European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday septembers 1995 sports the stars and stripes Page 37 i49ers unhappy despite Victory new Orleans a it was a game that left both teams unhappy. The san Francisco 49ers weren t Happy opening defense of their super bowl title with a 2-Point win. The new Orleans saints weren t Happy with falling Short 24-22. And san Francisco coach George Seifr found very Little to be pleased about especially when quarterback Steve Young had to leave the Field for1 a rays of his neck after one of the saints five sacks. We can t let Steve take those hits Sei. Fer said. -. /. The 49ers had the football 17 minutes More than the saints gained 436 Yards to the saints 278 and out rushed new Orleans 154yardsto26. San Francisco also had three turnovers one an interception returned for a touch Down allowed five sacks committed 10 penalties two of them declined and missed a 33-Yard Field goal attempt. Young had limited movement after re Naldo Turnbull s sack in the second Quarter rams d Marco fair sacks packers Brett Favre As Jimmie Jones 98 closes in. New rams clip packers to snap losing Streak Green Bay wis. A the  rams switched coaches addresses positions and philosophies and on sunday their Luck changed too. The rams who fled Anaheim calif., last Winter and replaced coach Chuck Knox with Rich Brooks picked off Brett Favre three times and snapped a seven game losing Streak with a 17-14 Victory Over Green Bay the new rams playing before a re Cord crowd of 60,104 at Lambeau Field where the packers had won 10 straight got solid play from Sean Gilbert who hassled Brett Favie All Day and wide receiver Isaac Bruce to offset their miser Able Rushing attack. " in his first nil Start Bruce blocked a punt in the second Quarter recovered it and then hauled in a touchdown pass five seconds later for a 7-0 halftime Lead. It s a lot harder to Block a punt than it is snapped his head As he hit the turf bruising the base of his neck. Young completed 21of 27 passes for 260 Yards and two touch Downs. He was not intercepted and rushed nine times for 50 Yards. The saints missed an extra Point Hen the snap was fumbled and failed to convert for two Points after their second to. After missing the Field goal in the first Quarter Young hit Jerry Rice for a 50-Yard to and Tim Mcdonald returned an interception for 52 Yards in the second Quarter to give san Francisco a 14-0 Lead. Then with 5 03 jct in the. First half Young left for a rays and Elvis Grbac threw an interception that scan Lumpkin returned 47 Yards for a score. Doug Brien s 28-Yard Field goal the saints missed extra Point and a 51-Yard Field goal by Chip Lohmiller made it 17-9 at the half. Young returned in the second half and despite a stiff neck capped an 86-Yard drive with a to pass to William Floyd. To catch a touchdown pass said Bruce who had four ads in the preseason. Charles Jordan made a leaping 11-Yard catch for a touchdown that pulled the packers within 17-14 with 1 36 left but the Osides kick failed and the rams ran out the clock for St. Louis first nil Vic tory since the cardinals bolted to Phoe Nix following the 1987 season. With the score tied at 7, Chris Miller hit Alexander Wright with a 30-Yard to with3 02 left in the third Quarter. Wright beat. First round draft pick Craig Newsome. The rams got a 19-Yard Field goal from Rookie Steve Mclaughlin with 5 22 left to go ahead 17-7 that followed roman Phifer s Pickoff of Favre at Midfield. Sacked four times Favre clearly missed left tackle Ken Ruettgers Backho protects his Blind Side and Sterling Sharpe who was the Centrepiece of Green Bay s at tack before his release in january. Seattle a no Joe so Steve Bono. Showed the Kansas Cit chiefs he was ready to replace Joe Mon Tana arid ruined Dennis Erickson s nil coaching debut in Seattle on sunday. Erickson watched helplessly As Bono a 10-year Reserve. Most of it behind Montana w wit Only 11 previous Ca reer starts passed for three touch Downs As the chiefs beat the sea Hawks 34-10 