THE BATTALION Page 9
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1978
Aggies too much for Jayhawks
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
Nothing but optimism abounds
around the University of Kansas
Jayhawks following their 37-10 de
feat Saturday. But why shouldn’t it?
After all, the Jayhawks can do noth
ing but get better as the season
progresses.
Thus coach Bud Moore and his
staff have the bulk of their work
ahead of them if they hope to mold
the 1978 version of the Jayhawks
into a Big 8 contender. And after
this week’s showing, they’ll need
the hands of Michelangelo.
“The main thing I’m concerned
about is the fact that the team didn’t
respond to the adversity A&M pre
sented,’’ said Moore following
Saturday’s contest. “We had our
opportunities all afternoon and we
blew them.
“But I think the turning point in
the game came on our fumbled
pitch (with 3:18 left in the third
quarter). After A&M converted it
into a touchdown and took a 24-10
lead we lost our intensity and our
fire.
“It’s pretty tough to run an offense
when you lose your two top quar
terbacks. After (Brian) Bethke was
lost with a head injury and (Jeff)
Hines went out with his leg injury
we were forced to go with (Harry)
Syndey.
“Sydney has had three workouts
at quarterback going into today’s
game. He played running back last
season but was hurt late in the year
and didn’t get to participate in
spring training. He only made the
switch to quarterback this fall. We
couldn’t expect too much from
him. ’’
But quarterback wasn’t the only
position Moore’s squad was shallow
at late in Saturday’s game. The Kan
sas heat and the Aggie ground attack
took its toll on the Jayhawk lineback
ing corps as Moore had to dip deep
into his reserves for substitutes.
“Our defense didn’t play a good
game and A&M was able to sustain
the ball on us,” said Moore. “Be
cause of the time they had to stay on
the field the linebackers were taking
a punishment out there. By the
fourth quarter we were down to
playing three freshmen and their
inexperience hurt us.
“And our pass defense was a great
disappointment to us. Anytime a
team can throw two touchdown pas
ses on you and consistently make
completions (Texas A&M was 9 for
15 on the day), it has got to worry a
coach. We’ve got to learn not to try
and force a situation when it’s not
there. ”
One of the players on the receiv
ing end of Moore’s criticism was de
fensive free safety Leroy Irvin, the
only veteran in the Kansas defensive
secondary. Irvin was the defender
on both Doug Teague touchdown
catches.
“He (Teague) ran two simple pat
terns and just beat us,” said the
two-year letterman about the two
scores. “On the first one he got un-
derneath our linebackers when we
weren’t expecting it and he beat us.
We were just fooled.
“And on his second TD he was
way out of bounds. I gave him too
much room on the pattern but he
caught the ball at least a yard out of
bounds. The films will show it.”
The scorebord will also show that
the Kansas offense only scored 10
points on the day, generating a
mere 157 yards on 60 plays. Not
much of a performance for Coach
Moore’s new multiple offensive at
tack installed this season.
“I’m not incouraged at all with the
attack we showed this afternoon,”
said Moore. “Part of that can be at
tributed to A&M and the defense
they played. But we looked pretty
bad both running the ball and in our
passing attack. Our pass protection
was especially weak. It’s just hard to
find anything at all encouraging at
all with today’s game.
“All I can hope is that we can re
group and profit from what’s hap
pened.”
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^ I Battalion Sports Editor
ne opening game of the season is
litionally a contest of nervous
isl ikes, experimental plays and
OS' My a few surprises.
Siturday’s Texas A&M-Kansas
■e, which the Aggies won 37-10,
I no exception. In fact, it might
»vi been one of the most surpris-
l\ggie openers since Emory Bel
li became head coach in 1972, in
ns of new game plans intro-
ftd. It was by far the most origi-
Jgame the Aggies have played
Bellard’s reign at Aggieland
cuter- . ..
