European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 15. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Broncos win on missed Pat b John Mossman Denver a it was t even close was it a drained but relieved Dan Reeves said in the Denver Broncos dressing room. It s Tough to see anybody lose a game like  but if somebody had to lose Reeves might have added better that it be the Washington redskins who battled the Broncos toc to Loe but ultimately fell Short on the errant toot or Rookie place kicker Max Zende Jas Zend Cias missed an extra Point attempt following the redskins first touchdown and that failure loomed Large in the Broncos 31-30 Victory saturday. It was Nice to see the other team miss an extra Point for a change said Reeves whose team has experienced such oversights in recent seasons. Every Lime you miss an extra Point said Washington coach Joe Gibbs it is an emotional turning Point i m not going to make any rash decisions but Max has not been producing  added Redskin linebacker Rich Milot at least 80percent of the Lime when a team misses an extra Point it comes Back to haunt  on the ill fated extra Point try the map appeared 1o be off the Mark and Holder Jay Schroeder had trouble getting the Ball Down. I missed it that it might have been the turning Point in the game. The my Point is one of the quote unquote sure things in the game of football. You re supposed to make All of  said the redskins came to Denver expecting a Tough game and we got one. We had a lot of things happen to us today injuries missed assignments and 75,000 screaming fans did t help. This team has great heart and will fight hard to the last second. We just came up one Point  quarterback John Elway and running Back Sammy Winder accounted for two touchdowns apiece and cornerback Mike Harden had two clutch interceptions to help rally the Broncos from a 13-0 deficit. The decision which left both teams with 11-4 re cords moved Denver the acc West Champion a step closer to gaining the Homefield advantage in the play see Broncos on Pago 23 Augu stand . State win titles by the associated press aug Slana and North Dakota state continued their domination Over Small College football sat urday capturing Mcaa National  Price rushed for 169 Yards and scored three touchdowns As augustan won its fourth straight division i Crown defeating Salisbury slate 31-3, at Florence ala., quarterback jct Bentrim ran for 111 Yards an two touchdowns to Pace North Dakota state to its second Consec football utile division ii championship with a 27-7 Victory Over South a  Southern and Arkansas state advanced to Friday s Mcaa division i a championship Gam eat Takotna Wash. Georgia South Ern Defeated Nevada Reno 48-38. Arkansas state downed Eastern Kentucky 24-10.the naia division i title game this week will pit Carson Newman against Cameron of Oklahoma. Carson Newson edged Hillsdale mich., 19-16 in overtime while Cameron Defeated Pilts Mig kan., slate 17-6.linfield of Oregon swept to its third naia division ii Tilfen five years As David Lindley completed 21 of 37 passes for 207 Yards to Pace Linfield to a 17-0 Victory Over Baker of Kansas at Mumm Neville. Ore.aiiithtijia31,salbbanst3 aug Slana i Victory in the Amos Alonzo stage bowl in Phenix cily Ala gave toe Vikings seniors an undefeated collegiate career. A Ustana has not Asi in m last 50 games since the -?82 Slagg Bow loss to West Georgia although a 37-game winning Streak was Bro Ken with a scoreless tie with Elm Hurst in this year s season  scored on runs of three four and nine Yards. Salisbury state s Only Points came with 29 seconds to play in the first half ona26-Yard Field goal by Bill Maurer. A Wott is 27, s. Dakota 7.quarterback Jeff by nine scored on a pair of four Yard run tin the second and fourth quarters while Tyrone Braxton returned Amini m Yard for a touchdown to sic North Dakota Suie. The by so College on Page 23 Cleveland nabs division title Browns whip bengals 34-3 Cincinnati a Bernie Kosar shocked Cincinnati with two Long first Quarter passes and the Cleveland defense shut Down the nil s most productive offence As the Browns clinched their Sec Ond straight acc Central Crown sunday by beating the bengals 34-3, Cleveland s win which avenged a 30 13 loss in Cleveland earlier in the year left the Browns 11 -4, two games ahead of the bengals and tied for the Best record in the acc. Cincinnati 9-6, remained in Contention for an acc wild card spot. The