Page 10 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1977
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Ags break records
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
The great running back Jim
Brown once said that individual
football records should serve as
goals for other players, not as
monuments to withstand history.
Two Aggie football players took
heed to his logic as two school rec
ords were broken in the Houston
game Saturday.
Fullback George Woodard be
came A&M’s all-time leading rusher
on his two-yard touchdown run late
in the second quarter.
Needing 39 yards to surpass
Bubba Bean’s 2,846 career yards,
Woodard broke the record on the
last A&M offensive play before the
half. On the game Woodard rushed
for 57 yards on 16 carries.
Woodard has now accumulated
2,864 yards rushing in his three
years as the Aggie fullback. With a
After a somewhat easy 77-50
victory over Houston Baptist Satur
day night, the undefeated A&M
basketball team plays host to Sam
Houston State tonight.
Posting a 3-0 season record, to
night’s game will be the last home
game for the Aggies before the
Christmas holidays.
Though the final score of Satur
day’s game sounds like an Aggie
cake breather, A&M held a 32-27
lead at the half. But superior depth
on the bench allowed the Aggies to
dominate in the late going.
Coach Shelby Metcalf credited
the victory to his defense.
“They kept us in the game,” said
Metcalf. “In the beginning of the
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Woodard should put a big gap be
tween first and second place in the
all-time rushing yardage category.
The second record broken in
Saturday’s game belongs to kicker
Tony Franklin. Franklin became
A&M’s all-time scoring leader with
his nine-point performance against
Houston.
Going into Saturday’s game
Franklin needed four points to
break Joel Hunt’s (1925-27) career
record of 224 points.
Franklin tied Hunt’s record with
his first field goal of the game, a 27-
yarder in the final quarter that put
A&M on the scoreboard.
Franlkin broke Hunt’s record fol
lowing quarterback Mike Mosley’s
first touchdown. The converted
point-after gave A&M a 10-7 lead
and Franklin his record.
Franklin now stands third in
career scoring in Southwest Confer-
second half we played really well,
unlike the first half. We committed
too many fouls and our shot selec
tion was poor.
Guard Carl Godine was held out
of Saturday’s lineup due to an ankle
injury. He hopes to be ready for
Tuesday night’s game.
“It’s just a touch and go situa
tion,” said Godine about his ankle
injury. “I can run on it but I Can’t
put any weight on it to jump. But I
think I'll be ready to go if they need
me Tuesday.”
Sam Houston will be bringing a
1-3 record into tonight’s game.
Throw-in will be at 7:30.
ence history. The leader is Bill Bur
nett (Arkansas 1968-70) with 294
career points. Second is Doak
Walker (SMU 1945-49) with 288
points.
While Woodard and Franklin
were accumulating their records,
the rest of the Aggie team were
playing for the future.
The people who watched the
A&M - Houston game were possibly
seeing next year’s Aggie team.
Throughout most of the second half
the Aggies fielded a team with only
one senior in the line-up.
Center Mark Dennard was the
lone graduate that mopped up
Houston in the second half. The
youngsters playing shut down an
explosive Houston attack while put
ting 10 points on the score-board.
Following the victory Saturday,
coach Emory Bellard and his staff
immediately began preparations for
the Bluebonnet Bowl game against
Southern Cal.
“We’ve already agreed to ex
change game films with them,” said
Bellard Saturday night. “They ought
to be in sometime early next week.
“I really don’t want to make a
statement on the quarterback job for
the Bluebonnet Bowl. At this time
it’s too ear\y to tell just who will be
the starter.”
One of the Aggies who assured
himself of remaining in the starting
line-up is punter David Appleby. In
the Houston game Appleby punted
five times for a 53.6 yard average.
His longest punt of the afternoon
went 65 yards.
“I just had my rhythm down,”
said Appleby on his performance.
“The most important part of a punt
is the drop to the foot and I was wor
ried that the wind would mess up
my drop, but it didn’t.”
With his outstanding day,
Appleby raised his average to 43.5
yards per punt on the year, just
under a four-yard improvement
from last year’s average (39.7).
Metcalf s men ready
for Sam Houston
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
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