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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1977 Longhorns at the top United Press International 'Consider these little tidbits. Oklahoma turned the ball over only once all day — the Sooners had lost 18 fumbles in their first four games. Texas had to go with its third- string quarterback almost the entire game, a journeyman who has never lettered and never played a down before this season. Only two plays deep in the game Oklahoma owned the ball on Texas 14 with a first down. And Oklahoma outrushed Texas for the afternoon. ' Add all of that up and the obvious winner would have to be the Okla- homa — right? Not in this script. In this version, the third-string quarterback — a thus far anonym ous fellow who turns out to be Randy McEachren from the Hous ton suburb of Pasadena — leads Texas on the onlv touchdown drive of the game, the Longhorns’ defense plays like the Great Wall of China, Earl Campbell bounces off people for valuable chunks of yardage and Russell Erxleben kicks the ball from here to way over there on two long field goals and a couple of critical punts of 71 and 69 yards. And that totals up to Texas’ first win over Oklahoma since 1970, a 13-6 thriller before a typical Cotton Bowl sellout crowd that puts the Longhorns back among the national powerhouses. “That is something you might find in a story book,” said Fred Akers, who in his first year as Texas coach succeeding Darrell Royal has his team unbeaten (4-0) and bidding for a national title. “Randy did a great job. He was smart, poised and cool. And the team supported him. I’m proud of this team. Our defense played super, and if someone is going to PRESENTS The Munchies’ WITH Free Food - .50 Beer - Vfe Price Drinks THUR., FRI., & SAT. 4:30-7:30 (DISCO 7:30 - CLOSING) Oo^S- WATCH TV, FILMS, SLIDES, PLAY GAMES, DANCE, DRINK TOTAL ENTERTAINING SCHEDULE SUNDAY: NO COVER - ,50c BEER MONDAY: A&M GAME FILMS - .25c BEER TUESDAY:FREE DANCE LESSONS WEDNESDAY: LADIES NIGHT - LADIES GET 3 FREE DRINKS THURSDAY: DRINK & DROWN 3.50 GUYS 2.50 GIRLS - FREE BEER - ,25c BAR DRINKS FRI.: BOOGIE TIME SAT.: “I I yd I have to stand up in a hurry if they are going to beat Earl Campbell for the Heisman Trophy.” The ending of Oklahoma’s recent domination of the Longhorns- Sooners war easily highlighted the weekend of Southwest Conference action. It even overshadowed the ending of the longest major college losing streak. TCU (1-4) halted its skid at 15 games with a 35-15 win over Rice (1-4). But, just to show they are not ready for the top ten, the Horned Frogs committed an NCAA record 22 penalties. “I wanted to play a lot of kids,” said TCU coach F.A. Dry. “Some of them had not won since they had been here.” Baylor (2-3) won the other confer ence game on the schedule, outkrck- ing SMU (2-3) in a field goal battle, 9-6, and out west Saturday night Texas Tech linebacker Mike Mock intercepted a pass in the end zone with 37 seconds left to preserve a 33-26 win over Arizona. Texas’ first two quarterbacks went out in a hurry Saturday — Mark McBath with a sprained ankle that was to be examined Sunday and Jon Aune with a ligament tear that will probably keep him out for the sea son. That left it to McEachren, who in his third possession guided Texas on an 80-yard march — the only touchdown drive of the day. Campbell scored on a 24-yard run and Erxleben — who owns the NCAA field goal distance record of 67 yards — kicked field goals of 64 and 58 yards. And the Longhorns defense stop ped the Sooners on fburth-and-one at the Texas five with less than four minutes to play. But now Texas must resume con ference play and the Longhorns first foe will be the ninth-ranked Arkan sas Razorbacks (also 4-0) in Fayet teville. Texas A&M and Houston share the league lead with Texas and Ar kansas at 1-0 and this week A&M returns to action at Baylor and Houston will be at home against SMU. Texas Tech hosts Rice while TCU will celebrate its victory with a week off. The positi _ vote of The eight airman St The Jud . . it do< annou This aetk YOU'YC, WORKED WONDERS WITH .