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Cougs march on to Cotton
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
They came out wearing “Think
Cotton” T-shirts under their jer
seys. The offensive line had “Think
Cotton” towels hanging out of their
belts. And their fans carried signs
that read “On our way to Dallas”
and “On we roll to the Cotton
Bowl. Their team didn’t let them
down.
With the Southwest Conference
lead on the line and the eventual
trip to Dallas at stake the Houston
Cougars whipped the Texas Long
horns 10-7 Saturday to earn sole
possession of first place in the SWC.
The victory came on the Longhorn’s
home turf, a place where the boys
from Texas have been nearly un
beatable in past years. The Long
horns had won 11 straight games in
Austin and 53 of 56 games in Memo
rial Stadium before the U of H game
this weekend. But the Cougars
didn’t let the home field advantage
affect them.
“I really enjoy playing in front of
83,000 people no matter where they
are, Houston quarterback Danny
Davis said after the game. “This
team loves to play in front of people
anywhere. We’d love to play in front
of a full house every week because
when we win those people go home
and tell their friends about the game
and we get more fans.
“This is the biggest football
stadium in Texas and we just played
in front of the biggest crowd in
Texas football history. We won and I
loved it.”
The fans wearing red and white
Saturday loved the game as well.
Nearly as vocal as the local crowd,
the Houston backers watched as
their team scored all ten of its points
in the third quarter then hold off a
Longhorn come back at the end of
the game. The lone Texas score
came on a Jam Jones 1-yard plunge
with 10:32 left in the game.
“The game was truely in doubt
until the final whistle,” Houston
Coach Bill Yeoman said. “We were
very fortunate and very lucky to win
this one.
“This was a serious football game
to be involved in today. We could
have been a little tight which could
have caused us not to play well early
or maybe the whole game, but we
played outstanding when we had
to.” I
As a team Houston looked im
pressive. But individually the
Cougars did not shine as they have
in the past. Quarterback Davis was
7 for 13 passing for 86 yards, but
threw an interception with 4:35 left
in the game. The turnover stopped a
Houston drive and gave Texas the
ball and a chance to score.
“It was all Danny Davis’ fault,”
said the quarterback of himself and
the subpar he turned in Saturday. “I
wasn’t poised running the veer to
day. I wasn’t loose as I have been
this year, too much in a hurry on my
passes and runs. But I can’t explain
why.”
Yeoman agreed with Davis’ anal
ogy of himself.
“You all know this wasn’t one of
Danny’s better games,” Yeoman
said. “Danny played outstanding at
times but wasn’t consistant
throughout the game. He has
played much better and he’ll need
to the rest of the season if we hope
to make it into the Cotton Bowl.”
If the Cougars do continue to play
as they have all season they will
have a post-season date Jan. 1 in
Dallas. It will be the second trip for
the Cougars in the past three sea
sons, the first two years ago in
Houston’s initial season as a SWC
football member. It was Davis’
sophomore season and the quarter
back led the Cougars to a 10-2 sea
son record which included a victory
over Maryland in the Cotton Bowl.
But most of the members of the
1976 team are gone and this new
bunch of Cougars are ready for a
championship. But when asked
about a comparison between the
1976 team and this year’s club Davis
preferred to wait on any comment.
“The ’76 team was mostly a senior
club that knew how to win,” Davis
said. “This team is young but has
more depth and personnel. These
players are learning how to win.
“The ’76 team went to the Cotton
Bowl and won there. This team has
to get there and then win the thing.
When that happens you can make
the comparison between the two.
The 1976 team was the last Hous
ton team to defeat the Longhorns, a
30-0 shutout in Austin that year.
The victory came on the Cougars
march to the Cotton Bowl, but
Saturday’s win was more satisfying
to Davis.
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Davis explained. "The 1976 game is
past history. We re in 1978 and the
1978 games mean more than games
two years ago.
“This year Texas was a ranked
team and tied with us for the con
ference lead. Beating them means
more now than when they were
down in 1976.”
Defensive safety Tommy Ebner is
in his first season as a member of the
Houston Cougars after transfering
from North Carolina State. Yet
Ebner seemed to sum up the rea
sons for the Cougars success this
season.
“I knew when I came here that
this team had the capabilities of
being the conference champion
Ebner said. “This team is made
of tight individuals that enjoy
other’s company and live we
gether. And that goes a long way,
both on the field and off.
“We knew that the team that
made the fewest mistakes and
stayed healthy would have a good
shot at the conference. We didn’t
think that anybody would go
through the conference undefeated.
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Conference
Season
Houston
6-0
8-1
Texas
4-1
6-2
Texas A&M
3-2
6-2
Arkansas
3-2
6-2
Texas Tech
3-2
5-3
SMU
3-3
4-4-1
Baylor
2-4
2-7
Rice
1-5
1-8
TCU
0-6
2-7
This week:
Baylor at Rice, SMU at
Texas Tech. Texas at TCU. A&M
vs. Ar-
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games left on their schedule,
Texas Tech in Lubbock Nov
at home against Rice Dee.
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The Long Trek
It started off as a regular class A
flag football game, but it ended up
in excitement for P-2. For the first
time in 2 years P-2 not only
scored, but they also won 28-8.
The early part of the game was
slow until senior split-end Kevin
McIntyre ran a post pattern out
and across to the left, and caught a
pass, and charged into the end
zone for the first touchdown for
P-2 in two years. Quarterback
Keith Mitchell passed over the
middle to senior Glenn McGlaun
for the extra point conversion.
Fired up by this excitement, P-2
managed to hold off Squadron 6’s
advance and received the punt
deep in their own territory. Nor
mally not a passing team, P-2 ad
vanced, mainly by ground, plainly
up the field until senior right
halfback ran a post play, caught a
shoestring low pass, and galloped
down the field for a touchdown.
The conversion failed and halftime
was called.
After the half Squadron 6 had
only six players, but they had fired
up their momentum. Receiving
the ball on their 20, they advanced
up the field to about P-2’s 20 yard
line. Senior Quarterback Mike
Anisowicz ran a short pass play and
Emilio Bazan, a junior, ran the
pattern into the end zone to catch
the pass for a touchdown. Mike
ran the conversion in for 2 extra
points.
P-2’s game wasn’t back together
yet and they slowly crawled up the
field. At about the 15 yard line,
the quarterback threw a pass
which was caught by Glenn Mc-
Laun in the end zone. Quarter
back Keith Mitchell ran the ball in
for the 2 point conversion.
Back on their 20 yard line
Squadron 2 punted the ball to P-2
who took it deep in their own ter
ritory. As they advanced to the 40,
time was running. Calling a post
play once again, the quarterback
passed to the right split end who
sprinted downfield for the
touchdown. The extra point was
caught by Lee Miller and the score
stood 28-8 with a minute remain
ing.
Time ran out on Squadron 2 as
they attempted to put the ball
back into play.
— Our thanks to P-2’s athletic
sargeant, Jim Long, for bringing
this game to our attention. —
It was long; it was challenging,
but it was worth it. Congratula
tions to all cross country partici
pants. The new winners are —
Men’s
Theodore Goris 15:48
Women’s
Sabra Holm 21:31
Men’s Team
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Joey Jacobs
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Marty Mansfield
Bob Sebree
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