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Monday, December 9 i 985/The Battalion/Page 13 g***************^ lar & Bill fill 'CMC QJAlirAV :5T£P IKJ/SOM FooreAu. 7 i Bengals bomb Pokes Esiason lowers 'Boom 7 in Cincinnati's 50-24 rout Rems M Associated Press CINCINNATI — Quarterback Boomer Esiason turned an off-day by the Dallas Cowboys into a show case for the Cincinnati Bengals’ quick-strike offense. Esiason threw three touchdown passes and directed a 22-point first- quarter blitz that staggered the Cow boys and launched Cincinnati to a stunningly easy 50-24 National Foot ball League victory Sunday. I The Bengals trapped Dallas quar terback Danny White for a safety on the game’s third play, and Esiason then directed three touchdown drives less than nine minutes into the game. ■ “They had an off day,” Esiason Said. "Everything we did seemed to go well for us. We got on the scoreboard right off the bat — the defense scored.” ■ The 22 first-quarter points, the (host ever given up by a Dallas de fense, left the Cowboys remem bering a 44-0 rout by tne Chicago Bears in Texas three games ago. I “It was very similar to the way the Bears came in fired up when we played them,” White said. “That was the difference in the game. It was a psychological thing. They came out to play playoff-caliber football and we didn’t.” H Bengals Coach Sam Wyche had his players primed for the Cowboys’ 30 Xerox copies Brazos Valley Printing 3601 E. 29th St. • 846-3024 “It was very similar to the way the Bears came in fired up when we played them. That was die difference in the game. They (the Bengals) came out to play playoff- caliber football and we didn’t. ” — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Danny White first visit to Riverfront Stadium, which drew a boisterous sell-out crowd of 56,937 to savor the drub- bing. “We just came into this game ex tremely motivated and took it to ’em,” Wyche said. “W r e beat them man-to-man.” Esiason became the Bengals’ big man, burning Cowboy blitzes with audibles and consistently finding the open receiver. His first touchdown pass fueled the 22-point burst. He added a pair in the second half, squeezing the Dallas defense for the most points it has given up in 15 years. The Cow boys previous worst defensive per formance was a 54-13 loss to Minne sota in 1970. “Boomer did a great job today,” Dallas Coach Tom Landry said. “We didn’t cover anybody, and he was hitting everybody. So you have to give him a lot of credit. We could never stop their offense when Boomer was in the game. They moved every play, every time.” The Cowboys, now 9-5, came into the game leading the NEC East by a game over the New York Giants. The Bengals stay in contention in the AFC Central with a 7-7 record. Esiason shook off a knee injury to direct the quick-striking offense that ended the Cowboys’ streak of invin cibility in post-Thanksgiving play. The Cowboys had won their last 15 games coming off the nine-day holi day break. Esiason threw a 45-yard touch down pass to wide receiver Eddie Brown before a knee bruise knocked him out of the game early ip the sec ond quarter. The left-bander re- turnecl to hit "Steve Kreider with a 29-yard scoring toss early in the third quarter for a 29-3 lean. The Bengals then recovered a fumble on the kickoff — one of the Cowboys’ four turnovers — and run ning back Jarhes Brooks dashed 19 yards around right end for his sec ond touchdown and a commanding 36-3 Cincinnati advantage two plays later. Esiason capped his afternoon with a 58-yard scoring bomb to wide re ceiver Cris Collinsworth as the Beng als churned out their third-highest E oint total in team history. The engals led 50-10 before a pair of closing Cowboy touchdowns. The second-year quarterback fin ished with 15 completions in 25 passes for 265 yards without an in terception. The Cowboys were in trouble from the start in their first-ever Cin cinnati appearance. White, brillliant in impressive Dallas victories the last two games, was dropped in the end zone by end Ross Browner for a safety on a third-and-37 play. - Esiason hit three of four passes af ter the free kick to set up Larry Kin- nebrew’s 3-yard touchdown run. Esiason passed to Brown for the second Cincinnati touchdown, then handed off to Brooks on a quick draw for a 27-yard TD run to com plete the first-quarter devastation. The extra point try failed. Brooks wound up with 109 yards on 13 carries. Collinsworth led the receiving corps with seven catches for 123 yards. White wound up with 21 comple tions in 32 attempts for 226 yards with one interception and a pair of second-half touchdown passes. As sL» vL» sis sis sis sis sis sis sis sL s# Hr** 1 »T« sys Problem Pregnancy? | we listen, we care, we help < Free pregnancy tests concerned counselors Brazos Valley Crisis Pregnancy Service < We’re local! < 1301 Memorial Dr. | 24 hr. Hotline i 823-CARE < v December 9 & 10 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. T v by Rudder Fountain IT ^jjon^ozEtl ftj J\\<£C cM-o^fiitcXitij ^ Other Sunday