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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1979 Page 9 the sports trp ranklin, Walton lead hiladelphia past Pokes 3 Mondii 0 the ye}I u n jt c d Press International »iic. ffiVINC, Ti'xas — Backup quar- ick John Walton threw for his |d touchdown in his four-year and Texas A&M-ex Tony :lin kicked the second-longest pal in NFL history — all in the of36 seconds Monday night — 1 the Philadelphia Eagles to a upset of the Dallas Cowboys, ludingttifpiladelphia’s victory broke a Dallas winning streak the Eagles and left the Cow- 8-3, with a mere one-game the NFC East over the Eagles e Washington Redskins. ;les quarterback Ron Jaworski, uffered a sprained wrist late in rst half, hit 6-foot-8 flanker d Carmichael with a 32-yard down pass in the first quarter etumed to throw a 13-yard g pass to Carmichael in the period. iough the Eagles dominated Imost all night, a Dallas rally he game in doubt until the s’ Wilbert Montgomery, on a and-2 situation, ran 37 yards |touchdown with 1:01 remaining game. Jt it was the heroics of Walton franklin in the final seconds of rst half that ignited the Eagles, ;ost their previous three games rere in danger of falling out of v tourtt s to spenj anufachii. ailliontliiii European turn finis as runnin; 10 percent tariff-fres : almost j! ampanies. aicgrowfii ation bar >gy woali years anl importw nstrudoi 1 nponenti ics, phai. ed States the division race. The game was tied 7-7 when, with 1:35 to play in the half, Jaworski fell under defensive end Harvey Martin. Jaworski, in obvious pain, was helped off the field and went to the locker room for X-rays on his wrist. In came Walton, a seldom-used quarterback from Elizabeth City State in New Jersey, who promptly took advantage of a fumbled punt and threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Charles Smith that gave the Eagles the lead. On the first play following the kickoff, Dallas quarterback Danny White, briefly filling in a for a slight ly injured Roger Staubach, was in tercepted by Philadelphia’s Randy Logan. Philadelphia went nowhere in three plays but Franklin — holder of 19 NCAA kicking records, came in to try a 59-yard field goal. The ball rocketed off Franklin’s foot and just carried over the crossbar. The kick was second only to the 63-yarder by Tom Dempsey in 1970 while with the New Orleans Saints. Dallas’ only scores came on Staubach-to-Tony Hill touchdown passes, the first of them being of 48 yards on the third play of the game and the second being 75-yards in the fourth quarter after the issue had been decided. The Eagles squelched the Cow boys through most of the final three quarters, a symbol of Dallas’ frustra tion coming midway through the fourth period when Staubach was thrown for a long loss and the Cow boys wound up having 32 yards to go for a first down. The Eagles’ first touchdown drive of 59 yards was kept alive by two Dallas penalties. One of them came after Philadelphia had punted the ball away and the second one came on a missed field goal attempt by Franklin from 53 yards. Montgomery picked up 127 yards to run his season total to 1,078, be coming the fourth ball carrier to move over the 1,000-yard mark in the NFL this season. Dallas, which rallied the previous week to defeat the New York Giants 16-14 on Rafael Septien’s 22-yard field goal with three seconds lefts, pulled within three points with 1:19 to play on a 5-yard pass from Staubach to Billy Joe DuPree. The ensuing onside kick attempt, however, failed to go the necessary 10 yards and the Eagles began the drive that led to Montgomery’s clin ching touchdown. SWC has impressive record United Press International DALLAS — The victory by Southern Methodist over Wichi ta State last Saturday boosted the Southwest Conference intersec tional record this season to 18-8-1 and SWC officials said Monday that was the best mark in three decades. This year’s winning percentage is .685 (with bowl games still to go) and the last time the SWC had that good a showing was in 1950, when the conference teams had a 21-9 record, or a . 