European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 15, 1992 sports the stars and stripes b Page 21 impediments to Progress a 2 stopping the foe became a team a fort during dome games sunday in Pontiac Mich above and Minneapolis left. In the met Rodoc Minnesota running Back Darrin Nelson 20 runs into heavy traffic from his own interference and 49er special Tea Mars while trying to return a kick during san Francisco a 20-17 Victory. In the Silver Doc Detroit a Chris spic Man 54 and William White 35 bring Down Cleveland tight end Mark Zavaro. Rvoff Ense progresses in Saint Romp Anaheim Calif. Apr in recent years the new Orleans saints have been considered a team that could get to the super bowl if Only they had an offence. On sunday the offence finally came to life. New Orleans defense played in its usual dominating fashion forcing six turnovers and the saints rolled up their highest score of the year in a 37-14 Victory Over the mistake plagued rams. Bobby Hebert led the Way offensively by throwing two touchdown passes and seven different saints figured in the scoring As they improved their record to 11-3 and remained one game behind san Francisco in the pfc West. A your offence looked Good i thought we made Progress a said new Orleans coach Jim Mora whose team already is assured at least a wild card berth in the playoffs. Hebert said a i thought we controlled the Tempo of the game and our offence took turns making big plays. I thought Vaughn Dunbar really ran Well also Craig Heyward. We moved the Ball and we did just what we needed to  the saints who had scored just one touchdown offensively in their last two games capitalized on five turnovers by the rams 5-9 to break out to a 23-0 halftime Lead. New Orleans built the advantage to 370 Early in the fourth Quarter before los Angeles scored two late touchdowns. Hebert completed 16 of 25 for 238 Yards without an interception and directed scoring drives of 76, 80, 78 and 77 Yards. Dunbar a Rookie led the saints on the ground with 91 Yards on 13 carries. Hebert threw for touchdowns of 12 Yards to Eric Martin and 16 Yards to Torrance Small. Fred Mcafee and Dunbar each scored on 1-Yard runs and Heyward scored on a 9-Yard run. Morten Andersen provided new Orleans other Points with a 21-Yard Field goal. Defensively for the saints Sam Mills had a Fumble recovery and an interception. Toi Cook and Keith Taylor also had interceptions off Jim Everett and Jimmy Spencer and Rickey Jackson recovered ram fumbles. A when you keep stabbing yourself in the leg All the time its hard to Stop the bleeding a the rams Everett said. A we can to come out and play the Way we did and expect to  said ram coach Chuck Knox a you cannot play Santa Claus by turning the Ball Over and expect to win. I done to think we lost our composure we just  make the plays. Its  Everett completed 24 of 42 for 226 Yards with late touchdown passes to Flipper Anderson for 17 Yards and Henry Ellard for 32. The saints set the tone Early when Jackson slammed into Cleveland Gary on the rams second play from scrimmage and Gary fumbled at the rams 12. Mills recovered and Hebert threw to Martin to put new Orleans on the Board four minutes into the game. The saints had to Settle for a 6-0 Lead at that Point however As Andersen a kick hit the right upright ending his string of 120 pats without a miss. The rams got a Chance of their own shortly afterwards As Patrick Newman fumbled a punt and los Angeles Steve Israel recovered at the new Orleans 17. But on the rams first play afterwards Everett drilled the Ball right into Cooke a Chest and the saints cornerback returned the interception 16 Yards to the 24. From there Hebert drove the saints Down to the Field and Mcafee scored Early in the second Quarter. New Orleans drove 80 Yards on its next Possession with Hebert passing to Small to make it 20-0. Spencer recovered a Fumble by the rams Anderson on los Angeles 33-Yard line and Andersen kicked a 21-Yard Field goal 51 seconds before halftime for a 23-Point pad. Trudeau s to toss lifts Colts Over jets East Rutherford . Apr done to count the Colts out yet. Jack Trudeau came off the Bench late in the fourth Quarter and threw the games Only touchdown to give Indianapolis a 10-6 Victory Over the new York jets keeping the Colts faint playoff Hopes alive. Trudeau who started the last three games with Jeff George injured replaced George late and guided the Colts 71 Yards in five plays including a 41-yarder to Kerry Cash. The game Winner was a 23-yarder to Charles Arbuckle with 2 29 remaining. Arbuckle replaced Cash on the play after Cash had seven receptions Tor 104 Yards. The third straight Victory Overall for Indianapolis and its 10th in the last 12 meetings with the jets lifted the Colts to 7-7 after going 1-15 last year. They have an outside shot at an acc wildcard playoff berth. The win allowed the Colts to match the Best one season turnaround in nil history. The Dallas cowboys went from 1-15 in 1989 to 7-9 in 1990. Until the winning drive the jets 410 got a Strong Effort from their defense which was without three injured starters including paralysed end Dennis Byrd. But they committed five turnovers in the second half. Moment before Kickoff the 90 players from both teams gathered at Midfield Lor a a get Well Dennis Quot cheer. Chiefs Down patriots in festival of fumbles Kansas City to. A the Kansas City chiefs who have lived All year by the turnover were in danger of dying by it sunday on a cold Rainy afternoon that featured 10 fumbles. But the new England patriots who gratefully accepted two gift touchdowns in the first Quarter needed a third and the chiefs 9-5 escaped with a 27-20 Victory when the turnover Bug turned on the pats. Died 13-13 in the fourth Quarter the chiefs took the Lead when Charles Mincy scooped up Jon Vaughn a Fumble and returned it 30 Yards for the go ahead touchdown with 14 38 remaining. About four minutes later Willie Davis hauled in Dave Kriegs 43-Yard pass for a 27-13 Lead leaving Kansas City two More victories away from its first acc West title in 21 years. The chiefs came into the game leading the nil with a Nlus-20 turnover ratio and the pats 2-12 came in at minus-13, the a Fly a poorest. But Christian Okoye took a Handoff on the games first play and went right and Maurice Hurst knocked the Ball Loose d in goad picked it up and ran 19 Yards for a 7-0 new England Lead just 18 seconds into the game. With 4 15 left in the first Quarter Krieg was sacked by Andre Tippett and the Ball came Loose. Ray Agnew recovered on the Kansas c Ity 8, arid two plays later Leonard Russell scored on a 3-Yard run and new England led 13-3. Walter Stanley fumbled the chiefs first punt and Tracey Rogers recovered for Kansas City on the 31. Nine plays later Nick Lowery booted a 30 yarder that jumped him past Pat Leahy and Jim d Urner into sole Possession of second place All time with 306 Field goals