Browns Tame Buccaneers 20-0 in Shutout Showdown
Browns snap nine-year drought with 20-0 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mike Pruitt scores twice, Matt Bahr adds two field goals as Cleveland’s defense, led by Chip Banks, Clay Matthews and Tom Cousineau, limits James Wilder to 62 yards after his 219-yard effort the prior week. Tampa Bay struggles to move the ball as Jack Thompson completes 17 of 31 passes for 182 yards.
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Cleveland
San Francisco 49Ers
Tampa Bay
Bucs
Bill Capece
Browns
Mike Pruitt
Matt Bahr
Rutigliano
Chip Banks
Clay Matthews
Tom Cousineau
James Wilder
Minnesota
Wilder
Cousineau
Bob Golic
Elvis Franks
Franks
Tampa
Jack Thompson
James
Thompson
Steelers roll along with win over Colts
Steelers win their seventh straight, improving to 9-2 as Cliff Stoudt passes for two touchdowns in a 24-13 victory over the Baltimore Colts. Stoudt and Calvin Sweeney connect on a 7 yard score while Bennie Cunningham adds a 2 yard TD. Walter Abercrombie has an 11 yard run sealing the early momentum.
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Steelers
Colts
Baltimore
Pittsburgh Steelers
Chuck Noll
Cliff Stoudt
Stoudt
Calvin Sweeney
Bennie Cunningham
Terry Bradshaw
Mark Kafentzis
Pittsburgh
Walter Abercrombie
Force breaks jinx in Nassau Coliseum
Cleveland Force routs New York Arrows 8-2 at Nassau Coliseum for their first Long Island win over the Arrows. Sobieski suffers a fractured cheekbone, will miss at least three games. Vaccaro shines in relief as Cleveland improves to 2-0.
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Force
Jinx
Nassau Coliseum
Dick Shippy
Knight-Ridder
Uniondale
N.Y
Timo Liekoski
New York Arrows
Cleveland Force
Arrows
Cleveland
Long Island
New York
Richfield Coliseum
Krys Sobieski
Mark Liveric
Aaron Galpert
Sobieski
Cleveland Clinic
Liekoski
Chris Vaccaro
Nets
Vaccaro
St. Louis
Wichita
Tacoma Navy
Baltimore
EC set to face LaBrae in D II semifinals at Baldwin Wallace
Elyria Catholic reaches a third straight Division II state semifinal as they travel to George Finnie Stadium at Baldwin Wallace College to meet Warren’s LaBrae, both unbeatens at 11-0, while St. Vincent-St. Mary’s upsets are noted for context. LaBrae previously beat St Vincent-St Mary 19-13 and EC beat Fostoria 13-6 to reach the final four.
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Bob Jacob
Elyria Catholic
Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary
Byers
Parma
Leavittsburg LaBrae
Warren
George Finnie
Baldwin-Wallace College
Associated Press
LaBrae
Fostoria
Lorain
George Daniel
St. Vincent-St. Mary
Kent Roosevelt High
St. V's
Sai Rattay
Panthers
Rattay
Cincinnati
Princeton
Fremont Ross
Dayton Welcome Stadium
Mentor Lake Catholic
Akron Garfield
Akron
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Gus Chan
Clay
Matthews
Gary Anderson
Tommy Christiansen
Joe Raduka
Craig Allen
Shep Messing
Allen
Messing
Charley Greene
Keith Furphy
Nicky Megaloudis
Furphy
Greene
Vic Davidson
Louie Nanchoff
Davidson
Joe Machnik
Panther
Jim Rattay
St. Vincent
Byers Field
Johnie Cooks
Memorial Stadium