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Thursday, October 1, 1970 College Station, Texas Page 5
an offensive tackle
Benny DeWitt just looks like
an offensive tackle. For awhile,
the Texas A&M junior from
Nacogdoches thought that ap
pearance was as close as he was
going to come.
DeWitt came to A&M as a
center after earning all-East
Texas honors under Coach L. H.
Mathews at Nacogdoches. The
6-5, 233-pounder labored two
years at the center position as a
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reserve, playing none as a soph
omore and very little as a red-
shirt last year. With Jack Ko-
var, who started every game at
center for three years, there was
little hope for DeWitt.
Then came the spring of 1970.
A&M’s offensive line was re
vamped, and DeWitt was in
stalled at No. 1 left tackle. The
Aggie coaches figured he looked
like a tackle, and they would see
if he could play like one. He
could and did.
doubt who would start. DeWitt
started the first game and
earned one of the highest offen
sive grades in the 41-14 win. He
has started all three games now.
His progress continued in
A&M’s win over LSU and he
played a key role as a pass pro
tection blocker for Lex James
against both LSU and Ohio State.
“Putting on that Maroon jer
sey (signifying first team) was
one of my biggest thrills,” De
Witt said. “I wasn’t going to let
anyone take it away if I could
help it.”
Some observers felt that De
Witt wouldn’t hold his position
long because of the challenge
from sophomore Buster Calla
way. The spring battle was
close, but DeWitt just kept get
ting better. By the time the
season opener with Wichita State
rolled around, there was no
DeWitt has surprising speed
for his size with a clocking of
4.9 in the 40-yard dash. He also
has the leadership qualities that
are particularly valuable to a
young A&M team. He was cap
tain of his high school teams in
both football and basketball and
is a first lieutenant in the A&M
Corps of Cadets.
He is majoring in poultry sci
ence and plans to take an Army
commission upon graduation.
But, first, DeWitt has a lot of
gridiron combat ahead of him.
The Aggies are discovering in
this big tackle that looks are not
deceiving.
Michigan scouting report
Wolverine defense stingy
By VICTOR MOORE
Saturday, the Aggies will once
again be put to the test on the
gridiron. This time the opponent
will be Michigan, currently rated
ninth in the nation, and the only
team to defeat number one Ohio
State in OSU’s last 20 games.
The Wolverines will once again
be led by Don Moorhead, who en
gineered Michigan to an 8-3 sea
son last year and a trip to the
Rose Bowl.
In the backfield, Michigan has
an outstanding one-two punch in
6’2”, 195 pound Glenn Doughty
and 5’-10”, 200 pound Billy Tay
lor. Last year, as sophomores they
accounted for more than 1500
yards rushing, in only five games
each. Taylor gained 807 yards
and Doughty 733.
Due to graduation, weak spots
in the offense are at both guards,
fullback and tight end, where
All-American Jim Mandich play
ed. The rest of the Michigan of
fense is intact, including All-Big
Ten Tackle Dan Dierdorf.
The defense was also hurt by
graduation. Though losing three
deep backs, the defense has a
lot of experience centering around
All-Big Ten Linebacker Marty
Huff, who will be calling the de
fensive plays to a well trained
and experienced unit.
This outfit allowed an average
of only eleven points per game
and ranked second in overall de
fense in 1969.
Michigan (2-0), after sluggish
victories over Arizona and Wash
ington, is up to its old defensive
tricks again. In their last two
games, the Wolverines have ( al
lowed only a total of 104 yards
rushing and 324 yards passing.
They have recovered one fumble
and picked off seven stray passes.
The offensive team has not
jelled yet. They seem to move the
ball well between the twenties,
but cannot take it any further.
In their last two victories, the
Wolverines capitalized on the mis
takes of their opponents, but not
until the late stages of the game.
They have rushed for 401 yards
and passed for 235 yards, in the
first two games.
Michigan’s field goal kicker,
Dana Coin, ranges inside the 45
yard line.
Michigan is not a team to be
taken lightly, with 33 returning
lettermen, 18 on offense, 15 on
defense. The defense has done an
outstanding job in its first two
games in keeping with last year’s
pace. It has allowed an average
of only six points a game and
prevented a touchdown from be
ing scored, as all the points were
scored via field goals.
The offense on the other hand,
has been sluggish in its first two
appearances. While rolling up im
pressive yardage against tradi
tionally weak teams, the Wolver
ines have scored only four touch
downs, settling for three field
goals.
The Moorhead led Wolverines
stick to the ground as much as
possible, using power sweeps,
pitch outs, and going up the mid
dle. The passing attack has not
been going well for Moorhead
(18-47-1), so look for a running
attack.
Expect a good game between
A&M and Michigan, in what could
be a very close game more de
cided by the toe than the touch
down.
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