Losing Doesn’t Sit Well With Aggies
LSU Stops Rally For 28-23 Victory
By KEVIN COFFEY
Sports Editor
“Being proud about losing is a
lot of bull. Whether you lose by
one or lose by 100, it all goes in
the same column.”
With that Carl Roaches told
the story of the Texas Aggies’
brilliant effort in a losing cause
against the nationally ranked
LSU Tigers.
The A&M locker room was one
of despair that showed no resem
blance of the joy of the fans that
greeted the Aggies at 12:30 Sun
day morning at Easterwood
Field. Losing just doesn’t sit well
on the stomachs of Emory Bel-
lard’s warriors.
“All that crap about being
proud when you lose is old Aggie
stuff,” said sophomore Pat
Thomas, “We are the new Ag
gies.”
The new Aggies did indeed
grow by leaps and bounds in their
28-23 defeat which they almost
pulled out of the fire with 39
seconds remaining.
A&M closed the LSU gap to
what turned out to be the final
margin with 3:04 remaining when
Skip Walker capped a 52 yard
drive with a six-step scamper for
his fourth touchdown of the sea
son.
The Tigers could manage little
with the ensueing A&M kickoff
against an Ed Simonini-led de
fense and LSU punted to the
A&M 37. A 15-yard penalty on
LSU brought the ball to the Tiger
49 where Mike Jay started A&M
on a desperation drive with 1:15
remaining.
Jay hit tight-end Richard Os
borne for 13 yards but the next
four Jay passes missed the mark
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and time ran out.
The game began with each
team trying to give the ball
away. LSU suffered three fum
bles and an interception while the
Aggies had one of each, all in
the first quarter.
A&M was able to turn the Ti
ger miscues into Randy Haddox
field goals and a 6-0 lead at the
quarter.
LSU was behind for the first
time this season but the Tigers
drove 79 yards in 10 plays to take
a 7-6 lead with 13:37 left in the
half.
A&M then started its own
drive. Beginning at their own 16,
the Ags used 12 plays to bring
Haddox in range for a 27 yard
field goal and the Aggies regain
ed the lead 9-6. Haddox’s boot
etched his name in the A&M rec
ord book as no Aggie kicker ever
had three field goals in one game.
LSU mounted its second
straight long drive as they march
ed over the A&M defense for 79
yards in 14 plays.
The key play in the drive came
as the Tigers faced a third and
eight play from their own 49.
LSU quarterback Billy Brous
sard’s toss to Leon Thompson fell
incomplete but a late flag
brought a pass interference call
on A&M’s Larry Ellis and LSU
had the reprieve that produced
the winning margin.
Roaches, who caught seven Jay
passes for 156 yards, beat LSU
defensive back Mike Williams like
a drum all night. Roaches’ clinch
er came on a 60-yard bomb with
10:06 in the third quarter to
bring the Ags back to a 21-16
deficit.
LSU really put what seemed to
be the clincher on the Ags when
the Tiger Coach was faced with a
fourth and goal from the one.
With the often arrogant LSU
scoreboard asking “What do you
say Charlie Mac?” the LSU men
tor decided to go for the TD.
Broussard faked to the middle and
rolled over the right side for the
six.
McClendon had praised the Ag
gies all week in the Baton Rouge
newspapers and many felt he was
just unnecessarily singing the
blues. After the game, McClen
don said, “All week long I’ve been
saying that we’d be in a real
ballgame here tonight and I know
people say I was poor mouthing...
Well, where’s that poor mouth
McClendon now? McClendon add
ed that the Aggies were tougher
than the nationally ranked Colo
rado Buffalos, the LSU victim of
last week.
Simonini led the tough A&M
defense with 15 tackles and sack
ed LSU punter Rusty Jackson on
a fake punt in the third quarter.
The Aggies’ next test comes
Saturday night when they face
tough Boston College in College
Station. Kickoff is slated for 7:30
Saturday, with the ticket windows
open all week until 4:30 p.m.
daily.
THE BATTALION
Tuesday, September 25, 1973
College Station, Texas
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Jay just releases a 34-yard completion to Carl Roach be
fore being decked by LSU’s Bo Harris (80). Jay hit Roach
es seven times for 156 yards to lead the Aggie’s offense,
(Photo by Steve Ueckert)
Intramural Results
Scores from September 20
VOLLEYBALL
Class A: E2 netted Kl; Sq. 9
netted Sq. 2; B1 netted Sq. 7; A1
netted Sq. 10; Sq. 15 netted Sq.
11; Sq. 16 netted M-Band
Class B: F2 netted Si; Kl net
ted Sq. 7; Sq. 15 netted Ml; Sq.
10 netted E2. Class X: Urban
Plan I netted Forestry; Environ.
Eng. Div. netted Urban Plan II;
BSU netted Walton II; Chi Ep
netted Walton I; Saints netted
Hart.
TENNIS
Class A: Sq. 5 racked C2; L2
racked B2; Class C: Puryear
racked Schumacher.
Scores from September 24
FOOTBALL
Class A: H2 beat Sq. 4 on pene
trations; Sq. 13 beat LI, 6-0; Sq.
12 beat Kl on penetrations; Sq. 8
beat K2, 38-0; Sq. 9 beat Sq. 15
on penetrations; Class C: Crocker
beat Mclnnis, 14-6; Moses beat
White, 7-0; Class X Black Aware
ness beat Forestry, 6-0.
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