Texas A&M
Battalion Sports
Thursday, December 1,1983/The Battalion/Page 13
All SWC
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Texas A&M’s Kevin Murray was named as
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Auburn entered this season
as the SEC favorite and a possi
ble national contender and lived
up to that billing with its lone loss
to 2nd-ranked Texas in mid-
September.
When the Tigers beat defend
ing champion Georgia on Nov.
12, they assured themselves of at
least a tie for their first SEC
championship since 1957 and if
they beat Alabama Saturday
they’ll win that title outright.
“This is a culmination of
three years of work, not just one
year,” Dye said of Auburn’s suc
cess this season. “It started three
years ago. Our team has fought
through what has to be consi
dered one of the toughest sche
dules ever played.”
As Dye points out, when Au
burn faces 8th-ranked Michigan
in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2, that
will be the ninth bowl team the
Tigers will have played in three
and a half months. The other
eight were Texas (Cotton), Ten
nessee (Citrus), Florida State
(Peach), Kentucky (Hall of
Fame). Florida (Gator), Mary
land (Citrus), Georgia (Cotton)
and Alabama (Sun).
To make matters more diffi
cult, each of Auburn’s first five
opponents had open dates the
week before playing the Tigers.
From staff and wire reports
DALLAS — Texas A&M fresh
man quarterback Kevin Murray
was named United Press Inter
national’s Southwest Confer
ence Newcomer of the Year to
lead a group of six Aggies
named to the wire service’s all-
SWC team Wednesday.
Junior defensive end Ray
Childress and sophomore tight
end Rich Siler were the only
Texas A&M players named to
the first-team, but Murray, de
fensive lineman Keith Guthrie,
punter Kyle Stuard and place
kicker Alan Smith were named
to the second all-SWC team.
Childress, who was named to
the Turner Broadcasting Sys
tem all-America team earlier
this year, totaled 117 tackles —
15 for sacks — from his defen
sive end position for the Aggies.
And since the Richardson
Pearce product is only a junior,
he is already being touted as a
strong all-America candidate
for the 1984 season.
But Childress isn’t the only
Texas A&M underclassman that
has a promising future. In fact,
Guthrie and Stuard were the
only Texas A&M seniors named
to UPI’s list.
Murray led the conference in
total offensive production with a
164.3-yard average per game,
while Siler, a sophomore, caught
40 passes for four touchdowns
this year. Smith, ajunior, was the
Aggies’ leading scorer with 72
points for the year. He hit 18 of
26 field goals and added 18
points after touchdown.
SMU’s Lance Mcllhenny, the
winningest quarterback in
Southwest Conference history,
and a crowd of players from the
Texas Longhorns’ overpower
ing defensive unit, highlighted
the rest of UPI’s all-SWC team.
Mcllhenny became the first
quarterback in the 36-year his
tory of the UPI balloting to win
all-conference honors three
years in a row.
In addition, SMU defensive
back Russell Carter and Baylor
wide receiver Gerald McNeil
were named to the all-league
team for the third consecutive
year. No other member of this
year’s team was a member of the
1982 all-conference squad.
The team was chosen by a
select panel of writers and
broadcasters who covered SWC
football this year.
Mcllhenny, who guided SMU
to a 10-1 season, a No. 6 national
ranking and a spot in the Sun
Bowl, has quarterbacked 34 vic
tories since taking over the start
ing role in the middle of his
freshman year.
But he lost out in the offen
sive player of the year balloting
to McNeil, the Baylor receiver
who caught 62 passes this season
for 1,034 yards.
Defensive player of the year
honors were shared by Carter
and Texas defensive back Jerry
Gray, a member of a unit that led
the country by allowing just 212
yards per game this season.
Murray, whose entry into the
Aggies’ starting lineup this year
signaled a turnaround in Texas
A&M’s fortunes, was named
newcomer of the year and coach
of the year honors went to
Texas’ Fred Akers.
Akers edged Baylor’s Grant
Teaff in coach of the year ballot
ing after Teaffs team became
the surprise success story of the
season.
Joining Mcllhenny in the first
team backfield were SMU soph
omore Reggie Dupard and
Baylor senior Alfred Anderson,
the league’s top two rushers.
