THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1977
Page 9
even SWC punters rank nationally
While Southwest Conference
place-kickers continue their
onslaught upon both distance and
proficiency records, those other
guys in the league who use their feet
for a living are beginning to make
some noise of their own.
Through nine weeks of the 1977
football season, seven SWC punters
are still booming the ball at a rate of
42 yards or better per kick, and if
that keeps up, it will easily mark the
best year ever for punters in the
SWC.
Only three times in SWC history
have as many as four punters ended
their season with at least a 40-yard
average, those years being 1976,
1968 and 1966. And only three other
times did as many as three finish
with that high a mark.
With defending SWC punting
champion Russell Erxleben of Texas
leading the way, SWC kickers in
1977 currently hold seven of the top
23 positions nationally, including
five of the top 17 places. No other
conference can claim more than four
punters among the top 25.
Erxleben, whose 46.6-yard aver
age in 1976 set an SWC standard, is
the nation’s second-ranked punter
with a 45.9-yard average. Then a
ways down the list comes TCU’s
Cameron Young, who must be a lit
tle miffed as to how his 42.0-yard
average can rank 23rd in the nation
but only seventh in the SWC.
Other league punters ranked na
tionally include Arkansas’ Steve Lit
tle at 43.9, SMU’s Ken Rosenthal at
43.7, David Appleby of Texas A&M
at 43.6, Luke Prestridge of Baylor at
42.8 and Houston’s Jay Wyatt at
42.3. And with a couple of good per
formances in their final games,
Texas Tech’s Mike Mock (38.7) and
Rice’s Steve Cleaves (38.5) could
climb over the 40-yard plateau. Col
lectively, SWC punters have kicked
the ball 446 times in 1977 for a
41.1-yard average.
While Erxleben’s league record
serves as the average to beat, sev
eral of the punters have a chance to
finish ahead of the mark the Texas
junior topped last year, the 45-yard
average posted by SMU’s Dave
Sherer back in 1957. Next best after
that is the 44.4 average Little
turned in last season.
Elsewhere, Texas fullback Earl
Campbell continues to close on the
4,000-yard career rushing plateau,
his 173-yard effort against Houston
last Saturday keeping him firmly
entrenched as both the SWC and
the nation’s leading ball carrier with
a 148.5 reading. With regular^
season games remaining againsf
TCU, Baylor and Texas A&M,
Campbell lacks only 109 yards from
becoming college football’s fifth
4,000-yard rusher.
Campbell’s teammate Johnnie
Johnson tops the nation’s punt re
turners with a 14.1-yard return av
erage.
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