Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 121, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 January 1986 — Page 8

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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, January 6,1986

Patriots doing it hard way-winning on road

LOS ANGELES (AP) Who are these guys, these New England Patriots? The way things have gone the last couple of weeks, they have the look of a team of destiny. One thing’s for sure, the Patriots are one step away from qualifying for the Super Bowl. And if they manage such a feat, they’ll be the first team ever to earn a Super Bowl berth by winning three straight playoff games on the road. Among their heroes recently have been Johnny Rembert and Jim Bowman, a couple of reserves unknown to just about everyone but their families. Bowman fell on a fumble in the Los Angeles end zone for a touchdown with 57 seconds remaining in the third quarter

Rams are proving themselves

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The “don’t-get-no-respect” Rams now have a golden opportunity to prove their critics wrong, or right. The Rams, 20-0 winners over the Dallas Cowboys in their National Football Conference semifinal on Saturday, earned the “privilege” of traveling to Chicago to face the Bears next Sunday. The winner of the NFC title game will advance to the Super Bowl against the AFC champion, either the New England Patriots or Miami Dolphins. Rams Coach John Robinson, who over the course of the season has seemed sensitive to criticism of his club —mostly that it had an anemic offense said he’s pleased to be playing the Bears. “You spend your life trying to get into

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Sunday to snap a 20-20 tie and account for the final points in the Patriots’ 27-20 victory over the Raiders. The play occurred on New England’s kickoff after Tony Franklin’s second field goal of the game, a 32-yarder that tied the game at 20-20. Sam Seale muffed Franklin’s kickoff at about the Raider 9yard line, scooped it up, and then fumbled when hit by Mosi Tatupu. The ball rolled into the end zone, where Bowman fell on it. “You go down there with the idea of trying to strip the ball out of his hands,” said Bowman, a rookie safety. “We’ve scored six touchdowns just from trying to strip the ball this season.” The triumph by the supposedly playoffshy Patriots who a week earlier beat the

the big games against the best teams, and you want to be tested,” Robinson said after he watched on television as the Bears mauled the New York Giants 21-0 Sunday. “If we are able to beat Chicago, which most people agree is an exceptional team, I think it will change people’s perception of us.” The Rams, still- getting little respect despite a 12-5 record and handing the Cowboys their first playoff shutout in 36 games, have been installed as 8*&-point underdogs against the Bears, 16-1, for Sunday’s game. “We’re used to it; we were 10-point underdogs to the 49ers in our second game against them,” Robinson said in looking back at the 14th game of the season, a crucial 27-20 victory.

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New York Jets 26-14 in the American Football Conference wild-card game for their first post-season win in 22 years puts them in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Miami Dolphins. In their victory over the Jets, Rembert, a third-year linebacker, ran 15 yards with a fumbled kickoff for a touchdown that gave the Patriots a 23-7 advantage. Fumbled kickoffs that turn into touchdowns for the kicking team usually occur about once a year. The Patriots have done it three times in their last four games. The winner of the Patriots-Dolphins game at Miami’s Orange Bowl will advance to the Super Bowl on Jan. 26 in New Orleans. The opponent will be the winner of Sunday’s NFC Championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears. Speaking of the Orange Bowl, the Patriots haven’t beaten the Dolphins there since 1966. That’s 18 straight losses. The Raiders committed six turnovers Sunday. “Our main objective in training camp this year was to increase the number of takeaways,” Coach Raymond Berry said. “It’s unbelievable to come out here in Raiders’ territory and come away with a victory.” . Three of the turnovers were interceptions thrown by Los Angeles quarterback Marc Wilson, one of which set up a New England field goal. Wilson completed only 11 of his 27 passes for just 135 yards. Another was the fumble by Seale. Another was a first-period fumble by Fulton Walker following a New England punt.

