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Landry gives no excuses for ‘Giant’ loss
United Press International
DALLAS — Tom Landry could
have asked for better circumstances
when he celebrated his 60th birth
day Tuesday.
For one tiling the Dallas Cowboys
head coach is still recovering from a
cold that all but took away his voice.
And there is also the matter of the
most recent game the Cowboys
played — one in which they lost 28-7
to the New York Giants.
“I guess I’m just lucky to be here,”
said Landry after being offered a
round of birthday congratulations at
his weekly media gathering. “I never
thought about being 60 years old.
I’m not sure I realize it is here yet.
"It’s nice to have your birthday on
press day. The press is always so sen
timental and very compassionate
that they will probably forget about
the Giants’ game.”
The Giants ran over the Cowboys
last Sunday in a game that caused
Landry to issue the following sum
mary:
“It looked like our feet were in
mush.”
The ultimate Landry conclusion
was that it was just one of those days
and that it was not anybody’s fault in
particular — least of all Cowboys’
quarterback Gary Hogeboom.
Hogeboom threw an interception
that led directly to a New York
touchdown and was also blasted by
linebacker Lawrence Taylor near
the Giants’ goal-line, resulting in a
fumble that Andy Headen picked up
and ran 80 yards for a score.
“The NFL is not an easy place to
learn,” said Landry. “Gary will learn
a lot more before he is through. But
you have to learn through experi
ence. The fumble was not his fault
and the interception he threw was
not that bad a pass. It was really
good coverge.
“I think we will be playing good
football pretty quick. We -played
good football against the Rams (in a
season-opening victory) and we are
capable of doing that every time we
step on the field.
“Most of all we need to eliminate
the turnovers if we are going to be
successful.”
Dallas has turned the ball over
nine times in its opening two games.
The Cowboys play their first
home game Sunday, that being
against the Philadelphia Eagles. And
on the personnel front Landry said
he did not expect former Philadel
phia receiver Harold Carmichael to
play against his former teammates.
Carmichael was picked up by the
Cowboys last week to bolster their
receiving corps.
“Harold is still trying to learn the
system,” said Landry. “He is not
going to be a factor for a while. He
probably won’t be ready this week.”
The Cowboys also announced
they had more than 6,000 tickets re
maining for their home opener, a
fact that did not appear to be all that
much of a concern to club president
and general manager Tex Schramm.
“That is the same as it was last
year and the year before that,” he
said. “We usually don’t sell out all
our games until about the end of
September or early in October.”
Nevertheless, far more tickets are
available for Dallas games later in
the season than there normally are
at this time of year.
About 20 percent of the stadium
is left unsold for the Dallas-India-
napolis game on Oct. 28.
Dallas’ Tom Landry
USFL's Maulers may lose
Rozier to Oilers for 1985
United Press International
PITTSBURGH — The agent for
running back Mike Rozier says the
Heisman Trophy winner from Ne
braska will not play with the Pitts
burgh Maulers of the United Stales
Football League next season.
Agent Art Wilkinson read a
statement that said Rozier met with
new Maulers’ coach Hank Bullough
in August and was “very disap
pointed with the entire situation.”
Rozier has two years remaining on
a $3.1 million contract and the
Houston Oilers of the NFL have ex
pressed an interest in Rozier.
“This is not a snap decision made
by a 23-year-old guy who went out
and had a few beers and said,
‘Boom. This is the way it’s going to
be,” Wilkinson said.
“We sat down with family, friends,
counsel and tax people ana analyzed
this thing from 20 different perspec
tives. We felt we just weren’t getting
anywhere with the Maulers.”
Rozier’s stand was disclosed in a
prepared statement issued Monday
Pittsburgh’s Mike Rozier
by Wilkinson. Rozier had said Aug.
24 he did not want to leave the Maul
ers.
“I now find myself in an organiza
tion that cannot decide if it wants me
or not ... In short, I do not wish to
return to the Pittsburgh Maulers in
1985 and will not,” Rozier said.
