European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 29,1991 the stars and stripes Page 23show goes on for Star by Tim Kawakami the los Angeles times Tampa Fla. A contrary to popular belief Ottis Anderson is not older than the rocks and Trees although nobody has seen his birth certificate in a while and we might have to Check than the super bowl yes by eight years. Older than any other nil running Back that a documented. Older than running backs Are supposed to get before they Wither and crumble certainly. Four years older in fact than he was when the St. Louis cardinals decided he was done. Old enough. Anderson 33 years old and wearing a pair of baggy pants that made him look maybe 45, churned out 102 Stu Cyze and Pound Yards against a Tough Buffalo de sense and won the most valuable player award when the Bills missed a Field goal in the last four seconds sealing a taut 2019 Victory for the new York giants. �?o1 done to feel old at All a Anderson said. A i just feel like i did Whan i was 24,25 a a tired Young Man who a been working real hard. A a a. A a. Quot a a a a a a a a. A a and running real hard in the biggest game of his life. Playing a game of keep away from the potent hurry up Buffalo offence Anderson was the giants battering ram the Guy who picked up 4 Yards a no More no less a when 4 Yards were exactly what the giants heeded. The Guy who chipped at the Bills resolve Ana pushed their defenders to their physical limits play after play. A v a a a a a Buffalo inside linebacker Shane con Lan smashed his face mask into Anderson Early on waited for Anderson to collapse and leave the game then watched him hop Back up and get ready for More. This is a 33-year-old running Back a that was one of the Best hits of my life a Conlan said shaking his head. A i thought he might die or something when i hit him. I smashed my face mask and he gets up like it was nothing. Like it was nothing a giant quarterback Jeff Hostetler made More big plays and Bill running Back Thurman Thomas had More Yards a 135 in 15 carries a but Anderson deserved super bowl xxv Buffalo Corner Fonck Kirby Jackson 47 ends one of map Ottis Andersons 21 carries sunday As linebacker Carlton Bailey 54 the map award because he was the Blue Collar soul of this game because of his methodical running the Bills offence had to score every time it had the Ball or else risk losing it again for another 10 minutes. Mostly because of Andersons work the giants had a two to one advantage in time of Possession and ran off 17 More plays. On the giants two crucial drives in the second half a one that took 9 20 for a touchdown and one that went 7 23 for the eventual game winning Field goal a Anderson carried 10 times for 51 Yards and a score. A a a Quot a a a a. A matched against the Quot Bills hurry up Anderson was the giants slow it Down equalizer Extraordinaire. The plan worked As Long As Anderson did. A. A a a a a �?o1 knew id run the Ball quite a bit but 1 did no to know id run it 21 times a Ander son said. A Bill Parcells the giants coach he said during the week he a not going to give me the halt that Many times. But As usual he lied and i carried the Ball 21 times. I can take it my body can take it. This is what it s All nothing fancy just straight up the gut and tackle him if you dare. A i was getting tired a Anderson said. A a but when they needed me to run Here and there i knew 1 could reach Down and inside and do it because i wanted to do it. I knew i could do it because in be done it before in the past. A i knew there a a lot still left inside of me. A a a a a a a a a a. A. A a a. How much More is there left for him to do How much More can be left Down there inside of him defying nil conventional Wisdom wave after wave of younger runners and quite possibly some Laws of nature Anderson has worked himself Back up to the Pinnacle from a Long Way Down. He was first on the scrap Heap Back in 1986, when the St. Louis Cardinal decided that their former franchise Hack had been battered around enough and whispered that his heart was no longer in it. After the giants got him Anderson sat in limbo a �?�1 was a where Are they now candidate is How he describes it a for three seasons behind Joe Morris then suddenly before the 1989 season Morris got Hurt and Anderson was thrust into the featured running role with the giants As a Stopgap. And if he still is a Stopgap now two years hundreds of carries and a slew of potential replacements then he is a Stopgap with a big smile and a Pete Rozelle. Trophy and teammates who cannot get enough of him. A Vottis is a tremendous role Model for anybody who has been told by somebody else that they re washed up not Good enough Quot giant Center Bart Oates said. A a he a shown us the Way a said Parcells who probably would give the Ball to Anderson 100 times a game if it were possible a a he a going to Canton and the Lylall of fam Over 10,000 Yards in his career and anybody who watched him today knows he can still do control Stamps Bills paid in full by Steven wine a sports writer Tampa Fla. A the new York giants became the Best team in football sunday because they re also the Best at keep away. The giants rallied twice in the second half with a pair of scoring drives that consumed a total of 17 minutes in their 20-19 super bowl Victory Over the Buffalo Bills. New Yorkus stinginess was the result of dominant line play the running of most valuable player Ottis Anderson and the clutch passing of Jeff Hostetler. A they Call us predictable and conservative a said coach Bill Parcells who won his second nil title in four years. A but i know one thing and in be coached this game for a Long time Power wins football games. Its not always the fanciest Way hut it can win the Bills found themselves with with precious Little time to put Points on the scoreboard. The Nils highest scoring offence had the Ball for less than eight minutes in the second half and less than -0 minutes in the game new York held the Ball 40 minutes 33key to Victory seconds a a super bowl record. A a that a been our key All year a controlling the Ball a Hostetler said. A your defense likes it when we re out there a Long time because it gives them a Chance to rest and the offence likes to see it because eventually we Start overpowering people a that the giants did. They took the second half Kickoff and mounted a 14-play touchdown drive that covered 75 Yards and consumed a super bowl record 9 29. The to on Andersons 1-Yard run gave new York a 17-12 Lead. A it was very disheartening a Bills coach Marv Levy said. A a that a the drive that won the game for us a giants Center Bart Oates said. A Buffalo was getting a Little tired in the third Quarter a Parcells said. A right then i thought we had a real the drive included Hostetler completions to convert third-and-8, third-and-13 and third-and-4 situations into first Downs. Anderson broke away for 24 Yards on a third-and-1 play. Thurman Thomas 31-Yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth Quarter gave the Bills a 19-17 Lead. But new Yorkus patient deliberate offence responded again moving 74 Yards in 14 plays to set up Matt Bahrs 21-Yard Field goal with 7 20 left. On that drive Hostetler hit Mark Bavaro for key gains of 17 and 19 Yards. The first pass came on a third-and-7 play from the giants�?T26. A a that a what Jeffs paid to do a Bavaro said. A and we re paid to catch new York finished with 73 plays to just 56 for the Bills. Buffalo was out gained 386 Yards to 371. A very frustrating a Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly said. A we know we re going to put the Ball in the end zone but we did no to have that Many the giants offence struggled for most of the first half and gave up a safety when Hostetler was sacked by Bruce Smith. But new Yor mounted an 87-Yard drive near the end of the half to Trail 12-10. A that was a real key Quot giants tackle jumbo Elliott said. A that gave us Confidence going into the second half. We re not just an offence that has to be ahead All the time. There was no Parcells Huj time speech focused on what would happen right after the giants received the Kickoff. A i told them the first drive of the third Quarter was the most important of the game a he said. Quot we had to do something with Smith limited to just three tackles said the Bills defense was to blame for the Way the giants controlled the Ball. A it Wasny tour offence a a fault we were always on the Field a Smith said. A missed tackles was the main problem. Missed tackles gives them first Downs. I was guilty As much As
