1982 MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SUPERSTARS
A Superstars special that was held during the N.F.L. player's strike of 1982 and broadcast on Monday night in the usual Monday Night Football time slot featured twelve N.F.L. stars, six of whom had participated in previous Superstars finals. The competition was first rate across the board, as records were scored in several events. It was Nolan Cromwell in the obstacle course who set a new Superstars record, breaking the nine month old record of Renaldo Nehimiah with a time of 21.92. Had it not been for a penalty in the obstacle course final, Cromwell would have bettered his own record. Mark Gastineau, Russ Francis and Bob Baumhower jumped out to an early lead all doing well in swimming, weight lifting and rowing. Then the speedsters took over as James Lofton, Cris Collinsworth and Nolan Cromwell began scoring well. Lofton won the entire event by beating Collinsworth by 0.08 seconds in the obstacle course. Lofton nearly had a penalty on the blocking sled as he pushed the sled to the right instead of straight. Fortunately for Lofton the sled tumbled over the line to avoid a penalty.
Key Biscayne, Florida
November, 1982
Announcers: Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford, Don Meredith.
| PLC. NAME, SPORT |
TEN |
SWIM |
WL |
BOWL |
ROW |
GOLF |
100 |
HALF |
BIKE |
OC |
TOTAL |
MONEY |
| 1. James Lofton, Football |
1 |
- |
- |
|
1 |
|
10 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
33 |
$23,300 |
| 2. Cris Collinsworth, Football |
7 |
1 |
- |
0 |
- |
10 |
7 |
4 |
- |
2 |
31 |
$15,600 |
| 2. Mark Gastineau, Football |
- |
7 |
10 |
- |
10 |
0 |
0 |
- |
4 |
0 |
31 |
$15,600 |
| 4. Nolan Cromwell, Football |
|
2 |
- |
|
2 |
7 |
2 |
7 |
|
10 |
30 |
$8,000 |
| 5. Russ Francis, Football |
2 |
10 |
2 1/3 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
26 1/3 |
$2,633 |
| 6. Bob Baumhower, Football |
0 |
4 |
2 1/3 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
23 1/2 |
$2,333 |
| 7. Joe Cribbs, Football |
|
- |
0 |
|
|
|
4 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
14 |
$2,000 |
| 7. Ahmad Rashad, Football |
10 |
0 |
- |
4 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
4 |
14 |
$2,000 |
| 7. Lawrence Taylor, Football |
4 |
- |
7 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
14 |
$2,000 |
| 10. Billy Sims, Football |
|
- |
2 1/3 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
- |
10 |
1 |
13 1/3 |
$2,000 |
| 11. Kellen Winslow, Football |
0 |
- |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
7 |
$2,000 |
| 12. Jimmie Giles, Football |
|
0 |
- |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
0 |
3 |
$2,000 |
INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS
SWIMMING-heat 1 (50 Yards)
| 1. Russ Francis |
24.78 |
| 2. Mark Gastineau |
26.7e |
| 3. Nolan Cromwell |
29.0e |
SWIMMING-heat 2 (50 Yards)
| 1. Bob Baumhower |
26.86 |
| 2. Cris Collinsworth |
28.7e |
| 3. Ahmad Rashad |
35.4e |
| 4. Jimmie Giles |
38.3e |
100 YARD DASH-heat 1
| 1. James Lofton |
9.90 |
| 2. Joe Cribbs |
10.13 |
| 3. Jimmie Giles |
10.42 |
| 4. Mark Gastineau |
10.7e |
100 YARD DASH-heat 2
| 1. Cris Collinsworth |
10.14 |
| 2. Nolan Cromwell |
10.28 |
| 3. Billy Sims |
11.1e |
TENNIS
| 1. Ahmad Rashad |
10 |
| 2. Cris Collinsworth |
7 |
| 3. Lawrence Taylor |
4 |
| 4. Russ Francis |
2 |
| 5. James Lofton |
1 |
| Rashad def. Francis |
6-0 |
| Collinsworth def. Taylor |
N/A |
| Rashad def. Collinsworth |
6-2 |
SWIMMING-final (50 Yards)
| 1. Russ Francis |
25.26 |
| 2. Mark Gastineau |
25.90 |
| 3. Bob Baumhower |
26.0e |
| 4. Nolan Cromwell |
28.9e |
| 5. Cris Collinsworth |
29.0e |
WEIGHT LIFTING
| 1. Mark Gastineau |
310 |
| 2. Lawrence Taylor |
290 |
| 3. Bob Baumhower |
280 |
| 3. Russ Francis |
280 |
| 3. Billy Sims |
280 |
| 6. Joe Cribbs |
270 |
| 6. Kellen Winslow |
270 |
BOWLING
| 1. Bob Baumhower |
N/A |
| 2. Kellen Winslow |
N/A |
| 3. Ahmad Rashad |
N/A |
| 4. Lawrence Taylor |
N/A |
| 5. Russ Francis |
N/A |
ROWING
| 1. Mark Gastineau |
36.74 |
35.77 |
| 2. Russ Francis |
37.28 |
37.7e |
| 3. Bob Baumhower |
37.48 |
38.0e |
| 4. Nolan Cromwell |
N/A |
|
| 5. James Lofton |
N/A |
GOLF- closest to the pin
| 1. Cris Collinsworth |
14' 6 1/2" |
| 2. Nolan Cromwell |
N/A |
| 3. Russ Francis |
N/A |
| 4. Bob Baumhower |
N/A |
| 5. Lawrence Taylor |
N/A |
| Mark Gastineau |
N/A |
| Ahmad Rashad |
N/A |
| Billy Sims |
N/A |
| Kellen Winslow |
N/A |
100 YARD DASH-final
| 1. James Lofton |
9.61 |
| 2. Cris Collinsworth |
10.3e |
| 3. Joe Cribbs |
10.4e |
| 4. Nolan Cromwell |
10.4e |
| 5. Jimmie Giles |
10.6e |
HALF MILE RUN
| 1. James Lofton |
1:58.03 |
| 2. Nolan Cromwell |
1:59.9e |
| 3. Cris Collinsworth |
2:21.1e |
| 4. Jimmie Giles |
2:29.9e |
| 5. Joe Cribbs |
dnf |
BIKE RACE-heats (Quarter Mile)
| 1. James Lofton |
35.05 |
| Billy Sims |
N/A |
| Mark Gastineau |
N/A |
| Joe Cribbs |
N/A |
| Bob Baumhower |
N/A |
BIKE RACE-final (Half Mile)
| 1. Billy Sims |
1:11.55 |
| 2. James Lofton |
N/A |
| 3. Mark Gastineau |
N/A |
| 4. Joe Cribbs |
N/A |
| 5. Bob Baumhower |
N/A |
OBSTACLE COURSE
| 1. Nolan Cromwell |
21.92 |
21.92 r |
21.48+HB = 26.48 |
|
| 2. Joe Cribbs |
23.36 |
23.36 |
27.27 |
|
| 3. James Lofton |
23.63 |
23.63 |
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| 4. Cris Collinsworth |
23.71 |
23.71 |
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| 5. Billy Sims |
24.08 |
24.08 |
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| 6. Russ Francis |
24.77 |
24.77 |
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| 7. Mark Gastineau |
26.72 |
26.72 |
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| 8. Lawrence Taylor |
30.2e |
30.2e |
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| 9. Jimmie Giles |
33.46 |
33.46 |
e = estimated time
r = Superstars record
N/A = result not available
dnf - did not finish