Page 14 THE BATTALION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1981
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Ags find ways to lose close game
By RITCHIE PRIDDY
Sports Editor
The Aggies were coming off the
field after Saturday night’s 13-12
loss to Boston College. It was a
pretty disgusting sight.
“Boston College? Boston Col
lege? We got beat by Boston Col
lege?”
Those were the sentiments of
more than a few Aggie players as
they quietly headed for their dres
sing room.
The Aggies should have easily
won the game on more than one
occasion but, instead, the Aggies
fell prey to their own mental mis
takes and gave Boston College
evry opportunity to come back.
Reminiscent of last year’s Texas
A&M — Rice game the Aggies had
Wilson cites poor execution for 13-12 loss
to look for ways to lose the ball
game and they did just that.
“We had every opportunity in
the world to win the football game
— possibly even put it away in the
first half. We had every opportun
ity to win the game in the second
half, even after we made so many
mistakes,” a dejected Aggie head
coach Tom Wilson said after his
team’s loss.
“I don’t think there’s any ques
tion in the world we had to find
ways to lose the game and we did.
That’s not taking anything away
from Boston College. They have a
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very physical and very good foot
ball team.”
Behind the exciting running of
Earnest Jackson and Johnny Hec
tor, the Aggies moved the ball
pretty consistently against a stub
born Eagle defense throughout
most of the game, finishing with
302 yards in total offense while
Boston College had 269. Howev
er, the Eagles held the powerful
Aggie rushing game to just 176
yards. Jackson accounted for the
bulk of that with 98 yards on 23
carries. Hector finished the day
with 56 yards on 12 carries.
After watching the Boston Col
lege first offensive series of the
game the Aggies appeared as if
they would give the northerners a
lesson in the art of football.
On the third play from scrim
mage the Eagle quarterback,
Doug Guyer, lofted a high pass in
the direction of wide receiver Jon
Schoen, but cornerback Chris
Brown tipped the ball and line
backer Will Wright picked off the
pass at the BC 41.
Seven plays later Johnny Hec
tor took a Gary Kubiak handoff off
left tackle and highstepped his
way in from seven yards out to
give the Ags a 6-0 lead. David
Hardy’s extra point was good for a
7-0 score.
Using a variety of motions that
seemed to confuse the defense the
Eagles drove 63 yards in 5 plays to
tie the score with just under two
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minutes left in the opening
period. The big play in the drive
was a 26-yard scoring pass from
Guyer to flanker Brian Brennan
who was running free at the Aggie
10.
After two exchanges the Aggies
drove to the BC five-yard line on
the strength of a pass interference
against the Eagles and the heads-
up running of Jackson, who broke
for 29 yards to the BC eight.
The Eagle defense stiffened and
place-kicker David Hardy came
on and booted a 23-yard field goal
to make the score 10-7.
A few minutes later the Aggies
had another excellent scoring
opportunity when cornerback
Danny Davis, who was burned
earlier on the BC scoring play, in
tercepted a Guyer pass at the BC
49 and returned it to the 44.
On first down Kubiak hit Hec
tor, who showed the 31,000 fans
his versatility and quickness as he
carried to the BC 19. On the next
play Hector again showed his ta
lent by scampering around the
right side to the six. It was Jack-
son s turn next and he carried
around right side to the six-inch
line. However, the defense stif
fened from there and stopped
Jackson on fourth down with six
seconds left in the first half.
Wilson was questioned after the
game on his play calling when the
Aggies were deep in Eagle terri
tory.
“I sent the play (just before the
half ended) on out because we
thought it was the best play. We
just didn’t execute the play.”
On more than one occasion the
Aggies showed signs of coming
alive only to have mistakes stop
them.
“I don’t think you can single out
any one play or number of plays. I
could probably name six, seven or
eight plays that kept us from win
ning,” Wilson said.
The second half was a comedy of
errors on both sides. On the
Eagles second possession the cen
ter let fly a fourth down snap that
sailed through the endzone for a
safety.
Not to be outdone the Aggies
drove to the BC 22 only to fumble
it away when second-team quar
terback John Elkins mishandled a
snap.
Elkins was in for Kubiak who
was injured when he threw a key
block for Hector who circled back
around left end for 12 yards and a
first down.
Two possessions later the
Aggies had the ball at their own 20
following a punt. Mistakes again
took over for the Ags as they were
penalized twice for infractions. It
came to a tee on first down and 22
from their own eight yard line
when Hector fumbled and BC rec
overed.
