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Show cs TheSalt Lake Tribune NFL FOOTBALL/WEATHER Monday,January 15, 1996 Paid in Full: Brown Makes Up for Bad Play Controversial Score Helps Steelers Again By Alan Robinson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — Just like 16 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IRVING, Texas — Dallas cornerback Larry Brown felt he owed his teammates something — something big — after getting burned by Robert Brooks for a 73-yard touchdown in thefirst quarter of Sunday's NFC champi- off Ingram. “But company the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Super Bowl. Kordell Stewart's disputed 5yard touchdowncatchproved piyotal as the Steelers beat the Colts 20-16 Sunday in the AFC championship game,just as a similar play did in the same gameon the same field in January 1980. With Neil O'Donnell scrambling to find an open receiver on a third-and-goal play in the final minute of the first half, Stewart fought through double coverage near the rear of the end zone. As I got a good jump onit WHITE SEES RED Reggie White waslividafterthe game, about seeing nose tackle John Jurkovic get his knee ripped up by an Erik Williams block. He also wasn't thrilled about Wil- onship game. His redemption was huge Brown intercepted Brett Favre's pass midwaythrough the liams punching himin the face: And, he wasn't happy about the officials telling him to stop whining fourth quarter, setting up Emmitt Smith's third touchdown that sealed a 38-27 victory over Green Ba) anda Super Bowl berth Weget punchedin the face Weget called for penalties that “Whenever you blow a coverage or give upasilly playlike I are ridiculous. It’s hard to win that way,” White said. “And you guys are going to write that we team.” Brownsaid. “Fortunately, it was the big play of the game complain. I'mticked off. when| got the interception.” COACHIS SERIOUS did. years ago, controversy will ac- said Brown, who was a few yards I felt I owed that to the he ran by safety Jason Belser, Stewart's left foot clearly came downout of bounds. But noofficial saw him doit, and Stewart made his second ca- Gil Haskell was in serious condition with a headinjury afterbeing hit in a sideline accident during the game Haskell remained inthe hospi- On a designed roll-out, Favre went to his right and looked upfield for Mark Ingram. “Favrehas a strong arm and he tal Sunday night and will stay to- La KeithSrakocie/The AssociatedPress dayfor evaluation. Nodetails of the extent of the injury weregiven must havethought he couldget it through. I also don’t think hebelieved I could get there in time Headed Back The win sends the Cowboys against the Pittsburgh Steelers, First, 99 yards in 11 plays with Smith bursting up the middiebe- in Super Bowls While Smith ranbrilliantly and block on linebacker George Strickland for a 24-17 lead with quarterback Troy Aikman again less than a minuteto play in the butchered the Packers. the Cow boys pass defense was exposed up the middle by Favre first half. @ Continued From C-1 ondand fourth quarters back. the league’s MVP, was so The feisty Green Bay quarter “They dominated,” Switzer pumped that he threw his first two passes about halfway up to Jerry Jones’ skybox said of the big boys that opened the holes for Emmitt Smith's 150 rushing yards, “Theyreally wore But after missing onhisfirst six throws and being sacked, herallied and threw a 73-yard touch. down to Robert Brooks toclose Dallas’ early 14-3 lead to four them down. The runing game finally tookits toll, like in a prize fight.” Three times Dallas hadto fight from behind beforetaking control points. Larry Brown's interception early in the Then Favre came back in the end Keith Jackson isolated on middle linebacker Robert Jones. tossed a 24-yard TD passthat put the Pack up17-14 On thesideline. the Cowboys hadalook ofconcern. Switzer began to fidget, wondering if ‘avre was going to have one of “those days. ‘I’m