1992 Week 14 Results

THIS  WEEK IN THE BRFL    12/10/92    Week 15
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Talbot wins East; Best & Wallace to meet in Wildcard

EGames of the week:F
After laying low for three weeks in divisional play, Mike Talbot rose up and
crushed Jones-Klingman 59-14 to win the East division title. It was the second
week in a row Jones lost to an opponent in the 50's and the second week in a
row the game was decided quickly.  Talbot had 23 points in Thursday's Atlanta/
New Orleans game. When he faces Brian Ricker in week 16, it will be Talbot's
first playoff appearance.

Two teams faced must win games in the West and both won, however only one team
was able to make the playoffs.  Calvin Jackson, alive through tie-breakers went
shopping for a quick fix and got it: Amp Lee, Pete Metzelaars and the Cleveland
D/st all scored as Jackson defeated Steve Czupryna for the second time this season,
47-30. Ultimately, however, it was Czupryna who ended up smiling and Jackson who
was depressed...

The other game in the West was one of the year's most thrilling. Both Best and
Wallace benched their starting quarterbacks and battled with backups. Wallace
went with San Diego over unproductive Minnesota and Best decided that it might
be difficult for Atlanta on the road in New Orleans and that Green Bay at home
against Detroit might be a better call (if it didn't snow). Because of the
Thursday lineup deadline, decisions had to be made sooner: Best consulted the
Weather channel and PRODIGY and Wallace consulted the "Football gods". The right
decisions were made: Green Bay threw 3 TDs to Atlanta's one and Best won by 11,
44-33.  However, on Sunday afternoon it was much closer than that. Wallace's
players were stopped on the goal line 7 times. The result might have added
5 touchdowns. On the other hand, the official scorer went back and credited the
Green Bay QBs with a TD when Sterling Sharpe (Best's reciever) couldn't find the
endzone in the snow and fumbled one the 1 and picked it up and took it in. It
had been originally credited as a Sharpe 1 yard fumble recovery for TD, that
would have cost Best 7 points. If Webster Slaughter's Monday night TD catch had
occurred, the snowblind play by Sharpe would have been it would have been one of
the most imfamous plays in league history. As Wallace discovered, the "football
gods" were slightly off their 42-34 prediction but they were on Best's side.


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STANDINGS          Overall      Points      Division      Wrap up
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EAST               W   L   T    PF    PA    W   L   T
X-Talbot           7   6   1   459   354    2   3   1     Fewest points allowed in the league. First playoff appearance.
Stroupe            6   6   2   392   412    4   1   1     "The Barrys" got hot in the stretch, but bid falls short.
Jones/Klingman     6   7   1   339   404    2   3   1     In contention until final week despite fewest points in league.
Berger/Browell     4   8   2   368   445    2   3   1     Trade with Jackson led to 3-2-2 stretch run.

CENTRAL            W   L   T    PF    PA    W   L   T
X-Ricker          10   4   0   469   355    5   1   0     Clinched early (wk 11) and rarely challenged. First playoff.
Outlaw             5   9   0   380   404    5   1   0     A terror in division, 0-8 outside. Made 0 transactions.
Peil               4   9   1   368   494    2   4   0     Most points allowed.
Bratcher           2  12   0   347   477    0   6   0     2nd worst record in league history.  Beat Czupryna when 0-6,6-0

WEST               W   L   T    PF    PA    W   L   T
X-Czupryna        10   4   0   495   361    3   3   0     First ever reigning Super Bowl winner returning to playoffs.
y-Wallace          9   4   1   473   468    3   3   0     Shocking 5 point differential fewest among playoff teams.
y-Best             9   5   0   551   443    3   3   0     Led league in scoring. Had 11 QB/WR pair touchdowns.
Jackson            8   6   0   430   379    3   3   0     Also missed playoffs with 8-6 in '89. Another big bill.

X=Division titlist  Y=Wild Card

-------------------------------------------------- Box Scores ---------------------------------------------------------
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    Jackson 47       Czupryna 30             Talbot 59        Jones/Kling 14        Outlaw 35         Bratcher 16
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  San Fran QB  12   Dallas  Qb  18         Buffalo Qb     6   G Anderson K  8    Phila Qb     13    Chicago QB      6
  A Lee      B  6   Novachek  R  6         Andersen    K 16   New Orlns  D  6    K Davis    B  6    Metcalf      B  6
  Byner      B 13   T Thomas  B  1         Atlanta     D  7                      N Anderson B  6    Hanson       K  4
  Metzelaars R  6   Christie  K  5         Rathman     B 12                      A Miller   R  6
  Lohmiller  K  4                          Carrier     R  6                      Jaeger     K  4
  Cleveland  D  6                          Irvin       R 12

