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Show Sunday, December B, issi THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Page B7 Oilers hope Moon will shine on Steelers : By DAVE GOLDBERG AP Football Writer ;; t Detroit !Some of Jerry Jones optimistic predictions have already been fulfilled. But the Dallas owner went out on a slightly longer limb. ;"If we can win 11 games, I think we have a good chance at winning the Super Bowl," Jones says. 1 First there's the small matter of the New Orleans Saints, who themselves harbored Super Bowl hopes earlier this year before they lost three straight and put their NFC West hopes of their title in jeopardy. What's happened to the Saints is first-ev- 5) New York Jets (plus er simple. Detroit hasn't lost indoors this year. The Jets haven't beaten a team with a winning record, but they've been close. LIONS, 7 20-1- Cincinnati (phis 8) at Miami (Monday night) So the Bengals showed they can beat a team that won a Super Bowl a year ago. Now they return to Joe Robbie Stadium, where they almost won a Super Bowl three years ago. How quickly fortunes can cline. de- Their defense carried them to a DOLPHINS, 7 1 record. Now they're 4 because that same defense has worn San Francisco (minus 3) down under the burden of trying to at Seattle offense that Steve Bono is playing like Joe carry a banged-u- p wasn't very good to start with. Montana. The question is whether The Cowboys are favored by there's still time. 24-1- 9-- 9-- '. two points in a game in which they face Steve Walsh, who they traded to the Saints last year for another flock of first-roudraft choices. Walsh's replacement as Troy Aik-mand n's 49FRS.21-- 6 Pittsburgh (plus 10) at Houston slide The Oilers two-ga4 loss in Pittsstarted with a 26-1- backup, Steve Beuerlein. burgh. Time for a reversal. starts for the Cowboys. 4 Beuerlein is probably an imOILERS, Walsh. over provement an improvement Green Bay (plus 9Vi) at Chicago 5 He's certainly Mike Ditka is unhappy, and 4yer Babe Laufenberg, Dallas n quarterback a year when Mike Ditka is unhappy . . . BEARS, 24-- 3 i$o. 0 l COWBOYS, San Diego (plus 9) at Kansas City The Chiefs got the gleam back a Buffalo (plus 2) t little last week by beating the at Los Angeles Raiders J! 19-a typical Kansas City I The relevant numbers are 51-Bills the the what beat That's victory. J Raiders by last season in the AFC CHIEFS, 19-i!e game, numbers that are duly Atlanta (minus 6) at Rams remembered and registered in Al One of these weeks, the FalDvis' long memory. i Two other relevant items. cons' WON'T get lucky . I But not against a team that's This game is being played in lie Coliseum, rather than in Rich thrown in the season. 3 Radium. FALCONS, The Bills have already I efjnched their division and need Washington (minus 14) at Phoenix ehe more win to take home field fcjrthe playoffs. The last time they met, the t Incentive factor. Cards were 0 and the Redskins U RAIDERS, 1 won 34-the RedNow the Cards are : 1 Denver (pick 'em) at Cleveland skins have won the NFC East and ! Speaking of AFC title games, "REDSKINS, 34--7 fie Browns haven't exactly done well against the Broncos. In fact, if Indianapolis (plus 8) you want to blame anyone for havto watch Denver at New England blown out ing get of Super Bowls, blame the Browns Once upon a time, the Patriots could ONLY beat Indianapolis. they sent them there. This isn't an AFC title game. Now not only does everyone , BROWNS, 10-- 9 beat the Colts, but the Pati iots beat other teams, too. Especially at Giants at home. 3) Philadelphia (plus ; Why are the Giants favored? PATRIOTS, 17-- 6 sevsix have won The Eagles of en from New York, including a 30--7 Minnesota (minus 4Vi) decision earlier this year. The at Tampa Bay The Vikings aren't exactly tyros Giants, coming off a loss to in games they're supposed to win. Cincinnati, are playing like a team 27-1- ite-seaso- 24-2- Sea-haw- ks 3. 1990 AFC By The Associated Press The Houston Oilers are hoping to see Moon shine over a Pennsylvania team and clinch their first AFC Central title. 