Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1977
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New Orleans wants victory
United Press International
ATLANTA — Leeman Bennett
says New Orleans’ loss to Tampa
Bay is going to make it tougher for
the Atlanta Falcons to beat the
Saints in Sunday’s season finale.
“I think New Orleans will come in
here fired up,” the Falcons coach
said Tuesday.
“They are going to be seeking a
win to get rid of the stigma of losing
to the Bucs. I’d have been embar
rassed if that had happened to us
and I know they are too. ”
But Sunday’s game is just as im
portant to the Falcons. They need a
win to post a breakeven, 7-7, sea
son. The Falcons also must hold the
Saints to 10 or less points if they are
to set an NFL record for the fewest
points allowed in a 14-game season.
The Falcons, who gave up the
most points tbey’ve allowed this
season in last Sunday’s 23-7 loss to
the Los Angeles Rams, have yielded
a total of 122 points in 13 games.
The record is 133 scored against the
Minnesota Vikings in 1969.
However, the Falcons could beat
the Vikings’ mark and still not wind
up with the record since the Rams,
who close their regular season
Saturday at Washington, have al
lowed only 129.
The Falcons also will be out to
protect their position as the top
team in the NFL in yardage de
fense. Atlanta has allowed an aver
age of only 228.6 yards per game,
five yards ahead of second-place
Dallas which hosts Denver Sunday.
“I wasn’t all that surprised that
Tampa Bay beat New Orleans,” said
Bennett. “Sure, I expected the
Saints to win, but, like I warned be
fore we played the Bucs the Falcons
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won 16-0, Tampa Bay was bound to
beat somebody sooner or later.
“And the Bucs are going to beat
several teams next year,” he said.
“I’m not saying they are going to be
a contender, or anything like that,
but I am saying they are going to
win two or three games.”
New Orleans publicist Jerry
Wynn, who arrived in Atlanta Tues
day, said the loss to the Bucs “was a
natural letdown caused by losing the
previous two weeks by just three
points.
“We had been playing so well,
without having much to show for it,
that we were due a game in which
everything went the other way,”
Wynn said.
“We’ve had too many peaks and
valleys this season. Last Sunday was
a valley, a deep valley.”
The Saints last won four weeks
ago when they overcame a 20-7
fourth-period deficit to nip the Fal
cons, 21-20.
“If anything good came out of that
game,” said Bennett, “it was the fact
that it makes our job easier this
week getting our players up for the
Saints. We were embarrassed that
day.”
Bennett said he would like to be
able to use the final game of the
1977 season to take a look at some of
his younger players to see how they
might fit into his scheme of things
for 1978.
Rockets threaten
to sue Los Angeles
United Press International
HOUSTON — The Houston
Bockets are threatening to sue the
Los Angeles Lakers because of
Kermit Washington’s punch that left
Rudy Tomjanovich sidelined for two
months.
General Manager and President
Ray Patterson Monday also called
for NBA Commissioner Lawrence
O’Brien to suspend the Lakers
franchise and asked for compensa
tion for the loss of Tomjanovich, the
Rocket’s leading scorer who suffered
a broken nose and jaw and a concus
sion last Friday.
O’Brien has fined Washington a
record $10,000 and suspended him
for at least 60 days.
“At the present time I cannot
applaud the decision,” Patterson
said. “This punishment is only the
tip of the iceberg.
“Kermit swung the most vicious
punch I have ever seen. You could
hear it all over the arena.”
The Rockets’ general manager
said he did not know when his pro
posed suit would be filed. None of
the Rockets attorneys were present
Monday, but Patterson said attor
neys for both the club and Tom
janovich were convinced there were
grounds for legal action.
Patterson said Tomjanovich was
trying to break up a fight between
Rockets’ center Kevin Kunnert and
Washington when the Laker un
corked his punch on Tomjanovich.
Tomjanovich was placed in inten
sive care for 36 hours in a Los
Angeles hospital. He is expected to
be released from the hospital within
10 days.
Patterson said the NBA should
crack down on what he referred to
as the “enforcers” of the league.
“I don’t think Kermit should be
left out there on a limb by himself, ”
said Patterson. “He is a product of
professional basketball.”
Patterson also asked the NBA
board of governors to convene a
meeting as soon as possible to possi
bly amend the bylaws and make a
franchise responsible for the violent
actions of its players.
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nesday night before what is ex
pected to be a large crowd.
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Aggie Notes
The Aggies won the coin toss and will be the
home team in the Bluebonnet Bowol. They’ll wear
Maroon jerseys, white pants, and white hel
mets. . . After two consecutive years of producing
nine four-year lettermen, this year’s senior class has
only three who have won four letters — QB David
Walker, OT Frank Myers and LB Kevin
Monk. . . . A&M has seven seniors among its start
ing 22 — Walker, Myers and center Mark Dennard
on offense; Monk, DT Steve Spitzenberger, DE
Phil Bennett and CB Mike Williams on defense.
