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7 3)1985 The Battalion PORTS uesday, Octobers, 1989 >t. Entries ms Office MSI Cor. )cker, Fo’ ietingat? .&M Pres. he cost is JptistStu- ; 0 p.m. at '■7000. e medita- i Hudson etingat? Smith at II have a For more ome. For Ider. '14 Reed m. in 011 is on the Jineerino 388. ding and mationai irmation informa- p.m. in A&M cracks AP Top 20 Notre Dame, Miami stay as Nos. 1 and 2 teams : ROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS Texas A&M cracked into the Top !0 for the second time this season, noving up three rankings to No. 19- n the Associated Press’ Top 25 Foot- jallPoll released on Monday. A&M, which is coming off a 31-14 /ictory over Southern Mississippi, vas ranked 15th earlier in the year ifter its season-opening upset over hen-seventh ranked Louisiana State. However, a 19-6 loss to Washing- on the next week dropped the Ag- ;ies down to No. 22, and they’ve tayed at No. 22 and No. 21 ever ince. The Aggies play Texas T ech >n Saturday. While Notre Dame coach Lou 4oltz continues to insist that his : ighting Irish are not a perfect foot- jall team, they remained the near- inanimous choice at the top of the ankings on Monday. The Irish, who supplanted Michi- ;an as the No. 1 team after beating he Wolverines on Sept. 16 and have emained there since, received 57 irst-place votes from a nationwide janel of 60 sports writers and broad- asters. The Irish, who improved to -0 Saturday with a 40-7 victory over ’urdue, got 1,497 of a possible 1,500 mints in voting which awards the top team 25 points down to one point for a 25th-place vote. Miami, Fla. (4-0), which received the other three first-place votes and remained second in the poll with 1,426 points, beat Michigan State 26- 20 on Saturday. Moving from Fifth to third, its AP Top 25 Poll Team Last Week 1 Notre Dame 1 2. Miami 2 3. Colorado 5 4, Nebraska 3 5. Michigan 6 6. Tennessee 12 7. Arkansas 8 8. Pittsburgh 10 9 West Virginia 9 9. USC 11 11. Auburn 4 12. Houston 14 13. Alabama 13 14. No. Carolina St. 15 15. Clemson 7 16. Oklahoma 16 17, Syracuse 18 18 Illinois 20 19. Texas A&M 22 20. Air Force 24 21. Washington St. 19 22. Florida St. 25 23 Oregon — 24. Michigan St. ■ — 25. UCLA — highest ranking since 1977, was Col orado. The Buffaloes (4-0) received 1,344 points after a 45-28 trouncing of Washington. The loss, Washing ton’s worst at home in 60 years, dropped the Fluskies, who had been 21st, from the poll. The strength of Colorado’s vic tory convinced voters to move it ahead of fellow Big Eight member Nebraska. The Cornhuskers (4-0) fell from third to fourth with 1,344 points despite a 35-7 victory over Oregon State. Michigan (2-1) moved from sixth to Fifth following a 41-21 victory over Maryland. The Wolverines, first in the preseason poll, accumu lated 1,234 points. Tennessee (4-0) moved from 12th to sixth — the biggest gain in the poll — by upsetting previously fourth- ranked Auburn 21-14 and dropping the Tigers to 11th. The Volunteers got 1,193 points. Arkansas (3-0) improved a spot to seventh with 1,118 points after beat ing Texas-El Paso 39-7. Eighth with 961 points was Pittsbugh (3-0-1), which moved up two spots by play ing a 31-3 1 tie with West Virginia. The Mountaineers (3-0-1) were ranked ninth last week, but share that spot and a point total of 939 with Southern Cal. The Trojans (3- 1) moved up from 11th by beating Washington State 18-17. Aggie offense finally finds way with return of strong running wis had yet to have a 100-yard game leap midway through the third quar- By Clay Rasmussen this year. Fullback Robert Wilson ter. also had been having problems pick- Ol The Battalion Stall ing up yardage after his 121-yard Lewis’ 126 yards against Southern performance against LSU in A&M’s Mississippi pushed his career total to Found at Kyle Field: An offensive opener. 2,638 yards, making him the fourth running game, complete with two Defenses keying on Wilson and all-time leading rusher at A&M. running backs, a talented quar- Lewis, in addition to an offensive terback and a punishing offensive line hindered with nagging injuries, He moved ahead of current New line. had all but shut down the Aggies York Jets running back Jonny Hec- Texas A&M Coach R.C. Slocum running game. tor, who ended his career in 1982 and his Aggies finally reclaimed the A&M had been averaging only with 2,587 yards. Lewis needs 1,065 running game that had eluded them 136 yards rushing per game. Last yards to pass Curtis Dickey as A&M’s all season in Saturday night’s 31-14 year, they posted an average of 259 all-time leading rusher, win over Southern Mississippi. yards per game. The Aggies’ running game, which Saturday night’s game turned that Wilson also had a big night after previously had averaged only 136 around. spending the last two games in a sim- yards per game, exploded against “Our offense has been changed ilar position as Lewis. Opposing de- the Eagles — amassing 314 yards. because a lot of teams have been key- fenses keyed on him since the LSU A&M hasn’t posted numbers like ing on our running game,” Lewis game, not wanting to be burned by that since its 28-14 win over Baylor said. “The past few games we’ve the Aggie rushing attack, last October. The Aggies compiled changed their minds. We’ve been 318 yards that