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 second half on its possession Miami was able to
stop the Patriots and force a field goal at but this is third and inches
Tony Eason watch him check that Dolphin defense
no touchdown but very close it appears to having the first down Jackie ship
leading that hard Dolphin defensive charge Raymond Barry talking to Tom
Ramsey as quarterback here to signal a play in Barry calling more and more of
the plays himself less Stechel did a lot of that early in the season but now as
Easton has returned to the lineup we might add that Grogan called his own
plays while he was quarterbacking now their signal in and Barry has taken a
lot more of that responsibility during the latter part of the year he didn't
make it ships defensive play denies the first down until fourth and the same
distance now having made conservative decisions up to this point what does
Raymond Barry do I think he's gonna go for it that's interesting isn't it but
that night out of character he has been while conservative also a gambler all
season long big big play early in this second half
wide open weathers touchdown flag is down Robert Weathers all alone a flag is
down in the end zone it could be no it is not it's against Miami
will stand and the Patriots ever closer have opened a 23-7 lead
suddenly can only shake his head as his defense again bull on a play faking into
the line the running game again making that play go you have to respect it down
there with inches to go and Barry willing to go with the unusual play the
play-action pass and third and inches Franklin has the extra point Tony Easton
has thrown touchdown passes of one and two yards three fumbles have equal three
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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 second and
short Marino into the end zone
red Marion and Marion who has an interception in each of the playoff games
has made it a hat-trick three for three and the Dolphins tonight again
Shula wondering what happened on that play literally staring out in disbelief
his receiver fell down but I don't think he could have caught it anyway
because the ball is right to Marion Clayton coming to the inside and watch
him as he kept trips over his own foot I think LePet maybe touched the back of
his foot
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lost opportunity the first chance for Miami to get back in it and they throw an
interception right back it's New England's ball at the 25 Bob you talk
about tight jaws Bob Gracie that interception Dick let's go back and take
a look Miami is trying to get the ball on a slant right here in this area 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
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an apparent 41-yard field goal attempt if successful it would be a three
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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 we've seen
today gives you that ideal field position that final minute third quarter
Miami won't have too many possessions it's almost you must score every time
out for Marino
Carter oh he's tough to bring down 41 yard line he may be building himself a
job for the future right now the future is only 15 minutes for these two teams
one will go on to the Super Bowl against Chicago we'll be back after these
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Baumauer out for the year with a knee injury and they hope he'll be back next
season standing on the sideline you feel so helpless to as Ken Sims a
brilliant young defensive tackle for the Patriots must feel but it's a little
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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
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New England would have the ball and a 24-7 late suddenly 24-14 I would look
for an onside kick possibly here that's something that Miami has done earlier in
the year a short kick Stefan starring at the 12
he's wrapped up in a hurry at the 23 Woody Bennett and looked like Brzezinski
there too you know the New England defense has played well all day but here
they make a mistake McGrew is blitzing now Nathan is going to sneak out of the
backfield in this area Blackman goes out instead of covering his man the New
England defense playing well all day not coordinating it right here as you see
Nathan slipped to the middle and wide open for the touchdown and now this
colorful crowd gathering itself in support of Miami
color combination again brown and green on the tackle Nick we wondered why
Raymond Barry had them turn up those sound on those speakers so loud two short
gains and now third down and four for New England 13 and a half minutes left
Dolphins cannot afford New England first downs because they're going to chew it up
the clock that is on the ground
New England has not won here 18 straight seasons
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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team that has owner Billy Sullivan I don't think Patrick is there yet he's
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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
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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
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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
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