European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 the stars and stripes sports tuesday december 20,1994 National football league Kan Romp against raiders. W Vav. ,. Cardinals Larry centers tries to break tackle of bengals Rod Jones in second Quarter. Cardinals get nearer Tempe  a playoff excite ment in t the Norm in Phoenix. Neither is a winning season. The Arizona cardinals took another step to their first winning record since 1984 and their first postseason appear Ance in a non strike year since 19/5 by beating the Cincinnati bengals 28-7 on sunday we need to try to get to the playoffs said Garrison Hearst who ran a Yard forthe first Cardinal score and threw a 10 Yard pass to Larry centers for the Sec Ond. Jay Schroeder passed 15 Yards to Ricky Proehl for the third Arizona score and centers ran for a 10-Yard to. In winning their third straight game the cardinals 8-7 clinched their first .500-or-better season since they went 9-7 a decade ago. With the new York giants 16-13 Victory Over Philadelphia on sunday the cardinals can make the playoffs by beating Atlanta on saturday coupled with a Dallas Victory Over the giants and a san Francisco Winover Minnesota on monday night. Losses by the giants and Green Bay a Tampa Bay would have the same effect. Schroeder s toss to Proehl came on the first play of the second Quarter As Arizona built a 21-0 . Centers had four catches and set a franchise record with 72 receptions in a season. He broke the record of 70 set in1984 by Ottis Anderson. Schroeder sat out the second half be cause of a sore right knee and the Cardi nals bogged Down behind Steve Beuer Lein until a fourth Quarter drive capped by centers scoring run with 10 04 left. The cardinals dominated keeping the Ball for 41 minutes 31 seconds to just18 29 for Cincinnati and out gained the bengals 375 Yards to 189. The bengals 2-13who lost their fifth straight scored on Jeff Blake s 4-Yardpass to Carl Perkins in the third Quarter. By Craig Horst Kansas City map the Kansas City chiefs got past Houston easily enough. Next up is a Winner take All game against the raiders on Christmas eve with a playoff berth at stake. The chiefs overwhelmed Houston in the second half sunday for a 31-9 Victory giving the unhappy oilers their 11th straight  England the raiders and the chiefs Are vying for two wild card spots. The raiders edged Seattle 17-16 Sun Day night setting up a critical game next week for the folks in Kansas City who came out of training Camp in july with the sincere belief they had a super bowl candidate. Joe Montana out for two games with a sprained foot threw poorly in the first half but suddenly found his touch in the third Quarter As the chiefs blitzed hous ton for two touchdowns. One score was an incredible pass to Rookie Lake Dawson that somehow snaked through two defenders and Mon Tana s intended receiver in the same area. I had seen Lake but the Guy was up on top of Lake Montana said. So went Back inside to the tight end. One thing about Lake he likes the Ball. Heroes and gets it wherever it  Houston was feeling pretty Good about itself after trailing Only 7-3 at the half but Montana completed some of the longest downfield passes that he has thrown All season in the second half As the chiefs had 363 Yards in total offence. Kansas City scored on Dawson s 25-Yard reception on the first drive of the third Quarter and then drove 82 Yards Toa 12-Yard touchdown run by Drinell Bennett with 4 24 left in the period. They made a couple of big plays inthe third Quarter said oilers coach Jeff Fisher now 0-5 after taking Over from Jack Pardee. We went into the Hal thinking we could run the Ball effectively and keep the game close and there i slipped away from us. It s  the oilers turned the Ball Over five times two of them on questionable Calls by the officials. Quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver fumbled twice As he was hit but on each occasion it appeared his  was moving Forward and the play could have been ruled an incomplete pass. I know the Ball was coming out Tolliver said. They Call it the Way they see it. It s just the Choice they  Montana passed for 235 Yards and two touchdowns passing Johnny Unitas for fourth place on the All time yardage list. The chiefs who have struggled to find a running game All season gained 135 Yards against the league s worst defens against the run but most of that came in the fourth Quarter when the oilers were worn Down and Kansas City was running Down the clock. Baby afe helps Dishman by the Kansas City Star Kansas City to. Houston oilers cornerback Cris Dishman reaped the benefits of last year s baby Gate incident. Dishman Learned close to Midnight saturday that his wife Karen was going into labor. He contacted oilers officials who chartered a plane for him from Kansas City to Houston. Dishman left Kansas City at 2 30 . Sunday and watched the birth of his son Cris Dishman jr., at 7 12 . In Houston. He then returned to Kan Sas City at 1 30 . And started the game at 3 . Mentally i was drained but my teammates really pushed me through it he said. The baby Gate controversy erupted last Yea when Oiler offensive tackle David Williams chose to witness the birth of his child at his Houston Home instead of playing in a game at new eng land. Williams was fined one game s paycheck. Oilers Cris Dishman Johnson not planning on nil return in 1995 by Dick Brinster new York a after one week and 47 min utes of hype Jimmy Johnson said sunday what virtually everybody expected him to say he has no plans to coach next season in the nil. Johnson said he would remain As a studio commentator for Fox nil sunday and Hob s inside the  during the Fox pregame show Johnson said a Cou ple of teams offered him control of football operations. He did not identify them although published re ports said is Angeles rams. I would be making More Money than i Ever imag ined Johnson said in fact i would be the highest paid coach in All of professional  Johnson said he was "99 percent sure before this season that he would return to coaching in 1995. In Stead he signed a three year contract with Fox because i really love what i m doing  Johnson who quit after leading the Dallas cowboys to their second straight super bowl title last season said last week that he would announce his intention for next year on sunday s pregame show. That led to considerable speculation about his future which included a report that Johnson had Nar rowed his choices to to or the eagles. Johnson and Fox were accused by Many of using the announcement to promote sunday s football program Ming. The most scathing criticism came from will Mcdonough a commentator for nil live Abc competing pregame show. This whole thing is bogus this announcement to Morrow Mcdonough said saturday. The biggest Rea son for it is Fox does not have a Good slate of games to Morrow afternoon so they Are trying to use Jimmy As the bait to get somebody to watch what they Are doing. The terrible pan of All this is that we have coaches in the National football league like Rich Kotite in Philadelphia Chuck Knox out in l.a., Sam Wyche in Tampa Bay who have had to listen to this stuff All Vea that Jimmy Johnson is going to replace them. Jimmy s not going to coach next year but let me Tell you what is going to happen. If Jimmy gets somebody in the nil to give him $4 million and the Deal he wants then he will be gone and leave Fox holding the bag and that will really be  nil live did not address the Issue sunday. Fox colleague Terry Bradshaw asked Johnson if there was a loophole that would permit him to escape his contract. Johnson said he r