European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 b the stars and stripes sports to by Dave Goldberg Pasadena Calif. A it was quicker than anyone could imagine. Three seasons ago the Dallas cowboys were the worst team in nil history. Now they re super bowl champions and they did it with four of the quickest touch Downs even. That left the Buffalo Bills As the first team to lose three straight super bowls and the of cd a supremacy intact a nine straight nil titles seven in overwhelm ing fashion this time 52-17. With map Troy Aikman throwing for four touchdowns and Charles Haley and Ken Norton leading a defense that forced a record nine turn overs the cowboys scored two touchdowns 15 seconds apart in the first period of sundays super bowl and two More 18 seconds apart in the second. A your defense is somebody now a Norton said of a unit that had no pro bowl Ere to six for Dallas offence. Quot everybody knows who we  along with Aikman the defense was the Factor that made Buffalo a three time loser after becoming just the second team to make it three straight times. A you always wonder Why Why us a said Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly who was knocked out of the game with 6 52 remaining in the first half when he res Praince his right knee. A we turned the Ball Over nine times and you can to beat a College team doing  two of Aikman std passes went to Michael Irvin and one each to Jay Nova cock and Alvin Harper As the arc East won the super bowl for the third straight year a record. The three winners were different a Dallas Washington and the new York giants a but the victim each time was the Bills. A a Early on the whole team was a Little uptight said Aikman who whs.22 of 30 for 273 Yards a i really had to talk myself into staying relaxed out there. This is the greatest feeling that in be Ever had in my Fife and i wish every player could feel  there was another first a Jimmy Johnson became the first coach Ever to win both a National College title and a super bowl. The nil title came just three years after he began his pro coaching career with a 1-15 record. It was the cowboys third super bowl Victory but their first in 15 years and Johnson got his just Reward a a dousing by his players at the 2-minute warning that left his hair sprayed coiffure uncharacteristically mussed. �?o1 played for a National championship team 1 coached a National championship team and i coached a super bowl team a Johnson said. A a there a a common thread in All three a Quality people who Are committed to do their  a nine turnovers in the game and they converted five into to scores Quot said Buffalo coach Marv a vyv a we picked the wrong Day to play  the cowboys won on both sides of the Ball. Emmitt Smith the a Fly a leading rusher ran for 108 Yards on 22 carries and became the first Rushing Leader to win a super bowl. He was the first to Ever play in it. After spotting the Bills an Early 7-0 Lead on a to set up by a blocked punt the cowboys turned on the defense get Ting five of the turnovers in the first half. James Washington a interception of Kelly set up a 23-Yard to pass to Nova Cek. Fifteen seconds later Haley knocked the Ball Loose from Kelly at the goal line to defensive tackle Jimmie Jones who took two Steps into the end zone for the score that put the cowboys ahead for Good. �?o1 was Reading and reacting just like 1 was supposed to Quot Jones said. Quot All of a Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman threw four touchdown passes and was named map. Sudden Charles hit Kelly and the Ball fell right in my hands. I  believe it. I Hadnot even scored a touchdown in High  then Norton and Vinson Smith sparked a goal line stand that stopped the Bills on three shots inside the Dallas 1 a the last on a fourth Down pass from the 6-Inch line. Dallas defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt a whose prowess helped earn him the head coaching Job in Chicago next season a had a Nickel defense in on the play and Thomas Everett intercepted Kelly a desperation pass in the end zone. A i wish we had run it in a Kelly said. A a we a run that play in practice and it  Everett had a second interception in the fourth Quarter that set up a 10-Yard to run by Smith. Then Norton scored a taking in a Fumble from 9 Yards out after it bounced into his arms following a High snap. That first interception was typical for the Bills. With or without Kelly who reinsured his right knee with 6 52 left in the first half Buffalo  produce when it had to. Frank Reich who engineered the big est comeback in nil history when he Rought the Bills Back from a 35-3 third