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Show ‘Dé The Salt Lake Tribune PERamerican CONFERENCE Bears Shut Down Vikings Pet 70 700 SS M00 100 PF «214 «6B C7 25 «180 PA Home 212 310 i «230° 212 420 B40 273 060 Pet 800 86 600 400 400 300 PF «189 «198 PA 121 187 Div 320 410 320 S350 050 Home Div 310 520 310 530 coach ‘Bill Belichick made remaining, to lead Miami. The Dolphins overcame a 27-17 deficit in the final eight minutes, helped in part when Patrick Surtain recovered Nate Clements’ fumble on a kickoff return, to their old ways: not budg- ing when they don’t have the ball. i Chicago's defense held the Minnesota - Vikings’ setting often-potent offense’ without a touchdown Sunday night in a 136 victory. It was the first time in 98 jar-season games the Vikings did not get into the Pet 800 545 500 winning streak since 1983-84. Vikings went without a TD was last January — a 41-0 England, the third time in four games he’s gained at least 100, He also scored on ascreen play. Brady completed 19 of 27 passes for 258 yards. His scoring pass plays covered 41 yards to Smith, 8 to Troy to Charles Edwards. New England led pans) strong third quarter, cut- Jim Mone/The Associated Press Giants in the NFC championship. Daunte Culpepper, held yards on 24 carries for New 20-0 at halftime before the Saints had their usual ‘Marni defeat to the New York 300 the straight overall and eight in a row at home, matching their longest home losing end zone. Thelast time the ASS up score. TheBills have lost five him the starter for the rest of the season. Antowain Smith ran 111 ting the deficit to 20-10. Chicago's Rosevel Colvin, left, and Mike Green, Tight, tackle Minnesota's Cris Carter after a short without a TD pass for the gain Sundaynight in Minneapolis. ‘New Oreans ‘New England 000 7 713 04-8 first time this season, comPhiladelphia WoL T Pet PF PA Home Div 6 4 0 600 232 131 240 420 4 6 0 400 174 238 240 1-30 5 5 0 5 6 0 NY. Giants Arizona, Dallas 2 = 8 0 areee 500 454 200 CENTRAL wut pa Chicago ‘Green Bay Tampa Bay 8 2 t.30 4.5 ; Detroit 141 206 31-0 220 191 26 320 320 156 22 240 230 =r pleted 26 of 46 passes for 204 division-leading Jim Miller completed 10 of 21 passes for only 97 the Vikings (46) fell four was stingy, reminding the yards and an The interception. Bears improved to 82 for yards. But the first timesince 1991 as Vikings of those games back. Chicago last struggling swept Minnesota in 1995, Ryan-led units on the domi- the only year the Vikings nant Bears teams of the 4 6 0 0 0 800 700 .444 haven't made the playoffs in coach Dennis Green's 10 seasons. Randy Moss and Cris Carter, who had 10 receptions each last Monday 0 100 .000 ‘Thomas inactive because of a_sore ing, James 0 400 With rookie Anthony WEST WoL T Pet St. Louis 8 1 0 889 107 yards, 80 in the first ‘San Fransisco 8 2 0 800 half. ‘Allanta ‘New Orleans ‘Carolina the Bears’ defense 6 5 1 4 0 5 0. 100 Allen rushed 27 times for ‘ie helped the Bears 600 500 1 grindouttheclock after the Vikings pulled within 13-6 on Gary Anderson’s 21- Philadelphia at Kansas Giy,6:30pm, SUNDAY, DEC. Detroit at Chicago,1 am. New England at NYJets, 11 am, Reserve Leon Johnson's Revere Ueieee enctiat ie OE ee ane OL Vikings 4 set tpbis yard ae tee EEUU yard field goal with 3:17 THURSDAY'S GAMES THURSDAY, NOV. 29 eft , Green Bay 29, Detrit27 tDenver 26,Dallas 24 SUNDAY'SGAMES Miami 34, Buffalo 27 Avanta 10, Carolina 7 Denverat Mami, 11am. Kansas City 19, Seattle 7 "Indianapolis at Batimore, 1 a.m. ‘San Francisco 40,Indianapolis 21 Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. 