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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. November 4.1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports jets strafe Seattle 38-7 on o Brien s 4 to passes rfcs into jets Keno Briar. Rips Seattle defense Nyji scour Seattle a new York Jet quarterback Ken o Brien said he did t feel 100 percent but he d have trouble convincing the Seattle sea Hawks of that i Haven t been feeling Well it s the flu Obrien said sunday after passing for 431 Yards and four touchdowns in a 38-7 jets nil Victory Over the sea Hawks. The sea Hawks were the ones who were feeling ill after o Brien led the jets to their dub record seventh straight Victory improving their record to 8-t. We got on a Roll today o brie said wherever we got the Ball the of sense was confident we could move  got  the four year Veteran from Cal Davis passed 83 Yards to Wesley Walker 50 and 36 Yards to Al Toon and 1 Yard to tighten Mickey Shuler for scores. O Brien who passed for 479 Yard against Miami in the third week of this season completed 26 of 32 passes. Hews not intercepted and had 277 passing Yards at halftime to help his club into a24-7 Lead. The sea Hawks secondary was simply no match for o Brien and the jets speedy wide receiver tandem of the 6-foot-4 Toon and Walker. Toon caught nine passes for 195 Yards and two touch Downs his Best Day in his two seasons As a professional. Walker made six receptions for 161 Yards and one score. I Don t care if i have 400 Yards or100 Yards As Long As we win said o Brien. Kenny s at the top of his game said jets coach Joe Walton. Kenny was in  the jets also got a 9-Yard touchdown run from Freeman Mcneil and a 50-Yard Field goal by Pat Leahy. Gale Gilbert made his nil starting debut in place of the benched Dave Krieg at quarterback for the sea Hawks 5-4. Hews 25 of 44 for 284 Yards and one touch Down. He was intercepted twice. Gilbert gave the sea Hawks a 7-3 Lea with 48 seconds left in the first Quarter on a 27-Yard scoring pass to Daryl Turner. It was Only the second win in nine games for the jets against the sea Hawks. The jets built their 24-7 halftime Lea with three touchdowns in the second Quarter. New York scored first in the game Ona 50-Yard Field goal by Leahy at 10 25 in the first Quarter. The sea Hawks came Back and drove82 Yards in 10 plays for their Only touch Down of the Day with Gilbert passing 27yards to Turner for the score. Then the jets and o Brien went to work. First o Brien teamed with Toon for their 50-Yard touchdown Pas with three minutes gone in the second Quarter. Toon the nil s leading Pas receiver caught the Ball on the 55 and beat sea Hawks cornerback Terry Taylor on the play. The jets made it 17-7 just 2v minute Slater on the 83-Yard coring pass from o Brien to Walker. There appeared to Bea mix up in the Seattle secondary and Walker caught the Ball in front of Taylor and Eugene Robinson at about the sea Hawks 40. He outran the pair into the end zone. New York got its third touchdown of the first half on Mcneil s 9-Yard run to Cap a six play 69-Yard scoring drive at9 40 of the second Quarter. The jets built on their Lead in the third Quarter by going 74 Yards in six plays for their fourth touchdown of the Day leaping acrobatic touchdown catch by Toon Over sea Hawks defensive Star Kenealley and Taylor in the end zone on the 36-Yard pass from o Brien. New York went 35 Yards in eight play for its fifth touchdown of the game on the i Yard pass from o Brien to Shuler. Broncos crunch raiders 21-10  Angeles a the los Angeles raiders Are probably out of Contention in the acc West an they have Only themselves to blame. Denver took advantage of numerous los Angele mistakes sunday for a 21-10 decision Over the raiders dropping los Angeles three games behind the division leading Broncos. The Broncos won despite getting Only 11 first Downs to 25 for the raiders and accumulating just 246 Yards in total offence to 407 Yards for los  was a great game to win Denver coach Dan Reeves said. Made a lot of big plays. They move the Ball but could t get it into the end  Mike Harden returned an interception of a mar Wilson pass 40 Yards for the clinching score with 1 49 remaining As the Broncos raised their record to 8-1,tied for the Best in the nil. Mike Harden s play no question was the biggest play and he s been playing super Reeves said. There May be some defensive backs who Are playing better but i Haven t seen  said Harden we had a coverage designed for what we expected them to do. They had receivers crossing on us and i Don t think that Wilson saw me  in addition to Harden big play the Broncos scored on an 8-Yard run by Steve Sewell in the second Quarter and a 