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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, January 13, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 Dorsett is games Goat Philadelphia up nobody had to Tell Tony Dorsett How Many opportunities he Cost the Dallas cowboys in Sun Days 207 defeat to the Philadelphia a he knew How Many he did and came right out and admitted it ill take a Lotta blame for this said the cowboys fourth year running Back who fumbled the Ball twice against the eagles and then missed catching a perfectly thrown pass to him by quarterback Danny Whiten the fourth Quarter to Cost them what turned put to be their last big in my opinion that Fumble was the turn ing Point of the said talking about his third Quarter Bobble that was re covered by Philadelphia linebacker Jerry who returned it 22 Yards to the Dallas that Fumble by Dorsett occurred with remaining in the third Quarter and six plays later the eagles scored their second touchdown for what turned out to be the Ive never had to put it the blame on myself and i dont know Why in doing it Dorsett when one of the news men listening to him pointed out that some of the other Cowboy players also contributed to the but that Fumble was a big in Man enough to stand up to Dorsett netted 41 Yards Rushing in 13 attempts for a his longest gain being an and he caught three of Whites passes for 27 Yards but the one he didst hang on to in the fourth Quarter on a third Down play with three Yards to go on the eagles 32yard line was thrown perfectly right into his that miscue came shortly after his key Fumble when you do two Bac Toback like that it hurts the he if i caught the Ball we would have had first Down deep in their i didst catch the you know How i Felt i Felt like using my hands As tearing up the turf and Bur Ying myself right there and cowboys coach Tom Landry called the loss the toughest one of the it prevented Dallas from going to the super bowl for a record sixth who starred for the University of Pittsburgh be fore he was drafted by the cowboys and has been playing football 15 Ever since he was in the seventh Grade in grammar did not say it was the worst game he Ever played but it certainly want one of his better its not the worst Day Ive Ever he applying liquid vaseline to his body in front of his Ive had worse Days than but it will be with me for a i like to think of myself As a pressure Ball but today is just one of those Days i didst come Dorsett  say enough about the cowboys he had High Praise for the eagles particularly running Back Wilbert Happy at winning pfc title eagles owner Leonard Tose right and Dick Vermeil following the teams 207 Days pfc championship game in Phila general manager Jim Murray hug coach Victory Over the Dallas cowboys in Sun a photo Davis gets game too photo Al Davis hugs Raider runner Kenny King but Ould he and Pete Rozelle get together after super bowl continued from Page 21 the first acc team to reach the super bowl As a wild the Victory was their 14th of the including three in the and they Are 122 since Plunkett took Over for the injured Dan Pastorini As the starting that seems like five years this team rallied behind Jim Plunkett because it had a lot of Confidence in said Tom taking the raiders to the super bowl in his second year As head the team began its turnaround after los ing three of the first five games with a 38 24 Victory in Oakland Over the Plunkett completed 11 of 14 passes that in the rubber match Between the acc West teams that split two regular sea son Plunkett was 14 of 18 for 261 his first pass of the Day turned off the noise generated by a sellout crowd of almost All of them wearing the chargers Gold and Blue i was i threw it High to Kenny but then Raymond Chester got it and Plunkett that first on a third Down play be fore the game was two minutes was a Short attempt to the running Back who crossed Over the the Ball bounced off his was caught by tight end Chester about 10 Yards downfield and carried All the Way for a 65yard touchdown homebody Bucks top 123109 by United press International the Milwaukee Bucks have won 13 straight games at and their run away Victory sunday night Over the Phoe Nix suns showed to Call it a consistently Good said Bucks coach Don Nelson after Mil Waukee 123109 no highs or peaks or i liked it very Marques Johnson scored 28 Points for which led at the half 615b and then outscored Phoenix 188 to open the third Johnson had eight of the first 10 Points to give Milwaukee a 7162 Len truck Robinson led Phoenix with 24 Points and had a game High 12 which gave him rebounds for his Dennis Johnson had 23 Points for Phoenix and Junior Bridgeman 21 for Bridgeman had 14 Points and Brian Aba Roundup Winters 10 in the fourth and Bridgeman it was hard for when Brian and i started it was just something they  Phoenix coach John Macleod said there was no Way the could have beaten the in other games clippers Kings 105 Phil Smith scored 29 Points to Pace six san Diego players in double figures and help the clippers snap a six game losing Streak and defeat Kansas City for the first time in three meetings this Otis Birdsong scored 21 Points and Phil Ford 20 to Pace the who had won four in a spurs bullets 106 Johnny Moore dished out a club record 19 assists and George Ervin scored 33 Points for san lakers pistons 108 Jamaal Wilkes scored 33 including 12 in the final to Lead los an Geles to its sixth straight Home Victory and hand Detroit its 20th Road defeat in 23 the pistons closed to within 8584 Early in the final but the lakers scored the next eight Center Kent Benson had 27 Points and John Long 26 for warriors supersonics 98 Golden states Joe Barry Carroll scored 30 Points and John Lucas keyed a fourth Quarter surge with 12 of his 20 with the score tied 7979 and left to the warriors ran off a 199 scoring spurt to take a comfortable 10point mar Gin and were never challenged after Paul Westphal led the sonics with 24  
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