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Texas A&M The Battalion Sports Monday, October 3,1983/The Battalion/Page 13 said there was liti ■ unless the system chit; think the reason I’mii s that I came into Coot a debt of $225,000, lardson. “I'm very ed about PACs. I sup: rind of reform. 1 guesn dims, and we’ve . spokesman for SumI; “As long as the system, ic way it is, there’s not hical about it.” le said Sundquist “tm ey from anyone he idy on common g .’’ The spokesman ij Sundquist’s Tech field goal defeats no-offense Aggies, 3-0 by John P. Lopez Battalion Staff The Texas A&M football earn is frustrated. The Aggies are frustrated be- |ause if it’s not one thing keep- influenced by tfie I? jng them from whipping oppo- ig that the congressme lents, it’s another, y voted in favor ofi ^ y pipeline that would) |L A&: m TENNIS/pagel5 ailroad business, tnoii;: | ved PAG money from | #swc RQUNDUP/page 15 >uy IVe’re not selling outAj, H1GH SGHOOLS/page 15 ind our voting record! out,” the spokesmans In their first two games of the lear, the Aggies rolled up 55 loints offensively, but the de fense played in spurts and the iggies went 1-1. 1 Then, in their third game of 0 the year against Oklahoma ' i Itate, the Aggie offense slipped • pd again, Texas A&M lost. But l&M coach Jackie Sherrill said le saw signs of improvement de fensively against the Cowboys Ind expected a strong perform- ney by leasing r e from the Aggie defense in i r vvi ilrl cy\;p 6 conference opener U1U Sdvc Sgainst Texas Tech Saturday, wer the life of r The Aggies’ defense dicln’t OUf lease, i el Sherrill down. ^ I A&M turned in what was krhaps its finest defensive per- prmance in years against the Cr^HMARK Red Raiders - The A Sg ies ke P l -'••rvi/VAlV constant pressure on Tech quar- VSING, INC ■rbackjim Hart, forcing eight ’ 'Baider punts and three Tech ■tmbles. They also made several 735 BriarcreslDr, lays ’ including a goa| - line iryan / 7754881 Texas Tech’s Ricky Gann kicked winning field goal There was just one problem. Every time the defense gave the ball to the offense, the Aggies imitated a chorus line — 1-2-3- kick. And that was the main reason the Aggies lost, 3-0, on a field goal by Tech’s Ricky Gann. It wasn’t that the Aggie run ning game was bad, and it wasn’t that the passing game was bad — they were both terrible. On the ground, A&M managed a meas ly 85 yards on 36 carries against a Tech defensive line that was outweighed by 20 pounds per man. So with a scrappy Tech de- Sherrill said Kevin Murray may start at QB Saturday fense holding back Aggie run ners, A&M went to the air, but the Aggies should’ve stayed on the ground. In 17 attempts, they could only manage 6 comple tions and 35 yards. The offense’s poor perform ance was a disappointment to Sherrill. “We had plenty of opportunities,” Sherrill said. “We just couldn’t move the ball at times. “We had some big plays, but they were all called back because of penalties. We had a lot of mental errors.” What turned out to be the big gest mental error by the Aggie offense was a motion penalty followed by a sack in the second quarter. A&M started at its own 20- yard line and moved the ball into Red Raider territory. The Aggies had a third and four from Tech’s 31-yard line, well within kicker Alan Smith’s range, but the motion penalty moved the ball back five yards and a blitz by Tech trapped quarterback John Mazur at the 50-yard line. After that drive, A&M only broke into Red Raider territory once more when the Aggies drove to the 43-yard line where they were forced to punt. “It’s frustrating,” Mazur said. “They did everything we ex pected them to do, but we couldn’t move the ball like we wanted.” Something was missing from the A&M offensive attack all night, so Sherrill — as he did against Oklahoma State — in serted freshman quarterback Kevin Murray. “Obviously, we were having trouble, ” Sherrill said. “So we put Kevin in there to try and get some spark into the team. And he moved the ball, but the penal ties stopped us.” Sherrill said after the game that he’ll have to see the game films before making a decision on