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14 - The rnncc George Citizen -Monday, September 9,1991 Rams confuse flat Giants with new look by Associated Press Buffalo 52, Pittsburgh 34; Cleveland 20,games. return to the lineup. rushed for 99 yards, and the Raiders’ With the Los Angeles Rams lookingNew England 0; Miami 17, Indianapolis 6; Dolphins 17 Colts 6 Bears 21 Bucs 20 defence limited the Broncos to a pair of like the Philadelphia Eagles, the New New Orleans 17, Kansas City 10; Minne Miami held Indianapolis to 150 yards. Jim Harbaugh threw two touchdownfirst-half field goals and a touchdown with York Gia.its were certainly confused. sota 20, Atlanta 19; Detroit 23, Green Bay Mark Higgs rushed for 111 yards and bepasses and the visiting Bears sacked Vinny25 seconds left. The result was a 19-13 loss for the 14; Chicago 21, Tampa Bay 20; Phoenixcame the first Dolphin since Andra FranTestaverde six times, continuing their Seahawks 20 Jets 13 26, Philadelphia 10; San Francisco 34, San defending Super Bowl champions on Sun klin in 1982 to top 100 yards ir. consecumastery of the Buccaneers. Seattle’s Jeff Kemp passed for two Diego 14; Los Angeles Raiders 16, day. tive games. Cardinals 26 Eagles 10 touchdowns in the third quarter. Kemp Denver 13; Seattle 20, New York Jets 13; “ I’m as disappointed today as I was Saints 17 Chiefs 10 Tom Tupa, replacing the injured Timmthrew for 182 yards, while the Seahawks’ and Houston 30, Cincinnati 7. elated on Monday,” said first-year coach Bobby Hebert threw two touchdownRosenbach, completed just six of 19defence limited the Jets to a pair of field Ray Handley, whose Giants had beaten Washington plays at Dallas tonight. passes in the first half as the Saints held passes, but one was a 51-yard scoringgoals until Troy Taylor hit Rob Moore San Francisco 16-14 the week before. Bills 52 Steelers 34 Kansas City to just one first down to winthrow to Johnny Johnson in the first quarwith a 6-yard TD pass with 1:14 to play. ‘‘It’s not our style to turn the ball over. Jim Kelly threw six touchdowns passesconsecutive games at the start of the seater to give the Cardinals a 10-0 lead. Oilers 30 Bengals 7 ‘‘We can’t play the game that way. We to lead the Bills. Four of Kelly’s scoringson. 49ers 34 Chargers 14 weren’t consistent offensively. The effortpasses went to Don Beebe, the longest a Vikings 20 Falcons 19 Steve Young threw three touchdownThe Oilers scored a pair of touchdowns was there, but the execution was lacking.”34-yarder, and the Bills had their second- Cris Carter caught two touchdownpasses, including a 70-yarder to Jerry Riceone minute apart on Warren Moon’s pass and Lamar Lathon’s interception return. The Rams, who took a page from thehighest scoring day ever. passes from Wade Wilson to lead the that broke the game open in the third Moon drove the Oilers 90 yards for a Eagles’ strategy, held the defending Super Browns 20 Patriots 0 Vikings. Carter beat Bobby Butler on bothquarter. Young threw for 348 yards, and fourth-quarter touchdown. Bowl champions to just 293 total yards In a battle of last season’s two worstTDs. Rice had nine receptions for 150 yards, in and forced thee turnovers. Meanwhile,teams, Bernie Kosar and the Browns Lions 23 Packers 14 cluding a pair of TDs. Robert del Pino ran for 116 yards and adefence spoiled the Patriots’ home opener. Rodney Peete completed 25 of a career- Raiders 16 Broncos 13 The Redskins visit Dallas at 6 this touchdown for Los Angeles. Kosar threw two touchdown passes andhigh 38 attempts for 271 yards, and the Jay Schroder threw a 16-yard touch evening on CHCH (cable 25) and at 7 In other NFL games on Sunday, it was:the defence turned in its first shutout in 32Lions beat the Packers in Barry Sanders’down pass to Willie Gault, Roger Craigon KOMO (cable 8). Smith takes Ali makes Horrible most of memories Greer’s spot first round erased Heidi Ali of Prince George OAKVILLE, OnL (CP) — The shot an opcning-day 80 Satur site of his most frightening golf in CFL book day en route to winning the experience became a scene of junior women’s title in the glory for Nick Price. by Canadian Press Blue Bombers 49 Riders 41 Prince George Golf and Curling Making a mockery of the most • Darrell Smith knew he’d make Burgess enjoyed his best outingClub’s weekend of champions difficult stretch of holes on the the record book. Lui Passaglia wasas a Bomber, but defence was golf tournament. Glen Abbey golf course, Price