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Grogan then hit Morgan with a
30-yardTDpass.
“On that final drive their
safeties were coming up to give
run support since we were run-
ning the ball well,” Grogan said.
“I knew Morgan would be open
and we had a good chance for the
touchdown.”
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MIAMI — The New England
running game — a dominant
force a year ago but a major dis-
appointment in 1986 — came to
life Monday night just in time to
lead the Patriots to their first
AFC East title since 1978.
The Patriots’ 34-27 victory
over Miami in the final NFL
game played in the Orange Bowl
gave New England an 11-5 re-
cord and a playoff game at Den-
AFC East
New England (11-5) — The Patriots won the division with a 34-27
victory over Miami Monday night. They will play in Denver on Jan. 4.
NY Jets (10-6) — The Jets have clinched at a wild-card berth. They
will host Kansas City on Sunday.
AFC Central
Cleveland (12-4) — The division-champion Browns will have the
home field throughout the AFC playoffs and will host the Jets-Chiefs
winner Jan. 3.
AFC West
Denver (11-5) — The Broncos have clinched the division title and
will host New England Jan. 4.
Kansas City (10-6) — The Chiefs clinched a wild-card berth and will
The Patriots also scored on
Grogan's 7-yard bootleg, a
12 yard pass from Grogan to
Tony Collins, a 22-yard pass
from Eason to Morgan, and field
goals of 47 and 44 yards by Tony
Franklin. Miami scored on
passes of 32 and 19 yards from
Dan Marino to Mark Clayton, a
1-yard Marino pass to Bruce
Hardy, and field goals of 21 and
42 yards by Fuad Reveiz.
Marino completed 23 of 39
passes for 266 yards, three
touchdowns, and two inter
ceptions. He set NFL season re-
cords for completions (377) and
attempts (623), and his 44 touch-
down passes are second only to
the 48 he threw in 1984.
“We feel we came a long way
this year after a horrendous
start,” Miami Coach Don Shula
said of the Dolphins, who started
2-5. “If we would have won to-
night, we would have been play-
ing as well as anybody in the
AFC. But it didn’t work out that
way. We know what has to be
done for next year.”
New England Coach Raymond
Berry, who won his second
straight game in Miami, said
Grogan’s performance was out-
standing because the 12-year
veteran from Kansas State had
not taken any snaps in practice
this week and only a few the en
tire month. The Patriots de-
feated Miami last January in the
AFC Championship game to
snap an 18-game losing streak in
the Orange Bowl.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) — The
Buffalo Sabres, owners of the
worst record in the NHL, Mon-
day named Ted Sator as the
team’s third coach this season.
Sator, dismissed last month as
coach of the New York Rangers,
replaces Craig Ramsay, who
lasted less than two months.
Sator, 37, led the Rangers to the
semifinals of the Stanley Cup
playoffs last year following a
mediocre 36-38-6 season.
The Sabres did not disclose
terms of Sator’s contract. Sabres
Chairman Seymour Knox III
also named Gerry Meehan as the
club's general manager Mon-
day. Meehan had been acting
general manager since Scotty
Bowman was fired from that
post Dec. 2.
“Craig Ramsay stepped into
the coaching ranks under very
difficult circumstances early
this season and has done an ad-
mirable job,” Meehan said.
“However, after my evaluation
of the club’s performance from
the beginning of the season, it
has become evident that this step
is necessary .”
Ramsay took over as Sabres
coach when Bowman removed
himself following a 3-7-2 start
The Sabres are 7-22-4 overall and
were 4 15 2 under Ramsay, who
will remain with the team in an
undetermined capacity, said
Budd Bailey, a team spokesman.
Georgetown and Illinois.
Kansas was ranked 11th fol-
lowed by Navy, North Carolina
State, Pittsburgh, DePaul, St.
John’s, Temple, Kentucky and
Florida. Duke and Fullerton
State were tied at No. 20.
Dropping out of the rankings
were UCLA* rfhet Arkansas. The
Bruins were ranked as high as
No. 7 two weeks ago but have
since lost to St. John’s, Temple,
Washington and Washington
State — all on the road. Ar-
kansas, co-No. 17 a week ago,
lost to Virginia.
Four teams from the Big Ten
and Big East were ranked along
with three teams from the At-
lantic Coast and Southeastern
Conferences.
Balloting was based on games
through Sunday night with 15
points awarded for a first-place
vote, 14 for second, etc. All but
four of the 42 coaches on the
Board voted this week.
By United Press International
NFC East
NY Giants (14-2) — The division-champion Giants will have the
home field throughout the NFC playoffs and will open Jan. 3 or 4 against
either the Rams or San Francisco.
Washington (12-4) — The Redskins will be home in the Dec. 28
wild-card game against the Rams.
NFC Central
Chicago (14-2| — The division-champion Bears will host a divisional
playoff game Jan. 3 or 4 against either Washington or San Francisco.
