as the Chicago Bears await the winner it's the New England Patriots 17 to 7 and halftime that's a bad news for Dolphin fans last week at this time they were down 14 to 3 and Cleveland scored to make a 21 3 and yet Miami rallied did they have another miracle left or is New England just too good you said the Patriots started with the best hand but Dick let's go back to our theorem of the card game right now Raymond Barry is sitting there with even more chips than he started with his conservative philosophy his style is playing perfectly for him I don't think he's going to change he can afford to be patient let his defense do the work hope for some more turnovers on the other hand Don Shulow already had to play aggressive high-risk football almost has to play double up and catch up well he's got Dan Marino and he'll get the ball first to start the second half the statistics in the first half were basically even except for those big turnovers the two fumbles here are those statistics and of course one that jumps out at you those two fumbles and that has been a great story for this New England team they've had ten takeaways only two giveaways so far during this playoff and I'll tell you that when you can keep your mistakes low and give the ball up only occasionally and that's what Barry talked about error-free football they have played it it has been successful you've got to believe that's what he talked to him about it to have Miami with its final word from coach Don Shula and Marino and the Dolphins well know their position one of the things you have to be concerned about dick we watched that a little of the locker room scene last week from Los Angeles highly emotional team there that's New England team weeping and crying and it was such a great victory for them they poured out a lot of emotion Raymond Barry deliberately took some time off gave his team a couple of days off to try and regroup that emotional energy they've had a very emotional first half a very successful first half now the key to winning for them to maintain that emotional intensity through this second half I wonder how much they have left in those reserve tanks 30 minutes to the Super Bowl unless of course we have a sudden death overtime Tony Franklin to kick it off Lorenzo Hampton at the other end for Miami 17-7 as we open the second half spins down short Hampton at the nine he has some running rooms and Greg Hawthorne recovers for New England oh my the turnover table continues to rock in the direction of the Patriots they are now 13 and 2 and that takeaway giveaway department in the playoffs Don Shula and Chuck Steadley both referred to waking up last week after that big 61 yard run to start the second half by the Cleveland Browns well time running out here and again it's that hard hit Raymond Barry you see the numbers right there Raymond Barry used that as one of his strategies one of his keys we got to strip the football away and take it or they have done it today Craig James first down has nearly 10 you green finally made the stop and the Patriots with a 17-7 lead could not get a bigger break than stopping Miami on the opening kickoff recovering the fumble deep in dolphin territory where they have recovered two other miscues that led to ten earlier points coming out of that locker room you establish the momentum of the second half in this first series Miami with all its plans offensively and with all its thoughts suddenly is on defense again second and one Collins who caught a touchdown pass in the first half slams to a first down at about the 11 Don Shula undoubtedly thinking what everyone else is in this stadium you can't turn it over and win the big ones and he's down in that department three turnovers to none first down at the 11 for about four yards but Brown in on the stop for Miami the danger now for this Miami Dolphins defense things are getting a little desperate and occasionally you try and do more than your job you try and do something extra you've got to still try and stay within the integrity of the defense and try and force the turnover but if you start to try and make the big play you put yourself out of position you might make the big play for the other team right James appears to be close to a first down at the two and they have rushed the football Miami's weakness it's Achilles throughout the year shown again last week when they barely scraped back against Cleveland a team that rushed for over 250 yards and the Patriots beating him to the punch on the ground today Don Shula said it right after that game he said when a when a team like Cleveland averages six point eight yards per carry what do you think the New England Patriots are going to do and indeed that's exactly what they have done a measurement third and that much when the New England recovered a first quarter fumble at the Miami 20 Nathan fumbling on the first play of the first half just as Miami has fumbled the ball away on the first play of the 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life beers with a difference worth tasting and by Hewlett-Packard the people who turn your business computing problem into a business computing solution New England Patriots capitalizing on a third fumble recovery have opened a 24 to 7 lead against the Dolphins here in Miami and Tony Franklin roots at high Hampton the rookie at the 20 and to the 24 yard line Miami will begin there let's go to Bob Gracie Dick here is a weather's lineup in the backfield he just got a run a play action pass Ramsey's got to sneak out but send line 51 is grabbing a hold of him and you know sometimes when you're so predictable and conservative as Raymond Barry has been this year and if you do a lot of self scouting you can use that to your own best efforts because you know you're conservative and you know the other team doesn't expect it and then some big plays can come of it very the only one not showing emotion on the sidelines that's true to character Marino a lot of work to do one hops it out to Nat Moore and the reason why the pass was short was Don Blackman 55 was on his chest you can afford to play more aggressively now on defense now this Miami team is as we said really got to double up and catch up time becomes a factor you feel more comfortable defensively you can start to blitz more and this Patriot defense is not a blitzing defense but I wouldn't be surprised to see them coming more now at Marino with that nice cushion Marino has been sacked once in the air and almost intercepted by Blackman again and he's having a big game there's Rod Rust defensive coordinators signaling his defenses onto the field and interestingly in his own way he may be the man responsible for getting Barry into this coaching job that's right Ron Meyer was fired because he wanted to fire Russ well he actually fired Russ the players revolted had a meeting Meyer ended up being fired they brought in Barry and brought back Russ doper that's four or five sets of hands before it falls in complete a flag is down look like a volleyball game out there motion against Miami how the Dolphins unable to gain a yard in that position I think that ball is going to be batted about four or five times the first bat by Marina or by duper as he goes up that's one LePet two off the helmet there Marion Marion three four it falls just out of the reach of a lot of eager patriots Roland James back at the 32 Roby dying spiral James bubbles and the Dolphins have recovered a flag is down Bud Brown recovered the ball let's see if it counts there's the first mistake by New England let's see how it picks up Miami we mentioned at the top of the show that New England would probably be able