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Page 10 THE BATTALION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1977 Longhorns steer around Ags 57- By 1>AUL ARNETT Battalion Sports Editor The last time Earl Campbell visited College Station the run- ningback from Tyler gained 43 yards on 15 carries. In his return engage ment to Kyle Field, Campbell was much more impressive as he led the Texas Longhorns past Texas A&M 57-28. The Earl of Austin Earl Campbell rushes for six yards against the Aggie defense, rolled past the Aggies 57-28. On the day Campbell gained 222 yards on 27 carries as Texas Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley “He is the best runningback I have ever seen,” coach Emory Bel- lard said. “He has great speed, bal ance and power. He is a real dandy. ” Aggie defensive end Phil Bennett described Campbell in this manner. “If Campbell doesn’t get the Heisman then they should throw the damn trophy away,” Bennett said. “He is a great runningback and a team leader. Earl is not that tough to bring down, but he will wear you out. “We made a lot of mistakes on de fense. That has been a problem all year. We’ve just given up too many big plays.” The Texas offense made the big play all afternoon. The Longhorns scored nine times in 16 offensive possesions. It was the most points ever yielded by a Texas A&M de fense. “There comes a time when your defense just has to stop them,” Bel- lard stud. “We just never did. They did everything we expected them to A happy afternoon for Texas By MARK PATTERSON Battalion Staff Have you ever been in the locker room of a Southwest Conference champion? It’s a great experience. You can watch all the back slapping, yelling and horseplay that goes along with a championship. So it was Saturday afternoon in the Texas Longhorns’ locker room. The players and coaches were happy and all smiles. And they had every right to be. Their Longhorn team had just de stroyed A&M 57-28. The victory as sured the Longhorns of remaining No. 1 in the nation going into the Cotton Bowl game against Notre Dame with the national cham pionship on the line. On some occasions, when one team loses to another, someone might say that the score didn’t really convey the closeness of the game. Not in this case. The Aggies were lucky to ecape with only a 29 point loss to the awesome Longhorns. It wasn’t that close a ball game. When you begin to pick the stars of the game for Texas, you can come up with a handful. There was the dominate presence of Brad Shearer at defensive tackle, the unbelieva ble rushing performance of Earl Campbell, the coolness of Randy McEachern at quarterback and the overall ability of the entire Texas of fense that mauled the Aggie defense all afternoon. And almost at will. Texas head coach Fred Akers and his staff spent last week developing a game plan that would defeat the Aggies. They had some things they thought would work and they put them into action. “We went into the game knowing we could pass on them,” said Akers after the game. “We wanted to find out just how good their defensive secondary was. “We thought that our defense would prohibit them putting points on the board,” said Akers. “We didn't, so we just had to out-score them.” Anchoring the Texas defensive line is all-America candidate Brad Shearer. Shearer felt there were a number of keys to Texas’ win. "I think the biggest key was con taining Woodard up the middle and not letting him break any long runs on us, said Shearer. The Texas de fense held Woodard to 81 yards on 25 carrries. “Another factor in our favor was the field position we had throughout the game,” said Shearer. “The wind was a good asset to us today. On numerous occasions our offense took the ball over in their end of the field.” When the Texas defense stopped the Aggie attack quarterback Randy McEachern and the offense took the ball and marched up and down Kyle Field. “It was easy to hit my receivers today,” said McEachern about the four touchdown passes he threw in the game. “We figured we could throw the ball today because of our break-away speed. And A&M has been burned deep all year.” Since stepping into the quarter back position in the Oklahoma game, McEachern has matured with each down he’s played. In Satur day’s game, McEachern was 6 for 13 passing for 172 yards along with his four touchdown passes. McEachern also added 26 yards for the Texas cause. Coach Akers, in his first year as head coach at Texas, took over last year’s 5-5-1 team and molded it into a conference champion. And Satur day he completed his goal at the ex