sunday. Willie Davis a fourth year pro caught touchdown passes of 60 and 40 Yards in the first half. Lake Dawson was on the receiving end of a 16-Yard Bono to pass in the third Quarter that Kansas City ahead 34-3."everybody has been saying we lost Joe and Bono was untested Davis said. Well we All knew what Bono can do. Wail think he can take us to super  Tamarack Vanover ran the second half Kickoff 99 Yards the longest Kickoff re turn for a touchdown against the sea Hawks As the chiefs won their sixth straight opener. " chiefs coach Mafte sch Ottenheimer in put listed All through training Camp thit the 33-year-old Bono was going Kcf be a Aipa to ble replacement for the retired Montana. Against Seattle Bono proved him right. Bono went 18 of 23 for 278 Yards Davis caught six for155 Yards and Greg Hill had a career High 109 Yards rusling. Probably the Only Way to be better than Steve  was to be 33-f6r-33," sch Ottenheimer said. Steve Bono to rows the deep Ball very very  Bono found Davis wide open in the secondary on their 60-Yard touchdown 11 minutes into the game. Davis caught the Ball at the Seattle 27 and ran unhindered into the end zone to put Kansas City ahead 7-3. The chiefs made it 17-3 on the 40-Yard Bono to Davis pass. The Ball was slightly under thrown but Davis was Able to reach Back and catch it against Carlton Gray " ahead 20-3 at halftime Kansas City stunned the sea Hawks on Todd Peter son s second half Kickoff Vanover who spent the 1994 season with the Las vegas posse in the Canadian football league sprinted up the left sideline for his 99 Yard touchdown. Bono concluded his Day As he completed a pass to Dawson at the Seattle 5. Dawson spun into the end  Elway shreds Bills defense in 22-7. "  i i t _. J no win Denver a Wade Phillips return to Denver was no More  his first go around. Mike Shanahan s was a lot More pleasant. Phillips fired after two mediocre seasons As the Denver Broncos head coach came Back to mile High stadium on sunday night As defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills Only to see his unit shredded for 439 Yards. " John Elway passed for 317 Yards helping Serup Jason Elam s five Field goals As Denver beat Buffalo 22-7 in Shanahan s debut As the Broncos head coach. Rookie Terrell Davis scored Denver s Lone touch Down a 3-Yard burst with 3 22 left. We were moving the Heck put of the football we just have to find a Way to get it in the end zone Sha Nahan said. The Bontoft line is we found a Way to  despite repeated failures to reach the end zone the offence brought rpm san Francisco to Denver by Sha Nahan produced 24 first Downs and held a huge Adan tace in time of Possession 37 09 to 22 51shannon Sharpe caught 10 passes for 180 Yards and Davis ran for 70 Yards on 20 carries. Sharpe said a key for the Broncos was making big plays when Buffalo blitzed. -.-. We knew Wade was going to bring the House and when he did we knew we d have to make him pay Sharpe said. I feel i can beat most linebackers and safeties in this  Denver s suspect defense rebuilt after ranking last in the nil in 1994, limited the Bills to 234 Yards an mounted a crucial goal line stand in the third Quarter Holdin the Bills scoreless to preserve a 12-7 Lead. On fourth and goal from the 1, fullback Carwell Gardner was stopped by safety Steve Atwater for no gain. Later in the Quarter the Broncos began a drive from their 22-Yard line. Helped by a defensive holding penalty on cornerback Thomas Smith which gave the Broncos an automatic first Down after an incomplete pass on third-and-16 the Broncos drove for Elam s fifth Field goal. Havay completed passes of 7, 15 and 22 Yards to Sharpe Anil Elam made it 15-7 with a 37-yarder with 10 23 to play. On Denver s next Possession Elway hit Sharpe for 14 and 5 Yards then scrambled for a 15-Yard gain on third Down. His 35-Yard pass to de Mccaffrey gut Den ver inside the Bills 10, and Davis scored three plays later. Buffalo s Only score came on its second Possession of the game As Jim Kelly passed 34 Yards to Andre Reed