1993 Week 13 Results

Week 14 *  This Week in the BRFL  * Dec 3, 1993

HOT 49'ERS LIFT JACKSON TO FIRST PLACE

For the third consecutive week, Steve Young accounted for four touchdowns and
Calvin JACKSON reaped the benefits.  This week it was a pretty straight forward
42-14 win over CZUPRYNA. Last week it was a dramatic 5 TD comeback win over Peil,
48-44 - one of the best BRFL games ever played. Jackson needed help to get to the
top, and the 49'ers contributed to that as well. Led by Jerry Rice, BEST disposed
of former leader TALBOT, 42-26. Rice has scored 8 touchdowns in three weeks and
leads all players (backs and receivers) with 88 points.

THE BUTTS FACTOR: Playoff pairings appeared to be set and then Marion Butts scored
in the fourth quarter Monday night and lifted GATES past WALLACE, 21-16. The Gates win
earned a rematch with Wallace this week. It is the second year in a row that Wallace
opens the playoffs with the team he played last in the regular season. Also
slated to meet in back to back weeks are STROUPE and BRATCHER. In one of their
typical low scoring affairs, Bratcher nipped Stroupe 12-8. MONTGOMERY beat BERGER/BROWELL,
24-8, but lost the regular season league scoring title to Best, 429-415. Total
season points figured in Peil landing 7th place over Stroupe since they tied with
6-6-1 records and tied each other in the regular season. Peil outscored Stroupe
399-350. Incidentally, two weeks ago they each had 326. Peil beat Outlaw 29-18.
JONES/KLINGMAN lost their 9th straight. This time to RICKER, 19-11. J/K scored
the fewest points in the league AND gave up the most.  Typical of a real life
bad teams, but considering the fact that you really can't play defense in this
league, it is purely coincidental.

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Standings **            W   L   T     PF   PA   LW   RA       Schedule for week 14
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 1. Jackson             9   3   1    367  272    2   8.2            SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5
 2. Talbot              9   4   0    389  299    1   8.7      ATLANTA AT HOUSTON                        1:00 PM ET
 3. Montgomery          9   4   0    415  299    3   9.1      GREEN BAY AT CHICAGO                      1:00 PM ET
 4. Gates               9   4   0    327  313    4   7.8      INDIANAPOLIS AT NEW YORK JETS             1:00 PM ET
 5. Czupryna            8   5   0    394  375    5   8.8      LOS ANGELES RAIDERS AT BUFFALO            1:00 PM ET
 6. Best                7   6   0    429  342    6   8.6      MINNESOTA AT DETROIT                      1:00 PM ET
 7. Peil                6   6   1    399  393    7   9.0      NEW ENGLAND AT PITTSBURGH                 1:00 PM ET
 8. Stroupe             6   6   1    350  368    8   7.3      NEW ORLEANS AT CLEVELAND                  1:00 PM ET
 9. Bratcher            5   7   1    316  315   10   6.7      WASHINGTON AT TAMPA BAY                   1:00 PM ET
10. Berger/Browell      5   8   0    318  396    9   7.2      DENVER AT SAN DIEGO                       4:00 PM ET
11. Ricker              5   8   0    365  368   11   7.4      KANSAS CITY AT SEATTLE                    4:00 PM ET
12. Outlaw              4   9   0    298  380   12   5.8      LOS ANGELES RAMS AT PHOENIX               4:00 PM ET
13. Wallace             4   9   0    275  339   14   6.0      NEW YORK GIANTS AT MIAMI                  4:00 PM ET
14. Jones/Klingman      3  10   0    240  415   13   4.2      CINCINNATI AT SAN FRANCISCO               8:00 PM ET
                                                                    MONDAY, DECEMBER  6
How the ties were broken:                                     PHILADELPHIA AT DALLAS                    9:00 PM ET
2. TALBOT 3. MONTGOMERY, 4. GATES, 9-4
Talbot d Monty and Gates
Monty defeated Gates                                          FAVORITE        SPREAD    UNDERDOG
                                                              3. Montgomery     17.5    14. Jones/Klingman
7. Peil, 8 STROUPE, 6-6-1                                     4. Gates           6.5    13. Wallace
Teams tied 32-32. Peil wins total points 399-350              5. Czupryna       11      12. Outlaw
                                                              6. Best            4      11. Ricker
10. BERGER/BROWELL 11. RICKER, 5-8                            7. Peil            6.5    10. Berger/Browell
B/B defeated Ricker                                           8. Stroupe         2       9. Bratcher

