From: jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (JOHN)
Subject: It wasn't Pretty (49ers WON)
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 00:08:15 GMT

FINAL SCORE:  Niners  21  Tampa Bay  14

NFC WEST CHAMPIONS - San Francisco Forty Niners!!!
 
Jerry Rice two TDS, burn Reynolds TWICE.
Taylor 1 TD

The following is a play by play report, long. Hit
the "n", "j" or "K" keys if you so desire. :-)

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Tampa Bay will be playing with a vengeance because 
the Niners have not given them any respect. They are
using this as an incentive to play hard and show-up
the Niners. Might work to their advantage.

Damn, Young to Taylor. Great pass, Taylor stretches for
the ball and he has it momentarily, ball bounces on his
fingers tips, DRAT, he drops it. Passes to Rice are
incomplete. PUNT!

Teste starts on their own 49 yard line. 1-10,
incomplete pass to Dawsey. No gain up the middle
3-9, shotgun pass to Dawsey, open but overthrown.
PUNT! Great punt, 49 yarder to the 1 yard line.

Rathman up the middle. Play action Young to Taylor to 
the 39 yd line, 1st down. Run by Amp Lee, FUMBLE, whew, 
Young recovers. 2-15...Young, play action to Taylor again.
Great defense (Mack), else Taylor would have caught it.
Pass to Rice, dropped because Reynolds popped Rice
upon contact with the ball!  PUNT!

Up the middle by Cobb, short gain. 2-7. Pass to
Dawsey, 1st down! Pitch out to Cobb, 5 yds, but
flag on play. Penalty against the Niners.  1-5,  
Ball to Anderson and Anderson pitches to Teste 
(flea flicker) and passes for a 51 yd TD to Mcdowell, 
WIDE OPEN! Damn, beautiful play, pass right on the
money.  Key to the play was the secondary thought
run and they came in. Anderson pitches to Teste
and McDowell is past the secondary, all by himself!


Niners 0  Tampa Bay  7

Young scrambles while Rice is running across the
field wide open. Dotson tackles Amp in the backfield.
Tampa Bay is fired up! 1-13,  Young passes to Taylor,
Mack is flagged for interference! 1st dwn. inside
40 of Tampa.  Ball to Amp, Carter blitzes and stops
Amp. 2-10, Play action deep to Sherrad. Overthrows
by a mile!  Sure pass play, Young drops back, deep 
pass to Taylor and Reynolds almost has an INT.
Bad pass by Young. Hmmm, is Montana's presence
affecting him? :-)

6:04 remaining 1st qtr.
Teste drops back , deep pass to Anderson, incomplete.
Play action, Kevin Fagan rushes in and sacks Teste
on the 1 yd line. Cobb up the middle to the 4. PUNT!
Great defensive play by the line!

Play action to Brent Jones, incomplete. Young does not
look good to this point 2 of 9 for 38 yds.  Young to 
Taylor, 8 yds. Young avoids pressure to get the pass
off. 3:50 left in 1st qtr. Young to Rice, in the backfield.
Short pass, short gain, 1st dwn. Ball to Amp, off left tackle 
for a gain of 8 yds.  Ball to Amp, right side -  short gain, 3-1.
Ball to Amp, run right -  1st dwn. Young passes to Rice in the left
end zone, incomplete.  Young passes to Brent Jones, 5 yds,
inside the 10.  Pass to Taylor, in the middle, TD! YES! 

Niners  7  Tampa Bay  7

2nd qtr starts....

Not much so far, both teams punt. Tampa Bay was moving
the ball on their next possession but Teste is sacked by
Pierce Holt. He received pressure from Tim Harris initially
and he avoided two tackles before Holt got him. Teste
passes to Armstrong, short gain. 3-22, Pass to
Anderson, short of 1st down. Excellent pass defense by
the Niners. Punt. Hmmm,  trick play, nah PUNT.

