European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 the stars and stripes sports tuesday september 5,1995 gals by Steve Herman Indianapolis a the new look  was Over pow. Cred by Cincinnati s Plain old fashioned defense in regulation and a huge pass interference penalty in overtime " a 34-Yard Call against Ray Buchanan set up Doug Palfrey s fifth Field goal 2 36  sunday As the bengals heat the colts24-21 a. -"you7.Don t know what i Felt out there on the Field after they made that Call said Buchanan who earned the Nick a me big play Ray last year with seven interceptions in the final seven games. It was a big pay we needed. Not to say we should have Home Field advantage but we should get a Little bit More respect Tran that. This is not the same old Colts team. That s achy it Hurt so much said by. Eha iian who argued unsuccessfully he a i d e race i e b rate its on of Alty was playing the Ball and inadvertently made Contact. The bengals had better Luck getting. The Ball away from the Colts receivers and Bracey Walker had two of Cincinnati s. Three interceptions off Craig Erick san. V. We noticed on film that Erickson likes looking at his primary receiver Walker said. A  times he does t look at the secondary receivers. We Fig ured if we could catch him looking,.we would break on him As soon As he threw  v i was in Pirig at the Man i was sup posed to Coyer and then looking at Erick son and i just broke on the Ball he said. Palfrey perfect on All five Field goals said he had great Protection. I Don t have to worry about anything. All i have to do is kick the Ball Pelfry said. The Colts sent the game into overtime with a 5-Yard touchdown pass from Jim Harbaugh to Flipper Anderson and appoint conversion pass to Floyd Turner with three seconds left in regulation. In the overtime the bengals drove 54 Yards in six plays but 34 of those Yards came on the interference Call on Buchan an who hooked Carl pickers Arm As he tried for a catch at the Indianapolis 33 four plays later Palfrey s 47-Yard Field goal won the game. V i thought Ray was looking Back at the football Colts coach Ted Marchibroda said. I thought he was looking Back and that s what they keep telling  the bengals whose defense stymied the Colts most of the game had trouble stopping Harbaugh who replaced Erick son Early in the final period a 34-Yard pass to Marshall Faulk and two Short passes to Lamont Warren set up the tying touchdown. We had a lot of question Marks Coin ing into the game arid we held them pretty Good throughout the game Beng als coach Dave Shula said of his defense. At the end of the game we let Down our guard a  Erickson who came in a Trade with Tampa Bay also was sacked twice and let a High snap get through his fingers and out of the end zone for a safety. The bengals also held Faulk in Check for the second straight year. The Only touchdown for Cincinnati was on a 3-Yard pass from Jeff Blake to pick ens Early in the second Quarter. The first touchdown for the Colts was on a 16-Yard pass from Erickson to Anderson on the opening Possession of the game. Erickson who did not throw an interception during the preseason and had Only 10 All of last year had two passes picked off in the first Quarter leading to the bengals first 10 Points. In win Over chargers Oakland Calif. A George Blanda walked Over to Jeff Hosteller in the clubhouse and extended his hand in congratulations As two generations of raiders quarterbacks celebrated the team or victorious return to Oakland \ a new Ball control passing attack solid de sense led by free agent Pat Swilling and a makeshift kicking game the raiders came Home with a 17-7 win sunday Over the  chargers. I when you get Back Here and you see the stadium completely filled and then you see the raiders of old coming in you get a feeling for what it used to be like said Hosteller who led a 14-play, 99-Yard touchdown drive in the first half that epitomized the raiders re vamped offence. For the raiders there s still no place like Home As Long As  is Oakland. Fans wrapped in Silver and Black roared As the raiders took the Field for their first regular season game at the Oakland coliseum since leaving town in 1982.". About the Only reminder of their 13-year sojourn to los Angeles was magic Johnson who  on the raiders sideline. The raiders won nearly 8.0 percent of their games at the Oakland coliseum in 1966-81 before consistent sellouts. They won just 63 percent of their games at the often half empty los Angeles coliseum. It was like Back in College Days people were really fired up said Hosteller who was 14.of 26 for 136 Yards i was  " the raiders took advantage of two second half turn overs one a Fumble by Alrone Means and the other a muffed punt by Andre colenia to defeat the defend ing acc champions.". Hosteller threw a 5-Yard scoring pass to Tim Brown to Complete the Long drive. Rookie Napoleon Kaufman scooted 16 Yards for