European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. November 8, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 pm Bills Stop Seattle for 5th straight nil Roundup Seattle a Robb Riddick scored a touchdown on a 1-Yard run and Scott Norwood kicked Field goals of 27 and 23 Yards sunday As the Buffalo Bills beat the Seattle sea Hawks 13-3 Tor their fifth straight Victory. The Bills who Lead the acc East improved their nil Best record to 9-1, while the sea Hawks who started the Day in sole Possession of first place in the acc West had their record evened at 5 5 to drop into a lie with the los Angeles raiders and Denver Broncos. Buffalo s defense harassed Rookie quarterback Kelly Stouffer of the sea Hawks All Day sacking him three times and putting him out of the game for part or the second half. Bruce Smith had two of the sacks. The Hihi also sacked Jeff Kemp who played briefly in place of Stouffer once. Buffalo has t allowed a touchdown in two straight games shutting out Green Bay 2b-0 last week Riddick tilling in at running Back after starter Thurman Thomas suffered a braised Shin in the first half gave Buffalo a 10-3 halftime Lead on his 1-Yard score with 1 47 left in the first half. Norwood the nil s leading scorer kicked a 21-Yard held goal with 2 38 to go for the Only second half Points. He kicked his 2 7.Yard Field goal in the open ing Quarter. Norwood s second Field goal came after Ray bin Ley recovered the Ball on the Seattle 32 with 6 39 left after John Kidd s punt hit the sea Hawks Nesby Glasgow on the foot. The so Hawks averted a shutout when Norm Johnson kicked n 41-Yard Field goal in the second Quarter. Buffalo s defense stiffened when rip Johnson fumbled on a punt return and Grant Feasel recovered on the Bills 39 late in the third Quarter. Seattle failed to get a first Down on a fourth-and-1 keeper try by Stout or at the Buffalo 30 with 36 seconds left in the third Quarter. The sea Hawks got another Opportunity when Paul mover intercepted a Jim Kelly pass on the Seattle 39 with 45 seconds gone in the fourth Quarter. But the so Hawks had to punt after failing to move the Ball in three Downs. Riddick a six year Veteran rushed is times for 75 Yards. Thomas had six car Ries before he left the game. Kelly completed in of 2i passes for 1 to Yards with one interception. Stout for starting for Lite sixth game in a Row for the injured Dave Krieg was 10 of 22 for ids Yards. The Buffalo defense which features Smith and linebackers Cornelius Bennett and Shane Conlen limited Seattle to 10 first Downs and 72 Yards Rushing. Stephens Sparks pats Over dolphins 21-10 Foxboro mass. A Rookie John Stephens broke the 100-Yard Rush ing Barrier for the third straight game As he ran Tor 104 Yards and one touchdown and the new England patriots survived a pan Marino Lea comeback for a 21-10 Victory Over the Miami dolphins Sun Day  Stephens who rushed for 134 Yards two games ago and 124 a week 330, scored on a 13-Yard run As he patriots took a 21-3 Lead 7 i 6 into the third Quarter. His running also set up their first touchdown a 1-Yard burst by Bob ferryman that opened the scoring with 1 38 gone in the second period. The last time a Patriot had three consecutive 100-Yard Rushing games was in 1976, when Don Calhoun lopped that total in four straight games. Marino who direct the nil s lop passing attack brought Miami Back within 21-10 on a 20-Yard touchdown pass to Rookie for real Edmunds with 30 seconds left in the third Quarter. Marino s passing later brought the dolphins to the new England 6-Yard line but Roland James interception in the end zone ended the threat with 2 59 remaining in the game Marino s 14-Yard completion to Jim Jensen on Miami s next series got the Ball to the new eng land 4 As time ran out. The acc East rivals both fighting to slay in playoff Contention Are 5-5 alter the pal Riols sixth consecutive Victory Over Miami the dolphins had won four of their previous five games. Falcons shut out packers Atlanta a Chris Miller passed for 177 Yards including a 45-Yard scoring strike to Gene Lang As the Allan la Falcons snapped an eight came Home Field losing Skircak with a Io-0 Victory Over the Green Bay packers sunday. It was the first shutout by the Falcons 3-7, since a 35-0 Victory Over new or leans on dec. 12, 1982, and in gave at Lanta a two game winning Streak for the first time since going 4-0 at the Start of the 1986 season. /. / the packers fell to 2-8 with i hair third loss in a Row and second consecutive shutout. " Miller completed 15 of 25 passes. Erik Mcmillan 22 fumbles after picking off coils puss but inc Jeu recovered Rookie Chandler leads Colts past jets 38-14 Indianapolis a Rookie quarterback Chris Chandler passed 44 Yards to Clarence Verdin and ran 29 Yards for another touchdown Dur ing a third Quarter burst that carried the Indianapolis Colts to a 38-14 Vic tory sunday Over he penalty plagued new York jets the Colls 5-5 after winning their fourth straight game for the first time in 11 years scored three times in the third period taking Only eight plays for All three touchdowns and Bene fiting from four new York penalties the jets 5-4-Lv led 14-10 Al half time but a 14-Yard pass to Pat Beach a 5-Yard run by Chandler and the 44 Yard pass to Verdin put Indianapolis ahead for Good less than two minutes into the third period. An illegal player downfield on the jets next punt and a personal foul on Carl Howard on the same play gave Indianapolis Possession at the new York 44. Two plays later the first of two costly interference penalties against Bobby Humphry put the Colts at the 20. After an Indianapolis holding Penally. Chandler scrambled o an empty right Side of the Field and ran in for the touchdown the next Indianapolis touchdown look Only two plays after Duane Bickett made the second interception of the game off Ken o Brien who had thrown Only four interceptions All season. Eric Dickerson lost one Yard on the first play then Humphery was called for interference against Bill Brooks at the jets 2-Yard Tine after apparently Mak ing an interception in the end zone. Dickerson scored on the next play. The jets had 14 penalties for 127 Yards compared with just three for 16 Yards against the Colts. Chandler completed 14 of 22 passes for 173 Yards for the game. O Brien was 20 of 31, also for 173 Yards before pal Ryan replaced him late in the game. Broncos survive penalties beat Denver a John Elway threw a 6-Yard touch Down pass 10 Vance Johnson and Sammy Winder added another score on a Short yardage run As the Denver Broncos overcame penalties to defeat the turn Over prone Kansas City chiefs 17-11 sunday. The Broncos snapping a two game losing Streak climbed into a first place tie in the acc Wisl with Seattle and the los Angeles raiders Al 5-s. The chiefs whose Only Victory this season came Over Denver dropped to i -8-1. On two occasions the chiefs drove inside the Den ver 10-Yard line but came away with no Points. With a second and goal Al Denver s 8 in the first Quarter Bill Kenny threw into coverage and was intercepted Ai the goal line by safety Mike Harden Harden was downed at Trie 1, and Kansas City got a safety on the next play when Tony Dorset was tackled on a pitch out in the end zone by linebacker Dino Hackett.  chiefs squandered heir other scoring oppor i Unity Early in the third period. With second Ana six from the 8, Paul Palmer took a Pill soul slipped and fumbled the bait away to linebacker Rick a Camson Elway std pass and Winder s run staked the Bron cos to a 14-2 Lead which the chiefs whittled to 14-5 at the half on the first of three Nick Lowery Field goals. Kansas City got within 14-8 with a third Quarter Field goal and the two teams traded final period kicks