Monday, November 30, 1987/The Battalion/Page 9
Sports
Ags Cotton Bowl-bound
for 3rd straight season
By Loyd Brumfield
Sports Editor
Not much else can be said about
Texas A&M’s 20-13 win over the
Texas Longhorns Thanksgiving
night at Kyle Field. Simply put, it
was a night of heroes, both old and
new, for the Aggies.
Names like ___________
Analysis
W o o d s i d e ,
Richardson,
Slater, Wallace wmmmm—mmmmmmm
and Stump en
abled the Aggies to pick Cotton on
Jan. 1 in Dallas for the third consec
utive year. This year’s opponent: the
Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
Granted, the Aggies’ win over UT
wasn’t all that pretty, but A&M over
came a fiercely-determined Long
horn bunch to capture a third
straight Southwest Conference title.
In the last two meetings in the ri
valry, the Longhorns’ appearance on
the field was pretty much ceremo
nial. Longhorn players walked in
their sleep while the Aggies waltzed
over them.
Not so this time.
UT held the upper hand during
the first half, which ended in a 10-10
tie, the result of a late 53-yard field
goal by A&M kicker Scott Slater.
The Horns, Tibwever, could have
substantially increased their score
had they been able to take advantage
of an early A&M fumble and if they
had connected on a chip-shot field
goal in the second quarter.
Instead, credit tne Aggie defense
for controlling UT’s offense,
dally on the Horns’ first possession
after a Craig Stump fumble early in
the first quarter. Instead of a 7-0
lead, UT had to settle for a 3-0 head
start after gaining exactly 0 yards on
three plays.
Yep, zero. Zip. Goose egg. But
compared to the Horns’ luck in the
second half, it was one of their better
drives.
UT was totally shut down in the
second half. Its first drive ended af
ter gaining a whopping total of -1
yards, as did the second drive. The
Horns finally evaded the -1 mark on
their third drive when they managed
-3 yards. The fourth possession,
which ended in a Wayne Clements
field goal, also netted a total of -3
yards.
UT didn’t get any positive yard
age in the second half until its first
possession of the fourth quarter.
A&M linebacker Aaron Wallace
was a big reason UT was stationary
in the second half. He accumulated
16 total tackles overall, including 11
for losses.
The UT defense wasn’t too
shabby itself, keeping the Aggie of
fense in check for much of the game
while forcing three turnovers.
Quarterback Craig Stump guided
the Aggies for most of the game, but
freshman quarterback Bucky Rich
ardson stole the glory away from
Stump with crucial runs late in the
fourth quarter, including one for the
winning touchdown.
Richardson replaced Stump for a
Tird i
espe- series in the third quarter, and came
back in after Stump suffered a
bruised knee in the fourth quarter.
Stump finished with 51 yards
passing in completing five of 17 at
tempts. Despite the dismal numbers,
many of Stump’s passes were right
on target, but dropped by receivers.
Tailback Keith Woodside finally
had a good day for A&M, rushing
for 135 yard on 12 carries, including
a 90-yard touchdown run midway in
the second quarter to give the Aggies
a brief 7-3 lead.
Perhaps his greatest run came in
the fourth quarter, however, when
the senior tailback broke four sure
tackles on his way to a 24-yard gain
that eventually led to the winning
touchdown.
A&M kicker Scott Slater also re
turned to form after a lackluster sea
son with two field goals.
Another big factor in A&M’s win
was the loud Kyle Field crowd of
78,573 — a stadium record. The
crowd was a force for the entire
game, especially on UT’s first pos
session of the game, when quar
terback Bret Stafford stepped back
from center four times while the
crowd, encouraged by Coach Jackie
Sherrill and the Aggie defense,
roared on._
For the fourth straight time the
Horns were turned away by an Ag
gie team that simply wanted the win
more than UT did.
Finally, there is no doubt that best
team in the SWC will face Notre
Dame on New Year’s Day.
Ineligible player causes Cougars
to forfeit 37-7 victory over Temple
Aggie hoopsters take on Huskies tonight
The Texas A&M men’s basketball
team, which lost its season opener to
Oklahoma 104-80 Saturday in Nor
man, Okla., faces Houston Baptist
University tonight at 7:30.
The game, which will be played at
the Spring Branch Coliseum in
Houston, is the second matchup of
the season for both teams. HBU de
feated Quincy College last Friday.
A&M Head Coach Shelby Met
calf, in his 25th season with the Ag
gies, needs only three more wins to
reach the 400-victory mark.
Darryl McDonald, A&M’s only re
turning starter, paced the Aggies
with 26 points — a career high —
against OU.
HOUSTON (AP) — The Univer
sity of Houston must forfeit its 37-7
victory over Temple because safety
Randy Thornton was ineligible to
play in the Nov. 14 game, Houston
Athletic Director Rudy Davalos said
Sunday night.
Davalos said an examination of
Thornton’s class records showed
that two courses were added to
Thornton’s schedule on Nov. 12,
past the late-add deadline.
The courses were added incor
rectly, Davalos said, meaning
Thornton was not enrolled for 12 se
mester hours at the time of the
Temple game as required by South
west Conference and NCAA rules.
Davalos said he planned discipli
nary action in the case.
“There is going to be a real keen
look at that operation, there’s just
going to be a real tough check-out
system,” Davalos said. “We’re going
to have disciplinary action appropri
ate for that. I won’t say who it is, but
it’s people in our department.”
Thornton, a starter since his
freshman season, had been demoted
this season but played well in the
Cougars’ 60-40 victory over Texas
on Nov. 7 and regained his starting
position.
Thornton played well again the
following week against Temple be
fore his class problems surfaced.
After the Temple game, Thorn
ton was dropped from another class,
giving him only nine semester hours,
and the Cougars declared him ineli
gible for the rest of the season.
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