13, Philadelphia 3 Carolina at New Orleans, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. cago a7. lead ga The worst part for Min: peste wan Waning 4. fine performance by its oft- 24 mente ChiJohnson 1 meas) 943, CHG 30,4, r Ma—Chambers22 passfrom Feeder(Mare. (eck), 4.07. Ma—FG Mare38, 1:11. hi Chante2 pss ton Feder are 73063 — 45 for Carter Moss, who had on four balls incomplete. Minnesota’s and 25 for his hands that fell second-to- last drive was a_ perfect snapshot of its struggles. Culpepper’s 23-yard pass to Byron Chamberlain gave LEADERS Minnesota a first down at RUSHING—Miami, Minor 8-38, L_Smith 17- the Chicago 12. After a drop by Moss and anotherpenalty, Culpepper found Harold Morrowfor 14 yards to the 1 Travis Prentice. te ‘baBw428Pic14 Moris fotnpate i on a rollout on second Raiders 28, Giants 10 Steelers 34, Titans24 EAST RUTHERFORD, NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Falcons 10, Panthers7 Kansas City 19 CHARLOTTE, Nc. — Seahawks7 Kordell Stewart threw for two touchdowns and ran 48 Yards for another score as Atlanta ‘stoppedCarolina 6 inches from the goal line early. in the game, then TD with a 20-yard pass to were le short on a key fourth-down — passing and ran Play. 46 and 19 yards as the Raid- Tennessee The Panthers have lost 10 straight games. The Falcons beat the Panthers for 173 St the fourth straighttime. ers opened a_ three-game Ee Atlanta jaehs wesere OF eeene melon tin Pee Doug Flutie, Chargers — 308 yards, 33-for-44, 2 TDs Kordel Stewart, Sieelors — 254 yards, 19or-31, 2D ‘ pe ‘Tom Brady, Patriots — 258 yards, 19-for-27, 4 TDs fullback and did not getpicked off. Priest Holmes gained 120 yards on 26 carries. He was just the second back. over 100 yards against a Seattle Bob. “efense. escaneee B, the run. that had been Second ae ‘OakGamer Eric Moulds,Bills — 196 yards, 6 catches, 2 TDs fs fn Sat hick),Joos 640. akT.Brown 19 pass om Gannon (an ona 7 $8800 Chris Chambers, Dolphins — 101 yards, 5 catches, 1 TD \DEFENSE '@ Daylon McCutcheon, Browns —2 interceptions : en MB Rogers Beckett, Chargers — ‘NI-FGFeelyor 2, 1.07 Sean eae Cae Webin 12 re Loe ee 3708-9 Ptedee 3 ~ som Oerh tr Faroman100 Coe cenOneed =e ae, “a« & 8 : 320 a8 it Hf m8 a8 a : ore : sia Holmes 26-120, Coud 5:25, Richardsonot 9-18, Gane 488,09 Stewart 1931.0 fry8 ae Fe Vestn 16260 Ce ee crm ciia, 2, Bets O100 Temason, Maar Pearee 162 KansasCy,Gren, 16.25-0-25. ‘Scot teeny 1016Waa S18 Noho 19,Couch Fice 345, Gamer 338 epyA York, Barber 5-41, Toomer4-70, Comeita428, iter 37%, Oost 258, ac EC reeSBe Kckhren6113, Manan 540, Seatseee 2 48(WR), Racker43(4), 47 (WU, Canis 20, Chargers 17 \ Ravens 24, Jaguars 21 ‘ : ‘Washington run 63 seconds into the second quarter. Improves feniiaene asi ~Make Most. Garter broke atackle by dto 5-5 \— ing on Beare, Recor 0 J5 Continued from D-1 fearDentincone nt2-13. A 43-yard field goal by Tooloadpith elght conc eke own 36 with 925 lef, in the first quarter. fourth quarter. Then 49ers Of T umovers intercepted : Plummer Machel #12998 (Couch 1627-2188 1202 Gow, Soefe ioe have not on bon tol good on takeaways this Eotiaca said. oraking Kicked s2yard Livers ° and didn't problems. the 10-point lead with 30 Se want to discuss what the Colts rookie safety Jason “seconds left. M16ater future mighthold. Doering — who replaced » Washington quarterback “Playoffs? Don't talk the injured Idrees Bashir in about playoffs,” Mora said. the starting lineup — was “Are you kidding me, Play. called for personal fouls twice in the first half. San Wes offs? I'm just hoping we can win a game, another a. on The Colts’ woes began when Manning missed field goal from Jose Cortez and a Syard TD pass from ‘Trevor Insley with a pass, Garcia to J.J. Stokes to ge a fe interception back 48pote yards for a touchdown. It was the TeColtsJ casio the lead early in the third quar- an interception Francisco scored