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Page 12 THE BATTALION
‘ FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1978
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By SEAN PETTY
Battalion Stafl
The Texas A&M Aggies will have
to have their anti-aircraft guns
loaded and ready Saturday when the
Memphis State Tigers bring one of
the strongest passing attacks in the
country to Kyle Field.
The Tigers aerial assault is di
rected by an AP All-America quar
terback and an AP All-America wide
receiver who could spell double
trouble for the untested Aggie’s de
fensive secondary.
Tiger quarterback Lloyd Patter
son is the field general who owns
most of Memphis State s passing re
cords. Patterson was never expected
to play quarterback for the Tigers
who recruited him as a defensive
back. Patterson has the most yards
passing in a season (1,563), most
touchdown passes in a season (14),
most career yards gained passing
(3,668), most career touchdowns
"He reminds me of Joe Theis-
mann when he was at Notre Dame.
He can be scrambling around and
then all of a sudden he will plant
that foot and unload quickly and ac
curately. ”
Patterson’s prime target is
6-foot-3-inch Ernest Cray who is
considered to be one of the top two
receivers in the country along with
SMU’s Emanuel Tolbert. Gray
broke a 27-year-old NCAA record
for average yards per reception. He
averaged 25.9 yards per catch and
had six touchdown catches.
Memphis State has not Ml 1
111 i k against teams from Mini
this year. The Tigers comelo[J
Field with a 1-2 record losing
opener to Ole Miss 14-7 rii
third contest 44-14. But tkefi]
have had gixxl luck againsti
•vest Conference teams I
passes (26), most career total offense
(4,026), and most any other passing
record you can think of. Patterson s
iflensive ability does not stop at his
arm. He has rushed for 358 yards
"In my opinion, Ernest (Gray) is
the best receiver in the nation,"
Bugbee said. "That is the opinion of
some pro scouts, too. This year he’s
averaging 25 yards a catch. He’s got
4.5 to 4.6 speed (in the 40-yard
dash) and takes long strides and is
real deceptive, especially to shorter
defensive backs. "
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Lloyd
Patterson
Memphis State’s only other offen
sive threat is sophomore fullback,
Richard Locke who has rushed for
214 yards this season averaging 4.9
yards per carry.
"We haven't been running a tre
mendous amount this year,” Bug-
bee said. “I expect we will pass
about 20 to 25 times this week. ’
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Water polo results
The Texas A&M water polo team
has been touring California for the
past week. Wednesday, the Aggies
defeated San Francisco State 12-10.
Steve Sampson was the leading
scorer for Texas A&M with six
points.
Thursday morning, the Aggies
suffered an eye injury to Mike
Newsom and a hand injury to Boh
Leland while playing Cal State
Hayward. The Aggies were defeated
12-10. Again, Sampson led the Ag
gies scoring with seven points.
Thursday afternoon, the Aggies
regrouped and defeated the Univer
sity of Pacific 12-9. Dutchy Kuete-
man led the scoring for the Aggies
with four points. Coach Dennis
Fosdick said Vicente Tavarez played
“an outstanding game at goalie” for
Texas A&M.
md 15 touchdowns during his four
vear career.
Patterson, a 5-foot-11-inch. 175
pound senior from Memphis, is a
scrambling quarterback because he
has to Ik*.
"He is a scrambler, real quick,
said Jack Bugbee, sports informa
tion director at Memphis State.
Heck, he’s only 5-foot-ll so he
can’t see over those big linemen.”
Aggie head coach Emory Bellard
is aware of Patterson’s ability and
the threat he poses to the Aggies.
"Memphis State has a truly out
standing quarterback in Lloyd Pat
terson, said Bellard. He s going to
be a big problem for us.
Although the Tiger’s offense may
depend entirely on its success in the
air, couch Bellard is concerned.
"If you're not careful. Memphis
State can burn you," Bellard said.
"They mix things up and give you
lots of different offensive looks.
They can lull you into a false sense
of security and then zap you. "
The Tiger’s biggest problem lies
with their defense. They are very
young and have giv en up a total of
61 {xiints in three games. And facing
the fourth ranked rushing team in
the nation (Texas A&M) is no time
to have a big question mark banging
ov er your defense s head.
"We are a pretty young football
team, said Bugbee. "Against Hous
ton, our group of young people
played great for four quarters.
Against Mississippi State, those
same young people looked like they
bad never seen the option in their
life. The roof just fell in. "
heating the
fumble-bound
17-3.
"Our defense has no
depth-wise," Bugbee said,
ton had a lot of fumbles dtii
penalties that hurt them. (Mi
weakness is in the loss of WJ
two top defensive players lasii!
Keith Simpson (cornerWii
Keith Butler (linebacker)."
The Tigers are a big play!
theii statistics show Oflid
touchdowns they have scoreill
season, four have come on;
The longest was a Jl
touchdown pass from Pattma|
Cray against Houston
another school record.
Coach Bellard is concemdi
the Tigers defensive front lint.
"They hav e two fine linmil
Pete Scatamacchia (noscHnli
Wav ne Weedon (tackle),"fl
said. “They are not as bigiskJ
(.ollege or Kansas but Hki
well drilled, cohesive balltmf
Hopefully, the Aggie def®i)
stall the "Lucky Lloyd"
yas his teammates call bi
phis State Air Show whiletlri
octane I-Wish ground attach
out the yardage and puts Arp
on the hoard.
The first Aggie borne a
matches the Patterson-Grayi
tion against the MoslevD
combination. It should bra|
teresting afternoon.
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There's a bit of a gulf between the
top defensive leaders in the South
west Conference through the first
three weeks of the football season
and, not too suprisingly, the unde
feated teams are the big defensive
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While six teams are showing po
tent and versatile offenses, Texas,
Texas A&M and Arkansas are far
ahead in defense and all three stand
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SWC’s total defense leader with an
average yield of 117.5 yards per
game and 1.8 yards a play. The Ag
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