European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday october 8, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 25 Hahn trips Rhein main in tuneup Bubuc Syfox Bubuc Syfox staff writer Hahn a Germany a chapter one of Hahn is. Rhein main went to the Hawks. They sent the rockets Home 20-6 losers sunday to conclude the regular season of a Safe a Continental sports conference. Now conies chapter two the one with the real suspense. Rhein main returns Lere at noon sunday for the first round of the playoffs and the rockets mind getting another 222-Yard Rushing performance from Charley Harris. Hahn quarterback William Cotton figures his Hawks will beat the rockets again thus closing the Book on Rhein Mains run at three straight Safe titles. A a we re going to come out exploding on their Bleep next week a said Cotton. Cotton sort of did that in Hahn a Triumph sunday although hardly anyone est football witnessed this makeup game of Light consequence. He completed 9 of 17 passes for 134 Yards and one touchdown. His performance helped give Hahn a 62 record and the third seed in the eight team playoff Field. Rhein main dropped to 3-5 and into the sixth seed. Could the rockets rebound in one week and make the Hawks relive their playoff failures of 1985, �?T86 and �?T87? Cotton who joined the Hawks in 1988, said no Way a a we re on a Mission. This is my last year. Its the last year for a whole Bunch of Guys. Well have no problem. All i can say is Well be coach Wyne Wright whose Hawks have won five straight said a a we re playing like i want us to be playing. We started slowly 1-2but that was partly because we had so Many new Guys. They did no to believe we could win. Now they do. We re in a playoff Hahn took the opening Kickoff and marched 70 Yards in 10 plays. Cotton capped it with a 12-Yard touchdown pass to Tracy Gamble giving Hahn a 6-0 Lead with 9 05 left in the first Quarter. Rhein main tied it on the last play of the Quarter when Dwayne Dixon surged 2 Yards for a to. That hardly lasted. The Hawks immediately marched 64 Yards in seven plays for a 13-6 Lead with 11 56 left in the half. Bobby Pierce made it count by breaking three tackles in a 16-Yard to run. Hahn a last touchdown was sparked by ars Peterson a Fumble recovery at the mein main 34. The Hawks used six naps to score with Pierce bolting Over Hahn a Tracy Gamble right meets Rhein Mains Barry Frazier during the Hawks 20-6 regular season finale win sumly a 13 from the 2 with 7 12 left in the game. Pierce a 5-foot-7,192-Pound Rock from Canton miss., led Hahn a rushers with 92 Yards in 23 carries. He finished the regular season with 579 Yards second in the Csc. The biggest numbers belonged to Rhein Mains Harris. His 222 Yards in 17 carries clinched the Rushing title with 847 Yards. He nearly clinched the Rushing record. His bursts of 40, 66 and 50 Yards in the first half led to his 181-Yard total by halftime. The Csc record is 274 by bit urge Sclay Cook in 1977, and Harris looked ready to break it. Instead he carried Only seven times in the second half. Rhein Mains offensive coordinator Willie Evans continually pulled Harris. A Why run him to death when he a going to play Hahn again next week a said Evans. A i did no to know anything about the Rushing record. I did no to want to take a Chance of him getting Harris said a basically i was upset. I was feeling in control of things. I was feeling dangerous. If we were going to win the game i could be done then again there a chapter two coming up. A this is when we play our Best football a the playoffs a said Harris. Browns face survival time game nov Noby Dave Goldberg in i rap a in three of the last four years the i five a to is have knocked the Cleveland Browns out i be nil title Chase one step Short of the super bowl. As they prepare to play the Broncos at mile High chum on monday night the Browns could be looking action five games into the 1990 season. The p on cos 2-2 enter the game an unaccustomed third to be raiders and chiefs in the acc West. But Call it survival time for Cleveland which has beaten fc2hus no it pm their last 12 meetings a 16-13 regular a of Ion in Cleveland last season. But they lost the i to n a at in the acc title game. Tt9r7 t u r0vvns lost even More painfully in the 1986 and i a let a once in overtime after John Elway feirnlcf1 l Yard drive t0 tie it the other time when touchdown w med As he was going in for the tying ?1 we go into Denver it just does no to fall into rape and wide receiver Reggie Langhorne. Navy no ill a w t p Halls we make mistakes and we to no is hopeful y. This time it will be different. Powns an tout amp a championship because we Are l9 a and a 1-3 with three straight losses the last a i bade at Kansas City last week made More pain Ful by the fact that the chiefs Are coached by Marty sch Ottenheimer the former Browns coach who left after the 1988 season. The offensive line has allowed 14 sacks and forced Bernie Kosar to run for his life. The result was a High level meeting which amounted to owner Art Modell giving coach Bud Carson a vote of Confidence. A i wont run up the Flag and surrender the season a Modell said. Carson said a part has been Fine. The pressure i feel is what i put on the pressure on Denver is to live up to its pre super bowl expectations. The Broncos thrashed in their three super bowl appearances Over the last four years have played Best m their two losses a 14-9 in the opener to the raiders and last week when they out gained Buffalo 410-197 but lost on three Bills touchdowns in 77 seconds. And they could easily have lost the two they won a a 2423 Victory Over the chiefs on a last minute drive and a 3431 overture win Over Seattle in which the chiefs Norm Johnson missed two potential game winning Field goals. Fum i snap a when we gain Over 400 Yards and they gain 197 and we totally dominate the game and we lose because of some crucial mistakes its not time to pull in the wagons. There a nothing wrong. We be just got. To eliminate those mistakes. We be got two three four plays a game that Are absolutely killing us. Once we eliminate them Well be the Browns made one significant addition this week when they finally signed Frank Minnifield their holdout pro bowl cornerback. Whether Minnifield is ready to play however May not be known until game time. Denver meanwhile May be without starting left tackle Gerald Perry who sprained his right ankle last week. But the Broncos have been getting a Good performance from Bobby Humphrey who had his third straight 100-Yard game last week and leads the league with 462 Rushing Yards. Kosar replaced after the third Quarter last week by Mike Pagel will Start for the Browns. Like the Broncos the Browns Are having turnover problems a they had two punts blocked and returned for touchdowns last week. A a they re having some of the same problems we Are offensively As far As mistakes Are concerned a says Reeves who saw a blocked Field goal attempt run Back for a Buffalo touchdown last week. A that does no to mean they can to straighten them
