European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes Friday january 24, 1992 super bowl xxvi a 2 done to look for Washington defensive end Charles Mann left or Buffalo linebacker Cornelius Bennett to phone it in for sundays super bowl.  be in the thick of  and Mann plan a happening by John f. Bonfatti Minneapolis apr disturber. Big play men. Call them what you want the Mission for buffaloes Cornelius Bennett and Washington Scharles Mann in sunday s super bowl is simple make things happen. Bennett the Bills roving linebacker and Mann the redskins left Side Anchor Are the players their defences have counted on for the timely inspirational moments that often determine who wins. Quot i less a Heck of an athlete and great athletes cause problems for offences Quot Washington defensive coordinator Richie Petitbon said of Mann. Quot from what i be seen of Cornelius. He fits in that  Bennett became Buffalo s big play maker this season when preseason knee surgery deprived the Bills of 1990 defensive player of the year Bruce Smith. Its a role Bennett played As an All american at Alabama which is Why Bills defensive coordinator Walt Corey thought he could do it again. Quot he was an inside linebacker and he just about did anything he wanted to do at Alabama a Corey said. Quot and it made him the Type of player going into the draft that he was. We had to get the most out of him. We had to put him in positions where he could be the Type of football player that he showed coming out of  As a result Bennett became a Man without a position a Rover who would show up on the left on one play the right on the next and the Middle on the play after that. A they started moving me around from inside linebacker to Middle linebacker to a hex nose tackle to a defensive end in some circumstances a Bennett said. Like the giants in last years super bowl teams began running on the Bills at the Start of this season a problem compounded by the absence of Smith and nose tackle Jeff Wright. In their first six games teams averaged a Shade under 350 Yards total offence against the Bills. Quot i had no Choice but to pick up my play because we had such key injuries during the season Quot Bennett said. A they came to me and said a Cornelius we re going to move you around we be got to do something to Stop people from moving the Ball on us so  Quot results from the tinkering began to show oct. 21 against Cincinnati. Bennett tipped a pass forcing the bengals to Settle for just a Field goal. On the next series he stopped a fake Field goal Short of a first Down. Other big plays followed. Against Miami his sack forced a Fumble which he picked up and ran for a touchdown. In the season finale against Detroit he forced Barry Sanders Fumble that set up the tying touchdown. Finally on consecutive plays in the second Quarter of the acc championship game against Denver he stuffed Steve Sewell for a 2-Yard loss then caught Vance Johnson from behind to turn a promising reverse into a 1-Yard loss. Like Bennett. Mann also improved this year after a bad 1990. A i had an off year last year and one of the reasons Why was i was dealing with some injuries that i could t seem to overcome Quot he said. A i could not perform the Way i wanted to because of the  Mann said damage to ligaments in his right knee Hasni to fully healed hut the knee is feeling As Good As it has All season. A i played with a different vigor because of what happened last year and How awful i Felt during the whole of season Quot he said. A i had six months to think about it. Six months is a Long time to Ponder not playing Good  with that motivation Mann was a Force in 1991. He led the redskins with ii1 sacks and was second in quarterback hurries 25 and fumbles forced 3. Mann a ability to rattle offences was never More apparent than in the pfc championship game against Detroit. On the second play Mann sacked Erik Kramer and forced a Fumble that the redskins recovered at the Detroit 10. Moments later Washington had a 7-0 Lead and was on its Way to a 41-10 Victory. A when Charles hit that kid that really set the tone for the game a Petitbon said. Mann said he has a Little trick to reinforce his role As Washington a big play Man. Call it the equivalent of a game reset. A in the heat of the game you can kind of lose focus from time to time during the course of the game on what sat stake and what a happening a he said. A i try to Tell myself during the course of the game. A of they re on our 20-Yard line they re going in. They be got some momentum. How can i do this of i need to make a play 1 need to Knock a Ball Down. I need to cause something to happen i need to get a  just alerting myself to these types of things has  Mann said he tries to remind himself a that yes i can make a difference and its time to Rise to the  he and Bennett already have. Skins Lohmiller comes Home c hip Lohmiller familiar with metronome Minneapolis Dpi Chip Lohmiller  have written the script any better. The Washington redskins kicker has come Home to play in a super bowl. A it was the farthest thing from my mind Quot said Lohmiller who grew up in the St. Paul suburb of Woodbury. Quot but now its Here and its a once in a lifetime Opportunity. Now All i want to do is go out there and win  and Lohmiller just might do it. He led the nil in scoring this year with 149 Points and earned his first trip to the pro bowl. He has won seven games for the redskins in the four years he s been with them. If he slavs healthy he has a shot to become one of the Best kickers in nil history. Lie s highly conditioned and puts in his share of Lime in the weight room. He also keeps getting better. Mark Porter. Lohmiller s former High school coach says he s shown steady improvement every year since 1952, when Lohmiller started kicking As a Junior at Woodbury High school. Quot when people ask me about him. They say he must have been a phenomenal High school kicker Quot Porter said. Quot but he want really. He was just a Good kicker. He did no to even make the varsity team until he was a Junior. But that s one of his biggest attributes he has steadily improved. Quot he got better each of the four years he went to the University of Minnesota and he a gotten better every Vear he a been with the  at Minnesota Lohmiller played and practice at the metronome. His 02-Yard Field goal against Iowa in 1950 remains a school record. But it Wasny to easy for Lohmiller at Minnesota. The program like now was in the dumps. It was without a football coach and Lohmiller was invited to walk on by the athletic department s marketing director. Lohmiller became a mixture in his Treshman year. He says he was promised a scholarship by new coach Lou Holtz in 1955. Hard feelings developed when Holtz reneged on the pledge. Quot i feel the University took advantage of Chip that year Quot Porter said. Quot because chips parents were Well off financially Holtz thought they could pay his Way. But there were 95 Guys with scholarships on the team and you know Chip was contributing a lot More than some of them. It Hurt him but he worked it out and continued to  Lohmiller scored 97, 128 and 131 Points for the redskins in the three years before this years league leading 149. He hit 12 of 22 attempts from 40 Yards or More. That kind of consistency has pleased Washington coach Joe Gibbs. Quot this year we gave Chip a shot at some things that were longer kicks than usual and it started week 2 against Dallas a he said. A with no wind on that astroturf he was 4 for 4 from Long distances 45 Yards or longer and we won the game by two Points. Quot should we choose to. In an indoor environment like this he is capable of getting it done from a Long Way out so it is an advantage to have him kicking in Here. I think it it was a Field goal situation before the half. Id let him try almost