The Battalion
SPORTS
Monday,
Monday, September 17,1990
Sports Editor Nadja Sabawala 845-2688
Scores
NFL
Detroit
21
Atlanta
14
Chicago
31
Green Bay
13
NY Jets
24
Cleveland
21
New England
16
Indianapolis
14
LA Rams
35
Tampa Bay
14
Phoenix
23
Philadelphia
21
Minnesota
32
New Orleans
3
Cincinnati
21
San Diego
16
San Francisco
26
Washington
13
LA Raiders
17
Seattle
13
Miami
30
Buffalo
Colleiie Football
7
Notre Dame(l)
28
Michigan(4)
24
Auburn(2)
24
Mississippi
10
Florida State(3)
48
Georgia So.
6
Brigham Young(5)
50
Washington State
36
Southern Cal(6)
19
Penn State
14
Tennessee(7)
56
UTEP
0
Colorado(9)
22
Illinois(21)
23
Miami(lO)
52
California
24
Virginia(ll)
56
Navy
14
Texas A&M(12)
63
SW Loasiana
14
Pittsburgh(13)
10
0klahoma(14)
52
Arkansas(lS)
28
Tulsa
3
Clemson(16)
18
Maryland
17
Ohio Stated?)
31
Boston College
10
Michigan Stated 9)
23
Syracuse
23
Arizona(20)
25
New Mexico
10
Washington(22)
20
Purdue
14
Florida(24)
17
Alabama
13
Arizona State(25)
31
Colorado State
20
NFL’s Texas teams dealt poor hand
Cowboys royally flushed
Oflers hold dead man’s hand
PITTSBURGH (AP) —
The Pittsburgh Steelers,
overcoming an offense that
still hasn’t scored a touch
down this season, turned Da
vid Johnson’s 26-yard inter-
ception return for a
touchdown and Rod Wood
son’s 52-yard punt return for
a score into a 20-9 victory
over the Houston Oilers on
Sunday night.
Houston, throttled by
costly turnovers for the sec
ond straight week, lost in
Pittsburgh for the first time
since 1986 as the Steelers (1-
1) ended an eight-game home
losing streak against AFC
Central Division teams.
The Steelers hadn’t won at
home against a division team
since beating Cincinnati 23-
20 on Oct. 25, 1987.
Houston (0-2) has had four
turnovers returned for
touchdowns in its first two
games, including three
against Atlanta and former
coach Jerry Glanville in a 47-
27 season-opening loss.
The Steelers’ offense again
was virtually nonexistent, but
it hardly mattered as mistake-
prone Warren Moon threw
four interceptions, three by
reserves filling in for injured
regulars. He nas thrown six
interceptions in the two
games after throwing seven
in his previous 350 attemots.
The Steelers, scoring twice
in a span of 1:43, made it 20-
9 when Woodson sailed 52
yards down the left sideline
for Pittsburgh’s first punt re
turn score since Louis Lipps’
71-yarder on Nov. 10, 1985
against Kansas City. The
unt return score was the
irst against Houston since
1978.
E
IRVING (AP) — The New
York Giants brought the Dal
las Cowboys back to the real
NFL world on Sunday, even
handling the 104-degree heat
better than the Texans.
The defending NFC East
champions used Phil Simms’
offense and Lawrence Tay
lor’s defense to bury the Cow
boys 28-7 a week after Dallas’
opening victory over San
Diego.
“I thought we played pre
tty good although we didn’t
have a lot to show for it in the
first half,” New York coach
Bill Parcells said. “But we ran
it and threw it and controlled
the game. Our defense didn’t
have to play much. Generally
speaking, I have to be
happy.”
The Giants had the best of
it in time of possession 41:40
to 18:20.
“I thought we held upven
th
said. “We rotated three run'
ning backs so we could keep
everybody fresh.”
Tne Giants raised their re
cord to 2-0 with the victor),
which was far more onesided
than the score indicated.
Simms ran four yards fora
touchdown and hit tight end
Mark Bavaro on a four-
yarder, but it was Taylor who
made the most exciting plai
of the day v
Taylor batted a Troy Aik-
man pass into the air, caughi
it, and sprinted 11 yards fora
fourth-period touchdown
that put the Cowboys away.
“It was a mismatch," Dallas
coach Jimmy Johnson said.
“We didn’t do enough decent
things to stay close to a team
like the Giants.”
A&M looks mighty ‘offensive’ in win
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By RICHARD TIJERINA
Of The Battalion Staff
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Aggie Update
• QB Lance Pavlas’ three
TD’s tied his career high,
set last year against Rice.
CB Kevin Smith tied Les
ter Hayes’ school record
for career interceptions
with 14.
LB Anthony Williams had
his first career interception
in the second quarter.
RB Darren Lewis had
more yards in the first half
(141) than he did in nine-
out-of-10 entire games in
1989.
• PK Layne Talbot broke
Scott Slater's school re
cord of consecutive extra
points.
