There were no 300-yard passers for the first time since Week 10 in 1983.
195
Dave Butz played in his 195th games as a Redskin, tying Len Hauss` team record.
7
Erik McMillan set a Jets` rookie record with his seventh interception.
5
Pittsburgh`s Harry Newsome has had five punts blocked this year.
78
Marcus Allen scored his 78th TD, breaking the Raider record he shared with Fred Biletnikoff.
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The Detroit-New York Giants games was the fifth overtime game of the year.
– Top rushers-New England`s John Stephens, 124 yards on 35 carries. . . . Buffalo`s Thurman Thomas, 116 yards on 23 carries. . . . Phoenix`s Earl Ferrell, 110 yards on 19 carries.
– Longest TD catches-80 yards by New England`s Irving Fryar. . . . 73 yards by San Francisco`s John Taylor. . . . 67 yards by Minnesota`s Anthony Carter.
– Longest TD run-49 yards by San Francisco`s Steve Young.
– Leading receivers-(Yardage): Houston`s Drew Hill, 148 yards on 9 catches. . . . Tampa Bay`s Mark Carrier, 142 yards on 9 catches.
. . . Cleveland`s Clarence Weathers, 140 yards on 7 catches. . . . New Orleans` Eric Martin, 132 yards on 6 catches. Fryar, 122 yards on 3 catches.
(Catches): 9-Hill and Carrier. . . . 8-Tim Brown of the Los Angeles Raiders for 95 yards and Washington`s Ricky Sanders for 74 yards.
– Leading defensive players-John Booty of the New York Jets blocked a punt, recovered a fumble and had an interception. Robin Cole had two of the Jets` six sacks. . . . Cornelius Bennett had 1/2 of Buffalo`s six sacks and forced a fumble. . . . Philadelphia`s Reggie White had two sacks, as did Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants and Detroit`s Keith Ferguson. . . . Miami forced five turnovers. . . . San Francisco`s Tim McKyer had two interceptions. . . . Dallas` Eugene Lockhart and Atlanta`s Joel Williams each had 12 solo tackles. . . . Houston`s Ray Childress recovered three fumbles.
– Longest TD returns-78 yards with an interception by Buffalo`s Mark Kelso. . . . 36 yards by Atlanta`s Mike Gann with a fumble.
– Longest field goal-47 yards by Mike Lansford of the Los Angeles Rams.
– Most field goals-4 by Lansford.
– Most points in a quarter-17 by Miami in third period and Houston in the second period.
– Most points by a player-18 by Hill.
– Most first downs-25 by Philadelphia.
– Fewest first downs-10 by Green Bay.
– Most yards-424 by Philadelphia.
– Fewest yards-131 by Green Bay.
– Significant injuries-Bears: QB Jim McMahon (sprained knee). . . . Steelers: DE Tim Johnson (sprained back). . . . Jets: TE K.D. Dunn
(sprained ankle). . . . Lions: QB Rusty Hilger (concussion). Redskins: T Jim Lachey (sprained ankle).
– Miscellaneous-The first 100 patrons attending Oiler coach Jerry Glanville`s radio show Monday night at a Houston restaurant will receive a Glanville lookalike mask. There also will be a Glanville lookalike contest with the winner earning an all-black outfit, similar to the ones Glanville wears on the sidelines. Glanville said only 99 masks would be distributed.
”My wife asked to have one to keep at home because she never sees me,”
Glanville said. ”She wants to put it on the pillow.” . . . Scoring in the NFL has fallen 6 percent in the first half of the season compared to last year`s average, according to statistician Bud Goode. Scoring has dropped from 21.6 points per team per game last year to 20.3 this year. The number of plays is down from 66.16 per game in 1987 to 64.8 this year, a 2 percent drop. Goode says that decline stems from a rule change designed to speed up games. The offensive team has 45 seconds from the end of the previous play to put the ball back in play. ”Fewer plays mean fewer points,” Goode said. ”More games are being decided by less than a touchdown. The difference in two plays a game may not seem like much, but 45 seconds and 45 seconds is a minute and a half, time for someone to mount an attack and score.” Passing touchdowns have dropped 13 percent, from 1.45 per game last year to 1.25.
– They said it-Running back Eric Dickerson said the Los Angeles Rams wanted to teach him a lesson by trading him to Indianapolis, referred to Rams running back Greg Bell as ”that little dwarf” and added that quarterback Jim Everett ”never was a friend of mine.” The remarks were made in an interview with Jim Gray on NBC`s ”NFL Live.” Dickerson was traded to the Colts a year ago Monday after feuding with the Rams over salary. When asked if he thought the Rams were trying to damage or severely ruin his career, Dickerson responded: ”I think so. I think they wanted to try and teach me a lesson, send me to a place that I would not like, and would probably struggle the rest of my career, which I think backfired in their face.”
Bell, a former Buffalo running back acquired in the three-way deal, has said that anybody can run up big yardage behind Los Angeles` offensive line.
”You know, that little dwarf should learn one thing; he is not my caliber, to be honest,” said Dickerson. ”If Greg Bell came here or if I went back to the Rams, he would sit on the bench behind me the rest of his career.”
Everett said Dickerson still hadn`t recovered from the trade. ”I think Eric has some problems,” Everett said. ”I think he was devastated when he left. I feel sorry for a man who is so very unhappy. I thought we were friends when he left.”
