Rice Owls Edge Game Aggies, 7-2;
Fourth Quarter Score Fatal to Cadets
The game Texas Aggies turned
Eire Stadium into a muddy battle
ground Saturday in Houston in
search of their first Southwest
Conference victory, but the Rice
Owls broke Halfback Gordon Speer
loose on a 60-yard punt return to
score and edge the Farmers, 7-2.
A&M, the hard-luck team of the
league, had blocked a punt in the
first quarter that rolled back into
the Owls’ end zone before a Rice
player could cover the elusive pig
skin, to send the Cadets into a 2-0
lead.
Tough Fourth Quarter
It was the third straight game
in as many weeks that the unpre
dictable Cadets had led going into
the final period, only to see victory
slip from their grasps in the fad
ing moments of the contest. Their
top effort to date was when they
played the league-leading Arkan
sas Razorbacks to a 7-12 score, the
Hogs scoring the winning TD in
the final moments of the game.
The loss made no change what •
soever in the conference standings,
the Farmers residing on the bot •
tom rung and Rice just one notch
higher on the ladder. A&M now
stands 3-6 in season play and 0-li
in conference games. Rice is 1-5-2
in season games and 1-2-1 in the
conference.
A&M’s two points were set up
by Tailback Charlie Milstead’s
punt that took a crazy bounce and
rolled to the Owls’ one-yard line
before it was declared dead. The
Farmers did an excellent job of
covering their kicks downfield ex
cept once. . .and that led to the
Rice tally.
Smith Blocks Punt
Rice took over the ball on their
one and managed to move it out
to the four before they were forced
to kick into a strong wind with
gusts up to 25 miles an hour. Speer
dropped back to kick, but Aggie
End Ralph Smith raced in from his
defensive position to partially
block the punt.
The kick traveled to around the
Owls’ ten before the wind caught
the ball, blowing it back into the
Rice end zone where Rice’s Billy
Bucek covered the ball.
A&M moved to the Rice 34-yard
line early in the second period on
their second serious scoring threat,
but the Owl forward wall stiffened
and forced the Farmers into a field
goal try, missed by A&M’s Randy
Sims kicking into the wind and
falling short.
Speer Returns 60 Yards
Rice’s winning score came in the
final period with Milstead again
on the kicking end of the ball, with
Speer receiving on his 40. The
speedy 195-pound Speer returned
the punt 60 yards on the play,
eluding five would-be Aggie taek-
lers before romping over for the
tally.
Speer kicked the try for extra
point to put the Owls ahead to
stay, 7-2. It is curious to note
that the Rice halfback figured, into
both A&M’s and Rice’s scoring. It
was his punt .that was blocked to
score the Aggies’ only two points,
and he scored all seven of Rice’s
points.
Rice had stopped two other Ag
gie threats in the game, both by
interceptions. The Cadets had
moved to the Rice 37 in the first
quarter before Speer picked off a
pass and to the 35 in the final pe
riod with Bobby Lively moving in
for the interception.
Sanders Intercepts
Senior Halfback Robert Sanders
of Seadrift made a tremendous in-
Brahmas Dump CHS, 29-0;
Bengals 2nd in Conference
By RUSSELL BROWN
CHS Correspondent
1959 Football for the A&M Con
solidated Tigers ended on a sour
note Friday night as the Bengals
traveled to frigid Bellville only to
return home on the short end of a
29-0 count and second best in Dis
trict 21-AA.
Played before 3,000 shivering
fans in Bellville’s O’Bryant Sta
dium, the Brahmas’s Ernie Koy
and Joe Ed Lynn were just too
hot to handle as the Big Red rolled
up 320 yards total offense in grind
ing out four touchdowns, a field
goal, and two extra tallies.
Koy and Lynn shared most of
the ball carrying, the 6-2, 199-
pound Koy blasting the Tiger line
for 212 yards in 16 carries, includ
ing 19 and 81-yard touchdown
bursts. Lynn, a 6-0, 195-pound
powerhouse, moved the Tiger de
fenses for 52 yards in 12 tries, in
cluding a pass from Koy for a
TD, kicking a 13-yard field goal,
and two extra points. Halfback
David Reid tallied the final Brah
ma score in the fouijth quarter
with a 19-yard scamper.
The win was Bellvilles eighth
in ten games and four consecutive
in District 21-AA, giving the
Brahmas the right to battle the
Liberty Panthers in Brenham Fri
day night in the bi-district game.
Coach Ed Logan’s charges
camped in Bellville territory, the
entire first quarter and half of the
second period, but just couldn’t
dent the Brahma goal stripe. John
Pedigo fell on a Big Red fumble on
the thirty to open the contest and
“Tough Tiger” Alex Quisenberry
pounced on another Brahma bobble
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minutes later to give the Maroon
and White two golden chances, but
the stout linebacking of Koy and
Lynn held on the three and the
nine-yard lines on both occasions.
Bellville tallied in the second
quarter after an 85-yard march in
ten plays. Koy rambled the final
19 paces with 3:13 remaining.
Lynn’s placement try was wide.
