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(AP) — As the Aggies prepare for
Saturday’s 2 p.m. kick-off against
non-conference Louisiana Tech, the
st of the Southwest Conference
‘teams (except Baylor, who has an off
week) will square off against each
other.
Here is a preview of Saturday’s
laatchups.
ARKANSAS (5-2, 3-1 SWC) at
RICE (2-6, 0-4 SWC), Noon CST —
Last year when these two teams met,
the Arkansas Razorbacks prevailed
45-14. Despite the win in Fayette
ville, the Hogs and the Rice Owls are
I about even in the series.
The Razorbacks own a 31-28-3
advantage entering the 63rd game
of a rivalry, which dates back to a 40-
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Rice last downed the Hogs 17-16
in 1980 at Little Rock. All games in
the rivalry have counted in SWC
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Linebacker Rickey Williams head an
experienced defensive unit against
Rice’s talented quarterbacking duo
of Quentis Roper and Mark Co-
pialander.
■Roper is enjoying his best passing
Ijeason (76-of-158 for 884 yards and
I four TDs) after eight games while
Bmalander is 12th in SWC career
pass completions with 331 and 18th
in SWC career passing yards with
4,076.
■Arkansas’ ball-control offense
burst loose for 218 passing yards
(13-of-20 tries) against Houston last
week and has committed just 10
turnovers in seven games. Broad
casts: Raycom, SWC Radio Network.
TEXAS TECH (5-3, 2-2 SWC) at
TEXAS (3-3, 2-0 SWC), 1:00 p.m.
CST — The Texas Longhorns will
be fighting for their untarnished
SWC record as they battle the Texas
Tech Red Raiders.
The game also is a reunion of
sorts. Tech Coach Spike Dykes re-
E laced Texas Coach David McWil-
ams prior to the 1986 Indepen
dence Bowl after McWilliams
accepted his current post, and the
two worked together last fall to pro
duce the Red Raiders’ first bowl
team in nine years.
Last year the Red Raiders edged
Texas 23-21 in Lubbock, but Texas
holds a 29-7 advantage going into
the 37th meeting of the teams.
Dykes is 5-4 in his first complete
season as a college head coach while
McWilliams, whose first head coach
ing post was at Tech last year, is 10-7
in his second campaign. McWilliams
is 7-3 in SWC games while the two
head coaches in this contest have
combined to win four of their first
six SWC games in 1987.
Quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver is
59-of-107 for 847 yards and five
TDs. Scott Toman backs Tolliver
with 53-of-86 for 605 yards and two
touchdowns.
Texas counters with Bret Staff
ord, the SWC’s 15th-best career
passing yardage producer with
4,146 yards. Stafford also ranks 15th
with 856 career total offense plays
behind Baylor quarterback Cody
Carlson’s total of 900 rushing and
passing attempts.
Rushing stars James Gray of
Tech, third in SWC with 720 yards,
and Texas’ Eric Metcalf (598 yards,
second in SWC) also spice the of
fenses. Broadcasts: Ron Franklin
and Jack Dale on the SWC Radio
Network.
HOUSTON (1-5, 0-3 SWC) at
TEXAS CHRISTIAN (4-3, 2-1
SWC), 2:00 p.m. CST — Two con
trasting styles of offense meet as the
air-minded Cougars battle the run-
oriented Horned Frogs.
Houston easily tops the SWC in
passing offense with an average of
280.2 yards per game while TCU is
No. 1 in the conference in rushing
offense at 321.4 net yards each con
test. The Cougars have a 9-2 lead,
though TCU has won two of the last
three games.
Cougars’ Coach Jack Pardee is 1-5
in his first college head coaching sea
son after going 81-65 as a profes
sional head coach. Horned Frogs’
Coach Jim Wacker is 123-64-3 (17
years) overall, 19-31-2 five years at
TCU, 9-25-1 in SWC contests, and 2-
2 against the Cougars.
UH has rallied around the run-
and-shoot offense with three differ
ent quarterbacks shouldering the
load. Junior David Dacus of Kings
ville was the hero last week against
Arkansas as he came off the bench to
complete 25-of-43 passes for 240
yards.
TCU relies on the defensive
prowess of junior safety Falanda
Newton, who had one interception
in each of four midseason games. Se
nior halfback Tony Jeffery leads the
SWC in rushing with an average of
129.7 yards per game, 131 carries
for 908 yards and seven touch
downs.
