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Page 10 The Battalion Monday, November 6, IS^on SWC race muddla TA after weekend games AUSTIN (AP) —Just when you think it’s safe to try to decipher the Southwest Conference football race, the Texas Tech Red Raiders turn ev erything topsy turvy again. The Raiders, who won their first game in Austin in 21 years by beat ing Texas 24-17 on Saturday, threw the standings into ajumble. Texas A&M University leads with a 5-1 mark, followed by Arkansas at 4-1, Texas at 3-1, and Texas Tech and Baylor at 3-2. Houston (3-2) isn’t eligible to win the title because of NCAA probation. The Aggies appear to have the best shot. They beat Southern Meth odist 63-14 on Saturday and will have two weeks off before they play host to Arkansas the day after Thanksgiving in a nationally tele vised matchup with the Hogs. A&M will play host to tne Long horns on Dec. 2 in Kyle Field. In other games on Saturday, Ar kansas downed Rice 38-17, and Houston’s Andre Ware threw six touchdown passes and Manny Hazzard caught 19 passes in a 55-10 victory over Texas Christian. “If you find someone smart enough to figure the race out, I’ll put in with them,” said Tech coach Spike Dykes. “It’s wild and we’re still in there.” bowl reps call this week. You km think 6-2 and three wins over; tionally ranked teams wouldinte| somebody.” In games this week, Baylor^ at Arkansas in a 3 p.m. natiom televised (ESPN) game at Faip ville, Texas Tech hosts TCU* p.m, Texas is at Houston in alp: / clash, and SMU takes on top rat l Notre Dame in South Bend, 1 a noon (Raycom TV) renewalJ their old rivalry. A&M coach R.C. Slocum is* t ied about not playing a gamel the next two weeks. “I think there are some I mate concerns with so much timti tween games,” he said. “We’vet get some people healthy buh wanted to f>e able to maintain! tempo of t he passing game." Slocum added “the confetti I championship is within ourcontni The Aggies have won Ustrat conference games at Kyle Field. Houston became the SWCreoj holder for passing yards in a sea with 3,413. TCU coach Jim WackersaidWt should win the Heisman Trophv “They’re out to make upacoti of new trophies for him,” Wad said. SWC SUPERLATIVES: Ikangaa finally wins Marathon NEW YORK (AP) — Juma Ikangaa, a frustrated second- place finisher in each of his last three marathons, broke the course record in winning the New York City Marathon on Sunday. Meanwhile, Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway, the fastest women's marathoner in history, ended four years of frustration in win ning the women’s division but just missed the course record by one second. A major in the Tanzanian Army, Ikangaa, 32, ran away from the pack before the 14-mile point and was never seriously challenged. He ran the 26-mile, 385- yard race in 2 hours, 8 min utes, 1 second, the lOth-fastest marathon ever. The previous course record was 2:08:13, by Alberto Salazar in 1981. And in that race, the course was later measured about 100 meters short. Ken Martin, winner of the Pittsburgh Marathon twice, in cluding this year, finished a sur* - • • - - second in 2:09:38, It was fastest American clocking since Salazar in 1983 and made Martin the No. 6 performer in history. The 1988 Olympic champion, Gelindo Borclin of Italy, was third in 2:08:40. Moon has big day for Oilers HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s Warren Moon took the youthful De troit Silver Stretch offense to school Sunday. Rookies Rodney Peete and Barry Sanders, just learning the intricacies of the run-and-shoot offense, helped the Lions take a 24-14 third- quarter lead. Then Moon, master of the Oilers’ Red Gun run-and-shoot, took over with touchdown passes of 6 yards to Ernest Givins ana 7 to Drew Hill and rallied the Oilers to a 35-31 victory. Moon also engineered an 18-play, 87-yard drive that consumed 10:29 and scored what proved to be the winning touchdown with 3:15 left on a 2-yard run, giving Houston a 35- 24 lead. Because of Moon, who completed 30 of 38 passes for 345 yards, the Oilers were able to hold off the de termined Lions (1-8). Detroit came into the game with 30 turnovers, most in the NFL, but it was the Oil ers who lost three fumbles and an in terception while Detroit committed two miscues. “Instead of them turning it over, we turned it over,” Oilers coach erry Glanville said. “They had a ard time stopping us, and Warren Moon helped us. Because of him we were able to stay in the game.” Detroit took a 17-14 halftime lead and, on the first play of the third quarter, Mike Rozier fumbled at his own 26 and the Lions turned it into a 24-14 lead. Kevin Brooks first picked up the ball and ran three yards before he, too, fumbled. William White scooped it up and ran 20 more yards for a touchdown. Sanders, who gained 91 yards on 19 carries, ran 1 yard for a touch down, Peete hit Robert Clark for a 16-yard touchdown and Eddie Mur ray kicked a 47-yard field goal for Detroit’s halftime lead. Houston