In addition to McNeil, the re
ceiving corps was made up of
TCU’s James Maness — one of
the bright lights in the Horned
Frogs disappointing season —
and Siler.
At offensive line were tackles
Mark Adickes of Baylor and
Brian O’Meara of SMU, guards
Doug Dawson of Texas and
Marcus Elliott of Arkansas and
center Mike Ruether of Texas —
who was named to the team de
spite missing part of the season
with an injury.
The 1983 United Press Inter
national all-Southwest Confer
ence football team, listing posi
tion, name, school, hometown in
parentheses, height, weight and
class:
First Team Offense
Wide Receiver -— Gerald
McNeil, Baylor (Killeen, Texas),
5- 7, 142, senior; James Maness,
TCU (Decatur, Texas), 6-1, 170,
junior.
Tight End — Rich Siler,
Texas A&M (Miami, Fla.), 6-2,
240, sophomore.
Tackles — Mark Adickes,
Baylor (Killeen, Texas), 6-5,
278, senior; Brian O’Meara,
SMU (Cleveland, Ohio), 6-7,
265, senior.
Guards — Doug Dawson,
Texas (Houston), 6-3, 263,
senior; Marcus Elliott, Arkansas
(Little Rock), 6-2, 265, junior.
Center — Mike Ruether,
Texas (Shawnee Mission, Kan.),
6- 4, 270, senior.
Quarterback — Lance
Mcllhenny (Highland Park,
Texas), 6-0, 190, senior.
Running Back — Reggie
Dupard, SMU (New Orleans), 6-
0, 200, sophomore; Alfred
Anderson, Baylor (Waco), 6-1,
215, senior.
Kicker — Jeff Ward, Texas
(Austin), 5-10, 180, freshman.
First Team Defense.
End — Eric Holle, Texas (Au
stin), 6-5, 240, senior; Ron
Farot, Arkansas (Hurst,
Texas), 6-8, 254, senior.
Tackle — Ray Childress,
Texas A&M (Dallas), 6-6,271,
junior; Tony Degrate, Texas
(Snyder, Texas), 6-4, 280,
junior.
Middle guard — Michael
Carter, SMU (Dallas), 6-2,
274, senior.
Linebacker —Jeff Leiding,
Texas (Tulsa), 6-4, 240,
senior; Bert Zinamon, Arkan
sas (Little Rock), 5-11, 220,
senior.
Back — Jerry Gray, Texas
(Lubbock), 6-1, 183, junior;
Russell Carter, SMU
(Ardmore, Pa.), 6-3, 193,
senior; Mossy Cade, Texas
(Eloy, Ariz.), 6-0, 185, senior;
Allanda Smith, TCU (Hous
ton), 6-2, 190, senior.
Punt — John Teltschick,
Texas (Kerrville, Texas), 6-1,
209, sophomore.
Second Team Offense
Wide Receiver— Ron Morris,
SMU (Cooper, Texas), 6-1,
200, freshman; Bruce Davis,
Baylor (Dallas), 5-8, 160,
senior.
Tight End — Rickey Bol
den, SMU (Dallas), 6-6, 258,
senior.
Tackles — Gene Chilton,
Texas (Spring Branch,
Texas), 6-3, 280, sophomore;
Grady Burnette, SMU
(Georgetown, Texas), 6-2,
260, senior.
Guards — Kirk Mcjunkin,
Texas (Dallas), 6-3, 246,
senior; Andrew Campbell,
SMU (Dallas), 6-5,260,junior.
Center — Chris Jackson,
SMU (Stratford, Texas), 6-4,
245, senior.
Quarterback — Kevin
Murray, Texas A&M (Dallas),
6-2, 187, freshman.
Running Back — Donald
Jordan, Houston (Houston),
6-0, 204, senior; Jeff Atkins,
SMU (Fort Worth), 5-11, 205,
freshman.
Kicker — Alan Smith,
Texas A&M (Texas City), 6-2,
222, junior.
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Ray Childress’ 117 tackles — 82 unassisted —
and his dominating play on the defensive line
yielded him first-team all conference honors.
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