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Texas Furniture Outlet 712 Villa Maria Try Our Burgers For Lunch s s S s ''j s S v S The Traditions Couneil STUDENT GOVERNMENT TEX/vS A&M UNIVERSITY is sponsoring a HOWDY T-SHIRT SATE ^6.00 for long sleeve shirt On sale in the MSC all week Start FEELING GOOD and LOOKING GOOD for the holidays with AEROBIC EXERCISE Halloween Special 'snios Sale on Selected Exercise Apparel on memberships • one day only October 31 846-1013 402 Tarrow Chimney Hill Business Park Page 10/The Battalion/Monday, October 29, 1984 Owls make donation to Aggie campaign By CHAREAN WILLIAMS Sports Writer The Rice Owls are so generous they could start a Southwest Confer ence goodwill service. Saturday at Kyle Field, the Owls gave to the “needy” — Texas A&M that is. The Aggies needed offensive production and they needed a win. They got both. Of A&M’s 38 points, 28 were the result of typical Owl blunders. Rice Head Coach Watson Brown said that’s the way it’s been all season for the Owls. Let’s face it, Watson, it’s been that way since 1963, when the Owls posted their last winning record, 6-4. “It was the same of song, fifth ver se,” Brown said. “No consistency. All I do is walk in the locker room each week and hurt. So do the kids. It’s the same thing over and over. It’s frustrating and I don’t like it.” Two key mistakes, a fumble on Rice’s third play from scrimmage and a blocked punt on its next pos session, put the Owls in a hole they never managed to crawl out of. With A&M already leading 7-0, courtesy of the fumble recovery, Owl punter Steve Kidd went back to punt for the first time since injuring an ankle in September. Aggie lineoacker Mike Ashley went untouched through the Rice line and blocked the punt, giving A&M the ball on the Rice 30-yard line. “When I got the ball they were all there,” KidcFsaid. “I thougnt I could kick it over them, if I held it close. It’s the first punt I’ve ever had blocked and it flustered me the whole game.” Brown said the linemen were to blame for the blocked punt. “My linemen changed their block ing scheme right at the last minute,” Brown said. “It was a bust. It wasn’t Kidd’s fault.” In the second quarter, the Owl punt coverage team set up another Aggie touchdown, dashing any hopes of a Rice comeback. A&M’s Jimmie Hawkins took a Kidd punt 68 yards for the score. “I got clipped on that (return),” Kidd said. "My back still hurts. I thought for sure they’d throw a flag. Before the end of the half, the Owls made two other crucial mis takes on their special teams. A low snap, on a 41-yard field goal try, cost the Owls a shot at three points. Then, with time running out in the first half, A&M was forced to punt. But Rice was flagged for hav ing 12 men on the field, giving A&M a first down and eventually a 40- yard field goal by Alan Smith. Brown wasn’t pleased with Rice’s version of the Twelfth Man. “I’ve never had a team that had 12 men on the field,” Brown said. “Maybe someone will give us credit for trying to do anything to stop them.” Rice’s offense didn’t start moving the ball until the fourth quarter. Owl quarterback Kerry Overton, starting in place of injured Mark Co- malander, directed an option attack that accounted for Rice’s two late touchdowns. “When the quarterback doesn’t execute, the team can’l ball,” Brown said. “Kern m down and started moving m fense. He did some goodthirT last half. We missed Martfl malander, especially since y didn’t play well the first half." 1 “Success brings confidtuj Overton said. “I got confideitl the game went on.butitwasiooj I just need to turn the po»tl sooner.” Except for two fumbles,fresh! running back John Davis kdiJ game, gaining 90 yards on n| ties. “I got more playing timetiJ usually do,” Davis said. “Usual! alternate backs. The offense! never really got a chancetoeseJ because of the turnovers." Although the offense perforj as they have all season,the0«l| fense showed vast impraejJ from last week’s 30-12 loss toTJ Tech. "I thought we did alright,'cj nerback Dwayne Holmes J “They got a lot of turnovers. I we’re supposed to stop them.lit! proved f rom last week, but*tj haven't put consecutive I pi ovements together." "I thought our defenseti! well,” Overton said. “They&J play as bad as we (the Owl oftJ made them look." Rice, which owns a 21-game9 losing streak, still felt theygnel Aggies the game. y< L “They weren’t much ter! us," Overton said. T wish vea play them again.” Aggies (continued from page 9) A&M running back Anthony Toney, who rushed for 49 