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Dallas, Pittsburgh win again Associated Press I V. 1a: d. Lv iKvjllo)lKM IF" in IT let it all out," said Marvin Washington, Byrd's close friend and fellow defensive lineman. Afterthe victory, Byrd spoke by telephone with his teammates. "He said he just wishes he was here," Washington said.

"And he was." 49ers 27, Dolphins 3 At San Francisco, a 12-yard pass from Steve Young to Jerry Rice had little impact because it was for the last score. But it was an historic catch, Rice's 101st for a touchdown. Rice beat Seattle great Steve Largent's record, set in 14 seasons; Rice has played Redskins 28. Giants 10 At East Rutherford, N.J.. Mark Rypien hit 15 of 18 passes for 216 yards, hitting Terry Orr with a 20-yard score and Art Monk with a 42 yarder Monk's only catch as he extended his streak with at least one reception per game to 145.

The Redskins (8-5) handed the Giants (5 8) their fourth straight loss. i wtwsm i ripped the Chiefs 28-7. Cowboys 31, Broncos 27 At the Broncos lost at home for the first time in seven games this year as Aikman was 25 for 35 for 281 yards and three touchdowns. He led the Cowboys on an 1 1 -play 77-yard drive to Emmitt Smith's 3-yard touchdown run to win it. The Broncos have lost three straight without John Elway, out with a shoulder injury.

Steelers 20, Seahawks 14 At Pittsburgh, the Steelers overcame five interceptions and a broken leg suffered by quarterback Neil O'Donnell for their ninth consecutive victory at home, 6-0 this season, and fourth in a row overall. O'Donnell fractured his right fibula while trying to evade a third-quarter sack. Bubby Bris-ter came on, was intercepted twice but drove Pittsburgh 80 yards on 13 plays for Foster's decisive score. Chargers 27, Cardinals 21 No team has lost its first four games and then made the playoffs. The Chargers are in range of doing it.

Quarterback Stan Humphries hit 20 of 32 passes for 275 yards and one touchdown at Tempe, Ariz. Jets 24. Bills 17 With defensive end Dennis Byrd, who was partially paralyzed in last week's game, in a hospital room watching on television, the Jets (4-9) played an inspired second half. "It was therapeutic to get back out there on the football field and Not only are the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL playoff's, they're in position for a run at the Super Bowl without leaving home. The Cowboys used the strong passing of Troy Aikman to beat Denver 31-27 Sunday and clinch an NFC wild-card berth.

They lead the East by three games with three weeks to go and their 11 2 record is tied with San Francisco for the league's best. "In this setting, we played well enough to win, and that's all I can say," a relieved Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson said. Dallas needs one more win or a loss by Philadelphia to clinch the division title. It has Washington, Atlanta and Chicago left, while the' Niners face Minnesota, Tampa and Detroit. Pittsburgh moved to 10 3, the best record in the AFC, with a 20-14 win over Seattle.

Barry Foster rushed for 125 yards for his 10th 100-yard game of the season. His 4-yard touchdown run with 2:22 to play won it. The Steelers earned at least a wild-card slot and have a 2Vr game lead on Houston in the AFC Central. They finish with Chicago, Minnesota and Cleveland. Less simple is the AFC West.

San Diego, which started the season 0-4, surged into a tie for the lead with Kansas City, one game in front of Denver and two ahead of the Los Angeles Raiders. The Chargers (8-5) won their fourth straight by rallying past Phoenix 27-21. The Raiders AMERICAN CONFERENCE bast 9 8 (i 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 Pet. PF 6S2 331 .615 21(5 .462 169 .308 197 .154 162 .769 267 583 270 538 231 ".308 227 615 258 .615 241 .538 215 .462 207 Buffalo Miami Indianapolis Jets New England x-Pittsburgh Houston Cleveland Cincinnati Kansas City San Diego Denver LA KaiderS: PA 223 244 266 266 300 176 218 211 306 207 203 254 205 251 Central lo a 7 5 7 4 9 West 8 5 8 5 7.6 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle 11 .154 103 VriONAI.COM EREME 1993 Ranger 4x4 XLT 4.0 V6 5 Speed AMFM Cassette, Sliding Rear Window Floor Consolette, Aluminum Wheels Air Conditioning Clearcoat Paint Super Engine Cooling Retail SPECIAL s1 5,317 East 11 ,8 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 Byrd receives special gift 3 1993 Ranger XLT Pet. PF 846 324 .6.15 247 .615 297 385 261 .231 208 .692 324 .538 225 333 241 .308 239 .231 227 x-Dallas Philadelphia N.Y.

