srkahema StL Mandley. Del McLemore. S F McKinnon. Chi "McConkey NYG '" K Marlin Dal FulreU. I B day LG TD 80 0 78 1 76 I 54 0 83 1 94 2 37 0 38 0 22 0 TO I 0 0 0 0 3 8 22 5 3 7 44 5 3 9 '9 5 3 8 39 4 5 17 6 4 43 3 4'4 51 6 Punters Moisiejanko. S Newsome Pitt Fulhage Cm Talley Haiders Horan Den Goodburn K C Uohnin Gossert Camanllo Rrjdngoe NO Yds 59 2517 60 2520 47 .1969 5! 2091 40 1631 58 2364 D Hou-CI- N E Se,i LG Avg 57 42 7 57 42 0 58 41 9 63 41 0 61 40 8 55 40 8 t 46 40 58 45 1864 1619 2343 1797 66 40 5 55 40 5 73 40 4 63 39 9 Punt Returners James SD Townseu. Jets Edmonds,. Sea NO 29 30 19 32 11 Yds Avg 367 12 7 366 12 2 2LT3 12 0 370 11 6 McNeil Clev Martin Cm 100 Schwedes Mia 2? 195 8 9 Clemons K C 19 162 8 5 K Johnson Hou 20 160 8 0 Pitts Burl 19 138 7 3 Woods Raiders 24 168 7 0 Kickott Returners NO Yds Avg 18 412 22 9 Young Clev 19 43T 2. 6 Bentley. Ind Palmer K C 35 790 22 6 20 Mueller. Raideis 25 543 Edmonds. Sea 23 479 Stone. Pitt 25 515 Humphery Jels IB 35 GAndersn. SD 22 433 Duncan. Hou 28 546 21 408 Starnng N E 21 7. 20 8 20 6 19 8 19 7 19 5 LG TD 81 91 1 40 40 0 0 0 0 21 31 Jets Sea Byner Clev Riddck Bull Bentley. Ind Duper. Mia Kinnebiew Cm 7 7 7 Kicking PAT FG Ereecn Crt 21 asuccr Ind Zenanas mqu Kan s De" B 21 29- - 3C 30- - 3C Leahy jets Bam Ra oers G Anoe'son Pitt U Jcnnson Sea T F'annl'h r E Jaeger Ciev LGP-- s 46 92 50 90 52 69 7 23 5- - 85 42 t 47 81 5? 60 the year of the strike. t ' "i 50 76 22 4 75 But unlike 1982, when the walkout seemed inevitable, it seemed no one reallv wanted this one. It lasted 24 days and ended with no resolution the players back on the field, the union in court, seeking to win in the courts the free agency it couldn't get on the picket line. The start of the year was familiar enough a rout in the Super Bowl. This time it was the New York Giants concluding a 57-d- ay Team Stats AMER. FOOTBALL CONFERENCE OFFENSE Yards Rush Pass Denver 5409 1841 3568 Mam. 5241 1608 3633 Raiders 5074 20 2978 Cmcmntf, 5018 2072 2946 Cleveland 4885 1660 3225 Hcuslcn 4762 1729 3033 Bualo 455C 1783 2767 IhOiaoaooliS 4523 '9i7 2606 Sar Diego 4437 1265 3172 " ' 603 2793 4396 Sea"' 43" 1854 25' 7 PitlsOurgh 4'89 2049 2140 He England 4Q78 '633 2445 Kansas Ci, 3908 ' 600 2306 DEFENSE Yards Cleveland 4043 Raiders Cmcnpati 4097 4236 4318 Indianapoi'S Buaw Houston 4562 4580 4605 4621 4634 Seattle 4647 Denver 1662 4738 D069 5275 IJe England PmsBurgh San Dieqe Miami Kansas C'ty NAT Rush Pass 1338 2705 1516 256' 1447 2789 1694 2624 1842 2720 1724 26i6 1525 3080 1679 2942 1756 28 75 2000 2647 1974 2688 2042 2696 2060 3O09 2164 3111 12-ga- winning streak with their first Super Bowl victory and first NFL championship since 1956 by beating the Denver Broncos, Phil Simms, who set a Super Bowl record with 22 completions in 25 attempts, was the Most Valuable Player as the 9 at Giants, trailing Broncos the outgained 170-- 2 during a stretch of the third and fourth quarters to build up a 3 lead. 39-2- 0. FOOTBALL CONFERENCE OFFENSE Yards Rush Pass SanFrancsco 5560 2088 3472 Washington 5229 2025 3204 St Louis 174 3157 4777 1831 2946 Chicago Dallas 4771 1702 3069 Philadelphia 4733 1817 2916 New Orleans 4672 2046 2626 Rams 4506 1976 2530 Minnesota 4428 1779 2649 Giants 4239 1301 2M38 Green Bay 4152 1678 2474 Tampa Bay 4149 1269 2880 Detroit 4068 1262 2806 Atlanta 3788 1200 2588 L 10-- 44 DEFENSE Yards 3950 San Francisco New Orleans 4020 4022 Chicago Giants Minnesota 4424 4456 4515 Tampa Bay Green Bay Dallas 4631 4639 4641 4694 4995 Washington Rams Oetroil 5058 5099 Philadelphia Si Lows Atlanta 5584 Rush 1490 1427 1312 1700 1647 1812 1776 1491 1475 1583 1972 1586 1838 2561 Things remained upbeat for the league when the NFL got a three-yea- r $1.42 billion television contract despite declining ratings during the five-ye$2.1 billion agreement that preceded it. The rate per year was about the same