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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.
Landry said he expected a hard
time from the Cardinals in their
home opening game which will be
gin at 5 p.rn. Phoenix time.
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