Giants I'hoenix Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Tampa Bay Central 9 4 1 992 N.Y. Times PA 192 200 205 307 309 219 242' 288 306 291 199 168 328 291 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 9 10 4 4 3 West 11 2 10 3 5 8 5 8 x-San Francisco x-New Orleans Atlanta LA Ranis 846 366 769 257 385 248 385 248 2.3 4 cyl 5 Speed AMFM Cassette, Power Steering Sliding Rear Window, Chrome Bumper Floor Consolette, Cast Aluminum Wheels Air Conditioning, Clearcoat Paint Super Engine Cooling Retail 2,833 1993 F-150 5 Models Styleside XL Trim 4.9 6 cyl 5 Speed Headlinerlnsulation Package Low Mount Swing Away Mirrors Air Conditioning, Super Engine Cooling Rear S.tep Bumper Retail 1 0,005 SPECIAL NEW YORK It was too good to wait, too good to hold on to. too good not to bring straight to Dennis Byrd. So the Jets president, Steve Gut-man, accompanied by Dr. James Nicholas, chairman of the Jets' medical department, quietly entered Lenox Hill Hospital Sunday night with the game ball from the Jets' big upset of the Bills in Buffalo.

They delivered it to Byrd in the hospital's orthopedic section, where the defensive end continues rehabilitation from the football collision that paralyzed him from the waist down. The defensive coordinator, Pete Carroll, and the defensive line coach, Greg Robinson, also showed up bearing the gilts and good wishes. Robinson was toting two containers of fresh hot buffalo wings for Byrd, who had watched the game in his room with his family. "It was a special day for him, a special day for us and we just had to go and tell him," said Carroll. Byrd also received a visit from fellow defensive lineman Marvin Washington, who usually roomed with Byrdon the road.

"A lot of the guys parked their cars at the complex, but I parked at the airport because I knew 1 was coming anyway," said Washington. Nicholas gave no update on Byrd's condition, which the Jets said improved on Saturday when Byrd regained some movement in his lower legs. Gutman would only say that Byrd was very' happy. Washington was impressed with the way Buffalo players joined in the on-field post game prayer. "That was cool," said Washington.

"We're all NFL brothers. We were all inspired with what's gone on in the last week. It was therapeutic to get out and finally play a game of football, because that's what we do." SPECIAL 11,805 x-elinched playoff berth Result Sunday Los Angeles Haiders28, Kansas City 7 Cleveland 37. Cincinnati 21 Green Bay 38. Detroit 10 Indianapolis 6, New England 0 Philadelphia 28.

Minnesota 17 New York Jets 24. Buffalo 17 Pittsburgh 20. Seattle 14 Dallas 31. Denver 27 -San Francisco 27. Miami 3 San Diego 27.

Phoenix 21 ashington 28, New York Giants 10 Los Angeles Hams 31. Tampa Bay 27 Game today Chicago at Houston. 8 p.m. Games Saturday DenveratBullalo.il 30 a.m. New York Giants at Phoenix.

3 p.m. dames Sunday Atlanta at Tampa Bay. noon. Cleveland at Detroit, noon. Dallas at Washington, noon.

Indianapolis at New York Jets. noon. New England at Kansas City. noon. Pittsburgh at Chicago, noon.

San Francisco at Minnesota, noon. Cincinnati at San Diego, 3 p.m. NewOrleuns at Los Angeles Philadelphia at Seattle, 3 p.m. Green Bay at Houston. 7 p.m.

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But that turned out to be all the Raiders would allow. The Chiefs got to the Raiders' 6 early in the third quarter, but Dan Land intercepted a pass in the end zone. "We had a great opportunity, I just didn't get the ball to him," Krieg said, referring to J.J. Bird-en, the intended receiver. "I just threw it a little bit behind him." A 17-yard scoring pass from Schroeder to Willie Gault with 19 seconds left in the third quarter completed the scoring.

Schroeder completed 12 of 18 passes for 93 yards with two interceptions. Eric Dickerson led the Raiders in rushing with 77 yards on23carries. Krieg, under pressure all day, completed 18 of 33 passes for 276 yards with one interception and was sacked four times. "We were forced into throwing the ball; that's the kind of thing we like to force other teams to do," Krieg said. "Today, we were forced to do it.

We put some yards up in clumps. We just didn't get any points." M1.995 Save Save Save enough for a victory. "In the circumstances we're in right now, they came out with a lot of pride and I'm very proud of what they did today," Raiders coach Art Shell said of his players. "It was a tough loss (at San Diego) last week, but they weren't down, they were upbeat. They showed great effort." Barker injured his left shoulder while trying to get to the ball on the blocked punt, forcing placekicker Nick Lowery toTian-dle Kansas City's punting the rest of the day.

Lowery, who hadn't punted since high school, averaged 35.2 yards on four kicks. K-State's Snyder leaves Japan in a huff Continued from Page Bl ating and getting married. We're and Wisconsin, who are sched- not going to be able to do this uled to play here next year stay again." home. Snyder said that's a good thing. "I'd tell them they were abso- He said he has one thing to tell lute fools if they choose to come the coaches of Michigan State here," he said.

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