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Associated Press
HOUSTON — After
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Danny White and running back
Tony Dorsett took matters into their
own hands.
1 Septien missed four field goals
and Zendejas missed one in the clo
sely fought intrastate battle of Na
tional Football League rivals. Dorsett
Blasted 31 yards to the Oiler 1-yard-
i rrp line and White completed a scoring
- 1, ‘pass to tight end Fred Cornwell with
T:47 left in the game to lift the Cow-
boss to a 17-10 win Sunday.
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jetting the Cowboys offense up for a
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said the Oilers were overpowered.
M “They did a great job on their blitz
< and they had us outnumbered on ev
ery play,” Campbell said.
It wasn’t until Dallas’ Everson
J Walls recovered a hobbled punt at
* the Dallas 25 late in the game that
| the Cowboys decided to win it.
jH Dallas Coach Tom Landry
ipfatched the scoring chances fade
i away and feared the worst.
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* Landry said. “When you miss scor
ing opportunities consistently, you’ll
usually lose the game.”
I The comeback helped ease Sep-
tien’s misery after he missed four
fidd goals, including two that hit the
Uprights, the last coming with 13:20
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■ Zendejas also missed a 37-yarder
Mfeth 6:04 left that would have given
« the Oilers a 13-10 lead.
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1 12 sacks, Moon also was intercepted
Jfour times, including twice by Ron
1 Fellovys. Randy White and Victor
wScott each had two sacks.
BDallas improved its record to 3-1,
* while the Oilers fell to 1-3.
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first time this year, Dorsett plowed
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set up the winning touchdown.
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Other Sunday NFL scores:
(Home team in capitals)
LA. RAMS 17
Atlanta 6
Cleveland 21
SAN DIEGO 7
ST. LOUIS 43
Green Bay 28
N.Y. JETS 25
Indianapolis 20
LA. Raiders 35
fNEW ENGLAND 20
Miami 30
DENVER 26
^Minnesota 27
BUFFALO 20
New Orleans 20
SAN FRANCISCO 17
N.Y. Giants 16
PHILADELPHIA 10 (ot)
KANSAS CITY 28
Seattle 7
DETROIT 30
Tampa Bay 9
CHICAGO 45
Washington 10
Monday Night Game:
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Hat PITTSBURGH
Tulsa 'keys' on future after A8cM rout
By TRAVIS TINGLE
Sports Editor
Just after Texas A&M locked
up a 45-10 victory over Tulsa Sat
urday night, the Aggies threw
away the key — the key to the
Golden Hurricane’s locker room,
that is.
Tulsa players and coaches were
hovering around the grayish
door as the grayish sky dumped
rain on them like it had all game
long. Then Tulsa Head Coach
Don Morton asked, in a sort of
what-else-can-go-wrong tone,
“Who’s got the key?”
Nobody knew, and only Tulsa
cared, so the team waited.
More Tulsa players, and a
handful of UT boosters, contin
ued to assemble in front of the
locked door. Some UT players
limped. Others helped team
mates who were injured by offer
ing a shoulder to lean on.
It was obvious from the mood
of the Tulsa players and coaches
that The Hurricane had just been
down-graded to a tropical storm.
Once Tulsa finally got inside
the dressing room, it still looked
for another key — the key to Tul
sa’s football future.
UT’s four-game slate, against
some of the best and worst the
Southwest Conference had to of
fer, was finally over. The Hurri
cane came out of it with a record
of 1-3, but the future indepen
dents accentuated only the posi
tive of the tough schedule.
“We’re just excited about the
progression of our football pro
gram,” Morton said, “although
it’s hard to say that after a 45-10
loss.”
Not that hard.
UT has four heavyweight
bouts under its belt and two left
— Oklahoma State this week and
Florida State down the road.
W'ith that kind of game experi
ence, UT should cruise through
the Missouri Valley Conference,
which will disband after this sea-
Photo by JOHN MAKELY
Tulsa quarterback Steve Gage couldn’t find the key to unlock the
Texas A&M defense Saturday. Although the junior completed 10-
of-16 passes for 98 yards, he could only lead TU to 10 points. The
Aggies, meanwhile, piled up 702 yards of offense and 45 points.
Tulsa should cruise, that is, if it
scores better in the MVC than it
did in the SWC.
Last week, Arkansas shut out
Tulsa, 24-0. Prior to that, UT lost
to'Texas Tech, 21-17, in the clos
ing minutes. However, in its sea
son-opener, the Hurricane de
feated Houston, 31-24, and
amassed 431 yards of total of
fense
Well, against A&M, UT’s of
fense wreaked the same kind of
havoc it had against UH three
weeks ago. The Hurricane rolled
up 360 yards of total offense —
262 on the ground, including a
176-yard rushing performance
by halfback Gordon Brown.
Now usually 360 yards would
be enough offense to beat just
about anybody, maybe even the
Indianapolis Colts.
But it wasn’t enough against
A&M on this particular Saturday.
The Aggies racked up 702
yards of total offense, with the
passing of A&M quarterback Ke
vin Murray accounting for 309
yards alone. The Aggies’ 702-
yard effort was the second best
output by a SWC team just be
hind Arkansas’ 859 yards against
Pittsburg, Kansas State in 1936.