whether Mazur or Murray will get the start against Houston Saturday. oots anteed 're it now. OJS 846-4114 Texas’ teams Cowboys stay undefeated with 37-24 win over Vikes w. United Press International MINNEAPOLIS — Ron Fellows scored on a 58-yard interception return for the go- thead touchdown and Tony Dorsett rushed for 141 yards :o lead the unbeaten Dallas Cowboys to a 37-24 victory Sunday over the Minnesota Vikings. The Cowboys are 5-0, their test start since an 8-0 begin ning in the 1977 Super Bowl :hampionship season. Danny White completed 22 f 40 passes for 213 yards and an 11-yard TD pass to Drew Pearson in the fourth quarter that sealed the victory. Fel lows’ interception was his second of the game and opened a 27-24 Dallas lead with 2:14 left in the third quarter. The Vikings, 3-2, hurt themselves in the drive with two penalties for a total 20- yard loss. Safety John Tur ners’ second interception of White had set up Minnesopta at their own 47. The Vikings opened a 24- 13 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Rod Hill returned a punt 37 yards to put the Cow boys at the Minnesota 47. White hit four of five passes in the ensuing march to reach the Vikings 5, setting up Ron Spring’s 5-yard touchdown run to close Minnesota’s lead to 24-20. Fellows intercepted a pass intended for Sam McCullum, racing 58 yards for the score. It was his second touchdown in as many games after scoring last week against New Orleans on a 62-yard blocked kick re turn. In the first quarter, Turner intercepted White at the Min nesota 29 and returned the ball 11 yards. Viking quarter back Steve Oils hit Darrin Nel son on a 17 -yard pass and then found Sammy White wide open up the middle for a 43- yard touchdown with 7:17 left in the quarter. Oils hit Nelson on a short pass in the second quarter that the 1982 No. 1 draft choice turned into a 13-yard gain. Dils then found White open on the same pattern, connect ing for a 36-yard TD to open a 14-3 lead. After a 41-yard field goal by Minnesota’s Benny Ricar do, tying a club record for 10 consecutive kicks, Dallas mar ched 62-yards to the Vikings 2 aided by a 23-yard run by Dorsett. Danny White then ran into the end zone to pull the Cow boys within 17-10 with 2:31 left in the quarter. A 59-yard punt by Greg Coleman backed Dallas up to their 3-yard line. After a 5- yard run by Springs and no gain by Dorsett, White fum bled a snap and defensive end Doug Martin recovered at the Dallas 5. Ted Brown then plowed into the end zone to give Minnesota a 24-10 lead. Dallas’s Rafael Septien cap ped a 46-yard drive in the first quarter with a 45-yard field goal but missed a 53-yard attempt in the second period that was wide to the right, breaking a string of eight straight field goals. Septien redeemed himself with a 45-yard field goal as time ran out in the first half to pull Dallas to within 24-13 at halftime. Texas A&M freshman running back Rod Bernstine carries the ball photo by John Ryan against Tech Saturday. The Aggies’ running game gained only 85 yards. NASL championship game Tulsa wins Soccer Bowl ’83 United Press International VANCOUVER — The Tulsa Roughnecks gained more than the supremacy of North Amer ican professional soccer with their 2-0 win over the Toronto Blizzard in Soccer Bowl ’83 — the unheralded Oklahoma fran chise may have ensured its own survival. “This couldn’t have come at a more opportune time for us,” Tulsa general manager Alex Skotarek said Saturday amidst the locker room bedlam. “It’s very difficult to say what it means at this point, but I think it will mean a future for our team.” The Roughnecks began the 1983 North American Soccer League season ignominously, dropping eight of their first 10 games. They rebounded specta cularly, however, winning 15 of “I think it would be a great tragedy if this franchise ever folded because there’s a great group of supporters in Tulsa.” — Roughneck coach Terry Hennessey their remaining 20 games in the regular season. “I think it would be a great tragedy if this franchise ever folded because there’s a great group of supporters in Tulsa,” coach Terry Hennessey said. The 