THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1980
Page 13
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the air to lead A&M. It was the first start ever for Beal as an
Aggie, and he responded with four touchdown runs as A&M
won by 20 points.
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United Press International
IRVING — Danny White
directed two 85-yard touchdown
drives in the second quarter, ending
them with long-range touchdown
passes to Tony Hill and Butch John
son, in leading the Dallas Cowboys
to a methodical 24-3 triumph over
the New York Giants Sunday.
It was the third straight win for
Dallas, boosting the Cowboys’ re
cord to 4-1 and allowing them to
keep pace with the Philadelphia
Eagles atop the NFC East. New
York lost its fourth game in a row
after a season opening victory over
St. Louis.
Dallas’ Rafael Septien kicked a 38-
yard field goal four plays after New
York had fumbled the opening kick
off, but thp Cowboys sputtered
offensively i until White cranked
things up with the two long drives.
White moved Dallas 85 yards on
eight plays midway through the
second quarter, hitting Hill with a
29-yard scoring throw, and then
marched the Cowboys 85 yards again
in the final minute of the first half,
hitting Johnson with a 29-yard touch
down throw.
Dallas scored again with 2:33 to
play on a 38-yard interception return
by tackle John Dutton. New York
rookie quarterback Scott Brunner,
under a heavy rush from Ed Jones,
threw the ball directly into Dutton's
hands, allowing the 6-foot-7 tackle
to score his first touchdown as a
professional.
New York’s only points came on a
51-yard field goal by Joe Danelo ear
ly in the fourth quarter after Danelo
had earlier missed efforts from 33
and 53 yards.
White, who came into the game as
the NFC’s leading passer, com
pleted 22 of 33 throws for 266 yards
and the two touchdowns — his
By KURT ALLEN
Battalion Staff
^jpEter since he got married, David
. al’s wife Sara had told him he had
tten fat and slow.
lav^Bthat’s the case, it sure didn’t
RidiaM Saturday, as the senior quar-
n .. [pick wowed a Kyle Field crowd of
or con® 5,000 by rom P in £ his wa y to
Id (l lin | t()llchdowns an( ^ guiding Texas
:M to a convincing 41-21 win over
s Tech.
obviously fatigued by the day’s
:nts, Beal nevertheless happily
itted with a swarm of reporters as
slowly pulled his gear off .
Til tell you one thing. I’ve never
^ iii so tired in my life, said the
,, p lve J®llville, Ark. product. “I know
1,11 i still out of shape. Ever since I got
rried, I’ve lost some speed and
R tt f C J§d about 10 pounds. ’
A " ' fet, that didn’t stop Beal from
ard airing loose on identical counter
iaorl Ton plays to the split end side for
* | vl res of 20, 9, 25 and 32 yards.
V* 111 Really, playing in this game was
o' 1 U’i i dream for me,” said Beal. “I
l' inl >ss I owe it all to the coaches for
sappomj
ice
anP 00 ®ad Coach Tom Wilson was
^ er J,° My pleased with Beal’s perform-
nined £ re pl ace( l former starter
t weeny Mosley with Beal after the
‘I- in State game in an effort to shake
■' ill ,r the Aggie offensive unit and put
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arting Tilts brought by that move clearly
ijved in Wilson’s face after the win
d ■ :r the Red Raiders,
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David Beal
David Beal,” said Wilson, with an
almost boyish enthusiasm he had not
shown before Saturday. “This is by
far the best game we’ve played. I m
sure he (Beal) was out of shape. You
can’t get a player into game-shape
without letting him play, which is
why we played David. lie did a fine
job out there running the offense.’’
Indeed, the Ags’ offense never
looked better, and the squad showed
a confidence which until then had
been sorely lacking.
For his part, Beal carried the ball
12 times for a misleading 68 yards. As
earlier noted, four of those rushes
went for touchdowns. His actual tot
al yards gained would have been
much closer to 100 yards had he not
had to eat the ball on a couple of
occasions.
He also completed 12 of 19 passes
for 129 yards with two interceptions.
Beal teamed quite effectively with
split end Mike Whitwell throughout
the afternoon, throwing to the Cotu-
la junior five times for 55 yards.
In both rushing and passing, Beal
increased his season stats consider
ably in just one game. He’s now com
pleted 21 of 36 passes for a 58.3 per
cent average and 264 yards. That’s
not too far away from his total career
stats.
Beal played virtually the entire
game except for a series in the fourth
quarter when he was felled by mus
cle cramps in his right calf. He was
replaced by Mosley, but later re
turned.
“I don’t think I’ve hurt that bad in
a long time. I guess the reason I got
the cramps was because I’m not used
to putting out so much. I used to get
cramps like that all the time when I
was playing in high school. ”
Reflecting on his old nemesis, the
cramps, Beal suddenly realized he
hadn’t felt such pains since the final
game of his senior year in high school
at Russellville. That game against
Fort Smith Southside High School,
incidentally, was the last contest he
had started until Saturday.
After all the turmoil and chain of
events that led up to facing the Red
Raiders, it would have been natural
to expect Beal and his fellow Aggies
to be a little nervous going into what
for them was a big game. But that
wasn’t the case, maintained Beal.
“Honestly, the only time I got ner
vous was when people would come
up to me and ask if I was nervous. It
was just like when I got married. It
was nothing until everybody started
quizzing me.”
While still fresh from his running
dream, Beal was gracious in his
praise for the man he replaced, Mike
Mosley.
“Mike’s a heck of a player. He’s
still a lot faster than I am. He’s been
clocked at 4.3 in the 40-yard dash
and I run about a 4.7. He’s also bet
ter at throwing the ball on the run. I
think if there’s one advantage I have
to offer, it’s my ability in dropping
back in the pocket.”
That advantage payed off time and
again for the Aggies, as he picked
apart the Raiders’ secondary by sit
ting in the pocket and taking his time
before throwing.
It also earned him his second
straight starting assignment this
week against the faltering Houston
Cougars.
Wilson apparently made that deci
sion moments before talking to wri
ters after the Tech game. Informed
by one writer of the' head coach’s
decision, Beal replied, “That’s really
great. I couldn’t be happier. I’m real
ly looking forward to that one. I don’t
care when we play them, I know
we ll be ready for it. ”
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eighth and ninth of the season.
The Cowboys’ defense, mean
while, gave New York quarterback
Phil Simms an unpleasant afternoon.
Simms could complete only four of
15 throws for 87 yards and he left the
game late in the third quarter in
favor of rookie Brunner.
Dallas defenders tipped four pas
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them eventually intercepted by Bob
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Thurman’s interception, coming
at the Cowboys’ 16 with a little more
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out the giants’ last hope of getting
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The Cowboys dominated all day,
but particularly during the first half
when Dallas made 14 first downs to
just two for the Giants. And it was
the drive at the end of the half, a
carbon copy of the two-minute drill
ran by White’s predecessor Roger
Staubach, that appeared to wrap up
the game for the Cowboys.
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Preston Pearson — activated for this
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the march. White then threw an in
completion, but connected with Hill
on a 12-yarder that advanced the ball
to the 37.
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