Word: lamonica
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Over the Fingertips. In overlooking Blanda. the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns, among others, only succeeded in looking foolish. Three weeks ago, after the Steelers had knocked the Raiders' starting quarterback, Daryle Lamonica, out of the game with a back injury, old roly-poly George took over and fired three touchdown passes, kicked three extra points and added a field goal to demolish the Steelers 31-14. Two weeks ago, with the World Champion Chiefs leading 17-14 in a battle for the division lead, Blanda came off the bench to attempt a 48-yd. field...
Blanda's heroics against the Steelers and the Chiefs were just a warm-up for his performance against the Browns last week. With four minutes remaining and the Browns leading 20-13, Lamonica left the game with an injured shoulder. On came George to move his offense 70 yards in seven plays. Blanda hit Wide Receiver Warren Wells with a 14-yd. scoring pass to tie the game 20-20 with 1 min. 34 sec. remaining. Then after the Raiders regained the ball on an interception, George completed his seventh pass of the afternoon to set up another last...