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The Orlando Sentinel, Monday, December 15, 1988 D-5 Colts win again Seahawks stay alive Raiders' errors give Chiefs fighting shot at playoffs i ft COMPILED FROM WIRE REPORTS INDIANAPOLIS Gary Ho-geboom ran for one touchdown and passed for 318 yards and two other scores Sunday, ill FOOTBALL Elsewhere Quarterback Dave Krieg threw four touchdown passes, including two in the fourth quarter, and Seattle won its fourth consecutive game to keep its playoff hopes alive by defeating host San Diego, 34-24. San Diego quarterback Dan Fouts moved into second place on the NFL's all-time passing yardage list with 40,287 yards, passing Johnny Unitas Houston's Tony Zendejas kicked three field goals, and the Oilers took advantage of five Minnesota turnovers and the loss of quarterback Tommy Kramer for a 23-10 victory at Houston, knocking the Vikings out of the playoff picture. Dave Wilson scored on a 6-yard bootleg run with 1:55 remaining as New Orleans snapped a three-game losing streak with a 14-9 victory over host Atlanta. Statistics page D-4 "I kind of like No. 7 Hogeboom out there.

What more can you ask of a quarterback than what he showed today. I like who I've got," said Meyer, unbeaten in two games since he replaced Rod Do-whower as coach. Should the Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers finish with the same records, Tampa Bay would get the first draft pick because of its weaker schedule. The Colts, winning their second in a row after losing the first 13 of the season, trailed, 14-0, through the first half before taking control with Hogeboom's passing. Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly was shaken up early in the game and sat out much of the second and third quarters.

"He received a blow to the head and had trouble remembering things and was dizzy," Bills Coach Marv Levy said. they will have to depend on the outcome of several other games to make the playoffs. The Raiders had cut the Chiefs' lead to 20-17 on a 2-yard touchdown run by Marcus Allen late in the third quarter. Los Angeles then drove from its 31-yard line to Kansas City's 16 before Napoleon McCallum fumbled on a first-down play. Lloyd Burruss stripped the ball, and it rolled back to Kansas City's 29, where Cofield fell on it with 6:16 to play.

The Raiders got the ball back one final time, at their 15 with 1:58 left after a punt, but Ross intercepted a pass thrown by Jim Plunkett on the first play, and the Chiefs ran out the clock. "We tried to come back at the COMPILED FROM WIRE REPORTS LOS ANGELES A fumble recovery by Tim Cofield and an interception by Kevin Ross in the iounn quarter ounaay secured a 20-17 victory for Kansas City over the error-prone Los Angeles Raiders and put the Chiefs on the verge of their first playoff appearance since 1971. The Raiders had seven turnovers to none for the Chiefs. All the Chiefs (9-6) need to se- cure a wild-card berth is a victory at Pittsburgh next Sunday in their final game of the regular season. The Raiders (8-7), losers of three in a row, still are mathematically alive in the playoff race.

Even if they beat Indianapolis on Sunday, Tampa Bay The game PACKERS 21, BUCS 7 GB TB FIRST DOWNS 20 14 Rushing 10 4 Passing 10 7 Penalty 0 3 THIRD DOWN EFF 4-13 2-13 FOURTH DOWN EFF 0-0 1-2 NET YARDS .140 947 Total Plays 66 57 Avg. Gain 5.3 4 3 NET YARDS RUSHING 176 125 Rushes 36 20 Avg. per rush 4.9 6.3 NET YARDS PASSING 173 122 Completed-Att. 14-28 14-30 Yards per Pass 5.8 3.3 Sacked-Yds. lost 2-17 7-58 Had intercepted 0 2 PUNTS-Avg.

Had blocked 1 'RETURN YARDS 48 101 Punts Returns 4-10 5-19 Kickofts Returns 2-38 4-82 8-41 6-47 FUMBLES-Lost 1-0 OO TIME OF POSSESSION 32:21 27:39 GREEN BAY -TAMPA BAY 0 7 7 721 0 0 0 77 2ND QUARTER: GB Wright 6 run (Del Greco kick). 3RD QUARTER: GB Ellis 2 run (Del Greco kick). 4TH QUARTER: GB Car-ruth 1 run (Del Greco kick); TB Magee 9 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick). A 30,099. Individual stats I McCallum Plunkett end, but you obviously can't turn the ball over that many times and expect to win," Raiders Coach Tom Flores said.