^signed hii HIN,DR.JEKmfc ART PLASTER PLAQUES & FIGURINES ART & CRAFT SUPPLIES AGGIE PLAQUES Finished- $12.95 Unfinished - $ 2.00 Paint your Christmas Gifts and Save $$$$ GIFT-A-RAMA Redmond Terrace 693-5016 Dallas remains undefeated The posit body’s wise it Ifense sail Jin the authority United Press International ST. LOUIS — A pair of pass inter ference calls on St. Louis corner- back Lee Nelson set up two Dallas touchdowns in the fourth quarter Sunday to give the unbeaten Cow boys a 30-24 victory over the Cardi nals. Dallas took the lead for the first time in the game when Roger Staubach hit Golden Richards with a 17-yard scoring toss with about seven minutes left to play. Nelson earlier was called for pass interfer ence while covering Drew Pearson, resulting in a 41-yard pickup to the St. Louis 12. Dallas then pulled to within a Moonlight Sale 20% OFF On All Portraits point on a one-yard dive by '1 ony Dorsett with 13 minutes remaining. The tally was set up by a pass inter ference call on Nelson, who pushed Pearson in the end zone for a 42- yard gain for Dallas. Dallas defenders Clift Harris and Charlie Waters intercepted passes to blunt Cardinal scoring threats late in the game. Defensive tackle Charlie Davis had scooped up a Staubach fumble and rambled 35 yards for a touchdown to give St. Louis a 24-16 lead late in the third quarter. De fensive end John Zook belted Staubach from behind on a pass play, jarring the ball loose. Effren Herrera kicked a 44-yard field goal 10 minutes into the second half to cut the Cardinal lead to 17-16. las to within 17-13 and climaxedta | (juarters of big plays. Early in the second quarter, Mi Cray beat Cowboys corner bad \li Renfro in a race down the lei sideline and hauled in a 60-yai scoring pass from Hart to give St Louis a 17-10 lead. St. Lon speedster Terry Metcalf and Du | sett turned in impressive runsei Her in the half. Monday Nights In October 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. University Studio 115 College Main - Northgate - 846-8019 Staubach finished with 18 com pletions in 29 attempts for 153 yards, while Jim Hart was 9 for 33 for 186 yards. Dorsett led all rushers with 140 yards in 14 carries, most of it picked up on a 77-yard touchdown run. Herrera’s 40-yard field goal with 1:23 left in the first half brought Dal- With the score tied 3-3, Meta broke through the middle oftl Dallas line on a third-and-onesitu | tion and raced 62 yards to give Louis a 10-3 lead, with 40 secon remaining in the opening quartet. About five minutes later, Dorti | took the ball on a firstdown danced through the Cardinal seen dary and set a Dallas club rec« | with a 77-yard touchdown. The teams traded field goals i the first quarter. Jim Bakkenboote a 32-yarder for St. Louis and Hen | era tied it with a 29-yarder afle Waters blocked a St. Louis puntaitf Dallas took over on the Cardinal li| Dallas now is 4-0 while St. Lo»l is 1-3. McDonald? MCDONALD McDonald's Even parer DRIVE-THRU WINDOW INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS 1 ® was BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING S) Dates Entries Closing: Punt, Pass and Kick Field Goal Kicking October 11 Punt, Pass, & Kick October 11 Swim Meet October 11 Volleyball October 11 Billiards October 10 Soccer October 10 Long Driving October 10 Entries for Punt, Pass, and Kick competition will close October 11. The format for the contest is based on the Ford PP&K contest. Rules may be picked up from the IM Of fice. Volleyball Team Managers’ Meeting A mandatory team managers’ meeting will be held October 13 on the second floor of the Rudder Theater at 5:15 p.m. Teams not repre sented will be dropped. ijiliSt *' c «' 111 — Mike Masterpool of N-l follows through after a return in pre-game warm-up