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Show 10D The Salt Lake Tribune Sunda), September 30, 1984 Teacher Tests Pupil as Dallas Meets Bears By Dave n Goldberg Associated Press Writer It's teacher against pupil in Chicago Sunday, but teacher Tom Landry wants it known that pupil Mike Ditka has his own tricks these days. "Mike is a good football coach and has matured as a person. He hasn't broken many tennis racquets lately like he used to," said Landry, wuo coached Ditka for four years as a player, then hired him as an assistant. "Chicago reflects Mike's personality, continued Landry. "It's a tough, team. When you go against the Bears, youd better tighten your helmet. The meeting of Ditka's Bears and Landrys Dallas Cowboys brings toteams. Chicago leads gether two the National Football Conference's Central Division and Dallas is tied for the top in the NFC East with the New York Giants. It also matches Dallas' defense against Walter Payton, only 221 e yards short of Jim Browns NFL rushing record of 12,312 yards. In other games Sunday, Buffalo is at Indianapolis, Cleveland at Kansas City, Miami at St. Louis, New England at the New York Jets, Seattle at Minnesota, Atlanta at San Francisco, Detroit at San Diego, Green Bay at Tampa Bay, the Los Angeles Raiders at Denver, New Orleans at Houston, the New York Giants at the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia at Washington. The Monday nig' t game pits Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. Chicagos biggest problem against Dallas may be finding a quarterback. Ditka hopes to have his regular, former BYU Jim McMahon, who has missed the last two games with a broken throwing hand and a bruised back. But if McMahon's not ready, Ditka says he probably won't go with Bob Avellini, who had an interception returned for a touchdown in Seattle last week. That leaves him with either Rusty Lesch, who also threw an interception for a touchdown in Seattle or Steve Fuller, who would have to be brought off injured reserve. I hope McMahon plays, but I dont know, said Ditka. "If not, it will be somebody else. Who? I don't know." St. Louis, goes into its game with Miami worried about the condition of running back O.J. Anderson, still questionable with a nagging hamstring injury. But the Cards can replace Anderson with Stump Mitchell, who has gained 221 yards in 25 carries for a 9.1 yard average in rehard-nose- d 3-- 1 all-tim- Will McMahon Return at QB? er is ensconced is with the Rams, where Jeff Kemp took over for the 2 injured Vince Ferragamo and threw for 205 yards and a touchdown in a win over Cincinnati. Kemp may face a tougher assignment this week Giants and Lawrence Tayin the lor, who sacked Tampa Bay's Steve DeBerg four times in last weeks 4 24-1- 4 3-- 1 17-1- win. The for the troubled Chuck Muncie and leads the AFC with an average of 5.1 yards per carry, including a in 33-3- 0 last-minu- 3-- 1 - 3-- n 29-2- The Lions, a disappointing will to rebound from that loss in San Diego, where the Chargers have found a surprising ground attack to go with Air Coryell. The main ingredient is second-yea- r running back Earnest Jackson, who has taken over try 2-- 2 yards Raiders Monday night. There's a lot of running in WashJohn ington, too, where Riggins has back problems, but he just seems to go on and on, rushing Redskins for 140 yards in the win in New England last Sunday. The Eagles, hope that they can run a offense of their own against a Redskin defense that ranks second in the league against the rush. Cleveland goes into Kansas City win over Pittsburgh hoping its last week, its first after three losses, is the beginning of an upward trend. The Chiefs, meanwhile, hope to stop their backward momentum after a 21-loss in Denver that was their second straight after two opening wins. The battle of the TamBays matches two teams pa and Green that have played well on defense but have been spotty on offense. Steve DeBerg, sacked five times by the Giants last week, remains at quarterback for Tampa while the Packers hope that Lynn Dickeys bad back has healed. Houston, meanwhile, has been going backward all season, losing its first four games under new Coach Hugh Campbell and his Canadian import quarterback Warren Moon, although Moon, who has spent the sea 2-- 2 Patriots come into the Meadowlands to play the Jets unsure of whether their quarterback will be Steve Grogan, or Tony Eason, who replaced him two weeks ago and rallied the team to a win over Seattle, then bruised his foot in last weeks loss to Washington. The Jets, however, are sure who theirs will be longtime backup Pat Ryan, making the most of his first opportunity to start in the NFL. will try to keep pace Seattle, with the Raiders in the strong AFC West against the revived Vikings, who have won their last two games after dropping their first two. The venerable Jan Stenerud, acquired in an trade, has hit 10 of 11 field goals for the Vikings, including five last week in a 8 upset over Detroit. 2-- 2 155 loss to the ball-contr- 20-1- 0 0 26-1- 0 son playing catchup, fourth-ranke- is the AFC's quarterback. The d are coming off a Saints, win over St. Louis in which Richard Todd had his best game in New Orleans with 264 yards and two touchdown passes. Buffalo is another team looking for its first win it has dropped and four-poidecisions to Miami and the Jets in its last two games. But it may have to go with Joe Dufek at quarterback in place of Joe Ferguson, who sprained his ankle will against the Jets. The Colts, be trying to rebound at home from a 44-- 7 rout in Miami. The leagues third winless team, 2-- 34-2- 4 two-poi- i j;C a ALL Cincinnati, goes Monday night against a Pittsburgh team whose record is good enough for first place in an AFC Central division where Cleveland only one other team even has a win. The Steelers still have several key personnel questionable for the game, including linebacker Jack Lambert and fullback Frank Pollard. 2-- 2 84s MUST GO! EXAMPLES: Tottenham Hotspur Retains Top Spot LONDON (AP) - Tottenham Hotspur beat Luton 2 to stay on top of the First Division of the English League soccer standings, while defending champion Liverpool lost 0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday. Nottingham Forest moved into second place on goal difference after beating Norwich 2-- SAVEWAViTRAI HER SE22L 3-- $ 3 3 3 $ 3 3 & $ a ft 3 3 3 third-string- x x 3 3 K 2-- lief. Miami Coach Don Shula, meanwhile, is worried about the law of avhis team's unbeaten record. erages We're happy about being but there's only a quarter of the season gone, he says. 'T've been coaching a long time and you're only as good as your next game. The Super Bowl champion Raiders are also 0 and are going to Denver trying for the first 0 start in their history against the 1 Bron3-- cos. But they've been living on the brink, pulling out a win in the final minute the past two weeks against Kansas City and San Diego. Denver Coach Dan Reeves worries most about the Raiders defense and the ability of cornerbacks Lester Hayes and Mike Haynes to cover one on one, while the Raiders' Tom Flores worries as much about the scrambling abilities of Broncos' quarterback John Elway as his passing "He's one of their top runners." says Flores. Coach Bill YaLh of San Francisco, another 0 team, thinks the same Falcons come to town way as the with the NFL's leading rusher in Gerald Riggs, who has picked up 483 ards in four games since taking over for the injured William Andrews "We re not surprised we re but w e know that can be with a run of misfortune and injuries, says Walsh. But so far, San Francisco has overcome its injuries Matt Cavanaugh threw three touchdown passes against Philadelphia last week in relief of Joe Montana and Wal.-.- h is confident he can repeat if Montana, listed as probable for Sunday, cant make it Another place where a relief pitch- - ,.,.x x. y 1D1 2 4 QUALITY REMODELING REASONABLE RATES REAVELEY CONSTRUCTION CO. 614 So. 400 W. 328-314-7 Cold weather, it appears, is here. That means youll be turning up the thermostat to chase away the chill. Its a good idea to call a heating contractor, plumber or furnace dealer. Have him inspect and clean your furnace. 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