European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 36 the stars and stripes tuesday september 27, 1994 Deion Sanders misses this interception attempt but he put the icing on 49crs win with an electrifying 74-Yard run later. Neon Deion lights up 49ers san Francisco Apall he had to do was Knock Down the pass. But that a not Deion Sanders style. Sanders celebrated his Home debut for the 49ers with an electrifying 74-Yard Romp High stepping the final 25 Yards to kill a last minute new Orleans drive and wrap up san Francisco a 24-13 win sunday. The 49ers were clinging to a four Point Lead with 32 seconds left when saints quarterback Jim Everett tried to find Michael Haynes along the sideline. But 1 Guynes slipped and Sanders made the interception speeding Down the Field for the touchdown. A a it was a fourth Down pass. He could have knocked it Down and we would have won anyway a said 49ers quarterback Steve Young. A but it was fun watching him run it Back. It was forgotten were the two touchdown Falcons end Washington losing Days Washington a the Atlanta Falcons proved two things sunday they can win at Frk stadium and they can win without a significant contribution from standout wide receiver Andre Rison. Jeff George was 22-of-35 for 270 Yards and two touchdowns to Lead the Falcons to a 27-20 Victory Over the redskins their first win at Washington in 11 tries. Rison who was leading the nil with 2.9 receptions going into the game caught just four passes for 74 Yards. Instead of looking for Rison George found Terance Mathis nine times for 92 Yai is and a touchdown and Bert Emanuel for four catches and a touchdown. The Falcons 2-2 capitalized on two interceptions and a Fumble by redskins quarterback John Friesz to score 20 unanswered Points in the second half. The redskins 1-3 slowed Atlanta a run and shoot offence several times notching six sacks and forcing seven punts but it Wasny to enough. With the redskins offence sputtering coach Norv Turner benched Friesz in favor of Heath Shuler with 8 05 left. The Rookie from Tennessee led Washington on a 50-Yard drive that ended with a 3-Yard touchdown run by Ricky Ervins with 1 57 to play making it 27-20. Shuler was 10-for-16 for 93 Yards. Passes from Young to Jerry Rice and the solid play of the san Francisco defense. Overshadowed was Merton Hanks interception of an Everett pass in the end zone just 82 seconds earlier. Rice was among the teammates Vjio ran off the Bench to lift Sanders in Triumph. When Sanders signed with the 49ers less than two weeks ago he promised coach George Seifert he begin High stepping until he reached the 20. A for All of you who Are into discipline a Seifert said a a in a fining Deion $100. 1 told him to Start High stepping at the 20 and he started at the 25. And in a paying the Fine a the saints had offered Sanders a four year contract Worth $17.1 million but the former Atlanta Falcon signed a one year free agent Deal for $1.1 million with san Francisco. Quot a a a. V a oilers win baffle of Houston a David Klingler a Homecoming Wasny to a Happy one. The Houston defense made certain of that sacking Klingler seven times and intercepting three of his passes As the oilers beat the Cincinnati bengals 20-13 sunday for their first win of the season. Klingler who grew up in Houston and played at the University of Houston and the bengals dropped to 0-4. The oilers 1-3 have won 10 straight against Cincinnati at the Astrodome since 1984. Gary Brown scored two touchdowns for Houston. The oilers offence however continued to struggle even with the return of starting quarterback Cody Carlson. Carlson struggled in his first game since sustaining a second degree shoulder separation in the season opener. His timing was clearly off As he completed Only 12 of 33 passes for 211 Yards. He was sacked three times. Klingler completed just 10 of 30 passes for 112 Yards. First Sanders spurned the saints and then he burned them. Everett completed 31-of-55 passes for 291 Yards including a 17-Yard scoring toss to tight end Irv Smith. Morten Andersen had Field goals of 22 and 26 Yards for the saints. But new Orleans managed Only 49 Yards Rushing with 21 of those coming when punter Tommy Barnhardt scrambled for a first Down and 13 on an end around by Haynes. The saints led 13-10 at halftime. Their next seven possessions resulted in a missed Field goal four punts and two interceptions. Young playing behind an injury decimated offensive line was sacked five times. He was 25-of-39 for 247 Yards with