12. OUTLAW 13. WALLACE, 4-9                                   Bye: Jackson, Talbot
Outlaw defeated Wallace
                                                              If a tie occurs, the higher seed advances.
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Results - week 12
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GATES 25             BERGER/BROWELL 20  |  CZUPRYNA 39          BEST 18          | OUTLAW 32            JONES/KLINGMAN 12
                                        |                                        |
Pittsburgh    Q  6   Buffalo       Q 12 |  Miami         Q 12   Rice        R 12 | San Diego    Q  6    Jaeger       K 12
Baxter        B  6   Worley        B  6 |  Bennett       B 12   Hanson      K  6 | Logan        B  6
Fryar         R  6   Murray        K  2 |  Jacke         K 15                    | Hampton      B  1
Anderson      K  7                      |                                        | Brooks       R  6
                                        |  CZ: five straight wins over Best.     | Elam         K 13
Beware of guys picked up by B/B. They   |  Longtime series now tied 5-5.         | Logan, free agent of the year, 42 points
always seem to score.                   |                                        | acquired on a Saturday by alert Outlaw.
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JACKSON 48           PEIL 44            |  MONTGOMERY 18        BRATCHER 16      | STROUPE 16          TALBOT 14
                                        |                                        |
San Francisco Q 24   Minnesota     Q  6 |  LA RAMS       Q  6   Brown       B  7 | Detroit      Q 12   Houston       Q 12
Del Pino      B 12   Pritchard     R 12 |  Johnson, J    B  6   Johnson, N  K  9 | Reviez       K  4   Higgs         B  1
Taylor        R  6   Allen         B 12 |  Cofer         K  6                    |                     Carney        K  1
Lohmiller     K  6   Carter        R  7 |                                        |
                     Andersen      K  1 | Hard Times:  Bratcher lost last three  | Talbot: Last TD by a player was week 8.
Game of the year: Jackson scores 30 to  | total of 4 points.  Monty is averaging | Stroupe: Foster and Smith injured.
Peil's 1 on Monday overcoming 43-18 lead| 17 a game over last 3 weeks.           |
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WALLACE 23           RICKER 12          |
                                        | Player of the week: San Francisco QBs, JACKSON, 24
Dallas       Q 12    Denver        Q  6 |
Johnson      R  6    Christie      K  3 | Splinter Squad:
Stoyanovich  K  5    Watters       B  1 |   Atlanta QBs, Peil, 18
                     Buffalo       D  2 |   Cleveland QBs, Bratcher, 12
                                        |
Wallace: Workman and Metcalf also       |
scored.                                 |
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Results - week 13
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BEST 42              TALBOT 26          |  JACKSON 42           CZUPRYNA 14      |  MONTGOMERY  24     BERGER/BROWELL 8
                                        |                                        |
Green Bay     Q  6   Houston       Q  6 | San Francisco  Q 24   Sharpe      R  7 | Philadelphia Q  6   Lewis         R  6
Rice          R 13   Proehl        R  6 | Taylor         R  8   Jacke       K  7 | Sharpe       R  6   Murray        K  2
Jeffires      R  8   Carney        K  7 | Bernstine      B  6                    | Rison        R  6
Carter        R  6   New Orleans   D  7 | Butler         K  4                    | Bettis       B  1
Hanson        R  6                      |                                        | Cofer        K  5
San Diego     D  3                      | Jackson kept  4 of the 13 players he   |
Best: 2nd straight year as top scorer.  | drafted: SF, Bernstine, Mitchell, Flipr|
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PEIL  29             OUTLAW  18         | BRATCHER 12           STROUPE 8        | RICKER 19           JONES/KLINGMAN 11
                                        |                                        |
Atlanta       Q 12   San Diego     Q 12 | Brown         B  6    Davis       B  6 | Denver       Q  6   Jaeger        K  4
Pritchard     R  6   Walker        B  1 | Johnson       K  6    Reviez      K  2 | Watters      B 12   Dallas        D  7
Allen         B  6   Elam          K  5 |                                        | Christie     K  1
Andersen      K  5                      | Bratcher 2-0-1 in 3 of the 4 lowest    |
                                        | scoring league games this year.        | J/K 9th straight loss. League record is
Peil 4-1 when scoring in the 20's.      | 12 ties Gates with lowest winning total| 11 set by Howrigon in 1991. Howrigon's
2-3-1 when scoring greater than 30.     | this season.                           | lone win that year was against Jones.
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GATES 21             WALLACE 16         |
                                        | Player of the week: San Francisco QBs, JACKSON, 24
Kansas City   Q 12   Dallas        Q  6 |
Butts         B  6   Treadwell     K 10 | Splinter Squad:
Anderson      K  3                      |    Chicago QBs, STROUPE, 6
                                        |    Washington QBs, J/K, 12
Wallace: first ever losing BRFL season. |
Gates 9-1 in last 10 games.             |
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Leaders
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    QB TEAMS                          BACKS                              RECEIVERS
San Francisco, JACKSON 132        Barry Foster, STROUPE    57          Jerry Rice, BEST           88
Houston, TALBOT        126        Marcus Allen, PEIL       54          Andre Rison, MONTY         70
Miami, CZUPRYNA        114        Emmitt Smith, STROUPE    48          Sterling Sharpe, MONTY     51
Atlanta, PEIL          108        Ricky Watters, RICKER    45          Ricky Proehl, TALBOT       44
Buffalo,  B/B           90        Marc Logan, OUTLAW       42          Calvin Williams, STROUPE   44
Denver, RICKER          78        Brad Baxter, GATES       36          Michael Jackson, B/B       39
Green Bay, BEST         72        Jerome Bettis, MONTY     27          Andre Reed, PEIL           39
Philadelphia, MONTY     60        Chris Warren, RICKER     26          Heywood Jeffires, BEST     38
San Diego, OUTLAW       60        Rod Bernstine, JACKSON   25          Irving Fryar, GATES        33
LA Rams, MONTY          54        Marion Butts, GATES      24          Cris Carter, BEST          31
Kansas City, GATES      54        Terry Kirby, BEST        24          Anthony Miller, CZUPRYNA   28
New Orleans, RICKER     48        Barry Sanders, BRATCHER  22          Tim Brown, B/B             27
Washington, J/K         48        Eric Metcalf, WALLACE    20          Johnny Mitchell, CZUPRYNA  26
Cleveland, BRATCHER     42        Rodney Hampton, OUTLAW   20          Shannon Sharpe, CZUPRYNA   26
Indianapolis, BRATCHER  42        Lewis Tillman, GATES     20          Quinn Early, JACKSON       25

