French ships of a multinational task force recovered a Soviet-made mine in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt’s official news agency reported, but it was believed to be older than the explosives that have recently damaged at least 18 vessels in the region. The Middle East News Agency, quoting a brief statement issued by the Egyptian military command, gave no details on when the mine was found, what kind of explosive it was or why it was detonated. Egyptian officials had said that they wanted to recover a mine intact. French Foreign Ministry officials reportedly said the mine was most likely left over from the 1967 or 1973 Mideast wars.
Marshal Nikolai V. Ogarkov, dismissed September 6 as chief of staff of the Soviet armed forces, has been appointed head of the Voroshilov Academy for Staff Officers in Moscow, a post now held by a general, an American arms specialist said. William E. Jackson, an arms control adviser in the Carter Administration and now a visiting professor at several Soviet institutes, told reporters in Moscow that he had been advised of Ogarkov’s appointment by Soviet officials. It was the first word of Ogarkov’s new assignment since he was replaced by his deputy, Marshal Sergei F. Akhromeyev, apparently as a result of political infighting among the Kremlin leadership.
President Reagan receives word that a self propelled barge ends up being captured by the Soviet Coast Guard.
Divers removed the 14th container of uranium hexafluoride from the sunken French ship Mont Louis today, but they said access to the remaining 16 containers was blocked. John Huylebroeck, a spokesman for the Belgian Environment Ministry, said the salvage team would start removing a plate barring access to the remaining containers at the next low tide. The ship sank on top of a bank of sand, and half of it emerges from the water at low tide. The front part of the ship, where the containers are lying, broke loose in bad weather last Monday. Divers are working among twisted pieces of hull. No radioactivity has been detected so far, Mr. Huylebroeck said.
Port employers in Scotland said today that they had reached an agreement with local dock workers that could lead to an end of the three-week-old British dock strike. After five hours of talks with local dock workers’ trade union negotiators in Glasgow, the Clyde Port Authority said in a statement: “The authority is pleased the meeting was so productive and feels the local agreement reached today will go a considerable way to meeting the requirements for a return to work in the docks. The matter will now be taken to national level.” No details of the agreement were immediately available.
Leaders of Britain’s striking coal miners accepted a plan offered by the state-run British Steel Corp. to permit shipment of coal to steel plants. This set the stage for a possible end to a sympathy strike by longshoremen who handle the shipments. The dock strike, called August 24, has idled 46% of Britain’s oceangoing trade.
Joe Kittinger, hoping to make the first solo balloon flight across the Atlantic, was sailing smoothly in a fast- moving weather system toward the French coast at the end of this day, a flight spokesman reported. The spokesman, Jim E. Mitchell, said in a telephone interview from the flight’s weather and operations center in Bedford, Massachusetts, that if current weather conditions continued, he expected Mr. Kittinger to cross the coastline about 3 AM Eastern time tomorrow after a flight of about 3,000 miles. The balloon was 125 miles southwest of Brest, France, and traveling about 75 miles an hour at an altitude of 12,000 feet. Mr. Kittinger, 56 years old, is a retired Air Force colonel and Vietnam pilot from Orlando, Florida. He left Caribou, Maine, Friday aboard the helium balloon, the Rosie O’Grady Balloon of Peace. The spokesman said Mr. Kittinger “could fly a good part of the day if he wants to” after crossing the French coastline.
Israel devalued the shekel by 9 percent and announced a plan to cut this year’s $20 billion national budget by $1 billion. These were the first steps taken by the new coalition Government to deal with the country’s severe economic problems.
Israelis accused of terrorizing Arabs in the West Bank went on trial in Jerusalem. It promises to be among Israel’s most politically sensitive trials. The sentiment of the spectators and some of the police guarding the courtroom was clearly for the 20 defendants, despite the prosecution’s warning that it was a criminal, not a political trial.
The American University of Beirut, one of the most prestigious schools in the Mideast, has named Dr. Calvin Plimpton as its the new president. Plimpton, president of Amherst College from 1960 to 1971, succeeds Malcolm H. Kerr, the former UCLA professor who was assassinated on the Beirut campus last January. A physician, Plimpton taught medicine at the Beirut university in the late 1950s and is also a former chairman of the school’s board of trustees.
