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by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
Gary Kubiak sat beside his
xker, seemingly dazed by the
vents of the past three hours.
Quietly pulling on his socks
nd lacing up his shoes, the
tggies’ senior quarterback
Imost didn’t have the strength
r the energy to comment on his
jeani's 24-15 Southwest Confer-
ivilibt ince-opening loss to Texas
or the ech.
IBSmotionally and physically
U , (rained, Kubiak tried not to let
! iis irustration show.
But it did.
“Mv only disappointment is
r.nut ihat it’s my senior year and I
%it|Bft want us to fall in the 6-5
tSSO- ategory,” he said. “We’re a bet-
)(V j n erteam than that. I don’t think
, VI jj h, vc will, because we still have
even games left to improve.
I “You can’t let this one affect
ie c a; ou a\\ the way down the line.
Ve have to get ready for
'Op,in iouston.”
n* and Yes, the Aggies, now 2-2, have
d gather up their gear, grit and
mI be um | )l > on an< J transport it all to
re Astrodome for Saturday’s
ante with the Houston
ougars. And Houston, coming
(fa 21-21 tie with the Baylor
ears, will be doing its best to
f-ERS pply a knockout punch to
ny will oath Jackie Sherrill and his in-
adiry. iry-infested squad.
i After performing like a
.j 1R ,j ambling band of masked
larauders in the first half, the
exas Tech players spent the
•cond half entertaining them-
Ives as if Kyle Field were an
nusement park.
But the rides in this amuse-
ent park weren’t the scary
nd that bring goosebumps to
e squeamish or willies to the
es and eak-of-Hart.
1591 The Red Raiders weren’t
eak of Hart in this unexpected
ustvn. ctory. In fact, quarterback Jim
• art s leadership contributed a
eat deal to Texas Tech’s first
inference victory since the
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Jackie Sherrill’s team must
regroup to face Houston
ninth game of the 1980 season,
when the Red Raiders shut out
the SMU Mustangs, 14-0.
The Aggies’ 8-0 halftime lead
evaporated during an incredibly
long third quarter, when Texas
Tech scored 21 points, ran 28
offensive plays and compiled
197 yards. In contrast, Texas
A&M scored 0 points, ran six
plays and came up with 23 yards.
Hart led his offense, which fe
atured the 132-yard rushing
effort of I-back Anthony Hutch
ison, to third-quarter touch
down drives of 80, 60 and 57
yards.
At halftime, Hart had com
pleted 2 of 6 passes for 8 yards
and one interception. By the
end of the third quarter, Hart
had completed 7 of 13 passes for
57 yards and three touchdowns.
That’s the story. There’s not
much more to tell. Three of
Hart’s seven passes — for 5, 11
and 3 yards — went for touch
downs in the Aggies’ disastrous
third quarter.
Sherrill said the Aggies’ ina
bility to stop crucial third-and-
long situations partly spelled
their doom.
“There’s no question that in
the first half defensively, we
played well enough to put some
points on the board,” Sherrill
said. “In the third quarter ...
they (the Red Raiders) went 80
yards on a drive and scored. We
took it, had three plays and
punted.
“They they took the ball and
went downfield and scored.
Gary (Kubiak) did a great job
hanging in there under press
ure. He did an outstanding job
running the ball downfield late
in the game. He threw it in, but
they got the tipped ball and the
interception.”
Texas Tech’s Wayne Dawson
intercepted a pass intended for
Aggie flanker Jimmie Williams
with 45 seconds left, putting an
end to Kubiak’s last-gasp
attempt to lead his team into the
end zone.
Kubiak completed 25 of 40
passes for 252 yards and one
touchdown to increase his SWC-
leading total to 1,002 yards. But
Sherrill said the Aggie offense
simply didn’t take advantage of
the opportunities presented to it
by the defense in the First half.
For example, Texas A&M
free safety Domingo Bryant rec
overed a Hutchison fumble at
the 1 1:09 mark of the first quar
ter. Kubiak guided the Aggies to
the Texas Tech 18-yard line
during the next 5:37, but a
fourth-and-one try over right
guard by Mike Marshall fell
short for no gain.
In the second quarter, Hart
faced a third-and-13 at his own
11-yard line. When Aggie tackle
Keith Guthrie chased him back
toward the goalline, Hart lost
the ball and it bounded into the
end zone.
Guthrie and tackle Fred Cald
well scrambled in an attempt to
recover the ball for a touch
down, but after Caldwell had it
in his hands, Guthrie knocked it
away — and out of the end zone
— for a safety.
When weakside linebacker
Jeff Fuller intercepted a Hart
After escaping a last-ditch lunge by Aggie defensive
tackle Keith Guthrie, Texas Tech quarterback Jim
Hart gains seven yards during the first
half of the Red Raiders’ 24-15 victory Saturday in
staff photo by David Fisher
Kyle Field. Hart threw three touchdown passes and
the Aggies’ Guthrie recorded 11 unassisted tackles
and four assists during three quarters of play before
leaving the game with a muscle spasm in his neck.
pass at with 9:35 left in the
second quarter, the Aggies had
to settle for a 52-yard field goal
from David Hardy. Through
the first four games, Hardy has
been successful on 10 of 13 field-
goal attempts and has kicked 14
of 14 extra points.
Later in the second quarter,
Texas A&M had to settle for
another Hardy field goal — this
time from 48 yards, after line
backer Bobby Strogen reco
vered a Texas Tech fumble at
the Red Raider 35.
Right cornerback Greg Wil
liams, who nearly intercepted a
Hart pass in A&M territory with
1 1:43 left in the game, said the
Aggies will have to put the de
feat behind them with Houston
ahead.
“The team will realize that
this is conference play and we
can’t afford to get down about
this game,” he said. “The pain
inside the players from this loss
will give them give them confi
dence and make them ready to
play. We have to really get after
it and fly around the ball. The
loss should really help us a lot in
the long run.”
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