to overcome Irving Friar's loss as a receiver but not as a punt returner the confidence level right there of the return scene that's Roland James only two punt returns on the year coming up and in a situation where he could have just caught it and tucked it away he turned it over oh Miami gets a break at the 43 trailing 24 to 7 with 11 minutes plus remaining in the third quarter Joe Carter well he's fishing dead yet as they would say here in Miami Carter pulls out of a tackle by Nelson gets away from McGrew number 50 got a whole horse a host of Patriots on his tail but ends up with a big game and lights up this Miami offense a little bit harder who had a 12-yard run in the first half and now an 18-yard scamper boy did he deny some tackling and the big pullback is to the New England 17 where it'll be second and three or four to go you see the power of Davenport that was illustrated last week as he made that big 31-yard run bouncing off people watch him here as he pulls away from Steve Nelson who's a deadly tackler look at that leg strength gets away from Nelson and almost from Roland makes the big gain on that play second about three and a half yards offense on the sidelines Tony Collins of the Patriots he has a touchdown a four-yard pass Easton with one two and four yard passes for the Patriots for scores 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to Clayton now watch Mary and he's going to drift over there if we could go ahead and run the play watch as Clayton goes in there if you can stop it right there you can see that he tried to get it beyond there he tried to hit it past Marion Marion stopped right in the path of the ball there's the trip you'll see it right there the foot coming in LaPette look at that just a tap on the back of the heel incidental contact but it cost the interception Craig James falling straight ahead and good yardage again for New England on first down second down that will be a first down out to the 37 deck and talking to both duper and Clayton it was their feeling that the officials in that Cleveland game not calling nearly as many penalties downfield giving the defensive men more latitude let's look in at the battle on the line of scrimmage that surge and again New England taking advantage of its size going right at the heart of that Miami defense Charles moved out of there by Wooten the left or the right guard Brock up to pick up one of the linebackers Hannah driving out of their Holloway and well I'll tell you they just keep pushing and pushing more that whole offensive line driving Miami off of the ball rain falling in Miami's Orange Bowl less than eight minutes left in the third quarter New England with a handsome lead as Collins carries out to the Patriot 40 Doug betters made the tackle no question we expected the Patriots to out rest the Dolphins and Miami was hoping in fact Doug better said we're gonna try to hold him to four yards or less per rush not so second down and seven a long seven Collins squirts for four you're green with a hit it's such a big advantage for running backs when their offensive line is getting into the defense and moving them off the ball there's time then for them to get their good drive upfield and make the cuts from a positive position to make them at full speed the defense on the other hand having to try and react laterally you end up trying to arm tackle it gives those offensive backs a chance to go for an extra two or three yards they had better their average the six best in the league on the ground and we still have 20 plus minutes left Craig James running the daylight in a first down at the 43 of Miami well we've been talking about that Patriot offensive line three first round draft picks on the left side of the line Holloway Hannah and Brock Hannah driving his man back off the ball Holloway getting a piece of his and James just exploding through there out of the tackle by Bud Brown out of a second tackle by Judson makes the extra yardage Jackie Shipp who made the tackle limps off the field for the Dolphins Mark Brown has replaced him no Jay Brophy goes in first down at the 43 six minutes left in the third quarter and the Patriots lead 24 to 7 weather stopped on first down Bob Merlin and Dick you're talking about the blocking up front of the offensive line let's go back to that last play and watch the straight blocking Hannah right here and on the linebacker and you'll see James finding a little hole right in between here and running right up through James with the good eyes and good feet has the ability to get through the hole after a good block by Tony Collins James said something very nice to me last weekend talking to him he said you know I don't run with my feet to run with my eyes my feet just kind of follow along behind you're right Bob great eyes on the part of James on that play Weathers carrying his 222 pounds to the Miami 40 you green and Mark Brown with the tackle that's a colorful stop green and brown and a black wood there as well you see you green going to that face mask and eye injury early in the year and he has a clear mask across his face Steve Nelson in fact wore an identical mask during several games this year after an eye injury and I haven't talked to you about the mask but Steve said something interesting he said I got an echo all the time it sounded like I was talking in a cave third and seven big play for the Miami defense he's in a rare throw and he hits his man to two pool it'll be close to a first down at the 34 yard line appears to be a little shy and again when you're running game is going when you can force those linebackers and those linemen to concentrate on the run you've got time to throw the football linebacker isolated there that's Brzezinski trying to get out to the outside to cover to two poo to two poo usually the short yardage runner did a good job of hauling that one in and on fourth down in the yard again Barry going to go for it he went for it and fourth and goal there are some interesting stats before Grogan played look at the numbers for recent and then look at the numbers after Grogan was hurt he has had a great last half of the season weather is on the pitch it's going to be close Miami fans think that he was stopped no England fans feel that he has made the first down and it's the Patriots who are right again dick maybe we can add as we look again at the hard jaws of Don Shula maybe we can go back and get that statistic again because I really think it's interesting one of the things that really helped Tony Eason after a bad start on the season and he was dealing with his third offense in three years Barry putting in his own offense he had a chance to watch this man Steve Grogan go in and run the offense look at those latter numbers the reversal in touchdowns and interceptions a lot of that I think came because Eason was able to get himself calmed down and able to learn by watching on the ground and that figures now for the Patriots with a big lead just trying to chew up that clock and it ticks away against Miami 333 332 331 left in this third quarter the Patriots with a 24-7 advantage the only Miami touchdown came in this second quarter when the Dolphins took a 7-3 lead it was Marino today and Johnson but four turnovers have not only stopped the Dolphins but no England has taken advantage on three of those for a score and trying to do that now on this pass intersection that started this drive Collins plowing for six or seven to the twenty-four just shy of another first down first turnover a fumble led to a field goal then the next two fumbles became touchdowns those fumbles recovered by New England were at the Miami 20 the Miami 