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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
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time. The lllini had shown some
mettle by holding the Ags twice at
the goalline before surrendering.
Just before the half, David Ship-
man tossed the first pass from the
wishbone to sub-split end Mike
Floyd who found running room for
46 yards. Tight-end Richard Os
borne made a superb catch on a
Shipman pass the next play for a
TD. The TD was Osborne’s first in
his college career and it comes not a
bit too late as he is a senior. The 14
yards to the goalline also made him
only the fifth Aggie ever to gain
1,000 career receiving yards.
A&M returned from the locker
room 23-0 only to see the shutout
fade four minutes into the half.
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. You
can usually count on one good clean
block downfield. ”
Still responding to early criticism
of the offense Bellard said the idea
was to progress through the season
at a predetermined pace so a peak
can be reached when needed. “Pace
it slow, play it into the season. It’s
not a question of them not wanting
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Bellard summed it up, “We re
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it ought to be. We re very com
plimented that people consider us
part of the elite. ”
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