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Page 6 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1975
Ags run away, 38-9
Bean sets Lubbock afire
By PAUL McGRATH
Battalion Sports Writer
With the defense almost on the
ropes, the Texas A&M offense
caught fire behind the record-
breaking performance of Bubba
Bean and came to the rescue Satur
day night to enable the Aggies to
boost their season mark to 5-0.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders of
first-year coach Steve Sloan were
the victims of both Bean’s heroics
and their own ineptitude as A&M
struck for four touchdowns in the
second half to complete a 38-9
thrashing of the West Texans.
The victory puts Coach Emory
Bellard s squad in a three way tie
with Arkansas (2-0) and Texas (1-0)
for the Southwest Conference lead.
Tech now goes to 0-2 and is virtually
eliminated from the race.
Although giving Tech their sec
ond straight lopsided SWC defeat,
the Aggies were on anything but
firm ground in the first half.
The Red Raiders, guided by the
arms of Tommy Duniven and Rod
ney Allison became the first team
this year to score on the top ranked
Aggie defense in the first half of play
and also the first opponent to hold a
A&M six-pointers on runs of 47 and
94 yards. (See feature, page 5.)
Bean’s two scores came on the
lead over Bellard s Bunch.
In all, the Red Raider offense
went airborne for 219 yards, 134 in
the second half. Tech also embar
rassed Melvin Robertson’s defen
ders for 101 steps aground, another
first for an A&M opponent this year.
But while Tech was able to move
the ball with some consistency,
especially on passes against corner-
back Willie Thompson, the defense
answered nearly every threat with a
big play, taking advantage of Tech
miseries which led to three A&M
touchdowns. However, the defen
sive eleven lacked the awesome ap
pearance the Aggie faithful have be
come accustomed to recenth .
The night belonged to Bean and
the rest of the offense. The senior
from Kirbyville scored the first two
CONTEST
Sheila Watson became the
winner of two Cotton Bowl
tickets when Bubba Bean be
came the all-time A&M rushing
leader on Saturdar. Bean sur
passed the mark with 8:19 left
on the clock in the third quarter
of the Tech game.
Watson s guess was one of
only two for the third quarter
of Tech and was but 13 seconds
short of calling the exact time.
Her guess: 8:32. Abln Zeman-
ek was the onl\ other person
to guess the third quarter with
a prediction of 10:40 left on the
clock.
same play, taking an option pitch
from quarterback David Shipman
The Aggie offense, currently
rated eighth in the nation, proved it
could pick up the slack while the
stellar A&M defense was having an
off night. Their performance took
away the constant pressure placed
on the defense in prior games.
Although not at their best, the
defense did provide the offense with
excellent field position, especially
in the second half. A&M was able to
crank up its offense from an average
spot of its own 49-yard line. Tech
meanwhile averaged their own 21.
A&M must repair the holes in
their defensive secondary this week
as they prepare to meet the winless
TCU Horned Frogs, one of the top
passing teams in the nation. This
will be the third consecutive road
game for the Ags.
Slall pliolo In Glen Jolm.sou
Mike Williams chases down punter David Kuykendall to set up TD.
A&M cannot afford to look past
TCU to the Baylor game. Last year’s
lackluster performance against the
Frogs was almost too close for com
fort .
Most eyes will be focused on the
outcome of the Texas-Arkansas con
test, the outcome of which will be
decisive for the SWC leadership.
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Ed Simonini puts pressure on Tommy Duniven.
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Frank Mankiewic:
while heading into the left side of
the Tech defense. Bean received
superb downfield blocking from
tackle Glen Bujnoch and receivers
Richard Osborne and Carl Roaches.
The play that set up Bean’s his
toric gallop was a touchdown saving
interception by Jackie Williams on
the A&M one-yard line. William’s
theft halted a potential go-ahead
Tech drive opening the second half.
Momentum then played its fickle
tune after Bean’s gallop and sud
denly the rout was on.
The A&M offense had its prob
lems with the Tech defense in the
first half, getting only four first
downs and 145 yards against the vir
tual nine man line of the Raiders.
Discounting Bean’s 47-yard TD,
the Aggie offense averaged 1.4
yards per first down play and made
only two of seven third down situa
tions in the first half.
Compare this to over seven yards
per first down play and being suc
cessful on five of six third down at
tempts in the latter half. A&M ac
cumulated 273 yards and nine first
downs while ending the game sit
ting on Tech s 21.
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