European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday december 20, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 37 Iver american football conference pats to up to Buffalo Orchard Park . years of super bowl frustration ended with an afternoon of embarrassment for the Buffalo Bills. The new England patriots scored 38 unanswered Points sunday taking advantage of four straight Buffalo turnovers for a 41-17 Victory that put them on the Brink of the playoffs and ended the Bills four year reign As acc champions. You can Bury them for this year said patriots cornerback Rickey Reynolds who recovered two key Fum Bles to give new England 9-6 its sixth consecutive Vic tory. The Bills were officially eliminated after Kansa City beat Houston 3.1-9 on sunday. With a win sat urday against Chicago the patriots would make the playoffs for the first time since 1986. The Bills 7-8on the other hand will miss the Post season for the first time since 1987, ending a run of four consecutive super bowl appearances and four consecutive super bowl defeats. From my standpoint other than the super bowl losses i can t remember a game where i be been More disappointed or feel worse about than this one Bills coach Marv Levy said. It s a feeling of sadness that we Are not the team we have be n. Reality tells you that. But i am not going to take that sense of sadness to the rocking Chiron the porch and say boy those were the Good old Days. I Don t want to give in to that and i won after losing 17 of their first 25 games under coach Bill Parcells the patriots have clinched their first win Ning season since 1988."to come Here and beat these Guys in this place to Sut them away that s something not too Many Tea save done in the past few years Parcells know the season is Over for them. But it does t end without a tremendous respect. For what these Guys Here accomplished the Bills led 17-3 with 5 53 gone in the second Quarter before Drew Bledsoe hit Ben Coates with a 4-Yard touchdown pass. Just before the half Bledsoe hit Vin cent Brisby for a 7-Yard touchdown to tie it 17-17.on the second play of the third Quarter Carwell Gardner caught a screen pass but dropped the Ball As he tried to tuck it away. Reynolds picked it up at the 25 and ran it in to make it 24-17.when the Bills got the Ball Back Frank Reich hit Andre Reed on third-and-4 for an apparent first Down. But safety Harlon Barnett knocked the Ball Loose an Reynolds fell on feat the Buffalo 47 just 89 seconds after his first Fumble hit Brisby for a 6-Yard touchdown to Cap a 10-play drive and make it 31-17.but the Bills weren t done yet. Not with Reich at , starting in place of the injured Jim Kelly had new England split end Ben Coates 87 gets team tackled by Bills from left Mickey Washington Matt Darby Marcus Patton and Cornelius Bennett after catching Short pass from Drew Bledsoe sunday in Buffalo. Never lost in six meaningful starts. And his 32-Point comeback against Houston in a 1992 playoff game helped earn him the unofficial title of the league s Best led Buffalo Back into scoring position hitting Reed with a 28-Yard pass before Maurice Hurst knocked the Ball Loose at the patriots 5 Yard line. New England moved easily downfield before Marion Butts ran it in from the 1 to make 38-17.hurst also intercepted Reich on Buffalo s next pos session to end any Chance of a Bills finished 19-of-29 for 207 Yards with one to and two interceptions. Thurman Thomas who missed practice All week with a hype extended knee gained 70 Yards in the first half but Only 7 in the was 22-of-31 for 276 Yards and three touch Downs and even the typically critical Parcells was will ing to admit it was his Best game. But you Don t have to Tell him that he the playoffs at stake Only 56,784 showed up at the 80,000-seat Rich stadium the smallest crowd at a non strike game since sept. 20,1987. Raiders bomb a pose aha of Nyji scour Seattle a pro Bowler Tim Brown of the playoff hopeful los Angeles raiders was the hero. Seattle sea Hawks kicker John Kasay was the Goat. And a Remote control car May have played a major role in the 17-16 raiders Victory sunday night. Brown named to the pro bowl this week combined with Jeff Hosteller on a 77-Yard pass in the fourth Quarter for the raiders winning touchdown after the Remote control car interrupted a sea Hawks drive in the final Quarter. Kasay who earlier connected on a 50-yarder and two other Field goals was wide right on a 43-Yard Field goal try with 9 seconds left. He blamed himself for the loss. The snap and the hold were great he said. It just went to the right and i Don t know the raiders 9-6who lost a Chance to win the acc West when san Diego beat the new York jets 21-6 on sunday can Clinch a wild card berth next saturday Orth a win or a tie in los Angeles against Kansas City. The raiders also can get into the playoffs with a new eng land loss in Chicago. They gave us a scare said Harvey Williams who rushed for 93 Yards and a touchdown on 20 carries the sea Hawks 6-9 were ahead 13-10 and with a first Dowson the raiders 10. Suddenly seemingly out of no where the Remote control car appeared on the King dome s artificial surface during a timeout and began buzzing around in circles. After a couple of minutes sea Hawks officials finally surrounded the elusive car and managed to get it off the Field. Following the interruption Seattle was penalized 5 Yards Chris Warren ran for no gain and Dan Mcgwire threw two incomplete passes. Then Kasay booted a 33 Yard Field goal for a 16-10 Lead with 5 25 gone in the final Quarter. The Lead was Short lived. The raiders scored 22 seconds later. On the raiders first play from scrimmage after a false Start penalty Hosteller found brawn streaking Down the right sideline. Brown caught the Ball at these Atlle 40 behind defender Tony Brown and ran Inlo the end zone. Jeff Jaeger s extra Point gave the raiders 17-16 Lead with 9 13 left. Seattle lost despite Warren s seventh 100-Yard Rush ing game of the season and came after Kasay kicked his season Long 50-Yard Field goal in the third Quarter for a 13-10 Lead. Warren ran for 122 Yards on 24 carries. Colts hold off Marino 10-6, Indianapolis a this time the Indi Anapolis Colts refused to be burned by Dan Marino s fourth Quarter heroics. Marino was poised for the 30th fourth Quarter comeback Victory of his career sunday but the Colts defense denied Miami on six consecutive plays inside the 5-Yard line producing a 10-6 Vic tory that prevented the dolphins 9-6 from clinching the acc East title. It s Tough stopping Marino said Indianapolis defensive Back Ashley Ambrose who broke up Miami s last two passes of the game on plays from the 2-Yard line. You should feel Good i your defense can go out and Stop a Miami of sense in that the ending was the opposite of the nov. 6game Between the teams. In that game Marino completed 13-of-16 passes for 123 Yards in the fourth Quarter to spark a 22-21 Miami Triumph after Indianapolis led 21-12 with 7 32 to play. On sunday Dewell Brewer returned a punt 75yards in the first Quarter for the game s Only touchdown. The Colts defense consistently came up with key plays to deny Miami from reaching the end zone for the first time in 34 games. Despite the Victory Indianapolis 7-8 was eliminated from playoff Contention. Miami lost despite out gaining Indianapolis 311 Yards to 212, holding the Colts to just 69 Yard passing and having a seven minute advantage in time of Possession we just did t execute at the end. We did to what it took to get in from the i i Vard line said Marino who connected on 21 of 37 passe for 225 Yards but threw three consecutive incompletion after moving the Ball from Miami s 35 tothe Indianapolis 2 on the dolphins last drive. On first Down at the 2, Bernie Parmalee was stopped for no gain by Buchanan and David tale. Manno then threw incomplete tonight end Keith Jackson before Ambrose broke up the final tosses intended for Mark Colts then ran out the remaining 2 47
