European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday november 5, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 21 Phoenix wide receiver Ricky Proehl 97 loses his grip on the Ball As he is hit by the cowboys Jack Del Rio 55 sunday. Smith Dallas run past Phoenix Irving Texas a i Emmitt Smith a gets touchdown fever when he sees the Phoenix cardinals on the schedule. Smith scored three More times against the cardinals on sunday and the Dallas cowboys coasted to a 27-7 Victory and a season sweep of their pfc East division rival. Dallas which downed Phoenix 17-9 in Tempe increased its record to 6-3, the club s Best Start since the 1986 team opened with the same Mark. Phoenix dropped to 4-6. A it s hard to explain my Success against Phoenix a Smith said. �?o1 guess anybody could have done it since they were from Short distances. A Phoenix did a Good Job against us. They were determined to shut Down the Smith scored twice on 3-Yard runs and again on a 1-Yard run. He has nine touchdowns against the cardinals in his last three games. He scored twice earlier this season and made four touchdowns against Phoenix last december. Smith said coach Jimmy Johnson gave the team a chewing out at halftime. A coach Johnson Wasny to too Happy with us at halftime a Smith said. A the sounded like he was real fired up. He told us we weren to responding so we got with it in the second Robert Williams provided the defensive spark blocking a punt by Rich Camarillo on the Phoenix 38 in the third period. Six plays later Smith scored on a dive from the 1. Williams said a i just took off and the cardinals got mixed up in their assignments. I was right there to Block the punt and nobody touched Johnson said it was one of the bigger plays of the game. A the blocked punt was a big play Quot said Johnson. A it gave us the boost we needed. Now we re 6-3 and we have a rough schedule coming up with three straight Road games at Houston new York giants and Washington. We re pleased to be where we Are. Johnson praised the cardinals Hustle saying a the score does no to look like it but this was a Tough physical game. I told Phoenix coach Joe Bugel after the game How Tough his team Johnson said he was so proud of Williams that he gave him a game Ball after the game. A normally we wait until monday to pass those out but i thought he ought to have his right now Quot Johnson said. Bugel said mistakes killed his cardinals. A we had our opportunities but bad things ugly things happened in critical situations Quot Bugel said. A we played hard enough and we Hung in there but its one of those games that a hard to he added a a in la Tell you this that its no Fluke Dallas is 6-3. They have a Good Williams struck again late in the third period blunting a cardinals drive by intercepting a Tom Tupa pass at the Dallas 29. The cowboys then drove 61 Yards to build the margin to 20-7 on a 27-Yard Field goal by Ken Willis. A i believe the receiver slipped and 1 was in the right place a Williams said. Smith scored again with 3 07 left from the three after Dallas drove 68-Yards against a tiring cardinals defense. Smith rushed 22 times for 62 Yards far below the 182 Yards he got against the cardinals in september. The cowboys struck quickly thanks to Alexander Wrights 71-Yard return on the opening Kickoff. Aeneas Williams saved the touchdown by tackling Wright at the Phoenix 24. Dallas had to Settle for Willis 36-Yard Field goal. The cowboys drove 80 Yards in 6 plays to make it 10-0 on Smiths 3-Yard run after a 37-Yard Aikman to Alvin Harper completion. Phoenix drove 84 Yards behind the hard running of Johnny Johnson to Cut the deficit to 10-7. Johnson who had 39 Yards on the drive scored from a Yard out. Johnson rushed 19 times for 89 Yards on the Chilly 39-degree Day. Tupa completed 15 of 43 passes for 130 Yards with two interceptions while Aikman was 17 of 23 for 191 Yards but he was sacked four times and served up two in the nil Falcons slip by 49ers Atlanta a some Call it a Hail Mary pass. The Atlanta Falcons Call it big Ben. And everybody Calls it Luck including those who make it successful such As the Falcons did on sunday. Billy Joe Tolliver hurled a 