European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 22, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports special teams put chiefs in playoffs Pittsburgh a Kant City special team accounted for three Fidfl half touchdowns including Lloyd Bur Ruu 78-Yard blocked Field goal return As the chief edged the Pittsburgh Steelyn 24-19 sunday to Advance to the nil playoff for the first Lime since 1971. Kansas City 10-6, which posted a winning regular season record for Only inc second Lime in 13 Wasoin advances to the american conference wild card game against the new York jets of Cin  chiefs overcoming an ineffective offence thai produced Only three Point look a 24-6 halftime Lead with the help of their first Kickoff return touchdown since 1969, Boyce Orcen t 97-yarder. And pro bowl safety Deron Cherry s touchdown on � blocked punt. Kansas City without Benefit of a Sec Ond half Point then held on to win de spite sleepers quarterback Mark a Lonc s 9-Yard third Quarter touchdown run and Gary Anderson s 30-and 26-Yard Field it Rall the spelers finished 6-10 de spite a 2b-8 Edge in first Downs. With the chiefs leading 17-6, Pitts Burgh had a first and goal at the Kansas cily 3 in the final minute of the first half. Bui tight ends Preston col hard and Rich Erenburg dropped potential touch Down passes on consecutive Downs. After Earnest Jackson was stopped for a Yard gain on third Down Anderson 19-Yard Field goal attempt was blocked by nose tactic Bill Maas. Burdusi scooped up the Ball at the chiefs 22 and raced into the end zone untouched his fourth special teams touchdown of the season. He also has resumed three intercept ions for scorn a Jami City which leads the nil in defensive Takeaway with 52, lock a 7-0 Lead when Harry Newsome s punt was blocked by Albert Lewis and Cherry fell on the Ball in the end zone with 6 33 remaining in the first  Kenney � 53-Yard completion to Emile Harry set up Nick Lowery s 47 Yard Field goal. Green then made it 17-3 following the first of Anderson s four Field goals with his 97-Yard Kickoff re turn with 7 46 left in the Naif. App Cio Kansas by Albert Lewis. Blocked punt for to Kosar riddles chargers 47-17 Cleveland a Bernie Kour threw for 2j8 Yards and two touch Downs including an improvised 51-Yard bomb to Brian Brennan Ai the Cleve land Browm clinched the Beil record in the acc and their first 12-win Sean Ever with a 47-17 Victory sunday Over the san Diego chargers. Cleveland 12-4, which will have the Home Field advantage throughout inc acc playoff wok the Lead on a 46-Yard half Back pass from Herman font not to Wefeler Slaughter in the first Quarter and never gave it up. The Browns had not scored 47 Points in a game since 1968. They led 20-10 at halftime after Kosar scrambled away from a heavy Rush at his own 4j and threw to Brennan who fell at he caught the Ball at the 6-Yard line got up and ran for the score with six seconds left in the second Quarter. Cleveland aided by two san Diego fumbles then ran off 17 straight Points in the third period. They stored on Kosar a i Yard Palo Harry Holt Fonie not s 9-Yard draw play and a 37-Yard Field goal by Mark Masclay to put the game away. Kosar completed 21 of 28 passes for 258 Yards without an interception before giving Way to Mike Pacl in the fourth Quarter. The chargers 4-12, finished the year with a 3-5 Mark under Al Saunders who replaced Don Coryell at mid season. Quarterback Dan fouls was is of 27 for 236 Yards including touchdowns of 19 Yards Lowes Chandler and 65 Yards to Gary Anderson. Cincinnati drubs jets stays alive Cincinnati a quarterback Boomer Esiason threw a team record five loud Lidon passes sunday Bur of them in the second hair rallying the Cincinnati bengals 10 a 52-21 Victory Over inc playoff bound but reeling new York jets. The come from behind Victory kept Cincinnati in Contention for a wild card spot with n 10-6 record. The 10-6 jets Are assured of at Insl a wild card spot even though they finished the season with five consecutive losses. Cincinnati needs a loss monday night by new England in Miami to gel a wild Cam berth. The jets will win the acc East if new England loses and will be a wild card team if the patriots win. Although the jets had Little at slake Sun Day As far As their playoff standing hey rolled up a 2 la 7 halftime Lead behind run Ning Back Freeman Mcneil s two touch Downs. Esiason burned the jets injury depleted defense for a pair of touchdowns within 2 25 Early in the third Quarter to reverse the trend and lobbed a 2-Yard storing pass to tackle Anthony Munoz to put Cincinnati ahead 38-21. Esiason completed 23 of 30 losses for a personal High 425 Yards eclipsing Ken an Derson s single season passing record of 3,754 set in the bengals super howl season of 1981. He threw for 3,959 Yards in 16 regular season games the third year quarterback lobbed a 34 Yard touchdown pass to uncovered Light end Rodney Holman on a fourth-and-1 play to give Cincinnati its first Lead of the game at 11 05 of the third Quarter. He