European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes sports tuesday november 24, 1992chargers beat bucs go Over .500 san Diego a after a Hal decade of mediocrity the san Diego chargers finally Are winners. Third Down specialist Ronnie Harmon scored twice a on third Downs naturally a As the chargers beat the Tampa Bay buccaneers 29-14 on sunday to improve to 6-5, their first foray above .500 since 1987. A it does no to matter whether 1 score a said Harmon who got his first ads of the season. Quot we Veall been working hard and its paying off. Its getting exciting around  san Diego won for the sixth time in seven games after a 0-4 Start. The chargers sacked Vinny Testaverde a season High six times and dropped the bucs 4-7 to their sixth loss in seven games. The chargers and bucs Are two of four teams in the nil that Haven to been in the playoffs since 1982. A we Are a contender for the playoffs. In a not afraid to say it a said cornerback Gill Byrd who joined the team the season after their last playoff appearance. Quot we be got to keep  Testaverde agreed. A a they re really playing some Good Ball. They be got some Confidence. They look like they re going to the playoffs. They certainly have the Talent to do  the acc West tightened up on sunday with the los Angeles raiders beating first place Denver 24-0. The raiders 5-6 play the chargers Here next sunday night a actually i done to even feel it right now a linebacker Junior scan said of the winning record. A i look More to the raiders. In be been wanting to concentrate on the raiders for a Long time and they re Here now a Testaverde playing his second game since a two game benching scored on a chiefs move into tie for top Seattle up Rookie Cor Norback Dale Carter returned a punt 86 Yards for a touchdown and defensive end Neil Smith scored on an interception return sunday night to Lead the Kansas City chiefs to a 24-14 Victory Over the Seattle sea Hawks. T he win moved the chiefs 7-4, into a tic with Denver atop the of cd a Western division. It was their third straight Victory. T he sea Hawks 1-10, lost their eighth straight game. Nevertheless it was their biggest offensive production in More than a month. T hey had scored Only one touchdown in their previous six games Seattle a two touchdowns sunday night ran its total to seven for the year. Carters second punt return for a touchdown this season gave the chiefs a 17-7 Lead late in the second Quarter. Carter ran to the sideline behind a Wall of blockers and then sped upfield untouched. Chiefs Harry word 23 gains five Yards with Seattle a Cortez Kennedy hanging on. Raiders dump Elway less Broncos los Angeles a it was As coach Art Shell said beforehand a game the los Angeles raiders had to win. And win they did in style. Erie Dickerson finally performed the Way the raiders expected when they acquired him from Indianapolis last april and Jay Schroeder threw three touchdown passes As the raiders overpowered the John Elway less Denver Broncos 24-0 on sunday. Elway out with a bruised right shoulder spent the Day on the sidelines in uniform wearing a baseball Cap. The raiders raised their record to 5-6, while the Broncos fell to 7-4, the decision meant the lop four teams in the acc West Are within two games of each other with five remaining. Had the raid ers lost they would have trailed the Broncos by four games. Dickerson the a Fly a second leading career rusher behind Walter Payton had his Best Day us a Raider gaining 107 Yards on 16 carries. Dickerson gained 99 Yards on 13 carries in the first half. It was the 63rd time Dickerson has surpassed the 100-Yard Mark As a pro ranking him second All time behind Paytonn a 77. Dickerson a previous High this season was 69 Yards during a 27-7 loss at Kansas City on sept. 28. Elway a absence meant the first nil Start for 2l-year-old Tommy Maddox who earlier this season became the youngest quarterback to throw a pass in the nil since 1946, Maddox from nearby Urcla did no to nearly As Well against the raiders asic did in replacing Elway against the giants last sunday. He completed 18 of 26 passes for 207 Yards with two interceptions both of which were returned 67 Yards by Terry Mcdaniel. Mcdaniel picked off the second pass Maddox threw and returned it to the Denver 1, setting up Schroeder a first touchdown pass a 1-Yardcr to Andrew Glover on the first play of the second Quarter. It was the 100th scoring pass of Schroeder a a nil career and gave the raiders a 10-0 Lead Jeff Jaeger had kicked a 51-Yard Field goal on their first Possession. Schroeder completed 16 of 30 passes for 160 Yards