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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1980
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lay,", (MS , HOUSTON — Head coach Bum Phillips says all he can do is ofifer
words of warning — he knows of no other cure for the Houston Oilers’
the earlier® psh of turnovers and slow starts in games.
1 Talk, however, has turned out to be enough to resolve another
natter that was getting him down, namely the inconsistent placekick-
ng of Toni Fritsch.
unlovedp® Phillips had thought Fritsch was hiding the pain from an injured
ad troy bit b fight thigh muscle following a loss to the Cleveland Browns Sunday,
everythingtt )ut he learned otherwise Monday.
museumii| “He’s all right,’’ Phillips said. “I thought he really might have had
as skip wlj omething wrong. But I went up to him and said, ‘Toni, how is your
eg? And don’t give me any bull.’ He said, T’m all right. ”
rewassm* As a result, Phillips has those intangible problems remaining to be
was, He sail ixed in a short work week leading to Thursday night’s game with the
grade, btll Httsburgh Steelers.
oppedontl* j Resolutions are critical because the Oilers and Steelers, both 8-5,
hat wasprtl lave run out of elbow room this season.
Phillips said he didn’t “consider it a problem” that his team had
hewaskeept cored only 16 total points in the first quarters of the 13 games this
d. I could if; eason.
toputhisks “Every time we go on the field, we tell them we’ve got to start the
ik he drop;? lallgame offlike it’s the fourth quarter,” he said. “Every practice we
wot me, sfe lave, we say we’ve got to start it offlike we want to finish the thing. But
commit suit ither than talk about it, there’s not a heck of a lot you can do.”
Three turnovers in the first quarter Sunday caused the Oilers to fall
1! himself.! ichind the Browns 14-0 in the first 17 minutes, and they never
and failed! ecovered.
! his suicide,' Quarterback Kenny Stabler threw two interceptions, giving him 24
to Walker»i < )r t,ie season.
ladehimt But Phillips said he wasn’t making any changes as a result.
, ^ (y “There’s not a football player on the field who didn’t make a mis-
boutanb ^ e >” sa ^- offensive tackle who slips off a block is making just
s big a mistake as a receiver dropping a pass or a kicker missing a field
)! (he JKliJi , oa i There’s a jillion mistakes in a football game.”
3 the “b Important to him was his players’ effort.
irts would t “I don’t think the mistakes are on purpose,’Phillips told reporters at
oney, whelk is weekly news conference. “They’re trying to do the best they can. It
the fundsij L eans a whole lot more to them than it does to y’all. ”
urials. Because of the 17-14 loss to Cleveland and the 31-28 overtime loss to
ie New York Jets Nov. 23, the Oilers’ playoff position is perilous.
Phillips said he felt “in all probability” the Oilers had to win their
|iree remaining games to gain a wild card playoff berth. Houston can
win the AFC Central Division title, even though the Browns lead,
4.
Howe is NL Rookie of Year
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LOS ANGELES — Steve Howe
didn’t think he would even make the
team, but Monday he became the
second Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitch
er in two years to win the the Nation
al League’s Rookie of the Year
award.
“I can’t believe it, ” Howe said af
ter receiving the award. “I really
didn’t expect it. I competed against
some really fine baseball players.”
Howe got 12 first-place votes and
80 points from the 24 members of the
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on the field. The Oilers, who lost to the Cleveland Browns last
Sunday 17-14 in a fight for the American Conference Central
Division lead, play the Pittsburgh Steelers Thursday night.
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mcially »i [ DALLAS — Dallas Cowboys
and once l«|jch Tom Landry, whose club is on
jamosofNe®verge of clinching yet another
leave mucki|jff spot, said Tuesday that going
s. fib the season he felt anything over
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ther a 10-3 record with three of
toughest games on their sche-
b yet to play.
ndry, for the first time this year,
jeated what type of season he
ght his team might be in for be-
le of the many changes affecting
club.
1 thought that anything over . 500
ild have been a good year, what
the quarterback change and
Landry said. “But anytime a
n is over .500 it is a good football
n. They are only a player away or
or two close games away from
ig in the playoffs.”
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the playoffs Landry has turned his
attention to a tough season ending
stretch against Oakland, Los Angeles
and Philadelphia — games that will
determine how much of a run the
Cowboys might be able to make at
the Super Bowl.
“I would say we will have to play as
well as we have all year in each of
these games,” Landry said. “We will
be playing three teams that could be
in the Super Bowl. They have good
enough defensive teams to get to the
Super Bowl.”
And how does he rank his major
competition in the NFC?
“Well, I think the most solid team
in the league right now is Philadel
phia,” he said. “Week in and week
out they seem to be the most solid.
That doesn’t necessarily mean they
are going to win it, but they are very
solid.
“The most explosive team is Los
Angeles. They can do things quickly
and with more explosion than any
other team. Atlanta is solid and they
are a hungry football team.
“Atlanta is doing a lot of things
well because they have a better re
cord than Los Angeles does right
now. I haven’t really seen them that
much to be able to evaluate them,
but obviously they are back where
they were a few years ago and I
thought they had a good team when
we beat them in the playoffs (in the
1978 season).”
And where does Dallas fit in?
“We re somewhere around,”
Landry said “Anyplace you want to
stick us. Obviously we are not play
ing as solid a defense week in and
week out as I would like for us to,
although I think we are gaining confi
dence every week.
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