European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 23. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports dolphins rip Bills to win acc East Miami a Dan Marino passed to Bruce Hardy for two touchdowns sunday As the Miami dolphins whipped the bum bling Buffalo Bills 28-0 to win the acc East title they have been greedy with forthe past 16 years. Marino hit Hardy on first half touch Down passes of 19 and 5 Yards. Tony Nathan ran 1 Yard for a score and Ron Daven port rambled 13 Yards for the final touchdown in the fourth period before a crowd of 64,81 in the Orange bowl. The dolphins finished the regular season with seven straight victories for a 12-4 re Cord one game better than division rivals new England and the new York jets the dolphins have won or shared the acc East title 13 of the past 16 years. The dolphins gel a week off before they play their first playoff game either Jan. 4 or Jan. 5 in the Drang bowl. Buffalo finished the season at 2-14. But patriots trim bengals to Nab playoff berth Foxboro mass. A Craig James rushed for a career High 142 Yards and tip toed Down the sideline for an ii Yard fourth Quarter touchdown As the new eng land patriots captured a National football league playoff berth with a 34-23 Victory Over the Cincinnati bengals sunday. The patriots 11-5, earned a wild card spot As they tied a club record for victories in a i dior. Cincinnati 7-9 was eliminated from Contention for the playoffs when Pittsburgh lost to the new York giants saturday. New England will visit the new York jets next saturday in the american foot Ball conference wild card game. After James touchdown put new eng land ahead 27-16 with 8 13 left in the game Cincinnati s Boomer Esiason threw his second touchdown pass an 8-yarder to Cris Collinsworth with 5 43 to go. But new England which never trailed marched right Hack and scored on Robert Weathers 42-Yard burst on a fourth Down and-1 with 1 52 remaining. The patriots appeared in control with a 20-6 halftime Lead but the bengals quickly made life uncomfortable for them. Esiason threw a 33-Yard touchdown pass to Eddie Brown on the fifth play of the third Quarter and Jim Breech kicked his third Field goal of the game a 30-Yardcr with 11 17 left i the game to make the score 20-16. Tony Eason who had thrown a 50-Yard touchdown pass to Stanley Morgan in the tint Quarter hooked up with him for a 48 Yard completion on the second play after the Kekolt to bring the Ball to the Cincin Nati 17-Yard line. James the acc s third ranked rusher going into the game ran twice for 6 Yards then took a lateral from Eason Cut up the right Side and barely stayed inbound As he went into the in done. The patriots had built their halftime Lead on Tony Collins 9-Yard touchdown run and Field goals of 25 and 30 Yards by Tony Franklin. The Bills can t even take Solace in getting a nigh draft pick having Given up their first round Choice in a Trade with Cleveland thai the Browns used in a special draft to take quark crack Bernie Kosar. The Bills contributed to their demise sunday getting nagged for 19 penalties for 123 Yards and twice failing to score from inside the Miami 5-Yard line. Buffalo which suffered three interceptions and lost three fumbles also set up two Miami score with turnovers. Late in the first half the dolphins stopped Bills running Back Joe Cribbs on fourth-and-1 at the 2-Yard line. And in the third period defensive Back William Jud son intercepted a pass by the Bills Bruce Mathison at the 1-Yard line to Slop the Only other Buffalo threat the 5-Yard pass to Hardy came three plays after an interception by Miami line Backer Jackie Shipp. And Nathan s touch Down was Sci up by a Fumble recovery by Bill Barnett at the Buffalo 26-Yard line. Miami started slip imply Wajih an 11-play. 76-Yard March capped by the 19-Yard Pashto Hardy. In the second Quarter the dolphins had to go Only 32 Yards to score after Shipp stepped in front of Eason Ramsom for his interception. They got 23 Yards on the first play As Marino hit Mark Clayton. Two plays later Marino drilled a 5-Yard or to Hardy for his 30th to pass of the season. Marino who set the nil record of 48 scoring passes in a season last year is Only the fourth quarterback to pass for 30 or More touchdowns in a season twice. The most interesting action of the first half occurred far from the Ball. Dolphins wide receiver Mark duper and Bills defensive Back Derrick Burroughs got into a fight downfield on a running play at inc end of the first . Bold players were swinging away by the time officials and teammates broke up the Batlle. Both were thrown out of the game. The Bills Only threat of inc firs half came late in the second Quarter on an ii play. 85-y\rd drive. Cribbs ran 10 limes for 35 Yards on the March but inc big play for inc Bills was a 49-Yard pass from Mathis onto Greg Bell. Bell was tripped up at inc Miami 10-Yard line by dolphins defensive Back Bud Brown then the Miami defense held on iwo straight runs by Cribbs from inside the 2 to keep inc Bills scoreless. Marino