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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1975
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Game is at 4:00 p.m.
Aggies set to burn Mississippi
By DAVID WALKER
Battalion Sports Writer
I After 286 days off - it’s time for the
■Texas Aggies to get hack to the wars
i of college football.
I Coach Emory Bellard begins his
I fourth season as Aggie boss Satur-
Spay afternoon when he leads the
ijarmers against the Ole Miss Re-
I bels.
( It’s been a long wait since that
:old, dark day in Austin and it seems
is though everyone wants to get in
he act of getting the bad taste out of
heir mouths. Athletic department
ifficials announced last night that
inly 700 tickets remain for the con-
:est.
The crowd will be the largest
non-conference crowd since the
Army game in 1972. It will also be
the largest home opener crowd.
The Aggies virtually wrapped up
pre-game preparations Thursday as
they went through a brisk one hour
workout. Everyone is healthy ex
cept coach Paul Register whose leg
is still in a cast from a practice acci
dent earlier this season.
The Rebels on the other hand
have two casualties from last week’s
20-10 loss to the Baylor Bears in
Waco.
Tight end Curtis Weathers and
safety Brad Pittman are both on the
shelf. Weathers cracked a bone in
his left wrist and Pittman sprained
an ankle. Pittman is the son of
former TCU coach Jim Pittman.
The meeting of the Ags and Rebs
will be the third time that the two
schools have played. The Aggies
won a 17-0 contest in 1911 in Col
lege Station and gained a 14-7 deci
sion at Beaumont in 1914.
Rebel coach Ken Cooper has
spent the week trying to improve
the consistency of the offense and
tightening up the middle of the Reb
defense.
“Working out of the Wishbone, a
massive outfit, we know that A&M
is strong enough to roll over most
football teams. We 11 have to do a
better job against their handoff at
tack,” Cooper said.
“Also,” he added, ‘ we’ve simply
got to be more proficient on offense,
run the ball more effectively and
thereby set up our passing game.
The defense needs more rest than
we were able to give them last
Saturday night. ”
Baylor limited the Rebs to 85
rushing yards and 107 in the air. The
only real plus was George Plasketes
passing. He completed nine of 13
passes for 108 yards.
Plasketes passing will get a test
Saturday when he goes against last
year’s number two pass defense in
the nation.
The eighth ranked Aggies will
have a decided weight advantage
against the Rebels. The Ole Miss
offensive line averages 234 pounds
per man while the Aggie defensive
line averages 250. The Rebel defen
sive line averages 228 against the
Aggie offensive line at 245 per man.
Crow among honorees
Included among seven candi
dates for the two running back po
sitions on the All-Time Texas pro
football team are three former Ag
gie standouts.
Heisman trophy winner John
David Crow, Dick Todd and Bob
Goode all ended their careers at Ag-
gieland and carried their talents into
the pro ranks. Also listed as choices
for the two positions are SMU’s
Doak Walker, Texas Tech’s Donny
Anderson, North Texas State’s
Abner Haynes and Prairie View’s
Clem Daniels.
Crow stayed in the pros 11 years
with both the San Francisco 49ers
and the St. Louis Cardinals. He was
known for his versatility, rushing for
nearly 5,000 yards and making 258
receptions to go along with his 444
points scored. He played in four Pro
Bowls.
Todd was with the Washington
Redskins a total of eight years, four
before WW1I and four after. He
played both on offense and on de
fense. A more than adequate rusher
and receiver, he scored 206 points
for the Skins. He excelled in return
ing punts with a 13.3 yard average
on 39 returns.
Goode followed Todd on the
Washington roster, playing four
years in the Capitol City and then
went to Philadelphia. His finest
year as a pro was in 1951 when he
gained 951 yards rushing and
finished second in the NFL in that
category. Goode appeared in two
Pro Bowls in his five year career.
The contest is sponsored by
Seven-Eleven stores across the
state and ballots may be obtained at
any Seven-Eleven location.
Winners in the contest will be
announced at the Dallas-Kansas
City game in Texas Stadium,
November 10. They will also be
honored at the Texas Sports Hall ol
Fame soon to be built in Grand
Prairie.
Bellard expressed concern earlier
in the week about the Rebel offense.
“They employed a number of diff e
rent offensive formations last year,
last spring and against Baylor last
Saturday night. We re at a loss as to
just exactly what they’ll use against
us. In the past they’ve run the Veer,
the I, pro set and wing-T.’’
Bellard also added that he
thought the Aggies had ac
complished a lot during workouts
but that it was time for the workouts
to stop and the games to start.
He won’t have to wait long now,
just about 24 hours. That seems like
a long time, but it’s not nearly as
long as 286 days.
