AL: TONIGHT'S STORY IS 
ABOUT A COUPLE OF KIDS JUST 
OUT OF COLLEGE TRYING TO 
MAKE IT OUT IN THE REAL 
WORLD.
JIM EVERT PLAYED A LITTLE 
FOOT BALL AND LANDED A 
HIGH-PAYING JOB RIGHT OUT 
OF COLLEGE WITH THE LOS 
ANGELES RAMS.
HE WAS THROWN INTO THE 
TRADE EARLIER AND NOW HE IS 
IN HIS THIRD YEAR WITH THE 
FIRM.
TONIGHT HE HAS A BUSINESS 
APPOINTMENT WITH THE 
CHICAGO BAIRX ALWAYS TOUGH 
IN NEGOTIATIONS, BUT EVEN 
MORE SO NOW AS THE RAMS 
HAVE LOST FOUR IN ROW.
HIS BOR HAS A PRAGMATIC 
OUTLOOK.
>> WE PUT OURSELVES IN 
THIS.
WE ARE SET INTO THE CHANCE 
FOR ONE OF THOSE MAGICAL 
YEARS.
NOW SOME OF THAT HAS 
SLIPPED AWAY.
AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 
IT AND WEIGH RECOGNIZE 
THAT.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE 
INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO 
RECOGNIZE THAT WE GET TO 
PLAY AGAIN.
WE ARE PLAYING ONE OF THE 
BEST TEAMS IN THE NFL AND 
IT IS A GREAT CHALLENGE FOR 
US.
ARL ARL JIM HARBAUGH WAS UP 
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 
MICHIGAN AND GOT INVOLVED 
IN THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.
THE CHICAGO BEARS MADE HIM 
THEIR NUMBER ONE DRAFT 
CHOICE A YEAR AGO.
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN IN 
THE REAL WORLD.
THE BEARS HAVE BEEN WINNING 
ALL YEAR BUT ALONG THE WAY, 
FIRST-STRING QUARTERBACK 
JIM MCMAHON WENT OUT WITH A 
SHOULDER INJURY.
TONIGHT JIM HARBAUGH WILL 
GET HIS BIG CHANCE TO SHOW 
WHAT HE'S GOT.
>> IT IS A TREMENDOUS 
OPPORTUNITY.
YOU HATE TO SEE ANYBODY GO 
DOWN.
BUT I'VE WORKED HARD AND I 
JUST WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO 
THE TEAM AND RIGHT NOW ALL 
I CAN REALLY THINK OF IS 
JUST BEING FOCUSED ON THE 
RAMS TO PREPARE AN DO WHAT 
I HAVE TO DO TO HELP OUT 
THE TEAM.
AL: THE CHICAGO BEARS WITH 
THE BEST RECORD IN THE NFL 
MEET THE LOS ANGELES RS 
TONIGHT ON THE ABC'S 
"MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL."
AL: ANAHEIM STADIUM IN 
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, ON A 
BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA NIGHT.
A SELLOUT CROWD TONIGHT FOR 
THE CHICAGO BEARS AND LOS 
ANGELES RAMS.
TWO NFL RIECHALS WITH MUCH 
ON THE LINES FOR BOTH TEAMS 
TONIGHT.
HELLO AGAIN, EVERYONE.
I'M FRANK GIFFORD.
WE ARE HAPPY YOU ARE WITH 
US FOR THIS FINAL GAME OF 
WEEK 14 OF THE NFL SEASON.
MUCH IS ON THE LINE FOR 
THESE TWO TEAMS TONIGHT.
THEY ARE 7-6, IF THEY LOOZ 
TONIGHT THEIR ALL BUT 
MATHEMATICLY ELIMINATED 
FROM ANY POSSIBLE PLAYOFF 
NIGHT.
IF THEY CAN WIN TONIGHT AND 
ALSO WIN AGAINST ATLANTA 
NEXT WEEK, THEY HAVE A 
FAIRLY GOOD SHOT AT WINNING 
THE DIVISIONAL TITLE.
MEANWHILE, THE CHICAGO 
BEARS, THEY ARE 11-2 IN THE 
CENTRAL DIVISION.
THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS ARE A 
HOT TEAM.
IF THEY CAN WIN TONIGHT, 
THEY WILL STAY TWO GAMES 
AHEAD OF MINNESOTA IN THAT 
CENTRAL DIVISION.
LOOK AT THAT GAME SORT OF 
AND A WARMUP FOR THE 
PLAYOFFS.
