European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes tuesday september 3, 1991oilers Bury raiders 47-17 Houston apr Warren Moon passed for two touchdowns and ran for one and the emerging Oiler defense set up three touchdowns with turnovers in route to a 47-17 season opening Victory Over the raiders on sunday. Allen Pinkett starting in place of holdout running Back Lorenzo White had his Best Day As a pro gaining 144 Yards on 26 carries including 48 Yards on eight runs during the opening drive of the game. The oilers started the game trying to protect their Young and injured defense with time consuming drives and took a 16-7 Lead at intermission on runs of eight Yards by Pinkett one Yard by Moon and Ian Howfield a 34-Yard Field  s thefts help bears beat Vikings Chicago up a Markus Paul intercepted two Wade Wilson passes sunday including one deep in Chicago territory in the final minutes to lift the bears to a 10-6 Victory Over their pfc Central rival Minnesota Vikings. The bears took a 7-3 halftime Lead on Jim Harbaugh s 37-Yard touchdown pass to Tom Waddle with 55 seconds remaining in the second Quarter and the defense held the Lead the rest of the Way. Harbaugh completed 17 of 24 attempts for 186 Yards with no interceptions. Wilson hit 21 of 37 for 248 Yards but threw three interceptions. The Vikings closed within 7-6 on their first Possession of the second half on Fuad Rev Cizo a second Field goal of the game a 24-yarder. But the next two Minnesota drives ended in interceptions the first by Paul and the second by Donnell Woolford. The bears then built the Lead to 10-6 on Kevin butlers 22-Yard Field goal with 5 54 remaining. Butler s attempt from 42 Yards four plays earlier was wide but Minnesota s Audray Mcmillian was penalized for running into the kicker a giving the bears a first Down. Butler appeared seriously injured on the play but returned to make his next attempt. Wilson spearheaded one More drive starting with 5 30 minutes left. He moved the Vikings to the Chicago 13 before Paul intercepted a pass. Minnesota still has not won a game on natural grass since nov 12, 1989 at  overcome sea Hawks 27-24 new Orleans apr Bobby Hebert playing his first game after a one year contract holdout threw a 10-Yard touchdown pass to Floyd Turner on fourth Down with 1 11 to play and the saints beat the sea Hawks 27-24 on sunday. It was a hiker defeat Lor the sea Hawks who lost quarterback Dave King with a broken right thumb had an apparent to pass wiped out by a penalty and then had a game ending 37-Yard Field goal attempt sail wide. The kick was made 15 Yards longer because the sea Hawks Bench was assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for arguing the end zone Call. Hebert who regained the starting spot he held in 1989 after a  with his 1990 replacement Steve Walsh rallied the saints sagging offence by completing five of eight passes for 64 Yards during a six minute 68-Yard drive. Sea Hawks backup Jeff Kemp then drove his team 60 Yards completing three of five passes Tor 47 Yards. A 34-Yard pass interference penalty got the sea Hawks a first Down at the saints 8 Yard line. On third Down from the 5, Kemp completed a pass to Tommy Kane who was ruled out of Bounds in the Back left Corner of the end zone. After an argument and the penalty John Kasay was wide left from 37 Yards. The raiders had the Ball for Only 1 17 of the first Quarter and did t score until 2 44 remained in the half when Jay Schroeder hit Willie Gault on a 59-Yard pass play. The Houston defense which has four rookies in the secondary depth Chart demonstrated it did no to need Protection. Ray Childress who missed four weeks of preseason with a broken Bone in his right leg sacked Schroeder on the raiders first play. Safety Bubba Mcdowell ended that Possession with an interception at the raiders 38, setting up Moons 1-Yard touchdown dive 1 20 into the second Quarter. Defensive tackle Doug Smith Shook Marcus Allen Dolphin defender Paul Lankford and Bill receiver Don Beebe came up Short. From the Ball and Mcdowell recovered the Fumble at the raiders 35, setting up Moons 23-Yard touchdown