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...they had to do to clinch an NFL playoff berth was win one of their last three regular-season games. But they lost to Cincinnati and San Francisco. Now the defending AFC champions must play Miami in the Orange Bowl next Monday night...
...that Wooster's football team had only launched two professional players in its entire history--one to the NFL 50 years before, and one who became a Canadian league punter--he made school history when, before the end of the year, he was approached by pro scouts from the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns...
...chose to sign as a free agent with the Bengals, basing his decision on the teams' recent seasons. "I decided I'd have a better chance with Cincinnati since they were coming off a bad year," he says...
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...
Moore says that one of his most memorable football moments was playing in the coldest game in NFL history--the Bengals vs. the San Diego Chargers in 60-degrees-below-zero Cincinnati weather. "That was an exercise in torture," says Moore. "I had my feet wrapped in plastic and scuba gloves on. The only consolation was that the San Diego guys were worse...