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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1981
Sports
Texas, SMU jump to head
of SWC class with wins
United Press International
If the oldest of Southwest Con
ference traditions is to hold true
once more in 1981, the race for the
league championship is down to
two teams.
But if this is the year for tradi
tion to be kicked in the teeth, then
six teams are still in the running.
The SWC title has never been
won by a club that has lost twice to
a conference foe and going into the
final month of the campaign there
are just two schools remaining that
can keep that streak alive.
SMU and Texas, which en
gaged in their personal shootout
two Saturdays ago in Texas Sta
dium, are in a virtual deadlock
heading into the stretch. The
Mustangs actually have a half
game lead by virtue of having
played one more game to this
point than has Texas.
SMU has three games remain
ing — home dates with Rice and
Texas Tech followed by a season
ending trip to Arkansas. Texas,
meanwhile, faces a critical chal
lenge next Saturday night in the
Astrodome against Houston be
fore taking on TCU, Baylor and
Texas A&M.
Both of those clubs will have to
stumble for the current support
ing cast to jump back into the title
picture — that being the group of
teams that already have two
league losses, Texas A&M,
Baylor, Arkansas and Houston.
The conference race, as close as
it is, received no further mixing
last weekend since there were no
upsets in the SWC. That, it
seems, is something of an upset in
itself.
The only mild upset might have
come in the SMU-Texas A&M
affair where there was the obvious
question of the Mustangs’ ability
to come back from a tough loss the
week before and perform well in
the face of their bowl-banning
probation.
That was answered in a hurry
against the Aggies as Lance
Mcllhenny flawlessly directed
SMU to a 27-7 decision.
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Now, with games the next two
weeks against teams in the lower
half of the standings, and with
Texas facing a toughie against
Houston, the Mustangs could be
in excellent shape.
Much revolves around the
Texas-Houston outing. Not only
the league crown, but various
bowl opportunities now ride on
each game. The winner of the
Houston-Texas game could well
wind up representing the SWC in
the Cotton Bowl Jan. 1.
Texas will be coming into the
Cougars’ confrontation with a rela
tively solid 26-9 victory over Texas
Tech in its satchel. Houston,
meanwhile, had to claw its way to
a 20-16 win over stubborn TCU,
which lost quarterback Steve
Stamp for the remainder of the
season.
The Homed Frogs rallied in the
fourth quarter during a monsoon
like rain, but the comeback effort
fell short.
“We were fortunate to get out of
their with our lives, ’’ said Houston
coach Bill Yeoman. “We almost
blew the lead we had. TCU has a
fine football team and they and the
weather never let us quit.”
Rice will be trying to get things
back in gear against SMU after two
straight thumpings, including a
41-7 setback at the hands of Arkan
sas last Saturday.
Arkansas, meanwhile, will be in
Little Rock next weekend against
Baylor, a team that has had a week
off to prepare and a club that is in
hopes of attracting a decent bowl
opportunity with a win over the
Razorbacks.
Next weekend’s other game
sends TCU to Texas Tech in a
matchup of the two most down
trodden teams in the conference.
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Despera tion
dive
Linebacker Mike Little di
ves for a tipped pass from
SMU quarterback Lance
Mcllhenny to tight end
Scott Ford in the endzone.
Safety Billy Cannon popped
Ford as the ball hit him,
knocking it up in the air.
The Aggies have a week off
to prepare for the Arkansas
Razorbacks on Nov. 14.
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Cowboys shake off error
to take win over Eagles
United Press International
PHILADELPHIA — Some
thing seems to happen to Tony
Dorsett whenever he enters his
personal chamber of horrors,
known to everyone else as Veter
ans Stadium.
In two games against the Phi
ladelphia Eagles at the Vet last
year, the Dallas Cowboys’ flashy
running back suffered a cracked
rib after gaining only 17 yards, and
later coughed up a key fumble in
the Cowboys’ 20-7 loss in the NFC
title game.
The bugaboo continued to fol
low Dorsett Sunday. He lost a
fumble inside the Philadelphia 5
late in the first half. Then, with
Dallas driving at the Eagles’ 15 in
the third quarter, Dorsett saw a
pass slip through his fingers and
into the waiting arms of linebacker
Jerry Robinson at the 3.
But Dorsett shook off his bad
luck in time to contribute to the
Cowboys’ second comeback vic
tory in as many weeks, a 17-14
victory over the Eagles that
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place with Philadelphia in the
NFC East.
The NFC’s leading rusher
slashed off left guard for a 9-yard
touchdown run, carrying an Eagle
defender the final three yards,
with 7:24 to give the Cowboys the
lead. Dallas then held its breath
until the Eagles’ Tony Franklin
missed a 34-yard field goal
attempt with 1:46 to play.
“No, I don’t feel I’m snakebit-
ten when I come here,” said
Dorsett, who gained 78 yards in 20
hard carries. “You have good days
and bad days. Today, it wasn’t a
great day for me but the touch
down made up for it.”
For a time, the Dorsett errors
loomed large. The Eagles took a
14-3 lead three plays after the
Robinson interception when Ron
Jaworski found Harold Car
michael past busy rookie corner-
back Everson Walls for an 85-yard
touchdown pass with 5:20 left in
the third quarter.
“The character of this team
shows in that we really come out
fighting when our backs are
against the wall,” Dallas quarter
back Danny White said. “It’s easy
to crawl into a hole and say,
‘Forget it.’ But we play our best
football when we re behind. We
get fired up.”
White moved the Cowboys
downfield right away, hitting tight
end Doug Cosbie on a 17-yard
touchdown pass with 12:45 re
maining. That came on a broken
play after White scrambled away
from pressure.
The Dallas defense then backed
Philadelphia to its own 3 with the
help of Ed Jones’ sack on Jaworski,
and the Cowboys got the ball back
on the Eagle 39. Dorsett opened
the drive with a 15-yard gallop and
closed it with the TD.
The Eagles’ last-gasp drive
stayed alive when blitzing comer-
back Dennis Thurman was called
for roughing Jaworski at the Phi
ladelphia 28. Jaworski left the
game with bruised ribs and Joe
Pisarcik came on.
Pisarcik drilled a 24-yard pi
Carmichael and later
10 yards to move the I
Dallas 16 with just over
nutes to play. But a run [
nothing, a pass went incoraj^
and another pass was c
Rodney Parker at the |
Sudden death was a realp
hility when Franklin, whoI
of-10 inside 40 yards, trottel
with his bare foot. But theif
went wide left.
“I never thought Fra
would miss that field goalinaij
lion years,’ Landry said.
“What can I say?” a dowM
Franklin said. “Itwasap
and a good hold. I just blerl
What hurt more was thatlletf
team down.”
Eagles’ coach Dick Veit
didn’t single out Franklin foi^
loss.
“The whole team lost it, !
said. “I’m sure when I lookaial
films tomorrow I will find tel
should have done better, andj
players will find things
should have done better.
“We got beat by a better 1)
ball team. I thought Dallasfi|
super job, and if not for someis
alert defensive plays inside diei]
they could have beaten us w*
than they did. I also
had too many penalties, esp
on special teams.”
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