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Page 14 THE BATTALION MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1979 Cardinals beat Oilers, 24-1 Cowboys roll by Vikings United Press International BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Tony Dorset! churned out 145 yards and a personal record three touchdowns and cornerback Benny Barnes returned a fumbled recep tion 33 yards for a fourth quarter touchdown Sunday to lead the Dal las Cowboys to a 36-20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Dorsett, breaking the 100-yard mark for the third time this year, helped the Cowboys keep a share of the NFC East lead, raising their record to 5-1. Minnesota, despite a third quar ter rally and a spectacular perform ance from wide receiver Sammy White, fell to 3-3, tied for second in the NFC Central Division. For Dorsett it was the first time he had scored three touchdowns in With seconds left in the game, Preston Pearson crashed in from six yards out to clinch the Cowboys victory before 47,572 disappointed fans at Memorial Stadium. Dallas piled up 20 points in the second period on two short yardage touchdowns by Dorsett and Barnes’ returned fumble to forge a 23-10 halftime lead. Minnesota built a 7-3 first quarter lead when Tommy Kramer found tight end Bob Tucker wide open in the Dallas end zone after a 34-yard field goal by Rafael Septien. Besides handling the running chores, Dorsett led the Cowboys with five receptions for 47 yards as Roger Staubach completed 15-of-23 passes for 163 yards. In total of fense, Dallas rolled up 446 yards compared to Minnesota’s 240. Minnesota’s comeback began when Scott Laidlaw fumbled on the Cowboys’ first play from scrimmage in the second half. Defensive end Jim Marshall’s recovery set up a 35-yard fied goal by Rick Danmeier, his second of the day. The Cowboys troubles continued when a bad snap to Staubach re sulted in a 34-yard loss to the Dallas 14. A Dallas punt gave the yikings good position and four plays later Kramer connected with White. United Press International HOUSTON — All may be forgot ten in the case of much-maligned St. Louis Cardinal kicker Steve Little. Heavily criticized last season for his failure to punt or place kick as well as he had during his collegiate career at Arkansas, Little had done little this season to reverse that. But the Cardinals did not need a kicker Sunday. They needed a passer who could act like a punter, especially as they trailed Houston by 7 points and as they faced fourth down and 14 at Houston’s 39-yard line in the fourth quarter. “I hadn’t thrown a pass since I was a quarterback in high school,” the second-year pro said. The perfect pass, a 16-yarder to Theothis Brown, worked. It led to St. Louis’ tying touchdown and may have saved the Cardinals from a long season. Quarterback Jim Hart said the 24-17 victory, a rare Oiler loss in the Astrodome, did not surprise him. “This win makes us feel like it wasn t just small talk when we kept saying our team was better than our record,” Hart said. Things went surprisingly well for the erroring Cardinals following Lit tle’s pass. Running back Wayne Morris scored a touchdown on a 1-yard run and then came back moments later for a 6-yard scoring run following Carl Allen’s intercep tion. converted 70 percent of their third-downs to firsts. Oilers coach Bum Phillips said, “They just whipped us.” St. Louis had to come back for the victory because they also led in sev eral negative categories. They were flagged for 123 yards in penalties and they suffered four turnovers. The loss was critical for Houston, 4-2, which had won three straight games. The Oilers dropped one- game behind AFC Central Division leader Pittsburgh. St. Louis, 2-4, is not in contention for its title yet, but if Hart continues to throw as he did Sunday, they might be soon. The 14-year veteran completed 23 of 38 passes for 253 yards. St. Louis’ defense limited Hous ton to 57 yards rushing, but the Cardinals still trailed 17-10 early in the fourth quarter because of a dis- asterous second quarter during which the Cardinals looked like they had during much of the previous five games this year. A roughing-the-passer penalty against Cardinal nose guard Charlie Davis nullified a Cardinal intercep tion and kept alive Houston’s 84- yard drive to its tying touchdown. Earl Campbell scored from 1-yard out. Moments later one of three Hous ton interceptions in the quarter gave the Oilers the ball at St. Louis’ ll-yardline, and one play later Houston went ahead on Dan Pasto- rini’s touchdown pass to rough. Campbell, the NFL rusher, carried the ball 13tin gained 54 yards. St. Otis Anderson gained 16 carries. fflaxeim “Whatever happened to us, we just accepted it and kept going,” Morris said. “As long as we were only one touchdown behind in the fourth quarter, we felt like we could The Cardinals had to have two late scores despite dominating the game in every category. St. Louis outgained the Oilers 447 to 219 yards and the Carinals accumulated 26 first downs to Houston’s 13. They ran 85 plays to Houston’s 47 and one game as a pro. The Vikings, perhaps inspired