European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 a the stars and stripes sunday november 10, 1991 today a pro football cowboys oilers renew Texas rivalry by Michael a. Lutz Houston apr the Dallas cowboys and Houston oilers play in the Astrodome sunday in a Texas shootout that really Isnit a shootout. The cowboys once called themselves America s team and former coach bum Phillips retaliated that the oilers were Texas team. They be competed for attention in the state but there has been no intense rivalry developed Over the years. A with both teams in the same state there a a natural rivalry because of the fans a cowboys quarterback Troy 7 p. M. Get on seb to and an to la. Raiders 5-4 at Denver 7-2 10 . Get on seb to and an to Aikman said. A Over the last few seasons we Haven t played too Well and that takes away from a rivalry. Hopefully that part will  they be played Only six times in regular season with the oilers winning the last meeting 25-17 in 1988. Dallas leads the series 4-2. The two teams play for the governors cup in preseason and they scrimmage twice during training Camp but it s hard to get intense about a game that does no to count. Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson said. A it Hasni to been what you a Call a heated rivalry because we done to play each other every year except in the preseason a Johnson said. A i know the Cowboy people have tremendous respect for Houston Over the years and what they be done this  the rivalry May mean More personally to Houston coach Jack Pardee who battled the cowboys As a player for the los Angeles rams and the Washington redskins. Quot they were called americans team and they were the first with the computers and we had the work ethic Quot Pardee said. The cowboys have won All three games played in the Astrodome. The oilers Are 4-0 at Home this season. Oilers defensive coordinator Jim Eddy Calls the cowboys offence the most improved in football. A a they be got the no. I receiver the top runner the tight end Jay Novacek and the quarterback is the up and coming quarterback in All of football a Eddy said. Quot he s passing the Ball at a 65.9 percent clip. We be got our work Cut out for  the cowboys will have to protect Troy Aikman from Houston s pass Rush if they Are to win in the Astrodome sunday. Dallas running Back Emmitt Smith leads the pfc with 829 Rushing Yards on 186 carries and eight touchdowns. Aikman is third in the pfc with a 86.3 quarterback rating and Michael Irvin has 742 receiving Yards to Lead the nil. The cowboys also have a difficult assignment against the oilers defense vastly improved from last year. The Oiler defense ranked first in the acc and seventh in the nil in total defense. The oilers have an acc High 15 interceptions. Houston quarterback Warren Moon leads the nil with 213 completions 349 attempts and 2,533 Yards. Moon has thrown 13 interceptions this season compared to 13 for All of last season. A i know in be got to be More consistent with my pass ing a Moon said. A they Are taking away our deep routes and forcing us to go underneath. You have to throw a perfect pass to get it  Haywood Jeffires leads the nil with 53 catches for 614 Yards and four touchdowns. Drew Hill is the teams All time teams All time receiving Leader with 6,915 Yards and he needs three More receiving touchdowns to surpass Ken Burrough on the All time list with 47. A they score a lot of Points and they score them in a hurry a Johnson said of the oilers. A their defensive plays hard and they re  the cowboys have a 6-3 record for the first time since 1986. Houston is 7-2 and has a seven game Astrodome winning Streak. Broncos need to Avert . Raiders sweep by John Mossman Denver api asked what a loss to the los Angeles raiders on sunday would mean to his team Denver Broncos coach Dan Reeves refused to even consider that option. A a in a not going to talk about that Quot Reeves said. A i can Tell you what a win would do. It would put everybody else in our division in bad shape and that s what we want to do. That s All we re thinking about a a  the acc West is the a Fly a most competitive division right now with just two games separating the top four teams. Denver 7-2 holds a one game Lead Over Kansas City 6-3 and a two game Edge Over both the raiders and Seattle 5-4. A loss by the Broncos of course would tighten things even More. And it Means the raiders would have swept the Broncos in their two game series which becomes an important tiebreaker for the playoffs. Los Angeles won 16-13 in the coliseum in the second game of the season. A a we re in first place and we have a Chance to put the team that won the division last year three games Back a Reeves said. A that does t happen very often. It does t matter whether its the raiders Kansas City Seattle or san Diego a when you be got a Chance to Bury somebody that a what you have to  but the Broncos have never been very adept at this burying business. Making it easy on themselves a which a Victory on sunday would accomplish a is not their style. They will at least have a full complement of players on hand. Gaston Green their leading rusher with 554 Yards is expected to reclaim his starting Job after missing three games with a thigh muscle injury. Bobby Humphrey who has carried Only six times since ending his holdout last month should see More action in Reserve. That relegates Rookie Greg Lewis to third string. All Lewis did in last weeks 20-13 Victory Over Pittsburgh was Rush for 111 Yards. Raider coach Art Shell said the major difference in the Broncos since the Early season meeting is their running game. A a they be got Guys who can really run the football now a Shell said. A a they be got this kid Lewis who a really running Well and Gaston May play this week and now they be got Bobby Humphrey Back in the fold. So they be got an abundance of running backs and John Elway is still making big  Elway is the of cd a fourth rated passer having completed 54 percent of his passes Tor 1,919 Yards seven touchdowns and three interceptions. Elway also has rushed for four touchdowns this season a twice the total of the entire raiders team. Rookie Nick Bell has the Only two Raider ads on the ground but he was placed on the injured Reserve list last week with a rib injury. Veteran Marcus Allen was expected to be activated o the injured for sundays game. Alien i been sidelined since he sprained a Lig ment in his right knee in the season opener. The raiders have compensated pc their plodding running game with Quick striking passing attack. Jay Schroc Der has completed 52 percent of h passes for 1,705 Yards 10 ads and 11 it perceptions. Mervyn Fernandez is his flt verite receiver having caught 36 pass for 517 Yards and he is working on a 5 game reception Streak. Los Angeles Idle last week lost i Kansas City 24-21 two weeks ago. As a head coach. Shell is 4-0 again the Broncos. The Raider Bronco series has Bee characterized by sweeps and close game since 1978 and excluding the 1982 strik season one team has swept the series 1 of 12 times. Five of the past seven Mee Ings have been decided by three Points less