Page 14 THE BATTALION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1981
Sports
Defense comes alive in second half comeback
Aggies open up with exciting win over Beari
By RITCHIE PRIDDY
Sports Editor
•The Texas Aggies could well be
a'team to be reckoned with in
1981. Saturday afternoon in Ber
keley, Cal. the Aggies stood up for
themselves and played to their
potential in one of the most diffi
cult situations they will encounter
this year.
After having almost every
opportunity to blow the game in
the first half the Aggies roared
back the second half and shut
down the powerful run and shoot
offense of the California Golden
Bears and pulled out the game by
a slim 29-28 margin.
The Bears, who unveiled their
highly-touted run and shoot
offense, almost took the game
away from the Aggies early on as
they jumped out to what seemed
an almost unsurmountable lead in
the first half. But, reminiscent of
last year’s Arkansas game, in
which the Aggies lost 27-24 in the
last few seconds of the ballgame,
the Aggies came roaring back in
the second half and held the Bears
to 88 yards total offense and only
five first downs in the second half.
Most of those yards came in their
final drive of the game.
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The difference in the second
half was the ability of the offense to
control the ball. The Ags had the
ball a total of 13 minutes and nine
seconds the third quarter and 10
minutes and three seconds the
fourth.
It was a different story in the
first half as the Bears opened the
game with a 74-yard scoring drive
that culminated with a 30 yard
scoring strike from quarterback
Gale Gilbert to wide receiver
Floyd Eddings. Cornerback Greg
Williams was defending on the
play but never really had a chance
for the ball as Eddings streaked
passed him for the td. Eddings
caught three touchdown passes on
the day to tie a California record.
He finished with three catches for
103 yards. The big play of the
drive was the Bears surprise
fourth down pass from the punt
formation, good enough for 20
yards and a first down.
The Bears held the Aggies on
downs and after a 37-yard punt by
Buzzy Sawyer took over again on
their own 23. This time the de
fense came alive as defensive ends
Paul Pender and Jon van Sant bat
ted down two successive passes.
On fourth and four safety Jeff Ful
ler broke through the line and
blocked Mike Ahr’s punt and re
turned it 15 yards to the Bear 23-
yard line. It appeared the Aggies
would tie the game but their drive
stalled on the Bear 13-yard line
and placekicker David Hardy
booted his first of three field goals
from 29 yards out to make the
score 7-3.
The Bears got back on the board
again to up their lead to 11 when
second team quarterback J. Tor-
chio replaced the injured Gilbert
and dove in from the two.
The Aggies didn’t give up,
though, and on their next posses
sion drove to the California 24-
yard line before the drive stalled
by running back Thomas Sander’s
fumble. On the next play, howev
er, F uller jumped in front of a Tor-
chio pass intended for Orinn Ford
and returned it to the Bears 31-
yard line. Five plays later Kubiak
lofted a high pass to flanker Don
Jones for the touchdown to make it
14-9. Hardy’s extra point was
blocked by defensive tackle Re
ggie Camp.
The Golden Bears weren’t
through with their aerial show as
they quickly drove 80 yards in
seven plays to make the score 21-
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9. This time Eddings again burned
Williams for a 11-yard td catch.
The Aggies were forced to punt
on their next series but Marriet
Ford mis-handled Sawyer’s punt
and Kermit Foster jumped on the
ball for the Aggies at the Cal 45.
Five plays later the Aggies were
on the board, this time Sanders
went up the middle from five
yards out following a 27 yard scam
per by Jackson.
The Bears scored for the final
time with 1:19 left in the half on a
67-yard scoring strike from Tor-
chio to Eddings, who cut between
safety Billy Cannon and Williams.
Using Sanders and Hector,
quarterback Gary Kubiak took the
Aggies from their own 39-yard line
to the Cal 11 with 17 seconds re
maining in the half but under
threw split end Mike Whitwell
and Richard Rodgers intercepted
in the end zone to kill the threat.
Trailing 28-16 going into the
locker room at the half, the Aggies
had their work cut out for them if
they were going to make a com
eback.
The Aggies moved the ball well
against the Cal defense, finishing
the half with over 200 yards total
offense (167 rushing, 43 passing).
