Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.sports From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Smith, defense lead Cowboys Date: Mon, 26 Oct 92 14:37:03 EST Message-ID: \SE C;SPORTS;PRO FOOTBALL \SS (WS) \HD Smith, defense lead Cowboys \BY ASSOCIATED PRESS \DT LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES (AP) - Emmitt Smith and the Dallas defense ruined the day for the largest crowd of the NFL season. Smith ran for 152 yards and three touchdowns yesterday as the Cowboys maintained their one-game lead in the NFC East with a 28-13 victory over the Los Angeles Raiders. Smith, who carried 29 times, scored on a six-yard run in the first quarter, a four-yarder in the third period, which put the Cowboys (6-1) ahead for good, and a 26-yarder with 3:26 left in the game. "This was not my best day, but it will do," Smith said. "These were the biggest holes I've had to run through all year. We were able to mix the run and pass well today." The Raiders (3-5), cheered on by a crowd of 91,505 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, had won their previous three games, but they didn't have enough offense to make it four in a row. The Cowboys held them to 12 first downs and 165 yards of total offense. The Raiders didn't convert a third down in eight opportunities. Smith's second touchdown run capped a 75-yard, five-play drive and made it 14-13. It came immediately after the Raiders had gone ahead 13-7. The big play in the Cowboys' march was a 52-yard pass from Troy Aikman to Alvin Harper to the Raiders 21. The Cowboys, playing on grass for the first time this season, extended their lead to 21-13 on a three-yard run by Aikman with 10:06 left in the game, capping a 64-yard, 12-play drive, and held the Raiders in check thereafter. In fact, Los Angeles didn't cross midfield after a 31-yard pass from Todd Marinovich to Willie Gault had given the Raiders their 13-7 lead just 4:18 into the third quarter. The touchdown came two plays after Tim Brown returned Mike Saxon's 29-yard punt 29 yards to the Cowboys 33. Aikman completed 16 of 25 passes for 234 yards without being intercepted. But Marinovich, who was sacked three times, struggled, completing only eight of 23 passes for 117 yards. He was relieved by Jay Schroeder after Smith's third scoring run. "We just didn't play well as a team in the second half," Marinovich said. "We had opportunities. There were passes I missed. We had the game under control in the first half and then let it slip away." This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM