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THE BATTALION
MONDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1981
Sports
Wilson upset over officiating in game
Aggies lose heartbreaker to Baylor
By RITCHIE PRIDDY
Sports Editor
The Baylor Bears, behind the
running of Walter Abercrombie
and the kicking of freshman Marty
Jimmerson, handed the A?
their first conference loss
through the Aggie defense for 122
yards on 28 carries, 93 yards in the
first half.
But it was the kicking of Jim
merson that won the game for the
Aggies
of the
year with a 19-17 win Saturday in
Waco.
Abercrombie ran his way
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Bears. Jimmerson kicked four
field goals, including the clincher
with 22 seconds left in the game.
The game was probably the
worst officiated game in the con
ference this year. Time and again
the referees flagged both sides,
often on controversial calls.
As the Bears were driving for
their winning field goal (at the
Texas A&M 13) with time running
out, running back Dennis Gentry
took a Jay Jeffrey handoff up the
middle and appeared to have fum
bled the ball after being hit by
Aggie defensive end Fred Cald
well. Linebacker Mike Little
caught the ball in mid-air appa
rently ending the Baylor drive.
However, the officials didn’t
see it that way and gave the ball to
Baylor, something that didn’t sit
too well with head coach Tom
Wilson.
“You tell me,” Wilson said to
the press after the game, “that
when a guy is still fighting, spin
ning and fighting for yardage, and
he is hit hard immediately and the
ball pops up in the air and our man
comes down with it and they (offi
cials) call him down. Tell me that’s
not a fumble. That’s the quickest
whistle I’ve ever seen. ”
Baylor’s head man Grant Teaff
didn’t see it that way: “He (Gen
try) was flat on his back when he
fumbled,” he said. “It was no dif
ferent than the one down there.”
(in reference to when the Aggies
were driving in the fourth quarter
and running back Thomas Sanders
apparently fumbled, the officials
ruling him down).
Sanders didn’t have a good day
holding onto the football. On the
opening kickoff he fumbled and
Baylor recovered at the Aggie 17.
The defense held the Bears to
just four yards on three plays and
the Bears called on Jimmerson for
a 30-yard field goal attempt. Jim-
merson’s attempt, however, was
wide to the left.
The Ags took over at their own
20 but couldn’t move and were
forced to punt.
Baylor got on the scoreboard
first with a 50-yard field goal by
Jimmerson.
The Bears took a Johnny Hec
tor fumble at the A&M 39 and
drove to the 32 before the defense
stiffened and forced Jimmerson’s
effort.
Two possessions later the Bears
were again on the board. This time
wingback Alfred Anderson took a
Mike Brannan handoff around left
end for an eight-yard touchdown
run. The kick was good and Baylor
led the Aggies by 10 with 12:32 left
in the second quarter.
The Aggies were not content to
leave the score as such and quickly
took advantage of a Baylor substi
tution, with Kubiak completing a
pass to split end Mike Whitwell.
Just one play earlier All-SWC
free safety Vann McElroy went
out of the game with a slight in
jury. Wilson saw the opportunity
and called the pass. Kubiak, faking
the option, jumped back into pas
sing position and caught the Bears
by surprise, hitting Whitwell 41
yards downfield for the touch
down.
David Hardy’s conversion was
good out of John Dawson’s hold
and the scoreboard read 10-7
Baylor with 10:43 left in the half.
Dawson played safety for the
Aggies last year but a knee injury
sidelined him in the 1980 opener.
He hasn’t suited up since the
game but had been kept on scho
larship as a player-coach.
The Bears took the kickoff and
drove to the Texas A&M 2-yard
line before the Aggie defense
again rose up and forced another
field goal attempt.
Jimmerson connected on his
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second field goal to extend
Bears’ lead to 13-7.
Abercrombie was responsible
for most of the yardage on that
drive, accounting for 40 of the 78
yards.
The Aggies were not through as
Kubiak again went to Whitwell.
On first down at the Aggie 26,
Kubiak hit Whitwell for nine yards
to the 35. On the very next play he
again hit Whitwell, this time for 50
yards to the Baylor 15.
On third-and-four Kubiak kept
over left guard for three to the
one, forcing a fourth-and-one
situation. After a time out Wilson
sent in his field goal unit for Har
dy’s 19-yard field goal with 10
seconds remaining in the half.
During the timeout the Aggie
section yelled and pointed for Wil
son to go for the touchdown but he
decided to go for the sure three
instead.
Baylor carried a 13-10 lead in at
halftime. The Bears also had the
edge in total yardage with 217 to
177 for the Aggies.
Abercrombie had 93 yards on
15 carries, while Whitwell had
three catches for 100 yards.
The Aggies came out of the
starting blocks with fire in their
eyes. On the fourth play of the
second half Kubiak passed to
Whitwell for 21 yards to the
Baylor 47. As he turned, breaking
a tackle and heading upfield, the
official blew his whistle, apparent
ly thinking he had stepped out of
bounds.
However, Whitwell did not
step out of bounds and had clear
sailing to the Baylor goal. The offi
cial went to the Texas A&M side
line and confessed his- mistake,
much to the dismay of Wilson.
The Ags didn’t score then, but
on their second possession of the
third quarter they marched 83
yards to take the lead.
Mixing running with passing,
the Aggies came to life. Whitwell
was again the key man for the
Aggies. Kubiak dropped back at
the 50 and let fly a long pass along
the sideline. McElroy was defend
ing and appeared to have the in
terception but Whitwell, timing
his jump, went up and took the
ball away from him at the Baylor
11.
“I knew he (McElroy) was there
sitting and waiting for it. I just
went up in front of himandi
down with it,’ Whitwell
Two plays later Hector
pitch five yards around rigl
for the score. Hardy’s extra
was good and the Aggies
the first time 17-13 with fjj
in the third quarter.
However. Baylor cut tbi
to three with another JimJ
field goal, this time from Si
out with 1:45 left in them
Teaff replaced an inefeL
Brannon with Jefifey late icy
game. Jeffrey couldn’t getM
Bears moving at first.
After a Texas A&M puntEr®
took over at the Aggie 49. ■
plays netted the Bears nineiii
and the Aggies took the
their own 40.
Texas A&M moved the h
the Baylor 24 behind the
of Hector before anothertum
stopped the drive. Sandersfei
Kubiak pitch but couldn’thai^
and fumbled. Baylor linebd
Kevin Hancock pounced os
ball for the Bears.
Behind the running a
sing of Jeffrey, the Bears w
the ball downfield, with Jim
son kicking the winning (ieldi
with 22 seconds left in thega
The Aggies outgainedtheSi
340 yards to 310, hut theAgsi
fumbled the ball six times,h
three.
Abercrombie finished as
game’s leading rusher with
yards on 28 carries. Gentry
second with 63 yards. Hectoi;
Earnest Jackson finished will
and 46 yards, respectively.
Wilson was outraged at tk
consistent officiating, which
said has been characteristicoh
ference officiating all year
and he let it be known th
intends to take some action
“I will handle anything l’ve|
with the officials through then
ference office,” he said. “Ifs®
thing is not done about ityoua
take Bryan High School or
terrey Junior High and playN 1
Dame and anything a
happen.
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the officials because we didn’tp
well enough to win. But, it’sh
pening everywhere — the ira
sistencies of officiating. You
don’t know what is going
happen."
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