The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 30, 1981, Image 14

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    »age 14 THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1981
Sports
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SWC tie-breaker pits Ags against Mustangs i
By FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB
Battalion Staff
I The Texas Aggie football team
has a streak on the line in Satur
day’s game with the SMU Mus
tangs. If Head Coach Tom Wilson
and the Aggies have their way,
two things will happen in Kyle
Field: the streak will remain intact
and Texas A&M will be alone atop
the nine-team Southwest Confer
ence.
The Mustangs, entering the
game with a season record of 6-1,
3-1 iri the SWC, haven’t won a
game in Kyle Field since 1967.
Although Ron Meyer’s SMU
squad isn’t eligible for post-season
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competition, the Mustangs can re
tain some credibility by winning
the 1981 conference champion
ship.
However, the Aggies plan to
stop SMU in that quest by defeat
ing the Mustangs in this
weekend’s SWC first-place tie
breaker. While both have identic
al 3-1 SWC records, Texas A&M
has an overall record of 5-2.
SMU’s first loss of the season
last week to the Texas Longhorns
didn’t completely dampen the
Mustangs spirits, but the 9-7
score indicates the toughness of
the game. Meyer said his team
knows the Aggies’ strengths and
will be ready for them.
“We re down, but it won’t be
tough to get back up,” Meyer said.
“A&M is going to be tough. We’ll
come back and play hard, just like
the Longhorns did after they got
beat by Arkansas (42-11 two weeks
ago). We have too much competi
tive instinct.
“We’re still in the race, but
saying that after such a loss is like
drinking a quart of buttermilk.
We ll take this loss and build from
it. A&M has some momentum af
ter the Rice game and they know
that they have a chance to be in
Dallas on Jan. 1 (for the Cotton
Bowl). We’re standing in their
way and they’ll be fired up,”
Meyer said.
While the Aggie offense, aver
aging 398 yards a game, is led
mainly by quarterback Gary
Kubiak, fullback Earnest Jackson
and tailback Johnny Hector, the
Mustangs also rely on a talented
quarterback and two strong run
ning backs. The Mustangs are led
by tailbacks Craig James and Eric
Dickerson, who as juniors already
rank numbers three and four on
the all-time SMU rushing list.
Quarterback Lance Mcllhenny
also strengthens an SMU offense
that averages 371 yards a game.
The Mustang defensive unit is
anchored by end Eric Ferguson,
free safety James Mobley, tackle
Kevin Chaney and tackle Harvey
Armstrong. Mobley said the
Aggies’ offense will have to be
stopped in its tracks for SMU to
“They put a lot of points on the
board against Rice and Kubiak had
a field day,” the senior said. “I like
to play against a team like that
because we’re a big-play defense
and there are more chances for
turnovers. It’ll be a good test be
cause they can do a lot of things.
“You’ve got to worry about
Kubiak passing and running. Hec
tor running and Jackson running.
They can hit you with a lot of
things,” Mobley said.
Ferguson still remembers last
year’s 27-0 Mustang win over the
Aggies in Dallas, and hopes that
he and his teammates can repeat
their strong performance.
“Two things stick out in my
mind about last year’s game
against Texas A&M: the specialty
team play and Johnny Hector,”
Ferguson said. “Our specialty
teams won the game for us (com
piling 255 yards in returns). And
Hector had a real good game
(rushing for 126 yards). He ran
hard, but the Aggies beat them
selves in that game.
“Once last year I remember
three or four guys hit Hector and
he just folded up like he was in a
ball and stuck out his hand and
Craig James
Eric Dickerson
came back up running. You have
to tackle him, you can’t just go up
and bump him,” Ferguson said.
In the 1980 game, the Aggies
outgained the Mustangs in first
downs 17-16 and 273-257 in total
offense. However, two punt re
turn touchdowns, two field goals
by Eddie Garcia and a touchdown
pass from Mcllhenny to Mitchell
Bennett gave the Mustangs the
shutout.
If running backs Dickerson and
James are in the starting backfield
as they were in the 9-7 loss to
Texas, the Aggies will have to shut
down a rushing duo that has
gained 1500 yards through the
first seven games of the season.
The Mustangs are averaging 265
yards a game on the ground, while
totaling only 106 yards passing
each game.
The Texas A&M defense has
been effective against the rush,
giving up only 105 yards rushing
each game, along with 222 yards
passing. The breakdown of the
Aggies’ 398-yard a game offensive
attack includes averages of 235
yards rushing and 163 yards pas
sing.
Kubiak, whose 1,143 passing
yards rank him 10th in the nation,
has thrown for 10 touchdowns
during the first seven games of
1981. His passing total is the most
by an Aggie quarterback since
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Edd Hargett led Texas A&Mii
the Cotton Bowl in 1968, pass
for 2,321 yards.
The junior quarterback’s W
rite receiver has been splitd
Mike Whitwell, who hascaugbll
passes for 497 yards.
In Saturday’s game, Wilson ini
use fullback Jackson andfreesafr
ty Billy Cannon as kickoff rein
ners, replacing running back
Thomas Sanders and Ronald \lal
kins. Watkins, who suffereili
bruised knee in Texas A&Ms5l
26 defeat of Rice last week, isbad
at full speed for the SMU gam
Comerback Darrell Adams sal®
the Rice game because of ad
injury, but may see limitedaefe
against the Mustangs.
Four former Aggie athletes4
be inducted into Texas A&)li
Athletic Hall of Fame in eeit
monies before the Aggie-Musta|
game, which starts at 2 pn
Saturday.
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The inductees are Pat 1 A
Dwyer, basketball and basebS, nes ] r
Class of’22; Martin O. Ruby.f
ball. Class of ’42; Peter K. Wit
kins, track and baseball, Class!
43, and Richard F. Hunkltt,
swimming, Class of’57.
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