European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 the stars and stripes sports tuesday december 20,1994 National football conference packers Farewell is a thriller Yarnie Stapleton Milwaukee a the Green Bay packers bid Farewell to Milwaukee after 61 seasons and Brett Favre s Fantas tic finish kept them from also kissing their playoff Hopes goodbye. Favre scrambled for a 9-Yard touch Down with 14 seconds and no timeouts left sunday giving the packers a 21-17 Victory Over the Atlanta Falcons. I never thought i d run it in. The end zone looked farther and farther away As i got closer to it said Favre who has thrown 30 touchdown passes this year but scored Only twice Rushing. The packers 8-7 can get into the playoffs with a Victory next week at Tampa Bay and help from other teams. As the clock ticked Down on Milwaukee s nil Days Favre gave his coach a big scare and the 54,885 fans at count stadium one last memorable moment. I Hope they really enjoyed it Favre said. Because i sure  the packers have played a portion of their Home schedule in Milwaukee every year since 1933. But they decided to play All their Home games at Lambeau Field in Green Bay beginning next year. The packers finished with a 107-63-1 record at Milwaukee including a 27-0 Victory Over the new York giants in the 1939 nil title game they went out in style Green Bay fullback Edgar Bennett caught eight passes for 101 Yards and rushed 13 times for 46 More. Atlanta 6-9which was eliminated from playoff Contention took its first Lead on backup quarterback Bobby he Bert s 5-Yard touchdown toss to Terance Mathis with 5 33 left. His 2-Point con version to Andre Rison made it 17-14. Green Bay got the Ball at their 33 with 1 58 remaining and Favre who completed 29-of-44 passes for 321 Yards and two ads drove the packers to the Atlanta 9 with 21 seconds and no time outs left. With All his receivers covered on third and-2 Favre scrambled right and appeared to be heading for the sideline so Chris Jacke would get a shot at a game tying Field goal. Jacke had missed two Field goals a 51 yarder and a 37-yarder. But Favre turned upfield a couple of feet from the sideline and then dived in for the winning score. His teammates piled on top of him in the end zone. It was either get in or we May lose be cause i Don t know if we would be been Able to get Back to the line of scrim Mage Favre said. With Atlanta trailing 14-9, Hebert drove the Falcons 76 Yards in 11 plays for the Lead. All pro defensive end Reggie White sat out much of the series while taking a breather. Hebert came in on the second Falcon series after linebacker Bryce Paup blindsided quarterback Jeff George breaking the Little Finger on his left hand. Favre took the packers 53 Yards in eight plays on their opening drive hitting Sterling Sharpe with an 8-Yard scoring pass. Sharpe who later left the game with a neck stinger caught the Ball at the 5 and spun off cornerback do. Johnson and into the end zone. After Norm Johnson s 20-Yard Field goal his 13th straight Favre lobbed a Blitz beating 15-Yard touchdown toss to Anthony Morgan in the Back of the end zone for a 14-3 advantage. Hebert brought the Falcons right Back.0 on third-and-7 from the Green Bay 23, he hit running Back Craig Heyward with a screen pass and Heyward ran to the 2. Heyward barrelled in from there on the next play but the 2point conversion pass fell incomplete and Atlanta trailed 14-9athalftime. Bears How 9-6 in the rams Chris Chandler is hit hard by bears Barr Minter 92 and Shaun Gayle 23 sunday in Chicago. Byrll Kano Chicago a the Chicago bears played Sun Day As if they d already made the playoffs. They had Little Choice. There Are no regular season games for the bears anymore. They Are All playoff games. If we did t get it our season would go Down the Drain defensive end Alonzo Spellman said after sunday s 27-13 Victory Over the los Angeles rams. Without this win that one next week Means absolutely  the bears 9-6with a Home game against new England next week could still win the pfc Central. First they just want to get into the playoffs and that was t ensured sunday despite the Victory. Because Green Bay also won the bears still needed two things to happen to qualify this week Phila Delphia had to lose or tie with the new York giants Ana Arizona had to lose or tie with  bears stopped the rams Rushing game allowing Only 37 Yards. Jerome Bettis who needed 30 Yards to reach 1,000, was held to 7 Yards on eight carries before leaving the game with a Finger injury. The bears Raymont Harris meanwhile gained 92 on 23 carries As Chicago Rah for 163 Yards. V it s a big step. This was a game on paper the bears should win. At this Point in the season you have to win games to get in. We still have a Chance to win the Divi Sion quarterback Steve Walsh said. To win the division the bears must beat the patriots