European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports saturday january 15,1994 ing today s acc matchup since by John Nadel Al Segundo Calif. Apr the los Angeles raiders Are going Back to Buffalo where memories linger of a 51-3 loss in the 1990 acc title game.1 a if you ask me about the last game we played in Buffalo i Felt great a Raider coach Art Shell said of his teams 25-24 Victory dec. 5. A different year three years ago different team. Shell Calle Totne 1990 Blowout an  subsequent events would Bear that out. The raiders 11-6 bring a two game winning Streak Over the Bills 12-4 into today a second round playoff game at Rich stadium a they won a 203 decision at the los Angeles coliseum on oct. 11, 1992 and the one Point win last month. The recent loss was one of Only seven the Bills have suffered in 54 Home games since the Start of the 1988 season including the playoffs. Coming off a 16-10 loss at Cincinnati the raiders trailed 24-16 Early in the fourth Quarter before rallying to beat the Bills. Counting that game the raiders have won five of their last six outings including a 4224 Triumph Over Denver on sunday in an acc wild card game. The Bills rebounded from the loss to win their final four regu Lar season games and earn the acc East championship and the Home Field advantage through today a pfc matchup out the playoffs. The weather in Buffalo will be entirely different from that of Southern California where it was in the 70s monday. The extended forecast for today is very cold with Snow. High temperatures Call for 5-10 degrees the Low Zero to minus-10 degrees. A a we be got to contend with the weather. So does Buffalo a Shell said. A a we la be prepared. We know its going to be cold that a a Given we be had quite a few cold weather games when we played in Buffalo last time it was  the raiders played five games this season in the cold a at Denver Chicago Cincinnati Buffalo and Green Bay. A we will know what to expect we should know what to expect a he said. A the key things in those situations is your hands your fingers your toes keeping them  Shell said his team will practice twice this week at 9 30 . A the starting time in California for the game in Buffalo. The raiders will be without starting defensive lineman Chester Mcglockton who suffered a broken left Fibula when blocked by Brian Habib on Denver a first offensive play sunday. A Ftp a a big big loss a Shell said a the was having an outstanding year. Its going to be Tough to replace  Losangeles Buffalo raiders Bills 8 30 . Get today on an to radio Une Bills by 7. Record is. Spread raiders 7-9-1 Bills 8-b-o. Playoff records raiders 21-14 Bills 11-10. Series record series tied 15-15. Raider offence a Rush no. 26, pass no. 5, Overall no. 13.Bill offence a Rush no. 8, pass no. 11, Overall no. 6. Raider defense Rush no. 20, pass no. 5, Overall no. 9. Bill defense Rush no. 21, pass no. 24, Overall no. 27 a Quot a. Offence passing Yards i 1.42s i Rushing Yards Points "3061 defense passing Yards i 3,14ll allowed Rushing Yards f allowed r 1,0651 1,921 Points i Quot allowed i 242 an. A it Tistus regular Ettason Bills now know what to respect by John f. Bonfatti Orchard Park . Apr los Angeles raiders owner a1 Davis said last week that the Denver Broncos the raiders wild card opponent were afraid of his team. Buffalo Bill Center Kent Huil does t expect Davis to make such a pronouncement a Cut the Buffalo Bills who play the raiders in today Safe divisional playoff game. A i would Hope they done to think we re afraid of then a Hull said monday. A we fear no one in  fear no. Respect yes. The Bills know the raiders can beat them in Rich stadium a los Angeles already did that dec. 5, beating Buffalo 25-24. Buffalo realizes the raiders have enough Talent to do it again. A we know who you be got to look out for a Hull said. Most recently the Guy the Bills did no to look out for was Tim Brown who weaved his Way through the Buffalo secondary in the raiders Victory at Rich stadium. Brown had career highs in receptions 10 and Yards 183. The biggest of the catches was a 29-yarder late in the fourth Quarter that ended with Browne stumbling into the end zone for the winning touchdown. A a he a a great receiver at running underneath the zones and finding the voids in the defense Quot Bill cornerback Mickey Washington said. A i think maybe this time Well have to Man cover him More and not let him run free All the  part of buffaloes problem with Brown was that the Bills lost free safety Mark Kelso Early in the december game. His replacement second year Man Matt Darby acknowledged after the game that he blew several coverage Calls. Kelso who got a concussion in that game is Back in the lineup a move coach Marv Levy says will help. A the More Good players you have in the better off you Are a Levy said. A but you have to count on How you play not who a going to be in  quarterback Jeff Hostetler was a big part of the reason Brown was so effective. Even though the Bills sacked him five times Hostetler eluded pass rushers on several other Acca Sions to make big plays including a 11-Yard scramble for a