European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 c the stars and stripes monday november 18,1991 sunday in the of skins Rypien flatten Steeles Pittsburgh apr perfect and in the playoffs. Mark Rypien threw touchdown passes to Art Monk and Gary Clark As the redskins became the ninth team in nil history to Start 11-0, beating the Pittsburgh Steeles 4114 sunday. Washington clinched a playoff spot sooner than any team since the 1985 Chicago bears were 12-0. Rypien was 21 of 28 for 325 Yards and the two touchdowns As the redskins dominated both sides of the Ball holding a 4-to-l Edge in Possession time Early in the second half while taking a 27-0 Lead. Rypien passed for 442 Yards last week in a 56-17 rout of Atlanta and now has thrown for 767 Yards in his last two games. The a Fly a second rated defense kept Pittsburgh on its Side of the 50 for All but two plays of the first half and sacked a frustrated Neil of Donnell five times in Washington a 12th straight regular sea son Victory and 15th in the last 16. Of Donnell  get Pittsburgh on the Board until throwing touchdown passes of 5 Yards to Adrian Cooper and 40 Yards to Dwight Stone in the fourth Quarter briefly cutting Washington a Lead to 27-14, Rypien the a Fly a second rated 2uarterback, came right Back to hit Gary hark on a 49-Yard touchdown a his 11th completion of More than 45 Yards this season. Rypien then yielded to Jeff Rutledge who nit Ricky Sanders on a 40-Yard scoring pass with 2 05 to play. Redskin quarterback Mark Rypien goes deep often for second straight week. The redskins a the first team since the 85 bears to Start 11-0 a have out scored 12 opponents by 222 Points and allowed Only 139 Points the second lowest total in the league. They have out scored Atlanta and Pittsburgh 97-31 in winning the last two weeks. Even with the usually reliable Chip Lohmiller missing his first two Field goats inside the 40 in the first half Washington won with its usual weapons Rypien a precision passing to his posse of receivers and a time consuming ground game that kept Pittsburgh a offence off the Field. Rypien 24-4 As a starter in his last 28 games set the tone Early hitting Monk on a Post pattern for 63 Yards to the Pittsburgh 1 just three plays into the game. Gerald Riggs scored the first of his two 1-Yard touchdowns on the next play with 12 24 still remaining in the first Quarter All but putting the game out of reach for a Pittsburgh offence that Hasni to scored a first half Point in four of its last six games. Pittsburgh 4-7 went three and out on its first two possessions allowing Washington a offence to mount three Long drives that ended with Lohmiller a missed 32-yarder, his 36-Yard Field goal and Rypien a 11-Yard scoring pass to Monk. Monk barely got both feet in Bounds on his scoring catch leaping High in the rear of the end zone to make the catch behind two defenders. He May have grazed the out of Bounds line with one foot but the touchdown was upheld by replay official a1 Sabato. Lohmiller missed a 36-yarder on the next to last play of the first half but made a 41-yarder Early in the third Quarter to make it 20-0. At that Point Washington had the Ball nearly 27 minutes to Pittsburgh a 7-plus. After Pittsburgh punted Clark made the play of the game stretching out one hand to made a sliding 37-Yard catch near the Pittsburgh Bench that gave the redskins a first Down at the 8. Ricky Ervins ran for 7 Yards on the next play ahead of Riggs second Short touchdown run. Washington a offensive line did no to allow Rypien to be sacked for the fifth consecutive game. Rypien has been sacked Only four times this  shake Colts 37-77 Indianapolis apr on just one play Chicago bears Rookie Anthony Morgan almost doubled his career reception yardage and doomed the Indianapolis Colts Hopes for a second straight upset. Morgan a fifth round draft pick from Tennes see snatched a Short pass from Jim Harbaugh and ran 84 Yards for a third period touchdown Suas the bears beat the Colts 31-17. He had Only 90 Yards on eight catches before that one. Harbaugh who passed for 287 Yards also ran for a touchdown of 6 Yards and passed 13 Yards to Brad Muster for another touchdown for the bears 9-2. Muster also rushed for 101 Yards a season nigh and scored the final touchdown on a 9-Yard run with less than two minutes remaining. The Colts 1-10who got their first Victory of the season a week earlier at the new York jets managed a 10-10 tie at halftime after a Fumble set up a 4-Yard touchdown pass from Jeff George to Jessie Hester. But the touchdown passes to Muster his first since 1989, and Morgan the second of his career and the second in the past two weeks gave the bears a Safe 24-10 Lead. The longest Indianapolis