NFC West
San Francisco (10-5-1) — The division-champion 49ers will play at
theGiantsor BearsJan.3or4.
1.A Rams (10-6) —The Rams will play at Washington in the Dec. 28
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By JEFF GOOLSBEY
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Chickasha sent five wrestlers to the finals last weekend in the
Comanche Tournament and came away with four championships
enroute to a second-place team finish.
The Fightin’ Chicks wrapped up action until Jan. 6 when they
host Comanche in a dual in Myers Fieldhouse CHS is currently 0-3
in duals, having lost to Deer Creek, El Reno and Tuttle.
Jack Pilgrim won the 108 pound title at the Comanche event
with a 9 2 victory over Noble’s Danny Turcotte. At 115, Curtis
Sampson won the title by posting an 11-2 major decision over
Justin Jones of Elgin.
Other first place finishers were Shawn Harris at 123 and Bobby
Brock at 157. Harris recorded a 9-1 major decision over Steve
Jones of Plainview and Brock defeated Clint Bohannon of Duncan,
9-5.
Chickasha placed second overall with 128 points.
“Overall, there was a lot more balance at the Comanche Tour
nament this year. There were good kids at every weight,” said
Chickasha mentor John Finn. “We placed third down their last
year. This year, we didn’t take as good a team and beat some
people that we really weren’t supposed to beat. Our kids really
performed well. We won the matches we should have won and won
some we weren’t supposed to win. We had a lot of falls which
helped us alot.”
Other CHS placers at Comanche included Matt Tampiin (136),
third place; Greg Johns (168), second place; and Jimmy Brown
(190), fourth place.                    ।
Johns was major decisioned in the 168-pound finals by Coma-
nche’s John Standridge, 14-5. Tamplin beat Steve Lindsey of Cor-
dell, 3-2, to claim the consolation title in the 136-pound class.
Brown was pinned in the consolation finals by Cocheran of
Comanche.
“We’ve started off a lot like we did last year,’ Finn said. Mu
rphy's Law has kind of taken its effect on us. Anything that could
go wrong has gone wrong with us. We've had kids hurt, we ve had
kids ineligible, we've had kids quit. We haven't been able to get a
true lineup on the mat with everybody down (normal weight).
That’s really effected our dual outcome. During this tournament,
we pretty much got our key people down to weight
Finn expects his team to keep improving and turn in good
performances next semester. CHS will welcome several wrestlers
back who have been ineligible, including sophomore Jeff Calhoun
“We get three kids eligible on Jan. 16 that will really add depth to
our team,” said Finn. “Jackie Womack is supposedly coming out
during the holidays. He will help us alot at heavyweight. We re
looking for some good things to happen over Christmas When we
hit the toughest part of our schedule, we still will not have as good a
dual team as a tournament team. We may not win the duals, but
we’ll do real well in tournaments.''
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By DAVID E. NATHAN
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK — Defending
regular season champion Duke
has made its first appearance in
this season’s Top 20.
The Blue Devils lost seniors
Mark Alarie, Johnny Dawkins,
Jay Bilas and David Henderson
from the team that lost to
Louisville in last sson’s NCAA
Tournament title game but have
still managed to compile a 6-1
record under Coach Mike
Kryzewski. Duke defeated
Miami of Florida, 74-67, last
night.
Duke tied Fullerton State, an
other team ranked for the first
time this season, at the No. 20
spot in Monday’s voting by the
UPI Board of Coaches.
Also joining the rankings for
the first time was Florida, at No.
19. The Gators won the Gator
Bowl Tournament over the
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2 ver in two weeks. Miami, 8-8, is
out of the playoffs for the first
3 time since 1980 and the Dolphins'
P string of five straight division
3 titles is over.
Quarterback Steve Grogan
t came off the bench to replace the
i injured Tony Eason and com-
; pleted 15 of 24 passes for 226
yards and two touchdowns, in-
cluding a 30-yarder to Stanley
Morgan with 44 seconds left. The
pass to Morgan won it, but the
running game set up the play.
Eason stretched nerves in his
right shoulder and his status for
the Denver game will be deter-
mined on a day-to-day basis.
Running back Craig James sep
arated a shoulder and may re
quire off season surgery, but did
not miss any playing time.
The Patriots got the ball on
their own 14 with the score tied
27-27 and 6:55 left in the game.
New England, which entered the
game with the NFL’s worst rush
ing team, ran the ball seven
straight times and 11 times in 12
plays to move to the Miami 30.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.
(UPI) — The Buffalo Bills Mon
day announced that five as-
sistant coaches will not be
retained for next season, but de
dined to say whether they had
been fired or if they resigned.
The club also announced
former University of Maryland
head coach Bobby Ross has
joined the Bills as passing game
coordinator and quarterbacks
coach.