1983 champions, for merly known as the San Antonio Spurs and Team Hawaii prior to starting in Tulsa in 1978, aver aged about 11,000 fans at Skelly Stadium this season and kept losses to about $400,000. Carl Moore, the team’s ma jority owner, said the club hoped to approve a stock issue by Oct. 15 in which 100-share blocks of stock would be offered to the public at $2 a share. Tulsa striker Ron Futcher, the center of controversy and scorer of the club’s second goal, said the victory had “given soc cer a good boost in Tulsa. I think just getting here is an unbeliev able thing for Tulsa. Winning it was icing on the cake.” Both Tulsa goals came after a scoreless first half. Njego Pesa scored on an in direct free kick from 19 yards out at 55:36 to give the Rough necks a 1-0 lead. Barry Wallace nudged the ball to teammate Iraj Danaifraid, who teed it up for Pesa’s blast past the Blizzard defensive wall and through the legs of charging Toronto goal keeper Jan Moller. “The shot came from 19 yards out and the goalie has to expect a shot,” said Pesa, whu was named Player of the Game. “This was the most important game of my career. It was a play er’s dream.” The Roughnecks stretched their advantage to 2-0 at 61:37 on Futcher’s sixth goal in six playoff games. The play began on a corner kick by Wallace to teammate Terry Moore, who headed the ball over the Toron to defense to Futcher, who tap ped it in from two yards out. NFL roundup is: pace and Late TD pass gives Steelers 17-10 victory over Oilers United Press International ; PITTSBURGH — The 'Pittsburgh Steelers, finding Houston tougher the second time around, used a fourth- quarter touchdown bomb and afield goal to defeat the Oilers 17-10 in an AFC Central Divi sion game Sunday. The Steelers, 3-2 after snapping a two-game home losing streak, beat the 0-5 Oil ers 48-28 at Houston two weeks ago. “The second time is always the tougher of the two,” Pitt sburgh Coach Chuck Noll said. “It certainly was this time. It was tougher all the way around.” Cliff Stoudt connected with Walter Abercrombie on a 51-yard touchdown pass and Gary Anderson kicked an 18- yard field goal to erase Hous ton’s 10-7 fourth-quarter lead. Stoudt’s pass to Abercrom bie ruined a great defensive effort by Houston. On a 2nd-and-10 from Pitt sburgh’s 49, the Oilers forced Stoudt out of the pocket, but he broke free of three defen ders along the sideline and flipped a pass to Abercrom- RB Earl Campbell scored Oilers’ only touchdown bie. The second-year man from Baylor caught the ball near the Houston 30 and raced down the sidelines to put Pittsburgh ahead 14-10, with 4:08 gone in the fourth quarter. “It was a play-action pass and they had the weak safety blitz on,” Stoudt said. “Walter cut to the middle. When some thing like that happens, you just have to hope the receivers find an open lane. Walter did what he was supposed to do, and that’s good. “This kind of play is not something you write down in a playbook. You just have to react.” Pittsburgh got a chance to add to its lead when corner- back Mel Blount came up with the third interception of Gif ford Neilson on Houston’s next series. The Steelers took over on the Houston 30. In five plays, they moved to the Houston 1, but fell short on three chances to cross the goal line and Anderson came in to kick his 18-yarder with 4:50 left to play. Florian Kempf kicked a 34- yard field goal for Houston just before halftime, and the Oilers took their 10-7 lead 5:32 into the third quarter on a 1-yard touchdown burst by Earl Campbell. “We played well and we played hard,” Houston Coach Ed Biles said. “They are a little bit ahead of us but we’re clos ing the gap. For a period of two weeks, our defense has showed the improvement we’ve asked of them.” Redskins defeat Raiders; Saints upset Miami United Press International Joe Theismann outdueled Jim Plunkett in an offensive shootout Sunday, leading the Washington Redskins to a 37-35 victory over the previously un beaten Los Angeles Raiders. Theismann passed for a career-high 417 yards and three touchdowns, including a 6-yard game-winning TD toss to Joe