Page 6 THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCT 17, 1975
Could end up same way *
Ags, Frogs match perfect records |
By DAVID WALKER
Battalion Sports Writer
TCU football coach Jim Shofner
said at the beginning of this football
season that he felt everything fiinalh
was falling in place.
Instead of falling in place, things
fell out of place and the Frogs are
well on their wa> to a perfect sea
son. But not the kind one likes to
have.
Things won t get any easier this
week for the Frogs when the\ host
fifth ranked Texas A&M.
It has been referred to as a home
game awa> from home for the Ag
gies with more than 40,000 expec
ted to view the contest. Most
of them will be Aggies.
While the football team can take
onl\ 48 players, the Corps of Cadets
will take 2,500, the band will be
there, and so will 4,000 other A&M
students, and countless former stu
dents. If it s a prettx da\, some
more probabb will show up.
The Aggies enter the game as one
of the 11 undefeated major college
football teams in the countrx . TCU
enters as a team that has dropped
five contests so far this \ear and
15 in a row since the beginning of
last year. The last Frog victorx was
against the University of Texas at
Arlington in the first game of the
1974 season.
A&M leads the all time series 34-
29-7. In the 51 games that were
Southwest Conference contests the
Frogs lead 28-17-6. TCU also trails
the Aggies in games played at Fort
Worth 14-17-3.
TCU has won four of the last
six meetings with the Aggies, win
ning four in a row from 1969-1972.
The Aggies won the last two in 1973
and 1974.
Last year the Aggies held TCU to
10 yards of total offense. The Frogs
hit the air for 68 yards but were
minus 58 on the ground.
This xears Frogs are mostly a
pass team. Aggie coach Emory Bol
lard said TCU yvould pass, pass,
pass and run yen little.
TCU is nationally ranked passing
for more than 200 yards a game but
only average a little oyer 60 yards
on the ground.
TCU yvill be throwing at the Ags
with two of the best passing quar
terbacks in the SWC, Lee Cook and
Jimmy Dan El/.ner. Cook is the
starter and is also nationally ranked.
The main target for Cook s passes
this year has been sophomore split
end Mike Renfro. The 6-0, 175
pounder is a native of Fort Worth
where he was a High School All-
American at Fort Worth Arlington
Heights. The TCU coaches feel that
he can become one of the best re
ceivers in the history of the SWC.
Joining Cook in the backfield will
be fullback Raymond Woodard, a
191-pound freshman, senior half
back Ronnie Littleton and flanker
Vernon Wells.
There probably will be more
people in the TCU backfield than
Cook would like to have in the likes
of Jimmy Dean and Edgar Fields of
the Aggies.
Dean and Fields will be joined in
their Frog gigging expedition by
the other nine “no-names that
make up the most feared defense
in the land.
Ed Simonini, Carth Ten Napel
and Grady Wilkerson will be at the
linebacking spots for coach MeK in
Robertson s Maroon Maulers.
Blake Schwarz and Tank Marsh
all yvill hold down the end positions
with Pat Thomas and William
Thompson at thecornersand Lester
Hayes and Jackie Williams at the
safeties.
The Aggie defense enters the
game ranked as the number three
total defensive team in the nation
and the number one team against
the rush.
The Aggie offense ain t bad either
yvith its 27 point per game average.
David Shipman yvill run the show at
quarterback with backfield help
from Ronnie Hubby at fullback.
Skip Walker at one halfback and the
newly crowned A&M rushing king,
Bubba Bean, at the other halfback
spot.
SWC STATISTICS
RUSHING
Play
Player and School
C
Plavs
Yards
TD
Avg.
9.2
Eckwood, Arkansas
5
79
727
5
7.0
Campbell Texas
5
86
603
7
8.8
Bean, A&M
5
64
562
5
5.0
Franklin, Baylor
5
113
562
2
5.4
Forte, Arkansas
5
104
557
6
5.2
Akins, Texas
5
84
436
4
6.3
McNeil, Baylor
4
54
342
1
4.9
Morris, SMU
5
79
385
2
4.6
Coleman, Rice
4
65
3(X)
0
6.2
Whittington, SMU
BEST: 198 (27 carries).
5
Earl Campbell, Texas
57
3.55
3
LONG: 94, Bubba Bean, A&M (Tech)
Vol.
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p
Richard Osborne will open at
tight end for the Ags yvith Carl
Roaches at split end. Roaches still
remains one kickoff return short of
the Aggie record for total kickofl
returns. He has failed to return a
kick this y ear.
