European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a the stars and stripes tuesday wednesday january 1/2,1991 playoffs elude Seattle despite 30-10 Romp by Bob Baum Seattle a the Seattle defense  have picked a better time to score its first touchdown of the season the sea Hawks returned a Fumble for one score and intercepted a deflected pass to set up a Field goal during a wild 3vi minutes in the third Quarter sunday As they rolled past the Detroit Lions 30-10. Seattle a Victory temporarily kept alive the sea Hawks playoff Hopes. Those Lopes were dashed a few hours later however when Houston beat Pittsburgh 34-14, eliminating Seattle and Pittsburgh from wild card playoff Contention. A they scored 10 Points on us. Ten Points a Seahawk safety Eugene Robinson said. A that says something about our defense and that says something about How much we wanted to win this  Robinson scooped up the Loose Ball and scored the go ahead touchdown alter Rodney Peete was hit from the Blind Side by Vann Mcelroy. A i was just the recipient of a great play by Vann Mcelroy a Robinson said. The sea Hawks figured they proved something by winning nine of 12 games following an 0-3 Start. A a we re a Good team a Derrick Fenner said. A we had critics say we were going to go 3-13. That a ridiculous. I think they were talking about Denver. We started out 03 but everyone just Hung together and we came Back and got the Job  Detroit 6-10 was tied with the sea Hawks 10-10 at halftime but Seattle blanked the Lions a run and shoot offence in the final two quarters. Seattle sacked Detroit quarterbacks five times four in the second half. A a Fenner rushed for 75 Yards and a pair of scores for the winners including the games final touchdown on a 9-Yard sweep with 4 43 to play. The sea Hawks Dave Krieg completed 21 of 33 passes for 225 Yards but was intercepted twice once in the Detroit end zone and again on the.lions�?T5-Yard line. He also lost one Fumble. Detroit a Barry Sanders was held to 23 Yards on nine carries but still won the nil Rushing title with 1,304 Yards. He started the Day 16 Yards behind buffaloes Thurman Thomas but Thomas did no to gain a Yard in five attempts on sunday. A Sanders whose 16-Yard, touchdown run was his Only big play against Seattle is the first Detroit player to win the league Rushing title since Byron a whizz Era White did it in 1940. White went on to become a supreme court Justice. A i done to feel successful not at All a Sanders said. A what does this Rushing title mean i Haven to really thought about it. Its no big Deal right  a i think Barry Sanders is the finest running Back in the National football league a Seattle coach Chuck Knox said. A a in be looked at him on film All week and he a just dynamite but our defense did an excellent  Seattle scored what proved to be the winning touchdown on Detroit a first series of the second half. Rodney Peete went Back to pass and fumbled after being hit from the Blind Side by Mcelroy. Robinson kicked the Ball As he tried to pick it up but finally did get control and ran 16 Yards for the touchdown to put the sea Hawks ahead 17-10 with 12 36 left in the third period. On the next Detroit play Eric Hayes deflected Peeters pass one of three deflections by the sea Hawks lineman in the second half and David Wyman intercepted to set up Johnson a 25-Yard Field goal. Johnson also had Field goals of 43 and 37 Yards. Vap Lions receiver Terry Greer picks up six Yards before being grabbed by sea Hawks Dwayne Harper. . In semis boat czechs Perth Australia a David Wheaton Defeated Petr Korda 6-4, 6 2 and Zina Garrison beat Regina Raj Chertova 6-4v 6-4 monday As the United states advanced the semifinals of the hop Man cup team Tennis tournament with a 2-1 Victory Over Csc Ceslova Kia. Korda and Raj Chertova recovered to beat the american pair 8-1 in a mixed doubles match that was reduced to one professional set after the top seeded. A United states clinched the match with a 2-0 Lead. A i think it was Tough for both Zina and me because we Hadnot played for a while a Wheaton said. Garrison was returning to Tennis after a month Long vacation. A Quot a a in a Only just getting Back into the flow of Tennis after not playing since the Virginia slims championship a month ago a she said. Broncos dump packers 22 7 3 Denver apr Sammy Winder rushed for 80 Yards in his Swan song John Elway threw a touchdown pass and Bobby Humphrey ran for a score As the Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay packers 2213 sunday. A a Elway threw a slant pass to Mark Jackson late in the third period for a 15-Yard to. A a a a a it was Only the