The five departing assistants
are: Herb Paterra, defensive
coordinator; Ardell Wiegandt,
outside linebacker coach; Dick
Moseley, defensive backs coach;
Bob Leahy, quarterback coach;
and Joe Daniels, receivers
coach.
Jim Valek, director of pro per
sonnel, also was departing, the
team said.
“I felt that all the coaches
worked very hard this year, but I
had other staff plans in mind,”
Head Coach Marv Levy said.
“By making these changes now,
it will give several of the coaches
a chance to pursue other poten-
tial coaching positions '
The changes, which took effect
Monday, came a day after the
Bills dropped their season finale
to Houston and saw their record
fall to 4-12.
Ross compiled a 39-19-1 record
in five years at Maryland. He
resigned Dec. 1, citing broken
promises made by university
officials about improving the
school’s aging athletic facilities.
The 49-year old Ross worked
under Levy as an assistant coach
from 1978 to 1981 during Levy's
tenure as head coach of the Ka
nsas City Chiefs. The two also
worked together at William and
Mary from 1967 to 1968. Ross also
spent five years as head coach at
The Citadel.
A Bills spokesman said no re
placements have been named for
the departing coaches, or for as
sistant coach Joe Faragalli, who
last week accepted the head
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His players, however, ex-
pressed surprise at Henning’s
dismissal since they completed
the season with a 20-6 victory
over Detroit and posted the fran
chise’s best record since a 5-4
record in the strikeshortened
1982 season.
Henning informed the players
of his dismissal at a brief meet
ing. He departed the Falcons'
Suwanee training complex
without meeting with reporters.
“The consensus was that they
wanted Dan back,” said quar-
terback Dave Archer. “I am
surprised. I thought we made up
a lot of ground. We were a much
better football team than last
year and I think a lot of the credit
goes to Dan. I think we were on
the right track.”
Following the 1985 season, the
Falcons fired Executive Vice
President Eddie LeBaron, but
Smith gave Henning a one-year
contract extension. The Falcons
started this season 4-0 and ge
nerated hope in Atlanta they
were playoff bound
But the Falcons collapsed, fin-
ishing with only three victories
in their last 12 games. They have
not appeared in the playoffs
since 1980 when Leeman Bennett
posted a 12-4 mark and an NFC
West championship.
“We lost some games that ac-
tually the players lost... just cer-
tain plays, stupid plays that
didn’t have anything to do with a
decision by Dan,” Archer said.
In meeting with the team,
Henning told them “he was
proud of us .. . the way we fought
back and never gave up,” said
quarterback Turk Schonert, who
replaced the injured Archer late
in the season.
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weekend, defeating Ohio State in
the championshipgame.
Nevada Las Vegas, 9-0,
earned the No. 1 spot for the third
consecutive week. The Runnin’
Rebels received 26 first-place
votes to finish with 553 points
after wins over Nevada-Reno,
Ohio University and Louisiana
Tech.
“It means a lot to our people
and our community to be ranked
No. 1,” UNLV Coach Jerry Tar
kanian said. “Some places it
happens every year but here it
doesn' t happen that of ten. ”
Purdue, 6-0, retained the No. 2
spot with six first-place votes
and 488 points after whipping
Division II power Tampa in their
only ga me of the week.
Iowa moved ahead of North
Carolina into third. The Tar
Heels slipped to fourth and Au-
burn jumped two spots to fifth.
Rounding out the Top 10 were
Indiana, Syracuse, Oklahoma,
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SUWANEE, Ga. (UPI) — Dan
Henning, who failed to reach the
.500 mark in any of his four years
as coach of the Atlanta Falcons,
was fired Monday along with his
entire offensive staff.
Henning posted a 22-41-1 re
cord with the Falcons, including
a 7-8-1 mark this year. He was 7-9
in 1981, good for second place in
the NFC West. But the Falcons
slipped to two straight 4-12
marks in 1984 and ’85.
Defensive coordinator Marion
Campbell, who led a mu-
chimproved unit, was retained
by Falcons owner Rankin Smith
Sr. Campbell has said he will
remain in Atlanta if he can
achieve a good working relation-
ship with a new regime.
“All of the defensive coaches
are still under contract,” said
Falcons spokesman Bob Dic-
kinson. “The offensive coaches'
contracts will not be renewed,
along with Dan’s.”
Fired along with Henning were
Sam Elliott, running backs
coach; Larry Beightol,offensive
line coach; Bob Harrison,
receivers coach; Bobby
Jackson, tight ends coach; Steve
Crosby, quality control coach;
and Joe Madden, assistant for
research and development.
Team officials had no comm-
ent other than a brief statement
announcing the firing. They said
they have begun a seach for a
new coach but did not speculate
on a successor.
“It was a most difficult de-
cision," Smith said in a state
ment. “We have the highest
regard for Dan and that made
the decision even more diffi-
cult.”
Henning said through team
spokesmen he had no immediate
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