European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. September 18, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Falcons surge past cowboys by the associated press Atlanta Chris Miller completed 21 of 29 passes for 255 Yards sparking Atlanta s second half comeback from an i a Point deficit As the Falcons downed the Dallas cowboys 27-21 sunday. Miller s passing set up touchdown runs of i Yard by Kenny Flowers and 4yards by John Settle in the second half As the Falcons saddled Dallas with its first 0-2 Start since 1963. Atlanta la Cut into a 21-10 halftime deficit Early in the third Quarter on a 38 Yard Field goal by Paul Mcfadden on a drive that featured a 33-Yard pass interference penalty on the cowboys Ron Francis. Miller then hit five passes for 61 Yards in a 75-Yard drive that ended with the touchdown by Flowers. Miller who hit 10 passes in a Row Dur ing one stretch of the first half then connected on 5 of 7 for 59 Yards in the go nil Roundup ahead drive that ended with Settle s 4 Yard run with 7 28 left in the game. Dallas her Schul Walker ran for 85 Yards on 23 carries and scored touch Downs on runs of 4 and 20 Yards. Walker set up his first score by racing 52 Yards with a pass reception. Troy Aikman the Sll million Rookie gave the cowboys the Early Lead with a 65 Yard scoring pass to Michael Irvin. Aikman completed 13 of 23 passes for 241 Yards. Atlanta s other to came on Bobby Butler s 29-Yard return of a Walker Fum ble in the first Quarter. Dolphins 24, patriots 10 Foxboro mass. Dan Marino who struggled against new England most of his career threw three first half touch Down passes and Miami capitalized on botched punt plays on the patriots first two possessions. Jim Jensen caught scoring passes of 16 and 10 Yards and Mark Clayton who began practising with the team tuesday after ending a holdout grabbed the other for 15 Yards on the dolphins first series. The three touchdown passes gave Marino 200 in 89 career games. The fastest a player had reached 200 before him was 121 games by Johnny Unitas. Marino completed 17 of 28 passes for 226 Yards with three interceptions. The patriots scored their Only touch Down on the game s final play on a 10-Yard pass from Tony Eason to Han acc Dykes. Chiefs 24, raiders 19 Kansas City to. Christian Okoye s 1-Yard run climaxed an 87-Yard March aided by 50 Yards in penalties against Terry Mcd Anici and Kansa City held on to beat the los Angeles raiders in Marty Scholtens Cimer shome debut As head coach. The raiders leading 19-17. Self destructed in the fourth period with a series of mistakes by ginning with Jay sch Rocker s interception by Kevin  from their own 13. The chiefs immediately got a 23-Yard gain when Mcdaniel. A second year cornerback was called for pass interference. The raiders were also called for offsides and defensive holding on the drive and then on third and four from the 39. The chief picked up 27 Yards on Mcdaniel s Sec Ond interference  Okoye s touchdown with 7 51 left. Schroeder was then sacked on consecutive plays by linebacker Derrick Thomas the first round draft Choice out of  earlier scored on an 8-Yard run As the chiefs snapped a three game los ing Streak against their archrival. Safe football rockets use running game to Knock off Hawks 1 3-9 by Bucky Fox staff writer Rhein main a West Germany Here s the punch line Rhein main running the football for 204 Yards. No joke. The rockets actually rushed for More Yards than they passed while beating the Hahn Hawks 13-9 sunday. Off  fullback Greg Booker said of his path toward 110 Yards in 21 carries. The guard and tackle created big holes. I Haven t seen holes like that in  no you Haven t. Rhein main averaged 96 ground Yards per game in its 11-0 Safe title season of 1988. Halfway through this season the rockets stayed in the air while Rushing for just 65 Yards per Outing. Then came game 6 sunday. When Booker was t busting Loose tailback Jason Thomas was darting for 60 Yards in 17 carries. That opened the skies for Rhein main s bombing missions namely Tony Smith s 37-Yard touchdown pass to Premiss spicy and 40-Yardcr to John Abbott. Those air raids gave the rockets a 13-0 Lead in the third Quarter and they held on to boost their record to 4-2, Good for a tie with Span Dahlem atop the Continental sports conference s Eiful division. Hahn fell to 3-3, two games behind Simbach and Ramstein in the Rhein division with four weeks left. We had to have this Rhein main guard Tim Lan Glocy said of the Rush to the top. Span Dahlem got beat and everybody is tied tip  it s a title seeking feeling that rocket linebacker Jay Gregson shared when he said now we control our own  density maybe Gregson wanted a Bec cd up attack after his rockets were starved 40-17 the previous sunday at Ramstein. It s hard to pick yourself up said Gregson who hit