European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes sports tuesday november 3,1992hilliard Sparks saints Victory by Mary Foster new Orleans a even at 5-foot-8, new Orleans Saint running Back Dalton Hilliard is hard to miss when he has a football in his hands. Just ask the Tampa Bay buccaneers. Hilliard got plenty of attention in the saints 2321 Victory Over the buccaneers on sunday. Attention from buc linebacker Jimmy Williams who  bring Hilliard Down on an 8-Yard touchdown reception and from the five players the Saint Star dragged Down the Field on his 17-Yard touchdown run. A Dalton is one of the most fantastic running backs around a a offensive lineman Stan Brock said. A the gives everything he has. He a one of the reasons Why we re playing so Well. He had an absolutely awesome  Hilliard ended up with 55 Yards and a touchdown on 14 carries and 60 Yards and a touchdown on five receptions As new Orleans improved to 6-2 with its fourth consecutive Victory. A a we re told to go out there and make something happen a Hilliard said. A a we be got to make our own  the saints not Only made their own opportunities they gave the buccaneers enough of them to almost spoil Hilliard a hard Days work. New Orleans turned the Ball Over four times and three of them led to touchdowns. What looked like a solid Victor yen the third Quarter became a comeback Effort in the fourth. Tampa Bay 3-5 could not generate any offence in the first half a it Only ran 15 offensive plays had one first Down and gained 15 Yards a but trailed Only 10-7 at the break thanks to Broderick Thomas 56-Yard interception return for a touchdown. A in the first half we had them Stum Blind tripping and spinning around a Saint linebacker Sam Mills said. A in the second half they really fought hard to stay  Halfway through the third Quarter the saints Lea 20-7. A minute and 57 seconds into the fourth Quarter they trailed 21-20. Hilliard had apparently put the saints comfortably ahead Early in the third Quarter on his 17-Yard touchdown run and Morten Andersen stretched the Lead to 207 on new Orleans next Possession when he hit his second Field goal a 45-yarder. But on the first play of the saints next Possession Vaughn Dunbar fumbled and Thomas recovered for Tampa Bay. Steve Deberg made it 20-14 with a 4-Yard to pass to Willie Drewrey to Cap a seven play drive. Moments later Marty Carter inter a a a a a t. Hie Cepter Bobby Hebert. Eight plays later Reggie Cobb ran 4 Yards up the Middle an gave Tampa Bay a 21-20 Lead. The saints settled for a 50-Yard Field goal with 5 46 remaining and turned their Fate Over to the defense. A we had some turnovers that kept them in the game a linebacker Rickey Jackson said. Let to shows we have a Strong team when we can make four turnovers and still beat people in this  new Orleans first Quarter touchdown was set up by a fake Field goal when Holder Tommy Bomhardt ran 12 Yards to the 25 for a first Down. The buccaneers who had been penalized for 10 Yards for a face mask earlier in the drive were penalized 12v4 More for unnecessary roughness after . Junior hit Bomhardt out of Bounds. Hebert ended the drive three plays later with the to pass to Hilliard. The bucs tied it Early in the second Quarter on Thomas interception return and Anderson completed the scoring in the half with a 31-Yard Field goal. A Pittsburgh a Ron Woodson 26 and Camell Lake soar As Houston a a1 Del Greco misses a last second Field  rally stands up As oilers misfire at gun by Alan Robinson Pittsburgh a wide left for a1 Del Greco a and everything keeps going right for the Pittsburgh Steeles. Del Greco missed a 39-Yard Field goal attempt with six seconds left after Ned of Donnell bounced Back from a touchdown producing Fumble to throw two scoring passes in the fourth Quarter As the Steeles beat the Houston oilers 21-20 sunday. The Steeles who rallied from a 14-0 deficit to win 29-24 in Houston on sept. 6, came from 13 Points Down this time to take Over first place in the acc Central division. The Steeles 6-2 Are off to their Best Start since they opened 9-2 in 1983. A i m sure the oilers Are going to say a what if what if what if a said linebacker Greg Lloyd who recovered a Fumble to set up Pittsburgh a go ahead touchdown. A a that a a Tough loss for them but a great win for  a we were Down 20-7, but we be been there before a Steeles coach Bill Cowher said. A that was a great game a classic and it was decided by  about three feet to be precise for the oilers 5-3who had taken the Lead by scoring two touchdowns in a Span of 1 03 in the third Quarter. Later they drove from their 14 to the steel Erst 22 in the final three Mim utes but Del Greco a potential game Winner faded left at the last second. The Steeles now Lead the division for the first time since Houston Reserve quarterback Cody Carlson threw three touchdown passes to Knock Pittsburgh out of the playoffs 34-14, in the final game of the 1990 season. Carlson almost pulled off another off the Bench Miracle after replacing injured Warren Moon Early in the second half. He finished off a 76-Yard drive by throwing an 11-Yard touchdown pass to Webster Slaughter for a 13-7 Houston Lead a the first touchdown in 11 quarters against Pittsburgh a defense. Moon sustained a concussion when he was clipped on the Chin by Rod Woodson just after throwing a 9-Yard completion to Haywood Jeffires on the second play of the third Quarter. He did not return and his status for sundays game against Cleveland is  says Pac-10 wants horns buffs by the associated press Dallas a the Pacific-10 conference plans to expand to 12 teams with the University of Colorado to become its 11th member and the University of Texas the second expansion target the Dallas morning news reported monday. In a copyrighted Story the newspaper quoted two officials within the league As saying the chief executive officers of the league discussed the plans at an oct. 20 meeting in Seattle. A a they re approaching Colorado first because they think its ready to go and Texas is not a said one official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. A Texas is the More important  Pac-10 commissioner Tom Hansen said he has been instructed not to comment on expansion. A i wont confirm or deny anything a Hansen said. A once you Start Down that path you never  Texas athletic director Deloss Dodds said a i was not aware of the meeting. In be heard conversations for several years. Our position Hasni to  ?6 us varsity a a position taken in August 1990, is that the University is committed to the survival of a viable Southwest conference. Colorado athletic director Bill Marolt said he had no knowledge of the Pac loss discussion. Colorado is a member of the big eight. A a we there Are All sorts of rumours about All sorts of schools a Marolt said. A i really done to have anything to  an official within the Pac-10 told the newspaper a in the next few weeks and months there will be movement at the presidential level regarding Colorado. He said the Pac-10 presidents had been a careful not to take a vote on the Issue. But a second official in the Pac-10 said the presidents had taken a Straw vote of 9-0, with one abstention to pursue Colorado. The league requires unanimous agreement. 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