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THE BATTALION Page 11 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1978 hopes for edge at home United Press International HOUSTON — Looking ahead to a possible wild card berth in the playoffs, coach Bum Phillips said the Houston Oilers home game advan tage in coming weeks might provide the edge for victory. Houston boosted its season rec ord to 6-4 Sunday by beating the Cleveland Browns, 14-10, in what Phillips said was one of the ball club’s better efforts. “We were a lot more physical Sunday,” Phillips said. “Our football team played probably the best foot ball game they’ve ever played as a unit other than we did in that Monday night Pittsburgh game. It was an excellent football game. “Of course, there is a lot to be said for playing at home. After we get back from New England, we will have played seven of our 11 games on the road. That’s a whole lot. That’s just the way our schedule worked out. “Everybody had the opportunity to make big plays and everybody made big plays,” Phillips said. Numerically, the Oilers can see some light at the end of American Conference tunnel. They are among seven teams fighting for five playoff berths. Phillips laid out the challenge in his typically plain language: “If we win our ball games, we’re in it,” he said. “We’ve got to win. As long as we win, we’re all right. If we lost more than two games, we’re definitely out of it.” The Oilers meet an inspired New England Patriots ball club this week Bum Phillips in Foxboro, Mass., and defensive standouts Curly Culp and Elvin Be thea — who were responsible for seven sacks in Sunday’s contest — will have their hands full with Steve Grogan. “You can’t rush him from the in- Offense is drawback for Atlanta Falcons ito by Liil and away lo, that’s not Superman trying to block a :ony Franklin extra point attempt, it’s SMU’s ).K. Perry. His efforts were in vain, how- iver, as Franklin’s lack was good, adding to his career kick-scoring total. Franklin’s bare foot has produced 282 points in his collegiate career, an NCAA record. Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley t seeni e Physii 'resh st Nov. ling Pit olmes says he’s prepared jrs United Press International S VEGAS, Nev. — Newly ned World Boxing Council jiyweight champion Larry les, getting his biggest purse of million, said Wednesday he n’t want to copy former Ken on and blow the duke his first out of the box. ilmes defends for the first time lay night at Caesars Palace ist Spain’s Alfredo Evangelista, e champion said Wednesday totally prepared for the bout, olmes won the heavyweight m from Norton June 9 at Las as on a split 15-round decision in ton’s first championship de- don’t want to be like a Ken i ton and lose the first time as a 1 inpion,”said Holmes, 29, of Eas- Pa. “I’ve sparred 170 rounds for this fight compared to the 140 I sparred for the Norton fight. I’ve taken this fight very seriously because this guy (Evangelista) has probably worked just as hard as I have.” Despite Holmes’ projections of a tough fight, he is a heavy favorite to knock out the Uruguayan-born con tender in Friday’s 15-rounder. Evangelista lost a 15-round decision in a title bid against Muhammad Ali at Landover, Md., May 16, 1977. Holmes, who has perfect 28-0 record with 19 knockouts in a pro fessional career that began in 1973, jumped into prominence March 25 when he scored a unanimous 12- round decision over Eamie Shavers at Las Vegas. Evangelista, 22-2-1 with 18 KOs, spoke, through an interpreter, to reporters after Holmes had left the room and boldly predicted a victory. “I’m very confident I’ll beat him,” Evangelista said. “I think I have the style to do it. My intention is to take the heavyweight title back to Spain. ” Also on Friday night’s card will be the former WBC heavyweight champion, Norton, who is matched against Randy Stephens of Dallas in a scheduled 10-rounder. United Press International ATLANTA — If you check the NFL statistics, you might wonder how the Atlanta Falcons, who have gained less yardage and committed more penalties than any other team in the league, have won a game this season. But despite those drawbacks, only six NFL teams have better won-lost records than the Falcons’ 6-4 mark and right now they are tied with the defending Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys and pe rennially contending Minnesota Vikings in the battle for the NFC’s two wildcard berths in the post season playoffs. “I think we have an excellent chance to make the playoffs for the first time,” said Falcons Coach Leeman Bennett at his Tuesday news conference. “But, to do that, we’ve got to be more consistent on offense and we’ve got to do some thing about all those silly penalties.” The Falcons were assessed with 17 penalties in last Sunday’s 21-10 win over San Francisco, penalties that ranged all the way from holding to “taunting” an opposing player, and now have 90 in 10 games. “I’d like to think that most of those penalties came about because our players were fired up, maybe being a bit overaggressive,” said Bennett. “But that wasn’t the case last Sunday. 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Phillips said Earl Campbell will be at full speed for the Sunday game, but Billy “White Shoes” Johnson will be out of the lineup — possibly for the remainder of the season. The rest of the team he pro nounced in good shape. The Athletic Attic is Coming! COLD-WEATHER SALE “Our streak will be sorely tested Sunday when we play at New Or leans (5-5),” said Bennett. “The Saints had some problems earlier but now that Archie Manning is back at top form, they are going to be hard to handle.” Manning completed 22 of 32 passesfor 374 yards last Sunday when once-beaten Pittsurgh had to come from behind in the fourth quarter to nip the Saints, 20-14. “The Saints (who beat Los Angeles and the New York Giants prior to losing at Pittsburgh) are playing as well as anybody in the National Football League,” said Bennett. “Defensively, they pres ent a number of problems because they have such excellent skilled people. “Last year, we had trouble against Archie Manning and he is having an even better season this year (leading the NFC in passing by hitting on 168 of 277, 60.6 percent, for 2,071 yards and 11 touchdowns),” said Bennett. Bennett said it will take a better offensive performance at New Or leans than the Falcons had in last Sunday’s win to beat the Saints. “We have only to look at our game films from last Sunday to see that we did not play very well, even though we won.” But Bennett said he wasn’t sur prised that the Falcons were flat last Sunday after having reached “an emotional high” the previous Monday night in their upset win over Los Angeles. “That is a luxury we cannot afford this week. ” MEN’S SHIRTS GALS TOPS & SWEATERS 15% OFF Jews 111 BOYETT Open Thursday til 7 p.m. 846-5580 Contemporary cuts for guys and gals “No Hassle” Hairstyles Sculptured Nails Permanent Waves and much more. 846-6933 Texas 707 Complex College Station 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. 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