Page 6 THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1977
sports
Rice-A&M affairs: a lot of history
By DAVID BOGGAN
When Texas A&M met Rice in its
1976 football game at Kyle Field,
the result was a high-scoring,
record-breaking contest.
The Aggies set a school record
with 526 yards rushing and 622
yards of total offense. George
Woodard scored four touchdowns
and rushed for 188 yards. Tony
Franklin kicked five field goals.
Rice’s all-America quarterback
Tommy Kramer passed for three
touchdowns and ran in two more.
The final score was 57-34 in the Ag
gies favor.
The year before in Rice Stadium,
the Aggies were down at halftime
14-13, but came back and held Rice
scoreless in the second half. A&M
won 33-14.
In the 1974 meeting of the two
teams the high point of the day did
not occur during the actual game,
which the Aggies won 37-7, but dur
ing half time. Aggies who were
there recall with fire in their eyes
the way the Marching Owl Band
(MOB) poked fun Aggie traditions in
their own special way and brought
Aggie fans to their feet in rage. (The
MOB has not been to Kyle Field
since.)
So who knows what to expect this
Saturday in Rice Stadium when the
Aggies and the Owls meet for the
62nd time?
Some things are certain. The Ag
gies will be strongly favored to de
feat the Owls with an aggressive of
fensive game and with defensive
containment of a young Owl offense
that has averaged only 238 total
yards in six games.
The Aggies won’t have Tommy
Krammer to kick around anymore.
Rice’s all-America quarterback has
graduated and gone pro, and in his
place is freshman Randy Hertel.
Hertel has completed 67 of 154 at
tempted passes for 659 yards and
four touchdowns. He has been in
tercepted nine times. Hertel con
siders himself to be, like his pre-
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decessor, a strong passing quarter
back.
Rice has receivers capable of
catching Hertel’s passes, too. Junior
wide receiver David Houser has
caught 26 passes for 420 yards and
two touchdowns. Freshman flanker
Darrell Mouton has caught 6 passes
for 113 yards. They lead Rice’s re
ceiving squad with averages of 16.2
yards per catch and 18.9 yards per
catch, respectively.
The Owls will start a young offen
sive backfield. Along with freshmen
Hertel and Mouton are sophomore
nd
running back Earl Cooper
freshmen running backs Calvin
France and Laney Royal.
Cooper, who missed last week’s
Texas Tech game due to disciplinary
suspension, has run 69 times for 337
yards and three touchdowns.
France has carried the ball 11 times
for 22 yards and Royal has run 124
yards on 28 carries.
Rice has allowed 284 points to he
scored on them in six games, while
only scoring 71 points. They have a
0-3 conference record, losing to
Texas, TCU and Texas Tech. They
are 1-5 for the season, havim
feated Idaho in their opening
of the season.
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mistakes, the Aggies look stu
This game should provide ta
Emory Bellard a chance to work
the mistakes, to experimenty
fensively and defensively ani
play some of the younger p|ay (
But as recent history has pit,
with Rice you never know. Kitk
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