European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 26, 1991 the stars and stripes sunday in the of Simms pulls giants Over buc Hostetler sideline with Back fracture by Fred Goodall Tampa Fla. Apr All season Long the critics said Phil Simms was the quarterback the new York giants needed to win. Sunday Given his Chance after Jeff Hostetler broke a Bone in his Back Simms proved them right. Simms threw a 30-Yard touchdown pass to Stephen Baker with 16 seconds remaining and the giants kept their playoff Hopes alive with a 21-14 Victory Over Tampa Bay buccaneers. Simms had played Only once before this year doing mop up duty in a loss to Philadelphia. But after Hostetler went Down with 9 36 left in the third Quarter Simms finally got to play at Tampa stadium. It was in Tampa last january where the giants won the super bowl led by Hostetler. He took Over late last season when Simms sprained his foot after guiding the giants to an 11-3 record and was Given the starting Job this season by new coach Ray Handley. Quot there were very mixed emotions when i came in. I done to Ever want to come in when someone a Hurt a Simms said. Quot i done to Ever want to play under those circumstances but that a always the Chance. A Hossy was a Little beat up at halftime. 1 did t know if he would come Back or  the giants moved to 7-5 with their third straight Victory although they paid a Price. Hostetler and Lawrence Taylor left the game with injuries and two other new York players also were Hurt. Hostetler broke a Bone in his lower Back and remained hospitalized monday hut coach Ray Handley thinks he could be Back before the season ends. Quot he has a fractured transverse process which is not anywhere close to the body of the spinal column a Handley said. A it s a painful injury but he has full neurological movement and is in Fine  Taylor a injury described a strained ligament in his left knee was less severe but he did not return to the game. Cornerback Mark Collins also left in the second Quarter with a rib injury and offensive tackle Doug Riesenberg sprained an ankle in the third Quarter. After Hostetler was wheeled off the Field Simms in his 13th season saved his heroics for the end. He completed seven consecutive passes on the game winning drive that began at his own 10 with 1 41 to go. He began the March with a 9-Yard completion to Mark Ingram then threw 13 Yards to de Mccaffrey 11 Yards to Dave Meg Gett 7 Yards to Odessa Turner 5 Yards to Mccaffrey and 11 Yards to Baker before throwing to Baker again in the left Corner of the end zone. A a it a probably the simplest play in our playbook a said Simms who completed 10 of 14 passes for 100 Yards. A i threw it the Way i wanted to a hard and right Over the top of the defender s head so he  make the  the giants mobbed Simms in the Middle of the Field while several Tampa Bay players dropped to their Knees and pounded their fists on the turf in frustration. The loss dropped the Bucsi record to 2-10. A you could t ask for any better Effort than what we had a said buc coach Richard Williamson whose team took some Solace in playing better than a week ago in a 43-7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. A we got smacked pretty Good up in Atlanta. It s like going to school every Day and getting beaten up by the bully. It makes you want to play tougher and smack somebody Back a said Tampa Bay defensive tackle Reuben Davis. A but new Yorkus got a great team a he added. A a that a Why they Wear those Caps up there that say a world champs Quot backup Phil Simms 11 sympathizes with prostrate starter Jeff Hostetler on  runs packers Over Colts 14-10 by Rick Gano Milwaukee a Mike Tom Czuk took off on Green Bay s longest run of the season setting up his own third Quarter touchdown and the packers detente stopped an Indianapolis drive in the fourth Quarter for a 14-10 Victory sunday Over the Colts. Tomczak a 48-Yard run set up his own Yard to run with 9 08 left in the third Quarter putting Green Bay ahead 14-3, and the packers held on in the fourth Quarter for their third Victory in 12 games. The Colts 1-11 put together one fourth Quarter drive to pull within four and were on the March again in the final minutes. Indianapolis reached the Green Bay 20 with 1 09 left after Jeff George hit passes of 20 Yards to Jessie Hester and 18 to Bill Brooks. But on third Down Mark Murphy sacked George a the packers seventh sack of the game a for a 13-Yard loss to the 33. George then threw incomplete As he was hit by Roland Mitchell a the first time in five fourth Downs situations the Colts did t convert. There were 13,389 no show Sal county stadium where game time temperature was 29 degrees with a wind chill of 5. Trailing 14-3, the Colts fumbled away one scoring Chance at the Green Bay 21 Early in the fourth Quarter when George and Center Brian Baldinger missed connections on a snap. But George then directed a 14-play, 62-Yard drive that ate up 6 46. He capped it with a 6-Yard touchdown pass to Brooks with 4 46 to play making it 14-1 1. A key play was an 18-Yard trick play from George to Brooks who then flipped the Ball to Ken Clark. The play was ruled a Forward lateral on the Field but replay reversed the Call. Green Bay had to punt and the Colts had another Chance for Victory before their final drive came up Short. The packers had a 7-0 Lead on Vince Workman a 1-Yard run in the first Quarter and were on their Way to another score in the second. But Keith Woodside fumbled a pass reception and the c Olts Donnell Thompson recovered at the Indianapolis 11. The Colts then went on a nine minute drive highlighted by three passes from George to Hester for 37 Yards. Dean by Heussi kicked a 35-Yard Field goal with 1 57 left to make it 7-3. Raiders stomp Cincy tie for acc West Lead Cincinnati a the los Angeles raiders needed a win to stay in the acc West title picture and they played a team ready to accommodate them. The raiders 8-4 intercepted Rookie Don Hollas three times scored after knocking the Ball Loose from kicker Lee Johnson and added another touchdown uhen Tim Brown returned a punt 75 cards in a 38-14 Romp Over the bumbling k in Einnatz bengals. That gave then a Hare of the Lead. Ronnie Lott led the raiders rout of Hollas who was making his first nil Start for the injured Boomer Esiason. Lott returned an interception 20 Yards and the raiders Dove 44 Yards in eight plays capped by a 1-Yard dive by Steve Smith. Roger Craig like Lott acquired As a plan b free agent scored from the 5 on the raiders next Possession. The raiders twice took advantage of Cincinnati a special teams in dropping the bengals to 1-11. Brown scored on a punt return and los Angeles also capitalized after de Bradys snap bounced to kicker Lee Johnson. Aaron Wallace knocked the Ball Loose from Johnson and Elvis Patterson picked it up on the bengals 3 for a touchdown. With the raiders ahead 28-0, the bengals regrouped to drive 80 Yards in 11 plays with Lekey Woods scoring from the 1. Woods perhaps recognizing that any personal Celebration would be inappropriate during the bengals weekly beating declined to perform his trademark Quot Ickey shuffle dance. Marcus Allen playing in Only his fourth game this year scored from the 3 after Tom Benson picked off Hollash pass and returned it 25 Yards. Jeff Jaeger kicked a 29-Yard Field goal following Hollas third interception the second by Lott. Reggie Rembert caught a 23-Yard touchdown pass from Hollas to finish the scoring. Although the game was a sellout the combination of the bengals dismal record and a 6-degree wind chill resulted in 8,0 12 no shows