36 the Miami 25 the last one on the kickoff to start this second half then when the Dolphins finally got one of their own Marino was intercepted by the omnipresent Fred Marion always seems to be in the right spot that ball has been in his hands in the several key games Seattle game last week the week before he really has been something Collins has denied the first down and the Dolphins say they got the football but too late he was already down Brzezinski again reaching to strip that football and got his hands on it got it away from the running back it's the second time we've seen him reach in and take that ball right out of the grass on the running back coming in 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Digger Phelps and love fighting Irish of Notre Dame college basketball it's the stuff weekends are made of on NBC Sports in the rain Miami's Orange Bowl a remarkable story being written by the New England Patriots the long shot Pats wild-card members in this Super Bowl tournament and they have a 24 to 7 lead time running out less than two minutes left in the third quarter Tony Eason has thrown three very short touchdown passes one two and four yards after the miss field ball this is Joe Carter a whirling dervish has about ten more Carter running like a man possessed Rod McSwain made the tackle after nine yards a key to any team success how well you take it away that's 14 and three games they've given it up only three times those numbers are amazing enough but I think it's the result of those turnovers that we often don't see and we'll give you an idea of the impact of that in just a moment Carter now with 41 yards second and short Marina goes to the shotgun has to throw too soon duper on a deep pattern hadn't quite turned but Marina was about to get hit so had to unload I asked Raymond Claiborne about those two wide receivers I said are they alike to cover he said almost identical he said they have some of the same breakaway moves from the line some of the same moves downfield he looked at me so I think Nat Moore taught him all of this and he said I think he learned from Paul Warfield here's that break off the line good receivers are tough to stop at the line of scrimmage and there's the break but Marino simply did not have time and he'd been able to wait I think Duper would have been open might have gotten it in there to a third and one and Carter does have the first down at the 35 yard line or is that Tony Nathan let's see if the veterans back in there they lead by that amount 17 points directly out of those four dolphin turnovers they have put 17 points on the board today that is a wonder not only does a turnover change the emotion of the game but very often as 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I'm sure he's thinking boy if this leg will just get a little bit better I'm gonna be able to get back in there and play before this season is over we open the fourth quarter 24 to 7 New England it's a second and four for Marino going deep for Clayton and he was well covered Ernest Gibson was with Clayton stride for stride a reminder we will be naming our Budweiser most valuable player for today's game a bit later you saw the results on one side of the field let's go to the other side of the field where Duper is working one-on-one little fake to the out and a little tug right there Raymond Claiborne almost undressing Mark Duper the official downfield did not spot that one jerked his shirt so hard the shoulder pad popped out Patriots have been tough in the second half their defense and they've shut out Miami that's far in this one third and three and a half incomplete Tony Nathan covered well by Don Blackman and what a game Blackman has had and I've said all along if it weren't for tippet this would be the man that everyone would be headlining and he's shown that today and Miami unable to pick up the first down one of the patterns that Marino thought would be very effective against this defense is working underneath in front of those linebackers but Blackman with great speed and good hands reaching right out in front to knock that ball away rolling James back as Roby kicks drives the ball to the 10 Miami had a couple of shots at it before they finally cover at the 10 and the only two mistakes by New England have been by Roland James trying to feel punch and of course an unfamiliar task for him this year special teams coach Dante Scarnaccia was worried about this he said there's no question James has to be rusty we want him just to secure that football any yards are just a plus here most importantly they're giving us the football and a punt we don't want to give it back credit a good head Alex Moyer 54 the first man to reach in and knock that ball away they could actually make a first down without a touchdown just by an inch or two Marino shotgun wants to get it on the board in a hurry exactly what Miami had to have a five-second touchdown drive denied early in this ballgame and feeling frustrated I'm sure Tony Nathan must feel a little bit vindicated right now Reves try for point it is good and the Dolphins have cut the lead to 10 with almost a full quarter left what a big play the fumble by James the next play Marino it's Nathan from 10 14 minutes 28 seconds left give me a light no no no no no bud light if you just ask for a light beer thanks you never know what you know give me a light no bud light no so if you want the less filling light beer with the first name and taste don't just ask for a light beer do you like ask them to bring out their best bud light bud light because everything else is just a light there's something special on the horizon American Airlines ultimate super savers incredible low fares to over 90 cities throughout the 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database right what if we use the personal productivity today's game is brought to you by John Hancock financial services meeting today's needs with a range of financial products by hurts you don't just read a car you rent a company and by Budweiser Beachwood age for that clean crisp taste this Buds for you Dick Emberg with Merlin Olson and Bob Gracie at the Orange Bowl in Miami fumbled punt by Roland James of the Patriots recovered by Miami at the 10 a quick touchdown has put Miami back in the game and certainly the Miami fans are back in it at 24 14 with 12 minutes 47 seconds left Miami's ball and it's 37 what a cat no he trapped the ball is the call no catch Raymond Claiborne right there on the sidelines and Mark Clayton unable to come up with it great battle are going on over there to experience pros looking at it from the other side of the field we get a better view of it Merino with that quick throw ball down in the dirt and I think indeed he had his hand on top of the ball and drove it into the ground Carter and I believe Julius Adams has it for New England Carter who has given the extra effort throughout this game but you had a feeling when you get hit that many times and bounce around somebody's gonna finally knock it free and Adams was the man who finally saw that precious pumpkin and the New England Patriots have it again again you sense not only the change of the football but the change of emotion the ball right there begins to get away from Carter it's on the ground Roy Foster 61 is right on top of it but it rolls out from underneath him and there is Julius Carter or Julius Adams right there to scoop up the pumpkin that was one of those presidents first down at the 45 12 and a half minutes left James and Jesse Craig James from Houston Texas and Southern Methodist University trying to do something that his former teammate with the