European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday september 30, 1977 How Theu stand _ w 99 95 95 72 69 66 53 99 91 09 82 73 63 61 l 59 6363 86 89 93 105 59 67 70 76 85 95 97 pet. .627 .60 .601 .456 .437 .415 335 .627 .576 .560 .51? 462 399 .386 go 4 4 27 3033v 46 8 loj 17 26 36 38 w 99 92 81 81 73 61 96 86 79 73 68 60 l 59 66 76 78 85 95 62 73 79 86 91 99 pet. 627 .582 .516 509 .462 .391 .608 .541 .500 .459 .428 377 go 7 i7 a 18 a 26 37 10vj 17 23v, z8 36 a american league East new York Boston Baltimore Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee Toronto West a Kansas City Texas Chicago Minnesota California Oakland Seattle x com coded division title. Wednesday s results Chicago 4, Minnesota 3 Toronto 3, Boston 2 Baltimore 3, Detroit 2, 11 innings new York 10, Cleveland 0 California 4, Milwaukee 2 Texas 3, Seattle i Oakland 6, Kansas City 5, 10 innings National league East a Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago Montreal new York West a los Angeles Cincinnati Houston san Francisco san Diego Atlanta a clinched division title. Wednesday s results Philadelphia 5, Chicago Houston Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 3, new York 2 Cincinnati 8, san Diego Montreal St. Louis 2 los Angeles 2, san Francisco 1 Aba exhibition games wednesday s results Cleveland 83, Chicago 69 new York 106, nets 98 Houston 109, Philadelphia 107 Detroit 119. Buffalo 105 Phoenix 109, los Angeles 108 pro hockey exhibitions wednesday s results Boston 2, Buffalo 2, tie St. Louis 7, Cleveland 6 Pittsburgh 6, Detroit 4 Montreal 3, Toronto 0 new England we a 5, Washington 4, of Minnesota 2, Winnipeg wha i of los Angeles 6, Colorado 4 new York islanders 8, Vancouver 2 win Over Steeles left raiders with costly injuries Oakland up the Oakland raid ers paid a heavy Price for their Victory Over the Pittsburgh Steeles last sunday. Linebacker Phil Villapiano underwent knee surgery tuesday in los Angeles for ligament damage and a team spokesman said he would be out at least six weeks maybe  starting offensive tackle John Vella also Hurt his knee sunday but he will not re quire surgery. However the strained knee will sideline him from four to six weeks. And defensive Back Jack Tatum another victim at Pittsburgh will miss the next two games with a pulled Groin muscle. Three other key raiders Are questionable for next monday s game at Kansas City defensive lineman Otis Sistrunk wide receiver Cliff Branch and running Back Carl Garrett. Cleveland is selected to continue winning ways against the Steeles by Bruce Lowitta sports writer Okay so the Cleveland Browns Are for real but do you really expect this fairy tale to go on forever granted they looked nothing Short of spectacular last monday night against new England. Granted the Pittsburgh Steeles looked less than sensational against the Oakland raiders last sunday. But do you actually think the Browns can beat the Steeles we do. So we re going with a National football league upset special. We re picking Cleveland to find the slivers of space in Pittsburgh s defense nose out the Steeles and take command of the american conference s Central division. Last week s 10-4 Mark put the season record at 18-10,. 643. This week s picks Browns 17, Steeles 13 maybe we re impressed by the extra bit of inventiveness of daring of spirit that the Browns have exhibited and the Steeles Haven t. Maybe we re just caught up in emotionalism and Blind to statistical reality. Maybe Brian Sipe in t better than Terry Bradshaw. And maybe Cleveland won t be Able to Cope with the steel cur Tain. But like the Browns we can dream can t we raiders 35, chiefs 10 remember when an Oakland Kansas City meeting meant All out War the Only thing it la mean monday night is a lot of Channel changing by halftime. Redskins 20, cardinals 16 you could Call this an upset. You could Call it a toss up. Call it whatever you wish. If you re looking for a reason Why washing ton s the pick look somewhere else. Vikings 24, packers 13 Minnesota s getting awfully bad awfully Quick but not bad enough to let Green Bay get away with anything. Bears 23, saints 14 Hank Stram learns