European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january the stars and stripes Page 21 w v a a a \ \ is Miami edges chiefs a Bengal running Back Ickey Woods flies into the end zone for a to against the oilers sunday in the acc wild card game. Bengals defuse oilers Cincinnati a Houston a explosive run and shoot offence blew up in Cody Carlson a face sunday setting the Cincinnati bengals up for a playoff rout. The a Fly Stop ranked passing game fizzled behind the backup quarterback coming off a career Best game that put both teams in the playoffs. Boomer Esiason took advantage by leading the bengals to a 41-14 Victory that sent Cincinnati Victory Over Pittsburgh made the bengals acc Central champions and the oilers a wild card team both at 9-7. Carlson followed his dream game with a playoff Nightmare. He completed just two of his first seven passes for 10 Yards and set up two Cincinnati touchdowns with an interception and a fumbled snap. He failed to get the oilers past Midfield until the final minute of Down passes of 2 Yards to Harold Green and 9 Yards to Erie Kattus and ran to Yartes Lor a third Quarter touchdown that put the game out of reach at 34-0. The bengals asserted themselves on the games opening series. Coach Sam Wyche turned riverfront Gambler choosing to go for it twice on fourth Down and Esiason made the strategy look Good. By Steven wine Miami apr because Nick Lowery a last minute Field goal attempt was just Short the Miami dolphins fourth Quarter rally was just enough. A 52-Yard try by Kansas City Sall pro kicker fell a Yard shy of the crossbar with 49 seconds left allowing Miami to escape with a 17-16 win in saturdays wild wildcard playoff game. The miss ended Eow cry a Streak of 24 consecutive Field goals including three earlier in the game a i think i hit it pretty Well but i  give it an a plus a Lowery said. A the Only thing id do differently is id run out to the 50 and try and convince myself the kick Wasny tas far As it really /  a a a the dolphins who came Back from fourth Quarter deficits to win three times during the regular season mounted touchdown drives of 66 and 85 Yards after falling behind 16-3 late in the third Quarter. They took the Lead with 3 28 left on Dan Marinous 12-Yard touchdown pass to Mark Clayton. A we All pulled together on offence a a. Clayton sail. A we just said a let s do it. There a no  a what a great  said coach Don Shula whose club is in the playoffs for the first time in live seasons. A a in a very proud Lis Iason went 2 Yards on a quarterback of the w a this team came  into a second round playoff matchup with the first half when Houston got its first sneak at Midfield to keep the drive alive Kansas City went Home still without a the raiders next sunday in los Angeles. Esiason threw for two touchdowns and ran for another As Cincinnati controlled the Ball in its most lopsided playoff Victory. The bengals were ahead 20-0 before the oilers managed a first Down in the final minute of the first half. Ickey Woods and Eric Ball also ran for touchdowns to Clinch a rematch with the raiders who beat the bengals in los an first Down and had to endure taunts of a Cody Cody a from the crowd of 60,012. The oilers matched their season High by punting three times in the first half alone setting up yet another mismatch in the stadium that has become Houston so House of  the oilers have lost nine of their last 10 games at riverfront stadium and their last four by a margin of 186-62. Houston held the Ball for less than five Gles 24-7 three weeks ago. The Only prob minutes in the first half getting out gained Fern for Cincinnati was an injury to running 222 Yards to 36. And 30 of Houston a Back James Brooks who dislocated his left Yards came on a completion on the last thumb in the first Quarter. His status for the raiders game was unknown. Carlson a failure to Snoye the oilers made the difference. The fourth year quarterback put both teams in the playoffs last sunday by completing a career High 22 of 29 passes for 247 Yards and three touchdowns in place of the injured Warren Moon. The 34-14 play of the half. It was a remarkable failure for an offence that gained 400 Yards in half of its regular season