glad it struck midnight Cinderella can go home. We'rein the big game. said receiver Michael Irvin drive early in the fourth quarter, Smith going 5 yards to the end zonethis time, to wipe out Green Bay's last lead and take a 31-27 edge It was thesixth straight Green Bay loss to Dallas andthefifth in a row at Texas Stadium. “We keep coming down here and getting lessons. I’mtired oflessons.” said coach Mike Holmgren Afterfalling behind 3-0, Dallas second quarter and, with tight fourth quarter with the € outings clinging precariously to a 31-2 lead. In two plays the Cowboys went 52 ds to the touchdownthat took most of the remaining fight out of the underdog Pack Then came a 14-play, 90-yard Two long drives were critical for Dallas. boomed back quickly. Aikmanhit Irvin with TD passes of 6 and 4 yards andit was 14-3 Andthen it seesawed, with the Cowboyspounding relentlessly on the Packers’ constantly shifting front seven while Favre exploited Steelers NFL PLAYOFFS whobeat Dallas twiceinthe 1970s hind fullback Daryl Johnston’s To Super Bowl Oilers fans argue about a similar play in Pittsburgh's 27-13 win in the 1980 AFC championship. If Aaron Bailey had been able to catch this pass, the Colts would be headed to Super Bowl. ee Dallas of the game oncornerback reer touchdowncatch. NFL rules state a receiver cannot leave the field of play, then return to make a catch Stewart said that when he saw the replay of the catch, “I was ‘Oooo0-weeee,” No doubtthe playwill be debated for years by Colts fans,just as Green Baywide receivers coach Green Bay wastrailing 31-: when it began driving with 12: 14 to play Wild-Card Round Buffalo 37, Miami 22 Indianapolis 36, San Diego 20 Divisional Playotfs Pittsburgh 40, Buffalo 24 M Indianapolis 10, Kansas City 7_ tion You couldn't blame Favre too much. He was 21-of-39 passing for 307 yards and picked himself drive to get to the Steelers’ 29 But just as O'Donnell couldn't win the AFC championship onhis final throw last season, neither could Harbaugh. “We had the opportunities to win down thestretch,” said Harbaugh. “I believed the whole time we'd win the game.” O'Donnell, who completed 25of-41 passes for 205 yards and a touchdown, said the victory had been cleansing. “Tll have to talk to the guy about taking downthatsign in the end zone,” O'Donnellsaid, referring to a bannerthat read, “Three Yards Short.” O'Donnell could still have been lookingatit, because Indianapolis was up by 16-13 after Harbaugh found the only holevisible in the zone coverage and hit Floyd Turner with a 47-yard touchdown pass downtheleft sideline with 8:46 to play. The game seemed hauntingly similar to last year’s AFCtitle game, when Tim McKyergave up a winning 43-yard touchdown catch to San Diego’s Tony Martin. With the Colts @ Continued From C-1 Mills, who was running up the right sideline against Ashley Ambrose. “Ernie made a nice move onhis man and| fired it like I wantedit to get through two people,” Conference Championship __ @ Pittsburgh20, Indianapolis 16 ‘Wild-Card Round_ @ Philadelphia 58, Detroit 37__ @ Green Bay 37,Atlanta 20 Divisional Playoffs | O'Donnell said. “It was up to Er- nie to chase it down.” Mills ran down the pass, plant- @ Green Bay 27, San Francisco 17_ ® Dallas Philadelphia 14 Co rence ‘Championship ie @ Dallas 38, Green Bay 27 _ edhis right foot at the 3-yard line, and draggedhis left foot to stay in bounds before Ambrose drove him out at the 1 Morris tried to hurtle into the end zone on first down and was upended shortof the goalline. On second down, he spotted a hole over the center, put his head down, and rammed through But it still left 1:34 on the clock Super Bowl XXX ® Sunday, Jan. 28 — Pittsburg vs. Dallas, at Tempe, Ariz. 4:20 p.m,, Ch. 5 the Dallas pass defense. Until Larry Brown's intercep- The Colts quarterback ripped off three completionsin the final $ are. -:sSSurvive Bout up from four sacks to rally the clearly undermanned Packers “We'll be back next