THEY WILL ALSO HAVE 
CLINCHED THE HOMEFIELD 
ADVANTAGE.
THERE REALLY IS A LOT ON 
THE LINE TONIGHT.
FOR THE BEARS, IT MIGHT 
SEEM LIKE A WINDY CITY 
DREAM.
BUT IT COULD ALL BEGIN HERE 
TONIGHT.
THESE RAMS ARE STRUGGLING.
THEY ARE NOW 7-6.
THEY HAVE LOST FOUR IN A 
ROW.
LAST WEEK AGAINST DENVER 
THEY JUST ABOUT 
SELF-STKRUKTED THERE.
>> THEY WENT 4-0 IN 
SEPTEMBER.
WHAT'S BEEN THE PROBLEM 
WITH THE RAMS AFTER THAT 
GREAT EARLY START.
A NUMBER OF FACTORS.
IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO 
SINGLE OUT ONE FACET.
JIM EVERETT WAS HAVING AN 
ALL-PRO SEASON THROUGH THE 
FIRST NINE WEEKS.
HE HAS TAPERED OFF.
ONE OF THE BIG, BIG 
PROBLEMS HAS BEEN THE 
DEFENSE, ESPECIALLY AT THE 
CORNERS WHERE GRAY AND 
IRVIN, TWO PRO BOWLERS HAVE 
HAVING THEIR PROBLEMS.
THE RAMS, DURING THIS 
FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK, 
HAVE GIVEN UP AN AVERAGE OF 
29 POINTS A GAME.
TWO WEEKS AGO THEY YIELDED 
38 TO SAN DIEGO.
AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO 
BEAT VERY MANY PEOPLE WHEN 
YOUR DEFENSE IS GIVING UP 
3O POINTS A CONTEST.
A CURIOUS THING HERE.
YOU HAVE A TEAM IN A SLUMP, 
THE RAMS, GOING AGAINST THE 
BEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE.
THE ODDS MAKERS FEEL WITH 
HARBAUGH MAKING DAN, WILL 
HE MAKE THAT MUCH OF A 
DIFFERENCE?
>> THE ODDS MAKESERS ARE 
LOOPG BEING AT HOW BADLY 
THE LOS ANGELES RAMS WILL 
LOSE THIS GAME?
THEY HAVE NO CHANCE.
YOU HAVE TO WIN A GAME, IT 
HAS TO BE THE CHICAGO BEARS 
YOU HAVE TO BEAT.
THE BEARS HAVE AN 11-2 
RECORD FOR ONE REASON AND 
ONE REASON ONLY, AND THAT'S 
THE PLAY OF THEIR TEAM.
GONE ARE THE NAMES OF 
WILLIAM PEARY, OTIS WILSON 
AND OTIS MARSHALL.
THE GUY WE WILL LOOK AT 
TONIGHT, MIKE SINGLE TERRY 
DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT.
HE MAY BE THE MVP BECAUSE 
THE BEARS HAVE ALLOWED THE 
FEWEST POINTS.
FRANK: THE BEARS COME INTO 
THIS GAME HAVING ALLOWED 
LESS THAN 12 POINTS A GAME.
COMING OFF OF SHUTOUT, JOHN 
ROBINSON AND MIKE DITKA, AS 
YOU ALL KNOW, SUFFERING A 
HEART ATTACK A MONTH AGO.
WATCH THE TAMPA BAY GAME ON 
TELEVISION FROM HIS 
HOSPITAL ROOM.
THEN WENT TO WASHINGTON, 
RESUMED FULL-TIME KOCHING 
DUTIES.
AL:  DELPINO BRINGS IT BACK 
TO THE 25 YARD LINE.
JIM EVER RET OUT OF PURDUE, 
DRAFTED BY THE OILERS, 
REFUSED TO SIGN.
FINALLY DEALT TO THE RAMS IN 
THE MIDDLE OF THE 1986 
SEASON.
HAS A CHANCE TO ELLIPSE 
VINCE'S MARK TONIGHT.
AL: HE TAX IT TO THE 3O YARD 
LINE.
GREG BELL WHO WAS A THROW-IN 
LAST YEAR IN THE DICKERSON 
TRADE HAD A SENSATIONAL 
ROOKIE SEASON AT BUFFALO, AND 
THEN TAPERED OFF.
HE HAS BEEN INJURY-PRONE 
THROUGH HIS CAREER.
