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K CJiNti imimV1 Mcdt°n JUJ I Knight-Kidde- r 1 Graphic Evenly Matched Redsldns Bills Go By Ron Borges offense and the NFC discussed champion Washington Redskins (16-2- ) have a trio of dangerous wide receivers and the second-ratequarterback in the league there is a tendency to think of today's game as an offensive slugfest in which the Redskins will be trying desperately to keep up with the Bills While that could happen it's likelier this game will be a physical struggle in which offensive and defensive lines determine the outcome And in this area the Redskins hold the distinct advantage Washington's offensive line is massive and talented anchored by perhaps the game's best tackle Jim Lachey It aver le BOSTON GLOBE MINNEAPOLIS — Regardless of who wins Sunday's Super Bowl XXVI at the Metrodome NFL fans will have gotten what they wanted for once They have been given a match between clearly the two dominant teams in pro football This has not often been the case and it is no guarantee that today's game will transform itself into a classic that is still being discussed XXVI years from now But it is at least the closest one can get to a guar- antee of a competitive game Because the AFC champion Buffalo Bills (15-3- ) use the explosive and much- - d M WrlflM L -- v— Lca Starters in 47J:k boldface 31Wiiuamt defense and 24th against the run that would seem a logical conclusion especially since the Redskins believe run dominance will both save their own defense and eventually allow Rypien and wide receivers Gary Clark Art Monk and Ricky Sanders to shred the Bills' questionable pass defense "Winning the physical part of the game is what we strive for" Rypien said "We want to run the ball and stop their run If we can do those things I think it will open some things up for us If we don't it will work in their favor Our defense has a difficult chore ahead We can help them by keeping Buffalo's offense on the side —— — " vm " — — "—! —: zzSports Capsule" 1 NBA Utah 104 Seattle 103 Philly 115 New Jersey 94 Phoenix 121 Washington 115 Orlando 99 Cleveland 96 Miami 103 Dallas 101 "V $ Charlotte Indiana 105 Chicago 114 Houston 100 Denver 107 Mil 100 (OT) New York 100 LA Clippers 93 Edovdl Eaton Stockton JMatons Cortxi Rudd Broon Cnwdar Bern Total) 6 1 1 15 32 29 7 0 1 10 12 13 M 240 Kant) 29 36 38 36 43 25 Ptorca Caoe Kdoed Banoa Cotton Totrt M 14 I PyVn 24 1 41 Team Act SaaitM Jotnxn W 3 M 5 4 0 36 25 23 7104 (529) (609) pts 12 9 (H 00 -i 89 54 2- - 2 14 OO a el at to 2 6 0 3 4 4 4 4 2 6 ft rb 4 14 5 240 0 2 4 2 HOD 3 1 2 2 04 1 1621 38 22 23 3 (538) ( 762) 14 103 Team Retw 9 Utah 26 27 Swtttt -- - 2$ 25 Utah 80 Wyoming 79 (OT) BYU 79 Colorado State 74 (OT) Utah State 67 Pacific 60 So Utah 133 Texas Wesley 76 and the Jazz WAC Basketball stopped the SuperSon-icfinal possession en route to a satisfying win The Jazz had lost seven in a row on the road It looked like that streak might continue when they went cold at the foul line Utah made only 14 of 23 free throws including five of 11 in the second half and two of six in the closing minutes No matter Aided by Malone's big steal the Jazz upped and their record to boosted their lead over San Antonio to three full games in the Midwest s' New Mex 71 San Diego St 61 UTEP 66 Hawaii 57 Top 25 Basketball Duke 84 Wake Forest 68 UCLA 83 Stanford 77 Okla St 84 Oral Roberts 61 Kansas 105 Nebraska 78 Connecticut 83 BC 77 (OT) Arkansas 109 Kentucky 88 North Carolina 77 Virginia 56 Arizona 96 Pittsburgh 76 Missouri 69 Colorado 52 c:' 27-1- 6 Blocked Snots: UTAH - K Maione 2 Stockton Fetd Beno SEA - Benjamin 2 Kemp Cage Goa UTAH 4 ( 000) K Mslone Edwards 0- 1 Stockton s SEA (333) Jonnson 1 Technicals: SEA - Illegal Defense (3) UTAH Bemt Officials: L Jones Bavetta A 14064 Syracuse 58 St John's 56 Alabama 68 Georgia 65 Michigan 98 Wisconsin 83 Georgia Tech 73 Louisville 65 Tulane 99 Temple 75 UNLV 74 New Mexico State 67 Division "We had a little bit of luck for a change" said Rick EganThe Salt Lake Tribune coach Jerry Sloan Eagle Prepares An Assault 'We'd lost seven in a row on the road the guys played hard in those games They played hard tonight The ball just bounced our way That was the NHL Salt Lake's Dennis Holland prepares to fire a