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Show NATIONAL SPORTS THE tJNTV'BRSlTYJOURNAL • SOU'l'HEllN UTAHUNIVERSITY • MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1996 Bills hand Colts their first loss giving him 20 in six games, as Green Bay gained its most lopsided victory ever at Soldier Field. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Favre completed 18 of 27 passes for 246 yards, and Antonio Freeman had seven catches for 146 yards. And then there were none. At Pontiac, Scott Mitchell threw for three Indianapolis, the NFL's l<\st unbeaten team, fell scores and ran for another as Detroit held off yesterday when Buffalo's Steve Christie kicked a winless Atlanta after building a 28-0 halftime 39-yard field goal with 5:38 remaining in lead. Jamal Anderson led the Falcons' comeback overtime. with three TD runs, but they came up short and The Bills' 16-13 victory put Buffalo in a firstfell to 0-5. place tie with the Colts in the AFC East. Both At Minneapolis, Cris Carter caught two short teams are 4-1. TD passes, Robert Smith ran for 102 yards and the Buffalo drove 26 yards to the Colts' 22 before Vikings forced six Carolina turnovers. Minnesota Christie won it with his third field goal of the built a 14-0 lead game. before holding off "Obviously, you get Carolina's late rally. pumped up because At East Rutherford, you have a chance to Jeff Hostetler threw win the game," said three TD passes as Christie, whose 37Oakland beat the yarder with 15 hapless Jets. The seconds left in Raiders won for just regulation sent the the second time in game into overtime. 11 ~ 2 games, while the As a kicker, you gJets fell to 0-6 for the have to keep a level rst time in head." anchise history. In other NFL games, it was Seattle ~ ew York also lost ~uarterback Neil 22, Miami 16; New !;O'Donnell for four to England 46, Baltimore bsix weeks with a 38; Detroit 28, Atlanta 24; Green Bay Seattle Seahawk Christian Pauria attempts to make a separated right catch in front of Miami Dolphins Zach Thomas (54) shoulder. 37, Chicago 6; At Denver, John during fourth quarter action in Miami yesterday. Minnesota 14, Elway led the Carolina 12; Oakland Dolphins safety Gene Atkins is in the background. Broncos to another 34, the New York Jets 13; Denver 28, San Diego 17; San Francisco 28, St. comeback victory. He threw four TD passes three to Shannon Sharpe - as the Broncos Louis 11; New Orleans 17, Jacksonville 13; and overcame a l 7-0 first-half deficit. Elway Houston 30, Cincinnati 27 in overtime. completed 32 of 41 passes for 323 yards, while The Monday night game features Pittsburgh at Sharpe had a career-high 13 catches for 153 yards. Kansas City. At St. Louis, backup quarterback Elvis Grbac Arizona, Dallas, the New York Giants, threw three TD passes, two to reserve tight end Philadelphia, Tampa Bay and Washington had the Ted Popson, as San Francisco beat the Rams for week off. the 13th straight time. At Miami, John Friesz threw for three At New Orleans, the Saints won their first t0uchdowns in his first start of the season and Seahawks coach Dennis Erickson had a victorious game of the season on Jim Everett's 6-yard TD pass to Torrance Small with I :45 left. return to the city where he won two national Jacksonville took a- 13-10 lead with 5:15 championships in college. Friesz, replacing the remaining when Mike Hollis kicked a 19-yard benched Rick Mirer, threw TD passes of 65 and field goal. But the Saints came back with the 51 yards to Joey Galloway as Seattle built a 14-3 winning drive, which was aided by a pass lead, then connected on an 80-yarder with Brian interference call against Jacksonville's Dave Blades for the winning score with 2:03 left. Thomas. At Baltimore, Drew Bledsoe threw for 310 yards Houston outgunned Cincinnati with a 49-yard and four TDs against a mistake-prone Ravens' secondary. Bledsoe was 7-for-7 for 104 yards and two field goal by Al DelGreco 7:07 into overtime in touchdowns on New England's first two possessions the .evening game played in Riverfront Stadium. The Bengals' Doug Pelfrey missed a 40-yard field of the second half as the Pats blew the game open. goal try at the gun. At Chicago, Brett Fav-re threw for four TDs, WOODS WINS FIRST PGA TOUR TITLE: Tiger Woods, staking his first claim to greatness as a pro that he enjoyed as an amateur, parred the first playoff hole yesterday to beat Davis Love III and win the Las Vegas Invitational in only his fifth tournament as a pro. Woods watched with arms folded as Love missed a six-foot putt on the first playoff hole to give him the win and Tiger Woods the $297,000 first prize. Playing with the confidence of a veteran before thousands of screaming fans, Woods overpowered the par-5s to shoot 64 and take