without being intercepted. Eagles deck giants in Twilight zone East Rutherford . A just Call it bizarre. How else would you explain the Philadelphia eagles 47-34 Victory Over the new York giants on sunday in a 3v4-hour Marathon consider a a series record i Points Between the teams a a Kickoff punt and blocked punt All returned for touchdowns a eight turnovers a combined 12 sacks -0 penalties and two flubbed extra Points a a quarterback sent to the Hospital t a 34-Point run by the eagles after t Illing behind 20-6. And that a just the big stuff As the eagles 7-4 beat the giants 5-6 in the biggest offensive output against new York since Washington got 49 in 1975. A a we be had some weird games against them a Eagle tackle Ron Heller said. A but this is one of the weirder games in be been involved in period. In be never been up 20 Points and been that concerned. A lot of things were happening on both sides of the Ball. It was definitely  Philadelphia won by turning in three big plays in the third Quarter to break a 20-20 halftime tie. The go ahead touchdown came on u eagles opening series on a 38-Yard s i putted pass from Randall cunning new to was 10 of 21 for 209 Yards to Byais. He took the Ball off his shoe tops and scored untouched. Then the special teams took Over for the eagles. Ken Hose broke through the Middle blocked Sean i Andetat a punt. Picked it up at the 3 and scored. Minutes later Vai Sika Hema who had two Long kickoffs returns to set up touchdowns fielded a punt at his 13 and went All the Way a the longest punt return in eagles history a for a 40-20 Lead. Roger Ruck missed his second extra Point after the run. Rookie Kent Graham replaced Jeff Hostetler 11 for 28 for 154 after the giant quarterback sustained a concussion Midway through the third Quarter Graham got new York Back into the game with a 17-Yard, fourth Down to pass to de Mccaffrey that made it 40-27. However Heath Sherman scored on a 30-Yard run to stretch the Lead to 47-27. New York capitalized on two of Phil Delphias four first half turnovers to by a 2u-6 Lead. 1-Yard run 1 32 into the fourth Quarter. He completed a 14-Yard pass to Mark Carrier on a no huddle fourth-and-3 play from the Tampa Bay 48. The bucs failed to convert a fourth-and-4 at their 36 on a drive set up by Marion Butts Fumble and san Diego a Stan Humphries scored on a 4-Yard Bootleg with 1 12 left in the game. Harmon caught four passes for 43 Yards and ran four times for 25 More Humphries completed 13 of 28 passes for 126 Yards and one score and Butts rushed 22 times for 104 Yards. Testaverde was 19 of 29 for 187 Yards and one to. In Watters 49ers run by rams Anaheim Calif. A a Day earlier the san Francisco 49crs�?T Ricky Watters was Flat on his Back with the flu. He Felt considerably better sunday thanks to some Medicine an in to restore fluids a and 163 Yards Rushing and two touchdowns in the 49ers�?T 27-10 Victory Over the los Angeles rams. A i feel Good now a Watters who missed last season with injuries said after his biggest Day As a pro. A yesterday 1 did no to think i would be Able to play. And i really did no to think i would have the kind of game i had  the rams held Steve Young and the 49ers�?T Short passing game in Check but Watters took up the Slack by Rushing 26 times for a 6.3-Yard average. He scored twice on 3-Yard runs. Jerry Rice chipped in with his 99th career touchdown catch one Short of Steve Largento a nil record in the fourth Quarter after the rams closed to 13-10. A at the end of the game we came together a said san Francisco coach George Seifert after the 49ers 9-2 beat the rams 4-7 for the sixth straight time at Anaheim stadium dating Back to 1986, a Ricky Watters in bed All Day and All night then he played great a Seifert added. A and it was important for us to get that touchdown pass from Young to Rice Quot Quot Watters broke a lot of tackles a ram coach Chuck Knox said. A we had a lot of hits on him but he just kept coming a Young said the rams lined up to take away the 49ers�?T Quick passes and left themselves vulnerable to the run. A if people keep playing us in the Nickel defens Ewell take 10 Yards a shot a Young said. A the difference now is we be got a Guy Watters who can pop it. Rice who had four catches for 93 Yards set a team record by catching at least one pass in 106 consecutive games. Wight Clark had catches in 105 straight. Young the a Fly a leading passer completed 14 of 26 for 167 Yards. He lost one Fumble was sacked three times and scrambled three times for a total of 16 Yards. Jim Everett completed 13 of 29 Lor 158 Yards and one touchdown Lor the rams