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Thursday, September 19, 1996
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Kansas City defense aims to cut number of penalties
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Neither the Kansas City Chiefs nor Marty Schottehemer has ever opened a season with four consecutive wins.
But after a 3-0 start, Schottenheimer said getting the fourth win against a 3-0 Denver Broncos team would take some changes.
"We've got to clean up some things defensively," Schottenheimer said Tuesday. "We've given up more first downs by penalties than any team in the NFL."
The Chiefs and Raiders lead the NFL with nine first downs in penalties. The league average is 4.7.
Schottenheimer also said the Chiefs' rushing defense faced a tough opponent in the Broncos. Denver leads the NFL in rushing yards after games against the New York Jets, Seattle and Tampa Bay.
Broncos second-year back Terrell Davis, who rushed for 1,117 yards as a rookie, leads the AFC with 320 yards, averaging 4.6 on 69 carries.
right now, Davis might be the best back in the NFL, and that includes Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith," Schottenheimer said. "He would be leading the NFL if he hadn't missed a half game to migraines.
"You can't get Dale Carter tired. He's a remarkable athlete in that regard."
Marty Schottenheimer Kansas City Chiefs coach
He's a slasher, not a darter. He's a smaller version of Jerome Bettis. "
Schottenheimer also said Dale Carter's offensive days were not done.
With the Chiefs' Tamarack Vanover out with a rib injury last week, twotime Pro Bowl cornerback Carter caught three passes for 61 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown strike from Steve Bono in Kansas City's 35-17 victory against Seattle. Quick and tireless, Carter caught every pass thrown to him.
In the defensive backs' meeting on Monday, Schottenheimer asked Carter to explain how his man made
a mistake by letting Carter get free.
"The corner who was beaten on the touchdown was in a short zone, and he thought he had help," Schottenheimer said. "I had Dale critique the corner as to what happened. I thought it would be a good opportunity to make a point."
Vanover is not expected back for the game against Denver.
But Broncos coaches are wrong if they're looking for Carter to play a significant role on offense, Schottenheimer said.
"I think it would be foolish not to avail ourselves of his skills when the opportunity presents itself, and it might well. But I emphasize that if for a moment anything we were doing with him on offense would compromise his ability to do what we need to have him on defense, then we wouldn't do it," Schotten-heimer said.
Unlike Sanders, the Chiefs would never let Carter play almost the entire game.
"Cardiovascularly, he could do it. You can't get Dale Carter tired. He's a remarkable athlete in that regard." Schottenheimer said. "But the number (of offensive plays) is going to be less than double digits."
Notre Dame to take on Texas
Saturday to be first showdown in Austin since 1952 for Irish
The Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Lou Holtz has never won a game at Texas. Notre Dame has never lost. Now that the two are making the trip to Austin together for Saturday's 11 a.m. game, somebody's streak is bound to end.
Holtz said he hoped it would be his.
"The odds are in our favor this time," the Notre Dame coach said Tuesday. "There's no way I'll lose four. God didn't put me on this earth to lose four."
Even if Holtz is due, the ninthranked Fighting Irish are going to need a little more than luck. This Longhorn offense is the best Holtz has ever seen, and he likened it to the 1994 Colorado squad that had Kordell Stewart, Rashaan Salaam and Michael Westbrook.
The Longhorns are stocked at running back with Ricky Williams, Priest Holmes and Shon Mitchell, and tight end Pat Fitzgerald had three touchdown receptions against Notre Dame last year.
The Fighting Irish have yet to play a tough team. No. 6 Texas will test just how good the defense is.
"We're not a great defensive football team," Holtz said. "We're a good defensive football team, but a good defensive football will not slow down Texas."
Holtz said he didn't relish the idea of trying to work out the kinks of
his offense in play against the Longhorns. While the running backs try to find their rhythm, the Fighting Irish team has relied more on its passing game, and that always makes Holtz a
little nervous, he said.
Lou Holtz
Tailback Randy Kinder is back from a pulled leg muscle, but his playing time will be limited because he missed so much practice.
The atmosphere also will play a role.
This will be the first time since 1952 that Notre Dame plays at Texas, and the enthusiasm has been building for months. Tickets were $5 higher than any other
"It just a hard environment because there's an air of excitement and Texas plays very well at home," Holtz said. "The fans get excited, they run big Bevo out there. I think they play big Bevo at home."
It's also the first time a Top 10 Texas team will play host to a nonconference opponent that's also ranked in the Top 10. Texas fans are hoping a win will signal the Longhorns' return to national prominence.
But the Fighting Irish have a few things in their own favor. Fourteen players hail from Texas, including five starters on defense. Those players know exactly what to expect from the Longhorns and their fans, Holtz said.
game, and extra seats were put in.
Notre Dame has played its share of big games in front of intimidating crowds, too, including last year's trip to Ohio State.
So the Texas crowd won't be anything new.
"Our players will not be intimidated by the crowd," Holtz said. "I think the team will react favorably. From the time you put on the shoes, you want to play in a high-stakes game. You come to Notre Dame to play these types of games."
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