A gun battle between rival Muslim militiamen erupted in the center of Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli, killing at least one civilian and wounding 10, security sources said. The outbreak, which ended a brief Syrian-backed truce between the pro-Syrian Arab Democratic Party and the anti-Syrian Tawhid militia, sent civilians running for shelter and turned motorists away from a central city intersection where the firing was fiercest.
Missiles struck two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. The planes that fired the missiles were not positively identified, but an officer on one of the ships was said to have spotted Iranian markings on the aircraft. Six crewmen were reported hurt.
Three Iranian hijackers who were foiled in an attempt to seize an airliner over Syria were shot to death by Iraqi security men, Iraqi Transport Minister Abdul-Jabbar Abdulrahim Asadi said. He added that the three, who carried false Iraqi passports, had been sent to avenge Iraq’s recent confiscation of three hijacked Iranian aircraft. The move to seize the airliner was the first such attempt involving an Iraqi plane since hijackings of Iranian aircraft began in June.
A foe of Indira Gandhi was reinstated as the Chief Minister of the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. The removal of the Chief Minister, N. T. Rama Rao, a highly popular opponent of Prime Minister Gandhi, stirred nationwide protests last month. His reinstatement came as forces loyal to Mrs. Gandhi conceded defeat.
Indonesia’s council of religious leaders called today for restraint after clashes between Muslims and security forces in Jakarta last Thursday in which 20 people were reported dead. The statement, published by the official press agency Antara, offered condolences to families of the riot victims and urged “all sides to refrain from steps which could worsen the situation.” It said Muslims should step up the spirit of Islamic brotherhood to preserve the good image of Islam and national unity. A military spokesman said a person dressed in a fake military uniform was arrested Saturday in Jakarta’s western suburbs for distributing anti-Government leaflets. The spokesman said the man confessed to working with 12 accomplices whom he had told he would lead to Tanjung Priok, scene of the clashes Thursday. The 12 were reported to be still at large.
El Salvador’s leading prelate called today for a Government investigation into an incident August 30 in which Government soldiers were reported to have opened fire on hundreds of unarmed peasants and a small number of guerrillas in Santa Lucia, in Chalatenango Province. Arturo Rivera y Damas, Archbishop of San Salvador, said about 50 people were killed after making contact with the soldiers. Speaking in his weekly homily in the Metropolitan Cathedral, the prelate said an undetermined number of peasants, guided by a few armed guerrillas, were fleeing military operations near the Gualsinga River, some 45 miles north of this capital, when they were surprised by the soldiers. “As there are contradictory reports about this event,” he said, it would “be good if the Government’s Human Rights Commission and similar organizations investigate the facts.”
Fighting and stone-throwing broke out at a meeting of black workers at a South African gold mine called to discuss a last-minute wage offer. One miner reportedly suffered a fractured skull. The miners’ union said it will not know until today whether there will be a strike against the mines, most of which are owned by the Anglo American Corp. Government statistics show that South Africa’s black miners earn an average of $200 a month.
Walter Mondale and Andrei Gromyko will meet in New York September 27, a day before President Reagan and Mr. Gromyko, the Soviet Foreign Minister, meet at the White House. Mr. Mondale made the announcement in a radio speech, saying he would press Mr. Gromyko to seek negotiations with Mr. Reagan to control nuclear weapons. Mr. Mondale’s aides said he had initially been approached last week by the Russians about meeting with Mr. Gromyko.
The President’s appeal among men is one of the Democrats’ biggest worries. Even Republicans say they have been surprised by their polls showing a surge of support of Mr. Reagan among younger men. For three years, the fact women that women like Mr. Reagan less than men do had chilled Republicans and warmed Democrats.
The President and First Lady enjoy lunch together in the Solarium.
General Motors and union officials resumed bargaining as about 62,000 union members prepared to block production at 13 General Motors plants today. The union struck the plants late Friday, but most had no weekend work scheduled. A General Motors official expressed optimism that a quick settlement would be reached, but union leaders were less certain.
For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Border Patrol has stopped more than 1 million illegal aliens trying to enter the United States, most crossing the border from Mexico, the government reported. Atty. Gen. William French Smith said the apprehension rate is running ahead of last year’s record of 1.1 million for the southern border and 1.2 million nationwide. Smith said that, as of September 15, 1,016,072 persons had been detained at the southern border, a rate 2.2% higher than last year, when 993,946 illegals had been apprehended there by that date. In 1974, by comparison, the total was 544,773 apprehensions.
