NFL Today 1981 halftime report

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NFL Today 1981 halftime report
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00:00Saturday
00:06Welcome back to the news desk in New York
00:07And of course this week began on Thursday night with the Eagles downing the Buffalo Bills by a score of 20 to 14
00:12But the storyline there is Wilbert Montgomery
00:15You saw him limping around as the clock wound down to that game-pulled hamstring herb cross you were with him
00:19What's the status of Montgomery with the Eagles now? I saw him Friday night Brenton Wilbert will probably be out three to four weeks
00:25He's never had a hamstring pull today not even ran track in college
00:27So three or four weeks on the shelf and of course in a couple of weeks
00:30They play the Atlanta Falcons and what now shapes up is one of the games of the year
00:34All right right now the Minnesota Vikings lead the Detroit Lions at the half
00:391714 yes, Billy Sims has scored again
00:41Not once but twice for Monty Clark and now the Lions are starting to emerge as perhaps the strongest team of all
00:47Even though they trail at the half watch Tommy Kramer here go to Terry LeCounte
00:51It's a 45 yard game for the Vikes the Vikes did not reveal their quarterback until the game began Teddy Brown
00:56Powering him for the touchdown. The running game has been non-existent coming into this afternoon's action
01:01Now watch Tommy Hannon here strip the ball from Leonard Thompson on this pass reception and Hannon is going to return it all the way
01:07Down to the Lions five-yard line before he is stopped. Then it was Kramer again
01:12He's gonna go to Joe sensor sensor dropped a couple of big passes against the Raiders this time
01:15He holds on 14 Oh Vikes and then the Lions suddenly got it in high gear from the eye here came Sims
01:21Touchdown number one 14 7 now watch him power in he gets a block on the left side
01:26He'll go up over the top and then Dan Meyer came back with a field goal
01:29So now it is 17 14 at the half in that game
01:32Cleveland leading Cincinnati 13 Oh and of course next week the big doubleheader game
01:36Showdown of powers in the AFC and the NFC you'll see the Atlanta Falcons against those Cleveland Browns
01:42The New York Jets are trailing Pittsburgh 17 3 is the count there
01:45So the Jets are again having a horrible time of it this afternoon in Pittsburgh
01:49st. Louis 26
01:51Washington to 17 Jim Hart is back at quarterback for the Cardinals today
01:55he of course was knocked out in the first week of the season the rookie Neil Lomax did a little flea flicker opened it up and
02:01Theismann goes to Ricky Thompson for the touchdown and the skins let it 10-3 now here
02:06He comes Hart long bomb to Roy Green who's Roy Green a safety. They needed a wide receiver
02:12He looks pretty good, doesn't he? He got it in there for him. Now. Here we come watch here as it's Mitchell
02:18I believe his name is stump Mitchell a 50-yard punt return for a touchdown and st. Louis. Let it 1910
02:26Seisman here looking for Art Monk last year's number one down the sideline shakes off a tackle 79 yards in the score
02:331917 Cardinals over the skins and back comes hard again
02:3727-yard TD pass or who is Greg LeFleur?
02:40Greg LeFleur was drafted as a tight end by the Philadelphia Eagles
02:43Cut picked up by the Cardinals and so I just got a touchdown 2617 Cardinals now, Miami battle of the field goals here
02:49They lead Houston 9-7 as the count in that game and Atlanta 24 San Francisco 10 and folks
02:56The Falcons are for real. They are simply one of the best teams in all the football right now
03:01They have put it together early. Let's show you what I mean Steve Bartkowski on the first drive for the Falcons
03:07He wants Alfred Jackson. He's got him
03:10Can't pass it any prettier than that
03:1229 yards in a score now watch this run by Lin Cain on a simple little swing pass
03:17The Niners had all kinds of shots at him
03:19He's gonna bust for two of them right there
03:21Knock one of them down and keep on going and Atlanta built up a 17 nothing lead Joe, Montana
03:27Having a good year for the 49ers. Here. He is going to Charlie Young formerly of the Rams was 17-7
03:32But back he came Bartkowski Irv. He's got one receiver after the other. This is Jenkins. He's got Francis Jackson Jenkins
03:39He hits them all on that team. Don't they? Well, he likes to spread his pass routes around and they're all great receivers
03:43All right
03:43now San Diego has just tied its game against Kansas City so they are even at seven in that game and
03:50Tampa Bay leading Chicago and Soldier Field right now by a score of 7-0 and it was the Buccaneer defense that got the job
03:58done for John McKay
03:59enormous pressure on Vince Evans off the blitz deflected by Williams and
04:03Mike Washington has got it and he runs it back in for the touchdown
04:07That is put the Buccaneers over the Bears right now by seven and the NFL today will continue on CBS
04:13after these messages from your local stations