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Page 14 THE BATTALION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1978 Disappointed Mustangs fall short agah i i I By MARK PATTERSON Battalion Staff Contrary to popular belief, the SMU Mustangs can play football. Dam good football at that. So wit nessed 57,208 fans at the Cotton Bowl and a regional television audi ence Saturday when those Mustangs lost for the fourth time this season. But, as in three of the four losses they have suffered, this game could have been won by the Ponies. This year SMU has lost three games by a total of 22 points while tying once. And the disappointments are start ing to hurt a little greater. “To come so close and lose again this week kind of gives you a gut- rippirig type of feeling,” Mustang coach Ron Meyer said following Saturday’s three-point loss to Texas A&M. “Coming so close is encouraging for our program’s ad vancement because we know that with a game like this there will be a tomorrow. But I can’t help but feel sorry for the guys who bust their tails every week and then lose these MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE FALL PHOTO CONTEST MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE FALL PHOTO CONTEST Entry pick-up tables in MSC on Nov. 6, 7, and 8, 1978 (no entries taken af ter 3:00 p.m. Nov. 8) Formal Judging Nov. 11, 1978 OPEN faculty, Contests, students, staff. 50c entry fee for each print 201 DOMINIK ST.-COLLEGE STATION FIRST ANNUAL WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIP HAMBURGER EATING CONTEST NOVEMBER 10TH, 5:30 P.M. TWO ENTRIES PER ORGANIZATION I.E., CORPS COMPANIES, FOOTBALL TEAM, FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES. DORMS. SPORTS TEAMS. ETC. $5.00 ENTRY FEE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL; PROCEEDS DONATED TO UNITED-WAY (MALE AND FEMALE DIVISIONS) 1ST PRIZE - $25 & “Champion” Denver's T-Shirt 2ND PRIZE $15 for your organization fund 3RD PRIZE $10and FREE Frisbees ALL CONTESTANTS RECEIVE FREE DANVER S T-SHIRTS RULES: 1) All the Denver’s 1/3 pound Hamburger’s You Can Eat in 15 min. 2) All Hamburgers should be consumed before attempting another. 3) No "Help from Your Friends” - (Seconds Allowed) 4) Winning Contestant must not get sick on premises. 5) Accurate scales and weighing of remains to determine winners. 6) Judges results will be final. WORLD’S HAMBURGER-EATING CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY BLANK ORGANIZATION CONTESTANT _ HEIGHT AGE WEIGHT SEX (Return Entry Blank to Danver’s Restaurant) close games. We re not a bunch of losers. Not in my book.” It came down to the final drive by the Aggies to beat the hard-luck Ponies. It was a third down pass to tight end Russell Mikeska that set up the game winning field goal by Tony Franklin. Mikeska was a con stant thorn in the Mustang defense Saturday, catching six passes for ninety yards. “I was having a lot of trouble get ting deep to cover the tight end all day,” said SMU linebacker Putt Choate. “He was running a much deeper and wider tight end route than we thought he would that I wasn’t getting as deep as I should have. “I was really surprised that they went to him that much. But they found success with him early and stuck with it.” But Mikeska wasn’t the only prob lem the Mustang defense faced in the contest. The man running the Aggie offense, quarterback Mike Mosley, consistantly found open re ceivers free in the SMU secondary. Mosley was 13 for 20 passing for 191 yards and one touchdown. The key to his passing success was the time that Mosley had to find his re ceivers. “We would have Mosley con tained and have his receivers cov ered, but he’d break free and find somebody open,” said defensive back D.K. Perry. “He’s an excellent sprinter and would run all day, keeping his receivers in sight until he could hit somebody. “Mosley and the tight end won the game for them. It was like the offense was centered around second half.” Ford’s passing seemed toss after the injury. In the fi Ford hit on 11 of 17 passes yards and one touchdown. E his injury Ford connected on|> 24 passes for 120 yards while! mg two interceptions. “My leg would hurt me would run forward but notw drop back to pass," Fordexpl “But I