    Best 44           Wallace 33               Ricker 22        Peil 19             Stroupe 37       Berger/Brow 30
  ---------------   ---------------        ----------------   --------------      --------------     --------------
  Green Bay QB 18   T Allen    B 12        Kansas City Q  6   Lowery    K  1      Tampa Bay QB 12    Houston Qb   6
  Sharpe     R 14   Rice       R  6        L White     b  7   Monk      R  6      B Sanders  B  1    Blanchard K  6
  Slaughter  R  6   San Diego QB  6        E Smith     B  6   Haynes    R  6      Foster     B  7    Mack      B  6
  Cobb       B  1   Cofer      K  3        Stoyanovich K  3   Philadel  D  6      Moore      R  7    F AndersonR  6
  Reviez     K  5   Hampton    B  6                                               Ruzek      K  4    Tampa Bay D  6
                                                                                  Houston    D  6

PLAYER OF THE WEEK.
  Green Bay QBs, Best, 18 points

SPLINTER SQUAD   (players that would have made a difference)
  Washington QB, Peil, 12 points
  Lin Elliot, K, Dallas, Peil, 8 points

FROM OUT OF THE MOTHBALLS: (Haven't been heard from in a while)
  Green Bay QBs, Best, 18 points
  Mark Carrier, R, Talbot, 6 points

GM MOVE OF THE WEEK: (player added this week who contributed to a win)
  Calvin Jackson: for his pickup of three players who each scored
  Amp Lee, Pete Metelaars and Cleveland D/ST

----------------------------------------------  LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------
BACKS                        QBs                              RECEIVERS                   DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS
E Smith, RICKER     104**    San Francisco, JACKSON   162**   St Sharpe, BEST      68**   Kansas City, BEST    38**
T Allen, WALLACE     80**    Houston, BERGER/BROWELL  144*    J Rice, WALLACE      57**   Philadelphia, PIEL   36*
B Foster, STROUPE    70**    Atlanta, BEST            132     E Givins, CZUPRYNA   55*    Detroit, JACKSON     33
R Hampton, WALLACE   69*     Buffalo, TALBOT          132     A Rison, BEST        51*    Dallas, RICKER       31
R Watters, BEST      69*     Miami, JONES/KLING       120     M Irvin, TALBOT      49     New Orleans, JONES/K 30
T Thomas, CZUPRYNA   61      Philadelphia, OUTLAW     127     H Jeffires, STROUPE  49     Minnesota, CZUPRYNA  27
C Gary, JONES/KLING  64*     Minnesota, WALLACE        90     M Haynes, PEIL       44     Pittsburgh, BRATCHER 23
H Walker, WALLACE    57      Dallas, CZUPRYNA          84     C Carter, TALBOT     37     Houston,  STROUPE    23
B Sanders, STROUPE   54                                       M Duper, RICKER      36     Atlanta, TALBOT      21
L White, Ricker      47                                       K Jackson, TALBOT    30     Washington, CZUPRYNA 19
R Cobb, BEST         46
M Higgs, PEIL        44
N Anderson, OUTLAW   42

KICKERS                           TOP GAME PERFORMERS:                        TEAM GAME PERFORMANCE:
P Stoyanovich, RICKER    102**
C Lohmiller, JACKSON     100*     Backs: 25, Thomas, CZUPRYNA, wk 1           Scores 50 points or more     Scores less than 10 points
S Christie, CZUPRYNA      98      Receivers: 21,  Irvin, TALBOT, wk 3          *76  Best, wk 4              *6  Peil, wk 8
M Andersen, TALBOT        94      QBs:   30, Houston, BERGER/BROWELL, wk 6      65  Czupryna, wk 1           8  Talbot wk 6
N Lowery, PEIL            88      Kickers: 16,  Lohmiller, JACKSON, wk 8        64  Wallace, wk 7            8  Stroupe, wk 10
M Cofer, WALLACE          81                    Andersen, TALBOT, wk 14         59  Talbot, Wk 14            8  Bratcher, wk 11
J Hanson, BRATCHER        75      D/ST:   20, Detroit, JACKSON, wk 2            59  Wallace, wk 4            9  Berger/Browell, wk 5
R Ruzek, STROUPE          68                                                    57  Best, wk 5               9  Talbot, wk 11
J Jaeger, OUTLAW          66      Top game performances are worth 1 Square      57  Ricker, wk 8             9  Wallace, wk 11
D Treadwell, BEST         52                                                    56  Talbot, wk 10
                                  Individual High/Low receieve a square         53  Best, wk 11
                                                                                52  Best, wk 7
"All BRFL" performers are awarded Squares at the party.                         51  Stroupe, wk 13
** = First team - (Final team to be decided                                     50  Jackson, wk 2
* = second team - after week 14 results are in)
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WALLACE       ADD: San Diego QBS                   Drop: New York Giants QB
BEST          ADD: Rod Bernstine (from IR)         Drop: Tony Smith, B, Atlanta

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Week 15:   Wildcard

BEST (9-5) vs WALLACE (9-4-1)*             *Home Team in the event of a tie, this
                                            team will advance.
Week 16:   Divisional

BEST/WALLACE Winner vs CZUPRYNA (10-4)*
TALBOT (7-6-1) vs RICKER (10-4) *

Week 17:  Super Bowl

Winners from week 16 (no home team)






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