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Page 10A THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1979 Ag records fall despite 6-5 season By KURT ALLEN Battalion Sports Staff Based on the win over Texas, as well as three defeats, lost by a total of five points, the Texas A&M football team may have had the best 6-5 sea son in the country. However, for those who are not completely convinced by that state ment, then a quick comparison of this season’s statistics with the re cord book should provide compell ing evidence. During 1979, the Aggies shattered a total of 11 individual and Texas A&M team records. Perhaps the most important re cord broken this year came in the rushing department. Having com pleted his career at Texas A&M, tail back Curtis Dickey set new marks with 3,703 yards gained on 697 car ries, while averaging 5.3 yards per The record was held by fullback George Woodard, who had rushed for 2,864 yards on 612 carries before this year. As a matter of comparison, he finished his career with 2,911 yards on 625 attempts, for an average of 4.7 yards per run. Meanwhile, punter David Ap pleby was quietly doing some career mark breaking of his own. During four years as starting punter, Ap pleby kicked 226 times for 9,222 tot al yards. The old records were held by Steve O’Neal, who punted 212 times for 8,854 yards. Although not a new high, Appleby’s career average was 40.8 yards per kick. The all-time av erage is held by Phil Scoggin who kicked for 41.9 yards per punt in 1964 and 1965. Quarterback Mike Mosley has taken over yet another career record in the passing department. After three years, he has completed 171 of 293 passes for a new percentage mark of 58.4. That is considerably higher than the old high of 52.0 per cent set by Ray Graves in the early 1950’s. Football rankings United Press International NEW YORK — The United Press International Board of Coaches top 20 college football ratings, with first-place votes and won- loss records in parentheses (13th week): 1. Alabama (22) (11-0) 426 2. Sou. Calif. (4) (10-0-1) 393 3. Ohio State (3) (11-0) 377 4. Florida State (11-0) 326 5. Oklahoma (10-1) 308 6. Houston (10-1) 275 7. Arkansas (10-1) 238 8. Nebraska (10-1) 236 9. Brig. Young (11-0) 223 10. Pittsburgh (10-1) 192 11. Texas (9-2) 141 12. Purdue (9-2) 120 13. Washington (9-2) 97 14. Michigan (8-3) 49 15. Tulane (9-2) 25 16. South Carolina(8-3) 24 17. Clemson (8-3) 16 18. Temple (9-2) 10 19. Baylor (7-4) 8 20. Penn State (7-4) 3 Note: By agreement with the American Football Coaches Asso ciation, teams on probation by the NCAA are ineligible for the top 20 and national championship consideration by the UPI Board of Coaches. Those teams current ly on probation are Oklahoma State, Auburn and Memphis State. Basketball rankings United Press International NEW YORK — The United Press International Board of Coaches top 20 college basketball ratings for the week of Dec. 3, with first- place votes and records in paren- theses: 1. Indiana (25) (1-0) 429 2. Duke (2) (3-0) 379 3. Ohio State (2) (1-0) 350 4. Notre Dame (1-0) 289 5. Louisiana State (1-0) 268 6. Kentucky (3-1) 263 7. North Carolina (1-1) 197 8. UCLA (2-0) 192 9. Purdue (1-0) 146 10. DePaul (0-0) 144 11. St. John’s (2-0) 138 12. Syracuse (1-0) 128 13. Virginia (2-0) 108 14. Oregon State (2-0) 70 15. Louisville (1-0) 56 16. (tie) Marquette (1-0) 38 16. (tie) Georgetown(l-O) 38 18. (tie) Brig. Young(l-l) 23 18. (tie) Kansas (1-0) 23 20. Arkansas (1-0) 19 Note: By agreement with the energy, saver. Mosley also owns the season mark for passing percentage. Completing 82 of 142 passes, he averaged 57.8 percent. That breaks the mark Mos ley set just last year when he com pleted 80 of 139 passes for 57.6 per cent. Turning to team records, this year’s squad set a passing record of its own. Between them, the Aggies’ three quarterbacks completed 99 of 174 passes for an average of 56.9 per cent. The old mark had been 55.1 percent, also set just last year when 92 of 167 passes were completed. The Texas A&M defense this sea son tied a rather obscure record when it limited Brigham Young to only 23 rushing attempts. In that game, the Cougars only gained 52 total yards. The record for attempts was originally set in 1955, when the Aggies limited Baylor to 23 attempts. One mark the team tied this year that it would probably just as soon forget involves total penalties accu mulated in a single season. This year, just as they did in 1955, the Aggies racked up 75 penalties. In all, Texas A&M lost 605 yards because of the yellow flag. Last but not least, of course, the team set new attendance records for a single game as well as a season. Actually, the credit for shattering the marks should go to loyal fans who streamed into Kyle Field at an aver age of 62,475-per-game. There’s no telling how high the average would have been if Kyle Field had been finished on time. However, enough work was done in time by the Texas game to allow 69,017 people to squeeze in. Appropriately enough, the record crowd witnessed a Texas A&M win over the Longhorns. Comaneci is still No. 1 United Press International FORT WORTH — Nadia Comaneci, whose Olympic achievements made her one of the most recognized names in sport, gave the best individual performance Tuesday at the World Gymnastics Champion- . ships to begin her mission of re gaining status as the No. 1 female gymnast in the world. No longer the sprite of a girl who turned in perfect scores in Montreal and caused an explo sion of gymnastic popularity, Comaneci overcame an occasion al flaw in recording a score of 39.50 during the women’s team compulsory phase of the week- long meet. That was enough, however, to lift her ahead of the Soviet Un ion’s Nelli Kim and Natalia Sha- posnikova and also helped keep the Romanian team close to the Soviets in a bid for an upset in the team competition. Tuesday’s in dividual scores carry over throughout the all-around event, which ends Saturday night. The USSR, having to do with out defending world champion Elena Mukhina who is nursing a leg injury, had a 194.85 team total and the 194.25. lionianians posts ca r< East Germany, the last tea compete late Tuesday moved into third place 193.85 and the Americans assisted by a successfulprot, a judge’s decision, wereini place at 192.575. The Soviet Union willl; 2.4 point lead over the Jap;| Texas A&M and a 3.15 advantage ovi Lced about a Americans into the criticalMenrollment of exercises. Japan has not Me 1974, ac team title in the world chant lased by Dr. ships since 1958. 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