European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday december 29.1987 cowboys to cardinals 21-16 Irving. It vis a her sch Wall a scored iwo touchdowns and played i he perfect Decoy an Steve i cell cur s suite inti dog 5-Vard touchdown run on Sun Day As the Dallas cowboys killed is. Louis playoff Hopes Wilh a 21-16 Victory. The loss i inc cardinals 7-8, gave the remaining pfc wild card spot to the Minnesota Vikings who lost 27-24 to Washington on saturday. The cowboys also finished the season Al 7-8. Dallas held a 14-13 Lead after Al Del Greco s second Field goal but Walker caught a 31-Yard pass from pc Lucr. On third Down from the 5-Yard line pc Lucr spun faked a handout to Walker then sprinted untouched in the opposite direction for the touchdown with 10 13 left. Del Greco kicked a third Field gos1 from 37 Yards out with 5 37 to go. The cards got to Dallas 22-Yard line with less than iwo minutes to play but Manny Hendrix batted Down Neil Lomax s fourth-and-27 pass to preserve the Victory. Only 36,784 fans braved the 38-Dcgrce cold. It was the smallest turnout in Texas stadium history and the fewest Home fans to watch the cowboys since 35,271 Cunningham Byars carry Philadelphia past Buffalo 17-7 Philadelphia a Randall Cunningham completed 16 of 21 passes for 177 Yards and a touchdown and Keith Byars ran for 102 Yards As the Philadelphia eagles capped their Best season since 1981 with a 17-7 Victory Over Buffalo on sunday. The eagles look a 10-0 halftime Lead on Paul Mcfadden s 39-Yard Field goal and Cunningham s 18-Yard touchdown pass to Anthony Toney. They made it 17-0 on Tuncy s 2-Yard run to end a 90 Yard drive in inc third Quarter. Under second year coach buddy Ryan the eagles finished 7-8, or 7-5 Dis  learn losses. The Bills Only a week ago eliminated As a contender for the acc East title slipped to 7-8, counting a 1-2 replace ment Leam record. Cunningham s touchdown pass was his 23rd of the season the most for an eagles passer since Ron Jaworski threw the same number in 1981. He completed at least one scoring pass in the 12 games he played in the strike shortened season. On defense the eagles frustrated Buffalo s Jim Kelly who completed 20 of 39 for 154 Yards and one touchdown. The eagles limited Buffalo to just 57 Yards on the ground. Defensive Shii r aggie White got iwo sacks to finish with Al in 12 games one Short of the nil record of 22 in 16 games by Mark Gastineau of the new York jets in 1984. The eagles look a 3-0 Lead at 6 09 of the second period after linebacker Byron Evans intercepted a pass from Kelly and returned 12 Yards to the Buffalo 39. Cunningham passed 12 to Toney to the 27, but the Bills held and Mcfadden booted the 91st Field goal of his three year Ca reer snapping a tie with Sam Baker who played from 1964 to 1969, for the club record. Philadelphia drove 81 Yards on five plays in one minute 48 seconds to make it 10-0 with 3 14 left in the half. The key Keith Byars. Ran for 102 Yards plays were a 30-Yard pass from cunning Ham o Toney a 23-Yard scramble by Cunningham and the quarterback s in Yard throw to Toney. The eagles increased their Lead to 17-0 Al 8 51 01 the third Quarter on an ii play 90-Yard drive capped by Toney s 2 Yard run. Byars earned the Ball five limes in the drive for 33 Yards including runs of 22.13 and 9 Yards. The Bills scored with 6 53 left in the game on a six play. 66-Yard drive with Kelly throwing the final 4 to Andre Reed. Fans showed on the final game of 1964 in the Cotton bowl. Dallas attracted Only 40,103 fans for the Allania game iwo weeks ago. Walker rushed 25 times for 137 Yards and caught three passes for 50 Yards. Walker ran 11 Yards twice for touchdowns in the second period to hand Dallas a 14-10 Lead at intermission. Lomax lipped a 2-Yard scoring pass to . Smith with 20 seconds left in the half to keep the cardinals close. St. Louis held a 3-0 first period Lead on Del Greco s 30-Yard Field goal. Lomax completed 29 of 54 passes for 314 Yards. Giants win 20-7, finish in East cellar East Rutherford no. A the new York giants ended one of the worst seasons by a super bowl Champion sunday by defeating the new York jets 20-7 behind two touchdown passes by Phi Simms. In less than 12 months the giants 6 9. Went from nil champions to last place in the pfc East marking the first time a super bowl Champion has finished last in i s division the year after standing atop the league. The nine losses by the super bowl champions were the most since the then Oakland raiders won the nil title in 1980 and went 7-9 in 1981.the loss was the fourth straight for the jets 6-9, who also lost heir final five regular season games in the 1986 season. Simms threw a 12-Yard touchdown