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The Eagle Bryan College Station Texas Saturday Dec 11973 Page 3B Aggies Will Be In 1974 each and every one will be back were a young and talented ball club with tremendous potential Next season they will be bigger smarter and have a year of experience under their belts Next fall the Aggies will have an outstanding non conference schedule They will open in Kyle ield against Clemson before hitting the road for three weeks They will face the trio of LSU BY BARRY DONNELLY Eagle Sports Writer season Head coach Emory Bellard says were a better football team when the season ended than we were at the start and we should be 80 to 100 per cent better next season go into spring practice knowing what our players can do under pressure because we have seen them in action for a full season Yes the Aggies are back and will be back in full force for the 1974 season Kansas before opening con ference play One of the records the 1973 team set was for home' at tendance The Aggies played before a Thanksgiving crowd of 52 974 breaking the old record of 52090 set against the Same Texas team in 1971 The average attendance for all home games was 40000 fans The Aggies should be a much improved team in the 1974 defense also The Aggies were the dearest thing in the hearts of the second most effective unit Aggiesis thecoring of points against the rush Tfoe student body and dedicated Ed Simonini a sophomore alumni hold dear the tradition of was named as the Outstanding Defensive Player in the Con ference and should be an honest All American candidate in his junior year Last season he was named the outstanding fresh man player in the league Although the defemnsive outlook is outstanding perhaps The 1973 outfit was the third' have liked in the season they highest scoring team in history They scored touch downs 30 by sophomores and the remaining eight by freshman Records were a (lime a dozen for the Aggies this season 19 records fell this season and with the same crew back they just may rewrite the record book again next season Although the Aggies win as many games as they would University of Washington and for the moroon cause in In fact of the top 44 offensive and defensive players the Aggies will return 41 The defensive picture is most impressive as coach Melvin Robertson reports he will have 32 of his top 33 players for next season Robertson had reason to be excited as his charges will finish the season as the top unit in the touchdown kiss following ah Aggie TD This year the tradition should be much revived as 100 per cent of the top scorers for the Aggies return in 1974 In addition all the top rushers and virtually the entire offense returns to th banks of the Brazos The best phrase to describe the 1974 Aggie football season will be "The Aggies Are Indeedthe Aggies will be back in force Of the 22 players that started the game against Texas overall defense in addition' to each and every one will be back leading the conference in pass INAL 1973 TEXAS STATISTICS Won 5 Lost 6 INAL TEAM STATISTICS OPP IRST DOWNS 208 165 Rushing 143 110 Passing 51 38 Penalty 14 17 PUSHING ATTEMPTS 605 598 Gained Rushing 3194 2383 LostRushing 374 350 NET YARDS RUSHING 2920 2033 Per Game 2655 184 8 Per Play 4 8 3 4 PASSES ATTEMPTED 159 146 Passes Completed 69 5 59 Had Intercepted ig 7 NET YARDS PASSING 1144 844' Per Game 1040 Total Plays 764 744 TOTALOENSE 4064 2877 Per Game 3695 2615 Per Play 53 3 9 PUNTS' 45 73 Punt Yardage 1718 2877' Punting Average 38 2 39 4 PUNT RETURNS 37 18 Yardage 233 24 Per Return 63 1 3 KO RETURNS' 31 49 Yardage 687 948 Return 222 19 3 INTERCEPTIONS 7 18 100 267 47 53 442 565 50 21 29 20 rushing tc yg yl nrt svg td Ip Bean 112 723 12 71 1 63 4 78 Bowers 153 703 77 696 45 7 77 63 8 58 Bean 1 0 0 000 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG LP anley 45 1713 382 60 I UM8LE RECOVERIES: Thomas 3 Gray 2Ten Napel 2 Hayes 2 Hulin 2 Dean 2 Scott Scott 2 Ellis Lamp Daniels Long Simonini