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THE BATTALION Page 5 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1975 Travel next to Kansas St Ags massacre lllini By TONY GALLUCCI Battalion Sports Editor It has been one full year now since the Aggies were 3-0, ranked fourth nationally and made a fateful trip to Kansas. Two things are the same but most comparisons are dif ferent. The Ags are 3-0 again and traveling to Kansas, but it’s not likely to be fatal this time. This year the three wins are much more convincing, the Kansas trip is not being preceded by a letdown, the players are older and more im portantly the team is older and the players have 11 more games under their belts and a loss on their minds. Yes, the memory of last year’s shocker at the hands of a team that finished 4-7 is still bright for many. Hie most dreaded omen for this weekend, though, luckily failed to materialize although it came close; that of the number four ranking. Hie Ags will leave town a better team with a lower ranking: sixth. It’sprobably just as well, because the Ags will then be in the position ofproving two things, that they are better than number six and that Kansas is not more feared than chol era. And Saturday s Indian massacre in Kyle Field was a definite step in the right direction. Stomping on the fairly highly regarded Fighting lllini 43-13 on regional TV was convinc ing enough for poll-voters to move the Ags past two undefeated teams into sixth despite good showings by both. But it was no mistake. Bubba Bean moved ahead of Kyle Rote on the all-time SWC rushing list with his 158 yards for the game. Twelve into that gives him 13.2 yards per carry and the ABC offensive player of the game award. Ed Simonini won the defensive award for being Ed Simonini and partner Garth Ten Napel earned the same award from the Dallas Morning News for his fantastic play. Lester Hayes was named AP defensive player of the week for his contribution to the Aggie cause with two interceptions and three near pickoffs. A&M started things out early with four and a half minutes gone in the gapne when Bean burst over left tackle for five and paydirt. Tony Franklin missed the PAT, the first of two. Said Franklin, “I just missed it. Those are more important than the field goals. ” Head coach Emory Bel- lard agreed, “I was a little disap pointed in our extra point work.” But Franklin made up the two points missed and added another with his second field goal ever for A&M, a 50-yarder to up the score to 9-0 for the first quarter. It was his only field-goal attempt of the game. Bucky Sams was the next to tally on a one-yard plunge behind Glenn Bujnoch. Franklin connected this 1975 TEXAS A&M STATISTICS — Three Games (3-0) TEAM STATISTICS Team Statistics A&M OPP First Downs 47 25 Rushing 37 8 Passing 7 9 Penalty 3 8 Rushing Attempts 184 126 Gained Rushing 1059 290 Lost Rushing 62 132 Net Yards Rushing 997 158 Per Game 332.3 52.7 Per Play 5.4 1.3 Passes Attempted 21 51 Passes Completed 9 15 Had Intercepted 0 5 Percentage .429 .294 Net Yards Passing 154 262 Per Game 51.3 87.3 Total Plays 205 177 Total Offense Per Game Per Play Punts Punt Yardage Punt Average Punts Blocked Punt Returns Yardage Per Return Kickoff" Returns Y ardage Per Return Interceptions Yards Returned Penalties Yards Penalized F umbles/Lost 1151 383.7 5.6 23 865 37.6 1 23 136 5.9 1 35 35.0 5 42 21 277 13/5 420 140.0 2.4 34 1435 42.2 0 11 74 6.7 11 165 15.0 0 0 14 158 12/4 Rushing Bean Shipman Woodard S. Walker Sams Hubby Baker Young Armstrong Hardin Hartman Jay Craig Passing Shipman Jay Receiving S. Walker Floyd Roaches Osborne Haack Sams Punt Return Roaches Young Greene Hayes K0 Return S. Walker Int. Return Hayes Simonini Ten Napel Punting Stanley TC YG YL ] NET AVG TD LP 34 300 9 291 8.6 3 74 36 218 30 188 5.2 3 59 10 116 0 116 11.6 2 66 19 94 1 93 4.9 1 27 24 90 1 89 3.7 1 12 26 80 0 80 3.1 1 12 10 63 11 52 5.2 0 22 6 31 3 28 4.7 0 22 4 19 0 19 4.8 0 10 4 12 0 12 