European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday september 24,1991 the stars and stripes c Page 21 sunday in the of Price talks runs 49ers Over rams san Francisco Calif. Apr Jerry Rice had his first career pregame Pep talk Ana then Pepper up the san Francisco 49ers�?T offence. Rice took a Short reception from Steve Young and converted it into a 62-Yard touchdown As the 49ers beat the los Angeles rams 27-10 on sunday. A that was a 4-Yard gain that he turned into a touchdown. That play broke the game open a said rams coach John Robinson who watched As Rice Shook off three tackles in route to giving san Francisco a 10-Point Cushion with 8 54 remaining. Harry Sydney added a clinching 25-Yard touchdown run less than six minutes later As the 49ers 2-2 snapped the rams three game regular season winning Streak at candlestick Park. The 49ers, concerned about getting off to their worst Start since 1982, had held a players Only meeting earlier in the week. Rice made a Point about the teams play again in his pregame address the first he had made in Nis seven year career. A a in a not the Type to speak a Rice said. A i really concentrate on the football Field. But i Felt before i went out that i had to say something to the Guys and i did. A i just told them that when i first came Here when we took the football Field there was always so much Pride. I wanted the Guys to turn the intensity up a Little Rice stalk hit Home said fellow receiver Mike scr Rard. A we knew that we had better listen to him. I think it helped to inspire us to play 49er football a said Sher Rard whose key 28-Yard reception set up Youngs first touchdown pass a 12-yarder to John Taylor to pull san Francisco into a tie at 10 in the final seconds of the first half. Young who entered the game As the top rated passer in the pfc threw for 288 Yards and two touchdowns in another solid Effort in place of the injured Joe Montana. He completed 21 of 31 attempts. The 49ers defense held the rams scoreless in the second half and kept Jim Everett As the leagues Only starting quarterback without a touchdown pass. San Francisco was clinging to a 13-10 Lead when Young completed a Short Square out to Rice at the san Francisco 40. Rice Shook off hits by Sammy Lilly and Robert Young sprinted Down the left sideline Cut Back to the Middle near the goal line and overpowered Michael Stewart in the final Yards for the touchdown. A this strength is turning the Short gain into a Long one a said Sammy Lilly one of the three rams defenders who hit Rice but failed to bring him Down. A your defensive backs told each other All Day that we had to wrap him up. Unfortunately he caught that big Everett finished 17 for 35 for 219 Yards. He missed a series in the third Quarter after bruising his left shoulder following a sack by Kevin Fagan. A Everett showed courage coming Back despite the injury a rams receiver Henry Ellard said. A the injury Hurt his velocity and it especially showed when he was throwing the Ball to his left strike late to escape bucs Bills James Williams 31 pulls Down Tampa Bay a Gary Anderson for 2-Yard loss. Tampa Fla. A the Buffalo Bills flailed away and the Tampa Bay buccaneers punched right Back. And when their Battle was Over sunday both teams walked away feeling a Little better about themselves. A champions always come through when they have to a said Jim Kelly whose fourth Quarter touchdown pass to Keith Mckeller gave the unbeaten Bills a 17-10 Victory. A we played like a team today a countered Tony Covington of the wingless bucs. A we re on the Brink. We be just got to keep it was a classic matchup of first is. Worst a the defending acc champions against one of the leagues perennial doormats. Few people gave Tampa Bay 0-4 much of a Chance but the bucs did no to bother to listen. An inspired defense frustrated buffaloes no huddle offence All afternoon and did no to crack until Kelly put together a nifty 6-play, 76-Yard drive that snapped a 10-10 tie with 5 21 to go. Chris Chandler who replaced the injured Vinny Testaverde late in the first half moved the bucs from his own 20 to the Buffalo 8 in the closing minutes but time ran out on the teams quest for its first Victory. The final score May have come As a Surprise to those who production from buffaloes explosive offence but the Bills insisted they knew they were in for a real fight. A everybody right now is looking to Knock us off because we made it to the super bowl last year a Thurman Thomas said. A a we re not going to blow everybody out. I Hope everybody understands that a Thomas added. A reporters stress that we be got this High powered offence and we can do this and we can do that. But we be got to go out on the Field and do the Bills rolled up More than 400 Yards total offence for the third time in four games but struggled to win for the second straight week because Tampa Bay was Able to control the clock on offence and played Tough enough defense to limit Buffalo to two touchdowns despite giving up 42 Yards. The bucs turned Back one threat with an interception and dodged another when Scott Norwood missed a 36-Yard Field goal in the second Quarter. The Bius were also stopped on fourth and one at the Tampa Bay 5, although Nate Odomes interception five plays later set up Norwood a 33-Yard Field goal for a 107 Lead. A a in a just glad to get this one Over a said Kelly who completed 20 of 35 passes for 322 Yards and one touchdown. A this is one where the Way we look at it is champions have to pull things out a he added. Kelly beat the jets with a fourth Spiar Ter to pass to Thomas last week. This time he used a 15-Yard run by Andre Reed and an 11-Yard completion to James Lofton to set up the winning Points. The Victory ended buffaloes five game losing Streak in Tampa stadium site of the Bills loss to the giants in last years super bowl. The bucs have lost six straight games under coach Richard Williamson including four this season by a total of 13 Points. Cowboys ride Smith to Victory Over cards Tempe Ariz. Apr it Only took the Dallas cowboys 88 seconds to realize they weren to going to have a Flashback on last week a or last year. That show Long it took Dallas to run three plays sunday night against the Phoenix cardinals. On the third Emmitt Smith bolted 60 Yards for a touchdown. That run another Smith touchdown of 12 Yards later in the first Quarter and Ken Willis 41-Yard Field gave the cowboys a 17-9 Victory Over the cardinals and left the pfc East opponents tied with 22 records. A year ago Phoenix beat the cowboys 20-3 in Sun Devil stadium limiting Troy Aikman Smith and co. To 100 net Yards. It was a team record for offensive futility which stood until sept. 15, when the Philadelphia eagles blanked Dallas 24-0 and held it to 90 Yards. Smith had 109 Yards on 11 carries by halftime and wound up with 182 on 23 rushes and the cowboys finished with 320 for the game. A i done to think there a a question that our Success is based on Emmitt Smith running the Ball a said Aikman who passed Only when needed to sit on a 14-0 Lead. A was the season progresses hopefully we can continue to run and control the game the Way we did Smith who broke a 75-yarder two weeks ago became Only the second Back in Dallas history to have two runs of 60 Yards or More in a season. Tony Dorsett did it in 1977. A we knew Phoenix would play Well and they did play Well a said coach Jimmy Johnson who exorcised a personal Demon with his first Victory in Sun Devil stadium. A the defense did an excellent Job. We held them to three Field Greg Davis was 3 for 4 on Field goal tries for Phoenix missing the first from 49 Yards and then hitting a pair of 32-yarders before halftime and a 29-yarder with 5 58 left in the game. However the last underlined the cardinals inability to sustain a drive. A few plays before Ernie Jones dropped a pass in the end zone and a first-and-10 deep in Dallas territory developed into a kick for a 14-9 score instead of 14-13. A we had some opportunities but we connect a cardinals coach Joe Bugel said. A it was disappointing offensively but we need to regroup next week. Emmitt Smith is a great Back. He made the big plays in the fourth
