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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1975 Needs two TD passes Tarkenton nears record Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Pro fessional football s version of the Georgia Peach is packing up all of the game’s passing records for shipment to his home state, where many of baseball’s hitting records al ready are enshrined. Francis Asbury Tarkenton needs only two touchdown passes to sur pass the record of 290 held by John Unitas. That record could fall by next Sunday during Minnesota’s game at Detroit. The 35-year-old minister’s son from Athens, Ga., throws the way the original Georgia Peach, Ty Cobb, used to hit. “Francis is going to set some rec ords that never will be broken, ” says Unitas, who spent 18 years estab- lishine his brilliant totals. Tarkenton already has surpassed Unitas’ completions mark by 58 this season, while establishing a Min nesota record of 230 completions in a season with two games remaining. He has passed for 2,622 yards and 23 touchdowns, while being inter cepted 11 times in 355 attempts. With 32 more passing attempts — a mark he seems certain to reach in the next two games — Tarkenton will have thrown more passes than anyone else. He remains 1,771 yards shy of Unitas’ lifetime standard of 40,239 yards passing. Minnesota Coach Bud Grant says Tarkenton’s 15th pro season is his best. “Francis is setting career rec ords while he is at the very top of his profession,” he said. “He has all the qualities of greatness and en thusiasm, but most important is his durability. Francis is always ready.” Tarkenton never has missed an NFL game because of an injury. He still plays with the exuberance of a 21-year-old, which he was when he passed for 1,997 yards and 18 touchdowns in his rookie season. After six stormy years under Coach Norm Van Brocklin at Min nesota, Tarkenton asked to be traded and spent five seasons with the New York Giants before being reacquired by the Vikings in 1972. “Football is a lot more fun when you’re on a winning team,” said Tarkenton. Tarkenton, rapped as a scrambler in his early years, has given respec tability to that frenetic activity. Grant likes to say Tarkenton’s elu sive maneuvers “buy time” for the quarterback and the receivers. Tarkenton also has rushed for more yards than any other quarter back in the game s history, with 3,627 yards on 608 carries. That av erages just less than six yards per run. Tarkenton still has one year re maining on his present contract with Minnesota, and physically appears capable of playing for a number of seasons after that. “I want to play as long as I’m healthy and have the right attitude about the game,” said Tarkenton. “And I still get excited about this game. ” h SWC revises television schedule for UH entry Associated Press DALLAS — The Southwest Con ference has announced a change in the first game of its 1976 televised basketball schedule, Houston mak ing its SWC debut Tuesday, Jan. 6, against Arkansas at Fayetteville. The telecast will start at 8 p.m. with tipoff at 8:10. The game was originally scheduled for a night earlier, but was postponed due to a network program in which President Ford will participate at the same time on Jan. 5. SMU and TCU will move up their conference opener from that Tues day night to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5 at TCU’s Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The Jan. 6 opener is one of three games scheduled for weeknight prime-time airing as Eddie Barker and Associates of Dallas will pro duce the SWC televised package this season for the first time. Frank Gleiber will handle the play-by-play as ten regular-season games and four during the first SWC Post Sea son Tournament will be aired. Also for the first time, five games will be selected for airing during the course of the season to insure that viewers will have the opportunity to see games involving champion con tenders. 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