THE BATTALION MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1980 Page 13 White leads Cowboys again instantly Texas y broke fours within ynes to 'as fouls ;tance Texas A&M senior starting quarterback David Beal looks , downfield as he readies to pass against the Red Raiders Satur- ’ day. Beal gained 68 yards on the ground and passed for 129 in tall intol to lose a. “At la co said. &Mfatii ly withs Photo by Lee Roy Leschper 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. at and slow’ Beal flattens Tech Wins over home crowd while leading Aggies lly bacU "The l] i know 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 , Oct ^ jjf e b ac k j n(;C) satisfying arting Tilts brought by that move clearly ijved in Wilson’s face after the win d ■ :r the Red Raiders, n tow i j us t couldn’t be prouder of ; a tain F: i uwe 11 an in me cuauncb iui ing enough confidence to put me d A^| is Texaij irthe 25:07; > n n n n rr n n n n n n n n nd n n nji zTlzrT .J t £ ..JLL -ITT ' .1 H I—- - OKTOBERFEAST 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. 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