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D-4 The Orlando Sentinel, Thursday, December 5, 1991 nninhins' home aame Monday night' Peters not expecting top job Defensive coach sees unsure future By Ed Werder TAMPA BAY -I I I I I I Ed Werder McKay and Selmon are scheduled to attend an awards ceremony at hatftime of Sunday night's game between the Bucs and Minnesota Vikings. McKay is the most successful coach in team history, with a 44-88-1 regular-season record. Selmon, the team's first-ever draft choice, is the career sack leader with 78 Vi and played in six consecutive Pro Bowls. Bell, who died from a rare muscle disease, is the team's second-leading career rusher with 3,057 yards. Bucs starting defensive end Keith McCarrts and reserve offensive guard John Bruhin missed practice Wednesday because of the flu, coach Richard Williamson said.

The team's medical staff is convinced wide receiver Bruce Hill, on injured-reserve after arthroscopic knee surgery, will miss the rest of the season. Although the Bucs are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention Vinny Testaverde will continue to start in front of inexperienced Jeff Carlson. "I want to try and win the last three this year," Williamson said. However, he conceded first-round pick Charles McRae will probably receive playing time at right tackle, though Rob Taylor remains the starter. ED WERDER INSIDE THE NFL against Cincinnati are warned that of those tickets incorrectly us out may as.

the day of the game. The tickets are valid. Season-ticket holders may tho nhanrfts are slim Miami will be host for a playoff game. Playoff tickets for Dec 28-29 cost $3t, ana i tenets for the AFC Championship game Jan. 12 are $45, $42 and $35.

A $3 handling deposit will be added to each or--der. Tickets must be ordered by Dec. 16-to assure availability. Mark Higgs has 717 yards rushing with three games remaining. He needs -another 115 yards to surpass Sammie.

Smith's 1990 leading total of 831. The Dolphins' best performance was 1,258 by DeMn Williams in 1978, followed three 1 000-vard seasons by Larry. Csonka 1,117 in 1972, 1,051 in 1971 ano i.uuo ii i i iihj L-'w-n in io wutji r-sive linemen have made it their goal to-get 1,000 yards for Higgs. Kicker Pete Stoyanovich had flu and a fever of I 103 degrees before Sunday's game and kicked four field goals, a career high. Stoyanovich is 25 of 29 this sea- son, four short of breaking Garo Yepro-mian's club record of 28 in 1971.

JERRY GREENE, of the Sentinel staff Mia Opp 443 249 12 3211 18 408 264 11 2785 16 RECEIVING MIAMI i i Marino honored as top AFC player Dan Marino was named the AFC's Offensive Player of the Week for his 307-yard passing performance Sunday against Tampa Bay. It is the 13th time Marino has been selected since the league began honoring the players in 1984. Marino's selection was the first for a Dolphin this season. The last time a Dolphin was picked as either offensive or defensive player of the week was Marino against Kansas City in the 1990 playoffs. Marino is the fifth Bucs' opponent to be named as a player of the week this season.

Fans who already have tickets to the RESULTS Baumam Tampa initiates Krewe of Honor Tampa Bay has a legacy of losing but has made plans to honor former coach John McKay and players Lee Roy Sel-mon and Ricky Bell, who twice participated in the playoffs. The team Wednesday announced the formation of the Buccaneer Krewe of Honor as a method of recognizing those who reflect excellence. The first class of inductees McKay, Selmon and, posthumously. Bell will receive commemorative plaques and are to have the likenesses depicted on a mural scheduled to be placed in the southeast corner of Tampa Stadium next year. RESULTS Wilson 0 2 6 12 Jensen 2 0 0 12 Maron 2 0 0 12 Banks 10 0 6 Baty 10 0 6 Craver 0 0 6 Edmunds 10 0 6 Klingbeil 10 0 6 Smith 10 0 6 Secules 18 0 8 Attendance Buffalo 36, Miami 31 80.252 Miami 17, Indianapolis 6 51.155 Detroit 17.

