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Texas A&M Battalion/Page 1 October 18,1 The Battalion Sports P October 18, 1982 Page 9 . COMMIT- rt. 24 Backpack- knesday Oct. 20, te last day to sip , ! i'ov more infer- ; 1869. ; \tieniion ladies! *' 1983 Miss Texas ; an information- \ . Appli spibuir i the Hospiulity )i. Jack Kidwel! I in a meeting ai >.m. in 330 VMAi held afterwards Aggies accept Baylor’s gifts, 28-23 Bears' turnovers costly as A&M moves to 3-3 H by Frank L. Christlieb I Sports Editor ■ The Baylor Bears were all too Ind to the Texas Aggies Satur- ■ty afternoon in Kyle Field. I Bearing many gifts for Texas struggling football team, ns lor a Halio-glylor let its generosity get out pe shosvingofaj of hand in serving up a 28-28 -vili 1m-shmsiiau; jetory to the victory-hungry Jggies. After having lost their ■revious two Southwest Confer ence games by scores of 24-15 to ■exasTech and 24-20 to Hous- Im, the Aggies gobbled up ■aylor’s donations to earn their Irst league triumph of the All interested will be held irom held from 9p.m oliseum. ,'T COMMIT- r:s will show Jim ours, behind tht •ting will beheld mice to get a fail embers are wel- Arnold Kram-I I While allowing their sense of ■tarity to slide into absurdity, lie Bears also let a rather impor- Bnt item slip out of their hands r-and into the waiting hands of Kveral Aggies, who were more nan happy to relieve Baylor of a in a meeting at toad that seemed too heavy to fandle. H 1 \TK).\ 1 ' ^ saresu ^ °f Bears’ hos- 104B Zaci.rv .0 F l,allt >' , in providing nine tur- i Movers during then 17 offensive :rs and a upcffli- 1 • ° ... » o r possessions, 1 exas A&M Reaped with its most unlikely — STOR iSlEn-Rd unbelievable — victory of uttball (loublts ffip season. d - Recreational j \yjth t h e exception of its ten- ^Hency to drop the football and to 1 lor a Steak Fn throw the football into the hands i. to 7:30 p.m.at of Aggie defenders, the Baylor ■> purchase vow! dhense produced an award- ckets are $3 fot j ji'ming show in compiling 466 HRital yards and 29 first downs, '"llut it was the stars of this pro- Buction who brought the curtain Bown on the Bears’ heads. f \\\J K Fullback Allen Rice, who VV Bainej 150 yards on 22 carries, I'Rimbled three times during the ig was introdiq | rst half A i{ re d Anderson, a unipero Serrajf tailback who wound up with 126 an followers "1 yards on 25 carries, fumbled died Christian 1 twice. David Mangrum, Baylor’s Jfitarting quarterback during the |asttwo games, fumbled on the Irst play of the Bears’ opening ffensive series. And finally, split end Gerald pcNeil couldn’t handle a Kyle tuard punt with 21 seconds left the game, so the Aggies’Jim prdan recovered Baylor’s venth lost fumble of the day. Sandwiched between Texas IfcM’s nth fumble '!ecoveries were interceptions by $^ggie middle linebacker Jerry lullitt and cornerback Wayne ksberry. The Aggies gave the two- lour, 50-minute show rave re- California coasl roup had ig on their naii't orca. -t tiers later bro»! and ricotta: e and camenn gruyere and ireeks, feta;ant!; ddar. Linebacker Jeff Fuller’s 15 solo tackles lead A&M unit views, but Teaff and his squad would like to refilm the entire debacle. “This is just a real frustating way to lose a game,” Teaff said in the Bears’ locker room. “To do the job you have to do, and then to give it away is terribly frustrating.” Early Christmas presents, perhaps? Or maybe the Bears didn’t realize that Jackie Sher rill’s birthday isn’t until Nov. 28. Or maybe it wasn’t really a case of bad hands or slippery fingers. Maybe Aggie senior linebacker Bobby Strogen had the right idea in the locker room after the game: “The harder you hit them, the easier the game gets.” In any case, luck shined on thq Aggies for the First time all seqson. Maybe a couple of moves by Sherrill forecasted Texas A&M’s victory. Not the kind of moves involved in shifting play ers from one position