European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pack Lions gain Bills claim title chiefs handed one by the associated press it figures that the muddled pfc Central would be without a crowned Champion heading into the seasons final week. Any sector that has four teams in Contention for first place with two weeks remaining can to be expected to Settle things easily two of those teams Green Bay 5nd Detroit simplified matters with wins sunday ensuring one of them the division title and the other a wild card spot. The pfc Central title will be settled next sunday at the Pontiac Silver dome. A a we re All excited to be playing a game that a about winning the division. That a our whole season a Lions quarterback Erik Kramer said after a 20-14 win at Chicago. A my goal is for the packers to be a consistent playoff Caliper team. Its wonderful we made the playoffs in my second year a coach Mike Holmgren said sunday after Green Bay blanked the los Angeles raiders 28-oat icy Lambeau Field. Five of the six pfc playoff berths have been decided. The East Champion will be determined next week when Dallas visits the new York giants. The cowboys romped Over Washington 38-3, while Phoenix beat the giants 17-6. San Francisco already had won the West before saturdays 10-7 loss to Houston the acc Central Champ. Minnesota can grab the final spot with a win at Washington Friday. The Vikings arc 8-7 and eliminated the possibility of a 7-9 team making the pfc playoffs when they beat Kansas City 30-10 sunday night. The Victory also knocked out Chicago. The chiefs were handed the acc West Crown earlier in the Day when both the raiders and Broncos lost. Denver fell to Tampa Bay 1710, and still secured a wildcard berth because the jets and St Clurs also were beaten Pittsburgh lost 16-6 at Seattle. Buffalo 11-4 took the acc East with a 16-14 win Over the new York jets who barely Clung to postseason aspirations. Also eliminated was Atlanta which lost to Cincinnati 21-17, in other games Cleveland routed the los Angeles rams 42-14 As Vinny Testa verde set an nil completion percentage record for one game Philadelphia beat new Orleans 37-26 As both teams stayed in the wild card race and new England routed Indianapolis 38-0, Lions 20, bears 14 Kramer was 23 for 31 for 223 Yards and two touchdowns hitting All six for 47 Yards in the Lions winning to drive in the fourth Quarter. Eric Lynch filling in for injured Barry Sanders had 131 total Yards As the Lions 9-6 beat the bears 7-8 for just the second Lime in the last 10 visits to Soldier Field. Cowboys 38, redskins 3 avenging an season opening loss at Washington the Host cowboys i 1-4 Rode their multimillionaire to Victory Troy Aikman fresh off signing a $50 million contract threw two touchdown passes and Emmitt Smith who has $13.6 million Deal regained the nil Rushing Lead and scored a touchdown. Aikman hit 16 of 20 passes for 193 Yards and Smith rushed 21 times for 153 Yards. Smith the nil Rushing Leader the last two seasons has 1,318 Yards to 1,283 the stars and stripes ports december 28,1993 it age 32 for the rams Jerome Bettis. Packers 28, raiders 0 the packers. 9-6 had eight sacks a 2vz each by Reggie White John Lurk Vic and Tony Bennett a and Sterling Sharpe became the first player with consecutive 100-catch seasons. Sharpe who set an nil record with 108 catches last season caught seven sunday including a 23-Yard to. The Kickoff temperature was Zero the second coldest in the history of Lambeau Field and the wind chill was minus 22 degrees the third coldest in the Histo 3it of the fabled Sta _ cum. A the Field was like Concrete. With the weather we had to stretch their defense and we did that with our running game. It was so cold that i put vaseline in places i never thought of before a said packers quarterback Brett Favre. The raiders 9-6 lost quarterback Jeff Hostetler to a concussion in the third Quarter. Cardinals 17, giants 6 at Phoenix Ron Moore got 110 of his 135 Rushing Yards and scored twice in the second half As the cardinals 6-9 snapped new Yorkus