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Tuesday, September 3, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Football rookie crop could be best since '83
健康小课堂
健康小课堂
By Dave Goldberg AP football writer
Some people wondered what Jimmy Johnson was doing starting five rookies in Miami's opener against New England. Was it another case of tearing down before rising up again, similar to when he went 1-15 in 1989, his first year at Dallas?
Miami's rookies came through admirably, led by Karim Abdul-Jabbar, who ran for 115 yards on 26 carries, and Zach Thomas, the toosmall, and赵-slow middle linebacker who had nine tackles and a sack as the replacement for the departed Bryan Cox. Fullback Stanley Pritchett chipped in with six catches for 77 yards and a lot of blocking for Abdul-Jabbar.
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"Most rookies don't get much of a chance," said Thomas, listed at 5-foot-11, 230 pounds, but appearing closer to 5-9, 215. "We've got all these young legs, and it's good to see. It means hopefully we'll be good in the future."
Johnson loves lower-round picks
Jabbar-lahar was a third-round
choice, Pritchett a fourth- rounder and Thomas a fifth.
But a lot of high picks came through for the rookie crop that could be the best since 1983.
Forexample:
Jacksonville linebacker Kevin Hardy, the second overall pick, had five tackles, including a sack, plus an interception that set up the final touchdown in the Jaguars' 24-9 upset of Pittsburgh.
■ Indianapolis' Marvin Harrison caught six passes for 85 yards, one a 35-yard touchdown reception from Jim Harbaugh, in the Colts' 20-13 win over the Cardinals.
The Giants' Amani Toomer, a second-rounder, returned a punt 87 yards for a touchdown in New York's 23-20 overtime loss to Buffalo. It was the longest punt return in the team's 72-year history. Toomer also made a rookie mistake — faircatching a punt at his 5-yard-line in the fourth quarter of a tight game.
The Panthers Tshimanga Bikabutika rushed for 69 yards on 26 carries in Carolina's 29-6 win over Atlanta, just two weeks after报结 to camp.
Baltimore guard Jonathan Ogden, the fourth overall pick, dit a workmanlike job against a touch Oakland middle defense. Although he was called once for holding in tie Ravens' 19-14 win, he didn't give to a sack.
"Jonathan was baptized today and he did an excellent job," said coah Ted Marchibroda.
And Leeland McElroy of the Cardinals, with only about a week of practice, ran for 63 yards on 17 carries a 20-13 loss to Indianapolis. McElroy was expected to be a first-round, then fell to the second round and complained bitterly. It looks like he was right.
And the rookies win get better.
The Rams' Lawrence Phillips, for example, scored on two 1-yard run in a 26-16 win over Cincinnati although he gained only 46 yards or 21 carries.
And the rookies will get better.
"I can a lot more than that," said Phillips, whose on-field ability isn't questioned, only his off-field
Charlie Jones, a fourth-round draft pick, had two catches for 23 yards as the third wide receiver for San Diego in a 29-7 win over Seattle. He'll get better, too.
demeanor.
One downer:
And so will Keyshawn Johnson, the No. 1 overall pick, who caught one pass for 50 yards as the Jets were beaten 31-6 at Denver. Johnson got open deep another time but nobody saw him.
KI-Jana Carter, last year's overall No. 1, made his first appearance for Cincinnati after missing last season because of knee surgery. He gained only 14 yards on 14 carries, due more to his questionable offensive line than his ability.
POOR PITTSBURGH: Every year, the Pittsburgh Steelers seem to lose a star for the season in their opening game. This time, linebacker Greg Lloyd is gone for the season because of a torn patellar tendon in his left knee.
But last year the team went on to the Super Bowl despite the loss of Rod Woodson in the opener. Woodson even came back for the championship game.
"I'll just have to get better because I'm a linebacker and that's where we need to produce," said Levon Kirkland, coming into his own as an impact player.
Still, this year may be worse than last.
That kind of intensity seems to be one of Bill Cowher's strengths as a coach — don't moan over what you don't have, just make the remaining guys play better.
Pittsburgh already has lost Ray Seals, its best defensive lineman, to a torn rotator cuff. And quarterbacks Jim Miller, Kordell Stewart and Mike Tomczak, who replace Neil O'Donnell, were only a combined 12 of 23 for 107 yards with one interception against the Jaguars.
O'Donnell?
He probably wishes he had stayed in Pittsburgh instead of taking the Jets' $25 million. For that money, he was sacked eight times after being sacked only 15 times all last season, fumbled twice and threw an interception.
