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Friday, December 2,1994
SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NFL Week 14 Preview A look at the top games this weekend
DENVER (6-6)
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KANSAS CITY (7-5)
Televised 3 p.m., NBC LINE — Kansas City by 31/2. SERIES RECORD — The Chiefs lead 39-29.
BRONCOS OFFENSE — RUSH (No.
17), PASS (No. 5), OVERALL (No.
18)
The Broncos sputtered last week with just 256 yards against the Bengals. QB John Elway is the fourth-rated passer in the AFC. He is third in the AFC with 3,128 yards and 15 TDs. RB Glyn Milburn leads the team in catches with 64. WR Anthony Miller, who struggled early, had 116 yards receiving last week. Despite a slow start, Miller has 44 catchs for 676 yards and five TDs.
CHIEFS OFFENSE — RUSH (No. 15),
PASS (No. 7), OVERALL (No. 7)
BQ Joe Montana suffered a sprained foot last week. The offense already has suffered injuries to RB Marcus Allen, WR Willie Davis, TE Keith Cash and OT John Alt. Montana is questionable. Steve Bono will start if Joe doesn't go. The Chiefs have been terribly inconsistent, scoring 30 or more points four times and 1.3 or less six times. Allen, with a knee injury, and Alt, with a back injury, are questionable.
BROCNO DEFENSE  -- RUSH (No.
18)  BRASS (No.26)  OVERLAND (No.
28)
CB Ray Crockett had eight tackles and his second INT of the season against the Bengals. The Broncos recorded three sacks last week to move the team total to 12, which is last in the NFL. They have allowed an AFC-high of 284 points. They permitted 34.3 points per game in their first four contests. Since then, they have gone 6-2 and are allowing 18.4 points per game.
CHIEFS DEFENSE — RUSH (No. 16)
PASS (No. 10), OVERALL (No. 14)
DE Neil Smith, with a hurt elbow,
missed his second straight game and
is questionable this week. CB Mark
Collins, with a hurt neck, also sat out
second straight against the Seahawks.
The Chiffs have allowed just 201
yards rushing in their last three
games. They lead NFL in takeaways
with 31. OLB Derrick Thomas had his
ninth sack last week and is tied for
team-lead with three recovered
fumbles. Collins is questionable.
BUFFALO (6-6)
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MIAMI (8-4)
LINE—Miami by 4.
SERIES RECORD — The Dolphins lead
37-19-1.
BILLS OFFENSE — RUSH (No. 7),
PASS (No.15), OVERALL (No.10)
QB Jim Kelly completed 29 of 35 passes against the Lions with two TD passes and a 15 yard TD run. He has 16 TDs and 15 INTs. WR Andre Reed is second in the AFC in both catches with 76 and in yards receiving with 1,026. RB Thurman Thomas is the fourth leading rusher in the AFC with 867 yards and nine TDs.
DOLPHINS OFFENSE — RUSH (No.
14), PASS (No. 3), OVERALL (No. 1)
QB Dan Marino and WR Mark Ingram team up for four TDs last week. Marino, who throw for 359 yards last week, leads the AFC with 25 TD passes and has an 89.1 rating. Marino had thrown just four TDs in his previous four games. WR Irving Fryear leads the AFC in yards receiving with a career-high 1,045 yards on 60 catches.
DE Bruce Smith returned last week
BILLS DEFENSE — RUSH (No. 5),
Pass (NO. 17), OVERALL (No. 13)
after missing a previous game with a shoulder injury. He had four tackles against the Lions and leads the club with nine sacks. The Bills over-compensated on run defense to stop RB Barry Sanders, who had 45 yards on 19 attempts, but they were riddled through the air by the Lions. DE Phil Hansen had 1.5 sacks last week to raise his season total to 4.5.
DOLPHINS DEFENSE — RUSH (No. 4),
PASS (No. 27), OVERALL (No. 19)
The Jets gained 441 total yards but clamped down in the fourth quarter. DT Tim Bowens had four tackles, a sack and caused two fumbles against the Jets. MLB Bryan Cox made 10 tackles and had his second sack of the season last week. Their 17 INTS are tied for first in the AFC. They allowed just 76 yards rushing to the Jets to lower the season average to 89.6 yards a game.
