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Page 1 OAThe Battalion/Monday, October 15, 1984 IGallery Datsu SVVW^V* is pleased to extend the 10% DEE , *w^ Student Discount w/current Aggie I.i 1214 Texas Ave. 775-] 500 Attention General Studies Freshmen All First Semester freshmen in General Studies are expected to attend one meeting on "Academic Survival/' Either: Thursday Oct. 25 4:00 P.M. Rudder Or: Friday Oct. 26 4:00 P.M. 601 Rudder See you at one of these brief meetings for some helpful hints on scholastic success! P.O. Box 2273 College Station, TX 77841 Help Elect An Aggie to Congress Joe Barton ’72 Needs Your Support To Keep Texas A&M And the 6th District Represented By A Sound Conservative Who Will Fight For US In Washington. Aggies for Barton 1st Organizational Meeting Tuesday October 16th Rudder 301 8:30 pm Paid For By Friends of Joe Barton for Congress Kenneth McCrady, Treasurer Aggies suffer huge memory loss By ED CASSAVOY Spans Editor HOUSTON — Held aloft, shim mering in a torrential downpour, was the greatest of all scales swing ing, swinging above the mighty As trodome. Justice was to be meted out on a rainy night. But how would the decision be made? Forgetfulness would be the decid ing factor. Cougar quarterback Greg Landry forgot now to throw a decent pass to his receivers. The only consistent part of Landry’s passing game was the uncanny ability to throw the ball in the wrong place. The Aggies marched into the As trodome and promptly forgot how to score points. Again. This time they added a new twist to the game. They decided to forget how to kick Field goals. But the Coogs remembered some thing else. Landry could run the ball. And run it well. It seemed Houston forgot that it had any other running backs on the team, but they did serve a useful purpose — giving Landry a breather between suicide runs. The Aggies remembered that the way to beat Houston was simple. Control Landry. But then promptly forgot what they were supposed to remember. Landry was the Houston offense. It appeared that Cougar Head Coach Bill Yeoman seemed intent on sacrificing Landry to the hungry Aggie hordes. Landry (who gained 84 yards rushing), in the best tradi tion of Michael Jackson, became a whirling dervish. Sweeping left, Landry succeeded in throwing the Aggie defense off guard with his quick running bursts. Yeoman remembered something else. The only good quarterback is a healthy quarterback. Prudence dictated throwing the ball. Landry threw a majority of his “U-balls" (Lncatchable) to the right side, working on the newly pro moted Aggie cornerback James Flowers. Landry completed 8-20 for 98 yards in the game,. But Flowers held up well, never allowing any big gains. His job was made easier by the inability of Landry to connect with his receivers. “Landry didn’t have a good night,” Yeoman said. “He didn’t pull the string a couple of times. But then he didn’t have too. “I (Yeoman) just don’t look at the negative side of things. It doesn’t make any difference because we won.” Yeoman seemed relieved with the win over the Aggies, tying the Cou gars with SMU for first place in the Southwest Conference standings. Both teams are 2-0 in conference play. A&M is also tied in the stand ings — for last place along with Rice. But Yeoman was impressed with the Aggies’ play Saturday night. “This game saved our mulligan,” Yeoman said, “And it puts us right Uni deti | two hon ted in le day to; ! Diego 1 ! first wo years. In tal to one, i can Lea| son the a World 1975 ar with tht Nationa The \ celebrat sands m dium di i to join tl stadium on ptrained who rin futile ef: Houston Cougar quarterback Greg Landry runs into the familiar arms of defensive end Photo by DEANSATIO Ray Childress (53). Childress and Aggie linebacker Johnny Holland had 11 tackles. on the bus (in the SWC standings), but you can’t take anything away from the Aggies. They have blue chipped blue chip players. You put someone like (Thomas) Sanders be hind the mountain of meat he has blocking for him and he will snuff some people. “Their (A&M’s) back was to the wall and they came out fighting. They had too." Yeoman commented on the sur prisingly good showing of the Aggie running backs. “The Aggies haven’t generated much of a running game all year,” Yeoman said, “but maybe they haven’t tried.” The Cougars did remember to bring their defense along for the game, with impressive results. A&M was held to 223 total yards of of fense, but