BUT ON HIS WAY TO A THOUSAND 
YARDS NOW.
AL: BELL AGAIN CLOSE TO A 
FIRST DOWN AS HE REACHES THE 
36 YARD LINE.
HE IS TRIPPED UP BY AL 
HARRIS, NUMBER 90.
AFTER THE SPOT HE HAS A FIRST 
DOWN.
AL: EVER RET, HIS FIRST PARS 
IS TO DAMONE JOHNSON, GOOD 
FOR A GAIN OF SIX.
SKWAUS TO FOLLOW UP ON 
RICHARDSON, HE MISSED A 
PRACTICE YESTERDAY.
HE WILL PLAY TONIGHT BUT HE 
WON'T START.
DAN: WITHIN ALL THAT SEVERE, 
THOUGH.
WAS IT, MIKE?
HE SAID IF IT GETS TO BE A 
PLOB, WE MIGHT SLIP HIM IN.
DAN: THERE IS RICHARDSON ON 
THE SIDE LINES.
NOW QUITE A LOU HOLTZ 
IMPRESSION.
AL: BELL MOVING FORWARD 
ACROSS THE 45.
TACKLED BY GIVE MORRISSEY AND 
SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN BY 
ABOUT A YARD.
IT WILL BE THIRD AND ONE.
THIS IS WHERE THE BEARS ARE 
VERY TOUGH AND THE RAMS HAVE 
BEEN HAVING THEIR PROBLEMS 
THIS SEASON ON THIRD AND ONE.
AL: BELL HAS THE FIRST DOWN.
GREG BELL, OUT OF BOUNDS AT 
ABOUT THE 48 YARD LINE.
L.A. WITH ITS SECOND 
CONSECUTIVE FIRST DOWN.
DAN: FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS 
SINCE THIS GUY WAS A ROOKIE 
OUT OF BAYLOR, HE HAS BEEN 
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE FOR 
THE BEARS.
THIS GUY IS CLEARLY THE GLUE 
THAT HOLDS EVERYTHING 
TOGETHER FOR CHICAGO 
DEFENSIVELY.
AL: THE CATCH IS MADE BY 
ROBERT DELPINO.
DELPINO LIT -S LISTED AS A 
FULLBACK BUT HE WILL LINE UP 
ALL OVER AND PLAY ON SPECIAL 
TEAMS.
HE HAS BEEN A VERY SPECIAL 
FIFTH-ROUND FIND FOR THE 
RAMS.
FRANK: WE WILL SEE A LOT OF 
THAT WHEEF SEEN TONIGHT.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 
WAY MIAMI BEAT THE BEARS IN 
1985.
AL: BUFORD MCGEES FIRST CARRY 
OF THE NIGHT IS GOOD FOR 
ABOUT A YARD TO THE 44, 
SETTING UP THIRD DOWN AND 
TWO.
HAMPTON AND HAR IS IN ON THE 
TACKLE.
DAN: THAT TIME AL HAIR RIS 
JUST BLOWS INSIDE JACKIE 
SLATER.
THIS GUY AL HARRIS ALONG WITH 
STEVE MCMICHAEL ALONG WITH 
THE LOSS OF RICHARD DENT, 
THESE BEARS HAVE DONE ALL 
YEAR.
THEY ARE GOING TO PICK UP THE 
SLACK.
AL: THE QUICK PASS TO THE 39 
IS CAUGHT BY PETE WHO WILL 
HAND.
THEY BEHIND UP WITH THREE 
TIGHT ENDS.
FOUR RECEIVERS AND THROW IT 
FOR THE FIRST DOWN BEARING 
THE OFFENSE.
FRANK: AGAIN IT WAS 1, 2, 3, 
SET, FIRE THE BALL.
AGAIN THE FRUSTRATION OF THE 
DEFENSE WHO FINALLY SET IN.
IF YOU CAN KEEP THIS WORKING, 
AS MY AM I DID IN 1985, THEY 
WON THE GAME.
DAN: PETE HOLOHAN WILL BE THE 
GUY THEY LOOK TO.
AND JIM EVER RET CAUGHT IN A 
COMPROMISING POSITION HAS TO 
TAKE A TIME OUT.
AL: THE RAMS ON THE MOVE 
AFTER THREE SUCCESSIVE FIRST 
DOWNS.
GAME AND BACK UP HARBAUGH.
NOT TO BE.
AL: BELL TO THE OUTSIDE AND 
GETS WRAPPED UP BY SINGLE 
TERRY.
