of the I. T. T. 10 minute ticker and it has been a field goal festival of the early going around the NFL. We'll stay right there. So they'll bring it out to the 20 yard line. I know this one of your favorite moments during the course of the day. Paul, here it is the Xerox Sports Facts. You remember how this works? You don't tell the answer. We give it later on. Who is the NFL's leading scorer over the last four years? Mull it over. Wayne Gretzky. Paul, it's amazing how you have these facts at your fingertips. I thought you said NHL. I'm really sorry. So Chip Lohmiller is the answer. It's a first down of the 20 for the Houston Arlows. He's trying to get the ball to Ernest Givens number 81 and Wilbur Marshall was just there and he drops the ball. Ernest Givens comes out and when he throws the ball, it is just unbelievable that they almost have the interception. Here comes Ernest. He's hesitating when he comes off the line of scrimmage. Wilbur Marshall is right there. He catches it. He walks home. Last week ran for 86 yards against Cincinnati, a local product. He is from this area. In fact, makes no bones about it. He says he grew up rooting for the Redskins. You're going to see Gathers come in. It comes in and just right here, number 97. As soon as Mood throws, he's ready to throw the ball. He hits it. The ball goes to the outside. If the pass would have been completed, it would have been about six yards short of the first down. Anyway, Montgomery coming to this man, Brian Mitchell, Montgomery back to the side. He will park for the third time today. Not a good one, facing that Washington rush, only a 31-yard ball. You know, Mark, we talked about special teams at the beginning, but take a look at the Redskins. This is because of special teams. They start on their own 38, their opponents on their own 24. They are starting this drive on their own 46 because of that man, Montgomery. He tried to rush the ball. He red punt, rush. There really wasn't one there and he hurried it. He's got time because you have to, as a putter, have confidence in your offensive line that they're going to block for you. Terry Orr shifting to the left in front of Ricky Irvin. So Irvin's in there once again. Ernest Biner had a terrific first quarter, 56 yards, 11 carries. There's Biner, who emerged as the feature back for the Redskins last year to run, block, and catch. What a tray that was acquired by Washington in April of 89 from Cleveland in a steal for running back Mike Alphont. It was a 10th round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns. Second and nine at the 47. Washington three. With a short pickup. Marcus Robertson, rookie out of Iowa State, made the stop and it sets up a third down at eight. They're trying to run the ball even with three wide receivers, but this guy right out here is Middleton, number 87, the tight end. Here are the other three wide receivers here, and then they're trying to run the ball back in here to get the linebackers out of there. I wish I could clear this thing. Some day I'll learn how to do that. And all you substrate fans out there know exactly what the ball is talking about. Somewhere in the area, Ricky Sanders. It will be a tough situation now for the Washington Redskins. Kelly Goodburn checking in. What happened is Gary Clark, number 84, came down on the left side and stopped. He did not finish his route. Watch Gary Clark as he comes down the field. Okay, right here, he sets up instead of coming across. You see the ball go by and Ripper was hoping he was going to come into the middle. Goodburn likes to go for the hang time and he certainly got it there, plus the roll. And that will be recorded as a 42-yard punt. We'll be back after this. 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Mayhew was there to hit him, but you have to catch the ball. Last week, at the beginning of the game, at the beginning of the second half, we saw Haywood Jeffries do the same thing. He dropped two of them. Jones to the right. Jeffries left. To this point, the Oil and Food has been cycled by the Redskins to lead 3-0. A key drop, and on the screen, it's Lorenzo White. Well, a change-up thrown by the Oilers. Andre Collins with the tackle on White who went for 16. What a great play because they just let Raven Caldwell, number 50, the linebacker, come in. Right in the middle. You see him? He comes in. They let him go by. Lorenzo White just checks back out, and now they start upfield and they start running. Flannery, number 55, is a guard, makes an excellent block, and they pick up the first down. Lorenzo White. A holdout came in late. Alan Pinkett, usually the starter, but if Pinkett is not going well, there has been no hesitation about calling in for White. They like to see White coming out of the backfield and plays something he just saw. Also, White did a good