1977-09-18 NFL Today Halftime Highlights
1977-09-18 NFL Today Halftime Highlights
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00:00Atlanta still leading Los Angeles by a score of 17 to 6. That game is now in the fourth quarter.
00:07It was the Rams who struck first and behind their new quarterback, Joe Namath.
00:12His first completion as a Ram to Harold Jackson.
00:16Then it was 3rd and 8th. Namath spotted Jackson. 28-yard touchdown. Extra point is blocked.
00:23Falcons score. Stanback from the 1. They kick it at 7-6 Atlanta ahead.
00:28And here is Stanback who had a sensational preseason.
00:32He was the leading runner in the NFL before the regular campaign got underway.
00:36And there is a 35-yard burst to the L.A. 36.
00:39Got Hunter. Got Wallace Francis on the 12-yard line.
00:44Then Hunter will keep it. And he goes in for the touchdown. And it is 17-6 right now.
00:50And of course the Rams are coming off that horrendous preseason. They were only 1-5.
00:54Irv, what do you have?
00:56The Eagles are leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth quarter by a score of 13 to 3.
01:03New quarterback Ron Jaworski is having quite a day. Hitting on two touchdown passes.
01:07Here is one to Keith Krepley. A nice gain down to the 6-yard line.
01:11A tight end there. Makes a big play which sets up this scoring play.
01:14Jaworski to Tom Sullivan. Just locks it there in the end zone.
01:17Sully scores the first touchdown for the Eagles.
01:19Coming back again. Jaworski likes to work to his big tight end.
01:22Keith Krepley finds him on the post bed and touchdown.
01:24Eagles are ahead 13-3 in the fourth quarter.
01:26They didn't miss Charles Young at all on that play, did they?
01:29Washington and the New York Giants.
01:31The Giants scored the first touchdown. It was an interception.
01:35Watch Kilmer go to the right flat.
01:37George Martin, defensive lineman, picked it off.
01:4029 yards. Touchdown. Martin has been injured later in the game. Out for weeks. Ligaments. Right knee.
01:46Giants now 1st and 10 on their own 46.
01:50Goldstein wants Robinson. 40 yards to the Washington 16-yard line.
01:55Skins held. Joe Dinello set up for the field goal. 22 yards. Good. Giants were up 10-0.
02:02But then the Redskins were able to come back and score a touchdown.
02:07Now 10-7 and they are trying to get something going in the fourth quarter.
02:11In Chicago, it's the Walter Payton Day.
02:13The Detroit Lions drew first blood but the Bears lead now at halftime by a score of 27-10.
02:18And Walter Payton is having quite a day.
02:20But here, the Lions get on the board early when Horace King breaks off the left tackle here.
02:25Goes up the field for about a 14-yard gain.
02:28Slater sets up a scoring opportunity by Dexter Buzzy.
02:31Goes over to the 1-yard line. Lions drawing first blood here.
02:34Looks like things are in pretty good shape here in the first quarter.
02:36But the Bears answer right away with their big offensive weapon.
02:39None other than sweetness himself.
02:41Walter Payton, number 34, bursting right up the middle on a draw play.
02:4573-yard gain, which really set the tempo for the Bears and things kept going.
02:49Walter scored two touchdowns in a half.
02:51The Bears lead at halftime by a score of 27-10.
02:56Johnny Musso, picking up his touchdown run.
02:59All of Chicago in the first half.
03:04Huffs here. Remember here from the Dallas Cowboys, punting here.
03:08And the ball is picked up by Schubert.
03:11He stumbles on his way here, but after he regains his footing,
03:14waltzes down the soccer line to simply outruns that Detroit defense
03:18all the way in for a score.
03:2470 yards, and Walter Payton here going on a short 4-yard run.
03:28And he's going to have another. This won't be a replay.
03:30This is another run on his right tackle.
03:34Once again, same play. Two yards this time.
03:36Touchdown. The Bears again, as I said before, lead 27-10 at the half.
03:42♪♪♪
03:57Okay, let's take you around the league now
03:59and catch all of you Green Bay Packer and New Orleans Saints fans up to date.
04:0317-6, Atlanta leading Los Angeles, moving through the fourth quarter.
04:08The Falcons trying for an upset.
04:10Philadelphia leading Tampa Bay 13-3.
04:13That game also in the fourth quarter.
04:15And the New York Giants still ahead of Washington 10-7,
04:18also in the fourth quarter.
04:20Skins may have something going, however.
04:22Cleveland ahead of Cincinnati 13-3.
04:24That game is in the fourth quarter.
04:26Browns have been tough on defense.
04:28Kansas City trailing New England 21-17.
04:31The Chiefs had been ahead 14-0 in that game.
04:33And it's Miami 13, Buffalo and O.J. Simpson nothing.
04:37Detroit and Chicago.
04:38The Bears leading 27-10.
04:41Walter Payton 130 yards in the first half.
04:44And the Green Bay Packers, the game that you are watching.
04:47The Packers with a big day.
04:48Lynn Dickey 24-0 at the half.
04:51The Packers ahead of New Orleans.
04:52Right now, let's go back down to the Superdome in the second half.