A weary but excited Sharlene Wells, a Mormon Sunday school teacher, began her reign in Atlantic City as Miss America of 1985, speculating that judges were “looking for someone like me” — a conservative woman — after the most turbulent year in the pageant’s history. Wells, 20, of Salt Lake City, said that she holds fast to her religious beliefs, does not smoke, drink or gamble, and would never engage in sex outside of marriage. She also said she opposes abortion and believes the equal rights amendment is unnecessary. After the controversy surrounding the resignation of former Miss America Vanessa Williams, she said, the judges likely wanted to choose a conservative woman.
James Orlando Quintana, a fugitive described as “the largest drug dealer in the western United States,” was found dead by police who entered a Kansas City home after a nearly 21-hour standoff. Officers, who had surrounded the house Saturday, did not say how Quintana, 41, died. He escaped from the custody of a Denver deputy in Kansas City last week while en route to a federal penitentiary. The fugitive, James Orlando Quintana, 41 years old, was found lying in a hallway with five or six weapons nearby, said Officer David Burns. The police did not say how Mr. Quintana died. The police had surrounded the house about 11 PM Saturday. The police, who hurled tear gas into the house about 7:25 PM today, entered the house an hour later and find Mr. Quintana’s body.
A majority of top-achieving high school students favor school prayer and support a constitutional ban on abortion, a survey showed. The publishers of “Who’s Who Among American High School Students” sent questionnaires to 5,000 of the 375,000 students listed in the directory; 2,300 students filled out the questionnaires. Fifty-seven percent of the students said that they supported a constitutional amendment either banning all abortions or banning abortion except in specified circumstances. Seventy-nine percent believed prayer should either be allowed or required in public schools and half did not think such prayer violates separation of church and state.
New York state environmental officials, who accidentally contaminated a creek with fish poison, dunked cages of live trout into the creek to determine the severity of the problem. Residents in 18 homes along Stewart Brook, which flows through the town of Lake Luzerne, were warned not to drink water from the brook for at least two weeks, an official said.
Americans are drinking less than they have in years, bringing about changes in the liquor industry from distillers and distributors to retailers and bars. Drinking has declined as concern about health, drunken driving and moderation in many social habits has grown. Leading liquor companies are responding with new products that rely on fruit juices, and they are seeking to lower the alcohol content of their whisky. Breweries are introducing low-alcohol and even no-alcohol beer.
Laotians have been forced out of a West Philadelphia neighborhood because of hostility among their neighbors that made them fear for their lives. Six families of Hmong refugees from Laos have left Philadelphia in a recent eight-day period to escape muggings and other violence. The Hmong were American allies in the Vietnam War. More than 55,000 of them have been resettled in the United States.
Fruit from 10 Florida groves has been cleared for harvest, leading the way for the first out-of-state shipments since citrus canker forced an embargo last week, state agriculture officials said in Winter Park. Federal and state inspectors said they have not found any citrus canker symptoms in the 10 groves, spread throughout six counties. The battle began September 8, when state officials announced that lesions found on fruit from a nursery near Avon Park were diagnosed as a strain of citrus canker, which is not harmful to humans but can kill fruit trees.
A 15-foot shark surfaced in shallow water among a group of northern California shellfish divers, grabbed one and dragged him under before surfacing again with the dying man in its jaws, sheriff’s deputies said today. Swimmers were warned away from a spot 30 miles south of San Francisco where the attack occurred, but some surfers were reported still riding the waves. The shark entered water 15 feet deep Saturday and attacked Omar Conger of San Jose, California, 29 years old, sheriff’s deputies said. He died moments later.
Development of a plant-killer that enlists sunlight to cause weeds to destroy themselves has been announced by officials of the University of Illinois, whose scientists developed it, and the National Science Foundation. The herbicide is activated by sunlight. It is believed to be not dangerous to humans or other animals and is said to be highly selective, avoiding food crops while destroying many common weeds.
Two tropical depressions have formed in the Atlantic Ocean, one off the African coast and the other near Bermuda, and both are packing highest winds of 35 m.p.h., Miami forecasters said. If the gusts strengthen to 39 m.p.h., the systems will become the sixth and seventh named storms of the 1984 season, Fran and Gustav.
First broadcast of “Miami Vice” airs on NBC-TV.