third time the two teams met in regular season play since Elway became the Denver starter. It was his first to pass against the packers. A a a a a a  Denver finished at 5-11 and Green Bay at 6-10., David Treadwell kicked4field goals of 22 and 31 Yards in the first half to match the scoring of Green Bay a Chris Jacke who had first half Field goals of 37 and 24 Yards. Quot _ _ _ _ _. Denver a other touchdown came on a 5 Yard run by Humphrey to break the 6-6 tie Early in the third Quarter. Winder who announced he will retire was a sentimental starter ahead of Humphrey. The nine year Veteran second on the Broncos All time Rushing list responded with 80 Yards on 15 carries. Elway was taken out at the end of the third Quarter finishing with 14 completions in 26 attempts. A a _ jets kick bucs win 2nd straight Tampa Fla. A Blair Thomas scored his first Rushing touchdown As a pro and Pat Leahy kicked three Field goals sunday leading the new York jets to a 16-14 Victory Over the Tampa Bay buccaneers. The win before a crowd of 46,543 in Tampa stadium enabled the jets to finish with a two game winning Streak and 6-10 record in Bruce Coslett a first season As coach. A Tampa Bay also 6-10, lost eight of its last 10 games including two of three under interim coach Richard Williamson who Likely saw the end of his bid to replace Ray Perkins on a permanent basis. Leahy kicked Field goals of 21 and 32 Yards and Thomas scored on a 5-Yard run to give the jets a 13-7 halftime Lead the touchdown came after Ron Stallworth re \ covered a Fumble at Tampa Bay a 35. Leahy added a 25-Yard Field goal with less than a minute left in the third period. Tampa Bay sputtered offensively after Vinny Testaverde directed a 72-Yard touchdown drive in the second Quarter on which he was. 5-for-6 for 69 Yards. Reggie Cobb scored on a 1-Yard run for a 7-3 Lead but the bucs did no to reach the end zone again until late in the fourth Quarter. From Page 21team does to anytime you win you can feed off that Success you know that in the past you be come Back and won games. This team Hasni to done it a _ pfc Central champions last season the Vikings 610 finished in last place for the first time since 1984. They ended the season with a four game losing Streak. A you really have to be scratching to find anything positive a Burns said. A when i saw that Guy shoot that gun at the end that was the most positive thing i  while Burns most frustrating season was finally put to death the 49ers will now begin concentrating on the a a real season in an Effort to become the first nil team to win three straight super bowls and five Overall. A i had a decent Day and in a glad i had the Opportunity to catch 100 balls a said Rice who caught nine passes for 118 Yards and became the fourth player Ever to reach the 100-reception Mark. A i think that a something to be proud of but in a just looking Forward to the first playoff  the 49ers�?T 18th straight Road Victory extended their own league record. However they wont enjoy the a Road Field advantage in the playoffs having clinched Home Field throughout the postseason two weeks ago. San Francisco coach George Seifer said 4.hevictory Wasny to insignificant. / a a comings to the playoffs winning the game instead of losing alleys us to have a better feel and Pride in ourselves that ave were Able to come Back a he said. San Francisco which won. 15 games in 19s4 and 14 in 1989 and went on to Wijn the super bowl those years used victories Over Minnesota to springboard to its last three league championships. The Vikings last three seasons have ended with losses to the 49ers.x As he had planned to do before the Garfus Seifert started Montana and used Young for the entire second half. Montana completed 10 of 20 passes for 88 Yards and was intercepted once As the 49ers trailed 10-0 and Haa a scoreless first half for the first time since dec. 17, 1989 against Buffalo. Y�un8 sparked the 49ers with his passing and scrambling. He was 15 of 24 for 205 Yards passing and added 59 Yards on six rushes. Quot a on the winning drive Young Complete six of seven passes for 88 Yards and also had a 2-Yard dive on fourth-and-1. Ken stills was the closest Minnesota player to Taylor when he caught Youngs pass at the 16 and went untouched into the end zone. S a play that takes a while to develop a Young said. I told the Guys in the huddle that we needed a Little extra tick to throw the  Young s 14-Yard touchdown pass to Rice with 8 37 to go a which he set up with scrambles of 14 and 19 Yards a had Given the 49ers a 13-10 Lead. Minnesota came Back to go up 17-13 on Alfred Andersons 1-Yard run with 3 14 left