Aggies Hold Off Charging Bears, 28-22
THE BATTALION
Page 8 College Station, Texas Tuesday, October;
Bellard Mistake Almost Disastrous
By KEVIN COFFEY
Emory Bellard admittedly made
a big mistake Saturday afternoon
in Kyle Field and it almost cost
him and his Texas Aggies a vic
tory over the Baylor Bears.
With A&M leading 28-15 and
the Bears getting hot, Bellard
chose to try for a first down on
fourth and one from the Aggie
35 yard line. Fullback Bucky
Sams was met by a host of Bay
lor tacklers and the Baptists had
the ball and momentum with 9:27
left in the game.
It took the Bears just 27 sec
onds to score and tack on the
extra point and draw within a
touchdown of victory at 28-22.
Fortunately for Bellard and the
Ags an untimely BU fumble, a
stiff A&M defense and one last
offensive spurt held off the hun
gry Bears.
"Baylor capitalized on my mis
take,” Bellard said. ‘T make no
bones about it, I made a dumb
decision. We should have punted
the football with a 13-point lead.”
Each half of the contest look
ed like an entirely different game.
A&M totally dominated the early
action playing before 44,182 fans
who suffered through a driving
rain storm.
Moving the ball on their first
possession, freshman quarterback
David Walker guided the Ags to
the Baylor 15 before the drive
stalled.
Randy Haddox finally booted a
32-yard field goal and A&M had
the lead for keeps, 3-0.
Baylor was unable to take ad
vantage of a A&M fumble against
the Aggies tough defense which
came up with the next score.
Tim Gray blocked a Rusty Par
rott punt but the ball rolled out
of the endzone for a safety and
a 5-0 A&M lead.
The Aggies took the ensuing
Baylor free kick and moved in for
another score. Bucky Sams got
43 yards on the return and Alvin
Bowers hit for seven. Baylor
drew 15 yards on a face mask
penalty to set up Bowers’ one-
yard TD plunge. Haddox again
kicked the PAT true and A&M
lead 12-0.
It appeared the second half
would be a rerun of the first
stanza as the A&M defense stop
ped the Bears and the young Ag
offense drove for another score.
Having to go only 36 yards to
paydirt, Bowers ate up 22 and
Bubba Bean followed a Bowers
block for a 5 yard touchdown run.
The Aggies still weren’t
through with the Bears as the
defense again gave nothing to the
sputtering BU offense. Again the
Ags scored, this time on a 47-
yard Randy Haddox field goal
for a 21-0 lead. Haddox’s kick
tied the A&M record for most
field goals in a season with eight.
There was now 3:47 left in the
third quarter and the Baylor of
fense came to life.
Following the strong arm of
quarterback Neil Jeffrey and the
receiving of Charlie Dancer, Bay
lor drove 70 yards in only five
plays. Jeffrey hit Dancer on the
first of two TD passes, this one
for 37 yards just over the reach
of Gray.
It looked like the A&M lead
was still as safe as a bug in a
rug as Bucky Sams broke two
tackles, picked up a block from
jitterbugging Carl Roaches and
scored on the first play of the
final quarter to boost the lead
to 28-7.
Bellard said he “felt very se
cure,” at this point and perhaps
he got a little too conservative
offensively and defensively.
No matter what the reason, the
Bears were rolling and Jeffrey
capped a 63-yard drive with a
10-yard touchdown pass to Danc
er. The BU quarterback then hit
running back Gary Lacy for a
two-point conversion, pulling to
a 28-15 deficit.
Then came Bellard’s near-fatal
mistake and another Jeffrey led
Bear score to pull the Bears tight
at 28-22.
A&M moved the ball to the
Baylor 35 and Mark Stanley
seemingly kicked the Ags out of
trouble as his boot was killed on
the Baylor 10.
The Bears were now in control.
They had 4:55 to go 90-yards and
avert elimination from the South
west Conference race by scoring.
They jumped off side to move the
pig skin to the five and Pat
Thomas nailed Lacy at the one
on a sweep.
Jeffrey unloaded just as he was
sacked on the next play but Danc
er, who seemed to be everywhere
in the second half, hauled in an
other pass. The Bears got a first
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a Baylor ball carrier Saturday on rain-soaked Kyle Field. The Aggies won 28-22. (Photo
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Defensive end Blake Schwarz
returned to practice Monday as
the Texas Aggies began prepara
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Conference football game with
Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Schwarz, a sophomore letter-
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after the Boston College game
and has not practiced in the last
four weeks.
His playing status this week
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Defensive tackle Warren Tra
han received a slight ankle in
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36 before Ted Lamp and Ken
Stratton nailed Jeffery to end
the game.
Bowers led all rushers with 89
yards in 19 carries and had sev
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81 steps and Sams 59 of the 312
yard rushing effort.
Defensively, John Paul Mc-
Crumbley and Jackie Williams
were new faces in the starting
lineup, all of which will return
next year, as will the offensive
unit.
The win moved the Aggies rec
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while Baylor slumped to 2-4 and
0-2 in conference action. This
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