European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday december 18, 1990 the stars and stripes. A a Page 25ex-outland Winner still by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Chad Hennings most prize Possession sits Ort his parents Mantle Back in Elbe Ron Iowa. It s an outland trophy. It s hot just any outland trophy. Its his outland trophy. By the Way the Laid Back Raf Benwa tors Pilot talks one would never guess it represents an accomplishment unparalleled by any College football player during the 1987 season. The outland trophy is Given to the nations top lineman. Its the Heisman for the brutes in the trenches. Hennings became the first air Force player and Only the second in military Academy history to win that award. A i was very surprised that i worn the outland trophy because i never viewed myself As that Caliper of football player Quot Hennings said by Telephone from England monday. A it was certainly a pleasant Surprise. A a it a Back in Iowa right now at my Parin tsp House. I did no to want to take a Chance on having it scratched or broken with a in Colorado Springs Colo. Hennings broke several barriers. The outland trophy put him on a National Pedestal and gave the Academy recruiting Power. He was also the first air Force Academy player to be a unanimous first team All american having been named in associated press United press International Kodak Walter Camp and the football writers association of America ballots. His resume does no to Stop there. He won the 1987 Stan Bates award which is Given to the top the Western athletic conference. He was a get All american. He brought a a most inspirational player Quot award Back from the 1988 Japan bowl. The award that Means the most to him next to the outland Wasny to an award at a. He was voted the defensive Captain for the West team in the East West shrine. Classic. Quot. A a i Admire that one the most a Hennings said. A it Means More because you Are selected by your teammates. That meant a lot to me. All of the awards Are important to these Days football has taken a backseat to one of a Safe a newest a-10 fighter pilots. Y a Quot flying Henning said is a such a great substitute for football he a going to face a Tough decision when his obligation exp res v ,. A a a a a a a a in a just going to have to see what i Bent Waters Pilot Chad Hennings a a. Won outland for air Force in �?T87 Section i want to take in my life. Sure id like to play football. Nobody knows where pm at Over Here the Dallas cowboys do. They took a Chance on Hennings when they selected him in the 11th round of the 1988 draft. A cowboys spokeswoman contacted by the stars and stripes issued a Subtle statement. A if he wants to talk to us we would be interested in talking to him a she said. A we knew he had a military commitment when we drafted him and we have done that if we did no to think he had something to offer us. Its really up to a a Hennings graduated from the Academy in 1988 after helping bring the Falcons to four straight bowl appearances. His biggest game came on the losing end As Hennings saw air forces four Gaine postseason winning Streak snapped. The Falcons fell 33-28 in the Freedom bowl to Arizona state before 33,261 fans at Anaheim Calif Hennings was named the games map. As the Falcons enter their second straight Liberty bowl appearance on dec. 27 against. Ohio stated buckeyes Hennings feels a surge of patriotism. A a in a really Happy for them a lennings said a a it a been a Tough season. Air Force has been up and Down. Anytime you get the exposure to play a big pen team it s a big game air Force has its work Cut out Quot the outland has gathered two year Worth of dust but Hennings celebrity is fresh As Ever. Sports illustrated caught up with him and Hennings even did a Call in show for a Dallas radio station. A was far As the hoopla and everything pm As Busy now As Ever. Right now though. To just trying to concentrate on How to employ an a 10�?~s weapon system Quot he said. Having the body of a lineman has its disadvantages the first lieutenant said. 1 Letin Ings fit into certain Lypps of fighter planes but has found a second Home in the a-10 fighter. A i had to get two waivers. One for height the other for weight. That kind of limits me As to what planes i can 1 Hennings has a few years left before he must choose Between going pro or staying in the service and continue to Fly air planes for a living. He admits that the screws May be a Little Rusty after two years but he a not Overly concerned. A i know what i can do on the football Field. I May not want to play football. Who knows if that a the Case so be it. Pm not losing sleep Over it. Physically pin stronger than i was when i was at the Academy. If i do get a Chance to play then i think pm get my shot. But right now pm trying to learn How to Fly the a-10.�?� he credits Tammy his wife of six months for keeping him in line. a strengthened me More than anything. She a a Good influence on me because she a always at the gym working out. She a a marriage has its other benefits. A you done to have to Cook for yourself a he said. Hennings inner Circle of friends includes Pitburg Baron coach , Shwedo and Rhein main linebacker Extraordinaire Terry Maki. Hennings said Shwedo and Maki a Are True products of the Academy. These Are Guys who care about each other and who know what it takes to win. The Academy is always outweighed by at least 20 pounds. In the wac but its always up around .500, Well give you a Hennings younger brother attends the Academy As a freshman and won a spot on the Junior varsity football team. A a he a kept me up on what a going on in the Academy a Hennings said. A a there a always going to be the Academy and there a always going to be Guys like Shwedo and Maki. I have a lot of find memories. 