“We knew they (A&M) had a
good passing team coming in,”
said Morton, who is in his first
year at Tulsa, “but they showed
tremendous balance offensively
with their running attack also.
You have to give A&M a lot of
credit. They executed well and
we were very impressed. We’re
not going to make any excuses.”
It the Hurricane were to make
excuses, you can bet they would
have centered on UT’s four fum
bles and four-of-14 third-down
conversion ratio.
“It was frustrating for our of
fense when we could move the
ball and not score any points,”
Morton said. “It’s frustrating for
any offense not to score points
when you have the opportunity.
We certainly need to improve
upon that. They (A&M) just had
a lot of athletic ability on de
fense.”
UT flanker Ronnie Kelley
seemed a little more bewildered
than his coach was at Tulsa’s lack
of lights on the scoreboard.
“I’m disappointed in a way,”
said Kelley, who led the Hurri
cane with six catches for 58 yards.
“We gave 110 percent on offense,
but came up short. We had some
mental mistakes and letdowns
and A&M just took advantage of
it.”
Tulsa quarterback Steve Gage
said the Hurricane offense exe
cuted its running game as
planned, but blamed “costly mis
takes” for UT’s lack of scoring.
“Really we ran things like we
wanted to, except for a few mis
takes — fumbles, penalties, etc. —
that really hurt us,” said Gage,
who passed and ran his way for
144 yards and scored Tulsa’s only
touchdown. “We had good play
selection tonight. We just made
some crucial mistakes at crucial
times and I guess I’m mostly to
blame for that.
“We won’t change our game
plan for anybody. Third-and-
fong is a bad down for us, but we
weren’t third-and-long that
much. . . We were second-and-
short mostly and that’s what
makes it (only scoring 10 points
against A&M) frustrating.”
Things won’t get any less frus
trating tor Tulsa, though.
The Golden Hurricane takes
on in-state rival and No. 8-ranked
Oklahoma State this week.
You had to look hard to find
any “OSU worries” written on
Coach Morton’s face, but they
were there.
“It’s important to keep every
thing in perspective, though.
Once it’s (the game) done, it’s
done. It’s history. The encourag
ing thing is that our team unity is
as strong as its ever been.”
A&M spikers make switch against Lamar
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
The Texas A&M volleyball team proved what a difference a year, and
hard practice, makes.
After several up and down weeks of inconsistent volleyball, the Aggies
decided it was time to play up to their No. 16 ranking. A&M wasted little
time with Lamar Friday night, winning 15-13, 15-2, 15-12.
“We played well,” said A&M Coach Terry Condon. “That’s the best
we’ve played in awhile. It’s really the first time we’ve started off a match
playing well.”
Maybe the Aggies, now 9-3 on the year, played better because of Con
don’s harder practices last week. Condon said the Ags needed the hard
workouts to regain some intensity and consistency.
“I think it helped,” Condon laughed. “It was a little rough, but we
needed it. We needed to get the work back into our systems.”
Or maybe the improvement shown by the Aggies proved what a strateg
ist Condon is.
Condon switched setters Lesha Beakley and Chris Zogata before the
match. Beakley now sets Sherri Brinkman and Margaret Spence more of
ten, and Zogata sets Stacey Gildner and Stacey Smith.
Last year against the same Cardinals, the Aggies did the same thing with
the same results.
“Did we really?,” Condon asked. “I don’t even remember that. I think
(the change) helped a lot. They feel a lot more comfortable with the setters
like this. It was a good switch.”
The move certainly.brought All-American Sherri Brinkman to life.
“We really faked them out, didn’t we?,” Brinkman laughed. “What a
coaches’ strategy. Lesha and I can communicate well, especially lately. We
were getting the communication out there. Lately we’ve Been slacking off.
Everyone was getting testy.
“I do like Lesha setting me. Maybe that’s all we needed; I don’t know.”
It was the first time Brinkman has played well for an entire match, hit
ting a remarkable .500 percent with 17 Kills.
“Yes, wasn’t it?,” Brinkman said. “I had to have fun out there. I was so
completely down on myself. Actually my friends helped a lot. I was more or
less relaxed for the entire match.”
Condon said Brinkman’s return to form will do nothing but help the
Ags’ outside hitters.
“Sherri’s getting back in the flow,” Condon said. “She was out of sync
when she came back from the World University Games. It’s taken a little
time. When she has a good game, it opens up the outside hitters.”
Outside hitters Spence, Gildner and freshman Cheri Steensma seemed
to be helped by Brinkman’s resurgence in the “new” lineup.
“We were a lot more relaxed,” said Spence who had 11 kills for a .296
hitting percentage. “Things really clicked better. We are finally starting to
have fun on the court.”
As for the other outside hitters, Steensma was brought in for Gildner,
when the junior encountered a few problems in the first game. Steensma
seemed to rejuvenate the Ags, as she hit .333. Gildner came back to life in
the second game and hit .250 overall.
Sherri Brinkman (11) did almost everything right
Friday night. Here, the middle blocker even man-
Photo by ANTHONY S. CASPER
ages to get one past three Lamar players. Brink-
man led the Ags to a 15-13, 15-2, 15-12 win.
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