the lead • in the clubhouse. The three-time U.S. Amateur champion then went straight to the driving range to hit practice shots in anticipation of a playoff that came after Love made eagle on 15 and birdie on 16. Then it became match play, and Woods, who proved himself a master of the art in winning his three Amateurs, was up to the task. Instead of hitting 2iron off the tee as he had during regulation, Woods pulled out a 3-wood and then hit a 9-iron within 20 feet. Love, hitting driver off the tee, followed Woods' second shot by pulling an 8-iron into the left bunker. Woods just missed his birdie putt and tapped in for par, then watched as Love missed. LABONTE WINS AND CLOSES IN ON JEFF GORDON: It was almost a worst-case scenario for Jeff Gordon as Terry Labonte took advantage of the defending Winston Cup champion's misfortune yesterday at Concord, N.C., to move within one point of the series lead by winning the UAW-GM Quality 500. Labonte posted only his second · victory of the season and his first in 37 career starts on the 1 1/2-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway oval. The victory, combined with Gordon's 31st-place finish, brought the 1984 Winston Cup champion nearly all the way back from the 111 points he trailed his Hendrick Motorsports teammate coming into the race. Labonte, the 1984 Winston Cup champion, lived up to his nickname of The Iceman, as he calm ly discussed the win. " I'm glad we're back in the points race," he said. " We have three races left. It's going to be close." EURO POWERS ITALY, NETHERLANDS WIN IN WORLD CUP OPENERS: The Netherlands and Italy, the m ost disappoin ting teams in this year's European Championships, began their 1998 World Cup campaigns with victories on late rallies. In their first games since their debacles in Euro '96, the Dutch won 3-l at Wales, and Italy defeated Moldova 3-1 in World C up qualify ing games - two of nine played Saturday and Sunday across Europe. In Cardiff, Wales, Pierre van Hooijdonk came off the bench Saturday J_n the 70th minute and scored two goals in next five minutes to help the Dutch overcome a 1-0 deficit lead and finally beat 38-year-old goalie Neville Southall. Southall made a humber of acrobatic stops to frustrate the Dutch, who got their final goal in the 79th minute on a header by Ro land De Boer. Dean Saunders gave Wales a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute on a goal that was allowed to stand although television replays showed it was offside. O's-Yanks gear for homer derby; Cards-Braves look to pitching In another words, classic National League baseball. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Roberto Alomar and the Baltimore Orioles know what to expect in the next few days: An unruly crowd at Yankee Stadium, and a couple of games of home run derby against New York. In many ways, classic American League baseball. "I didn't worry about them booing me - I just went out there and played the way I know how to play the game," Alomar said after his 12th-inning homer completed the Orioles' surprising playoff win in Cleveland. · Tom Glavine and the World Series champion Atlanta Braves figure to see something different when the St. Louis Cardinals show up this week: Tight, well-pitched games that keep fans tense. I "T he thing I'm amazed about is that we play much better, much crisper baseball this time of year than we do in the regular season," Glavine said after Atlanta finished off a first-round sweep of Los Angeles. The second round of the playoffs could well be a study in contrasts, showcasing the best that both leagues have to offer. In the AL, that means power. The Orioles hit a major league record 257 home runs this season, breaking the mark of 240 set by the 1961 Yankees. The Yankees, who won their series 3-1 over Texas, figure to make things tough on Baltimore. New York went 10-3 against the Orioles this season, with three homers by Bernie Williams, winning some in slugf~ts. • The best-of-7 series starts Tuesday night in the Bronx, where fans began lining up for tickets the night before they went on sale. The NL series begins Wednesday night in Atlanta, with the focus on pitching. The Braves held Los Angeles to just 14 hits and no h ome runs in three games. T he three-man playoff rotation - John Smoltz, Greg Maddux and Glavine was 3-0 with an 0.79 ERA against the Dodgers. The Braves have won seven straight games at home in the postseason, and 14 of 17 overall. Atlanta went 9-4 against St. Louis this season. The Cardinals are playing in their first postseason since 1987, but have plenty of October experience. Manager Tony La Russa and seven players who took part in the three-game sweep over San Diego in the opening round own World Series rings. |