surprised when he did. more on his mind. wiped out the memory of the Smith made good on his vow to “ I (still) think the best way for Ali led all juniors with her “ hardest day” of his golf career Terry Greer, moving past thethis team to win is to go out and first round score while Darren witha one-stroke victory Sunday in former Argonaut great to becomeshut people down as a defence and Champion and Leen Kashyup the 82nd Canadian Open cham the all-time leading pass receiver control the ball on offence — just tied the lead for the junior pionship. in Toronto history. score enough points to win,” saidmen’s title with a first-day 85. Back in 1984, when the South With an eight-catch, 183-yard, Burgess, who had never passed for Champion broke from the African-born Price was just a PGA one-touchdown performance Saturmore than 300 yards in one game pack Sunday with 79. His two- tour sophomore, he played in a day night, Smith wound up withwith Winnipeg. day score gave him the overall last-day threesome with the legen 6,900 career catching yards, sur “ I don’t want to get into a situa junior title while Dave Gray Jr. dary Jack Nicklaus and the then- passing Greer’s 6,817 as the Argostion where we have to play this carded an 80 for second. phenomenal Greg Norman. He bal kind of offence week after week.” looned to a 76 that day to waste a humbled the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ali shot 86 Sunday. 52-25 in CFL action. Bob Cameron’s 52-yard single four-stroke third-round lead and ‘‘I was quite certain I’d get it in the first overtime half proved to Gray trailed Champion and finish fourth. (Saturday night),” said Smith, 29. be the winning point, while runKashyup by one stroke after “ I can honestly say that was the “ If I caught a two-yard pass I wasning back Robert Mimbs and Saturday. hardest day of my life,” Price said going to turn it up for 100 yards,slotback Rick House each had a Men’s title went to Dave after accepting the winner’s that’s how pumped up I was.” pair of Winnipeg touchdowns, inGray Sr. who shot 72 Sunday. cheque of $215,000 Cdn from a Passaglia, meanwhile, had no cluding Mimbs’s one-yard run in $1.2 million Open purse. Perry Adey was second with f t idea he earned his way into the the second half of overtime. 80-71 for the weekend. “ I’d have a 15-foot putt for CFL record text for consecutive Argos 52 Hamilton 25 birdie and the people were gone; it converts when the B.C. kicker Rocket Ismail scored three first Gray Sr., who trailed first-day was scary.” booted seven of them in the Lions’half touchdowns, on passes of 15, leaders Darcy Bryant and Tom The people weren’t leaving 56-29 win on Sunday over the Ot22 and 10 yards from quarterback Carson both with 75, tied Jay Price’s gallery on Sunday, though, tawa Rough Riders. Matt Dunigan. Lazzarin with 76 on Saturday. especially once the 34-year-old ; Passaglia now has 366 converts, The game, however, belonged to His 72 Sunday gave him the Florida resident got down into the three more than retired Calgary Smith. championhsip. valley of 16-Mde Creek, which kicker J.T. Hay. Passaglia, 37, With an audience of 36,102 Kathy Mears won the houses holes 11 through 15 of the hasn’t missed a convert since Julylooking on — including Smith’swomen’s event with a two-day 7,102-yard, par-72 Abbey track. 30, 1983. nine-year-old son Damieyon and 157. There, on a collection of golf > “ What record is that?” Pasaglia Greer — Smith reached the mile horrors most players abhor, he asked. “ I though he (Hay) was stone with a 31-yard catch late in She took a nine-stroke advan casually went on a five-hole birdie way up there, like about 400 or the second quarter. A 31-yard tage Saturday with a 79 before binge and his 3-2-4-3-2 scores let something. I thought it would taketouchdown grab in the fourth quarfinishing off with 78. him run away from the field. 3 lot longer.” ter was icing on the cake. Betty Anne Buse was second David Edwards, who finished * In the weekend’s other game, “ When I met him in Memphis, I with 88 Saturday and 89 Sun eagle-birdie-birdie, was a stroke Winnipeg quarterback Tomtold him I was going to get his re day. behind Price’s 15-under 273 total Burgess connected for 464 passingcord,” Smith said of a chance Dave Bird won the senior while former champion Ken yards and five touchdowns in themeeting he had with Greer in the Green, who made a costly bogey Blue Bombers’ 49-41 overtimespring of 1987.