Steve Balboni hit a two-run double in the sixth inning Sunday at Seattle to break a 2-2 tie and give the Kansas City Royals a 4-2 victory that kept them tied for first with Minnesota in the only race remaining — the American League West. The Angels are half a game behind the leaders and start a four-game series with the Royals at Anaheim tonight. Balboni, a left-handed hitter, returned to action September 7 against the Mariners in Kansas City after missing eight games because of a rib cage injury. He hit a three-run home run to win that game and hit another three-run home run to win the game the next night. A two-run double in the first inning by Frank White sent the Royals and Charlie Leibrandt (10-7) off to a 2-0 lead. Dave Henderson homered for the Mariners in the second and they tied it in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Jack Perconte. Darryl Motley walked to open the sixth. After a force at second, White singled to center. Balboni hit a fly ball that center fielder Phil Bradley got his glove on but couldn’t hold, and it went for a game-winning double.
Jim Rice allowed himself only small satisfaction yesterday, although he had hit a home run, a triple and driven in four runs. His Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees, 5–3, at Yankee Stadium, but Rice could only consider the result against the shadow of the season, which he called long and unfruitful. “I will spend the offseason analyzing myself,” said Rice, who is hitting .278 with 27 home runs and a league- leading 117 runs batted in. “I’m short of 30 homers and .300. Today doesn’t change anything.” The game, the last between the two teams for the season, mathematically ended the Yankees’ chances of catching the Detroit Tigers, a chance that really disappeared long ago.
Frank Viola was 7-15 with the woeful Minnesota Twins last season, but in his third major league season, he has a chance to win 20 games. Viola, with eighth-inning help from Ron Davis, improved his record to 17-12 by beating the Texas Rangers, 2–0, at Arlington. He figures to get at least three more starts. The 24-year-old left-hander held the Rangers to five singles, but with runners on first and third and two out in the eighth, Manager Billy Gardner brought in Davis, and the hard-throwing right-hander struck out Larry Parrish.
Manager Sparky Anderson is ready for the proverbial fat lady to sing. A four-run first inning at Detroit in which Kirk Gibson and Chet Lemon each doubled in a run and Barbaro Garbey singled in the other two gave the Detroit Tigers an 8–3 win over Toronto and put the Tigers 12 games in front in the East with only 13 games remaining. “We know it’s over now,” Anderson said. “It’s just a matter of patience. It’s really satisfying when you know that nothing can stop you now. Now, I just want us to stay healthy for the playoffs.”
Wayne Gross knocked in four runs with a home run and double at Milwaukee as the Baltimore Orioles buried the Brewers under a 15-hit attack to win, 11–8. Jim Dwyer added a 3-for-3 day including a triple, driving in two and scoring twice. Storm Davis won his 14th game.
George Vukovich homered in the sixth inning at Oakland to tie the game and Brett Butler tripled and scored on a wild pitch in the seventh to lead the Cleveland Indians to an 8–4 victory over the A’s and a sweep of the three-game series. Chris Bano also homered (his 12th) against his dad’s old team.
The California Angels downed the Chicago White Sox, 4–2. As the American League West race continues to stay hot, California Angel Bobby Grich said he and his teammates are having a good time. “We feel confident and that’s when it’s fun,” Grich said after he had three hits to spark the Angels to their fourth consecutive victory. “My confidence is up and I’m starting to put it all together,” said Grich, coming on strong after problems at the plate earlier this season. “The timing could not be better for me and the others to put it all together.”
After losing eight straight games in Wrigley Field this season, the New York Mets finally escaped with the consolation prize today when they rose up and whacked the Chicago Cubs, 9–3. It was the Mets’ final appearance of the year on the North Side of Chicago, a city already festooned for the National League playoff. And the bedsheet banner hanging from the upper deck told it all: “So long, Mets. San Diego, here we come.” It was a little late for heroics, since the Cubs beat the Mets 12 times in 18 games this season and still led them by eight and a half games with only 12 to play. But the Mets got a winning performance from Bruce Berenyi, who allowed two hits and seven walks in seven innings. And Darryl Strawberry broke loose from a 1-for-26 slump with two singles and a home run that knocked in five runs.
