New England running back Mosi Tatupu threw the first pass of his 10-year career. It was good for a 15-yard touchdown.
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The New Orleans Saints got their sixth shutout. It`s the Saints` 21st season.
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Miami`s Dan Marino has thrown for four TDs in a game 14 times. The record is 17 by Johnny Unitas.
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San Diego`s Kellen Winslow has 504 career catches, joining Cleveland`s Ozzie Newsome (555) as the only tight ends with 500.
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San Francisco`s Joe Montana is 6-0 as a starter at Anaheim Stadium.
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Philadelphia`s Mike Quick has 289 career receptions, surpassing Tommy McDonald (287) for fifth place on the Eagle list.
Top rushers-Albert Bentley of Indianapolis, 145 yards on 29 carries. . . . Washington`s George Rogers had 125 yards on 30 carries. . . . Rueben Mayes of New Orleans, 112 yards on 19 carries. . . . Miami`s Troy Stratford, 110 yards on 19 carries. He`s the first Dolphin rookie to run for 100 yards since Larry Csonka in 1968. . . . San Francisco`s Roger Craig, 104 yards on 23 carries.
Top passers-Cincinnati`s Boomer Esiason, 26 of 41 for 387 yards. . . . Miami`s Dan Marino, 25 of 31 for 332 yards. It was his 24th 300-yard game of his four- year career. . . . San Digo`s Dan Fouts, 25 of 42 for 315 yards.
Longest TD catch-70 yards by Philadelphia`s Kenny Jackson.
Longest TD run-30 yards by Dalton Hilliard of New Orleans.
Leading defensive players-Duane Bickett had 3 1/2 of Indianapolis` 7 sacks. . . . Kansas City`s Art Still had 3 sacks. . . . Washington`s Dexter Manley had two sacks. . . . New Orleans had five interceptions. . . . Philadelphia and Indianapolis each had 7 sacks.
Leading receivers-(Yardage): Stanley Morgan of New England, 146 yards on 6 catches. . . . Stephone Paige of Kansas City, 121 yards on 5 catches. . . . Cris Collinsworth of Cincinnati, 121 yards on 8 catches. . . Carlos Carson of Kansas City, 117 yards on 7 catches. . . . J.T. Smith of St. Louis, 112 yards on 10 catches. . . . Andre Reed of Buffalo, 108 yards on 8 catches. . . . Irving Fryar of New England, 107 yards on 6 catches. . . . James Brooks of Cincinnati, 103 yards on 6 catches. . . . Robert Awalt of St. Louis, 100 yards on 9 catches. (Catches): 10 by Smith. . . . 9 by Awalt. . . . 8 by Reed, Collinsworth, and Minnesota`s Allen Rice for 77 yards. . . . 7 by Carson and San Diego`s Kellen Winslow for 76 yards.
Longest TD returns-Dennis Gentry of the Bears went 88 yards with a kickoff. . . . Pittsburgh`s Donnie Shell went 50 yards with an interception.
Longest field goals-50 yards by Tony Franklin of New England. . . . 49 yards Morten Andersen of New Orleans. . . . 48 yards by Tampa Bay`s Donald Igwebuike, who hold the Bucs` career record with 45 field goals.
Most field goals-5 by Jim Breech of Cincinnati, tying the team record by Horst Muhlmann.
Significant injuries-New England: quarterback Tony Eason, separated right shoulder; linebacker Don Blackmon, neck, spine; center Pete Brock, sprained knee ligaments; safety Roland James, fractured right wrist; linebacker Steve Nelson shoulder.. . . . Indianapolis: linebacker Ed Grimsley, strained knee ligaments.
Accomplishments-The Bears have won 24 in a row when Jim McMahon has started. . . . Buffalo`s Jim Kelly has thrown a TD pass in 12 consecutive games, tying the team record by Joe Ferguson. . . . Denver`s John Elway became the 36th quarterback to rush for 1,000 yards in a career. He has 1,024. . . . San Francisco`s Russ Francis became the 13th tight end to reach 5,000 yards in receptions. He has 5,030 on 374 catches in 150 games. . . . Igwebuike became Tampa Bay`s leading scorer as a kicker. He has 201 points.
Miscellaneous-New York Jets defensive end Marty Lyons has returned to Alabama, where his wife was in a serious car accident. Kelley Lyons sustained
` injuries to her face and two broken shoulders after driving into a ditch early Saturday in the family`s hometown of Demopolis, Ala., said police Sgt. Bucky Dailey. The Lyons` only child, Marty Jr., 5, was in the car, but suffered no injuries. Kelley Lyons was in stable condition in intensive care. The hot rumor in Cincinnati is that Sam Wyche will be out as coach and will be replaced by Pitt coach Mike Gottfried, who used to coach at the University of Cincinnati.
Running back Earnest Jackson of the Pittsburgh Steelers will be the second Jackson to take up another sport as a hobby. In a reverse move from Bo Jackson, who joined the Los Angeles Raiders after playing baseball for the Kansas City Royals, Earnest will switch from football to baseball. He will open ”The Card Shark,” a store specializing in selling and trading baseball cards and other memorabilia. Jackson says he has several hundred thousand cards. His most-prized possession is a 1952 Mickey Mantle worth $4,200.
Denver Bronco receivers dropped six passes, which was a good thing for the Detroit Lions. Otherwise the Lions` 34-0 loss would have been even worse. Three of the drops came during one series early in the second quarter and stalled a drive, which ended on a missed field goal. Mark Jackson, uncovered in the left flat, dropped one. Clarence Kay couldn`t hang on after breaking free downfield. And Gene Lang muffed a short pass to the right side.
But the most glaring drop came early in the third quarter when Vance Johnson broke into the clear and appeared certain to score on what would have been a 55-yard pass from John Elway. The ball slipped through his hands and bounced off his knee at the 7-yard line.
”I wanted to crawl under the carpet,” Johnson said. ”That was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. I was so embarrassed. I was going to catch the ball and step into the end zone. It was a lack of concentration. It was an easy pass, and those are the kind you can`t stand to drop.”
”I`m glad it wasn`t in a tight game on a crucial play,” said Elway. ”I told them I knew they were trying, and I just asked them not to get mad at me when I miss them.”
Jackson attributed the drops to a ”Halloween jinx. It`s a hard catch to make when you`re all alone.”
They said it-Atlanta coach Marion Campbell after the Falcons, who are 2-5, lost to the New Orleans Saints 38-0: ”I hope they get as mad as I am right now. We don`t have to worry about standings or statistics. These players have to worry about their careers.”