Watters is in and runs left for a good gain. 2-2
Young passes to Rice, shakes one tackle, runs to the 35.
1st dwn. Young is sacked, flag on the play. DAMN!!
Penalty against the Niners, unsportsman like conduct
againt Rathman. 2-15 Pass to Sherrard, gain of 5.
3-10...Young passes to Sherrad, excellent pass to 
the 29 yd line. YES! Excellent patience shown by Young,
by staying in the pocket.

Watters runs left, short gain. Good defense, strings
out the line. 2-9...Rolling left, Young passes to
Rathman, completion. 1-10...ball to Watters, runs
left and gets his 1,000 yds for the season! The Niners
are driving. 2-4 at the 6 yard line. Young feels the
pressure and passes to Rice and drops the ball.
Lucky it was an incomplete pass! WHEW! Time out S.F.
1:50 left in half. Young passes to Taylor, to the
6 yd line.  Next play, ball to Watters, loss yds.
Young attemtps to pass and is sacked by Carter and 
fumbles the ball!  Damn! The Niners blew this one!

3rd qtr begins:
Score:  Niners  7  Tampa Bay  7

Tampa Bay has the ball to begin....
Teste pitches to Cobb, runs left and breaks tackles.
Good run. Ball to Cobb, Pierce Holt stops him in his
tracks. Teste rolls right and passes, incomplete.
3-9. Bad snap, Teste has to fall on ball. PUNT. WHEW!
Bad kick, good field position by the Niners.

Ball on 45 yd line. Amp Lee up the middle, gain of 1 yd.
2-9, ball to Amp, again Lee is stopped. 3-9, Pass to
Sherrad! 1st down on Tampa's 32 yd line! Great Pass.
Good Reception, 23 yd reception.

Pass to Rice, deep left corner of the end zone, TD!! YESSSS! 
Awesome pass by Young to Rice who is covered by Reynolds
one on one. BURN!

Score:
Niners  14  Tampa Bay  7

Teste passes right to Dawsey, gain of 6. 2-4,  Ball to Cobb
up the middle, 3-1...Teste pitches to Cobb and Romanowski
drops him for a loss! Great D! PUNT

Young passes to Amp Lee in the backfield and it is dropped.
Young scrambles and runs for a 1st down! Homey don't like it!
Homey will take that play though! :-)  1st down.  Amp Lee
up the middle, short gain. 2-8  Young passes to Amp and he
drops the BALL! Damn. I think he heard footsteps.  3-8
Passs to an OPEN Rice and RICE did not see the BALL! He
was wide open.  When Rice turned around, he only saw
the blinding SUN!  Man he was WIDE OPEN!  If Tampa Bay can
have better coverage on Rice, he will have more opportunities.
PUNT!

Teste passes to Cobb for 6 yd gain. 2-5  False start by
Tampa. 2-10  Pass to Carrier, good D by Griffin. 
3-5 Test passes to an open Anderson who make a great run
for a first down! 34 yd gain. 1-10 Cobb is tackled in 
the backfield. 2-11 Shotgun, draw to Anderson, 1st down!
Good play, good run by Anderson!  

Ball on 32...ball to Cobb, 5 yard gain. 2-5 pass to
McDowell, short of 1st down. Cobb up the middle, 3 yds, 1st down.
1-10 Ball to Cobb, runs left, short gain. Pass to Carrier,
bad pass by Teste.  Big 3rd down, gut check for Tampa.
3-9 Pass to Carrier, great pass, great reception. 1st down.
END OF 3rd qtr.

Another gut check for Tampa and equally for the Niners D.
In the red zone. Ball on 7 yd line. Pass, rollout left,
incomplete. He had plenty of time, good coverage
2 and Goal...Pass to an open Anderson, overthrown by
Teste. 3 and Goal  Draw play to Anderson, almost got
a touchdown. 4 and Goal, Tampa is going for it...Cobb up
the middle, TD. Cobb went in untouched!!!!!