Detroit must lose at Miami and Minnesota must fall to the 49ers next week. The bears finally put the rams 4-11 away when Lewis Tillman broke through for a 1-Yard touchdown with 3 36 left. His earlier 17-Yard run highlighted a 59 Yard drive that included three third Down  Butler s 30-Yard Field goal following Robert Green s recovery of Todd Kinches s Fumble on a punt gave the bears a 20-10 Lead late in the third Quarter. The rams losing their sixth straight reached the Chi Cago 8 in the final Quarter. But Chris Miller s third Down Field goal with 9 Troy Dayton caught that football in the end  s a touchdown. There Ain t no ifs ands or buts about it said rams coach Chuck Knox. The bears Down 7-0 and 10-3 in the first half move Din for the Lead when Harris carried for a 1-Yard touch Down with 21 seconds to play in the second Quarter. The 66-Yard drive featured three passes from Walsh to Jeff Graham covering 50 Yards. The rams Johnny Bailey who consistently found Hole sin the bears kick return coverage returned 28 Yards and Chris Chandler hit Jessie Hester for 22 Yards. But Spellman blocked Zendejas 42-Yard Field goal attempt on the final play preserving the 17-10 halftime Lead. A pass interference Call that moved the Ball to the 1 helped the rams score on their first Possession. Chan Dler carried in from the 1 on the 66-Yard drive that also featured a 23-Yard pass from Chandler to  kicked a 41-Yard Field goal to make it 7-3. Chandler s 53-Yard pass to Flipper Anderson on the first play of the second Quarter set up an 18-yarder by Zendejas making it 10-3. Walsh passed 3 Yards to Keith Jennings for a touch Down and a 10-10 tie with 7 21 left in the half. Chandler Hurt his Back in the first half and Miller started the second for the rams. Giants stay in running Philadelphia a somehow out of the chaos the new York giants Are still in Contention. The giants survived a bizarre Finis that seemed to symbolize their difficult season and beat the Philadelphia eagles16-13 sunday. Brad Daluiso s 18-Yard Field goal with 54 seconds left gave the their fifth straight Victory and kept them in the playoff Hunt. The eagles who benched quarterback Randall Cunningham in favor of Bubb Brister fell out of the postseason picture. Neither team was sure where it St Odin the final frenzied moments. With the eagles driving for a tie Vuk Tor Bailey was stopped at the new york27 following a 5-Yard reception and time seemed to run out. But with players and spectators on Thefield and the game apparently Over ref Eree Gordon Mccarter ruled that  should be put Back on the clock because giants linebacker Jessie Armstead had picked up the Ball and run downfield. With no timeouts left Brister then spiked the Ball to Stop the clock. The extra time was not enough to save the eagles though when Eddie Murray s 44 Yard Field goal attempt was wide left. The Ball was just lying there Armstead said. The whistle had t blown. I just did what i had to do. It was Loose because the whistle had t  the giants 8-7who overcame a seven game losing Streak this season that included a quarterback switch can still earn a playoff spot even if they lose their season finale next week against Dallas. The eagles 7-8 lost their sixth in a Row and close out the season in Cincinnati. The nil s second most penalized team the eagles helped beat themselves with 11 penalties Worth 98 Yards. Dave Brown 18-of-27 for 264 Yards led the giants on their tying drive after Thomas Randolph intercepted a pass from Brister with 7 36 left to play. Bucs help skins finish 0-8 at Frk stadium Washington a. Thin shave never been this bad at Home for the Washington redskins. Things Haven t been this Good for the Tampa Bay buccaneers since 1978. The buccaneers beat the redskins17-14 sunday improving their record to 6-9 and extending a heir winning Streak to four games the team s Long est since starting out 5-0 in 1978. The redskins in their first year under coach Norv Turner lost their seventh in a Row and fell to 2-13, a team re Cord for most losses in a season. They finished 0-8 at Frk stadium for the first time in team history. Bucs coach Sam Wyche knows How the redskins feel because he has endured similar seasons in Tampa. When you Are struggling and you keep going into that locker room after a game with a close defeat instead of Awin it s real Tough to hold a team to Gether Wyche said. The winning touchdown came on or Rich Rhett s 3-Yard run with seven min utes left after Vernon Turner returned a punt 37 Yards and Erickson threw a13-Yard pass to Scott Armstrong. Craig Erickson credited the adjust ments his team made like relying on the quarterback after Washington washable to contain Rhett. J. Washington held him to just 64 Yard son 23 carries but Erickson hit 19 of 34 attempts for 267 Yards. His favorite tar get was Lawrence Dawsey who had seven catches for 116 Yards