both times, getting a 30-yard place returned for aTD. Six plays after that, Manning’s pass bounced out of Insley’s hands and to Edgerrin James, ran fora l-yard TD. That was about the last poe oe Indianapo- interception. Two er, Garcia latwith “That's what we strive for,” Mariucci said. “We're pass that made it 33-21 seven seconds into the plan together to eee win every game. I our Rashad Holman foranother guys atthe beginning of the year there were no limita- Mazeioecnyst nemenwh four must. Tolay we accomand was pulled in the Plished that.” 8 n Mora struggled for an weren't the Colts’ only game.” 29, MSmith se ee 321, passby tons on the amount of pitomatiow's Azyard ElvisGry dees Bath for almost nine minutes Washington 13, Eagles 3 final two minutes. 319 $9390delrson2365, i oeteCa OT.Waks 18 Hay 17. e i eee eft in the first halt He Scone tall away and giving our ® missed a 37-yarder wide left offense a short field is a in D bOI 0700-7 Care ‘SecondQuarter KC-Aitareon 1 nn Peer fi, a... ee oe or ai Cet10 aoe eteret. Wart,Zc HESe_rmaay Ooms128, GNMhem me SeOMEN SnSo wees Gated, 1-25 BS —Alarta,Ceison 54, Mar 41. Kansas ly, Gore. 67 Johnson +7, Dilon 1-8. Cleveland, 3 Mark Dixon, Dolphins — Broken right leg ‘@ Larry Chester, Panthers — Broken left leg PFGAea4@.405 Was_Facomm2.30 + 1 Scat e0 iiPeerWar BentIyredshoutr ns—6 Brett eh ing five passes for 44. »= ie Aas SPECIAL TEAMS _Bill Gramatica, Cardinals —2 field goals,including game-winning 42Injuries I calihies m St Bom . Third Sintan i), 228 meee fn eG a Aeneaeaeren ert Tid PeoettaereaeakBown _ NYBateran i,410. ghag | i° gaps 707-98 neyten |e rom Meter les the second quarter, catch- tomeno7 co 3070-10 Oak—Crockett ‘anikowski 10224 Ls $2, Marvin Harrson — 128 yards, 8 catches, 0 TDs Tim Brown, Raiders— 117 yards, 6catches, 2 TDs Kevin Johnson, Browns — 117 yards, 6 catches, 2 1D ITerrell Owens, 49ers — 106 yards, 6caiches, 1 TD ‘ony Banks completed 12 jot 18 passes for 96 yards, ‘and Stephen Davis ran for rating (62.6) fe league, Stewart was 190631 for Stop with under 200 to was 16028 for 256 yards lead in the AFC West. Oak- yeaao™"=82% 9958, Christian combined for 122 Tevamped especially to stop ASSING ‘before KANSAS C ITY, Mo. — ‘Trent Green, who came in Brown andset up another Pittsburgh won for the first }o1¢ the Panthers an inch Feeee lie Garner scored on a 2i-. @ighttimes for 54 yards for yard screen pass, theSteelers. Brown scored on catches of J H. . seeRieckett had a 1 piel eltreteetal lag R down. He fumbled the next yard touchdown run, Char- 254 yards ‘ ASmith 24 420, Brady 414, Orleans, Brooks 16-30-2Brady 1926-0258. stuffed on first-and-goal, and Culpepper was stopped N.J.— Oakland’s Rich Gannon threw twoofhis three touchdown passes to Tim pares 111, Faulk 3-36, Edwards 3-10. 307. New| Open: N.Y. Gi MONDAY,DEC. 3 Green Bay at Jacksonville, 7 p.m. ING Holmes, Kansas LEADERS RUSHING—New Orleans, Brooks 7-65, RWiliams 1556. New was (Open: N.Y. r TODAY'S GAME ,Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 7 p.m. jest (Virat- NO—RWliams 3 run (Camey kick), 211. night against the Giants, combined for just 70 yards Makise ee ‘St Louis at Alanta, 2:15 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 2:15 p.m. Arizona atOakdand, 2:15 p.m. Buffalo at San Francisco, 6:30 p.m. 5 from jor kick), 10. uriesteme: NO-F6 Camey31,658 Bears 13, Vikings 6 (Gievelend 18, CricinaliO; Now England 34, New Orleans 17 (Oalland 28, N.Y. Giants 10 Baltimore 24, Jacksonville 21 (Chicago 13, Minnesota 6 unday Ss Best exploited defense, — 1980s. ‘Second Quarter NE—T.Brown 8 pass from Brady (pass snap, and Anderson had to come outto kick: way. Owens on a 3Syard TD paid to do a job, to put a fla second more 4 yards in the fina |