Apparently warmed at halftime,
the Brahmas took advantage of
everything in the third quarter as
Koy and Lynn combined for a six-
yard aerial capping a 32-yard
march set up by a Tiger fumble.
Lynn booted the extra point.
Following another Tiger miscue
Bellville drove from the Tiger 19
to the five where Lynn split the
uprights with a 13-yard field goal
for a 16-0 verdict.
Not to be stopped, Koy magnifi
cently finished an 84-yard, two-
play drive by rambling 81 yards for
the final TD in the third quarter.
Lynn’s kick was true.
Halfback David Reid, not to be
outdone, tallied the final score with
6:00 to go in the last stanza, going
19 yards on a reverse. Points
failed.
The loss was the Bengals’ third
against five wins and a tie, and
marked the end of Tiger football
for Guard Ben Jackson, Center Joel
Mills, End Virden Smith, Half
backs Dee Smith and Brenner Say
ers, and Fullbacks Jim Wright and
Steve Parker. The tilt also mark
ed the end of Coach Ed Logan’s
initial season as head football
mentor, a successful season indeed.
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terception for the Farmers in the
third period when he made a one-
handed grab of a Bucek pass to
halt the only serious Rice threat
before their touchdown play.
Bucek was the big gun of the
Rice attack, racking up 100 yai-ds
in 15 carries, most of them on
keeper playes around end. Full
back Gordon LeBoeuf was the top
dog for the Aggies, ripping off
long gains through tackle on a
fake punt play, one carrying for
39 yards. '
The Aggies close out the season
Thanksgiving Day when they face
the Texas Longhorns on Kyle Field
in a tradition studded game that
decides whether the Longhorns are
co-SWC champs and meet Syra
cuse in the Cotton Bowl on New
Year’s Day.
Southwest Conference Race
Thrown in Turmoil by TCU
The TCU Horned Frogs, almost
forgotten in the Southwest Confer
ence football race, refused to be
impressed by the Texas Longhorns’
high national standing and dumped
the Steers to throw the SWC race
into a turmoil.
Arkansas is the only conference
team that can sit back in their
chairs and rest easily, having com
pleted their league race with a
win over SMU.
Texas must face the game Tex
as Aggies Thanksgiving Day in
College Station and win, if they
are to finish the season in a tie
for conference honors. TCU must
down the Rice Owls and the Mus
tangs if they are to claim a share.
If all three teams finish in a tie
for first, Texas will have the hon
or of representing the, league in
the Cotton Bowl against Syracuse,
the present No. 1 team in the na-
Team
SEASON STANDING
Texas 8
Arkansas 7
TCU 6
SMU 4
Texas Tech 4
W L T Pet. Pts. Op.
Baylor 3 5
Texas A&M 3 6
Rice X 5
0 .899 182 36
0 .778 122 86
0 .750 108 46
1 .563 117 100
0 .444 131 131
0 .375
0 .333
2 .214
69 103
84 121
69 139
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Team W L T Pet. Pts. Op.
Arkansas 5
Texas 4
TCU 3
SMU 1
Rice 1
Baylor 1
0 .833
0 .800
0 .750
1 .375
1 .375
0 .250
Texas A&M 0 5 0 .000
X—Texas Tech not competing for cham
pionship.
tion. The Steers go to the bowl
game by virtue of having been the
last team of the three winners to
play there. Arkansas wore Cot
ton in 1954, TCU last year, while
Texas was last there in 1953.
But Arkansas is the only team
now assured of a first-place stand
ing. The rest must face aroused
teams who have nothing to lose
and everything to win. The role of
spoiler is familiar in the South
west.
PAGE 4
THE BATTALION
Tuesday, September 17, 1959
Milstead, Hill Stay
Abreast of Leaders
Although a cold, bleary, wet day
may have slowed down Charley
Milstead’s passing and Russell
Hill’s receiving, they both remain
among the top in the. conference
statistic wise.
Milstead’s 611 yards passing is
surpassed only by SMU’S Don
Meredith, who has 1022 yards.
Russell Hill, the only first place
man from the Aggies in the stat
column, has snared 17 passes for
325 yards to lead the conference
in yards gained receiving. Hill al
so is leading in the average per
pass column, boasting 19.1 yards
per catch.
Also in the leading receiver lists
are two more Aggies. Jack Estes
has caught 10 passes for 136 yards
and Randy Sims has 12 catches
for 111 yards.
Gordon LeBoeuf, who gained 78
yards against Rice last week, has
stepped in among the statistic
leaders with 309 yards in 97 car
ries.
Robert Sanders is fourth in punt
returns with 39 yards and averag
ing 5.6 yards per carry.
Randy Sims takes over third
place in kickoff returns, running
behind Ronnie Bull of Baylor and
Jim Mooty from Arkansas.
Milstead’s punting against Rice
last week put him among the lead
ers in that category. Milstead has
punted 36 times, more than any
one in the conference, for a 35.9
average.
Jack Collins, of Texas is the
leading scorer of the conference
with 42 points. Still hanging in
the scoring column is the, Aggie’s
Sims who has 20 points.
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