European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 free throws hit spartans past Indiana Bloomington ind. A senior Forward Larry Polcic hit four free throws in the last 23 seconds As Michigan slate held off a rally by Isth ranked Indiana for a 77-74 big ten Victory sunday. The spartans up 39-37 at half time built their Lead to is Points at 57-42 with 14 44 remaining. Indiana stormed Back in a 22-9 scoring spree Over the next 10 minutes and tied the score 70-70 on Junior guard Steve Alford s three Point play with 1 35 remaining. Sophomore Forward Carlton Val Entine who topped the spartans with 21 Points made two free throws to give Michigan state the Lead. The spartans then made five of six free throws in the last 23 seconds including the four by Polec and one by freshman guard Darryl Johnson. Alford led All scorers with 23 Points 17 of them in the second half. Senior guard Scott sidles had 20 Points for Michigan state and Polec finished with 18. It was Indiana s seventh consecutive big ten defeat at Home going Back to last season and the hoosiers now arc 0-2 in league play and 8-4 Overall. Michigan state is 1-1 in the big ten and 10-2 Overall. Pats need third Road Victory for their first super bowl trip los Angeles a the new England patriots arc just one step away from a feat which has never been accomplished reaching the super bowl by win Ning three straight Road games. We beat two playoff teams on the Road linebacker Steve Nelson said after his team stunned the los Angeles raiders 27-20 sunday. There s nothing that we can t do As a team. I Don t remember the last ii years added the 34-year-old Veteran of 12 years with the patriots. I m a member of the 1985 the patriots who beat the new York jets 26-14 at the Meadowlands in the american football conference wild card game on dec. 28, will Advance to super bowl xxx if they can beat the dolphins at Miami sunday in the acc championship game. The patriots wins Over the jets and raiders were their first postseason victories since 1963 and the second and third playoff triumphs in their history. Their next chore does t figure to be easy they Haven t beaten the dolphins in the Orange bowl since 1966, losing 18 straight games. We d like to play Miami said running Back Craig James who gained 103 Yards on 24 carries against the raiders. That was our goal after our monday night loss. We d like to go Down there and the dolphins beat the patriots 30-27 at deeds against giants louder than words by James Litke Chicago a defensive tackle Steve Mongo Mcmichael talking about his defensive philosophy is a Little like dirty Harry talking about the criminal Justice system. Both prefer actions to words. And Mcmichael and his defensive companions spoke about As loudly As they could have sunday Sta rolling the new York giants 21-0 in a National football conference showdown of top rated de remember As a Little Guy said my Michael that quarterbacks used to drop Back in the pocket and sit there All Day. But people have Learned through the years How to Rush the passer and the offensive lineman just Haven t kept Pace he continued. Speed is the name of the game today not just behemoths. And when you be got fast behemoths like we do. You got something even As Mcmichael continued to hold court Chicago s Best known Behemoth Gap toothed Rookie William the refrigerator Perry did the same in another Corner of the bears locker room. Distracted by All that commercials no Way he said flashing a now familiar Grin. When i m on the football Field i play for a team thai has been called cocky and hawked everything from hamburgers to toilet paper and a video called the super bowl shuffle the bears sunday Celebration was surprisingly muted. It took us a while to Settle Down but remember we had t played for two weeks said safety Gary Fencik the elder statesman on the vaunted Chicago de sense. Everybody wanted to make the first couple of plays and i think that made us look tentative. But we knew the key was whose line would be dominating and right from the Start our Guys Felt they could gel through he added. Mcmichael was about to explain How when All of a sudden somebody reminded him that Rookie Kevin Butler a fellow southerner had missed three Field goals. That was enough to Spur Mcmichan Back to action. Like to go on fellas said Mcmichael excusing himself but i be got to find that boy. I m going to kick his Miami on dec. 16. When the acc East rivals met in Foxboro on nov. 3, new eng land won 17-13. The last four weeks we never planned ahead because we were playing Good teams Nelson said. Now it s Back to Miami said James what we be done the last two weeks is really remarkable. We weren t even the same bal club in september when we played the the raiders whipped the patriots 35-20 on sept. 29, new England s Only Home Field loss. Only two wild card teams have Ever reached the super