MIKE SINGLE TERRY HAD HIM BY 
THE ANKLE.
AND HE DOWNS HIM BACK AT THE 
43 YARD LINE.
DAN: YOU TALK ABOUT PLAY 
ANTICIPATION.
WATCH SINGLE TERRY BEGIN TO 
MOVE BEFORE THE START OF THE 
FAT FOOTBALL.
THE ONE THING JOHN ROB INSON 
TOLD US LAST NIGHT IS WE HAVE 
TO AVOID NEGATIVE YARDAGE.
AL: STEVE MCMICHAEL.
I USED THE WORLD GLITZING.
HE IS NOT A LINEBACKER.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY 
COMING LIKE THAT, YOU THINK 
INITIALLY IT IS A LINEBACKER.
IT IS THE DEFENSIVE TACKLE 
MCMICHAEL.
DAN: WATCH STEVE MCMICHAEL 
LOOP TO THE OUTSIDE.
THE BLITZ IS COMING UP THE 
MIDDLE.
THE RAMS ARE GOING TO TURN 
HIM LOOSE.
THEY ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO 
ATTEMPT TO BLOCK MCMICHAEL.
IT IS A CASE WHERE THEY HAVE 
TO TURN SOMEBODY LOOSE AND I 
THINK THEY EXPECTED HIM IT 
TAKE A MUCH BIGGER LOOPING 
CHARGE TO THE OUTSIDE.
AL: HE HAVE RET ROLLING.
DOWN HE GOES AGAIN.
DAN HAMPTON, AFTER MCMICHAEL 
PICKED UP SACK NUMBER 10-1/2.
HAMPTON PICKS UP SACK NUMBER 
8-1/2.
FRANK: HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE 
SEEN IT?
RAMS GOING AT IT.
TWO CONSECUTIVE SACKS.
THEY ARE PUNTING FROM THEIR 
OWN TERRITORY.
AL: HATCHER'S KICK A WOBBLY 
KICK.
HERE COMES HARBAUGH TO LEAD 
THE BEARS WITH 8:33ING TO.
CHICAGO.
AND WITH MCMAHON GONE AND 
TOMCZAK GONE, IT IS TIM 
HARBAUGH, THE SURPRISE TIM 
ONE PICK LAST YEAR OUT OF THE 
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
AL: HARBAUGH THROWS IT BEHIND 
DENNIS GENTRY.
IF YOU THOUGHT CHICAGO WAS 
GOING TO COME OUT VERY 
CONSERVATIVE, FORGET IT.
DICK DITKA SAID LAST NIGHT HE 
HAS ADDED TO THE OFFENSE WITH 
HARBAUGH IN THERE.
THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE HAD 
THE BIG PROBLEMS OVER THE 
LAST MONTH.
AL: NEAL ANDERSON THREATS HIS 
WAY TO THE 31 YARD LINE.
IT WILL BE SECOND, THIRD AND 
FIVE WITH LAYERRY KELM AND 
KEVIN GREENE IN ON THE STOP.
THERE IS ANDERSON WHO IS 87 
YARDS AWAY FROM THE 
THOUSAND-YARD MARK.
DAN: GREAT GAME LAST WEEK 
AGAINST GREEN BAY, 139 
YARDED.
CAN EASILY WATCH THAT 
THOUSAND-YARD MARKER.
AL: BAD PASS.
PICKED UP BY HARBAUGH.
STAYS IN BOUNDS AND THROWS IT 
OUT OF BOUND.
FRED STRICKLAND, NUMBER 53, 
FORCED HIM TO THE SIDE LINES.
REFEREE TONIGHT IS FRED 
SILVA.
THE CALL IS A DEFENSIVELY 
HOLDING CALL AGAINST THE 
RAMS.
FRANK: WE SAW A LOOK THERE AT 
ONE OF THE THINGS THE LOS 
ANGELES RAMS ARE GOING TO TRY 
TO DO TONIGHT.
UMPIRE: HOLDING.
DEFENSE, FIVE YARDS, FIRST 
DOWN.
DAN: THOSE JERRY GRAY, THE 
LEFT CORNERBACK WHO GETS 
FLAGGED FOR THE HOLDING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE RAMS OO 
GOING TO DO TO PRESSURE 
HARBAUGH IS TO COME AT THEM 
WITH MORE SPEED.
WE HAVE THREE LINEBACKERS IN 
HERE.