California, using the run and shoot
quite effectively, accounted for
337 yards, 288 through the air.
The second half was a complete
turnaround for the Aggies as they
ran up 274 yards in total offense to
just 88 for the Bears. The Aggies
finished with 443 yards to 393 for
the Bears.
Running backs Earnest Jackson
and Johnny Hector accounted for
most of the offense for Texas A&M
in the first half. Jackson ran for 120
yards on 15 carries through the
middle of the California line, car
rying several would-be tacklers
along the way. Hector ran nine
times for 53 yards but came alive
in the second half. Both backs left
the game several times with minor
injuries but still managed to finish
with 125 yards, respectively.
The Aggies seemed nervous
throughout the first half and mis
takes proved costly on more than
one occasion. The secondary had
its share of troubles containing the
Bear’s four quick receivers and
still be able to react to the run.
Upon the second offensive
series of the second half, though,
one sensed immediately that it
was going to be a different ball
game. The Aggies, behind the
cool leadership of Kubiak, drove
88 yards in 10 plays to pull within
five points of the Bears. Sanders
and freshman running back
Ronald Watkins played most of
the second half due to minor in
juries to Hector and Jackson.
It was the Aggies the rest of the
way as the defense completely
dominated the Bear’s offense. The
offense was free to do almost any
thing it could against the Bear’s
defense but mistakes and two
sed David Hardy field goals
them to only 13 points the
half.
Hardy connected on a
field goal to bring thi
26 with 3:02 left in the third
ter, but missed his next all
when he kicked holder ill
Whitwell’s hand. Onthene:
session the Aggies drove to
California 10-yard line
their defense stiffened, fora
Ags to settle for another
points. The 30-yard field
Hardy, his third, gavethe^:
the lead for the first time with'
left in the game.
Halftime adjustments am
will to win accounted fr
Aggies strong showing thesi
half according to coach Tom
son. Wilson was quicktogi
team the credit for the
fought victory:
“Our defense didn't giveiip
big play the second halflikil
the first half. We made»
minor adjustments at hi
but the main thing was we
executed better the secondl
We made some mist
which you’ll make in the first
game, and we can’t be sat
with that. But, the thing!
most pleased with was that
football team had the:!
fold. The re was never,
time, that they thought
ren t going to win thisgi
Alabama, Georgia prove
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Alabama and Georgia showed
Saturday that they do, indeed, be
long ranked among the best col
lege football teams in the country.
Miami of Flordia, using some un
expected mettle, showed that
maybe it belongs up there, too.
Ken Coley and Ken Simon trig
gered a first-half ground explosion
that carried No. 3 Alabama to a
24-7 victory over Louisiana State
and No. 8 Georgia got 161 yards
rushing from All-America Hers-
chel Walker to crush Tennessee
44-0.
But unranked Miami, using a
late field goal by Danny Milfer,
earned some respect by defeating
No. 16 Florida 21-20.
Miller’s winning kick, a 55-
yarder with 40 seconds remaining,
was his second of the game and
capped a furious comeback by the
Hurricanes, who began the
second half trailing 14-3.
Backup quarterback Mark Richt
zipped a 55-yard touchdown pass
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bring the Hurricanes to within
two points, and after the Hurri
canes’ final drive stalled on the
Florida 38, Miller kicked his
wind-aided winner.
Meanwhile, Alabama overcame
two early mistakes to run up a 17-
point halftime lead and then
turned things over to its defense in
shutting out LSU until only 13
seconds remained in the game.
Alabama beat LSU for the 11th
consecutive season and brought
Paul “Bear” Bryant his 307th
career victory. Bryant, beginning
his 37th year as a head coach,
needs only eight more victories to
surpass the record of 314 held by
the late Amos Alonzo Stagg.
Coley, a junior and one of three
quarterbacks used by Bryant, di
rected the Tide’s wishbone attack
to 270 ground yards in the first
half.
The 44-0 drubbing Georgia
handed Tennessee was the worst
loss ever for the Vols in the South
eastern Conference and tied a 51-
7 defeat at the hands of Vanderbilt
in 1923.
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