European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 28, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 Browns beat skins on byner s to by the associated press Washington Earnest byner s 27-Yard touch Down run with 1 49 remaining sunday lifted the Cleve land Browns to a 17-13 Victory Over the Washington redskins. Byner s score came with the Browns trailing 13-10 and facing a third and five situation. Blowing past a furious pass Rush on a draw play byner broke la Eklics by Ravin Caldwell and Todd Bowles in route to the end zone. An interception by pc Ucland cornerback Mark Harper with 41 seconds remaining scaled inc Victor for inc Browns 8-5. Who remained in the thick of the playoff picture m the acc. Washington 6-7. Lost its third straight game for the first Lime since 1981. The loss All but knocked the defending super bowl champions out of playoff Contention. Chip Loh Milter s 40-Yard Field goal with 6 27 left capped a 46-Yard drive that gave the redskins a 13-10 but Cleveland fought Back getting a Cameial 21-Yard completion from be Mic Kosar to Brian Brennan on third and-10 from Cleveland 47. Three plays later byner took off on his game winning run. Playing in a steady rain Kosar completed 23 of 36 pass for219 Yards. In other games completed Early sunday nil Roundup btng��3s,bllls21 Cincinnati icky Woods ran for three touch Downs and Boomer Esiason picked apart the arcs end ing defense As Cincinnati jumped off to a 21-Point Lead then held off a furious comeback to beat Buffalo. The Victory in the game Between he teams with the arcs Best records ended a six game Buffalo winning Streak improved Cincinnati s record to 10-3 and kept the bengals a game ahead of 9-4 Houston in he acc Central. The Bills who clinched the acc East Lilly last week dropped to 11-2 but still retained the Edge Tor inc Home Field advantage in inc acc playoffs Cincinnati started like it would be a rout taking a 21-0 Lead in the second Quarter against a team that had allowed just 15 Points and one touchdown in its last Tom games. The bengals total yardage of 287 in the first half was More than the 270 the Buffalo defense had been allowing per game and their 146 on the ground was More than the 101 average the Bills had allowed Rushing. Woods himself bettered the average with 129 Yards in 26 carries while James Brooks had 93 Yards in 22 carries As the bengals rushed for 232 Yards Overall but Buffalo trailing 28-7, rallied to Cut it to 28-21 Early in the fourth Quarter and appeared to be heading for the sunday s scores a Anu if. Tame by 10 hot Tutun 18. Kiwi cry 10 Chumo if. Girmai Bay 0hww York jm4 m. Miami 31 tying touchdown when Komi Riddick fumbled and Lewis Billups recovered at the Cincinnati 35. From there the Beng als moved 65 Yards in 15 plays consuming 9 24 and Locking up the game on Woods 2-Yard to run. Sleepers 16, chiefs 10 Pittsburgh Gary Anderson ended three Long scoring drives with Field goals and Myrril hog scored on a 10-Yard run sunday As Pittsburgh beat Kansas City Only the slice Lars second Victory in the last 12 games. The chiefs 3-9-1, managed Only u Field goal by Nick Lowry on two fourth Quarter drives inside the Elcel cars 7-Yard line As Pittsburgh broke a four game losing Streak and inc chiefs iwo Gume winning Streak. The game ended on an incomplete pass with Kansas City on the clerk 14, the a Celers 3-10 and headed for their worst season since they were 1-13 in 1969, need to win their Hnat Home game against Miami to avoid their first losing Home record since 1970. College football tigers bomb Green wave Baton Rouge la. A Greg Jackson returned an interception 71 Yards for a fourth Quarter touchdown and Tommy Hodson threw for 222 Yards and two touchdowns to Lead i6th-Rankcd Louisiana stale to a 44-14 Victory Over Tulane saturday night. Psi bound for the Hall of Fame bowl against Syracuse finished with an 8-3 regular season. The tigers were 6-1 in the Southeastern conference tying for first place with Auburn. Tulane finished at5-6. Hodson completed is of 21 passes including a 15-Yard touchdown pass to Eddie Fuller to open the night s scoring and a 30-Yardcr to Tony Moss with s 13 left in the game. David Browndyke kicked Field goals of 28. 27 and 30 Yards for Ltd. Calvin Windom scored on a 1-Yard plunge in the second Quarter and Jay Gloff rammed Over from a Yard out in the fourth Quarter. Tulane closed to 17-14 Midway through the third Quarter on touchdown runs of 30 and four Yards by quarterback Terrence Jones. But Browndyke s second held goal and the touchdowns , Jackson and Moss ended the upset Hopes of Tulane a 20-Poinl underdog. Cougars set Marks while routing Rice Houston a Jason Phillips and James Dixon wrote themselves into the Mcaa record Book saturday to Lead Houston to a 45-14 Victory and hand Rice its 18th straight loss. Phillips and Dixon became the first teammates in Mcaa history to finish first and second in the nation in receiving while quarterback Andre Ware completed five touchdown passes. The owls completed their third non winning season with an 0-11 record extending the nation s longest losing Streak Dixon came into the game with 87 catches and caught 15 for 108 Yards against the owls. The cougars also became the first learn in Mcaa history to have double 1,000-Yard receivers and a 1,000-Yard rusher As Chuck  finished the regular season with 1,004 Yards. Pardee i cougars finished the regular season 9-2 and will meet Washington state in the Aloha bowl dec. 25. Ferguson paces flu Florida state s Chip Ferguson. 