European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday. September 19,1989  he mob my bib ill ill packers Shock saints 35-34 Green Bay. Wis. A Don Majkowski hit Ster Ling Sharp with a 3-Yard touchdown pass with l 26 left sunday As the Green Bay packers rallied from a 24-7 half inic deficit to stun the nov Orleans saints 35-34. Majkowski. Who had 18 straight completions at one Point moved the packers 80 Yards in 55 seconds on the winning drive that was capped by Sharpe s touch Down and an extra Point by Chris Jacce. The key to the drive was a string of three straight Majkowski completions to Rookie Jeff query that Cov ered 49 Yards the last one carrying to the 3. The first came on a fourth and 17 from the Green Bay 48 As Majkowski hit query for 23 Yards on a sideline pattern the Rookie tip toeing near the out of Bounds line. Officials ruled the catch Good and instant replay did not overrule. Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert had first half touchdown pusses of 32 Yards to Lon Ell Hill and i Yard to Honey Brenner As the new Orleans scored on its first three possessions and led 24-7 at the half. After the packers closed their deficit to 24-21 after three quarters Lichen again found Hill for a 24-Yard touchdown pass that put the saints Back up by 10 with 13 24 left. But Majkowski passed 17 Yards to de West for a to with 10 35 left clipping the deficit to 31-28. Hebert then marched the saints from their 16 to the packers 15 where Morion Andersen s 32-Yard Field goal made it 34-28 with 2 21 remaining. Hebert was 23 of 32 for 282 Yards to 25 of 32 for 354 Yards for Majkowski. Green Bay s Brent Fullwood had a 4-Yard touch Down run. Tapping a nine minute. 80-Yard drive to open the second half. Majkowski then passed 3 Yards to West for a touchdown with 58 seconds left in the Quarter in make in 24-21. But Hebert directed a six play 70-Yard drive with three completions including the touchdown Over the Middle to Hill to up the saints margin to 31-21. In other games sunday Browns 38, jets 24 Cleveland a Bernie Kosar threw touch Down passes to three different receivers and Thane Gash returned an interception 36 Yards for Cleveland s fourth defensive touchdown in two games As the Browns beat the new York jets. The Browns. 2-0. Had scored two touchdowns on fumbles and one on an interception in last week s 51-0 win at Pittsburgh. They intercepted new York s Ken o Brien a career High four times sunday giving Cleve land 12 takeaways in two games. It marked the first meeting of Cleveland head coach Bud c arson and the jets the team he served As defensive coordinator the last four years. Cleveland has outscored the opposition 89-24 in its first two games. The Browns had t scored As Many As 38 Points in a Home opener since beating the jets 38 17 in 1976. 49ers20, bucs 16 Tampa. Fla. A Joe Montana s 4-Yard touch Down run with 40 seconds left ended a frustrating Day for san Francisco. Montana and the 49crs offence was mostly ineffective for three quarters but came to life after Tampa Bay went ahead 9-6 on Donald Igwe Buike s third Field goal. Montana completed four of seven passes for 53 Yards on the game winning drive in which a holding penalty against Tampa Bay s Donnie elder gave the 49ers a first Dow n at the Tampa Bay 4. Montana s 2-Yard pass to Jerry Rice had Given san Francisco a 13-9 Lead with 8 31 left but Tampa Bay went ahead i6-l3on Vinny Tesla verde s 18-Yarderto Mark Carrier five minutes later. Montana was 25 of 38 for 266 Yards and Rice had eight receptions for 122 Yards. Testa Croc was 14 of 35 for 146 Yards. Bears 38, Vikings 7 Chicago a Cal Anderson scored three touchdowns on a 24-Yard pass from Mike Tomczak and on runs of 2 and 13 Yards and Chicago scored four touchdowns in the final Quarter three resulting from interceptions. The 28 Points in the f9unh Quarter lied the club record set against Philadelphia in 1941. The bears capitalized on a series of mistakes by Minnesota including three interceptions of Wade Wil son