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-I 1 i 1 1 n1 1 V- i t' r-t 1 1 i i SECTION SAN DIEGO COUNTY Cob Angeles Slimes MONDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1989 CCt I SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Flipper Wears Out Saints, 20-17 Rams: With Ellard sidelined, Anderson catches 15 passes for NFL-record 336 yards as team rallies for big overtime victory. i Ot I San Diego County CHARGERS: They wasted another good defensive effort by coming up with no offense of their own in a 10-6 loss to the Colts at Indianapolis. CI SEASON WRAPUP: The San Diego State football team had its first winning season in three years, but the defeats that started and ended things might say the most about the Aztec program after Al Lugin-bill's first year as coach. CI SDSU BASKETBALL: The Aztecs ended a two-game losing streak with a 63-49 victory over Chami-nade in the seventh -place game of the Maui college basketball tournament. CI TENNIS: Susie Patterson is short on tennis experience but long on athleticism as she awaits competition Tuesday at the Women's over-40 National Hardcourt Tournament.

C17A ROAD RACING: San Diego State's Matt Clayton ran up against the big names Sunday, but when it was all over, his name was ahead of everyone else in the $20,000 Reebok Arturo Barrios Invitational. C17B Elsewhere NFL Indianapolis 10, San Diego 6 CI Rams Orleans 17 (OT) CI Raiders 24, New England 21 CI Green Bay 20, Minnesota 19 C4 Washington 38, Chicago 14 C6 Kansas City 34, Houston 0 C7 Denver 41, Seattle 14 C7 New York Jets 27, Atlanta 7 C8 Tampa Bay 14, Phoenix 13 C8 Pittsburgh 34, Miami 14 C9 Buffalo 24, Cincinnati 7 C9 Complete coverage C4-C9 Standings, Summaries C20 Angeles 38, one for 14 yards to the Saints' 15 and the final one on the next play for the tying touchdown. "It really just sort of got unconscious out there for a while and everything was clicking and things were happening," Anderson said. In overtime, he caught two passes for 40 yards and drew a 35- yard interference penalty as the Rams overcame two holding calls to march 71 yards to set up Mike Lansford's 31 -yard field goal at 6:38. Lansford kicked one from 32 yards in the second quarter, had a 22-yard attempt blocked by Saints nose tackle Jim Wilks and missed a 52-yard try on the final play of regulation" New Orleans scored its touchdowns on a 19-yard pass from Bobby Hcbert to Eric Martin in the first quarter and a 35-yard pass from halfback Dalton Milliard to Martin in the third quarter.

Morten Andersen kicked a 36- yard field goal in the second period. Hilliard has thrown the halfback pass seven times in his four-year career and completed four of them, all for touchdowns. Both Saints touchdowns came on 91 -yard marches, their longest of the season. Everett completed 29-of-51 passes for a career-high 454 yards despite six sacks and two interceptions. The Rams netted only 57 rushing yards.

Hilliard had 112 yards on 24 carries for New Orleans, his third straight Please see RAMS, C10 By AUSTIN WILSON ASSOtlATI.I) PRIvSS NEW ORLEANS-Willie Anderson was getting tired he scored the tying touchdown. Refreshed, he then led the Los Angeles Rams to a game-winning field goal in overtime, writing his name in the NFL record book along the way. Anderson had 15 catches for a record 336 yards Sunday night in the Rams' 20-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints. The old mark of 309 yards was set by Kansas City's Stcphone Paige in 1985. The victory boosted the Rams to 8-4 and dropped the Saints to 6-6, just about eliminating New Orleans from the playoff picture.

Anderson's previous best was four receptions for 112 yards against San Francisco earlier this year. "I never thought I'd have a day like this," he said. "It just happened." It happened largely because starting wide receiver Henry Ellard strained a hamstring in practice on Friday and was held out of the game. "I was exhausted until I caught the touchdown pass to tie it. Then I was rejuvenated," Anderson said.

The Rams trailed 17-3 when Anderson caught a 46-yard pass to set up a 5-yard touchdown run by Buford McGee with 2:46 left in regulation. He caught three passes from Jim Everett on the Rams' next possession one for 26 yards on second-and-22 at the Los DON TOKMKY 1 Angeles Times Flipper Anderson runs away from Toi Cook for a good hunk of his NFL-record 336 receiving yards. No Offense, But Chargers Are Without One NFL: It was a familiar scenario: The defense played well, the offense didn't and a late drive this time by the Colts led to defeat. ON THE RAM: Flipper Anderson set an NFL single game record with 336 pass receiving yards, making a 26-yard catch to set up Mike Lansford's 31 -yard field goal in overtime that gave the Rams a 20-17 win at New Orleans. CI NBA SCORES Lakers 132, San Antonio 112 C17 Clippers 120, Chicago 96 C17 Portland 102, Detroit 82 C17 NHL SCORES Kings 3, Vancouver 3 C2 Buffalo 4, Hartford 2 New York Rangers 3, Quebec 1 Minnesota 5, Chicago 3 Roundup C2 sponsibility in man-to-man coverage.

