1993 Week 14 Results


Week 15 *  This Week in the BRFL  * Dec 10, 1993

THE DOGS HAVE THEIR DAY

They were one of the worst teams in league history.  They lost nine straight
games.  They finished last in the league. They scored no higher than 32 points
in a single game. "Fleeced" by Jackson in a one sided trade, they looked like
hopeless fodder to MONTGOMERY who beat them 54-5 in the regular season. The
league will not forget JONES/KLINGMAN's 56-22 drubbing of Montgomery. Without
question, the most stunning upset in league history. Ron Moore, once dropped
by J/K and credited with a single bonus point since being picked back up, scored 25.

WALLACE, normally one of the most visible and outgoing members of the league,
uncharacteristically laid low and shrugged off the week to week losses. He
limited his roster tinkering and explained his behavior by saying "I'm waiting
for week 14."  Week 14 came and he began to make changes. Unsatisfied with a
defense that led the league, he went out and picked up another: Chicago scored
20 points in Wallace's 46-17 whipping of GATES.

It was thought it might come down to this: BEST led RICKER 20-18, the margin
provided by the bonus points of Reggie Brooks and his 78 yard run. Best had
Jerry Rice and Ricker had Ricky Watters.  The 49er's were high flying and hot
and playing the weakest team in the league at home on Sunday night. Surprisingly
the 49'ers went flat, and Ricker, who had not changed his roster since September
22, Received 3 TDs from Watters and won 36-20.

Now a test of a rule never before invoked in league history:  The playoff tie
breaker rule. PEIL led BERGER/BROWELL by 11 going into Monday night. Eddie Murray,
B/Bs kicker scored exactly 11. The result was a 43-43 tie. The rule states that in the
playoff, the team with the better record advances. Peil at 6-6-2 will move on.
B/B at 5-8-1 will become another league trivia answer. You had to wonder what
Peil's mental state was when Murray had 10 by the half. How many times had he
lost games when scoring in the 40's?

These teams have played 5 times and the total accumlation of all the winning scores
may be less than 100. It was another typical BRATCHER/STROUPE low scoring affair.
Stroupe wins this yawner, 20-11. The Cleveland QBs were on the pine.

Only one dog laid down. OUTLAW fell to CZUPRYNA 23-10. It was only 11-10 when
San Diego had the ball on the goal line. CZ's Natrone Means and Outlaws QBs
each took one crack. On third down it was Means getting the 6.  Interestingly,
Marion Butts was not in the game.  Yet, he had a bigger inpact on the playoff
outcomes than Ron Moore.  Had BUTTS NOT SCORED on the previous Monday night,
here is the outcome of this weeks games:  GATES 17 OUTLAW 12, RICKER 36 CZ 23,
B/B 43 BEST 20 and WALLACE 46 PEIL 43.

For week 15, Talbot and Jackson returns and the teams are put in brackets.

       Week 15        Week 16       Week 17         Week 16       Week 15


      1. JACKSON  \                                            / 5.  CZUPRYNA
                   \___________                      _________/
                   /           \                    /         \
14.JONES/KLINGMAN /             \--------------    /           \ 11. RICKER
                                 /                /
     8. STROUPE   \             /   --------------\            / 13. WALLACE
                   \___________/                   \ _________/
                   /                                          \
       7. PEIL    /    Tie games in weeks 15 and 16 go to      \  2. TALBOT
                       higher seed.

      SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11                                          SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12   (cont)
NEW YORK JETS AT WASHINGTON              12:30 PM ET           SEATTLE AT LOS ANGELES RAIDERS            4:00 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO AT ATLANTA                  4:00 PM ET           KANSAS CITY AT DENVER                     4:00 PM ET
      SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12                                      DALLAS AT MINNESOTA                       4:00 PM ET
BUFFALO AT PHILADELPHIA                   1:00 PM ET           DETROIT AT PHOENIX                        4:00 PM ET
CHICAGO AT TAMPA BAY                      1:00 PM ET           GREEN BAY AT SAN DIEGO                    8:00 PM ET
CINCINNATI AT NEW ENGLAND                 1:00 PM ET                 MONDAY, DECEMBER 13
CLEVELAND AT HOUSTON                      1:00 PM ET           PITTSBURGH AT MIAMI                       9:00 PM ET
INDIANAPOLIS AT NEW YORK GIANTS           1:00 PM ET           ****  BRFL Party at Upper Deck  ****   Squares will
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT NEW ORLEANS           1:00 PM ET           combine scores of Sunday night and Monday night games


