THE BATTALION Page 11
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1978
United Press International
)ALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys
gest deficiency this year has been
re in black and white for all to
during the entire season and be-
their 23-16 loss to Miami Sun-
0r s in Ik special assistant coach Erinal
Wen in point d it out.
How can Dallas be leading the
C in passing, be second in rush-
and be first in overall offense
look so sluggish and non-
ductive?” Allen was asked,
ictually the entire question did
get out before Allen responded,
umovers,” he said. “Look at
turnovers last year and look at
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ure enough, when the rate of
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why the Cowboys are languish-
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to make the playoffs,
ast season Dallas intercepted 21
11 ses and recovered 14 fumbles
aitiHou | e the Cowboys lost 10 fumbles
I had 10 passes intercepted.
e Pirtt t’s a plus 15 in the turnover
' Stewt igory. During the playoffs and
per Bowl they were plus 7 in tum-
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ssa, baa hrough 10 games this season the
y, brai fhoys have lost 14 Runbles and
15 passes intercepted while le
ering a mere five fumbles and
picking off 11 passes. That’s a minus
13 — a huge swing of 28 turnovers
from last season.
The trend continued Sunday
when the Cowboys coughed up the
ball five times and did not come up
with a single turnover themselves.
It was a fumble by Tony Dorsett
and a mishandled punt by Butch
Johnson that allowed Miami to ac
count for 10 early points and since
the Cowboys lost by seven it’s easy
to see where the difference could
have been made up.
And in their loss to Minnesota the
Cowboys fumbled twice to create 14
points for the Vikings in a game that
Dallas lost by 11.
“There are some things going on
that I have not been accustomed
to,’’ said Dorsett, indicating that
fumbling is one of the things that is
not in his game plan.
"You take away my mistake and
Butch Johnson’s mistake and we
were in it,” said Dorsett. “We fell
behind before we realized we were
in a tough football game. It was too
late by then. Still we had a chance to
win if we could have eliminated our
mistakes.”
A fumble by tight end Billy Joe
DuPree in the final two minutes
choked off a chance to tie the game
and throw it into overtime.
Top 20 poll
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Oklahoma (34) (9-0) 594
Penn St. (6) (9-0) 574
Alabama (8-1) 493
Nebraska (8-1) 469
So. Calif (7-1) 423
Texas (6-1) 384
Michigan (7-1) 332
Houston (7-1) 330
UCLA (8-1) 268
Georgia (7-1) 185
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11. LSU (6-1) 183
12. Purdue (7-1) 134
13. Notre Dame (6-2) 127
14. Maryland (8-1) 110
15. Clemson (7-1) 69
16. Arkansas (5-2) 47
17. Washington (6-3) 14
18. Navy (7-1) 12
19. Georgia Tech (6-2) 9
20. Pittsburgh (6-2) 6
Horns, Coogs prepare
Akers likes home field
On the move
Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley
United Press International
AUSTIN — The Southwest Con
ference’s critical game of the year
will take place in Memorial Stadium
Saturday and Houston coach Bill
Yeoman says he doesn’t care where
it will be.
Texas coach Fred Akers, mean
while, is of a different opinion.
“I’m glad Bill feels that way,”
Akers said Monday. “I think you
have to have more confidence when
you play in your own surroundings.
“By no stretch of the imagination
is your home the only place you can
play quality football. But at home
everything is more familiar and your
routine is less interrupted.
“There probably is too much em
phasis on the home field thing, but
if given a choice I think anyone
would rather play at home.”
When asked about Texas home
field advantage in its meeting with
his Cougars, Yeoman said Monday:
“We will both play on the same
field.”
Neither Houston or Texas have a
conference loss this season and the
winner of Saturday’s game is the
odds on choice to represent the
league in the Cotton Bowl New
Year’s Day.
“Houston has an excellent team,”
said Akers. “They have great size
and mobility. They have a lot of ex
perience at several key positions
and they have a lot of depth.
