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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, September 18, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 18, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 21dolphins rip Bills 30-7 by the associated press the Miami dolphins no longer Dan Marino and a prayer Are 2-0 for the first time since 1984 by using Ball control and defense a ingredients missing in a four year playoff drought a to rout the Buffalo Bills on sunday. It Wasny to the passing of Marino the blocking of an offensive line that kept nil Roundup the usually relentless Bills off the quarterback or the running of Rookie Sammie Smith that had coach Don Shula crowing after a 30-7 Victory. A the first three quarters were As Good As you want to be around from the standpoint of balance not making errors and getting the Ball for our offence in Good Field position a said Shula who became the fourth nil coach to win 200 games with one team. Smith scored two touchdowns on Short runs and gained 56 Yards on 18 carries As Miami took the Lead in the acc East for the first time since december 1985. The dolphins who allowed 280 Rushing Yards in losing to the Bills last december out gained Buffalo 128-44 this time. A for us to turn it around like we did today makes me feel real Good a Shula said. Miami allowed Only 205 total Yards and led 30-0 when Larry Kinnebrew a 1-Yard run with 12 minutes left averted a shutout. The last time the Bills 1-1 lost by a bigger margin in a non strike game was 28-0 to Miami in 1985. A this is about the hardest loss in be had to take a said Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly who completed 14 of 23 passes for 140 Yards. A they gave us a Good old fashioned  while Miami a defense was making three sacks the dolphins offensive line was close to perfect. A your line did a great  a said Marino who Wasny to sacked. A the key was that we could run the Ball and mix it up. You have to do that against them because they have such a great pass  the dolphins capitalizing on Good Field position scored 13 Points following Buffalo turnovers and 10 after forcing punts. It All came together for Shula Buffalo running Back Thurman Thomas tries to fend off a tackle by Miami cornerback . Brown in the second Quarter. A 200-96-2who had trouble containing his enthusiasm. A after two weeks of the season we re the Only undefeated team in the acc East and that feels Good a Shula said shouting the last three words. A a we re going in the right direction a Smith said. A we have to do it 14 More times and hopefully a few More times after  a we turned it Over a Bills coach Marv Levy said noting the dolphins did not. A a there a your major  Miami took the Lead on a 2-Yard run by Smith four seconds into the second period. Pete Stoyanovich kicked Field goals of 23, 29 and 48 Yards for a 16-0 halftime Lead. Smith scored from a Yard out in the third period and Marino threw a 17-Yard touchdown pass to Tony Paige seven seconds into the final period. Other results sunday were Detroit 21, Atlanta 14 Chicago 31, Green Bay 13 new York jets 24, Cleveland 21 new England 16, Indianapolis 14 los Angeles rams 35, Tampa Bay 14 Phoenix 23, Philadelphia 21 Cincinnati 21, san Diego 16 Minnesota 32, new Orleans 3 new York giants 28, Dallas 7 los Angeles raiders 17, Seattle 13 san Francisco 26, Washington 13, and Pittsburgh 20, Houston 9. Kansas City was to play at Denver in monday nights game. 49ers 26, redskins 13 Joe Montana who became san Francisco Sall time Leader in career passing yardage threw touchdown passes to John Taylor and Jerry Rice. Montana completed 29 of 44 passes for 390 Yards eclipsing John Brodies record of 31,548 with a 37-Yard completion to Taylor in the third Quarter. The play gave Montana 31,551 career Yards. He finished with 31,654. Taylor had eight catches for 160 Yards and Rice six for 74. Mike Cofer kicked four Field goals for the 49ers 2-0. The 49ers defense also showed the ability to make the big play against the redskins with a blocked Field goal and a goal line stand in the third Quarter. Mark Rypien threw a 35-Yard touchdown pass to Art Monk and Chip Loh Miller kicked two Field goals for Washington 1-1. Giants 28, cowboys 7 new Yorkus Phil Simms passed for one touchdown and ran for another and Lawrence Taylor scored on an interception return in 104-degree heat at Texas stadium. Simms ran four Yards for a touchdown and hit tight end Mark Bavaro on a 4-yarder. Taylor batted a Troy Aikman pass into the air caught it and sprinted 11 Yards for a fourth period touchdown. It was the fifth consecutive Victory by the giants 2-0 Over the cowboys the see nil on Page 26 grouping Hurt . Cism Cage chances by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor Dijon France a a pro-. Sports crowd on a a reign court far from . Military bases and with Only a handful of americans on hand. If its hard to believe that the . Boys wore the Hite hats for a change Check out what Harold John it a coach of the . Team had to say about support or his troops in the Conseil International do sport lil Taire basketball tournament. The cism meet ended sunday with the . Armed it res Hoo men finishing fifth in a tournament they on two years ago. A fall the fans were for us a said Johnson after Sun ayes fifth place 105-96 Victory Over France. We were a a a smaller Arena for our first five games Rinkier than be palais Des sports the site for the final games. A even against France the Home team half the fans Ere rooting for us. We Felt the support increase after e won our first two  searching for an explanation Johnson said a i think in fans Felt like they were a part of us. They liked our Irit diving for Loose balls and things like that. Its As certainly unusual to have that kind of backing on a it reign  unfortunately the fan support did no to inspire the is. Team enough to place in the top four. The Yan scism basketball finished with a 6-2 record losing Only close games to eventual Champion Italy and third place Greece. And the . Delegation could not help but feel that the grouping for the second round was unfair. After beating Chad and the Netherlands in the first round the . Was lumped with three Strong teams a Italy Greece and France a plus China for the next round. Meanwhile Belgium and West Germany finished 12, respectively in a much weaker group with United Arab emirates Chad and Nigeria. The germans and belgians were then blown out a each by 44 Points a in the third place and title games against the greeks and italians. A i think that in making the cism drawings nobody looked at the possible second round pairings a said Johnson. Ronnie Gipson a starting Forward for the United states agreed. A there was no Way that it was set up fairly a he said. A i done to know Why they did it that  the americans playing with a 10-Man roster and yielding size to nearly every opponent wound up facing the tall and talented italians in game three followed on successive nights by the greeks French and chinese. With five teams in each second round Pool each squad got a open Date but the United states was unfortunate enough to draw its Bye at the end of group play. A we had a Tough route to go a said Johnson who has coached army teams to five interservice titles three menus and two women a. Still Johnson was proud of his teams Effort in nearly beating Italy and Greece. It a a a ids a he said. A we lost by one 106-105but we had tour a the italians Are awfully Strong with five players from their team in the recent world championship shots to win it at the end a a three Pointer and three rebounds. They just did no to fall. A we had a mental letdown after the Italy game. We played Well in the first half against Greece it was 5959 at intermission but in the second half we ran out of Gas scored Only 32 Points and lost by five 96-91. That was our worst  though playing for fifth place was a kiss your sister situation for the americans who have won the cism Crown 25 out of 36 times Johnson was upbeat about it. A we Felt Good about what we accomplished Here a he said. A we overcame a lot of obstacles and i feel we  the obstacles included the loss of sex West Point Star see cism on Page 25afn sports radio baseball a Pittsburgh at Chicago 2 . Wednesday  
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