LA Raiders 21 San Diego 17

The Los Angeles Raiders hold off AFC West Rivals the San Diego Chargers in an opening day thriller.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Chargers drew first  blood on the second quarter's first play off of a Keith Browner interception of Jay Schroeder, his second interception thrown of the day. This led to the game's first score, a Ralf Mojsiejenko 20 yard fieldgoal, putting the Chargers up 3-0. This appeared to be the spark that Jay Schroeder needed to calm down and get the Raider offense going as he connected with Tim Brown for a 14 yard TD on the Raiders second drive of the quarter. The half ended with the Raiders ahead 7-3.

The Raiders opened up the 2nd half with a vengeance, After sending the Chargers

Tim Brown

off with a 3 and out, and a huge punt return by Tim Brown, Jay Schroeder hit Mervyn Fernandez on the Raider's opening play of the quarter for 21 yards to broaden the lead to 14-3. This was followed by an onside kick  that caught the Chargers off guard and which led to a Marcus Allen touchdown, bringing the score to 21-3. At this point it looked like the Raiders would win this game handily but the Chargers were not to be denied. On their very next possession the Chargers found their running game and Mark Malone connected on 4 out of 4 passes, culminating in an 11 yard touchdown pass to Jamie Holland and bringing the Chargers within 11.

The 4th quarter saw more of the same from the Chargers as they narrowed the gap on their first drive with a Malone to Anthony Miller touchdown pass at the 8:48 mark. At 21-17 we now had a game. The Raiders went 3 and out giving the Chargers the ball with 6:30 left on the clock, plenty of time for them to score and win the game. The Chargers moved the ball easily into Raider territory from their own 37 yardline, ending up on the Raider 24 at the two minute warning. Unfortunately for the Chargers the potential game winning drive was killed on the very next play when defensive back Stacy Toran came up huge with an interception to save the day for the Raiders. Final score: LA Raiders 21 SD Chargers 17.

NY Giants 29 Washington Redskins 14

GIANTS OPEN UP WITH A 29-14 VICTORY OVER THE REDSKINS. GIANTS GAIN 42O YARDS TO 271 YARDS FOR THE REDSKINS. ALLEGRE KICKS 5 FG. SIMMS GOES 21 -36 FOR 261 YARDS AND I TD. THANKS TO DENNIS FOR THE GAMES

MARC

Houston 20 Indianapolis 17

Future HOF Warren Moon leads his Oilers to the Hoosier dome to take on future HOF

Warren Moon

EricDickerson.  each team takes their opening drive for over 5 minutes Biasucci hits from 29 out for the Colts and Highsmith runs in from 4 yards as the Oilers lead 7-3 after 1st quarter . Zendejas connects from 19 out for the only scoring in the second quarter. Houston leads 10-3 at the half. Indy takes the opening kickoff in the 3rd and drives all of 5 yards as Childress sacks Chandler to force a punt. However the Oilers  gets called for roughing the punter a 15 yard penalty that keeps the drive alive. The home team takes advantage as Chandler hits Bouza from 25 yards out to tie the score at 10. Zendajas hits a 31 yard field goal to give the Oilers a lead 13-10 with 1:48 as they went on a over 7 minute drive to take a lead going into the 4th. With 10:31 left Moon hits Hill from 16 yards out to open the game up 20-10. It takes the Colts till 2:42 but they get to within 3 as Dickerson scores from 9 yards out and the game score is now 20-17.

The Colts choose to kick deep as they have 3 timeouts left . the big play comes on a 3rd and 4 with 2:22 to go moon drops back and hits Hill for a 9 yard gain and a 1st down .The Colts never get the ball back till 9 seconds are left not even in position for a hailmary the game ends on 5 yard pass to Dickerson.

Sam - Colts 1988

San Francisco 20 New Orleans 14

Joe Montana

In a very close game played at the Superdome, Joe Montana proved once again why he is a Hall of Famer going 26 of 33 for 225 yards and 2 TD's, zero picks. Roger Craig rushed for 73 yards on 21 carries to complement the balanced attack. Hebert had a decent game 15-25 174 2 TD's no picks but it wasn't enough for the disappointed Saints faithful. Good Night from Burbon Street

Bengals 28 Cardinals 21

Boomer Esiason completes 12 of 24 for 223 yards and 4 touchdowns. Boomer Esiason hit Rodney Holman with under 2 minutes to play to put them in front. Bengals defense closed the game out.

ARAIG 1988 Week 1...Bengals 28(Joey Scigliano)....Cardinals 21( Brandon Hayes)

Bears Survive Marino Final Drive

CHICAGO – Dan Marino threw 4 straight incomplete passes from the Chicago 4 yard line in the final 8 seconds of the game. Thus ended an absolutely thrilling season-opening game in Soldier Field with the Bears clinging to a 16-9 victory.

Fuad Reveiz kicked a pair of field goals (29, 31) and Kevin Butler answered with one (26) to give the Dolphins (0-1) a 6-3 halftime lead.

Dave Duerson’s pick in the 3^rd led to Jim McMahon’s 9-yard scambling TD with 5:09 left in the 3^rd quarter. It would be the only touchdown of the game.

Butler kicked 2 more FGs (30, 43) in the 4^th. Reveiz (41) closed the gap to one score with 4:03 remaining. 

Miami began its final drive from its own 26 with 1:21 left on the clock. Marino hit Mark Clayton (5-101) immediately on a 39-yard crossing route. He checked down to Troy Stradford for 13 more on the next throw. Following an incompletion, he connected with Jim Jensen and Mark Duper on consecutive passes for 9 yards each. That left 1^st and goal from the 4.

Next week Miami plays at Buffalo, while Chicago meets up with the Colts in Indianapolis.

Many thanks to Andy for an incredible game!