in the new contract, which included the first ever cable telecasts an eight game Sunday night package on ESPN. ar Pass 2460 2593 2710 2724 2809 2703 2855 J'48 3166 3111 3023 3472 3261 3023 Things also seemed upbeat on the labor front with both sides predicting no strike, primarily because Jack Donlan, Management's chief negotiator, got' along better with Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association than he did with Upshaw's predecessor, Ed Garvey. Yet the signs of trouble were 19 0 34 0 ID LG 40 95 46 43 34 47 31 62 194 43 ID Rush Rec Ret to 10 0 0 10 8 2 0 9 7 2 0 8 5 3 0 8 6 2 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 Pis 60 60 54 50 48 48 48 half-tim- e, 39-1- 44 0 26 0 Scoring Touchdowns Hector. Warner V By DAVE GOLDBERG AP Football Writer After the fifth week of the 1987 season, the NFL's leading rusher was Lionel Vital. He was released two weeks later. No surprise. In a league that has never settled a labor contract without one 1987 was 0 7 0 42 0 7 0 42 0 7 S 42 0 7 0 42 6 i 0 42 7 7 Ma Johnson Den Largent Sea Siajqhter Ctev S!faood Ma Clayton Jets NO Yds Avg LG TD 65 941 14 5 58 5 52 817 15 7 55 52 715 t3 8 47 4 52 706 13 6 40 4 51 924 18 67 6 49 840 17 1 83 6 49 533 10 9 37 2 47 475 10 1 30 3 4? 44? 9 4 42 2 46 671 14 6 52 3 Burketl Burl Reed Butt Carson K C Givms Hou Byner Clev Winslow S 0 Harmon bull Brooks Ind 45 0 LG TD 97 1 698 6 79 674 668 621 597 592 183 182 173 174 138 145 136 Jets Largent Sea 2 NO Yds Avg LG TO 80 1015 12 7 38 7 64 487 7 6 35 I 62 988 15 9 57 20 57 710 12 5 41 7 57 665 117 44' I 51 1013 199 84 7 49 775 15 8 8! 3 49 758 15 5 38 7 47 467 9 9 59 3 44 772 175 61 It L Craig S F Rice. S F Mandley. Del H Walker Dall Clark Wash Ellard. Rams Bavaro. Giants Anderson. Chi Quick Pha 2511 13 8 1787 12 9 3051 15 17 2526 20 16 Rushers An yos Avg lG Toon 4 Receivers J Smith St 3'00l9t1 Receivers Rushers ir While Rams .Mayes N O RigqS. All ' Craig S F Walker Dall I Mitchell, St L Anderson. Chi ' .D Nelson, Minn ' .Rogers, Wash h Morris. Giants Yds TD Int 279? 21 8 3002 25 11 1931 12 7 2644 '8 9 1929 21 15 Com 353 220 407 242 240 139 380 230 262 161 390 7i7 359 215 238 131 402 221 343 170 Art Mack Clev Allen Raiders Winder Den Jarson P.tt Beniley Ind Okoye K C Sliadtord Mia 29 13 23 1 15 9 12 14 Pis 106 49 89 48 87 52 79 49 79 45 77 53 59 5' 69 53 66 48 60 LG 51 DKrsn Rms Ind 2S0 1092 4 4 57 4 Warner Sea 219 900 4 1 57 8 41 3 Ruier Hou 209 854 4 Individual Stats FOOTBALL CONFERENCE TD 0 7 7 7 2 0 7 66 66 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 AMER FOOTBALL CONFERENCE j L II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mandley Del Martn N O J Sm.m Si L Esiason Cm Moon Ho NAT 11 7 7 7 7 Clark Gai 0 Strike rovi ded NFL headlines NEW YORK (AP) Results through Dec. 22 in Ian voting lor Western Conference starting positions m the 38th Annual National Basketball Association Game, to be played Feb. 7 at Chicago Stadium: Centers Houston. 1, Akeem Oiaiuwon. 169.186 2, Steve Johnson. Portland. 3. Mark Eaton. Utah. 118.980 4. Kareem Abduklabbar. L A. Lakers. 86.606. 5, James Donaldson, 1. AIM Dallas. 49.452 Forwards 2. Calvin "English. Denver. 161.822 Natt. Denver. 158.228 3. Karl Malone. Utah, 138,030 4, Jay Vincent. Denver. 104.886. 5. Thurl Bailey. Utah. 96.817. Earvm Johnson, L A. LakGuards ers, 219.174 2. Lafayette Lever, Denver. 138.371 3. Darrell Griffith, Utah. 130,240 4, Clyde Drexler. Portland. Utah. 107.867. 5. John Stockton. 