European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. January 8. 1990 Montana 49ers Roll to win Over Vikings the stars and stripes nil playoffs Page 21 sports by Dave Goldberg san Francisco a the san Francisco 49crs got a jump Stan saturday on their quest to be come the first repeat super bowl Winner in a decade and served notice that anyone seeking to deny them will have to Stop the most explosive offensive Trio in nil history. Joe Montana four touchdown passes. Roger Craig 125 Yards. Jerry Rice two touchdown catches including a 72-yarder, and six catches for 114 Yards Overall. The nil offensive players of the year in 1987. 88 and 89 led the 49ers to a 41 -13 rout of Minnesota that propelled san Francisco into next sunday s pfc championship game and a game away from a trip Back to the super bowl that they be already won three times in the 80s. And they did it in a fashion that put an exclamation Point on their 14-2 regular season record the nil s Best. In fact Roach George Scifert reached for negatives after the game two missed Field goals and missed extra Point by Mike Cofer. We were never in the  Man cola coach Jerry Burns said. Overall Scifert said it was a Fine Effort. Except for How missed  indeed. They ran the Ball Well passed Well blocked  s the Way it  said wide receiver Anthony Carter of the Vikings. The 49crs jumped to a 27-3 halftime Lead rolling up320 first half Yards against a team that had allowed Only 261.5 per game in leading the nil in defense. Montana had 210 of his 247 Yards and four to passes in that half and Craig ran for 95 Yards in route to a 125-Yard game that made him the first 100-Yard rusher against Minnesota since he himself did it a year ago. One of Rice s touchdowns came 23 seconds after the Vikings had taken a 3-0 Lead and was typical of the nil s Best receiver he caught a 10-yarder Over the Middle and turned it into a 72-Yard touchdown play. Seifort preferred to talk about Rice he can Lake those Short passes and turn them into Long  Burns preferred to talk about Montana a great player very  and the 49crs preferred to talk about everything most of All Montana. Joe s  said tight end Brent Jones who caught an 8-Yard to pass on a play on which he was the fourth option for Montana. You know that if you work and you gel open hell find  Montana Craig Rice and the Rusl had a lot of help from an offensive line that held sackless a Minn Sola front four whose 71 sacks were one Short of the nil record. The 49crs got four sacks themselves and picked off three passes by three Vikings quarterback. One was returned 58 Yards for a fourth Quarter touchdown by Ronnie loll and the other 41 Yards by Tim Mckyer to set up c Raig s 4-Yard run for the final score. With the great defensive icam they had. Holding them to no sacks is a hell of an accomplishment Scifert said. San Francisco s next hurdle will be the Winner of see 49ers on Page 23 49i is Joe Montana tires Over Vikings Ken Clarke rams rally to nudge giants in of the giants Lawrence Taylor sacks the Ranis Jim Everett in the first Quarter of the nyc semifinal Al giants stadium. By Barry  East Rutherford. . A Jim Everett hit Flipper Anderson with a 30-Yard touchdown pass 1 06 into Over time sunday lifting the wild card los Angeles rams to a 19-13 Victory Over the new York giants and into the of championship game. The rams who won i hair third straight Road game in the East face the defending Champion san Francisco 49crsnext sunday with the Winner earning a berth in the super bowl. The rams look the overtime Kickoff and Everett hit Pete Llo Lohan for 12 Yards and Henry Ellard for 13. That brought the Ball to the giants 47. Where Everett threw Clown the Middle for Anderson. The Ball sailed past the receiver but interference was called on Sheldon what rat the25. After a five Yard penalty. Everett passed Down the right sideline to Ander son who got behind Mark Collins for the winning touchdown. Everett who was 25 for 44 for 315 Yards led the rams 77 Yards in four plans to win it. Late in the fourth Quarter to took them 75 Yards in 13 plays before Mike Lansford s 22-Yard Field tied it with 3 01 remaining. The rams beat new England 24-20 in see rams on Page 23 an sports  College basketball Michigan at in Diana 3 3 1 . Tuesday. Radio College basketball Georgetown at Pittsburgh 1 30 . Tuesday. Oilers Glanville agree to separate p. 23