for the third straight week How meaningless a great preseason really is. Lions 20, eagles 13 Bill Bergey can t make every tackle for the eagles especially when the Guy he s got to try and tackle is Dexter Bussey of Detroit. The Lions offence is beginning to move a bit unlike Philadelphia s. Falcons 19, giants 14 it won t be a defensive struggle it la be a Lack of offence Battle. Atlanta lacks less offence. That is it has More. In other words. Of never mind. Rams 27,49ers 16 san Francisco s the team that made los Angeles offensive line look so pitiful a year ago. With any kind of Protection Joe Namath will do the same to the 49ers secondary. Cowboys 48, bucs 10 it s the Battle of two top running backs Tampa Bay s Ricky Bell is. Dallas Tony Dorsett. Bell May have been no. 1 in the draft but you know the cowboys will have his number. Major league top ten based on 460 at bats american league g a r h pet. Carew Minnesota 151 602 123 232 .385 Bostock Minnesota 149 581 103 194 .334 Leflore Detroit 151 639 99 209 .327 Rivers new York 135 553 76 180 .325 Singleton Baltimore 149 523 86 170 .325 Rice Boston 157 631 101 201 .319 Bumbry Baltimore 130 506 74 160 .316 Bailor Toronto 119 483 61 152 .315 Brett Kansas City t37 558 104 174 .312 Cowens. Kansas City 1s8 my % 186 .310 Home runs Rice Boston 38 Nettles new York 37 Bonds califor Nia 37 Gscott Boston 33 re Jackson new York 32. Runs batted in Bonds California 115 Hisle Minnesota 114 Hobson Boston 112 Cowens Kansas City 11 re Jackson. New York 109. Pitching 16 decisions Guj Jett new York 14-4, .778, Guidry new York 16-6, .727 Splittorff Kansas City 16-6, .727 Lyle new York 13 5, .722 Barrios Chicago 14-6, .700, to Johnson Minnesota 16-7,.6% Wise Boston. 11-$, .68i Rozema Detroit 15 7, .682. National league g a h pet. Parker Pittsburgh 156 630 107 214 .340 Foster Cincinnati 155 605 122 1% .324 Templeton St. Louis 147 600 93 194 .323 Simmons St. Louis 145 504 81 161 .319 Griffey Cincinnati 151 572 113 181 .316 Hendrick san Diego 148 527 73 164 .311 Rose Cincinnati 159 646 93 200 .310 Luzinsky Philadelphia 146 543 97 168 .309 Smith los Angeles 145 481 102 147 .306 Oliver Pittsburgh 151 562 73 171 .304 Home runs Foster Cincinnati 52 Burroughs Atlanta 4 Schmidt Philadelphia 38 Luzinski Philadelphia 37 Garvey los Angeles 32. Runs batted in Foster Cincinnati 147 Luzinski Philadelphia 127 Burroughs Atlanta 113 Garvey los. Angelas 113 Cey los Angeles 110. Pitching 16 decisions Candelaria Pittsburgh 19-5, .792 Forsch St. Louis 20 6, .769 sea Var Cincinnati 20-6, .769 John to Angeles 204, .769 Chr Sunson Philadelphia 18-6, .750 Carlton Philadelphia 23-9, .719 or Huichu Chicago 20-9, .690 2 tied with .636. Patriots 34, jets 17 the jets Are coming along slowly which is not the Way to play defense against a Light Ning offence like new England s. Dolphins 21, oilers 14 Miami is not very flashy but it does just what it has to do to win. What it has to do this time is a Little less than usual. Bengals 31, chargers 19 the Only reason the chargers will be run Ning the wrong Way this week is that there la be a whole Bunch of bengals wait ing for them in the opposite direction. Colts 38, Bills 17 Baltimore s banged up but it still has enough people to run throw catch Block and tackle. Once you Stop . Simpson s running for the Bills there s nothing else to worry about. Broncos 30, sea Hawks 21 defense. Denver s got it. Seattle s Gonna get it. Right in the Teeth nil statistics by the associated press american conference offence Rush pass Yards Cleveland 319 Pittsburgh 327 3s9 678 350 677 Cincinnati 303 366 669 new England 382 262 644 Baltimore 358 282 640 oakland318 246 564 Denver 339 215 554 Seattle 214 323 537 Miami 304 205 509 Kansas City 255 229 484 Houston 199 267 466 Buffalo 3 260 453 san Diego 273 135 408 new York 182 209 391 defense Pittsburgh 222 126 348 Denver 135 267 402 Buffalo 299 145 444 new York 261 192 453 Houston 197 261 458 san Diego 253 213 466 Baltimore 184 283 467 Oakland 211 279 490 Cleveland 245 263 s08 Cincinnati 231 336 567 Miami 389 315 604 Kansas City 455 213 668 new England 378 350 728 Seattle 405 445 850 National conference offence