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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1978)
ATI len, 6! fore 4 ' can bi . Cente tic m. be su IF to SU] pn rec IF By appro. For 1( this U 8 fully < them said he gies, ai and th system characl sity.” Kold nities i ball” sy recogni said th. tions h; such as dent cai |- ! Soroi Unlv< shirti Mi Page 14 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1978 Lions host Owls United Press International UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Fifth-ranked Penn State hosts another school from the Southwest Conference Saturday and the game could very well be as one-sided as the last time Texas Christian visited the Happy Valley. On TCU’s last trip to Beaver Stadium in 1971, the Nittany Lions gained 632 yards in total offense to set a school record and set new stadium marks for rushing yardage (484) and scoring (66) in a 66-14 rout of the Texans. The Horned Frogs are back Saturday with a 1-1 record, includ ing a 45-14 loss to Southern Methodist, who the Nittany Lions squeaked by, 26-21, last weekencf tor their fourth straight victory of the season. Although they share doormat honors in the SVVC with Rice, the Horned Frogs are certainly a team that Penn State can’t overlook. At least that’s what Joe Paterno says. TCU is a better football team than people realize,” the Lions’ coach noted. “They have a lot of junior college kids and it took them a couple of weeks to get together. The TCU game could be an op portunity for the Penn State offense to get together. The Nittany Lions have scored 81 points in four games but 44 of them belong to kicker Matt Bahr, who tied five records with four held goals last week. Bahr, who is 13-of-15 this season, equalled marks for most field goals in a game, which he did for the third time this season; most field goals at Beaver Stadium; most kicking points (14) in a game and at Beaver Stadium and most consecutive field goal attempts with seven. While the offense has been sput tering, the defense has been out standing. With linebackers Lance Mehl and Paul Suhey and tackles Bruce Clark and Matt Mi lien show ing the way, the Nittany Lions have allowed an average of just 43 rush ing yards per game and 1.3 yards per carry. They held SMU to minus five yards on the ground. Still, however, there are no breathers for a team striving for its first national championship, espe cially if that team has a tendency to look ahead. The Lions could be caught looking up one week to Ken tucky, the only team to defeat them last season. "Everybody plays well against us, said Suhey, whose brother, Matt, leads the Lions in rushing with 330 yards. “We are a big game on everybody’s schedule, but I think our team likes that challenge. Reserve quarterback Steve Stamp threw two touchdown passes, in cluding the gamewinner on a fake field goal play, in TCU’s 14-10 win over Oregon last week. TCU will play the game in mem ory of James Roche, a walk-on wide receiver who was stabbed to death last Friday night after an outing with fraternity brothers. Roche seldom played and did not make the trip to Oregon but Coach F.A. Dry said some players were very close to him. P (ly ing Brown. Green a the Aggie defeiJI‘3 Eagles to 161 yarj fense last wept A&M beat BostJ 37-2. Battalion photo by f,i m V ENTIRE STOCK OF • CROSS CREEK • JOCKEY • THANE | • ENRO COTTON KNITS REG. FROM $ 14- $ 20 NOW 25% OFF SALE LASTS UNTIL END OF SEPTEMBER! 8982