Monday, October 5, 1987/The Battalion/Paqe 9
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ggies inept in several areas in loss to Raiders
By Hal L. Hammons
Assistant Sports Editor
JlUBBOCK — Never before had
Texas A&M missed Kevin Murray so
seminars demon- much.
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TA last-ditch comeback attempt
epded with two Texas Tech inter-
eptions of
A&.M quar-
:|rback Craig
mp, as the
d Raiders
yards. Two plays later on third
down, Pavlas threw to Rod Harris
well short of the first-down marker.
Later he missed a wide-open Keith
Woodside on a flare pattern that eas
ily could have gone for big yardage.
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Analysis
Tolliver looked only slightly bet
ter early in the game. His two early
interceptions were directed at wide-
open receivers, and several other
similar routes resulted in incomple
tions.
ten with the two interceptions.
Texas A&M Head Coach Jackie
Sherrill said, “I’m very pleased with
the way our players came back. We
turned the ball over at the most
inopportune times.”
A big question about the A&M de
fense was why they did not blitz
Tolliver more. The technique, which
has been very effective this season,
was all but abandoned against Tech.
peated the Aggies 27-21 at Jones
idium in Lubbock.
he previously-vaunted A&M de-
se looked more vulnerable than
any point this year. Tech quar-
back Billy Joe Tolliver riddled the
gie secondary for 15 completions
lutof 27 attempts for 272 yards and
me jfcree intercept ons.
A&M cashed in on Tech errors
ly, scoring two touchdowns
hin one minute in the first quar-
off of Tolliver interceptions,
iwever, three Aggie drives in the
jt five minutes of the game, helped
'Sjl J a Raider fumble, resulted
Even the 76-yard touchdown pass
to Wayne Walker was severely un
derthrown. Luckily for the Raiders,
A&M cornerback Alex Morris was
severely beaten on the play-
Y
o points.
U«-&M starting quarterback Lance
V Idas was pulled in the third quar-
I {after he proved ineffective. The
id-shirt freshman completed four
W lit of 10 passes for 37 yards and one
1
mq
jerception. Several times his inex-
rience showed, especially in the
st quarter. He fumbled on the first
iy of the game for a loss of eight
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One of the only bright spots for
the Aggies was the rushing of full
back Matt Gurley. Gurley, who in
the past generally has been relegated
to short-yardage situations, rushed
for 70 yards on 13 carries, providing
a much-needed ground attack for
A&M in the second half.
On the other hand, Woodside
only carried the ball three times for
77 yards, including a 66-yard touch
down scamper.
Stump seemed to rejuvinate the
sluggish Aggie offense when he
came in with 7:52 remaining in the
third quarter. On his first drive he
led A&M on a 76-yard touchdown
drive, the first extended drive of the
game for A&M, to cut the Tech lead
to six.
The rest of the game, however.
Stump could only manage four-of-
Sherrill said, “Maybe we should
have gone after them (with more
blitzes), but that’s second guessing.”
Aggie free safety Chet Brooks
said, “We didn’t have a lot of pres
sure on Tolliver. When we did blitz,
it wound up hurting us more than
helping us.”
When they did not blitz the pres
sure on the Tech quarterback was al
most nonexistant. A&M nose guard
Sammy O’Brient said the reason was
because the team was looking for the
draw play. He then said the team
was unable to stop the draws when
they did see them.
Sherrill said his position on the
quarterback situation was un
changed.
“It’s the same thing we’ve said all
along; we’re going to play all of
them,” he said.
About why the other Aggie quar
terback, freshman Bucky Richard
son, did not play, Sherrill said it was
because Tech’s defense was not play
ing to accomodate Richardson’s op
tion-style offense.
Photo by Tom Domey
Aggie wide receiver Rod Harris drops a Craig Stump pass on a fourthdown play late in the fourth quarter dur
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ing A&M’s 27-21
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loss to Texas Tech on Saturday at Jones Stadium in Lubbock. Tne loss dropped the Aggies to 2
0-1 in the Southwest Conference. A&M will try to rebound against Houston Saturday.
37 13S Toronto drops last 7
DETROIT (AP) — The De
rail Tigers took advantage of
ne of the great collapses in base-
all history to win the American
eague East title Sunday, beating
heToronto Blue Jays 1-0 behind
he six-hit pitching of Frank Tan-
na.
The Blue Jays lost their last
[even games of the season, in
cluding three in a row in this sea-
n-ending series in Detroit,
juandering a lead over the Ti-
;ersthat was 3‘A games on Sept.
inning off Toronto’s ace, Jimmy
Key.
Despite striking out eight and
allowing only three hits - as well
as finishing the season with the
AL ERA title at 2.76 - Key suf
fered his eighth loss to go with 17
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inters
The Tigers, who got a home
nn from Larry Herndon in the
(lincher, finished the season two
ames ahead of the Blue Jays and
voided a one-game playoff that
rould have been held here Mon-
ay if the Blue Jays had won.
