European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I teed a wednesday. December 25/26, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 21 win acc East Crown Reich propels Buffalo past dolphins 24-14 by Dave Goldberg Orchard Park . Apr Frank Reich Mav not be Jim Kelly. But he was. A Good enough imitation sunday to help the Buffalo Bills take a big step toward their first super bowl a Reich completed 15 of 21 passes for a career High 234 Yards and two touchdowns and Thurman Thomas ran for 154 Yards and a score As. The Bills beat Miami 24-14 to wrap up their third straight acc East title and the Home Field advantage throughout the acc playoffs. The Buffalo defense meanwhile wrapped up Dan Marino and the dolphins prompting hundreds of Sun Days 80,235 fans running onto the Field to level both goal posts and engage in a Long Post game party. Quot we were ready to Plav monday tuesday wednesday it was very emotional a said defensive end Bruce Smith. Quot we had coaches banging their Heads against the Walls All week.�?�. Quot that a too bad we re going to need them later Quot coach Marv Levy quipped when told the goal posts went Down. I with Kelly out with sprained knee until at least the first playoff game Reich did an almost perfect imitation. Reich Wasny to sacked and was virtually untouched As his offensive line gave him All the time he needed. Quot he had a near perfect  Miami coach Don Simla said of Reich who also Quarter backed Buffalo to a 31-17 Victory Over Miami last season. Quot he had a perfect game against us last year and he did pretty much the same thing  Quot it was the same game plan we would have had Jim Kelly been in there Quot Levy said. Added Reich a to just Happy they let Nile do that. I got pumped a Little bit and things were  a the loss knocked the dolphins 11-4 out of Conlen see Bills on Page 26philadelphia a Philadelphia knocked Dallas Troy Atman out of the game in the first Quarter and halfback Keith Byars threw his fourth touchdown pass of the year As the eagles beat the cow boys 17-3 on sunday. If the eagles 9-6 beat Phoenix next week they will gain the Home Field advantage Tor an pfc wild card game probably against Washington. The. Cowboys dropping to 7-8 after their first loss in five games could still claim the of cd a final playoff spot with a Victory next week against Atlanta. Aikman was decked by defensive end Clyde Simmons with 10 07 left in the first period. He left with a dislocated right shoulder replaced by babe Laufenberg Yno had one completion All year. Laufenberg was 13 of 36 for 140 Yards and had a a a passes intercepted including Eric Allens 35-Yard return for a the fourth Quarter to. Randall Cunningham completed 16 of 28 passes for 144 Yards and scrambled for 54 More Yards on four carries. Cunning Ham is within 88 Yards of Bobby Douglass nil record of 969 Rushing Yards by a quarterback in one season. Ait Nan is the sixth quarterback the eagles have knocked out of a game this. Season the others Are Green Bay Santhony Dow leg Atlanta a Chris Miller Washington a Stan Humphries and Jeff Rutledge and new England a Steve Grogan. /. / Byars scoring pass was his fourth in As Many attempts and gave the eagles a 7-0 first Quarter Lead. He also gained 27 Yards on six carries caught three passes for 21 Yards and led the blocking As the eagles ran for 178 Yards he also inadvertently kicked a fumbled bail 45 Yards to set up a Field goal. A j Byars who throws left handed is listed As a running Back but in the course of a game he also performs As a tight end wide receiver blocking Back and passer. Brooks by Joe Kay Cincinnati a James Brooks stole first place from the Houston oilers by Rushing for a club record 201 Yards sunday. An injury to quarterback Warren Moon May have stolen away their playoff chances As Well. Brooks broke off three Longs runs in. Eluding a 56-Yard touchdown As the Cincinnati bengals ran Over the oilers 40-20 to Knock them out of first place in the acc Central division. Brooks also set up a pair of touchdowns with fun of 40 and 45 Yards carrying the bengals to a Victory that kept them in the playoff Chase. Houston and Cincinnati Are tied for second at 8-7, one game behind Pittsburgh. The sleepers 9-6 beat Cleveland 35-0 sunday and finish the regular season sunday night in the Astrodome. The bengals finish at Home against Cleveland a it Brooks running provided almost All of the bengals first half offence and his repeated bursts through the line on sweeps and trap plays helped Cincinnati generate four second half touchdowns to put the game out of reach. A the last time we played them i was Hurt with a sore neck a Brooks said. "1 redeemed myself and showed them lean still run against them any time.�?�. Moon dislocated the thumb on his throwing hand in the last two minutes of the game and is expected to be sidelined for at least three weeks. Moon who leads the nil in passing Yards 4,689 and touchdown passes 33is the seventh starting quarterback to be injured in the lust three weeks. Quot its devastating a Moon said. Quot you work so hard to get to this Point. We be been dose so Many times. Its frustrating. Its one thing to have a division title taken away from us. Its another thing to have my season taken away from  Moon coming off a 527-Yard passing performance against Kansas City was Refeld to 288 Yards completing 25 of 48 with one interception. It was Only the sixth time in 15 games this season that he was held under 300yards. Moon passed for 369. Yards and a. Career High five touchdowns in the teams earlier meeting won by i Louston 48-17 in the Astrodome. He stayed in the game to try to rally the oilers after Boomer Esiason clinched the Victory with a pair of touchdown passes to Eric Kattus in the final six minutes. Esia son completed 11 of 21 passes for 184 Yards but it was Brooks who did the damage accounting for 201 of the bengals 387 total Yards. Brooks 201 Yards on 20 curries broke his club record of 163 Yards on 18 carries set against new England Iii 1986. His 15th 100-Yard game moved him one ahead of Pete Johnson for another club record. Houston scored in the first half on Field goals of 29 and 36 Yards by Teddy Garcia and on Moons 21-Yard touchdown pass to Haywood Jeffirs. The oilers could have had More a Houston had a Fumble Repov cry nullified by an offsides penalty and settled for a Field goal after driving to a first and goal from the 4-Yard line. Brooks provided almost All of the bang also first half offence. He broke a 45-Yard run to set up the first of Lackey Woods two ,1-Yard touchdown runs and sprinted 56 Yards untouched on a trap play to tie the game 13-13 with 1 55 left in the half. Brooks accounted for 109 of the bengals�?T177 first half Yards. After Moon ran 1 Yard for a go ahead touchdown Early in the third Quarter. Brooks broke off a 40-Yard run to set up Stanford Jennings 1-Yard touchdown run Cincinnati drove 63 Yards to the go ahead touchdown Midway through the third Quarter with Brooks contributing a 15-Yard run. Woods second Short scoring run put the bengals ahead 27-20 with 1 46 left in the Quarter. The oilers self destructed in the fourth Quarter. Garcia hit the left upright on a 42-Yard Field goal attempt and Gerald Mcneil fumbled a punt to give Cincinnati Possession at the oilers 20 with 6 56 left. Esiason a 16-Yard touchdown pass to Kat Tus clinched it an sports television and radio College football Aloha bowl from Honolulu Syracuse is Arizona 9 30 p.m., Christmas Day