1 Trade the experience for anything else in the Why would a c Henning. Army s Mike May Wenther or Navy s Alton Griz aril choose a military Academy and the military commitment that goes with ii �?o1 was attracted to the Academy because of its academic background Quot said Hennings. �?o1 guess t was intrigued by the whole military aspect. Plus they were an up and coming football team i guess i was impressed by air Force coach Fisher Deberry and the morals he Hennings outland was the last major collegiate award Given to a wac player before Brigham Youngs to helmet took Home the Heisman trophy two weeks ago. A Detmer should have gotten it All the i Letin Ings said referring to late Campaign blitzes by notre Dame s Raghib Quot rocket Ismail Colorado s Eric Bienne my and Virginia s Shawn Moore for College footballs most sought after prize. A Detmer came through phenomenally on offence consistently pumping out 400 500 Yards a Hennings also hailed. Detmers decision to return for his senior season at by. Quot that says a lot for to Detmer by coach Lavelle Edwards and the entire wac. That a the Type of Altitude you have to get across to Young people today. Hey education comes it was a Good decision on his part. Hell get to the nil Hennings said he Hasni to been approached by world league of american football officials to play but would at least listen to an offer. A one Day a Guy came by and told me about this Olaf. It kind of caught me off guard because i did no to know too much about it. It could be a possibility but i let it distract from my Job As an a-10 Hennings said be keeps his hand in the game whenever he can squeeze it in by coaching in the United kingdom. The Ben Waters phantoms of Safe s . Sports conference even came knocking. To been approached to play for the phantoms but 1 done to want to run the risk of getting Hurt. That and i just got my hands too full with the a-10. A lately in be considered coaching the defensive line maybe become a strength and conditioning coach. If in a going to get into 1 cd with any aspect it will be coaching. In a doing clinics occasionally and i was even approached by people at the High school level wanting me to get involved with football Camps for the British kids who Are trying to learn the sport. In a really interested in coaching a the next time i put on pads its going to be for the by the associated press Portland Ore. A Clyde Drexler scored 31 Points and Buck Williams had season highs of 26 Points and 20 rebounds As the Portland Trail Aba Roundup blazers overcame a fourth Quarter rally by Orlando to beat the magic 126-107 on sunday night. Aba summaries on Page 24scott Skiles who led Orlando with 21 Points converted a 3-Point play with 8 16 in the fourth Quarter capping a 16-0 run that gave the magic a 99-95 Lead. Lakers 115, pacers 112 Inglewood Calif. Magic Johnson a season High 29 Points including two free throws with 8.3 seconds left and 21 assists led the los Angeles lakers Over Indiana in the Only other Aba game sunday. From Page 21 a quarterback behind buffaloes Jim Kelly. "1 think they have the Best secondary in the league. I think they have the two Best cornerback in the league a Moon said. Quot when you can throw the Ball against a secondary Jakc that for 500 Yards you be really accomplished a. \ a. A Quot chiefs cornerback Kevin Ross and Albert Lewis both pro bowlers were practically speechless a a it a shocking Quot Ross said. A we blitzed him. We played zone. We played Man. He saw everything today. And those Guys made plays for him. What More Cun you say a a a that a a pretty awesome display of skill a Lewis said. Moon hit Tony Jones with a 24-Yard scoring pass on the oilers first Possession and came up with 11 passes of More than 20 Yards. His third True Down pass covered two Yards to Jones in the fourth period. Moon knew on his last Possession that he was within striking distance of the record Van Brocklin. Set in 1951 for the los Angeles rams against the new York yanks. Quot but 1 was not going to throw the Ball just so i would have gotten the record a he said. A. Quot records Are not important to Moon erased the Houston team record of 464 Yards set by George Blanda against Buffalo in 1961. Llis ninth 300-Yard game tied Dan Marinous nil Mark. A a in be had pretty big passing Days but they weren a anything like this a a Moon said a when they started playing bump and run on us Early we just beat chiefs Are challenging for what would be their fun St division Crown since 1971. But their quarterback Steve Dyberg sustained a broken Finger on his left hand tha t left his status in Douht for next week. In addition Heberg was intercepted by Richard Johnson in the end zone with 2 29 left ending his string of consecutive passes without an interception at 234, second Best in nil history behind Bart Starr a 284. Dyberg had left the game for almost a full Quarter. A basically what they said was a if you can Deal with the pain then you can Piny. Its broken at the lip so its already broken,. Ted Garcia a 32-Yard Field goal made it 11 4 until de Berg hooked up with j. A Birden on a 62-Yard scoring pass just before halftime. In the second half Jeffires 87-Yard touchdown catch a 26-yarder by Garcia and scoring reception dosed out Houston s scoring
