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X Wednesday, September 7, 1988AThe Battalion/Page 11 i s at; tdv C;. ear back’s 142-yard game arns him player of week ard <l ami WACO (AP) — The first question you ask after see ing Eldwin Raphel run is: How did Baylor get this guy away from the University of Oklahoma? I After all, he rushed for 1,542 yards his senior season at Lawton (Okla.) Eisenhower High School. It’s not like HieSooners’ Barry Switzer didn’t know he existed. I The answer is plain and simple. The Sooners didn’t tbffer Raphel a scholarship. They wanted him to walk- in. I Baylor coach Grant Teaff got a telephone call from a ■Baylor alumnus at Lawton Eisenhower about Raphel. I And is Teaff glad he accepted the collect call. I Raphel, a sophomore, rushed 16 times for 142 yards Including a 53-yard run on Saturday night in the Bears’ p-3 non-conference victory over Nevada-Las Vegas. The performance earned him The Associated Press Southwest Conference Offensive Player of the Week ■ward. Others considered for the weekly laurel were Texas Tech receiver Wayne Walker, who scored on two long touchdown passes; Arkansas running back Barry Foster vho scored on three touchdown runs; and Baylor Jfreshman placekicker Jeff Ireland, who kicked a school record-tying four field goals. The A P’s SWC Defensive Player of the Week award /ent to Baylor weakside linebacker James Francis, who led a Bears’ defense that held the Rebels to only two First downs, a school record. Raphel is a 6-foot, 177-pound slashing type runner rSn the style of Marcus Allen of the Los Angeles Raiders. I “He does remind you a lot of Allen,” said Baylor coach Grant Eeaff. “He’s always going forward like Al len. And he has good speed. He won three state track titles in Oklahoma.” He was the 1986 state champion in both the 110 me ter high hurdles and the 300 meter hurdles and was on a state champion 1600 meter relay team. The Shreveport, L.a., native carried only 22 times for Baylor last year in his redshirt freshman season, gain ing 84 yards. “We just kind of fell into this kid,” Teaff said. “We’re lucky Oklahoma didn’t want to offer him a scholarship. We were surprised when we checked him out. We thought he was a really good player after we saw him on film. We were the only school to offer him a schol arship.” Raphel was named to the 5A all-state team by the Da ily Oklahoman and played in the All-star game. Raphel said “I’m glad Baylor took a chance on me. I feel like I’m learning the game better. Sitting out my freshman season really helped. I feel like things are really coming together for me. I think I’m improving.” He said he liked Baylor’s switch to the I formation. “I can read the blocks and use my ability,” Raphel said. Francis was devastating against the Rebels. He sacked the UNLV quarterback once, broke up a pass and tackled runners twice for eight yards in losses. He made five tackles as the Baylor defense gave up only one first down. The other game on a penalty. “We took control of the game early,” said Francis, a 6-4, 225-pound junior from LaMarque. “I know what kind of defense we can have this year and people got to see our potential against UNLV.” Landry: Pelluer gaffe ‘incredible’ but doesn’t cost him starting job IRVING (AP) — Steve Pelluer’s wrong-way play that cost the Dallas Cowboys’ a 24-21 loss to the Pitts burgh Steelers “was incredible,” coach Tom Landry said Tuesday, but no thought has been given to re placing Pelluer as the starting quar terback. “This guy is pretty strong, and I think he will do fine,” Landry said. “I support him and the team sup ports him, and that’s all it takes. Too much can be made of one game.” Pelluer threw an interception from the Steelers’ 4-yard line after he went one way and his primary re ceiver, Timmy Newsome, went an other. Landry said “I don’t guess I could have shot him but I was upset. We were in a position to win or at least get the tying field goal. We had Pitts burgh on the ropes.” He said Pelluer had a flawless sec ond half until that one damaging ptay. “Steve played extremely well,” Landry said. “He audibled well. He did a lot of positive things. He will make mistakes at times because al though he has been in the league Five years he doesn’t have a lot of ex perience.” Landry said he wouldn’t put up with game-costing mistakes forever. “I’m still with him as long as he is learning from his mistakes,” Landry said. “Steve has a load on his mina. With his level of experience, you have to expect him to make errors.” Pelluer became the Cowboys’ starter in 1986 but was sacked 47 times because Dallas had so many in juries it fielded an all-guard offen sive line. “His has been an interesting expe rience,” Landry said. “He doesn’t quite have the maturity yet to handle all he is experiencing. He hasn’t had a lot of time on the field. It’s going to take awhile for him to gain the matu rity he needs.” Two new faces could be seen in the Cowboys’ lineup this week. Placekicker Roger Ruzek “could be activated,” Landry said. “I’m not sure what I’m going to do,” Landry said. “(Luis) Zendejas has worked hard. But we’d love to have what Ruzek did last year (22 of 25 field goals). The chances are we will probably work with Ruzek in practice another week before we ac tivate him.” Landry said veteran linebacker Garry Cobb, picked up as a free agent after he was released by the Philadelphia Eagles, may play at least half the game on Monday night against the Phoenix Cardinals. “Cobb was the outstanding player on our special teams against the Steelers,” Landry said. “He has the experience we need at outside line backer. We’d like to play him at least one half of the game.” Ray Alexander may replace Kel vin Edwards as one of the starting wide receivers because of a knee in jury Edwards suffered against the Steelers. 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