European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 25, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 upper he Fonti Jeff Giddy 12, with by rips off 46-Yard gain As rim Stein s Mark Humphry 86 and Eric Healley Chase him on first Quarter play of i Safe a Lilc Mac Tali la throwing wobbly All Day fired deep to booted the Point thai pushed 1 Stein a Germany one Darren toy but safety Curtis Joyner ahead 33-32. 11 turned out to be catch. One Champion. A helluva game. It s just a football game broke it up. One Point spread in Safe title i by Bucky Fox stiff Ramstein pass. One catch Jeff Wilson launched the touchdown bomb a 43-yarder with 2 51 left and Clarence Toomir caught it to lift Ramstein Over upper Heyford 33-32 in sunday s Safe football championship game. We re the champs bellowed line Backer Kevin Lohr in the rams loud locker room. We re the Only one who can say that. Not Pitburg not harm not upper this is the Best game i be Ever played in my life Laid Wilson who completed eight of 23 passes for 140 Yards and two ads. It j fantastic said nose guard Blake Marshall who led Ramstein with nine Uckley ind will rotate stateside wednes Day. It s the Best going away present i could get from this base. Sky Kings quarterback Jeff Caddy who passed for one touchdown and ran for their last go ahead to in the third Quarter said initially it hurts. But we played a we wanted it bad but you can t cry Over spilt Ramstein overcame a 26-13 halftime deficit to claim its record tying third straight Safe title. This was also the rams 29th straight Victory at Home and the highest scoring game in the 39-year history of the Safe final. The rams Rode the legs of tailback Wil lie Mccray who rushed for 160 Yards and three touchdowns. That included a 60 yarder that helped him land the game s most valuable player award the second straight year it has gone to an army player. Then when the pressure nearly squeezed them out of the title the rams Rode the Arm of Wilson. Ramstein trailed 32-26 when it gained Possession at its 29-Yard line with 5 55 left. Mccray bulled for 23 Yards fullback Stan Henderson for 6 and Mccray for 3 More to the sky Kings 39. Ramstein gained 5 More Yards on an offside penalty t Darre Brok. A second Down draw to Mccray lost 9 Yards Back to the 43. Wilson tried a pass to tight end Dave Murray but no go. The rams faced fourth and 19. The clock showed 3 00. A lot of people were saying hold your Man do your Job " tackle Pat Owens said of the rams huddle. On the rams sideline coach Bill Schultz called the play. We had Toomir working one on one with 23 Joyner he said later. The Stop and go on the pre Vious play had the Guy beat but Jeff went Over the Middle to Murray. I came unglued on that one but i said to run it Wilson did. He saw Toomir beat Joyn Crand Andrew Epps a linebacker Cor Zerback who had held the Little flanker Toone catch. Wilson fired and Toomer caught it at the 4 near the right sideline then Stum bled into the end zone. Dennis Wood Ham the barefooted kick e free in conditions Boote Ramstein ahead 33-32. It turned Oul to be the third one poin history. Give Toomer credit. All i did was throw the Ball said Wilson who clicked with Toomer for eight touchdowns during Ramstein s 7-1 regular season and hit him with the winning to in the Continental sports conference semifinals. I was throwing the Ball soft All Day. I did t have enough zip. If i was going to miss him this time. I was going to throw it Over his Toomir had dropped a third Down pass that killed Ramstein s previous scribe. I be been with him All Schulz said. He could drop three or four but he s my Money on this pass said Toomir. I did t know where i was at first. I just thought i d catch it and dive As far As i Epps the sky Kings leading Tacker with nine explained i got him Short and Joyner was supposed to pick him up on Long patterns. He did t pick him up. Tried to get Back there but i could t. The see Ramstein on Page 26 it was do or die says Toomer of winning pass by Dave Walczak stiff writer Ramstein a Germany they All said it was do or and since the Ramstein rams arc alive As defending Safe football champions there was no need to order a coffin. That order was cancelled after Clarence Toomer hauled in i 43-Yard to pass with 2 51 left to give Ramstein a 33-32 Victory Over upper Heyford sunday and a third straight Safe championship. The Jeff Wilson to Toomer connection clicked just when the undertaker was about to arrive. Facing fourth Down and 19, Wilson tired Over two defenders to Toomir who Gath ered the Ball in at the 4 and fell into the end zone. The touchdown tied the score at 32-32 and preceded Dennis Woodham s conversion kick that accounted for the final was a double Stop and go pattern said Toomer. We ran it earlier and i was open but Jeff threw to the tight end instead. This time 1 made it a one Stop Fly pattern and Jeff threw it right in there. They called the play from the Bench. It was do or Dic. But 1 was open All i knew the game was on the line with that pass said Wilson who has guided the ram offence the last two years. The play came from the Bench. We had been in these places before and came Oul ahead. When it was fourth it was like first Down. No big Deal at All. But this was the most exciting football game i be Ever been in. They were a Good football team. The could easily have come out winning coach Bill Shultz said there was not enough Lime to punt and gambled the game on one play. A Pun would have killed us. It was a one play situation. I saw the play earlier and Toomer was open then. Toomir is so Quick. If Jeff could gel the Ball out there i figured he was going to catch it. Shultz who said he was Uncertain whether hell return for a crack at a fourth consecutive Safe title paid credit to his opponents. Upper Heyford took it to us. They played a helluva football game. And their quarterback Jeff Caddy pick an attribute Superb outstanding great. He s All of those. He s the Best quarterback we be played against All year. But it s like i be said Over and Over we play winning football at Ramstein. Maybe now we re going to get the respect that goes with playing winning football which we have been the last three Toomir a member of last year s rams who downed Ben Waters 24-6 in the Safe game said he was sur prised by the sky Kings. There s no Way that i figured thai they would score 32 Points against our defense. I never thought we would need 33 Points to Wilson was also relieved to see the last of the . Conference champions. The Strong armed quarterback completed Only 8 of 23 passes for 140 Yards. But give their defense a lot of credit Wilson said. Hey they were a Good football team. They easily could have won this thing. There was just that one Point for Wilson and his teammates that was enough margin to keep them ahead of the Safe pack for another year
