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Page 16 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1981
Sports
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by Jeff Millar & Bill Hk
New-look Owls
Aggies try to halt Rice’s weekly progress
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By FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB
Battalion Staff
Although it’s been one of the
the premier last-place finishers in
the Southwest Conference over
the last few years, the Rice Uni
versity football team has all but
shed its losing look.
The Owls started down the
comeback road by winning five
games during the 1980 season, a
feat which the team hadn’t accom
plished since 1973. Between 1973
and 1980, Rice finished with re
cords of 2-8-1, 2-9, 3-8, 1-10, 2-9
and 1-10.
Last year, the Owls defeated
Texas A&M University, the Uni
versity of Arkansas and the Uni
versity of Houston on their way to
a 4-4 SWC record. In visiting the
Texas Aggies a year ago. Rice beat
the hosts 10-6, although the game
statistics would make one think
that Texas A&M had won. The
Aggies outgained the Owls 17-7 in
first downs and 295-179 in total
offense, but 10 second-quarter
points proved to be all Rice
needed to upset Texas A&M.
The Owls host the 4-2 Aggies
Saturday in Rice Stadium at 2
p.m., with Texas A&M coming off
a 19-17 loss to Baylor University.
Texas A&M, Rice and Arkansas
are tied for second in the confer
ence with 2-1 records, while
Southern Methodist University
holds down the top spot at 3-0.
Again, statistics point to the
Aggies as the pre-game favorite,
but the two teams are more evenly
matched than they seem.
The Owls’ 1981 season has been
only mediocre from most teams’
standpoints, as the Owls have won
only three of their first six games.
However, Rice head coach Ray
Alborn considers the three wins a
sign of the slow but steady im
provement the squad has shown
so far this season.
After starting the 1981 season
with consecutive losses to the Uni
versity of Texas, University of
Missouri and Louisiana State Uni
versity, Rice has bounded back by
winning three straight over
Tulane University, Texas Christ
ian University and Texas Tech
University. The Owls’ latest win
came Saturday in Lubbock over
the Red Raiders by a score of 30-
23.
Owl junior quarterback
Michael Calhoun has thrown eight
touchdown passes in the last two
games, with Owl split end Hosea
Fortune catching four of those.
Calhoun, a first-year transfer from
California’s Taft Junior College,
has completed 54 of 116 passes for
717 yards while Fortune has 14
receptions for 194 yards.
Senior tight end Robert Hub
ble, cited by some as an All-
American candidate, hasn’t really
lived up to expectations in 1981,
catching 12 passes for only 138
yards. Hubble, who also handles
the kickoffs for the Owls, has been
slowed the last few weeks by a
broken finger.
Other leaders for the Rice team
are junior fullback Tim Sanders,
defensive right tackle Kyle Rice
and defensive left end Bryan Hill. .
Alborn said that his players
didn’t play well in the Texas Tech
game, and that to beat the Aggies,
they’ll have to play more error-
free football.
“We played about as poorly as
any team since I have been here
and still managed to win, ” Alborn
said following his team’s defeat of
Texas Tech. “It wasn’t very pretty
but it was a win, thank goodness.
“We did a lot of stupid things,
and penalties are from a lack of
concentration. The rules say you
don’t block below the waist on
kicks — we did. They say you
don’t clip — we did. They say you
don’t grab a face mask — we did.
They say you don’t slug a guy —
we did.
“We were not ready to play
emotionally,” Alborn added.
“Football is a game of emotion,
and to say we played uninspired at
Lubbock is being nice. The Raid
ers are tough and you look at the
film and see they could have
beaten A&M and Arkansas, so we
had no reason to be overconfi
dent.”
Alborn said the Owls know that
the Aggies offer a serious threat
with a 383 yard per game offensive
average and a defense giving up
318 yards a game. The defensive
unit is led by linebacker Mike Lit
tle with 70 tackles and Bobby
Strogen with 64.
“This is another typical Aggie
team,” Alborn said. “They are big,
strong and fast. They will bring
the best combination of three ex
ceptional running backs on one
team we’ve played in (tailback)
Johnny Hector, (fullback) Earnest
Jackson and (fullback) Thomas
Sanders. Their offensive line is
gigantic, as usual, with a lot of
ability.”
Hector leads the Aggies with
524 rushing yards and a 6.3-yard
average, while Jackson follows
with 489 and a 5.3-yard average.
Quarterback Gary Kubiak has
managed 166 rushing yards, while
Sanders has 180. Kubiak has pas
sed for 880 yards and four touch
downs as well, giving him 1,046
yards in total offense for the
Kubiak, who cited senior split
end Mike Whitwell for his 5-
reception, 160-yard performance
in the loss to Baylor, said Rice will
offer the Aggies a stiff test before
their Oct. 31 game with SMU.
“Whitwell made some super
catches against Baylor,” Kubiak
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United Press International
NEW YORK — There is an
abundance of confidence filtering
through the New York Yankees.
Oh, they’ll all issue the stan
dard fines about the Los Angeles
Dodgers being a fine, competitive
team that can come back from the
dead. To a man, they all have'the
compliments ready and will quick
ly express respect and fear for
their West Coast rivals.
But Tommy John and Rich Gos-
sage had a blast in Wednesday
night’s easy four-hitter which gave
the Yanks a 3-0 victory and a 2-0
lead in the World Series.
John, who spent much of his
fine career with the Dodgers, baf
fled his ex-mates with a vicious
sinker that had Los Angeles hit
ters pounding ground balls all
over the infield. He knew the hit- 1 -
ters well, and even though he later
denied it, his time spent in Dod
ger blue had to help.
“Sometimes knowledge can be
a dangerous thing,” said John. “If
you know too much about a team,
you tend to forget about your own
game. I concentrated on pitching
my game as if they were the Cin
cinnati Reds or the Detroit Tigers
or the Milwaukee Brewers.”
And when the seventh inning
had come and gone, John had
thrown a mere 77 pitches, 51 for
strikes, and Gossage came in to
finish up.
Gossage, who struck out three
batters in his two innings of work
after a shaky outing the night be
fore in Game 1, secured his
second save of the Series.
“I knew I had two innings in
me, especially with a day off
tomorrow,” said Gossage. “Every-
bodv knows what I’m going to
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Meyer says defense is kei
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of six decisions decided by one
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because we’ve won so many close
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had the ball down there and
should have taken it in and won
the game, but we couldn’t get it
done.”
Hector agreed that the Aggies
must move the ball better against
the Owls if they’re going to win.
United Press International
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coach Ron Meyer said Wednesday
that his team’s defense has been
one of the main reasons for the
Mustangs’ 6-0 season.
“There have been a lot of things
to contribute to our record, but to
have the big year, you have to play
well defensively. And we have
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The Mustang defense caused
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