Miami 13 56.896 Miami 16, Green Bay 13 56,583 NY. Jets 41. Miami 23 71.170 Miami 20. New England 10 49,749 KG 42, Miami 7 76,021 Houston 17, Miami 13 60.705 Miami 10. Indianapolis 6 55,899 Miami 30.

New England 20 56.085 Buffalo 41, Miami it 71,062 Miami 16, Chicago 13 58.288 Miami 33. T. Bay 14 51.026 Cncmnaa at Miami, 8 p.m. TEAM STATISTICS Y. Jets 16.

T. Bay 13 61 .204 Chcago 21. Bay 20 62.209 Green Bay 15. T. Bay 13 58,114 Buffalo 17, Bay 10 57,323 Detroit 31, Bay 3 48,784 Bay 14.

Philadelphia 13 41.219 New Ortsens 23. T. Bay 7 68.591 Green Bay 27, T. Bay 0 40.275 Minnesota 28. T.

Bay 13 35.737 Tampa Bay 30, Detroit 21 37,742 Atlanta 43, Bay 7 41,274 Giants 21, Bay 14 63.698 Miami 33, T. Bay 14 51.036 Minnesota at Tampa Bay. 8 p.m. TEAM STATISTICS Up to 9 coaches may lose their jobs The practice of filling in the blanks in the NFL, of putting the unknown names with certain teams, is normally associated with mock drafts. But this year there is an unusually high number of coaches likely to be handing in their headsets at the conclusion of the season, making it possible to play that game now.

There is the potential for as many as nine teams to make coaching changes in the off-season, prompting former Eagles coach Buddy Ryan to invoke his powers of reason and rhetoric to promise, "I'm back." Former 49ers coach Bill Walsh a apparently is also considering returning to football again, this time strictly as a general manager, maybe in a package with Raiders quarterbacks roach Mike White or Stanford's Dennis Green. Former Giants coach Bill Parcells will almost cer-v tainly return to the sideline, prob-i ably with the Tampa Bay Bucs, unless Walsh concedes to coaching for a few seasons before moving to the front office. The Vikings' Jerry Burns finally acknowledged this week his plans to resign. The Bucs' Richard Wil- liamson, the Packers' Lindy In- fante, the Chargers' Dan Henning, the Rams' John Robinson and the Colts' Rick Venturi will be replaced. a In addition, four-time Super Bowl winner Chuck Noll's problems with the Steelers are very serious, and Chuck Knox likely will quit before the Seahawks have the opportunity 2 0 0 12 G.

Anderson 10 0 6 J.Anderson 10 0 6 T.B. 17 13 17 158 Opp 30 20 35 309 SCORE BY QUARTERS TB, 27 35 27 6 158 Opp 66 91 67 85 309 RUSHING Player No. Yds. TD LG Cobb 151 621 6 59 Anderson 69 255 1 64t Wilson 34 129 0 20 Testaverde 28 88 0 19 Chandler 18 79 0 12 Canson 3 14 0 9 Hghsmitft 3 14 0 10 TBI 306 1200 7 64t Opp 403 1565 16 691 PASSING AC I Yd TD Testaverde 254 126 12 1496 5 Chandler 104 53 8 557 4 Carlson 47 23 3 328 1 T.B. 405 204 23 2381 10 Opp 363 218 11 2683 14 RECEIVING Player No.

Avg. TD Dawsey 44 150 3 Carrier 36 14 0 0 Ro. Han 28 8 8 0 Drewrey 22 149 2 Hill 17 109 2 Wilson 17 69 2 G. Anderson 17 6 8 0 Cobb 10 5.2 0 J. Anderson 5 14 4 1 E.Thomas 4 13 8 0 Arahony 4 128 0 T.a 204 11.7 10 Opp 218 12.3 14 INTERCEPTIONS Player No.

Avg. TD Covington 3 70 0 FuHngton 2 65 6 Reynolds 2 35 0 Hampton 1 120 0 Carter 1 50 0 Carter 1 4 0 0 Marve 1 10 0 T.B. 11 5.7 0 Opp 23 1 KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Avg. TD G.Anderson 26 17 3 0 Drewrey 11 210 0 Hardy 7 151 0 Cobb 2 75 0 Wilson 2 95 0 Ro Hal 1 10 0 T.B.