Pittsburgh general manager
George Heddleston said he does not
believe the statement was written by
Rozier and insists the Maulers want
him back in 1985.
“Art Wilkinson wrote the
statement for him,” Heddleston said
Monday. “I’d just like to hear from
him (Rozier). He owes us a phone
call. We don’t want to hear from his
agent, we want to hear from him.
Mike has never told us he wants out
of here.”
Wilkinson and Mauler president
Paul Martha discussed a possible
buyout in late August because Ro
zier had indicatecl he wanted to
jump to the Oilers. The Oilers se
lected Rozier No. 1 in the NFL’s sup
plemental draft last June.
However, an agreement couldn’t
be reached by the de.adline set by the
Oilers, and their general manager,
Ladd Herzeg, said no more talks
would be held until the end of the
NFL season.
Dye’s worries not
focused on Horns
United Press International
AUBURN, Ala. — Although
No. 10 Auburn will be the under
dog Saturday when the Tigers
face untested No. 3 Texas, Coach
Pat Dye’s worries do not center
on the Longhorns.
“I am certainly concerned
about Texas,” Dye said Tuesday
during his weekly news confer
ence, “but I’m more concerned
about Auburn.”
Auburn, a pre-season favorite
for the national championship,
lost its first game of the year two
weeks ago in a 20-18 contest with
Miami in the Kickoff Classic in
New Jersey. The loss dashed the
Tigers’ hopes of a perfect season.
“Our team is still of an un
known quality,” said Dye. “I hope
we didn’t see the real personality
of this team in New Jersey. I don’t
know if we’re going to beat
Texas, but were looking forward
to the challenge of the Texas
game.”
Dye said the Tigers “have
worked some on Texas and a lot
on Auburn” during the past few
days of practice.
He also said Saturday’s game
will provide an opportunity to de
termine if the Tigers have the
leadership and character nec
essary to win a national
championship.
Although Texas lost some
players last year to the pros, Dye
claims they still have plentv of tal
ented people capable ot deliv
ering headaches to the Tiger de
fense.
“They’ll be strong along the of
fensive line and they have strong
fullbacks and a strong inside run
ning game,” he said. “They also
have had success throwing the
ball long and I expect Todd
Dodge to come out throwing
against us.”
49ers hurt
after clash
with Skins
United Press International
SAN FRANCISCO — San Fran
cisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana
grimaced as he sat at his locker, his
bruised ribs burning.
The 49ers were 2-0 this season af
ter a 37-31 victory over the Washing
ton Redskins Monday night. But the
price they have paid so far may be a
little too much.
To put it simply, San Francisco is
hurting.
The 49ers have lost starting cor-
nerback Eric Wright and defensive
end Jeff Stover with injured knees in
their opening victory against the De
troit Lions.
Then against the Redskins, Mon
tana was buried by a blitzing line
backer and slightly bruised his ribs.
Defensive end Lawrence Fillers
came off with a concussion and line
backer Todd Shell pulled his ham
string.
“My ribs are sore,” Montana said.
“I don’t know right now how badly
injured they are but I will tomorrow
morning. The bad thing is that this is
a short week.”
The 49ers quarterback had one of
his best night’s, completing 24-of-40
passes for 381 yards and two touch
downs. He also rolled 7 yards for an
other score.
While Walsh is searching this
week for answers to his punting and
defensive problems, Washington
coach Joe Gibbs is trying to turn
things around for his 0-2 team.
“Right now we are struggling de
fensively,” he said. “But hopefully
we found something in the second
half that we can carry over to our
next games.”
Washington has a troubled run
ning game, gaining just 62 yards
with star back John Riggins picking
up only 12 yards on 10 carries. How
ever, Theismann and wide receiver
Art Monk had great nights.
“I hope we can build on the posi
tive things,” Gibbs said. “We played
well in the second half but we also
played the worst first half since I’ve
been here.”
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