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AJeM quartertmck Kevin Murray tosses the football to an A «-
gie back aa Ohio State defenders close in. Murray had trouble
throughout the second half aa he threw five interceptions in
A A M's 26-12 loss to the Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl.
A&M discovers Cotton Bowl
less favorable on return trip
By Ken Sury
Sportt t.dau>i
Perhaps you can't go home again
For Texas AAcM, intent on mak
ing the Cotton Bowl its home away
from home in postseason play, it was
a rude return ■
tnp to Dallas
And for Dal-sai
the difference today — a great de
fensive job
“I thought the strength of AJicM’s
team was its offense We took that
away."
A&M Coach Jackie Sherrill
agreed with Bruce that the lack of
Carter outleaped James Flowers and
Kip Corrtngton and pulled down a
big catch that kept the drive alive—a
drive which led to Ohio State s first
touchdown and a 7-3 lead.
Before Kee's interception sealed
the game. A&M was just a Jeff Hol
las native Kevin Murray, the man re
sponsible for A&M s repeat perfor
mance as Southwest Conference
champions, it was his worst outing as
an Aggie quarterbac k
In AJcMTs 36-16 thrashing of Au
burn last year. Murray set a (otion
Bowl record with 292 passing yards
This year he set anothet record —
five interceptions.
Had instant reptav been used, it
would have shown Murray only
threw four interceptions A&M. be
hind 14-6 after Ohio State line
backer Chru Sptelman returned an
interception 24 yards for a touch
down. was at Ohio State s 46 when
Murray tied to hit tight end Rod
Bernttme on a first-and-10 play.
The bail was thrown slightly behind
Be man nr and apparently wrestled
from his grasp by OSCs Sonny Cor
don as they fell down. Replays
showed the ball hit the turf before
bouncing into Gordon's arms But
the officials' views of the action were
blocked by nearby Ohio State play
ers and the play was ruled an inter
ception.
Had that play been ruled incom
plete. A&M may have been able to
drive downfieid and get back in the
game But probably not
The Buckeyes, using three differ
ent defenses, simply confused and
abused Murray all afternoon in
wrapping up a 26-12 victory in the
first appearance for a Big Ten
school in the Cotton Bowl. Murray
may have been hampered by a bout
with the flu earlier in the week, but
he didn't make excuses for his per
formance
“It wasn’t what they we doing, it's
what we weren’t doing.'' Murray
said. “Five intercepts That’s enough
turnovers to lose to the Little Sisters
of the Poor. They didn't whip us. We
just didn't move the hall “
Ohio State only out gained A&M
303 yards to 296 offensively, and
had three interceptions of its own.
but it was the btg plays on defense
that made the difference OSU line
backer Michael Kee delivered the fi
nal blow when he picked off Murray
for the fifth tune with just under
three minutes left in the game and
returned it 49 yards for the score.
Ohio State Coach Lartr Bruce,
whose Buckeyes finished the season
10-3 and seventh in the country,
praised his squad's defensive play.
“The thing 1 couldn't imagine a
that we could return two of those in
terceptions for touchdowns." Bruce
said- "You know when two lineback
ers intercept two pauses and run
them back for touchdowns, that's
something
“The challenge was to our de
fense. The defense faced adversity
at times, but fought hack and put
points on the scoreboard That was
“/r wasn’t what they we doing, it’s what we weren’t
doing. Five intercepts. That ’s enough turnovers to lose
to the Little Sisters of the Poor. They didn’t whip us.
We just didn’t move the hall. ”
— A&M quarterback Kevin Murray
A&M offense led to the Aggies’
downfall, but credited the play of
the Ohio State offense,
“Offensivefv. we just couldn't get
it going." Shemll said “There's no
question we moved the hall very,
very well in the first quarter, but they
kept making the big play It was
third and 17 one time, second and
11. third and 7.
“They made the big plays offen
sively and we gave up the big plavs
defensively."
Among the biggest play was a cru
cial and spectacular 34-yard recep
tion by Ohio State's All-America
wide rifceiver Cris (barter on a third-
and-17 play late in the first quarter
lev steal away from being hack in the
game At the OSU 17. Buckeye quar
terback Jim Karsatos tried to hit AIF
America wide receiver Cns Carter
but threw the ball behind Carter A
streaking Holley grabbed the ball for
a split-second, saw clear sailing to th'*
end *one and then dropped the
ftxHbail.
The only bright spot for A&M of
fensively was the plav of senior full-
hack Roger Vick, who was named
the Cotton Bowl’s most valuable of
fensive player with 1 13 yards on 2l
carries and one touchdown. With
the passing game going nowhere but
tn the other direction, Vick beeftne
the Aggies' big-play man, accounting
for nine of A&M's 10 rushing first
downs with his high-strpptng, high-
powered running.
But it was Murray's rough outing
that killed A&M's hopes of tallying
back-to-back Cotton Bowl cham
pionships Murray threw 13 kiter-
ceptions on the season, but nine of
those came m his first and last games
(A the season. He was intercepted
lour times in the Aggies’ 33-17 loss
to Ixmisiana State.
Murray's interception-plagued
dav may be a Messing tn disguise for
the Aggies Murray, who is cofistd
mng entering the NFL draft, may
decide to plav his senior year with
A&M to bolster his SWC passing sta
tistics and inflate his worth to the
professional scouts
Heisman Trophy winner Vinny
lestaverde probably wishes he had
that chance after ending his colie
S tate career with an equally dismal
ve-interception game in Miami's
loss to Penn State
But for this year’s 9-3 Aggies, who
started the season ranked seventh in
the country and finished No. IS, the
defeat ckiscd the season on a hater
note for the senior-laden team.
"We won the conference.'' Murray
said “Other than that we didn’t ac
complish anything."
Perhaps you can't go home again.
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