Mustangs won't get a chance to do go to the Super Bowl Dickerson stopped by the Bears in Chicago earlier I'd like to go back and make a point that I made earlier one of the priorities that Raymond Barry said as he took over his head coach he said we have got to take away the football more often we're going to do that by practicing stripping the football and oh how that has come to be a technique that's paid big dividends for the Patriots second and to James close to a first down that was back in the American Football League days only to lose out at Bell Bowl Park in San Diego 51 to 10 to the Chargers who had just recently at that time moved from Los Angeles to San Diego that is rather a long drought well 63 may have been the year wasn't that the Bears last championship season the Bears and the Patriots the last glory years were 63 until 1986 James needed to get right to the 35 and that's where he was hit it'll depend on the spot Carter perhaps that old expression in sports stay within yourself trying to do too much and the fumble and the sage veteran Adams who said earlier this year this would be his last that he would retire at the end of the season go to his making Georgia home and farm and raise black Angus cattle he said but I don't want to go home too soon they've been trying to talk him out of that retirement announcement he has had a remarkable year James did get the first down and with it usually comes about three more minutes off the clock if you're running it Kim Bo camper wraps up James after a yard gain at the 34 one of the loneliest feelings in the world is is the sense of of having made the costly mistake there's Hampton talking to his young friend in the backfield saying hey you got to put it out of your mind a lot of people have made mistakes today and indeed they have but that was the one knock on this town of the young a young runner from Alabama that he is fumble prone it doesn't make you feel a lot better when you've made a big mistake I can tell you that from experience less than ten minutes left that's Collins Bob Brzezinski he and Don Blackman of New England the 2b linebackers for each team have been absolutely outstanding in this championship game see what Raymond Barry has up his sleeve here looks like he's got a third wide receiver on the field in this situation often during the day and during the playoffs they have run out of that shotguns out of that shotgun formation let's see what they do here 920 left New England has now rushed for 200 yards so many men on the field for Miami is better just barely made it off there's the play that worked against the Raiders and it pays off again today Collins out of the shotgun that was such a big weapon in beating the Raiders in Los Angeles last week that particular play some confusion on the defensive side for Miami no confusion there they simply hand the ball off that's Ron Wooten 61 leading a ran right past Bo Kamper ran out of the the attempted tackle by Blackwood and Tony Collins has a big first down one would surmise that a touchdown here by New England would get them to this Super Bowl a field goal should Miami stop them would keep it at least within long range of the Dolphins James battling for a couple might have three you'll green in on another stop Shula knew the one problem he had all season long is the one that is shown again today defense versus the run the one thing that a good running game does for you and when you can establish it the way New England has is to keep the opponent's offense on the bench and I'll tell you one of the best defenses against Miami is to keep me a Marino sitting down as long as possible second and seven James what a move Craig James out of bounds at the one-yard line everything stacked up inside and James using that great vision has a first and goal at the one 108 yards today for James Bob Gracie talked about it earlier the eyes James seeing the opening to the outside and then has the quickness and the acceleration to get there William Judson getting a good tackle there look at number 24 Weathers throwing a fine block right there on 55 you green green must contain from the outside on that play and that's what James saw to take advantage of it to the outside and with just seven and a half minutes late even a great quarterback on an outstanding team gonna have trouble making up that deficit it's 30 to 14 New England Patriot fans have felt all year that their team was not getting enough respect believe me they have earned the respect of the entire league and the entire country winning on the road against the Jets winning on the road against the Los Angeles Raiders and apparently winning here to end the last of those big jinxes Tony Franklin adds the extra point Mosey Titupu the 30-year veteran from Southern California a moment that he'll file in his album as he puts his team ahead 31 14 never felt older in my life yesterday I was a football player today I'm retired how do I want to be remembered as a good father as a good husband and that's it that's life and that's what life is a new company has begun yet it has a 150 year history it's only a few days old but it's already the number one manufacturer of medium and heavy duty trucks although you've never heard of it it's in the top quarter of the fortune 500 the company is Navistar International and while it's just starting to roll it's already in high gear introducing Navistar the rebirth of international harvester Miami Dolphins favored but in a hole by 17 with just seven and a half minutes left as New England's Franklin will kick it off this telecast presented by authority of the National Football League is intended for the private use of our audience any rebroadcast or other use of this telecast without the express written consent how the Miami Dolphins and the National Football League is prohibited dying quail that'll be a good kick Lorenzo Hampton to the 20 it's been 20 years since New England has beaten Miami here in Miami and what has happened to all of us in that twenty-year period of time prices have gone up a bit and for the New England Patriots at average income twenty five thousand one hundred they'll make much more than that just in their playoff activity Tony Eason his role limited and he's played it well like a good part player in theater he's only thrown the safe passes he's not thrown an interception in three playoff games and he apparently is going to lead his team into the Super Bowl but now Marino has his say this is what it is worth the wild card was worth New England up to New England six thousand dollars then ten thousand for the win last week eighteen thousand dollars for each team today that's all guaranteed up to that point then the winner gets thirty six and the loser eighteen in the Super Bowl so you can just accept for the six thousand the Chicago Bears have those numbers as well but that isn't really what counts right at this point now they're they will be happy to accept those checks but believe me the greatest joy for them here will be whipping a jinx that has docked them all Clayton tough catch Raymond Claiborne no that was a Marod McSwain number 23 on him it took a circus effort by Clayton to get those 15 yards seven minutes left in the game four fumbles have led to 24 of the points Tony Nathan just 50 yard line and 15 more yards and you can see how well coached this Miami team is they are wasting no time even though there's over six minutes left they're going to spend every second wisely they have to a lot of teams a little careless guys not getting up to the line of scrimmage in time this is Nat Moore and the veteran has almost enough for another first down may have it