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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 26,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 sunday in the nil Bills defeat oilers 47-41 in of Houston a Jim Kelly threw five touch Down passes including a 28-Yard game Winner to Andre Reed with 6 18 left in overtime climaxing an exhausting game of big plays and rallying Buffalo to a 47-41 Victory Over the Houston oilers on sunday. Kelly threw for touchdowns of 6, 63, 78 and 26 Yards giving the Bills. 2-1, a 41-38 Lead with 1 52 to play but with three seconds left in regulation Tony Zinc Iljas kicked a 52-Yard held goal Tor Houston his longest of the season sending the game into overtime. Houston won the toss and drove to the Buffalo 25. Zendijas. Who missed three Field goals a week ago. Had a 43-Yardcr blocked by Ray by Nellcy but the Bills were offside. Zendijas then was wide to the left on a 37-Yard try. Giving Buffalo Possession. That s when Kelly took Over. He quickly completed passes of 12 Yards to Reed and 21 to Pete met Slaars. And the game Winner came when Kelly found Reed in the left Flat. Reed who caught 13 passes last week ran for the sideline and into the end one. Kelly finished with 363 Yards passing completing 17 of 29 passes while Houston quarterback Warren Moon completed 28 of 46 for 338 Yards. Kelly s fourth touchdown pass a 26-Yardcr to Thurm an Thomas with 1 52 to play gave Buffalo a 41-38 Lead. Sacked three times during the game. Moon drove the oilers to Buffalo s 34-Yard line with pin Point sideline passes including 13 Yards to Leonard Harris and 12 Yards to Curtis Duncan setting up zen Degas kick. In Houston s Victory Over san Diego last week. Zen Dajas missed attempts of 47. 44 and 24 Yards but this Elway led Denver trips raiders 31-21 Denver a John Elway threw two touchdown passes to Mark Jackson and scrambled 29 Yards for another score to help build a 28-0 halftime Lead and the Denver Broncos Hung on for a 31-21 Victory sunday Over the los Angeles raiders. The Broncos. 3-0, converted three fumbles by raiders quarterback Jay sch Rocker into touchdowns and also intercepted him three times. But the Broncos turned generous in the second half letting the raiders. 1-2, Back in Contention with two costly turn overs. Cornerback Lionel Washington intercepted a poorly thrown Elway pass and returned it 22 Yards for a to Early in the third Quarter. After Schroeder launched a 75-Yard bomb Down the left sideline to Mervyn Fernandez for another to Midway through the fourth Quarter Elway Fum bled when sacked by linebacker Greg Townsend. Linden King picked up the Loose Ball and returned it 15 Yards to make it 28-21 with 4 51 left. Los Angeles got one More Opportunity after a failed Denver offensive series. But Rookie free safely Steve Atwater made a leaping interception of Schroud or s pass at the raiders 36 with 3 23 remaining. It was Atwater s second theft of the game. David Treadwell then kicked a clinching 38-Yard Field goal with 27 seconds to go. Denver got its first score after sch to Cdr fumbled a snap and linebacker Rick Dennison recovered at the Denver 43. Elway capped the drive with his run. And the Broncos added two More ads before the Quarter ended. Schroeder in the Shotgun formation fumbled another snap Denver s Karl Mecklenburg recovered at the . 16. And fullback Jeff Alexander plunged Over three plays later. Elway s 46-Yard pass to Jackson came three minutes later. Schmo Cdr s third Fumble while being sacked by linebacker Simon Fletcher at the Denver 45, set up Elway s 11-Yard scoring toss to Jackson with 36 seconds John Elway. Scores once passes for 2 ads left in the half. The raiders squandered one scoring Opportunity late in the third Quarter on three consecutive holding penalties against left tackle Rory Graves which moved them from the Denver 12 Back to the 42. Redskins rip Dallas 30-7 Irving Texas a Washington s Earnest byner scored a touchdown on his first carry for the redskins sunday and they Defeated the Dallas cowboys 30-7 to spoil coach Jimmy Johnson s Reg ular season Home debut. Washington playing the second half without Gerald Riggs the nil s leading rusher is 1-2, the cowboys dropped to 0-3. Their worst Start since 1963. Riggs left with a bruised Chest in the second period after gaining 26 Yards on to carries. But byner acquired in a off season Trade with Cleveland and Jamie Morris picked up the Slack. The redskins go ahead touchdown came on byner s first carry of the year As he dashed 12 Yards untouched into the end zone to give Washington a 14-7 first period Lead. Morris put the game away with a 12 Yard run in the fourth period and rushed for 100 Yards on 26 carries. Washington kept Dallas offence bottled up sacking Rookie Troy Aikman four times and intercepting him twice. Steve Walsh Dallas other Rookie quarterback made his nil debut but was intercepted by Dary Grant on the second pass he threw at the Dallas 36. Four plays later Morris scored. Linebacker Wilbur Marshall