Quarter deficit in the wild card game with Houston had no such miracles in him this Day although he did throw a 40-Yard f to pass to Don Beebe on the final play of the third Quarter. On his first series Reich drove Buffalo from his own 33 to the Dallas 3. But Haley stuffed Thurman Thomas on a third and one from the 3-Yard line forcing a 21-Yard Field goal by Steve Christie that Cut the deficit to 14-10 with 3 24 left in the half. It was the last gasp for the Bills. First Aikman drove the cowboys 77 Yards in 5 plays hitting Irvin for a 19-Yard to on his favorite slant across the Middle. After the Kickoff Leon Lett stripped Thomas on the first play from scrimmage and Jones recovered on the 18. And then Aikman found Irvin at the 2 and he stepped around Nate Odomes for the score. It came 18 seconds after the previous to and sent the cowboys off with a 28-10 halftime Lead All but ending the game. �?o1 Hose two ads were the turning Point Quot Levy said. Johnson made sure that his team did no to sit on the 28-10 halftime Lead reminding them about the Bills comeback against Houston. A we did no to talk Long a guard Nate Newton said. A Jimmy said Damn Houston. We ainu to Houston. We re the  they were. Lin Elliott a 20-Yard Field goal on the first series of the second half made it 31 tuesday february 2,1993now 10. Then after the Reich Beebe Hookup had made it 3117 and aroused the Buffalo fans a a minority Uljee crowd of 98,374 a Aikman put them out of their misery by hitting a wide open Harper from 45 Yards with 10 minutes left in the game. Then Norton made it 5217, the third biggest margin in super bowl history. It might have been More. But Lett racing toward the end zone with a Fumble with 4 42 left in the game had the Ball knocked from his hands by Beebe As he tried to jog in holding the Ball knee High in his right hand. A i thought i was there a Lett said adding that Johnson told him a a done to celebrate until you  at the beginning it was the cowboys the a Fly a youngest team with an average age of 26, who looked like they might self destruct with three costly Early penalties. The Buffalo defense and special teams set up the first score a along with a critical Dallas penalty. After the Bills got one first Down on their opening series Chris Mohrs 50-Yard punt set the cowboys Back to the 15. Then Marcus Patton and Darryl Talley stuffed Smith on the first two Downs and Aikman overthrew Irvin on the third. That set it up for Steve Tasker who burst up the Middle and got an Arm on Mike saxons punt which squib bed out of Bounds at the 16. It was the first punt the cowboys had had blocked since dec. 16,1989,220 punts and 53 games ago. Then a holding Call by Larrv Brown negated a third Down sack by Haley and two plays later Thomas capitalized scooting into the end zone from two Yards out. Dallas next series was Cut Short after a 12-Yard run by Smith was negated by an illegal procedure Call. A third penalty roughing Kelly called against Lett prolonged another Buffalo series. But two plays later Kenneth Gant blitzed and forced Kelly to throw off balance a pass that Washington picked off and returned it 13 Yards to the Buffalo 47. It was the turnover that led to the great turnaround. It took Dallas six plays to score a when the cowboys picked up a Buffalo Blitz and Aikman found Novacek Over cornerback James Williams from 23 Yards out to tie it at 77 with 1 36 left in the half. Fifteen seconds later it was 14-7. Buffalo came right Back Kelly hitting Andre Reed for 40 Yards to the Dallas 4-Yard-Iine. On first Down Carwell Gardner slashed to the 1. But then Thomas was stopped by Vinson Smith and Norton stood up Kenneth Davis on third Down. On fourth Down came a strange Call a with a foot to go the Bills spread their formation and Kelly rolled right but the cowboys were ready and Everett picked off the Ball in the end zone. Kelly went out when he was hit by Norton with 6 52 left in the half and Reich immediately moved the Bills into scoring position by hitting Reed for 38. But on a third and less than one at the 3-Yard-line, Haley slashed through and dropped Thomas a half Yard behind the scrimmage forcing the Buls to Settle for Steve Christie a 21-Yard Field goal. But the 14-10 a deficit lasted less than two minutes As Dallas went 72 Yards in five Quick plays twice beating Buffalo blitzes. Smiths 39-Yard run put the Ball on the Buffalo 19, then Aikman drilled the Ball to Irvin on the receivers favorite slant play for the score with 1 54 left in the half. A i thought it would be a Tough Ball game a Smith said. A but things just started working out for  for pfc teams it almost always does