DON SHULA 56th birthday present

Once again the Dolphins rally to win MIAMI (AP) The plot was familiar for the Miami Dolphins as they rebounded to beat Cleveland 24-21 in one of the greatest comebacks in National Football League playoff history. Six times in their 12 regular-season victories, the Dolphins had come from behind to win. But those comebacks weren’t as dramatic as Saturday’s reversal of a 21-3 deficit against the Browns in an AFC semifinal game in the Orange Bowl. Only twice in NFL history has a team come from that far behind in the playoffs. Detroit beat San Francisco 31-27 in 1957 after trailing 27-7 and Dallas beat the 49ers 30-28 in 1972 after trailing 21-3. “Sometimes it’s like we dig our own grave, and then we say ‘hey, we don’t want to go there yet,’ ” Dolphins running back Tony Nathan said. The Dolphins, 13-4, get another chance to perfect, or change, their routine next Sunday in the AFC championship game against New England, 13-5, in the Orange Bowl. The Dolphins were on the brink of elimination Saturday. They couldn’t stop the Cleveland running attack, and Miami quarterback Dan Marino was frustrated by his inability to hit long passes over the Browns defense. After Cleveland running back Earnest Byner scooted 69 yards to make the score 21-3 with 11:22 left in the third period, the Dolphins’ chances looked bleak. They had given up 212 yards on the ground to that point. Marino had completed 13 of 26 passes, but hadnpicked up a mere 114 yards. Then, things began to change. Marino completed passes of 10,15,10,10 and 6 yards, the last a third-down touchdown toss to Nat Moore with 5:13 left in the third period. The Miami defense stopped Cleveland on three plays, and a short punt by Jeff Gossett set up the Dolphin offense on the Browns’ 48-yard line. Five plays later, fullback Ron Davenport charged around the left flank for a 31-yard touchdown to cut the gap to 21-17 with 1:41 left in the quarter. The Dolphins then capped the comeback with a nine-play, 72-yard drive to the winning touchdown. Nathan made the key play in the march, turning a short pass into a 39-yard gain. Davenport scored the game-winner from a yard out with 1:57 to play. “That was as tough a situation as we’ve been in,” Coach Don Shula said. “We kept our poise and got some drives going. We felt that to come as far as we’ve come, it would have been very tough to live with (a loss to Cleveland) in the off-season.” The Browns picked up only 39 yards rushing in their last four possessions.

