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Jets beat Cowboys on late field goal, 22-21
Titans move into playoffs
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Colts clinch AFC East
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NBA roundup
Utah silences critics
with 17-16 bowl win
O-State trips UNLV, 89-75
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bottom just fell out on us,
UNLV coach Bill Bayno said.
ington, Sutton said.
Williams, a freshman for-
ward, is one of three players
suspended by the NCAA fol-
lowing an investigation of pos-
sible wrongdoing by former
dio talk shows and media.
“Everybody kind of wrote
this team off, wrote me off as
being a bad football coach,"
McBride said. "You lose a
game, people take potshots at
you. You've got to handle the
adversity and you’ve got to
come back. You’ve got to make
believers out of people.
"When things were tough,
our team stepped up. And a
lot of people in the community
stepped up. We fought back.
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the instant offense I have,”
Alexander said. "In the second
half 1 Just kind of went out
and let it go."
The Cowboys took advan-
tage of a miserable shooting
night from the outside by the
Runnin’ Rebels and controlled
the game inside in the second
half to move to 9-0 on the sea-
son.
"Glendon hit some big
shots and let us get out in
front of them.” Oklahoma
State coach Eddie Sutton
said. "In the second half we
just played more intense.
Andre Williams didn't play
for Oklahoma State, but is ex-
pected to be cleared to play by
Tuesday night against Wash-
and Stephon Marbury had 12
points and 11 assists to help
the Nets (8-17) improve to 6-4
in December.
In the other games Sunday,
the Los Angeles Lakers beat
Toronto 94-88, and Vancou-
ver edged the Los Angeles
Clippers 85-84.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Just
when UNLV looked poised to
beat a ranked team, Glendon
Alexander came along and ru-
ined things for the Runnin'
Rebels.
TINLV’s bid to show it could
play among the nation's elite
fell apart in the second half as
Alexander scored 10 straight
points for No. 14 Oklahoma
State in a 2-minute burst.
When it was all over, the
Cowboys had cruised to an
89-75 win.
Down 42-38 early in the
second half, Alexander keyed
a 17-2 run that put Oklahoma
State ahead for good and qui-
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Carolina downed San Fran-
cisco 31-24. Cincinnati was
off this week.
Tonight's game has Green
Bay at Minnesota.
Titans 30, Falcons 17
Jevon Kearse set a rookie
record with 13 1/2 sacks, get
ting two of Tennessee’s three.
The Titans also forced six
turnovers, while Steve McNair
threw for one touchdown and
ran for a second, and Al Del
Greco kicked three field goals.
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ground. Brown was hit in the
eye when Triplette threw his
penalty flag.
"1 never saw anything like
that," Browns tackle Scott Re-
hberg said. "It’s wrong to go
after an official, But we have
to protect the players, too."
Colts 24, Redskins 21
Indianapolis, 3-13 last sea-
son, won its 12th game and
10th in a row as Peyton Man-
ning passed for 298 yards and
two touchdowns and Edgerrin
James scored twice.
The Colts, who clinched
their first AFC East title since
1987. also tied the best one-
season turnaround in league
points or less. The biggest dif
ference was that this was at
home. Dallas had been 6-0 at
Texas Stadium.
"Anytime you lose when
you’re in a situation when you
can gain ground in the divi-
sion, it's disappointing," said
Eric Bjornson, whose 20-yard
touchdown run on a fake field
goal put Dallas ahead 14-13
in the second period. “1 don’t
know the whole situation, but
1 know we are not completely
out of it. We have got to pick it
up and turn it around quick-
ly"
To make the playoffs, the
Cowboys must win their last
two. They haven’t won consec-
utive games in three months.
Dallas, 16 on the road, has
Just four days to prepare for a
game in New Orleans, then
the Giants visit Texas Stadi-
ron Piggie.
Alexander, who averages
12.1 points a game off the
bench, scored his points in
the span of 2 minutes as the
Cowboys went on a 14-0 run
to take a 55-44 lead with
14:26 left.
Alexander had 18 points for
the Cowboys, who were led by
Desmond Mason with 23.
"We played hard, but the
Instead, Dallas (7-7) re-
mained tied with the New York
Giants, a game behind the
Washington Redskins in the
division.
"Our entire team knew that
the Giants had lost, Washing-
ton had lost, Detroit had lost.
So everyone knew what was at
stake," Jones said. "This was
a playoff-type reward if we
could have gotten it done.
That makes this one of the
toughest losses that we’ve had
in the time I've been here."
Playoff ramifications aside,
this loss was fairly similar to
the Cowboys’ previous six de-
feats.
Dallas blew a late lead, was
set back 92 yards on seven
penalties and converted just
three of 12 first downs — yet
still kept it close. This was the
Cowboys’ fifth loss by seven
JUT THINK.
