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nd DM I I ML-IWIN MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1977 ^ Ags find Michigan unfriendly By PAUL ARNETT Battalion Sports Editor Three fumbles, two interceptions and one blocked punt by the Aggies equals Michigan 41 Texas A&:M 3. "Michigan beat us in every area of football, coach Emory Bellard said. “They beat us offensively, defen sively and in the kicking game. And that about describes the outcome of the game. "We had our opportunities in the first half, but fumbled each time we were about to score. The first half was pretty even, but they took con trol in the second half. It was a com plete and thorough job. The first half witnessed each team making mistake after mistake. Michigan fumbled deep in its own territory twice, but the Aggies con verted those fumbles into only three points. The turning point of the contest came late in the second quarter. Michigan had fumbled on its own 36-yard line and in three plays the Ags were on the Wolverine’s 16. Quarterback David Walker faked the ball to Woodard and then threw an errant pitch to Curtis Dickey. Michigan recovered the fumble on the 19 and proceeded to drive 81 yards for the score. “We were sure we had taken con trol of the game when we recovered that fumble. Walker said. “The de fensive end caused me to pitch the ball earlier than I had wanted to and I had trouble disconnecting the ball. ” From that point things went from bad to worse. Woodard fumbled early in the third period resulting in an eventual Michigan score. Walker threw an interception late in the period and the Wolverines scored again. “We made nothing but mistakes in that third period, Bellard said. “We had bad field position and tried to force some things to get back in the ball game. We found out how Texas Tech must have felt in our ball game last weekend. “Bad field position just killed us. ” The telling third quarter found the Aggies beginning their offensive series on Michigan’s 32, 24, 19, 9, 32 and 20-yard lines. Not being able to cross the fifty usually results in losing the game. “Bad field position killed us, safety Carl Grulich said. “You have to play the majority of the game on the other side of the 50-yard line to win. Michigan had a great team. If only we had gotten some breaks in the second half. The two we had in the first half put us out of the game. It is hard to judge what would have happened had the Ags been able to convert those two first half fumbles into touchdowns. The psychological edge definitely found a home on the Michigan bench after intermission. Miami Dolphins defeat the Oilers 27-7 United Press International MIAMI — Quarterback Bob Griese and wide receiver Duriel Harris staked Miami to a 21-0 first- quarter lead Sunday and a stubborn Dolphins’ defense helped provide a 27-7 victory over the Houston Oil ers. Harris scored on a 6-yard pass from Griese and the combination set up the other two touchdowns in a team record time first-quarter scor ing burst. The other two TDs came on a 1-yard buck by Norm Bulaich and 3-yard burst over the middle by Benny Malone. The Dolphins added a touchdown with 21 seconds left when running back Leroy Har ris scored from two yards out to cap a 48-yard drive. The Oilers scored in the second period on quarterback Dan Pasto- rini’s 2-yard run around left end. But Houston was unable to score again. The Oilers, however, threatened to rally at the end of the third quar ter when they moved to the Dol phin three. But four runs by Rob Carpenter — one on a Dolphin pen alty — and another try by Don Hardeman failed to put the ball into the endzone. Last week against Tech it was the Aggies who took control of the game after the band left the field. They came out with the big play to Dickey and left Lubbock trium phant. There was no big play in Michi gan. The Wolverines let Woodard have all he wanted, while they con centrated on stopping the outside game. Walker receives the option play from the coaches and he de cides which option the Aggies are to run. "I read the play as it happens. Walker said. “Each time I handed off to Woodard it was because they had the outside game stopped. It may appear that we arc playing con servatively, but actually that was the only option they were giving us. The passing game was another op tion the Ags could have pursued, hut chose not to for fairly obvious reasons. The Wolverines stopped the hitch pass to Dickey which worked so well against the Red Raiders, the ble teamed Darrell Smith m off Russell Mikeska’s patteim the middle. Woodard was open all but steady pressure on \V;4 the defensive line didn't allov the time to spot secmidar ceivers. “Michigan has a great seeon Walker said. "They eompletly; ped our outside patterns to We tried to throw the hitc couple of times. Once 1 thr ew an interception, and the time Armstrong slipped down catching the ball. “It just wasn't our day.” j; A6cM does not have another for two weeks. This weekend open date, before the Baylor in Waco. AdxM has two week forget the Michigan nightman.' all those turnovers. Turnovers spell defeat. The gies won the spelling bee in Arbor. Big 10 damage egos of SWC Peace Corp-Vista on campus October 3-5. Information booth Stu dent Center. Interviewing Seniors and Grads, Mon- Oct. 3, Placement Office Rudder Tower, 10th floor. day George Woodard receives one of his 39 hand-offs from David Walker. Woodard gained 153 yards, as the Aggies fell to the Michigan Wolverines 41-3. The Ags have an open date this weekend. Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley r CASA CHAPULTEPEC Aggie Special Dinner 3 enchiladas (chile-cheese), Spanish rice, fried beans, beef taco, chile REG. $1.95 NOW ONLY $1.85 NOON SPECIALS 2 enchiladas (chile-cheese), Spanish rice, fried beans, one chalupa, tostaditas and hot sauce. Two can ride cheaper than one. house or jBjERNARDA ALBA United Press International Now that the Big Ten has put a big knot on the Southwest Conference ego, it is left up to those two old standbys who nobody thought a lot of before the season started. The Texas Longhorns and Arkan sas Razorbaeks, both selected for somewhere about the middle of the SWC race before the campaign be gan, remain as the only unbeaten clubs in the league. 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The No. 5 Tral gies, showing no imagination oi| lense and collapsing on defend" the second half, was blasted third-ranked Michigan, 41-3. “It was,” surmised Aggiesc Emory Bellard, “a humiliating! We were lackadaisical. Nothing did was very inspired. They lot of things away from us aril took a lot of things away fromf selves.” And, as expected, the BiglJ other power — Ohio State rily ran away from Soulll Methodist in Dallas, 35-7. In the other conference Saturday Houston and Baylor, teams with lots of injuries, .shin plenty of character. Baylor for 15 points in the final quarte take the lead, hut Houston qua back Delrick B row n hit Donaldi with a 10-yard scoring throw out seconds from the end to give Cougars a 28-24 win. And Texas Tech, playing wit quarterback Rodney Allison, fortunate to get out of Chapel 11 N.C. with a 10-7 decision o North Carolina. 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