European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2g the stars and stripes sports sunday january 1 of 1993 by Dave Goldberg san Francisco Apall the dramatic elements Are there for the pfc title game sunday Between the Dallas cowboys and the san Francisco 49crs. Including most of All the elements a mud mud and More mud at candlestick Park. With rain All week and the forecast of More for sunday afternoon there a Little Chance the two Best teams in the Confer enc a the two Best in the nil for that matter a will meet on anything but the kind of quagmire that contributed to eight turnovers when the 49ers beat Washington 20-13 a week ago. But there a More to this game than that. Consider a the cyclical element eleven years ago the 49ers, Down for a decade beat Dallas then the of cd a dominant team 28-27, on the a the catch by Dwight Clark with 51 seconds left. That sent san Francisco on to the first of its four super bowl wins. Now it s the cowboys who Are emerging 13-3 to san Francisco a 14-2 this season with a 34-10 win Over Philadelphia last week to Advance to this game. That a after going 4-28 in 1988 and 1989, the Bottom of the slide that began in that 1982 game and continued slowly throughout the decade. A this game has nothing to do with history a complains Dallas Emmitt Smith who led the league in Rushing with 1,713 Yards this year and was a 12-year-old in Escambia Fla. When that 1982 game was played. A when we take the Field on sunday we re not going to be thinking about he past. What happened a decade ago is dead and gone it has no bearing on the game or the task at hand. 1 do get tired of nearing about it a a the Haley Factor As in Charles Haley the undisputed Day talented but enigmatic linebacker defensive end who was traded to the cowboys from the 49ers aug. 26. The a incurs considered Haley a disruptive influence All that a Leys done with Dallas is disrupt opposing offences. Now he returns with revenge on his mind suggesting in the Only interview he a Given this week that racism played a part in the Deal. The san Fransco reaction Quot our team chemistry is much better a coach George Seifert said monday. A the Montana Factor a Steve Young was the league map this year but Many san Francisco fans still think Joe Montana who threw the Ball that Clark caught and is the last player on either team left from that 82 team should be playing. And As recently As wednesday Jerry Rice who set the nil record for touchdown catches complained that Young a does no to look for him As often As Montana and b does no to throw As catch blk a Ball. Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson has his team preparing for Montana who has played just one half of one game after. Missing most of the last two years with Elbow  but All those Are sideshows from what Many consider the real super bowl. The pfc team has won eight straight title games and there a Little reason to believe that whoever wins at candlestick sunday wont be favored by at least a touchdown against Miami or Buffalo at the Rose bowl Jan. 31. ,. In Many ways its a classic a the top rated offence san Francisco against the top defense Dallas. Plus strength on both teams at quarterback Troy Aikman is. Steve Young wide receiver Michael Irvin and Alvin Harper is. Jerry Rice and John Taylor running Back Emmitt Smith is. Ricky Waters and tight end Jay Novacek is. Brent Jones. All of the above but Harper arc pro bowlers. A a it a a natural process a Seifert says. A it s worked out the Way its supposed to be. The two Best teams in the championship  All that offensive brilliance could get lost in a quagmire. The nil has brought in George ap<2 in preparation for the pfc championship game Dallas wide receiver Michael Inin above lets his offensive linemen know just How much he appreciates them by hanging a present in their lockers at Irving Texas thursday. Below 49er quarterback Steve Young jogs Olf the Field after thursday s practice in Santa Clara Calif. Toma sometimes known As the a Sultan of soda and is spending $25,000 to re Sod candlestick where last week the redskins and 49ers Slid through their game. A the worst in be Ever seen a Toma said of the Field then went about his work while rain fell for three Days More rain is forecast for sunday afternoon in an area that a had five years of drought a ironically the last time it rained this much was before the 1982 cowboys-49ers title game. Rice striving for ultimate game by Dom Amore the Hartford courant Santa Clara Calif. A ask an nil wide receiver with 84 catches for l 207 Yards and 10 touchdowns what kind of season he had and you re bound to get a Glare a Smirk a roil of the eyes. Jerry Rice gives you an answer a average a be said. Just average Jerry _ a a in a still looking Rice Forward to that one ultimate game a he said. A where i can just go out and dominate. Who knows it might happen this  if it does happen Rice and the 49ers will surely defeat the Dallas cowboys at candlestick Park and Advance to super bowl xxvii at the Rose bowl Jan. 31. There Are a lot of nil defensive backs of course who would swear Rice has had that one ultimate game a against them. But Jerry Rice a perfectionist is never satisfied a that a Why at 30, he already is called the greatest receiver Ever by some. A every time he Steps onto that Field in practice he works like a Rookie right out of College a said Mike Shanahan in his first season As 49crs offensive coordinator. A in a player who has accomplished what Jerry has who has attained the goals he has i have never seen that before. A said quarterback Steve Young a a in a still amazed by him to see a Guy with All the Talent in the world also have the Best work  at 6-foot-2, 200 pounds Rice is the prototypical hideout combining height strength and Speed to an extent few other defensive backs have. He also has a Knack of accelerating at just the right moment. Rice has averaged 16.8 Yards a reception in his career a attesting to his a Dity to gain yardage after the catch. A a he a Quick As a cat a 49ers safety David Whitmore said. A explosive. If you take one play off slip or trip he a gone. His feet Are phenomenal he could have been a Heck of a defensive Back. But what makes Jerry such a Doggone Good receiver is he a so Doggone  Rice who will Start in the pro bowl broke Steve Largento a record for to catches with no. 101 against Miami dec. 6 and has 103 in 124 games eight seasons it took Largent 14 years to reach 100 for Seattle. Rice was map of super bowl Xxiii in january 1989, catching 11 passes for 215 Yards a a super bowl record a and a touchdown. He caught three to passes another record among his seven receptions for 148 Yards in super bowl xxiv. A Jesus in cleats a Dallas wide receiver Michael Irvin a pro bowl pick Calls Rice. A if Michael is giving out compliments a Rice said. A Efu take  maybe Jesus in cleats is carrying things a bit far but it is the Pursuit of perfection that drives Rice who held out More than a month last summer to become the a Fly a highest paid non quarterback a an estimated $7.5 million for three years