NFL scores: (Home team in capitals) KANSAS CITY 38 [Atlanta 10 f Washington 17 v PHILADELPHIA 12 I NEW ENGLAND 23 : Detroit 6 CHICAGO 17 Indianapolis 10 Miami 34 GREEN BAY 24 ST. LOUIS 28 New Orleans 16 Jets 27 <AL0 7 L.A. Raiders 17 DENVER 14 (OT) T MINNESOTA 26 Tampa Bay 7 SEATTLE 31 ■ Cleveland 13 |SAN DIEGO 54 Pittsburgh 44 Monday Night’s Game L A. Rams at SAN FRANCISCO Photo bvJOHSK Morris sparks Giants’ 35-14 win over Oilers Associated Press HOGS ION —The running of New York’s joe Mori is and the passing of Phil Simms was a lethal first-half com bination against the Houston Oilers Sunday. but the sec ond half belonged to the Giants defense. New York shut out the fading Oilers in the second half for a 35-14 victory that tied the Giants with the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football Conference’s Eastern Division. Morris scored three touchdowns and turned in his fifth 100-yard performance of the season, and Simms hit two touchdown passes, all in the first half. Dallas and New York, each with 9-5 records, meet in the showdown at Dallas next Sunday with the Cowboys trying to recover from a 50-24 loss at Cincinnati Sunday. “It was a good w'in. We played good enough to w'in,” Simms said. HVe did what we wanted to do, and that was get on top early and then let them play into our hands.” “We got some good catches early and that got us going.” " The Giants also were scoreless in the second half, but Simms wasn’t concerned. “In the second half, we could have done a lot of the things we did in the first half if we’d wanted to gamble, but we didn't,” Simms said. Morris made a quick exit but his teammates had plenty of praise for the 5-7 runner. T’m happy for him,” Simms said. “It was a great ac complishment for him and our offensive line. Joe does a greatjob of running the ball.” The Giants stopped the Oilers twice at the Giant 3 in the third quarter. “When we got those goal line stands, it’s got to take some of the sting out of them,” defensive end Curtis McGriff said. “To get that close and to come up empty- But Moon after the n the South lesd we play Texas, weP consistent. We wil«| i is week and be read# lime’sncharm,riglil. | how does Love rate iki M compares nicelyOT ; and (No. 16) Wesltrtl ho the Mavericks i lie veatj," she said, se schools are vervdl r I op 20 ranking.' 1 | Jackson looks beyond Heisman Associated Press | NEW YORK — For Bo Jackson, winning the 1985 Heisman Trophy isn’t only the culmination of his col legiate football career. It’s also a be ginning. P Jackson, the Auburn tailback who rushed for 1,786 yards and scored 17 touchdowns this season, capped his superb four years with the Tigers by winning the closest race in the 51- year history of the Heisman. Jackson beat Iowa quarterback Chuck Long by only 45 points and 31 first-place votes in balloting by 1,050 electors. “It's like getting to the top of the Spurs fend off Warriors f Jlf in 4th period, 121-114 Fimmm Associated Press merly on 29thj»SAN ANTONIO — The San An tonio Spurs held off a late rally by the Golden State Warriors and took a 121-114 NBA victory Sunday night behind the 26 points of Mike Mitch ell. &M GRADUATl CORSAGES = $9.95 )RCHIDS FORYOjj Mndmothor ep mother Cn* irl friend vcinl nun! POINSETTIA $9.95 ITE, PINK, RED DECO ’EN SUNDAYS!- ■ Golden State scored e igh t saim AtMTaNio straight points in GJCL/ ‘ the last two min- utes to cut a 117- 106 Spurs lead to 117-114, but Mitchell and Alvin Robertson canned a pair of free throws apiece to seal the game. Robertson scored 25 points and had seven steals and Artis Gilmore added 20 points for the Spurs, 12- to 10 Sharon Oates — Own' a(kle( , ^ p() , nts 693-9345 whose record improved loh Place — College’' with the victory. ik Block S. of Witii^B^ji^gH g late played most of the aine without starting center Joe airy Carroll, who left the game early in the first quarter because of a bout with stomach flu. ■ Jerome Whitehead scored 18 points and Eric Floyd and Purvis short added 16 for the Warriors, who lost their fifth game in six out ings and second in two nights. WYiitehead also led Golden State with 10 rebounds. . San Antonio hit its first eight shots Other Sunday NBA Scores: (home team in capitals) WASHINGTON Sacramento 89 11 Seattle 105 PHILADELPHIA 100 L.A. LAKERS 125 Dallas 119 enroute to a 33-26 first quarter lead. Golden State pulled to within 63- 60 at the hall with the help of all-2 run that was capped by a Greg Bal lard jumper on the last play of the first half. ladder,” said Jackson. “You climb and climb and eventually you will get to the top. I feel like I am at the top right now.” But Jackson made it clear when he got the news at the Downtown Ath letic Club that he has much left to achieve, particularly away from the gridiron and the diamond — he is a major league prospect in baseball as well as being projected as a high first-round selection in next spring’s National Football League draft. “The Heisman symbolizes the best athlete,” he said, “but when I’m done with sports, I can always us‘e