Henry Tracy yvill be the Ag
center with Bruce Welch and
Frank Myers on each side of him
at the guards and Glen Bujnoch and
Dennis Swilley at the tackles.
The Aggies have been rated any
where from 30-35 point fayorite.
Only time will tell.
Player and School
Cook, TCU
Kramer, Rice
Jackson, Baylor
Duniven, Tech
Elzner, TCU
Wesson, S M U
Akins, Texas
MOST COMPLETIONS:
TCU (Arkansas)
Att.
117
61
SO
55
53
32
29
Comp-
54
35
.37
2H
21
17
16
17, Lee Cook,
RECEIVING
Player and School
G
Caught
Yds
TD
Per
Comp.
Renfro, TCU
5
24
378
1
15.7
Roy, Rice
4
12
162
0
13.5
Jackson, Texas
5
14
238
2
17.0
Lofton, Rice
4
11
91
0
8.3
Wells, TCU
5
13
236
1
18.2
Williams, Tech
5
12
158
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13.2
Thompson, Baylor
5
12
129
1
10.7
Panel of Professional Predictors
PAT
DR. GERARD
DR. BRIAN
GAEL
DAVID
PAUL
TONY
JAMES
EDMONDSON
O DONOVAN
CAIN
COOPER
WALKER
McGRATH GALLUCCI
BREEDLOVE
A&M-TCU
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
A&M
TCU
A&M
A&M
RICF-SM U
SMU
SMU
SMU
SMU
SMU
RICE
RICE
RICE
RICE
ARKANSAS-TEXAS
UT
ARK
UT
UT
ARK
UT
ARK
ARK
UT
ARIZONA-1 ECH
ARIZ
ARIZ
ARIZ
ARIZ
ARIZ
ARIZ
ARIZ
ARIZ
ARIZ
ALABAMA-TENNESSEE
BAMA
BAMA
BAMA
BAMA
BAMA
BAMA
TENN
BAMA
BAMA
AUBURN-GA. TECH
AUB
AUB
AUB
AUB
AUB
GA. TECH
GA. TECH
AUB
GA. TECH
NEBRASKA-OKLA.ST.
NEBR.
OKIE
NEBR
NEBR
NEBR
NEBR
OKIE
NEBR
NEBR
COLORADO-MISSOURI
GOTO
MO
MO
COLO
MO
COLO
COLO
COLO
COLO
W. VA.-TULANE
W.VA.
W. VA
W. VA.
W. VA.
W. VA.
W. VA.
TULANE
W. VA.
TULANE
OHIO ST.-WISC.
OHIO
OHIO
OHIO
OHIO
OHIO
OHIO
wise
OHIO
OHIO
LAST WEEK
8-2
9-1
9-1
7-3
8-2
8-2
9-1
8-2
8-2
SEASON
35-5
31-9
30-10
29-11
28-12
28-12
28-12
27-13
25-15
PERCENTAGE
.873
.775
.750
.725
.700
.700
.700
.671
.625
MOST: 8 (104 yds.), Mike Renfro, TCU (Ariz. St. I
LONG: 80, Ricky Wesson to Freeman Johns, SMU (West Virginia)
TOTAL OFFENSE
Player and School
Eckwood, Arkansas
Cook, TCU
Kramer, Rice
Jackson, Baylor
Akins, Texas
Campbell, Texas
Bean, A&M
Franklin, Baylor
Forte, Arkansas
Shipman, A&M
G
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Plays
83
157
107
138
113
86
64
113
104
102
Yards
748
664
523
635
630
603
562
562
557
528
TD
5
3
2
2
6
5
2
6
5
Play
Avg.
9.0
4.2
4.9
4.6
5.6
7.0
8.8
5.0
5.4
5.2
MOST: 253, Lee Cook, TCU (Arkansas — 227P, 26R)
SCORING
Player and School
Campbell, Texas
Forte, Arkansas
Eckwood, Ark
Bean, A&M
Myers, Tech
Franklin, A&M
Arenas, Rice
Akins, Texas
TD
7
6
5
5
5
0
0
4
XPT
0
0
0
0
0
15
6
2
FG
0
0
0
0
0
4
5
0
Pts.
42
.36
30
30
30
27
21
26
LONG FG: David Mellott, Tech (New Mex.)
PUNT RETURNS
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player and School
Roaches, A&M
Eckwood, Arkansas
xNelson, Tech
Green, Baylor
No.