Three plays later tailback Leo
Smith crashed in from the five to
put the Eagles ahead for good.
The Ags had the chance to win
the game with three minutes left
when BC fumbled on their own
27. However, a high snap on
fourth down resulted in a blocked
Hardy field goal with 1:09 re
maining.
The Ag defense forced BC to
punt with :49 seconds left and
gave the Ags another chainl
win. However, with six secoJ
left Kubiak overthrew wide I
ceiver Jimmy Teal andwasiull
cepted by cornerhack
Thurman.
Wilson said the key to the Aj
loss was his team’s poorexecul
but offered no excuses for the
luster performance.
”1 don’t think we can make;
excuses for what happened
we re not. We did not exi
well at all.”
Wilson said he was not dh
aged by the game and the
his team made could beet
The players were dia
with themselves and rij
Boston College had a
but the players knew they had!
game. 1
"Boston College had a
squad, a lot quicker than
thought.” center David B;
saiil, “We just made some
takes that cost us the game,
seemed like we couldn’t do
thing right. We shut oui
down tonight. They shi
have beaten us.”
“We just didn’t have the
instinct tonight, Kubiak said
felt like we’d get it rollingbnt'
mistakes killed us.“
Patriots looking for first win
of season against Cowboys
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United Press International
FOXBORC), Mass. — Back in July, the New
England Patriots rolled out the front office
artillery in the small town hall and convinced
selectmen to allow the Monday night game
with Dallas to go on as scheduled.
The selectmen weren’t concerned about the
Cowboys, as they probably should have been,
but about the pervasive rowdiness that char
acterizes Monday night games at Schaefer Sta
dium. They wanted to move up the starting
time, but collapsed under the Patriots front
office blitz.
The Patriots will add extra security and
bouncers in the aisles of Schaefer Stadium to
control the fans. But crowd control may be the
least of their worries.
The biggest headache facing the organza-
tion now is a 0-2 start, a “must” game tonight
against the awesome Cowboys, and a defense
that is last in the NFL against the rush going up
against the NFL’s leading ground-gainer.
“The game is important for them but it’s
more important for us because they re 2-0 and
we’re 0-2, ” said Pats’ cornerback Ray Clayborn
“It is going to be a challenge.”
The Patriots hope to have game-breaker
Stanley Morgan, a wide receiver, back in the
lineup. Morgan and starting halfback Vagas
Ferguson both shoidd see some action after
missing the first two games.
“I miss Stanley a helluva lot,” said wide
receiver Harold Jackson, who has been dou
ble- and triple-teamed with Morgan out of
action. “The whole team misses him. But I feel
we can throw against them and I feel we re
going to be successful.”
If the Cowboys have a weakness, it’s the
secondary. Starter Michael Downs is out and
veteran Bennie Barnes is replacing him at free
safety. But Charlie Waters has slowed down
and Dallas has given up 350 yards in the air.
“It’s a mixture of players and not evei 1.
Patriots can figure out who’s going B |
where, said Dallas coach Tom Laij
“They ’re not a good secondary yet but tk
working hard.”
The Patriots normally have been am
have
score, thev put up 441 points last year, seifc
to Dallas’ 454. Of higher concern to NevB |r|
land is stopping Dorsett, who has 261 yar®
two games and is off to his best start wB I
“We’ve got to play super defensive focG 6
on the cutback runs by Dorsett,”ErhardtB^
“He is just doing a great job ofruimintL,
football. They are flying now, reallypfeF
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his staying around Dallas to get in shapeHs
“Tony is stronger, more confident, he w)| r
a great start. And his attitude has been trenBer
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Federal Wildlife Team
takes first in Antelope hunt
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United Press International
LANDER, Wyo. — The Feder
al Wildlife Team has won the One-
Shot Antelope Hunt in Lander,
edging out the Wisconsin Sports
men’s team, which also scored a
perfect three kills.
The Federal Wildlife team,
comprised of G. Ray Arnett, an
assistant secretary of the interior;
Dewey Hart, of Jasper, Texas; and
Thomas Thornber, of Hartford,
Conn., took a total time of two-
hours, 50 minutes to register the
three antelope kills Saturday.
Each member of the Wisconsin
team, which included former Wis
consin Gov. Martin Schreiber,
also had a kill, but their total time
was two hours, 59 minutes.
Eight teams participated in this
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