European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes tuesday october 1,1991sunday in the nil raiders contain 49ers los Angeles a Jeff Jaeger kicked four Field goals and the los Angeles raiders held off a late san Francisco charge sunday to beat the 49ers 12-6. The raiders bottled up the san Francisco passing game and held Jerry Rice without a reception until the fourth Quarter but were hanging on for dear life at the end. A 25-Yard Field goal by Mike Cofer with 3 54 left Drew the 49ers within six Points. San Francisco had gotten the Ball with 6 23 left at its 30-Yard line when Charles Haley recovered a Fumble by Steve Smith. San Francisco 2-3 got the Ball Back at its 26-Yard line with 2 30 remaining after a punt and quickly moved to the los Angeles 19 before Steve Young threw consecutive incompletion the second on fourth-and-7 with 1 53 left. The raiders 3-2 then ran out the clock. Rice has caught at least one pass in 84 straight games. He was held without a catch until 12 minutes remained and finished with three receptions for 38 Yards. Young completed 18 of 35 passes for 217 Yards. Broncs Green Down Vikings Raider Terry Mcdaniel puts the clamps on a scrambling Steve Young Minneapolis a Gaston Green Denver a one Man offence continued to run wild while Minnesota a much ballyhooed one Back offence took another huge step backwards. Green ran for 158 Yards and John Elway scored the go ahead touchdown on a 17-Yard draw play As the Broncos continued to rebound sunday night with a 136 Victory Over Minnesota. Green playing in place of All pro Bobby Humphrey a contract holdout Haa seven runs of 11 Yards or More. The previous week against san Diego he gained 127 Yards and scored three touchdowns. Denver which finished last in the acc West last year at 5-11, improved its acc West leading record to 4-1. Minnesota 2-3which also was last in 1990 after winning a division title continued to struggle with its new one Back offence. The Vikings were shut out 26-0 at new Orleans last week and Haven to scored a touchdown in 10 quarters since a 17-14 Victory Over san Francisco. The Vikings have scored just 49 Points in five games. With the Broncos trailing 6-3 and facing a third-and-8 on Minnesota a 17 late in the third Quarter Elway ran the draw from a Shotgun formation. He bobbled but controlled the Ball at the line of scrimmage broke out of Joey Browner a grasp ran Over Audray Mcmillian and Dove Over the goal line at the right Flag. Although Elway has been Given the responsibility of calling the plays this season Reeves called the draw during a time out. A we caught a Blitz and i took off a Elway said. A i saw Browner and he tried to grab me High and i was Able to get around the Corner. After that i saw the end zone and i just tried to get a John comes up with a lot of great plays a Reeves said. A the does a lot of things that a lot of other great players done to do. He inspires us. You could just feel the excitement on the sidelines after that David Treadwell added a 42-Yard Field goal Early in the fourth Quarter for a 7-Point Lead. Minnesota quarterback Wade Wilson threw three interceptions giving him 10 for the season. He. Was replaced by Rich Gannon with 7 20 to play and Minnesota on its own 20 after Carl Lee recovered Greg Lewis Fumble in the end zone. Minnesota drove to Denver a 13 with 43 seconds remaining but Gannony a fourth-and-3 pass was dropped by wide open has san Jones at the 5. Chiefs keep chargers wingless san Diego apr the Kansas City chiefs went 21/2 quarters without a score then beat the san Diego chargers 14-13 sunday. Christian Okoye scored on a 1-Yard run three plays into the game and Steve Dyberg threw an 11-Yard touchdown pass to Robb Thomas for chiefs 3-2. San Diego 0-5 trailed 14-10 and had third and goal on the chiefs 5 with 10 minutes left. But Neil Smith sacked John Friesz for a 7-Yard loss and Friesz lost 7 More Yards on a Fumble. John Carney then kicked a 37-Yard Field goal. The chargers had started the drive on the chiefs 45 after Kitrick Taylor a 19-Yard punt return a holding Call on tight end Arthur Cox moved them Back to their own 45, and Friesz threw a screen pass to Butts. The screen did no to form