3.0 0 5 3 11 0 11 3.7 0 9 4 16 6 10 2.5 0 10 4 9 1 8 2.0 0 6 PA PC PI PCX YDS TD LP 20 9 0 .450 154 1 44 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 No Yds Avg TD LP Scoring TD xp-1 xp-2 EG TP 2 49 24.5 0 44 Shipman 3 0 0 0 18 1 41 41.0 0 41 Bean 3 0 0 0 18 3 40 13.3 0 15 Franklin 0 9-12 0 2-4 15 1 14 14.0 1 14 Woodard 2 0 0 0 12 1 9 9.0 0 9 Hubby 1 0 0 0 6 1 1 1.0 0 1 S. Walker 1 0 0 0 6 Sams 1 0 0 0 6 No Yds Avg TD LP Osborne 1 0 0 0 6 18 105 5.8 0 32 1 18 18.0 0 18 3 17 5.7 0 9 Fumble Recoveries: Hayes, Thomp- 1 -4 — 0 son, Schwarz, Jackson No Yds Avg TD LP SCORE BY QUARTERS: 1 35 35.0 0 35 A&M 30 17 27 15-89 OPP 0 0 6 15-21 No Yds Avg TD LP 2 13 6.5 0 13 1975 RESULTS: 2 6 3.0 0 6 A&M Opponent A tt. 1 23 23.0 0 23 7 Mississippi ^ 41,uzi 39 LSU 8 by ,445 No Yds Avg LP 43 Illinois 13 45,524 22 865 39.3 65 161,990 c.'*' AMERICA'S fAVORITE PIZZA .V.V.V.Y.’.ViT.V.V.V.Vi BRING THIS COUPON With this coupon, buy any giant, large or ^ medium pizza at • regular price and receive one pizza of the next smaller size with equal number of ingredients FREE! One coupon per visit, please. VALID THROUGH MONDAY..OCT- 6 MMzareHs CheeM Vl CHeeee, Baiwmac* . 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Gene Phillips burst 46 yards outlast ing a group of Aggie defenders who seemed to have him tackled and evading a last minute tackle by Mike Williams to score the first of the II- lini’s two touchdowns. Simonini blocked the extra point try by Dan Beaver. But alas as Illinois sensed momentum, all hope was dashed by Shipman & Co. as they scored an unanswered 20 points in two mi nutes flat. Four plays after regaining the ball, Shipman took the option, and on a super block by Bean and the brilliant slowdown tactics of speedy Carl Roaches, dashed the 59 yards to football heaven. The lllini managed five plays be fore QB Kurt Steger dropped the ball, and Robert Jackson recovered for the Maroon. On the first play of the resulting series. Bean coun tered to the right side of the line for the first time in the game and romped, untouched, smiling and waving, to the endzone, 74 yards away. If that wasn’t doom itself, Steger then tossed a ball to the downstretched hands of Hayes who returned the ball 13 yards to set up yet another one-play drive. This time it was Skip Walker on the counter play to the other side of the line that covered the 28 yards to the line and the final tally for the Ags. In the fourth quarter, the lllini again caught the Ags with their guard low, scoring a touchdown which mattered little but did set some hearts afire. The defense of Texas A&M was not one to be known to give up two touchdowns. They may never again. “The defense did an excellent job, ” said Bellard. “They were a lit tle bit lax after the start of the half. ” About whether or not the lllini sur prised anyone on the field with tac tics, Bellard said, “They played just about the way we expected.” Simo nini was not surprised, “No, not re ally. They were a pretty tough team, we just took the fight out of them early. They had size but not very much speed.” Bujnoch’s neck was sore and he rubbed it a bit noting, “they were physical.” And Dennis Smelser said, “they didn’t show us anything we didn’t anticipate.” Osborne noted that the break open play, “forced them out of their basic defense.” The Illinois defense started the game in a modified 4-4-3 which appeared more like an eight man front, but reverted to a more depthful alignment. Bellald was pleased with the work of the offensive line. Smelser, Bujnoch, and Osborne all said workouts had been vigorous but Bujnoch finished, “We can still get better, we can never be satisfied.” Bean had his own words for the line. “They just blew ’em off the line of scrimmage. Any back can run through holes like that.” Bean showed his own flare for getting through those holes, though, “When I hit the hold (on the 74-yard TD run), I knew I was clean. 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