Washington with 33 seconds left. Theismann also passed 5 yards to Washington and 11 yards to Charlie Brown. John Riggins rammed 2 yards for a touchdown and Mark Moseley kicked field goals from 28, 29, and 34 yards for the Redskins, 4-1. The Redskins trailed 35-20 midway through the fourth quarter before Theismann got hot. Theismann, who completed 23-of-29 passes, hit Brown in the end zone to cut the LA lead to 35-27 with 6:15 remaining. Redskins’ safety Greg Wil liams recovered an onside kick at the LA 32 and Moseley kicked his third field goal with 4:28 left. The Redskins forced a punt with two minutes remaining and got the ball back at their 31. Theismann hit Brown on suc cessive plays for 9, 26, and 28 yards for a first down at the LA 6 with 43 seconds left. Theismann found Washing ton in the middle of the end zone on second down for the winning score. Around the NFL: SAINTS 17, DOLPHINS 7 — Defensive end Reggie Lewis raced 27 yards with an intercep tion return and the Saints de fense dominated mistake-prone Miami. Ken Stabler hit Tyrone Young with a 16-yard touch down pass, the first pro recep tion for the rookie wide receiver. BEARS 31, BRONCOS 14 — Rookie Willie Gault caught two touchdown passes — one each from Jim McMahon and Vince Evans — and the Chicago de fense shut down Denver in the first half to lead the Bears. Gault, who has now caught six touchdowns in five games, caught a 15-yard TD pass from McMahon to cap a 14-point first quarter for the Bears, who led 24-0 at halftime. 49’ERS 33, PATRIOTS 13 — Joe Montana passed for 288 yards, including two touch downs, and Ray Wersching kick ed four field goals to power San Francisco to its fourth straight victory. Montana, who utilized the short passing game to com plete 25-of-38 passes, threw an 8-yard TD pass to former Pat riot Russ Francis in the first quarter and a 13-yard scoring strike to Dwight Clark in the third quarter. CHIEFS 38, CARDINALS 14 — Linebacker Charles Jackson returned a fumble 37 yards fora touchdown to key a Kansas City defensive effort that forced nine St. Louis turnovers in the Chiefs’ blowout. Free safety Deron Cherry, in the lineup because of the continued holdout of All- Pro Gary Barbaro, intercepted two passes to set up two other Kansas City touchdowns and also blocked a field goal attempt. CHARGERS 41, GIANTS 34 — Chuck Muncie’s third touch down of the game, a 34-yard burst around left end with 4:32 left, lifted San Diego. Muncie, who earlier scored on bursts of 1 and 2 yards, made his game winning run after the Giants had tied the score on Ali Haji- Sheikh’s 37-yard field goal with 6:53 left. EAGLES 28, FALCONS 24 — Ron Jaworski ran for one touchdown and passed for three others, the third a 53-yard bomb to Mike Quick with only 1:45 re maining, to lift Philadelphia. The Falcons, down 21-7 at half time, had rallied behind Steve Bartkowski — who threw three TD passes — and taken a 24-21 lead on Mick Luckhurst’s 44- yard field goal with 5:48 re maining. PACKERS 55, BUC CANEERS 14 — Lynn Dickey passed for three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers set an NFL record for points scored in one half when they moved to a 49-7 halftime lead over Tampa Bay. The 49 points broke the old record of 45 set by Green Bay Nov. 12, 1967, against the Cleve land Browns. Dickey completed 10 ofl 5 passes for 267 yards and now has thrown 12 touchdowns passes this season. RAMS 27, LIONS 10 — Eric Dickerson rushed for 199 yards and scored three touchdowns to lift the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams improved their record to 3-2 while the Lions fell to 1-4. COLTS 34, BENGALS 31 — Curtis Dickey ran 3 yards for a touchdown with 7:10 left to lift Baltimore over Cancinnati. Nes- by Glasgow preserved the win for Baltimore by recovering a fumble by Cris Collinsworth with just 1:27 to play. SEAHAWKS 24, BROWNS 9 — Rookie running back Curt Warner shredded the Cleveland defense for 92 yards, scoring two touchdowns off turnovers to power Seattle. Warner carried 25 times and scored twice on 1- yard runs that were set up by Cleveland mistakes deep in Browns’ territory.