European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 the stars and stripes sports tuesday november 27,1994 amen can football conference pats Triumph 12-10 on 4 Barf is Indianapolis a Ben Coates is a record Holder who is hard to please. The new England tight end had a Ca reer High and franchise record 12 receptions sunday accumulating 119 Yards to help the patriots defeat Indianapolis 12- ". I had a couple games better than this he Saida it s not that i had a pretty Good game. We All  still the 6-foot-5, 245-Pounder was the go to Guy for Drew Bledsoe on key plays. Eight receptions by Coates produced first Downs including six on third Down and one on fourth Down. Coates leads the acc with 80 receptions and needs Only five More in the team s remaining four games to top the club record set by Stanley Morgan in 1986. He s become the nil s first tighten to accumulate 1,000 Yards on receptions in a season since 1986 Ami his total of 1,000 Yards is just 29 Short of the Sec Ond highest by any receiver in franchise history. I Haven t been catching that Man balls. It was offensive coordinator Ray Perkins play calling. We ran a lot of plays to the Middle of the Field Coates said. They were trying to Stop the run so play action helped a  i d Jove to throw to Ben Coates every play. If teams show they re not Able to take him , at key times in games he s going to get the Ball said Bledsoe who became new England s single sea son passing Leader by completing 26 of 36 attempts for 271 Yards. Bledsoe and Coates set up four Field goals by Matt Bahr As new England 6-6 moved into a three Way tie with Buffalo and the new York jets for second place in the acc East with its third consecutive Victory Indianapolis 5-7 took a 10-9 Lead on a 50-Yard Field goal by Dean Bia Suci with 10 22 left in the game. Bledsoe then completed five straight passes on the next Possession including three to Coates. Two Short runs by Mari on Butts and a 1-Yard loss by Bledsoe set up the go ahead 42-Yard Field goal by Bahr with 4 01 to go. Bledsoe raised his season total to 3,526 Yards breaking the former team record of 3,465 by babe Parish in 1964. Coates who had never caught More than 10 passes in a game during his four nil seasons topped the franchise record of 11 catches in a game set by Art Graham in 1966 and tied in 1987 by Fony Collins. To Oiler woes Cleveland a for the first time in his nil career Vinny Testaverde is playing games that mean something. He does t intend to blow it. I m having As much fun with this As i can. Hopefully the rest of the team and the rest of the City will enjoy it along with me Testaverde said sunday after he re turned to the starting lineup and directed the Cleve land Browns past the  34-10. Playing a full game for the first time in six weeks Testaverde committed two turnovers in Houston Terri tory but also threw two touchdown passes helping the Browns 9-3 Send the oilers 1-1iv to their eighth straight loss the oilers Are 0-2 since Jeff Fisher move Dup to replace the fired Jack Pardee Leroy Hoard made Testaverde s return easier run Ning 23 times for 103 Yards and two touchdowns. Mark Rypien had started the previous three games after Testaverde was knocked out of the final two games in october because of concussions. Testaverde worked briefly in Relief in a loss at Kansas City last week before sunday s Start. The results were mixed As Testaverde alternated be tween awful arid Brilliant. He was intercepted by Darryll Lewis in the end zone in the first Quarter was nearly intercepted at least two other times and fumbled the Ball away when he was sacked by Lamar Lathon in the third Quarter. But Testaverde was on target when he had to be throwing a 1-Yard touchdown pass to Frank Hartley the first of Hartley s career Early in the second Quarter and an 11-yarder to Brian Kinchen later in the period helping Cleveland build a 17-10 halftime Lead. Oiler defender Marcus Robertson moves up to tackle Browns Leroy Hoard following a 4thtquarter 6-Yard gain. Broncos climb to .500 with win Over Bengds Denver a the Denver Broncos completed their torturous climb Back to .500 by barely outlasting the Cincinnati bengals. John Elway threw a 16-Yard touch Down pass to Anthony Miller and Jason Elam kicked three Field goals As the Broncos edged the bengals 15-13on sunday. That was All right said an Unen chused winning coach Wade Phillips. Another win at Home and Well take it. Our defense played an outstanding game but our offence certainly had problems in the second  the Broncos who did not score after intermission had Only 53 total Yards in the second half includingminus-4 in the third Quarter finishing with 256 compared to Cincinnati s328. Denver 6-6which has won six of its last eight games after an 0-4 Start needed a key defensive play with 3 36left to preserve the Victory. The bengals 2-10 had marched to the Denver 20-Yard line when Harold Green took a Handoff to the left Side. Safety Steve Atwater s hit sent Green reeling backward and he was tackled by Ted Washington forcing a Fumble that was recovered by linebacker Eli Jah Alexander at the 33. Denver then ran out the clock. Atwater said he got a jump on the play Reading run. I just came up As hard As i could he said. I saw fullback Derrick Fenner and i saw Green running be Hind him. I hit Fenner and knocked him Back into Green. Then three other Guys came Over and All of us gang tackled and somebody caused the Fumble. The next thing you know Eli is running the other Way. We thought it was a  the officials ruled Alexander had stepped out of Bounds after a 9-Yard return. Despite a wind gusting to 37 Mph Elway completed 21 of 38 passes for 239 Yards. Steeles beat raiders As Tomczak sparkles los Angeles a this time there was no need Tor Pittsburgh s de sense to bail out its offence. Not even on Gary Anderson s worst Day of the season. Pittsburgh held the los Angeles raid ers to a second Quarter Field goal an Mike Tomczak threw two touchdown passes As the Steeles won a hard-hitting21-3 decision. The win was the fourth straight an seventh in eight games for the Steeles 9-3who remained tied for first place in the acc Central division with Cleve land. Pittsburgh has allowed just 85 Points units last eight games after yielding 87 in its opening four. The Steeles had five sack against the raiders two by Kevin Greene to raise their nil leading total to 45. 5 the Steeles won despite the fact tha Anderson who entered the game having made 19 straight Field goals and 20-of-21overall this season failed on All three of his attempts. The raiders 6-6 played without Start ing quarterback Jeff Hostetler for their Teal offensive series in the second Quarter and on four of their five possessions f in the second half because of a migraine headache. Tomczak starting for the second straight game in Relief of the injured Neilo Donnell completed 12-of-27 passes for 131 Yards without being intercepted or sacked. He threw a 27-Yard touchdown pass to Yancey Thigpen in the first Quarter and a 15-yarder to Eric Green in the fourth period. The Boraczak to Green pass came on Athird-and-6 play with 9 22 left and extended Pittsburgh s Lead to 14-3.Pittsburgh moved 54 Yards on seven plays after Greg Lloyd sacked 39-year-Oldvince Evans who was playing in Relief of Hostetler and forced a Fumble which Ray seals recovered at the Steeles 46.Hostetler returned at that juncture but the raiders weren t any More successful on offence than they had been when he was out running three plays be fore being forced to punt. The Steeles then put the game away by using 6 02 of time to move 57 Yards on 11 plays scoring on a 3-Yard run by Bam Morris with 2 02  was 8-of-17 for 85 Yards Evans was 7-of-l 1 for 61 Yards