European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cowboy Blunder lets dolphins pull it out Irving Texas up Leon let became a lifelong member of the nil Hall of shame on thursday and by doing so allowed the Miami dolphins to Winone of the strangest games in pro football  a freakish ice storm leaving the surface of Texas stadium looking like skating rink the Miami Dallas thanks giving Day Duel came Down to whether Lett understood the rules of the  did t. The chilled fans were celebrating what appeared to be a certain Dallas Victory As sea Page 32 for nil standings the final seconds ticked off the clock but before they knew it the dolphins were running off the Field with a 16-14  Don t know if i have Ever had a loss that hurts like this one said Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson. I be never seen anything like that said Miami coach Don Shula and i be seen a lot of  won the game on Pete Stoyanovich s 19-Yard Field goal on the final play of the game. But it will be Lett s Bone head play that will live in football infamy. Dallas seemed to have won the game when Jimmie Jones blocked a 41-Yardfield goal try by Stoyanovich with 15seconds to go. The Ball skittered Down Field on the slush that had piled up during the Day Long sleet  the cowboys i had to do was Leti the Ball Roll to a i Stop and they would Lett have won the game because they would have gained posses , with the Ball still wobbling around near the 7-Yard line and two cowboys Yelling to their teammates to stay away from it Lett rushed in and tried to fall on instead it bounced away from him an the dolphins now Given a Chance to re cover a live Ball did so at the 1-Yard  Ball was blown dead with three seconds to play and the dolphins had time to kick the game winning Field goal. Leon made a mistake Johnson  was a big mistake and it was the Dif Fern acc in the end. But we probably made 100 mistakes on the held today. We Are hurting right now. It was a Tough defeat and we have to  hid from his shame afterwards As teammates fetched his clothes from the dressing  never assume anything and we go Over Ever eventuality said special team coach Joe Avezzano. But there s no Way we can go Over it every  Irvin said the cowboys were already celebrating  grabbed Troy Aikman and we were hugging then they said they had Heball Irvin said. It was All so  to this Point in his career Lett had been Best known for another big mistake beginning a Celebration before reach ing the end zone with a Fumble recovery in last season s super bowl and allowing Buffalo receiver Pon Beebe to Knock the Ball away from him. The wild ending to thursday s game took the spotlight away from the weather Miami tight end Keith Jackson is pinned Between Dallas linebackers Ken Norton 51 and Dixon Edwards 58 in first half action on an icy Texas stadium Field thursday. The first time in Texas stadium s 21-Yearhistory the playing surface had been Cov ered by Frozen precipitation during a game. Miami survived the weather to run it record to 9-2 and stay perfect in two games under quarterback Steve Deberg. The cowboys lost their second straight game after winning seven in a Row and fell to 7-4. Miami s Lone touchdown came on a 77-Yard run in the first Quarter by Keith Byars the longest of his career. Stoyanovich added Field goals of 20 Yards in the third period and 31 Yard with 7 58 to play in the game. Both of Dallas touchdowns came from Rookie Kevin Williams one on a 4-Yard pass from Aikman and the other on a 64-Yard punt return with 27 seconds left in the first half. Miami managed the Victory despite turning the Ball Over four times three of those turnovers in Dallas end of the Field. The winning Field goal came after Miami had driven from its own 20-Yardline in two minutes the key plays being passes of 9 and 14 Yards from Deberg to Keith Byars. During that drive Lett dropped a pos sible interception at Midfield. The nil s Holiday weekend continue sunday when Cleveland travels to Atlanta the new York giants entertain Phoe Nix Pittsburgh Heads to Houston Green Bay faces Tampa Bay the new York jets Are at new England the los Angel srams take on san Francisco Minneapolis faces new Orleans Denver is i Seattle Buffalo is at Kansas City and the . Raiders go to Cincinnati. On Mon Day night san Diego is at Indianapolis. The stars and stripes november 27,1993 Page 40 bears of Leaf Lions Send Sanders to injury list Pontiac Mich. A the Detroit Lions lost Barry Sanders the game and most of their Lead in the pfc Centra the resurgent Chicago bears led by defensive end Trace Armstrong had five sacks and forced four turnovers in a 10-6 win Over the Lions on  was a poor Effort and i want to apologize to thebans on this thanksgiving Day Lions coach Wayne Fontes said. It definitely ruined my Holiday. I thought we were ready to play. But the Bette team won because they dominated this football  it was the third straight Road win for the bears 6-5. Armstrong who have staged comebacks in successive games at san Diego Kansas City and de troit. The Lions 7-4 have lost their last two games and will fall into a tie wit Green Bay if the packers defeat the Tampa Bay buccaneers on  re 7-4. We re going to have to do it the hard Way now. Lions linebacker Chris Spielman said. Barry s Down now too. But i d better never Ever hear Shatas an excuse. The situation dictates that other people have to step , the nil s leading rusher sprained his left knee Midway through the third Quarter. He is expected to miss 3-5 weeks with a partial tear of the medi Al collateral ligament. The sprain won t require surgery said or. David Collon team physician. Barry has been so durable Lions quarterback Rodney Peete said. We have Only played one game without him since he s been Here. He missed a game at Washington with sore ribs in 1991. Twill be interesting to see How this team plays without Barry  Sanders was never much of a fac Tor in this game gaining 63 Yards on 16carries. The Lions finished with just 230 Yards five More than the bears. The difference was the  key was that we mixed it up a lot bears coach Dave Wannstedt  some plays we rushed three Guys on some we rushed four and on others we rushed  Jim Harbaugh who has experience some of his worst games in the Silver come completed 9 of 16 passes for 123yards, including the game s Only touch Down on a 42-Yard strike to Terry Obee