yards on only 7 carries. “Besides that, we pretty much played an error-free game for the most part. If we do that, we can beat anyone in the conference.” Unfortunately, the Aggies didn’t defeat just anyone — they beat Rice. Everybody knew they would. The Owls have been labeled a passing team ever since the last ice age, but Rice Head Coach Watson Brown’s run-and-shoot offense only completed five passes against a mer ciless Aggie secondary. “We surrounded them,” Sherrill said. “They started running the op tion because we were really defend ing the pass. Our game plan was stopping the pass, so we didn’t con cern ourselves with stopping the run.” The concern now shifts to the fu ture. Coming off the exciting “Rice Bowl,” the Aggies must improve their defensive strategy against the what your asking," Te P tneir detensive strategy against tne SMU Mustangs this Saturday. Every area of the Mustangs’ offense war rants concern — SMU can run and pass equally well. “We’U have to play as well as we have all year against SMU," Sherrill said. “Tney’H be ready to play re gardless of what happened in Aus tin." “Are you going to tear’em up?," a sports writer joked. “We won’t miss the kickoff, if that': said. “Is this victory theturan of the season?,” said anotte, “If we had beaten Texas today, it would be different,'a rill said. “I'm not taking ima away from Rice, but we w; ady to play before we went:, the field. The laxity andthetml nation were just not there." I 'dal What about your Dod Arthur attitude of 1 shallrtnd ter the last healing the teamri in Dallas?,’’askedanotherwrltrl “If you’re going to coiwei and put knots on my head,l:;! to remember who put thend he said. “You repay thostbi 1 hat's the wav I’ve always fdt' Dallas spells relief: W-H-l-T-E United Press International IRVING — Quarterback Danny White, returning to the starting lineup after spending the first half of the season in a backup role, threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns in the first half Sunday to spark the Dallas Cowboys to a 22-3 decision over the Indianapolis Colts. Dallas remain atop the NFC East with a 6-3 record while the Colts fall to 3-6 caused by a mistake-prone ef fort that included two fumbles and an interception in the third quarter alone. Dallas Coach Tom Landry chose Gary Hogeboom over White to start the season, but after Hogeboom suf fered through a series of ineffective performances White was named to start against the Colts. White responded with an out standing first two quarters and the Cowboys, taking advantage of a se ries of Indianapolis miscues, turned conservative in the second half . In addition to a steady perfor mance from White, Dallas running back Tony Dorsett gained 104 yards (his first 100-yard effort of the sea son) to move past the 9,000-yard mark for his career. Dorsett, how ever, fumbled twice in the first quar ter to slow down the Cowboys' of fense. White threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Tony Hill early in the second quarter and hit tight end Doug Cos- bie with a 5-yard scoring pass with just nine seconds left in the half. Rafael Septien then contributed field goals of 19, 19 and 24 yards in the second half, all of those set up by major Indianapolis errors. 1 )urinK the third periodtM i peri Nesby Glasgow fumbledawitij I at his own 15, Dallas linebadtj Hegman intercepted Midi maim at the Colts’ 22-yanlbj an interference penaltyapj Randle gave the Cowboysdit* the opposition 3-yard line. On each occasion, how; Colts kept Dallas out ofikj /.one. Indianapolis avoided af with a 52-yard, fourthquatfj goal by Raul Allegre. White, who helped rally W boys past New Orleans lasl* ished with 21 completions^! tempts for 262 yards. T he first half wasth inated by the Cowboys, evffl# they lead only by a touclidi late in the second quarter. NO CIVILIAN BAND CAN MAKE YOU THIS OFFER. If you ’re a musician who’s serious about performing, you should take a serious look at the Army. Army bands offer you an average of 40 performances a month. In every thing from concerts to parades. Army bands also offer you a chance to travel. The Army has bands performing in Japan, Hawaii, Europe and all across America. And Army bands offer you the chance to play with good musicians. Just to qualify, you have to be able to sight- read music you’ve never seen before and demonstrate several other musical skills. It’s a genuine, right-now, imme diate opportunity. Compare it to your civilian offers. 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