European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday september 25,1990nfl from Page 21 extra period Elway completed three passes and Bobby Humphrey ran 26 Yards on a draw play setting up Treadwell a 25-Yard winning Field goal Treadwell had missed a 49-Yard attempt late in regulation and Seattle a Norm Johnson was wide on a39-Yardcrat the end i. Regulation and a 44-Yardcr in overtime. Mien the Broncos 2-1 drove 66 Yards in eight plays Seattle too-3. Redskins 19, cowboys 15 Washington the cowboys duplicate their last two trips to Washington when they won. Chip Lohmiller kicked four Field goals one from 55 Yards and Darrell Green ran an interception Back fora touchdown Washington bothered Troy Aikman All Day sacking him eight limes forcing a Fumble and picking off two passes. The redskins played the second half without of Mark Rypien who sustained a sprained knee. Oilers 24, Colts 10 hous ton a Warren Moon became the All time leading passer for the oilers and produced three touchdowns. Moon hit Lorenzo White with touchdown passes of 13 and seven Yards in the second Quarter Whites first touchdown catches of his pro career. He also hit a 6-Yard touchdown pass to Ernest Givins with 3 03 to play. Moon completed 29 of 39 passes for 308 Yards giving him a career total of 19,289. He surpassed the club record of 19,149 Yards by George Blanda. Drew Hill had 10 receptions for 123 Yards for Houston 1-2. The Colts fell to 0-3 and lost quarterback Jeff George their top draft Choice with a stomach ailment in the second Quarter. When both of Georges replacements Jack Trudeau and Mark Herrmann were injured George had to return. Chiefs 17, packers 3 Green Bay wis. Christian Okoye ran five Yards for a touchdown and Stan a cry returned an interception 33 Yards for another score. The chiefs 2-1 also recovered two fumbles sacked Don Majkowski six times in his first Start of the season and and blocked a punt a Albert Lewis made his seventh career punt Block and Louis Coop swim redskins Earnest byner stiff Ann s Cowboy safety j Antes Washington during an 8-Yard gain in third Quarter sunday. Or picked up the Ball and returned to packers 5 with 12 09 left in the game. Majkowski wound up 19-for-31 for 171 Yards and two interceptions for Green Bay. Chargers 24, Browns 14 Cleveland Billy Joe Tolliver threw two touchdown passes to Anthony Miller and Henry rolling returned an interception 67 Yards to set up a third score. Cleveland 1-2 led 14-10 at halftime and the chargers 1-2 had not scored in the second half of their first two games. But Tolliver found Miller for a 23-Yard touchdown in the third Quarter then Rod be Stine scored from the 1 after rolling was knocked out of Bounds at the 6 on the interception. The Points were the first allowed in the second half by Cleveland 1-2 this year. Bernie Kosar was picked off three times after throwing 152 straight regular season passes without an interception. Saints 28, cardinals 7 new Orleans Rueben Mayes who missed last season after Achilles Tendon surgery scored three of new Orleans first four touchdowns of the season. Mayest ads came on runs of 10 Yards in the third Quarter and four and 14 Yards in the fourth period giving him his first three touchdown game As a pro. John Fourcade who had the a Fly slowest quarterback efficiency rating 17,7, threw a 14-Yard to pass to Eric Martin with 22 seconds left in the first half breaking a scoreless tie. Phoenix 1-2 got its Only Points on its first to pass this season 37 Yards from Timm Rosenbach to Ricky Proehl. Rosen Bach was the second lowest quarterback in nil rankings at35.4. Dues 23, Lions 20 Tampa Fla. A Vinny Testaverde broke up a Battle of Field goals with two fourth Quarter touchdown drives. Testaverde a 3-Yard pass to John Harvey with 4 21 to go capped a 56-Yard drive after Harvey a 27-Yara Kickoff return and provided the winning Points. The drive included two 26-Yard completions to Bruce Hill and Ron Hall. Gary Andersons 11-Yard run had Given the bucs a Short lived 16-13 Early in the period. The Lions regained the Lead 2 25 