my degree in the rest of my life.” Jackson is approximately three se mesters short of his degree in Family and Child Development. He thinks being the Heisman winner will help him reach youngsters. “1 try to be a role model today for the kids," said Jackson, who is one of 10 children, nine of whom were raised in a three-room house in Bes semer, Ala. “Today kids do every thing but get involved in sports. I hope 1 can influence them to go in the right direction.” In becoming the second Auburn player to win the Heisman — QB Pat Sullivan got it in 1971 — Jackson had 317 first-place votes and fin ished with 1,509 points. Long was second with 1,464 points and had 286 first-place votes. Jackson and Long split as winners of the six regions in the voting. Jack- son was first in the Mid-Atlantic, South and Southwest, while Long won in the Northeast, Midwest and Far West. Third place went to Brigham Young quarterback Robbie Bosco, followed bv sophomore tailback Lo renzo White of Michigan State and junior quarterback Vinny Testa- verde of Miami. Purdue quarterback Jim Everett was sixth, followed by Navy running back Napoleon McCallum, Notre Dame runner Allen Ptnkett, tailback Joe Dudek of Plymouth, N.H., State, handed took some spunk out of them.” Oiler quartethack Warren Moon returned af ter three weeks on the sidelines with a hip pointer injury. “We did improve as a team and came together a little on offense,' Moon said ' 1 hat’s the way l want to look at it. 1 know we’ve got a young club and if we look at the im provement, I think we’ve accomplished some things." Morris, who became the second 1,000-yard rusher in Giants history, gave the Giants a 14-0 lead on touchdown runs of 12 and 2 yards in the first quarter. Moon hit touchdown passes of three yards to Jaime Williams and 27 yards to Tim Smith over a 48-second span of the secona quarter to knot the score. But then the Giants erupted with 21 points on Simms’ touchdown passes of 10 yards to Mark Bavaro and 22- yards to Bob Johnson, and Morris’ third TD of the day, a 2-yarder for a 35-14 lead at the half. Linebacker Lawrence Taylor’s 25-yard fumble return f ave the Giants a first down at the Oiler 11 and set up lorris’ third touchdown run. The Giants, who blew a 33-21 lead last week in a 35-33 loss to Cleveland, Stopped the Oilers twice at their 3-yard line in the third quarter. Morris’ three touchdown performance extended his NFL lead to 17 touchdowns. He finished with 132 yards rushing on 22 carries, giv ing him 1,057 for the year. The Oilers are 5-9. The Giants scored the first two times they got the ball and dominated play in the first quarter. lei- oon got the Oilers back in the game by complc ing.nme of 10 passes in an 80-yard drive leading to Wil liams’ TD catch. New York’s Maurice Carthon f umbled on the first play of the next drive, and Patrick Allen recovered for the Oilers at the Giant 27. £ • • ■ • • • • a Division III school, and, tied for 10th place, quarterback Brian Mc Clure of Bowling Green and run ning back Thurman Thomas of Ok lahoma Slate. Previously, the closest vote was in 1961, when fullback Ernie Davis of Syracuse beat running back Bob Fer guson of Ohio Stale by 53 points. “Bo is a very deserving winner,” said Long, who led Iowa to the Big Ten championship, a 10-1 record and the No. 3 ranking. “I’m just glad to be considered in the same com pany.” Heisman Trophy Winners of the Last Four Decades: 1985 — Bo Jackson, Auburn 1984 — Doug Flutie, Boston College 1983 — Mike Rozier, Nebraska 1982 — Herschel Walker, Georgia 1981 — Marcus Allen, USC 1980 — George Rogers, S. Carolina 1979 — Charles WAite, USC 1978 — Billy Sims, Oklahoma 1977 — Earl Campbell, Texas 1976 — Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh 1975 — Archie Griffin, Ohio State 1974 — Archie Griffin, Ohio State 1973 —John Cappelletti, Penn State 1972—Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska 1971 —Pat Sullivan, Auburn 1970—Jim Plunkett, Stanford 1969 — Steve Owens, Oklahoma 1968 — OJ. Simpson, USC 1967 — Gary Behan, UCLA 1966 — Steve Spurrier, Florida 1965 — Mike Garrett, USC 1964—John Huarte, Notre Dame 1963 — Roger Staubach, Navy 1962 — Terry Baker, Oregon State 1961 —Ernie Davis, Syracuse 1960—Joe Bellino, Navy 1959 — Billy Cannon, LSU 1958 — Peter Dawkins, Army 1957 —John David Crow, A&M 1956 — Paul Hornung, Notre Dame 1955 — Howard Cassady, Ohio State 1954 — Alan Ameche, Wisconsin 1953—John Lattner, Notre Dame 1952 — Billv Vessels, Oklahoma 1951 —Dick Kazrnaier, Princeton 1950 — Vic Janowicz, Ohio State MSC Camera Committee Bonfire Print Sale The official" bonfire print SIZE 8x10 8x10 11x14 16x20 PRICE $4.00 $5.25 $10.50 $21.00 presale order Pre-Sale - Nov, 18-22 & 25-27 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Post Sale - Nov. 28 12:00-6:00 p.m. (game day) Dec. 2-6 10a.m.-2p.m. All sales at MSC 1st FloorTables "Remember Bonfire '35 with a picture" JAMESPOINT DORM ALTERNATIVE Look what you get , • • • Plus $55 saving over dorm cost! 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