WE HAVE GOT STRICKLAND, AND 
WILCHER.
AL: ANDERSON TAKES IT UP TO 
THE 38 YARD LINE.
HE IS STOPPED BY THE OUTSIDE 
BACKER NUMBER 54, MIKE 
WILCHER AFTER A GAIN OF TWO.
FRANK: WHAT AN EVOLUTION WE 
HAVE WATCHED THE RAM DEFENSE 
GOING INTO THIS PAST YEAR.
SO MANY YEARS THEY WERE 
STRICTLY A 3-4.
PLAYED THEIR ZONE DEFENSE.
BUT ROBINSON TRULY BELIEVES 
YOU HAVE TO SHOW A LOT OF 
DIFFERENT LOOKS.
AL: MCKINNON IS TACKLED AT 
THE 42 YARD LINE.
HE IS BROUGHT DOWN BY LEROY 
IRVIN.
DAN: DENNIS MCKINNON, THE MAN 
IN MOTION, COMING ACROSS THE 
FORMATION.
I THINK IT IS A LOOK AT HOW 
THE RAMS TRADITIONALLY OVER 
THE YEARS ARE ALWAYS WILLING 
TO GIVE YOU THAT RECEPTION.
THEY ARE GOING TO SIT BACK IN 
THEIR ZONE.
THEY WILL LET YOU WORK 
UNDERNEEJ RAND EVEN THOUGH 
MCKINNON MADE THE CATCH, HE 
WAS STILL WELL SHORT OF THE 
AL: THE FAKE TO ANDERSON, AND 
HARBAUGH IS GOING TO KEEP IT.
HAS THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 5O 
YARD LINE.
FRANK: HARBAUGH HAD THE 
OPTION TO THROW THAT BALL.
HE ALSO HAD A PERSONAL OPTION 
KNOWING HE ONLY HAD THE THREE 
YARDS TO PICK UP.
PUT THE HEAD DOWN AND 
BARRELED FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
AL: MICHIGAN QUARTERBACKS 
HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO RUN, 
RIGHT DAN?
DAN: THEY DO.
THEY HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF 
EXPERIENCE THROWING THE 
FOOTBALL.
AL: HARBAUGH GOING DEEP.
LEROY IRVIN DOES THE JOB 
DEFENSIVELY ON THE BOMB 
INTENDED FOR GENERAL TRI.
FRANK: GOOD PLAY BY BOTH 
GENTRY AND IRVIN.
IRVIN, A FORMER ALL-PRO 
QUARTERBACK MAYBE NOT PLAYING 
THAT PRO-BOWL TYPE OF 
QUARTERBACK THIS YEAR.
BUT HE LOOKS AT GENTRY, SEES 
THE EYES, LOOKS AT THE BALL 
AND TURNS AROUND.
GENTRY ONLY GOES 5 FEET 8 
INCHES.
BUT MAKES A LOST THINGS 
HAPPEN.
AL: THE RAMS HAVE HAD TO TAKE 
A TIMEOUT ON DEFENSE.
A TIMEOUT WITH 5:13 TO PLAY 
AND A SCORELESS FIRST PERIOD.
AL: ANAHEIM STADIUM.
THE RAMS JUST USED A TIMEOUT.
AL: PRESSURE ON HARBAUGH WHO 
THROWS OFFBALANCE AND 
INCOMPLETE.
BROKEN UP BY MICHAEL STEWART, 
THIRD AND TEN NOW.
DAN: ANY DEFENSIVE 
COORDINATOR WILL TELL YOU THE 
WAY YOU PRESSURE A YOUNG 
QUARTERBACK IS RIGHT UP THE 
MIDDLE.
THAT'S WHAT THE RAMS DID THAT 
TIME AS THEY BROUGHT BOTH OF 
THEIR INSIDE LINEBACKERS, 
THAT'S CARL HE CAN ERT 
FORCING HIM OUT.
CHANCEING A VERY CHANCE SI 
THROW.
AL: HARBAUGH ESCAPES AND WITH 
SOME NIFTY RUNNING COMES 
CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN.
HE IS TACKLED BY BRETT FAIR 
NAIRZ.
HE IS SHORT BY LESS THAN A 
YARD.
DAN: AGAIN THE PRESSURE UP 
THE MIDDLE.
NOBODY COUNTED.
WATCH ALL THE PRESSURE UP THE 
MIDDLE COMING RIGHT AT JIM 
HARBAUGH.