however and Butts appeared bottled up at Midfield. He reversed directions and broke a 46-Yard run Down the left sideline to the 9. San Diego held the chiefs to Only 14 Yards and no first Downs on their first three possessions of the second half. When Kansas City finally moved the Ball into san Diego territory Nick Lowery was wide left on a 44-Yard Field goal try with 3 11 remaining. The chiefs moved to san Diego a 22 in the closing minute and ran out the clock. Okoye had 65 Yards on 19 carries and Deberg completed 11 of 20 passes for 112 Yards with one interception. San Diego a Rod Bernstine gained 112 Yards in 26 carries and scored san Diego a Only touchdown. Friesz completed 10 of 25 passes for 162 Yards. Struggling rams hold off packers Anaheim Calif. A the los Angeles rams a team badly in need of some spark got two big plays from special teams Veteran Paul Butcher on sunday As they scored two touchdowns in seven seconds and held on for a 23-21 Victory Over the Green Bay packers. Blair Kiel taking Over after starting quarterback Don Majkowski went out with a shoulder injury in the second Quarter rallied the packers to two late touch Downs but the rams held on to the Ball for the final 4 49. The rams 2-3trailed 7-3, but moved ahead with 17 Points in the last 2 41 of the first half. After the second of three Field goals by Tony zen Jas pulled los Angeles to 7-6, Butcher a 5-year Veteran who has started just one game set up the rams first to when he recovered a Fumble by Allen Rice at the Green Bay 15. Then Butcher who was filling in at linebacker on the Fumble by Rice hit the packers Vai Sika Hema on the ensuing Kickoff forcing a Fumble that the rams Anthony Newman grabbed in midair and ran 17 Yards for a touchdown. The rams Jim Everett held onto his dubious distinction of being the Only quarterback in the league without a touchdown pass this season. He completed 18 of 29 for 241 Yards. Tupa s passing leads cards Over pats Phoenix up Tom tuna passed for 312 Yards and three touch Downs sunday to Lead the Phoenix cardinals to a 24-10 Victory Over the new England patriots. Tupa engineered touchdown drives of 80, 94 and 80 Yards and threw scoring strikes of 17 Yards to Ernie Jones 15 to Johnny Johnson and 62 to Ricky pro Chi. He completed 17 of 28 attempts with one interception. Jones had i Eption. Jones had eight catches for 145 Yards and Proehl had four receptions for 107 Yards. Anthony Thompson rushed for 98 Yards on 26 carries for the cardinals. The patriots scores came on a 99-Yard Kickoff return by Jon Vaughn and a 39-Yard Field goal by Jason staurovsky. Tupa sealed the Victory by hitting Proehl on a third and four from the Pho enix 38 with 3 10 left. That play gave the cardinals a 21-10 Lead. Greg Davis closed the scoring with a 47-Yard Field goal for Phoenix with 1 42 left. Tupas 17-Yard Yard strike to Jones capped an 80-Yard drive to make it 7-0 in the second Quarter. The Lead lasted Only 19 seconds because Vaughn took the ensuing Kickoff 99 Yards to make it 7-7,punt Block helps jets top Miami East Rutherford . Apr Miami a Reggie Roby is not exactly a newcomer to this business of punting. So when he saw 10 new York jets at the line of scrimmage in the final minute of sundays first half he bad an inkling about what they had in mind. A Block. Right not according to Chris Burkett of the jets who blocked Robyn a kick ant returned the Ball 11 Yards for the touchdown that punctuated the jets 41-23 Victory Over the dolphins it was the first blocked kick in the nil this season. A we had a return on a Burkett said. A we did no to plan on blocking the punt. But i saw a Lane and shot through like a the Block gave the jets two touchdowns in 26 seconds in the final minute of the first half and put them in control of the game. New York had just taken a 14-10 Lead with a 10 play 62-Yard drive capped by Brad Baxt plunge the score came at 14 22 of the second Quarter. Not Content to run out the clock Dan Marino threw three incompletion stopping the clock each time and forcing Roby to punt. Roby lined up at the 11 and Burkett burst through. The Ball bounced Loose and into the new York wide receiver s arms and he dashed into the end zone
