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SECTION INSIDE 0 Major-league baseball, D4-5 NFL report, D9 Scoreboard, D16 Sunday, September 27, 1992 Austin American-Statesman onfflioms raoibie past Texas SV7C standings CONFERENCE OVERALL WLTWLT rA A'" By Rick Cantu American-Statesman Staff Peter Gardere smashed a 45-year-old passing record Texas earned its first football victory during the John Mackovic Era. So why did the Longhorns look so disappointed following their 33-15 victory over North Texas at Memorial Stadium? Texas players and coaches complained because their effort lasted just two quarters. After storming to a 27-3 halftime lead, the Long-horns eased up. In the second half, Texas was outplayed by its Division I-AA opponent. "In the first half we played as well as anyone can play," said middle linebacker Winfred Tubbs.

"We're going to have to play hard for 60 minutes, though. We're not going to make it to the Cotton Bowl if we continue to play like we did in the second half." Texas (1-2) opens its Southwest Conference schedule Saturday against Rice. Mackovic, pleased to get his first victory at UT, witnessed some shoddy play Saturday. "I'd feel a lot better about this team if we had played a more complete game," he said. "I think we realize that there is plenty of work to be done." Despite the disappointing effort, that hardly diminished the play of Gardere, who completed 14 of 19 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns.

Gardere, a senior, has 27 career touchdowns, two more than legendary quarterback Bobby Layne, who played for Texas from 1944 to 1947. "It's an honor to be associated with a player like Bobby Layne," Gardere said. Gardere's performance certainly impressed one spectator, North Texas Coach Dennis Parker. "In the first half, I thought Peter Gardere looked like God's gift to passing," Parker said. "The way we played, though, I think I could have looked like that.

We just froze." It was a tale of two halves. Texas dominated the first, particularly on defense. North Texas (1-3) proved to be a pesky competitor Staff photo by Karen Warren al Stadium. Walker led the Longhorns' ground attack as he carried for 109 yards In the first quarter alone and finished the night with 139 yards. Texas running back Adrian Walker cuts past North Texas' Derrick Francois during the Longhorns' 33-15 win over the Eagles Saturday night at Memori- Peter Principle gets job done SMU Texas Tech Texas Houston Rice TEXAS Baylor TCU Saturday's results Michigan 61, Houston 7 1 SMU 21, TCU 9 Rice 45, Sam Houston State 14 Texas 33, North Texas 15 Texas Tech 36, Baylor 17 Texas Idle Next Saturday's games Texas Tech at Texas noon Texas at Rice, 1 p.m.

Oklahoma State at TCU, 7 p.m. SMU at Baylor, 7 p.m. SW Louisiana at Houston, 7:30 p.m. down the stretch. Texas used a variety of weapons to take control early.

Adrian Walker rushed for more than 100 yards in the first half. Gardere needed less than a half to throw three touchdown passes. The Longhorns took the lead for good when Cosmo Palmieri, playing for the first time this season, hauled in a 9-yard scoring strike from Gardere early in the first quarter. The former Westlake player picked up three receptions in the first half. Gardere also threw touchdown passes to Justin McLemore and Lovell Pinkney.

Pinkney took a short pass and scampered down the left sideline for a spectacular 55 -yard gain to end the first-half scoring. Gardere was effective in the first half, completing 11 of 16 passes for 162 yards. He threw passes to six different receivers. Texas limited North Texas to just two first downs in the first half. End Norman Watkins, coming back from a sprained knee, blocked a punt in his first game of the season.

Freshman Stonie See Texas, D2 two years without football. The victory was SMU's third straight this season after an opening night 13-12 loss to Tulane in which the Mustangs' Russell Anderson missed a 30-yard field goal on the final play. Despite the progress of the team, a 12-person SMU task force that is taking a hard look at the school's athletic program might pull the plug on the school's NCAA Division I-A membership because of huge budget deficits. Only 18,100 fans more than 5,000 fewer than capacity showed up Saturday. At least one member of the task force, Athletic Director Forrest Gregg, joined in the postgame celebration.

There were screams, hugs and tears. Gregg, who became famous as an offensive tackle for the Green See Mustangs, D3 Again, the It might have been Shea Mor-enz's coming out party, but Peter Gardere proved once again that it's still his show. Any pre-game excitement generated by Texas' meeting with the injury-thinned Lean Green of North Texas centered on Morenz, the two-sport star who had yet to get in a single play at Texas. And yes, Shea did finally play. He entered the game with 2:51 left in the third quarter to a huge ova- utes later.

