European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sports tuesday december 13,1994 acc is. Pfc Vikings Moon finally gets a win in Buffalo Orchard Park . A Warren Moon never won in Buffalo in 10 years with the Houston oilers. Maybe he should have brought Cris Carter and Jack Del Rio with him. Carter caught nine passes for 111 Yards on sunday to Lead Minnesota to a 21-17victory Over Buffalo and give the Vikings new quarterback his first Victory at Rich stadium in six tries. I knew exactly what s happened Here in the past Moon said. But i also knew that if i play my Type of game and if i Don t make any major mistakes we can win up Here. At some Point the Law of averages had to kick in. Carter needs one More catch to tie Sterling Sharpe s single season nil re Cord of 112. Del Rio had an interception to kill one Buffalo drive and sacked Jim Kelly to Stop another As Minnesota 5 scored the last 12 Points. The Vikings had lost three straight i november but they have now won two in a Row to solidify their hold on first place in the pfc Central this keeps us in the playoff Hunt. And also the Monkey s off my Back As Faras me never having won up Here said Moon who was 21-for-34 for 261 Yards Toto the 4,000-Yard Milestone for the fourth time. I think i accomplished two different things up  with 1 29 left and Minnesota needing Only a first Down to run out the clock Phil Hansen stripped the Ball from Jerryallen to give the Bills another Chance. But Kelly was injured and carted off after the second play and Thurman Thomas was Hurt on the fourth play. Backup quarterback Frank Reich whole the Bills Back from a 32-Point deficit to Knock Moon and the oilers out of the playoffs in 1992, could t pull it out this time. " i know he s capable of doing certain things Moon said. But Bur defense came up with the plays when they had  .,.-. /. It would have been another storybook ending would t it Bill Center Kent Hull said wistfully. Buffalo 7which has not von consecutive games since september again lost after an emotional Victory one week after beating the acc East leading dolphins to stay in the division race the Bills dropped to third place although still in the wild card race Miami Victory Over Kansas City on monday night would destroy Buffalo s chances of a sixth acc East title in seven years. Penalty helps retain a Minnesota s Cris Carter. 9 catches for 111 Yards Steeles drop eagles with late ids Pittsburgh a not even the inventor of the steel curtain defense could devise a Way to beat the Best Pitts Burgh Steeles team since the 1970s. The Steeles shut out for three quarters by Philadelphia defensive coordinator Bud Carson s ingenious mix of blitzes and changing coverages scored twice in less than two minutes of the fourth Quarter to beat the fading eagles 14-3 Sun Day. Receiver Andre Hastings and John l. Williams taking Over As the Steeles Fea Ture Back with Barry Foster and Bam Morris injured scored 1 48 apart to pre vent an upset that would have revived the eagles playoff Hopes. It was Hasting s first nil touchdown. Helped by yet another fourth Quarter error by Randall Cunningham who passed for Only. 5.9 Yards the Steeles 11 3 won their sixth in a Row and now will play Cleveland 10-4 next sunday in three Rivers stadium for the acc Cen trial title. Pittsburgh s Start is its Best since the 1979 Steeles the. Last of their four super bowl champions teams had the same record. With Cunningham throwing yet another critical fourth Quarter interception the eagles 7 never did find an offence while losing their fifth in a Row and now must beat the giants and bengals to make the playoffs. Carson the coordinator of the steel curtain defense still regarded As the Best in nil history made it Tough on the Steeles and quarterback Neil o Don Nell who completed Only 14 of his first 31 passes into rotating eagles coverages and a stiff 20-Mph Breeze. East Rutherford . A on a Day the new York giants kept their faint playoff Hopes alive by beating Cincinnati for the first time Bengal coach David Shula just lost it. An angry Shula ripped the officials minutes after a questionable pass interference Call set up Rodney Hampton s game winning Yard touchdown run with40 seconds to play sunday giving the giants a 27-20 Victory and their fourth straight win. The giants 7 probably have to win their final two games to have any Chanc of making the playoffs. They play at Phil Adelphia on sunday and close on Christmas eve at Home against Dallas. The Effort was Good but we made a lot of mistakes giant coach Dan Reeves said. I d say our playoff chances Are still really slim but i m not going to worry about it. We still have our work Cut out for  the bengals 12 made the giants work a lot harder than expected to Post their first win in five games against them. Cincinnati rallied