finished a subpar Day with 15 comply Lions in 24 attempts for 136 Yards but the usually weak Miami running game accounted for 179 Yards to take up the Slack. A Nthan ran 11 times for 54 Yards and caught six passes for 45 Yards. Redskins beat cardinals St. Louis a George Rogers ran for a club record 205 Yards and one touchdown saturday As the Washington redskins kept their National football league playoff Hopes alive Wilh a 27-16 Triumph Over the St. Louis cardinals. The outcome left the redskins Hopes for a National conference wild card berth hinging on the outcome of sunday s contest Between the san Francisco 49crs and the Dallas cowboys. In an earlier contest saturday the new York giants locked up one pfc wild card spot with a 28-10 Victory Over the Pittsburgh St Celers. Both new York and Washington have 10-6 records but the giants have a better Mark within the division. Washington s rugged defense ranked second in the nil against the Rush bottled up St. Louis after the opening Quarter which saw the cardinals jump to a 9-0 Lead. After recovering Rogers Fumble on the redskins first play of the game St. Louis scared on novo Bojovich 42-Yard Field goal in the opening two minutes. Quarterback Neil Lomax later hit Roy Green with an 8-Yard scoring pass boost up Fioto George Rogers. Gains 205 Yards ing the cards to their 9-0 advantage. But the cards did t score again until the final minutes of the game on to Max s two Yard toss to Clyde Duncan after Washington had built up a 27-9 Lead. When St. Louis tried an onside kick following Green s touchdown safely Barry Wilburn recovered it for washing Ion and inc redskins turned it Inlo 3 Nonu when Mark Mosc Lcy kicked a 48 Yard Field goal. The redskins look the Lead after Dave Bulz recovered a Lomax Fumble on the St. Louis 38 and quarterback Jay sch to Cdr combined with Gary Clark on a 27-Yard touchdown pass. Mosc Lcy who missed three Field goal att mils in the game was Good from 30 Yards Oul just before the half As Washington look a 13-9 Lead Inlo intermission. The redskins then wrapped up the Vic tory on Rogers i Yard run late in the third Quarter. Rogers Rushing total on 34 carries gave him a season total of 1.092 Yards the third time he has topped the 1,000 Yard Mark. The cardinals slump Mitchell dashed 64 Yards in the closing Iii uses of the game to give him 129 Yards for inc Day and put him Over the 1,000-Yard Mark for the season. His run to the redskins 17 set up Lomax s touchdown pass to Dun can Wilh 2 12 remaining. Entire St. Louis coaching staff fired St. Louis a Cardinal owner William v. Bidwill fired coach Jim Hanifan and the team s entire coaching staff after the cardinals lost the final game of their season saturday completing a Dis appointing 5-11 record. I made the decision in the Best in Terest of the team Bidwill said. Jim Hanifan is a Fine Man a Good football coach and a Good Friend. 1 wish Jim and his staff Well in their future in  in six seasons with St. Louis Hanifan compiled a 39-49-1 record. He made the playoffs once in that Span in 1982. 1 despite the extreme disappointment of this season i m leaving with a lot of Good memories Hanifan said. Bill bid will has always been extremely fair to me As Well As to the entire  the cardinals lost to the Washington redskins 27-16 saturday and finished last in the National conference East division after being the preseason pick of Many to capture the title. Fired with Hanifan were defensive coordinator Floyd Peters offensive coordinator Dick Jami son line coach Ernie Mcmillan running Back coach Chuck banker linebacker coach Rudy Feldman defensive Back coach Lance Van Zandol receiver coach Emmitt Thomas special teams coach Jerry Smith strength coach Pete to incr and Leon Mclaughlin a special assistant to Hanifan. Jets Romp Over Browns to wrap up wild card spot East Rutherford. . A Johnny Hector rushed for two scores and Kurt Sohn stole a touchdown sunday As the new York jets surged into the National football league playoffs with a 37-10 Vic tory Over the Cleveland Browns sunday. The jets 11-5. Will Host new England the acc wild card game next saturday. The Browns dropped to 8-8, but Are acc Central champions and will have a Bye next week Pat Leahy had three Field goals for the jets but it was Sohn s weird touchdown at 13 17 of the first Quarter with Cleveland holding a 7-3 Lead that turned the game. It was the result of a cast on Don Rogers right Arm to protect a broken thumb. Ken o Brien s pass was overthrown right to Rogers who had it Bounce off his Chest and cast. Sohn the intended receiver wrestled it away at the Cleveland 8 and scooted into the end zone. The Browns who had taken the Lead when Brian Brennan returned a weak Dave Jennings punt 37 Yards for a touchdown tied it 10-10 on a 32-Yard Field goal by Matt Bahr. But new York went ahead for Good 17 10 after Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar was sacked by Mark Gastineau and Fum bled at his own 13. Linebacker Bob Crable fell on the Ball and Hector swept in from the 5 on third Down