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THE BATTALION Paqe 15
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1977 **
Another good year for Tony
GEORGE WOODARD
TONY FRANKLIN
CURTIS DICKEY
Aggie notes .
Statistically, this week’s game with Houston
could be the most significant in A&M’s history. It
could produce A&M’s all-time leading rusher, all-
time leading scorer, the SWC’s most prolific rusher
and mark the first time in SWC history for a team to
have two backs with more than 1,000 rushing yards.
Junior FB George Woodard needs 40 rushing
yards to surpass Bubba Bean’s 2,846 total of 1972-
75. He has 1,050 this year, the first time ever for an
Aggie to have two 1,000 yard totals twice. (He had
1,153 last year. Kicker Tony Franklin has 221
career points and needs four more to pass Joel
Hunt’s 224 total of 1925-27. Woodard needs 10
more carries to become the busiest rusher ever in
SWC. He has 596. The record is 605 by SMU’s
Wayne Morris in 1972-75. Soph HB Curtis Dickey
needs 81 yards to reach 1,000 this year and join
Woodard at that magic number.
Franklin’s four extra points against Texas gives
him 35 for the season and breaks A&M single season
mark of 34 by Darrow Hooper in 1950. Woodard’s
two touchdowns against Texas extends his A&M
career record to 34 and ranks him fourth on all-time
SWC list behind Bill Burnett of Arkansas, Doak
Walker of SMU and Steve Worster of Texas.
Woodard and Franklin have one more year while
Dickey still has two.
The 295 points scored by A&M is fourth best sea
son total in the school’s history. The team needs 31
yards against Houston to be the most prolific rush
ing team in A&M history. A&M needs 223 total
offense to break the school mark in that category.
“Earl Campbell is a dandy,’ said Emory Bellard.
'I’ve never seen a better one. ’’ Kevin Monk, A&M
senior linebacker: “My one word description of
Texas is Awesome. Texas DT Brad Shearer: “It
was a tough game. The Aggies have one helluva
offense. Coach Fred Akers (to his squad) “I’m
proud of you. You defeated a good football team
today.’ Texas SID Jones Ramsey: “Even when we
had 40 points, I was still scared to death.’’ A&M QB
David Walker: “I don’t think Texas has the best
defense we’ve faced. Michigan probably did.”
Emory Bellard: “Houston has a fine football team.
They had injury problems early, but they’ve made
adjustments to a new quarterback and they’ll be
extremely tough. Southern Cal has as much talent
as any team in America. It is difficult to see how
they could have lost four games. Anybody who plays
them has a headache. ” George Woodard: “Texas has
the best defense in the SWC but Arkansas was
quicker with their linebackers. Campbell deserves
to be all-American. He’s strong upstairs, has great
strength and speed.” A&M Phil Bennett: “Some
people say take away Earl Campbell and Texas
would be just another team. I’d put our offense up
against any in the nation. I’m just disappointed we
(the defense) didn’t hold up our end.” Seniors at
A&M and Texas leave with a 2-2 standoff after their
four years. It’ll be a “bring-your-lunch along” sports
day Saturday at Aggieland. A&M’s women play S.F.
Austin in basketball at 12:30. A&M and Houston
play SWC football at 3:05 and A&M’s men play
Houston Baptist in basketball at 7:30. A&M’s
Emory Bellard said he would be in favor of a clock
like the pros use to avoid delay of game penalties. “I
think it would be very helpful. Everyone would
benefit. OT Frank Myers will play in the Senior
Bowl game in Mobile, Ala. And, Myers and LB
Kevin Monk will play in the Japan Bowl. A&M’s
all-SWC candidates? How about OT Frank Myers,
OT Cody Risien, C Mark Dennard, OB David
Walker, FB George Woodard, HB Curtis Dickey, K
Tony Franklin, CB Mike Williams, LB Kevin
Monk, Saf Carl Grulich, Saf Kenneth Taylor. All
deserve strong consideration.
By D.D. GRUBBS
It’s time to check in on that
[barefooted kicker from Texas A&M.
The one, you might remember, who
holds the NCAA record for longest
consecutive field goals of 64 and 65
yards.
Although that particular statistic
does not appear in any of the record
books, Tony Franklin, the Aggies’
junior placekicker, lays claim to a
host of other records that stand as
pretty sound evidence for his case of
being one of the best kickers in col
lege football history.
Franklin, with 12 games remain
ing in his career, holds or shares 19
NCAA, SWC or A&M records.
Among those national marks are
most field goals of 50 yards or more
jin a career — 14, most field goals
'made from 60 yards or more, both in
a game and a career — 2 (those were
the 64 and 65 yarders made in suc
cession against Baylor last year), and
most field goals made in a 3-year
career — 43.
His 65-yarder was an NCAA rec
ord until a couple of his counter
parts from the SWC — Russell Erx-
leben of Texas and Steve Little of
Arkansas — both kicked 67-yarders
earlier this season. This year,
Franklin is 14-24 on field goals and a
perfect 35-35 on extra points. He
currently leads the team in scoring
with 77 points.
Statistics and records are impor
tant to the 5-9, 175-pounder from
Fort Worth. He views them as the
most effective way to set goals for
himself and assess his own perform
ance.
“I’ve hit 14 of my last 19 field goal
attempts and haven’t missed an
extra point all year. I scored 81
points last year and already have 77
this season so it looks like I’ll im
prove my point production which
would be very satisfying. There are
so many goals I want to reach before
I leave A&M.”
The two he’s got in mind in par
ticular are the SWC mark for career
points scored — 294, held by Bill
Burnett, running back for Arkansas
from 1968-70, and the NCAA record
for most field goals in a career — 53,
held by Steve Little. Both records
are well within reach as Franklin
currently has 221 career points and
43 career field goals with a season to
go yet.
Despite all his accomplishments,
Franklin has been cast into a back
seat role because of the feats of Erx-
leben and Little this season.
“It’s a rare thing, having three of
the nation’s top kickers in the same
conference,” says Franklin. “People
keep reminding me what the others
are doing but the fact is we are all
doing our best. Steve’s had an ex
ceptional year and Russell’s one of
the best punters in the nation. He’s
had more field goal success this year
also.”
There is a friendly rivalry be
tween Franklin and Erxleben,
which adds to the already intense
competition between the two
schools. ABC-TV has also expressed
an interest in doing a special feature
with the two kickers on a fishing trip
or some sort of outing together to
possibly show at halftime of a future
A&M-UT contest.
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Franklin uses a simple system in
preparing himself to kick a field
goal. After setting the tee seven
yards behind the line of scrimmage,
and stepping off his paces — two
back and two to the side — he be
gins the most crucial part of ready
ing himself.
“I’ve got to block out the other
team, the fans, everything, and con
centrate on the spot I have marked
on the tee. I especially like to kick in
tight situations —- I think I kick bet
ter under pressure.
Offensive back coach Donnie
Wigginton also works with Franklin
and notes consistency as his primary
attribute.
“There are a lot of kickers who
don’t work nearly as hard as Tony.
He kicks 100 balls a day and knows
that to be a great kicker, he has to
come through time after time. He’s
been a slow starter every year but
has done a tremendous job each
year. The main thing is he realizes
he’s just as good as his next kick. ”
This week, the Aggies host Hous
ton in their final regular season
game. Last year the Cougars
downed A&M 21-10 and Franklin
admits there are special feelings be
hind this contest.
“They gave us a tough slap in the
face a year ago. Then they showed
up at the A&M-UH basketball game
here last year chanting ‘21-10’. That
got us a little fired up and we re not
going to let it happen again this
year. ”
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