add to Rushing totals: Roaches 2 7 9 2 Roaches 2 7 9 1 2 Honore 1 12 120 0 12 Keese 1 5 50 0 5 Greeno 0 0 PUNT PUNT RETNO YDS AVG TD LP Roaches 31 224 72 1 71 Gray 1 13 130 0 13 loyd 1 1 10 0 1 lliS 4 5 33 INTRET NOY INTRET NO YDS AVG TD LP Thomas 3 81 270 1 51 Thurmond 2 13 65 0 13 Gray 1 17 170 0 17 Daniels 1 11 SCORINGTD XPfcXP2 TP Haddox 0 32 35 0 10 17 62 Walker 8 0 0 0 48 Bowers 7 0 0 0 42 Walker 6 0 0 1 0 36 Sams 40 0 0 24 Bean 4 0 0 0 24 Roaches 3 0 0 0 18 Hubby 2 0 0 1 0 12 Thomas 1 "0 0 0 6 Osborne 1 0 0 06 loyd 1 0 0 0 6 er Verde 1 0 0 O' 6 Team (Safety) 2 Jay 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 38 3 2 35 0 3 1 0 17 292 Opponent Alt 48 Wichita State 0 31 474 23 at LSU 28 68394 24 Boston College 32 36317 30 at Clemson 15 30000 16 at Texas Tech 28 50102 35 atTRCU 16 32010 a Baylor 22 44182 10 at Arkansas 14 37261 45 SMU 10 37180 20 at Rice 24 45000 13 Texas 42 52974 464894'SCOPE 0 SCORE BY QUARTERS: 47 71 93 81 292 OPP 40 68 47 76 231 i rushing tc yg yl net avg td Ip Bean 112 723 12 711 63 4 78 Bowers 153 703 7 696 45 7 77 Walker 98 671 53 618 63 8 58 Walker 87 395 112 283 33 6 28 Sams 49 273 1 272 56 4 28 Hubby 38 168 6162 43 2 12 Jay 52 188 69 119 23 0 18 Honore 4 25 0 25 63 0 14 Clemons 7 28 5 23 33 0 13 Hartman 13 13 0 13 43 0 6 Yards Returned PENALTIES Yards Penalized UMBLES LOST Wai ker 98 671 53 618 Wai Icpr 07 70S 117 007 Sams 49 273 1272 56 4 28 Hubby38 168 6 162 43 i 12 Jay 52 188 69 119 23 0 19 Honore 4 25 0 25 63 0 14 Clemon 7 28' 5 23 33 0 13 Hartman 3 13 0 13 43 0 6 PASSING PA PC PI PCT YDS TD LP Jay 86 36 11 419 682 2 60 Walker 69 31 6449 426 0 39 Trim mier 3 1 1 333 19 1 19 Hubby 1 1 Hubby 11 0 100 17 1 17 receiving no yds avg td Ip OPs Osborne 29 405 140 1 31 Roaches 21 391 186 1 60 Walker 10 233 233 0 41 Bowers 3 12 40 0 7 Hubby 2 57 285 0 39 Verde 1 19 1 19 Sams 1 15 150 0 15 Bean 1 6 60 0 6 loyd 1 6 60 1 6 KO RET NO YDS AVG ID LP Roaches 15' 426 100 Walker 8 Sams 3 Hubby '2 192 240 0 73 25 83 0 15 26 130 0 16 RECORDSSET BY 1973 TEXAS OOTBALL TEAM INDIVIDUAL CAREER KICKO RETURN YARDAGE 852 by Carl Roaches 1972 73 (Old record 814 yards by Larry Stegent 1967 69) INDIVIDUAL SEASON IELD GOALS 10 by Randy Haddox 1973 (Old Record 8 by Charlie Riggs 1967) KICK SCORING 62 pts by Randy Haddox 1973 (10 Gs 32 PATs) (Old Record 39 by Charlie Riggs 1967) INDIVIDUAL GAME KICKO RETURN YARDAGE 193 by Carl Reaches vs College 1973 (ALSO SWC RECORD) (Old record 139 by Jack Pardee vs Texas 1956) PUNT RETURN YARDAGE 96 by Carl Roaches vs SMU 1973 (OldRecord 93 by Charley Royalty vs Villanova 1948 and Barney Welch vs Arkansas 1946 IELD GOALS 3 by Randy Haddox vs LSU 1973 (Old Record 2 by five different players 11 times) EXTRA POINTS (Tied) 6 by Randy Haddox vs Wichita St and SMU 1973 (Shares record with Darrow Hooper vs Arkansas TCU Nevada 1950 and John Ballentine vs Southwestern 1947) TEAM SEASON MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS 605 (Old Record 583 its 1957) MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS 605 (Old Record 583 in 1957) MOST RUSHING YARDAGE 2290 (Old record 2682 in 1950) TOTAL OENSE 4064 (Old Record 3667 in 1950) TOTAL OENSE PER GAME 3695 yards (Old Record 3667 in 1950) IRST DOWNS RUSHING 143 (Old Record 135 in 1956) TOTAL IRST DOWNS' 208 (CMfll Record 189 in 1968) LOWEST PUNT RETURN AVERAGE ALLOWED 13 yards (Old Record 24 I960 (24 yards allowed betters SWC record of 59 by Texas' 1963) MOST UMBLES 50 record 45 in 1972) TEAM SINGLE GAME RUSHING YARDAGE 432 vs SMU (Old Record 400 vs Texas Tech 1951) KICKO RETURN YARDAGE 226 vs Bosto College (Old Record 206 vs LSU 1971) UMBLE RECOVERIES (tied 5 vs Wichita State (Shares record vs Baylor 1945 Trinity 1951 Baylor 6 Kentucky 1952 SMU 1955) KYLE IELD ATTENDANCE 52 974 vs Texas (Old Record 52090 vs Texas 1971) ALL TIME SEASON RUSHING LEADERS 1 1302 Bob Smith 1950 (Jr year) 2 801 Glenn Lippman 1951 (Sr year) 3 711 Bubba Bean 1973 (Soph year) 4 696 it Alvin Bowers 1973 (Soph yea r) TxB 5 694 Bob Smith 1949 