Houston’s Johnny Jackson, the
SWC Player of the Week for Oct. 17
and All-SWC linebacker Gary Mc
Guire will help mount Houston’s at
tack. Broadcasts: SWC Radio Net
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Houston's Dacus starting to live up
to billing after first game disaster
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston
quarterback David Dacus bombed
in the Cougars’ season opener
against Oklahoma State after be
ing named the newcomer of the
year in the Southwest Conference
in preseason.
No one was more disappointed
with his debut than Dacus.
“I looked like someone they
brought in off the street,” he said.
Dacus sat on the bench until
last week when he got a second
chance. And this time, he was
throwing the bombs.
Dacus completed 25 of 43
passes for 240 yards, one touch
down and no interceptions in a
21-17 loss to Arkansas.
After Dacus went to the side
lines in the 35-0 loss to Oklahoma
State, freshman Andre Ware
emerged and started the next
four games until he broke his arm
in the first quarter against Wyom
ing.
Ed Powers took over the run-
and-shoot for one game, but
when he faltered against the
Hogs, Dacus returned.
“Basically, you’re just waiting
for another quarter so you can get
back on the ride,” Dacus said.
“It’s hard to go up so high and
come down so low. I had to swal
low a lot of pride. I’d let so many
people down, the coaches, the
other players, my friends and my
self.”
The Cougars’ season has been
like a roller-coaster ride. Powers
replaced Ware and threw three
touchdown passes despite a 37-35
loss to Wyoming.
The heavily favored Hogs tra
iled going into the fourth quarter
but took the lead with 9:32 to go
and controlled the ball the rest of
the game.
Dacus enrolled at Houston af
ter passing for 2,381 yards and 15
touchdowns at Cisco Junior Col
lege. He went through spring
drills with the Cougars and was
the starting quarterback for the
opener.
“Maybe the best thing that hap
pened is what did happen,” Da
cus said. “I’ve been rock-bottom
before, like my freshman year at
Cisco. We had eight or nine quar
terbacks and you’re going in on a
wing and a prayer in junior col
lege.
“Things just don’t always work
out the way you expect. I’m 21
years old and I’ve got to be man
enough to handle the ups and go
on when I’m down.”
Offensive coordinator John
Jenkins said it was predetermined
that Dacus would get a chance if
Powers -faltered early against the
Razorbacks.
“There’s nothing worse than
waiting on a quarterback to get a
hot hand when the rest of the of
fense is ready to go,” Jenkins said.
“You can’t have a quarterback go
three downs and punt when ev
eryone else is waiting on him.”
Oilers have bad Cincinnati memories
CINCINNATI (AP) — Houston
Oilers Coach Jerry Glanville points
to a bizarre finish at Riverfront Sta
dium as one of the hallmarks of his
team’s ragged climb to prominence
in the AFC Central Division.
The Oilers suffered a 31-28 loss in
Cincinnati last year by giving up a
touchdown drive in the last two min
utes. It was one of several tough
losses in a 5-11 season for a team
considered an emerging contender
in the division.
This year, the Oilers will visit Riv
erfront Stadium on Sunday with a 4-
2 record, a share of the three-way tie
for the division lead, and accolades
as a team that’s beginning to realize
its potential.
“I think we were a pretty good
team last year, and we just managed
not to get it done, such as we did in
Cincinnati,” Glanville told Cincin
nati sports writers in a conference
call Wednesday.
The Cincinnati game provided
one of the Oilers’ most haunting fin
ishes last year.
Houston rallied from a 21-7 sec
ond-quarter deficit to trail 24-21 late
in the game. However, the Bengals
appeared ready to put the game out
of reach with a score when fullback
Larry Kinnebrew fumbled and line
backer Robert Lyles returned it 93
yards for a touchdown with 96 sec
onds remaining.
Boomer Esiason then led the
Bengals the length of the field for
the winning score, which came on a
21-yard run by James Brooks.
Glanville thinks the Oilers, a
young team, learned from the expe
rience, and are in a better position
this year to pull out last-minute vic
tories in such circumstances.
“I think our problem is every year
we stand up and we’re the youngest
team in football,” he said. “I think
it’s hard to pull games off at the end
of the game if people haven’t been
with you. Even though we are
younger this year than last year, our
starters are all a year older.”
The Oilers are tied with Cleveland
and Pittsburgh for first place in their
division. The Bengals are 2-4 with a
pair of division losses, and need a
victory Sunday to stay in contention.
Although Glanville isn’t ready to
start talking about his team’s playoff
chances, he is enjoying the turn
around.
“I don’t think it (being in first)
really matters until the season’s over.
I think that you’ve just got to keep
taking care of this week’s business,”
he said. “But it feels better than 1-8.
You know I’ve been there, too.”
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