“Danny Davis is a fine, scrambl
ing quarterback who comes up with
big plays. They have good receivers,
fine running backs and a good,
tough offensive line that is perform
ing well
Akers said Randy McEachern
would start the Houston game.
“He has a lot more experience.
but Donnie Little is a much more
mature football player now and I
would not hesitate to put him in.”
Houston has improved through
out the season and after clobbering
TCU last weekend, 63-6, Horned
Frogs coach F. A. Dry was obviously
impressed.
“I think they are as good as any
body we have played, said Dry,
“and we have played some good
teams (second ranked Penn State
among them). ”
Yeoman, however, was not ready
to classify his team among the na-
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tion’s top few.
“We haven’t played Oklahoma or
Penn State this year,” said Yeoman.
“But I am encouraged by the fact
that our players have kept their
minds on their business and gotten
better.
“I still think our team’s strength is
on defense, but we have played con
sistently well on offense, too.
The Longhorns are rated sixth in
the nation and the Cougars are rated
eighth nationally going into Satur
day’s game.
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Texas A&M’s David Brothers carries the ball against SMU in
Saturday’s 20-17 Aggie victory. Brothers is Texas A&M’s
second-leading rusher with 510 yards so far this season.
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remaining.
Hurt coached in the Texas high
school system and was a former as
sistant on the staff of Coach Bill
Yeoman at the University of Hous
ton. After seven years with Hous
ton, he moved to Texas A&M,
where he served as offensive coor
dinator for three years. Hurt pre-
ceeded Aggie head coach Tom Wil
son as Texas A&M’s offensive coor-
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wboInference and 13 Texas A&M re-
dinator under Emory Bellard.
“I sincerely regret that I was un
able to return the football program
to the level of achievement this
great university has enjoyed in the
past, said Hurt, who captained
MTSU’s 1956 football team that
went to the Refrigerator Bowl.
University officials said the search
for Hurt’s successor will begin im
mediately.
“By submitting my resignation at
this time, the university will have
sufficient time to secure a replace
ment and meet those respon
sibilities necessary to prepare for
recruiting this year’s seniors. Hurt
said at an afternoon news confer
ence .
“It is most difficult to leave these
players who have given so much of
themselves,” Hurt said of his squad.
“They are a credit to this university
and have handled these difficult
times with much courage and dedi
cation.”
A Pulaski native. Hurt came as
head coach to V1TSU from Texas
A&V1 in January of 1975, hoping to
revive the school’s sagging football
program. His teams went 4-7 his
first two years and 3-8 in 1978 for an
overall record of 12-29-1.
“I am certainly sorry to have Ben
Hurt leave our football program,”
said .V1TSU Athletic Director
Charles Murphy, who coached Hurt
in the early 1950s. “Ben is a man of
excellent character and good habits.
I hope that he won t get out of foot
ball because I believe tbat he has a
future in the game.”
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iAcareer marks: field goals (54),
al strf scoring points (282) and field
attempts (96). He is closing in
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points (128 by Happy Feller of
nakesi s) and career scoring (294 by
rorlt.1 Burnett of Arkansas). Franklin
extra points.
each David Williams will escort
of his cross country runners to
national championships in Den-
Colo. Martha Sartain and Lori
tt will be representing Texas
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A&M on Nov. 18 in the Rockies.
Sartain placed third and Scott
finished sixth in the SWAIAW Re
gional Championships in Norman,
Ok.
After getting upset by Lamar in
the semifinals, the Texas A&M wo
men’s volleyball team made a tre
mendous rally to beat Houston for
third place in the TAIAW state
tournament last weekend and qual
ify for the regional tournament in
two weeks.
This weekend the Aggies will play
in the Houston Invitational which
has the top five teams in Texas in
volved. Lamar, Houston, UT Ar
lington and Texas Lutheran will also
participate. The Aggies are 38-12 for
the season.
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November 9th
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