    KICKERS                       DEFENSE / SPECIAL TEAMS              TOP PERFORMANCES    pts (week)
Jason Hanson, BEST     103        Houston, CZUPRYNA       31           QB TEAMS: BUFFALO, B/B, 24 (1)
Chris Jacke, CZUPRYNA  103        Cleveland, WALLACE      31                     GREEN BAY, BEST, 24 (8)
Norm Johnson, BRATCHER  86        Detroit, BRATCHER       28                     TAMPA BAY, TALBOT, 24 (9)
Jason Elam, OUTLAW      85        Buffalo, RICKER         22                     HOUSTON, TALBOT, 24 (11)
John Carney, TALBOT     80        New Orleans, TALBOT     22                     SAN FRANCISCO, JACKSON, 24 (11,12,13)
Morton Andersen, PEIL   78        Atlanta, STROUPE        16           BACKS: Barry Foster, STROUPE 18 (4)
Eddie Murray, B/B       72        San Diego, BEST         16           RECEIVERS: Jerry Rice, BEST, 26 (11)
Mike Cofer, MONTY       69        Miami, OUTLAW           14           KICKERS: John Carney, TALBOT, 20 (1)
Steve Christie, RICKER  63        Minnesota, XXX          13           D/ST: CLEVELAND, WALLACE, 14 (8)
Pete Stoyanovich, WALL  60        Philadephia, PEIL       12                 MIAMI, OUTLAW, 14 (8)

