European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday november 19, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 sunday in the of chargers Down saints on late Fig san Diego Calif. Up a John Carney kicked a 19-Yard Field goal with five seconds left sunday to lift the san Diego chargers to a 24-21 upset Victory Over the new Orleans saints. It was Only the second loss of the season for new Orleans reduced its division Lead to three games with five to play and damaged its Hopes for the pfc Home Field advantage in the playoffs. Carneys kick was his second straight game Winner. He hit a 54-Yard Field goal with 20 seconds last week to bring the chargers a 17-14 win Over Seattle. His efforts have boosted san Diego to 3-8 for the year. The winning three Pointer was set up by John Friesz 29-Yard pass to Chris Samuels that put the Ball on the Lions hand rams fifth loss in Row Pontiac Mich. A Jim Everett is running out of patience because the los Angeles rams Are running out of time. The Detroit Lions remained unbeatable in the Silver dome and extended the rams losing Streak to five games sunday with a 21-10 Victory. Quot a lot of summing up can be done about our season Quot Everett said. A but in a sick and tired of summing up the season. And in a Damn sick and tired of Erik Kramer making his third Start since Rodney Peete went Down for the season with a torn Achilles Tendon completed 15 of 25 for 185 Yards and three touchdowns without an interception for Detroit 7-4. A a in a Happy that i was Able to execute when we needed it a Kramer said. A my main goal was not to make a big play for the other team by throwing an the Lions who have won their last seven starts at Home dating Back to 1990, had lost three of their previous four Overall before playing the rams 3-8. A this was really big a said linebacker Chris Spielman who bad four tackles and three assists. A a we a lost two in a Row and a lot of outside people were writing us off. But we came together and did what we had Kramer threw scoring passes of 6 and 11 Ards to Robert Clark and hooked up with Ike Farr on a 34-Yard touchdown. Everett completed 26 of 45 for 308 Yards for the rams. But he also had one costly interception that the Lions converted into 1-Yard line with eight seconds to go. Rather than try for a touchdown san Diego coach Dan Henning turned it Over to Carney. The saints held the Lead on three different occasions taking their first advantage when Steve Walsh hit Buford Jordan with a 1-Yard scoring pass Midway through the first period. But san Diego a Steve Hendrickson tied it with three minutes left in the period on a 3-Yard blast up the Middle. New Orleans took another Lead Midway through the second Quarter when Frank Warren returned a blocked punt 38 Yards for a score. Nate Lewis then tied the rams Fallback Robert Delpino is downed by Lions linebacker Chris Spielman right. A an insurance touchdown. A i done to think we re playing Good in the clutch a Everett said. A we turned the Ball Over and i done to know if it was bad timing. But come crunch time we did no to show up Everett tossed a 19-Yard touchdown East to Henry Ellard and Tony Zendajas picked a 27-Yard Field goal for the rams. The Lions broke the game open with two touchdowns 2 02 apart Early in the fourth Quarter. The rams trailing 7-3, started the second half with a 70-Yard drive ending with Everett a scoring toss to Ellard. Everett completed 6 of 7 passes for 83 Yards in the 11-play drive that included two penalties for 21 Yards against the rams. Detroit went ahead 14-10 on the first snap of the fourth Quarter when Kramer fired an 11-Yard strike to Clark who was wide open on a slant in in front of the goalpost. Barry Sanders sparked the 10-play, 80-Yard drive with a 25-Yard run to the rams 15. Sanders wound up with Only 57 Yards Rushing on 26 carries. A i thought Kramer got better As the game progressed a Detroit coach Wayne Fontes said. A but he handled the bal club Vicy Well. The rams crowded the line to take away Barry so we went Back to the a the game came Down to two turnovers a ram coach John Robinson said. A they scored two touchdowns and that was it. We did it to ourselves 49ers hold off cardinals 14-10 san Francisco a Steve Bono prevailed Over Stan Gelbaugh in a Battle of backup quarterbacks on sunday As the san Francisco 49ers withstood a late Challenge for a 14-10 Victory Over the Phoenix cardinals. Gelbaugh a world league of american football Star making his first nil Start got the cardinals close with a 26-Yard touchdown pass to Ernie Jones with 6 07 remaining. Jones beat Rookie Merton Hanks and made a twisting catch in the end zone for the cardinals Only touchdown. But the two touchdown drives engineered by Bono were enough for the Victory. It was Bonous first win in a non strike game