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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1976
Wild race in east
to play 9 Associated Press
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1975, St. Louis captured the
rence crown for the second
'lightsdieBeeutive year but Dallas dealt its
■ card 10-4 record right into the
Her Bowl, bowing 21-17 to
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Fir years, the NFC East has been
|inated by either Dallas, St.
is or Washington. But Landry
a revival at Philadelphia and
jcularly for the New York Giants
o teams usually out of the race
dober.
he Giants helped themselves
icndously when they got Larry
ka,” says Landry. “He gives
a running threat to go with
[g Morton’s passing. ”
e Giants stunned Pittsburgh
in preseason without Csonka.
York was 5-9 in 1975 but
delphia was even worse, 4-10.
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— Dick Vermeil, who guided
s Rose Bowl upset of Ohio
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Olhet peart and drove off. The shouts of
laras and his partner alerted
and Bit lice captain Ernie Raabe, playing
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thusiasm on a team when a coaching
change occurs and the Eagles could
be up,” says Landry.
“Of course, St. Louis has a tre
mendous offense and the Cardinals
have helped themselves defensively
in the off-season,” continues
Landry. “Washington should be bet
ter offensively but we ll have to see if
their defense holds up.” Landry
warns that the Cowboys are still a
rebuilding team with less experience
defensively than a year ago.
But he figures “we should be right
in the middle of the scrap with the
rest of them.”
St. Louis was 11-3 in the regular
season a year ago but suffered a
swoon in the first round of the
playoffs again.
“Our goal is to make it into the
playoffs again but we have to im
prove our defense,” says Cardinal
Coach Don Coryell. The Cardinal
offense is set with quarterback Jim
Hart, who threw 19 touchdown
passes, halfback Terry Metcalf,
fullback Jim Otis and exciting wide
receiver Mel Gray.
Coryell obtained huge tackle Walt
Patulski from Buffalo and tackle
Marvin Upshaw and safety Mike
Sensibaugh from Kansas City in off
season trades. The Cardinals also are
hoping first-round draft pick Mike
Dawson of Arizona, a defensive
tackle, will make some immediate
waves.
St. Louis has a tough late season
stretch when the Cardinals face Los
Angeles, Washington, Dallas and
Baltimore in succession.
Dallas pulled off the NFL shocker
of the year in 1975 with a club that
included a dozen rookies. The Cow
boys will be younger defensively
now that 14-year veteran strongside
linebacker Dave Edwards has re
tired.
“Our defense won’t be as strong as
early as it was last year,” says
Landry.
Middle linebacker Lee Roy Jor
dan is back for his last hurrah with
Randy White and Bob Breunig, both
second-year players, filling in where
needed.
A preseason injury to free safety
Cliff Harris has put second-year man
Randy Hughes on the spot.
Offensively, Dallas could be bet
ter with the addition of Ron Johnson,
formerly of the Giants; Duane
Thomas, the once-moody prodigal
son; and Jim Jensen, a fast, tough
rookie fullback from Iowa, to a
backfield that includes Preston Pear-
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Landry plans continued use of his
shotgun formation on obvious pass
ing downs with Roger Staubach at
quarterback. Danny White, a ref
ugee from the World Football
League, will be the backup with the
departure of Clint Longley.
“We know more of what kind of
defense to expect against us now
when we go into the shotgun,” says
Landry.
The Redskins tumbled to an 8-6
record and out of the play-off last
year for the first time in George Al
len’s five seasons as Washington
coach.
Allen, with money as no object,
obtained running back John Riggins
from the New York Jets, and signed
Calvin Hill, who once played for the
Dallas Cowboys. Hill is a World
Football League refugee.
“We have a chance to have the
best balanced squad in the five years
I’ve been here if this new talent
comes through,” says Allen, who
also wooed free agent tight end Jean
Fugett from the Cowboys.
Allen, who needs only three
victories to join the NFL’s 100-
victory coach club, says, “I am confi
dent that 1976 will find us back in the
playoffs.”
The Redskin defense faltered
badly in the stretch last year but
there is still quality and skill at all
positions.
Allen moved to help his defense
by acquiring discontented Miami
safety Jake Scott and controversial
defensive end John Matuszak from
Kansas City.
The Giants’ defense allowed 36
points in 1975 and face a rugged ’76
schedule that includes Pittsburgh,
Minnesota, Los Angeles and Detroit
out of the division. The Giants have
young but improving linebackers in
Brad Van Pelt and Pat Hughes flank
ing Brian Kelley in the middle. Draf
tee Harry Carson rates high.