at the 40 and makes it some this makes it tough on a defense to to operate without a huddle if the Miami team can sustain this they can wear out a defense a little bit I know that that New England defense that New England offense they all have to be emotionally drained after the tough road games they've been through deck going for it all he's got a man open and good rallying by Claiborne and there's the veteran from the University of Texas showing why he's a pro bowler beaten by a step and a half he got back and foiled the attempt by Marino oh you need that speed look at him dogging right there watching the eyes and knowing when to turn around knowing when to turn around I think Clayton having to adjust to that football that was the signal that he was looking for Claiborne able to turn back and that that football away Miami needs three scores which obviously means three possessions and thus Marino must score on this drive I mentioned that Marino had been held under 200 yards five times on the year twice by New England he needs one more good pass to go over 200 today there it is and that'll be near another first down Joe Rose makes the catch Roland James with a hit ten more yards one thing I know about Don Shula I don't think there's a coach that I've ever been around who hates losing more than Shula believe me I don't I wouldn't want to be a part of the locker room and a part of the offseason of a team that that lost in a game that he really felt that they could win well if he is not successful today his perfect record in this title game will be gone he's 5-0 coming in and that 18-game winning streak at home against New England will be gone here's Joe Rose again making that catch and he pays for it Roland James tipping Rose all the way to the ground Rose had knee or shoulder problems all of last year he's had foot problems as we mentioned has not been practicing this week first down at the 30 you saw the clock starts right after that measurement Tony Nathan written down by Marion after a game of six but the clock rolls five minutes and 20 seconds left Patriot defense has done a good job of playing within themselves their philosophy very simple we keep the play in front of us Rod Russ signaling in his defense he said the more the closer you are to the line of scrimmage the more aggressive you can play we don't want the highly aggressive plays way back in the secondary that's complete and there you see the result of it you notice that the defensive backs are laying off a little bit they'll sacrifice yardage for time here Duper does a wise job no one touches him so he's able to roll out of bounds and save precious seconds he's down but not touched and gets out of bounds and stops the clock right right play and that's something that you've got to have you've got to save those seconds 455 left the score 31 14 New England it's going to take something special for New England not to win but this is a special player Claiborne that was thrown right into his mitts not a wise throw by Marino Claiborne good good coverage in front of Nat Moore Dan Marino's confidence sometimes gets him in trouble he'll throw into the coverage believing that his arm can beat the coverage not true here Claiborne dropping off his man Duper to come back in and just about take that football away from the receiver two receivers much closer than they should have been on that pattern that allowed Claiborne to leave his man and come in flags are down free play for Marino and there's Claiborne again swatting it way up into the crowd it appeared the Patriots were offside where they drawn I believe that Marino with that sharp barking count had drawn them off sides let's see if anyone on the Miami side move Jean Barth the referee over 80 years of NFL experience in this quality crew and they've had a good game so there is no play it's a five-yard penalty but Miami also saves it down as that's an automatically dead ball they add four seconds to the clock Ronnie Lee right tackle the man who apparently moved before that ball was snapped Chicago Bears played both these teams in the regular season beating New England at Soldier Field and losing their only game of the season down here on a Monday night when Miami prevailed 38-24 Clayton Joe Rose also in the area Rod McSwain on that particular play dropping off and then coming back up to make the hit but look how they have forced Marino to throw underneath today he got one long pass earlier I believe to mark Clayton everything else under 19 yards they have forced him to go underneath to be patient and in the process have been able to force the mistakes that have given them the football third and 15 in a must-score situation for Miami and again Claiborne makes the fine play on Duper Raymond Claiborne showing his considerable skill now a flag goes down is it against the Dolphins it's against Duper for throwing his helmet he lost his cool down there Claiborne simply made an outstanding play at the end of it we didn't see what happened earlier but Duper is going to be penalized for throwing his helmet and as that helmet hit the ground everything came out of it all the padding just bounced right out of it boy you can't lose your cool on the field it's after the play the down counts so it'll be fourth and 30 for Miami I'll tell you the other thing worth and how in the world is Duper gonna put that helmet back on with no ear pads and no have padding in it watch the play at the end of the play that's what Duper was mad about Clayton did whack him on the arm before the play should have been a penalty it should have been a penalty now watch the hat here he's gonna throw it to the ground and that got him the penalty right there I think the official may have been blocked from that initial swat on the arm by Duper's body so now fourth down and Biscayne Bay to go for the Dolphins Duper again intercepted by Claiborne and Raymond Claiborne completes a cycle of superb coverage as he picks off the pass the sixth turnover of the game for the Patriots and are they whooping it up in Grand Old New England the Patriots always a quality team great players and Raymond Barry has made them believe that they are what they have proved to be a great team if you just ask for a light give me a light you never know what you'll get so if you want the less filling light beer with the first name and taste ask for Bud light yours no that's everything else give me a light it's just light if you visited all the places some nationwide long-distance companies don't serve you'd be on the road a long time there are a lot of services you take for granted with AT&T that most companies don't have like calling from anywhere to anywhere operator service and immediate credit for wrong numbers looks like most companies still have a long way to go to measure up to AT&T the bar you hear the better we sound AT&T the right choice January's champions take to the ice Ty Babylonian Randy Gardner the beautiful Linda Fratiani the proto pop-off and everybody's favorite Dorothy Hamill the gathering begins at the world professional figure skating championships on NBC sports world if the Super Bowl is the symbol of success and the true victory that means that the sad part of the whole tournament is that 28 teams start and 27 finish as losers and the frustration and the emotions will carry that through the rest of the way with 429 left he's right he was hit on my head on the arm as he explains the coach Don Shula Robert Weathers to the 25 a gain of five there's a situation that was the second game of the season the Bears beat New England 20 to 7 and following the game a talk with their mighty happy head coach Mike Ditka