3 first period to passes Tallahassee Fla. A Chip Ferguson s three first Quarter touchdown passes sparked fifth ranked Florida state to a 52-17 Victory Over Florida saturday night. Ferguson s passes to Lawrence Daw sey Tom o Mallcy and Sammie Smith gave the seminoles a 21-7 Lead. Coach Bobby Bowdon removed his starters in the third period after the seminoles opened up a 43-10 Cushion. Florida state which lakes a 15-1 re Cord into the sugar bowl against South Eastern conference co Champion a Burn racked up 132 Yards on offence and 11 tint Downs in the first period against the Gator defense which was ranked second in the nation going into the game. It was Florida stale s largest margin of Victory Over Florida and ils 10th straight win since losing to no. 3 Miami in the season opener. Florida which will meet Illinois in the All american bowl in Birmingham ala., finished the season 6-5 for the second straight year. Dawsy gave the seminoles a 7-0 Lead with a spectacular individual Effort catching the Ball at the Florida 15. Faking out one defender and tripping into the end zone. He touched the ground four times with his hand to keep his balance. Tony Lomack s 46-Yard Rickolt return and a 27-Yard Kyle Monis to Mark Mcgrif pass set up emm ill Smith s 1-Yard touchdown run As Florida tied the game 7 7 Midway . Ferguson s 15-Yard scoring pass to o Mallcy gave Florida state a t4-7 Lead. Kelvin Smith s interception of a mor Ris pass at the Florida 24 set up inc sem moles third touchdown which came on Ferguson s 8-Yard pass to Sammie Smith. Marshall wins in i a playoffs by he associated press Marshall the National runner up in the division 1-aa playoffs last year moved into the quarterfinals with a staunch defense by beating North Texas 7-0 saturday.  Gregory hit Mike Barber with an 8-Yard pass after a muffed punt for the Only touchdown. The sixth seeded Thun Dering Herd h-1, killed North Texas last scoring Chance when Rondel wan Namaker intercepted a pass at the mar shall 3s with 43 seconds left. Marshall which won the Southern conference s automatic bid to the play offs advanced to a second round game against Southern conference co Champi on Furman. In 1987, Northeast Louisi Ana beat Marshall for the Lilly. The key turnover came when Marcus camper ran up 13 Yards to catch Gregg Susura s punt but the Ball bounced off his Chest into the hands of Marshall s. Von Woodson at the North Texas 40. Seven plays later Gregory hit Barber on a screen for the score with 27 seconds left in the first period. Elsewhere in division i a Furman beat Delaware 21-7 Georgia Southern downed Citadel 38-20 Western Ken Tucky Defeated Western Illinois 35-32 Northwestern la state took Boise slate 22-13 Idaho Beal Montana 38-19 and Stephen f. Austin whitewashed Jackson stale 24-0. At night it was Eastern Kentucky 28, Massachusetts 17. In division 11, it was North Dakota slate 36, Millersville 26 Texas Aai 34, Tennessee Martin 0 Portland state 20, Jacksonville Ala stale 13 and Sacramento slate 56, North Carolina Central. In division 111, it was Ithaca 24, Cort land . State 17 Ferrum 49, Mora Vian 28 aug Slana 111. 28, Wittenberg 14 and Central Iowa 16, Wisconsin Whitewater 13. In naia division 1, it was Moore had by state 26. Mesa Colo state 16 Adams Colo state 14, Emporia Kan state 10 Pittsburg Kan stale 33, Northern . State 14 Southeastern Oklahoma slate 21, Central Arkansas 14 in overtime Hillsdale Mich. 42, Fairmont . Slate 7 Carson new Man 62, Concord . 29 and Cen trial Ohio slate 24, Catawba . 10. The game by tween Washburn and a Kansas Monlin cello was postponed by bad weather and was to be played sunday. In naia division ii it was West Minster 40, Bluffton 7 Wisconsin la Cross 45, Northwestern Towa 33 Evan gel 22, Bethany Kan 10 and Oregon tech 70, Carroll Mont 35.division i a at Greenville s.c., John Bagwell set up his i Yard to run with a 63-Yard dash in the fourth Quarter As Furman. 10-2, beat Delaware. Glenn Connally hit two Field  the paladins and quarterback Frank Debusk score Don a 3-Yaro run the vandals rolled up 533 Yards in total offence to 19s for the grizzlies and Lei  nine passes for 164 Yards. Al Richmond ky., Tim Lester rushed for two touchdowns and Elroy hams had 141 Yards and another score to Lead Eastern Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky 10-2, had 481 Yards total offence 344 on the ground to Massachusetts 221. The colonels play Arch rival Western Kentucky next week. Al Macomb til. Zip Zanders and Ron Burroughs each returned interceptions for touchdowns for Western Kentucky 9-3, which held on despite a 29-Point". Fourth Quarter rally by Host Western Illi Nois. The Hill toppers took advantage of six interceptions and led 35-3 with 4 51 remaining in the third Quarter. In the final Quarter after inc leather necks rallied within three Points they look Over after a pull Wilh 1 11 left Ana drove from their 30 to the Hill toppers 40. But an interception by Vincil Anthony clinched it. At state Bora ga., Joe Ross ran 75 Yards for a touchdown to spark a Georgia Southern comeback then Frank John son s 28-Yard to run put the eagles ahead for Good against Citadel. Ross finished with 175 Yards on 1s carries including the Long touchdown run that Cut the bulldogs Lead to 10-7 in the first Quarter. Johnson who gained 103 Yards on just four second half car Ries ran for his touchdown in the third period to give the eagles a 21-17 Lead. Georgia Southern 10-2, will be at Home against Stephen f. Austinat Nacogdoches Texas Johnnie Hen see Marshall on Page 26