"We self-destructed again. I wish I had an explanation." Kansas City took a 17-0 lead after less than 16 minutes of play on a 40-yard field goal by Nick Lowery, a 26-yard touchdown pass from Bill Kenney to Stephone Paige and a 2-yard touchdown run by Jeff Smith. Statistics page D-4 WC. KIRK MCKOYSENTINEL to roll to his right. Packers corner-back Mossy Cade blitzed untouched and sacked Young for a 13-yard loss.

After an incomplete pass and another sack for another 11 -yard loss, Young faced fourth-and-goal from the 26. He completed a pass to Gerald Cater, but the play was stopped on Green Bay's 7. The Packers took over with 4:18 to play and ran out the clock. Besides that failure to score from the 2, Young lost two scoring chances in the second quarter. He had a pass intercepted on one drive and was called for intentional grounding on another.

In addition he was sacked seven times by seven different Packers. The sack that hurt the most, however, was when Bucs Coach Leeman Bennett pulled him for DeBerg in the fourth quarter. Not wanting to comment on being benched or on the availability of Testaverde, Young had as much difficulty completing a statement as he had completing a pass. "I've worked too hard for 15 weeks for said Young who stopped, then started again. "A waste of energy to talk about any of it." Ironically, Young was voted the Bucs' Most Valuable Player by the press corps Sunday.

The trophy is a painting, traditionally given to the winner at the first preseason game of the following year. Whether Young is here to receive it remains to be seen. After a scoreless first quarter, Green Bay scored in each of the next three quarters on long drives. Quarterback Randy Wright put the Pack ahead for good on a 6-yard run, running back Gerry Ellis scored on a 2-yard run and fullback Paul Ott Carruth gave Green Bay a 21-0 lead on a 1-yard plunge. NOTES: The final Bucs Huddle tonight aboard the Empress Lilly at the Walt Disney World Village will feature a media review of the season.

Speaking will be "Voice of the Bucs" Mark Champion, St. Petersburg Times columnist Tom Zucco and The Orlando Sentinel's Jerry Greene. Bucs punter Frank Garcia was injured late in the game, and running back Ron Springs got off a decent punt that rolled for 43 yards. After eight games without a sack by a defensive lineman and four games without a sack at all, the Bucs got two Sunday, one each by ends Ron Holmes and Kevin Kellin. 2 leading a second-half rally that carried the Indianapolis Colts to a 24-14 victory over the Buffalo Bills.

Kicker Dean Biasucci, who missed two field-goal attempts from close range in the first half, hit a career-best 52-yarder midway -through the final period to give the Colts the lead for good. The pressure to draft Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testaverde doesn't seem so great, according to Colts Coach Ron Meyer. BUCS From D-1 would get the first pick in the draft by virtue of facing a weaker schedule. All Tampa Bay has to do to cinch picking first is lose at St. Louis in the last game.

Young had a poor game, worse than his passing statistics of 10 completions in 20 attempts for 104 yards indicate. The Bucs' only score came in the fourth quarter on a 9-yard pass from backup quarterback Steve DeBerg to tight end Calvin Magee. Shortly after the touchdown, a moment in Bucs history took place their first blocked punt. Ivory Sully did the honors, giving the ball to the Bucs on the Packers' 2 with 5:34 to play. A quick touchdown would mean the Bucs actually had a chance to avoid los-ing for the sixth consecutive week.

DeBerg had sustained a concussion and wrist injury on his touchdown pass and could not play. Young returned and, instead of a straight-ahead running play, tried Miami The game DOLPHINS 37, RAMS 31 Clearwater's Bucs' fore rumors cruiting Should and Perkins can remove A i V. Packers punter Bill Renner gets his kick blocked by Bucs Ivory Sully (bottom) blocks kick with help from Ervin Randle COACH From D-1 immediately. Perkins contacted his attorney-agent, Orlando-based Robert Fraley, and asked him to reach Culverhouse as soon as possible to set up another conversation. When asked about the situation, Fraley's only comment was, "Coach Perkins wants to stop the rumors." Perkins has indicated to associates that the only way he would return to the NFL, where he was head coach of the New York Giants before going to Alabama, is if he was given complete control of a team's football organization.