The Houston Astros edged the San Diego Padres, 10–9. Switch-hitting rookie Mark Bailey hit a home run from each side of the plate in this game at Houston and the Padres blew a 9–3 lead and lost for the 11th time in the last 15 games. The Padres were hanging onto a 9–8 lead and bullpen ace Rich Gossage was pitching going into the bottom of the eighth. A walk, a hit, a sacrifice, a wild pitch and rookie Glenn Davis’ sacrifice fly enabled the Astros to take the lead. The Padres’ magic number in the West is still six. By rallying for the victory, the Astros remained tied for second in the West with Atlanta.
The Atlanta Braves tripped the San Francisco Giants, 7–5. Dale Murphy doesn’t like a day game after a night game, so before this game at Atlanta he worked a little harder to get loose. It worked and he hit a three-run home run in the first inning and a double in the fifth. His 33rd home run leaves him one behind league-leader, Mike Schmidt. After his double, Murphy scored the winning run on a double by Randy Johnson. The double gave Murphy six hits in his last seven at-bats. When he came up in the eighth with a man on first, the Giants paid him the ultimate tribute and walked him. Chili Davis had two homers for the Giants.
Dave Anderson and Steve Sax drove in runs in the top of the 10th to give the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers their fifth straight victory, raising their record to 72–77. It’s their best winning streak since they took six in a row in April. Starter Fernando Valenzuela was working on a no-hitter through 5⅔ innings with a three-run lead. But Dave Parker drilled a three-run homer to tie it in the sixth, his 16th of the season.
St. Louis squeaked past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8–7, in ten. David Green singled in two runs with one out in the 10th inning at St. Louis to give the Cardinals the victory. The Pirates scored a run in the top of the inning off Andy Hassler, the former Angel, on Lee Lacy’s home run. Four times the Cardinals fell behind, once by four runs in the elongated contest. On each occasion they battled back, finally prevailing on Green’s two-run single in the bottom of the 10th. Green made a winner out of Hassler.
Max Venable, who spent most of this season in the minors, hit a pinch double with the bases loaded in a five-run eighth inning at Philadelphia that brought the Expos an 8–4 come-from-behind victory. Juan Samuel and Von Hayes hit home runs to help the Phillies build a 4–2 lead going into the eighth.
NFL Football:
Chicago Bears 9, Green Bay Packers 7
Philadelphia Eagles 17, Dallas Cowboys 23
Denver Broncos 24, Cleveland Browns 14
Los Angeles Raiders 22, Kansas City Chiefs 20
Atlanta Falcons 20, Minnesota Vikings 27
Seattle Seahawks 23, New England Patriots 38
Cincinnati Bengals 23, New York Jets 43
Los Angeles Rams 14, Pittsburgh Steelers 24
St. Louis Cardinals 34, Indianapolis Colts 33
Houston Oilers 14, San Diego Chargers 31
New Orleans Saints 20, San Francisco 49ers 30
Detroit Lions 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21
New York Giants 14, Washington Redskins 30
Bob Thomas made three field goals and the defense allowed only 154 net total yards — only 32 rushing — as the Chicago Bears dominated the Green Bay Packers for a 9–7 victory today. Walter Payton of the Bears finished the day 337 yards from Jim Brown’s National Football League career yardage mark of 12,312, carrying 27 times for 110 yards. The decisive field goal was a 28- yarder that overcame a 7–6 deficit with 11 minutes 11 seconds to play. Thomas had an 18-yarder goal in the first period and a 49-yarder in the second quarter. Eddie Garcia of the Packers was wide to the left on a 49-yard field-goal attempt with 4:54 to play.
The Dallas Cowboys defeated division rival Philadelphia Eagles, 23–17. Mike Renfro changed from receiver to passer for one play and threw 49 yards to Doug Donley for a third-period score for the Cowboys. The flea-flicker provided a 23–10 lead as the Cowboys moved into a first-place tie with the Giants and St. Louis Cardinals in the N.F.C. East. All are 2–1. On the play, Gary Hogeboom lateraled the ball across the field to Renfro, who passed over the head of the safety Wes Hopkins. Donley caught the ball in stride at the 5 and scored.
John Elway directed the Denver Broncos to 17 points during the final five minutes of the first half, firing touchdown passes to Clint Sampson and Butch Johnson for a 24–14 victory over the winless Cleveland Browns in a National Football League game Sunday night. Denver climaxed its first-half scoring surge when Rich Karlis booted a 25-yard field goal four seconds before the intermission after Denver defensive end Rulon Jones shook the ball loose from Cleveland quarterback Paul McDonald at the Browns’ 11-yard line. Denver closed out the scoring in the nationally televised game when rookie Randy Robbins streaked 62 yards for a touchdown after picking off a pass by McDonald with 37 seconds left.
