European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 3.1992 sports the stars and stripes b Page 25 in gals Daniel Stubbs grabs Mike Tomczak a Jersey As Alfred Williams hits him Low. Cincinnati recovered the Cleveland a by a Fumble. Bengals maintain dominance against in state rival Browns Favre lifts Green Bay past Lions by Harry Atkins Pontiac Mich. A the pattern was familiar. Barry Sanders  run and the Detroit Lions once potent offence  move. Meanwhile Green Bay a Brett pave passed for 212 Yards and two touchdowns As the packers Defeated the Lions 27-13 sunday. The Lions 2-6who appeared to be rebounding from a 1-5 Start after bombing Tampa Bay 38-7 a week earlier fell to last in the pfc Central a notch below the packers 3-5. A nobody can Stop Barry Sanders Packer coach Mike Holmgren said. A but anytime you can hold him Down As Well As we did that a a great  Sanders with Only two 100-Yard Rushing games All season was held to 38 Yards on 12 carries by the packers. He was almost As effective As a receiver catching five passes for 30 Yards. A this was just a terrible terrible game a a dejected Detroit coach Wayne fonts said. A this is the worst game in be Ever been associated with since in be been  Detroit was held to just 190 Yards total sense 38 on the ground and 152 passing. The packers rolled up 347 Yards 145 by Joe Kay Cincinnati a it happened again the Cleveland Browns showed up and the bumbling Cincinnati bengals turned dangerous. The bengals staged a modest revival sunday in their Down and dirty intrastate rivalry ending a five game losing Streak with a 30-10 Victory that was was by far their most impressive in a dismal season. Boomer Esiason the a Fly slowest ranked passer threw a season High three touchdown passes and the leagues second worst defense came up with a Pivotal goal line stand against the Browns heavyweight running backs. The bengals 3-5who Hadnot even led a game for six weeks weren tall that surprised to dominate. The Browns 4-4 always seem to bring out the Best in them. A a it a always a special game Quot coach Dave Shula said. A it was a great win not Only for the 47 players who were fighting through this losing Streak but also for the organization and the City of  a even if we re 1-14 and they re 1-14 and its our last game this is a big 6amf because of the nature of the rivalry Esiason said. A people have a Good time with these things in the  Cincinnati has gotten the Best of it for years winning six of the last seven to take a 24-20 Lead in the smash Mouth series. All the Browns could do sunday was reluctantly admit the bengals were better a much much better. A they certainly outplayed us in every area of the game and they out coached us a Cleveland coach Bill Belichick said. A it was a convincing  the games always include plenty of fights and sundays was no different Browns quarterback Mike Tomczak went after safety Barney Bussey after the last play of the half in the featured face off. There was one familiar thing missing the bengals frantic no huddle offence a fixture during Sam wychers eight years As head coach. They scrapped it to try to eliminate their mistakes and the strategy paid off in touchdown drives of 77, 73 and 82 Yards. Esiason threw first half touchdown passes of 1 Yard to Craig Thompson and 4 Yards to Rodney Hotman for a 14-3 Lead a the first touchdown catches by not Points. Bengal tight ends this season. There was another first involved the bengals first Lead in six weeks. They Hadnot been ahead in a game since sept. 20, during a 24-23 loss to Green Bay that started the five game losing Streak. The defense also had its Best moment in six weeks a goal line stand that swung momentum just before the half. Cleveland drove to a first and goal from the 4-Yard line but three running plays left the Ball a foot shy of the end zone. Kevin Mack went right on fourth Down but did no to even make it Back to the line of scrimmage before three players shoved him Back. Esiason found Tim Mcgee open Down the Middle of the Field for a 24-Yard touchdown pass for a 21-3 Lead Midway through the third Quarter and Jim Breech added Field goals of 26, 21 and 32 Ards. Two of the kicks were set up by Tomczak fumbles. Esiason who had thrown just five to s passes in seven games completed 13 of 24 for a season High 192 Yards against a defense that usually gives up Yards but on the ground. Favre gaining More Confidence with each Start completed 22 of 37 passes including a 14-Yard touchdown toss to Jackie Harris and a 30-Yard scoring flip to Sterling Sharpe that broke it open in the fourth Quarter. Rodney pc Etc completed 14 of 28 passes for 148 Yards for the Lions faltering offence. He was sacked four times for 29 Yards in losses. Detroit a Only touchdown came on the 7-Yard return of a blocked punt by Bennie Blades. That Cut the packers Lead to 20-13 with 1 30 left in the third Quarter. But that a when Favre starting his fifth straight game took Over. With Favre completing eight of 11 passes for 93 Yards including three third Down conversions the packers took the ensuing Kickoff and drove 77 Yards in 12 plays. It was a killer drive that ran 6 31 off the clock and seemed to take the steam out of Detroit. On the scoring play from a second-and-10 situation at the Detroit 30, Favre hit Sharpe on a slanting pattern in front of Ray Crockett and he Outra cd the defenders to the end zone. Sharpe who entered As the of cd a leading receiver had six catches for 84 Yards defense stars As chargers whip Colts. A i. Pm lip a re the i can Hirmon in with by Bernie Wilson san Diego a looking More like the Colts of 1991, Indianapolis provided quite a Roundup of milestones for the san Diego chargers. The chargers beat the Colts 26-0 sunday for their first shutout in six seasons. More important Sand g 4-4 has won four straight games for the first t me since immediately after the 1987 strike and tied Idle Kansas City for second in the acc w est. Linebacker Gary Plummer is one of font four players who were with the chargers when they eur 27-0 toward the end of the forgettable 1986 season. A that was a Case where it was late in the year an Guys already had their bags packed. It was t a game c f any significance a Plummer said. A a that a the difference Between today s Victory and that particular one. Its huge. Be Are now one game out of first place in the Ai c West and p go out and prove ourselves against t c ies Mer said. The Colts who handed the Miami dolphins their first loss of the season one week earlier fell to 4-4. The Colts also lost to the chargers 34-14 on oct. 18 at the Hoosier dome. It was the second shutout loss of the year for Indianapolis which was also shutout twice in going 1-15 last year. San Diego a defense raced through the Colts makeshift offensive line to rough up Colt quarterback Jeff George and provide a 5-0 halftime Lead before Stan Humphries the pc offensive player of the month for october finally w armed up. Humphries hit Nate Lewis on touchdown passes of 17 and 9 Yards on the chargers first two drives of the second half for a 19-0 Lead. Stanley Richards interception Midway through the fourth Quarter set up a 3-Yard scoring run by Marion Butts and sent George to the sideline. Butts gained 120 Yards on 27 carries his first 100-Yard game since gaining 159 against the new York jets on dec. 2, 1990. George was sacked six times. His replacement Jack Trudeau got the Colts to the san Diego 18 with 1 04 left but fumbled when he was sacked by Burt Grossman and the chargers George Thornton recovered. The Colts were missing guard Randy Dixon and tackle Efross Moss from the left Side of the offensive line. A it was ridiculous. When they put pressure in your face every play what can you do Quot George said. A you pick a play out of the hat and hopefully it  most of the time it did t. George was 7 for 18 for 53 Yards with one interception. The Colts had Only 99 Yards of total offence and eight first Downs. Humphries meanwhile completed 22 of 33 passes for 256 Yards with two interceptions. Rookie Chris Mims and Leslie of Neal who returned from arthroscopic knee surgery each sacked George twice. The big sack came when Grossman blindsided George in the end zone for a safety with 10.32 to go in the second Quarter