But all the talk is about Csonka
and what his presence will mean to a
hard-pressed offense. Csonka, 29,
averaged 4.6 yards per carry through
seven NFL seasons at Miami.
Joe Dawkins, traded to Denver
recently, was New York’s leading
rusher with only 438 yards last year.
The Giants, who will move to New
Jersey this year, lack speed in the
backfield and need to shore up one of
the more porous offensive lines in
the league.
The Eagles will go with Mike
Boryla at quarterback because of
Boman Gabriel’s chronic knee prob
lems. There is high-octaine talent in
the receiver corps with tight end
Charles Young and wide receiver
Harold Carmichael as good as any in
the NFL.
Philadelphia acquired offensive
tackle Ed George from Baltimore to
shore up the offensive line.
Defensively, the Eagles are tough
with vigorous middle linebacker Bill
Bergey and feisty safety Bill Bradley.
Vermeil had little help from the
draft. The Eagles didn’t get a pick
until the fourth round, defensive
end Mike Smith of Florida.
Vermeil jokes, “If you ask me, I ll
have to go with Dallas as the favorite.
They didn’t graduate any seniors.
Women s sports
blooming in fall
By CAROLYN BLOSSER
Battalion Staff Writer
Texas A&M’s rapidly growing
women’s sports program is off to a
fast start this year with tryouts in
intercollegiate softball, track, golf,
tennis, volleyball and swimming al
ready underway.
Tryouts for the women’s basket
ball team begin September 13.
Final roster selection for the wo
men’s softball team will be made at
the end of this week. The Ags, com
ing off a successful season last year
when they placed second in the State
championship, will begin their sea
son here, September 14, with a
doubleheader against Sam Houston
State University.
The women’s cross country track
team is busy preparing for their first
meet which will be held here in Col
lege Station on September 18. The
rest of the track team begins work
outs next week. Anyone interested
in trying out should attend the track
meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in room
232 of G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Qualifying for the women’s golf
team began yesterday and is ex
pected to run for two weeks. Eight
players will be selected to the final
team. The Aggie’s first tournament
will be October 6-9 when they travel
to Albuquerque, New Mexico to
compete in the Tucker Invitational.
The women’s tennis team is hav
ing tryouts everyday this week be
tween 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. for those
who have never before played on the
team. Last year’s team members will
begin working out next week. The
Ags will travel to Houston on Sep
tember 25 for their season opener
against the University of Houston.
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Lester Hayes, senior defensive back for the Aggies, at
tempts an interception as senior William Thompson
prepares to block. Both were starters for the Aggies last
year.
Longley heads west
ward Coach Landry and the Cow
boys.”
San Diego Coach Tom Prothro,
who is having quarterback problems
of his own, told the Dallas Times
Herald that Longley figures promi
nently in his plans.
“I don’t know, but they say he has
an IQ of 145,” Prothro said. “He
should be useful pretty quick. ”
Associated Press
DALLAS — Quarterback Clint
Longley, the Mad Bomber of the
Dallas Cowboys, says he has no re
grets about leaving the Cowboys —
and quarterback Roger Staubach —'
to go play for the San Diego Char
gers.
Longley’s trade to the Chargers
Monday for two undisclosed draft
choices was the culmination of two
incidents in which Longley and
Staubach scuffled. The last fight oc
curred Aug. 12 when a Longley
punch caused Staubach to hit his
head on a scale, resulting in a nine-
stitch wound.
Longley left the National Foot-
bait League team immediately and
asked to be traded.
“I am excited about it and this is a
great opportunity,” Longley said. “I
have no regrets.”
Longley, who hunts rattlesnakes
as a hobby and came out of Abilene
Christian College to join the Cow
-boys three yearsJi#$Qi>v&$;a’n. attgoocL 1
mood as he explained he was packing
“a guitar and a suitcase, vital things
like that.”
Longley, who said at one time that
there was “bad blood” between him
and Staubach, declined comment on
the feud, saying: “That is not of any
great significance now. I’m with
another club. I’m not a person to
look back on anything. As far as I’m
concerned it is a dead incident. It’s
not worth going over again.”
He praised Dallas Coach Tom
Landry and the Cowboys: “They
traded me to San Diego, which is a
good place for me. They’ve dealt
with me fairly since I’ve been here. I
have nothing but good feelings to-
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