European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. December 39,1987 the stars and stripes Page 31 nil playoff schedule set by the associated press the Minnesota Vikings lost and still won the new Orleans saints won and still lost son of and the confusing nil playoff picture finally came into focus an the last sunday of the regular season. The san Francisco 49crs 48-0 Victory Over the los Angeles rams sunday night provided the final piece of the , giving the 49ers inc pfc West Lite and a week off and relegating the Sain i to an pfc wild card berth and a game next sunday at Home against Minne Sota. The saints closed out regular season sunday with heir ninth straight Victory a 33-24 Victory Over the Green Bay packers but still lost the pfc West to the 49crs, who had a 13-2 record. New Orleans was 12-3. Meanwhile Minnesota which lost to the washing ton redskins 27-24 in overtime on saturday gained the Oiler pfc wild card spol by virtue of the Dallas cowboys 21-16 Victory Over the visiting St. Louis cardinals on sunday. The Vikings will go to the playoffs for the firs time since 1982, despite an 8-7 record. Washington had clinched the pfc East title weeks ago and is also playoff bound. God. It s a great feeling Vikings defensive coordinator Floyd Peters said after watching sunday s Cardi nals cowboys game on television. It s going to be fun. Now hat you re in the playoffs it does t matter what you did last week or last month. La s Zero-to-7cro and now the question is what arc you going to do next sunday asked if i thought his team backed my the play offs. Vikings coach Jerry Burns said lot s put it this Way i feel Good about it. When we started the sea son our objective was to get into the playoffs any Way we could. When it s All said and done they Don t ask How they ask How Many. If we had t played Well yesterday if we stunk up the joint against the redskins,1 might have thought that we bucked in hut we played hard and just came up Short a lit end or have a Good  sunday began with Only the redskins Chicago bears and Cleveland Browns in Possession of division titles with the bears having won the pfc Central and the Browns the acc Central. Indianapolis beat Tampa Bay 24-6 on sunday to take he acc East Locking up its first division championship since 1977, when the team played in Hal Iimori. The Denver Broncos also playing sunday gained the Home Field for the entire playoffs with a 24-0 Triumph Over san Diego but already had been handed the acc West title while their game was in Progress because Kansas City upset Seattle 41-20. Houston beat Cincinnati 21-17 to Clinch an acc wild card berth. The oilers will play Host to Seattle sunday in the acc wild card game. All six division champions gel a week off. If Houston wins tie week the oilers will play the fallowing week 31 Denver if scuttle wins the sea Hawks will play next at Cleveland Indianapolis will play at either Denver or Cleveland depending on the Denver Rulam Jones sacks Sun Diego Jiuu Terleck Murk via tic in wintry mile High stadium. Broncos Clinch Home Field Denver apr less than spectacular in his punt return duties this season Rookie Kevin Clark and the rest of inc Denver Broncos maligned special team players were ready for a big play. They got one less than two minutes into the game Uhn Clark returned a punt 71 Yards for a score. With an assist from a howling Bli Ard. It proved to be All the Broncos needed in route to a. 24-0 Victory Over the Ean Diego chargers sunday in clinching the Home Field advantage throughout the playoffs. Denver. 10-4-1, claimed the acc West title earlier in the Day when Seattle lost to Kansas City 41-20. The special teams have really been wanting to break  Clark said. I got a great Block from Tony Boddice. And that was in. As a defensive player i Felt really Nice to get in the end  coming into the game Clark had resumed 12 punts sae Broncos on Page 26 outcome of the Houston Seattle name in the pfc. If Minnesota heats new Orleans in the wild card game the Vikings would Pla then a round. I a new Orleans or Washington at Chicago. Tha sunday Jan. 17 a pc chanpion Sli i i divisional playoffs winners. Tim pfc championship divisional playoffs winners. Tha sunday Jan. .11 super bowl acc Winner is. Pfc Winner Al san Diego.  49ers rip rams win West title san Francisco a Jerry Kite san fran ii co s record breaking wide receiver. Ciu Iri two Early touchdowns and Joe Montana returned to action wish a pair of second half to passes sunday night a the 49ers overpowered the los Angeles rams 4x-0 to claim the pfc West title. Rice finished the regular season with 2.1 touch Downs. 22 on receptions and one Rushing thai left him one Short of the nil single season record set by Washington fullback John Riggins in i  the san Francisco Star set league records with his 22 scoring receptions and also by catching touchdown passes in 13 consecutive games. The 4vers finished with a 13-2 record Best in the nil and won the pfc West Crown for hit fifth unit in seven years edging the new Orleans saints. Tyty will open the playoffs at Home on the weekend of Jan. 9-10 against either Washington or the Minnesota Vikings depending on the outcome of Nam week s Vikings saints wild card game. The rams 6-9, suffered their first losing season in five years under coach John Robinson. Steve Voung threw for three touchdowns and i7j Yards in he first half. Montana testing the hamstring he injured two weeks earlier seemed nimble As Ever and finished the season with a dub Creim if a Mich Down passes. Younki Starling his second Conse Huluc tunic in Rice on to passes of 22 and so Yards Anil i id i j j 7-Yard scoring toss 10 Mike Wilson Montana connected with Wilson on a Tii in it pass play and tight end John Frank from ii urd Sui. San Francisco shut out an opponent fur Llu second Lime Over the last three games. The Alen had an m Trail 124-7 scoring advantage in their last three games the Only touchdown Agama the overs in the three games came on a Kickoff return b Atlanta. San fran Cisco s defensive unil goes into the playoffs with a Streak of 1 3 straight quarters without allowing a stoic. The 49i is two non passing touchdowns came or a Yard run by Roger Craig and on a 26-Yard run to wide receiver John Taylor who advanced the Ball after scooping up teammate Harry Sydney s Fumble