Other seniors are LB Jimmy Kocurek, safety Ralph
Barrett, CB Wadine Miles. . . .
Big George Woodard, A&M’s junior fullback, has
carried the football 612 times in three seasons and
has been thrown for losses only twice. Texas put a
minus-2 on him as a freshman and Virginia Tech got
him for a one-yard loss as a sophomore. This year he
carried 245 times without losing a yard. . . . Last
year Woodard and HB Curtis Dickey combined for
a total of 1,879 yards to become the greatest two-
man running combo in Aggie history. This season
they did even better, combining for 2,085 yards.
Woodard got 1,107 and Dickey 978
The Bluebonnet Bowl is A&M’s 11th bowl ap
pearance and it will be the 9th different bowl.
They’ve played in the Cotton Bow three times,
Dixie Classic, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Presiden
tial Cup, Gator Bowl, Liberty Bowl and Sun
Bowl. . .
Starting offensive guard Doug Holmes is the
younger brother of Ernie who plays on the front
four of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense
Southern Cal a formidable foe?? "Year after year,
they probably have as much talent as any team in
the country,” says A&M Coach Emory Bellard.
“It’s difficult to believe they lost four games this
season. Turnovers were their downfall in the four
losses.”.... Attendance-wise, Texas A&M had a
tremendous year when one considers stadium sizes.
Kyle Field has 49,700 permanent seats and the Ag
gies averaged 53,930 for five home games. Folding
chairs were placed on the track around the football
field to attain that figure. . . . Largest crowd for
A&M this season was 104,802 at Michigan and the
smallest was 28,563 at TCU. ... A new Kyle Field
record was set when 57,443 crowded in for the
Texas game
A&M’s 27-7 victory over Houston kept a unique
streak going. The Aggies and Cougars have played
16 games and neither has ever won tw r o in a row.
A&M now leads the series 7-6-3 Tight end
Russell Mikeska made the most of his pass recep
tions this year. He caught only six, but three were
for touchdowns. . . . He also added another
touchdown when he recovered a fumble in the
endzone
Tony Franklin’s final field goal of the regular sea
son also was his longest of the year, a 57-yarder
against Houston. Although Texas A&M is
only slightly more than 100 miles from the As
trodome in Houston, the Bluebonnet Bowl will
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to the Bluebonnet Bowl hut Coach Emory BeH
plans to suit up only between 70 and 75. “Bowlsare
rewards to the players,” Bellard says. “We II tale
every player, including walkons, who have been out
this season.” A&M’s football squadpieturefor
1977 will be made the morning ofTuesday, Dec.2],
a day before the squad departs for Houston.
The Texas A&M Football Awards Program is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, inthe
Rudder Tower Auditorium. Presentation of the
Aggie Heart Award will feature the program. The
season highlight film also will be shown
Tony Franklin kicked off 62 times this seasonand
44 went into the endzone for touchbacks. Eighteet
were returned for 270 yards, an average of 15
yards. . .. On the other hand, A&M retumedlj
kickoff s for a 19.2 average. . . . Franklin had a per
feet 37 for 37 in extra points. The foes hit on30o(
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for 57 kicks and the average hang time was 4sec
onds. . His longest punt of the yearwas65yards..,.
Only six players in this year’s Aggie squad were
listed on the two-deep chart fot the 1975 Liberty
Bowl game against Southern Cal. Center Mark Deo
nard, tackle Frank Myers and fullback George
Woodard were starters, though Myers was a guard
in 1975. On defense, Stacy Breihan at DE, Steve
Spitzenberger at DT and Kevin Monk at LB were
listed on the second defensive units.... QB David
Walker was a red-shirt during the 1975 sea
son. . . . Tony Franklin was a freshman kickerin75,
A&M’s roster this season lists 16 scholarship
players from Houston high schools and some H
from the Greater Houston area A&M has 15
players on pro team’s payrolls, though a few are on
the injured list. They include linebackers Brad
Dusek, Washington; Ed Simonini, Baltimore;
Garth TenNapel, Detroit; Robert Jackson, Cleve
land; offensive guards Glenn Bnjnoch, Cincinnati
and Dennis Swilley, Minnesota; tight end Richard
Osborne, Philadelphia; running hack BubbaBean.
Atlanta; Defensive linemen Edgar Fields, Atlanta
Jimmy Dean, Houston and Tank Marshal, NT
Jets; and defensive backs Dave Elmendorf, Los
Angeles; Tim Gray, Kansas City and Lester Hayes,
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Texas A&M is a state land grant school of30,00)
students. Southern Cal is a private school of 24,
students. . . A&M observed its centennial yeario
1976. USC will be 100 years old in 1980....Ina
way it’ll he Aggie vs. Longhorn, too. A&Ms Presi
dent, Dr. Jarvis Miller is an A&M graduate while
USC President Dr. John Hubbard is a graduated
Texas. ....
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