six game winning Streak and made up for a bitter 19-17 loss at giants stadium earlier this season. A we beat them up and Down the Field we beat them fair and Square a Cor Norback Lorenzo Lynch said. Vikings 30, chiefs 10 in a night game Host Minnesota put itself in a Strong position to claim the final pfc playoff spot. Jim Mcmahon threw for two scores to Cris Carter and has five touchdown passes in the last two weeks. Mcmahon completed 17 of 25 passes for 219 Yards. Scottie Graham out of football three months ago gained 166 Yards and tied a team record with 33 carries. Joe Montana was 17 of 24 for 121 Yards and was intercepted by Anthony Parker on the games second play and later by Carl Lee. But the chiefs still took their first division title in 22 years. Buccaneers 17, Broncos 10 at Denver Craig Erickson threw for a pair of scores against the bumbling Broncos 9-6who still got into the playoffs. The Broncos lost three fumbles and leading rusher Rod Bernstine who dislocated his right shoulder. A your goal in the last part of the season was to be in the playoffs a and we Are a but this is no Way to get in a Broncos coach Wade Phillips said. Courtney Hawkins had eight catches for 105 Yards and a to for Tampa Bay 5-10. Seattle a Jon Vaughn is upended by Pittsburgh a Darren Pony after 8-Yard gain sunday. R Ppd How i or i 1 sea Hawks 16, Steeles 6 at Seattle the sea Hawks 6-9 broke a four game losing Streak As Jon Vaughn who had Only six carries this season replaced 1,000-Yard rusher Chris Warren a career Best 131-Yards. John a Williams added 86 Yards As the sea Hawks nil sums standings on Page 27 raq for 267 against the a Fly a no. 1 Rush in defense Pittsburgh 8-7 barely stayed in Contention for an acc wild card berth. Eric Green caught seven passes for 119 Yards and Dwight Slone made four receptions for 100 Yards. 1 a Bills 16, jets 14 in the coldest game in Bills history a a game time temperature of 9 degrees c�t.bi>r1u 1/1 a steady Breeze for a wind Chol of 28-below a Steve Christie kicked three Field goals and Cary Blanchard missed three. Christie who earlier hit from 38 and 36 Yards made a 40-yarder with 3 48 left to win it Blanchard missed a 42-yarder k?1m seconds up a a a Bunny Johnson had 175 total Yards for new York 8-7browns 42, rams 14 the smallest crowd for a non strike game since the rams 4-11 mole to 1980 in la in uhl34,155, saw lest verde go 21 for 23 against the leagues worst secondary lest verde threw for 216 Yards and two scores to Keenan Mccardell and one of his two completions was intentional he completed his final 13 throws and his completion percentage of 91.3 topped the i tirs record  at least 20 attempts of 90.91 20 of 22 set by Ken Anderson of Cincinnati nov. 10,1974. Quot i Feci in the last three games i have played the Best since i. Have been in the nil a Testaverde said bengals 21, Falcons 17 at Cincinnati the bengals 3-12 produced their highest Points total of the season As David Klingler had three to passes. The Winner a 6-yarder to Carl Ickens came with one minute left As the bengals drove 70 Yards. Atlanta 6-9 lost to three of the league s worst teams a Tampa Bay Washington and Cincinnati a this season. Eric Pegram carried a career High 37 times for 180 Yards. Eagles 37, saints 26 at Philadelphia Eric Allen tied an nil season record of four interception returns for touchdowns by getting two against the slumping saints. Alien had to returns of 33 and 25 Yards. New Orleans Mike Buck and Steve Walsh replacing injured of Wade Wilson were a combined 6 for 18. Both teams Are 78 and yes alive for the playoffs. Patriots 38, Colts 0 new England 4-u has won three in a Row but Hasni to won in such convincing fashion in 14 years. Leonard Russell rushed for two touchdowns and went Over a Jijoo Yards Rushing  with 138 a 97 in the first Quarter and Drew Bledsoe passed for two Morei thu smallest crowd of the season 26,571, shivered through a wind Chih of minus-20 at Foxboro. Indianapolis 4-11 has just one touchdown in the last 25 quarters and has lost seven of eight. 246850 000504