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Thursday, October 17, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Chiefs' Szott appreciates career rival
Offensive guard faces Seattle's Cortez Kennedy for 14th time
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of these days, Dave Scott and Cortex Kennedy will have to stop meeting like this.
Age will end distinguished careers. No longer will they beat, bump, thump and punish each other's huge bodies twice a year.
Both Kansas City's left offensive guard and Seattle's right defensive tackle came into the NFL in 1990, Scott as an unheralded seventh-round draft choice for the Chiefs and Kennedy as the Seahawks' high-profile, first-round pick. Coaches and teammates have come and gone, and one man's team has almost completely dominated the other's.
But these two players, always squaring off eyeball-to-eyeball, have been constant. When the Chiefs play the Seahawks tonight at Arrowhead Stadium, it will be one more chapter in a protracted professional relationship in which both men take greater pride as the years slip away.
"Right now Cortez is on a roll," said the 6-foot-4, 293-pound Szott, whose Chiefs (4-2) are 9-point favorites to beat the Seahawks (2-4) and break a two-game losing streak. "He was AFC player of the week. He's had four sacks in the last couple of weeks. He's playing well."
Kennedy said, "We've been playing against each other for so many years that I probably don't have any secrets from him, but he doesn't have any secrets from me, either. He's a tough competitor. He's one of the toughest guys in the NFL."
There has been only one imbalance in the Kennedy-Szott combat. In 13 encounters since 1990, Szott has left the field a winner 10 times. Including Marty Schottenheimer's first year as Kansas City head coach in 1899, the Chiefs have scored twice as many points (359-179) with a plus 26 turnover margin.
"It's been real tough," Kennedy said. "They've had it mostly their way the last couple of years. But it's going to be a big difference this week. We've been working hard all week."
It might not result in victory for Seattle, but Szott has his own war to win.
"There have been times when we were up, and I'm sure our fans were feeling like it was already won," he said. "But I'm still having to block the guy, and he's still coming. The score may lighten up our fans, but it never seems to cause him to lighten up."
The Chiefs have lost two consecutive games. The Seahawks were 0-3 after the Chiefs beat them 35-17 in the Kingdome on Sept. 15. But they've won two of their last three games, including a 22-15 victory at Miami. Both teams should be rested coming off their bye week.
"This will be the 14th time in seven years we've played against each other," Szott said. "I think there's definitely a mutual respect."
Kennedy agrees.
"I don't know him off the field, but playing him twice a year I know him pretty well on the field, and I really have a lot of respect for him," Kennedy said.
Steelers and Oilers to battle again
Houston looks for victory with home-field advantage
It was as much a brawl as a football game — three players were tossed out and fines totaling $145,500 were levied against 35 — when Pittsburgh played Houston three weeks ago.
The Associated Press
And Pittsburgh won. 30-16.
The two meet again on Sunday before what has now become the traditional 30,000 empty seats at the Astrodome.
Unless Tennessee fans start coming to Houston as well as Atlanta, many of the seats that are filled are likely to be occupied by Steelers fans, once again negating the Oilers' home-field advantage.
Despite the sideshow, this is to be interesting.
If anyone is to challenge Pittsburgh in the AFC Central, it will be Houston, which at 4-2 is only a game behind the Steelers. In the first meeting, the Oilers fell behind 17-0 and never put much pressure on Mike Tomczak.
Pittsburgh is a one-point favorite, but could be due for aloss.
This could be different.
The Steelers have won five in a row since their opening-day defeat in Jacksonville — the only game in which Jerome Bettis has failed to rush for at least 100 yards.
The Oilers played reasonably well after their slow start in the game in Pittsburgh.
So assuming that Chris Chandler returns after
Seattle (plus 9) at Kansas City (tonight)
The Chiefs' only easy win this season was at Seattle,
34-17. They rarely get two easy ones in a season.
pulling a hamstring in a collision with Atlanta coach June Jones, try the law of averages .. OLERS 20-19
Miami (plug 3) at Philadelphia
The last time these two met, Don Shula broke George Halas' record for most career coaching wins
with Dan Marino on the sidelines. Shula's not around any more, Marino's on the sidelines again, and so is Philadelphia's Rodney Peete.
Do the Dolphins look ahead to Dallas?
EAGLES 17-12.
Atlanta (plus 15) at Dalla
Do the Cowboys look ahead to Miami? COWBOYS, 27-13
Oakland (minus 31/2) at San
Diego (Monday night)
Jeff Hostetler has stabilized the Raiders... for the time being.
New England (plus 3 1/2) at Indianapolis.
CHARGERS,22-17
Indianapolis
The Patriots have some talent on defense. They don't play that way.
New York Giants (plus 7 1/2) at Washington The Giants defense hasn't allowed a touchdown in three games. The offense has scored just two.