touchdown. A Twete going to have to contain him a Little bit better this game a defensive end Phil Han sen said. A you stay in your gaps and you done to split and open up a big seam. That a just inviting him to  work san Francisco giants 49ers Lopicc Trodty on  Une a 49ers by a record is. Spread i fonts 12-5-q 49ers 8-0-0, playoff records of ant 14-17 49ers 17-10. Series record giants Lead 14-12. Giant offence Rush no. 1, pass no. 22, Overall no. 10 49er offence Rush no. 3, pass no. 2, Overall no. 1 giant defense Rush no., 7, pass no. 10 lie Overall no. 6a a a 49er defense Rush no. 16, pass no. 16, Overall no. 15offence passing Yards Rushing Yards Points i 3.1 Bol 4460 2.2101 defense passing Yards f allowed p 3,3541 3,513 Rushing Yards allowed Points f allowed 295 All statistics regular Basom byte Canavan East Rutherford . Apr they shackled Dallas wide receivers Alvin Harper and Michael Irvin two weeks ago in the game that decided the pfc East title and they contained Minnesota wide receivers Cris Carter and Anthony Carter in a playoff game last weekend. Now comes the big test for the new York giants secondary a Jerry Rice and John Taylor of the san Francisco 49ers. And the giants think they re ready for them. Few teams have bested the giants defensive backs this season. Opponents totalled 300 Yards passing twice in 17 games and 200 or More seven times. They surrendered Only five touchdown passes of More than 20 Yards and Only 12 passes were completed for 30 Yards or More. A every time you Start bragging about something it Breaks Down a giant coach Dan Reeves said. A a in a pleased with the Way our secondary has played the last couple of  a the past two weeks have been outstanding. The secondary limited Harper and Irvin to no ads and three catches for 50 Yards a All by Irvin a in the 16-13 overtime loss to Dallas. The Carters did a Little better making six receptions for 120 Yards and a 40jward touchdown catch by Cris Carter. However the Vikings Only netted 192 Yards in the game. The 49ers Are different. They averaged 268.9 Yards passing second Best in the league with Rice and Taylor doing most of the damage. Rice had 98 catches for 1,503 Yards and 15 ads while Taylor had 56 for 940 and five scores. The giants also have to be concerned about tight end Brent Jones he had 68 catches. Giant secondary coach Zaven Yaralian does no to expect cornerback Mark Collins and Corey Raymond and safeties Greg Jackson and Myron Guyton to shut Down the 49ers. That would be asking too much. He just wants Rice and Taylor slowed a bit. Quot what we have to do is be physical and try to disrupt their routes Quot Jackson said. A the teams they be played the past couple of weeks Nave let Rice and Taylor run free. We be got to Jam their Speed or  run free All  to by Dennis Georgatos Santa Clara Calif. Apr the san Francisco 49ers appear unusually vulnerable heading into saturdays pfc divisional playoff against the new York giants. That a Fine with Jerry Rice. A the weird thing is going into the playoffs we have been the team to beat a said the 49er wide receiver who has played on two of san Francisco a four super bowl winning teams. A but you know now you be got people speculating a Little bit saying a Well the 49ers Are not playing  but its great because i feel we have an Opportunity to go into this game and almost do the impossible. Because no one is expecting the 49ers to move  san Francisco 10-6 is coming off losses in its last two regular season games and both defeats were marked by troubling extremes. In a 10-7 Christmas Day loss to Houston the 49ers�?T top ranked offence was held to a season Low in scoring. In a 37-34 overtime loss to Philadelphia on Jan. 3, the 49ers gave up a season High in Points. San Francisco coach George Seifert has been particularly concerned about the state of his defense because of problems All year in stopping the run. New York comes in As the leagues Best Rushing team. A your outings As of late have not been particularly Good a Seifert said. A so if in a new York in be got to feel pretty  despite the problems the 49ers head into their sixth postseason meeting with the giants As better than a touchdown favorite which left san Francisco Center Jesse Sapolu bemused. A i done to know Why we re favored a Sapolu said. A they have the better record. They have been More consistent All year  7 new York 12-5 leads the postseason series 3-2, winning 1 a Pas a ree including the 1990 pfc title game at candlestick Park to deny san Francisco s bid for a super bowl three peat. Last year the 49ers went into the playoffs with a league Best 14-2 record and were knocked off by Dallas in the pfc championship game. A i done to think a lot of people expect us to beat the giants so m a sense the pressures off of us a san Francisco tackle Steve Wallace said. And giant coach Dan Reeves said he takes no encouragement from the 49ers�?T problems. Indeed he said they could add up to trouble for new York. A a we re Gonna catch a team that a been working like crazy because they lost the last two games a Reeves said. A a we re going to catch them at a bad time a that a for