European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Straight a s for Aikman Dallas rips eagles for shot at by Denne h. Freeman Irving Texas a Troy Aikman was pressure proof in his first playoff Start it was Randall Cunningham who played f Ike he had Rookie nerves. Aikman dispelled any notions he would feel the playoff heat by directing four Long touchdown drives As the Dallas cowboys rolled into the pfc championship game with a 34-10 Victory sunday Over the Philadelphia eagles. The cowboys 14-3 will play the san Francisco 49ers on sunday in the pfc title game at candlestick Park. It will be the first pfc title appearance for Dallas since the cowboys lost 20-7 to the eagles in 1981. It also was the first nil coaching Victory in postseason for Jimmy Johnson whose team lost 38-6 in the divisional playoffs last year to Detroit with Steve Beuerlein starting. Aikman and Emmitt Smith who ran 23 Yards for a touchdown and rushed for 114 Yards provided a one two punch. That devastated the eagles in the cowboys first Home playoff game since 1983. Aikman who threw two touchdown passes to his tight ends got off to a 3-for-10 Start then found 6-foot4 Alvin Harper being guarded by 5-7 Mark Mcmillian on a 41-Yard pass to set up the cowboys second touchdown. The Philadelphia secondary never recovered. Dallas scored 10 Points in the last 47 seconds of the first half then went 70 Ards on the opening drive of the second Alf to put the game away on Smiths run. The cowboys with the no. 1 defense in the nil sacked Cunningham five times and held his famed scrambles to a minimum. Cunningham get unt racked until the final 2 minutes of the game when he drove the Eagle 70 Yards against a prevent defense and found Calvin Williams with an 18-Yard scoring pass with 50 seconds to play. Aikman drove the cowboys 54 Yards for a first Quarter touchdown after Roger Ruzek a 32-Yard Field goal put Philadelphia ahead 3-0 on the brisk 38-degree Day. The payoff came on second Down from the Eagle 1 when tight end Derek ten net slipped unnoticed into the end zone for the scoring pass from Aikman. Free agent Tennell a five year Veter the stars and stripes ports january 11,1993 b Page 36 49ers to Down redskins see Page 34 eagles Byron Evans 56 and Seth Joyner 59 spill Dallas Emmitt Smith 22 sunday. An was signed by Dallas after Alfredo Roberts damaged a knee in the cowboys regular season finale against Chicago. It was Tennelly a first touchdown pass since he scored for Cleveland in 1989. The cowboys led 173 Over the 6-Point underdog eagles after they struck for 10 minis in less than a minute As the first Alf was winding Down. Aikman took the cowboys 67 Yards for a touchdown late in the second Quarter he hit Harper with a 41-Yard pass scrambled for 8 Yards then flipped a 6-Yard scoring pass to tight end Jay Nova Cek who slipped away from linebacker William Thomas. On the ensuing Kickoff Vai Sika Hema fumbled to Thomas Everett at the eagles 29. Dallas moved to the eagles 2-Yard line where Lin Elliott line drive a 20-Yrd Field goal As the clock ran out. Aikman a fourth touchdown drive was 80 Yards and he hit a 33-Yard pass to Michael Irvin to set up Derrick gainer s 1 Yard run. Elliott later hit a 43-Yard Field goal. Aikman completed 15 of 25 passes for 200 Yards and suffered no interceptions. Cunningham was 16 of 29 for 142 Yards. The eagles who beat Minnesota 36-20 to Advance to the pfc semifinals finished the season with a 12-6 record. The eagles and cowboys split their regular season games with Philadelphia winning 31-7 in october and Dallas returning the favor 20-10, in game to decide pfc by Wendy a Lane san Francisco a the pfc championship will be a own and dirty affair. When the Dallas cowboys and san Francisco 49ers play at candlestick Park on sunday for the Chance to go to the super Bow be playing on a Field 49er coach George Seifert likened to a bog and receiver Jerry Rice called the worst head Ever seen. After the san Francisco 49ers held on for a 20-13 playoff Victory Over the Washington redskins the Field resembled a quagmire. Two weeks of rain left the a stick turf Sticky and Muddy so torn up that it is unlikely to be in Good shape especially with More wet weather m the forecast. A we be got to get the Field repaired a Seifert said a a it a san Francisco is 11-3 in playoff games at candlestick. The Sloppy Field conditions saturday made for a Sloppy game with eight turnovers players from both teams were slipping and sliding and Redskin quarterback Mark rapier i blamed the mud Diness for a Fumble on the Handoff to Brian Mitchell that proved to be the Pivotal play. Washington had turned two fumbles by Steve Young into 10 Points pulling to 1713 Down in the fourth Quarter. Rypien marched the redskins to the 23-Yard line when Mitchells Fumble ended the drive and killed their Hopes to repeat As super bowl champs. A nobody could run on this Field nobody a Washington defensive coordinator Richie Petitbon said. A you get a pass Rush. You Cut a i Don t know what they re going to do. They be got another game Here next week. I done to know How they re going to get it the opening drive left the Field with More divots than a driving Range and throughout the game ground Crew members raced out during timeouts to replace the chewed up turf. They even Sprinkle ii cat litter around in an attempt to soak of moisture a this is the worst in be Ever seen the place a 49er fullback Tom Rathman said a you could t get any Rice who prides himself on taking the Field in sparkling White shoes and socks was splattered with mud by the end o the game after catching six passes. A i remember playing and practising or a Muddy Field at Mississippi Valley state and today was the worst Field i Ever played on a he said. My
