European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 12, 1995 sports the stars and stripes pago33 Hostetler lifts raiders Over skins Washington slowly but surely Oakland Raider quarterback Jeff hos Teller brought the Washington redskins Back to reality sunday. Hosteller carved up the redskins completing 22 of 29 passes for 205 Yards and a pair of touchdowns in. Leading the raiders past the redskins 20-8 in front a sellout crowd of 54,548 at Frk stadium. The redskins 1 had thought their rebuilding plans were further along and they had a Chance to win this game. But the Cool and efficient Hosteller simply would not allow it. His first scoring toss a yarder to an Drew Glover with 5 40 left in the third Quarter snapped a 6 tie putting Oak land in the Lead for Good. His second touchdown an Yard strike to Derrick funner insured the raiders of their first 0 Start since 1993. Hosteller has adapted Well to coach Mike White s  coast offence that emphasizes Short Quick passes As opposed to the constant barrage of Long bombs the team had favored under for Mer coach Art Shell. If for no other reason i enjoy this be cause i Don t take the physical pounding like before said Hosteller in his 12tn season in the nil out of West Virginia. I be always got somebody to dump the Ball to Andl know i can be patient Back there. It s a lot better than having just two Guys out in the  White has been impressed with hos Teller s Quick adjustment to the new of fens.,Jeffs done a very very �6od Job of making the conversion to this offence says White. I really think the offence fits h in Well. This system fits his talents the redskins finished with 358 total Yards the same As the raiders but were done in by mistakes including three Sec Ond half turnovers and four key penalties. The Washington ground game also sputtered. After Rushing for 259 Yards last week in a rousing win Over Arizona the redskins finished with just 98 Yard son the ground on 24 carries. The raiders managed 153 Yards Rush ing including 84 Yards on 18 carries by Harvey Williams in building up a 34 03 24 57 Edge in time of Possession. I thought their ability to control the Ball was one of the keys said Redskin coach Norv Turner. That and our mis takes inside the 20 were the  the redskins got a Good performance from quarterback Gus Frerotte who hit on 20 of 34 passes for 272 Yards and one interception. But Frerotte failed to get the team into the end zone. Washington s final three possessions ended inside the Oakland 10 a Henry Al lard Fumble stopped on Downs inside the raiders 2 and Derrick Haskins interception of Frerotte in his own end zone with 24 seconds left. Scrupps Howard news service naive As win Cowboy Btroy air non gets flipped As he lands in end zone for second Quarter to. Irving Texas maybe it s time someone came up with a nickname for the Dallas offensive line. After All when quarterback Troy Aikman says the 95 unit has a Chance to be the Best he has had during his seven year career that s saying something. The cowboys offence  a machine in the first two games. This performance was t As dominant As the season opener but the cowboys were impress. Sive Rushing for 162 Yards in a never i doubt 31-21 win Over Denver sunday at Texas stadium. It All starts with the offensive line. When they re Able to Block Guys and keep people off me and give Emmitt Smith some lanes to. Rain through we re awful Tough to beat Aikman  disrespect to Mark Stepnoski be cause in my opinion he s the Best  in football but what makes this line probably the Best since i be been  Able to.  Guy like Larry Allen move from right tackle to right guard and Rik Williams  it s been 18 years since the Cowboy shave led the league in total offence. 1ft years since they be finished higher than fourth. That could change this season. Similar to the opener Dallas spread. The wealth. Smith ran Lor 114 Yards and one to. Aikman also rushed for a touch Down am was 18 of 31 pass Iii Fot 100 Yards and two scores. Michael i Viii a d six catches .for"94 Yards and Jay Noyack. Had five receptions Lor. 5  but it All starts up front.,.-one reason. Smith has rushed for 277 Yards and five touchdowns in the first two games is Allen Ami Williams Are starting together. For the first time and Center Ray Don Aldson has  he can handle live Job to Apo 37. \.". .-.