bowl the Dallas cow boys in 1975 and the raiders then playing in Oakland in 1980. There was on wild card team per conference in 1975, meaning the cowboys needed to win two games to reach the super bowl. The raid ers beat Houston at Home in the 1980 acc wild card game. The cowboys lost to Pittsburgh 21-17 in super bowl x while the raiders beat the Philadelphia eagles 27-10 in super bowl Xiv. I d say the patriots have a Good Chance raiders All pro defensive end Howie Long said. If they run the Ball the Way they did today make the big plays get the Good performance from the Field goal kicker they la beat them. The patriots Are where they Are because they deserve to be Fife Malo Steve Mongo Mcmichael. Speed is name of game said raiders nose guard Bill i in Kcal they beat us 27-20 and deservedly so. If they play the football they played today they have a great Chance to Bocai the Dol the raiders did t play their usual game committing six turnovers and making several other mistakes. We had opportunities and let them slip through our fingers picket said. And they stopped us when they had two of the raiders mistakes As it turned out. Were timeouts called by Quarter Back Marc Wilson in the opening 5 i min utes of the third Quarter. The first time we got the play late and did t have time to get it off Wilson said. The second one we were in the wrong for the first timeout was called in a first and-20 situation at the 50-Yard line the second on third-and-17 at the los Angeles 47. I probably should have let the time run out and taken the five Yards Wilson said referring to the Price of a delay of game penalty and acknowledging that the raid ers could have used the timeouts late in the game. If i had it to do Over again that s what i d was it the worst loss of Wilson s life yeah 1 think that would be fair to replied the raiders quarterback who completed Only ii of 27 passes for 135 Yards with three interceptions. Broncos Dan Reeves will coach North in 86 senior bowl tilt Mobile Ala. A Dan Reeves of the Denver Broncos and his staff will Couch the North squad in College football s 1986 senior bowl Jan. 18 in Mobile. Dan is widely recognized As one of the most successful offensive coaches in the nil said senior bowl director Eric till Man in making the announce mint. Tillman announced earlier that Occman Bennett of Tampa Bay will coach the South in the All Star game that will launch some of the seniors professional careers. Reeves has compiled a 45-29 record in his five years As head coach of the Broncos. Prior to taking the Denver Job he was an assistant at Dallas where he worked with Theoff Ense and once played for the cowboys. He has proven himself a Winner at Denver and the experience of playing for him will Leone his players will value greatly As they Pur sue their professional careers said Tillman. Reeves coaching staff includes former a Burn offensive coordinator Alex Gibbs an former Alabama strength coach Al Miller. Gibbs was an assistant at Ohio state before coaching at Auburn from 1979-1981. Miller was at Alabama from 1982-1984. The Broncos will have another Alabama connection in Chan Gailey special teams coach who coached Troy state to the inca division ii title in 1984. Irwin wins Bahamas classic for solid Start Paradise Island Bahamas a Veteran Hale Irwin compiled a 5-under Par 67 and scored a runaway six stroke Vic tory in the new Bahamas classic Golf tournament sunday. In a tournament like this you re playing for two things said the 40-year-old Irwin. There s the Money of course. And you re looking for a Good solid positive Start to the Irwin got both. His 269 total a Distant 19 strokes under Par on the Paradise Island Golf club course was Worth $72,000 from the total purse of $300,000. The tournament being played for the first Lime is an approved and coordinated event of the pea tour. But it is not Classi fied As official and the prize Money is no counted on the official Money winning list. But it served As a major Confidence builder and stamped Irwin Winner of 17 american tour titles and two . Opens As a Factor to be considered in the tournament of champions the first official event on the 1986 tour schedule. Donnie Hammond never really in the title Chase came on with a 66 and claimed second place Worth $42,000, with a 275 total. Rookie Davis love Iii was in third place alone in his first professional Start. He won $24,000 after a final round 70 and a 276 total. Scott Hoch who started the final round in a tie for the Lead slipped to a 75 and was at 277. Jeff Sluman was next at 72-278. Irwin survived a major scare on the first Hole where he saved Par-5 after driving into the water. He look the Lead alone with a Birdie on the second Hole and held it the Breslof inc Way. He put it out of reach with a burst of three consecutive birdies beginning on the 13th and had a six shot Lead with three holes to go