Bennett, who is finishing the second year of a 5-year contract, would not talk about the situation except to say that the rumors "affect everyone" on the Bucs staff and roster. The Bucs were 2-14 last year and are 2-13 now with one game left, on the road this week against St. Louis. But most players say Bennett is not at fault. "The fans don't know Leeman Bennett," Bucs offensive guard Sean Farrell said.

"Above all he's a good man who was not dealt a fair hand." 400-YARD MAN SUNDAY WAS another record-breaking day for Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino, who completed 29 of 46 passes for 403 yards and five touchdowns against the Los Angeles Rams. He broke the NFL record for most 400-yard passing games In a career with seven. Marino and Dan Fouts held the previous record of six. TD MACHINE MARINO'S 41 touchdown passes this season are the second-most in NFL history. Marino already holds the record of 48 touchdown passes in a season, set in 1984 He has thrown at least one touchdown in 22 consecutive games and 53 of his last 56 games.

PICKING ON ROOKIE DOLPHINS ROOKIE cornerback Reyna Thomas, filling in for injured Paul Lankford (broken leg) had a day he would rather forget. During a five-minute stretch in the third quarter, Thomas was burned for two touchdowns a 19-yard catch by wide receiver Henry Ellard and a 23-yard reception by former Tampa Bay Bucs wide receiver Kevin House. Thomas: "On the first one, I didn't challenge him Ellard enough. I saw the ball very late. On the second one, I thought I had him House.

He just outplayed me." GARY SILVERS Green Bay. "He called me to recommend another coach should I be interested in making a coaching change. I thanked him for the recommendation and wished him well in the Sun Bowl. We did not discuss his coaching the Bucs." Culverhouse's statement is correct as far as it goes. Sources on the Alabama staff say Perkins did call Culverhouse to recommend Rollie Dotsch, former coach of the United States Football League's Birmingham Stallions.

However, Culver-house replied that he wanted Perkins to consider taking the Bucs job and that they would talk about it once the season is over. Perkins feels he cannot wait, because his name has been connected publicly with the Bucs. He wants to know what Culverhouse has to offer now. That way Perkins can decide if he's interested be- PHOTODON BOK Brian Smith has point Coach Bennett isn't popular. begin to interfere with re-, for Alabama.

Culverhouse make an offer not be interested, Perkins himself from consideration GREEN BAY Rushing Player No. Yds. LG TD 11 56 42 1 Ellis 13 49 9 1 Davis 7 31 10 0 Stanley 1 19 19 0 Ellerson 2 17 13 0 Wright 2.4 61 Passing Player Att Co. Int. Yds.

TD Wright 25 14 0 190 0 Fusina 3 0 0 0 0 Receiving Player No Yds! LG TD Stanley 3 63 33 0 Ivery 3 40 17 0 Carruth 3 12 7 0 Lofton 2 33 21 0 Moffitt 1 23 23 0 Ellis 1 12 12 0 Ross 1 7 7 0 i Interceptions Player No! Yds! Avg TO Greene 1 0 0.0 0 Cade 1,0 0.0 0 Punt returns Player No! Yds! Avg. TD 4 10 2.5 0 Kickotf returns Player No! Yds! Avg. TD Davis 1 35 35.0 0 Carruth .1 3 3.0 0 TAMPA BAY Rushing Player No. Yds. LG "75 Howard 10 57 16 0 "Springs 7 49 40 0 3 19 12 0 Passing Player Att Co! Int Yds.

TD Young 20 10 1 104 0 DeBerg 10 4 1 76 1 Receiving Player No! Yds. LG TD Magee 4 45 19 1 Springs 4 31 16 0 Carter 3 46 20 0 1 34 34 0 Heflin 1 15 15 0 Howard 1 9 9 0 Punt returns Player No! Yds! Avg. TD K. Walker 5 19 3 8 0 Kickotf returns Player No! Yds! Avg. TD Freeman 3 56 18.7 0 K.Walker 1 26 26.0 0 MISSED FIELD GOALS None.

from Marino. Key play: Larry Kollc'S recovery of Eric Dickerson's tumble at Rams' 39. Reveiz PAT. 39 yards, 9 plays. 14-7, Dolphins.

