European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse 44 1 1 tuesday october 18, 1994 sports / / the stars and stripes Quot Page 29 american football conference stuns Bills a it a by Jimmy Golen Orchard Park . A sex prise the Indianapolis Colts offence is More than just Marshall Faulk. Jim Harbaugh threw for 206 Yards and two touchdowns and Sean Dawkins caught six passes for 105 Yards on sunday As the Colts dominated the clock and the Buffalo Bills 27-17. Faulk carried 26 times for 64 Yards and caught two passes for 22 Yards still 25 percent of the Colts offence but far from the 45 percent he had provided in the first six games. A without a doubt this is the most Multi dimensional the offence has been a Harbaugh said. A they were determined to Stop Marshall and fortunately we got the passing game going today and it really helped things a Harbaugh was 18-for-22 before leaving the game in the fourth Quarter with a bruised throwing hand. On Don Majkowski a first pass he hit Floyd Tum or for a 19-Yard touchdown a the Colts first fourth Quarter to All year a to make it 24-10 with 8 14 to go. On the Kickoff Don Beebe ran into teammate Russell Copeland and Fum bled. It was recovered for Indianapolis by de Toner and the Colts added a Field goal to put the game out of reach. It was the Colts 3-4 first non strike win in Buffalo since 1980 and Only their second win Over the Bills 4-3 in their last 10 tries. The four time acc champions have now lost to the jets bears and Colts a the earliest they have lost three games in a season since 1987. After beating Miami last week to move into a tie for first place in the division they fall to a second place tic with Tho jets and just a game ahead of new eng land and no ones invincible in this league a Bills defensive end Bruce Smith it said. A you have to go out and earn your victories. And today the Indianapolis Colls earned the victors punted Only twice a in the last minute of the third Quarter and again when they were trying to run out the clock. Meanwhile Harbaugh led the Colts on scoring drives of 10, 17, 15, seven and four plays. Jim Kelly finished 25-of-34 for 286 Yards and 27,788 career Yards for the Bills breaking Joe Ferguson s team career Mark of 27,590. Jets Triumph Over patriots East Rutherford . Smash Mouth t a 1 i i of new England a Alfred Oglesby sacks jets quarterback Boomer Esiason in the second Quarter sunday. Football a Strong running and a defense that forces turnovers a is Bill Parcells trademark. On sunday his new England patriots fell victim to it. Johnny Johnson rushed for 122 Yards Brad Baxter had two Short Range touchdowns and the new York jets got three takeaways in a 24-17 Victory. The jets overcame six sacks two turnovers and a missed 32 Yard Field goal by the usually reliable Nick Lowery. Lowery did make a 37-yarder with 1 36 left to Clinch it. New York improved to 4-3 with its second win after a three game slide. The patriots 3-4 have lost two in a Row following a three game winning Streak. Parcells who coached the giants to two super bowls with the Meadowlands As his Home base saw quarterback Drew Bledsoe struggle for the first time this season. Bledsoe came into inc game leading the league in passing attempts completions and Yards. But the aggressive jets defense led by Ronnie Lott and to Lewis held him to 242 Yards 45 in the dying minutes. New England finally got unt racked Early in the fourth Quarter marching 77 Yards in 15 plays and converting twice on fourth Downs before former jets running Back Blair Thomas scored on a 4-Yard run. That made it 21-14 and the patriots forced a punt. Bledsoe fumbled when sacked though and Paui franc recovered at the new England 23. Three Downs later Lowery missed the Field goal. New England take advantage and James Hasty got new Yorkus third sack on fourth Down at the Patriot 36, leading to Lowery a clinching Field goal Matt Bahr made a 4 Yard Field goal with 23 seconds to go then the jets recovered an onside kick for their eighth Victory in the last in meetings with new England. A a. A a a. A a Pittsburgh apr the Pittsburgh Steeles had Barry Foster for Only one carry and still found a Way to . A Quot Quot Quot a a a the Cincinnati bengals missed David Kongler for one play and it gave them another loss. The Steeles slowed offensively after Foster injured his knee turned an interception of Don Hollash Only pass this season into Neil of Donnell a 14-Yard touchdown pass to Ernie Mills land a 1410 Victory sunday Over Cincinnati. Of Donnell also threw a 13-Yard touchdown pass to John l. Williams As the Steeles 4-2 scored All of their Points in just Over three minutes of the second Quarter to beat the wingless bengals 0-6 for the seventh straight time. Pittsburgh bogged Down after that without Foster the of cd a second leading rusher but the bengals convert numerous scoring opportunities and their Only touchdown came on a fake Field goal. Lee Johnson lining up to hold for kicker Doug Pelfrey shovelled the Ball to blocking Back Jeff Cothran for a 7-Yard touchdown pass Early in the third Quarter. That trimmed the steel Erst Lead to 14-7. But despite being constantly Given Good Field position by a defense that sacked of Donnell four times during one six play sequence and eight times Overall the bengals managed Only a 47-Yard Field goal by Pelfrey with 8 48 remaining. A a a. Foster who had four 100-Yard games in As Many career starts against Cincinnati twisted his left knee while being pulled Down for a 3-Yard loss on the second play of the game and was not Able to return. His status for next sundays game at the new York giants has Quot not yet been determined. Rookie Bam Morris replaced Foster. And had 82 Yards on 21 carries with ail but 22 Yards coming in a second half in which Pittsburgh consistently moved the Ball Between the 30s but still could t score. A ins win in Miami apr Dan Marino again struggled except when he Han Decloff to Bernie Parmalee. The unheralded running Back rushed for a career High 50 Yards including a 26-Yard dash to spark the winning drive in overtime and the Miami dolphins beat the los Angeles raiders 20-17 sunday Parmalee carried five times for 45 Yards after Miami took the Kickoff to Start overtime. The 10-play, 65-Yard drive set up Pete Stoyanovich a 29-Yard Field goal with 9 14 left. Parmalee also recovered a key Fumble As Miami improved to 5-2 and took Over sole Possession of first place in the acc East. Los Angeles expected to contend for the acc tide before the season began fell to 2-4, Marino failed to Complete half his passes for the second week in a Row hitting 17-of-37 for 186 Yards with two touchdowns and one interception on a Windy afternoon. But for the 27th Lime he rallied the dolphins from a fourth Quarter deficit to win. M Miami is 7-16 when Marino completes less than half his attempts. Raiders quarterback Jeff Hosteller Jillso struggled and even got into an argument with coach Art Shell. Hosteller was benched for two series late in the first half and finished with just eight completions in 23 attempts for 95 Yards with one touchdown Parmalee a third year pro who barely made the. Dolphins regular season roster topped 100 Yards Rush-1 ing for the first time. His 26-Yardrun in overtime 1 gave Miami a first Down at 38, and he ran 8 Yards for another first Down to the 26. Los Angeles reached Miami a 41-Yard line in the final minute of regulation. But Bryan Cox sacked Hosteller. To Force a punt and overtime