Start in his seven nil seasons and halted a two game slide that coincided with a knee injury that sidelined Steve Young. After a Phoenix punt pinned san Francisco on its own 3-Yard line and the cardinals defense held Phoenix got the Ball Back with 2 13 remaining. Gelbaugh drove the cardinals to the san Francisco 9 before a holding penalty on Tootie Robbins set Phoenix Back 10 Yards to the 19. In the final minute Gelbaugh tried three straight passes into the end zone. Two were overthrown and the final one a fourth Down pass intended for Ricky Proehl was batted away by safety Todd Bowles. San Francisco 5-6 then ran out the final 20 seconds to Send the cardinals 48 to their fourth straight loss. Phoenix after recovering a fumbled snap by Bono closed to with 7-3 on Greg Davis 35-Yard Field goal with 2 40 remaining in the third period. But Bono answered by leading his second scoring drive guiding the 49ers 82 Yards in 15 plays capped by Tom Rath Many a 1-Yara touchdown run with 8 54 left to play. That drive was aided by a 33-Yard pass interference penalty to the Phoenix 44, when defensive Back Jay Taylor was flagged for interference on make Sher Rara. Keith Henderson a 2-Yard touchdown run 23 seconds before halftime gave the 49ers a 7-0 Lead. A 23-Yard pass from Bono to Brent Jones moved the Ball to the Phoenix 16. Runs by Henderson Tom Rathman and Harry Sydney moved the Ball to the 2 and after an incomplete pass to Jerry Rice Henderson ran through the Middle for the score. Phoenix finished the first half with minus-22 Yards passing As Gelbaugh was sacked four times. The cardinals first four first half possessions ended in punts the fifth and final one ended when Tim Harris broke through to sack Gelbaugh As time expired. The sack for Harris starting at linebacker in place of the injured Charles Haley was his first since coming to san Francisco in a sept. 30 Trade with Green Bay. Game 10 seconds later by running the Kickoff Back 95 Yards for a touchdown. A second Walsh touchdown pass gave the saints another Lead with three minutes left in the half and new Orleans kept its Lead until Marion Butts scored on a 5-Yard run with three minutes left in the game. The chargers then forced a new Orleans punt and drove to the winning Field goal. Walsh started for Bobby Hebert who was sidelined with a shoulder injury. The saints loss dropped them two games behind the unbeaten Washington redskins in the Battle for the Best record in the pfc. Schroeder lifts raiders past Seattle los Angeles a Jay Schroeder threw three touchdown passes in the second Quarter sunday As the los Angeles raiders parlayed a near perfect first half into a 31-7 Victory Over the Seattle sea Hawks. By winning their second staight game the raiders 7-4 moved into a second place tie in the acc West with Kansas City one game behind Denver. The Broncos beat the chiefs 24-20 earlier sunday. The loss was the second straight for the sea Hawks 5-6who fell three games behind the Broncos in the acc West. The raiders scored on All four of their first half possessions to take a 24-7 Lead. They Hadnot scored More than 23 Points in any of their first 10 games this season. Schroeder completed 10 of 12 passes for 179 Yards in the first half. He threw a 4-Yard scoring pass to Willie Gault Early in the second Quarter a 1-yarder to Andrew Glover Midway through the period and a 51-Yardcr to Ethan Horton with 33 seconds left before halftime. Schroeder wound up completing 16 of 19 passes for 237 Yards without an interception. He was sacked once. Seattle quarterback Dave Kring was 18 of 25 for 163 Yards without an interception before being relieved by Kelly Stout Fer Midway through the fourth Quarter. Krieg was on the run Alt Day being sacked six times for 55 Yards in losses and Stouffer was sacked once for a 3-Yard loss. Jeff Jaeger kicked a career Long 51-Yard Field goal in the first Quarter to Cap a 20-Yard, five play drive after Tim Browne a 17-Yard punt return. The Schroeder to Gault pass climaxed an 83-Yard, 15-play March eating up 8 57. Schroeder hit Glover one play after throwing a 51-Yard pass to Sam Graddy capping a 63-Yard, five play drive. After getting Only two first Downs on their first three possessions the sea Hawks finally got it going moving 68 Yards on nine plays to make it 17-7 with 1 54 left in the half. The touchdown came on a 6-Yard pass from Krieg to Mike l ice. The raiders came right Back going 73 Yards on five plays. Horton a Fine run turned a screen pass into a big play. Horton finished the game with seven receptions for 123 Yards. The raiders made it 31-7 on a 1-Yard run by Napoleon Mccallum which came one play after a 24-Yard pass interference penalty against Brian Davis Pul the Ball at the Seattle 1-Yard line. The game was played before a crowd of 49,317 at the los Angeles coliseum
