European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Def a a a a it v of a o i it Ltd of no a tuesday january 8,1991 the stars and stripes a a Page 21 bears March it by Dave Goldberg Chicago a Neal Anderson will Settle for being a double threat. The Way he throws the Ball he might have to. Anderson accounted for 164 Yards running catching and passing As the Chicago bears beat the new Orleans saints 16-6 sunday. The Victory helped greatly by an a offsides penalty on a blocked Field goal that negated a touchdown by new Orleans sent the bears on to face the new York giants in the second round of the nil playoffs. Anderson rushed for 102 Yards on 27 carries threw a 22-Yard completion that set up one of Kevin butlers three Short Field goals and caught four passes for 42 a Yards. Mike Tomczak added an 18-Yard touchdown pass to James Thornton. Anderson Wasny to aware he had tied Walter Paytonn steam record of 27 carries in a playoff game. A it Felt More like 17,�?� he said. A a it a the playoffs you Lay it All on the line. I love it when i know the Ball is coming to me to make things he also made things happen with perhaps the ugliest pass Chicago has seen since Jim Mcmahon was mailing floaters. A it was a lame Duck and Ron Morris made a great catch a Anderson said of his option pass. He was hit by Rickey Jackson just As he threw the Ball and it wobbled tantalizingly to Morris at the saints 8. A it was a serious Duck it looked so sick most people would have shot instead it led to a 19-Yard Field goal by Butler giving the bears a 3-0 Lead. With Chicago ahead 10-3 in the third Quarter the bears got a lot of help from Robert Massey who lined up offsides on a Butler Field goal attempt. The kick was blocked by Renaldo Turnbull and returned 61 Yards by Vince Buck for a touchdown but the offsides Call nullified the play and Butler went on to kick a 22-yarder for a 13-3 Lead meaning that the offsides accounted for a 10-Point swing. A a Flag was thrown so its beside the Point a bears coach Mike Ditka said. A it did no to happen a Tomczak added. A when its that close they Call it a saints coach Jim Mora said. A it did no to look like he was offsides. I did no to see anything that looked he saw plenty wrong with the saints Lack of offence a 193 Yards just 65 on the ground. And he saw too much of Anderson. A a a they ran the hell out of the Ball a linebacker Vaughan Johnson said. A they ran it the win sends Chicago now 12-5 and the pfc Central Champion to new Jersey next sunday to meet the giants in one saints Chicago safety Shaun Gayle knocks a pass away from new Orleans wide receiver Greg Scales in sundays pfc playoff game. Of the two pfc semifinals. Washington which beat Philadelphia in saturdays wild card game will be at san Francisco on saturday. New Orleans meanwhile continues without a playoff Victory in its 24-year history a it lost 44-10 to Minnesota in 1987 in its Only other playoff appearance to fact the saints who at 8-8 made the playoffs As the sixth pfc team in this years expanded format finish under .500 at 8-9 for the season. This was hardly an offensive Duel although Tomczak a just 5-for-23 for 85 Yards in a loss to Kansas City was As effective As he had to be for Chicago finishing 12 of 25 for 166 Yards. The emphasis of course was not on the quarterback but on the versatile running a a a i wanted to give him the Ball and stay mistake free a Ditka said. A if i had to give him the Ball 40 times i would. We got Here with the Ball in Neal a hands and we had to give it to new Orleans Steve Walsh was 6-for-16 for 74 Yards before leaving late in the first half with a sprained right shoulder. He was relieved by John Fourcade who was 5-for-18 for 79 Yards. A there were passes dropped a four Cade said. A a that a football. Things simply did no to go our the bears defense held the saints without a Rushing first Down until Midway through the fourth Quarter that came on a 4-Yard scramble by Fourcade. Trace Armstrong who also blocked one of Morten Andersen a Field goal tries sacked. Fourcade for Quot a 16-Yard loss after the saints had reached the Chicago 2 with two minutes left. Chicago scored 4 54 into the game after John Mangum picked off Walsh a pass that deflected off the hands of new Orleans Lonzell Hill. Mangum returned it to the saints 33. Mangum also deflected a 35-Yard pass to Hill in the end zone in the fourth Quarter. Late in the Quarter the bears got off their Only sustained drive which culminated at 1 52 of the second period with Tomezak a 18-Yard to toss to Thornton who caught the pass in the right Flat and raced untouched to the end zone. I he key play was a 31 Yard slant pass from Tomczak to Anderson on third-and-6 from the Chicago 42. The nullified blocked Field goal came on Chicago a first series of the second half. A v. A. Then Fourcade hit leg Scales to put the saints in Field goal position. But Armstrong blocked Andersen a 42-Yard attempt. Quot the saints later drove to the bears 2, aided by 17-and 15-Yard pass interference Calls on Mark Carrier. Armstrong came up with the sack that forced the saints to Settle for a 38-Yard Field goal. Butler added a 21-Yard Field goal with 2 47 left to Seal the Victory for the sign Syracuse s Macpherson Foxboro mass. Apr Dick Macpherson the coach at Syracuse the past 10 seasons and a former nil assistant was named monday As coach of the new England patriots the leagues worst team. He succeeds Rod rust who was fired last Friday after the team went 1-15 in its Only season under him. The announcement of Macpherson Simpig came at a morning news conference after reports circulated sunday that it was imminent. Rust had a Low key manner and a Low achieving club. He had succeeded the similarly reserved Raymond Berry who was fired after a 5-11 record in 1989. In 17 seasons As a College head coach seven at Massachusetts and 10 at Syracuse his record is 111-73-5. The orangemen were 7-4-2 this season and won the Aloha bowl. Macpherson a native of old town Maine and graduate of Springfield mass College was head coach at Massachusetts from 1971 through 1977. His teams were 45-27-1 and won four Yankee conference championships. At Syracuse from 1981 through 1990, his teams had a 66-46-4 record. The orangemen finished the 1990 season on Christmas Day with a 28-0 Victory Over Arizona in the Aloha bowl. In the nil he was with Denver from 1967 through 1970, first As linebackers and defensive coach and then As defensive coordinator. He became Cleveland a linebackers coach in 1978, then left to become Syracuse a 25th head coach in decemberl980. He led Syracuse to a no. 4 ranking in 1 487, when the orangemen went 11-0-1, tying Auburn in the sugar bowl. He was named College coach of the year that season by several organizations. The patriots Are coming off the worst season in their 31-year history. They set single season nil records for most losses and most consecutive losses having lost their last 14 games. 0afn sports television College basketball a Tennessee at Vanderbilt 3 30