NO MORE BARING,
DWLNG, BITING,
SPITING, PROoLNG,
CLEWING and OTHER
DGGUSTNG BELAVOR,
romped over New Orleans 31-
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um for the finale.
Although the Jets’ playoff
hopes were erased by a 1-6
start, coach Bill Parcells has
done a nice job of keeping New
York (6-8) focused on finish-
ing the year right.
"Right now any win is
sweet," said quarterback Ray
Lucas, who was 20-of-34 for
229 yards, two touchdowns
and an interception. "Coach
Parcells challenged us in
these last three games to fight
and we're getting the Job done.
It’s real easy to look past us
because of our record, but
we’ve grouped together.”
The Jets almost tied the
game on the drive after the
Cowboys went up by eight as
Lucas threw a 2-yard touch-
down to rookie Blake Spence.
But the quarterback was
stopped a yard short on a 2-
Feick, who joined the Nets
on a 10-day contract last sea-
son and signed a six-year, $15
million deal in the offseason,
scored the Nets’ final field goal
on a corner jumper with 12
seconds left, surpassing his
previous season-high of 15.
"I've got it. 1 just haven't
used it much," Feick said of
his jumper. "Mutombo was
laying off me and 1 wanted to
try to pull him out away from
the basket. (Coach Don)
Casey told me before the game
if 1 had the 15-18 footer to go
and will need a better effort in
next week's showdown with
Jacksonville, which Ten-
nessee trails by two games in
the AFC Central.
Quarterback Danny Kanell
fully knock off Jacksonville
and somehow still win the
Central."
The host Titans (1 1-3) were
sloppy and will need a better
effort in next week's show-
down with Jacksonville,
which Tennessee trails by two
games in the AFC Central.
The Jaguars won at Cleveland
24-14.
St. Louis secured home-
field advantage throughout
the NFC playoffs by beating
the New York Giants 31-10.
Indianapolis clinched the AFC
East title with a 24-21 victory
over Washington, which re-
mained atop the NFC East de-
spite the loss when the New
York Jets beat Dallas 22-21.
Tampa Bay missed an op-
portunity to grab a playoff
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A round
of midseason frustration for
Utah coach Ron McBride was
erased in a sweet finish.
The Utes beat Fresno State
17-16 on Saturday night in
the Las Vegas Bowl behind
Mike Anderson’s school-
record 254 yards rushing and
Cletus Truhe’s 33-yard game-
winning field goal.
The victory was the third
straight for Utah (9-3) after
consecutive losses to Col-
orado State and Wyoming
that threatened to derail the
Utes’ season and generated a
wave of criticism of McBride
ahead and take it."
Lakers 94, Raptors 88
At Toronto, Kobe Byrant
scored 26 points and
Shaquille O'Neal had 24
points and 15 rebounds to
help Los Angeles extend its
winning streak to six games.
Glen Rice added 22 points
for the Lakers, who have won
13 of 14 to improve to an
NBA-best 21-5. Vince Carter
had 29 points for Toronto,
which has lost three straight
and five of six.
Grizzlies 85, Clippers 84
At Vancouver, British Co-
lumbia, Michael Dickerson
scored 26 points as Vancou-
ver beat Los Angeles for Griz-
zlies coach Lionel Hollins’ first
career victory.
Hollins was coaching his
second game, and first in Van-
couver, since taking over the
team when Brian Hill was
fired Thursday. Lamar Odom
led the Clippers with 28
points.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
(AP) — Dikembe Mutombo
stayed in the paint, allowing
Jamie Feick to roam free on
the perimeter.
Feick, never known for be-
ing more than a rebounding
specialist, made him pay.
Feick scored a season-high
16 points, making seven
jumpers from 16 to 21 feet
away, as the New Jersey Nets
beat Atlanta 96-88 on Sunday
night for their fifth straight
home victory.
"Shot blocking centers
don't like to leave the paint.
So if Jamie can go out and
knock down the 15-18 footer,
it’s a big advantage for us,"
said Keith Van Horn, who led
the Nets with 20 points.
Feick finished 8-for-13
from the field and had 13 re-
bounds, the 18th time in 25
games that he has had at least
10 rebounds.
Kendall Gill added 15
points, Kerry Kittles had 14,
IRVING, Texas (AP) — As
the Dallas Cowboys sulk over
yet another wasted opportuni-
ty, at least they know they’re
still in the playoff hunt.
Instead of moving into the
thick of the NFC race Sunday,
Dallas remained on the fringe
with a 22-2I loss to the New
York Jets, who continue doing
a nice job of trying to keep
other teams out of the post-
season.
