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Sunday, September 25, 1994 Austin American-Statesman E3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 No. 1 2 Aggies never look back 1 This section is recyclable 04 iwH 3V Bryant's 61-yarder was the second-longest since the NCAA banned the use of kicking tees in 1989. Jason Hansen of Washington State had a 62-yarder against Nevada-Las Vegas in 1991. Southern Mississippi tried to match the big-play flavor of the game, but didn't have the firepower. Pierce, subbing for regular kicker Johnny Lo-moro, kicked a 30-yard field goal, the first of his career, in the first quarter and Tommy Waters threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Fred Brock in the second period.

Jones scored Southern Mississippi's final points on a 5-yard run with 8:39 to play. "In the first half, big plays killed us," Southern Mississippi Coach Jeff Bower said. "We had guys in position on some of those pass plays but we didn't make the plays." The Aggies got a scare near the end of the first half when quarterback Corey Pullig twisted his right knee and left the game. He returned in the third quarter and completed a 40-yard pass to Mathews that set up Thomas' second touchdown, a 1-yard dive with 2:40 left in the period. the Golden Eagles (2-2) behind such big plays as McElroy's run, a 57-yard TD pass from Corey Pullig to Ryan Mathews on a fake end-around and a 61-yard field goal by freshman Kyle Bryant McElroy got it started just 13 seconds into the game when he headed straight up field, darted right then got past kicker Chris Pierce and raced into the end zone.

It was his fourth career touchdown on a kickoff return. "All I did was catch the ball and hit the wedge," McElroy said. "I wouldn't want to be caught from behind. It would be a letdown." McElroy helped set up a second-quarter 3-yard touchdown run by Rodney Thomas with a 47-yard run that went for 5 more yards when he fumbled and teammate Chris Sanders recovered it upfield. Bryant who kicked a 30-yard field goal with 3:53 to go in the half, missed a 56-yarder but got another chance from 61 yards because of a penalty.

This time, Bryant's kick took off low, but was dead center as it barely eased over the crossbar. He's the first Aggies freshman to start his kicking career with eight straight successful kicks. By Michael A. Lutz Associated Press COLLEGE STATION Leeland McElroy set the big-play tone of the game early, and his No. 12 Texas teammates helped him keep up the torrid pace all Saturday afternoon.

i McElroy returned the opening kickoff from 100 yards for a touchdown, and the Aggies never looked back in a 41-17 victory over Southern Mississippi "We got off to a good start," Coach R.C. Slo-cum said. "I guess that's about as fast as you can score. Leeland is an amazing guy. He got down the field pretty fast" The Aggies (3-0) won their 22nd straight at Kyle Field.

It's the nation's longest current home winning streak after Washington beat Miami 38-20 at the Orange Bowl on Saturday, ending the Hurricanes' record run at 58 straight 'The difference in the game was big plays on their half and penalties on our half," Eagles running back Ronald Jones said. Texas jumped to a 27-10 halftime lead over AP Texas running back Rodney- Thomas skirts between Southern Mississippi defenders for 6 yards. Lethridge, Tech corral Mustangs Rv Daaci Associated Press LUBBOCK If Zebbie Leth-ridge had any jitters during his first stint as Texas Tech's starting Quarterback, he didn't show it Lethridge threw two down passes and ran for another as the Red Raiders opened South OJ1R3) LTD GH west Conference play by beating ts xl 1r.11 1 a. o.x LJ ooumern ivieiauuisi jo- oai- i I rv a uraay. "We had a lot of freshmen playing again and I thought they all terback Ramon Flanigan suffered in the second quarter.

Flanigan who came into the game leading the SWC with 271 yards of total offense per game accounted for just 47 total yards. Lethridge, meanwhile, rushed for 73 yards and completed 14 of 26 for 148 yards passing. His 12-yard TD run with 3:18 left in the first quarter gave the Red Raiders a 7-0 lead. Lethridge also threw a 6-yard TD pass to Jerod Fiebiger and an 8-yarder to Sheldon Bass. A 10-yard pass from backup quarterback Tony Darden to Matt DuBuc put Tech up 35-7 with 4:23 left in the game.

Byron Hanspard, another freshman, led Tech with 115 yards on 20 carries. The Red Raider defense had seven sacks for losses of 61 yards while holding SMU to 293 total yards. Tech gained 452 yards. Punt returner Dane Johnson gave the Red Raiders a 21-0 lead in the second quarter by slipping through several tacklers and finding a 69-yard open path for a touchdown. The Mustangs' only score came with 47 seconds left in the second quarter when Chris James heaved a 44-yard bomb to John Biggins in the back left corner of the end zone.

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