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THE BATTALION MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1978 Page 9 the sports ggies convincing in victory over Tech By DAVID BOGGAN Battalion Sports Editor It was nothing really spectacular, ansas running back Tracy Levy >ok a pitch from quarterback Brian ethke and ran one yard around ght end for a touchdown. Mike ubach kicked the extra point and e Jayhawks took a 7-3 lead over e Texas Aggies midway through e second quarter of the teams' ason opener one month ago. That was the first touchdown the ggie defense gave up this season. INm was also the last. The Aggies went to defeat Kansas 37-10. They ^Bve up a safety against Boston Col- Hfte and shut out Memphis State. ^Kurday against Texas Tech, the nBgie defense, No. 1 in the nation T^pna into the game, did not allow e Raiders to cross the goal line in e 38-9 Aggie victory. The Aggies i. know 4-0 for the season and 1-0 in « [uthwest Conference play. n the first quarter, both the Tech tense and the Aggie ofTense jemed determined to make the defense prove that it was the [lion’s best defense. In their first >ssion, the Raiders took the ball i the the A&M 2-yard line be- they had to settle for a Bill is field goal. Adgar Armstrong y ftr bled on Texas A6c M s first oflfen- ■e play and Tech recovered on the ■gie 11-yard line. Again, the Raid- , . u ,p were held to a field goal. On iv md si - ' A&M s second possession, '' ‘ m , , Brry Flowers intercepted a Mike IMey pass, giving Tech the ball on Aggie 35-yard line. The Raiders A4#Z 1 f*UI.L£b HY ZMO-Gtl* fIff ST / MO i t>OM r t tMIMIC t% T S MOff£ MUM MO Sf*oX tfi£M « POfMtS / I THiHK THE TE^H COACH LEFT EARLY/ the Regis 3y Mike t ol p < 978 Again, its to Earl-_ refresbe; Hf i their l>Ly teaclw the time us wi th tk 3 work lea ne want to just "halt spend timt iy who d unestic ail outside darly cl has been can’t brei ns cts United Press International IRVING — The Dallas Cowboys In’t exactly put it all together nday, but they didn’t let it fall irt, either. And that had been a •y real concern going into Sun 's meeting with the New York ints. What it turned out to be, in the rds of Dallas coach Tom Landry, s “a solid performance’’ and that nslates into a 24-3 victory which ne at a critical time in the long L season. loming oflf Dallas' disappointing inday night loss to Washington, idry had said he considered the ints game to be a key test of his ms ability to fight off adversity. Dallas quarterback Roger inbach did his share in fighting off y adversity by throwing three ichdown passes, running his sea- total to 12. " Co ce and louston ijects tial veto thei ms that (Ml Little to occur, sman of Water scoe oncernd pubfe’ were forced to punt four plays later. As has been said about the Doomsday Defense of the Dallas Cowboys, the Aggies bent but they did not break. We had some adversity there at the first,” admitted Texas A&M head coach Emory Bellard. “We thought we’d use some strategy in the first quarter with the wind at our back and pressure a young quarter back. But Tech didn’t buy that worth a dime. “We challenged our defense very well and they responded. That’s the stabilizing thing about a defense in a football game. They could have yielded but they didn’t.” The Aggies did yield more yards to Texas Tech than they did to their three previous opponents, giving up 147 yards rushing and 143 yards passing. "There is a lot of pressure that goes along with being the No. 1 de fense,” said Aggie middle linebacker Doug Carr. “You know that if you’re going to keep it, you have to work for it. It’s something we earned and we plan to hold it. We take a lot of pride in it.” As a unit, the Aggie defense per formed well together. James Had- not s first quarter 30-yard run and a 49-yard pass from Ron Reeves to Brian Nelson were the longest plays of the afternoon for the Raiders. “It’s those cats up front that make this job so easy, said Aggie corner- back Darrell Smith. The main “cat up front” Saturday was defensive end Jacob Green, who made 11 un assisted tackles and two assisted tackles, sacking Reeves six times for a total loss of 20 yards. Offensively, the Aggies showed why they were the No. 2 rushing offense in the country with 100-yard performances from Mosley and run ning back Curtis Dickey. The sophomore quarterback gained 115 yards on 14 carries while Dickey picked up 161 yards on 20 tries. Dickey’s third quarter totals were better than most running backs could hope to accumulate in an en tire game. At