-. Most of the Broncos offence came of a 59-Yard bomb and a meaningless last second  quarterback John Elway never found his rhythm. He Lin shed ii of 2.4 for 152 Yards and two i is. How Neil now Al e to in Kansas City to. Any Way you do the autopsy on the Kansas City chiefs 20-17 overtime Victory sunday Over the new York giants at Arrowhead stadium you re going to find the same thing. The chiefs were sick. But with time running out on their life support systems they injected themselves with something that lifted them out of the doldrums and kept them undefeated through two weeks of the nil season. Lin Elliott did the final honors kicking a 23-Yard Field goal with nearly 8 minutes gone in overtime. V that capped a fourth Quarter in which the chiefs rallied from two touchdowns behind and forced of. We could have folded Center Tim Grunhard said. But this was a special Vic tory for the fact that it showed this team has a lot of  they needed All of the life that heart could pump into them. Because third Downs were a three Foi of pox they could t shake. " an interception wiped out a touch Down Opportunity. Penalties too numerous to list stopped drives and nullified big plays. Even when the defense was dominating the giants in the second half the chiefs fumbled away their own scoring Chance and watched two giant defenders cover 88 Yards for a to that gave new York a 14 Point Lead Early in the fourth Quarter. Certainly that Hurt said running Back Marcus Allen whose 86-Yard game paced the chiefs 155-Yard Rushing Effort. But it did t devastate  it seemed to give the chiefs resolve. That was the Point at which coach Marty Schroit encimer decided the chiefs would not punt the rest of the   the fourth a Sfarle r the had gone for it of fourth Down. They did it three More times in  10 minutes. ,.-, Quad Lerbeck Steve Bono,.wlu cited Slu Pidiry for an interception he threw in the end one near the end of the first half was perfect on the fourth Downs with  Runnin Baek Kimble Anders wide receiver Finan i Luthes and tight end Keith Cash. Cash s catch came with 1 52 left and set up the chiefs Tyi gtd. You could t even Tell to were Down and there was less than 2 minutes to go said Hughes whose touchdown catch with 1 22 remaining in regulation and Al Liott s extra Point kick tied the score.    Testaverde hurls Browns past bucs Cleveland a for six years Vinny Testaverde was caught in one of those Chicken and egg controversies was Tampa Bay bad because of him or was he bad because of Tampa Bay sunday the Riddle was solved. Playing against his old team for the first time Testaverde passed for 256 Yards and two touchdowns without an interception leading the Cleveland Browns past the buccaneers 22-6, and yes Testaverde said this Victory was sweeter than most. I played two thirds of my career in Tampa. This one is extra special he  the Browns 1 took control with a two touchdown flourish just before half time. First Testaverde i t Keenan Mccardell with a Yard touchdown pass with 1 14 left set up by a 40-Yard comple Tion to Derrick Alexander on the pre Vious play. Then the defense forced a Quick k punt and Testaverde drove his team 70 Yards in 28 seconds capped by a 32-Yard completion to a wide open Mccardell with 16 seconds left in the half. I turned around to the coach and said we still have 50 seconds left on the clock. Let s not waste that time Testa verde said. We went out there and cot after it Ami we were Able to make some plays ".-". The touch Down put the Browns ahead 19-0 at the half and it could have been worse. Tampa Bay 1 had  Ball Over a its own Yard line when punter Reggie Roby could t scoop tip a bad snap Early in the second Quarter but the Browns were unable to punch it in from there and had to Settle for a Field goal. Bills use big plays to throttle panthers 31-9 Orchard Park . A making a pitch i or a wide open offence might not sound like a great idea coming from a quarterback who just turned in one of his worst Ever performances. Still Jim Kelly figures the Buffalo Bills need to Speed things up. Kelly completed just four passes sunday but the Bills made enough big plays to beat the Carolina pan thers 31-9. Buffalo scored four Quick touchdowns after reverting to the no huddle attack convincing Kelly that  Tan still run the offence that helped them to four Wraight super bowls. We re a a gun no huddle team Keily said. I like the fast Pace and you can see the team docs also. I can t Sec us being a two Back  Kelly had himself to blame for the poor showing Early against the panthers. He was 1 for 14 for 4 Yards and three interceptions when he found Russell Cope land Over the Middle for a 77-Yard touchdown and Buffalo s first score he finished 4 for 21 for 176 Yards and avoided com plete embarrassment. Kelly had not played so. Poorly since he completed Only five of 15 passes for 79 Yard against new England in 1990. Kelly s our Guy Bills offensive coordinator torn Bresnahan said. Lie s a Good quarterback and we have to give him time to find himself. He s the  in the glory Days the Hills might have turned to backup Frank Reich to bail them out but he  any better for Carolina in his Fisl meeting against  Reich one of four former Bills  Carolina Ros Ter completed just six of 21 passes for 44 Yards arid had one interception returned 32 Yards by Kurt Scouil for a touchdown. He was sacked three times. Frank executed Llic Jam plan in the fir i Hall Carolina coach Dom Capers said. We knew that if we turned it into a passing Derby we were going a to have i hard time holding off the  the 10 completions by both quarterbacks were t he fewest in a prime since nov. 2h. 1982. In that a me the Bills completed seven Ami the Balti More Colts thick Buffalo won that one Loo