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SECTION 13 INSIDE Jli LJ American League, E8 National League, E9 Major-league statistics, E10 Sunday, September 26, 1993 Austin American-Statesman WW' Texas comes unglued as Cardinals romp to 41-10 victory, saddle Horns with 0-2-1 record John Maher By Kirk Bohls American-Statesman Staff LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Louisville Cardinals scored from 80 yards out on the second play of the game Saturday, and from there it was off to the races. In the shadows of Churchill Downs, Texas probably should have expected as much. This was no horse race, however, as the plowhorse Longhorns never came close to reining in 24th-ranked and unbridled Louisville and were ridden hard 41-10 in their most disappointing performance of the early season. Perhaps out of boredom, the Cardinals, who led 24-0 at halftime, mustered only 17 points in the second- Texas falls to its lowest level yet LOUISVILLE, Ky.

Louisville? Basketball-dribblin', baseball-park playing, no-football-tradition Louisville? Yep. That's the brutal reality. The 41-10 score isn't a misprint, and it wasn't a fluke. All we can hope is that it will serve as a wake-up call for a team that should be embarrassed to be outclassed this way. Saturday a quicker, smarter and hungrier Louisville team dunked on a Texas squad that barely bothered to show up.

The only time the Longhorns looked good in this town was in the hotel lobby. At least the team dresses nicely. Unfortunately, the Longhorns didn't look so good in pads. Lou-See Pathetic, E6 half, sparing Texas one of its! worst losses ever. As it was, the; 31 -point margin was one of the most thorough and John Mackovic's worst in his 14 games at Texas.

Texas, which mercifully, opens Southwest Conference play against Rice next Saturday, falls to 0-2-1 for its worst beginning in 55 years, since the 1938 team won only the season finale in a 1-8 Mackovic's record falls to 6-7-1, the roughest start for a Longhorn coach since D.X. Bi-; ble started 2-11-1 in 1938-39. swc FOOTBALL Baylor rallies from 12 points down against Texas Tech. No. 8 Michigan rolls over Houston.

Rice romps over Iowa State 49-21. SMU trips rival TCU 21-15. Stories on E2 7 J. v. i I s4M t'fvd ft I "They controlled the game on offense, defense and in the special teams," a subdued Mackovic said.

"Good teams should do that. Hopefully, one day we'll look like that. We didn't play well in any phase of the game." Louisville (4-0) all but dissected Texas, scoring on six of its first 10 possessions and missing a 36-yard field goal on one of the series. The Cardinals ate up 560 yards of offense for a 6.7-yard average on a soggy afternoon in front of 38,492 at Cardinal Stadium. Offense-poor Texas was so discombobulated, it eked out a bare-bones 74 yards of offense in the first half and replaced starter Shea Morenz with junior quarterback Chad Lucas, who threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Lovell Pinkney.

The Longhorns managed just 237 yards of offense a paltry 89 rushing and their 10 points were just three more than they gave up on defensive tackle Jim Hanna's 15-yard touchdown return of a midair fumble recovery after Morenz was blindsided by Joe Johnson. "We played a little harder than they're used to," Hanna said. "I thought they were quitting. They were ready to go home probably in the second or third quarter. I'm told people down there believe the only See Louisville, E13 Alabama (2) 56, Louisiana Tech 3 Miami (3) 35, Colorado (13) 29 Notre Dame (4) 17, Purdue 0 Nebraska (6) 48, Colorado St.

13 Penn State (9) 31, Rutgers 7 Oklahoma (10) 41, Tulsa 20 Tennessee (11) 42, LSU 20 Syracuse (12) 24, Cincinnati 21 Washington (16) 35, E. Carolina 0 UCLA 28, Stanford (17) 25 N. Carolina (18) 35, N.C. St. (19) 14 Virginia (22) 35, Duke 0 Wisconsin (23) 27, Indiana 15 Full report, E2-5 Staff photo by Ralph Barrera Louisville's Jim Hanna, left, leads the assault on Shea Morenz on sack.

Morenz threw for only 45 yards and suffered his sixth inter-Saturday afternoon as the Texas quarterback goes down for a ception of the season as the Longhorns fell to 0-2-1. Playtime is over Kansas City's Brett will retire at end of season AL WEST: The Chicago White Sox remain 7 games ahead of Texas when their game against the Rangers is postponed until today because of rain. NL WEST: The Atlanta Braves keep their advantage over San Francisco at VA games. The Braves defeat Philadelphia 9-7. The Giants, behind Barry Bonds' two home runs, whip the San Diego Padres 3-1.