AGGIE-OLE MISS
STARTING LINEUPS
TEXAS A&M OFFENSE
SE- 1 Carl Roaches, 5-8, 165, Sr-3L
LT-74 Glenn Bujnoch, 6-5, 253, Sr-2L
LG-65 Bruce Welch, 6-4, 260, Sr-2L
C-51 Henry Tracy, 6-2, 227, Sr-3L
RG-61 Craig Glendenning, 6-3, 244, Jr-2L
RT-67 Dennis Swilley, 6-4, 256, Jr-2L
TE-83 Richard Osborne, 6-5, 228, Sr-3L
QB-25 David Shipman, 6-1, 210, Jr-IL
LH-44 BubbaBean, 6-0, 198, Sr-3L
RH-32 Skip Walker, 5-10, 194, Sr-3L
FB-23 Ronnie Hubby, 5-10, 201, Sr-3L
TEXAS A&M DEFENSE
LE-86Tank Marshall, 6-5, 258, Jr-2L
LT-90 Edgar Fields, 6-3, 250, Jr-IL
RT-72 Jimmy Dean, 6-5, 261, Jr-2L
RE-88 Blake Schwarz, 6-2, 233, Sr-3L
LLB-77 Ed Simonini, 6-0, 220, Sr-3L
MLB-80 Grady Wilkerson, 6-3, 222, Jr-2L
RLB-71 Garth Ten Napel, 6-2, 216, Sr-2L
LC-28 Pat Thomas, 5-9, 180, Sr-3L
RC-17 William Thompson, 5-10, 180, Jr-2L
LS-82 Lester Hayes, 6-2, 208, Jr-2L
RS-20 Jackie Williams, 5-11, 179, Sr-2L
Battalion Panel of Professional Predictors
DR. BRIAN
GAEL
JAMES
PAT
TONY
PAUL
DR. GERARD
DAVID
MARLA
CAIN
COOPER
BREEDLOVE
EDMONDSON
GALLUCCI
McGRATH
O’DONOVAN
WALKER
GAMMON
GAMES
Prof. Wildlife
Dir. Stud.
Aggieland
Ecology
Publications
Editor
Sports Writer
Sports Editor
Sports Writer
Prof. Genetics
Sports Writer
Sports Editor
A&M - Ole Miss
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
Boston Col. - Notre Dame
ND
ND
ND
ND
BC
BC
ND
BC
ND
Ohio St. - Michigan St.
Ohio St.
Midh. St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
Ohio St.
LSU - Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Memphis St. - Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Texas - Colo. St.
Texas
Cola St.
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Arkansas- Air Force
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas
Air Force
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas
Cowboys - Steelers
Pitt
Dallas
Pitt
Dallas
Pitt
Pitt
Dallas
Pitt
Pitt
Bryan - Conroe
Byran
Bryan
Bryan
Bryan
Conroe
Bryan
Bryan
Conroe
Bryan
A&M Consol - Crockett
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
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AGGIE SPECIALISTS
Punters-2 Mark Stanley, 6-2, 200, Sr-2L
Placements-94 Tony Franklin, 5-10, 169,
Frosh
Center-54 Matt Freeman, 5-11, 200, Jr-IL
OLE MISS OFFENSE
SE-82 Bill Small, 6-1, 185, Sr-2L
ST-70 Dick Lawrence, 6-3, 236, Sr-2L
SG-66 Robert Henry, 6-0, 243, Jr
C-60 John MacNeill, 6-1, 228, Sr-2L
TG-66 Chuck Kota, 6-3, 240, Jr
TT-71 James Hickman, 6-2, 232, Sr-2L
TE-83 Wade Griffin, 6-5, 227, Jr-IL
QB-14 George Plasketes, 6-2, 202, Soph
TB-25 James Reed, 6-0, 205, Sr-2L
FB-36 Paul Holer, 5-11, 186, Sr-3L
FLK-35 Rick Kimbrough, 5-10, 177, Sr-2L
OLE MISS DEFENSE
LE-92 Bill Farris, 6-3, 205, Sr-2L
LT-65 Lawrence Johnson, 6-3, 248, So-IL
MG-61 Richard Clippard, 6-2, 236, Sr-2L
RT-74 Ben Williams, 6-3, 253, Sr-3L
RE-88 Gary Turner, 6-4, 212, Jr-2L
SLB-43 Kem Coleman, 6-3, 235, So-IL
WLB-91 George Stuart, 6-0, 205, Jr-IL
SS-6Rickye Hicks, 6-0, 180, So.
LC-27 George Nasif, 6-0, 182, Jr-IL
RC-8 Charlie Moss, 5-10, 175, Jr-IL
FS-7 Gary Jones, 6-3, 197, So
OLE MISS SPECIALISTS
Punter—92 Bill Farris, 6-3, 205, Sr-2L
Placements-17 Steve Lavinghouze, 5-9, 173,
SR-3L
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