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Battalion/Page 15 November 5, 1982 U sports DH-Texas game crucial Here are notes on Saturday’s Southwest Con- ARKANSAS (7-0, 4-0 in SWC) at BAYLOR Terence games, with f ull-season and league re- (2-5-1,1-3-1 in SWC), 2 p.m. — Coach Lou Holtz’s cords in parentheses: Razorbacks came back from 6-0 down in third HOUSTON (3-4-1, 2-2-1 in SWC) at TEXAS quarter last week to win seventh straight, 24-6 (4-2, 2-1 in SWC), 1 p.m. — I .onghorns and over Rice, and held fourth place in UP1 poll. Cougars only teams left with mathematical chance Hogs’ 7-0 start is best since 1969. Arkansas turn- to beat SMU out of title — or with more realistic ing in best SWC rushing-defense numbers in 19 hope of sharing with Mustangs and/or Arkansas, seasons ■— yield of 73.4 yards per game best since Texas defense played one of season’s outstanding ’65 Hogs allowed 74.9. Hog defense has also games last week in 27-0 victory over Tech, while allowed only three I Ds, one by rushing, to pace Houston offense led 31-27 decision over TCU as nation in scoring defense and hasn’t allowed a TD Lionel Wilson became first UH QB to rush for in four SWC games. Hog offense (403.1 yards a more than 1,000 yards in his career, and went game) and defense (225.7) are best in SWCi, while over 1,000 passing for season. Texas QB Robert Baylor ranks sixth in both offense (317.7) and Brewer also busy in win over Tech, breaking sea- defense (357.9). Baylor’s Alfred Anderson No. 5 son TD drought with three scoring runs. Darryl SWC rusher (79.1 yards a game), Gerald McNeil Clark remains Texas’ leading rusher and No. 2 in No. 2 receiver (4.5 catches per game), while Dar- SWC with 85.8 yards per game. Offenses about ryl Bowles (71.1 yards) paces strong Razorback equal, Texas gaining 384.7 yards per game to ground game. Series has been one of SWC’s most Houston’s 381.7. Texas defense third in SWC at hectic in recent years, Arkansas’41-39 victory last 278.2 yards a game, Houston fifth at 332.9. year marking second-highest losing score ever by a SWC team. Razorbacks hold 30-28-2 lead in third-closest all-time series in SWC. Razorbacks also hold 29-26-2 SWC series lead. Baylor has 16-10-2 advantage in Waco, 42-15 victory two years ago ending Arkansas run of six victories and Robert Brewer leads Texas against Cougars in Austin oi ng to I ■xt game punish alii Tessively. li he same ss )ing to geti^ d you're goi lon’t like® ike. We’re hard as wee best thattliti •ave, I'd proi st of my i love it,” he inching siti lot ofadvai Teams are one-two in SWC pass defense, Texas yielding 126.5 yards per game and Houston 144.6, as ’Horns cope with No. 1 SWC pass receiv er David Roberson (39 catches for 544 yards). Cougars haven’t won in Houston against Lon ghorns, losing one at Rice Stadium, one at Astro- two ties in Waco, dome and tying two years ago. Texas holds 3-2-1 SWC series lead, all-time 4-2-2 advantage. Cougars’ 30-0 victory in 1976 one of only two shutouts against Texas in last 119 starts. TEXAS TECH (3-5, 2-3 in SWC) at TCU (3-5, SMU (8-0, 5-0 in SWC) at RICE (0-8, 0-5 in SWC), 2 p.m. — Sixty-second meeting sends win- less Rice against SMU team ranked third by UPI after 47-9 win over Texas A&M last week. Mus- tthinKi' . imigh, Darryl Bowles paces strong manyl Kazorback running attack 2-3 in SWC), 2 p.m. — Both are 3-5 for season, 2-3 tangs lead the series, 36-24-1, hold 17-12-1 advan- in SWC and played to 39-39 tie last year in one of tage in Houston and have won five straight from wildest SWC games ever. Red Raiders took 32-9 Owls. SMU offense adjusting to stacked defenses third-quarter lead last year before TCU rallied by passing for nine TDs in last three games and 12 for highest-scoring tie in SWC history. Each team of 3 f TDs for season. QB Lance Mcllhenny has had five TDs, but TCU tied on blocked punt that moved to No. 1 in SWC pass efficiency with high produced safety in final minutes. Stanley national rating of 147.2 points. Meanwhile, Eric Washington, now SWC’s No. 4 pass receiver (3.4 Dickerson is closing in on SWC career and season per game), was shut out in first half last year but had nine catches for 156 yards in second half. His rushing marks, needing 292 and 426, respective- two fourth-quarter TD catches in 1980, the last ly, to break each. SMU tailback is No. 2 national one for 82 yards with 1:44 left, overcame a 17-0 rusher with 164.9 yards per game as SMU leads Tech lead to win for Frogs, 24-17. TCU improved SWC rushing (287.9 yards per game) and is offensively this year, Tech defensively: Frogs second in total offense (391.1 yards). Mustang averaging 332.6 yards per game, Raiders fourth defense second in SWC (267.7 yards per game), in SWC defense with yield of 331.7 yards a game. Rice defense yields 191 rushing yards per game; Tech has scored three TDs in last four starts, but 193 passing. Owl attack under QB lead of soph defense sparkled two weeks ago in 10-3 loss to Doug Johnson last three games. Teams combine then-No. 1 Washington. Frogs were first SWC team to play Raiders, scoring 28-16 win in ’26, lo boast eight of SWC 10 individual leaders — Tech’s second season. T CU holds 19-17-2 series SMU’s Dickerson in rushing, tandem and scoring, lead, 13-6 Fort Worth lead, Tech leads SWC series Mcllhenny in passing, Craig James in punting, by 11-9-2 after winning six straight from ’73 Wes Hopkins in interceptions, Rice’s Vince Cour- through ’78. Last Tech win came in ’78 as teams v '^ e ' n kickoff returns and Melvin Robinson in tied in ’79 and ’81. punt returns. i give in not a, a a jokH •i' anv ll it lKAf,p id for® FINALS START IN ONLY 7-WEEKS For better grades, spend less time studying. 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