day against the Bears, throwing the ball a lot and then Averaging 5.3 yards a carry going “All along I’ve been saying that come out with the run every now into Saturday night’s game, Wilson our running game isn’t as big a prob- and then.” ' gained 89 yards on 13 carries — a lem as people have made it out to The offensive line finally had a 6.7 average. be,’ Slocum said on Saturday night, week off to rest and enter a game Slocum said he is pleased with the Maybe not, but the Aggies in 1989 healthy. way the A&M offense has devel- haven t come close to posting the Lewis doubled his previous game oped, with quarterback Lance Pavlas same statistics on the ground as they rushing average in 1989, erupting gaining the confidence to throw, did last year. for 126 yards on 21 carries. He also keeping opposing defenses off bal- Junior running back Darren Le- scored a touchdown on a two-yard ance. jndflooi jton.For ■season seting of leek the ts m a icedura )t affed : disre- .ad said gned to ses (bf to dis- s courti tres ’s) plea /ond a under he was irtmeni urged jr those id some ir accu- plea." Slocum must watch out for ‘Lubbock hex’, get team up for game R.C. Slocum beware. You travel to Lub- sock this weekend, and that has meant bad hings to Texas A&M football in the past. A&M leads the all-time series with Texas Tech 26-20-1, but for some reason A&M ootball teams have trouble playing on the shins of Lubbock. A&M is 9-8 in games played in Lubbock, nit the last five games have been too close r my blood. • In 1979, Tech scored two fourth-quar- er touchdowns to rally for a 21-20 victory. The Aggies were coming off a non-confer- nce win played host to Houston the next eek after Tech. A&M lost 17-14 against he Cougars at Kyle Field. won’t bother telling you who A&M rests next week at Kyle Field. • In 1981, A&M squeaked one out at ones Stadium. Coming off a lopsided non- onference win over Louisiana Tech, the iggies Went to Lubbock with a 2-1 record. \ missed Tech extra p’oint proved the dif o Richard Tijerina — Assistant Sports Editor ference as the Aggies scored the last two touchdowns of the game to win 24-23. The next week, A&M hosted Houston and came away with a 7-6 win. The Aggies finished that season 7-5 and beat Oklahoma State 33-16 in the Independence Bowl. • In 1983, A&M was shut out by Tech in Lubbock. The Tech defense made a 51- yard field goal by with 27 seconds left in the first half stand. The Red Raiders won 3-0 as the Aggie offense, led by quarterbacks John Mazur, a former USC transfer and Kevin Murray, a future All-SWC performer, could get nothing generated. • In 1985, A&M won 28-27 in Lubbock only when a two-point attempt by the Red Raiders failed with 42 seconds to play. A&M crushed Houston 43-16 at Kyle Field the next week and went on to defeat Au burn in the Cotton Bowl. • In 1987, the Aggies were coming off a big win over Southern Mississippi, and trav eled to Lubbock with a starting quarterback named Lance Pavlas. Tech dominated the Aggies in a 27-21 upset. That last one is the most scary. Pavlas had performed well earlier in the season, but fell apart against Tech. The Aggies looked flat throughout the game after com ing off a big win. Slocum would do well to take extra spe cial cafe that his Aggies remain pumped up for Saturday’s game. In 1987, Red Raider fans were abusive toward the Aggies, throwing bottles and cursing at them. Several players from that 1987 team are still here, and they should have a score to settle when they go to Lubbock this year. But they have to be careful. Tech is coming off a disappointing loss to Baylor, but is still dangerous. James Gray is one of the SWC’s premier running backs, and has been virtually unstoppable in 1989. By the time he leaves Tech at the end of this year, Gray will hold Red Raider rushing records in rushing yardage, tandem yardage (rushing and re ceiving), scoring and touchdowns. It’s become all too common for the Ag gies to take Texas Tech too lightly. The re sult is often a game where the Aggies let the Red Raiders get too close, leaving them open for an upset. But that’s understandable, when you look at the situation. The A&M-Tech game means more to Red Raider fans than it does to us. They may win only four games all year, but if one of them is against A&M or Texas, it makes the season easier to take. However, to A&M, Texas Tech is noth ing more but a stepping stone to more im portant conference games. It’ll be easy for the Aggies to look ahead to next Saturday when they host 12th-ranked Houston. But Slocum can’t let that happen. He has to keep his team motivated. Pavlas said it well in the post-game interview after South ern Mississippi last Saturday: It’s time for the Aggies to get down to business. Pavlas and the rest of the Aggies who were in Lubbock in 1987 have to remember the bottles, the insults and, more impor tantly, the 27-21 upset. It’s time to make the trip to Lubbock, stay sharp and play a good game. Wins in conference games like this are going to mean a lot down the road. It’s time to just go up to Lubbock for once and kick some butt. 4rMSC Town Hall Presents AT RING DANCE '90 Applications are noio being accepted through Thursday, October 5 for the Class of '90 Ring Dance Committee. 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