slapshot past Phoenix's Derek Booth during Saturday night's game The Eagles were able to make it two wins in a row over the Roadrunners — barely For details see difference" D-- 8 Neither Utah nor Seattle led by more than six See D-Column 1 3 Utes Hang Avoid Upset to CSV? Cougs Glad It's Tlieir Call Beat FORT COLLINS Colo — Actor Bob Newhart is not a psychiatrist but he once played one on television In town for a comedy appearance Newhart was staying at the same hotel as BYU's basketball team this weekend Until guard Nathan Call saved the Cougars against Colorado State Newhart was looking like cushe'd have plenty of late-nigtomers in search of a couch Saturday in Moby Arena Call delivered a drive and pull-u- p jump shot in the lane with two seconds left to force overtime then made six free throws to salvage a 79-7- 4 victory Just to complete BYU's series of ro&es m OT ByJoeBaird Utes 60 Cowboys 7 (OT) THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE LARAMIE Wyo — Put those forks away Utah's not done just yet Left for dead a week ago after a humbling home loss to Colorado State the Utes rejoined the ranks of the living Saturday afternoon with a remarkable overtime victory to cap over Wyoming at the e a on road the sweep It couldn't have happened without Jimmy Soto The gifted gutty guard took over the OT period with seven points on three straight baskets Soto then shocked the Cowboys and nailed down the victory when he found forward Barry Howard underneath for the winning shot with three seconds to play "Jimmy Soto has a great heart big b - - and he played that way" said coach Rick Majerus "I got into a groove and I felt pretty good I wanted the ball in overtime" said the Ute ju20 points nior who finished with a game-higand also dished for five assists grabbed three rebounds and had three steals with 2:19 left in With the Utes trailing the extra session Soto brought the Utes back from the right with a drive and a marvelous angle a crafty base-linwith scoop shot to pull his team to within 42 seconds remaining would take "You'd never think someone the ball to the hole like he did" said Cowboy guard Brett Studdard See 4 Column 1 19-poi- 80-7- 9 Arena-Auditoriu- en Utah Dixon nt 0 17 5 1 04 McGrath A(eorl Wyatt Tate 04 04 44 24 1 Howaid Davtton J Soto Rvdalcfi 2 20 2 4 0 0 2 12 24 04 04 04 Cain Wilton 1 m M 17 27 Totals SO two-gam- h 74-6- 8 single-handedl- y e 77-7- 5 5-- D-- 9 107 Big Five Basketball i lead 1 D-- 2 w dtopta tpf 3 H LkiJ 20-1- 9 SEATTLE — The Jazz could have taken the free way to a rare road victory Saturday night Instead cold free-throshooting simply set the stage for a dramatic win at the Seattle Coliseum Jeff Malone's steal and layup with 97 seconds left — gave Utah a 104-10- 3 (Irk M' ' UClftL) That is precisely what the Giants did a vicyear ago and barely eked out a tory despite a wide disparity in time of possession Washington has vastly more offensive talent than that Giant team and thus is in a better position to attack as well as defend as the Bills well know "The Redskins can stretch your defense with their wide receivers" said Buffalo linebacker Darryl Talley "They stretch your zone which opens up the running game They're very physical and they get you moving laterally and then run straight ahead" See Column 3 By Steve Luhm X l lines" THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 40 22 32 t !'" to Prove Who's No advantage over Buffalo's defensive front of Bruce Smith Jeff Wright and Leon Seals Despite the seasonlong success of quarterback Mark Rypien it is expected that Washington will try to do to the Bills what the New York Giants did in the Super Bowl last year The Redskins will concede they cannot get into a shootout and attempt to limit Buffalo's offensive chances with a withering inside running game that uses the power of Earnest Byner (1048 yards 38 per carry) and the speed of rookie Ricky Ervins Since the Bills finished 27th in overall f teal Win From Sonics (Ml Ftntr KUone A I S80" VlUr 73Loon 86 Hotie Head-to-Hea- d ages 290 pounds per man a nearly p— rI — — Maione jazz UM(104)AtSuttte(103) FS 30Wel M 80 Lofton 182 Beeae L— j 7i e jNLjM"ff I I 21 Rigg 79Suwa 79Suypli IS - m 0 it jonry 74 Pariuv A J7o-- - ILT c Hul Frereee ft e 0 J TaeWas a Gm Ay Is6 £0ar I-- t 