well how well he represents what George Hallis built there in Chicago the patriarch of the National Football League and a sensational season very nearly a perfect one for the Bears only Miami spoiled that and they've been perfect in the playoffs how often do we see coaches who are successful build teams in their own mold and I remember well playing against Ditka in a bear uniform pugnacious aggressive knock you down and talk about it later Ditka has created that same kind of image that same kind of feeling in the Windy City and with back-to-back defensive shutouts and fine offensive performances New England even though they're going to be elated about a victory here might be thinking about soon about what they're going to have to do in the Super Bowl against Chicago Irving fryer and a domestic scuffle earlier in the week severing the tendon and his little finger will not play in the Super Bowl and many teams with a jinx 18 straight losses and lose a player that quality was said oh no here it comes again but not this edition of the Patriots I think that's the area that we can rely on most as a successful area of very endeavor he got them he simply said hey we can overcome the obstacles Ken Sims went down he was playing the best football on the defense he overcame that Grogan went down with an injury they overcame that they overcame Friar's absence here today short yardage I was looking through some old notes on Raymond Barry when he took the job last year and they certainly apply Barry said that his biggest coaching influence was his dad mark there in Paris Texas and he said I learned these things from my dad always believe you can win to convince your players of their potential three insist on balance run pass kick and special teams can you be more prophetic than that that's exactly what he's done those were the words of Barry when he took the job as a so-called interim job a year and a half ago times being spent by Miami they've used two timeouts now boy it's so tough to see it in and I know you can relate to that big guy Dick I got awfully close to a championship day or a championship opportunity in a Super Bowl I lost twice in championship games against the Minnesota Vikings and I can remember the crushing hollowness of walking off of that field and realizing that it had slipped away from you like an artist building a big beautiful pot and you work and work for months and months and months then someone comes up and drops it on your embrace it's gone it's gone and there's bitterness there's frustration and I could look across on the other sideline and see that kind of celebration and I was angry I was always angry at the end of the game Dave Grogan you know what he's doing he he wants the Patriot fans here to get a little action of their own you got to love him he came back off of a broken leg put that uniform back on because he knew he might be needed and he said hey I'm ready to play third and three and a first down with just about in things here and Weathers has got it and there's only one timeout left for Miami 35 Weathers who had a 45-yard run in the first half that set up a touchdown and now it's just a matter of watching the seconds take away and the Patriots have earned this right to celebrate on the sidelines well over 10,000 people didn't they say waiting to meet them when they came home from Los Angeles one has to wonder what it's going to be like when they come home from this victory seventy four thousand nine seventy eight were the attendance here today about a thousand people didn't use their tickets some of them dolphin fans have left but certainly not those who carry the red and blue of New England Weathers well we have a moment yes let's acknowledge our Budweiser most valuable players for this championship game Raymond Claiborne of the New England Patriots and his teammate on defense linebacker Don Blackman Budweiser will donate $1,000 to the United Way on behalf of those two defensive stars for the New England Patriots they did shut down the Miami offense and made the big plays they are two of many we could point to today there's another second down in a mostly to two pool he has one of the touchdowns this afternoon that was a team that has owner Billy Sullivan I don't think Patrick is there yet he's or less banished to the stands after his postgame activities last week that drew a slap on the wrist but the interview is on already and we have 225 left Miami spending its final time out here's to you Beachwood age for that clean crisp taste that says Budweiser an idea can happen anytime when you work for Hewlett Packard you don't just sell business computing systems you solve problems so when you have an idea you do something about it you never stop asking what if you know that electronic mail project for the bank what do you think we used HP message New England 31 Miami 14 the head man of the team has a chance to bask in the glory as well 256 yards rushing for this Patriot offense today no back-to-back games playoff games Miami's defense giving up too many yards on the ground and now the Patriots will use up those 30 seconds in fact now it'll tick down to the two-minute warning he may be happiest of all in fact the younger players all saying we love Julius Adams so much that oh would we'd like to give him a chance to go to a Super Bowl the old man's going to get his chance Alcoa presents fantastic finishes 1984 Don Shula's Dolphins are tied with the Cowboys at 21 all with just a minute 47 seconds left Danny Marino out of the shotgun fires complete to mark Clayton at midfield could this be Marino's record 48 TD pass mark Clayton's record 18th PD reception the answer is yes what a fantastic year for Clayton and the kid from Pittsburgh glad we can get together oh but we better hurry can't miss the concert right oh no we save our aluminum cans for the animal shelter they raise money by recycling what a nice idea hey what kind of dog is that a purebred aluminum retriever aluminum retriever I thought Harry recycle buy beverages in aluminum cans and recycle this is Bob Costas in New York following the final gun stay with us for the postgame show it's the Patriots and the Bears in the Super Bowl Mike Ditko will join us live from Chicago his thoughts on his second meeting of the year with New England they played in week two will also have a mod Rashad in the happy locker room of the New England Patriots for the final moments let's go back to Dick Enberg and Merlin Olson at the Orange Bowl all right Bob Costas and of course everyone around the country already starting to anticipate two weeks hence Super Bowl 20 in New Orleans and will be pleased and proud to bring it to you here on NBC oh we should just I'll tell you what Raymond we'll chip in we'll throw in our our booty here just to see you jump in the air one show me some emotion come on you're almost gonna go to the Super Bowl his idea of getting emotional is the smile hard well I'm afraid there's not even a prayer here for these dolphins on fourth down Miami will get a final chance they don't have a single man back 11 men on the line of scrimmage Oh Camarillo is gonna see all of the Miami defense on this one and it'll just roll played it just right didn't try to spiral it end over and so he'd get the good kick down to the 14-yard line Dick I had a chance to sit down and talk to Raymond Barry and I I said are you having fun and Raymond said you know he said being the head coach of New England is kind of like being on a trip through the desert he said most of it is hard work and it's difficult and you're out there all day long and he said finally you come to an oasis and for a brief time you