Photo by Mike C. Mulvey
Kevin Smith (above) breaks up a USL pass in the first quarter.
Shane Garrett (80) celebrates 68-yard TD pass from Lance Pavlas.
R.C. Slocum’s best coaching
performance Saturday night
didn’t even take place during
Texas A&M’s 63-14 drubbing of
Southwestern Louisiana. It oc
curred during the post-game in
terview.
“We’re not good,” running
back Darren Lewis said. “We stiU
have a lot of work to do. This is
just the second game of the sea
son. If we get better each week,
then I believe at the end of the
year we’ll be good. But right now
I’d say we’re below average.”
Slocum smiled and patted Le
wis on the shoulder. “They’re
learning,” he said.
It didn’t stop with Lewis, who
rushed for 141 yards in just one
half of work. Fullback Robert
Wilson, who totaled 116 yards on
eight carries, was quick to down
play A&M’s dominating offensive
performance.
The Aggies racked up 774
yards on the night — second
highest in Southwest Conference
history behind Houston’s 1,021
last year against Southern Meth
odist. But would A&M take next
opponent North Texas lightly?
A It won’t be hard (getting up
for UNT) because we’re taking it
one week at a time,” Wilson said.
“Each team is a team that could
beat us. No matter who it is, we
don’t want that to happen. We’re
going to play with the same inten
sity next week.
“We’ve got a long way to go to
get better. Any good team is a
team that takes it week by week.
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You can’t look down the road.
That’s when you get in trouble.”
For a “below average” team,
the Aggies put on quite a show.
They ran almost at will. They
passed almost at will. And they
scored almost at will. Three run
ning backs finished with more
than 100 yards. Quarterback
Lance Pavlas was a perfect nine-
for-nine.
A&M’s performance lifted
them to No. 2 nationally in total
offense, and No. 4 in rushing of
fense.
“I’m as confused as anybody
right now,” USL coach Nelson
Stokley said. “I hope our defense
is better than that. They were
pushing the ball and opening up
oig holes, and I was afraid for our
safeties’ lives.”
Slocum was afraid last week of
USL’s talent. However, he never
mentioned the players he had on
his own sideline.
“I’ve had some games where
you’re up in the 550-yard area,
but I’ve never seen a 774-yard
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Brock cuts Lady Ag tourney short
By DOUGLAS PILS
Of The Battalion Staff
Placing emphasis that it’s just an exhibi-
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tion season, Lady Aggie softball coach Bob
Brock cut short an A&M rally Saturday so
everyone could attend the football team’s
home opener.
A&M posted a 2-2-1 record in the
Avenger Collegiate Round Robin Tourna
ment. The Lady Aggies started off the
weekend by blanking St. Edwards 10-0 on
Friday.
Starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, A&M played
straight through until 5 p.m., resting only
long enough to eat a sandwich between two
games.
The Aggies won the opener against
Southwest Texas State 5-0 and lost a 1-0
heartbreaker to Stephan F. Austin in the
second game. Then A&M shut out Loui
siana Tech 5-0, tied McNeese State 0-0 and
lost to Sam Houston 3-2 in the last game
that was stopped after only three innings,
with two Aggies aboard.
Brock said he’s not concerned about final
outcomes right now because he’s still trying
to find the right mix of players.
“I’m not too worried about W’s and L’s,”
Brock said. “That’s not to say I don’t want
to win — I’m just moving tnings around.
We want to experiment now rather than in
the spring.”
A&M received strong pitching from
and junior Dana
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Lady Aggie Dawn Wuthrich (right) is tagged out at home plate during A&M’s
See Softball/Page 9 5-0 win over Southwest Texas State in Saturday’s round-robin tournament.
Mays ready to
set Kings back
on win track
AUSTIN (AP) — Travis Mays, who
helped rebuild a fallen University of
Texas basketball program, says he’s re
ady to touch up the Sacramento Kings.
“With all the new faces and ail the
young guys coming in from the draft
and from trades, I think it’s going to bei
matter of the team coming together,
realiv getting dose and finding a real
good chemistry in order to be success
nil,” Mays saia of the team which weni
23-59 last season.
Mays, the all-time leading scorer in
the Southwest Conference, signed a
three-year contract with the Kings Fri
day. Terms weren’t disclosed, but it’s re
portedly worth $3 million.
Kings coach Dick Motta said, Tm
happy it’s done. Anytime you get a first-
rounder signed it’s a good feeling.
“We’re pleased to know that Travis
will be in camp,” he added. "We hope
that he will turn out to be as good a
player as we think he can be.”
“We think it’s very lucrative,” agent
David Faulk said of Mays’ contract. ‘%ut
we think it’s fair for the contribution that
Sacramento is expecting him to make.’’
Mays, the 14th selection of the draft
and the second of Sacramento’s four
first-round choices, said he was confi
dent he could not only make the tran
sition to the pros, but nelp ihe team re
turn to winning ways.
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