European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 15,1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 giants Dallas miss playoffs cards win to keep Hope ave St. Louis a Vai sikh Cha scored on a 76-Yard punt return and set up a second touchdown Wilh a Long kick olt return helping the St. Louis Cardi nals build a 17-Point Lead and hold on for a 27-24 Victory sunday Over he new York giants. With inc loss the defending super bowl Champion giants were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Only 29,623 braved temperatures thai dipped into inc 30s to watch what May have been is. Louis final game Al Busch stadium. The cardinals who Are consid ering a move to another cily led 27-10 at a inic while keeping their playoff Hopes alive Phil Simms rallied the giants in the second half finishing Wilh 359 passing Yards and two to passes but it was t enough. Simms hit Lionel Manuel with a 14 Yard scoring pass in the third period and Joe Morris slammed a Yard to score Wilh 12 52 remaining before the cardinals stiffened it was is. Louis first Victor Over the giants in their last is meetings leaving St Louis with a 6-7 record As new York fell to 4-9. Slump Mitchell finished Wilh 111 Yards on 26 carries As the Backbone of inc cardinals attack. St. Louis stump Mitchell shoots through a Hole in he giants line in sunday. Bills beat Colts snarl acc East Indianapolis a Jim Kelly threw touchdown passes of 12 Yards to Ronnie Harmon and 8 Yards to tru Mainc Johnson As Buffalo beat Indiana Polis 27-3 sunday to move into a first place tie with the Colls and Miami dolphins in the acc East. The Colts 7-6, did not convert a third Down attempt and lost the Ball four limes on interceptions and twice on Fum Bles the second Fumble by backup quarterback scan Salisbury was recovered by Buffalo s Bruce Smith in inc Indianapolis end zone for the Bills final touchdown with 1 11 logo. Buffalo also lost four fumbles include More on the nil additional coverage of sunday s play in the National h outfall league appears on Papes 21,23. And 26. Ing one by Jamie Mueller which set up the Only Indianapolis score a 10-Yard Field goal by Dean Biasucci Midway through the second Quarter. Scott nor Wood had two second Quarter Field goals for the Bills who led 13-3 at the half Kelly completed 18 of 34 passes for 167 cards and extended his Streak to in games Wilh at least one touchdown pass. Buffalo which held coils running Back Eric Dickerson to 19 Yards on 11 carries maintained a 13-3 Lead going into the fourth Quarter then put the game out of reach with an to play 56 Yard drive thai ended in the touchdown pass to Johnson. Salisbury replacing injured Star tar Jack Trudeau threw interceptions on inc next two Colts possessions. The Colls Hen started their next drive Al i hair 10, and Salisbury retreated into the end zone before his Fumble and inc recovery by Smith gave Buffalo its final touchdown. Cowboys fall 24-20 to redskins ii David coins by pc Washington api Gary i Lark anxious to minimize the absence of three Lime i to howl receiver Art Monk did so in grand slyly sunday. With an injured Monk watch ing Fromich sidelines Clark caught nine in secs for 187 Yards and a touchdown to Lead the redskins to q 24-21 Victory assuring the Dallas cowboys of a second straight losing season. Wilh Art being out i Felt like 1 had logo out and play a lot harder Clark  fell like 1 put a Linle pressure on my self to make big plays Monk inc redskins second leading receiver injured his right knee last week and is ins at least until the playoffs. Clark As Jay Sci Rocker s main target had catches of 24, 33. And 46 Yards As Well As a 56-Yard touchdown reception thai gave Washington a 17-3 Lead. Gary s so Quick he s Gol deceptive Speed redskins coach Joe Gibbs said. He sensed he had to take Over. Ill Art being out of  the cowboys fell out of the playoff Chase with their fourth straight loss. Dallas 5-8 Wilh iwo games left had enjoyed 20consecutive winning seasons until last year. We played hard the whole bal Gumc. Hul we just gave hem easy touchdowns in the first half said Dallas Couch Tom Landry. We had plenty of chances we can t  George Rogers scored iwo touchdowns for the redskins on i Yard runs As Washington build a 24-3 Lead and then held of the cowboys to remain in Contention fur at least one Home playoff game. The redskins 10-3, wrapped up inc not East Lilly last week. Clark s touchdown rain Wilh one minute remaining in i in1 first half and gave inc redskins a 17-3 Fead. The wide receiver heal Everson Wilts on a Fly pal Lern Down the right sideline Jugal  Sam lieder s pass in stride inside he 15 and a in in untouched to Complete inc 56-Yard play Dallas 2-6 since the end of the Piny Erv strike rallied behind Danny while after falling behind by three Louch Dov is two minutes Stu the third Quarter. White whose two touchdown passes enabled him to surpass Roger Mach s club record of 153, Complete 17 of 49 for 359 Yards hut was sacked to acc times. Sea Hawks stall Broncos playoff bid 28-21 Seattle api Dave Krieg threw three touch Dow passes including a 40-yarder to Raymond Builer on a Leaf ticket As the Seattle sea Hawks bounced Back from Denver s iwo Quick touchdowns to beat the Bron cos 28-21 sunday night. The loss ended a four game Denver winning Slcak and prevented the of Broncos. Ft-4-1, from clinching a playoff spot. Seattle which had lost two in a Row is 8-5 and remains in Contention for the acc West tide or a wild card playoff berth with two games left. The Leaf Icker 5 50 into the third Quarter came after Denver had scored twice in just Over two minutes to erase a 14-0 halftime deficit. With b first Down Al the Denver 40, Krieg handed to Curt Warner who handed la Steve la genl who flipped Back to Krieg. He found duller alone behind the dem or secondary. Krieg who had a 3-Yard to pass to Butler in the first half added a 7-yarder to John Williams 2 21 Mlo the fourth Quarter for the clincher. That offset a to Yard touchdown run by Sammy Winder Wilh 25 seconds left. Krieg finished with 2.18 Yards on 23 completions in 33 attempts including 10 in a Row at one Point. He also threw two interceptions and had a Fumble thai set up Denver s tying touchdown. Seattle dominated the mistake plagued first half taking a 14-0 Lead on a 3-Yard run by Warner and a 3 Yard to pass from Krieg to Butler. The sea Hawks had 14 first Downs to four for Denver and allowed just 17 Yards on inc ground after surrendering 565 local Rush ing Yards in losses to the raiders and steel cars the past two weeks. But the Broncos broke quickly in the second half. They look inc Ball 59 Yards in nine plays from the opening  10 score on an 11-Yard run b Winder with just 2 32 gone. The me was kept alive by an illegal Contact Penally against Seattle s David Hollis that nullified an interception and 55-Yard return by Eugene Robinson. The Broncos tied it 2 02 later on Elway s 44-Yard strike to Rick Massie. Despite the Seattle Victory Denver retains the adv Lage in the acc West. In Fin 1 place by half a Pam Over Boh the sea Hawks and san Diego chargers it finishes at Home against Kansas cily and san Diego. The so Hawks  Chicago and Kansas City. San Diego which has com four straight Musi play Indianapolis Al Home before venturing to Denver. Except for the four minutes in the third Quarter the sea Etc defense was Lou Jhc than ii has been in weeks. While Elway completed 21 of 42 passes fur 315 Yards he was harried for much Tif the game particularly by Rookie linebacker Brian us won who was use As a Blitzer More than he has been in the Pas the pro nuns had five sacks for the game four on Lay and one on Cine Lang on an attempted option pass