John Hall won it with a 37-
yard field goal with 1:35 left.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones
was especially annoyed that
his team blew an eight-point
lead on a day when a victory
would've given them first
place in the NFC East and
moved them near the top of
the wild card chase.
By The Associated Press
Say hello to the Tennessee
Titans in the NFL playoffs.
Just 14 games into their
first season as the Titans and
their first year in their new
Nashville stadium, Tennessee
beat Atlanta 30-17 on Sunday
to secure at least a wild-card
berth. The last time the fran-
chise made the playoffs was
1993, when it was the Hous-
ton Oilers.
“It's nice to have the for-
mality of it,” veteran lineman
Bruce Matthews said, "but
immediately we re looking to
position ourselves the best we
can in the playoffs, get a bye,
— do all those things, and hope-
ment," coach Jim Mora said.
Rams 31, Giants 10
Interception runbacks by
Devin Bush and Mike Jones
gave the host Rams (13-2)
seven defensive touchdowns.
Kurt Warner added two
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record to 71-46, including
seven straight winning cam- NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Af-
paigns. ter a full week of finals, Okla-
"We were down hallway homa coach Kelvin Sampson
through the season, said An- wondered if his 23rd-ranked
derson, a senior whose best team’s game would suffer
performance came in his final from the break
game. “Some people were The Sooners calmed Samp-
counting us out. We just son-s fears, scoring the most
wanted to play for ourselves points of the season in a 102-
and the people that were real- 63 defeat of Georgia Southern
ly supporting us. on Saturday.
'This is unbelievable to me "We really needed a game
to finish my career here with a ‘ike this,” Sampson said “I
big win in a bowl game. I'll thought our defense was out
never forget this team. standing. Our rebounding
While a failed extra point by was reaijy good
Fresno State (8-5) was the de- The Sooners (9-0) went on a
ciding margin in the game, 24-4 run in the first half to
Bulldogs coach Pat Hill said it lead 50-27 at intermission
would wrong to focus on that Oklahoma hit 6-of-12 3-point
miscue. J , shots in the first half and fin-
Hill said the Utes simply ished the game making 12 of
wore down the Bulldogs, us- 21
Ing their strength and size to Oklahoma's Kelley Newton
grind out 548 yards in total led the Sooners with 18
offense, including a Las Vegas points. Victor Avila scored 17
Bowl-record 334 yards rush- points and Eduardo Najera
ing. connected for 16.
4 ALTUS TIMES, Monday, Dec. 20, 1999
spot when it was routed at sprained knee ligaments and
Oakland 45-0. But Detroit is out for the rest of the year
didn’t gain ground in the NFC for Atlanta (3-1 Il-
Central because it lost at Jaguars 24, Browns 14
Chicago 28-10. Jacksonville (13-1) lost
Seattle's 36-30 overtime leading tackler Kevin Hardy
loss at Denver cost it a tie for with a neck sprain, while
first place in the AFC West. Cleveland (2-13) saw quarter-
Kansas City, which beat Pitts- back Tim Couch, the No. 1
burgh 35-19 on Saturday, has overall draft pick, go down
a one-game lead on the Sea- with sprained ankle.
hawks, whom the Chiefs play Fred Taylor rushed for 136
next Sunday in Seattle. yards and broke off a 41-yard
Miami beat San Diego 12-9: TD run early in the Jaguars'
Philadelphia took New Eng- 1 1th consecutive victory.
land 24-9; Buffalo edged Ari- Browns tackle Orlando
zona 31-21; and Baltimore Brown was ejected for shoving
point conversion attempt. yard touchdown on an end-
Neither team did much un- around to put Dallas up 21-
til New York's game-winning 13.
drive. The Jets didn't have to Aikman finished 12-of-28
do much, though. They for 158 yards with a touch-
churned out 41 yards on 11 down and two interceptions,
plays, setting up Hall for the They came in a span of three
winning field goal. throws after he'd gone 216 at-
“I can't say 1 was 100 per- tempts without one.
cent confident in him because Emmitt Smith, playing on a
I've seen him miss some kicks strained groin that limited
for us this season,” Parcells him to one carry last week,
said. "But he hit that one real had 1 lO yards on 19 carries.
well and it went right down He also turned a 14-yard
the middle," pass into the 146th touch-
Dallas’ final drive was down of his career, passing
unimpressive. The Cowboys, Marcus Allen tor No. 2 on the
who burned all three timeouts career list behind Jerry Rice,
on New York's drive, got a 23- It also made Smith the leading
yard pass from Troy Aikman scorer in Cowboys history,
to Raghib Ismail, then Aik- “We've had our opportuni-
man threw four straight in- ties and the team haslet them
completions, slide by," Smith said. "We did-
Ismail also scored a 27- n’t seize the moment."
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