And Charger defensive coordinator Ron Lynn admitted he wasn't sure why an opponent had put together a long drive late in the final period to beat the Chargers for the second consecutive week. "I wish I knew," Lynn said. "It would be one thing if this was the only time this has happened." It also happened four weeks ago when Seattle scored on a 21-yard touchdown pass with 40 seconds remaining to beat the Chargers, 10-7. Neither Patterson, Lynn nor anyone else associated with the Chargers could put their finger on why this team has suffered its last six defeats by six, one, seven, three, three and four points. But despite Patterson's mistake Sunday and Lynn's uncertainty about his unit's fourth period failings, the Chargers demise, the rumors of which are not greatly exaggerated, is not the fault of the defense.

The numbers, please: The Charger defense has allowed just 11. touchdowns in the last 10 games. The Charger defense hasn't allowed any opponent to score more than 20 points since Week Two. Please see CHARGERS, CS with the best of them. "We've just got to pick our pants up and go back out and play," said cornerback Elvis Patterson, moments after Indianapolis wide receiver Bill Brooks had undressed him on a crossing pattern for the 25-yard, game-winning touchdown pass with 1:54 remaining.

That score dropped the Chargers to 4-8 and kept the Colts' playoff hopes alive at 6-6. Patterson admitted Brooks was his re By BRIAN HEWITT TIMES STAFF WRITER INDIANAPOLIS The reviews aren't even mixed for the Chargers any more. They are a bad team. They have lost twice as many games as they have won including a 10-6 torture test to the Colts in the Hoosier Dome Sunday. But at least the Chargers stiil know how to mix their metaphorical sports cliches 5 4peau Aztecs Take Step Forward With Long Yardage to Go Beuerlein Picks Up Raiders Raiders: Hobbled quarterback picks up the offensive slack in a 24-21 win over New England.

Season Wrapup: San Diego State had its first winning football season in three years, but must turn it up a notch to beat the elite teams. ference-champion Brigham Young. In between, there were enough victories to give SDSU a 6-5-1 record, its first winning season in three years. In that accomplishment, the Aztecs took some pride. But it was those bookend losses that might say the most about where the Aztec program stands one year after Luginbill succeeded the fired Denny Stolz.

The losses demonstrated why the Aztecs were more than a notch away from becoming seri-" ous WAC contenders. It was a lesson that made Luginbill think hard about how far his program remains from reaching that level. "I'm not putting any timetable on it," Luginbill said after the BYU game. "We took a step Please see SDSU, C17A By CURT HOLBREICH TIMES STAFF WRITER San Diego State's first season under Coach Al Luginbill ended the way it began with a onesided loss to one of the Aztecs' most heated Western Athletic Conference rivals. The defeat that started the season Sept 2 was 52-36 at Air Force.

The loss that ended it Saturday night was 48-27 to con TAKING HIS SWINGS: Ralph Terry, former New York Yankee pitcher now on the PGA Senior tour, has gone from Mickey Mantle to Jack Nick-laus. Mike Downey's column. C4 By MARK HEISLER TIMES STAFF WRITER Wherever the Raiders are in the '90s, they will need a quarter-. back, so they might long remember a cool November day in 1989 when Bo Jackson was merely mortal and the wily quarterback of the New England Patriots was using their secondary for target practice. And the Raiders' quarterback, down to one good knee and another in a brace, pulled them through.

The Patriots sacked Steve Beuerlein four times and rolled him over onto his wounded right knee another half-dozen, but he kept getting back up and firing, long enough finally to set up Jeff Jaeger for the 32-yard field goal that beat the Patriots, 24-21. Sunday afternoon. "The knee's still hanging on my leg so far," Beuerlein said, smiling. "So we'll keep going as long as we can." The Raiders, who were long-shots in the playoff picture a few days ago, are 6-6. They trail Houston and Miami, both 7-5, and are tied with Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, each 6-6, in Please see RAIDERS, C12 SDSU Gets Started Slowly, Then Saves Its Best for Last REVENGE: Magic Johnson and Byron Scott scored 24 points each as the Lakers won their ninth consecutive game, avenging their only loss of the season with a 132-112 victory over San Antonio.

C17 MICHAEL Newest Clipper Ron Harper scored 36 points, outplaying Michael Jordan, who was held to 26 in the Clippers' 120-96 victory over the Chicago Bulls. C17 I points to lead the Aztecs to a 63-49 victory over Chaminade in the seventh-place game of the Maui tournament Sunday at La-haina Civic Center. Best, who had a previous high of 24 points last season against New Mexico, broke out of his two-game shooting slump. He made 10 of 16 field goals, including five of eight three-pointers, Please see AZTECS, C17A By CURT HOLBREICH TIMES STAFF WRITER LAHAINA, Hawaii-Just when San Diego State needed him the most, guard Michael Best decided it was time to carry the load. And he wasn't talking about those extra pounds he's been hauling around the past few weeks.

Best scored a career-high 25 INDEX Morning Briefing C2 Allan Malamud C3 Newswire C14 Horse Racing C18 The Day in Sports C19-20 Associated Press SKINS GAME: Curtis Strange sank a 35-foot chip shot worth $135,000 and took home $265,000 from $450,000 purse. C21.