European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 9,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 bengals Roll to super by Barry Wilner Cincinnati a the Cincinnati Bengal shuffled through the Jungle and into the super bowl  Star Rookie running Back Ickey Woods prancing into the end zone twice and running for 102 Yards on 29carries, the bengals won their second acc championship with a 21 -10 Victory Over the Buffalo Bills. The bengals super bowl losers in 1982 to san fran Cisco will play for the nil title Jan. 22 in Miami. It was a remarkable turnaround for Cincinnati an coach Sam Wyche who finished 4-11 a year ago and was criticized for gambling too much on offence. This acc championship year the bengals Are 14-4, and a Gamble was key to sunday s Victory. Especially after last year to be this victorious is great said quarterback Boomer  scored on a pair of 1-Yard runs. The bengals defense outperformed the vaunted Buffalo defense holding the Bills to minus 12 Yards in the third Quarter and ending their Only real drive of the second half Withan interception in the end zone. With their no huddle offence virtually scrapped by rare game Day league legislation the bengals went to a no punt offence in their clinching touchdown drive. An nil edict before the game assured that the bengals would not use a Quick snap to draw a penalty against Buffalo for too Many players on the Field. Bill coach Marv Levy had complained about such a tactic. It did t matter. Woods and the defense helped bythe kicking game saw to that. It bothered us. It aggravated the situation a Little bit but we kept our poise Wyche said. The Ballul unproved one thing that when things Don t go by the script we can do things a Little  bengals also benefited from a roughing penalty late in the third Quarter against Derrick Burroughs in the end zone for which the cornerback was ejected. I came after Woods was thrown for a 3-Yard loss and gave Cincinnati a first and goal at the 4.moments before on fourth-and-4 from the 33, punter Lee Johnson came onto the Field. But he was accompanied by backup quarterback Turk Schonert who first lined up As the blocking Back. Schonert then moved behind Center and handed to Stanley Wilson for a 6-Yard  Burroughs penalty Woods went 3 Yards then scored. And , the nil Leader in Rushing ads with 15, also powered in from the 1 for Cincinnati s first  that touchdown he ran to the sidelines and to the loud cheers of the sellout crowd of 59,747 at River front stadium known in Cincinnati As the Jungle performed his Ickey  15-Yard roughing penalty on Wilson after the score forced Cincinnati to kick off from its 20. The ills got the Ball at the 44, and Jim Kelly hit Andre Reed for passes of 9 and 19 Yards before connecting with Trumaine Johnson for 22 Yards to the 9. On the next play Reed beat Lewis Billups to the right Corner of the end zone to tie it 1 39 into the second  s ground game got unt racked late in the first half. The bengals went 74 Yards in 11 plays gaining 58 on the ground before Esiason lobbed a to pass Over line Backer Scott radecic to James Brooks for a 14-7  Esiason intercepted Only 14 times All season was picked off for the second time in the game. Mark Kelso ran it Back to the Cincinnati 29, leading to Scott nor Cincinnati quarterback Boomer Esiason is sacked for 5-Yard loss by Buffalo s Bruce Smith in the first Quarter. Wood s 39-Yard Field goal with 22 seconds left in the half. That was it for the Buffalo offence. Cincinnati s defense ranked just sixth in the Confer ence the Bills were first grabbed three interceptions and shut Down Buffalo s Rushing game. The Bills also were stuck with poor Field position inthe third Quarter. Twice John Kidd had to punt from his end zone. Cincinnati did Little the first time despite getting the Ball at the Buffalo 48. Lee Johnson s line drive punt then rolled dead atthe 1. The 58-Yard kick made Buffalo Ultra conserva Tive and three running plays into the line later Kidd punted 49 Yards. When Ira Hillary ran it Back to the Buffalo 39, Cincinnati was on its Way to the clincher and to Miami. Esiason s 34-Yard scramble to the Buffalo 34 sparked Cincinnati s first serious scoring threat. A 13-Yard flare pass to a wide open Jim Riggs brought the Ball to the 9, but a penalty brought it Back to the 19. Esiason then had Rodney Holman open at the 2 but threw too late and Nate Odomes tipped it. Linebacker Ray Bentley dived and caught the Ball. No. 2 Syracuse drubs no. 10 Seton Hall by the associated press the no. 2 ranked Syracuse orangemen attacked like an irritated swarm of bees and it was no. 10 Seton Hall that got stung. Syracuse motivated by a disheartening loss to Pittsburgh in its last Outing steam hollered the previously unbeaten pirates 90-66 saturday night in the Carrier dome. To lose like we did against Pitt was a heartbreaker because we thought we were better team said guard Sherman Douglas who scored 20 Points in the balanced Syra Cuse attack. It was definitely important that we played Good  Forward Derrick Coleman who Lethe orangemen with 21 Points said we played Well As a team. We hit College basketball whoever was open and we got to the boards. This time we wanted to put the pressure  i think they were upset about the loss said Seton Hall guard John mor ton. They came out and they executed  Syracuse improved to 14-1, while Seton Hall fell to 13-1 after the meeting of big East rivals. The orangemen used a pressure de sense to trigger a 17-4 burst that turned a13-11 advantage into a 30-15 Lead with 7 30 to play in the first half. It was never close after that. In other games saturday top 10 no. 1 Duke 84, Virginia 76 Christian laettner scored 13 of his 15points in the second half to rally Duke to its 13th straight Triumph Over acc foe Virginia. The Cavaliers held a 38-35 halftime Edge led by Richard Morgan with 22 Points. But the senior guard finished with a career High 31 Points after being hampered by foul trouble in the second half. He picked up his fourth Persona with 18 31 remaining and the Cavaliers leading 43-38. Laettner a 6-foot-10 freshman Reserve Forward scored 12 of Duke s next 15 Points including nine straight in on stretch. He capped the run with a Lay in and free throw that put the Blue devils ahead to stay 53-50, at the 14 46 Mark. Virginia kept it close and Matt Blun Din s free throw with 11 minutes to play Cut the margin to 60-59. But Duke 11-0, then pulled away be ginning with a 9-4 run in which Danny ferry scored four Points. Ferry finished with 27 Points. Virginia losing for the fourth straight time fell to 7-5. No. 3 Illinois 71, Michigan St. 54 Kendall Gill and Nick Anderson scored 21 Points apiece to Lead the in see College on Page 26