two interceptions. The 49ers also struggled on the ground getting 74 Yards on 19 , Jacke spark pack at reunion Green Bay a is. A Brett Favre was 30-of-39 for 306 Yards and three ads and Chris Jacke kicked three Field goals As Green Bay routed Tampa Bay 30-3 sunday spoiling the return of sex packers Jackie Harris Vince Workman and Charles Wilson. Sixty former Green Bay players including four Hall of Farmers and six who played on the 1944 championship team were at Lambeau Field for the 50-year Green Bay reunion. Jackets second Field goal a 20-yarder with 16 seconds left in the half broke the team record held by Chester Marcol who kicked 120 Field goals in eight seasons. Jackets third Field goal a 23-yarder, with 6 58 left in the third Quarter made the score 16-0. After Michael Hustedt a 24-Yard Field goal made it 16-3 later in the Quarter Farve threw to passes of 20 Yards to de West and 3 Yards to Sterling Sharpe to finish the scoring. Harris who bolted to Tampa Bav 1-3 this summer after Green Bay 2-2 declined to match a four year 57.63 million contract offer caught just two passes for 4s Yards and none until the third Quarter. Reggie Cobb who left Tampa Bay for a two year $2.2 million Deal but Hasni to been the answer to tie packers anaemic ground attack rushed 12 times for 46 use Jet goofs to prevail by Barry Wilner East Rutherford . Apr the monsters of the Midway had become the victims of the runaway. They did no to want to be remembered for that. So two weeks after a prime time debacle and a week after a rout at Home the Chicago bears did their Best to erase the memories of those losses. And they got plenty of help from the new York jets who self destructed sunday night in falling 19-7. Chicago lost 30-22 at Philadelphia in a monday night game in week 2, falling behind 30-0 before a futile fourth Quarter comeback. Then the bears were beaten 42-14 at Home by Minnesota. A we came into the game with a better attitude a said cornerback Jeremy Lincoln who made a critical play in the fourth Quarter by running Down Johnny Johnson at the bears 7 following a team record 90-Yard run. C a we wanted to play like the Chicago bears know How to play with attitude desire and heart. Then we done to have to worry about anything they did no to have to worry after the jets first series because new York do much right. Even Johnson a 90-Yard run did no to Lead to a score and new York 2-2 lost two fumbles missed two Field goals and saw quarterback Boomer Esiason sidelined with a sprained ankle after being sacked in the third Quarter. The jets played like the bears did in their last two games. And Chicago 2-2with starting quarterback Erik Kramer shoulder separation out and Steve Walsh in was grateful. Lewis Tillman scored two Short touchdowns including the clincher after Chris Zorich sacked backup quarterback Jack Trudeau and recovered Trudeau a Fumble in the fourth Quarter. The Chicago offence did no to really do much else using a conservative strategy with. Walsh who was 14-for-24 for 143 Yards. But every key play after the jets first drive was made by Chicago. The jets might have gotten Back in it if Johnson had scored. He broke Over left tackle spurted toward the sideline and evaded a Tacker before Lincoln caught him at the Chicago 7. A i did no to know where he was and then i looked up and he was 15 Yards in front of everyone a Lincoln said a i just had to Chase him a he did and the jets then continued their futility. A fourth Down pass for open receiver Rob Moore in the Corner end zone was dropped instead by a leaping Johnny Mitchell who thought the pass was for him. The jets easily moved to a touchdown on their first Possession then had difficulty moving the rest of the game a except on Johnson a Long run. On the opening drive Johnson ran in from the 5 two plays after Mitchell made a 21-Yard reception then fumbled with Moore recovering at the Chicago 17. Then it was All bears. They used 7 51 to go 58 Yards to Tillman a 2-Yard dive for the tying touchdown Early in the second Quarter. They converted a fourth-and-1 with a fake punt on which Bob Christian took a Short snap and ran for 4. Chicago took the Lead on its first Field goal of the year a 44-yarder by Kevin Butler with 1 55 to go in the half. The bears blew another Chance Early in the second half when butlers 42-yarder hit the left upright. But Nick Lowery missed from 47 Yards for new York then Butler hit from 30 following a fumbled punt return by Clifford Hicks that Raymont Harris recovered at the jets 21