700 percentage. Post-season competition will be counted into this year’s in tersectional record, but even if the SWC should go 0-4 in bowl games this year’s percentage would still be the best since 1950. In addition, the results from the current decade reverse a trend that has been followed since the first SWC season in 1915. In every decade since the conference was founded, the league’s non-conference record has gotten progressively worse. That has been brought about by the improved quality of oppo sition, the conference replacing such opponents as Meridian, Daniel Baker and Henry Kendall with such teams as Oklahoma, Alabama, USC, Nebraska, Notre Dame and Michigan. In the 20’s the SWC’s intersec tional percentage was . 750. It was .689 in the 30’s, .643 in the 40’s, .610 in the 50’s, .533 in the 60s and now, with the 70 s drawing to a close, the conference’s won-loss percentage is .574. During the 70’s the SWC ex perienced only one losing season, a .391 mark in 1971, compared to four losing years in the 60 s. Among the eight teams to de feat SWC clubs this year have been Alabama, USC, Brigham Young, LSU and Alabama. Among the 18 victims have been Oklahoma, UCLA, Missouri and Penn State. Little, Hatchett Longhorn heroes United Press International AUSTIN — A week ago Texas quarterback Donnie Little was ben ched in favor of two freshmen be cause Fred Akers said the Longhorn signal caller “got rattled” against Texas Tech. But Little redeemed himself in a 21-13 victory over Texas Tech, and Akers named the Dickinson sopho more the team’s outstanding offen sive player of the game. “That was a pressure-packed ball game,” Akers said of the victory that propelled Texas back into a share of the Southwest Conference lead and knocked Houston from the list of un beaten teams. “It required execution, which he provided; it required leadership '$prtlp'^iFiprtpiprip'tpipripr3lp'jlpr^r^rlpr^'jlp'tpip-$prtp'tlp’$pripip'tlprjlprtFipip'tp’$p’$pr3lp a hospii escued k he was ekend. t reacfo >t was i nails," leaving rdeal, i er way*! ing cair(| ar Togwf cl cold she trieii lotprinls 1. becaui dated W hree pain loots, ottom oft licopteri ae was i iad seeal :reek. er foodi Hit it * Project of Alpha pin (Onmut FOOTBALL Many Styles Choose From. 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Texas Ave. S BARCELONA Whataburger A&M Golf Course n Across from A&M lacell In Culpepper Plaza which he provided,” Akers said. “His running was good, his execu tion was good and his passing was good, and the result was on the scoreboard.” Akers called the victory over Houston the “most complete game we’ve played.” “It involved big plays on offense, big plays on defense and big plays in the kicking game,” he said. “There were a lot of obstacles to overcome, and we had to come from behind twice.” Akers said the Longhorn coaching staff had seen no indication in its scouting of Houston that would indi cate Texas would be able to block two Cougar punts, and said Texas had a return called when Kenneth Sims blocked the first one. “After the first one, we called sev eral blocks,” Akers said, including the play on which Conny Hatch blocked a punt that set up a Texas touchdown. Cornerback Derrick Hatchett, who had two interceptions and broke up three passes against the Cougars, was selected by the Longhorn coaches as the team’s outstanding defensive player of the game, even though he was burned in the first half on a 51-yard pass from Delrick Brown to Lonnell Phea. Texas, now 7-1 for the year, faces TCU Saturday, and Akers empha sized the Horned Frogs no longer are playing like the conference door mat they have been in recent years. 707 SHOPPING VILLAGE CULPEPPER PLAZA 696-6933 693-0607 TUESDAY NIGHT AT TJ's is TEQUILLA NIGHT all Tequilla drinks — $1.00 starting at 8 p.m. and FASHION SHOW Starting at 7 p.m. Fashions by Carnaby Square ESXA^BLXSllEn IN 1074 Come hear Branded Band with Feron Evans Feggy King 707 Texas Ave. College Sta. "Spring, Washington Square" John Sloan (1871-1951) TRILOGY: PART I THE EIGHT First of Three Art Exhibitions From the collection of J. W. Runyon, Jr. '35 Public Opening and Reception 4:00-6:00 pm, Thursday, November 15, 1979 First Floor, Sterling C. Evans Library Sponsored by Texas A&M University Art Exhibits and the Memorial Student Center Directo rate in celebration of the dedication of the Sterling C. Evans Library.