European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Rams stun Montana. -. Chiefs with shutout september 27,1994 v./. /. Prams Willie Anderson spikes Ball after scoring on tipped pass that went for 72 Yards against chiefs. By Doug Tucker Kansas City to. A what Chuck Knox Calls the Best team in the nil was t even the Best team in Kansas City on Rainy Day when Joe Montana has the flu. Montana fighting what Kan Sas City chiefs officials called a viral infection played his worst game of the year and saw his team shut out for the first time in a 15-year Anderson scored on a 72-Yard play off a reflected pass and the los Angeles rams shocked the previously unbeaten chiefs 16-q sunday. The rams 2-2 were heavy. -. Underdogs and their coach knew it. This is the Best football team i be seen in the of this year said Knox repeating what he said All week. In another historical oddity it s the first time the chiefs were shut out at Home since 1985 when the same team beat them by the same score. The rams seized a 13-0 Lead after the first Quarter and maintained command throughout. The chiefs had opened the season with victories Over three pfc West teams who were All favored Over the rams the saints 49ers and Falcons. I Don t think in your worst Nightmare you could imagine the performance we put on out there today chiefs coach Marty sch Ottenheimer said. Montana said his illness was to Factor on his performance 18-Fpr-37 for 175 Yards and three interceptions. In a storied career that includes four super bowl titles and the highest passing percentage in of Histo the stars and stripes ports Page 40 by he had never before failed to guide his team to. A score. That does t mean anything he said. I Felt Fine he said. I did t take any medication Jerome bet Lis the rams 243 Pound running Back picked up 132 Yards on 35 carries going Over 100 Yards for the third straight game and helped the rams 2-2 get rolling on their first Possession behind second team quarterback Chris Chan Dler. Tony Zendejas nil a 29-Yard Field goal for a 30 Lead and a few minutes later Louis Aguiar s45-Yard punt put the rams on their own 28. Chandler dropped Back and fired Over the Middle to Jessie Hester but the pass was High and Hester leaped and tipped the Ball higher. It flew squarely into Anderson s arms at the 45, and he romped untouched for a 72-Yard to play silencing the sellout crowd and giving the rams an improbable 10-0 Lead with More than three minutes left in the first Quarter. Less than a minute later Montana under pressure All Day tried to Ball away. But roman Phifer made a diving interception As he fell out of Bounds at the Kansas City 20. That was stupid Montana said. I should have thrown it in the Zendejas turned the mistake into a 23-yarder with 1 17 still to go in the first period. Chandler drove the rams 39 Yards in nine plays to set up Zendejas third Field goal a 28-yarder that made it 16-0 with 3 51 left in the third. Chargers nip raiders to 4-0 huskers Star Lincoln neb. A Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier checked into a Hospital for tests on his deeply bruised right calf coach Tom Osborne said monday. Frazier was admitted to Bryan Hospital in Lincoln on sunday one Day after no. 2 Nebraska s 70-21 Vic tory Over Pacific. Hospital officials monday said they would hot comment on whether Frazier was still in the Hospital. Officials in the school s sports see Page 37 for More on College football information office said Frazier status for this saturday s game against Wyoming would depend contest results and other developments in the next 24 hours. The preliminary diagnosis was that Frazier has a vascular problem Osborne said meaning the problem involves his circulatory system. / Frazier suffered the Bruise in the Cor huskers 49-21 Victory Over Urcla on sept. 17. Frazier is about the same. Apparently it did t get any worse though he did t play very Long of course Osborne said sunday. Frazier played Only two series in saturday s game. Angeles a the san Diego chargers showed they had one More Surprise left sunday. And Stan Humphries paid no heed to a concerned coaching staff. Humphries left writhing on his Back after throwing a key interception limped Back and led the undefeated chargers Ona Long drive that ended with John car Ney s 33-Yard Field goal with two seconds left for a 26-24 Victory Over the los an Geles Victory gave the chargers a mod est 8-8 last season the Best record in the nil at 4-0 and their Best Start since1980. The Only other unbeaten team is the new York giants who had a Bye this weekend. their shot at going 4-0next sunday at new Orleans. San Diego has won three Road games All against acc West opponents. The chargers have a Bye next weekend before entertaining Kansas City on oct. 9. Lionel Washington gave the raiders 1-3 a 24-23 Lead when he intercepted Humphries pass and returned it 31 Yard for a touchdown with 7 01 remaining. While Washington and the Raider were celebrating their rally from a 20 Point deficit Humphries tried to shrug off an injured left knee suffered when hews hit by Chester Mcglockton As he threw. But Humphries hobbled Back on the Field and guided the chargers on a 65 Yard 14-play drive. San Diego moved from its 20-Yard line to the los angeles15 before Carney made his fourth kick of the game without a miss. Humphries was told by the coaches not to come Back chargers coach Bobby Ross said. But he just went in anyway. He s got a bruised knee or a sprain i can t Tell you right now exactly what it is / Humphries admitted afterwards that his knee was pretty sore. I Felt it pop but i tried to walk it off he said. I purposely stayed away from the trainers to try and take care of it my self. I gave up the to to put them ahead so there was no Way was staying the chargers faced a fourth-and-1 from the los an Geles 32-Yard Lin with a Little under two minutes remaining. Instead of Carney attempting a Field goal of nearly 50 Yards san Diego went for the first Down and got it on an 8-Yard pass from Humphries to up Hie Harmon. The coaching Humphries staff has a lot of guts they have an All out go for it Atti tude Humphries said. Harmon was my first option on the play. Ross said he thought Carney could have made a Long Field goal in that Situa Tion but i did not want to give them the Ball Back with so much time the loss put the raiders three game behind the chargers in the acc West standings heading into the division s by week. We re All hurting right now raiders coach Art Shell said. We dug a Hole for ourselves in the game. We could have easily quit. We did t. We just could t hold up and keep them from getting infield goal Carney s third Field goal a 27-yarder with 9 54 left in the third Quarter put the chargers ahead 23-3. But the Lead soon dissolved As the raiders battled Back. First Jeff Hosteller scored on a 1-Yard scramble on a fourth and goal play to hike it 23-10. Hosteller s 24-Yard scoring pass to rocket Ismail just 3 05 later trimmed san Diego s Lead to 2347 with 3 55 still left in the third period. Humphries was intercepted for the first time this season when his Long pass was picked off by Terry Mcdaniel at the los Angeles 15-Yard line in the final min Ute of the Quarter. The raiders then moved to the san Diego 16 before Harvey Williams Fum bled and Darren Carrington recovered at the chargers 11. Washington made his big interception re turn four plays later to put the raiders ahead. Humphries finished with 18 completions in 26 attempts for 191 Yards and the two interceptions. Hosteller was 14-of-25for 230 Yards with no interceptions. Darrien Gordon s 90-Yard punt return in the game s first three minutes put the chargers ahead 7-0. After forcing a second raiders punt the chargers extended their Lead to 10-0on a 38-Yard Field goal by Carney. The chargers extended their Lead to17-0 Early in the second Quarter on a 1 Yard run by natron Means two plays after a 50-Yard pass interference penalty against Eddie Anderson put the Ball atthe los Angeles 1. Jeff Jaeger s 43-Yard Field goal put the raiders on the scoreboard but Carney added a 24-yarder to make it 20-3 at half time. 0"246850"000504
