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ggies try to break 17
fy FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB
Battalion StafT
Ilf Saturday’s Texas A&M-
hiversity of Houston football
pie ends with the Cougars win-
j 17-13, coach Tom Wilson of
i Aggies will probably wonder
jiat it takes to beat Coach Bill
Oman's team.
Although the 20-year Cougar
chhas had only four losing sea-
swhileat UH, Wilson’s Aggies
I the past two years have given
loman more of a challenge than
lust other teams. Wilson hopes
jatthe 17-13 Cougar wins of 1979
|d 1980 are history, and that the
gies will come away with a vic-
pn that has eluded them the last
lo years by a total of only six
lints.
This year s UH team has been
d to understand through the
(four weeks of the season. The
jugars have been up and down
compiling a 3-1 record so far,
th last weekend’s 24-3 defeat of
; Baylor Bears showing that the
liv Brian Jnviis didn’t last long. UH has
Mercome its quarterback prob-
§ni finding that sophomore
nel Wilson can handle the
ing position better than Yeo-
ian first thought.
Audrey McMillian, Yeoman’s
arter at quarterback through the
st two weeks of the season, re-
iveda season-ending injury dur-
|g the Cougars’ 12-7 loss two
eks ago at Miami. Wilson has
lepped in and completed 19 of 36
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passes for 254 yards, while rushing
for 243 yards on 47 carries.
Wilson feels that his offensive
line has been a major factor in his
success so far, and that if the line
men can continue giving him ade
quate protection, the Cougars
should do well against the Aggies.
“I felt more confident going into
the Baylor game because I was
able to get another week of work,”
Wilson said. “I’m still trying to get
used to everything around me and
all of the guys up front have really
helped me by protecting me. Ev
ery time I run I hope to learn
something about the offense. The
veer demands so many different
keys it just takes time.
“I ran most of the time when I
was in high school so I worked
hard on my passing during the
spring,” he said. “Obviously, I
still have tons of work to do.
“Playing Texas A&M will be
another tough game. I am sure
they will be ready for us.”
The Cougars entered the season
with several question marks float
ing through Yeoman’s mind. Not
only was the quarterback sitation a
problem, but the Cougars’ youth
also worried the UH coaching
staff. However, the Cougars’
answers to those questionable
spots have performed well during
the team’s first three wins.
The UH defense ranks seventh
in the nation, allowing 221 yards a
game. The Aggies have relied
heavily on the talents of running
backs Earnest Jackson and Johnny
Hector through the first four
games of the season, and the UH
rushing defense has given up only
55 yards a game. The Aggie back-
field will receive its strongest test
of the 1981 season, while Texas
A&M quarterback Gary Kubiak
hopes to have success against a
defensive backfield that has given
up 162 yards a game.
Jackson and Hector have
totaled 773 rushing yards through
the first four games, as well as 148
receiving yards. That places Hec
tor fourth in the Southwest Con
ference in tandem offense, while
Jackson is sixth in the SWC.
Cougar senior defensive end
Leo Truss said: “To stop Hector
and Jackson, we’ll just have to hit
them hard and solid. They both
ran well last year, especially Hec
tor, and I’m sure they’ll be better
this year because they’ve ma
tured. ”
Kubiak said the Aggies’ ba
lanced offensive attack will be an
advantage in Saturday’s game.
“Some teams try to pass on
Houston because they’ve got great
linebackers and a great front
four,” Kubiak said. “California
(29-28 losers to the Aggies) had a
good secondary, but they weren’t
very big up front (on the defensive
line), so we figured we could
handle their front line and we ran
against them. Against Tech we
tried to balance the offense so the
run and pass would complement
ate too
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ulto^rB^h Texas A&M Universi-
L’TAlol men s anc ^ women’s soccer
pins are in action this weekend,
h the women playing at home
inst Louisiana State University
the men traveling to Lubbock
play Texas Tech University.
The weekend action follows
inday’s announcement that
Jth teams have been elevated to
■sity teams by the Texas A&M
■iletic Council and President
FrankE. Vandiver. After the past
lOIWekend’s matches, interim
I du Iletic director Wally Groff
liounced that the Aggie
^ pien’s and men’s clubs had
*1 ] P c n given team status.
' |The men’s team has an overall
■cord of 3-3-1 and a Southwest
■nference Soccer League record
Thursdl2-0-1. The women’s team, with
il ranlmiecord of 2-0. puts that unbeaten
;ht gamyk on the line against eighth-
i recorded LSU Saturday on the
ims.Teif eas A&M drill field.
Univei*
The men’s team won two
matches the past weekend, de
feating TCU and Arkansas by
scores of 3-2 and 3-0. Coach Telmo
Franco said after those games that
his team is playing with spirit and
intensity.
“In general, we accomplished
some very good teamwork,” Fran
co said. "Our club is playing more
as a team. I would say we are right
on schedule in that respect. Espe
cially in the TCU game, which was
a very difficult game, we played
well.”
The women’s team raised its re
cord to 2-0 on the season by de
feating Stephen F. Austin State
University 2-1 Saturday in Kyle
Field. Sue Niles scored the first
goal for the Aggies with a direct
shot on goal from the left wing.
Two minutes later, Carol Smith
passed to halfback Laura Estes,
who scored from the 20-yard
mark.
The Aggies were unsuccessful
on 15 shots, but they dominated
the Lumberjacks enough to hold
them to one goal. Aggie goalie
Lucy Bourne saved several shots
on goal by SFA, but the Texas
A&M defense couldn’t prevent a
fast break goal late in the game by
the Lumberjacks.
The women travel to Baylor
Oct. 17 to play the Bears, then
play the University of Texas in Au
stin Oct. 24.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1981
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each other.”
“When you work all week on
both the running game and the
passing game, if one of them isn t
working in the game you can al
ways go to the other,” he said.
Texas A&M linebacker Mike
Little said the Houston veer
offense could pose problems for
the Aggies, but he and his team
mates hope to shut off an option-
oriented offense.
“The Houston veer is very dan
gerous because if you don’t stop
the inside run you leave a crease
between the linebacker and the
defensive linemen that the run
ning backs and the quarterback
can get through,” Little said. “If
you go wide, they have the option
of cutting back up the field on you.
If you don’t get a good blow on the
outside blocker, it causes real
problems for linebackers.
“We want to force them to pitch
the ball as much as we can. If they
exchange the ball a lot, we may
force a few mistakes.
If Texas A&M can cause the
Cougars to make those mistakes,
the close 17-13 scores of the last
two years might turn into a not-so-
close Aggie win.
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