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Monday, September 22, 1986/The Battalion/Page 7 707 TEXAS 2305 CAVITT Sports lent war - k&M closer to last season’s form COPY CENTER 707 Texas • 693-COPY I 2 6 7 9, 2305 Cavltt • 823-COPY f We Honor Competitors' Coupons!* 707 TEXAS • 2305 CAVITT Di moreorjoutanl military maneuver i mot e must invite i tie ipant.s in the St . e amt ist not )i)il)ious ity then ‘(I. and i re takini and Dim Sports Analysis 1981. By Ken Sury Sports Editor A>as the kind of garne that (hes bruised egos. exits A&M, coming off last k’s loss to Louisiana State Uni- iityl greeted N'oilh Texas State Vie eager- s oi a hun- wblf spot- ; a flock of ^ by crushing the Eagles, 48-28, laturday night. t&M’s home opener wasn’t even lose ;is the final score would indi- ^ecause the Aggies played sec- ahd third-string players for the rityofthe second half. Jf had only two setbacks in its los ve first half. The first was an i p. n |/N n , 'ryjto fullback Roger Vick, who J\JI I UIUI lO Hd a compound dislocation of _ i left little finger. On the fourth /'Vpt SAW p*!/of the game, with A&M already S/l I VA/vlvHMp> s jp.yard line, Vick tried to i I i H an Eagle defender and \j CPtppphBon the pinkie. His bone was • through the skin. Hi Head Coach Jackie Sherrill iVick would miss this weekend’s . ||f jT^Bith Southern Mississippi, and 1 ‘ ' 1 . ' *Hs the SWCi opener with Texas •r power rebuon' '■ P^Wloss of Vick didn’t hurt the " u ‘ 11 " M offense too mii( h, however. Nations fur tlif iiil^ft senior Ira Valentine was in- . Hm the next play and he fired s.-Soviet ten Lgj, openings in the Eagle de- he espionage se(0 SC()ie t ] ie game’s first touch- •ricaiijourn.it' m It, Reagan "ill : /alentine later scored on a 1-yard emphasis on mutual, |- vc nnmiU . s 17 seconds ie will under si in die first half to up the Aggie ,.se with ;': j| 2 4-7. lasize is Simp“■odic'i seihac k was .1 turnover riiei. prou'i A&M's second possession. Quar- .11 rv xpc .ikc- la^ Kevin Murray tried to hit re- ^Ehea Walker on third down, said the pro:' offiy found the waiting liands of I center iiiaml sU’s Ralph Roherson, who re lations with a spe-■th e ball 45 yards f or a touch- I emphasis 'i' mand die only score by the Ea- i in the half . expeded 10 i ;;i Vith die first-team offense in the 1 reaction to ;i t Hor the first half , A&M had leader Wiki I^ouble scoring against its out- I he Soviet Mt' Hl Division 1-AA opponent, edlv was in rf^P AflrM’s six first-half scoring arms control P r Ks (four touchdowns and two %)vHials), the longest drive only 4 1 AM/PM Clinics ^ Minor Emergencies 10% Student Discount with ID card 3820 Texas Ave. Bryan, Texas 846-4756 401 S. Texas Ave. Bryan, Texas 779-4756 8a.m.-11 p.m. 7 days a week Walk-in Family Practice A&M fullback Ira Valentine lunges for extra yardage as a North Texas State tackier holds on. Photo by Dean Saito Valentine replaced Roger Vick who was side lined with a dislocation of his left pinkie. consumed 4:46 off the clock. A&M had the ball for 19'/2 minutes, while NTSU held it only 10'/a minutes. Murray moved up in the SWC re cord books during the game. His 13 completions now rank him sixth on the all-time list w ith 359, while his 22 attempts and 193 yards moved him A lot more than at into ninth on the tmepts and 4,479 y A big reason foi success is that the list with 634 at- /ards. A&M’s offensive Aggie defense be came more aggressive than at the LSU game. North Texas State was held to 39 yards of total offense in the first half. “Of course we’re happy with the way we played,” nose guard Sammy O’Brient said, “even though it was with a team not up to our caliber. “We had a lot more intensity on the field. We were happy after mak ing a big play. LSU.” Linebacker Johnny Holland agreed, adding, “We had our motor turned on. Last week, we didn’t play as hard. We never got that motor turned on.” With the comfortable 34-7 half time lead, Sherrill said he didn’t have any problem with bringing in the second and third-team players. “We certainly wouldn’t keep our (experienced) players in and take a chance at getting them hurt,” Sher rill said, adding that it was a way to get the backup players used to game situations for later in the season. Two of the A&M backups who had good performances were senior Lance Haverda and sophomore Tim Landrum. With the Eagles punting from their own 37, Haverda blocked the kick and Landrum scooped it up at the 18 and dashed in for A&M’s final score of the game. “It was a called play,” Haverda said. “We sent 10 people in. North Texas State had their receiver split wide, so I had a gap to run through. I had a straight shot at the punter.” NTSU tried to mount some sem blance of a comeback by scoring three times in the final quarter. 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