European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 29, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 sunday in the redskins 8-0 beat giants Mark Rypien 2 to passes East Rutherford . A the Washington redskins put an exclamation Point on their status As the a Fly a Only unbeaten team on sunday night. They finally beat the new York giants. Mark Rypien threw two touchdown passes to Gary Clark 2 52 apart As the redskins went to 8-0 for the first time in their history with a 17-13 Victory Over the giants ending a six game losing Streak to new York. The redskins overcame a 13-0 deficit for the win which put Washington in total control of the pfc East. The redskins Lead Dallas by three games and new York 4-4 by four games Midway through the season. The ads one for 7 and the other for 54 Yards came late in the third Quarter and Early in the fourth after the giants had totally dominated the first half out gaining Washington 207-35. In fact Washington did no to get into giants territory until 5 36 was left in the third Quarter. But the redskins converted nine straight third Down plays in the third and fourth quarters controlling the second half As new York controlled the first. With one difference a they scored touchdowns then capped it with Chip Lohmiller s 35-Yard Field goal with 51 seconds remaining. The giants scored on three of their first four possessions. But one drive was stalled when Jeff Hostetler overthrew a wide open Rodney Hampton at the 1 and another was killed by an unnecessary roughness Call on Maurice Carthon after the giants got an apparent first Down at the Washington 5. Both times the giants had to Settle for Field goals by Raul Allegro. Then the redskins turned the tables on the giants As Rookie Ricky Ervins entered to give the running game a boost. Ervins gained 82 Yards in 20 carries All in the second half. First they mounted a giant Type drive going 84 Yards in 20 plays for their first to and consuming 8 55. The last third Down play was to Clark who earlier had dropped an apparent to pass for a score with 42 seconds left in the third period. Then after giants stalled on their next Possession Rypien made another third Down play finding Clark behind Everson Walls for a to 2 10 into the vikes Roll on Walker s 3 ads Phoenix up Herschel Walker gained 73 Yards on a rain soaked Field and sloshed for three touchdowns sunday enabling the Minnesota Vikings to demolish the Phoenix cardinals 28-0. It was the second time in three weeks the two teams had played and Minnesota won both contests by a combined score of 62-7. After suffering with heat at their Home games thus far this year the cardinals were forced to put up with a drenched playing surface sunday after a morning deluge. Minnesota led by Only a touchdown at the half with Rich Gannon hitting has san Jones on a 5-Yard, scoring pass with 2 50 remaining in the second Quarter. But the Vikings turned it Over to Walker in the second half and he used the treacherous conditions to his advantage. He scored his first touchdown on a 16-Yard run with 10 12 left in the third Quarter and added a i Yard scoring run w Ith 7 58 left in the game. Walker finished Minnesota a first Ever appearance in Phoenix with a 5-Yard touchdown run. Phoenix gained Only 36 Rushing Yards in losing for the third time in four games and falling to 4-5. Minnesota is also 4-5, having won two of its last six games. Both of those wins have come Over the cardinals. Sub steers Lions Over Dallas 34-10 Pontiac Mich. A the Detroit Lions had their first sunday full House in six years and parlayed it into an emotional 34-10 win Over the Dallas cowboys. Erik Kramer taking Over for injured Rodney Peete throw his first two nil touchdown passes and the defense came up with two fumbles and two interceptions As Detroit 6-2 remained tied with the Chicago bears for first place in the pfc Central. The Lions have won six straight games in the Silver dome including All five Home games this season. The cowboys 5-3 had won their four previous games and All four of their Road games this season. Sea Hawks defense curbs chargers Seattle apr Chris Warren s 55-Yard Kickoff return sparked the Seattle sea Hawks to a 20-9 Victory Over the san Diego chargers in a Battle of defences  Long return set up Seattle a second touchdown a 5-Yard pass by Dave Krieg to Mike Tice in the fourth Quarter. The chargers 1-8 could manage just three Field goals by John Carney. The sea Hawks 5-4 led Only 10-9 after a 36-Yard Field goal by Carney with 19 seconds left in the third Quarter. That a when Warren took carneys Kickoff and returned it to the san Diego 40. The sea Hawks went the 40 Yards in final period. And again after the giants punted they used Ervins to control the clock setting up Lohmiller s Field goal. The giants opened in typical fashion for this season taking the opening kick off and moving 75 Yards to the Washington 5. 