99.215. there. Until a union convention in March, Upshaw seemed adamant that the union's principal issue was unrestricted free agency. The owners seemed equally adamant that they . would not change the but modify present system which gives teams the right to match offers to their free agents and compensation in the form of draft choices for those players who change teams. Under that first-roun- free important agency remained at the forefront. From April 20, when talks started, until Aug. 31, when the contract expired, nothing was accomplished. camps opened and then the season. On the first Monday the night, 3-- 3, Bennett, signed at midsea-sohad an immediate impact. n, But the biggest new star turned out to be a rookie Bo Jacksigned a year late son, who played baseball with the Kansas City Royals, then joined the Los Angeles Raiders. Jackson, the 1985 Heisman Trophy winner, had been the first pick in the 1986 draft by Tampa Bay but opted for baseball and was chosen by the Raiders on the seventh round this year. the owners, something that could end up costing them $21 were Giants 8-- 20-ye- ar The National Labor Relations Board later found that to be an unfair labor practice by the training Meanwhile, The most significant improvement came in the New Orleans Saints, a team that had never been better than 8 in its history. After the Saints won starting seven in a row and were chasing the 49ers in the NFC West. player contracts expire, as the union wanted, or June 15. On Wednesday, Oct. 14 more than 150 players returned, bringing to more than 300 the number in camp and the union was ready to cave. Cave it did, sending its players back the next day. But it was too late the owners had set a deadline of noon on Wednesday for reporting, the regulars were kept out of camp, and the league went on with the third week of replacement games. system, in which the compend draft sation of a choice for an average player is considered prohibitive, only one player in ten years has changed teams. Despite Upshaw's change of direction at the convention he suggested other issues, like pension and severance were equally to running backs Greg Bell and Owen Gill. But they couldn't even agree the sticking point was whether the 1982 contract would expire Feb. 1, when on those thrashed 9 by the Chicago Bears, their predecessors as million to $25 million once it goes through the court system. When the regular games re- 34-1- Super Bowl champions, in one of the most balleyhooed openers in years. It began a precipitous slide by the Giants. But the first two weeks were nothplayed under a cloud ing was happening on the labor front and on Sept. 20, following the New York Jets' 4 Monday night thrashing of the New England Patriots, the strike started. Upshaw predicted a quick settlement and said a "mystery man" would bring the two sides together. That turned out to be Commissioner Pete and he got the two sides together for exactly two unfruitful days. But there was a difference, this time from 1982. Whereas five years ago, the league shut down, this time it played "replacement games" nationally televised Monday night game in Seattle he rushed for 221 yards as the Raiders broke a seven-gam- e losing streak. Moreover, teams like Houston, San Diego, Indianapolis and Buffalo began to emerge, 43-2- The season's other stars were quarterback John Elway, who carried Denver to the AFC West lead despite a plague of injuries to his teammates and San Francisco receiver Jerry Rice, who tied one NFL record with touchdown catches in 11 straight games and tied another with 18 TD catches in just 10 games, tying the mark set in 1984 by Miami's Mark Clayton in 16 games. the Colts and Bills made stronger by one of the biggest trades in years. It sent disgruntled superstar running back Eric Dickerson from the Rams to the Colts and unsigned rookie linebacker Cornelius Bennett from the Colts to the Bills. In return, the Rams collected three No. 1 and three No. 2 draft choices from the two teams in addition Roz-ell- e, Golf writers "scab games" the players called them. It sat out the third week, then began playing the fourth with free agents, rejects and those regulars who chose to cross the picket line. 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