Score:
Niners  14 Tampa Bay  14

4th qtr

Starting to look like an UPSET! I can see ALL the
Niner bashers just itching to slam us. :-)

Young passes to Jones, left for good gain. 2-3
Pass to Amp Lee, right  1st down.  No huddle offense
and Young is sacked by Dotson! 2-14 Young drops back,
scrambles, runs left for 1st down. 17yd gain. Doesn't
look pretty. :-)

Young to Amp Lee, nice trap inside, Amp gets 1st down.
Oops, wait, a measurement is called for. weenies.
Deep pass to the left corner, TD to RICE!!!! YES!
Another one on one coverage, Reynolds is like majorly
BURNED! Perfect pass by Young!

Score:
Niners  21  Tampa Bay  14

This game is not over yet. IF Tampa Bay would have
played all their opponents this tough, their record
CHOULD HAVE BEEN 10-6.

Ball to Cobb, good gain 2-2  Tests hands off to Cobb,
runs right, 1st down. Good blocking, good play.
Teste hands off to Cobb again, gain of 5 yds.  Teste
passes to Dawsey, he drops the pass! Should have 
caught the ball. 3-5 Teste drops and pass up the
middle to Carrier, reception. 1st down. Damn. 14 yd
pickup to the 41 of S.F.

Cobb runs left, outside. Good effort 2-1 Teste hands 
off to Anderson, 1st down. inside the 30.  Tampa looks
pretty damn good. Teste hands off to Anderson, runs
left. Teste, play action to Moore, 1st down. ball on
15 yd. line.  Ball to Cobb, runs left, great running
1st dwn. 1st and goal. Hard to believe that Tampa
has not won many games. Ball to Cobb, run right,
most proper open field tackle by Nash. 4:35 left
Loss of a couple yards.

Crunch time again!  2 and goal Test rolls left,
under pressure by Fagan, throws ball away. 3 and goal.
Crunch time again. Teste drops back, passes up the
middle and Dana Hall defends Dawsey, Great D!
4th and goal. 

Will they go for it and go for a FG. Homey thinks
to go for it.  Yup, they go for. Crunch time again.!!!!
Ball on 7yd line.  Teste drops back, passes in the 
end zone to Carrier, overthrown, great coverage. YES!
Don Griffin with Carrrier all the WAY!!  Good effort
though.

4:18 left in game.  Ball to Rathman, runs right,
no gain. Niners need a 1st down. Young passes to Rice.
Short of 1st down. 3-1  Crunch time for Niners, sort of.
Young hands off to Rathman, 1st down up the middle.

Handoff to Rathman, short gain. Timeout by Tampa.
2-8 Young, play action, he runs right, slides.
short gain. Tampa calls their last timeout.
Niners need a 1st down. Game could still be won
by Tampa. 3-6  3:02 left.. Young passes to an open
Rice, 1st down. Whew, yeah, Whew! How can anyone
give Rice so much cushion. Hmmm, oh well.
Ball to Amp Lee, about 2 yards. 2 minute warning.

Young hands off to Rice on a reverse and he fumbles
but Guy McIntyre recovers. Stupid play!
3-14  Young drops back and passes deep to Rice,
is overthrown. Should have been an infraction on
Rice, guess OUR REFS looked the other way this time.
PUNT!

Not a very good punt. Ball on the 36 yard line.
:56 left, not timeouts.  Teste, shotgun, passes,
up the middle, incomplete.  2-10 Teste, shotgun,
passes to Anderson,. Teste passes to Dawsey, attempts 
to go out of bounds, to no avail.  What! Flags are thrown.
1-10  Teste passes to an open Anderson in the middle
of the field. 1st down. FINAL play, Hail Mary Pass,
Dana Hall bats the ball down. 

49ERS NFC WEST CHAMPIONS!!!!!  Yeah, I know, they
were favored by 20.5 points. Hey, they won. Home
field advantage...all the way.

FINAL SCORE:

Niners  21  Tampa Bay  14
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