a to and Cole Ford a late fill in for the injured Jeff Jaeger added a 46-Yard Field goal. File raiders Jeff Hostetler. Leads 99-Yard drive Stan Humphries had a 39-Yard to toss to Shawn Jef Ferson for the chargers who were tormented by defensive ends villing. The five Lime pro bowl player forced a Fumble and seemed to spend As much Lime As Humphries in the san Diego Backfield. Humphries Well 23 of 47 for 305 Yards including six completions to Jefferson for. 120 Yards. Means had 60 Yards on 15 carries. " " patriots to win Over Browns Foxboro mass. A the new England Patri ots wasted no time unveiling their of season discovery  game. On their first offensive play of , Rookie Curtis Martin waved for 30 Yards four Yards better than their longest run last year. Then Martin leaned 1 Yard for the winning touch Down on their last offensive play with 1 seconds left for a 17-14 win Over the Cleveland Browns. No patriots Back ran for 100 Yards  a game last sea son. Mai tin gained 102 on 19 carries. The nil s Sec Ond worst Rushing team in 1994 had just one game in which it rushed for More than the 125.it gained sunday. Throw in Drew Bledsoe s usual Strong performance 30-Fpr-47 for 302 Yards and you have a patriots team that looks better than the one that won its final seven Rel ii Lar season games last season. The acquisitions of free agent All purpose Back Dave Megg cil and third round pick Marlin from Pittsburgh give new. England More than Bledsoe to put a scare into defenders. We give  More Speed said Meggett who ran for the 2-Point conversion after Martin s to. Wide receiver will Moore who played last season in the Canadian football league and had six catches Sun Day said defences can t just sit there and double team Ben Coates All Day. You have Meggett Curtis Martin. We Haye a lot of  the patriots staged three Long drives that reached the Cleveland 2, 3 and 10-Yard lines. Then the Browns Tough defense stiffened allowing just three Field goals by Matt Bahr two covering 21 Yards and one 28 Yards. New England allowed just 60 Rushing Yards fewer than in any game last season. Oilers spoil Jacksonville debut 10-3 Jacksonville Fla. A the wait was t Worth it. Jacksonville which first sought an nil team in 1979 when Bob Irsay decided to move the Colts out of Balti More finally had a team to  own sunday. But the jaguars even with better Talent to choose from because of free Agency and the salary Cap showed they Aren t going to be much different than past expansion teams a Houston the worst team in the nil last season ruined the jaguars coming out party scoring the game s Only touchdown on its first Possession and making it stand for a 10-3 Victory. " after watching the jaguars manage Only 151 Yards despite a quarterback change in the third Quarter the crowd of 72,363 must have wondered Why it craved Art nil team for so Many years. As disappointing As it is for everyone out in the stands it s More disappointing for the team said Steve Beuerlein who was just 7 of 17 for 6q Yards be fore he was replaced by Mark Brunei. We Felt if we went out and played Well we had a shot to  the jaguars found they have a Long Way to go especially on offence. Brunell opened up. Some holes with his scrambling but it s not Good when a quarterback ends up As the leading rusher with 36 Yards. As for passing Brunell was Only 3 of 9 for 15 Yards including an interception in the final minute to Seal the Victory for the oilers. It gets frustrating said jaguars defensive end Jeff Lageman one of the players picked up through free Agency. I thought we did everything we could possibly do. On defense except get turnovers. We be got no Rea son to hang our Heads. The oilers will take any Victory even one Over an expansion team. After All Houston was 2-14 last year and endured a tumultuous preseason that included highly publicized talks about a possible move to Nashville tenn., and the cancellation of an exhibition game be cause of a poor playing surface. -. In a lot of ways this is our fourth preseason Garrie Houston coach Jeff Fisher said. I Don t mean any Dis respect to Jacksonville but this is our fourth game of the  Gary Brown rushed for 45 of his 101 Yards on the Only touchdown drive of the Day which was capped by a 4-Yard pass from Chris Chandler to Haywood Jeffires 6 431nto the game. _ Chandler sustained a bruised left shoulder in the first half and did t play in the second. Will Furrer re placed him while Steve air Mcnair continued his learning process from the Bench. He was in a lot of pain Fisher said of Chandler. But a rays showed no serious  was nothing physically wrong with Beuerlein. But Tom Coughlin fuelled talk of a quarterback Contro Versy by benching the Man who worked with the first team All through training Camp. I did t agree with it said  directed the first scoring drive in jaguars his tory a 26-Yard Field goal by Mike Hollis withal 1 58 remaining in the game