European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 8, 1992 sports the stars and stripes b Pago 21jets Knock off Bills 24-17 Orchard Park . A fans sent gifts to injured new York jets defensive end Dennis Byrd last week. Then his teammates delivered the biggest present against the Buffalo Bills on sunday. Playing with emotion and control the jets upset the Bills 24-17 in new Yorkus first game since Byrd suffered a paralysing neck injury last week. The winning touchdown came when Brian Washington stepped in front of a Jim Kelly pass with 1 41 left in the game. Washington returned the interception 23 Yards for the score and the jets Bench erupted in Celebration. The jets clinched the Victory their first against the Bills since 1987, when Bill Pickel sacked Kelly forced and recovered a Fumble with 1 15 left. Washington then intercepted a Long desperation pass. At the end of the game about a dozen players from each team Knelt at the 40-Yard line in prayer. Brad Baxter ran for 98 Yards and scored twice for the jets who beat the heavily favored Bills despite injuries that sidelined Byrd and three other starters last week. The jets 4-9 beat Buffalo 9-4 for the first time in the last 11 meetings Between the acc East rivals. It was buffaloes second loss in the division in two weeks. Jet players wore Byrds number 90 on their helmets and new Yorkus defense took up the Slack for the missing Byrd. Trailing by seven going into the fourth Quarter Buffalo rallied with a 60-Yard, six play drive that ended when Kelly faked a run at the 1 and threw a touchdown pass Over the Middle to Pete Metzelaars. New Yorkus Mark Gunn had forced Kenneth Davis Fumble Midway through the third Cju Arter and Lonnie Young recovered setting up the touchdown that put the jets up 17-10. The jets moved 40 Yards with Baxter running wide right to score from the 9. New York started the third Quarter with an impressive scoring drive that went 73 Yards and took 6 09. Browning Nagles Roll out completion to Rob Moore that went 26 Yards put the Ball at the Buffalo 1, and Baxter carried it Over two plays later. The jets used the 35-Rnph wind to drive for the games first score a 42-Yard Field goal by Cary Blanchard with just under five minutes gone in the first Quarter. A 39-Yard run by Thurman Thomas who had 82 of buffaloes 95 Yards of offence in the first Quarter set up Steve Christie a 27-Yard Field goal that tied it. Buffalo took a 10-3 Lead into the third Quarter thanks to an 84-Yard drive that ended when Davis Slid through the Middle for a 6-Yard touchdown run. The jets had a Long drive near the end of the half but a 16-Yard sack of Nagle by Bruce Smith pushed new York Back. Blanchard a 45-Yard Field goal attempt was knocked Down by the wind five Yards Short of the  boosts pack past Lions Milwaukee up a Brett Favre completed 15 of 19 passes for 214 Yards and two touchdowns to league leading receiver Sterling Sharpe on sunday giving the Green Bay packers a 38-10 Victory Over the Detroit Lions. Favre hit Sharpe with a 65-Yard to strike late in the first Quarter and a 9-Yard dump off with less than a minute to play in the half As Green Bay streaked to a 35-10 halftime Lead. Sharpe grabbed six passes for 107 Yards his sixth 100-Yard Day of the season. The packers improved to 7-6 and remained in the Hunt for an pfc wild card playoff bid. Detroit dropped to 3-10. A Green Bay took a 7-0 Lead on its first Possession driving 65 Yards in nine plays when Darrell Thompson punched it in from the 1. It was Thompsons first touchdown since 1989, when he scored against the Atlanta Falcons. The Lions drove 60 Yards to the Packer 4 before quarterback Rodney Peete fumbled for the second time on the drive. Green Bay a Johnny Holland recovered and four plays later Favre heaved along pass to Sharpe who beat Ray Crockett for what appeared to be an easy touchdown. But Sharpe stopped before crossing the goal line on the White Field was hit by Melvin Jenkins fumbled then picked the Ball up and scored to Complete the play. Packers Sterling Sharpe makes an Over the shoulder catch against Lions cornerback Ray Crockett for a 9-Yard to. 5 interceptions goal line stand by Seattle fail to halt Steeles Pittsburgh apr they threw five interceptions they  score on a first and goal from the 1, and they lost their quarterback to a broken leg. The Pittsburgh Steeles had every reason to lose except one a they were playing the Seattle sea Hawks. Barry Foster finished off his 10th 100-Yard game of the season with a go ahead 4-Yard touchdown run with 2 22 to play and the Steeles withstood the turnovers and Neil of Donnell a potential season ending broken leg to beat the sea Hawks 20-14 sunday. A whew that was a Relief a Dwight Stone said. A people were saying in the huddle a we can to lose to this team a Seattle a league leading defensive secondary intercepted the Steeles on their first three possessions but their nil worst offence  manage a single Point off any of the turnovers. John Kasay the hero of last mondays 16-13 overtime upset of Denver missed All three of his Field goal attempts to give the Steeles just enough chances to win. Bubby Brister was intercepted twice after relieving the injured of Donnell late in the third Quarter. But Brister later directed the Steeles on a game winning 80-Yard drive highlighted by his 27-Yard completion to Stone on third-and-17 and an 18-Yard throw to Merril Hoge. A if we had messed up one More time they would have called the Rescue squad for us a Brister said. A maybe in the past this is a game we would lose but now we can find the Way to win  the Steeles 10-3winners of seven of their last eight again were just Good enough to win. The sea Hawks 2-11 again were just bad enough to lose. A winners find a Way to win a Steeler cornerback Rod Woodson said. A losers find a Way to  a you just can to waste that Many opportunities and come up with Zero against a Good football team a sea Hawk coach Tom Flores said. A we had Good drives but we came up empty too Many times. We missed three Field goals and those were big Points. What can you say its a  the Steeles offence has been Foster and Little else this season but its still been Good enough to give the Pittsburgh the Best record in the acc. Buffalo was upset by the new York jets to fall to 9-4. A do i feel right now we have the Best team in the acc ? yeah i do a Brister said. A we Haven to been great All the time but if a team was great every week it would be in a league of its  Brister the starter for most of the last five seasons probably is the steel Erst quarterback for the rest of the regular season. Of Donnell fractured his right Fibula while trying to avoid a third Quarter sack and is out indefinitely. Foster carried 33 times for 125 Yards and is two Short of the nil record for 100-Yard games in a  overcome 24-Point deficit to nip bucs 31-27 Tampa Fla. Up a Jim Everett threw three second half touchdowns sunday night to Lead the los Angeles rams Back from a 24-Point halftime deficit and a 31-27 Victory Over the Tampa Bay buccaneers. The rams 5-8 capped their second half rally a Matching the third Best in nil history a when Everett threw an 8-Yard touchdown pass to Pat Carter with 5 40 remaining. Darryl Henley sealed the Victory with an interception with 1 30 to go. Everett threw touchdowns to Willie Anderson and Jeff Chadwick three minutes apart in the third Quarter and David Lang scored on a 1-Yard run As the rams closed to 27-24 with 7 19 left in the third Quarter. The buccaneers 4-9 jumped to a 20-0 Lead but lost for the eighth time in nine games since opening the season 3-1. Eddie Murray kicked Field goals of 34 and 47 Yards to give the buccaneers a 6-0 Lead in the first Quarter. Testaverde completed 12 of 22 for 177 Yards and two interceptions. Reggie Cobb carried 26 times for 100 Yards for the bucs