European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. December 13.1988 the stars and stripes Paga 21 Oiler hits pay dirt Houston s Mike to incr Breaks Louse Over Rii lit tackle Ron the Liosel oilers crushed the Benjmas 4j-6 sunday Ltd to 13 Yards fur a first Quarter touchdown against Cincinnati Iler running fur three ids. Story in pure 23. Is Warher scores 4 ads Seattle a Curt Warner rushed for a team record four touch Downs and Dave Krieg completed 19 of 22 passes for 220 Yards and iwo touch Downs sunday night As he Seattle sea Hawks moved into the Lead in the acc West with a 42-14 victors Over Denver. The loss knocked the iwo time defend ing acc Champion Liro cos out of play. Off Contention with one regular season Gam Clcil. The Washington redskins he de fending. Super bowl champions Viert eliminated from playoff Contention ear Jer in the Day. the first time in nil history thai neither super bowl team made the playoffs the following season. The so Hawks. 8-7, can win their first acc West title next sunday by Healing the los Angeles raiders. However a win by the raiders would give them the Divi Sion . The basis of inc. Teams division records., .,." Warner coming off a career Low 10-Yard Rushing performance in a 13-7.loss to new England last sunday scored on two 1-Yard runs and 13 and 12-Yard dashes. He rushed 23 times for 126 Yards to go Over. The a a Rushing Mark for the fourth time in his sin year pro career. Kocg had scoring passes of 14 Yards to fullback John 1_ Williams and 7 Yards to tight end John Spagnola. Williams also rushed for More than 100 Yards the Sec Ond time both Williams and Warner have rushed for More than 100 Yards each this season Williams carried the Ball 20 times for 109 Yards. These Hawks scored on All six of their possessions in the first three quarters. Denver scored on a 15-Yard touchdown pass from John Elway to Mark Jackson in the second Quarter and a 3-Yard run by Steve Scwell with 28 seconds left in the game but the Broncos blew several opportunities Denver s Rich Karlis missed Field goal attempts of 52 and 37 Yards the sea Hawks stopped a Denver drive on Downs Al the Seattle 6-Yard line with 12 12 10 go and Rufus Porter of he so Hawks recovered an Esway Fumble on la Seattle 2s with 9 27fcft, -. Elway completed 21 of 34. Passes for270 Yards but was sacked four times Jackson had his third straight 100 Yard receiving game the first Denver wide receiver to do that since Lionel Taylor achieved it in 1961. The sea Hawks led 2s-7 at halftime scaring on All four possessions. Seattle had drives of 97,48, 55 and 75 Yards for its first half scores. The so Hawks scored their first touch Down on inc i 4-Yard pass from Kring to Williams at 10 22 of the first Quarter. They made it 14-0 on Warner s first 1 Yard to run on the second play of the second Quarter Seattle also thought it had a touchdown on a Yard Williams run As officials signalled a touchdown but replay official Chuck Heberling ruled Williams was Short of the end zone. After Denver Wen so Yards in so plays for its Only first half score the sea Hawks tallied twice More. Warner scored on a 1-Yard run around left end at 9 14 of the second Quarter and Kring hit Spagnola on a looping 7-Yard pass orate. Kring completed n of 15 passes i n the first half. The so Hawks took the opening kick off of the second half and marched 81 Yards capped by Warner s 13-Yard run when they got the. Ball Back the sea Hawks went 80 Yards with Warner going 12 Yards for his team s sixth touchdown. Warner has rushed for three or More touchdowns five times in his career. Denver went 9s Yards in 11 plays for its final touchdown with Gary Kubiak replacing Elway on the drive. 49ers defeat saints san Francisco a Joe Mon Tana ran formic touchdown and passed 68 Yards for another As the san Francisco 49ers, Swingly dead a month ago. Clinched ii playoff berth for Lite sixth consecutive year by beating i new Orleans saints 30-17 sunday. Mike Cofer kicked three fit id goals and Roger Craig ran for 11 $ Yards As san Francisco Wun for the fourth straight Lime. New Orleans lost its third straight and its Lifshin seven panics after holding a two game Lead in he of ? West just three weeks ago. The 49i is 10-5, have at least a wild card berth and can win the division Lilc. With a Victory out the los Angeles Rains sunday night. The saints. 9-6, will need help from other learns nest week la make Lac playoffs As a Tvilde card team. Most of Montana s work came in a 21 poem second Quarter when he completed eight passes in eight attempts Tor 1-11 Yards including the Fik Yard touchdown pass to John Taylor. Thai came less than three minutes after Montana had scored from two Yards on a third Down Roll out As san Francisco erased 3-0 and 10-7 deficits to Taka 2.lohalflimclcad. Montana finished wilh.l8 completions in 29 attempts for 233 Yards. But Montana got considerable help from the saints who started i hair first two possessions on the 4�ers 23 after a blocked punt and an interception. They came away with just three Points. In Fael Morten Andersen who had to narc 24 of ,11 Field goal attempts entering the game missed in in the first half one from 40 Yards the other from 32. San Francisco on the other hand got perfect kicking from Cofer. He had a 40 Yard Field Goat in the third Quarter then hit 47 Anu 19-Yardcrs in the final period after the saints had pulled within 24-17 on a 6-Yard touchdown pass from Bobb he Bart to Greg Scales. The.49ers also were aided by a defensive from led by Michael Carter which pressured he Bart All Day and slopped the final threat by stuffing he Ben on fourth and inches at the Sanfrancisco 36 with 6 2 heft. If the Day ended Well for san Francis co it started disastrously. The 49e/s look inc opening Kickoff and moved 31 Yards to the new Orleans 45. On fourth Down Joe Kohlbrand broke up the Middle and blocked Barry Helton s punt which rolled Back 20 Yards to the 23, where san Francisco s tory Ninon Felt on it that set up aiders inv 38-Yard Field goal which gave the saints a 3-d Lead 4 24 into the game. Just 48 seconds later. New Orleans. Was Back no the 23 after Dave Waymor picked off Montana s pass and returned it 17 Yards -. But Afler one firs Down Brsan fran Cisco defense stiffened. Pierce Hull and Danny Stubbs sucked he Bart on a third Down play forcing Andersen into a 40 Yard Field goal try which went wide Rig it. San Frand sep look a 7-3 Lead 3 43 into the second period when Craig Well Over front the i at the end of a it Yard eight play. Drive. One play earlier Craig had accounted for half the drive s yardage with a 28-Yard run in which he broke away from Sam Mills Al the line of scrimmage. 5pun360 degrees and sped to the i