Chris Bahr kicked a 19-yard field goal with 60 seconds left to lift the Los Angeles Raiders to a 22–20 win over the host Kansas City Chiefs. Jim Plunkett drove the Raiders 73 yards in 13 plays to set up the winning kick. Plunkett had thrown four interceptions before the game-winnng drive that included two fourth-down conversions and a 42-yard completion to the wide receiver Malcolm Barnwell for a first down at the Chief 6. The Chiefs got the ball back with 52 seconds remaining, only for Mike Davis, the strong safety, to intercept a pass by Todd Blackledge with 37 seconds left. Then the Raiders ran out the clock.
The Minnesota Vikings beat the Atlanta Falcons, 27–20. Jan Stenerud, the league’s oldest player, made a 54-yard field goal, a record for the Vikings, and a rookie running back, Alfred Anderson, passed 33 yards for a touchdown to highlight a 21-point third quarter. “My eyes aren’t that good anymore,” said the 41-year-old Stenerud. “It must of barely made it, ’cause I couldn’t see it.” Stenerud’s 54-yarder provided a 6–3 lead in the second quarter as the Vikings went on to their first victory under their new coach, Les Steckel. “Hey, 54-yarder, that’s one you can tell your grandchildren about,” the Viking defensive end Randy Holloway told Stenerud. Holloway set a club record with four and a half sacks as the defense threw Steve Bartkowski for losses seven times.
Tony Eason passed for two touchdowns and ran for one, and Mosi Tatupu scored twice today as the New England Patriots came back from a 23-0 deficit to beat the Seattle Seahawks, 38–23. Eason replaced Steve Grogan, who was ineffective, with 9 minutes 7 seconds left in the first half after Seattle built its advantage on two touchdowns in a minute. Paul Johns scored on a 47-yard punt return and Kenny Easley ran back an interception 25 yards for another score with 9:16 left in the half. With 1:53 left in the half, Eason got the team’s initial first down on its first pass completion of the game. He capped that 44-yard drive with a 25-yard run that helped make the score 23-7 at halftime. To begin the Patriots’ 31-point second half, Eason passed 2 yards to Derrick Ramsey for a touchdown on the first possession. Two series later Tatupu scored on a 1-yard run to cut the margin to 23–21. With 6:31 remaining, the Patriots went ahead on Tony Franklin’s 32- yard field-goal.
Mark Gastineau’s extraordinary ability to produce clutch performances under pressure suddenly transformed a close game against the Cincinnati Bengals into a 43–23 rout for the New York Jets today. The controversial defensive end, who had sulked ever since his conviction last Wednesday in his misdemeanor-assault trial, finally felt comfortable after a halftime talk with his favorite listener: himself. Then he went out and made big plays on five consecutive Bengals’ drives. And while Gastineau was wrecking the Bengals’ offense, Pat Ryan and Freeman McNeil surgically took apart Cincinnati’s defense. There have been only five more productive rushing games in Jets history than the one McNeil enjoyed today. He gained 150 yards on 26 carries, giving him a 5.8 average, and he scored twice.
David Woodley passed for two touchdowns and the defense scored another and thwarted the running back Eric Dickerson as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Rams, 24–14, today. Dickerson, with 240 yards in his first two games, was limited to 49 yards on 23 carries and had no run longer than 10 yards. The Rams led, 7–0, after Vince Ferragamo’s 4-yard, first-quarter pass to Dwayne Crutchfield, but struggled after Ferragamo left the game with a broken finger midway through the second quarter. The Steelers scored twice in 75 seconds of the second period for a 14–7 lead they never lost. Woodley fooled the Rams with a 1-yard scoring pass to the tight end Bennie Cunningham with 7:47 left in the half. Then the cornerback Sam Washington intercepted a Ferragamo pass on the Rams’ next possession and returned it 12 yards for a score. Jeff Kemp replaced Ferragamo and threw a scrambling, 57-yard pass play to Drew Hill that narrowed the margin to 17–14 with 5:55 to go in the third period.
