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9602050093
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<PUBLICATION>
DETROIT FREE PRESS
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<DATE>
961116
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<TDATE>
Saturday, November 16, 1996
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<EDITION>
METRO FINAL
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SPT
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<PAGE>
5B
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Chart
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<BYLINE>
MITCH ALBOM, PERRY A. FARRELL, CURT SYLVESTER,
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<COPYRIGHT>
Copyright (c) 1996, Detroit Free Press
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<HEADLINE>
FREE PRESS PRO PICKS
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<SUBHEAD>

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Free Press sports writers Mitch Albom, Perry A. Farrell, Curt Sylvester and
Charlie Vincent take their best shots each week at predicting the NFL's
winners and losers. Their choices are made against  the Glantz-Culver line.
Home teams are capitalized. 

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE    TIME 
ALBOM'S  FARRELL'S  SYLVESTER'S  VINCENT'S
  PICKS  PICKS  PICKS  PICKS
 
 DETROIT  4 1/2 over Seattle    1:00 Sunday
  Seattle  Seattle  Seattle  Seattle
 ATLANTA 4 over New Orleans    1:00 Sunday
  New Orleans  New Orleans Atlanta  New Orleans
 BUFFALO  7 over Cincinnati    1:00 Sunday 
  Cincinnati  Cincinnati  Buffalo  Cincinnati
 Carolina 3 over ST. LOUIS    1:00 Sunday
  St. Louis  St. Louis  Carolina  Carolina
 INDIANAPOLIS  6 over NY Jets   1:00 Sunday
  Indianapolis  Jets  Jets  Indianapolis
 KANSAS CITY 8 1/2 over Chicago   1:00 Sunday
  Kansas City  Chicago  Chicago  Chicago
 NEW ENGLAND  2 1/2 over Denver    1:00 Sunday
  Denver  Denver  Denver  Denver
 PHILADELPHIA 6 over Washington  1:00 Sunday
  Philadelphia  Washington  
      Philadelphia  Washington
 PITTSBURGH 10 1/2 over Jacksonville  1:00 Sunday
  Pittsburgh  Jacksonville  
      Jacksonville Jacksonville
 ARIZONA 2 over NY Giants    4:00 Sunday
  Giants  Giants  Giants  Giants
 HOUSTON 3 1/2 over Miami    4:00 Sunday
  Miami  Houston  Houston  Miami
 SAN DIEGO 7 over Tampa Bay   4:00 Sunday
  San Diego  San Diego  Tampa Bay  San Diego
 SAN FRANCISCO 12 over Baltimore  4:00 Sunday
  San Francisco  Baltimore 
      San Francisco  Baltimore
 OAKLAND 6 1/2 over Minnesota    8:00 Sunday
 Minnesota  Oakland  Oakland  Minnesota
 DALLAS 4 over Green Bay    9:00 Monday
  Dallas  Green Bay  Dallas  Green Bay
 LAST WEEK 
  7-8-0  7-8-0  6-9-0  7-8-0
 OVERALL  
  72-78-0  72-78-0  79-71-0  77-73-0
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<DISCLAIMER>
THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE.
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<KEYWORDS>
FOOTBALL; RANKING; LIST; DFREEPRESS
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