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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, September 28, 1971
THE BATTALION
Determined effort falls short as Nebraska wins, 34-7
By JOHN CURYLO
Battalion Sports Editor
The scoreboard said 34-7, but
not many of the 67,993 who saw
the game thought that told the
story of Saturday’s A&M-Nebras-
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The Cornhuskers showed their
number one form, but the Aggies
proved that they are capable of
giving anyone a battle.
The first quarter pitted the
A&M defense against the Nebras
ka defense, and Big Red found
the yards hard to make.
A fumble stifled the Cornhusk
ers’ first possession, but A&M
couldn’t move after Van Odom’s
recovery of Jeff Kinney’s bobble.
Mike Bellar’s 43 yard field goal
attempt was blocked, and Ne
braska was ready to go. But, an
other fumble after a pass com
pletion was covered by Bland
Smith. Again A&M couldn’t
move, and they were forced to
punt.
Punts were exchange until
late in the period, whe» Bill Olds
got 67 of his 100 yards on a run
around the right end, following
a key block by Johnny Rodgers.
Rich Sanger’s extra point made
it 7-0 with six seconds left in
the first quarter.
After the kickoff, Tim Trim-
mier, replacing Lex James, threw
a third down interception, but
Lee Hitt retaliated by picking
off a Jerry Tagge aerial on the
next play.
Nebraska was forced to punt
on their next possession, the Jeff
Hughes boot going to Hugh Mc-
Elroy at the A&M 35. The return
ace sped to the blocking wall set
up along the sideline and went
51 yards to the Husker 14. How
ever, Trimmier fumbled on sec
ond down, and the Big Red took
over at the 11.
It took the defending national
champions eight playing minutes
and 19 plays to march the 89
yards for their next touchdown,
two passes going for 14 yards
and one for 10. The rest were
short runs. The scoring play was
a one yard plunge by Tagge on
first and goal. Sanger’s conver
sion attempt was blocked by
Bland Smith. With 20 seconds
left in the half, Sanger tried a
40 yard field goal, but it was no
good. It was not until the next
play that A&M was able to mus
ter its only first down of the
half on a 12 yard run up the mid
dle by Marc Black. The Ags were
also unable to complete a pass
in the first two quarters.
The second half kickoff was
returned 98 yards for a touch
down by Rodgers, and Sanger’s
extra point made it 20-0 with
slightly less than half the game
remaining, but Nebraska would
be able to score only twice more.
James dislocated his left thumb
on the next series, and Mark
Green made his varsity debut,
showing his running ability on
several broken plays.
The next Husker possession
was an 80 yard drive that took
10 plays, the climax being a 32
yard wobbly pass to Rodgers.
Sanger’s kick put it to 27-0.
The Aggies started from the
31, and Green passed to Homer
May for 12 yards to start things
off. He kept on runs of 8, 3, and
13 yards, but he fumbled while
trying to pass, and Nebraska took
over at their own 44.
Hughes punted to the A&M 43
but in downing the ball, the Corn
huskers failed to control the pig
skin. Aggie linebacker Steve
Luebbehusen scooped it U p and
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SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK Mark Green (20) makes his first appearance for the
Aggies, playing against Nebraska Saturday in Lincoln. Here, the 6-3, 218 pounder fol
lows the blocking of Robert Gerasimowicz (73). Green finished the day with 43 yards in
14 carries. (Photo by Joe Matthews)
took it into the end zone, but the
officials ruled it dead at the 43.
Coach Gene Stallings didn’t
agree but the referee had the last
word, which was a penalty for
unsportsmanlike conduct.
Several punts were exchanged
until Sanger lined up to kick to
the Aggies from the A&M 43.
The pass from center went over
his head to the Nebraska 27,
where he fell on it for a 30 yard
loss.
Green led the team to the 10
in four plays, but Bill Kosch in
tercepted a pass at the five and
ran all the way for the score.
Sanger’s conversion was perfect,
and the Huskers were on top by
34.
SWC Results
from Saturday
Texas 28, Texas Tech 0
Tulsa 21, Arkansas 20
Rice 14, Tulane 11
Baylor 10, Indiana 0
Washington 44, TCU 26
Missouri 24, SMU 12
Houston 12, Cincinnati 3
After an out of bounds kick
off, McElroy finally got loose,
taking the kick at the 6, running
to the right, then across the flow
to the left to get A&M on the
board, Pat McDermott’s extra
pointing giving the final totals.
Green was the leading Aggie
rusher, carrying 14 times for 43
yards. Doug Neill ran 15 times
for 25 yards, and Black got 18
yards in three tries. Mitch Rob
ertson had a fine day punting,
kicking 10 times for a 40.7 yard
average, the longest going for
62.
The defense held Jeff Kinney
to 51 yards in 14 runs. Tagge
completed 14 of 23 for 172 yards,
six of them being to Rodgen
for 75 yards.
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