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Sports scoreboard

National Football League Playoffs . At A Glance By The Associated Press All Times KST First Round Saturday, Dec. 28 New England 26, New York Jets 14 Sunday, Dec. 29 New York Giants 17, San Francisco 3 Second Round Saturday, Jan. 4 Miami 24, Cleveland 21 Los Angeles Rams 20, Dallas 0 Sunday, Jan. 5 Chicago 21, New York Giants 0 New England 27, Los Angeles Raiders 20 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 12 Los Angeles Rams at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. New England at Miami, 4 p.m. SUPER BOWL XX Sunday, Jan. 26 At New Orleans AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 5 p.m. Sunday’s College Basketball Scores By The Associated Press EAST Assumption 71, Holy Cross 65 MIDWEST Marquette 72, Loyola, 111. 70 Michigan St. 77, Indiana 74 FAR WEST Southern Cal 75, Oregon 60 Big Ten Basketball Saturday’s Scores By The Associated Press Adrian 71, Marion 63 Earlham 81, Wooster 68 Ind.-Pur.-Indpls 86, Tri-St. 81 lowa 60, Illinois 59 Lewis 54, Indiana Central 53 Michigan 78, Ohio St. 68 Missouri 82, S. Indiana 75 Notre Dame 77, La Salle 63 N. Kentucky 79, Ind.-Pur.-FW 62 Purdue 68, Minnesota 61 Oakland City 75, Union (Ky.) 73, ovt. St. Francis, Ind. 106, Manchester 83 St. Joseph’s, 78, Bellarmine6B Toledo 70, Ball St. 68 Wisconsin 57, Northwestern 52 TOURNAMENTS Allegheny Tournament Championship Wabash 78, Geneseo St. 54 Third Place Allegheny 72, Edinboro67 Danville Lions Classic Championship Taylor 65, Marian 60 Consolation Anderson 69, Hanover 60 , Titan Tipoff Championship Ind.-S. Bend 95, Jordan 81 Third Place Nazareth, Mich. 84, Ind.-Pur.-Columbus 68 Top 20 Fared By The Associated Press How the Top Twenty teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll fared Saturday and Sunday: No.l, North Carolina (14-0) beat North Carolina State 90-79. N 0.2, Michigan (14-0) beat Ohio State 78-68. N 0.3, Duke (12-0) beat Maryland 81-75. N 0.4, Syracuse (10-0) beat Seton Hall 96-75. N 0.5, Kansas (12-2) lost to No. 9 Memphis State 83-80, OT. N 0.6, Georgia Tech (10-1) beat Virginia 64-61. N 0.7,.7, Oklahoma (13-0) beat Southeast Louisiana 103-66. No.B, Louisiana State (13-0) beat Mississippi State 9084 N 0.9, Memphis State (12-0) beat No. 5 Kansas 83-80, OT. No.lo, St. John’s (14-1) beat OT. No. 11, Georgetown (10-2) beat Providence 110-79. N 0.12, Kentucky 110-1) beat Vanderbilt 80-71. N 0.13,.13, Nevada-Las Vegas (12-2) beat San Jose State 106-80. No. 14, Illinois (10-3) lost to lowa 60-59. N 0.15, Indiana (8-3) lost to Michigan State 77-74. No. 16, Alabama-Birmingham (13-2) beat Old Dominion 6651. N 0.17, Notre Dame (7-1) beat La Salle 77-63. No.lß, Louisville (7-3) beat Wyoming 9662. N 0.19, Texas-El Paso (161) beat Utah 62-52. N 