Soph' year) 6 Larry Stegent 1969 (Sr yea CX 7 618 Skip Walker 1973 (Soph year) 8 611 John Kimbrough 1940 (Sr year) ALL TIME SCORING 1 366 1912 (9 Games) 2 304 1950 (10 Games) 3 292 1973 (11 Games) 4 289 1944 (11 Games) 5 275 1919 (10 Games) Wilclcat Running Back pro Basketball Owls Can ly Above Expectations Saturday Reigns in NAIA Plans Standings By Gold East 9 9 4 12 at in Houston at LOS at Sayers Running NL Tackler Now Southland Coaches Seek Rule Changes 123 EAST 25th 822 1392 GREAT COMORT STYLE OR LOAD YOUR SLEIGH at HARDY GARDENS Hush Puppies SANTA'S LOWER SHOPJ NM hardy Gardens CUSTOM ARRANGEMENTS ALSO AVAILABLE DOWNTOWN BRYAN i 5 8 9 13 14 16 15 682 650 455 346 273 6 8 4 6 10 19 10 12 12 12 15 sought by Mississippi Mis sissippi Stte LSU and Texas gave him a telephone call hard to say why Ipicked By DENNE REEMAN Associated Press Sports Writer weeks to go in the season effec tive with the SMU game "I would expect TCU to be fired up emotionally for this said SMU Coach Dave another school with more em phasis on footballl Montgomery ways think be Montgomery will line up wit his teammates Saturday against Langston Okla in an NAIA semifinal playoff at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene Montgomery is shy almost to the point of it Jaeing painful for him to carry on a conversation like all this public ity! go down the street without people recognizing all a little says Montgomery Hound dog Gunsmoke 1499 All recommendations made by the coaches and athletic di rectors must be approved by the faculty athletic representatives of the six schools before becoming conference rules MUt of Ribbon Notvrol Looliing Conodion inn Troon Scyrofoon 5'S 8 inn end Holly Wroolhi Gorlondi Imported lights lorist Whe hard to believe Rice has won three games with just a to tal of 18 first downs but that shows you what all effort will get says Baylor Coach Grant Teaff Baylor has fallen on hard times this autumn and rests in the cellar where the Owls were supposed to finish The Bears are 0 and desperately need a victory "We need something with a Pct GB 727 692 478 375 333 2' 14? ABA Division 16 18 Los Angeles at Portland 9 Kansas City Omaha at en State Sunday's Games Seattle at Capital Houston at Cleveland Detroit at Los Angeles 545 500 500 478 348 Teaff sa vs Rice is 3 3 and a touchdown favorite i q833 739 545 240 "I think there is much less enthusiasm now than when I came up Players seem to be in it for the money and it 1 don't think players on the bench are' worrying about what the team is doing just waiting for that pay check on Tuesday TOTAL NEEDS OR THE DO IT YOURSELERS i PICKS PINE HOLLY RUIT BOXWOOD MANY MANY MORE 12 6 Division 15 13 10 9 6 526 527 1333 4' 318 4 Southern Methodist should Rice lose to Baylor could tie Arkansas for third place with a 3 3 1 record if the Owls lose and the Mustangs defeat Texas Christian in Dallas Saturday Smith: Arkansas has finished the sea son SMU is a two touchdown pick over the luckless Horned rogs who will be playing their last game under Coach Billy Tohill Eight or the Southwest Confer ence Montgomery is something Montgomery has rushed 136 times for 854 yards an average Abilene Montgom of 63 yards per carry He has ery says the at touchdowns rushing' and has kinda quiet caught 30 passes for 411 yards around and five touchdowns displaying Asked if he would bolt ACC for a pair of hands the professionals love to see His longest touchdown run was 65 yards against Stephen Austin in a 57 50 victory Young Wilbert used his 45 speed in the 40 to make six touchdowns against the Lumberjacks has an unreal com bination of all the running speed quickness moves and strong enough in the thigsh to break says Roberts broke six tackles on one run On another Southwest Texas players had him boxed in and he burst right through Montgomery says he has stu died Sayers closely to pick up moves is a fantastic run ner! want to be just like SHREVEPORT I a AP) ootball coaches in the six Southland Conference