European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bills hold off Steeles by John f. Bonfato Orchard Park . A forget the four game Funk. The real Buffalo Bills Are Back. Jim Kelly threw three touchdown passes and Thurman Thomas rushed for 155 Yards sunday As Buffalo beat Back the Pittsburgh Steeles 28-20 and stayed tied for first place in the acc East. The Challenge of playing the up and coming Steeles a a Tough Young team that entered the game with the same record As the Bills a seemed to snap Buffalo out of its doldrums. The Bills had looked bad weeks barely beating the new and new England after losing to Miami and the los Angeles raiders. This time the Bills had their Best offensive Day since week 4. They opened up a Kelly Over the past four York jets 21-6 halftime Lead and held off a second half comeback by the Steeles. Pittsburgh s defense which had allowed Only seven touchdowns All season surrendered four ads to the Bills. Thurman Thomas finished with a career High 37 rushes for his 155 Yards and added four catches for 30 Yards. James Lofton caught two of the scoring passes from Kelly who completed 26 of 3 passes for 290 Yards. Offensive lineman Mitch Frerotte caught the other touchdown pass his second of the season. Buffalo 7-2 plays Miami on monday. Pittsburgh is 6-3, but has five of its last seven games at Home. Barry Foster the of cd Stop rusher started slowly but finished the Day with 11 Yards on 22 carries for the Steeles. It was Only the second time All season Foster has finished with under 100 Yards Rushing All season. The Steeles were intent on showing themselves As conference contenders Ana on avenging a 52-34 defeat the Bills inflicted on them in week 2 last season. Neither happened. Instead the Bills jumped out to a 15-Point halftime Lead. Pittsburgh took the second half Kickoff and moved 54 Yards for its first touchdown a 12-Yard pass from Neil of Donnell Over the Middle to Ernie Mills. For the second time in the game however the Steeler secondary lost track of Lofton and he was All alone to catch a 45-Yard touchdown pass Down the right sideline that reinstated buffaloes 15-Point Lead. The Steeles responded with their Best drive of the Day moving 74 Yards in seven minutes before of Donnell found Merrill Hoge Over the Middle with a 10-Yard touchdown pass that Cut the Buffalo Lead to 2820. Abut Pittsburgh failed to get a first Down on its next two drives and the Bills offence ground Down most of the games final eight minutes. Buffalo would have scored even More Points in the first half if Andre Reed had t tumbled at the Pittsburgh 19 on the Bills first Possession and if Don Beebe had t dropped a to catch. The Bills jumped ahead 7-0 when con the stars and stripes november 10,1992 b Page 28 fusion Between Steeler defensive backs Richard Shelton and . Johnson allowed Lofton to get free on a Flag pattern uncontested. The Steeles Only extended drive of the half led to a 28-Yard Field goal by Gary Anderson that made it 7-3. Cowboys rip Lions Pontiac Mich. Apr the Dallas cowboys repaid an old debt sunday a with a Little interest added on. Emmitt Smith scored three touchdowns and the cowboys avenged a pair of losses to Detroit last season with a 37-3 rout sunday the Lions worst Home loss in 28 years. Not since the Lions lost 34-0 to Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts at Tiger stadium in 1964 had they been beaten so badly at Home. Last season Detroit Defeated the cowboys 27-10 in the eighth game of the regular season then bombed them 38-6 in the pfc playoffs. This year Smith scored twice in the first half As Dallas rolled to a 20-3 Lead. The cowboys kicked a Field see pages 21,22,23 and 25 for More nil coverage goal with 20 seconds left in the game to Complete the Romp. Detroit a Barry Sanders gained 108 Yards on 18 carries against the a Fly a Best defense against the run. It was Only the second time this season the Dallas defense had Given up 100 Yards Rushing in a game. But it did no to help the struggling Lions 2-7who finished with 201 total Yards. The cowboys 8-1who rolled up 158 of their 398 total Yards on the ground led 14-0 after one Quarter and never were threatened. Smith who gained 67 Yards on 19 carries has 12 touchdowns this season tying the club record he shares with Tony Dorset and Herschel Walker. Troy Aikman getting plenty of time to throw completed 16 of 25 passes for 214 Yards including a 15-Yard to strike to Michael Irvin. He had one interception. Irvin had five catches for 114 Yards Detroit lost its fourth straight game in the Silver dome the Lions were undefeated a year ago at Home. Jeff Campbell lost a Fumble on the first play of the game. On their second Possession the Lions drove from their own 1 Yard line to the Pallas 35 before Thomas Everett made the first of his two interceptions. After that it was All cowboys. Lin Elliott who had Field goals of 25 and 42 Yards for Pallas appeared to have kicked a 30-yarder to Start the scoring in the first Quarter. But the Lions Jerry pall was flagged for holding giving Dallas a first Down at the Detroit 7. Smith scored on the next play. Cowboys running Back Emmitt Smith goes up and Over to score As Lions defender Chris Spielman attempts to Stop  hire Piniella see Page 27