44-Yard pass into a crowd of eight in the end one and Michael Haynes came Down with it to give Atlanta a 17-14 Victory Over the san Francisco 49ers with one second left in the game. A we used to do it in 1980 when i was Here Quot Falcons coach Jerry Glanville said. A i guess we had one More left. Its a Lucky Glanville had his dates a Little wrong but this was Atlanta a third Victory in similar situations. A a _ Steve Bartkowski hit Alfred Jackson for 57 Yards on the same play with 19 seconds left in a 20-17 Victory Over new Orleans in 1978. Then in 1983, Bartkowski connected with Billy a White shoes Quot Johnson on a 42-yarder to the 5 and Johnson scrambled in for the score to beat the 49ers 28-24 on the final play. A you just reach Back and throw and Hope your Guy comes Down with it Quot Tolliver said. �?o1 saw All our Guys Downin the right Corner and just aimed for the Middle of the �?o1 was just concentrating on the Ball Quot Haynes said. A it just dropped in my hands and then i just Hung on for the Falcons winning drive covered 80 Yards beginning with 53 seconds left. Atlanta kept it alive when Tolliver completed a 19-Yard pass to Andre Rison on fourth and six to the san Francisco 44 with 16 seconds to play. After an incomplete pass Tolliver hurled it into the crowd in the end zone where Haynes made the game winning catch. A that s always a Tough situation Quot said Johnnie Jackson one of the 49er defenders in the end zone. A you done to know what a going to happen. We should have won. It should t Nave come Down to a last second a i done to know what happened Quot san Francisco a Dave Waymer said. A i really Don t. Until i see it on film or on a replay of it i have no clue. This is a Tough one. Really the 49ers had taken a 14-10 Lead on a 30-Yard to pass from Steve Bono to John Taylor with 53 seconds remaining. It came on a Lhird-and-21 play that ended a 68-Yard drive. Atlanta had gone up 10-7 on Norm Johnson s 19-Yard Field goal with 2 39 remaining after Tracy Johnson had recovered Sanjay beaches fumbled punt at the san Francisco 17. Dolphins extend Colts wingless Streak to 9 Indianapolis a Mark duper like the Indianapolis Colts was just looking for a Victory. Miami a Veteran receiver tied a team record for career reception yardage sunday and scored the games Only touchdown on a 12-Yard pass from Dan Marino in a 10-6 Victory Over the wingless Colts. A it just keeps building but Well talk about it at the end of the season a duper said. A right now we need to concentrate on winning. There a a lot of games the Victory snapped a two game losing Streak for the dolphins 4-5 and with Cincinnati s 23-21 Victory Over Cleveland made Indianapolis 0-9 the Only wingless team in the nil. A a it a just the same old Story a Indianapolis quarterback Jeff George said. A we move the Ball and get Down there and just can to score. A i done to have the answers so Well just have to keep working a George said. A we be got to Start throwing touchdowns instead of Field goals when we get in the red the Only Points for the Colts came on two Field goals by Dean Biasucci extend ing the team s streaks to 20 quarters and 53 possessions without a touchdown. A a it a the same thing each week a the Colts Eric Dickerson said. A inconsistency has been our Story each week. The game is four quarters and we usually play just one or Miami got the games Only touchdown on its first Possession As Marino hit six of eight passes for 60 Yards on a 12-play drive. Duper caught two of those passes including the one for the touchdown and he finished with three receptions for 64 Yards tying Nat Moore steam record of 7,547 Yards. A a it a something that eventually wll be broken Quot he said a and when it is broken somebody will come along and break it again. Records Are made to be i be refused to take credit for the Victory. A every time i step on the Field i feel every player on that Field contributes Quot said duper. A everybody contributed Marino hit 21 of 37 passes for 231 Yards. A their strongest Point is their defense a Marino said of the Colts. A a they had a lot of pressure on us. We should have scored 35 Points but we made a lot of mistakes and had a lot of
