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By Doug Walker
Assistant Sports Editor
HOUSTON — Texas A&M may not be able
to go to the Cotton Bowl this year, but the Ag
gies are proving that they still want to be known
as the SWC’s best team.
Darren Lewis rushed for 201 yards on 40 car
ries to highlight a bruising performance by the
A&M offense as the Aggies defeated the Hous
ton Cougars 30-16 Saturday at the Astrodome.
A&M chewed up 310 of their 442 yards of to
tal offense on the ground and wore down a
tough Houston defense in handing the Cougars
their first loss of the year.
A&M improved its record to 2-0 in SWC, 2-3
overall.
The Cougars dropped to 1-1 in conference ac
tion and 3-1 overall.
A&M’s defense kept the Cougars’ Run-and-
Shoot offense out of the end zone for most of
the game and forced crucial turnovers which
were converted into scores by the opportunistic
Aggie offense.
A&M Head Coach Jackie Sherrill credited
his coaching staff with holding off the Cougars.
“Once again our offensive and defensive
coaches did a good job of preparing us for this
game,” Sherrill said. “Houston is about as dan
gerous a team as you’ll find.”
A&M scored two touchdowns in the third
quarter following Houston fumbles to erase a 9-
7Houston halftime lead.
The first turnover came early in the second
half after an Aggie drive halted at the Houston
37.
On first-and-10 at the Cougar 28 quarterback
Andre Ware fumbled on his first play as a re
placement for starter David Dacus. Alex Morris
recovered for the Aggies at the Cougar 29.
On the next play, Lewis took a pitch from
quarterback Bucky Richardson and raced
around the right side and broke two tackles to
score.
The Aggies went for two on the conversion
after Lewis’ score.
Richardson rolled right and looked like he
would run in for the conversion. At the last in
stant he flipped a short pass to flanker Gary Oli
ver who made a one-handed catch in the end
zone to give A&M a 15-9 advantage.
Lewis’ 40 carries was the third most in A&M
history and a career-high. His fourth career
game of over 100 yards was also his first 200-
yard performance as ah Aggie.
His three-game total of 546 yards rushing
(since the Oklahomti State game) is the best
three-game total in A&M history.
Lewis expected the heavy workload.
“The coaches felt they needed to go to me
more,” Lewis said. “They told me before the
game they were going to. I really didn’t notice
that I was the first A&M back to run for this
many yards in three games. I am very proud of
that, but the offensive line has just been playing
great.”
Midway through the third quarter Houston’s
defense had A&M cornered near their own goal
line after a punt. A&M’s Sean Wilson punted
the ball away from his own goal line to Hous
ton’s Mercidric Calloway.
Calloway fumbled the ball forward to the
A&M 44 where John Cooper recovered the ball
for the Aggies.
Richardson then engineered an eight-play
drive covering 56 yards that was keyed by a per
sonal foul against Houston and a third-down
pass from Richardson to tight end Mike Jones.
The personal foul occurred on a first down
run by Lewis. Lewis was stopped for no gain up
the middle at the Houston 43. After the play,
Houston linebacker Lamar Lathon kicked
A&M’s Matt McCall in the head.
“It happened so quick,” Lathon said. “It was
really a stupid mistake.”
A&M graciously received the gift and wasted
no time in taking advantage of it.
On third-and-three at the Houston 21, Rich
ardson rolled right and hit Jones across the mid
dle for 15 yards and a first down at the Cougar
six yard line. After a Lewis run gained four
yards, fullback Robert Wilson dove over for the
touchdown to give A&M a 21-9 lead.
Feeling every point was vital, Sherrill elected
to go for two again.
Chris Osgood came in at quarterback and
passed to Larry Horton. Horton caught the pass
after Houston’s Johnny Jackson tipped it and
trotted into the end zone for the conversion and
a 23-9 Aggie lead.
Sherrill felt no lead was safe.
“You never feel comfortable even when
you’re ahead of them,” he said.
The lead appeared safe with the “Wrecking
Crew” defense shutting down the Houston of
fense. A&M racked up seven sacks for the
game for losses of 48 yards and held the Hous
ton running game to 50 yards. Houston man
aged 10 first downs and completed only 18 of
48 passes while converting five of 20 third
down plays to first downs.
A&M held Houston to -10 yards total offense
in the pivotal third quarter and sacked Dacus
four times.
Linebacker John Roper and defensive back
Brent Smith split the sacks between them and
played a big part in Dacus’ exit from the game
early in the fourth quarter. Dacus failed to con
nect on his last eight passes.
Smith said the Aggies knew the blitz had to
be effective for A&M to have any chance to
stop the Houston offense.
“We worked on the blitz all week and were
really prepared for this game,” Smith said. “Our
coaches did a good job of getting us ready.”
The offense eased the pressure on the Aggie
defense by keeping the ball for 98 plays — the
most by an A&M team since the 74-10 mas
sacre of Texas Christian in 1986.
Sherrill said the entire team was under pres
sure and was happy with the performance.
“There was probably more pressure on our
team for this game than for any others, ” Sher
rill said. “We came to life last week against
Tech, and for us to be a viable candidate for the
SWC championship we needed to win this
one.”
The Aggie offense exhibited its dominance in
A&M’s first scoring drive.
By covering 81 yards in 18 plays and con
suming six minutes and 30 seconds, the Aggies
gave their defense a valuable rest and took a 7-6
lead.
The key play of the drive occurred on a third-
and-17 situation on the Aggie 41. Richardson
ran around the left side and kept for a 10-yard
gain. After he ran out of bounds he was hit by
Houston defensive tackle Alfred Oglesby. The
late hit added 15 yards to the gain and kept the
drive going at the Houston 34.
Seven plays later, Richardson converted an
other tough third down try by keeping for 10
yards on a third-and-five play for a first down at
the Houston 8. Richardson later scored on a
keeper from one yard out and A&M led 7-6
with 9:01 to go in the first half.
Richardson said the team has kept a good atti
tude despite an 0-3 start and NCAA probation
that will keep A&M out of bowl participation
this year.
“We just came out and executed,” Richard
son said. “We had a couple of big plays. I think
we are coming together. We have faced a lot of
adversity this year, but we have talked about it
and said we are not going to quit.”
It was only fitting that the Aggie offense
would be presented with the challenge of run
ning out the clock late in the game after Hous
ton moved to within 23-16 on a two-yard keeper
by Ware with 4:28 remaining.
A&M responded by driving 83 yards in seven
plays as Lewis wrapped up his big day with two
long runs.
A 38-yarder around left end went to the
Houston 28 and set the stage for a 26-yard scor
ing run than put the game out of-reach.
“Our offense gave our defense help,” Sherrill
said. “When we’re moving and scoring, our de
fense can play recklessly, blitzing and stun
ting.”
(above) Darren Lewis rambled for a career-
high 201 yards against the Cougars. His 40
carries was a team record.
Photo by Mike C. Mulvey ?
(below) Larry Horton, left, celebrates with
Gary Oliver and Jerry Fontenot after Horton
carried for a touchdown in the third quarter.
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