European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january. 1988 the stars and stripes Pago 21 sports Houston edges sea Hawks in of on Zendejas Fig by Michael a. Lutz Houston a the Hirst and worn times of Tony Zendijas nil Ca reer came Only Aboul to minutes apart sunday i Ciuda i have seemed longer zen Dunn mired a 2�-Yard Field Goat eth j i to play regulation Lime. Bul he Kate a 4 Sanfer � ill 6 55 left in Over time giving the Houston oilers a 23-20 Victory Oer scuttle thai Ai toy Orst tits and 1h Best uck in my  pc Dejai said. I Aston in uni to Luok to v.-. And 1 yanked up try h and Loo soon on the 29- Ardry. Ariit  the disk. Rrt Drejas re turned to the sideline hoping it d pet another Charr. Everyone would have blamed of if a lust and 1 would have blamed my Tehve said Zendejas. To already Hadfield Ualk of 47 and 4v Yards a Felt like Lei the whole team Down. V. T could have lost the Ebmer and 1 Fri pc try Tad right  the Victory it inn a let oilers m the next round Olliie ply Uiha against Ilie Broncos in Denver on  Moon nil Willie Drewry with c 2u-Jard touchdown past Laic in the third Quarter for b 20-13 Lead. After the oilers relinquished pusses  an Zendijas missed fired goal the Stu Lumaj Tot 80 words to lie in with 26secondleft in 3 i 2-Yard tour Down Pas from Dave Keitg to Steve Largent. 1 we the second scoring connection of he lame Between the two. The sea Hawks won the overtime toss Bui wer forced 10 puns giving the of ices another Tiance at Victory. Oilers  Glanville know a tacitly a he m Antt a to do. "1 Piid if we a i the Ball in overtime. We re a Roain it Glanvi lir Taid. Wehri a the Fri iwo routes we pal in when 1 to came head coach. Houston pm a break on ii u inning drive � Heo. On 1lrm Down from the Oil in Al. Moon appeared to have i Haroun Moon an interception i Tat was tipped by Seattle s Jeff Bryan and Mageed near the ground by linebacker freed Young. Officials however ruled the. Ball was trapped and later upheld the cat on in Sian replay. I caught the  Young said. There was nothing i could do but catch in. 1 did wish bom Handi Oft to there was no question. Glanville was in a forgiving mood after Zendejas kicked the came Winner. He s inc Best kicker in pro  Glanville said. It could have been easier if Tony Hud made the tick Down there but we won and we re two games away from he super  Seattle coach Chuck Knox said the oilers performed in oven me and the sea Hawks did not. When we got the bail we could t control  know said. They got it and they moved. The time of Poss Sion had to be in their favor. But give us credit. We came Back and forced the  after Seattle s overtime Purl. Hous ton look Over at us 15. Moon who passed Tor 273 Yards completed passes of 11 Yard to Alonzo Highsmith Androy Wallace prior to Hie controversial Call. Moon then hit a 15-Yardrr to Drew Hill id the Seattle 4t, and Mike Kozir had runs of 9. 1 and 7 Yards to the Seattle 23. Two plays and a a Yard penalty against Houston left the oilers at the 24from where Zendejas kicked the winning Field goal. Krieg threw his second touchdown pass of the game to Largent with 26 seconds left capping an so Yard drive that began after Zendejas was wide left on the 29-yarder. Prior to the miss. Zendejas was 8 of 8 inside the 30. Kring Olio had parcs of 10 and 24 Yards to la genl in the drive and a hit Ray Bailer with a 32-Yardcr 10 the hous ton 12 with 31 seconds left to set up the lying touchdown. Moon bit Willie Drewrey with a 29 Yard touchdown pass that put Houston ahead with 2 34 to go. Drewrey a third year player ran in Der Moon s third Down pass in the end zone breaking a 13-13 lie with his first nil touchdown. The Seu Hawks playing without in Houman Dick crony Zund fans boots the 42-Yard, game Wynn uni pkg in overtime. Jared running Back curl Warner the acc i no. 2 rusher reached Houston s15-and 23-Yard lines but had to Settle for Field goals of 33 Yards in the second Quarter and 41 Yards in the third by Norm Johnson. Seattle was held to 29 Yards Rushing for the game. Mike Rosier reversing Hii Field scored an a diving i Yard touchdown plunge and Zendejas kicked two Field goals to give the oilers a 13-10 half Lime Seattle s Melvin Jenkins returned an interception 28 Yards to set up a 20-Yard touchdown pass from  to la genl on the game s first series. Then Johnson kicked a 33-Yard, second Quarter Frlj goal following a 54-Yard punt return by Bobby Joe Edmonds. Johnson s second Field goal lied i Escore with 8 2,1 to go in the third Umaner but Moon put the oilers Back on lop with the touchdown pass to draw Ray. Moon completed 21 of 32 passes with one interception. Kring was 16 of 38 for237 Yards and Large no caught seven passes for 132 Yards. John l Williams was Seattle s leading rusher gaining just 27 Yards on seven car Ries. / caught the Ball says Young free photo . Key interception voided by Hal Bock Houston a scat Ilc linebacker Frudd Young lat quietly in front of his locker reviewing the interception that was t in sunday s 23-2 1 nil wild car playoff loss to the Houston oilers. Over and Over Young told reporters,"1 caught the Ball. There was nothing 1 could do bul catch in. 1 did with both hands on in. Then was no  Houston bad taken Over with a first Down a its own 15-Yard line after Seattle failed to move the Ball on its first posses Sion in overtime. Warren Moon passed the oilers 10 first Downs at uie 26 and the 37. The Houston quarterback then went to the air again but the bait was tipped at he line of scrimmage and Young appeared to come Down with in. Game Oft dals however called in an incomplete pass and replay officials upheld thai decision. I was Tolly surprised that they looked at the replay. Young said knew i had in. Why would they even look Al the replay if in was that Clear when the ruling came Down from the press tax voting appeared to lose his Cool shouting at the officials. They did t give me any explanation but they Don t have to he said. The Only thing they said Wai keep playing or you la get an unsportsmanlike con duct " the oilers capitalized on the break moving smartly downfield to two More first Down before turning the game Over 10 placekicker Tony Zendejas. Kri Fiel goal from 42 Yards curled around the upright and Houston had a Victory tha Tyoung is ill believes should belong to Seattle. The pass was a tipped Ball Al the line of scrimmage Young said. The Guy turned around. There was nothing 1 could do but catch the Ball and i did. There was no Way possible that bal could have hit inc  sea Hawks coach Chuck know would not be drawn into the controversy. It s Lough for me to say Kijuu said of the possible interception. They re viewed in upstairs and you be got to go with what they said. They said it was Noi a  Young however will never be con Vinced or that