Page 12 THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1978
Abercrombie is hero for BU
By SEAN PETTY
Battalion Staff
Just as Baylor’s mascot bear got
loose and went after Aggie fans in
the bleachers in the south end zone
early in the game, so it was with the
Baylor Bears on the field. The Bears
charged into College Station led by
a young cub named Walter Aber
crombie.
The Bears needed the win to keep
from going crazy with frustration
over their five previous losses. The
worst beating the Bears had was
mental as they have lost five games
by a total of 21 points. They were
overdue and were not to be denied
this Saturday.
“It’s amazing,” said crying Baylor
head coach Grant Teaff just after the
final seconds ticked off the
scoreboard. “We’ve been through
hell this season and now it’s paid
off.”
The Baylor dressing room was in
complete mayhem after the game.
Playors were jumping around,
coaches were laughing and it
seemed like they had just won the
Super Bowl.
The first win was a long time com
ing for the Bears who put all their
faith in Grant Teaffs “I believe.”
The Bears believed in themselves
enough to come back after five con
secutive losses and beat nationally
ranked Texas A&M 24-6.
“After five losses we had nothing
going for us but ourselves,” Teaff
said. “This is as sweet as any victory
we’ve ever had.
“We just choked and self-
destructed in past games that we
should have won. But we calmed
down in the second half this week
and had some big plays offensively
and defensively that secured the
win.”
The worst thing that happened to
the Aggies Saturday was that Baylor
halfback Frank Pollard got hurt
“I’m going to try and get better,”
Abercrombie said. If he has any bet
ter days than Saturday, he may be
the first sophomore to win the
Heisman Trophy.
The Bears struck early, 29 sec
onds into the game, in fact. Teaff
described the play which he said has
worked every time they have used
it.
“It’s just an old no-huddle play,”
he said. “We ran the first play,
which was a dive, and then we acted
like we were going back to the hud
dle. Instead of huddling we just line
up and hit the split end who is
headed down the sidelines. ”
halfway through the second period.
Enter freshman Walter Aber
crombie. The young unknown from
Waco University High led the Bear
offensive attack setting a school rec
ord for most yards rushing in a
game. His 207 yards rushing in 19
carries broke Gary Blair’s record of
199 yards against Texas Tech in
1976.
The last time the Aggies gave up
that much yardage to one man was
last year in Kyle Field when Texas’
Earl Campbell rushed for 222 yards.
Campbell was a senior and started
that game; Abercrombie is a
freshman and played two-and-one-
half quarters.
Needless to say, the Bears are ex
pecting very big things from their
Abercrombie in the future.
“I wanted to redshirt him (Aber
crombie) this season because I want
to give him four good years at
Baylor,” Teaff said. “He’s one of the
best backs I’ve ever recruited and I
think he’s going to be Heisman
Trophy material as he goes on.
“Was I surprised at his perform
ance today? No, not at all. I ex
pected this out of him.” Teaff must
be thinking about those first five
games he kept “the kid” out of.
That’s just what Abercrombie
looked like in the dressing room, a
kid. With a smile from ear to ear and
tossing the game ball he had just re
ceived, he waited as reporters
gathered around the new Baylor
hero.
“I’m just glad I got the chance to
play,” Abercrombie said in a very
poised manner. “I felt like I could
give Pollard a break so he could
rest. When he got hurt, I just went
to do the best I could.”
The best he could do was spark
the Bears in the second half and
allow them to take command of the
game.
Dorsett ‘humiliated’ by \ disciplinary benching
United Press International
IRVING — Dallas coach Tom
Landry demoted star running back
Tony Dorsett to the second team
Sunday for missing a practice and
Dorsett angrily told reporters the
action “humiliated” him in front of
his family.
“I don’t belong on the bench and
I don’t think I deserve this either,”
Dorsett said in the dressing room
after the Cowboys’ 14-7 win over
Philadelphia.
Landry said Dorsett missed
Saturday’s 9:30 a.m. practice and
did not phone to notify anyone on
the team why he was absent. For
the double infraction, Landry said
Dorsett would be fined an unde
termined amount of money and
would not start.
“He didn’t start today. Whether
he starts again is up to him,” Landry
said. “Preston (Pearson) started
today and will continue to start until
Tony shows he can make it on time.
Landry was asked if it was possi
ble Dorsett could be a starter for
Thursday’s game against Minnesota.
“Sure he could come back. I’m
not really hard-headed on this,”
Landry' said. “If he recognizes what
he did and comes back and works
hard, that’s fine with me.”
Dorsett, Heisman Trophy award
winner at the University of
Pittsburgh and rookie of the year in
the National Football Conference
last year, told reporters he overslept
and by the time he awakened, the
practice was over.
Dorsett said he had to rush to the
airport to pick up his parents and
other family members who had
flown from Pennsylvania to see him
play. He said he was “tied up with
my family” for the remainder of
Saturday and could not call the
Cowboys’ office because he had lost
his team telephone directory.
“I was humiliated,” Dorsett said,
spitting out words in rapid verse. “I
was totally embarrassed in front of
my family. This is distasteful. This is
hard to swallow. I’ll live with it but
I’ll never forget it.”
Robert Holt was on the receiving
end of the play which went for 78
yards and six points. It was the first
touchdown of Holt’s career.
That was all the scoring in the first
half for Baylor as the Bears never
got past midfield until the third
quarter.
“We just settled down and we
were determined we couldn’t blow
this one in the second half,” Teaff
said. “Our offensive line did a good
job and we only had a few penalties.
“I was surprised that they (Texas
A&M) didn’t throw more in the sec
ond half. They were really hurting
us with that bootleg pass in the first
half. We just had to make a choice
whether we wanted Mosley to run
around the end with it or get the
completion. Either way we couldn’t
stop it effectively until our linebac
kers started to chase Mosley out.”
Linebackers Mike Singletary and
Doak Field held the Aggie offense
in check all day with a total of 29
tackles between the two of them.
Singletary led the Bears with 18
tackles, 12 unassisted. Field had 11
tackles with eight solos.
“We knew we could win,”
Singletary said. “We just never got
down on ourselves because we know
we have winning players and win
ning coaches and it was just a matter
of time. The main thing that keeps
us going is that we are progressing
each week, we are all getting bet
ter.”
The main question posed to all
the Baylor players was, “How does
it feel to finally win?”
Singletary said, “I...I really don’t
know. I just don’t know. I know it
sounds old but I feel just great about
the win.”
“It feels fantastic,” Abercrombie
said. “Especially beating the Aggies
and being able to help the team win.
The Bears headed back to Waco
with their first win and a bright fu
ture, while the Aggies were all but
eliminated from the tough South
west Conference race where two
losses may just be one too many.
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