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New York football fans were denied a chance to watch the end of the Dallas Cowboys’ comeback victory against the Redskins, when the local station chose to air a show featuring a monkey carrying a kitten.
WNYC, which showed “World’s Funniest!” instead of the football game, was the only Fox affiliate in the country not to pick up the national network feed at 7 p.m. EST. The rest of the country showed “World’s Funniest!” in its entirety after the game ended.
“It was a decision that our New York station made on Friday and they are the only one who chose not to go that route,” said Fox Sports spokesman Vince Wladika.
Most of the country was watching either the Redskins-Cowboys game or the 49ers-Panthers game, which ended before 7 p.m. Under NFL rules, the St. Louis, Detroit and New York affiliates were barred from showing a doubleheader game because their teams were at home.
That restriction is lifted at 7 p.m., and WNYC was the only Fox station that chose not to air the game.
The game, won by Dallas 17-14 on a field goal with 4 seconds left, had playoff ramifications for the New York Giants, who are one game ahead of Dallas and Washington in the NFC East.
1, 2, 3, kick
Atlanta’s Morten Andersen kicked a fourth-quarter extra point to become the fifth player in NFL history to reach 1,600 points for his career and extended his consecutive game scoring record to 217.
Chris Boniol missed a potential game-winning overtime field goal as the Philadelphia Eagles tied with the Baltimore Ravens, but Boniol’s 33-yarder in the third quarter gave him 55 straight from 35 yards or closer.
Giants kicker Brad Daluiso kicked field goals of 32 and 34 yards and has now made 34 straight inside of 40 yards.
By the numbers
Kansas City’s Marcus Allen extended his NFL record with his 118th and 119th rushing touchdowns. He has 40 to tie Christian Okoye for the Chiefs team record… . Derrick Thomas had two sacks for the Chiefs, giving him 101 in his career. He is the 15th player in league history to top 100… . Tommy Vardell became the first Lion other than Barry Sanders to rush for three touchdowns in a game since 1983… . The Cardinals have allowed 17 sacks in the last two games, 48 in their last seven, and 54 in 11 games… . Emmitt Smith became the 11th player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards. He has 11,042… . Steve Young’s scoring run for San Francisco was his 36th career touchdown, placing him third on the all-time list for quarterbacks behind Jack Kemp (40) and Tobin Rote (37).
Noteworthy
Seattle’s starting right offensive tackle Howard Ballard missed the first game of his career after playing in 154 consecutive games… . The Colts had middle linebacker Stephen Grant inactive for the seventh consecutive game with a nerve injury in his neck. … San Francisco safety Tim McDonald broke a bone in his right foot during the third quarter… . Glenn Foley made his second straight start at quarterback for the Jets but injured his left knee and ankle on a sack in the second quarter.
The final thought
“We showed today we’re not an 0-10 football team,”
- Colts kicker Cary Blanchard, whose team now stands at 1-10.
, DataTimes