San Francisco 37 New England 21

Patriots put an early scare in the 49ers but finally the defense settles down and SF moves to 2 - 1.

Minnesota 32 Dallas 31

Warren Moon

Minnesota drives 90 yards in the last 1:17 scoring on a Warren Moon to Amp Lee pass with 3 seconds left in the game. They win the game on a 2 point conversion on a pass to Jake Reed.

Carolina 27 St. Louis 17

Kerry Collins threw 2 touchdown passes and ran for a third to lead Carolina to a 27-17 win in their home opener.

San Diego 24 Philadelphia 16

Please disregard my first post. I didn't realize we couldn't play the computer if a sub is needed. Gene Couture stepped up and coached the Cunningham/Waters led Eagles. 

Gene and the Eagles were racking up a ton of yards on a rainy Philly night and had a 16-3 lead against the baffled Chargers with 13:26 left in the game. With 4th and 3 on their own 35 yard line the Eagles punted to the Chargers. The punt returner Coleman fumbled the punt as he was laid out by the Eagles Woodward. However, in the most freakish played I have ever seen with this game, the Chargers Davis scooped up the fumble and returned it for a 93 yard TD fumble recovery to give the Chargers life down 16-10. With only 9:15 left in the game, the Eagles had the football down to the Charger 12 yard line and were about to put the game away when Ricky Waters fumbled the ball on a hit by Junior Seau at the 8 yard line and the Chargers recovered. The Chargers moved the ball out to their 26 yard line when Stan Humphries hung in the pocket and completed a 61 yard TD bomb to Tony Martin giving the Chargers a startling 17-16 come from behind lead. The Eagles were stopped on their next possession and Humphries called on Jefferson for a 44 yard TD pass to seal the deal making the final score SD 24 PHIL 16. Great game called by Gene! The Chargers go to 3-0 and the Eagles fall to 1-2.

NY Jets 24 Jacksonville 21

Boomer Esiason overcame 2 picks to lead the Jets to
victory over the Jags.

Bruce Thomas playing for NYJ all the way from Poland.....and a nice job he did.

This was a close game, and might have gone either way.  Jax failed to capitalize on 2 Boomer Esiason picks and also mismanaged the clock inside of 2 minutes, trying to go 80 yards and tie with a field goal......rookie mistakes, only my 3rd Action! PC Football game.

Miami 27 Pittsburgh 20

This one comes down to the wire as Marino hits Byars with under 2 minutes left for the victory.

Buffalo 15 Indianapolis 14

Steve Christie

A very strange, very sloppy played game, Bills edge Colts 15-14. Colts had game in hand but a Falk fumble with 3:35 left gave the Bills the ball back on their 18. A huge Kelly dump off pass to Thurman Thomas netted 43 yards to the Colt 11. Christie nailed a 31 yard FG with :24 seconds left to seal the win. For a while it appeared Shotgun Kelly was disliked as much as Bon Jovi. Now for some wings

New Orleans 37 Atlanta 24

It was a shoot out in the Superdome, as the high powered Falcons met the ball controling Saints. Both QBs were on target passing fot over 600 yards and 6 TDs (Atlanta's Jeff George 25 of 33 - 355 yds 3 TDs and New Orleans' Jim Everett 22 of 28 for 314 yds 3 TDs). The difference in this game was the running of Saints HB Mario Bates (117 yds on 30 carries and 2 TDs ). And a goalline stand by the Saints Defense on a 4th and one on the Saints 2 yardline in the 4th quarter with the score 23 - 17 Saints. The Saints stop them and then marched 98 yards in 9 plays to score a TD mading the score 30 - 17 Saints. The final score Saints 37 - Falcons 24. Next week the Falcons go home to play the Jets and the Saints travel to the Meadowlands to play the Giants. 

Kansas City 12 Oakland 10

KC outlasts Oakland 12-10.

MVP Anders was the difference, as he ran for 64yds and caught 4 passes from Bono for another 52.

Bono threw for only 180, while Marcus Allen ran for 51 tough yds.

2 sacks by Thomas and 1 by Saleaumua held off the Raiders, who stalled near midfield several times.

Elliott nailed 4 of 5 FGs, as the Raiders would not let the Chiefs inside their 20.

Hostetler also was held in check most of the day, but did throw a late TD to Brown, who led all receivers with 73yds.  Williams was held to just 35 yds.

McGlockton had a sack.

Next week sees KC visiting Cleveland, while Oakland hosts Philly.

Carolina 17 Buffalo 0

Carolina's defense and 40mph winds combine to hold the K-Gun attack to just 173 yards.

Cincinnati 30 Jacksonville 27

Jeff Blake

Both teams botched field goals in extra time but the Bengals were able to make right on a Doug Pelfrey field goal to win it.  Jeff Blake attempted 50 passes in this one.

Indianapolis 28 NY Jets 7

Jim Harbaugh

Jim Harbaugh and company have their way with the Jets , winning on the road 28-7. The Colts improve 1-1 and Jets drop to 1-1. Jacksonville visit the Jets next week coming in at 1-1  losing a heartbreaker against the Bengals 30-27 and  the Colts travel to Buffalo, game still in play.

Pittsburgh 38 Houston 30

Steelers 38 (White)   Oilers 30 (Martino)     What a game!  When teams coached by Martino and White  show up the game are wild!  This one saw 8 lead changes. Both QBs  were excellent. The big difference here was a TD punt return in first half for Steelers. The big blow came on a Kick Return of 75 yards (to the 5 yard line)  with two min. left. Steelers punched it in on the ground. Steelers Added a 2nd TD on a pass pick off   Oliers were not done and hit a FG     game ended on an onsides attempt

New Orleans 24 St. Louis 19

Jim Everett

The Saints held the ball for the final 4:54 of the fourth quarter to beat the Rams 24 - 19 in Busch Stadium.

The Saints got the ball on their own 18 yardline with 4:54 left to play and the score 24 - 19.

The Saints marched 73 yards in 12 plays to the Rams' 9 yardline and ran out the clock.

Jim Everett ended the game completing 20 of 28 passes for 270 yards and 1 TD. For the Rams Jerome Bettis ran for 107 yards on 24 carries.

Next week the Saints go home the play the Falcons and the Rams travel to Carolina to play the Panthers. 

San Francisco 33 Atlanta 25

49ers were leading 30 - 0 after an early 3rd Q safety. Falcons roar back to make a game of it but come up just short 33 - 25.

Denver 25 Buffalo 22

Tight game with Buffalo leading most of the game. Jim Kelly 2nd half interception opened door for Denver comeback, and Buffalo drive for winning touchdown stalled on Denver 1-yard line late in 4th quarter. 

Cincinnati 31 Indianapolis 14

Jeff Blake passed for 262 yards and hooked up with 6 passes to Carl Pickens.

Jacksonville 20 Houston 17

Mark Brunell

Oilers   fall short in away  opener. Brunell was MVP with 2 TDs  rushing. and  89 rating. Score was Jags were up 17-3 at half  and held on for 20-17 win over Oilers.  

Atlanta 31 Carolina 3

Jeff George

Atlanta comes out firing and a red hot Jeff George leads Atlanta to 4 opening sscoring drives to start game ( 3 TD's and 1FG).  for an early 24-0 lead.  Atlanta's D held Carolina to 3 points the rest of the way and a late TD pass by George finished the scoring.  George was the star of the game going 30 of 34 for 313 yards and 3 TD's.

Washington 35 Arizona 30

Michael Westbrook

This  was second game in as many days   both with similar outcomes.  Game  was very close as Rookie Coach Curtis keep his team in the hunt  all day. He will be a force to recon with within his division. Like yesterday Westbrook was MVP with  3 TDs and 124 air yards  both QB did fine  yet both teams suffered 6 injuries each

New Orleans 20 San Francisco 10

Mario Bates

The Saints pull of an impossible task as they beat the powerful 49ers in their Season opener 20 to 10 in the Superdome.

The Saints controlled the ball the whole game, with of all things a running game, lead by game MVP HB Mario Bates, who ran for 133 yards on 26 carries and 3 TDs. For the 49ers Jerry Rice caught 9 passes for 209 yards. Next week the Saints travel to LA to play the Rams and the 49ers go home to play the Falcons.

Pittsburgh Steelers 22 Detroit Lions 7

Greg Lloyd

The Steelers win these Season opener 22 to 7 over the Lions in The Rivers Stadium.

All Defense by the Steelers as they held Barry Sanders to 89 yards on 22 carries. Next week the Steelers travel to Houston to play the Oilers and The Lions travel to Minnesota to play the Vikings.

NY Jets 26 Miami 20

Dexter Carter

Well played game by both teams...Jets went up 20 to 10 in the third quarter, but Miami fought back on the arm of Marino and tied the game with a FG with 10 seconds left. Dexter Cater returned the KO 93 yards to give the Jets a 26 to 20 win.   

Seattle 19 Kansas City 17

Joey Galloway

Seattle holds on to a 19-17 Victory. MVP Joey Galloway 60 yard TD from Rick Mirer to start the 3rd quarter helped the Seahawks win the home opener. Seattle held the ball over 36 minutes with a balance attack. KC Steve Bono was only 16 -35 for 146 yards on the day.

San Diego Opens With Win Over Rival Raiders

Stan Humphries

The San Diego Chargers spoil the Raiders' return to Oakland with a 30 to 13 drubbing. Stan Humphries was virtually unstoppable, going 19-27 for 233 yards, including 2 TDs., And while Natrone Means only ran for 56 yards total, he contributed to 4 first downs and his 26 carries helped the Chargers control the clock when they needed to. In addition, Coach Jim Upchurch's playcalling kept the Raiders defense on their heels the whole game.To the Raiders' credit, the defense did force 3 turnovers, including a  forced fumble by All-Pro nose tackle Chester McGlockton and a pick and a forced fumble by All-Pro cornerback Terry McDaniel. However, the Raider offense was unable to capitalize. Next week the Raiders will travel east to face the Redskins at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium and the Chargers will host Rick Mirer and the Seattle Seahawks.