later when Rodney Peete who scored on a quarterback sneak in the third Quarter scrambled 21 Yards to set up a 5-Yard to pass to Robert Clark. Illinois Griffith went for 8th to grudgingly by Bill Barnard Champaign Iii. A after scoring a record tying seven touchdowns Howard Griffith Wasny to sure he wanted to go for eight. Watching from the opposite sideline was Southern Illinois coach Bob Smith who coached Griffith As an assistant at Illinois under John Mackovic in 1988. Quot i told coach Mackovic when we cot to seven it was up to him if he wanted to go break the record or not because i really did no to want to do it against a Guy like coach Smith a Griffith said after scoring eight times in a 56-21 Victory for no. 15 Illinois. Arnold a showboat Quot Boykin of Ole miss scored seven ads against Mississippi state in 1951, and Syracuse a Jim Brown had 43 Points a six ads seven extra Points a against Colgate in 1956. Griffith a scoring runs were for 5,51, 7,41,5,18,5and3 Yards. The last four touchdowns were in the third Quarter reminiscent of oct. 24, 1924, when red Grange known As a the galloping ghost a destroyed Michigan with four touchdowns on runs of95,67,56 and 45 Yards. A i m just Happy to be in company with names like that a said Griffith who came to Illinois As a prop 48 walk on. A a in be come a Long Way through god belief in myself and the people around me believing in me a he said. Griffith finished with 208 Yards on 21 carries far exceeding his previous Best of 148 Yards against Utah in 1988. He now has 27 touchdowns second on the All time Illinois list to grangers 31. Ironically Griffith figured in another touchdown this one by Southern Illinois when he had the Ball stripped and returned 27 Yards for a score of linebacker Kevin Kilgallon. A you might say Howard was responsible for nine touchdowns a Mackovic said jokingly. Mackovic did no to hesitate to allow Griffith to go for the eighth touchdown. Quot this was one of those Days a Mackovic said. Quot you give him the Ball let him run and if it happens it Colts deny 2nd report that they la fire Meyer Houston sap a for the sic Nncy in uhf Iti Hipatia Anaf Knirr tint wove Houston a for the second consecutive week the Indianapolis Colts denied a broadcast report that coach Ron Meyer was about to be fired. This weeks report by lbs also indicated offensive coordinator Larry Kennan might be fired by the Colts who dropped to 0-3 with sundays 24-Loloss to Houston cd so Indianapolis affiliate wish to said saturday night that lbs on its a a nil today pregame show would report sunday that Meyer would be fired after sunday s game and replaced by Kennan As interim coach. But a a nil today Host Greg gum Bel reported sunday that Colts owner Bob Irsay told Meyer to fire Kennan Kennan the head coach at Lamar University from 1979-81, said he had heard neither of the weekends two differing reports. A was far As i know its All cd so imagination a Kennan said in an interview with the Beaumont Texas Enterprise after being informed of the two reports. A we Colt coaches have heard nothing from team management that would indicate anything. But we re always the last to a week ago Gumbel predicted on the a that Meyer would be immediately fired and be replaced by Illinois coach John Mackovic if the Colts lost to new England. They lost to new England but Meyer remained. A Iron Meyer is our coach. He a not in trouble a Jimmy Irsay the Colts general manager said at halftime sunday. A to have erroneous reports coming out like that is obviously disheartening but in a not going to give them More Merit by talking about Irsay also disputed another sunday pronouncement by Gumbel that the Colts were working out a settlement with Eric Dickerson that would allow the running Back to return to the team and recoup the More than $600,000 in salary he is losing As a result of being placed on the non football injury Reserve list. A there have been no settlement talks a said Irsay who also suspended Dickerson for four weeks when he placed him on the Reserve list. A a we re standing firm in our
