Page 12 THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1380
Mistakes cost Texas AS^M again as Owls win, 10-6
to by Pat O’Mafley
A worried Tom Wilson sends quarterback Gary Kubiak back
to the huddle with a play during Saturday’s 10-6 loss to the
Rice Owls. The Aggies, 2-5, are off to their worst start since
1972, when they were 1-6 after seven games.
By RICHARD OLIVER
Sports Editor
The Texas A&M football mystery
continues.
In a turn of events that even Sher
lock Holmes might trip on, the Aggie
football team has stumbled, bum
bled and fumbled its way to its worst
start since 1972, when Texas A&M
was 1-6 after seven games.
Saturday, despite outgaining Rice
offensively by 116 yards, the Ags
took it on the chin to the Owls, 10-6
in front of only 52,449 hometown
fans.
Once again, a turnover hurt the
Aggies. Once again, the team failed
to come back after falling behind ear
ly in the game. Once again, missed
tackles resulted in a crushing touch
down. And once again, a dejected
Tom Wilson tried vainly to give a
reason for the collapse after the
game.
“We’re tremendously dis
appointed again,” he said. “I know
we’ve got a young football team but
I’m tired of using that as an excuse.
I’m not disappointed with their
effort. We just need to execute bet
ter. We had all kinds of opportunites
to win the game, but made too many
mistakes.
“It’s just unbelievable how many
mistakes we can make to lose a ball-
game. It’s hard for me to explain how
a football team can make this many
mistakes.”
Yet, the mistakes occurred, and
Texas A&M limped off the field after
losing to Rice for the first time since
1973, and the first time since 1972 in
Kyle Field.
The first score came in the second
quarter, when Rice running back Cal
Fance took a short pass from quarter
back Randy Hertel and bounced off
five Aggie tacklers, turning what
should have been a three-yard loss
into a 41-yard touchdown romp.
Rice added a field goal later in the
second quarter to go into the locker
room at halftime with a 10-0 lead.
A Rice turnovet gave A&M the
ball on the Owls’ 38, and six plays
later, Aggie tailback Johnny Hector
escaped one tackle and slammed
over from five to make it 10-6.
David Hardy missed the extra
point.
Hector finished the day with 123
yards on 26 carries.
The kicking game failed once again
for A&M, as Hardy missed a 47-
yarder in the first quarter, and Smith
came on in the third and missed a
44-yard attempt.
Gary Kubiak, in his first collegiate
start ever, had a mediocre day, com
pleting only six of 19 attempts for 72
yards. But Kubiak led the Aggies to
several scoring opportunities, but all
but one fizzled.
In the fourth quarter, a fired up
Kubiak led A&M on a 58-yard drive,
only to watch in dismay as fullback
Thomas Sanders coughed up the
football on the Owls’ three-yard line.
With 3:46 remaining in the game,
Kubiak moved the Aggies down to
the 28 of Rice, but the drive stalled as
three desperation passes by Kubiak
and sub Mark McQueen, who en
tered when Kubiak was shaken up
one play, failed to find their mark.
Wilson was bewildered by the
team’s play.
“We’re just not getting the job
done,” hp said. “I wish they’d (young
Aggie players) hurry and grow up
and decide they’re good enough to
compete.
“Before the game, they were as
emotional as they’ve been all year.
We’re hunting for a way to get good. ”
Many Aggie players, while a bit
confused by the turn of events in
1980, still were confident things
would turn for the better. Some even
looked to 1981.
“Next year should be a lot diffe
rent,” said free safety Van Barnett
enthusiastically. “We have a lot of
inexperience on this team. You can’t
expect to be conference champs this
year.
“We’re not giving up, though.
We re going to spoil some things for
everybody else. We re spoilers now.
We’ve got nothing to lose. Let’s go
mess it up for SMU. Let’s go mess it
up for Texas. It’ll change for us.
We’ve got real team unity.”
If he were coach, Barnett said he
would tell his players to take it easy
thing left for us. Let’s just be a pain in
somebody’s neck. ”
The loss was costly once again for
A&M, as starting senior linebacker
Doug Carr went down with a knee
injury and will be operated on today.
Carr will be lost for the season. Fel
low defensive captain John Dawson,
a strong safety, is also lost for the
season with a knee injury he sus
tained against Mississippi in the first
game of the year.
Rice Head Coach Ray Albom was,
simply put, ecstatic after the game.
“This a bigger win than the LSU
win; it was a conference game,” he
said. “I am very proud of these kids
and my staff.
“I told the kids at halftime that the
next 30 minutes would be the most
important ones Rice has ever
played.”
Rice running star Fance was mat
ter-of-fact about his TD pass-run.
“It was a swing pass in the tJ
the defensive man came up [
said. “I got by him, I wentfromij
with three or four hits thenalll|
was the goalline and it sure l
good.”
The Aggies face SMU
day at Texas Stadium in Dallas|
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the year in the SWC Saturn
beating Texas, 20-6.
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“I’d tell my players to relax,” he
said, “we’ve got nothing to lose.
We’ve still got four more games.
Let’s be a wrecking crew. A little
wrecking crew that tears up things.”
Center David Bandy was not as
positive.
“We just gave the game away,” he
said. “We can’t call it inexperience.
We can’t make any more excuses.
“We can either lie down and quit
and finish 2-9 or be a real pain in
somebody’s neck. I know the coach
(Wilson) won’t let us lie down. He’s
been coming down on us pretty hard
all year on rules and regulations.
He’s under an awful lot of pressure. ”
Bandy said he knew now Wilson
would be coming under fire for the
season record.