22
13
9
14
Yards
165
96
61
75
TD
0
0
0
0
Ret.
Avg.
7.5
7.4
6.8
5.4
LONG: 70, Gary Cox, Rice (Houston)
Player and School
Banies, Arkansas
Hooker, TCU
xTaylor, Rice
Taylor, Tech
Whittington, SMU
No.
6
13
5
12
11
Yards TD
139 0
256 0
92 0
220 0
189
LONG: 35, Skip Walker, A&M (LSI
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Billiards Tournament
It’s time to pull out the old two-piece, pearl-inlaid, $30 pool cue
and chalk up for the IM Billiards Tournament. Entries close on Tues
day , October 21, so get on the stick. House table rules will apply and
each match consists of the best 2 out of 3 games of eight ball. Any rules
not covered by House rules will be decided upon by the participants
before the match. The games yvill be played in the MSC Basement and
entrants yvill be required to pay for the use of the tables. An IM
All-University Champion T-shirt will be awarded to the winner of this
single elimination competition.
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Field
Goal
Contest
Held
Racketball Doubles
Entries for the IM racketball doubles competition close on Tues
day, October 21. Play begins Monday, Novembers in DeWare Fiel-
dhouse with IRA rules in use. Matches consist of the best 2 out of 3
games to 15 points. Military will play round-robin with single elimina
tion; all others will play straight single elimination.
The IM field goal kicking contest*
held on Thursday, October 9 in Kf leveloj
Field. There were 39 participants in» jollecti
event with 3 finalists having a kicl
yesterday.
Swimming Events Scheduled
Above — Vernon Plowman places the football between the
uprights at the North end of Kyle Field in the IM field goal
kicking contest held on October 9. In photo below — Ronald
Gregory boots one high in the same competition . . .for details
and results, see story at right.
Photos by Poogie
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In the original competition, eachpi 1
ticipant kicked at five yard intervJ
once from each distance, starting atll
15 yard line (a 25 yd.) attempt. A kick imerge
was finished when he had missed ato! 1 onight
of 3 tries. The farthest field goab
tained was a 50 yarder, from the 40,1
John Smedley, who came in first ini 1 ^ ^
preliminary competition.
The IM swim meets will be held during the week of Oct. 27-31 in
the indoor pool near Kyle Field. Military and Civilian prelims will be
held Mon., Oct. 27, at 7:00 p.m. Fish, Independent, and Women’s
prelims will be on Tues., Oct. 28, at 7:00 p.m. The Divisional Finals
will be Wed., Oct. 29, with the finals on Thurs., the 30th, both at 7:00
p.m. The events in this competition include: 200 yd. medley relay, 100
yd. freestyle, 50 yd. backstroke, 50 yd. breaststroke, 50 yd. butterfly,
50 yd. freestyle, 100 yd. individual medley, 200 yd. freestyle relay,
and 1 meter diving. These events are open to all classes except Co-Rec,
who may enter only the 200 yd. medley relay and the 200 yd. freestyle
relay.
Golf Tourney Coming
The IM Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday, October 26, on
the TAMU golf course. All entrants must arrive by their appointed
times or they will forfeit participation points. These times are: Fish -
7:30-9:00 a.m.; Military - 9:00-11:30 a.m.; and Civilian, Independent,
& Women - 11:30-1:30. There will be a $2.00 green fee for all particip
ants and all players must furnish their own equipment. The top 16
players of the 18-hole round will have a playoff the following week.
Play will be conducted under TAMU golf course rules.
Competitors were ranked as to I
total yards attained. Those in the kid®
yesterday were Smedley, Jeff Irizart 1
and Eddie Davis. Their yardage was
follows; Smedley, from the 15, 25,3
& 40, for a total of 155 yds,; Irizafl 1
from the 20, 25, 30, & 35, totaling 1'
yds., and Davis, from the 15, 20,2'
and 40, for a total of 140 yds.
Record Volleyball Participation
A record 230 students have entered the IM volleyball competition
which starts on Monday, October 20. Play will commence on the third
floor ol G. Rollie White Coliseum. Both Tournament Volleyball and
Jungle hall will be played, the former being a more strictly called and
official ted game.
These three men returned to K)
Field last night and each one kick
fourfield goals from four different i
tances of his choice (selected t>
forehand and independent of erf
other). Their cores will he determii*
hy the total yardage attained and 1
All-University champ will he clio: f
and will receive an IM All-U CW
T-shirt. The results of the kickoff will
reported in next week’s highlights
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