Sports
Monday, November 4, 1991
The Battalion
Page 5
SCOREBOARD
NFL
Phoenix
7
Dallas
27
Houston
13
Washington
16
San Francisco
14
Atlanta
17
Cincinnati.
23
Cleveland.
21
Detroit
10
Chicago
20
New England.
17
Buffalo
22
Green Bay.
16
N.Y. Jets
19
Tampa Bay.
13
Minnesota
28
New Orleans
24
LA. Rams
17
Miami
10
Indianapolis
6
Pittsburgh
13
Denver.
20
swe
Baylor.
9
Arkansas
5
Texas Tech
15
Texas
23
Aggies
A&M wins fifth
straight, holds
at No. 12 in poll
By Steve O'Brien
The Battalion
HOUSTON - The freight train is
gaining momentum. A second half
couldn't even derail the Texas A&M
football team.
The 12th-ranked Aggies moved their
overall record to 6-1 and climbed into
first place in the Southwest Conference
with a 38-21 pounding of the Rice Owls
on Saturday at Rice Stadium. The Owls
dropped their record to 3-5 overall and
1-4 in conference.
A&M stayed at No. 12 in the Associ
ated Press Top 25 Poll released Sunday.
The victory was the Aggies' fifth
straight and marked only the second
time this season A&M has outscored an
opponent in the second half.
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum was
pleased with his team's performance af
ter taking a 28-14 lead into halftime.
"We came out to start the second
half and stopped them on defense with
a real solid series/' Slocum said. "Then
we took the punt, went down the field
offensively and scored a touchdown."
A&M piled up 556 yards of total of
fense to Rice's 256. The Aggies beat
Rice in every statistical category except
average yards per punt.
A&M quarterback Bucky Richard
son accounted for 359 yards of offense,
passing for 231 and rushing for 128.
"I thought that was vintage Bucky
today," Slocum said. "He was running
and passing, and when the team was
kind of stalling today and we needed to
make something happen, he was the
guy that made it happen.
"Once again, I think when you start
talking about great players that have an
impact on the team they play on, there
See A&M/ Page 8
stay on track
KARL STOLLEIS/ The Battalion
Texas A&W1 cornerback Kevin Smith returns a punt 71 yards down the sideline for a
touchdown in the first quarter of the Aggies 38-21 victory over the Rice Owls Saturday. Smith
also grabbed his second interception of the season in the second quarter of the game.
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Systems Engineers
Smith shows
Rice old form
after slow start
By Steve O'Brien
The Battalion
For a moment, A&M AIR Ameri
can cornerback Kevin Smith looked
like he was lost in Rice Stadium. Ten
minutes later, it looked like he owned
the place.
In the first quarter of A&M's win
over the Owls, Smith made two un
characteristic plays. lie was burned
for a touchdown and flagged tor inter
ference,. • :
The Owls, trailing 7-0, hud the ball
on the Aggies 6-yard line when they
decided to challenge Smith. Wide re
ceiver Eric Henley shot into the end
zone, cut left and pulled down a Josh
LaRocoa touchdown pass.
"I've been kind of free lancing on
the field, because teams haven't been
throwing the ball my way," Smith
said. "I figured today was going to be
kind of the same way, and that's how
1 went into the game mentally.
"I figured they weren't really go
ing to try to throw the ball ray way/'
But the Owls challenged Smith -
twice. K.
On third-and-five from the A&M
15-yard line, LaRocca dropped back
and rifled a pass to Henley. Henley
dropped the pass, but Smith was
called for interference on the play, giv
ing the Owls first-and-goal inside the
five. " •- h OZ/h.Z.
"ft was interference," Smith said
after the game. "I can't say for sure
until after 1 see the film, but f got there
kind of early,
"It actually just made me mad, and
I figured he wasn't going to catch any
more passes."
Rice took the lead after the penalty
with a 2-yard touchdown dive by
LaRocca. After the Aggies tied the
score at 14, the A&M defense held
Rice on its next possession.
Smith received the kick by Rice
punter Darrell Richardson and ram-
See Smith/ Page 8
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