6, 6. Houston (9-4- ), championship game. (11-2- ) day. Saints at Cowbsys The struggling Saints ) try to end a three-gamlosing streak when they play at Texas Stadium, where they have failed to win in eight previous games. Steve Walsh d had bis first passing game of his career last Sunday, but couldn't prevent New Orleans from losing to San Francisco. Dallas (8-again will count cn backup quarterback Steve Beuerlein in its bid for a third straight win. Jets at Lioas Detroit, 4 and tied with Chicago for the NFC Central lead, can season since record its first 1970 by stretching its winning streak to four games. The Lions last made the playoffs in 1983. New York (7-is still hopeful of appearing in playoffs for first time since 1988. (8-4- which lost to and Phiiadelhpia e' Pittsburgh 25-1- 4 13-- 6 in its last two games, will play Pittsburgh (5-again Sunday in the Astrodome, Warren Moon, Oilers quarterback, leads the NFL in pass at8) 300-yar- S) tempts (543). completions (333) and yards (3,950). He has passed for 19 touchdowns and thrown 19 interceptions. Five of those interceptions came against Pittsburgh when the Steee-ler- s won 26-1- 4 Nov. 24 for their third victory in their last four games against the Oilers. Moon failed to get the Oilers into the end zone for the first time in 32 games when they lost to Philadelphia last Monday night. Moon needs 50 yards to become the first quarterback since Dan Marino of Miami in 1984-8-6 to pass for at least 4,000 yards in consecutive seasons. Wide receiver Louis Lipps of Pittsburgh has thrived against the Oilers, catching 37 passes for 709 9-- 13-w-in 6) Packers at Bears The Bears need to win 143rd meeting with Green Bay to keep pace with Detroit and give coach Mike Ditka his lOCth NFL regular-seaso- n victory. Bruce o at Browns Denver, 4 and tied with the Raiders with AFC West lead, can clinch s playoff berth, while the Browns (6-cling to slim wildcard hopes. Eagles at Giants The Eagles (8-sparked by a ferocious defense, will take the 9-- 7) NFL's longest current winning streak of five games into Giants Stadium in a bid for their seventh victory in eight games against New ). York The Eagles defense is No. 1 in the NFL and has had to be with the club's quarterback situation jumbled by injuries. Redskins at Cardinals (7-6- Washington (12-1- clinched its fifth NFC East title since 1370 rod can secure the the playoffs with a uurd consecutive season sweep of the Cardinals (). Falcons at Rams The Falcons ) have won three straight and have a chance to achieve two elusisve goals. They last won nine games in 1350 and last made the playoffs in 1982. Chargers at Chiefs The Chiefs (8-need to continue to play like the December club they have become. Their record is 2 in December games in 1989-9(8-5- 8-- 1. 49ers at Seahawks will need a fourth The 49ers (7-straight win behind quarterback Steve Bono, making his fourth straight start, to maintain hopes of a ninth consecutive playoff berth. Colts at Patriots New England (4-figures to get fifth victory against the Colts rd ACS 388 25 MHz DXl ACS3S5SX MEG RAM 1.2 Floppy 40 MEG Hard Drive VGA Color Graphics 1 '1035 M295 I 51 West Center Street, Orem OPEN LATE UNTIL CHRISTMAS! m Orem 225-930- 5 slc 484-425- 2 ..,... 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Other Sunday matchups have Buffalo at the Los Angeles Raiders, New Orleans at Dallas, the New York Jets at Detroit, Green Bay at Chicago, Denver at Cleveland, Philadelphia at the New York Giants, Washington at Phoenix, Atlanta at the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego at Kansas City, San 100-ya- Buf- clinched a fourth straight AFC East title last Sunfalo umivmuam . n n 2-- 24-2- 0. 4-- 9, mrw i ' 011 ' mm : 2-- that won the Super Bowl ... last year. ; Which means New York has to win its last three to have a shot at defending. It's more likely to lose its last three. .EAGLES, Ex-Tam- pa Especially on the road. BUCS, 13-- 7 Last Week: 7 (spread), (straight up). Season: (spread) (straight up). 7-- 87-91- -4 " 112-7- ': , 9-- 5 0 24-1- 0 coach seeks Minnesota job This Week's Specials! - FormMINNEAPOLIS (AP) er Alabama coach Ray Perkins said Friday he misses coaching college football and is "very inter- ested" in becoming head coach at Ihe University of Minnesota. 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