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)
55 RICKER vs Outlaw  (5)               5  B/B vs Wallace (3)            90 BRATCHER 51 PEIL 39 (7)
54 MONTY vs J/K (8)                    5  J/K vs Monty (8)              86 MONTY 49 RICKER 37 (3)
51 BRATCHER vs Peil (7)                8  B/B vs BEST (11)              85 TALBOT 44 PEIL 41 (1)
50 OUTLAW vs Stroupe (2)               8  B/B vs Monty (13)             83 MONTY 48 CZUPRYNA 35 (9)
50 B/B vs Stroupe (9)                  8  STROUPE vs Bratcher (13)      85 BEST 77 B/B 8 (11)
                                       9  OUTLAW vs Jackson (3)
                                       9  OUTLAW vs Gates (6)

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Transactions
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12) B/B       Add: Tim Worley, B, Chicago           Drop: Ricky Ervins, B, Washington
12) WALLACE   Add: Vince Workman, B, Tampa Bay      Drop: Brett Perriman, R, Detroit
12) MONTY     Add: Napoleon McCallum, B, LA Raiders Drop: Derrick Fenner, B, Cincinnati
12) BEST      Act: David Lang, B, LA Rams           Drop: Randall Hill, R, Phoenix
12) B/B       Add: Roger Craig, B, Minnesota        Drop: Matt Stover, K, Cleveland
13) JACKSON   Add: Kevin Butler,K, Chicago          Drop: Chip Lohmiller,K, Washington
13) JACKSON   Add: San Francico D/ST                Drop: Minnesota D/ST
13) JACKSON   Add: Keith Byars,B, Miami             Drop: Tim McGee, R, Washington
13) JACKSON   Act: Tom Rathman, B, San Francisco    Drop: Jake Reed, R, Minnesota
13) JACKSON   Acq: Quinn Early, R, New Orleans      For: Phoenix QB
13) MONTY     Acq: Phoenix QB                       For: Quinn Early, R, New Orleans



WEEK 14 - PLAYOFF PREVIEW

"Its the only week that matters."

In this year's tournament format all 14 teams will participate in the playoffs.
The top two teams will sit out this week and join the six winners in week 15. The
teams will be re-seeded and placed into brackets for the last two weeks.

Bye teams: 1. JACKSON 9-3-1 and 2.TALBOT 9-4.
Poetic Justice... The two teams that had victories taken away from them because of ineligible players are
the leagues two top seeds.  They get a bye this week. Not that they wouldn't mind being in the fray this week
as their QBS have favorable matchups. Often times in the past, Jackson is on the outside looking in, kicking himself
over some stupid trade or some miracle defeat.  Not this year. From Draft Day, to the fleecing of Jones, to the
Novachek/Delpino swap Jackson has made the right move at the right time. His end of the season line up is
putting points on the board at 42 a game clip. He wins on Monday night and starts the right guys at the right time.
TALBOT on the other hand is in a slump at the end of the season. The most telling stat is that since week 8,
he has had only one TD from a player. However, he defeated Montgomery and Gates in that stretch
and that has preserved his bye.