MIAMI Mark Clayton catches 43-yard pass from Marino. Reveiz PAT. 53 yards, 4 plays. 21-7, Dolphins, THIRD QUARTER LA Ellard catches 19-yard pass from Everett. Key play: Everett's 14-yard pass to Ellard.

Lansford PAT. 47 yards, 4 plays. 21-14, Dolphins. LA Kevin House catches 23-yard pas from Everett. Key plays: Dickerson's runs of 25 and 13.

Lansford PAT. 78 yards, 5 plays. Tied, 21-21. MIAMI Duper catches 5-yard pass from Marino. Duper's 40-yard pass from Marino.

Reveiz PAT. 83 yards, 8 plays. 28-21, Dolphins. FOURTH QUARTER MIAMI Reveiz kicks 18-yard field goal. Key plays: Marino's 19-yard pass to Lorenzo Hampton and 24-yard pass to Nat Moore.

Reveiz kick. 55 yards, 9 plays. 31-21 Dolphins. LA Lansford kicks 32-yard field goal. Key play: Everett 31 -yard pass to House.

63 yards, 8 plays. 31-24, Dolphins. LA Dickerson runs 1 yard. Key play: Everett's 18-yard pass to David Hill. Lansford PAT.

75 yards, 1 1 plays. Tied, 31-31. OVERTIME MIAMI Duper catches 20-yard pass from Marino. Key play: Ron Davenport's 35-yard run. 37-31, Dolphins.

MIAMI LA FIRST DOWNS 23 25 Rushing 5 12 Passing 17 13 Penalty 10 THIRD DOWN EFF 9-15 6-12 FOURTH DOWN EFF 0-0 O0 TOTAL NET YARDS 506 372 Total Plays 68 65 Avg Gam 7 4 5.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 107 142 Rushes 21 31 Avg per rush 5 1 4 6 NET YARDS PASSING 399 230 Completed-Att. 29-46 18-31 Yards per Pass 8 5 6 8 Sacked-Yds. lost 1-4 3-21 Had intercepted 1 0 PUNTS-Avg. 4-400 5-430 Had blocked 0 0 RETURN YARDS 134 114 Punts Returns 3 28 OO Kickofts Returns 6-106 5-114 Interceptions 0-0 1-0 PENALTIES-Yds. 4-31 7-34 FUMBLES-Lost 2-1 5-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 32 40 30:24 MIAMI 0 21 7 3 637 LOS ANGELES 0 7 14 10 0-31 Passing Player Att! Co.

Int. Yds. TD Marino 46 29 1 403 5 Receiving Player No Yds! LG TD Duper 5 145 69 3 Hardy 5 44 16 0 Hampton 5 42 19 0 Clayton 4 84 43 1 Davenport 4 31 14 0 Moore 3 39 24 0 Nathan 1 8 8 0 Prurtt 1 6 6 1 Punt returns Player No! Yds! Avg. TD Ellis 3 28 93 0 Kickotf returns Player No! Yds! Avg. TD Ellis 8 106 17.7 0 LOS ANGELES Rushing Player No! Yds.

LG TO Dickerson 28 124 25 1 Everett 3 18 14 0 Passing Player Att! Co. Int. Yds. TD Everett 31 18 0 251 0 Receiving Player No! Yds! LG TD Ellard 8 121 22 1 House 3 65 31 1 Hill 3 42 18 0 Dickerson 3 14 13 0 TyreM 1 9 9 0 Interceptions Player No. Yds.

Avg TD Newsome 1 0 00 0 first half. Trailing, 21-7, at halftime, the Rams outscored the Dolphins, 24-10, in the second half to send the game into overtime. Los Angeles, which set season highs for points scored and points allowed, tied the score with 50 seconds left in regulation on a 1-yard run by Eric Dickerson, who rushed for a game-high 124 yards on 28 carries. Rookie quarterback Jim Everett, starting his fourth consecutive game, completed three passes for 51 yards during the drive. He finished with a career-high 18 completions in 31 attempts for 251 yards and two touchdowns in his first losing outing.

But Marino overshadowed him, throwing five touchdowns against-a defense that had surrendered only 10 touchdown passes in its first 14 games. Three of those touchdowns came in the first half when the Dolphins' offense was virtually unstoppable against the NFL's second-ranked defense. Miami churned out 506 yards, the most against Los Angeles this season. The Dolphins limited the Rams to 372 yards, including only 142 on the ground. "We just came up a little short," Rams Coach John Robinson said.