can drink deeply and he said that's the great the best part of the job is those brief stops at the oasis well last week their palm trees in Los Angeles they had that oasis there and I believe looking out here there are some palm trees right outside the stadium I think this might be the sweetest oasis that he's stopped at so far and I got to tell you inside even though he's not showing us he has to be bursting with joy this is some man he was a 20th round draft pick by the Colts out of SMU talk about overachievers he was slow but he worked and worked on patterns made himself a Hall of Fame record-setting receiver Marino short again as down he goes under pressure both locker rooms will get a feeling from New England and Miami as well as Mike Ditka's feelings about his victory another shutout today against the Rams and maybe some early thoughts on these New England Patriots turn it over six times thinks Shula pretty tough to beat a good team and New England has proved that at six rings a bell that's exactly the number of turnovers committed by the Raiders last week I'll say what I said then forced errors they're not unforced errors Tony Nathan using the umpires a shield and a little backyard play and I believe that was a forward lateral and Miami will be penalized it was a forward pass beyond the line of scrimmage and that's a penalty I believe it's a planned play marked off from the spot of the foul greasy you know Shula best of all what do you think we're gonna hear from him in the next couple three days I think he's gonna be honest and upfront about it he's gonna say the Patriots beat him obviously you can't put the ball on the ground but I think he's gonna have nothing but high praise for the job that Raymond Barry did and for the Patriots they beat him fair and square he has a special place in his heart for Barry doesn't he but he always tells it the way it is if he gets beat he'll come out and say hey I got the Reno had to throw it away because Darren various that talented rookie defensive end was on top of him second Bob a question for you Miami's given up over 500 yards rushing in two weeks the Shula is Shula going to have to rebuild this defense boy that's the same thing he said last year after he lost the Super Bowl he said we weren't happy with our run defense we're gonna have to do it but it's it's easier said than done you go to the draft and how do you get good players he lost bomb are coming into this year and that was a big loss but Larry Gordon to Larry Gordon and some other defensive players so they still have the problem they still can't stop the run and it's still a problem that he needs to address in the offseason triple right formation for Miami on second and ten from their 30 trailing 31 14 Marino forcing it low and away again Claiborne wearing his jersey right on Mark Duper executive producer of NBC sports is Michael Weissman the coordinating producer of NBC's football coverage and the director of today's game is Ted Nathanson today's game was produced by Larry Cirillo technical director Lenny Stucker George Finkel our ISO unit producer John Gonzalez working as the director on that unit ISO unit technical director Steve Samino NFL 85 produced by John J. Filippelli NFL 85 directed by Bucky Guns and their technical director in New York Salvatore Nagita want to thank all of our help in the booth and Bob Gracie for joining us looking forward to our next step the final championship Super Bowl in New Orleans two weeks from today Andre Tipper pressuring and it goes incomplete to Carter Lamar Hunt championship trophy for the American Football Conference title that will go and well if you'd have said back in the middle of the season New England Patriots would be the American football champions especially after two and three start you might have to run for cover they would want to put a straitjacket on you but Barry has brought this team together and made them believe and they have certainly played to their talent this is the last gasp fourth and ten to duper knocked away by Marion it's New England's ball oh he's been a good player for him Fred Marion all season long seven interceptions didn't make the Pro Bowl I think the Patriots felt very badly about that although seven of his teammates will go to Honolulu three games in the playoffs against three tough teams Tony Easton 69% completions conservative attack albeit five touchdowns no intercepts he has done exactly what Raymond Barry asked him to do one has to wonder and how they will match up against the Chicago Bears that's the New England locker room you saw for a moment Chuck Sullivan the general manager they call him John L Sullivan in Boston Raymond Barry with 45 seconds left and there was the smile we asked for I wonder if he's ever been carried off the field I bet there were times United's wanted to bet there were two Raymond Barry the man in that maybe most famous of all NFL games that sudden-death championship game he caught 12 passes you can sense even then the embarrassment almost embarrassed by that success but loving every minute of it 15 seconds left Shula who coach Barry his final five years as a Baltimore Colts searching out his opposing coach today a tremendous admiration these two men have for one another one man will be in the Hall of Fame Shula that man's there as a player you see him looking for the coach Shula there was the handshake between the two of them Jackie Gleason longtime resident of Miami and one of their favorites down here ran into him last night and you can almost say away we go is the story for the New England Patriots they're on their way to New Orleans at the beginning the broadcast it was like a winner-take-all poker game and indeed the New England Patriots go home with all the chips they played their cards Lexington and Concord and Brockton and Foxboro and Boston and the fans who have supported this team and and know the other end of the emotion today they can share with the New England Patriots New England champions of the American Football Conference a good idea by itself may go nowhere it needs other good ideas technology from a company called TRW makes the most of ideas by helping them work together and working together is the best idea in the world tomorrow is taking shape at a company called TRW what's this tough guy after aftershave skin condition I know I thought I was the only guy with sensitive skin every time I shave I get it right here what do you fellas use cuz shaving irritates my whole face after try it looks different it's rich it's a lotion after soothes razor-scrape sensitive skin hey this feels great and smells good too terrific sensible care for sensitive skin after aftershave skin conditioner fine men and so the Super Bowl matchup is set you will see it two weeks from today January 26 from the Superdome in New Orleans on NBC it begins with our pregame show at 3 Eastern Time Super Bowl 20 an American celebration the kickoff between the Patriots and the Bears shortly after 5 o'clock with Dick Enberg and Merlin Olson 31 14 New England ending all kinds of streaks they go to the Super Bowl as a wild-card team only one wild-card team has ever won it that was the Raiders a few years back they also accomplished it in New Orleans they end the long winning streak of the Dolphins at 8 and they snapped the jinx that had gone back to 1966 they lost 18 in a row at the Orange Bowl not today they dominated taking the ball away from the Dolphins six times earlier today at Soldier Field in Chicago the Bears fulfilled their destiny they are in the Super Bowl 24 nothing over the Rams it's the fourth shutout of the year for the Bears and remarkably in 