0.20, Virginia Tech (162) beat Western Kentucky 86 71. Saturday’sCollegeßasketballScores ByThe Associated Press EAST Boston Coll. 61, Connecticut 60 Columbia 69, Manhattan 35 Coppin St. 73, S. Carolina St. 69 Cornell 76, Hamilton 73, OT Dartmouth 60, Harvard 52 Duke 81, Maryland 75 Georgetown 110, Providence 79 Lehigh 79, Drexel 66 Long Island U. 76, St. Francis, N.Y. 66 Marshall 91, New Orleans 78 Massachusetts 78, George Washington 72 New Hampshire 60. Canisius 58 Notre Dame 77, La Salle 63 Rider 70, Lafayette 66 St. Bonaventure 64, Rutgers 57 St. Francis, Pa. 76, Robert Morris 74 St. John’s 78, Pittsburgh 75, OT St. Joseph's 72, Penn St. 42 Syracuse 96, Seton Hall 75 Temple 76, Rhode Island 60 Towson St. 84, Bucknell 74 Villanova 87, Marist 71 Wagner 65, Loyola, Md. 63 West Chester 74, Delaware 71 West Virginia 66, Duquesne 62 Yaleß4,Vermont7s SOUTH Ala.-Birmingham 66, Old Dominion 51 Baptist, S.C. 66, Augusta 62 E Carolina 70, American U. 62 Florida 62, Auburn 59 Fordham 71, Stetson 61 Furman 75, Appalachian St. 64 Georgia 88. Alabama 80 Georgia St. 77, Hardin-Simmons 76 Georgia Tech 64, Virginia 61 Houston Baptist 82, Samford 74 Howard U. 49, Campbell 47 Jacksonville 69, Florida St. 62 Kentucky 80, Vanderbilt 71 Louisiana St. 90, Mississippi St. 84 Louisville 94, Wyoming 62 McNeese St. 82, S. Connecticut 54 Memphis St. 83, Kansas 80, OT Mercer 61, Ga. Southern 56 Miami, Fla. 70, Hofstra 63 Morehead St. 89, Clinch Valley 55 Murray St. 74, Kentucky St. 66 Navy 76, N.C.-Wilmington 61 NE Louisiana 90, E. Illinois 68 North Carolina 90, N. Carolina St. 79 Richmond 52, William & Mary 36 S. Alabama 73, Quincy 61 South Carolina 63, Davidson 49 South Florida 57, Xavier, Ohio 52 Southern U. 69, N. Carolina A4T 60 SW Louisiana 73, Weber St. 63 Tennessee 74, Mississippi 66 Virginia Tech 85,nW. Kentucky 71 WakeForest7o,Md.-E.Shore46 MIDWEST Akron 64, Youngstown St. 52 Bradley 65, S. Illinois 62 Cleveland St. 92, Utica 63 DePaul 66, Dayton 52 Detroit 77, lowa St. 67 George Mason 74, James Madison 57 Illinois St. 65. Drake 61, OT lowa 60, Illinois 59 Miami, Ohio 63, E. Michigan 52 Michigan 78, Ohio SI. 68 Missouri 82, S. Indiana 75 N Illinois 76. Kent SI. 62 Ohio U. 78, Cent. Michigan 61 Purdue 68. Minnesota 61 Simpson 69. Cornell 51 SW Missouri 98. Mo -St Louis 62 Toledo 70, Ball SI. 68 W Michigan 85, Bowling Green 73 Wheaton 73, Colorado 68 Wichita St 59. Creighton 57 Wisconsin 57, Northwestern 52 Wis. Eau Claire 46. Wis.-Green Bay 38 M O R K SOUTHWEST Grambling 64, Texas-San Antonio 54 Kansas St. 57, N. Texas St. 53 Lamar 81, Pan American 66 Oral Roberts 96. Alabama St 64 So. Methodist 54, Baylor 41 Texas 57, Rice 46 Texas Christian 71, Arkansas 62 Texas Southern 72, Nicholls St. 66 Texas Tech 69, Houston 68, OT Texas-El Paso 62. Utah 52 W.TexasSt.s2,Tulsa4B