3. MONTGOMERY 9-4 vs 14. JONES/KLINGMAN 3-10
Previous result: MONTY 54 J/K 5 - Week 8
League Beamouth, Montgomery takes on lowly Jones/Klingman. Losers of 9 straight. It could be week 8 all over again.
It looks like J/K has no chance unless it can swing deals for the SF Qbs and Jerry Rice. All Montgomery has
to do is out score their kicker and he moves on. However, if there is slight concern for Monty, it his 19 ppg
output over the last four weeks.  QB turmoil with the Rams and Philly, caught up to him about midseason.
Frustrated in trade talks, he finally got Phoenix from Jackson, but it cost him steady Quinn Early. For the miracle
to occur, J/K needs a big game from Boomer or could try and load up in the Skins in Tampa. Ron Moore could
blunt MONTYS QB. Maybe Touchdown Tommy can live up to his hype.  Don't count on it. Monty will romp.

4. GATES 9-4 vs 13. WALLACE 4-9
Previous result: Gates 21 Wallace 16 - week 13
All season long, Wallace has been waiting for week 14. His wait might be rewarded. Dallas is mad and ready to
vent a little anger at home against hated rival Philly on Monday night. Aikman can prove his QB worth. Irvin will
oblige. Gates got by this year on luck and guile. After an inauspicious 0-3 start that included a shutout. He used his
low standing to pluck substitutes for injured superstars and went 9-1 the rest of the way. Now, the stars are
back and it may take more than Marion Butts to pull this one out.  He needs to grab some of Wallace's Dallas action,
or he'll make an early exit.


5. CZUPRYNA 8-5 vs 12. OUTLAW 4-9
Previous Result: Czupryna 26 Outlaw 23 - week 5
Czupryna used his usual mixture of luck and timing to reached the upper echelon of the league again. Every year, he
is dismissed on draft night, but come December, he has a formidable collection. There is some cause for worry:
Miami keeps turning over their QBs and production may diminish. He has gotten all league production how of his kicker and
defense. He has several players capable of multiple touchdown games: He's the king of the tight ends. Outlaw, on the
other hand, drafts well and disappears. He has a strong kicker also and an emerging QB in San Diego. They have
a favorable match up and he could pull an upset if the Giants hold Miami to a low scoring game.


6. BEST 7-6 vs 11. RICKER 5-8
Previous Result: Best 26 Ricker 15 - week 5
Best continued his pattern of running up outrageous scores one week and teens the next. It earned him a scoring
title two straight years. Ricker on the other hand, made some noise early in the season, but quieted down. He may have found
rhythm with Elway and Watters. Best counters with a strong trio of receivers in Rice, Jeffires and Carter. Key might be
Derek Russell, his fourth man, to counter Elway. His QBs have not been productive of late and both face tough road tests.
The real game within a game could be Rice/Watters showdown in the San Francisco / Cincinnati game. Rice is seeking a TD
record, but Watters may flourish since the Bengals are horrid against the run.


7  PEIL 6-6-1 vs 10. BERGER/BROWELL 5-8
Previous result: Berger/Browell 39 Peil 24 - week 6
To pull an upset, B/B has to hope that Kelly ignores Andre Reed and that Houston stifles Atlanta in Jerry
Glanville's homecoming. He has steadily rebuilt his injury decimated backfield by acquiring R Smith and Worley; both due for
breakout games. As a plus, Reggie Cobb returns to the lineup against the lowly Skins. Peil probably has little to
worry about if Atlanta puts up big numbers in Houston.  B/B probably lacks the firepower to engage in a shootout.
Peil has had historic bad luck in those.


8. STROUPE 6-6-1 vs 9 BRATCHER 5-7-1
Previous Result: Bratcher 12 Stroupe 8 - week 13
Stroupe looked like a world beater in midseason as he blitzed scoring machines Montgomery and Best.  Then injuries struck
both his two first round superstars, Smith and Foster. They are both back this week. Bratcher however, lost his first round
pick, Barry Sanders, to injuries. Yet, it could be a blessing in disguise. Barry's breakout game never came this year.
His 3 TDs were quickly matched by a smart pick-up, Gary Brown, in three games. Key may be the QB position. Both of these
teams are famous for shunning the notion of a stud QB, but the QB that actually does score might win this game, otherwise
give it to the team who's backs get the most bonus points.







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