E BATTALION
Tuesday, December 2, 1969
College Station, Texas
Page 5
)range Express Rolls On As Aggies Tumble, 49-12
Richard Campbell
alion Sports Editor
the Texas Longhorns were
:ng ahead to their clash this
rday with the Arkansas
irbacks, they definitely did
show it Thanksgiving Day as
ground out a 49-12 victory
the outgunned Texas Aggies,
he largest crowd in the history
Kyle Field, 61,160, saw the
her one team in the nation
care of the Aggies in the
calculating, machine-like
that they have used on eight
ious opponents. This loss left
Aggies with a 3-7 season and
conference slate while the
ns are now 9-0 with an 18-
e winning streak,
his win now focuses the eyes
iveryone on the monumental
h in Fayetteville between the
ranked Steers and the second
ted Arkansas Razorbacks.
t up to be the battle of the
ury by everyone, the game
is on new meaning as both
as and Arkansas have come
he realization that the winner
undoubtedly take the national
if not tripped up in the Cot-
Bowl against Notre Dame,
he damp overcast skies and
rmittent showers symbolized
M hopes for Thursday’s game
ihey committed numerous mis-
including four interceptions
I two fumbles.
plstered by the best offensive
blocking that the Aggies have
| this year, the Longhorns
Ik off their usual slow start
iyle Field. With less than two
kites gone in the first period,
ps sophomore Jim Bertelsen
ke through a large hole on the
t side, lost his balance, put
hand down to support himself
and cut back to the left side to
jaunt 63 yards untouched for the
Steers’ opening score. From there
the Longhorn offensive machine,
which has averaged 376.2 yards
per contest on the ground,
swamped the smaller Aggies at
will, moving the ball for five
more scores before the half.
The Aggies did not throw in
the towel in the second half
gainst Texas’ second team how
ever and got on the scoreboard
twice to outscore the Steer subs,
12-10. Tight end Ross Brupbacher
caught a three-yard aerial from
soph quarterback Rocky Self and
Jim Piper picked up a blocked
punt by Mike DeNiro and rambled
four yards to put A&M’s name
in lights.
Both teams toyed with surprises
during the contest with the Long
horns again gaining the edge. The
Orange Express ran an end-
around pass play which worked
to perfection when Cotton Speyer
connected with tight end Randy
Peschel for a 37-yard score. The
Aggies tried to give the Steers
a dose of their own medicine when
they came out with a mild form
of the Texas Wishbone T offense.
“We were trying to get Stegent
(Larry) and Burks (Steve) into
the game at the same time,” Aggie
Coach Gene Sttallings said. “But
it’s what you do up front that
gets you going and we didn’t have
near the blocking they did.”
That proved to be an under
statement as the fired-up Horns
stopped the Aggie rushers for 88
yards on 52 carries . Glen Halsell,
the Longhorn linebacker voted as
the defensive player of the week
by the Dallas Morning News, said
“they ran our Wishbone T and I
think that we play better against
it than anything.”
Coach Stallings characterized
this Texas team as “the best I’ve
ever played against. They’re as
great as I’ve seen.” Take into
account that fallings himself
played on some pretty fair teams
at A&M and saw a few good ones
while coaching under Bear Bryant
at Alabama and the real impact
comes through.
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AGGIE ON THE SPOT
Aggie defensive end Mike DeNiro crashes through the Longhorn defense to block a Scot-
tor Monzingo punt in the fourth quarter. Aggie end Jim Piper picked up the loose ball and
stepped four yards for the touchdown. Steve Luebbehusen prepares to block Texas’s
Rick Troberman. (Photo by Pat Harris)
Longhorns, Hogs Dominate
News 9 All-SWC Selections
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Everyone’s probably heard already, but for the record,
e A&M-Texas game was the last football game in Kyle Field
grass. In February, the University will begin taking bids
the installation of artificial turf for both the football
[dium and the practice field.
In a press conference following the Arkansas game,
)ach Stallings commented very kindly on their Astroturf
ild and hinted that “it (Astroturf) is definitely the stuff of
e future.” Even though he said that it did take time to get
ed to playing on the artificial surface, it’s worth it in the
ig run because of the injury reduction factor. He
jeculated that most schools would probably have it as soon
the price was right. Evidently our Athletic Council and
|>ard of Directors decided the present price was right.
The Texas Aggie-A&M Fish basketball scrimmage was
teresting Monday night because of several things. The Fish
oved that they are definitely a scrappy bunch with a lot of
lent. Although the final score was 73-58 in favor of the
isity, Coach Metcalf just has to be pleased with the way
at some of the Fish performed.
Jeff Overhouse, a 6-7, 205-pounder from Clear Creek,
as the tallest man on the Fish team and he had to battle
)th 6-8 Rick Duplantis and 7-0 Steve Niles on the boards
ad did a good job grabbing 11 rebounds to lead both squads,
ike Heitmann led all scorers with 24 points while hitting
ne of 12 from the field and Wayne Howard of the Fish had
7 with nine rebounds.
Both teams did a fine job of playing defense but the
ish had a cold night from the floor hitting only 20 of 67 for
0 percent while the varsity hit 25 of 48 for 52 percent. The
ish also had trouble from the free throw line connecting on
nly 18 of 32 to account for much of the point difference.
Ither than that, it was a pretty even game.
The Texas Longhorns and Ar
kansas Razorbacks dominated the
balloting just as expected for
the annual Dallas Morning News’
All-Southwest Conference football
team.
The Longhorns, unbeaten in 18
straight games and ranked num
ber one in the nation, placed 10
on the mythical squad while the
number two Hogs, also unde
feated, had seven representatives.
Darrell Royal was the runaway
winner as the Coach of the Year
and big Bill Atessis of the Long
horns was virtually uncontested
as the defensive player of the
year.
James Street, the gutty senior
from Longview, won the quarter
back slot as an overwhelming
choice but Chuck Hixson of SMU
beat him out as the offensive
player of the year.
The Aggies placed two on the
first team squad, defensive end
Mike DeNiro and safety Dave
Elmendorf, both juniors. Six
other Aggies gained honorable
mention, all of them seniors.
Larry Stegent, Barney Harris,
Ross Brupbacher, and Jack Ko-
var were chosen on the offensive
unit while Buster Adami and
Lynn Odom made the defensive
squad.
REZONING
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The first team was: (wide re
ceivers) Gary Hammond, SMU;
Chuck Dicus, Ark; and Cotton
Speyrer, Texas; (Tight End) Ken
Fleming, SMU; (Tackles) Bob
McKay, Texas and Bobby
Wuensch, Texas; (Guards) Jerry
Dossey, Ark., and James Ray,
TCU; (Center) Rodney Brand,
Ark.; (Quarterback) James
Street, Texas; (Running Backs)
Bill Burnett, Ark, and Steve
Worster, Texas.
On defense it was (Exterior
Linemen) DeNiro, A&M, and
Atessis, Texas; (Interior Line
men) Leo Brooks, Texas, and
Rick Kersey, Ark.; (Linebackers)
Cliff Powell, Ark., Glen Halsell,
Texas, and Bruce Portillo, SMU;
(Halfbacks) Denton Fox, Tech;
Terry Stewart, Ark., and Tom
Campbell, Texas; (Safeties) El
mendorf, A&M, and Fred Stein-
mark, Texas.
The punter was Ed Marsh of
Baylor and the placekicker was
Jerry Don Sanders of Tech. Ham
mond was the sophomore of
fensive player of the year and
Rodrigo Barnes of Rice was the
defensive sophomore of the year.
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