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;le Aggie fortunes had seemed to
L mge the Texas A&M Men’s
rk sketball Team stormed to a 13-3
| 3ning leed Snturday in Stillwater,
la., but the same old story
| ierged as the Oklahoma State
A/boy s demolished the Aggies for
! second time this season, 94-
. The game marked OSU coach
- jie Sutton’s 600th career victory
well as A&M’s sixth consecutive
fit tference loss.
The Cowboys outscored the Ag-
s 2&7 at the end of the first half
push the score to 44-27 at the
.■ak. Junior forward Shanne Jones
I shed with 14 points and sopho-
| ire Aaron Jack was the only other
5ie in double figures with 10 points.
The Aggies’ next game is a home
Test with the Colorado Buffaloes
Wednesday night.
F ggie Women
i >se to Colorado
The Texas A&M Women’s Bas-
tball Team lost to the University
Colorado 64-72 Saturday in front
. 2,750 fans at the Coors Events
|E sntet in Boulder.
Texas A&M sophomore Amy
• tes, hit seven of 12 from behind
3 three-point line to lead the team
scoring with 21 points. The 5-
ot-9-inch forward is currently in a
cond-place tie at Texas A&M with
ina Tucker for career three-point-
u s made at 102.
Colorado improved their record
j ; 8-8 overall and 2-4 in conference
| ( ay while Texas A&M falls to 5-11
id 1-5 in conference. Texas A&M
ays at Kansas (12-4,4-3) Tuesday.
iwimming and
living Teams fall
The Texas A&M Men’s and
jprnen’s Swimming and Diving
ams went into Lincoln, Neb., this
i/eekend looking for victories
er nationally ranked Minnesota
id Nebraska but fell short in their
als. The Aggie men, ranked 20th
|Avfthe nation, fell to 16th-ranked Ne-
la and 13th-ranked Minnesota.
The 25th-ranked Aggie women
'ced No. 7 Nebraska and 10th-
|d Minnesota. A&M lost to the
)rnhuskers 134-236 and to the
)lden Gophers 145-245.
lansion plans
leeway again
Texas A&M University System of
fals were authorized Thursday to
igin contract negotiations for the
pansion of Kyle Field. Last year,
e same efforts were put on hold
j all bids for the project came in
0f er budget.
, Expansion plans were changed
ter all bids were rejected lastyeac
he construction contract is now ex
ited to total about $33 million,
rding to university officials.
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Elway, Davis lead Denver to victory, 31 -24
Broncos running back rushes for 157 yards, scores three touchdowns to win Super Bowl MVP award
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The old dude finally
did it.
John Elway and the Denver Broncos won
a Super Bowl for themselves and the AFC by
beating the Green Bay Packers 31-24 Sunday
in one of the most exciting games ever.
It gave the 37-year-old Elway his first win
in four tries and the AFC its first in 14.
Sure, he had help.
He got it from MVP Terrell Davis, who
gained 157 yards in 30 carries and scored on
three 1 -yard runs, including the winner with
1:45 left in the game. He did it despite a mi
graine that caused him to miss most of the
second quarter.
For Elway, carried off the field by his team
mates, this was vindication in perhaps his last
shot at a title. He rode off as the oldest quar
terback ever to win a Super Bowl.
“For all the Broncos fans who never had
this feeling, we finally got it done,” Elway said.
“You wonder if you’re going to win or if
you’re going to run out of years.”
The victory kept Denver from becoming
the first team ever to lose five — it lost one in
1978, before Elway arrived.
The win meant vindication for the AFC,
which had not won since the Raiders, then in
Los Angeles, beat Washington 38-9 in 1984,
Elway’s first season.
And finally, it was the first win for the quar
terback class of 1983 that included Elway, Jim
Kelly and Dan Marino.
The final chance for the defending cham
pion Packers ended when John Mobley
knocked down Brett Favre’s pass from the
Denver 31 with 28 seconds left. That made the
two-touchdown underdog Broncos the sec
ond wild-card team to win the Super Bowl.
“They disrespected us all week," Denver
tight end Shannon Sharpe said. “Everybody
direspected us. They never faced a running
game like ours. They never faced a quarter
back like ours. They never faced a coach who
puts in a game plan like Mike Shanahan.”
The Packers hurt themselves with three
critical penalties late in the game. They in
cluded a holding call and a false start on rook
ie left tackle Ross Verba that bottled Green Bay
deep, and a face mask on Darius Holland that
gave the Broncos 15 key yards on their game
winning 49-yard drive.
But nonetheless, it was Elway’s game.
“In kind of a strange way — John Elway,
I’ve always enjoyed him,” Packers coach Mike
Holmgren said. “I just wished he hadn’t done
it against me.”