Hahn for a game High 10 tackles. On the bus Bac from rams Cin we talked about the loss and adjusted our game based on our  Rhein main not Only changed offensive philosophy but also players. Smith moved Back to starting Quarter Back. Rather than Bench Tor Hill last year s first team Aii Csc quarterback shifted to free safety. That shoved Bobby Tindal up to defensive end and cornerback. The defense responded by holding Hahn to 1.8 Yards per Rush 59 Yards passing and seven first Downs. But that s old news Rhein main led the league in de sense last year. The new Deal was Booker and Thomas Riding roughshod. We want to be less dependent on the pass said rocket coach Warren Stanley. Booker is a 100-Yard runner. With 10 carries he can t do that. I wanted to change our philosophy a Little bit make the r in Rock ets stand for run. I m tired of people saying we can t  wanted to run the Ball 50 times. He got that exactly. The offence amassed 18 first Downs and kept Chin main s defense fresh. The rockets fresh defenders Rose for key plays atthe beginning and end. Five minutes into the game Hahn s Eric Cheatham took a punt at his 21-Yard line and dashed toward the goal line. Joe Byrd caught him at the Rhein main 8. And the rockets kept the Hawks from scoring. With five minutes left. Hahn was suddenly in the Hunt. Billy Barnett had replaced William Cotton at band hit Orlando Culpepper with a 17-Yard to pass tout the Gap to 13-6. And when r9cket tailback Clint Calhoun let a pitch slip through his hands Hahn had life at Rhein main s 16. The rockets held again and on fourth Down Hahn went for a Field goal. Frank Brown nailed it from 35 Yards but that held the Hawks Down 13-9 with 3 39  thought we were going for it said an incredulous Barnett. I got to the sideline after 1 called the timeout and the kicking team was going out. I was surprised. A lot of people were  Hahn offensive coordinator pal Rankin explained that he and head coach sync Wright thought the Hawks had time to get the Ball again. They did. With seven seconds left. 1 hat left Barnett with time to pass once and go Home. The Hawks were Hurt by a hobbling Ryan gales. His bad foot and Lack of practice kept the Csc Rushing Leader to nine carries for 26 Yards. The rockets will be Hurt by yet another Farewell. Abbott who was second team All Csc last year handmade a gorgeous fingertip to catch sunday is scheduled to leave this week on a 45-Day try to Wood Bridge England. He joins t. Coleman and Mike Drew As starters who left for Good after the season started. What to worry when As Gregson said the rockets control their density sem Huch 17, Wiesbaden 12 Wiesbaden West Germany Sembach remained lied for the Continental sports conference Rhein division Lead but the tigers found themselves in a Battle before subduing the Wiesbaden flyers 17-12 sunday. The Victory was the tigers fifth in six outings and leaves them tied with Ramstein for the division Lead. Wiesbaden suffered its fourth defeat in six games. Wiesbaden broke a scoreless tie Midway in the Sec Ond period when the defense got a touchdown. Sam Bach tried to punt from its 30-Yard line but Ken pcs soms broke through and blocked the kick. The Ball bounded All the Way Back to the end zone where Greg Sargent pounced on it. Sembach returned the favor by blocking the Pat attempt. Simbach finally got on inc scoreboard with a Field goal late in the half. The tigers moved to four straight first Downs before finally stalling on the flyer 24, and Clinton Bush kicked a 31-yarder. The tigers marched 55 Yards in 10 plays in the first three minutes of the third Quarter to take the Lead the touchdown coming on de Jones 1-Yard sneak. Bush booted the Pat to make it 10-6. Mike while duplicated Jones sneak Early in the fourth period to Cap a 12-play, 72-Yard Simbach drive and provide the tigers with what proved to be the margin of Victory. Wason Miles who finished Wilh 114 Yards in 16 carries contributed runs of 19, 10 and 9 s8s Ken Sowga Khein main fullback Greg Booker. Upended at Hahn 10 Yards to the drive. Bush also converted after Hal  quarterback Charles Henchman threw two bombs late in the game to account for Wiesbaden s second touchdown. The first one went 35 Yards to David Harris and the touchdown came on a 30-yarder to Keith Craig. The flyers went for a two Point conv cd Sion. But Henchman s pass fell  Nick Scales and Dave Olson keyed Simbach s defense which limited Wiesbaden to 32 Rushing Yards. Scales was credited with 11 solos and Pur assists and Olson had eight tackles and four As defensive standouts for the flyers were Scissom swish 10 solos and four assists in addition to the blocked punt Marvin Bromell Wilh nine solos and three assists and Nathian Penock and Robert Barnes Wilh Highl solos and Ihrck assists apiece. Harris also had two interceptions for the flyers