52 coming on a pass from Hostetler to Stephen Baker. But Hostetler missed Hampton on third Down from the 5 and new York had to Settle for Allegre a 23-Yard Field goal. The giants forced the redskins to punt from the end zone and got the Ball at the Washington 40. Eight carries later Hampton was in the end zone from a Yard out a after an earlier to was overruled by replay a and it was 10-0 with 1 20 left in the first period. Allegro signed this week to replace the injured Matt Bahr added a 36-Yardcr with 1 50 left in the half after a first Down at the Washington 5 was negated when Carthon hit Matt Millen late from behind. That moved the Ball Back to the 21 and forced to new York to Settle for the Field goal. Then came the second half and Washington s rally. It was the Lions first sellout of a non monday night game since a 1985 game against the bears and the crowd noise clearly affected the cowboys. Peete was knocked out Early in the first Quarter leaving the game in the hands of Kramer who had completed 2 of 5 attempts in very limited action this season. Seven plays for their second touchdown at 3 36 of the fourth Quarter. Krieg connected on a 12-Yard pass to Tommy Kane to open the drive. Rookie John Kasay cemented Seattle a Victory when he kicked a club record equating 54-Yard Field goal with 6 05 left his eighth Field goal in a  wins with Odd catch Cleveland a Leroy Hoard caught a touchdown pass lying Flat on his Back and Bernie Kosar made it eight straight games without an interception As the Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steeles 17-14 sunday. Cleveland 4-4 surpassed last seasons total of three wins and sent the Steeles 3-5 to their ninth loss in their last 10 trips to Cleveland. Kosar completed 21 of 29 passes for 179 Yards and extended his Streak of passes without an interception to 262. Its the second longest such Streak in nil history behind Bart Starr a string of 294 for Green Bay in 1964-65. Pittsburgh had a shot at tying it Midway through the fourth Quarter but Gary Andersons 52-Yard Field goal attempt bounced off the right upright. Anderson was Well Short on a 52-yarder in the first half. Cleveland held a 10-7 Lead at  win 9-6 on Treadwell Fps Foxboro mass. A Denver a David Treadwell won the Battle of Field goal kickers when new England quarterback Hugh Millen lost his desperate dash toward the end zone. Treadwell a third Field goal a 34-Yard-er with 1 56 left gave the Denver Broncos a 9-6 Victory sunday Over new England. It was t assured until the final play when Millen raced 9 Yards to the Denver 6-Yard line As time expired. The final play began with 14 seconds left at the Denver 15, Well within the Range of Jason staurovsky who already had Field goals of 17 and 20 Yards. The patriots had no timeouts left and Millen figured to throw one last pass into the end zone to try for a winning touchdown. Under pressure he charged up the Middle but was tackled with 5 seconds left. Time ran out before the patriots could set up for another play. Acc West Leader Denver 6-2 had beaten Kansas City 19-16 a week earlier on Treadwell a 27-Yard Field goal with less than 3 minutes left. On the same Day staurovsky a 42-yarder with no time left in overtime gave new England 3-5 a 2623 win Over Minnesota. With the score 6-6, Dewier got the Ball with 6 44 left. Until then John Elway had completed 10 of 20 passes for 114 Yards. But on that 42-Yard March he was 5-for-7 for 39 Yards including consecutive completions of 12 Yards to Mark Jackson and 10 Yards to Michael Young that gave Denver a first Down at the new England 23. The drive stalled at the 18, and Treadwell connected for the game winning kick. The patriots started the last drive at their 16. Millen was Sharp completing 6-for-9 for 69 Yards to the Denver 15. The Only running play was the last one and it came up Short. Staurovsky missed a Chance to give new England a 9-6 Lead when Dennis Smith blocked his 25-Yard Field goal attempt with 10 53 left in the fourth Quarter