THIS IS NOTHING BUT PUREAGE 
LET SIFM ON THE PART OF 
HARBAUGH.
A STRAIGHT SHOT COMING AT HIM 
AND SOMEHOW HE GETS IT CLOSE 
ENOUGH TO MAKE IT EXCITING.
THEY ARE GOINGING TO FOR IT, 
TOO.
AL: HARBAUGH BURROW -S HIZ 
WAY TO THE 39.
JIM HARBAUGH MATCHED UP WITH 
HE HAVE EARN AGAIN.
THE LAST TIME THESE TWO FACED 
EACH OTHER, PURDUE AGAINST 
MICHIGAN AND IT WAS THE 
WOLVERINES 47 RAND THE 
BOILERMAKERS NOTHING.
FRANK: HARBAUGH HAD THE 
MEASLES?
AL: HARBAUGH GETS SACKED BACK 
AT THE 44.
THE RAMS KEEP PUTTING THE 
PRESSURE ON AND THIS TIME IT 
PAYS OFF AS WILCHER CONVERGES 
AND KEVIN GREENE IS THERE AS 
WELL.
FRANK: A DIFFERENT FRONT FORT 
BEARS TO LOOK AT.
AGAIN IT WAS EFFECTIVE.
ROBINSON IS A REAL BELIEVEER 
THAT THE GAME IS CHANGING.
IT IS LEAVING THE 3-4.
DAN: WILCHER GETS IN AND 
CONTAINS HARBAUGH SO THAT 
WHEN HE COMES HIS DIRECTION, 
HE FORCES HIM BACK INTO GARY 
ON THE INSIDE.
AL: ANDERSON LOSES THE 
FOOTBALL.
IT IS LOOSE AND THE RAMS HAVE 
IT AT THE 43-YARD LINE.
DOUG REED RECOVERS.
HE DISLODGED THE FOOTBALL AND 
IT IS EKERN WHO COMES UP WITH 
IT.
FRANK: THE BEARS OFFENSIVE 
LINE IS REALLY CONFUSED AS TO 
WHOS WHAT'S GOING ON.
DAN: THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO 
RUN THE TRAP UP THE LINE.
KEVIN GREENE WAS LOOK FOR SIX 
POINTS.
THERE IS A QUESTION THAT HE 
IS VERY CLOSE TO BEING DOWN 
WHEN HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL.
AL: THE OFFICIALS HAVE THAT 
POSTURE RIGHT NOW.
THE REPLAY OFFICIAL.
DAN: LET'S CHECK IT FROM THIS 
ANGLE.
THERE IS A TACKLE WITH REED.
WELL, HE'S DOWN.
THE FOOTBALL DOESN'T COME OUT 
UNTIL ANDERSON IS ON THE 
GROUND.
I THINK THAT WILL REMAIN 
BEARS' FOOTBALL.
FRANK: THEY WILL PROBABLY 
REVERSE THAT.
DAN: CLEARLY HE HAS THE BALL 
IN HIS CONTROL THERE.
HE'S GOING DOWN .
FRANK: AND THEN REED IS ABLE 
TO GET IT LOOSE AFTER AN 
11-YARD LOSS.
AND THEY RE-EXAMINE THE 
REPLAY.
DAN: WE SAW ANDERSON GO ONTO 
HIS BACK.
THE BALL WAS DOWN IN HIS 
CROTCH.
DID HE CONTROL IT?
THE CALL WENT IN THE FAVOR OF 
THE RAMTS.
WE ARE HAVING TO LOOK FOR 
EVIDENCE CONCLUSIVE ENOUGH TO 
OVERTURN THE CALL ON THE 
FIELD.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THAT TAKES 
MORE THAN JUST A CASUAL LOOK.
FRANK: THAT'S ALMOST TOO FAR 
AWAY TO TELL FROM THAT POINT.
BUT IT DOES LOOK AS THOUGH 
THE BALL CAME FREE WHEN HE 
HIT ON HIS BACK SIDE.
AL: I THOUGHT HE WAS DOWN.
DAN: I AGREE.
I THOUGHT HE WAS DOWN THERE 
AS WELL.
FRANK: IT IS REALLY TOUCHY, 
THOUGH, AS TO WHETHER HE HAD 
WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL 
"CONTROL OF THE FOOTBALL."
DAN: MUST BE CONCLUSIVE AND 
THAT CAN REALLY SPLIT HAIRS 
FOR YOU.
