NFL -- Minnesota's Terry Allen Out For Season After Knee Surgery

MINNEAPOLIS - Running back Terry Allen, who rushed for 1,201 yards and 15 touchdowns for the Minnesota Vikings last season, is out for the year after undergoing reconstructive knee surgery, the team said.

Allen was injured July 22 during practice, but doctors weren't able to determine whether he had torn a ligament in his right knee until surgery was performed.

"He did have a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which was repaired. The surgery went fine," team spokesman David Pelletier said. "He's out for the season. Usual rehabilitation is 10 to 12 months before a player is actually back on the field."

Allen had a similar operation on his left knee three years ago.

LIONS 30, BENGALS 7

PONTIAC, Mich. - The Detroit Lions remained unbeaten in exhibition play as Rodney Peete threw for 137 yards and one touchdown and former Washington State Cougar Jason Hanson kicked three field goals against Cincinnati.

Detroit (3-0-1) took advantage of key turnovers by the Bengals (1-2). Peete, selected as the No. 1 quarterback by Coach Wayne Fontes on Thursday, completed 10 of 20 passes with one interception - all in the first half. Hanson kicked field goals of 35, 21 and 37 yards.

COLTS 18, RAIDERS 7

INDIANAPOLIS - Don Majkowski, hoping to push Jeff George even lower on the Indianapolis Colts' depth chart, passed for 125 yards and threw a touchdown to rookie Sean Dawkins to help defeat the Los Angeles Raiders.

George, the Colts' former starter, ended a seven-week holdout earlier in the day but already had been demoted behind Jack Trudeau.

Rookie Billy Joe Hobert took the Raiders to the Indianapolis 25 yard line before losing the ball on downs with just more than two minutes to go.

BRONCOS 34, DOLPHINS 24

DENVER - John Elway threw three touchdown passes, directing Denver to four scores in a span of nine minutes, and the Broncos beat Miami.

Denver (2-1) rallied from a 7-0 deficit to take a 24-10 lead with the scoring flurry late in the second quarter and early in the third.

Elway completed touchdown passes of 12 yards to Shannon Sharpe, 35 yards to Arthur Marshall and 23 yards to rookie Glyn Milburn. Rookie Jason Elam, who appears to have beaten out incumbent kicker David Treadwell, added a 35-yard field goal during the spurt.

Elway and Miami's Dan Marino dueled to a 10-10 halftime tie, but while Marino headed to the bench for the second half, Elway came out for the first two series and produced touchdowns on both.

NOTES

-- Defensive end Leslie O'Neal, who led the AFC with a career-high 17 sacks last year, signed a three-year contract with the San Diego Chargers.

Financial terms weren't announced, but O'Neal reportedly was seeking $3 million per year. He made $1.5 million last season.

-- Walter Payton, recently inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, escaped serious injury when his race car overturned and caught fire during a practice session for today's SCCA Trans-Am race at Road America.

Payton, who began racing after retiring in 1987 from the Chicago Bears, was taken to Valley View Medical Center in Plymouth, Wis.

Track officials said Payton, 39, suffered minor burns to the face and one arm, and was shaken up but otherwise uninjured.

Payton was expected to be treated and released.

-- The Detroit Lions picked up defensive help with the signing of cornerback Tim McKyer.

McKyer, an unrestricted free agent, will start his eighth season in the NFL. He played for Atlanta in 1992, starting 15 games.

McKyer, 29, played for San Francisco from 1986 to 1989, Miami in 1990 and was traded to the Falcons in 1991. Last season, he made 59 tackles, had one sack and one interception.

-- The Kansas City Chiefs announced that veteran running back Barry Word has signed a one-year contract with the team.

Contract details weren't disclosed.

If Word hadn't signed by yesterday, NFL rules would have prohibited him from playing in the first two regular-season games.

The Chiefs' tender offer for Word was $700,000. Word also had the option of accepting a one-year deal equal to 110 percent of his 1992 salary, an offer of about $640,000 plus any incentive clauses.