scored on Tyard runs by Lorenzo White and Rozier. Rozier’s third-quarter fumble temporarily foiled the Oilers’ half time plan to seize control of the game. “Thank gosh that’s one over,” Glanville said. “Our plan was to come out (in the second half) and get ahead, and then we came back and fumbled for a touchdown and we were really in a hole. It’s a credit to the players to not surrender and come back.” Moon went on a hot streak that in cluded 11 straight completions that helped propel the Oilers back into the lead. “Even though they see the run- and-shoot every day in practice, like their defense does, it’s still hard to defense; that’s the beauty of it,” Moon said. “We have the ability to run the football, which makes it doubly hard to contain.” After Moon’s touchdown passes and touchdown run, Sanders ran 14 yards for the final Detroit score with 1:41 left in the game. But Moon had Grads, Vets & Meds Aggieland pictures are being p taken November 6-10 at AR PHOTOGRAPHY 707 Texas Ave, Suite 120B Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Juniors this week is your last chance to be shot! The Advantage is yours with a Battalion Classified. Call 845-0569 done too much damage. “We needed to get a better pass rush on Moon,” Detroit coach Wayne Fontes said. “Warren Moon had a lot of time to pass. We tried ev erything on defense, six and seven defensive backs and everything. We were trying to play a chess game with him.” The Lions wasted one last chance following Sanders’ touchdown. The Oilers drove to the Detroit 24, where Moon completed a 9-yard pass Cur tis Duncan, who fumbled. Terry Taylor picked up the ball and ran 35 yards to midfield. Houston safety Tracy Eaton then made a leaping interception of Peete’s pass on the sideline. Eaton was pushed out of bounds by Clark before he came down and the play, originally ruled an incompletion, was reversed by the replay official. The Oilers (5-4) then ran out the clock. “I ran out and the defensive back was in the right place,” said Clark, the intended receiver. “The ball hit him in the shoulder pads and bounced up and the safety made a play on it. Sanders lamented the costly turn overs but looked to the future. “Tunovers are going to happen, but they’re expensive,” he said. “When you look at how young our team is, and how new our offense is to us, maybe that has something to do with it.” Tech has defeated three Top 25 teams: Arizona, A&M, and now Texas. “This team is so crazy they think they can win every game,” Dykes sain. “There are not many prima donnas or anybody famous on this team, but they are a bunch of good guys. It will be interesting if any PASSING-Houston’s Arc Ware, 42 of 63 passes for 477™ and six touchdowns. RECEIVING-Houston’s Ma Hazzard, 19-194. RUSHING-Arkansas’ Ja Rouse, 18-132, Texas A&.M'sli ren Lewis, 18-126, Texas Id lames Gray 26-117. . A&Fs Bailey sets new mail KINGSVILLE (AP) —Johnny Bailey added the NCAA career re cord for all-purpose yards to his list of achievements, and Texas A&I added Abilene Christian to its list of victims in Lone Star Conference football action last weekend. Bailey surpassed the combined rushing, receiving and return yard age record of 7,623 yards with a 19- yard kickoff return in Texas A&I’s 33-13 victory over Abilene Christian. The former mark was set by Kenny Gamble, who played for Col gate from 1984 to 1987. Bailey fin ished with 179 rushing yards and 41 more on two returns for 7,726 all purpose yards with one regular-sea son game remaining. Texas A&I (9-0, 6-0) plays host to Angelo State (9-1, 5-1) Saturday night in Kingsville for the confer ence title. In other games last Saturday, An gelo State beat East Texas Sate 35-8, Cameron beat Central State 36-17 and Eastern New Mexico edged West Texas State 21-17. In addition to the title showdown in Kingsville next Saturday, Abilene Christian (4-5, 4-2) travels to West Texas State (3-7, 2-4), winless Cen tral State (0-8-1, 0-6) plays hos ENMU (6-3, 4-2), and Camerot 7, 1-5) travels to East Texas Suit 5, 2-4). Wide receiver Darron Johnsoct Angelo State school records bvis ing his season totals to 940 yarditl M 1 1 touchdowns in ASU’s 35-8vie® over East Texas State in SanAnjt® He caught a 62-yard TD passinjy^g ^ second quai u i as the Ramsroilt::] a 28-0 halftime lead. tang ACU quarterback Stan Stepht! threw for 280 yards, buttheAsljl fense registered seven sacks in’ ACU-A&I game in Abilene a-Contin Javelinas knocked ACUoutofc t e n t i o n for the I en? jack R championship. wo yar In Lawton, Cameron overca® Sinm 10-9 halftime lead by CentralSi )n 14 , to win in a game matching two if jifetive winless in LSC action. Quartertq rew r J.D. Krug passed for 156 yardsiWne. ran for 78 yards and three tout “g an downs for the Aggies. jlav he Jay Pirkle of ENMU intercept hard West Texas State pass with 52 tie’s be onds to play after the Buffal.urned reached the Greyhounds 12fjim.” line to preserve F.NMU’s win. 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