Word: bengal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last week's subzero winds at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, San Diego Quarterback Dan Fouts looked like a man trying to throw a nerf ball in mid-hurricane. The passes of the winning quarterback, Cincinnati's Kenny Anderson, were somehow strong and true. Said Bengal Linebacker Reggie Williams: "He has the mental toughness to be able to control the ball under those conditions. Fouts was not able to do that." Anderson put it differently, in his normal self-deflating prose: "I threw a lot of flutter balls and some end-over-enders. We were going to throw...
...compliment Ken Anderson and get away with it. Anderson, 32, hailed last week by a florid Cincinnati sportswriter as "Jack Armstrong come to life in a football uniform," is the classic aw-shucks hero, resolutely unquotable, eager to point out that he is merely one cog in the great Bengal machine. That machine indeed has some brilliant parts, finely tuned by its no-nonsense coach, Forrest Gregg. One All-Pro wide receiver, Veteran Isaac Curtis, has been joined by another, exuberant Rookie Cris Collinsworth. Pete Johnson, a.k.a. the human bowling ball, is a hard-hitting, if not overwhelming runner...
...vision and, at 6 ft. 3 in., tall enough to throw over the modern hyperthyroid lineman. Unlike other strong-armed quarterbacks, the Jets' Richard Todd, for instance, Anderson throws passes that are mysteriously hard to drop. They float down so softly, and with so little spin, says former Bengal Wide Receiver Chip Myers, "I was able to pick out the laces on the ball." Anderson's running ability is so good that Giants Coach Ray Perkins thinks it may spell the difference between the two closely matched Super Bowl teams. And in the N.F.L., where a quarterback...
...Bengal fullback Pete Johnson, who had terrorized defenses all year, couldn't bulldoze his way through San Francisco's line. A dramatic goal-line stand late in the third quarter silenced a Bengal rally and symbolized the 49ers' domination of the trenches...
...Another Bengal turnover deep in 49er territory began the drive to San Francisco's second touchdown during the second quarter. Cincinnati's heralded rookie wide receiver Cris Collinsworth fumbled a pass from Anderson after being hit at the eight-yard line. Lynn Thomas, yet another rookie, recovered the ball for the 49ers...