18 games they have held the opposition to 10 points or less 13 times let's go to Mike Ditko who is standing by in Chicago Mike first of all congratulations and some thoughts on the New England Patriots your opponent now in the Super Bowl well Bob thank you it's great to play the Patriots we played him the second game of the season and we thought at that time they were the best football team we had seen on film coming out of the exhibition season defensively and I think what Ray's done there is tremendous or a good football team with great balance and I think they play the game the way it's supposed to be played they don't do anything really spectacular they just do what it takes to beat you and I think that's a credit to him and his coaching staff obviously they hadn't hit their stride in week two when you played them but you dominated them winning 20 to 7 and it wasn't that close six sacks four takeaways well I think we caught him off balance I think it'll be a lot different football game this time I think their running game is much different than it was earlier and I think you know the maturity of Tony East in the quarterback has really helped him he's done a great job for him and they really deserve to be there I really feel that they're the best team in the American Football Conference I'm sure that makes a lot of people mad but that's what I feel there were some skeptics who said two-thirds of the way through the season the Bears peaked and they were ripe to be taken in the playoffs no sign of that with the back-to-back shutouts well you don't know you have to look hard and long to find those skeptics anymore don't you do you feel right now at this point that you are at your ultimate peak or was there any time during the season when the Bears were playing better football I think we can play better on offense I don't think we played well enough on offense today we had a great output from our quarterback and our receivers but we didn't do a good enough job in the running game we must rush the football better if we're going to be successful but our defense has really played exceptional football we've had you know eleven twelve thirteen guys on defense who have really gone out there and played hard and and I think what Buddy has done with the different schemes on defense is confused some people and he's put a tremendous amount of pressure on the opposition so it's just a matter of we can take something away from them we can play them all tough last question would it be fair to say there's a little bit of electricity and excitement around Chicago tonight it's a great city and it deserves what's happening right now and hopefully we can carry it all the way through Mike thanks very much we'll see you in New Orleans the sound you hear in the background comes from the Patriot locker room let's go back down to the orange board all right Bobby in a happy locker room the New England Patriots have done it now for the presentation for the AFC trophy championship trophy by Lamar hunt Lamar I'm a thanks in 1960 the Patriots joined seven other renegades to form the American Football League and now 26 years later that championship day has come for the Patriots the last of those original eight bill to win a championship of the old Americans and I I think so highly of this man he's the guy that was the father of it he nurtured it he kept it alive all through the years and I just it gives me a fantastic pleasure to present the AFC championship trophy to Bill Sullivan to my friend Raymond Barry and to the New England Patriots congratulations Bill congratulations mr. Sullivan had to be a just a gratifying year for you this year I'm out I must say this that if there's a happier man in the world than I I don't know who he is and I must thank God for all of his blessings but particularly for bringing Raymond Barry the loyalty of our fans the loyalty of our family 27 years old Lamar hunt founded the American Football League and 27 years ago he said if you will have a 25,000 dollar check on deposit at the mercantile trust bank in Dallas by the close of business Tuesday you own the eighth franchise I had 8300 bucks to my name I wasn't a football player and I borrowed the rest and we got the money there and Lamar it's very appropriate that you should present this because if anyone represents the success of the league it's a guy named Lamar hunt all right congratulations Raymond it just seems to me that it doesn't matter where you guys play you've been on the road three weeks and you just keep turning it up it's hard to believe this is all happening we thought we could do it but when it happens it's still hard to believe I'm just we have so much to be thankful for and Mr. Sullivan and Pat Dick Steinberg who get all these players here and our coaches down and our football team and our fans it just it's hard to believe it's happening but you've come a long way a year about a year and a half ago this team was in disarray you came in everything settled down a lot of confidence on this team now yeah they have played up to their capabilities and I felt like I told them yesterday all I was concerned about was playing like they can play and I thought things to be all right I think they played pretty good but they keep doing that you'll have a Super Bowl trophy all right let's go upstairs at Dick Merlin and Bob congratulations to Ray Barry that's the kind of offense used to run 12 passes one two and four yard touchdown passes they may not be able to do that against the Bears the Bears are the number one team in the National Football League against the run so it's gonna be interesting to see what they come up with they're gonna make Easton throw longer than those what were your impressions and how do you feel New England will stack up against that bear defense well I think Papa Bear Hallis looking down from somewhere and coach Lombardi looking down has to be pleased have to be pleased running game and great defense those are the name of the game for the coming Super Bowl and these are two teams that have done it best during the year traditional football at its best and I think we can look forward to New Orleans see if he only could have a contrast in coaches personality going going into the Super Bowl it'll be Mike Dicca and Raymond Barry two former assistant coaches under Tom Landry how the Dallas Cowboys will meet two weeks from now in New Orleans and we go to New York and Bob Costas all right Dick thanks very much and we'll see you all in New Orleans quickly acts the early line Bears and Patriots Bears will be favored between nine and ten points they will be because you think that's what the line is likely to be out of Vegas or because you think that's about right yourself that's what the line will be out of Vegas and that's about right now thank you thank you we have two weeks to work on this don't figure out which sides are gonna be the right side all right Pete we'll see you on Bourbon Street for Pete Axthelm for Larry King for Ahmad Rashad who was in the locker room today at the Orange Bowl in Miami and of course for Dick Enberg and Merlin Olson we thank all of you for being with us today on NFL 85 our coverage of the AFC championship game a reminder two weeks from today we begin with the pregame show Super Bowl 20 an American celebration at 3 Eastern Time the kickoff shortly after 5 Eastern Time the Bears and the Patriots congratulations to both of those teams and we'll see you in two weeks a promotional fee has been paid to NBC by United Airlines you're not just flying you're flying the friendly skies this has been a presentation of NBC Sports proud to be the network of Super Bowl 20