DALLAS(10-2)
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PHILADELPHIA (7-5)
Televised noon. FOX
LINE—Dallas by 4.
**COWBOYS OFFENSE** — RUSH (No. 3), PASS (No. 9), OVERALL (No. 5)
Dallas gained 436 yards against the Packers defense, one of league's best. Third string QB Jason Garrett threw for 311 yards and two TDs on Sunday. Despite Garrett's strong performance, QB Rodney Petee will most likely start the next game.RB Emmitt Smith ran for 133 yards, caught six passes for 95 yards and scored his league-best 16th and 17th TDs.
EAGLES OFFENSE — RUSH (No. 9),
PASS (No. 10), OVERALL (No. 9)
QB Randall Cunningham was sacked five times Sunday and has gone three games without throwing a TD. RB Herschel Walker scored two TDs, one on a 91-yard run. Walker's run accounted for 29 percent of Eagles yards. The offense held the ball only 23 minutes,
32 seconds against the Falcons. WR Fred Barnett leads the team with 57 catches and 879 yards receiving.
The 31 points allowed by Dallas was the most this season. The previous high was 21 points, MLB Robert Jones made 12 tackles on Sunday, DE Haley Haley took the team-lead in sacks with his 7.5. DT Chad Hennings and DE Jim Jeffcoff have seven sacks each. Dallas leads the NFC with 35 sacks, Safeties James Washington and Darren Woodson have combined for nine INTs.
COBWBOS DEFENSE — RUSH (No 8), PASS (No. 2), OVERALL (No. 1)
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EAGLES DEFENSE —RUSH (No. 10),
PASS (No. 6), OVERALL (No. 4)
The Eagles allowed 41.8 yards against the Falcons and three INTs. S Greg Jackson had his fifth INT and led the team with nine tackles. The team's 31 sacks rank third in the NFC. DE William Fuller has gone four games without recording a sack after getting eight in first eight games. DT Andy Harmon had his seventh sack against the Falcons.
Televised 4 p.m., FOX
GREEN BAY (6-6)
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DETROIT (6-6)
LINE—Detroit by 1.
SERIES RECORD — Packers lead 65-
56-7.
PACKERS OFFENSE —RUSH (No.
24), PASS (No. 11), OVERALL (No. 19)
QB Brett Fave threw four TDs, all to
WR Sterling Sharpe, vs. Cowboys.
Favre is third-rated passer (87.3) in
NFC with 22 TDs and just nine INTs.
Favre three TDs in first meeting.
Sharpe has 11 TD catches (first in
NFL), 65 receptions and 753 yards.
Running game is averaging just 84.3
yards per game.
LIONS OFFENSE — RUSH (No. 2),
PASS (No. 23), OVERALL (No. 13)
QB Dave Krieg was 20-for-25 for 351
yards and three TDs vs. Bills. In first
meeting with Packers, Krieg came off
bench to throw for 275 yards and three
TDs. His rating is 12.4. O RB Barry
Sanders leads NFL with 1,406 yards
rushing. WR Herman Moreau has 56
catches for 931 yards and 10 TDs.
PACKERS DEFENSE — RUSH (No. 2),
PASS (No. 18), OVERALL (No. 9)
dayvs. Cowbys, Allowed season-high 42 points, 36 in second half, 436 total yards and 298 yards passing last week. DE Reggie White, playing with badly sprained elbow, was brilliant with four tackles and his seventh sack of season. Their 33 sacks are second in NFC. DE Sean Jones leads with 9.5 sacks. OLB Bryce Paup has 7.5 sacks and three INTs.
Defense, especially combersacks Tei
rell buckle and Doug Evans, had long
LIONS DEFENSE — RUSH (No. 27),
PASS (No. 11), OVERALL (No. 20)
NATURALWAY
In his first start of season, BG Willie Clay had two INT's last week. He returned his second INT 28 yards for TD to seal victory late in fourth quarter. Clay also had 1.2 tackles, nine solo, vs. Bills. MLB Chris Spielman leads team with 148 tackles. DT Kelvin Pritchett had three sacks vs. Bills to give him five on season.
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