to another, but moves initiated by a coach who’s trying to discover ways to muster up his first con ference victory. Instead of his usual white shirt and maroon jacket, Sherrill wore a blue shirt and maroon jacket. And to make one think he might be a bit superstitious, Sherrill and his players made their pre-game entrance from behind the Kyle Field stands in stead of from the ramp that leads out of their dressing room. Sherrill’s probably not one to believe in such notions, but maybe he thought the changes would work to the Aggies’ advantage. Whatever influences were in volved, Texas A&M managed to raise its record to 3-3 for the sea son and 1-2 in SWC play. Although the Aggie defense allowed its second-highest yar dage total of the season, Sherrill said he was pleased with the overall effort. “I felt like we did made a lot of things happen defensively and we gave ourselves a lot of oppor tunities,” Sherrill said. “But we just didn’t do much with those chances. In the third quarter, our offense couldn’t take the pressure off the defense. “I was very pleased with the defensive players. They bent, but they never broke.” The Aggie defense, which has allowed an average of 427 yards a game, gave the Bears only 177 yards and nine first downs in the first half, whereas Texas A&M had 141 yards and seven first downs. But after quarterback Gary Kubiak received a badly bruised shoulder with 3:17 left in the half, the Aggie offense could Nacho Fast FUIM • FOOD • DRIIMK= n I. 10° necessary Universit)' G 4r BLACK AWARENESS PRESENTS THE FIRST ANNUAL Gospel’fcst OCT. 23, 7:30PM TICKETS 1 MSC BOXOFFICE $2.50 IN ADV. $3.00 AT DOOR RUDDER THEATREJEXAS A&M Which of these three Texas A&M defenders is going to recover the fumble by Baylor tailback Alfred An derson in Saturday’s game? The answer is that Jon van Sant, not pictured here, will recover the fumble, staff photo by David Fisher' Baylor’s fourth of the game. The Aggies’ Jim Jordan , (51), Greg Berry (48) and Thomas Graham attempt. to track down the the bouncing ball during Texas A&M’s 28-23 victory over the Bears in Kyle Field. sputter to a measly four first downs and 93 yards in the second half. On the other hand, the Baylor offense came to pile up 289 yards and 20 first downs in the final two quarters. But Sherrill saw reason for optimism. “I think it gives the defense aq awful lot of confidence,” he said. “They had not come up with the big plays in the past, but they did today.” Even with Baylor’s high offensive output, Sherrill said, the Aggie defensive perform ance was promising. The de fense, led by Jeff Fuller’s 16 tackles (15 unassisted) stiffened when the Bears were driving for a possible winning touchdown late in the fourth quaftef. Th e Bears, who lost to confer ence leader SMtl 22-19 the pre vious week, might have'come into Kyle Field with their heads buried in their shoulder pads. Indeed, Baylor’s performance throughout the game seemed to echo the motto “It is better to give than to receive.” But in rallying from a 21-3 deficit to make up for their humanitarian efforts, the Bears sent the 64,017 fans home won dering what would have hap- penea if Teaff and Co. could have played just five minutes more. “It was really a case of two teams who have had two tough weeks,” Sherrill said about the misfortunes of the Aggies and the Bears. “I don’t know if it was very pretty, but you really don’t care if it was pretty if you win.” As for any improvement noted in Saturday’s game, Sher rill said: “I think we played har der both weeks (against Hous-; ton and Baylor), but as far asi execution, we probably played better defensively in the first half.” 'Smtalfty ^presents Ai‘ 1985 % J.L 'Tilr eror ycdolorsftip 'fiujmnt 'Ycfruaty 25,1983 ■'V OnformaitonaC 'Meeting: 7 : 00y.tr October 20,1982 -508'Rud&r v y ' AypGcations Avat(a(>(e 'Tslow 'Room 216 y r S\SC~'Tfo*ptta(ity CuSicCc CKxrpCtccd'wn 'DeatCGne - S-OOpm- 'Novem&r 5, 1982