drive went 80 Yards late in the third Quarter and George gave the Colts their second touchdown on a 9-Yard pass to Bill Brooks seven seconds into the final period. Mark Green starting for injured Neal Anderson at running Back fumbled at the Chicago 22 in the first period and the Colts Keith Taylor returned the Ball to the bears 8. Two plays later George passed 4 Yards to Hester for the touchdown the Colts first to in the Hoosier dome in eight weeks. Chicago tied the game on the next Possession. But unlike the Colts the bears took their time driving 80 Yards on 11 plays Over the next 5 35. Passes of 27 and 20 Yards to James Thornton and an 18-Yard run by Green helped Chicago to the Indianapolis 9. Muster picked up another 3 Yards then Harbaugh scrambled straight ahead and was tackled just As his outstretched Arm crossed the goal line for the touchdown. Turnovers boost Broncos to 24-20 upset of chiefs Kansas City to. A the interception is mightier than the sack. Just Check sundays Denver Kansas City game. The chiefs sacked John Elway six times but the Broncos intercepted Steve Deberg four times including Charles Dimry a 26-Yard touchdown return and posted a 24-20 Victory for sole Possession of first place in the acc West. The Broncos 8-3who beat the chiefs 7-4 19-16 in Denver last month scored two touchdowns 59 seconds apart in the third period in route to their 14th Victory in their last 17 meetings with Kansas City. Gaston Green rushed for 130 Yards including a 60-Yard sprint for the Broncos Only touchdown of the first half. Derrick Thomas last years nil sack Leader had three of the take Downs of Elway and raised his season total to Lovi. With 4 00 remaining in the third Quarter Pete Holohan tipped de bergs pass into Dimry a hands at the Kansas City 26 and dimly raced untouched into the end zone for a 24-13 Lead. A minute earlier Elway had thrown a 29-Yard touchdown pass to Mark Jackson. Uter Deberg was intercepted again in the fourth period backup Mark Vlasic replaced the 17-year Veteran and immediately engineered an eight play 48-Yard touchdown drive capped by Tim Barnetts 8-Yard reception. With Denver leading 3-0 in the second Quarter Barnett made a circus catch of Debergh a pass Between Dimry and Michael Brooks and turned it into a 63-Yard gain to the 23, a moment later Christian Okoye put the chiefs on top 7-3 with a 7-Yard run. The 265-Pound fullback knocked Karl Mecklenburg out of his Way at the line and barrelled into the end zone for his 34th career to tying de Podolak for no. 2 on the teams All time list. The Broncos needed Only four plays to regain the Lead. Green on second and seven started right and Cut Back left against the flow joking Kevin Porter and outrunning Janice Pearson for a 60-Yard to run. Deberg accounted for All but 3 Yards of a 66-Yard drive in the final minute of the half to set up Nick Lowery a 19-Yard Field goal that made it 10-10 at halftime. Vikings trounce pack 35-21 Green Bay wis. A Rich Gannon and the Minnesota Vikings simply took control of the football and the game in the second half sunday against the Green Bay packers. The Vikings 6-6 put together scoring drives of 79, 80 and 98 Yards in the second half holding the Ball for 24 minutes to beat the packers 35-21. Trailing 21-14 at the half the Vikings used eight minutes on a 15-play, 79-Yard drive to tie the game in the third Quarter. Gannon hit Cris Carter with a 17-Yard touchdown pass. Then they moved 80 Yards in 10 plays eating up nearly six More minutes to take a 28-21 Lead on hers chel walkers 5-Yard run with 14 11 left in the game. Minnesota put the game away by marching 98 Yards in 14 plays using up 6 51 and scoring on Gannon s 5-Yard run with Only 4 36 left. The Vikings made nine straight third Down conversions a eight in the second half a in keeping the Packer offence off the Field. Green Bay 2-9which had the Ball for just More than five minutes to the second half had 262 Yards in the first half and Only 38 in the second. Mike Tomczak passed for 233 Yards m the first half and drove the packers 78 Yards in the final two minutes for the 21-14 Lead. His 1-Yard touchdown toss to Jackie har and 16 Yards to Sterling and a 19-yarder to Perry Ris with 13 seconds to play capped the 12-play drive that featured passes of 13 Sharpe Kemp. Johnny Hollands recovery of Terry Allens Fumble at the Vikings 43 set up Green Bay a first score. Sharpe had a 17-Yard reception and Vince Workman ran 1 Vara for a 7-0 Lead. Gannon passed to Carter for a 29-Yard touchdown to tie the game the first of three touchdown passes for Gannon. But the packers struck right Back three plays later when Tomczak hit Charles Wilson who broke away for a 75-Yard touchdown giving Green Bay a 14-7 Lead