1994 Week 17 Results

Final Edition       THIS WEEK IN THE BRFL                      January 4, 1995
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BEST TAKES TITLE 27-22 OVER BERGER/BROWELL
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Best won his first ever BRFL title with a 27-22 win over top seed BERGER/BROWELL
who suffered the same fate as the last five number one seeds - a loss in the
championship game. For Best, the ninth different champion in the league's nine
years, won in his seventh season. He first made the finals in 1988, his rookie
year, but failed to avenge the loss that year until now.
The game itself was very slow starting. After the seven 1:00 games on Saturday,
the score stood at 2-0 with Best's QB, Buffalo and receiver Andre Reed shut out,
and 2 points from the Green Bay D/ST.  Things perked up during the 4:00 games
with Best getting three scores, including two from Natrone Means. B/B countered
with 8 from K Gary Anderson.  The score stood at 20-8 Best, and remained that
way through Sunday night when OJ McDuffie and Irving Fryar failed to score.
B/B had half his lineup going Monday night.  Best had Watters and Reviez.
However, the Monday night game between San Francisco and Minnesota was very
conservatively played, with the 49'ers pulling their starters before the half.
The five point margin was as close as it got as Best sweated only a mid-fourth
quarter passing TD by backup Elvis Grbac. B/B suffered the curse of the 49'ers:
they don't show up the last week if there is nothing to play for.

The road to the championship had it's usual mixture of upsets and upstarts,
#11 TALBOT blew his way into week 16 with crushing wins over #6 JONES/KLINGMAN
#3 OUTLAW, but hit the wall against BEST, 42-17. STROUPE briefly relived his
1990 title run, by catching CZ and JACKSON on a bad day until B/B tripped him
up. And what might have been:  WALLACE would have become the champion again,
had he not switched his kicker at the last minute in a 45-44 loss to Best in
week 15. No roster scored more points than Wallace's down the stretch: The
Favre/Sharpe combo clicked 11 times in 5 games. In the end it was 1 vs 2 as it
had been 5 of the last 6 years.
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FINAL STANDINGS         W    L    T     PF    PA      Season Result
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 1.  Berger-Browell    11    5    0    643   519      Lost in Super Bowl to Best 27-22
 2.  Best              12    4    0    562   430      League Champion
 3.  Outlaw             9    6    0    583   477      Lost in week 15 to Talbot 56-28
 4.  Ricker             8    6    0    474   513      Lost in week 14 to Montgomery 43-22
 5.  Gates              7    6    1    488   485      Lost in week 16 to Wallace 45-39
 6.  Jones-Klingman     7    6    1    530   538      Lost in week 14 to Talbot 53-46
 7.  Deitrich           7    6    1    437   469      Lost in week 14 to Jackson 46-40
 8.  Stroupe            8    8    0    458   442      Lost in week 16 to B/B 38-26
 9.  Czupryna           5    8    1    444   416      Lost in week 14 to Stroupe 21-19
10.  Jackson            6    8    1    501   551      Lost in week 15 to Stroupe 33-17
11.  Talbot             7    8    1    544   563      Lost in week 16 to Best 42-17
12.  Wallace            5   10    0    484   585      Lost in week 15 to Best 45-44
13.  Montgomery         5   10    0    428   529      Lost in week 15 to B/B 48-25
14.  Peil               3    9    2    400   435      Lost in week 14 to Outlaw 45-33

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All Time BRFL Super Bowl results
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1986 Ostroff 26  Jackson 24       Marino was winning QB
1987 Jackson 29 Sass 19           Marino wins again
1988 Harris 32 Best 19            Harris' Esaison passes for scores rather than Best's Ickey Woods running them in
1989 Gravellesse 48 Bratcher 47   Burt picks up Tim Worley off waiver wire. Scores twice.
1990 Stroupe 27 Bratcher 22       Flipper Anderson scores a late TD on Monday night to clinch it for Stroupe
1991 Czupryna 45 Wallace 38       49'ers pass for five scores on Monday to bring CZ back from 23 down.
1992 Ricker 41 Czupryna 3         CZ's Dallas stars rest for playoffs as Ricker romps
1993 Wallace 37 Jackson 4         13th seed Wallace completes incredible run by humilating the top seed.
1994 Best 27 Berger/Browell 22    Best's Natrone Means scores twice on Saturday. B/B 49'ers take Monday night off.





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