49 16.8 0 Opp 26 20.5 0 Player No. Avg. TD Clayton 53 15 8 7 Duper 48 158 4 Paige 39 86 0 Mann 24 16 5 2' Baty 20 135 1 Jensen 16 92 2 Smith 10 7.2 0 Banks 9 13.2 1 Craver 8 84 0 Higgs 8 710 Edmunds 7 10.0 1J Plum 2 150 0J Miller 2 11.5 0 Henry i 2 85 0' Sims 1 90 0' Miami 249 12.9 18 Opp 254 11.0 16- KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Avg. TD Craver 25 19 5 0 Logan 8 176 0 Pakje 2 155 0' DeUenbach 1 00 0.

Henry 1 130 0. 1 330 Oj J. Williams 1 7 0 0 Miami 39 183 0 Opp 51 194 0 Miami 25 27 25 256 Opp 32 17 32 275 SCORE BY QUARTERS Mia 45 95 32 81 3 256 Opp 58 84 68 66 0 275 RUSHING Player No Yds. TD LG Higgs 178 717 3 24 S.Smith 80 290 1 18 Craver 20 58 1 t7 Secules 4 30 1 12 Page 9 22 0 6 Manno 24 18 0 11 Logan 2 4 0 2 Miami 317 1139 6 24 Opp 398 1713 11 58 PASSING A I Yd TD Marino 430 241 11 3121 17 SeaJes 13 8 1 90 1 mmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm TB OPP 1st downs 203 238 Rush-yards 306-1200 403-1565 Passing yds 2022 2494 Total yards 3222 4059 Passes 405-204-23 363-218-11 Pints 69-405 58-434 Fmbls-lost 28-16 23-13 Penalty 7675 95-781 SCORING Player TD FG PAT TP Chnsoe 0 13 17 54 Cobb 6 0 0 36 Dawsey 3 0 0 18 Drewrey 2 0 0 12 HM 2 0 0 12 MIA OPP 1st downs 246 265 Rush-yards 317-1139 398-1713 Passing yds 3063 2611 Total yards 4202 4324 Pass 443-249-12 408-254-11 Punts 50-440 56096 Fumbles-lost 20-13 11-7 Penalty 46344 72-557 SCORING Player TD FG PAT TP Stoyanovich 0 25 19 94 Clayton 7 0 0 42 Duper 4 0 0 24 Higgs 3 0 0 18 Dis count Ruto Parts OF THE SENTINEL STAFF TAMPA Despite the eyeglasses, Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Floyd Peters proved he is not shortsighted Wednesday, predicting for the first time the team will not consider him a possible replacement if coach Richard Williamson is fired. "I can't see them being able to, you know, hire another assistant coach," Peters said, referring to the fact Williamson was promoted from receivers coach to head coach last year.

"I think that's why I'm all for Richard being able to put together a string of three wins and maybe save his job, because that ensures we'd all be here." Bucs owner Hugh Culverhouse is expected to consider a coaching change at the conclusion of the season because of Williamson's 3-13 overall record and diminishing attendance figures that project a $1 million shortfall in budgeted ticket revenues. Despite changing schemes and making personnel alterations, Peters has improved the defense from 24th to 13th in the NFL rankings in his first season with the team. Peters, 55, would almost certainly be provided at least a cursory interview for the position. But he believes his viability is limited because the economic factors will put pressure on the team to attempt to hire a more marketable and experienced coach, with Bill Walsh, Bill Parcells and Dan Reeves the potential focal points. "When the season's over, I've got to sit down and do some serious thinking," Peters said.

"I don't know what's going to happen here. I don't know what's going to happen with five other teams. I like what I'm doing here. I like Tampa Bay. I'd like to build this defense and Stay here, but who knows what's going to happen.

"It takes some time to build a team. I'm the third defensive coordinator. Are they going to go through a fourth? I mean, I'm saying, hey, if you want to build a defense, you better start building a defense, and you can't keep playing musical chairs fire this guy or get rid of this guy. To me, hey, you want a football team? Build one. "A lot of people say, That guy can't There's a lot of good coaches, and you don't even get out of the starting blocks.