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Results - week 14
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PEIL 44*             BERGER/BROWELL 43  |  CZUPRYNA 23          OUTLAW 10        | RICKER 36            BEST 20
                                        |                                        |
Atlanta       Q 12   Buffalo       Q  6 |  Miami         Q  6   Hampton     B  6 | New Orleans  Q  6    Green Bay    Q 12
Allen         B 18   Jackson       R 12 |  Means         B  7   Elam        K  4 | Watters      B 18    Brooks       B  8
Pritchard     R  6   Brown         R  7 |  Jacke         K  5                    | Warren       B  6
Andersen      K  7   Murray        K 11 |  Houston       D  6                    | Christie     K  6
*Tiebreaker*     1   Kansas City   D  7 |                                        |
Peil awarded tiebreaker due to higher   |  CZ 4th playoff win.  Most in league   | Ricker has never lost a playoff game in
seed. First ever tie in playoff history.|  history.                              | three trys.  Watters out 2-3 weeks.
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JONES/KLINGMAN 56    MONTGOMERY 22      |  STROUPE 20           BRATCHER 11      | WALLACE 46          GATES 17
                                        |                                        |
Washington    Q  6   Phoenix       Q  6 |  Smith         B  1   Brown       B  6 | Dallas       Q  6   Pittsburgh    Q 12
Thomas        B 12   Bettis        B  1 |  Slaughter     R  6   Johnson     K  5 | Irvin        R  6   Anderson      K  5
Moore         B 25   Rison         R  6 |  Coates        R  6                    | Clark        R  6
Jaeger        K 13   Sharpe        R  6 |  Reviez        K  7                    | Davis        K  8
                     Cofer         K  3 |                                        | Chicago      D 20
Stunning upset. J/K's first ever playoff| Bratcher, Mr Splinter Squad 93. Stroupe| Wallace pulls 28 points off waiver wire
win. 56 pts, 3rd highest playoff total. | plays right people (Ben Coates!).      | (Chaicage, Davis) wins by 29.  whew!
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Player of the week: Ron Moore, J/K, 25 points. - one of the most memorable performances in league history.

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Leaders - FINAL        * = First Team All BRFL   ** = Second Team All BRFL    # = MVP   @ = Rookie of the year
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      QB TEAMS                          BACKS                              RECEIVERS
  *San Francisco, JACKSON 132      *Marcus Allen, PEIL       72        *Jerry Rice, BEST           88
 **Houston, TALBOT        126      *Ricky Watters, RICKER    63        *Andre Rison, MONTY         76
   Atlanta, PEIL          120      *Barry Foster, STROUPE    57        *Sterling Sharpe, MONTY     57
   Miami, CZUPRYNA        120     **Emmitt Smith, STROUPE    49       **Michael Jackson, B/B       51
   Buffalo,  B/B           96     **Marc Logan, OUTLAW       42       **Ricky Proehl, TALBOT       44
   Green Bay, BEST         84       Brad Baxter, GATES       36       **Calvin Williams, STROUPE   44
   Denver, RICKER          78       Chris Warren, RICKER     32         Andre Reed, PEIL           39
   Dallas, WALLACE         66       Thurman Thomas, J/K      29         Heywood Jeffires, BEST     38
   Philadelphia, MONTY     60       Jerome Bettis, MONTY     28         Tim Brown, B/B             34
   San Diego, OUTLAW       60       Gary Brown, BRATCHER     26         Irving Fryar, GATES        33
   LA Rams, MONTY          54       Rodney Hampton, OUTLAW   26         Cris Carter, BEST          31
   Kansas City, GATES      54       Ron Moore, J/K           26         Webster Slaughter, STROUPE 30
   New Orleans, RICKER     54       Rod Bernstine, JACKSON   25         Anthony Miller, CZUPRYNA   28
   Washington, J/K         54       Marion Butts, GATES      24         Johnny Mitchell, CZUPRYNA  26
   Pittsburgh, GATES       48       Terry Kirby, BEST        24         Shannon Sharpe, CZUPRYNA   26


       KICKERS                       DEFENSE / SPECIAL TEAMS              TOP PERFORMANCES    pts (week)
  *Chris Jacke, CZUPRYNA  108       *Houston, CZUPRYNA       37           QB TEAMS: BUFFALO, B/B, 24 (1)
 **Jason Hanson, BEST     103      **Cleveland, WALLACE      31                     GREEN BAY, BEST, 24 (8)
   Norm Johnson, BRATCHER  91        Detroit, BRATCHER       28                     TAMPA BAY, TALBOT, 24 (9)
   Jason Elam, OUTLAW      89        Chicago, WALLACE        26                     HOUSTON, TALBOT, 24 (11)
   Jeff Jaeger, J/K        87        Buffalo, RICKER         22                     SAN FRANCISCO, JACKSON, 24 (11,12,13)
   Morton Andersen, PEIL   85        New Orleans, TALBOT     22           BACKS: Ron Moore, J/K, 25 (14)
   Eddie Murray, B/B       83        Atlanta, STROUPE        16           RECEIVERS: Jerry Rice, BEST, 26 (11)
   John Carney, TALBOT     80        San Diego, BEST         16           KICKERS: John Carney, TALBOT, 20 (1)
   Mike Cofer, MONTY       72        Miami, OUTLAW           14           D/ST: CHICAGO, WALLACE, 20 (14)
   Steve Christie, RICKER  69        Minnesota, XXX          13
   Pete Stoyanovich, WALL  60        Philadephia, PEIL       12

At the end of the season there will be a leader wrap up showing a 16 game performance. Season today plus the
results of week 15-18.

