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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.
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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.
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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
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Richard
Tijerina
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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.
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