NFL EXHIBITION ROUNDUP : Maddox Passes First Test in Loss

After the Miami Dolphins welcomed Tommy Maddox to the NFL, Maddox showed he intends to stick around.

Maddox, a 20-year-old rookie from UCLA, was sacked six times, but got off the ground to throw two touchdown passes for the Denver Broncos, whose rally fell short of the Dolphins, 31-27, Saturday night in Berlin.

“I didn’t really expect to come out my first game and light up the world and do perfect,” said Maddox, who threw three interceptions, including one when the Broncos (1-2) were driving for a potential winning touchdown in the final minutes. “Obviously, I’ve got a lot to work on.”

Maddox connected on a nine-yard scoring pass to Barry Johnson and a 39-yard scoring pass play to Cedric Tillman.

Scott Mitchell threw touchdown passes to James Saxon and Tony Martin in an 88-second span of the third quarter to put Miami (2-1) ahead to stay after Denver took a 13-7 halftime lead.

Phoenix 20, Chicago 17--Timm Rosenbach threw two touchdown passes in the first half and the Cardinals held off the Bears at Tempe, Ariz.

The Cardinals (2-0) led, 17-0, at halftime as Rosenbach completed touchdown pass plays of 53 yards to Ernie Jones and 23 yards to former Bear Johnny Bailey.

Running back Darren Lewis of Chicago (1-1) turned a pass from Paul Justin into a 68-yard scoring play. Rookie quarterback Will Furrer drove Bears 67 yards in 10 plays for another touchdown, a four-yard pass to Ron Morris.

Minnesota 30, Kansas City 0--The Vikings’ sacked Dave Krieg six times in the first half and the Chiefs’ first unit had minus four yards passing at Minneapolis.

David Bavaro recovered a fumble for a touchdown and also had a sack. Henry Thomas had two sacks, Brad Culpepper and Chris Doleman 1 1/2 each. Robert Harris added a second-half sack for Minnesota, which had 33 sacks last season after getting 71 in 1989 and 47 in 1990.

Rich Gannon played the second half for Minnesota and completed 12 of 18 passes for 175 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown play to Carl Parker.

Tampa Bay 40, Atlanta 28--Steve DeBerg delivered the go-ahead touchdown, but Vinny Testaverde squashed a budding quarterback controversy by passing for 119 yards and three touchdowns against the Falcons at Tampa, Fla.

DeBerg threw a one-yard touchdown pass to Kirk Kirkpatrick with 5:17 left to put the Buccaneers (1-1) ahead for good after Atlanta (0-2) took a 28-24 lead on three touchdown passes by Wade Wilson to take a 28-24 lead.

Reggie Cobb ran 53 yards to set up Tampa Bay’s final touchdown, Testaverde’s one-yarder to Tyji Armstrong with 2:11 left.

Rookie quarterback Mike Pawlawski directed Tampa Bay to a 10-7 halftime lead.

New York Giants 16, Cleveland 7--Matt Bahr kicked three field goals and the Giants limited the Browns to 86 yards in the first three quarters at East Rutherford, N.J.

Cleveland (1-1) scored on Randy Baldwin’s one-yard run with 7:27 left.

Phil Simms started at quarterback in place of Jeff Hostetler, who has a hyper-extended elbow, for the Giants (2-0). Simms was 14 of 26 for 109 yards.

Philadelphia 27, Cincinnati 17--Randall Cunningham showed no signs of a knee injury that kept him virtually out all of last season as the Eagles defeated the Bengals at Philadelphia.

Cunningham completed seven of 12 passes for 66 yards and scrambled for seven yards on his only run on an opening drive that was capped by Herschel Walker’s one-yard scoring run. Reggie White gave the Eagles (2-1) a 14-0 lead by returning a fumble seven yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.

Erik Wilhelm completed nine of 17 passes for 92 yards and a touchdown for the Bengals (0-2).

Seattle 27, Indianapolis 10--Robert Blackmon returned an interception 48 yards for a touchdown and Kelly Stouffer passed for two scores as the Seahawks (1-1) beat the Colts at Indianapolis.

Stouffer completed nine of 14 for 92 yards, including a 30-yard score to Doug Thomas and a nine-yarder to Trey Junkin.

Jeff George threw a 12-yard scoring pass to Reggie Langhorne for the Colts (1-1).

Houston 17, Dallas 16--Bucky Richardson threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Wade Hopkins with 31 seconds left to lift the Oilers (3-0) to a victory over the Cowboys at Irving, Tex.

Brad Daluiso’s last-second 67-yard field-goal attempt for Dallas was blocked.

Troy Aikman completed 10 of 14 passes for 140 yards and a 30-yard score to Alexander Wright that gave the Cowboys (1-2) a 9-7 halftime lead.