halftime the junior running back, who had rushed for a total of 433 yards in the first three games, had gained only 18 yards. But in the third period alone he ran for 128 yards. “It’s a four-quarter ball game, said Bellard. “Sometimes the yard age turns up early, sometimes it owboys beat Giants in 6 solid performance' “We played a good defensive game, our second in a row,” said Landry. “And Roger was spectacu lar. He had great pressure and I don’t think he had ever been hit as hard as he was hit today. The Giants surprised us with a three-man line but we adjusted well.” Staubach, who has had one of the poorest starts of his professional career this season, completed 17 of 32 passes for 246 yards and his dozen touchdown throws kept him in front of the NFC in that depart ment. The Cowboys’ defense, mean while, knocked starting New York quarterback Joe Pisarcik dizzy in the first half, and his replacement, Jerry Golsteyn, could not move the Giants. Dallas has now played 11 straight quarters without giving up a touchdown. Two of Staubach’s touchdown Oakland raids Oilers tin United Press Intcrnationul DAKLAND — Ken Stabler pas- three yards to Dave Casper for a chdown with 47 seconds left jday to rally the Oakland Raiders 21-17 victory over the Houston irs. Mth Houston leading 17-7 and ,u t to score, again, Oakland de rive back Charles Phillips picked an ^ ar l Campbell fumble and an ^° r S touchdown that put Taiders within three points, akland stopped three Houston sal drives in the final period before Sta bler went to work with 3:14 remain ing. The veteran quarterback com pleted a pass to Dave Casper for the deciding score. The Raiders raised their record to 4-2. The 8-point underdog Oilers out played the Raiders most of the game and took advantage of every Oak land mistake, including three inter ceptions thrown by Stabler. The loss was the Oilers’ third against three victories. passes went to Tony Hill — one of 17 yards in the first quarter and another of 30 yards in the third period. Hill caught 7 passes overall for 112 yards. The Cowboys’ quarterback also threw a touchdown pass of 23 yards to tight end Billy Joe DuPreee in the second quarter and Rafael Sep- tien added a 22 yard field goal in the final quarter. New York’s only points came on a 37 yard field goal by Joe Danelo that briefly trimmed the Dallas lead to 7-3. The Cowboys’ win boosted the team’s record to 4-2 and moved it into sole possession of second place in the NFC East, two games behind division-leading Washington. New York slumped to 3-3. Pisarcik, a key to the early season New York success, had completed three of six passes for 76 yards be fore he was knocked out of the game late in the second quarter. At first, it was announced Pisarcik would return to play the second half — but New York coach John McVay held him out for the rest of the game. Golsteyn managed only three completions in 13 attempts for 27 yards and Dallas sacked the New York quarterbacks seven times. Dallas drove 80, 69 and 67 yards : fpr its three touchdowns with Staubach s passing playing a key role in all of the drives. The Cowboys scored on their sec ond posesssion, with Staubach com pleting a 7-yarder to Drew Pearson, a 14-yarder to Tony Dorsett and passes of 8 and 9 yards to Preston Pearson before completing his first scoring pass to Hill. A 14-yard throw from Staubach to Preston Pearson on a first and 20 situation keyed the second Dallas drive and a 9-yard throw to Drew Pearson started Dallas third touchdown march. The game was particularly hard hitting. In addition to Pisarcik, New York running back Willie Spencer had to leave the game with a hip pointer while Dallas running back Doug Dennison was carried from the field on a stretcher with a sprained knee. Cowboys linebacker Thomas Henderson was also forced from the game with a sprained ankle and Dorsett was also briefly knocked out of the game with the same injury. Dorsett, the NFL’s leading rusher with 511 yards going into the game, was limited to 71 yards . 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Curtis ran good in the first half; he exploded in the second half.” Bellard praised Tech coach Rex Dockery and the Red Raiders. “Texas Tech came in to play,” the Aggie coach said. “Rex has done a fine job with a very inexperienced group of football players. They gave us a good challenge and we’ve got a lot of challenge coming up. There is no question of our respect for the University of Houston Cougars. 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