COLTS,31-23
REDSKINS.20-13
New Orleans (plus 7) at Carolina
New Orleans (plus 7) at Carolina The Panthers have never lost a game in their new stadium. Why should anything change?
PANTHERS, 24-14
Eric Green joins Bam Morris in the Baltimore lineup.
PANTHERS, 23-14
Baltimore (plus 10) at Den-
fer
Eric Green ban Bam Morris
the Political Jihad.
is that like Terrell Davis joining John Elway?
BRONCOS 34-13
Cinchnatti (plus 14 1/2) at San Francisco
The Bengals offensive line
The Bengals offensive line allowed 10 sacks in Pittsburgh. The 49ers defensive line left Brett Favre dazed.
Does Jeff Blake really want to play this game?
40EPS 24.2
Buffalo (minus 7) at New York Jets
The Jets usually play better in Buffalo
The Jets usually play better in Buffalo. So does Frank Reich, the current New York quarterback.
BILLS.23-13
Tampa Bay (plus 3) at Arizona
Tampa Bay (plus 3) at Arizona One win does not a season make. CARDINALS 24.10
Packers take break after defeating San Francisco
Jacksonville (minus 1 1/2) at St. Louis
Apologies to the Jets and Falcons, but the Rams may be the NFL's worst team.
JAGUARS 27-9
The Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers' celebration is a mitigated one. They aren't suctioning around and gloating about their second straight victory against the San Francisco 49ers.
Limping around is more like it.
"The that game could have gone either way," said Packers quarterback Brett Favre, who took a beating and also lost Robert Brooks, his favorite receiver, to a season-ending knee injury Monday night.
"Fortunately, we won the ballgame," Favre said. "But I hope we don't have to play them again."
The 49ers came into rollicking Lambeau Field still seething about their 27-17 playoff loss to the Packers in January. On that day, the Packers physically dominated the defending Super Bowl champions.
The Packers (6-1), who have won 21 of their last 22 at Lambeau, are a better team now, but so are the 49ers, and it was a more even fight this time around.
Besides Brooks, right tackle Earl Dotson and halfback Edgar Bennett were injured, and defensive end Reggie White was shaken up.
Even though the Packers prevailed again, this time 23-20 in overtime, the defiant 49ers contended that only some questionable and intently calls prevented them from tipping the NFL balance of power in their favor.
One was Don Beebe's debatable 59-yard third-quarter touchdown catch that sparked a comeback from a 17-6
Steve Israel, a reserve defensive back for the 49ers, gave the Packers 20 free yards on their game-tying drive at the end of regulation play, when he was called for a 5-yard hands to the face penalty, then was penalized 15 more yards for unsportsmanlike conduct.
"It's unfortunate that it came down to an official's call at the end of a close game like this," said 49ers coach George Seifert, who was denied his 100th career victory.
"It was a great epic game of two great teams," Niners coaching consultant Bill Walsh said. "Two flawed plays made the difference in key situations."
Walsh said this game did not signal a changing of the NFL guard.
"Hardly," he said. "It was a great game. I would hope the guard wouldn't change on a couple of flaves plays. Is Green Bay an outstanding team? You're darned right. Are we an outstanding team? You're darned right. It might have been the best two teams in the league."
"That game was stolen from us," Niners quarterback Elvis Gracb said. "We're a little bit ticked off right now. If we come back here, I think we'll beat them. Our whole team thinks that."
Favre doesn't care to see the likes of Dana Stubblefield, Lee Woodall and Marquez Pope any more, not even at Lambeau Field in the playoffs. The game the most physical he had ever played.
It was certainly among the costliest.
Brooks got hurt while blocking cornerback Tyronne Drakeford, who dragged him down after he'd planted his right leg, which buckled at an angle.
Brooks had an MRI on Tuesday, and Packers representatives would only say that he suffered ligament damage and would likely undergo surgery by week's end.
Coach Mike Holmgren, however, said on his morning radio show that Brooks had torn the anterior cruciate ligament and maybe more.
Dotson (sprained ankle) and Bennett (shoulder strain)
aren't expected to miss any games. Holmgren said.
White was shaken up when he smacked helmets with teammate Darius Holland while chasing down Grbac in the second half.
He was OK, though.
"I was calling him 'Batman' when he got knocked out on the sidelines," Favre said. "I don't know if you've seen the commercial. But I was trying to liven it up a little bit. He didn't find it too amusing."
Without a game this weekend, Holmgren originally planned to hold practices yesterday and today before giving his players three days off. But he decided instead to give his battered team four days off after yesterday's light workout.
Favre welcomed the break.
"I'm glad I don't have to play Sunday," he said. "I'm pretty beat up. It will be a nice break. It couldn't come at a better time."
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