Page 6 College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 15, 1970 THE BATTALI^)N
JAMES DUBCAK (81) and Greg' Thompson (32) of the A&M defensive unit put a big
rush on Wichita State quarterback Bob Renner in season opener on Kyle field Saturday
night. Renner was able to complete passes for only 85 yards against the A&M defense
as the Ags won 41-14. (Photo by Steve Bryant)
Postgame comments ...
Ag Sophs, veterans
shine in opening win
By JOHN CURYLO
Battalion Sports Writer
After A&M defeated Wichita
State 41-14 Saturday night, Jim
my Sheffield, the Aggie punter,
told Coach Gene Stallings that he
felt he should go work out, be
cause he didn’t get to play during
the game.
The last home opener that the
Aggies won was 1956 when Gene
Stallings was a senior.
These two points, added to the
fact that there were no intercep
tions thrown by the Aggie quar
terbacks, made the victory that
much sweeter.
“Wichita had a pretty good
team,” Stallings said, “and I
thought we played pretty good,
too. The thing I liked best was
that we got to play a lot of
players. I thought we hit pretty
good and they did too. There are
a lot of things we have to im
prove on before we can be a good
football team. Several boys ran
well and the blocking had to be
pretty good.”
The question on many people’s
minds was the performance of
the Aggie sophomores. There
weren’t too many being asked
after the game. Of the 57 players
used during the game by the Ag-
gise, 28 were sophomores.
“I thought (Lex) James was a
great quarterback tonight and a
great football player,” said Ben
Wilson, the Wichita State coach.
“He came up with some beauti
ful plays when they needed them,
and he played well in the clutch.”
“He did most of the calling by
himself,” Stallings said. “He did
draw a couple of delay penalties,
but that was more because it’s
the first time out and he wanted
to make the right call.”
“Boy, was I nervous before the
game,” James said. “I settled
down once I got hit, though. I
thought the line did a good job
of blocking.
Brad Dusek, another sopho
more back, opened his college ca
reer wearing number 44, the first
Aggie to wear that number since
John David Crow, the Heisman
trophy winner, who played for
A&M in 1957. Dusek responded
by carrying 11 times for 83 yards.
“I must have been nervous at
the start,” Dusek said. “I know I
wasn’t running hard, but I think
I settled down as the game went
on.”
“I thought Brad did alright
for his first game as a sopho
more,” Stallings said. Dusek’s
longest gain went for 27 yards.
Another pleasant position for
the Aggies is split end Hugh Mc-
Elroy, who came to A&M with
out a scholarship and won a po
sition on the team. He caught
three passes for 67 yards, the
longest being for 35.
Dave Elmendorf, the Aggie
safety, returned a kickoff 44
yards and a punt 34. McElroy ran
end ai-ound for 25 yards, his only
rushing play of the night.
“The McElroy boy made some
good plays, Stallings said. “We
put that end around in yesterday
(Friday) in the rain. And that
Elmendorf is some kind of a run
ner.”
“I really thought I was going
to break all the way on the first
punt return,” Elmendorf said.
“The blocking was just great.”
Roy Kirkpatrick was converted
recently from tight end to tail
back. He carried twice for 15
yards.
“There’s a guy that’s played
tailback for a week and a half,”
Stallings said of Kirkpatrick.
“I really did like it back there,”
Kirkpatrick said. “It was great
fun.”
Steve Burks was the leading
ball carrier for the Aggies. The
junior from Dumas gained 96
yards on 17 carries. He scored the
first touchdown this year for
A&M.
“The line had some good holes
opened,” he said. “I just picked
holes and ran. I think our young
sters, especially in the line, ma
tured a lot during the game.”
The game was a good varsity
debut for Pat McDermott, the
soccer-style placekicker from Dal
las. He connected on two of five
field goals, 25 yards and 31
yards, and kicked five extra
points.
“He did a good job,” Stallings
said. “The ones he missed w r eren’t
by much.”
Looking ahead, the Aggies face
LSU, Ohio State, and Michigan
in the next three weeks, all
games being played at the home
stadiums of these powers. What
changes will be made to adjust to
these foes ?
“We need to work on our pass
protection,” Stallings said. “It
seems like every time Lex threw
the ball there was somebody
hanging on.”
“A lot of phases we have to
improve,” he added, “but every
body played well. I thought we
hit pretty good.”
“I think we’ve got everybody
in the right spot now,” he said.
“It’s just a matter of getting the
right production out of them.”
Tigers blasted
by Dallas team
The Dallas Carter Cowboys
used 371 yards total offense Fri
day night to defeat the A&M
Consolidated Tigers 46-6.’
The Consolidated Junior Var
sity used their tough defense to
defeat Normangee 18-0 Saturday
afternoon at Normangee. The
freshmen team was beaten 30-0
here Thursday night by Conroe.
Rugby team invited
to Colorado Meet
The Texas A&M rugby club has
been invited to participate in the
annual Aspen Rugerfest at As
pen, Colorado, Oct. 10 and 11.
It is the second tournament of
national stature that they have
been invited to as a representa
tive of the conference.
Formal practice for the club is
slated to begin Wednesday at
5 p.m. on the drill field accord
ing to a spokesman for the club.
A team meeting will be held
Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. in the Memo
rial Student Center, the spokes
man said.
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