Mackovic stuck with him on the next series even when Texas was pinned closed to its goal, and Morenz almost had another one picked off. On a later series, he should have had another one swiped. That's no knock on Morenz, who rallied for some completions and who is going to be a star in the future. Yet the game once again proved the Peter Principle: Peter Gardere SMU gives Frogs, streak kiss of death Setting a Line of Scrimmage Pro scouts, college coaches meet about access to top underclassmen John Maher tion bigger than the one Gardere got for breaking Bobby Layne's career record for touchdown passes at Texas. Morenz threw his first college interception less than two min 7 I 1 WMY i- i AP will always play well enough to keep his job.

In case you haven't noticed the scores from around the SWC in the past few weeks, it's becoming an increasingly important job. Texas may be 1-2, but there's really not much standing between an improving Texas team and the Cotton Bowl except for a Texas team that is still searching for its offense. On Saturday night Texas put on quite an offensive show. While Gar-See Morenz, 02 If a guy can make a million dollars, fine. But half the underclassmen who declare are not even drafted.

9 Baylor Coach Grant Teaff AFCA Executive Director Charlie McClendon said the restrictions are being imposed by all but about 20 of the 107 Division I-A head coaches. Among the dissenters are Dennis Erickson of Miami, Jackie Sherrill of Mississippi State and George Pedes of Michigan State. Three Southwest Conference coaches have broken ranks R.C. Slocum of Texas John Jenkins of Houston and Fred Goldsmith at Rice. But New England Patriots General Manager Sam Jankovich, who is the liaison between the NFL and colleges, said only about 60 college See Pro, D8 By Mark Rosner American-Statesman Staff DALLAS When it was over, the Southern Methodist players headed straight to the student section in Ownby Stadium.

Gathering in front of the bleachers, players saluted fans, who in turn gave the team a standing ovation. And with good reason. SMU ended its 25-game Southwest Conference losing streak with a 21-9 victory over Texas Christian on Saturday. "This is total elation," said running back Kevin Shepard, who rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown. The Mustangs defeated Texas Tech 13-7 in their next-to-last game of the 1986 season and hadn't won since.

SMU, because of NCAA rules violations, was given a death sentence that amounted to Daseball races Milwaukee denies Oakland from clinching the AL West and moves within 2Vi games of Toronto In the AL East. In the NL East, Pittsburgh clinches a tie for the title. Pages D4-5 NFL report While the Dallas Cowboys take the week off, the Houston Oilers try to go to 3-1 In a home game against San Dlego. That and a look at week four In the NFL. Page D9 Southern Methodist running back Kevin Shepard avoids the tackle of Texas Christian's Tony Rand to pick up a few of his 79 yards at Ownby Stadium.

By Mark Rosner American-Statesman Staff epresentatives from the National Football League and American Football College Coaches Association will meet this week in hopes of negotiating a truce in then-dispute about how much access pro scouts can have to college players. Until this season, NFL scouts were allowed unlimited time on campuses, using the colleges as a free farm system. But in August, the college coaches, frustrated particularly by the drafting of underclassmen, set restrictions that limit the time scouts can spend evaluating each year's crop of players from the farm. The changes, which were not well-received by NFL teams, are: Campuses are open for pro scouts only in October during the season, except for games. Timing and testing of players is limited to three days determined by each school.

Campuses will be open for only two weeks in the spring at the colleges' discretion. Viewing of game video and film can take place only on campus. Texas Tech overpowers Baylor ii By Kirk Bohls American-Statesman Staff LUBBOCK After being ripped by a Big Eight team and nipped by a Pacific 10 team, Texas Tech found the winning formula Saturday. The Red Raiders began Southwest Conference play. Tech showed it can dominate in a league of its own, blasting Baylor 36-17 in front of 42,094 at Jones Stadium.

The Red Raiders demonstrated a steamrolling offense that accounted for 528 yards and seem ingly almost as many scoring chances, many of them gone awry. The Red Raiders (2-2), who lost big to Big Eight power Oklahoma and small to Pac 10 patsy Oregon, resembled a team that could challenge fifth-ranked Texas in next week's showdown in College Station. They beat the Bears for only the fourth time in their last 14 meetings. Baylor fell to 1-3 for its worst start since 1984 when it finished 5-6. The Bears suffered their first SWC road loss since 1989 after eight straight victories and a tie in their last nine outings.

They play a rejuvenated Southern Methodist team next week. The biggest factor was Tech running back Byron "Bam" Morris, who scored two touchdowns and rushed for 157 yards on 32 carries to become the first 100-yard rusher against Baylor this season. However, for a time, he kept Baylor in the game as much as he did Tech, throwing an interception from the Bears 1 and fumbling at the Bears 1. "The offensive line did a great See Texas Tech, D2.