European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Browns beat Miami 26-16 Bermke Komi paws for 401 Yard in the browns1 rectory Over the dolphins. Led cougars of 4 Sec titles f of Cha Cleveland a second year quarterback Bernie Kosar passed for career High 401 Yards monday night and overcame three dropped touchdown passes by Cleveland receivers to direct inc Browns to a 26-16 Victory Over the Miami dolphins. Kosar completed 32 of 50 passes with out an interception and without a touchdown pass. His pinpoint passing however set up four Short malt Bahr Field goals and touchdown runs of 16 Yards by Harry Holt and 13 Yards by Curtis Dickey. The 22-year-old quarterback had never before thrown for More than 300yards in a game. His previous Best was a 293-Yard performance in a loss to he Cincinnati bengals in september. The Browns who improved to 7-3 after their sixth Victory in the last seven games Lead the Cincinnati bengals by a game in the acc Central division. Cleveland led 16-10 at halftime and dominated the half statistically Oul gain ing the dolphins 351 Yards to 176 Yards. The Browns finished with s58 Yards. Miami quarterback Dan Manno threw a24-Yard touchdown pass to Mark duper and Fuad Reveiz kicked a 20-Yard Fields to keep the dolphins 4-6, close at the partially compensating for a Miami defense that was unable to Stop any Cleve land drive until the third Quarter. Dickey scored four plays after Miami s Ron Davenport fumbled the Ball Athis own 29 Midway through the third period and Bahr added a 21-Yard Field goal in the fourth Quarter on a drive started by teammate Clay Matthews interception. Miami scored on the last play of the game when Marino passed 22 Yards to Mark Clayton. Cleveland pushed the Ball inside the dolphins 20-Yard Tine five times in the first half but scored Only the 16 Point son Holl j 16-Yard end run and Bahr s Field goals of 32,19 and 18 Yards. Brown receivers Webster Slaughter Ozzie Newsome and Brian Brennan All missed first half passes that could have been caught in the end zone forcing Cleveland to Settle for the Field goals.  s 401 Yards matched Otto Gra Ham s Effort in 1952 for the second bes passing production in Cleveland history. Brian Sipe holds the team record Al 444 Yards set against the Baltimore Colts in the Browns 558 Yards ranked As the fourth highest Lota Ever allowed by the dolphins. Marino who led the nil in attempts completions and touchdown passes entering the game finished with 22 completions in 39 attempts for 295 Yards and two touchdowns. He has 23 touchdown passes this season and he has thrown Al least one to pass in each of his last 19 games including two playoff games. The dolphins compiled 353 Yards total  Cleveland Victory before a sellout crowd of 77,949, came in the first meet ing Between the teams since the Browns 24-21 loss to the dolphins in the acc playoffs last january. Yeoman quits As Houston coach Houston a Bill Yeoman who built the University of Houston into a football Power and led the cougars to four Southwest conference titles said monday he will resign at the end of the current season. Yeoman in his 25th season at the Houston school said he would remain at the Sec school in another position to Honor the remaining three years of his contract. Yeoman made the disclosure to Spons Caster Craig Roberts who hosts Yeoman s weekly television show on Sta Tion . The coach said he would become a special assistant to the univer sity Chancellor and would concentrate on fund raising and Public relations. Houston already has a nationwide search under Way for an athletic director. Yeoman said recent criticism of the football program had nothing to do with his decision. A lot of people will think that s the reason but ii s not Yeoman said. I be got a pretty crusty old  the associated press could not reach Yeoman immediately for further com ment. Roberts said the school Likely would make the announcement officially on tuesday. Yeoman 58. Will take a 160-106-8 re Cord into saturday s game against Texas tech. The cougars Are 1-8 this season assuring Yeoman or his second consecutive losing season. The team won the conference title in 1984. Yeoman will be stepping aside with the entire Houston athletic program sur rounded by controversy. Two former players have claimed that Yeoman and his staff paid players and allowed them to play while ineligible. Twelve players flunked out of school Fol lowing last season and 10 of his 2b recruits from 1985 were ruled scholastically ineligible. The Mcaa is investigating the Cougar program. The school s athletic program was $3 million in debt before this season and attendance has continued to dwindle. Only 10,125 fans turned out in the Astrodome to see the cougars last Home game against Texas Christian an All Lime Low. The school currently is searching for an athletic director to replace Tom Ford he third Houston athletic director since the retirement of Hany Fouke in 1979. Frit photo Bui Yeoman will take another Job Plunkett will Start against Cleveland Al Segundo Calif. A coach Tom Flores of the los Angeles raiders has Long maintained that he would t set drawn into a quarterback controversy and that when he made a change at that position it would not be temporary. He backed up that philosophy monday a Day after replacing Mare Wilson in the second half of the  17-13 Victory Over the cowboys at Dallas when he named Jim Luriett to Start sunday against the Cleve land Browns. Wunkel who will be 39 next month is the second oldest player in the nil behind san Diego wide receiver Charlie Joiner who turned 39 last month. In his i Fiji nil season Plunkett has been relegated to Back up chores behind Wilson this year although he had hoped to have a Chance to compete for the starting Job in training Camp. When Wilson s fortunes continued to Sag at Dallas Flores made a rare mid game change and that Plunkett completed seven of 12 passes for 119 Yards and two touchdowns in leading the raiders comeback was obviously a Factor in floras decision to Start him against the Browns. More importantly though while Plunkett has excelled in his limited playing Lime this year two starts and two Relief appearances Wilson has been on the skids. In the raiders loss to acc West leading Denver Wilson passed for a career High 367 Yards but was intercepted four times and had a costly Fumble. In the first half at Dallas he was intercepted three times and also lost a Fumble. The net result was seven interceptions and two Fum Bles lost in six quarters. Jim gave us a big lift and came up with some big plays said Flores who hedged his words slightly on monday then came out Wilt the decision to demote Wilson and elevate Plunkett. Plunkett has completed 51 of 89 passes