1992 0 ANT FT State 4 17 1 3 6 Breaux Power Butter Atoxande5-1- 7 04 Sonde StuOoard 7- - down 04 01 Rotliff Traykx Phillips 2 6 13 3 16 0 1 3 2 2 4 4 11 1 4 ( S- - 3 04 04 0 t 0 0 0 0 1 ZM72446 M 14 24 79 Mattsfme Scons — Utari 36 Wyoming 32 End of Regulation — Utah 68 Wyoming 6 Shooting Peicentoges — Field Goals: Utah 45 3: Wyoming 40 4 rte Throws: Utah S60 Wyoming By Kurt Kragthorpe THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE center David Astle made two clinching free throws adventures seldom-use- d Before Call surfaced the Cougars were inventing ways to lose in regulation Leading by seven points with four minutes left they missed six straight free throws — including five by center Gary Trost — and allowed the Rams to lead in the last take a nine seconds Later Trost would offer his descrippersonalized three-wortion of Call's tying shot: "Saved two-poi- d my butt" BYU coach Roger Reid meanwhile was invoking the name of Danny Ainge in the wake of Call's play Reid was an assistant coach in 1981 when Ainge drove and scored to beat Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament Call was in grade school then but he's watched replays of the Ainge drive "thousands of times" he said Call insisted his play was not deserving of comparison with Ainge's coming early in the WAC season instead of in the postseason Just the same Call's outing kept the Cougars afloat in the conference race Coming off a draining loss at Wyoming Thursday BYU was still looking for a WAC road win and was trying to stay in range of Texas-E- l Paso and New Mexico who visit the state 23-poi- this week BYU is 13-- 3 overall and 2 in was hopthe WAC CSU 0 ing to parlay last weekend's road upset of Utah with a win over the Cougars If not for what coach Stew Morrill called "an unbelievone that will stick in able play my mind the rest of my life probably" by Call the Rams would be See D-- 4 Column 2 4-- (8-1- 2-- Buffalo 4 Montreal 3 Boston 4 Hartford 4 Chicago 2 Minnesota 0 Pittsburgh 5 NY Islanders 3 Quebec 2 Winnipeg 1 ' Detroit 7 New Jersey 0 Toronto 6 Philadelphia 4 Vancouver 1 St Louis 0 (OT) Los Angeles 4 Calgary 3 San Jose 5 Edmonton 2 IHL Salt Lake 3 Phoenix 2 (SO) TV Sports (3D 10 m — NBA Basketball Pistons at Celtics GD 10 am — College Basketball Ohio State at Seton Hall (33 1130 am Senior Golf Skins Game S3 4 pm — Super Bowl XXVI Bills vs Redskins G3ED 7:30 pm — Boxing Cook vs Camputaro Totsh 67 t (Dixon 6 Shots Wilson Rydalch 4 (Outlet 34 — Utah Soto THE ASSOCIATED PRESS late Wyoming Stoddard Breaux Alexander 24 Iraykx PhllBps Steals — Utah 9 (Soto 3 Wilton 2) AlexanWyoming 4 (Sieoux 8utl der Srown) Steals — Utah 4 (Ateakl 3 Wyoming Ratlitl 7 (Slater I Victory Down Under Puts Courier Near Top of World ! Bufer 2 Revert) lechriteol Fouls — Utah and Wyobenchoe ming OfflclaU — Gordon BMX Fred Cartone BW Grocey Attendance — 11137 Australia — Jim Courier a notch of the No 1 ranking within ascending beat Stefan Edberg to become the first American winner of the Australian Open in 10 years and captured a second Grand Slam title Courier dominated thoroughly by Edberg in the 1991 US Open after beating him en route to the French Open crown drove a final back6 hand return past Edberg to win Sunday 3 MELBOURNE 6-- 6-- 4 3-- 6-- 2 "This tastes just as sweet" said Courier 21 comparing his Australian title with the French "It's a little bit different because I've done it before But it's no less significant" The victory marked another milestone in Courier's amazing rise from No 25 a year ago He ended 1S91 with the No 2 ranking and can take No 1 away from Edberg within the next few months No American has been No 1 since John McEnroe in 1985 Edberg who missed the last two months of 1991 with wrist and knee injuries played far form in the US Open below his near-perfe- for the third and fourth Edberg time in the third set on the last two points and never again raised the quality of his game "I didn't have the timing today" Edberg said "I didn't play the big points as well It wasn't my day today He played a good solid match and took advantage of the opportunities I gave him" The absence from tennis he said "was bound to catch up with me sooner or later" Courier of Dade City Fla who reached the See D-- 7 Column 3 double-faulte- d " |