uesday, October 23,1990
The Battalion
Page 9
Bengals slay Browns 34-13
CLEVELAND (AP) — Boomer
is a bust most of the night, but he
is on target when it counted. And
r the first time in more than a
ar, kkey Woods got to do his
uffle.
Esiason, who completed only
ten of 17 passes for* $5 yards,
led in a bid to reach 20,000 yards
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olorado (6-1-1) climbed four spots
i No. 10 after beating Kansas 41-
Tennessee (4-1-2) plunged eight
laces to 11th after losing to Ala-
ima9-6 and Florida State (4-2) fell
te spots to 12th. Texas rose six
atches to 13th after clobbering Ar-
insas 49-17.
Florida is 14th, followed by Iowa,
eorgia Tech, Mississippi, Wyom-
ig, Clemson, Michigan, Southern
al, Oklahoma, Arizona, TCU and
Oregon.
Iowa’s 24-23 victory over Michi-
w(3-3) vaulted the Hawkeyes (5-1)
ren spots to 15th and dropped the
falverines 10 places to 20th. Michi-
Jti, which was No. 1 before losing
i Michigan State on Oct. 13, has
lummeted 20 places in two weeks
■the largest drop for a No. 1 team
i recent memory.
Georgia Tech (5-0-1) fell Five
laces to 16tfi after tying North Car-
lina 13-13. Southern Cal and Okla-
oma dropped six spots each, to 21st
nd 22nd, after losing for the second
me. Southern Cal was beaten by
rizona 35-26 and Oklahoma lost to
)wa State 33-31.
Indiana, Michigan State and
AM dropped out of the Top 25.
adiana, 20th last week, was blanked
( Minnesota 12-0. Michigan State
as24th last week.
Arizona and Oregon, which beat
rizona State 27-7, moved back into
lelop 25 after a week’s absence.
CU, which did not play, is ranked
irthe first time since 1984, when
le Horned Frogs got as high as
AP Top 25
Team
Record
AVirginia(l)
7-0-0
!,AuDum(5)
5-0-1
! Noire Dame(6)
5-1-0
4,Nebraska(4)
7-0-0
5,lllinois(8)
5-1-0
t.Houston(9)
6-0-0
!Washington(13)
8. Miami, Fla.(2)
6-1-0
4-2-0
9, Brigham Young(12)
5-1-0
IO,Colorado(14)
6-1-1
11Tennessee(3)
4-1-2
12. Florida St.(?)
4-2-0
13.Texa8(19)
4-1-0
l4,Florida(17)
6-1-0
l5,lowa(22)
5-1-0
I6, Georgia Tech(11)
5-0-1
ff.Mississippi(18)
6-1-0
!8.Wyoming(21)
8-0-0
l9.Clemson(22)
6-2-0
20.Michigan(lO)
3-3-0
21. Southern Cal(15)
22. Oklahoma) 16)
5-2-0
5-2-0
23. Arizona)—)
24. Texas Christian)—)
5-2-0
5-1-0
25. Oregon(—)
5-2-0
for his career, but he hit Rodney
Holman and Mike Barber with
touchdown passes as the Cincinnati
Bengals beat the archrival Cleveland
Browns 34-13 on Monday night.
Woods sealed it with a 1-yard
touchdown run with 2:32 remain
ing, then celebrated by doing his
awkward dance before a disheart
ened crowd of 78,567. He ran five
times for seven yards in the game,
his first since he tore up a knee in
the second game of the 1989 season.
As a team, the Bengals rushed for
233 yards, more than doubling their
season average of 97. James Brooks,
bothered by a sore neck, darted 28
yards for a touchdown on his first
carry in the second quarter.
Cincinnati’s 28th-ranked defense
intercepted Bernie Kosar twice, set
ting up a pair of short Field goals by
Jim Breech, and sacked Kosar Four
times. The Browns (2-5) fell three
games back of the first-place Bengals
(5-2) in the AFC Central Division,
doing nothing to quell speculation
that Cleveland coach Bud Carson is
in danger of losing his job.
Cleveland is off to its worst start
since 1984, when Sam Rutigliano
was fired at midseason — the day af
ter a loss to the Bengals. Carson is 0-
3 against Cincinnati.
Esiason marched the Bengals 80
yards on their opening drive, cap
ping it with a 19-yard pass to Hol
man in the right corner of the end
zone. He added a 2-yard scoring
pass to Barber with 12 minutes left
in the game.
The officials lost control of the
game for nine minutes in the second
quarter, stopping the action three
times for lengthy consultations with
the replay booth. There was yet an
other replay session early in the
third quarter, when the videotape
negated a Cincinnati fumble.
Dickerson unaffected
by crowd’s taunting
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eric
Dickerson was affected by the ban
ners and boos in the Hoosier Dome
about as much as he was by his six-
week vacation from the Indianapolis
Colts.
In other words, not much.
“There was no problem. It was no
big deal to me. I don’t get caught up
in that,” Dickerson said of the cho
rus of boos that greeted him as he
trotted onto the field on the Colts’
first possession Sunday.
The Colts introduced their de
fensive squad as part of the pre
game routine, saving Dickerson
from a hostile welcome then.
But far above him, hanging from
the upper deck overlooking the
Field, a sign read, “Eric expensive
but worthless every penny of it.” An
other one proclaimed “Indy wants
Albert,” referring to Albert Bentley,
who took over in Dickerson’s ab
sence.
Dickerson, nagged by injuries and
frustrated most of last season,, se
verely criticized the offensive line
for not protecting him. He de
manded to be traded and threatened
to retire rather than return to the
Colts. He failed a physical in training
camp, then refused to take another
exam after undergoing rehabilita
tion of his hamstring.
The Colts suspended him and put
him on the non-football injured list,
costing him more than $600,000
from his 1990 salary of $1.45 mil
lion.
On Oct. 13, Dickerson and his
agent met with Colts owner Robert
Irsay, and the domestic crisis was set
tled, at least for now, with a four-
year contract extension and a hefty
ay raise reportedly at more than
10 million through 1994. Dicker-
son, who returned to practice last
Tuesday, said all along there never
were any hard feelings with most of
his teammates.
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