with Tommy Albright of F-l. They are participating in class AB of a single elimination tournament. Field Goal Contest Team Closings Field Goal Kicking entries will close Tuesday, October 11. Partic ipants must furnish their own kick ing tee. Sign up for the competi tion in the IM Office. Badminton Rules clarification: reschedules will be allowed for games but no substitutes are permitted. If a game is to be rescheduled, Pat Keller of the IM Office, must be contacted at least 48 hours in ad vance. Badminton is an open com petition sport (no points allowed for Corps or dorms). Volleyball Volleyball entries will close Oc tober 11 at 5:00 p.m. The divisions will be separated as in the other major sports and Co-Rec will con sist of three men and three women teams. The competition will be class AB, BC, and Jungle. Jungle is the term used to describe the semi-civilized form of volleyball played with a very loose interpre tation of the rules (Oh Boy!). Swim Meet October 11 marks the closing date for entries in the Intramural Swim Meet. Competition will be broken into the standard divisions and also a masters class (over 35 years of age) and only one class of competition (A). Awards will be in the form of IM T-shirts. f m On Their Way . . . Men’s Handball Kin g and Queen Pins Ivashin Miiatrist have Ted and pst her jnquilizec p r - Jona fd> law at pry R. i jrioral Se: pnta, eit< Jorge W Jos and A [Speaking Vient a led “the Int after; Fy peoj re eonee vs Out of 248 entries in the hand ball competition, only two were women. Rene Dabyshire and Gwyn Miller from Krueger Hall were the only women that chose to brave the hazards of the handball court. The single elimination competition started October 3. A new forfeit rule has been insti tuted: there will be a 10-minute “grace period” after the scheduled play time. The person who wins by forfeit has the option of accepting the forfeit or permitting the late challenger to play; starting with one automatic loss. The challenger must therefore win all that re mains of the match (one game and the 11 point tie breaker). The intramural bowling compe tition got underway last Monday. There were a total of 327 partici pants entered with 38 women’s teams, 55 men’s teams, and 22 Co-Rec teams. The men’s and women’s teams have three mem bers each and the Co-Rec teams are comprised of a male and female participant. All bowling is scored on a scratch basis (no hand icap) and a single game team total. When quarter-finals begin, the scores will be from a three-game team total. The competition will run most of the semester. y- ' :f J lll '.] )n >! or Jesses (,; I'lson a Jose velt fes dele in "'S' i were i pmpetei ai y ear ’ He also Daniel « ar th for ■'eh to d ''e inten itehell “"eh abu “I SPY’S” PARTICIPANT OF THE WEEK Bowling teams are beginning their 3rd round of games this week. Shown here is Rick Allen going for the strike; he plays for Aston #10 in class AB competition. jDalling I* to , at<: r g aU ow tf Student Bike Race Acknowledgments This ad is sponsored by McDonald’s on University Drive and under the direction of the IM Office. Stories are by Larry Parker and photos are by Corey Gaskill. The student body bike race, sponsored by the A&M IM OF FICE AND THE A&M Cycling team, will be held October 22. Each participant must furnish their own bike. All bike handles must be plugged, and shoes must be worn for safety reasons. The Refs Corner first, fcibly r , 'new< ^ thr, bike race will be held at the A&M Drill Field. The course will be the paved street that completely en compasses the drill field All University T-shirts and trophies from the A&M Cycling sponsor will be the fruits for your labor. Football officials’ meeting be held October 13 in room 26rt G. Rollie White Coliseum at p.m. Secom N label, *1 have Volleyball officials’ meeting be held October 13 in room 26rt G. Rollie White Coliseum at 9:W| p.m. He sai r s. Mit IN “ s Nat "ttirrne, Static, Uo he