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Page 12/The Battalion/Monday, Novembers, 1986
‘Team of destiny’
wins another one
By Ken Sury
Sports Editor
Sow an act and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit and you reap a charac
ter. Sow a character and you reap a
destiny.
— English novelist Charles Reade.
Those words typify the 1986
Texas A&M
Aggies. Analysis
A&M has mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmK
built a habit of winning and its come-
from-behind 39-35 victory over
Southern Methodist Saturday has
shown the character this team pos
sesses.
Perhaps A&M is destined to re
turn to the Cotton Bowl.
Dropped passes, bad officiating
and excellent play by the Mustangs
were not enough to keep the Aggies
from spoiling the Mustangs 75th an
niversary homecoming game and
snapping the Aggies’ 0-3 record in
Texas Stadium.
“Probably the best way to charac
terize this team is they find a way to
win, somehow,” A&M Coach Jackie
Sherrill said. “They’re not going to
quit until the last second. And even
then, if you let them play a little
longer they’re going to find a way to
win.”
It was not a game for the faint of
heart as the teams exchanged the
lead seven times. But A&M took the
final lead with 1 minute, 48 seconds
to play as tailback Keith Woodside
camyht a Kevin Murray pass and out
distanced pursuer Franky Thomas
for the deciding 34-yard touchdown.
Woodside, who wants to be known
as a top-flight running back, became
the game’s hero thanks to his two
touchdowns as a pass receiver.
Woodside also grabbed a 50-yard
TD pass with eight seconds left in
the third quarter to cut SMU’s lead
to 28-23. Woodside caught five
passes for 134 yards in the game.
Then the Aggies did the smartest
thing they could do after Woodside’s
first touchdown. Murray hit tight
end Rod Bernstine on the two-point
conversion try to make the game 28-
25. That proved to be decisive as the
game progressed, because when
A&M took the lead it forced the
Mustangs to try to score touchdowns
instead of settling for a tying field
goal.
Fullback Roger Vick, whose 4-
yard touchdown run in the fourth
quarter gave the Aggies a 32-28 lead,
had nothing but praise for Wood-
side.
“He’s a big-play man,” Vick said.
“He can make those kinds of plays.
It’s just nice to be on his side of the
ball.”
The game was chock full of big
plays by both sides. The SMU of
fense used the option to near-per
fection and kept the No. 4 defense in
the country off-balance for much of
the game.
The 35 points given up by the
See Aggies, page 13
A&M linebacker Johnny Holland (11) rips the jersey of SMU
tailback Jeff Atkins as he brings him down during Saturday’s
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