European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sports tuesday january 10, 1995smith injury Clouds Dallas win Romp Over pack sets up rematch at san Francisco by Bill plasm like the los Angeles times Irving Texas gracious champions that they arc the Dallas cowboys blew off the cobwebs sunday to give the football world what it has craved since september cowboys-49crs Iii. With a 35-9 Victory Over the Green Bay packers in the second round of the pfc playoffs the cowboys did More than just confirm their reservation for a third consecutive pfc championship game against at san Francisco. They ensured that it will be filled with the usual mystery intrigue and insults. The mystery is whether Dallas running Back Emmitt Smith will play. He left sundays game in the final minutes of the first Quarter after another Strain of the left hamstring that he injured Thyce weeks ago. If it took him that Long to strengthen himself for Only seven carries How can he be ready again in seven Days then again the cowboys had a 14-3 Lead at the time of his injury. And even though Smith sat on the Field with his head in his hands after the eight Yard run up the Middle some club officials say he was just saving himself for bigger things. Smith has been known to enjoy being the Center of a Little suspense. That loud humming and Tongue clicking you hear comes from the 49ers, trying to figure out what the Hack is going on. A eth Lydid not feel As bad As the first time i Hurt it a said Smith who sat smiting on the sideline without a Trainer for most of the game. A i Feci very Good about my chances a the intrigue involves whether the cowboys have a prayer of winning without Smith. In his five nil seasons they have never been in a playoff game without their three time Rushing Champi i on. The cowboys have won Only two of the eight games in which he has either carried the Ball fewer than 10 times or not played. A a we be got to have him a Center Mark step Osci said. The insults came Courtesy of guard Nate Newton. Quot we re fixing to play the super bowl Champion san fran. Us world Champion san fran. Us we re just playing the 49ers,�?� the outspoken Newton said. A everybody already has them winning but we re fixing to break them off the cowboys were thrilled about playing the team with the a Fly a Best record and avenging an earlier loss in san Francisco this year. And Newton is betting the 49crs a who have lost each of the last two title games to the cowboys a Are worried. A yesterday the 49ers were probably sitting on their bus saying pc Mon Green Bay cd Mon Green Bay a he said. A a we re Gonna Rock some of those Guys. We re going to bust a they certainly burst a Bubble sunday by whipping the packers one week after Green Bay Defeated the Detroit Lions in a first round game and predicted bet Packer quarterback Brett Favre grabs Cowboy Charles Haley to prevent interception of a tipped Favry pass. Ter Days it was the fourth time in two years Dallas has Defeated the packers including in a playoff game last year. In a four Quarter Span from the second half of their thanksgiving game through the first half sunday the cowboys scored 64 Points against what was once the leagues top rated defense. A a it a hard to Tell you How we feel Packer safety Leroy Butler said. A a we be been saying this for the last two years. We can t seem to get past this its difficult when Troy Aikman with one touchdown ass and seven interceptions in has previous five games As the Best postseason numbers of his career 337 Yards two touchdowns and one interception among his 23 completions of 30 passes was a 94-Yard touchdown throw to Alvin Harper that set a league postseason record for longest touchdown of any sort and gave the cowboys their 14-3 first Quarter Lead and enough joints to win. _ standing three Yards deep in his end zone Aikman launched a Ball that found harpers hands at the 50 Yard line. He outran then out Juke beaten cornerback Terrell Bunkley before breaking george7 Teagues attempted Arm tackle in the final 10 Yards. A a of harpers 23 postseason catches nine have been for 35 Yards or More. His catches have broken the backs of Buffalo once and 49crs twice and now this. Quot what can you say about Alvin Harper a coach Barry Switzer said. A you can say its three cowboys a Jay Novack Michael Irvin and Harper a finished with More than 100 Yards receiving equating another nil postseason record. A the Way we Felt today your eyes get big the hair stands up on the Back of your head and you say a cd Mon just try to play with us. We re the Dallas cowboys a said tight end Scott Galbrath who caught a one Yard touchdown pass. He was referring to the cowboys with pm Neilt Smith not Reserve Back Blair Thomas who scored twice but averaged Only three Yards per carry. A we need him Smith for the War next week a Irvin said. A a in a sure hell play. Hell play.Aikman hits playoff season form for cowboys by Jaime Aron Irving Texas a Troy Aikman said not to worry head be Back on top of his game for the playoffs. He was right. The most accurate passer in postseason history made his playoff record a perfect 7-0 sunday picking apart a snort. Green Bay secondary with a variety of routes that took advantage of the size and Speed of his receivers. / a Troy just took what the defense gave a said Irvin another tall target at 6-foot-2. A the made great reads All game. He knew what the defense was giving and knew who to throw it the result was a 35-9 Dallas Victory on 23-of-30 passing for 337 Yards and two touchdowns All on a Day when the cowboys had to throw because an injury limited Emmitt Smith to seven carries. It also was the kind of Day Aikman needed to silence those who had worried the $50 million Man was slipping because he had thro Vyn Only one touchdown and seven interceptions in the last month. A i really did no to pay that much attention to it a Aikman said. A i found it All to be absurd to the Point of being comical. I knew i was Aikman began backing up his words on the Poco ing drive first with a Quick Dart to Smith then on a 22-Yard completion to Michael Irvin. The completion to Irvin exploited the weakness in Green Bay a secondary that no amount of preparation can fix a size. The victim of Dallas passing onslaught was 5-9 Terrell Buckley. Quite often Aikman threw to whoever Buckley was covering As Green Bay tried to hide him. Former Dallas coach Jimmy Aikman Johnson said at halftime on Fox that the Only place for Buckley to go was the Bench the Packer defenders became even More defensive after the Blowout. A we have the ability to cover them but we made too Many mistakes today a cornerback Doug Evans said. A we gave up a lot of big plays a safety George Teague said a when we play Well we done to give up big the height advantage was no Surprise to either team since the. Cowboys third string quarterback Jason Garrett threw f9r .311.�_yards against the packers on thanksgiving. A a have their Corners done grown since then a offensive lineman Nate Newton said. A you figure it out a before each snap Aikman checked out the coverages and decided whom to make his primary target. He seemingly always picked the right ones especially on a 94-Yard touchdown to Alvin Harper that began to break the game open. With Dallas on the 6, Aikman dropped Back a few Steps into the end zone am launched a pass to Midfield. Harper another recently malic Nei player who also always comes up big ii the playoffs ran under it at the 50, Glide it to inc 15 and. Cut Back Between two do fenders for the longest touchdown i playoff history. Quot it was the coverage we expected am the safety was deeper than we wanted Aikman said. A the did a Heck of his Jol with his release then i knew was just matter of getting the Ball to the touchdown which put Dalla ahead 14-3, was one Yard longer than a Ryle Lamonica s throw to Elbert Dube Nion in 1963 and it helped make Harpe one of three Cowboy receivers to Gaii More than 100 Yards. Jay Novack was Aikman a favorite tar get with 11 catches for 104 Yards. Michae six catches for 111 Yards ant Harper had two catches for 108 Yards
