European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Re Page 34 the stars and stripes sports wednesday december 7,1994 raiders conquer chargers 24-17  a. Charger quarterback Stan Humphries celebrates first Quarter to but his glee changed to gloom when the raiders charged Back to win and keep their playoff Hopes alive. Tyjohn Nadesan Diego a finally the los Angeles raiders played Well in the fourth Quarter. It s a Good thing because their season was Riding on  Hostetler s 6-Yard touchdown pass to rocket Ismail Midway through the fourth period gave the raiders a 24-17 Victory Over the san Diego chargers on monday night keeping them solidly entrenched in the playoff  looked pretty Good for the chargers when the teams entered the fourth Quarter tied 14-All. After All the raiders had been outscored 98-49 in the fourth periods of their previous 12 games. / the chargers meanwhile missed a Chance to Clinch their second acc West championship in three years before a raucous crowd of 63,012 largest Evert Jack Murphy stadium. To win in december is really important raiders coach Art Shell said. We be had to play in a championship Mode for the last four or five weeks. We want to go to the  loss might have wiped out such an Opportunity. But the win enabled the raiders to join four other acc teams with 7-6  lose you re out for us raiders defensive tackle Nolan Harrison  knew that going into the  -. After losing for the fourth time in seven games following a 6-0 Start the chargers 9-4 have to wait to celebrate. All the chargers need is one More Winto Clinch the division title but that does t figure to be easy since they finish with Home games against san Francisco 11-2 and Pittsburgh 10-3 wrapped around a Road game against the Newyork jets 6-7. Jeff Jaeger kicked a 43-Yard Field goal on the first play of the final Quarter to give the raiders a 17-14 Lead but andr Coleman returned the ensuing kick off 68 Yards to the los Angeles 24.the stage was set Fot another fourth Quarter disaster but the raiders did told. They held the chargers to a 24-Yard Field goal by John Carney to tie the game at 17, then moved 81 Yards on nine plays for the winning  s no question about it the fourth Quarter has been Pur Achilles heels far raiders cornerback Albert Lewis said. Today we finally made up our minds defensively that we were going to get the Job done. That they did. The chargers did t threaten to score on their three posses Sions following Hostetler s go ahead to pass. So the raiders won the fourth Quarter 10-3, giving them their fourth win in the last five years at Jack Murphy stadium. -.".-, c  " / we missed out on a Golden Opportunity chargers coach Bobby Ross said. You be got to give the raiders an awful lot of credit. They whipped us. They beat us in just about every  raiders entered the game ranked 13th in the acc in total offence but had one of their better games of the year in out gaining san Diego 410 Yards to 261.and they won despite committing 17 penalties tying a team record for 146yards. But 16 of those infractions came in the first three periods. R College football a a new Orleans a one moment it looked like the sugar bowl would feature a team that could win the National championship. Now All it has is an intrastate rivalry Between twp teams from Florida that tied 10 Days ago. _ i Vav a  _ sugar bowl officials said they weren t disappointed to lose Alabama which saw its undefeated season and National title Hopes end saturday when Florida beat the Crimson tide 24-23 in the Southeastern conference title game. Instead the sugar bowl will presenta rematch Between Florida 10-1-1 and Florida state 9-m the learns tied 31-31 on nov. 26. I we Are extremely Happy with the matchup said sugar bowl president Chuck Zatarain beginning his Best sales pitch for the rematch. We have the most unique Bow game going. There s Only been one re match in the history of the sugar Bowland that was Between Ole miss and leu following the 1959 regular season. But those teams did not tie. It s Over time in the sugar  had Alabama won the sugar Bow would have been part of the National championship a picture with the Orange and Rose bowls. The Orange matches no. 1 Nebraska 12-0 against no. 3 Miami 10-1while the Rose has no. 2 Penn state 11-0 against no. 12 Ore gon 9-3. A tide Victory would Havet kept them at no. 3 and moved their re Cord to 12-0. Alabama 11-1 will play no. 13 Ohio state 9-3 in the Florida Citrus bowl. Florida state coach Bobby Bowde said it would have been better to play Alabama. They would have been undefeated no. 3 in the nation and a new preparation said Bowden who won his firs National title last season. I Don t especially like replays. One Way it helps Isyou be already done your preparation. It just looks like what h happen now is instead of having to wait another year Well just go ahead and decide who won that Ball game. That Means the sugar bowl is a four Quarter  added Zatarain both teams have unfinished business in new Orleans. Not Only do we have two schools whore conference champions who have played an exciting tied Ball game but the teams and the fans really Don t like each other. It should be a very Intens and exciting  of go 2 costs Bama Belva Maisel new Day. _ _ Alabama coach Gene Stallings believes a running the Ball controlling Field position and letting the other Guy make the mistakes. It is conservative football in a conservative state Ala Bama enthusiastically participated in the Republican landslide last month. But Stallings decision saturday notto go for two Points after Alabama s last touchdown so conservative As to come right out of Newt Gingrich s playbook in t sitting Well with his constituents. The decision May have Cost the Crim son tide a Victory in the Southeastern conference championship game and More important a berth in the final heat of the no. 1 race. Florida squeezed commentary past Alabama 24-23, at the Georgia dome winning by the one Point Stal Lings failed to try and score. There s no doubt in my mind it waste right decision at the time Stallings said of not trying for two. The defeat caused Alabama 11-1 to drop from third to sixth in the final Reg ular season _ associated press Colleg football poll and ended any Chance the Crimson tide had of winning its seventh National championship in the last 34 seasons. Florida 10-1-1 moved upon position to fifth. Nebraska and Penn state the Las two undefeated untied teams in Divi Sion i a remained 1-2 and headed in two directions Over the new year s hol iday weekend. The Cor huskers will play no. 3 Miami in the Orange bowl while the Kittany Lions will play no 12 Oregon in the Rose bowl. Florida will play no. 7 Florida state in the sugar bowl. Alabama will play no. 13 Ohio state in the Florida Citrus bowl. The Crimson tide trailed Florida 17-.16, when linebacker Dwayne Rudd intercepted a pass by Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel and returned it 23 Yards for a touchdown with 8 56 to play. With a 22-17 Lead Stallings chose to kick the extra Point. I thought about going for two he said. If you go for two and make it they would have had to score and make two to win. If you go for two and Don t make it two Fiel goals win it for  however Stallings ignored consider Able evidence he should have gone for two Points. One the simple math. Coaches havea Book that Breaks Down the mathematics to Tell them when it is advantageous to go for two Points. Five Point leads qualify. Two Florida coach Steve Spurrier Isas much a Gambler As Stallings is  the drive that produced the winning Points. Florida used three trick plays in 10 snaps. The gimmicks produced 54 of the drive s 80 Yards. The Point is Spurrier in t patient enough to try and kick two Field goals to win