intercepted Walsh a second time with less than two minutes to play. Washington and Dallas exchanged defensive touchdowns in the first period. Alvin Walton returned an interception 29 Yards to give Washington a 7-0 Lead. Dallas retaliated when defensive end Jim Juffcoat lumbered 77 Yards with Mark Rypien s Fumble. Safety Roy Horton delivered the hit that jarred the Ball Loose. A 40-Yard pass from Rypien to Art Monk positioned the redskins for Chip Lohmiller s 26-Yard Field goal that gave Washington a 17-7 halftime Lead. Loh Miller also kicked Field goals of 37 and 33 Yards in the second half. Dallas had Only three first Downs at halftime and finished with a total of 10 first Downs. Testaverde bugs Stop saints Tampa Fla. A Vinny Testa verde passed for 227 Yards and Tampa Bay s secondary intercepted new or leans banged up quarterbacks twice sunday to Lead the buccaneers to a 20-10 Victory Over the saints. Testaverde threw an 11-Yard to pass to Ron Hall in the second period and Lars talc scored on a 5-Yard run that broke a 10-10 tie Midway through the third Quarter. Donald Igic Buick also kicked Field goals of 34 and 37 Yards for the bucs.2-1, who bounced Back from a last minute loss to san Francisco and ended a six game losing Streak against new Orleans. The saints 1-2, who had t lost to Tampa Bay since 1982, led 7-0 after their first Possession. But they lost quarterback Bobby he Bart to a head injury on the drive and he did t return until the Middle of the third Quarter. By that time backup John Fourcade had injured an ankle and was limping badly before Tampa Bay s Mark Robinson intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 16 Yards to set up talc s touchdown. Testaverde completed 15 of 26 passes and was intercepted once giving him three this season after Cading the nil with 35 in 1988. Mark Carrier had four receptions for 120 Yards. Robinson s late hit on Wlebert who scrambled for a 9-Yard gain to the bucs 2 on new Orleans opening drive knocked the quarterback out of the game. Dalton Milliard scored on a 1-Yard run on the next play but the saints of sense was t the same after that. Kick was perfect. Kelly threw touchdown passes of 6, 63 and 78 Yards before the oilers. 1-2. Rallied for a 38-34 Lead in the fourth Quarter on Moon s 26-Yard touchdown pass to Ernest Givins and a 1-Yard dive by Loren of White. But on the next play after he was sacked for a 6-Yard loss Kelly double pumped in the pocket and hit Thomas who was left uncovered in the Flat on the 26 Jard scoring play with 1 52 left. Cornerback Steve Brown whose 41-Yard interception return set up White s touchdown was hit ing when Kelly threw to Thomas. Kelly who passed for 73 Yards in the first half finished regulation wild 296 Yards. The Bills look a 20-10 halftime Lead on a 76-Yard touchdown run by Mark Kelso with a blocked punt As time ran out in the half. Rams beat packers for 3rd straight Anaheim. Calif. A John Rob Inson found the Green Bay packers tajik show frightening. If Thal s entertainment. I Don l like it. That was almost a horror Story in Lite second half the coach said after his unbeaten los Angeles rams escaped a furious second half rally by Don Majkowski and the packers on Sunda for a 41 -38 Victory. The second half was virtually a Mirror image of inc first. In the first half the rams got Tun touchdown runs from Greg Bell who finished inc game with 221 Yards on 2s carries two touchdown passes from Jim Everett and an 81-Yard interception return for another score As they built a 38-7 halftime Lead. In inc second half they got Only a Mike Lansford Field goal while Majkowski and the packers defense con trolled the show. Majkowski who had rallied the pack ers from a 21-0 deficit to a-35-31 Victory Over new Orleans the previous sunday nearly pulled it off again putting Green Bay Back in the game with a 31-Point second half. We came Back 31 Points and almost took the  Majkowski said. He threw for 198 Yards and two touch Downs in the second half. Everett,-10 of 16 for 175 Yards with no interceptions in inc first half threw two interceptions in the second half. Bernstine scores twice As chargers top chiefs 21-6 san Diego up Rod Bernstine scored two second half touchdowns and the san Diego defense registered five interceptions sunday leading the chargers to a 21 -6 Victory Over the Kansas City chiefs. Born sting caught a i Yard touchdown pass and ran 32 Yards for another score to help san Diego record its first Triumph of the season in a game dominated by defense. The chargers also had three sacks and held Kansas City to 272 net Yards on offence. It was the first time the chargers had intercepted five passes since sept. 20, 1981, also against the chiefs. Born sting s to run with 3 25 to play in the fourth Quarter helped the chargers go ahead 21-6. San Diego quarterback Jim Mcmahon completed ii of 18 for 96 Yards and did not allow an interception. Chiefs quarterback Steve do Borg went 16 of 28 for 177 Yards  
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