passes in the final Quaner one of which Lemuel Stinson returned 29 Yards for a touchdown. Interceptions by Shaun Gayle and Ron Rivera set up Anderson s Rushing touchdowns the second of which came just 17 seconds before Stinson s score. Rushing past a passing Milestone  Miami quarterback Dan Marino threw three touch Down passes sunday us the dolphins Blit de the new England patriots 24-10 in Foxboro mass. The three scoring tosses brought Marino s total to 200 in just his 89lh ski. Game a line not reached by Hall of fun hers John Unitus and fran Tarkenton until their 121st and 137lh Raines respectively. Overall Marino was 17 of 28 for 226 Yards with three interceptions while enjoying an nil record 14th straight e without absorbing a sack. Giants 24, Lions 14 East Rutherford. . A Phil Simms completed 12 of 14 second half passes to set up three touchdowns and Wake up a sleeping offence As new York rallied from a 14-3 deficit. Simms who completed 20 of 26 for 218 Yards put the giants ahead with a 9-Yard pass to Odessa Turner with 43 seconds left in the third Quarter and threw a 24-yarder to Mark Bavaro with 9 42 left in the game. Bob Gagliano passed for 344 Yards in Detroit s run and shoot offence but was intercepted three times. Cardinals 34, sea Hawks 24 Seattle a Gary hog Boom passed for four touchdowns 59, 51 and 6 Yards to Roy Green and 25 Yards to . Smith. Hog Boom who signed with Phoenix As a free agent completed 18 of 24 passes for 298 Yards with one interception. He became Phoenix s starting quarterback when Neil Lomax was placed on injured Reserve because of an arthritic hip and Rookie Timm Rosenbach missed training Camp in a contract dispute. Seattle s Dave Krieg threw two touchdown passes to Paul Skansi filling in for the injured Sieve Largent. And one to Brian Blades. Phoenix set the Lone by driving 90 Yards with the opening Rickolt. Capped by Hogeboom s 51 Yard Hook up with Green just 2 40 into the game. The cardinals second touchdown came on a 12-play, 96-Vard drive. Rams 31, Colts 17 los Angeles a Jim eve Crest and Henry Ellard combined on a record setting pass catch show that upstaged Eric Dickerson s Homecoming. Everett was 27 of 35 for 368 Yards and completed a club re Cord 14 passes in a Row. Ellard caught 12 for 230 Yards including touchdowns of 29,17 and 6 Yards Dickerson. Who gained 7,245 of the 10,021 Yards with which he entered the game for the rams had 116 Yards in 21 carries and caught five passes for 47 Yards. Oilers 34, chargers 17 san Diego a Warren Moon threw two touchdown passes and ran for another and the hous ton defense forced five turnovers. San Diego Quarter Back Jim Mcmahon obtained from Chicago during the preseason had a career High 389 Yards including two touchdown passes but was intercepted three times and the oilers scored 24 Points off turnovers. Mcmahon completed 27 of 45 while Moon was 21 of 35 for 235 Yards including touchdowns of 14 Yards to Ernest Givens and 5 to Drew Hill. Bengals 41, Steeles 10 Cincinnati a wide receiver Eddie Brown fresh from a contract holdout scored a touchdown on his first catch sunday to ignite Cincinnati s rout of puts Burgh the Steeles second consecutive lopsided defeat. The a Peclers were dubbed by Cleveland 51-0 in the season opener last week the worst defeat in the fran Chise s 57-year history. I was Only the fourth Lime in 21 years that the a Peclers have opened with consecutive losses. Brown who ended his holdout by signing a four year s3.6 million contract last week sneaked behind the secondary for a 27-Yard touchdown that put the bengals ahead to slay in a 17-Poinl second Quarter. Cincinnati which ran its Home Field winning Streak to 11 games built a 20-3 halftime Lead and wore Down the Pittsburgh defense in the second half with James Brooks running and Boomer Esiason s High percent age , who became the bengals Mam ground weapon in the second half when Ickey Woods twisted his ankle finished with 113 Yards on 20 carries. Esiason completed 16 of 27 passes for 328 Yards