European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes sunday january 5, 1992 today s pro . Looks for 2nd landmark by John f. Bonfatti Orchard Park . A the Kansas City chiefs Only other playoff appearance against the Buffalo Bills was a landmark for the franchise the chiefs beat Buffalo 33-7 for the 1966 Al championship. A win sunday in the second playoff meeting Between the teams would be another. It would give the chiefs their first appearance in the acc championship since 1970. Chiefs coach Marty sch Ottenheimer remembers the Kansas City 11-6 at Buffalo 13-3 6 30 . On seb to and an to a Dallas 12-5 at Detroit 12-4 10 00 . On seb to and an to first playoff meeting because he was a linebacker for the Bills then. A my Only recollection of it was that Kansas City kicked it off and Dudley Meredith was trying to make like a 190-Pound Scarback instead of the 300-Pound defensive tackle that he was Quot sch Ottenheimer said. Quot he fumbled and they got it on the 30-Yard-line and they took it and scored and from there it was All things went downhill quickly for the Bills in the oct. 7 regular season meeting Between the two teams. Christian Okoye and then Harvey Williams ran be Hind a powerful line that controlled the Bills defense on the Way to a 33-6 Victory in Kansas City. A that game was a Long time ago a chiefs quarterback Steve Deberg said. A i think the Buffalo Bills arc a different football team then when we played Quot the circumstances arc different. This time we be got to Deal with the crowd noise. That threw their hurry up offence off a Little bit. Also they weren tas Strong defensively then As they Are now. We re going to have to play better then we did in the monday night game to beat them because of the reverse the Bills complained after the earlier meeting that the loud chiefs crowd did no to allow them to audible a key adjustment that Buffalo routinely makes in its no huddle offence. This time 80,000 screaming Bills fans at Rich stadium will have the same effect on the Kansas City offence. A i done to care where you go when you have fans rooting for you and your offence can hear the audibles and their offence can tits a a big plus a Bills safety Leonard Smith said. Quot id like our fans to make As much noise As they Thurman Thomas has had two weeks rest so he should be at still strength against Kansas City today. Buffalo coach Marv Levy held him out of the 17-14 loss to Detroit in the season finale and the Bills had a playoff Bye. Can a he said. Quot they have a week to get their voice Back for next playoff buffaloes defense criticized Ever since the giants super bowl win last january for its inability to Stop a Strong running team has played the Best it has All season in recent weeks. And unlike the earlier meeting it will be at full strength. Defensive end Bruce Smith the a Fly a defensive player of the year last season and nose tackle Jeff Wright have recovered from injuries that kept them out of the chiefs game a defensively we re playing with a full deck a Buffalo defensive end Leon seals said. A a there a no substituting this or substituting that. Everybody a there. That a what i feel Good about. That a what a going to mean the the Bills offence limited to a season Low 211 Yards and six Points in the previous meeting recovered to end the season top rated in the nil. If the Bills score Early and easily Kansas City wont stay in the game Long. A everybody knows what to expect against them a de Berg said. A a they re definitely going to score a lot of the pressure is on the Kansas City defense to control Thurman Thomas the a Fly a Leader in combined Rushing and receiving Yards for the last three seasons. If it can the chiefs chances of a win go up dramatically injuries make that task More difficult. Linebackers Chris Martin and Tracy Rogers both went Down with knee injuries in last weeks 10-6 win Over the raiders. Defensive backs Kevin Porter and Janice Pearson Are listed As questionable. A a there a no doubt we be got some people banged up but its been that kind of year for us a sch Ottenheimer. A a we be been fortunate in the fact that we think we be got some Quality depth on this football team. Some Young players have been Able to step cowboys head for Lions Den by Denne ii. Freeman Irving Texas apr it was so loud the last time the Dallas cowboys were in the Silver dome their offensive players not Only hear the snap count they have heard a chandelier drop. Quot it was Tough real Tough a remembered Troy Aik Man who threw two interceptions because of botched signals in a 34-10 loss. The cowboys Are worried More of the same might be in store sunday when Dallas plays the Detroit Lions in a second round pfc playoff game Quot the linemen have trouble hearing and you can to do a lot of Audi bling because nobody can hear you a Aik Man said. Quot its even difficult for the running Back to hear and he a right behind Aikman who passed for 331 Yards in the october loss May not have to be worried about it. Steve Beuerlein who has won All five games he has started since Aikman suffered a knee injury will get his Chance to operate an offence in the Lions Din. The cowboys take Pride in being among the a Fly a Best Road warriors. They Are 6-3 on the Road including victories Over Washington Philadelphia and Chicago. Dallas Defeated the bears 17-13 in Soldier Field a notoriously Tough place to play. Beuerlein said there is still no place like a domed stadium for noise and distractions. A Detroit is loud period a Beuerlein said. A a it a just a Plain Case of physics. You get a lot of people Yelling with no place for the sound to go and its going to be hard to hear. We use it As an excuse to lose a game but its just the Beuerlein said there is no use in practising with big loudspeakers blaring either. A you can to prepare for it a Beuerlein said. A you just have to concentrate 100 percent. The offensive line has to look for the Ball out of the Corners of their eyes. This is one time they have to see the football snapped. The wide receivers never Ever hear the snap count. They have to watch the football too. A saudi bling is Tough. You try not to have to do it. You done to want to Check from a run to a pass and the linemen not hear it. A quarterback last Lone in a game that even coach Jimmy Johnson admitted a playing in the dome is a he said Quot the fact we played there before will Johnson said he has told Beuerlein to go ahead and snap the Ball no matter How loud the crowd gets. A it would Only get worse you re better off just snap a their go ing to the referee a Johnson said. Wei a 6 we can sodium and