"It was a day in which nothing happened very easy for us." The day belonged to the Dolphins. "That had all the excitement, you could want in a football game," Shula said. "For a change, good things happened to the Dolphins." MIAMI From D-1 back LeRoy Irvin in the left corner of the end zone on second down. "There was no risk whatsoever." Despite the loss Los Angeles secured a playoff berth because the Minnesota Vikings (8-7) were upset by the Houston Oilers. The Rams will battle the San Francisco 49ers (9-5-1), who also earned a playoff berth, for the West Division title Friday night at Candlestick Park.

If Miami doesn't make the playoffs, it will at least have the satisfaction of knowing it knocked off two division leaders this season. In addition to the Rams, the Dolphins embarrassed the New York Jets, 45-3, last month. Duper, who caught five passes for 185 yards and three touchdowns, shared the game ball with Marino. But it was center Dwight Stephenson who should have won the game ball Shula said. Stephenson made perhaps the biggest play of the game just before overtime when he called heads on the coin flip and won, giving the Dolphins first possession in the extra period.

"Woody Bennett called heads at the beginning of the game and lost," Stephenson said. "I thought the odds were in our favor if I called heads." That was one of the few right decisions Miami made after the How Miami fared San Diego 50 Miami 28 Miami 30 Indianapolis 10 NY Jets 51 Miami 45 San Francisco 31 Miami 16 New England 34 Miami 7 Miami 27 Buffalo 14 LA Raider 30 Miami 28 Miami 17 Indianapolis 13 Miami 28 Houston? Cleveland 26 Miami 16 Miami 34 Buffalo 24 Miami 45 New York Jets 3 Atlanta 20 Miami 14 Miami 31 New Orleans 27 Miami 37 LA Rams 31, OT Dec. 22 New England, 9 p.m. 2ND QUARTER: LA Newberry fumble recovery in end zone (lansford kick); MIA Duper 69 pass from Marino (Reveiz kick); MIA Prurtt 6 pass from Marino (Revetz kick); MIA Clayton 43 pass from Marino (Reveiz kick). 3RD QUARTER: LA Ellard 19 pass from Everett (Lansford kick): LA House 23 pass from Everett (Lansford kick); MIA Duper 5 pass from Marino (Reveiz kick).

4TH QUARTER: MIA FG Reveiz 18; LA FG Lansford 32: LA Dickerson 1 run (Lansford kick). OVERTIME MIA Duper 20 pass from Marino (no PAT attempt). A 62.629. Individual stats MIAMI Rushing Player No. Yds.

LG TD Davenport 8 61 35 0 Hampton 10 38 14 0 Bennett 3 8 7 0 How they scored SECOND QUARTER GREEN BAY Randy Wright runs 6 yards. Key plays: Wright's 21- and 12-yard passes to James Lofton. Al Del Greco PAT. 80 yards, 7 plays. 7-0, Packers.

THIRD QUARTER GREEN BAY Gerrv Ellis runs 2 vards. Key plays: Walter Stanley 19-yard run and Fills' oasa from Wnnht Del Greco 65 yards, 10 plays. 140, Packers. FOURTH QUARTER GREEN BAY Paul Ott Carruth runs 1 yard. Key plays: Eddie Lee Ivery's 17-yard pass from Wnght and Stanley's 33-yard pass I UnM Hai rZrmr DAT 1 uri nlM 21-0 Packers.

TAMPA BAY Calvin Magee catches 9-yard pass from DeBerg. Key plays: Magee 19-yard pass from DeBerg and Springs' 9-yard pass from DeBerg Igwebuike PAT. 50 yards, 9 plays. 21-7. Packers.

How they scored SECOND QUARTER LA Tom Newberry recovers fumble In nd zone Key plays: Jim Everett 20- and 13-yard passes to Henry Ellard. Mike Lansford PAT 80 yards, 11 plays. 7-0. Rams MIAMI Mark Duper catches 69-yard pass rom Dan Marino. Fuad Reveiz PAT.

80 yards 3 plays Tied, 7-7. MIAMI James Prurtt catches 6-yard pass 253 -I.