European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 19. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 broncs prevail Jeremiah Castille Cash Ummard a Fumble or cover after stripping the Bill from Earnest Livner 44 at the pm line. Again Fumble wrecks Browns version of the drive by Barry w1lner Denver a the Denver Broncos Hail Tisl enough again. Tie Cleveland Browns Felt Mirely Short  ii headed for its second straight super bowl As a three Point favorite Over nyc Dampkin Washington because Cleveland was t As 5umful on its last ditch drive sunday As the Broncos Weic 1 11 theirs last  year. I Felt  Broncos Coli h Imp Reeves Laid after his team held on for a 3k-u Ai a championship game Victory Over the Browns. This year i feel  the Broncos staged a 98-Yard drive for the Lysius touchdown in the final minutes of last year s game at Oev Cland Ihen won in overtime. In Denver that March has acquired mythic status As the drive this Lime he Browns rallied from an i a Point Hole to a 31-31 lie then tried to climb Back  Alu Sammy Winder s 20-Ynrd touchdown reception made j138-3i.Cleveland marched to the Denver 8, where Larnol byner having a sensational game burst off left guard. Byner was headed into the end zone when Jeremiah Casville stripped the Ball and fell on it. The Browns were dead two Guys were doming at me and 1 a Ltd my body trying to get in  said byner who caught seven passes for 120 Yards rushed for 67 Yards and scored Wick. "1 though it was going to be a score. Maybe if 1 had pulled the Ball in closer. Well. I Don t  the Browns knew hitter defeat for the second straight year at the hands of Denver which Quail cd for its third super bowl with its ninth consecutive win Over Cleveland. None of Byners Leam males Casl the blame on  football learn would not Hare Taen in a Posi Lian to win the game if it was t for Earnest  Ascary eyed Marty Schollin Heimur the Browns coach said. If in had t been for for Lack Ofa better word Earnest s heroics we would t have been in the position to  Kosar. Who threw for 356 Yards Anu thrive touchdowns also praised  is one of the classics Guys in the nl-l., Kosar said. Without a doubt he is one of the Himsel reasons we re , in hurts a lot byner said. There s a lot of weeping going on in the locker room. I fell i see broncs on Page 26 Dejavu was All there was to the drive ii by Chuck Melvin Denver a Bernie Kosar s sequel to the drive was t quite As Good As the original. Jum As John Elway had done for the Denver Bron cos a year earlier. Kosar put the Cleveland Browns in position to lie the acc championship game in the closing seconds sunday. But. On second Ond a from the Denver 8, earnestly nor was stripped of the Ball near the Denver goal line ensuring the Broncos of a 38-33 Victory and i hair second straight trip to the super bowl. Kosar s work on the drive was eerily reminiscent of Elway work in the final Man pics of regulation time in last year s acc title game in Cleveland. The scenario kind of looked like that and played out like that Kosar said. "1 have to be honest with you i thought about the drive because we needed to score a touchdown Al that Point. There was no doubt in my mind that we could go Down and score those  the Browns trailed 31-3 at Hie half but fought Back to lie the game Al 31-31 in the fourth Quarter Only to fall behind 38-31 when Sammy Winder look a Short Elway pass and raced 20 Yards for a touchdown with 4 01 to  Mcneil s Kickoff return put the Ball Al the Cleveland 25 with 3 53 to play. Kosar then went to the huddle remembering thai Elway had taken the Broncos 98 Yards in a similar situation one year earlier. I was t looking Al in in terms of Matching that Kosar said. I was looking at in in terms of the  Kosar s drive was in fast. Much More efficient than Elway s had been. Where Elway needed to convert three third Down plays to tic last year s game Kosar never faced a third Down on his drive sunday. Elway was also sacked once and had to scramble for important Yards twice on the drive a year ago. Kosar was untouched on his drive. Byner started the Cleveland March with a is Yard run up the Middle and a 2-Yard gain Over f e let. Side Oliie defense. Kosar passed 14 Yards to Brian Brennan and Fol Lowed thai with a 19-yarder, also to Brennan to Lake inc Ball to the Denver 24 at the two minute warning. After an encroachment penalty against Denver put the Ball at the 19, byner ran 6 Yards to the 13 for a first Down. The Cleveland drive was going almost Loo Well be cause in seemed in would give Denver too much time after the Browns scored. An incomplete pass and an offside penalty against the Broncos gave Cleveland a Sccond-and-5 at the Denver 8, and Cleveland called for the " 13 u a it s supposed to go inside but i hair right tackle closed that  byner said to had to Bounce it out  byner tried to break Between two defenders but Ailie scared the goal line. Denver cornerback Jeremiah Cali Lac stripped the Ball from his grasp and recovered the Fumble at the Denver 3. We had an Cucic Lacni play called Iacre Kosar said. Earnest got Down to the i Yard line or the half Yard  byner refused to hang his head for the Fumble even though it marked the second Lime this season hi1 had lost a goal line Fumble in the final minute. Cleveland lost to Indianapolis 9-1 on dec. 6 after byner fumbled the Ball away in the fourth Quarter. Byner finished with 67 Yards on 15 carries and 120 Yards on seven receptions. He scored two touchdowns. Kosar meanwhile had the kind of statistical Day quarterbacks dream of going 26 of 41 for 356 Yards and three touchdowns. All the touchdowns and 246 of the Yards came in the second half. Kosar whose Hopes of erasing the memory of Elway s drive died with byner s Fumble was the first to console byner on the sidelines