pense of the Aggies. “I wouldn't change a thing alxuit this game or on the year, ” said Akers relishing the victory. “After the game we took a rather quick vote and accepted the Cotton Bowl bid. “But I know how Emory feels. He’s been on both ends of big foot ball games, winning and losing. This was just our day. " So the Bluebonnet Bowl bound Aggies have to regroup and face a powerful Houston Cougar team this weekend. With the game on na tional television millions of football fans will be watching the final regu lar season college game of the year. And maybe next Saturday will be the Aggies’ day to celebrate. GREAT ISSUES presents Dr. Michael DeBakey — Distinguished Professor of Surgery, TAMU — World-famous pioneer in heart transplants and open-heart surgery — Pres., Cardiovascular Research Center, Houston Methodist Hospital — Pres., Baylor College of Medicine speaking on: £ £ RESEARCH IN MEDICINE 5 5 TUESDAY, NOV. 29 8:00 P.M. RUDDER AUDITORIUM STUDENTS: 50c OTHERS: $1.00 GOOD FARMERS NEEDED. AND OTHERS, TOO. PEACE CORPS VISTA ON CAMPUS: Dec. 5, 6, 7 INTERVIEWING SENIORS/GRADS: PLACEMENT OFFICE Rudder Tower 10th Floor SIGN UP NOW! Information Booth: Student Center do. We knew they would pass and we definitely knew Campbell would carry the ball. They’re just a darn fine outfit and they deserve to be rated as the best team in the coun try. The Heisman Trophy candidate rushed for 222 yards and three touchdowns. He also caught a 60- yard touchdown pass and accounted for 282 of Texas’ 506 yards. Campbell needed only seven more yards to equal the Aggies’ offensive total. But the Horns were not in vincible. The Aggie wishbone moved the ball up and down the field with some degree of consis tency. The Aggies scored all of their points via the rush. Before the A&M game, the Longhorns’ No. 1 defense had allowed only one touchdown rushing. “The Aggies have one hell of an offense,” all-American tackle Brad Shearer said. “It was a tough game, but we knew what we had to do to beat them.” What they did was put points on the board in crucial situations. One of these situations occurred at the start of the second half. Texas was leading 33-14 after intermission. Facing a tough south erly wind, the Longhorns drove 80 yards in five plays. The score bulged to 40-14, and it proved to be an in surmountable lead for the Aggies. “I’m proud of our kids because they never gave up,” Bellard said. “We took the wind at the start of the second half, hoping to get good field position if we held them. They took it in for the score and suddenly you’re behind by 26. “Our offense showed a lot of character. They scored two touchdowns in a hurry. If our de fense would have held, then we would have been back in the game. Just before the half the defense did hold the Horns and forced them to punt against the wind. After a 12-yard punt, A&YI found itself with 104 seconds and only 38 yards to negotiate for a score. But the old time out ghost once again ba the Aggie sideline. “I have never heard of a game called when youhaveai out,” David Walker said, over talking with the coaches they signaled that play was sumed. I wasn’t even on theItl The five-yard penalty costA4] first down and forced them Id tempt a long field goal. FratU 55-yard effort was no good. "I went over and talked will official about the delay of game ^ alty,” Walker said. “1 asked 1 how you could he called for deti game during a time out. He told that I was right and he was son We would have been righthd the game if we had’scortd inC il awaf' Vol. 71 12 Page sfied with of a new ] | building many Mon lut the con Inc- 5,700 for touchdown. But they didn’t and no change that fact. a city wan “The way I look at it is sou# j pec. 9. has to win and someone haslolos | ie counci George Woodard said. Wood )er, who surpassed the 1,000-yardn for the season added, “We gd forget about this one andtlj alxuit next week. If I keep! about it then it will getmedwi I get down then it interferes! my job for next week.” A&M’s next job is against! much improved Houston Coug The Aggies need to forget al»»i| Texas game or they may fir selves losing their third co game. |i Houston is a fine footballlesJ Bellard said. They are getlind of injured players back in theira mg line up. We will havelo| ready because they will Ire. ’ A&M needs to win very ham loss to the Cougars would alllulj sure a loss in the Blueboii Bowl IS. Seni the Diamond bridal sets— one right for her, each priced for your budget! a. Diamond solitaire bridal set in 14 karat yellow gold, $125 b. 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