That's the problem with our business: It's either win or get out. I understand that But I'm also saying that creates those disasters, too." The perception around the league was that Peters came to Tampa Bay because he figured Williamson might be a short-term coach and that he could- emerge as a replacement. Now he's probably nothing more than the perfect fallback candidate, the one the team turns to should the big-name hunting fail. Yet Peters is concerned about whether he would be permitted to return for the final year of his contract in 1992 if the Bucs replace Williamson. MINNESOTA VIKINGS THE TEAM confirmed Wednesday that Jerry Burns, who had a 50-42 record in his five-plus season, will retire as coach after the 1991 season.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS GUARD TERRY Long for the first time admitted using steroids to accelerate his recovery from knee surgery. Long attempted suicide in July after failing the test. He is in the final week of a four-week suspension. NEW YORK GIANTS LINEBACKER LAWRENCE Taylor worked out for the first time since spraining his left knee against Tampa Bay on Nov. 24 and indicated he probably would play Sunday.

i mmm i MIAMI DOLPHINS Announced QB Dan Marino was named AFC's offensive player of the week. I 1 I I I I i 1 1 i i 1 rfllr. 4- 35j? i to consider firing him. The situation with the Bengals' Sam Wyche is he will have a postseason meeting with GM Mike Brown and tell him he'll remain only if the team makes a major financial commitment to winning, such as increasing his power, hiring1 more scouts and building a new facility. If it happens, this year will mark the largest coaching turnover in the league since seven teams hired coaches in 1983.

Furthermore, Don Shula, Joe Gibbs, Mike Ditka, Dan Reeves, Jim Mora, Marv Levy and Wayne Fontes will be the only coaches left with more than three years' tenure with their current teams. Here, then, is one list of openings and possible top candidates: Bucs Parcells; Long shots: Walsh, Reeves; Chargers UM coach Dennis Erickson. Vikings Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz or Jets defensive coordinator Pete Carroll. Rams Ryan. Seahawks Raiders' White.

Steelers Bears defensive coordinator Vince Tobin. Colts Knox. Bengals Georgia Tech's Bobby Ross. Packers Robinson. Those coaches and league administrators concerned with keeping starting quarterbacks upright and out of the chiropractor's office should take note of the Redskins.

In opposition to the stratagems of most teams, which use spread formations to increase the number of receivers running pass routes, Gibbs almost always keeps seven players in to pass protect and makes certain of having extra backside support for Mark Rypien. This season, Rypien has been sacked only four times the league average is 28.5 and is one of three NFC quarterbacks not to miss a start. "Their quarterback does the job for them, and the way they protect him, he doesn't even have to shower after the game," the Rams' Robinson said after losing to the Redskins last week. i Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson knows his quarterbacks. And, more importantly, how to defense them.

He takes a 4-0 record against former Miami, Hurricanes quarterbacks into this week's meeting with the Saints and Steve Walsh. For the record, Johnson is 2-0 opposite the Bucs' Vmny Testaverde and won his only meetings with Walsh and the Browns Bernie Kosar. "I think we've got a real good feel for those guys and how to defense them because of our familiarity with them," Dallas defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt said. "Hopefully, the streak continues because we'd love to play Jim Kelly this year." The only way Johnson could coach against Kelly, another former Hurricane, is for the Cowboys and Bills to reach the Super Bowl. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones considers that a distinct possibility.

"Whet would we have to do? Go to Washington and beat the Redskins? I guess I agree that's impossible," he said smugly, knowing his team ac-i complished just that two before. -t- LIFETIME GUARANTEE Starters and Alternators I 172 Month AA9B l7nn RAB7 II seat I SAVE wexch WEXCH rricea I ucvj mWucym I1 1 i I iii II a v.T'jaa:iwa.f.i.ra:i I I. JlaftAfi I if 4.14 IVSC I Inn Year afl "9 OA Mo us. I S.00 cool In summer One Year Most U.S. Instantly I Battery "wweCH SJcLan, mo.

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