The Battalion s College Station (Brazos County), Texat
Tuesday, November 11, 1958
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PORT SLANT
By BOB WEEKLEY
Aggies were once known for their grim-,jawed determ
ination to back the team . . . the famous 12th Man of Aggie*-
land. Win or lose the Corps used to be there, and also its
civilian counterparts. But now r , judging from comments
and letters after the SMU “game," a fair weather school is
in the making.
If a team has lost the spirit and desire to win it is their
fans who are responsible. Who can play football with
rumbling sarcasm for a background? Who can fight till the
last minute when they know the student body is cussing
them in the stands?
Nothing can destroy a strong team faster than a weak
student body, and the Aggies are not a strong team. Per
haps the eleven has given up thoughts of winning another
game, but it is because the men of Aggieland have given
up hopes of the team making a showing.
When Paul Bryant first came to A&M he won only one
game, yet he had the full support of the 12th Man in every
contest and the Aggies earned respect with every defeat.
Now there is no respect for the Aggie squad. Said
Buddy Dial of Rice after his team had been defeated by
Army last week, “You’re going to see the meanest bunch of
boys (Rice) in the world next Saturday. We’ll be ready for
Army’s little brothers now, I guarantee you.”
Said guard Charley Knight, “Yeah, we’ll make ’em sorry
they’re country cousins of those West Pointers.”
“Utterly helpless and hopelessly outclassed,” said one
sports writer after the Mustang debacle. An A&M team is
never helpless. They may have been outclassed but they
were in there till the gun trying to hurt the Ponies.
Ask men like John Tracey, Luther Hall, Gordon Le-
Boeuf . . . the whole Aggie team . . . how it is to lose. It
makes them mad, and ready to rip the next team they meet
to pieces.
Whether it does or not will be found out when they
meet the Rice Owls in Houston Saturday, but I’m willing to
bet there won’t be many Aggies around to form a 12th Man;
less than there were for the University of Houston clash.
Real school spirit. Real pride in the team. The desire
to win and hurt people.
Pride is contageous, it’s catching. Why don’t you break
out with a severe case of the disease and try to infect the
Aggie team. You might see a winner Saturday.
SWC Statistics
Charley Milstead, injured early
in the SMU game, still managed
to retain his SWC total offense
leadership while end John Tracey
increased his lead in the receiving
department.
A&M’s blond junior actually
lost yardage in the SMU tilt, with
his total yardage moving from
1,006 to 1,004 this week. Milstead
also lost his passing lead as Bay
lor’s Buddy Humphrey recaptur
ed the top spot.
Reserve tailback Ed Dudley
lioved into the top 10 in SWC
passers as a result of last Sat
urday’s game. Dudley is now the
No. 8 passer with 28 completions
for 378 yards.
The Ag senior is also rated No.
6 in the total offense slot behind
Milstead, Humphrey, Don Mere
dith, James Monroe and Billy
Dunn...
Big John Tracey is now 10
receptions ahead of his nearest
rival in the receiving statistics
and has 351 yards gained to his
credit.
TEAM OFFENSE, DEFENSE
School
Games
Avgr. Gain
Rushing
Avg. Gain
Passing
Per Game
Offense
Opp’s Gain
Rushing
193.9
Opp’s Gain
Passing
89.0
Per Game
Defense
A&M
8
100.8
148.1
248.9 '
282.9
Ark
8
168.8
64.3
233.0
196.4
110.6
307.0
Bay
8
168.4
127.0
295.4
160.0
105.3
265.3
Rice
7
196.0
85.4
281.4
152.4
101.4
253.9
SMU
7
165.6
164.6
330.1
176.0
85.7
261.7
TCU
7
215.7
105.4
321.1
103.6 .
105.4
209.0
Texas
8
181.9
69.9
251.8
173.1
102.9
276.0
LEADING PASSERS
Monroe (Ark)
112 464
576
Player & Sch.
Humphrey (Bay)
Milstead (A&M)
Meredith (SMU)
Monroe (Ark)
Enis (TCU)
Dunn (SMU)
Dudley (A&M)
Starr (Bay)
Hartman (Rice)
Matthews (Tex |
Att. Comp. Gain
131 72 740
59
41
37
35
32
28
15
15
15
106
63
86
67
61
55
35
37
28
779
684
464
425
454
378
204
334
182
%
Comp.
.550
.557
.651
.430
.522
.525
.509
.429
.405
.536
Player & Sptjool
Milstead (A&M)
Humphrey (Bay)
Meredith (SMU)
TOTAL OFFENSE
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Net Net Total
Rushing Passing Gain
225 779 1004
64 740 804
105 584 689
Dunn (SMU)
Dudley (A&M)
Hickman (Bay)
Spikes (TCU)
Enis (TCU)
102
135
493
428
—23
454
378
0
0
425
556
513
493
428
402
LEADING PASS RECEIVERS
Passes Avg.Gain
Player & School Caught Gained Per pass
Tracey‘ (A&M)
Witcher (Bay) 19
Moore (Bay) 17
Gregory (SMU) 14
Barnes (Ark) 14
Sims (A&M) ' 13
Christopher (SMU) 13
Hall (A&M) 11
Bryant (Tex) 11
Harris (TCU) 11
Wisener (Bay) 11
351
219
138
178
165
177
175
214
143
120
106
er pas
12.1
11.5
8.1
12.7
11.8
13.6
13.5
19.5
13.0
10.9
9.6
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Games
Downs
Rush
NET GAIN
FWD
PASS
%
Pass
Punt
Lost
Plays
303
Rush
Pass
Total
Att
Comp
90
Comp
.526
Int
Avg.