from a 20-10 fourth Quarter deficit to tie the game on a Jeff Lake s second touchdown pass to Carl Pickens and a 23-Yard Field goal by Doug Pelfrey with 1 47 to play. However Dave Brown hit three straight passes to move the giants from their own 34 to the to bengals 25, an then came the play that probably will get Shula a Telephone Call from the flex ecu Tive offices. With Mike Sherrard running a go Pat Tern on the left sidelines against Core Sawyer Brown went deep both players went for the Ball and it fell to the  did a Flag from Side judge Dave Wyant for interference. It gave new York a first and goal an Hampton scored his second touchdown on the next play. A livid Shula said Wyant s Call was Hor Rible although the word he used was a Little worse. National football conference sans Everett Oak so 95 after win Over Atlanta Atlanta a Jim Everett in t As concerned about the pre sent state of the new Orleans saints As he is the future. I Don t want to downplay the potential for making the playoffs but i think we be got something going into 1995 Here Everett said sunday night after the saints used his two touchdown passes and Morten Anderson s five Field goals to beat the Atlanta Falcons 29-20. Both the saints and Falcons arson the verge of being eliminated from Contention for a wild card playoff berth each holding 8 re cords. Everett who completed 18 of 31passes for 273 Yards connected with Michael Haynes on a 78-Yard scoring play when two defenders collided in the second Quarter. His other scoring pass a Yard-er to Quinn Early gave the saints a 26-17 Lead with just under four minutes remaining. Andersen s Field goals came from 45, 33, 31, 34 and 21 Yards. Bucs eliminated despite Victory Tampa Fla. A Sam Wyche s main regret is he May not get a Chance to finish what he started with the improving Tampa Bay buccaneers. The bucs with Craig Erickson throwing touchdown passes of 71 and 44yards to Charles Wilson won a third straight game for the first time in 12 years sunday with a 24-14 Victory Over the los Angeles rams. The late season surge is encouraging for a team that has t finished with a win Ning record since 1982, but came too late to give Tampa Bay 9 realistic Hopes of making the playoffs. The bucs entered the weekend As on of 25 teams with a shot at Post season berths. However the results from other games eliminated them from Contention. The rams 10 lost their fifth straight and also fell out of the running. Wyche whose Job is in jeopardy be cause of a 15-31 record and the impending Sale of the bucs said Tampa Bay turnaround is a tribute to the heart of the players. There s been every Opportunity to Gothe other direction to go one easy Road after another. But they be looked for an other Rocky Mountain to climb and they seem to do it the coach said. We just have an intangible Little something going on in that locker room now. That we re in there every Gam and something s going to happen for us somebody s going to make a big play somebody s going to make a saving tackle and we re going to win that football game. We be  Erickson threw for 231 Yards 176 of. Them to Wilson while Derrict Rhett ran for 119 Yards and a touchdown. Wilson s 71-Yard reception came in the second Quarter while his 44-yarder occurred after Charles Mcrae blocked what would have been a game tying 48 Yard Field goal by Tony Zendejas with 1 51 to go. The three game Streak is the first for Tampa Bay since the strike shortened 1982 season the last time the bucs finished with a winning record and qualified for the  Angeles trimmed a 17-7 halftime deficit to three Points on Chris Chan Dler s second touchdown pass a 12-Yard or to Jessie Hester but saw its Hopes die on a drive that reached the Tampa bay25 before a holding penalty against Leo Goeas set the rams Back. Cords escape with final play Tri Mph Tempe Ariz. A the Arizona cardinals keep hanging in the nil play off picture by winning close games. The cardinals have won twice with Field goals in overtime and another time by a single Point. On sunday they beat the Washington redskins 17-15 on Greg Davis 27-Yard, final play Field goal and coach buddy Ryan said it looked like a playoff Caliper win to him. The main thing is to win he said and sometimes you have to  Ryan said he May have lulled his team into overconfidence by showing the play ers film of Tampa Bay s 26-21 win Over the redskins the preceding week when Washington ran for a franchise Low 10 Yards on 12 carries. The redskins gained 123 Yards Rushing and 406 Overall against the nil s top ranked defense. After the redskins took a 15-14 Lead with 2 54 left on Chip Lohmiller s 21-Yard Field goal. Jay Schroeder who threw a 48-1 Yard touchdown pass to Ricky Prozhi in the first Quarter led the cardinals 7 to the winning score starting from the Arizona 30-Yard line