N. Page 12-Friday, October 5, 1979-The Michigan Daily BUCS REMAIN UNBEATEN BESEBLL PLEYOFFS ON SIXFOOT SCREEN First Floor Michigan Union off of the Main Lobby Pittsburgh VS. Cincinnati -~ Baltimore vs. California For Information Call 763-1107 Tr sup' seas ball a po and Gt HoW Buc the (5-0 in 19 TI not hav of cate reco has per man 119- T] had Tru Ball Underdogs 0 By MARTHA CRALL have only three. wins be he Tampa Bay Buccaneers were Skeptics were suppress posed to rise to mediocrity this when the Bucs creamed son. According to a pre-season foot- and Chicago in their last tM annual, the Bucs were destined for Every other team, ove )ssible 8-8 record, barring injuries pretty true-to-form, th allowing for luck. teams on a given week ha osh, I hope you didn't bet your last sets, but that is to be e ard Cosell poster on that inevitable football is unpredictable. pattern of loss after loss. They're A few such contests dese only team left unbeaten in the NFL Namely, Buffalo over Cin ) and definitely the biggest surprise Kansas City 35, Oakland 979 Jets over Miami, 33-27; Ph he Bucs' offensive stats so far are Pittsburgh 14; Green B indicative of their success. They England 14; Oakland over e only two men in the top ten leaders 24-17; and Cleveland overI the seven different offensive As far as the total ,rec egories. The defense, which was NFC reveals few surprise Dgnized as their strongest point, also surprise teams have se given up an average of 14.2 points themselves, then by the game, but somehow , they've season there will be quit naged to outscore their opponents prised teams, as well. 71. Among the teams wh perienced relative success he Bucs had to face the rap that they falo Bills (3-2). The low n't beaten a venerable opponent. slated prematurely at 6-1 e, their first three foes, Detroit, have believed that their timore, and Green Bay, even now Joe Ferguson, would be f nthe move etween them, the AFC's leading passer after five sed, though, games? Ferguson is second in percen- Los Angeles tage completed (62.1) and first in yards wo outings. gained (1308), average yards gained rall has been (11.28), touchdown passes (10). He has ough. Many the longest completion (84 yards) and ave pulled up- the lowest percentage of interceptions xpected. Pro (1.7). The Cleveland Browns are among the erve mention. unexpecteds, also.- The Browns are 4-1 cinnati, 51-24; so far in what was predicted to be a sub- 7; New York .500 campaign (7-9). But head coach, iladelphia 17, Sam Rutigliano is using strategy and a Bay 27, New' veteran defense to pull out the close r Los Angeles ones. Former Denver defensive end Dallas 26-7. Lyle Alzado is the only newcomer in a cords go, the defense where seven of the'11 starters s. If the early are 7-10-year men. et trends= for The Kansas City Chiefs have given e end of the hints to effect that their string of (very) te a few sur- lean years is coming to an end. Tomeet their pre-season expectations, they ich have ex- need only to win one more game this s are the Buf- season. The expected 4-12 Chiefs are ly Bills were already 3-2, having beaten Baltimore, 0. Who would Oakland, and Seattle. Rookie quarter- quarterback, back, Steve Fuller, has held his own far and away against the likes of Brian Sipe (Cleveland), Ken Stabler (Oakland), and Jim Zorn (Seattle). The Chiefs are also boosted by an NFL-leading 39.8 net punting average, possessing football's leading punter, Bobby Grupp (45.2 avg.). Sophomore J. T. Smith has already scored two punt-return touch- downs, one a Kansas City record 88- yarder against Oakland. As always, a few NFL teams have disappointed. A prime example is Detroit's own Lions. The hard-luck Lions were supposed to be "definitely the team to top" with a 10-6 record. Well, thanks to an injury list as long as frustrated Monte Clark's face, the Lions are 1-4. The New York Giants, Baltimore Colts, and Cincinnati Bengals 'are all unexpected 0-5 teams, while last year's surprise Seattle Seahawks have sunk to 1-4. As expected, the Patriots (3-2), Dolphins (4-1), Steelers (4-1), Oilers (4- 1),, Chargers (4-1), Cowboys (4-1), Rams (3-2) are all at or near the top where they belong. Thereare still 11 games to go, though, so even tpose basement-dwellers have a shot at the top. The standings will probably bear out the same old results in December, though. There really isn't a huge in- dication that the incredibly weak teams will rise. CaO AN I ' 1 ;! a4 LSA Student Government is looking for people with organizing experience to apply for FALL ELECTIONS DIRECTOR Applications available at LSA-SG Office 4003 Michigan Union Turn in applications to MSA 3909 Michigan Union, 9-5 For more info. call 763-4799 / 995-4977 Apply by Tues., Oct. 16 owssama- i t ' '4 ,, .. t t a t , presents: The thrill of victory. SCORES BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Baltimore 9, California 8 (SEE STORY PAGE 11) COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY W. Michigan 1, MICHIGAN 0 (ot) _. , , d The agony of defeatl The college party of the year! All Michigan students admitted for $1 with college ID on Friday night, Oct. 5. And on Saturday night, free admission for the winners of the game, $1 for the losers. ., ' ". / X / w _ NN~ V O N; 4- } r ' .\ 9Q X". KAl" Val V (,< , 2 ' 1 J 'e' 0)114 N Be there early! Doors open at 8:00 For =more information, call 538-1645 In Ann Arbor, contact Tom Henry, 761-8003 p40eN We're all about roller skating. Interested? 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