European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars an stripes Washington s Art Monk makes a grab during the redskins 29-14 win Over Buffalo in the final regular season game sunday. I Washington a Chip Loh Miller tied a team record with five Field goals Gerald Riggs ran for his first touchdown in six weeks and Buffalo rested for the playoffs As the Washington redskins beat the Bills 29-14 sunday. Lohmiller kicked Field goals of 37,24 and 19 Yards in the first half and 43 and 32 Yards to help the redskins finish the season with four victories in five games. They ended 106, the same record As last year going into next weeks wild card game in Philadelphia. The loss ended the Bills four game winning Streak As they finished 13-3, still their Best record since they were 12-2 in the american football league in 1964, quarterback Frank Reich running Back Thurman Thomas and wide receiver Andre Reed sat out the entire second half and defensive end Bruce Smith went out in the third Quarter. Buffalow is already assured of the Home Field As Long As they remain alive in the playoffs and have a week off. The redskins were assured of going on the Road when the eagles beat Phoenix saturday. Riggs playing for the first time since he sprained his left foot nov. 12, scored on a 3-Yard run and Mark Rypien threw an 18-Yard scoring pass to Rookie Stephen Hobbes after Lohn Iiller a Field goals gave the redskins a 15-7 Lead. Reich playing while Jim Kelly rests a sprained knee got Bil Falo Only As far As the 50 in the first half before giving Way to third Stringer Gale Gilbert. / a Gilbert who last took a snap with Seattle in 1986, threw two touchdowns in the second half but added two interceptions to set up both of Washington a touchdowns. Gilberts 23-Yard scoring pass to Kenneth Davis pulled the Bills within 9-7 before Lohmiller kicked two More Field goals and the interceptions put it out of reach. Gilbert finished 8-of-15 with 106 Yards and added a Lale 20-Yard scoring pass to Steve Tasker. A Lohmiller got the redskins on the Board first with a 37-Yard Field goal in the first Quarter. Thomas who got no Yards on five carries to finish the season with l,297ards Rushing fumbled to give the. Redskins the Ball at buffaloes 40 and Lohmiller hit from 24. Lohmiller ended a 78-Yard drive with a 19-Yard Field goal fora 9-0 halftime Lead. Rypien a 25-Yard pass to Art Monk set Lohmiller up for the fourth time and his 43-yarder put Washington up 12-7 with 4 25 left in the third Quarter. He connected for his last to open the fourth Quarter Alvin Walton ended Gilberts comeback attempt by returning an interception 61 Yards to the Buffalo 6-Yard line to set up Riggs. Martin Mayhew picked off Gilbert three plays later at the Bills 32 and Rypien finished it with the score to Hobbes. Eagles capture Host role by Walter Berry temp Ariz. A Randall Cunningham did no to get his Rushing record but the Philadelphia eagles beat the Phoenix cardinals 23-21 to Clinch the Host role they wailed in the first round of the playoffs. Cunningham threw three touchdown passes two to Rcd Barnett As the eagles 10-6 earned the right to play the Washington redskins at Philadelphia a veterans stadium in next weekend s Nec wildcard game. A we got what we wanted and what we needed and that a the Home Field advantage a Philadelphia coach buddy Ryan said. A we know Washington Well and they know us Well. It la be another Tough game like the other two this  Phoenix ended the season with its third consecutive loss and a 5-11 finish for the second straight year. A a a we re not proud of our record but we be grown. We were in most of the Ball games a first year Cardinal coach Joe Bugel said a the eagles Are one of the casts of the East. We beat them earlier this season and we almost beat them again  Phoenix trailed 23-7 Early in the fourth Quarter and closed to 23-21 on two touchdown passes by Timm Rosenbach a a a 38-Yardcr to Rookie Ricky Proehl with 5 56 remaining and a 45-yarder to . St pith with 1 51 left. A1 Del Greco a first insides kick attempt went out of Bounds and his second was recovered by Philadelphia a William Soo eagles on Pago 23 an sports television College football Ltd John Hancock bowl Michigan state is. Us 8 30 . Monday. F pro football a los Angeles rams at new Orleans 2 . Tuesday radio i pro football a rams at new Orleans 2 . , by fall to aggie Blitz 65-14 by Scott Miller the los Angeles times san Diego a an option quarterback named Bucky who leads a team with the nations fourth leading Rushing attack stormed into Brigham Youngs Winter Home saturday night grabbed the cougars by the Throat and seized a healthy dose of respect for Texas a amp a. The aggie blitzed furiously enough to separate both of Heisman trophy Winner to Detmers shoulders quarterback Bucky Richardson and the rest of the offence executed with near perfection and they dismantled no. 13 by 65-14. It was the most lopsided game in the j3-year history of the Holiday bowl and the most lopsided loss in by history 1 the Blowout which came before 61,441 in san Diego Jack Murphy stadium a the second largest crowd in Holiday bowl history surpassed Oklahoma state s 62-14 rout of Wyoming in the 1988 game. For the cougars 10-3who have played in Nije of 13holiday bowl Holiday bowls it was their worst defeat in the game since a 47-17 loss to Ohio state in 1982, a without a doubt it was our most Complete football game a Texas a amp m coach . Slocum said. Richardson completed 9 of 11 passes for 203 Yards and a touchdown Rushing 12 times for 119 Yards and catching a 22-Yard touchdown pass from halfback Darren Lewis. It was his passing though that was the biggest Surprise. A Ltd they did no to throw a lot they just threw it effectively a said by coach Lavell Edwards. A very effectively their play action a when you get that running and attack As Well As they did. They did about what they wanted to and kept doing it.�?�. All those numbers and Richardson did no to even play a full game. He left after the first series of the fourth Quarter with the aggie ahead 51-14, he was the first quarterback since Byus Steve Young in the 1983 Holiday bowl to catch,./un and pass fora touchdown a a a i feel like that was the Best game of my career a said Richardson a 6-foot-l, 214-Pound Junior. This is a Guy who almost quit last Spring because aggie coaches were running a straight passing game and he did no to see any place in the scheme for an option quarterback. This is a Guy who missed last season with a bad knee. The option the aggie 9-3-1 ran Only 16 option plays All of last year and when this season started had just two option plays in their playbook. Saturday their playbook ran the Gamut. They started with the option worked in some key passes and delivered the knockout punch with trick plays. They us the see Holiday Crepage 23