FRANK: WE MAY GET A GOOD LOOK 
AT IT ON THE REVERSE BECAUSE 
ANDERSON IS GOING TO SPIN 
RIGHT AT US AS HE GOES DOWN.
YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT THAT 
REMAINS A CHICAGO BEARS 
FOOTBALL.
AL: GREAT PLAY FOR REED ON 
MAKE THE TACKLE AND ALSO FOR 
REACHING IN RAND PRYING THE 
BALL LOOSE.
DAN: I KNOW THIS IS AN 
UNCOMFORT -BLG SITUATION FOR 
THE OFFICIALS.
BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO 
BE OVERRULED AND THE BALL IS 
GOING TO BE GIVEN BACK TO THE 
BEARS.
THE REVERSE ANGLE IS REALLY 
THE BEST LOOK WE HAD AT IT, 
GUYS.
FRANK: THERE WE GO AGAIN.
IT SEEMS LIKE OVER THE PAST 
FEW WEEKS WE HAVE HAD SO MANY 
LONG DELAYS.
THE RAMS WILL KEEP THE BALL.
THEY DO NOT REVERSE IT.
REFEREE: THE PLAY STANDS.
FRANK: LOOK AT ROBINSON.
AL: BUFORD MCGEE IS THE 
FULLBACK.
STRAIGHT AHEAD TO THE 49 YARD 
LINE.
FROM THE REPLAY BOOTH, THEY 
ARE SAYING THEY DID NOT HAVE 
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE AND THEY 
DID NOT SEE THE BALL THE 
ENTIRE WAY.
AL: CAUGHT AT THE 29 YARD 
LINE BY AARON COX, THE 
ROOKIE.
FIRST DOWN.
DAN: WHAT A SHARP ADJUSTMENT 
BY AARON COX, WHO READ THE 
BLITZ.
THE BEARS FROM THE OTHER SIDE 
OF THE FIELD DAVE DUERSON, 
COX KNOWS WHATEVER ROUTE HE 
IS GOING TO RUN, HE HAS TO 
SHORTEN IT UP.
IN THIS PARTICULAR OFFENSE, 
HIS MOVE VERSES THE BLITZ WAS 
TO BREAK TO THE SIDELINES.
AL: A FIRST DOWN AND OUT OF 
BOUNDS HE GOES AT THE 15-YARD 
LINE.
LURCHED OUT BY SINGLE TEAR 
RIFMT THEY LOVEING TO TO THE 
TIGHT END HOLOHAN.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT DAMONE 
JOHNSON AS WELL.
WE CALL HIM A TIGHT END.
THAT'S THE POSITION HE IS 
OFFICIALLY LEFT AT.
BUT AT TIMES -FRX LIKE HE DID 
THERE, HE ENDS UP SPLIT.
DAN: THAT TIME A LITTLE ROLL.
IT HELPED EVERETT GET AWAY 
FROM THE BEARS' DEFENSE.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING DID 
THUS FAR THROUGH THE ENTIRE 
QUARTER.
VERY CONSERVATIVE AND VERY 
EFFECTIVE.
FRANK: DICK CURRY, THE RAMS 
COACHES UPSTAIRS.
AL: BUFORD MCGEE FINDS A HOLE 
INSIDE FOR FIVE.
AT THE TEN-YARD LINE, IT WILL 
BE SECOND AND FIVE.
NO SCORE, FIRST QUARTER, WEEK 
14:CLUEDING IN ANAHEIM.
FRANK: HOLOHAN CAME FROM THE 
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS.
SO DID BUFORD MCGEE.
AL: GREG BELL TAKES IT DOWN 
TO THE 8 YARD LINE.
IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND 
THREE.
DAN: WHAT'S REALLY 
DERECEIVING IS THAT WE CAN 
SEE HOW HIS FEET ARE COCKED 
LIKE THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT HIS SHOULDERS, 
HIS SHOULDERS ARE STILL 
SQUARED OFFER.
IF YOU ARE A DEFENSIVE 
PLAYER, YOU ARE JUST SEEING 
HIM IN THE WAIST UP.
THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN TELL 
THAT HIS FEET ARE COCKED THAT 
WAY.
UNTIL WE GO TO RADIOS AND THE 
HELMETS, FUL BE DIFFICULT FOR 
THEM TO DETERMINE.
AL: EVERRET, WHO LANDS ON HIS 
BACK AS HE RELEASES, THROWS 
IT OUT OF BOUND.