games and More than 300 Yards in 14 of its 16 games. By contrast Esiason was efficient on an afternoon of Light drizzle and temperatures in the 30s. He completed 14 of 20 for 150 Yards without an interception threw touch and Woods Dove Over from the 1-Yard line postseason win since the 1969 chiefs won on fourth and goal for a 7-0 Lead. It was the super bowl the first of three bengals drives that Eon a a we re disappointed As hell but w Ere sued More than six minutes in the half. Proud a coach Marty sch Ottenheimer Jim Breech kicked the first of his two said. A a we re frustrated because we did no to Field goals for a 10-0 Lead late in the first achieve the things we wanted to do which Quarter and Carlson made his biggest mis was win a championship. We re going to take of the game to doom the oilers. He hold our Heads up and build from  severely overthrew Leonard Harris at mid Miami a second round opponent will he Field and David Fulcher returned the in determined by sundays Houston Cincin perception 43 Yards to the oilers 16. Four plays later Esiason lobbed a 2-Yard scoring pass to Green and the rout was on. Ball ran 3 Yards for a touchdown Early a in the third Quarter and Carlson fumbled a snap from Center to turn the Ball Over at the. Oilers 10. Esiason went into the end zone untouched on the next play. The bengals defense played softer once the game was out of reach letting. Carlson finish with 16 of 33 passing for Miami s 165 Nati game. If the Host bengals win the dolphins will play saturday at 12 30 . Is i at acc East Champion Buffalo. If Houston w ins the dolphins will play sunday at 4 . Against the acc West Champion raiders in los Angeles. A it does no to matter who we play a linebacker David Griggs said. A a we re glad to he there and we re going to let it All hang  Only score in the first three see Miami on Page 23 cats stun by the associated press Villanova. Bumped no. 3 Syracuse from the unbeaten ranks saturday night using a near impenetrable zone defense to frustrate the orangemen until Lance Miller and Chris Walker started a 17.-4 run that carried the wildcats to a 76-66 Victory in the Carrier dome. It was the third straight regular season Victory Oyer the orangemen 13-1 and 1-1 for Villanova which handed Syracuse its w Orst conference loss in the Carrier dome last season 93-74. Syracuse a loss leaves Only univ and Ohio state with perfect records among the nations top 25. The wildcats 7-5 antl.1-2 had to withstand a final charge by Syracuse which whittled a 16-Point deficit to 66-64, before Quot faltering. Led by Millers 22 Points and Walker s 21, Villanova pushed its Lead to 51-35 with 12 25 to play. Syracuse got 26 Points from Dave Johnson and 16 Points and a career High 18 rebounds from Leron Ellis. Usu Ace scores 72college basketball Billy Owens who scored Only five Points in the Blowout loss last year did no to score a Field goal until nearly 30 minutes into the game after sitting out the final 10 minutes of the first half w Ith foul trouble. He finished with 14. Quot. In a late game at los Angeles Kevin Bradshaw of . International University scored 72 Points to break Pete Maravich a Mcaa division i single game scoring record but Loyola Mary mount set a team scoring Mark in defeating the gulls 186-140. Bradshaw broke Maravich a record of 69 Points set against Alabama on feb. 7, 1970. Loyola Mary mount broke its own single game record set on Jan. 31, 1989, in a 181-150 Victory against . International. In other games saturday no. 4 Arizona 84, Washington St. 69 Pullman Wash. A Brian Williams had 11 of his 18 Points in the second half rallying Arizona to a Pacific 1 conference Victory Over Washington state. Arizona 11-2, i-1 overcame a 39-38 halftime deficit behind the shooting of Williams and Reserve guard Kha lid Reeves who scored 11 of his 15 Points in the final 20 minutes. Sean Rooks added 15 Points for the wildcats. Eddie Hill came off the Bench to score 20 Points keeping Washington state 8-3, .1-1 in the game by making 6 of 7 three Point shots. A. No. 5 Indiana 99, Northwestern 58 Bloomington. Ind. A Damon Bailey scored 17 see College on Page 26afn sports television College basketball a Minnesota at Wisconsin 3 30 . Tuesday