pass to pro bowl tight end Mark Bavaro and found Rookie wide receiver Odessa Turner on a 16-Yard to pass in the Clos ing seconds of a 17-Point second Quarter for the giants. Sims completed 20 of 39 passes for 264 Yards. Raul Allegro who missed Field goal at tempts of 22and 48 Yards kicked three pointers of 29 and 23 Yards while Joe Morris sparked the offence by Rushing for 132 Yards on 26 carries hts first 100 Yard game in the strike Ptag cd season. Broncos bears Edge raiders on late Fig frompags21 for 89 Yards an average of Only 7,4 Yards. Against the chargers. Clark ran Back six kicks for 144 Yards. "k.c, started it rolling for  Bron cos coach Dan Reeves said. It was a great Way to gel started. We had an advantage right away and that was important in Icse conditions. Just Fielding the Ball was extremely difficult today Ricky Hunley s interception sealed it for  Huntly capped inc scoring with a 32 Yard interception return in the fourth Quarter. He later had another interception to stymie san Diego s Hopes of a comeback. "1 did t know Ricky was that Good of a receiver Reeves said. He made two Garcal  Reeves said the weather forced the Broncos to adjust their game plan. Our passing game was hurl he said. The conditions just limited what we could accomplish. Our defense made the Dif  heavy Snow and wind gusting to 37 Mph obliterated inc Yard lines within minutes after the Tarpaulin was removed from the Field for the Kickoff. Footing and visibility were poor hut both teams had More Success moving the Ball through the Airlean on the ground. Any time you have logo out in thai kind of weather and win a game it s tremendous Reed los Angeles a Kevin but Ler s second Field goal a 30-yarder with 4 56 remaining gave the Chicago bears a 6-3 Victory Over the los Angeles raiders on sunday and assured the bears of a Home game in the pfc semifinals inc weekend of Jan. 9-10. The bears who had clinched the pfc Central weeks ago used 7 08 to move 60 Yards in 13 plays to get into position for Butler s game winning kick. The Victory broke a two game Chicago losing Streak. The bears finished the Reg ular season with an 11-4 record. The game marked the final regular season appearance of Chicago running Back Waller Paylon who will retire after 13 years at the conclusion of the playoffs. Paylon the nil s All time leading rusher gained 82 Yards on 20 carries giving him a career total of 16,726 Yards,4,414 Yards ahead of Jim Brown. Payton fumbled on his final carry and Bill Pickel recovered for the raiders Al inc 50-Yard line with 1 31 to play. Los Angeles Losi the Ball on Downs Al the Chicago 37. The loss was the third in a Row for the raiders who played without Rookie run Ning Back to Jackson for the second straight game. Jackson sprained his right ankle on dec. 13. The raiders finished with a 5-10 re Cord their worst since 1962 when they were 1-13, managing general partner Al Davis joined the franchise a year later. The Only other below-,500 seasons for inc raiders since that time came in 1964, when they were s-7-2, and 1981, when they were 7-9, Lions Post 30-13 Victory Falcons lose gain top draft pick Atlanta a Gary Ellerson scored twice on Short runs and Eddie Murray added three Field goals sunday to Power the Detroit Lions to a 30-13 Victory Over inc Atlanta Falcons who finished the season with the worst record in the nil the Lions who finished Al 4-11, might have secured the no. I draft pick in 1988 had they lost. Instead in goes to the Falcons who wound up at 3-12, Kansas City 3-11 going into sunday s play Del titled sea Tilc 41-20 to end the year n 4-11. Had the chiefs lost they would have earned the top pick. Ellirson opened the Detroit scoring with an 8-Yard touchdown run in the opening Quarter and added a 2-Yard to in the third Quarter. Murray kicked Field goals of 45, 23 and 46 Yards. Ricky Smith closed Detroit s scoring by resuming a Chris Mill or interception 14 Yards for a score Lale in the final period. Miller the Falcons no. I draft Choice in 1987, made his second Start in a Row. He connected on a 51-Yard touchdown strike to Floyd Dixon late in the Stond Quarter i first career passing to and Mick Luckhurst added Field gunk of 50 and 28 Yards for Atlanta s Points. Luckhurst s 28-yarder with 42 seconds left before halftime gave Atlanta inc Lead Al 13-10. But the Lions dominated the second half going ahead to stay on Eller son s 2-Yard run Al 9 25 of the third period for a 17-13 Lead. The Lions intercepted Miller four limes three coming in inc final period. The Rookie had been  nine limes in 2games. A crowd of Only 13,906 was on hand Al Atlanta Pulton county stadium the third lowest Home attendance in the club s 22-year history