really don’t think itwas tor in the second half. Mikeska. He would be Mosley’s primary receiver, but when he was covered it was like Mosley would get all scatterbrained and panic.” When Mosley wasn’t throwing to Mikeska he was handing the ball off to halfback Curtis Dickey. Dickey ran through the lyiustangs for 148 yards and one touchdown on 33 car- “It wasn’t that we couldn’t stop him,” explained Choate, “but we were letting Dickey fall forward for those extra two or three yards on the tackle. We weren’t tackling him strong enough. “On Dickey’s touchdown run, we hit him and he fumbled the ball. But instead of him being on the ground and one of us recovering the ball, Dickey keep running, picked up the fumble and scored. “But you have to give some credit to A&M’s huge physical line. It’s pretty tough to fight off a 265-pound guy and make a tackle. But it was one of SMU’s 220- pound guys making a tackle that al most ended any chance of victory for SMU. On a pass thrown by Mustang quarterback Mike Ford to tight end Robert Fisher, ruled incomplete by the officials, Texas A&M’s Elroy Steen picked up the ball and raced down the sideline. Steen was caught at the 4-yard line by Ford, but in the persuit Ford injured his right ankle and hamstring muscle. The Mustang trainers took him into the locker room and were able to re paired the quarterback at the half. “It’s the first time I’ve truly pull ed a hamstring,” Ford said of his injury. “I never heard a whistle on the play and when I went to lunge for him I felt it pull. It felt like something bit me in the back of my leg. “They brought me into the locker room and put ice on it for twenty minutes to numb it, let me walk on it, then numbed it again. Then they wrapped it as tight as they could. It felt like I was wearing a cast in the “I thought that somebody hit me or give me a cheap stiol no one did all night. My line tremendous job keeping p of me in the second half. "I felt that I could come the team needed me and 1 they did. The injury is just thing that I’ve got to play needed to be in there.” The Mustangs needed even] hat was physically able Sal And unlike SMU teams in lb few seasons, the Mustangsw# this ball game until the fiiu And because of their success their opponents Mustang Mi stronger that ever around “Some people ask meifMi good or bad for our proj without it I woidd be sitting talking to my sports infoi dirctor in an empty press Coach Meyer said addresi group of writers after the “We know we re a good team you ask Joe PaternoorY Hayes or Fred Akers or Tomt they’ll tell you we re good. Y» imply that SMU is notagK club. ” Dolphin defense holds off Cowboys United Press International MIAMI — Bob Griese guided the Miami offense to 17 first-quarter points Sunday and the Dolphins’ de fense held off a late Dallas rally en route to a 23-16 victory over the struggling Cowboys. The Cowboys’ second straight loss dropped the defending Super Bowl champs to 6-4 and left them IVk games behind the NFC Eastern Division-leading Washington Red skins, who play Baltimore Monday night. Miami, now 7-3, stayed within a .game of first-place New England in the AFC East. The Dolphins controlled the game until the fourth quarter — when the Cowboys drove 64 yards on seven plays, moving within a touchdown on Roger Staubach s 9-yard scoring pass to Billy Joe DuPree. Dallas threatened again, taking a short Miami punt on the Dolphin 46 with just over two minutes to go, but Staubach completed a pass to DuPree, who fumbled when he was hit by Tim Foley. Norris Thomas picked it up and returned it nine yards to the Dolphin 42 preserving the victory. The Dolphins scored their two touchdowns within four minutes of the first quarter on 1-yard plunges by Norm Bulaich and Delvin Williams. Caro Yepremian added a 45-yard field goal in the same period, and also kicked field goals of 23 yards in the second quarter and 33 yards in the final period. Before Staubach s scoring pass, Dallas had stayed within reach on Rafael Septien field goals of 29, 39 and 24 yards. Dallas got the ball at its 17 with only 54 seconds to play. On fourth down Staubach hit Preston Pearson for 34 yards, then DuPree for 10. Staubach’s final desperation pass, with only six seconds