European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday october 28, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 College football Iowa crushes Northwestern Evanston. 111. A Chuck Long lied a big ten record by firing six touchdown strikes three to Bill Happl and a fourth covering 89 Yards to Robert Smith As no. Iowa steam rolled North Western 49-10 saturday. Long entered the game ranked As the second Best career passer in the big ten and i2lh in Mcaa history. He finished the Day with 19 completions in 26 at tempts for .199 Yards. He was intercepted once. The Law Keyes 7-0 Overall and 4-0 in the conference managed just one score in the opening Quarter a 40-Yard to grab by Happel four minutes into the game. Then Long crushed the wildcats defense in the second Quarter. After John Duvic s 21-Yard Field goal Drew the wildcats within 7-3. Long an swered with an 80-Yard, six play dec capped by Ronnie Harmon s 44-Yard scoring run with a screen pass. It was he first of three touchdown passes in the Quarter. Long came Back with two More in the third period and a 4-Yard scoring strike to Craig Clark in the final Quarter. He then handed off to Kevin Harmon for a 2-Yard touchdown that was the Huw pc yes final score and their Only Rushing Northwestern scored with 2 02 left in the game when Mike Greenfield hooked up with Marc Bumgarner for a 4-Yard scoring play. Long s performance tied or bettered several records. His six touchdown passes lied the big ten Mark established by Illi Nois Dave Wilson against Ohio state in 1981, As Well As s own school Mark set last season against Texas in the free Dom bowl. The 89-Yard to Hookup with Smith was a school record bettering he longest previous touchdown connection of 87 Yards Between Gary Snook and Craig Nourse against Minnesota in 1964. Happel finished the Day with five catches for 117 Yards to Lead the Iowa receiving corps. Harmon topped the Rush ers with 74 Yards in 14 carries. Northwestern which Slid to 3-4 and i 3 in the conference with the loss got a 21-of-40 passing performance from Greenfield for 24.1 Yards with three interceptions. Step stuns 7th-ranked by 23-16 Elpaso Texas a defensive Back Danny Taylor inter celled a Robbie Bosco pass in Texas Elpaso s own end zone and raced 100 Yards for the deciding touchdown As inc miners surprised inc defending National Champion and Sev in a ranked Brigham Young cougars 23-16 Here saturday. The Western athletic conference win was the first of the season for paso in seven outings. Step had one of the worst records among major colleges in recent history having won Only 14 of their last 121 games Over i years. The cougars fell to 6-2 Overall and 3-2 in inc wac. With just More than five minutes remaining in the second period Taylor grabbed Bosco s intended touchdown pass and scampered Down the length of the Field to give the miners a 17-10 Lead. Denver nabs acc West Lead Broncos Humble chiefs 30-10 Kansas City. To. A Randy Robbins blocked two punts to set up a pair of scores and Gerald Willhile ran for two Short yardage touchdowns to Lead the Den ver Broncos past the beleaguered Kamas City chiefs 30-10 sunday. The Victory gave the Broncos a 6-2 re Cord and first place in the american con Ference West one half game ahead of the los Angeles raiders who play san Diego monday night. Kansas City 3-5, has lost four in a Row. The chiefs failed to pick up a first Down on their first four possessions and each punt including Robbins blocks led to a score is Denver built a 24-0 Lead. Willhite who gained 55 Yards on 13 car Ries before suffering a concussion late in the first half dived in from the i on the Bron cos first Possession. After Robbins second Block Willhile slanted in from the 2 mid w a in the second period. The chiefs finally got Una racked and rolled 75 Yards to Ethan Horton s i Yard run but John Elway no Chad the Broncos from heir 19 to the Kansas City 5 and Rich Karlis kicked his second Field goal of the game a 22-yarder As time ran out in inc half giving Denver a 27-7 Cushion. Karlis also kicked a 24-Yardcr in the first Quarter following Robbins first Block and a 19-Yardcr Early in the fourth Quarter. Gene Lang slowed in from the i for a Denver touchdown seven seconds into the second period. Lang finished with 71 Yards on 12 carries. Nick Lowery kicked a 33-Yard Field goal for Kansas City in the third Quarter four plays after Bill Kenny and St phone Paige hooked up on a 53-Yard pass the chiefs longest play this season. Kenny Back after missing a game with a knee Bruise completed m of 28 passes for 195 Yards and Elway hit 1.1 of 20 for 116 Yards. The Broncos drove 52 Yards to Willhile s first touchdown thai capped a 10-play drive 6 34 into the game. Willhite started it with a 14-Yard sweep to the right to the chiefs 38-Yard line on a fake reverse and Elway passed 12 Yards to Sieve Walson to the 1 before Willhite went in. Skins use turnovers to beat Browns 14-7 Cleveland a John Riggins scored his 114th career touchdown to pass Lenny Moore and take Over second place on the nil time touchdown list sunday As the Washington redskins Defeated the Cleve land Browns 14-7. 