Rush pass Yards Detroit 474 318 792 Dallas 316 425 741 St. Louis 202 419 621 Minnesota 260 349 609 Atlanta 3 342 605 Chicago 361 224 585 los Angeles 279 244 523 Washington 227 286 513 Green Bay 176 307 483 new a firk 235 205 440 new Orleans 192 215 407 Philadelphia 175 218 393 san Francisco 244 137 381 Tampa Bay 196 060 256 defense los Angeles 187 189 376 Detroit 299 093 392 Atlanta 164 255 419 Minnesota 235 200 435 Dallas 225 230 455 Philadelphia 312 162 474 Green Bay 243 299 542 St. Louis 237 306 543 Tampa Bay 248 348 596 Washington 273 347 620 new Orleans 387 246 633 san Francisco 3 new York 307 286 669 398 705 Chicago 1 410 711 new York up National football league individual statistics National football conference Rushing Payton Chi. Att yes avg in td34 196 5.8 73 2 Bussey det. King det. Harper Chi. Mccutcheon , Parsons Chi. Blanchard . Green . Beverly . James at. Harrell . Schubert Chi. Hammond . Waddy . Marshall Phil. Johnson dal. Nelson. St. Hammond . Tyler . Brown Wash. 32 195 6.1 31 2 32 177 5.535 1 32 156 4.9 19 0 37 149 4.014 0 punting no in avg 10 54 43.7 is 66 43.4 18 54 43.2 13 56 42.9 18 54 40.9 punt returns no yes avg in to 5 106 21.2 75 1 4 69 17.3 70 1 5 69 13.8 68 1 7 63 9.748 0 10 95 9.5 22 0 Kickoff returns no yes avg in to 2 69 34.5 48 0 2 67 33.536 0 5 139 27.8 31 0 4 110 27.5 34 0 3 82 27.340 0 scoring touchdowns Muncie . Payton Chi. Bussey det. Dorsett dal. Foreman Minn. P. Pearson dal. Staubach Oal. Thomas Wash. Herrera dal. Mike Mayer det. Thomas Chi. To Rush rec ret pts 3 3 0 0 18 2 2 0 0 12 2 2 0 0 12 2 2 0 0 12 2 0 2 0 12 2 0 2 0 12 2 2 0 0 12 2 1 1 0 12 kicking up a Fig a in pts 64 3-541 15 4-5 3-443 13 4-5 3-435 13 Danelo . Mike Mayer at. Landry det. Staubach Oal. Hunter at. Namath . Hart St. 5-52-2 2-230 11 3-633 11 passing att comp pet yes to int 53 59 50 53 59 3056.6 3661.0 26 52.0 27 50.9 3457.6 422 431 390 277 436 rating based on pet. Comp avg yds., pet. To pet. Int. Pass receiving 0. Pearson Oal. Foreman Minn. B. Smith . Metcalf St. Jenkins at. Jessie . Cain St. Galbreath . Ellis . Harris dal. Martin . Lewis dal. Jackson . Nelson St. Krause Minn. Brudzinski . Brown . Johnson det. Blair Minn. Simpson . Brown at. Scott Wash. 13 players have Yards no yes avg in to 9 127 14.1 26 0 12.0 31 10.8 21 6.4 19 22.6 42 15.1 21 10.1 18 8.530 9108 9 97 9 58 8 181 8 121 8 81 8 68 interceptions  4 2 030 29 28 26 25 23 22 1 19 1 18 1 14 1 12 1 12 ig4 0 30 29 28 26 25 23 22 19 18 14 12 12 to 00 1 00 00 00 00 0 0 0 one interception each for less than 10 american football conference Rushing Mitchell bait. G. Pruitt Clev. Cunningham . Harris Pitt. Armstrong Den. Coleman Cle. Guy Oak. Bateman but. Mcnally Cin. Weaver sea. Att yes avg in to 58 39 41 43 37 182178 175 164 151 3.1 14 4.6 37 4.3 13 3.822 4.1 35 punting no in avg 7 58 46.4 13 62 44.6 15 60 42.9 10 67 42.5 5 48 42.4 punt returns Woolsey Clev. B. Johnson Hou. Rodgers . Upchurch Den. Stevens bait. No yes avg in to 3 55 18.3 23 0 10 136 13.6 71 0 10 135 13.5 52 0 10 123 12.3 37 0 8 97 12.1 21 0 Kickoff returns Packer sea. Kimbrough but. Shelby Cin. D. Harris Mia. B. Johnson Hou. No yes avg in to 3 84 28.0 44 0 4 108 27.0 27 0 4 99 24.828 0 3 72 24.031 0 2 48 24.0 25 0 scoring touchdowns Mccauley bait. N. Moore Mia. Armstrong Den. Harris Pitt. Leaks bait. Sims sea. Stingley . Cockroft Clev. Mann Oak. Smith . Linhart bait. Gerela Pitt. Erlese Mia. Sipe Clev. Grogan . Jones bait. Stabler Oak. Rating based on pet. To Rush rec ret pts 3 3 0 0 18 1 2 0 18 2 0 0 12 2 0 0 12 2 0 0 12 0 121 1 1 1 0 12 kicking up a Fig a in pts 4-4 5-7 41 19 4-4 6-6 5-6 4-4 4-5 2-2 2-3 2-3 41 35 42 49 16 12 11 10 passing att comp pet yes to int36 46 39 41 39 19 52.8 3371.7 2564.1 26 63.4 21 53.8 253 397 327 298 246 comp avg. Yes pet. To pet. Int. Pass receiving Mccauley bait. Cunningham . White . Giles Hou. G. Pruitt Clev. Casper Oak. Simpson but. Mitchell bait. No yes avg in to 11 82 7.5 13 0 10 100 10.0 35 137 15.2 29 82 9.1 17 112 14.0 40 102 12.8 27 86 10.8 18 54 6.8 16 interceptions Barbara . Thompson Den. Williams Cin. Bingham Hou. Blk Wood bait. Allton Pitt. No yes in 385 2 67 38 2 62 54 2 36 30 2 24 24 2 7 7 to 0 0 1 0 0 0