3-Yard pass from Elway to Sammy Winder in the third period. The raiders who had a five game winning Streak snapped and fell to 5-4, turned the Ball Over six times five of them in Denver territory. No question it s a disappointment to lose this game coach Tom Flores of the raiders said. We worked hard and fought to get to this position where we had a Chance to do something about the division race and we just could t get it done today. We had our opportunities. We had some turnovers that Hurt  the Only los Angeles Points came on a 38-Yard Fiel goal by Chris Bahr in the first period and a 20-Yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Jessie Hester with 3 26 left to play. The Wilson to Hester pass made it 14-10, and the raiders then had a Chance to go ahead getting the Ball at their 26-Yard line with 2 21 to go. But Harden spoiled their Opportunity with his interception and return. Four of the raiders turnovers in Denver territory came in the first half two of them on fumbles the other two interceptions. Then Early in the fourth Quarter the raiders had Heball in a second and goal situation at the Denver 2 Yard line. But two sacks of Wilson pushed them Back before Simon Fletcher blocked a 42-Yard Field goal attempt by Bahr. Finally Rick Dennison intercepted a Wilson pass deep in Denver territory in the final minute. Elway passed Only 12 times in the game and completed 11 of them for 141 Yards. Wilson was 25 of 47 for 367 Yards with four interceptions. Bahr s Field goal which came with 3 19 remaining in the first Quarter was set up by Stacey Toran s recover of a Fumble by Gerald Willhite at the los Angeles 46 Yard line. Sewell s touchdown run came with 2 06 left before halftime and put the Broncos ahead for Good. Denver drove 80 Yards in eight plays for the score. The big play of the drive was the 53-Yard pass from Elway to Mark Jackson on a third and six play putting the Ballat the los Angeles 11-Yard line. Denver got Only three first Downs in the first half and All came on its scoring drive. The Broncos got their second touchdown on thee Ray to Winder pass with 3 31 kit in the third Quarter. The play capped a 72-Yard, eight play drive. The raiders played without a pro defensive end Howie Long who has a strained hamstring. Defensive emd Rulo Jones of the Broncos suffered a strained left knee in the first period and saw limited action after that. He did t play at All in the second half. Redskins Down Vikings 44-38, in overtime Washington a playing injured Washington receiver Gary Clark caught a 38-Yard touchdown pass  1 46 into overtime to give & Washington redskins a 44-38 Victory Over the Minnesota Vikings and nun an  performance of Minnesota quarterback Tommy Kramer who completed 20 of 35 passes for four touch Downs and a team record 490 Yards. On the fourth play of overtime. Clark set the ban on the left sideline at the a inn out of the grasp of defensive Carl Lee and went into the end a trailed 38-26 with seven in the fourth Quarter out rallied to knot the score with 63 second remaining they Cut the margin to 38-32 on a 34-Yard touchdown pass from Schroeder to Art Monk then sent the game into Over time on a 46-Yard drive that took Only 57 seconds ending with George Rogers third touchdown of the game a 2-Yard run that followed a 44-Yard completion from Scarf Offil a to Clint Didier. Kicker Max Zendejas bad a Chance toot Washington ahead but missed his third conversion of the game. Clark had been yanked due to strained Iliad ring muscle but asked coach Joe pm to put him Back  i Taw the emotional Peak we were hitting i just had to come Back Clark said. Gibbs had been prepared to go int overtime without Clark. I kind of crossed him off but he came Back and said he Felt Good Gibbs said. Three of Kramer s scoring passes came in the second half including two after Washington had taken a 26-24 Lead late in the third Quarter. Kramer was irate Over the officiating particularly with a replay Cao fat which an apparent fourth Quarter interception by Lee was cancelled when it was ruled he had dropped the Ball the whole Deal was  Kwh Mer said. We feel we got cheated but i swe Washington  the replay appeared to show Lee dropping the Bau. Schroeder completed 24 of 47 passes foe 378 Yards and two touchdowns. On the Fame winning drive he connected with Didier for six Yards and then hit Monk for a 14-Yard  Kelvin Bryant ran for six Yards Schroeder hooked up with dark to enable the redskins to remain in a tie with the new York giants atop the pfc  teams have 7-2 records. Minnesota 5-4, has lost two  consecutive victories Over san Francisco and Chicago,.the last two super bowl champions  
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