year,” said Favre, "Maybe we'll be in the Super Bowl next year.” for Harbaugh, whose play-action fakeshad throttled Pittsburgh for muchof the third quarter. ex argh TNE Taday’sforecast § recordedat the UtahDivisionofAir 5 p.m yesterday Northern Utah Clouds will begin to spread into the region today as a storm systerr Approachesfrom the west Temperatures will gradually cool the nextcouple of days. Asthe tem crossesthe there is a chan It will beco for some rainto Thursday Good 51-100 Moderate: 10 200. Unhealthful: 2 300, Very Unhealthful irony Salt Lake City, Davis and Weber oc ti Moderate Provo; Salt Lake & Utah counties Moderate Randolph 34/9 ; Heber City @ 4127 Verna! 4720 . oom Payson dy. 4927 @ q % stakes bp Dette fox ad 49/30 Mant 2 8 omer 48) Soller ® ef 56/32 Tonight 67/32 jtah up 1 Soe Temperaturesare today’s highs/tonight's lows. city AvalancheConditions ag — : hees aR WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY ‘i ‘ TUESDAY A mixture of y os —~ a 6p it § @ an Pe 7445 78 52s UE EAS B 3 Yesterday City Birmingham Bismarck Boston Charleston Goon tAl aaa iS oe Peas eirving Charlest Chatiotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia Columbus, OF 8 be cord Datias 59/36 (St. George area temperatures o; TUESDAY S| 49/28 a hdd ‘ es bit of ra e TODAY Davenpot Dayton Cooler wit clouds and : : VEDNES Ci altimore 5 45/26 47/30 = t 7, Et 41 28 2 4 30 1 DAY THURSDA y be = 62 46 51 48 68 4g 76 3/22 J 8 45/26 . Weather(W): & 3 Kansas City Little Rock Los Angeles c-cloudy, sh-showers, t Tr 18 35 6 | =| Today Hi Lo Prep. Hi Lo W Louisvitia Madison Memphis Miami Milwaukee jilwauk Minneapolis Mobile 38 86 71 39@ 30 68 31 New Orleans NewYork Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Palm Springs 72 43 54 62 43° 68 72 40 31 26 96 24 37 45 38 51 25 30 Montgomery Montpelier Nashville Philadelphia Pittsburgh 40 45 Portland, ME Portland, OR 4 Rapid City 29 Richmond 55 38 19 46 45 322 15 39 50 sh 8s 40° Tr Tr 540 20s 28 pe 3s 23 pe 51s 84 47s 42 35 2 ah 4's 28 pc Tr 29 eea St. Louis 4 46 oe 35 5444 69 58 68 Sioux Falls Seattle 53 50 32 45 13 037 20 Spokane ‘ Springhe ; 51 59 73 Trenton Washington ‘ 42 24 Wichita 215 22 pc 38 10 2 25 56 43 002 §2 411 Ss 65 32 pe 21 18 pe 52 42¢ 78 64s 2525 2020 pc 13 12¢ 56 sh 69 31 39 13 68 32 dence FRIDAY sep Yesterday City Mi € Duluth A mix of oldies ane 26-18 2 -13.«Tr~<6 «~-18 67 33 62 46c 40 23 43 1 78 466 62 6 44 23 44 67 31 60 “3 oe WEDNESDAY a e y Today Hi Lo Prep. Hi Lo W A ed A mixture of westem Oregonand northernCalifornia al che ii Fae THURSDAY England, Colderair will slide as far south as the OhioValley and southern New England. A few showers will dot the Gulf Coast; the areafrom North Carolina to Florida will bepleasant with some sun. Showerswill dampen western Washington, Albany ' ‘ Today will be very cold in the northern Piains and northern andcentral parts of New Anchorage Atlanta 5 4 ‘ » " F WEDNESDAY — foe Bryce 39/20 TUESDAY Feb 12 2:29. am. ee Fronts Flurries Shown are noonpositions of weather systems and Mi on eS precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the Warn lle : day. Forecast higtviow temperatures are given for Stationary selected cities. ated —— 10s 20s [08] 40s | S0860s 70s SRRRUaR . aetnaee Yesterday's NationalExtremes Low: -15 in Allagash, Maine; High: 83 in El Centro, California All maps,forecasts and data provided by AccuWeather, Inc. © 1996 ‘Utah Ca i tee vation) Venaiiayactoeey Hi Lo Prep Snow City Hi Lo Prop, Hi Low City Hi te w A ay ARIZONA * _ : e! e Escalante i Cooler with rain likely 4670 cas Feb4 e — Plenty of clouds and cool . Ar tandat benno vish Weather: Ait Quallty Highway Conditions aden 24 et * = Jan27 M fee agpianain a 59/36 ca | ee er ZionNP. Bullfrog = 65748 Siceemnsenssteensedatia TODAY yS Jan20 : Me yt y)) Tales Rain Moab ® woe a Be Sean Head Showers T-storms Southern Utah 53 35 32 3 73 003 65 29 f-rain, sf-snow flutes. sn-snow, Lice, Prop -preciptation, Tr-trace 45 ; 41 44 at |
