European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes a t a a september 24,1991 c Page 28 redskins jump to 4-0 Start Cincinnati apr its been years since Gerald Riggs and the Washington redskins have done this. The unbeaten redskins extended their Best Start since 1986 by getting Riggs most productive game in six years. He scored three touchdowns including a 7-yarder with 2 02 to play for a 34-27 Victory sunday Over the win less Cincinnati bengals. The Only other time Riggs had three touchdowns was in a november 1985 game against the los Angeles rams. He Nad a total of six touchdowns last season. A three touchdowns a its been a Long time a Riggs said. A a it a a matter of teamwork. When this team works together you can t Stop the bengals 0-4 did temporarily. They overcame a 17-Point deficit in theother nil games on pages 21 and 22 second half on a pair of touchdown runs by Craig Taylor and Jim breeches 25-Yard Field goal that tied it in the fourth Quarter. The redskins then turned to their ground game ranked no. 1 in the nil to win it. Washington drove 53 Yards on six running plays with Riggs picking up the final 29 on three rushes to continue their Best Start since a 5-0 Mark in 1986. A four of is great ill Tell you a coach Joe Gibbs said. A a it a been a Long time. Our Guys wanted it they simply overpowered the bengals front line on the final drive. By contrast the bengals arc in their worst opening slide since 1984, when they started 0-5 in Sam wychers first year As head coach. Wyche stole the spotlight last week after the bengals fell to 0-3, claiming winning is overemphasized in the nil. He said the bengals would t sit and worry about the skid because there so Golf to be played and Tennis to be served when the bengals fell behind sunday several Tennis balls flew from the stands. He erupted several times during the game sunday going on the Field to berate officials and to Exchange words with Charles Mann after a late hit on quarterback Boomer Esiason. Wyche discuss his Exchange with Mann but he again lectured the Media for five minutes after the game about the emphasis on winning. Pirates revel in another title a Pitcher Doug Drabek is mobbed by his Pittsburgh teammates after he had beaten the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 sunday to Clinch a second straight National league East division championship for the pirates who became the Nln a first repeat Winner in 13 years. It was Pittsburgh a eighth divisional Crown the most in the majors. For a look at what happened in the the rest of sundays is Tor Itcague so Heudie turn to Page 26. Not-the-1990-patriots prove it against oilers by Howard Ulman Foxboro mass. A by the second Quarter it was Clear this would not be a typical new England patriots game. They actually had scored a touchdown. But in the fourth All was Back to Normal. Warren Moon threw two scoring passes the heavily favored Houston oilers were heading toward their fourth straight Victory and new England toward its 18th loss in 20 games. Just another Day in the Tough life of the patriots who began it with the a Fly slowest ranked offence. Then something strange occurred. Greg Mcmurtry scoreless in his two professional sea Hugh Millen sons got a 34-Yard touchdown with six seconds left. Hugh Millen playing his first game of the year threw the winning pass. And the patriots who had one touchdown in their previous three games upset the oilers who had the leagues second ranked offence 24-20 on sunday. A this is not the 1990 patriots a defensive end Brent Williams said. A the sooner we lose that identity the better for us. I think we can go out and we can play with anybody. We can go out and beat last year the patriots were 1-15 and battered by off Field controversy. But this season the defense is Strong especially against the run. And on sunday the offence which scored just 22 Points in the first three games finally clicked against a team off to the Best Start in its 32-year history. It resulted in the patriots 2-2 bolting to a 17-6 halftime Lead that remained after three quarters. Even after Houston 3-1 grabbed a 20-17 Lead with 1 52 left on the second of Moons scoring passes to Curtis Duncan new England persevered. A we were celebrating too soon a Houston linebacker Lamar Lathon said. A in the end everything is chaos. We played Millen starting for the benched Tommy Hodson completed six of eight passes for 88 Yards on the final drive. A being .500 is a motivation for us to go ahead and have a Good season a Millen said. A we had struggled offensively and i m grateful i had the Opportunity to Mcmurtry had struggled All year. Despite being a starter he had Only one catch in the first three games. But on the winning play he caught Millens pass Down the Middle at the Houston 22, Cut to the right past safety Mike Dumas at the 15 and raced into the right Corner of the end zone. A a in be been saying since preseason that what Greg Mcmurtry needs is to make one big play to get him going a Patriot coach Dick Macpherson said. A a in a just Happy that this was the time he was Able to do Moon is used to making big plays. The trigger Man of the oilers run and shoot offence was the a Fly a second rated quarterback last season. He usually had four talented wide receivers in the game. But he and his teammates had a Short week of practice after monday nights 177 Victory Over Kansas City that left several of them banged up and unavailable for practice. His struggles through the first three quarters helped put the patriots in position to win. A i Wasny tas Sharp As i could have been a Moon said. A the defense was tight playing a lot of zone. It forced me to throw the Ball into coverage More than Moons 20-game Streak of completing at least half his passes ended As he went 20 of 44 for 268 Yards and two interceptions. The oilers also committed 11 penalties after having just 15 in their first three games. The Victory was the patriots fourth in 25 games and first in that Span against a team other than Indianapolis. They scored their most Points in 19 games Ana gained the most Yards 343, in their last 20. . Gains Davis cup final inside sports Gant bags 4th straight Lascar win a Page 27 Story on Page 25 Michael Andretti earns strategic win a Page 27