pass to Ernest Givins with 2 43 elapsed in the third Quarter. It gave Houston a 23-7 Lead. Moon hit Tony Jones with a 28-Yard touchdown pass late in the third Quarter and 14 seconds later Rookie Mike Dumas scooped up a Fumble by Sam Graddy on the Kickoff and ran 19 Yards for a touchdown. Jeff Jaeger kicked a 39-Yard Field goal in the third Quarter and Howfield added a 46-yarder for the oilers with 9 43 left in the game. Evans hit Graddy with an 80-Yarj touchdown pass with 5 31 elapsed in the final period. Moon completed 18 of 33 passes for 250  rally for Victory Over Miami Orchard Park by. Up running Back Thurman Thomas ran for a touchdown and caught a 50-Yard pass for another score sunday to Lead the Buffalo Bills to a 35-31 comeback Victory Over the Miami dolphins. Thomas scored on a 7-Yard run with 3 55 left to give the Bills a 35-24 Lead. The dolphins scored late in the game on a 2-Yard Dan Marino to Mark duper to pass but failed to avenge a 44-34 loss to the Bills in last years playoffs. The Bills were trailing 24-21 Midway through the final Quarter when fullback Carwell Gardner dived Over from a Yard out to give them a 28-24 advantage. Buffalo had taken a Lead 21-17, with 2 10 left in the third Quarter when quarterback Jim Kelly after leaving the game nursing a sprained ankle returned and fired a 50-Yard scoring pass to Thomas. The dolphins however regained the Lead after Bill receiver Don Beebe a Fumble was recovered by Miami nose tackle . Turner at the Buffalo 43. A few plays later Miami a Dan Marino flipped a 5-Yard to pass to Clayton to give the dolphins a 24-21 advantage at 3 42 of the final Quarter. Kelly hit on 29 of 39 passes for 381 Yards while Marino was Good on 17 of 28 passes for 268 Yards. Miami s Mark Higgs a 4-year Veteran starting for the injured Sammie Smith rushed for a career High 147 Yards on 30 carries. Thomas ran for 165 Yards and caught eight passes for 103 Yards. Tupa leads cards past rams 24-14 Anaheim Calif. Up a Tom Tupa taking his first snaps since 1989, threw for one touchdown and ran for another sunday to lift the Phoenix cardinals to a 24-14 Victory Over the mistake plagued los Angeles rams. Tupa who became the starter when Timm Rosenbach was lost for the season with a knee injury was 10 of 18 for 124 Yards. Fly hit Ernie Jones with a 28-Yard scoring strike and sneaked in from the 1 for Phoenix which was 4-0 in the pre season. Linebacker Eric Hill returned a Fumble 85 Yards for the cardinals who clinched the Victory with a 32-Yard Field goal by Greg Davis with 2 45 left after the rams filth Fumble and sixth turnover. The rams who fell behind 21-7 in the first half when they lost the Ball five times scored on two 1-Yard runs by Robert Delpino. Jim Everett was 25 of 35 for 290 Yards but his first half interception led to a Phoenix to and his second interception with 1 03 left was los Angeles seventh turnover. Jets nudge bucs on Leahy s goal East Rutherford . Up Pat Leahy a third Field goal sunday a 40-yarder with 1 22 left lifted the new York jets to a 16-13 Victory Over the Tampa Bay buccaneers. The jets drove 48 Yards to Leahy a winning kick mostly on a 25-Yard pass from Ken of Brien to Rob Moore. Leahy also kicked Field goals of 30 Yards in the third Quarter and 25 in the fourth and moved into sixth place on the nil career scoring list with 1,372 Points. The buccaneers offence never got another Chance to tie or win because Reggie Cobb fumbled the ensuing Kickoff and Dale Dawkins recovered for the jets. Leahy a winning Field goal came after Tampa Bay tied the score 13-13 on a 65-Yard pass from Vinny Testaverde to Lawrence Dawsey with 5 57 left. Dawsey took the pass at the 25-Yard line after running past cornerback Tony Stargell who seemed to expect safety help that never came. Steve Christie kicked two Field goals for the buccaneers in their first game since installing a no huddle offence. Each kicker also missed a Field goal attempt. O Brien completed 16 of 25 passes for 176 Yards and no interceptions and Blair Thomas gained 92 Yards on 23 carries. Testaverde misfired often completing 12 of 28 for 197 Yards and an interception