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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 29, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Good news for readers in or Pes con Csc Clemson s 27-21 Gator Bow Victory Over Stanford saturday was Good news for More than Hal of the stars and stripes renders who Are competing for a free trip to he super howl roughly 53 percent of the rend ers who entered this year s Sta Sand stripes super bowl contest which appeared in the sports Sec Tion from dec. 12 through dec. 21. Predicted a Clemson Victory.  contest games Currier inthe week Boston College upset Georgia in the Hall of tame howl and favored Alabama beat Washington in the Sun bowl. The fourth of the 12 games will be played tuesday when Iowa meets san Diego state in the holi Day bowl. The contest ends with lop ranked Miami playing second ranked Penn slate Friday in the fiesta bowl. The Winner of the contest which offers a trip for two to superbowl xxi its Pasadena calif., on Jan. 25, will be announced in stripes on Jan 14, Kentucky Rolls Over Louisville from press dispatches Lexington by. Big brother flexed some muscle against Little brother in the Battle of the Bluegrass. Before a National television audience and More than 19,000 fans decked out in College Basket Ball red in the Freedom Hall stands the 18th ranked Kentucky wildcats stunned Louisville 85-51 saturday. Several Days before the game Ken Tucky coach Eddie Sutton said Louis Villes desire to play his wildcats was analogous to Little brother trying to gain some recognition from big  but Sutton whose team improved to 6-1, did t gloat after the lopsided game. I think this is a special game because you be got it so hyped up he said. But they be got a great program. I was downgrading u of l. They be won two National championships and Denny Crum is one of the great coaches. But Kentucky has won More games than anybody else in intercollegiate basketball. I did t have anything to do with Hal. I just inherited  Crum whose defending National champions fell to 4-6, did t believe the Ere same War of words Between coach Esad any effect on the  doubt it he said. They just out played us. We re not making any excuses. The just beat  and Button agreed with Crum s assessment i thought our team played As Well As you could Hope at this time of the year he said. We played better than we play every Day and i m sure Louisville did t play As Well As they do every Day. We re not 34 Points belter than see College on Page 26 Ryan Mcneil Lead jets past Kansas City 35-15 East Rutherford . Apr Pat Ryan thrust into n Slatting role in place of the beleaguered Ken o Brien passed for three touchdowns and free Man Mcneil scored twice to ignite the dormant new York offence As the jets rolled the Kansas City chiefs 35-15 sunday in the acc wild card game. The jets who lost their last five games to finish 10-fi. Will play in Cleveland next saturday against inc acc Central Cham Pion Browns. The jets earned that right As Ryan Tak ing Over at quarterback for the benched Ken o uric sparked an attack which had scored Only 61 Points in the five game slide. The nine year Veteran who started in victories Over new England and Denver while o Brien was Hun completed i6of23 passes for 153 Yards and three touchdowns. Mcneil capped a 75-Yard drive in the. First Quarter with a 4-Yard scoring run after Ryan picked up a first Down with a24-Yard run on fourth-and-6. Mcneil who rushed for 135 Yards sunday also caught a i Yard flare pass from Ryan for another touchdown. Ryan s third scoring pass was a 6-Yard loss to a wide open Billy Griggs from a triple Light end formation Early in the fourth period. It was the first reception of Griggs two year career. The chiefs had taken a 6-0 Lead on a 1-Yard run by Jeff Smith but a bad snap made placekicker Nick Lowery miss the extra Point his first failure after 123 straight conversions Kansas City s other touchdown came on Albert Lewis fourth blocked punt of the season. Lewis smacked Jennings punt from the new York 33 and the Ball bounced All the Way to the end zone where Lewis picked it up. Al was the 11thblocked kick for the chiefs this season. Jets punter Dave Jennings ran out of the end zone for a safety with 2 59 to play. Otherwise the jets defense which Al Lowed 183 Points in inc losing Streak patched its leaks and even produced its own touchdown. Linebacker Kevi Mcarthur intercepted Todd Blackledge on the first play of the second half Andran untouched 21 Yards for the score. Kansas City followed with an impressive drive that was thwarted on a Fourlh-and-1 sweep by Boyce Green Midway through the flip photo jets Quarter Back Pat Ryan. 3 to passes third Quarter. Green was stopped by defensive end Der and Moore who was picked up on