FARWEST Hawaii 60 Air Force 66, Hawaii 6 Arizona 62, Arizona M Boise St. 68. E Washington 56 California 84, Washington St. 68 Cal-Irvine 96, utal * j?, 1 ; J? Fresno St. 49, PaC ' flC Rn Fullerton St. 85, Long Beach s ‘-■ 80 ’ Hawaii Loa 62, Pacific 59 Idaho 61. Gonz ga 60 Montana 68 Portland 50 N Mexico St. 80, Cal-Santa Barbara 63 Nev.-Las Vegas 106, San J °s* st. 80 New Mexico 60, Brigham Young 57 Oregon St 54, UCLA 49 Pepperdine 94, N. lowa 86 San Diego 82, St Ambrose “ San Diego St. 72, Colorado St. 56 Santa Clara 107, Alaska -P? irbanks 4 ® St. Mary’s, Calif. 82, Brooklyn Coll. 69 Washington7o,Stanford69 TOURNAMENTS McLendonClassic Championship 111. -Chicago77, AlcornSt .72 ThlrdPlace Tennessee Sta te7o, J acksonSta te63 Soonerlnvitational Championship Oklahomalo3,SELouisiana66 Third Place Austin-Peay7s,Ark.-Littleßock67 WLKFClassic Championship Fla .Southern6B,Siena66 Third Place Texas-Ar!ingtonßß,Centenaryß3 Indiana High School Basketball By The Associated Press Saturday’s Games Bedford-N.Lawrence6o, Bloomfield 52 Benton Cenral 79, N.Newton 61 Bellmont 92, Southern Wells 60 Brownsburg 61, Indpls Park-Tudor 42 Caston 80, Rochester 73 Connersville 83, Brookville 42 DeKalb 77, Leo 63 East Central 66, Union Co. 64, ovt. Edinburgh 62, N. Decatur 58 Floyd Cehtral 58, Eastern (Ky.) 47 FW Dwenger 78, FW Concordia 75, ovt. FW South 69, New Haven 59 Franklin 68, Fpeedway 60 Goshen 59, Elkhart Memorial 43 Heritage Christian 68, Rosedale 66 Huntington North 63, Blackford 62 Indpls Pike 61, Anderson Highland 59 Jasper 27, Heritage Hills 25, ovt. Jeffersonville 70, Indpls Chatard 53 Lafayette Jeff 69, And. Madison Hts. 64 Madison-Shawe 75, Milan 69 . Marion 79, Muncie North 61 McCutcheon 71, Western Boone 55 Mich City Rogers 89, SB Riley 67 Mishawaka 56, North Wood 43 Mississinewa 70, Adams Central 57 New Castle 85, Hagerstown 43 Noblesville 90, Jay Co. 63 Northeast Dubois 63, Washington Catholic 55 Penn 68, E.Chicago Washington 55 Seymour 70, Scottsburg 44 Shelby vilie 90, Franklin Central 53 SB Washington 88, Mich City Marquette 62 South Decatur 63, Indpls Lutheran 48 South Knox 56, Forest Park 54 Southport 69, Greenwood 45 Southridge 53. Castle 47 Tri-West 82, Edgewood 49 Twin Lakes 68, Tri-County 46 West Noble 84, Jim town 55 Winamac 55, Knox 31 Washington 63, Loogootee 61,2 ovt. Wawasee 45, Carroll (Allen) 43 Western (Howard) 56, W.Lafayette 52 Wood Memorial 61, Perry Central 51 Tournaments Bi-County Championship Seeger 79, Covington 75 Consolation Attica 88, Fountain Central 49 Clay City Championship N Central (Sullivan) 53, W Vigo 48 Consolation Dugger 83, Clay City 37 Clinton Central Championship Clinton Central 74, Clinton Prairie 56 Consolation Tri-Centralß9, Carroll (Carroll) 67 Crawford County Championship N. Harrison 54, Graceland Christian 63 Consolation Lanesville 76, Crawford Co. 63 Putnam County Championship South Putnam 73, Greencastle67 Consolation North Putnam 67, Cloverdale 60 Sou thmont Classic Second Round Hammond 75, Crawfordsville 56 Indpls Manual 60, Southmont 53 Westfield Championship Mt. Vernon (Hancock) 71, Sheridan 58 Consolation Westfield 81, Hamilton Southeastern 60 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) How The Associated Press Top 20 Indiana high school boys' basketball teams fared the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 4: 1. Marion (9-0) beat Muncie North 7961. 2. Mich. City Rogers (6-2) beat So. Bend Riley 8967. 3. Valparaiso (91) idle. 4. Lafayette Jeff (90) beat Anderson Madison Hts. 69 64. 5. Gary Wallace (7-1) idle. 6. Muncie Central (91) idle. 7. Huntington North (91) beat Alexandria 53-51; beat Blackford 63-62 8. Noblesville (8-1) beat Indpls Scecina 8951; beat Jay Co. 9963. 9. Indpls Broad Ripple (90) idle. 10. Bloomington South (91) lost to Terre Haute North 5955. 11. Southridge (191) beat Perry Central 63-36.- beat Castle 53-47. 12. Indpls Ben Davis (90) idle. 13. Ft. Wayne Northrop (91) idle. 14. New Castle (90) beat Shenandoah 84-55 beat 1 Hagerstown 85-43. 15. Evansville Bosse (91) idle. 16. Elkhart Central (92) idle. 17. Connersville <7-1) beat Batesville 5939; beat Brook- * vilie 83-42. 18. Concord (5-1) idle. 19. Boonville (8-0) idle. 20. Vincennes Rivet (8-1) lost to Vincennes 6950. National Basketball Association At A Glance By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division a . W L .Pet. GB Boston 25 7 781 Philadelphia 2 0 13 .606 s*s New Jersey 2 l 14 .600 s>,‘ Washington 16 17 485 9V New York 11 23 .324 15 Central Division Milwaukee 2 4 12 667 - Atlanta 17 is coi c Cleveland , 5 | ” j Chicago 14 22 .389 10 Indiana 10 22 .313 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Houston 22 12 647 San Antonio 20 14 saa i Denver 19 " ;«» £,, S?"" 15 ‘5 500 5 C " . 17 18 486 s>l Sacramento 11 22 .333 10>, Pacific Division LA Lakers 27 s an Portland ~ .. 844 ~ Seat! Ip 22 16 579 8 Phoenfx 3 20 394 ,4 ‘ 2 Phoenix io 2 o 333 16 LA Clippers n 23 3,1 7 Oa.dan 5,.,e „ 8 ”, Saturday’s Games Indiana 106, L.A. Clippers 77 New Jersey 125. Cleveland 106 Atlanta 111, Chicago 100 Dallas 119. Utah 106 Houston 115, Philadelphia 100 Milwaukee 119, New York 86 Sacramento 112, Denver 107 San Antonio 122. Golden State m Sunday’s Games Portland 136, Golden State 120 Phoenix at Seattle, ppd leakino L A Lakers 118, Washington ,! Monday's Games Philadelphia at San Antonio Washington at Sacramento S S """- from