“Any time a coach starts losing,”
he said, “he’ll get in a lot of trouble.
We’ve got to be the spoilers now. I
don’t like that really, but it’s the only
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IM Game Plan
ENTRIES OPEN: Running enthusiasts should be aware that the
IM Dept, is now accepting entries for the annual Cross Country Race
to be held on Tuesday, November 11 at 5:30 p.m. The race is three
miles in length and best of all is FREE! Interested individuals should
sign up in the Intramural Office, 159 East Kyle. Entries will be
accepted through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4. Also open during
the October 27 through November 4 period will be entries for Table
Tennis Doubles.
ENTRIES CLOSING: Tomorrow marks the deadline for accept
ing entries in Racquetball Doubles and Archery (Singles & Doubles).
Stop by the IM Office before 5 p.m. Tuesday and enter one or both of
these activities.
PLAY BEGINS: Soccer action gets underway tonight at the Pen-
berthy Complex. Teams who have not picked up their schedules
should stop by the IM Office today — you may be playing tonight!
PLAYOFF ACTION CONTINUES: Flag Football action will be
continuing this week. All captains are reminded that games are often
rescheduled due to weather postponement. So check the playoff
schedule often, your game may be affected by a change even if not
affected by the weather.
LONG DRIVING CONTEST: Tuesday, October 28 at 5 p.m.
will be the day and time of the Intramural Long Driving Contest.
Held on the East Campus Polo Field, the contest will consist of
driving 5 balls — the longest of which will be the official distance.
Participants are reminded that they must furnish their own clubs and
balls. All entrants must use the “Club Special” ball.
All-University Swim Championships
Tonight 7 P.M. Downs Pool — See You There!
Twenty (
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The Texas A&M Roadrunners rt
cently sponsored a trip to the Hunt!
ville Half and Quarter Marathon
Club member Roger Crocket
emerged victorious in the 30-39
division in the Quarter Marathon
Roger’s time placed him 8th in thf
overall field.
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Racquetball
Action from last week’s swimming preliminaries.
Seven hearty souls stalked
the game with their bows in
hand last Wednesday evening
in the Intramural Bowhunter’s
Shoot.
The “game” they were all out
searching for was the All-
University Championship T-
Shirt. In the sighted division,
Tim Hay bagged the top prize
while Ed Golden emerged
from the woods as the wimfl
in the non-sighted divisioi
Second place in the sighted!
vision went to Mark Wallace
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of five arrows each from 20, J
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points while Golden scored i!
points in the non-sighted divi|
sion.
News
Eleven members of the TAMU
Racquetball Club were among the
800 individuals that competed re
cently in the 6th Annual Racquet
ball Championship of Texas.
Making the trip to San Antonio
were club members Mark Bewley,
Thomas Brow, Joel Clinkscales,
Mike Gralish, Felipe Guzman,
Mike Hare, Sam Haynes, Ed Ket-
ter, John Marinos, J.J. Risch, and
David Zabcik.
Ketter advanced to the semi
final round in Men’s B action
while Risch did the same in Wo
men’s B. Bewley and Hare both
survived until the quarter-finals in
Men’s B and Guzman emerged in
third place in the Men’s D com
petition.
Acknowledgments
Paul Winston of the A&M Soccer Club is our “Be Our Guest”
winner this week. Paul should stop by the IM Office to pick
up his B.O.G. card, good for free food at McDonald’s.
This ad is sponsored by your
local McDonald Restaurants at
University Drive and Manor East
Mall. Photos by David Hurst.
Stories by John Bramblett.
Tennis Volleys On
Mark Smith, a sophomore
Chemical Engineering major
from Cy-Fair, advanced one
step closer in defense of his
Men’s Dorm Class A Tennis
Singles crown by defeating
Louis Torres, 6-2 and 6-2 last
Monday evening.
Smith, who lost in three sets
for the All-University title last
year, will defend his Dorm title
tonight at 5 p.m. against Dave
McGlashan.
In Women’s Dorm Class A
action, Tami Buffington of
Hughes Hall will be taking to
the courts in the finals against
Kendall Gurry. Julie Drewry
has already captured the Wo
men’s Independent Class A
crown and is awaiting the re
sults of the Buffington — Gurry
match in order to play off for
the All-University Class A Wo
men’s title. Drewry defeated
Joanne Linck, to advance to the
All-University Final.
In Men’s Independent Class
A finals, Joe Aldapse, Bruce
Cochran, Simon Ruijse Naars
and Bobby Soepangkat will be
competing to determine who
advances to the All-University
playoffs.
The CORPS Class A cham
pion will be determined tomor
row evening when John Nesbit
of F-2 does battle with Andy
Herrmann of Squadron 11.
Blaine Porter of F-l has already
captured the FISH A title and
is waiting the results of the
other divisional playoffs.
FISH Class B Champion
Bobby Ogdee advances to the
Class B Playoffs along with
Dorm Flight winners Mark
Rahm, Steve Sargent, Steve
Strother, Jay Fuller, Patrick
Kirwan, Ted Elder, Bill Chris
tensen, and Brent Barchard.
Class B CORPS representa
tives will be Nolan Kennedy,
Daryl Fitzgerald, Greg Netar-
dus and Ross Walton. In the
Men’s Independent Class B
competition, winners are De
nnis Knox, Craig Hunter, Joe
Cochran, and ScOtt Marble.
Sue Bierman has already
captured the Women’s Class C
All-University Championship,
while Jerry Fabian, Steve Hen-
sel, Quentin Anderson, Sean
Sorrells, Lester Warner and
William Trainer are still in the
running for the Men’s Class C
All-University title.
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