MEMORIES: The Bills' 23-20 overtime win against the Giants Sunday night evoked memories of nearly six years ago, when the Giants beat the Bills 20-19 at Tampa in the first of Buffalo's four straight Super Bowlslows.
That was the game in which Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal attempt in the closing seconds that could have given Buffalo the win.
Sunday night, as Steve Christie waited for his chance at the winning field goal, he was serenaded by chants of "Norwood, Norwood, Norwood." Then he kicked the ball dead center from 34 yards.
"I just said, 'Fine,' it's going in regardless," Christie said. "I'll throw it in if I have to."
WAYNE'S WOES: Barry Sanders ran for 163 yards, Herman Moore caught 12 passes for 157 yards and Detroit lost to the Vikings 17-13, the sixth straight time the Lions have lost at Minnesota.
Wayne Fontes apparently needs an ultimatum again after only one game. Last year, William Clay Ford waited until Detroit was 3-6 before threatening Fontes' job and the Lions won their final seven games.
Big 12 Conference inaugural weekend was a tournament of firsts.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They collected the ball used in the kickoff of the first big 12 football game for the College Football Hall of Fame.
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They probably should have boxed Donnie Hart's dented helmet and shipped it along, too, as a remembrance of the new super conference's first super hit.
Mario Smith not only provided the winning touchdown in the first Big 12 game, he saved the day with a savage hit on Hart, knocking him out and jarring the ball loose on fourth down in the final seconds to preserve No. 21 Kansas State's 21-14 victory over Texas Tech.
"The Big 12 is going to provide some great games," said Kansas State cornerback Chris Canty. "Each and every week."
While K-State's win in the Big 12 inaugural was no artistic success, it did help serve notice the new league is going to be full of fun.
Elsewhere in the inaugural weekend, No. 8 Texas vanquished Missouri 40-10, No. 5 Colorado beat Washington State 35-19 and Oklahoma State avoided mammoth embarrassment and made history of its own by beating Division I-AA member Southwest Missouri State 23-20 in overtime.
It was the first overtime game in Division I-A since the NCAA adopted the rule during the off-season which has long been used in the lower divisions.
The third-quarter pause in Texas' victory over Missouri was also the first weather delay in the 73-year history of Royal-Memorial Stadium.
Game officials, wisely in the view of Big 12 bigwigs, ordered players and coaches into the locker room
when dangerous lightning strikes accompanied sheets of torrential rain.
"We got the players off the field just in time," said Donnie Duncan, the Big 12's director of football operations.
"When we formed this conference, we wanted to be innovative. In other words, take the country by storm," said Missouri athletic director Joe Castiglione. "But not like this."
"The third quarter was the most crucial situation of the game," Texas coach John Mackovic said. "The weather was terrible, but we were able to move the ball with the wind and run the ball in for a touchdown and kind of take control.
Then, we just sat and waited out the delay."
Missouri safety Shad Criss said, "When the lightning came, I was ready to break camp. I'm not going to be electrocuted for anybody."
Missouri has now lost to Texas nine consecutive times since 1916.
At Boulder, Colorado sputtered offensively but quarterback Koy Detmer showed that his surgically repaired knee is just fine.
"He's the same Koy Detmer," said jacknquinn quarterback Hessler.
The Buffaloos committed four turnovers and wasted several scoring opportunities but still rolled 470 total yards. The defense held Washington State to nine first downs and 168 total yards, including just 5
yards rushing on 21 attempts.
"I had a lot of butterflies," said Detmer, who hit 20 of 33 passes for 254 yards. "I made some first-game mistakes, with reads and being off the mark on some of my passes, but I'm not disappointed in the way I played. I'm just happy to be back in there and get the win."
Besides making history as the Big 12's first conference game, K-State and Texas Tech also provided the dav's biggest drama.
Texas Tech in the last 6 1/2 minutes scored a touchdown, a 2-point conversion and a field goal before Smith's crushing hit on Hart on fourth down ended the rally.
and he had it. I just came across and tried to make him lose it."
"I just broke on the ball," Smith said. "The receiver was in the area,
"I felt we caught the ball on the last play, but the officiating was good, fair and consistent," Texas Tech coach Spike Dykes said. "If the game would have started in the fourth quarter, we probably would have won."
No. 1 Nebraska leads a full slate of Big 12 games this week, launching its season at home against Michigan State. In other action, it's Oklahoma State vs. Texas Tech at Texas Stadium, TCU at Oklahoma, Wyoming at Iowa State, Indiana State at Kansas State, New Mexico State at Texas, Louisiana Tech at Baylor and Colorado at Colorado State. Kansas and Missouri have the week off.
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