St. Louis (5-9) at Atlanta (6-8)

   StL offense  3rd    62.9 rush - [24th] / 259.0 pass - [1st]
       defense  25th   98.1 rush - [21st] / 227.9 pass - [26th]
       scoring         23.5 for - [4th] / 26.5 against - [28th]

   Atl offense  21st   69.6 rush - [23rd] / 193.8 pass - [13th]
       defense  17th   106.3 rush - [26th] / 181.6 pass - [13th]
       scoring         13.6 for - [23rd] / 17.4 against - [17th]


   key matchups:

       DE Dennis Harrison (19 sacks) vs. T Dan Dierdorf
       TE John Spagnola (67 rec/629 yds/1 TDs) vs. LB Reggie Mathis
       QB Mike Phipps (26 TDs/3985 yds) vs. Atlanta pass D

   prediction:

       St. Louis 20, Atlanta 23

Cincinnati 14 at Miami 11

The Bengals outplayed Miami on both sides of the ball for their second win of the year. 

Cincinnati
Bob Bateman 17/33 311yds
George Ragsdale 8car/48yds
Charles White 22car/24yds 1TD 1fumble
Billy Brooks 10tt/6rec/147yds
Lucius Sanford 5 tackles 1 sack

Miami
Bob Griese 17/35 204yds 1TD 1Int
Benny Malone 16car/32yds
Willis Adams 6tt/4rec/70yds 1TD
Gary Green 7 tackles 3 knockdowns

Cincinnati (1-13) at Miami (9-5)

   Cinn offense  9th    77.0 rush - [20th] / 221.3 pass - [4th]
       defense  28th   136.2 rush - [28th] / 201.3 pass - [16th]
       scoring         16.9 for - [14th] / 25.4 against - [27th]

   Mia offense  17th   99.6 rush - [10th] / 181.0 pass - [20th]
       defense  2nd    48.1 rush - [2nd] / 161.0 pass - [4th]
       scoring         16.1 for - [16th] / 11.1 against - [1st]


   key matchups:

       DT Larry Bethea (16 sacks) vs. G Dave Lapham

   prediction:

       Cincinnati 14, Miami 24

New Orleans 34 at Los Angeles 10

A solid win for the Saints on the road.  It is hard to tell from week to week which Saints team will show up, but when the good one arrives opponents watch out.

New Orleans
Peil Pennington 16/32 270yds 3TDs
Tony Galbreath 7car/55yds 1TD
Jerrold McRae 12tt/5rec/63yds
Tinker Owens 4tt/4rec/86yds 1TD
Freddie Solomon 7tt/4rec/88yds
Don Latimer  3 sacks
Junior Hardin 4 tackles 2 sacks
Craig Cassady 6 tackles 1 int
Sidney Brown 6 tackles 1 int

Los Angeles
James Harris 17/32 271yds 1TD 3Ints
William Andrews 19car/45yds
George Lantz 11tt/6rec/122yds 1TD
Jim Youngblood 5 tackles 1 sack

New Orleans (8-6) at Los Angeles (10-4)

  N.O. offense  10th   105.1 rush - [7th] / 192.4 pass - [14th]
       defense  10th   53.9 rush - [3rd] / 213.6 pass - [22nd]
       scoring         20.3 for - [9th] / 14.6 against - [5th]

  L.A. offense  4th    88.1 rush - [15th] / 229.4 pass - [2nd]
       defense  6th    86.1 rush - [12th] / 171.3 pass - [6th]
       scoring         27.1 for - [1st] / 15.6 against - [9th]


   key matchups:

       QB James Harris (26 TDs/3242 yds) vs. New Orleans pass D
       WR George Lantz (58 rec/1048 yds/9 TDs) vs. CB Kenny Downing (1 INT)
       TE Brian Nemeth (35 rec/285 yds/1 TDs) vs. LB Junior Hardin (2 INTs)
       WR Jimmy Childs (22 rec/418 yds/2 TDs) vs. CB Monte Jackson (4 INTs/3 TDs)

   prediction:

       New Orleans 18, Los Angeles 24

Oakland 13 at Seattle 14

With 1:49 left in the game Oakland had the ball first and goal at the seven down 14-13.  That's when John Zimba, the one defensive standout for Seattle, made the big play of the game.  He knocked the ball out of Ken Stabler's hand, then picked up the ball and ran it all the way out to the 44.  Oakland did get the ball back and came close actually to scoring again, but time ran out. 

Seattle
Brian Sipe 15/25 177yds
Sterling Rolfe 16car/72yds 1TD
Steve Largen 6tt/5rec/86yds
Keith Butler 13 tackles
Lodie Dixon 3 sacks

Oakland
Ken Stabler 16/31 225yds 1Fumble
James Owens 14car/76yds 1TD
Cliff Branch 11tt/4rec/80yds
Jim LeClair 7 tackles

Oakland (7-7) at Seattle (6-8)

   Oak offense  19th   117.8 rush - [2nd] / 152.5 pass - [28th]
       defense  27th   114.7 rush - [27th] / 217.1 pass - [23rd]
       scoring         15.6 for - [20th] / 22.6 against - [25th]

   Sea offense  18th   110.1 rush - [5th] / 168.1 pass - [22nd]
       defense  15th   92.6 rush - [18th] / 187.4 pass - [14th]
       scoring         16.1 for - [17th] / 18.6 against - [20th]


   key matchups:

       TE Ron Howard (21 rec/189 yds/0 TDs) vs. LB Jim LeClair (3 INTs)

   prediction:

       Oakland 17, Seattle 22