waiver earlier this month from new Orleans. It was the first playoff game in Moore s 14-year career. The chiefs began Well in their Fifita postseason game since 1971. Defensive end Art still tipped a pair of Ryan passes forcing a punt. Then Kansas City marched 67 Yards on nine plays for a 6-0 cad. Blackledge connected with Henry Marshall on 16 and 13-Yard passes and an interference Call against Jerry Holmes while guarding Marshall in the end zone put the Ball at the i Smith dived in on the next play but Lowery missed the extra Point when Tom Baugh s snap was Loo High and Holder Lewis Colbert had trouble spot Ting  then got the sleeping new York offence into gear. He engineered a methodical 13-play drive that covered is Yards and lasted More than seven min utes. The key play was a quarterback draw by Ryan on fourth-and-6 from the Kansas cily 33.the play was added to the jets attack this week for Ryan who is far More Mobile than o Brien. Ryan look one step Bac Kafter getting the Center snap then ran Down the Middle Cut to the right broke two tackles and was taken Down at the 1. A pair of Mcneil runs got i he Ball in the end zone. The chiefs next play was a screen pass to Larry Moriarty that the fullback carried Down the sideline to Midfield where he was lifted into the air by a Harry Hamilton tackle. Bob c Rable also hit Moriarty and the Ball came incise with Kyle Clifton re covering for new  was involved in eight plays in inc 12-play drive from the Kansas City 47. He rushed for 27 Yards and caught two passes the first for Al Yards on third and-6 from the chiefs 9.the next play an identical flare pass gave inc jets their second touchdown Kansas City could not move the Ball in its next two possessions. Then the jets moved to a 21-6 Lead on a 62-Yard drive in just 1 40.Ryan was sacked by Rookie linebacker Dino Hackell on the first play of in drive but came Back with a Square out pass to Toon. When cornerback Kevin Ross missed a tackle As Toon made a spinning move the wide receiver sped 30yards to the chiefs 37. A pair of passes to Light end Mickey Shulor accounted for 19 Yards and Mcneil ran for  third Down from the ii Ryan spotted Toon free in the front of the end zone and his Quick pass Nave Toon his first to reception since the 10th week of he season things did t gel any better for Kan Sas City at the outset of the third period. Blacklidge s pass to Jonathan Hayes was picked off by Mcarthur at the 21, and he ran unchallenged Down the sideline for inc to that made it 28-6. Arizona defeats tar heels to capture first bowl Victory by Ken Peters Honolulu a it took Arizona 6i years but the wildcats finally won a bowl game beating North Carolina 30 21 saturday in the Aloha bowl. It s our first bowl Victory Ever for the University of Arizona emphasized Larry Smith coach of the i6lh-Rankcd wildcats. It s great to finish on a winning note. That s what counts added Smith whose team was beaten 29-24 by Stan Ford in the final regular season game. The wildcats who were 0-4-1 in bowl games stretching Back to 1921, built a 30-0 Lead Over North Carolina in the third Quarter but the tar heels rallied for three Quick touchdowns. Al the half we had controlled the game Smith said. Then the Guys must have started thinking about bikinis. Dick Crum who had lost just one of five previous bowl games As he tar heels coach said we self destructed in the first half. We got better but we were so far behind it was hard to play catch up. Arizona did a Good Job and hit Well. They did t quit i m just disappointed for them because they had a Good Chance to win in the second half Crum said Alfred Jenkins threw for 187 Yard Sand a touchdown and 5-fool-7 tailback David Adams rushed for 83 Yards including a 1-Yard touchdown run and had three receptions for 77 Yards to Lead the Arizona offence. North Carolina stunned by five lost fumbles and shut out for most of the first three quarters roared Back from the 30-0 deficit with a three touchdown outbreak that began talc in the third period. Reserve tailback Torin Dorn started the North Carolina comeback when he scored on a 58-Yard run with 2 14 left in the third Quarter. Dorn who totalled four Yards Rushing in the first half ran for 97 in the second a 6-Yard pass from Mark Maye Zorandy Marriott capping a 78-Yard March on their next Possession Cut the deficit to30-m with 13 07 left to play. Just four minutes later Maye ran 1 Yard for another touchdown after Norris Davis blocked an Arizona punt to give inc tar heels the Ball Al the wildcats 18-Yard line. But Arizona s defense was Able to hold inc tar heels in Check for the final nine minutes of the game to preserve the Vic tory. North Carolina finished its season see Arizona on Page 26  
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