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Grulich and Company celebrate
Aggie cornerback Carl Grulich is con
gratulated by defensive end Jacob Green and
linebacker Cal Peveto after he intercepted a
Memphis St. pass in the fourth quarter which
set up the Aggies’ second touchdown and in
sured the victory. Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley
ampbell. Oilers pound
31-10
United Press International
HOUSTON — Earl Campbell
lulled through Cleveland for three
gmchdowns and 76 yards Sunday to
Ip the Houston Oilers beat the
rmerly undefeated Browns 31-10
d produce a three-way tie for the
C Central Division lead.
| Oilers cornerback J.C. Wilson in-
rcepted a Brian Sipe sideline pass
d scored from 34 yards out to
Hiearhead Houston’s defense,
which protected the Oilers biggest
lout in two seasons.
Campbell, the 5-11, 220-pound
attering ram who led the NFL in
i w fen ushing, scored on runs of two, two
j. t | ie jj, nd one yards and increased his sea-
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, ,i emblance of the team that beat the
I Mas Cowboys 26-7 Monday. They
,, ''1 to muster a ground game in
he absence of injured halfback
heg Pruitt and scored only on
iipe’s one-yard run and Don Coc-
roft’s 44-yard field goal.
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division. Houston, Cleveland and
Pittsburgh are all 4-1.
The Oilers led 10-3 when three
Sipe incompletions, one a dropped
pass by Cleo Miller in the end zone,
stalled a Browns drive inside Hous
ton’s 15-yard line.
Cockroft then shanked a 32-yard
attempted field goal and the Oilers
responded by storming 80 yards for
a 17-3 lead on Campbell’s second
scoring run.
The drive took Houston six plays,
with Tim Wilson running for 19
yards and quarterback Dan Pasto-
rini throwing to tight end Mike
Barber for 35 more. Ahead the
entire game, Pastorini passed only
13 times, completing 8 for 102
yards.
Sipe, who completed 18 of 35
passes for 225 yards, was forced to
pass most of the game. In the final
two minutes of the first half, with
Houston leading 17-3, J.C. Wilson
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Sipe s fumble on the game’s sec-
md play handed Houston a Toni
7 ritsch 28-yard field goal, but it was
he Browns’ inablility to finish a long
Irive early in the second quarter
hat severly dented their hopes of
emaining unbeaten through five
'ames.
Houston’s win and the Pittsburgh
iteelers 17-14 loss to Philadelphia
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SWC roundup
THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1979
Page 13
Bears stalking Coogs
United Press International
Two Southwest Conference teams
have opened their league seasons
against the Baylor Bears this year
and both of them —Texas A&M and
Texas Tech — have lost. ’
Now the Houston Cougars will
start their conference campaign
against Baylor and if the Bears win
this one they will have cleared three
of the biggest hurdles the league has
to offer en route to the SWC crown
and the Cotton Bowl berth.
There will be nothing but family
feuds taking place next weekend in
the SWC following the biggest
weekend of intersectional action this
season.
That action was highlighted by
Texas’ 21-0 blitzing of Missouri in a
game that demonstrated the quality
of the Longhorns’ highly touted de
fense.
But while fourth-ranked Texas
was gaining in national prestige,
Baylor was coming back from a
one-sided loss to Alabama and tak
ing out some of its frustrations on
Texas Tech.
The Bears whipped the Red
Raiders, 27-17, in much the same
way they had beaten Texas A&M
two weeks before. Baylor ran the
ball, and ran it some more, coming
from 10 points behind thanks chiefly
to a blocked punt that the Bears
converted for the tying touchdown
in the second quarter.
“We put that loss to Alabama (a
45-0 whipping) out of our minds the
day after the game,” said Baylor
coach Grant Teaff. “We didn’t actu
ally feel as bad about the loss as the
score indicated. It was only 17-0
going into the fourth quarter.
“Sure we were embarrased to be
defeated like that. But we didn’t
think it was quite as bad as the score
indicated. Then you think that we
fell behind to Tech, 10-0, and you
can see that this team was just not
going to lose again.”
Now, having a 2-0 SWC record
and a 3-1 mark overall, Baylor will
visit the Astrodome Saturday night
to take on the eighth-ranked
Cougars, unbeaten in three interse
ctional games. Houston blasted
West Texas last Saturday, 49-10.
Baylor has lost to Houston all
three years the Cougars have been
in the conference, but last year
Houston won by only two points and
the year before that by only four
points.
“The last couple of years we have
played Houston very tough,” said
Teaff. “They had better teams than
we did in those games. They are
supposed to be better than we are
again this year, but we are going to
play hard. We are millions of miles
from being in the Cotton Bowl, but
we are closer than some people.”
The other matchups next Satur
day — all of them night games —
will have Texas (2-0) opening its con
ference schedule at home against
the down-trodden Rice Owls (1-3),
who were pulverized by Oklahoma
Saturday night, 63-21; Texas A&M
(2-2), a 17-7 winner over Memphis
State, and Texas Tech fighting for
survival in Lubbock; and Arkansas
(3-0) beginning SWC play in Fort
Worth against winless TCU (0-3).
Arkansas, a 33-8 winner over
Tulsa last weekend, will be going
after its 21st consecutive victory
over TCU, which fell to Texas-
Arlington in its last outing, 21-14.
SMU, having lost for the first
time this year to Tulane last Satur
day night, will take the week off.
Although Baylor and SMU are
both 2-0 in league play and share
the early conference lead, Arkansas,
Houston and Texas have been the
most impressive clubs so far.
Texas' defense has not allowed a
touchdown, defending champion
Houston has wins over UCLA and
Florida to its credit and Arkansas
has looked powerful against less-
than-potent opposition.
And of those three teams, Hous
ton figures to have much the tough
est test next Saturday.
“Baylor is the strongest, physical
team we played last year,’’ said
Houston coach Bill Yeoman.
“They’ve got hordes of huge line
men and great backs, so they
shouldn’t be any different now.
“We’ve just got to rear back and
firm up our frame of mind. ”
all shorts
stepped in front of wide receiver
Dave Logan, intercepting a pass and
ran untouched for his first pro
touchdown.
Sipe, however, continued to
throw and before halftime passed
the Browns into position for his
short scoring run.
Pruitt, the Browns leading
rusher, did not play due to a sore
right knee.
Campbell, who entered the game
with 491 yards and a 4.3 average,
collected bis 76 yards on 18 carries.
The Oilers margin of victory was
their largest in regular season play
since they beat the Chicago Bears
47-0 in 1977.
The Oilers defense held Cleve
land scoreless in the second half and
Houston’s offense only tallied one
time at the end of a 66-yard drive
which Cleveland helped keep alive
by a roughing-the-passer penalty on
third down.
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