block, both play, and Drew Hill made the catch, but it was a short pick-up. What they have with the stop. You are so right about Lorenzo White, Barbie, came out that time, and I think it's Fred Stokes, number 60, that he drilled. He came out as the blocker and just hammered him because what happened is the tackle has already got it set up. Look on the right of the screen. Here comes Lorenzo. Bam! That's a double team on the outside. That is just a good block. Williams, Dave Williams, 73, is there, sets him up, and Lorenzo wiped him out. Second down and eight at the 30. The Houston Oilers coming at seven and one. It's the best start ever in the 32-year history of the franchise. They come off the 35-3 of the Cincinnati Bengals. Move to the sideline for Hill. Right at the marker, met by Darryl Green. Raven Caldwell. You showed the blitz. You should never do that. You get yourself stuck in there. Watch down around the 31-yard line, and when you see it, take a look at this man right here. That's number 50, but what he does is that he sets in there and he shows it, he shows it, and then he lets the center go ahead and pick him up. Matthews is right there. He already read blitz, knew it was coming. You've got to disguise it. Houston first down from the 39. Redskins with a three-up and lead on a 21-yard field goal by Lohmiller. Screen again for White. Lorenzo White running well reaches out to the first down marker tripped up by Wilbur Marshall. Let's check out the ITP 10-minute ticker. Detroit now with a 7-3 lead on an Eric Kramer 11-yard touchdown pass. Buffalo 3-0 over New England. Cleveland with a 7-3 lead. Kevin Mack, 6-yard run for the touchdown. Green Bay taking a 6-3 lead on the Jets. Houston first down at mid-field. He drew the coverage, no question about it. All right, we're set for an update. Let's go to Bob Costas. Marv, the Browns have won half of their eight games. The Bengals have won none of their eight starts. And in the Battle of Ohio, the Browns have the lead 7-3 early in the second at Cincinnati after that four-yard touchdown run by Kevin Mack. Back to RFK. All right, Bob, eight minutes 20 seconds remaining in this second quarter. The Redskins three and the Oilers nothing. Warren Moon is now 7 to 13, 63 yards. This by far the best drive the Oilers have had in the first half. The screen working again. Same play and White drives for the first down. Adrian Johnson made the stop. Same guy, Marv, but actually they just let Lorenzo White slip out. Nobody covered him. There wasn't a screen because the offensive line stayed in. Lorenzo White just gets out and they're trying to cover with linebackers, but the linebackers are dropping off. Watch this. You see the offensive line sitting in there? There goes Lorenzo White in front of him. Once he gets through, he gets down and picks up the first down. Big, strong. That was the first down at the 40s. Hey, with Jeffries ought to get in this game sometime, don't you think? They have not been looking in his direction. Jeffries flank to the left. Far tackle by Monty Coleman. The man that made the play was Charles Mann. He just handled David Williams, the tackle on the right side, and Charles Mann made the play. There was no place for Lorenzo White to go. It is spotted as a second out at 8 at the 38. We come up on seven minutes remaining. In this first half, Redskins three, Oilers nothing. Setting the offensive line for Houston, Matthews at center, Munchak, Lannery at the guard, Williams and Mads are at the tackles. White to the 35-yard line. First, Matthews, a man at center who has made the switch to that position, could earn Pro Bowl honors at virtually every position on the line. He's made the best transition from guard to center since Magic Johnson did it in game six of the 1980 NBA Finals. Made the Pro Bowl the last three years at guard. He's played all five of the five line positions in his career. I like what he told us about centers. He said, don't centers last about 17 years? And you had the two best cover men that they have covering Haywood Jeffries. When you see Jeffries come down, there's Green, but on the inside is going to be Wilbur Marshall, 58. Here he comes back to the inside, but Jeffries just hooked up inside for the first down, not going deep. They're patient. The Redskins on their drive were very patient. He was talking about the height difference between Green and Jeffries. Green telling us earlier in his career at times, he'd match up with six foot eight Harold Carmichael, one time the eagle. As you see, White kept the call, ran his back, spun him around. Daryl said it was kind of a quaking experience. You know, it really was funny though. Daryl said, I'm so short and I'm out there, and here comes Carmichael down, and most guys will try to grab your shoulder and spin you around, but he was so tall.