Neil Lomax threw fourth-quarter touchdown passes of 46 and 56 yards to Roy Green, and Neil O’Donoghue kicked a 46-yard field goal with seven seconds left as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to defeat the Indianapolis Colts, 34–33, Sunday. The Colts were ahead, 33–24, with 7:21 remaining after a five-yard touchdown pass from Mike Pagel to Dave Young that was set up by Tate Randall’s 55-yard interception return. But Lomax’s 56-yard touchdown pass to Green made it 33–31 with 3:28 left. The Cardinals (2–1) forced Indianapolis to punt and took over at their own 40 with 2:11 left. Seven plays later, O’Donoghue kicked the winning field goal.
The San Diego Chargers routed the Houston Oilers, 31–14. Kellen Winslow caught 10 passes for 146 yards and Earnest Jackson rushed 97 yards and three touchdowns as the Chargers dealt the Oilers a league-record 19th consecutive road loss.
The San Francisco 49ers downed the New Orleans Saints, 30–20. The 49ers capitalized on five interceptions, including three on passes from Richard Todd that were converted into a 17–0 lead in the second quarter. The 49ers scored first on a 32-yard pass from Montana to Freddie Solomon. The score was set up by Dwight Hicks, who intercepted Richard Todd’s pass on the one and returned it 29 yards. Todd, who had three interceptions and two completions for five yards in seven first-half attempts, was intercepted on the Saints’ next possession by Ronnie Lott. Ken Stabler later rallied the Saints to a 20-17 lead after replacing Todd. The 49ers’ reserve quarterback Matt Cavanaugh replaced injured Joe Montana and led the San Francisco 49ers to 13 fourth-quarter points and a 30-20 victory. Montana reinjured his ribs in the third quarter when sacked by defensive end Jim Wilks. With just over 10 minutes left, Cavanaugh directed a 59-yard drive that ended in a 23-yard scoring pass to Earl Cooper for a 24-20 lead. Moments later, rookie Jeff Fuller intercepted Ken Stabler’s pass and returned it to the New Orleans six. The 49ers got a 22-yard field goal by Ray Wersching. Fuller then broke up a fourth-down pass to give the 49ers the ball. Six plays later, Wersching kicked a 40-yarder to make it 30-20.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers edged the Detroit Lions, 21–17. Steve DeBerg came off the bench to pass for 195 yards and two touchdowns to rally the Buccaneers from a 14-point deficit. DeBerg replaced Jack Thompson in the second quarter and directed all three scoring drives, including a 7-play, 81-yard march leading to his game-winning 5-yard pass to Jimmie Giles with 3:11 to play. The victory was only the third for the Buccaneers (1–2) in their last 19 games. DeBerg replaced Thompson with 7:46 remaining in the first half and directed scoring drives on two of their next three possessions as the Bucs rallied from a 14–0 deficit. DeBerg’s 5-yard pass to Gerald Carter cut the deficit lead to 14–7 with 1:54 left before intermission, and the Buccaneers drove 79 yards in 16 plays to tie the score on James Wilder’s 2-yard run 8:50 into the third quarter.
Something unusual happened to the surprising New York Giants today. They lost a football game. Actually, they gave it away to the Washington Redskins, who scored one fourth-quarter touchdown on a pass interception and another on a fumble recovery and won, 30–14. The loss was the first of the season for the Giants, who beat the Philadelpia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys in their first two games. The victory was the first for the Redskins, a Super Bowl team the last two seasons, but who were ineffective in losing their first two games. Phil Simms’s passing and Rob Carpenter’s inside running kept the offense moving. The defense contained fairly well the passing of Joe Theismann and the bull-like running of John Riggins, the Redskins’ 35-year- old offensive bellwethers. The Giants took a 14–13 lead into the last quarter. Then, in little more than six minutes, the Redskins scored 17 points. The fourth quarter was 49 seconds old when Mark Moseley kicked a 21-yard field goal. Only 22 seconds later, on the first play after the ensuing kickoff, Vernon Dean intercepted a pass and returned it 36 yards for a touchdown. At 6 minutes 57 seconds, Curtis Jordan scooped up a fumble by Lionel Manuel of the Giants and returned it 29 yards for another touchdown.
Born:
Bob Wren, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons, Tennessee Titans), in Tampa, Florida.
Marcus Dixon, NFL defensive end (New York Jets), in Rome, Georgia.
Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer (The Cheetah Girls), in Yorba Linda, California.
Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer (“Piece by Piece”), in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union.
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