by a halftime ceremony honoring re tired superstar Fran Tarkenton, ral lied to cut the Dallas lead to 23-20 before Dorsett’s third touchdown run hiked it out of reach. After the Vikings capitalized on Dallas errors, Dorsett helped the Cowboys retaliate by sweeping 30 yards around left end to score on the first play after a Robert Miller fum ble at the Viking 31. White led all receivers with 131 yards on seven catches and eluded three defenders on a 28-yard touchdown reception midway in the third quarter that cut the Dallas lead to three points. Kramer, Tarkenton’s successor, threw for 179 yards, hitting 18-of-34 passes. Tarkenton, whose No. 10 jersey was retired by the team, had urged the Vikings to “get it going” before the second half. ^ Monthly Meeting 305 Rudder Wednesday, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m. Find out more about LSM and fellowship with other Christians. r Blaming present dot Bob Eckhai proposed n [1 oil prices Kin an MS< Eckhardt s liaised over points from : ; com pari son Rriod, tiles jsage points, ■“And this i gers inflatio ||For exan foiced to sp [addition, h( Bg— now ifotal budge ■ previous IaikI, Eel Inge upon Hithing, er Ren food. H Previous Icounteract I R increas Maxell cassettes give you the the handiest way to record everything, with incredible fidelity. And we mean everything. reproduce all the sound ther is. 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Long driving entries open today for all you putters and green-lovers. Swing yourself on down to the IM Office “fore” the sign-ups which open today!! The Action At Cain With the refs whistles blowing and the splish-splash of fast strokes, the yellow ball passed from team member to team member, sometimes to score . . . more often than not to land in the open for catcher’s catch-can. The scene was set as the Slimy Seamen from third floor Dunn Hall met the Waterlogs from the Vet School in Class AB play. Golf Singles Champs And the winners of the golf tournament are: MEN’S A: Lee Hubbard - 146 (Men’s Independent) MEN’S B: Joey Pearce - 153 (Law Hall) MEN’S C: Katjep Abdoelkadir - 174 (Men’s Independent) WOMEN’S A: Patsy Arnelas - 182 (Fowler Hall) WOMEN’S B: Cindy Bishop - 212 (Mosher Hall) Dunn started with a 3 point dis advantage caused by time and played the entire game with only five players. The Waterlogs had several visibly outstanding defense players in Jay James and John Deering. The first quarter ended 5-2 for the Waterlogs. Scores were made by John Szabniewicz for the Waterlogs and one each by Kirk Jordan and Bandy Rutterree for the Seamen. The next quarter saw a score by Joe Mandola for the vet school team and two scores for the Dunn Seamen, one by Kirk Jordan and one by Mike Plaissance for a half time score of 6-4. After the half, as both teams tired, the play went with spurts of energy and lags of disenchant ment. The Waterlogs held the Seamen back and managed to score 1 point in each of the remain ing quarters, the third quarter point by Mandola, and the fourth quarter point by Jay James. Final score was 8-4 for the Waterlogs. Other players for the Seamen were Robert Thompson and Joel Barger. For the Waterlogs, other teammates in cluded David Haflin, Gary Sartor, Mike Aven, Benji Alldredge, Vic Alexander, Steve Marzies and Mike Murphy. - Engin above Texas Bry : The “I Spy” Photographer this week selects Jeff Cantrell to be eligible for a B.O.G. card for free food from McDonalds. Jeff is shown here competing in the Intramural lifting contest. Acknowledgments "x; /■ This ad is sponsored by your local Mall. Stories by Michelle Wols- MacDonald Restaurants at Uni- tein. Pictures by Gary Reyes, versitv Drive and Manor East Caught In The Action this week were Crocker Hall’s water polo team as they walked back to the dorm after their loss to the Sea B’s. We re glad you enjoy In tramurals so much and appreciate your being such good sports. If ter luck next time to John I)J Phil Tibbs, Daryl Stovall, I Parker, Mark Dare, Glenn F# Doug Drummond, Mike Von and George Crowsom. New Champs For A New Game The results of the new Intramural Weightlifting events are in. Con gratulations and a laurel leaf crown to: BEST WEIGHT snio e c The winners in the Intramural Golf Single Tournament were (left to right) Lee Hebbard, Men’s Class A, Patsy Ornelas, Women’s Class A, and Joe Pearce, Men’s Class B. Winners not pictured were Katjep Abdoel Kadir, Men’s Class C, and Cindy Bishop, Women’s Class B. Women (125-under) Carol Hancock Men (150-under) James Rue Men (151-175) Dan Cook Craig Eddy Men (176-200) Oscar Rivera Men (201-up) Gary Mulligan % BODY WEIGHT 71 lbs. 270 lbs. 258 lbs. 258 lbs. 163% 163% 341 lbs. 319 lbs. 177.6% 134% I CLOSING ENTRIES: | Punt, Pass & Kick Tuesday, October! I I Swimming & Diving Tuesday, October! Flickerball Tuesday, October! I OPENING ENTRIES: j Bowhunter’s Shoot Monday, October! ■ Long Driving Monday, October! I MEETINGS: I Sports Club - Tuesday, October 9, Rm 231 GRW at 7:00 pm I Flickerball Team Captains - Thursday, October 11, Rm 267, GRW at 5.15 pm I The Br> tion of the vote of 4-. 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