HE WAS HIT BY DUERSON ON A 
SAFETY BLITZ.
THAT'S WHAT JOHN ROBINSON 
WOULD WANT HIM TO DO.
WHEN HE COULDN'T FIND THE 
OPEN MAN, GET RID OF IT.
DON'T HURT US.
KEEP US WITHIN GOOD FIELD 
GOAL RANGE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.
WATCH HOLOHAN AGAIN.
HE WORKS ACROSS -- MIGHT HAVE 
BEEN THERE.
HE WAS RUNNING INTO TRAFFIC 
IN THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
AL: LANSFORD'S KICK IS GOOD.
LANSFORD, YOU WILL RECALL, 
AGAINST DENVER, HIT ONE OFF 
THE RIGHT UPRIGHT AND ONE OFF 
THE LEFT UPRIGHT.
AL: BENNETT, NUMBER 14 IN 
YOUR PICTURE RIGHT THERE, IS 
THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK.
HE AND WALTER PAYTON HAVEING 
A LAUGH.
BENNETT HAS HAD A LOT OF 
LAUGHS THIS WEEK.
THE ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE 
MVP.
AL: LANSFORD'S KICK GOES OUT 
OF BOUND.
CHICAGO IT CAN TAKE THE BALL 
AT THE 35 YARD LINE WITH 45 
SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE FIRST 
QUARTER AND THE RAMS, IN A 
GAME VITAL FOR THEIR PLAYOFF 
HOPES, ON TOP 3-0.
AL: ANDERSON FOR A GAIN OF 
TWO.
SINCE 1952, THERE WERE BEEN 
15,590 TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN 
THE NFL, ONE FROM A MICHIGAN 
QUARTERBACK.
LARRY SIPA, WHO PLAYED WITH 
NEW ORLEANS IN 1975.
FRANK: THAT OF COURSE THE 
MICHIGAN T-FORMATION 
QUARTERBACK.
THEY DIDN'T OPERATE FROM THE 
T-FORMATION.
AL: HARBAUGH GOES DOWN IN THE 
GRASS.
FRED STRIK LANTDS, THE ROOKIE 
OUT OF PUR TUE DUE.
FRANK: PLENTY OF TIME FOR 
HARBAUGH TO GET RID OF THE 
FOOTBALL.
HE HAS TO TAKE THE SACK.
FIRST QUARTER IS OVER.
RAMS LEAD 3-0.
GOODYEAR BLIMP LOOKING DOWN.
WE ARE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
AL: ANDERSON SCOOTS OUT TO 
THE 42, BUT HE IS WELL SHORT 
OF THE FIRST DOWN.
HE IS STOPPED BY GARY JETER 
AND THE BEARS WILL PUNT FOR 
THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
BRIAN WAGNER, WHO AVERAGED 52 
YARDED A KICK LAST WEEK 
AGAINST GREEN BAY COMES IN TO 
DO THE PUNTING.
AL: SLIPS AT THE 32 YARD 
LINE.
HICKS CAN ONLY RUN IT BACK 
SIX BEFORE HE GOES DOWN.
RAMS HAVE THE BALL.
TRADED VERMATZEN, THEY WOUND 
UP GOING 2-10.
AL: HOLOHAN FOR A GAIN OF 
ABOUT SIX.
IT WAS FRANK IF I FORD'S 
GIANTS IN FACT THAT STARTED 
THE 1959 RAMS ON THEIR ROAD 
TO OWE BLIF ONWITH AN OPENING 
NIGHT WIN AT THE COLISEUM.
AL: GREG BELL IS STOPPED FOR 
NO GAIN.
IN FACT, THIS SEASON, THE 
BEARS AS A UNIT -- WE HAVE 
TALKED ABOUT HOW TERRIFIC 
THEY HAVE BEEN OVERALL 
DEFENSIVELY.
BUT THE OPPOSITION HAS 
COMPLETED ONLY 44% OF ITS 
PASSES AGAINST CHICAGO.
THAT'S THE LOWEST IN THE 
LEAGUE.
FRANK: THAT IS BECAUSE OF ONE 
THING ONLY -- PRESSURE.
AL: AGAIN EVER RET GETS RID 
OF IT IN A HURRY.
HOLOHAN LOOKS AROUND.
HE DOESN'T SEE A FLAG.
NO FLAG.
FOURTH DOWN.
FRANK: MORRISSEY WAS LOCKED 
UP ON HOLOHAN.
