Seattle 6 at San Diego 13

A great performance by the San Diego defense and a solid game from Dan Fouts puts San Diego in the drivers seat in the AFC West.

San Diego
Dan Fouts 18/37 201yds 1TD
Rickey Young 19car/13yds
Dwight McDonald 11tt/5rec/44yds
Jesse Wolfram 9tt/5rec/63yds 1TD
Roland James 9 tackles

Seattle
Brian Sipe 15/26 147yds
James Jones 8car/34yds 1Fumble
Trey Hann 7tt/5rec/51yds
George Adzick 6 tackles 1 knockdown

Seattle (5-3) at San Diego (6-2)

   Sea offense  16th   116.1 rush - [4th] / 168.0 pass - [22nd]
       defense  11th   79.7 rush - [9th] / 190.0 pass - [13th]
       scoring         20.0 for - [9th] / 15.8 against - [10th]

  S.D. offense  23rd   40.5 rush - [28th] / 197.5 pass - [13th]
       defense  10th   94.6 rush - [16th] / 174.4 pass - [8th]
       scoring         17.0 for - [17th] / 16.0 against - [12th]


   key matchups:
       WR Jesse Wolfram (38 rec/572 yds/1 TDs) vs. CB Ernie Jones

   prediction:
       Seattle 18, San Diego 19

Dallas 9 at Philadelphia 10

No one would have foreseen this game as being a defensive battle, but that's what we had with the Eagles defense coming out on top.  Neither team could get their potent offenses going, but the Cowboys really struggled against the 28th ranked defense in the League.

Philadelphia
John Walton 23/33 183yds 1Int
Ricky Bell 18car/91yds
Charlie Young 6tt/5rec/46yds
Michael Dunn 6 tackles 2 knockdowns
Horst Muhlmann 1 of 4 long of 25yds

Dallas
Roger Staubach 10/29 135yds
Earl Campbell 11car/22yds
Drew Pearson 8tt/4rec/60yds
Kenny Easley 12 tackles 2 knockdowns
Lawrence Johnson 8 tackles 1 sack

Dallas (6-1-1) at Philadelphia (7-1)

  Dall offense  4th    109.3 rush - [8th] / 216.4 pass - [7th]
       defense  22nd   80.2 rush - [10th] / 229.5 pass - [25th]
       scoring         26.4 for - [1st] / 15.4 against - [7th]

  Phil offense  6th    139.2 rush - [1st] / 182.9 pass - [18th]
       defense  28th   59.6 rush - [4th] / 282.9 pass - [28th]
       scoring         24.7 for - [3rd] / 21.6 against - [22nd]


   key matchups:
       QB John Walton (15 TDs/1588 yds) vs. Dallas pass D
       HB Ricky Bell (695 yds/7 TDs) vs. Dallas run D (3.4 rush avg)
       WR James Lofton (28 rec/470 yds/4 TDs) vs. CB Lester Hayes (3 INTs/1 TDs)
       WR Drew Pearson (30 rec/653 yds/6 TDs) vs. CB Ted Watts

   prediction:
       Dallas  24, Philadelphia 23

Houston 20 at Pittsburgh 3

Houston seemed to cement their control of the AFC Central with this win in Pittsburgh.  No other team in the Central seem capable of winning any games, so it's really Houston's title to lose.

Houston
Dan Pastorini 13/25 200yds 1TD
Ronnie Coleman 13car/67yds
Ken Burrough 5tt/5rec/97yds 1TD
Barry Krauss 3 tackles 2 sacks 1 int
Greg Bingham 6 tackles 1 sack 1 knockdown

Pittsburgh
Terry Bradshaw 12/29 173yds 1Int 1Fumble
Franco Harris 14car/59yds
Lynn Swann 8tt/5rec/97yds
Lawrence Taylor 8 tackles

Houston (3-4-1) at Pittsburgh (2-6)

   Hou offense  15th   85.0 rush - [15th] / 199.7 pass - [12th]
       defense  20th   60.3 rush - [5th] / 244.0 pass - [27th]
       scoring         16.4 for - [19th] / 19.8 against - [19th]

  Pitt offense  22nd   69.9 rush - [21st] / 171.8 pass - [21st]
       defense  27th   130.6 rush - [28th] / 202.9 pass - [18th]
       scoring         15.5 for - [20th] / 20.3 against - [21st]


   key matchups:
       WR Lynn Swann (35 rec/383 yds/0 TDs) vs. CB Willie Alexander (2 INTs)
       DE Al Burton (9 sacks) vs. T Ray Pinney

   prediction:
       Houston 18, Pittsburgh 21

Tampa Bay 21 at Washington 27 (OT)

An interception in overtime sealed the deal for Washington.  A great game for Joe Theismann.

Washington
Joe Theismann 22/31 299yds 4TDs
Mike Thomas 15car/61yds
Frank Grant 9tt/7rec/111yds
Don Westbrook 7tt/5rec/75yds 3TDs
Walter Tullis 5 tackles 1 int
Jeff Nixon 11 tackles 2 knockdowns

Tampa Bay
Rich Campbell 22/42 213yds 1TD
Charles Alexander 11car/41yds 1TD
Steve Atkins 11car/71yds
Morris Owens 15tt/6rec/66yds
Barry Bennett 3 tackles 3 sacks
Tom Cousineau 10 tackles