HONOR ROLL (50 points or more)         DISHONOR ROLL (< 10 pts)        SHOOTOUTS (80 or more, both teams)
77 BEST vs B/B (11)                    0  GATES vs Ricker (2)          111 BEST 66 WALLACE 45 (8)
66 BEST vs Wallace (8)                 2  WALLACE vs Bratcher (2)       92 JACKSON 48 PEIL 44 (12)
56 J/K vs Monty (14)                   5  B/B vs Wallace (3)            90 BRATCHER 51 PEIL 39 (7)
55 RICKER vs Outlaw  (5)               5  J/K vs Monty (8)              87 PEIL 44 vs B/B 43 (14)
54 MONTY vs J/K (8)                    8  B/B vs BEST (11)              86 MONTY 49 RICKER 37 (3)
51 BRATCHER vs Peil (7)                8  B/B vs Monty (13)             85 TALBOT 44 PEIL 41 (1)
50 OUTLAW vs Stroupe (2)               8  STROUPE vs Bratcher (13)      83 MONTY 48 CZUPRYNA 35 (9)
50 B/B vs Stroupe (9)                  9  OUTLAW vs Jackson (3)         85 BEST 77 B/B 8 (11)
                                       9  OUTLAW vs Gates (6)



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Transactions  (*=corrections  **=late updates from previous reports)
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14) OUTLAW        Add: Fred McAfee, B, New Orleans       **Drop: Raghib Ismial, R, LA Raiders
14) MONTY         Add: Tim McGee, R, Washington          **Drop: Napolean McCallum, B, LA Raiders
14) WALLACE       Add: Chicago D/ST                       *IR: Derek Brown, B, New Orleans
14) BEST          Add: Arthur Marshall, R, Denver          Drop: Don Beebe, R, Buffalo
14) WALLACE       Add: Greg Davis, K, Phoenix              Drop: Barry Word, B, Minnesota
14) J/K           Add: Randall Hill, R, Phoenix            Drop: Ernie Jones, R, LA Rams
14) B/B           Act: Reggie Cobb, R, Tampa Bay           Drop: Tom Waddle, R, Chicago


WEEK 15 PREVIEW

1. JACKSON 9-3-1 vs 14. JONES/KLINGMAN 4-10
Previous Result: JACKSON 35 J/K 20 (week 11)
Jackson is licking his chops. San Francisco picked his bye week to go flat. Now
they are headed to Atlanta where a shootout could be possible. J/K's QBs face off
against each other. Both games are Saturday, so we may know early how this one
will go. Incidentally Jackson has not won a playoff game in 6 years. Will Ron
Moore do it again, or will Jackson do it to himself.

7. PEIL 7-6-1 vs 8. STROUPE 7-6-1
Previous Result: PEIL 32 STROUPE 32 (week 3)
It is destiny that these two meet. Since their tie, they have been virtually
deadlocked in the standings.  Peil has broken away of late, scoring more points,
and that will give him the edge should they tie AGAIN. Peil looks for a big day
in the San Francisco/Atlanta game. Stroupe hopes his back tandem is finally
healthy, and new starting QB Chicago faces the Bucs.

5. CZUPRYNA 9-5 vs 11. RICKER 6-8
Previous Result: CZ 46 Ricker 31 (week 10)
A rematch of last year's Super Bowl. Ricker hampered by loss of last week's hero,
Ricky Watters, but New Orleans has the Rams at home. CZ faces a tough Monday night
test for Miami vs Pittsburgh. In subduing Ricker in week 10, CZ's almost has his
entire team score. If they can spread it out again, he'll move on.

2. TALBOT 9-4 vs 13. WALLACE 5-9
Previous Result: Wallace 29 Talbot 22 (week 4)
A rematch of the imfamous "Faud Reviez" game. Talbot needs a big game from Houston
playing at home against division rival Cleveland. He also needs one or more of his
players to step up. Maybe Brent Jones, who has not scored since week 7 and is due.
Wallace finds his Qbs in Minnesota. Don't be surprised if he pulls a switch, but
Dallas tends to pass more against the stronger defenses.

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