European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes sports tuesday december 8,1992 19,429 see Colts Edge pats 6-0 Fox Boro mass. Apr two sputtering teams turned an nil game into the frostbite follies sunday in front of the smallest crowd in the league this season. Dean Biasucci a two Field goals in a swirling wind gave the Indianapolis Colts a 6-0 win Over the new England patriots. The prospects of Chilly weather and cold offences kept More than one third of the ticket holders away As Only 19,429 people saw the Colts Post their first shutout in 69 games and the patriots extend their scoreless Streak to 10 quarters. Coming off an impressive 16-13 overtime win Over Buffalo the Colts 6-7 get the Ball in the end zone and managed 265 Yards 209 of them on Jack Trudeau a passes. The patriots 2-11 lost their previous game 34-0 at Atlanta when they gained Only 105 Yards third lowest in team history. That Snow the fourth lowest after they struggled for 94 Yards and endured eight sacks against the Colts. Indianapolis improved its still slim playoff Hopes and gained some revenge for a 37-34 overtime loss nov. 15 to the patriots who were 0-9 at the time. Biasucci whose Field goals late in the fourth Quarter and 3 51 into overtime guv Indianapolis the win Over Buffalo kicked a 30-Yard Field goal on the last play of the first Quarter and a 48-yarder with 52 seconds left in the first half. Neither team got inside the others 10-Yard run past vikes Philadelphia a Randall Cunningham has been pleading with coach Rich Kotite All season to let him do his thing a scramble. Cunningham has made no secret of the fact he Felt confined by the game plan. Kotite took the shackles off Cunningham sunday told him that if the pass Wasny to there done to wait for company and run Randall run. The a Fly Sall time scrambling Leader responded by virtually running the Minnesota Vikings out of the stadium. Cunningham carried 16 times for 121 Yards and two touchdowns As the Philadelphia eagles beat the Vikings 28-17. It was Cunningham a Best running game since he gained 124 against new England on nov. 4,1990. He did no to do so badly passing either completing 16 of 23 for 164 Yards. The loss prevented the Vikings 9-4 from clinching the pfc Central title and a playoff spot. The win kept the eagles 8-5 in the Hunt for a wild card berth in the pfc East. Cunningham usually devoid of emotion said a right now in a the happiest in be been in my Cunningham got help from Herschel Walker who gained 44 Yards on 13 carries in his first game against Minnesota since the Vikings obliged his request for a release last june. Walker never lived up to the Vikings expectations after they acquired him from Dallas in 1989 for five players and eight draft picks. Heath Sherman ran for 53 As the eagles gained 225 Yards on the ground. The eagles injury riddled defense with three backups in the secondary had five sacks of Sean Salisbury. Salisbury took Over the Vikings quarterback Job last week when Rich Gannon was benched. Andy Harmon had a career High three sacks while Clyde Simmons the league Leader with 14, was credited with a half. Eagles Randall Cunningham holds up Ball after scoring As Herschel Walker looks rip chiefs behind Schroeder los Angeles a the on again off again los Angeles raiders were on sunday keeping their slim playoff Hopes alive. Jay Schroeder threw three touchdown passes and Elvis Patterson blocked a punt and recovered it for another score As the raiders beat up on Kansas City 28-7. That snapped a six game losing Streak to the chiefs dating Back to 1989. The raiders Are 6-7 with three games remaining the chiefs who had a four game winning Streak snapped fell to 8-5 and into a tie for first place in the acc West with san Diego. The raiders went ahead for Good by finishing off an opening drive something they be failed to do so often this season. Schroeder a 6-Yard pass to Ethan Horton on a third-and-3 play capped a 57-Yard, 10-play March. It became 14-0 less than three minutes later when Patterson blocked a punt by Bryan Barker and recovered the Ball in the end zone. The raiders had 14 Points in less than 10 minutes after scoring Only 29 first Quarter Points in their previous 12 games. Barker injured his left shoulder while trying to get to the Ball forcing place kicker Nick Lowery to handle Kansas City a punting the rest of the Day. Lowery Hadnot punted since High school. Los Angeles made it 21-0 on an 11 Yard pass from Schroeder to Steve Smith capping a 35-Yard drive after a 39-Yard punt by Lowery was returned 10 Yards by Tim Brown. The chiefs were held without a first Down until Dave Krieg threw an 18-Yard pass to Keith Cash two plays after the raiders scored their third touchdown. Shortly thereafter Terry Mcdaniel recovered a Fumble by . Birden in the air and returned it 40 Yards to the Kansas City 15. However Neil Smith deflected a second Down pass by Schroeder High into the air and Tracy Simien was in the right place to intercept it. The chiefs then moved 88 Yards in six plays scoring their Only Points on a 2 Yard pass from Krieg to Cash with 1 07 to go in the half to make it 21-7. The chiefs got to the raiders 6 Early in the third Quarter but Dan land intercepted a pass in the end zone. That turned out to be the final time Kansas City would threaten until the outcome was decided. The raiders made it 28-7 with 19 seconds left in the third Quarter on a 17-Yard pass from Schroeder to Willie Gault. Schroeder completed 12 of 18 passes Lor 93 Yards with two interceptions. Eric Dickerson led the raiders in Rushing with 77yards on 23 carries. Krieg under pressure All Day completed 18 of 33 passes for 276 Yards. _4 a a w a v j a cowboys Down broncs to Clinch playoff berth Denver a the Denver Bron and it left Denver at 7-6 after three each Nassed for 104. Denver apr the Denver Bron cos threw tag team quarterbacks plus a passing wide receiver at the Dallas cowboys. Troy Aikman outdid them by himself. Aikman got lots of help from Jay no Vacek and Emmitt Smith whose 3-Yard run with 2 47 left gave the cowboys a 3127 win. That clinched for the cowboys 11-2 at least a wild card playoff berth and a fittingly for this bizarre game a tied a Dallas record for Rushing touchdowns in a season set 26 years ago by Dan Reeves now the Broncos coach. Smith has 16. And it left Denver at 7-6 after three straight losses and in serious danger of missing the playoffs. A we did no to pay any attention to both quarterbacks a said Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson whose team played in 19-degree weather at one of the a Fly a hardest Road Fields this was Denver a first Home loss in seven games this season. A we had to prepare for their offence. In this setting we played Well enough to win and that Sall 1 can the Broncos played with Tommy Maddox and Shawn Moore alternating at quarterback for the injured John Elway. Each passed for 104 Yards a Maddox on 10 of 16, Moore on 7 for 13 and Denver rolled up 354 Yards against a team that had allowed just 239 a game coming in. But Maddox did most of the damage for both sides with three to passes four interceptions and a Fumble. One interception ended the final Denver drive and two of the interceptions and the Fumble led to ads on Short passes from Aikman to Michael Irvin twice and Novacek. So the crowd of 74,946 booed Maddox when he entered and cheered for Moore. A i hear the Boos but i Block them out a Maddox said. A we put some Points on the Board we moved the Ball. I Jui made some mistakes that really Hurt but even with the mistakes it too some Dallas heroics after a third Denver Pisser receiver Arthur marshal shocked the cowboys with an 81-Yar pass to Cedric Tillman that put the Bron cos up 27-24 with 9 05 left. So Aikman who was 25 for 35 for 28 Yards calmly led the cowboys on an 11 p a 77-Yard drive completing three passes to Novacek for 50 Yards and final handing off to Smith for the to. Smith was held to 62 Yards on 26 car Ries. T