^■ne to his preseason promises,
^^Rtrd, who designed the wishbone
^JJBise in 1968 and has used it as a
in the Aggie game plan for six
j* ^ Ss, has added a touch of diversifi-
to the A&M attack in the
e , Biol the I-formation.
flrom the I, which was used in
Hitly more than one-third of their
and from the wishbone, the
Jes overcame first half nerves
easily defeated the Jayhawks.
Offensively, I thought we looked
good, very resourceful, Bel-
dsaid after the Aggies’ ninth con
secutive opening game victory.
f fem A&M produced 44 4 yards of
tolil citfewic. “We made too many
istakes that cost us yardage that
d already made, but that can be
(beefed in the first game.
T'Milce (Mosley, sophomore quar-
[backi is off to a good start. He was
kingat a lot of different situations
there and I thought he handled
fem all real well.
jMosley, who completed seven of
Ipasses for 97 yards and ran for 19
ds, agreed that the Aggies new
nsive look was effective.
The addition of the I helped a
I, he said. “It lets us mix up our
and allows us to be a lot more
Jsatile. We have two completely
rent offensive sets and if one
t working we can always try the
er one. ”
wo of Mosley’s passes were
jght by junior wide receiver
ug Teague for touchdowns. The
nd of these created some ex
citement as there was some ques-
lon as to whether Teague caught
K ball in bounds or not. While
fague and the Aggies celebrated,
je referee who signaled the
puchdown was met with a barrage
ol cups from the Kansas fans as well
9s struck by a disapproving fan who
[me out of the stands. The fan re
lived a standing ovation as he was
wen from the stadium by security
cials.
I don’t know ifl was out or not,
d Teague. “I saw the ball coming,
fetched for it and tried to drag one
jot in. I looked up and saw the refs
in the air. That was good
iQugh for me.”
“I was in the worst position in the
house to see,the play,’ Bellard said.
“There’s such an arch in the middle
of that field that I couldn t see the
other sideline. The official was in
the best position in the stadium to
make the call and he called it good.
“Yes, it was an important play in
that it gave us a 14-point lead. We
took command at that point. If we
would have known we were going to
score twice more, that might be dif
ferent. But at the time it meant a
lot.
Texas A&M s biggest offensive
play came on an 80-yard touchdown
run by second team quarterback
David Beal.
"It was great, the sophomore
said. “The linebacker ran outside
and Adger Armstrong blocked him.
From there it was open. It was just a
matter of me being able to last that
long. I was afraid one of those lines
was going to jump up and get me.
The Aggies knew they had an of
fense that could put points on the
board. The question that remained
going into Saturday’s game was
whether or not the unproven de
fense could play effectively.
“I thought we played outstanding
defense for an opening game,” Bel
la rd said after the Aggies allowed
the Jayhawlys, only 137 yards total of
fense. “We had control all the time
and we weren’t giving up any of that
big stuff.”
“Hey, we looked good,” senior
defensive end Eugene Sanders said
of the Aggie defense, which had al
most as many quarterback sacks as
the Kansas Turnpike had smokies.
The defense dropped the Kansas
quarterbacks for losses five times
during the game. “Basically, we
went after them using brute
strength. I think spring training and
double-days built confidence. Today
we were playing on that confi
dence.
“It was a trip, said sophomore
middle linebacker Doug Carr, who
started in his first game Saturday.
Carr led the Aggies with eight unas
sisted tackles and four assisted tack
les. "I was real nervous and excited
at first, then 1 settled down. I just
made sure 1 played my assignments
and went to the football.
The Aggies now have two weeks
to work out the mistakes, experi
ment with a few more plays and
perhaps come up with some new
surprises before they play Boston
College on Sept. 23.
SCORING SUMMARY:
Texas A&M: 3 7 14 13—37
Kansas: 0 7 3 0-10
A&M —FG Franklin, 34
KU —Levy 1 run (Huback kick)
A&M—Dickey 6 run (Franklin kick)
KU -FG Hubach, 28
A&M—Teague 7 pass f'rorn Mosley (Franklin
kick)
A&M—Teague 17 pass from Mosley (Franklin
kick)
A&M—Beal 80 run (kick failed)
A&M—Wiley 10 run (Franklin kick)
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