Tanana, 15-10, pitched his
hird shutout, walking three and
piking out nine. Herndon put
he Tigers ahead once and for all
n this season of struggle, with a
me-out solo homer in the second
The Blue Jays held their SVb-
game lead over Detroit after win
ning six in a row, including the
first three games of a four-game
set against Detroit in Toronto last
weekend. But Toronto lost the
last game of the series, then three
straight to Milwaukee before
coming to Detroit.
Toronto played six of games
without All-Star shortstop Tony
Fernandez and catcher Ernie
Whitt missed the last three games
with two cracked ribs. Fernandez
suffered a broken elbow on Sept.
24 when he was hit while making
a pivot on a double-play attempt.
Cowboys, Sweeney thump Jets 38-24
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ. (AP)
— Kevin Sweeney, the NCAA’s all-
time leading passer, flourished while
others floundered in Sunday’s NFL
strike game, throwing three touch
downs and leading the Dallas Cow
boys to a 38-24 victory over the New
Yorkjets.
The Cowboys didn’t bother to use
three offensive regulars who defied
the NFL players’ strike. But they
didn’t need quarterback Danny
White, running back Tony Dorsett
or wide receiver Mike Renfro to beat
the Jets.
The smallest crowd ever for an
NFL game in Giants Stadium —
12,370 — seemed divided in loyalty.
When the Jets replacement players
were introduced, there were some
boos. There also were plenty of
cheers when New York recovered a
fumble by Alvin Blount two plays
into the game.
Blount’s fumble was the first of
nine turnovers — five by New York,
four by Dallas — and there were 26
penalties in the sloppy game. Both
teams are 2-1.
Sweeney, a seventh-round draftee
out of Fresno State where he passed
for a collegiate record 10,623 yards.
threw only six passes. The only real
flair to the attack came on a third-
quarter flea-flicker, when Sweeney’s
long pass to Kelvin Edwards fell in
complete in the end zone. But Ed
wards was interfered with by safety
Trent Collins. Blount scored from
the 1 on the next play for a 31-17
lead.
Dallas’ no-frills offense struck for
enough big plays, and its defense
had 11 sacks. Six of those sacks came
in the first half, two by Ed “Too
Tall” Jones, one of four defensive
veterans who crossed the picket
lines.
Jones was far more visible than
defensive tackles Randy White and
Don Smerek, whom the Jets blocked
effectively.
But the Jets’ secondary was any
thing but stingy against Sweeney and
Edwards, who caught two scoring
passes. Edwards, who played six
games with New Orleans last season,
scored on 33- and 35-yard passes.
Each time, he beat cornerback Larry
Robinson.
As White, Dorsett and Renfro,
usually key performers in Dallas’ in
novative attack, watched from the
sidelines, Sweeney cooly ran the at
tack. His other touchdown pass was
a 13-yarder to Cornell Burbage in
the first quarter.
Jets defensive linemen Mark Gas-
tineau and Marty Lyons, the only
regulars who have not honored the
strike, made little impact.
New York’s touchdowns came on
a 41 -yard pass from David Norrie to
Jamie Kurisko, a 3-yard run by John
Chirico and a 78-yard punt return
by Michael Harper.
But Norrie threw two intercep
tions and the Jets fumbled three
times. They also couldn’t hold back
the Cowboys’ pass rush.
Before the game, striking Jets and
New York Giants players picketed
outside the stadium gates. They also
signed autographs for several hun
dred fans.
Several Jets players said they
would be back to picket Monday
night, when the Giants played San
Francisco.
Until Norrie hit tight end Kurisko
for the 41-yard touchdown with 10
seconds left in the first half, the
Cowboys had litde trouble stopping
New York’s makeshift offense.
The Cowboys’ offense worked
well in spurts. Three of those spurts
came on scoring plays.
Burbage, Dallas’ leading receiver
in preseason and a victim of the final
cut, barely got in bounds for his
over-the-shoulder touchdown catch.
A 27-yard punt by Tom O’Con
nor and a 13-yard return by Bur
bage gave the Cowboys the ball on
the Jets’ 22. Adams sprinted 21
yards down the right side after some
fine trap blocking.
A 27-yard punt by O’Connor set
up the Cowboys on the New York 42
late in the second quarter. On third-
and-inches from the 33, Sweeney
faked a handoff and found Edwards
behind Robinson, making it 24-3.
Norrie finally got the Jets’ attack
going in a two-minute drill. He es
caped the fierce rush of Jones long
enough for completions of 16 yards
to Harper and 8 to Chirico before
hooking up with Kurisko. The tight
end from Southern Connecticut
broke two tackles at the 10 and bul
led into the end zone.
The Jets recovered a fumble by
David Adams on the kickoff begin
ning the second half, and moved 34
yards to Chirico’s score.
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