European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. December 20,1089 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports new Orleans Receil a Eric Martin surrounded by a Trio of eagles defenders makes a one handed catch in thu opening Quarter fur the Kami s first touchdown. Allen plans to take Long Beach St. Job los Angeles a George Allen figures that if he can handle marathons and  he can handle Long Beach state s sagging football program. The former nil coach planned to get Pearly tuesday go for a run and then formally accept the Job As the 49ers head coach. Allen said he reached a verbal agreement wit the school late monday night but has t yet signed a contract which he said would probably be for three years. The school called a press con Ference for tuesday afternoon to name Allen As its eighth football coach. Allen is 71, and programs like Long Beach state s can fatigue a Man half that age. Larry Reisbig who resigned in november was 11-24 in three seasons of competing in division 1-a. "1 think that one of the reasons i la accept is that i m trying to save a struggling program and i enjoy  Allen said by Telephone from his Palos Verdys Home late monday. And it s such a Tough Job that i d like to try to leave legacy  Allen figures to put his physical fitness exper Tise to use in his new Job. I be run marathons i be done probably 4010-ks, and Bike a thongs and triathlons Allen said. I m fortunate that i have Good health and am Strong  Long Beach a member of the big West con Ference was 4-8 Overall and 2-5 in the league tied for sixth in the standings with Pacific. Allen has not coached at the College level since the 1950s, when he was at Morningside in Iowa and Whittier. He coached the los Angeles rams and Washington redskins for 12 seasons and reached the playoffs seven limes. His most recent coaching Job was with the Arizona wranglers of the now defunct United states football league in 1984. Saints win stall eagles title bid new Orleans a the new Orleans saints stole Philadelphia s quest for a second straight pfc East title monday night beating the eagles 30-20 be Hind three touchdown passes from John Fourcade and a defense that forced four turnovers. The loss in a game that lasted almost four hours dropped the eagles to 10-5, a game behind the new York giants in the pfc East and kept them from clinching a wild card berth. They can still make the playoffs with a win Over Phoenix at Home on sunday and can still win the enc East title if they beat the cardinals and the giants lose to the los Angeles raiders. The saints 8-7 beat the eagles at their own game Vith turnovers setting up three of their four touch Downs and blocked a Field goal with 3 02 left that scaled the  fumbles by Philadelphia which entered the game leading the nil with a plus-24 turnover ratio led to two Early touchdown passes of 13 Yards to Eric Martin and 35 to Dalton Milliard that gave the saints an Early 14-0 Lead. Frank Warren who had three sacks got one in the end zone on Randall Cunningham for a safely As the saints led 16-1 oat the half. The eagles scored 10 Points in the third Quarter Totake the Lead but Fourcade who completed 18 of 35 passes for 236 Yards hit Martin for a 20-Yard to Early in the fourth Quarter for a 23-20  Dave Waymer intercepted Cunningham to Start a 58-Yard drive capped by Buford Jordan s 1 Yard run w Ith 6 12 left that All but clinched  s turnovers started Early. The first came when Rickey Jackson stripped the Ball from Cunningham and Robert Massie recovered at the Philadelphia 35. Four plays later Fourcade drilled the Ball Over the Middle to Martin who made a leaping catch at the 2 and fell Over the goal line. Nil playoff picture is still a bit fuzzy Page 24 three minutes later Milton Mack stripped Keith Byars of the Ball and Gene Atkins recovered at the 38. This time it took Only two plays As Fourcade rolled right and found Milliard who caught the Ball at the 15 and rambled in to make it 14-0 just 10 seconds into the second period. Philadelphia took just five plays to come Back the big one a 60-Yard pass play from Cunningham to Byars that carried to the new Orleans 13. On the next play Cunningham who completed 19 of 34 passes for 306 Yards and ran for 83 Yards hit Johnson in the right Corner of the end zone to Cut the deficit in half just2 46 into the second Quarter. The eagles Cut it to 14-10 on Roger Ruck s 21-Yard Field goal with 8 20 left in the half it was set up by a 39-Yard drive to the 4-Yard line after Anthony Edward returned a punt 28 Yards to the new Orleans 43. Edwards made a fair catch of a punt on his own 4 with 33 seconds left in the half and it Cost Phila Delphia when Warren burst threw and dumped Cunningham in the end zone. Edwards redeemed himself Early in the third Quarter catching a 66-Yard bomb from Cunningham on Aihird-and-24 play thai carried to the new Orleans 1. Two plays later Cunningham hit David Little at the Back of the end zone for a touchdown