remaining, was picked off by Miami safety Charlie Babb two yards in front of the goal line. Miami drove 73 yards in six plays after the opening kickoff. Griese opened up with a 17yard pass to Duriel Harris on the first play from scrimmage and a down later hit Williams underneath the Cowboy defense and the running back turned it into a 42-yard gain to the Dallas 11. Griese kept flinging, hit ting Harris again for 10 yards to the one from where Bulaich scored. A clipping penalty on the ensuing kickoff pinned Dallas back on its own 17. Robert Newhouse lost two on a try over the middle. Tony Dor- sett carried the ball next, but it was stripped by defensive end Vern Den Herder and tackle Bob Baumhower recovered on the Dallas 15. Water polo team successful The Texas A&M water polo team had a very successful weekend on the east coast, win ning six out of six games played. The Aggies defeated Fordham 10-8, Columbia 18-6, Dartmouth 18-4, Massachusetts 13-1, MIT 14-2 and Brown 8-7. Yale for feited to Texas A&M. Scoring leaders for the Aggies included Bob Leland, Steve Sampson, Chuck Burr, John Oberto, Roger Lien, Mike Newsom and Scott Harris. "With this success we have an excellent chance of going on to play in the NCAA Cham pionships,” said Aggie coach Dennis Fosdick. The NCAA Championships will take place in Long Beach, Calif, on the weekend of Nov. 24. The Aggies will end their regu lar season Friday and Saturday as they host the Southwest Cham pionships in P.L. Downs Natatorium. Texas A&M’s season record is 16-3. Ags defeat The Texas A&M mens team defeated Rice ov weekend 7-2. (h Y- In singles action Reid Freeman lost 6-4, 6-1;M 'tft Jiemenez won 6-3, 6-3; Mike! %/1 ( won 7-6, 6-4; Trey Schutzlos 6-3; Max King won 6-4, 7-i Hendrik Roller won 6-1, 6-0 In doubles, Freeman Jiemenez won 6-4, 6-1; Moi Schutz won 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 anJ and Roller won 6-4, 5-7, 7-5. Oilers defeat Browns 14-1 Wil Kar fort Texas lented $ nan ele< !raw onl Voters ra vagan ans in tl United Press International HOUSTON — Originality on of fense has never been the Oilers’ strong suit, and that probably ex plains why the Cleveland Browns defense was fooled so badly on the biggest play of Sunday’s NFL game in the Astrodome. “We were selling the run all the way, and they bought it. They must not have even thought a pass was a possibility. Oiler quarterback Dan Pastorini said of his 72-yard touch down pass on third-and-one. Tight end Mike Barber caught the pass 20 yards behind the defense and his score started an Oilers rally which culminated in a 14-10 victory over the Browns. The key to the surprise play was getting Barber off the line of scrim mage despite a Browns linebacker lining up in front of him. “He was looking at my helmet,” Barber said. “But I don’t think he was thinking about me except to get away from my block. I took a false step to the outside and he ran by me. Despite Houston’s big offensive plays — the Oilers used four of them in a fourth quarter scoring drive — Houston’s victory belonged to a defense which Cleveland coach Sam Rutigliano said last week was no longer one of the NFL’s best. “There’s nobody any better when we play hard like we did today,” Oilers all-pro linebacker Robert Brazile said. Houston’s offense has been criticized heavily in the four seasons under Coach Bum Phillips for its conservative play and unwillingness to take chances. “It was a great win,” Phillip! istory 1 itionalK lor more ressiona The Rt "Beating Pittsburgh was a greP ig Texas but this was just as big. We against the wall Houston’s 3-4 defense hel sthesta Browns to 28 yards rushing plays. It allowed the Brown! vert only 2 of 15 third do«i firsts. Running back Greg Pruitt 16 yards rushing on 13 cami Construct “Our game plan was Demo< ii the to dged sp inal pre- ind the t 11 ■ c- iJiau waa * v i Pruitt,” Oiler linebacker Ted 1 !, enou King are Clemei orandfo inder Pr n excess wice the he state; Mules laden urith Blue Maguey pinas on their way to Cuervo's La Rojena plant. ington said. Houston’s hard rush from# three of Washingtoii, Curlt and Elvin Bethea also cause! terback Brian Sipe to impron “I think we confused him, ington said. 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