NL EAST: Philadelphia's loss to Atlanta, coupled with Montreal's 4-1 win over New York, leaves them with a 5-game lead over the Expos. Montreal's victory is keyed by Tim Spehr's home run. 4x AP By Rick Plumlee Knight-Ridder News Service KANSAS CITY, Mo. For one of the game's biggest kids, baseball had become a job. And that's why Kansas City's George Brett, his ticket to the Hall of Fame long tucked safely in his pocket, said Saturday he's calling it quits after this season.

"My brother Bobby asked me last Monday how much money it would take for me to play another year," said the 40-year-old Brett, choking back tears at a news conference. "I told him they don't have enough money. "The game became a job, not a game anymore. The game shouldn't be played that way." And certainly Brett never did. You never caught him jogging on a ground ball, but you could see him get his uniform dirty stretching a single into a double.

1 See Brett, E13 AL EAST: Toronto knocks New York Tk games off the pace with a 3-1 win over the Yankees. The Baltimore Orioles, whose game against Detroit was rained out, also are 7Vi games behind. Tearful George Brett will leave the playing field to become the Royals' vice president for baseball operations. None And Shoot I i White hopes to add ran portion to offense today Call of the wild The second Texas Wildlife Expo, which offers something for every outdoors enthusiast, is expected to more than double its attendance when it kicks off next weekend. Sports Focus, E11 if '1 ij year and earned his first Pro Bowl bid.

He's managed only 154 yards with a long gain of just 12 yards, and his 3.0 yards-per-carry average is his career low. If White, whose rushing total last year was the most by an Oiler since Earl Campbell's 1,301 yards in 1983, is worried, he doesn't show it. Instead, he's not counting HMHMHHMMHH OUt an By Randy Riggs American-Statesman staff HOUSTON He held out, then bombed out. But that was then and this is now, and Lorenzo White believes he's more likely to make some personal history this year than be condemned to relive it. The Houston Oilers' running back is off to mmmmm Sit 4 1 V' i Chief distraction Denver.Broncos running back Reggie Rivers sounds off about the deafening noise at Arrowhead Stadium, where last week his team lost to the Kansas City Chiefs.

E12 Rams at Oilers When: Noon Where: Astrodome (62,439) a slow start after missing all but the last preseason game in a contract dispute. If that sounds familiar, it should. White also held out in 1991, missing the first three regular-season games as well, and muddled through a unprecedented second straight appearance in the Pro Bowl. "It's been frustrating," he acknowledged, "but it's going to get better. In Records: Oilers 1-2, Rams 1-2 Favorite: Oilers by 1 1 Radio: KLBJ-AM (590), WOAI-AM (1200) Corona gets crown Eight-year-old Corona Jet shows he can still hoof it with the youngsters as he wins a $2,000 allowance race Saturday at Manor Downs.

E13 3 TV: KTBC (Channel 7 Cable 2) AP photo Texas spikes LSU Feeling chipper forgettable year in which he rushed for only 465 yards. When White, one of Houston's "transition" players, reported to camp after 4 finally agreeing to the Oilers' one-year offer of $1.53 million, he carried 231 pounds on his 5-foot-ll-inch frame. That was about 10 pounds more than he weighed last year, and it showed. Through the first three games this season, White has not resembled the back who rushed for 1,226 yards last 1990, we were about a fourth of the way into the season before I played. I'm working my way through this, and I don't feel anything like I did then." White's rushing statistics might improve today.

The Los Angeles Rams, who visit the Oilers in the Astrodome at noon, are tied for the NFL lead in sacks with 13. But their rush defense is tied See White, E1 3 Led by Junior Samy Duarte, the third-ranked University of Texas volleyball team hammers out a 15-7, 15-8, 15-11 victory over Louisiana State. E17 Tom Kite of Austin congratulates Chip Beck after Beck and Cook teamed for a victory In the Ryder Cup on Saturday. Kite and Davis Love Jli were defeated on a day in which the Europeans built a three-point lead but saw that shrink to 8V4-7V2 going Into today's final matches. E13 1992 staff photo After a holdout and a slow start, Oilers run-! ning back Lorenzo White is in a rush to get the ground game going.

Houston might have the perfect antidote in the Los Angeles Rams, whose run defense is suspect.