threw a 42-Yard scoring bomb to wide receiver Cris Collinsworth on Cincinnati s next Possession to deflate the jets defense ranked last in the league against the pass. Seattle rips Denver misses playoffs Seattle a for slightly less than 24 hours the Seattle sea Hawks had Hopes for a wild can berth in inc National football league Playo flt we took care of whal we had to  sea Hawks coach Chuck knot said after Seattle s 41-16 Victory Over the acc wot Champion Denver Broncos on sat urday. All we can do now ii wait and see whal  the wailing ended sunday afternoon when victories by Kansas City and Cincinnati sent the sea Hawks the holiest team in the acc after winning five con Stu live games to finish 10-6. Home for the year. Seattle needed losses from two of three teams Kansas cily Cincinnati and new England to make the play offs. In did t happen that Way. Saturday though the sea Hawks of sense simply overpowered the Bronco defense. Curt Warner ran for three touchdowns and 194 Yards in 24 carries. Dave Krieg passed to Daryl Turner for a pair of scores. All pro wide receiver Steve Lar gent had his 39th career 100-Yard receiving game in completing his eighth 1,000 Yard receiving season an nil record. Warner the acc Rushing Champion had he seventh 100-Yard Rushing game of the season. He scored on a 2-Yard run Dur ing a 17-Point Seattle second Quarter ran in from a Yards outfora34-6lradwjlh 4 09 gone in the final Quarter and broke Oil a 60-Yard scoring run Wilh 6 10 to go. Diet who was benched for two games during the season completed 17 of 24 passes for 238 Yards. He found Turner All alone in the end zone after Denver defender Dennis Smith fell Down for a 16-Yard touch Down pass with 18 seconds leu in the second Quarter to Pul Seattle in front 20-10 Al halftime. The touchdown capped a seven play 62-Yard drive. Krieg passed seven Yards to Turner for a score in the third Quarter. Denver coach Dan Reeves whose learn got off to an 8-1 Start was extremely critical of the Broncos it s embarrassing to play like that Reeves said. We did t play Worth any thing. You got to play like champions no matter Whit s at  quarterback John Elway of Denver completed 17 of 37 passes for 186 Yards and one touchdown a 17-Yardcr to Orson Mobley in the second Quarter. Playing before a screaming crowd of 63,697 in the kingdoms Hie sea Hawks broke a four game losing Streak against the Broncos their divisional foes. Den ver had beaten the sea Hawks in inc two previous games at Seattle. Seattle won its last five games after a four game losing Streak. The sea Hawks can get the Home Field advantage for a dec. 28 wild card game if the bengals. Chiefs and patriots lose. Seattle scored on Cash of its four first half possessions in rolling to a 10-Point halftime Lead Seattle s second touchdown of the first half came after Elway scrambling out of the pocket found Mobley in the end zone Wilh a 17-Yard scoring pass Wilh 66 seconds left in the half to Cut the sea Hawks Lead to 1310. Mobley beat Gre gory Johnson on the play. The sea Hawks moved 82 Yards in 14 plays in 9 28 for their other first half touchdown Warner s 2-Yard run at 6 11 of the second Quarter on a third Down and-1 play from the Seattle 2. Seattle s Norm Johnson kicked Field goals of 37 and 35 Yards and Rich Karlus booted a 31-yarder for the Broncos in the opening half. Karlis kicked Field goats of 34 and 47 Yards for Denver s Only Sec on half Points. 48-Yard Fig lifts rebels Over Texas tech 20-17 Shreveport la. A soph Omore quarterback Mark Young and Junior flanker . Ambrose Sel Independence bowl passing and receiving re cords in the Fibril half but probation bound Missi Riippi needed by an Oen i lie breaking 48-Yard Field goal Early in the final period to defeat Texas the 20 17 saturday night and spoil Spike d a head coaching debut. Young who set records by completing 31 of his 50 Pasaj for 343 Yard threw a third Quarter interception that Lei Texas tech get Back in the game. Bui he later set up Owen s game winning kick with a 13-Yard Pas Vii Light end Mario Perry. It came five plays after Ambrose re turned a Kickoff 29 Yards to the rebels 40. Ambrose set a game record by catch ing eight passes for 102 Yards All in the firs half when Mississippi opened a 17-7 Lead. The 6-fool-2 i 170-Pound Young did t throw a touchdown pass but he smashed the Independence bowl record of 19 completions by Hilling on 21 passes in the first half alone and his aerials set up All the Mississippi scoring. He completed four of six for 56 Yards As Ole miss drove 62 Yards in inc first period and took a 7-0 Lead on Willie Goodloe s 1-Yard run. The rebels made it 14-0 when Joe Micklus ran nine Yards on the first play of the second period. That capped a 15 play so Yard drive during which Young completed six of eight passes for 52 Yards. James Cray s 1-Yard run Gol Texas Tcath Back in the game at 14-7 Midway through the period but Owen kicked a 21 Yard Field goal one second before half Lime 10 make it 17-7. Young drove the see rebels on Page 25