Pen.
HP
A&M
8
116
806
1185
1991
171
12
36.7
449
Dpp
Ark
119
389
1551
712
2263
109
55
.505
10
35.7
507
8
93
344
1350
514
1864
106
42
.396
9
36.7
427
Opp
135
408
1571
885
2456
159
77
.484
9
37.2
540
Bay
8
132
377
1347
1016
2363
182
95
.522
6
34.2
523
if
Opp
Rice
120
375
1280
842
2122
147
70
.476
12
38.1
315
7
100
360
1372
598
1970
93
36
.387
10
38.1
421
Opp
SMU
91
300
1067
710
1777
118
59
.500
13
35.6
405
7
116
275
1159
1152
2311
146
85
.582
11
40.6
333
Opp
89
327
1232
600
1832
95
46
.484
11
37.3
380
■
TCU
7
122
368
1510
738
2248
120
57
.475
10
35.9
324
Opp
79
280
725
738 •
1463
140
6f
.436
14
35.6
397
Tex
8
115
417
1455
559
2014
106
45
.425
9
37.2
434
Opp
119
392
1385
823
2208
134
69
.516
9
35.9
361
The Aggies trotted through a
short hour workout yesterday in
sweats before moving indoors to
see films of their 83-0 defeat by
the SMU Mustangs.
Coach Jim Myers plans on hold
ing short drills for the remainder
of the week hoping to rest the
team and let injured players re
cover before Saturday’s encounter
with the conference’s No. 1 team,
Rice.
Charley Milstead, the Ags’ star
tailback, headed the injury list this
week and is classified as a “doubt
ful” starter against Rice by My
ers. Milstead, the league’s total
offense leader, was injured in the
first half against the Ponies and
did not see any action for the re
mainder of the game.
End Travis Nevill will also miss
the Rice game. The second team
end was injured in the Arkansas
clash a week ago.
Gordon LeBoeuf has been shifted
to the blocking back position from
the fullback slot as Myers shifted
his personnel in an effort to find
a man to fill the injured Dick
Gay’s position.
With LeBoeuf running in the
blocking back position Gale Oliver
will move back to center, backing
up sophomore Roy Northrup. . As
sisting LeBoeuf will be Wayne La-
Bar, a sophomore from Harlingen
who originally started the season
as a guard.
Luther Hall will be the Aggies
lone fullback, with LeBoeuf alter
nating back to that position if
anything happens to Hall.
Myers announced that Guard Joe
Munson has stepped up to the
starting right guard position. Mun
son is a junior who lettered at that
position last year.
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“SERVING TEXAS AGGIES”
Revengeful Ponies Bop
Hapless Aggies, 33-0
By BOB WEEKLEY
Battalion Sports Editor
The SMU Mustangs took ad
vantage of a sunny day in the
Cotton Bowl Saturday to turn the
gridiron into a race track and
romp over a weak Aggie eleven,
33-0.
Don Meredith, SMU’s jack-of-
all trades, never had much of a
chance to match passes with
Charley Milstead as the A&M
passing ace bowed out with an
injured knee early in the first
half.
An SMU homecoming crowd of
53,000 saw the Mustangs run
roughshod over the outclassed
Ags, running and passing for 505
yards while holding the Cadets
to a meager 195, most of them
garnered in the final quarter.
It was all SMU as the Ponies
drove 80, 66, 55, 84 and 51 yards
for their touchdowns, then held
the Aggies threatless till the
Ponies threw in their third and
fourth units in the last quarter.
The Ponies were anything but
slow in opening their own per-
sonnal scoring ball. SMU took
the opening kickoff at their own
20, then moved quickly downfield
to the A&M 14. The Cadets stif
fened for three downs, then Mere
dith swept wide around end to
score standing up.
The Mustangs scored twice
more in the first half, holding
the Aggies to their own end of
the field the whole period.
Holding a repeat performance
the Mustangs took the second
half kickoff and marched master
fully down the field for another
touchdown, climaxed by Mere-
SMU Downs Ags
In Dual Track Meet
The SMU Mustangs continued
their domination over the Aggies
Saturday in Dallas, defeating the
A&M cross-country team 19-36 on
a three-mile course.»
dith’s pass to Jimmy Welch in
the end zone.
SMU scored again when, late
in the third quarter, a short punt
by Ed Dudley put the Ponies in
scoring position. SMU scored
when the Mustangs’ Bill Dunn
heaved a short pass to his right
halfback for the score.
The much-publicized aerial
duel by Milstead and Meredith did
not come off. SMU stuck pretty
much to their ground game,
throwing 23 passes, completing
14 of them for 277 yards, while
the Aggies completed 13 of 24 for
166.
It was the worst A&M defeat
by the Mustangs since the two
schools have met in this long
series, and the most lopsided
licking the Farmers have ab
sorbed since Michigan State maul
ed them in 1952 by 48-6.
STATISTICS
First downs
22
9
Rushing yardage
228
29
Passing yardage
227
166
Passes attempted
23
24
Passes completed
14
13
Passes intercepted by .
4
2
Punts, number
3 for 44
5 for 31.6
Fumbles lost
1
1
Yards Penalized
.. .10 for 96
4 for 50
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