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cause for worry
ANAHEIM,
Calif. - Never be
fore has a football
team been more de
pressed after a win.
Sure, the Texas
A&M Aggies won
the game in come-from-behind fashion
scoring 10 points in the final quarter to
fend off the feisty Stanford defensive
machine, 10-7.
And sure, they came away from
what head coach R.C. Slocum called the
toughest game they'd play all year with
a win.
But you never saw a gioup of sadder
faces from a winning team before, only
five miles away from "the happiest
place on Earth."
The Disneyland Pigskin Classic was
hyped all week in southern California
as the return of Stanford coach Bill
Walsh, but at game's end, the big ques
tion was: Where's the A&M offense?
The spark that carried Texas A&M
through its Southwest Conference
championship season last year was not
at Anaheim Stadium last Wednesday.
Through the first three quarters, 11 of
the Aggies' 12 possessions ended in
punts. The other one ended in a fum
ble.
The zip that Jeff Granger puts on his
fastballs could not be found in his pass
es. He spent considerable time looking
for his receivers, and then several times,
he under threw the ball. Perhaps this is
due to only having practiced with the
team for a month or even opening-day
jitters, but nonetheless it was disheart
ening for those who assumed that
Granger would be an instant cure to the
void left by Bucky Richardson.
When Granger was pulled in the
third quarter, he had completed a mere
6-of-21 passes. Corey Pullig, the up-
and-coming freshman backup promptly
had a pass nearly picked off, got
sacked, and threw away a pass on third
down. Matt Miller, whio a month ago
was No. 1 on the depth chart, came in
and had no success moving the ball
down the field, either.., ; rr
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CHRIS
WHITLEY
Sports Editor
A&M slides
Aggies score 10 points in final
quarter to secure comeback victory
Stanford
ROBERT REED/The Battalion
A&M cornerback Derrick Frazier (23) celebrates as 10-7 win over Stanford as
the final seconds tick off the clock. The win was the fourth straight season
opening victory for the Aggies
By DOUG FOSTER
Sports Editor of THE BATTALION
ANAHEIM, Calif. - For three quarters,
it looked like the sequel to the 1992 Mobil
Cotton Bowl Classic.
But luckily for Texas A&M fans, the
Aggies managed to resuscitate their of
fense in the final 12 minutes to post a 10-7
come-from-behind victory over Stanford
in the third annual Disneyland Pigskin
Classic.
The Aggies, ranked seventh in the na
tion in the Associated Press top 25 enter
ing the game, provided the usual A&M
defensive highlight film against the Car
dinal.
The offense, however, was probably
not churning like head coach R.C. Slocum
would have liked. Stanford held the Ag
gies to 33 yards total offense in the first
half,'and A&M only crossed midfield one
time in that 30-minute span.
In the end, though, it was neither de
fense nor offense that would pull out the
win for the Aggies. Ifrwas special teams.
A&M place-kicker Terry Venetoulias
put the Aggies in the lead foy the first
tifne in the game with a 39-yard field goal
with 4:27 left to play, and punter David
Davis closed out the game With a 52-yard
punt as time expired to end the Cardinal
hopes.
"I was really ex,cited to be in that type
of pressure situation," Venetoulias said of
his game-winning kick. "Kickers live to
win the game like that. I've been think
ing about being in a situation like that
since I was knee-high. I just try to do
whatever I can to help the team win."
< The 60-yard drive that set up the
game-winning field goal was keyed by a
33-yard scramble by A&M quarterback
Jeff Granger which moved the Aggies to
the Cardinal 29-yard line. The drive was
started on an interception by cornerback
Aaron Glenn at the A&M 16.
Less than 10 minutes earlier, the A&M
offense had completed its first successful
drive of the game by moving 64 yards in
eight plays, the final 21 of which came on
a pass from Granger* to tight end Greg
Schorp in the back of the end zone to tie
the game at seven.
Schorp finished the game with four
catches for 68 yards, all of which came on
either second or third down and long
yardage. Schorp was later named A&M's
Most Valuable Player for the game.
The two scoring drives combined
helped the Aggies to a 109-58 total yard
advantage during the final stanza.
Until the fourth quarter, however,
Stanford looked to be in control as the
A&M offense remained stagnant.
After opening the game by driving
down to the Aggie 15, the Cardinal as
sault was halted as A&M linebacker Mar
cus Buckley, who was not expected to
play because of a mysterious illness,
sacked Stanford quarterback Steve Sten-
strom and caused a fumble which he re
covered at the 22.
The A&M offense then immediately
began their stall technique, going zero
yards in three plays and being forced to
punt the ball back to Stanford.
"We didn't execute well in the first
half and we began to get down on our
selves," Granger said after going 3-for-12
for 16 yards in the first half. "I was hav
ing trouble throwing the ball .because my
hands were sweaty, but luckily me and
the offense got a second chance."
The Cardinal finally removed the
scoreboard of all goose-eggs on a short
ened scoring drive early in the second
quarter.
After Stanford's Glyn Milburn re
turned a punt to the A&M 15, the Cardi
nal needed only two plays before fullback
JJ. Easley scored from five yards out to
give Stanford a 7-0 lead.
Slocum said despite his frustration
with the offense, he felt his team gave a
good effort in the season opener.
"I thought it was a very good game,
even though I was frustrated with our in
ability to move the ball," Slocum said.
"Their defense plays a lot like ours, and
they did a good job of taking us out of
our ability to run the ball. When we
couldn't run, our quarterbacks were hav
ing a tough time executing and failed to
get the ball to our receivers a few times."
Being a former defensive coordinator
for the Aggies, Slocum was quick to point
out his satisfaction with the way the
A&M defense performed.
"I was very pleased vyith ppp. clefense
tonight," he said. " I thought opr coaches
did an excellent job of preparing for this
game, and we did a good job of holding
them in check.
"They have an excellent offense, but
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