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...England led San Francisco, 17-16, entering the fourth quarter. But a fumble recovery and interception led to 10 points as the 49ers rallied for a 29-24 victory that helped them clinch at least an NFC wild-card berth...
During Moore's four years for the Bengals, he played as a center, guard, and tackle. He appeared on Monday Night Football and played in the 1982 Super Bowl, when the Cincinnati team lost to the San Francisco 49ers. But the sporadic starter sensed an end when line coach Forrest Gregg--himself a legendary lineman--left to work with the Green Bay Packers...
Particular quarterbacks move teams beyond the scrimmage line, as the best coaches know. San Francisco's Bill Walsh could make a serviceable quarterback out of an usher, but no one can be taught to lift a team the way Joe Montana raised the 49ers 55 days after back surgery. "Armies work hard for Lancelot," Guard Randy Cross says, "harder for King Arthur." At 38, oft- deposed Raider Jim Plunkett keeps coming back to reign in Los Angeles...
...simulations. Simulations allow the player to enter teams by typing in the various team-players statistics. After building a few teams, the game player can simulate matches between two teams. One football simulator, for instance, can match two Superbowl champions, the 1986 Chicago Bears against the 1985 San Francisco '49ers...
Quarterbacks are always at peril, but they seem to be falling at an accelerated rate. The Bears' Jim McMahon, the Raiders' Marc Wilson and the Colts' Gary Hogeboom all have injured shoulders. A master at developing young quarterbacks, 49ers Coach Bill Walsh is left with Jack Kemp's son Jeff, 27, a substitute for five seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, and Journeyman Mike Moroski. Neither can be expected to match the two-time MVP of the Super Bowl. By a complicated system the N.F.L. employs for measuring quarterbacks, Miami's Dan Marino has just dislodged Montana as the highest...