sellout crowd of 58,062 at riverfront stadium for the division s show Down game had barely settled in its seals when Kosar went deep on the first play from scrimmage hitting Reggie Lang Home for 66 Yards to the Cincinnati 2, two plays later Kevin Mack went Over from the i and it was 7-0 with just 1 23 gone in the game. Then with 1 13 left in the period he threw a 47-Yard touchdown pass to Webster Slaughter to give the Browns a 14-3 Lead. From there the Cleveland defense took Over against the nil s lop rated offence a unit that had a team-record584 Yards against new England last week had amassed More than 400 Yard sin each of their last nine games and aver aged 29 Points Over that stretch. After reaching the 4 on their first pos session the bengals never got beyond the Cleveland 28 until the game was out of reach. Linebackers Chip Banks and Clay Matthews shadowed James Brooks who was held to 43 Yards in 12 carries and harried Boomer Esiason into hurrying his throws. Esiason finished with 15 for 31 for is i Yards. The defense also set up. The third touchdown when Felix Wright picked off an Esiason pass at the bengals 34. Six plays later Mack who had 93 Yard sin 23 carries Dove Over from the i to make it 24-3. The Browns put the game away with1 06 left in the Quarter when Curtis Dickey fumbled on the 2 As he was head ing for the end zone and Slaughter fell on it. Kosar finished with 13 completions in 29 ail pts for 146 Yards. Morris leads giants past cardinals 27-7 East Rutherford no. A Joe Morris ran for 179 Yards scored three touchdowns and broke his own club record for Rushing in a single season sunday As he pfc East Champion new York giants Defeated the so Louis cardinals 27-7 sunday to move within a Victory of getting the Home Field advantage for the playoffs. The Victory was the eighth straight for the 13-2 giants who look their first Divi Sion title in 23 years on saturday when the Denver Broncos Defeated the Washington redskins 31-30. What new York was fighting for sunday was the right to play its pfc postseason games at Home. The giants Are battling the defending super bowl Champion Chicago bears for that right and entered the game knowing they could earn it by. Beating St Louis and Green Bay in their final two regular season games. The giants would get the Home Field because of a better conference record than Chicago 12-2, which plays at de trait on monday night. New York made Quick work of the cardinals who fell to 3-11-1. New York built a 17-0 halftime Lead on touchdown runs of 2 and 3 Yards by Morris and a 26-Yard Field goal by Raul Allegre just before halftime. Morris who tainted i performance by fumbling three times now has rushed for 1,401 Yards this season breaking the Mark of 1,336 he set last season. Morris got his third touchdown with less than two min utes to go on a 1-Yard run that he to up one play earlier with a 49-Yard scamper. I was Morris seventh 100-Yard Rush ing game this season. Pulp Tom giants Joe Morris.3tds. 179 Yards 49ers rally to beat patriots 29-24 Foxboro mass. A san fran Cisco rallied in the fourth Quarter on two of Ray wenching three Field goals and Joe cribs second touchdown run As the 49cr� improve1 to payoff chances with a 29-24 Victory Over the new eng land a Kiriou sunday. The 49ers, trailing 17-16 entering the final period went ahead to stay 19-17 on wenching i 31-Yard Field goal with 13 34 left that capped an 1 a Puy drive. San few Cisco the nil Leader in Farin turnovers scored us final 10 Poi Nii after a Fumble recovery and an interception. The 49ers, 9-i-, moved a step close to a wild card berth and could have gained one with a Minnesota loss a Houston later sunday. New England s second consecutive los dropped it to 10-5 and into a lie for the acc East Lead with the new York jets. The Patriot could have clinched a wild card berth sunday but still can gain die division link by bating Miami dec 22. The patriots entered the game having committed the fewest turnovers of any nil team but coughed up the Ball twice in the fourth Quarter. Wersching s 20-Yard Field goal followed tory Nixon s recovery of Tony Collins Fumble. Cribbs 10-Yard run. Which made the score 29-17 with 7 28 to go came three plays after Keena Turner intercepted Tony Eason s pass and returned it to the new patriots struck Back dosing to 29-24 with 4 06 left on Eason i 15-Ytnjpass to Stanley Morgan on fourth Down. But the49m kept the Ball the rest of the game