more importantly, the Cougars kept the Aggies away from the endzone to the count of 46, 47 and 56 yards — the field goal dis tances missed by Aggie kicker Alan Smith. Houston cornerback Greg Purcell Uways remember those num- wm al bers. “We knew we had to stop the Ag gies from getting within field goal range,” Purcell said. "So we (the de fense) went into the game saying we will not surrender, we will give them nothing. Present th fine play of the A&M defense, left end Ray Childress. ChildressH double teamed throughout game, hut he was still able to chi nattress up 11 tat kies, one batted downfii! nattresssf a f umble recovery and one qE terbacksack. “We beat them because we wanted it deep down.” Landry put his finger on some thing that both teams seemed to re member — how the opposing team was going to play. T he Cougars remembered to away from Childress as much asp: sible. Nearly every running p Houston ran was to the “non-C dress” side of the field. Coach ft man agreed that Childress hah fected the Houston offensi scheme. “We knew what they would try against us and they knew pretty well what to expect from us,” Landry said. “We were prepared for A&M and it showed. Defensive games al ways develop when you got the other guy figured out.” "Yeah, sure, we ran away from guy," Yeoman said. ing de played before smallest crowd to ever watch an Ag^ie-Cougar game — a mere 34,103 Ians. The Cougars had to adjust to the But as the chants of “SMU, SM SML" echoed in the cavernouscn fines of the Houston dressingnx» all this was forgotten in the warmi terglow of a victory. Narrow otherwise. The only thing the Cougars h to remember was the score of i game. Winless Oilers dig hole to China United Press International MIAMI — Dan Marino threw three touchdown passes Sunday as the unbeaten Miami Dolphins handed winless Houston a 28-10 de feat, the Oilers’ NFL record 22nd consecutive road loss. The Dolphins improved their re cord to 7-0 on a 27-yard pass from Marino to Mark Clayton in the sec ond quarter, a 17-yarder to Mark Duper in the third period and one, for 32 yards to Nat Moore in the fourth. Rookie Joe Carter added a 25-yard touchdown run with 5:17 left, Miami’s longest run from scrim mage this season. Moore’s touchdown was the 57th of his 11-year career, tying him for the all-time Dolphin record with Larry Csonka. The TD was Marino’s 20th pass for a touchdown this year as he completed 25-of-32 for 321 yards, his third most productive out ing as a Dolphin. Houston (0-7) played stubborn defense for three quarters but man aged to score only on a 49-yard field goal by Florian Kempf in the third period, and on a 9-yard pass from Warren Moon to Chris Dressel with 2:38 left to play. The key touchdown was Duper’s 17-yarder halfway through the third period. He worked his way into the near left corner of the end zone and made a standing leap between de fensive backs Willie Tullis and Bo Eason for the touchdown. The Dolphins’ lone score in the first half came with 1:54 left. They went from their 23 to the Houston 27 on a drive keyed by a 20-yard pass from Marino to Duper. Then Marino dropped back and looped the scoring pass to Clayton, who had sneaked behind the Oiler secondary in the left corner of the end zone. Carter’s first touchdown as a was set up by another comi from Marino to Moore, a 28-yanii that took the ball to the Houston! Carter carried once for three and again for 15 before breaking touchdown. He finished with yards on 1 1 carries. Houston scored on Dressel’sff at the end of an 80-yard march. H key play was a 36-yard gain on apt from Moon to Jamie Williams at on a roughing penalty on Qian Benson. ALPHA ZETA Meeting Guest Speaker: Dr. Howard Ladewig on The Status of the Family Farm and Other Problems In Agriculture Monday 15 Oct. 1984 7:00 p.m. 601 Rudder All Members are encouraged to attend. For More Info Call 693-5506. Texas A&M Flying Club Regular meeting tomorrow night at the airport Clubhouse. This meeting is for members and any one interested in flying. There will be a speaker and refresh ments. For further information call 764-7349. Gibso the first blast in fifth he on a sac field. Detro aone-ru Relief bo too itarred 1 ven b; he victt andez, ome ri Bevaccju he sene “An appl Credit U Union C Texas o posed r the TEX which w Avenue (Mail ad lege Sta posed it derson, Hester, sengale and Rov Texas,' dent is v Texas.1 include i of Form Universi I Texas A L COX on yt How Tomorrow Night