Freshman Edition
The Battalion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1965
Section Two
The ‘Make Something Happen’
Aggies of new grid coach Gene
Stallings will be short on materi
al but long on guts and spirit
as the 196.5 season approaches.
Only 12 seniors are among
the 28 lettermen as the youthful
Cadets return to the Bear Bryant
style of football which brought
gridiron glory to A&M in the
mid-50’s.
Strong defense and a stout
kicking game are the trump cards
in the 1965 Aggie bid, which be
gins Sept. 18 against LSU in
Baton Rouge.
The Cadets will run a Wing-T
and split an end on offensive
and will rely on a stunting 5-4
with variations on defense. Stal
lings has installed platoon foot
ball, with two teams of offensive
and defensive specialists.
A third team unit will be
trained to go both ways and can
fill in wherever needed. Depth
is one of the Aggie weak points
this season because of the over
all inexperience of the club.
Lack of size and quickness are
other key problems, especially up
front in the line. The Aggies may
field one of the nation’s lightest
college teams, with a pre-season
depth chart showing an offensive
line average of 197 and five of
seven starters weighing in at
under 200. The defensive wall
tentatively averages out at 210.
Fiery linebacker Joe Wellborn,
split end Dude McLean, defensive
1963 Aggie
Schedule
DATE GAME
Sept. 18 LSU
Sept. 25 Ga. Tech
Oct. 2 Tex. Tech
Oct. 9 Houston
Oct. 16 TCU
Oct. 23 Baylor
Oct. 30 Arkansas
Nov. 6 SMU
Nov. 13 Rice
Nov. 25 Texas
end Jerry Kashtik and halfback
Jim Stabler appear to be the
best bets for stardom. Others
with strong promise include
safety Jerry Nichols, linebacker
Robert Cortetz, guard Tom Hur
rah, defensive end Ed Breding
and halfback swifty Loyd Curing-
ton.
Curington, one of the stars on
the 4-1 Fish team of two years
ago, missed spring training be
cause of mono-nucleosis but is ex
pected to be able to go full steam
this fall.
Several sophomores from the
winless frosh club of last sea
son are tabbed for starting roles
and will have to develop early
for A&M ’s rebuilding program
to get off to a quick start.
Burly tackle Howard Van Loon,
Cortez, and quarterback Harry
Ledbetter have good shots at
starting roles and fellow sophs
Bill Sallee, Grady Allen and
Rusty Harris are other comers.
One bright spot in the Maroon
picture is punter Phil Scoggin,
A&M Sports
This section of the freshman
edition is devoted to sports,
an integral part of life at
Aggieland.
Many of A&M’s most famous
traditions, including the 12th
Man and the Aggie Bonfire
revolve around sports events
and it is on these occasions
that the Aggie Band makes its
presence fully felt.
A rundown on each Aggie
team plus additional informa
tion on history, coaches, intra
murals, and athletic clubs is
included in this section.
who could be the top hooter in the
Southwest Conference. The Deni
son senior averaged 39.8 on 73
punts last season.
Placekicking chores will be
handled by junior letterman
Glynn Lindsey.
At the crucially important
quarterback slot Stallings says,
“It will be a two-man fight be
tween Eddie McKaughan and
Harry Ledbetter. Both are about
average. We’ll decide on one
sometime before the opener and
go with him until the other man
beats him out.”
At the end of spring training
the first team backfield consisted
of Ledbetter, halfbacks Stabler
and Dan Westerfield and fullback
Bubber Collins.
Lindsey, Nichols and Mike
Phillips made up the defensive
secondary while Cortez, Wellborn
and ‘rover* Ken Caffey held
forth at the linebacking slots,
one of the strongest Aggie posi
tions.
Most likely players to be called
on for two-way duty are Hur
rah, Wellborn, McLean and tack
les Jon Nilson and Ken Lamkin.
Captains will be appointed for
each game with a post-season
election slated for permanent
captains.
What can Aggie fans expect
in 1965?
“I would decline any predic-
Fish Schedule
DATE
GAME
SITE
Oct. 7
TCU
Here
Oct. 21
Baylor
Here
Nov. 4
Rice
There
Nov. 13
Tex. Tech
Neutral
Nov. 20
Texas
There
tions,” replies Stallings,” I’ve
been away from the SWC too
long and I don’t know my enemies
well enough. We intend to go
out there and ‘Make Something
Happen,’ and I don’t think any
one is going to embarrass us too
much.
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TOP CADET TACKLERS
These two Aggie seniors, linebacker Joe Wellborn of Tom-
ball and end Jerry Kachtik of Rio Hondo, are two of the
top men on A&M’s defensive unit as the 1965 season
approaches. Both impressed new coach Gene Stallings dur
ing spring training.
NEW AGGIE TOPKICK
Gene Stallings, captain of the 1957 Aggie football squad,
returned to A&M as head football coach in December. For
the past seven seasons he has been an assistant coach
under Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama.
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