1-Yard burst Early in the first Quarter was the first of two Washington touchdowns resulting from turnovers by Cleveland Rookie quarterback Crnic Kosar who was benched at halftime with Cleve land trailing 14-0. Curtis Jordan 32-Yard return of a Kosar interception set up Riggins touch Down which left him 12 shy of Jim Brown s All time record of 126. Riggins also has 102 Rushing ads to 106 for Brown. Riggins finished with 112 Yards in 30 carries. After Cal Olkowicz recovered Kosar s Fumble at the Cleveland 37, Joe Theismann fired a 19-Yard scoring pass to Rookie Gary Clark for a 14-0 halftime Lead. Theismann entered the game As the Low est rated passer in the pfc but he completed All five of his passes on the redskins two first half scoring drives. Theismann finished with 16 comply Lions in 23 attempts for 166 Yards. After Kosar was benched in the second half Veteran Gary Danielson threw a 14 Yard touchdown pass to Ozzie Newsome to pull Cleveland within 14-7 with 8 30 to go in the third period but the Browns did not score again. Their last drive died on Downs at the Washington 17 with 2 27 left. Bears Frim Vikings for 8th straight Chicago a Jim Mcmahon threw two touchdown passes and Olis Wil son returned an interception 23 Yards for another touchdown sunday leading the Chicago hears to a 27-9 Triumph Over the Minnesota Vikings. It was the eighth straight Victory for the undefeated hears and their Best Start since the 1942 team won 11 in a Row. Mcmahon Hil Dennis Mckinnon with a 33-Yard scoring pass an the game s opening drive and connected on a 20-Yard touch Down pass with Walter Payton in the fourth Quarter. Paylon also gained 118 Yards on 19 rushes for the 67th 100-Yard" game of his career. The hears were leading 13-7 Early in inc third Quarter when Minnesota s Tommy Kramer went Back to pass. Richard Dent deflected the pass and Wilson gathered it in Ami went Down the left sideline for the clinching touchdown. It was one of three interceptions thrown by Kramer who also was sacked three times by the swarming Bear defense. Kra Mer 16 if 3.1 passes for 176 Yards before leaving in the fourth Quarter. Minnesota s Only touchdown was set up by a 27-Yard pass interference Penally against the hears and was scored b Darrin Nelson on a i Yard run. Mcmahon finished with is completions in 31 attempts for 181 Yards. The hears scored on their first two pos sessions to take a 10-0 Lead. They look the opening Kickoff and drove 78 Yards with Mcmahon hitting Mckinnon with a 33 Yard touchdown pass. Kevin duller followed with i 40-Yardfield goal. Daniel sparkles As Colts rip pack Indianapolis a Eugene Dan Iel intercepted three passes and Wayne Capers making his first Slart scored on a 20-Yard run and on pass receptions of 39 and 33 Yards leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 37-10 Victory sunday Over the Green Bay packers. Daniel also broke up a Green Bay pass at inc Indianapolis 2-Yard line and recovered two fumbles that ended Packer threats in inc last seven minutes of play. Two of Daniel s interceptions set up first half touchdowns by the Colls who built a 20-10 Lead at intermission and put inc game out of reach on their first Possession of inc third Quarter. Runs by George Wonsley and Randy Mcmillan took Indianapolis to the Green Bay 39. On the next play. Mcmillan took inc Ball from quarterback Mike Pacl faked a run and pitched Back to Pagel who fired the touchdown pass to Capers. Capers got his third touchdown on a 33 Yard pass from backup quarterback mall Kofler with 2 50 left in the final period. White returns to Lead cowboys past Falcons 24-10 the cowboys defense pressured Archer into four interceptions including two by Dextor Clinkscalo. White completed 27 of 46 passes for 362 Yards while Dorset gained 90 Yards on 16carries. Irving Tenas a quarterback Danny White celebrated his return to the lineup sunday by scoring a touchdown and hitting Tony Hill with a 35-Yard touchdown pass to give the Dallas cowboys a 24-10 Victory Over the Atlanta Falcons. Dallas leads the National conference Eastern division with a 6-2 record at the Halfway Mark. Atlanta dropped to 1-7. White who sat out Dallas 16-14 loss to Philadelphia last week with sore ribs came out throwing against the single coverage Atlanta defense and completed 10 passes to Hill for 161 Yards. But White also showed some rust. Three of his passes were intercepted and he had to make a touchdown saving tackle on safety so t Case at Midfield after an interception in the fourth period. The underdog Falcons jumped to a 10-0 lend on Dave Archer s 3-Yard scoring pass to tight end Allama Matthews and Mick Luckhurst s 38-Yard Field goal. But the cowboys struck for 17 second period Points on a 35-Yard pass from while o Hill Tony Dorsett s 60-Yard scoring dash and Rafael sepia in s 28-Yard Field goal with two seconds left in the half. Dallas put the game away in the fourth period with an 81-Yard drive climaxed by while s 1-Yard scaring run. White s 27 Yard pass to Hill pet the Ball on the i