Elway scrambled 8 yards to set up a touch
down, and scored on a 1 -yard run — a lot like
the young Elway. He finished 12-of-22 for 122
yards and threw one end-zone interception.
If this was not the best Super Bowl ever, it
was close to it, despite a lot of sloppiness —
15 penalties and five turnovers by the two
teams. Elway’s mistake came at the Green Bay
22 when the Broncos had a chance to go
ahead by more than a touchdown late in the
third quarter.
But otherwise, it was two heavyweights go
ing punch for punch — Favre threw for three
TDs, two to Antonio Freeman, and Davis ran
for three.
Each team scored a touchdown on its first
possession, the first time that’s ever hap
pened in a Super Bowl.
Then Denver jumped to a 17-7 lead before
a 17-play, 95-yard drive by the Packers, sec
ond longest in Super Bowl history. That cut it
to 17 -14 at halftime and Green Bay seemed to
have momentum.
But Elway engineered a 92-yard drive of his
own to give the Broncos a 24-17 lead. Then,
after Elway threw the interception, the Pack
ers went 85 yards in just four plays to tie it.
The third quarter did not start well for
Denver.
Davis fumbled on his first carry of the
second half, and Brian Williams recovered
at the Denver 26.
That led to Ryan Longwell’s 27-yard field
goal that tied it at 17. An offside penalty on a
successful 39-yard kick had given the Packers
a second chance at a TD, but they could not
take advantage.
Late in the third quarter, the Broncos
drove 92 yards on 13 plays for a touchdown
on Davis’ 1-yard run. Elway combined with
Ed McCaffrey on a 36-yard play and helped
set up the score with an 8-yard scramble
that ended when he was sandwiched by
tacklers and spun around in the air at the
Green Bay 4.
Then came a bizarre sequence.
Freeman fumbled the kickoff and Denver’s
Tim McKyer recovered at the Green Bay 22.
But on the next play, Elway’s pass into the end
zone was intercepted by Eugene Robinson
and returned to his own 15.
The Packers then tied it two minutes later
on Favre’s 13-yard pass to Freeman at the end
of another long drive — 85 yards on four
plays, helped by a 25-yard pass interference
call on Gordon.
Denver joined the Oakland Raiders, who
won the 1981 Super Bowl, as the only wild
cards to win the title.
Defense, offense both to blame for Aggies’ troubles
Welcome to the first addition of the Texas
A&M Men’s Basketball Notebook. Since no one
bothers to attend the games, it is my job to pro
vide a Cliffs Notes version of Aggie Basketball.
Davis out Indefinitely
Junior forward Calvin Davis has a herni
ated disc that kept him out of the lineup
against Baylor, Iowa State and Oklahoma
State. The injury first occurred while Davis
tried to catch an errant pass in the Okla
homa State game on Jan. 3. The injury was
diagnosed on Monday, Jan. 19, during an
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). Davis
may be able to come back for the Oklahoma
game on Jan. 31.
Sutton Reaches Milestone
With Oklahoma State’s 94-62 win over the
Aggies Saturday, Cowboys Coach Eddie Sut
ton became the 20th coach in NCAA Divi
sion I history to win 600 games. He is just the
seventh to reach the plateau in 28 years or
less, joining Denny Crum, Bob Knight,
Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Jerry Tarkanian
and John Wooden. His career record now
stands at 600-237 (71.7 percent).
Where’s the Defense?
For some reason the Aggie defense goes
into exile against Oklahoma State. In their first
meeting, the Cowboys shot 68.6 percent from
the field. In the second meeting, the Aggies
“held” OSU to only 62.7 percent. Oklahoma
State won both games by 30-plus points.
Where’s the Offense?
Why are the Aggies winless in Big 12 con
ference play? A look at the numbers tells
why. The Aggies are only shooting 37 per
cent from two-point range and 24 percent
from three-point range. Compare that to
their opponents who are shooting 50 per
cent and 42 percent, respectively. The Ag
gies’ free throw shooting has also been woe
ful, only 49 percent, compared to 68 percent
shooting by opponents.
Reeves to the Rescue
There could be more than meets the eye
to the Aggies struggles. In games in which
junior forward John Reeves has played in, "
the Aggies are 4-0.
lack-in-the-Box
Since becoming eligible before the Arizona
State game, Penn State transfer Aaron Jack ’
has been a pleasant surprise. Jack is the
team’s second-leading scorer and rebounder
in conference play with eight points and six
rebounds a game. He had 10 points against
OSU Saturday, making him one of only two
scorers in double figures. With Calvin Davis
out, Jack has three starts at power forward.
This Week’s Games
Wednesday, Jan. 28, vs. Colorado (8-7,2-3)
Saturday, Jan. 31, at Oklahoma (15-5,6-1)
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