schools at the annual fall conference meeting which opened Thurs day sought changes in the rules governing the fair catch and substitutions The coaches recommended to the league's six athletic direc tors that they ask the NCAA to revert to the 1972 rule governing the fair catch Under this rule a player fielding a punt must fully extend an arm above his head jmd wave it back and forth to signal a fair catch Under the old rule ti fully extended arm above the head was sufficient The current rule which allows players was scored by the coaches who asked that it be changed so that a substitute must remain in the game for at least one play The current NCAA red shirt rule governing schools without a freshman football program also was studi3d by the coaches who asked that the NCAA change from three to four the number of seasons a player may par ticipate at the championship level after being Red Shirted in his freshman season If a player does not plat for one season is considered red shirted 'ind does not lose am 842 522 435 364 6 8 12 15 14 Division 12 12 12 1 127 Villa Maria Bryan 2301 Texas Ave College Station The Dandylion Manor East Mall The Rice Owls can perch on undreamed heights Saturday I with a victory over Baylor in the final weekend of the Southwest Conference football campaign Rice Coach Al Conover's crew was about the only unpre dictable thing in the conference this year Texas won the title for the sixth consecutive campaign just as it was supposed to and Texas' Tech was the runnerup But Rice inthird place? You could have found a hard time getting 50 to odds Rice was generally picked to finish in theSWCj cellar Despite a low scoring offense the Owls have defeated Ar kansas Texas and Texas Christian on back to back Sat urdays with a stout defense and the long distance lightning of kickoff return specialist Carl Swierc 16 12 10 8 Division 10 12 8 7 Conference Division 20 Pct gb 3 or Oilers OAKIAND (AP) The Houston Oilers have won only one of their last 11 games but Oakland Coach John Madden is unconcerned about keeping his team up for the Na tional ootball League game in Texas Sunday no problem there at Madden said Thursday keep reminding them that one loss can put us out of business so simple It make any difference who play ing for these three remaining games everyone is as important as the Madden said his study of game films show the Oilers can be explosive offensively but have made mistakes that ten get them behind early in a when faced with p' there's not much chance for an explosive offense to show Madden said Capital at Buffalo Philadelphia at Cleveland Detroit at New York at Chicago Boston at Kansas Angeles Phoenix at Portland Saturday's Games Chicago at Boston Cleveland at New York Houston at Philadelphia Seattle at Atlanta Detroit at Phoenix Milwaukee City Omaha at Boston New York Buffalo Philadelphia Cen' al Capital Atlanta Cleveland Houston Western Midwest Milwaukee Chicago Detroit KC Omaha Pacific Los Angeles Golden St Portland Seattle Phoenix Raiders Cool THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic Division BiHKlMimURO vs Virginia vs Carolina HOUSTON AP) Gayle Sa yers came into pro football in 1965 running scared just to make the team and left in 1972 with 4956 yards of National ootball league turf behind him Part of what made SayersTun'mialfcs the team was a love for the game and enthusiasm Sayers on a recruiting jaunt as assistant athletic director for his alma mater Kansas says he ing catch up football see that attitude among young pro players today I came up in 1965 1 was only concerned with making the TCU is 1 5 for the SWC season The SWC season will not offi cially end Saturday because Texas meets Nebraska New Day in the Cotton Bowl and Texas Tech plays Tennessee in the Gator Bowl at Jackson Tohill was fired with two ville la Dec 29 8 Games Virginia at San Diego Memphis vs Carolina Greensboro Indiana vs Kentucky at cinnafi San Antonio at Utah Denver at New York Saturday's Games New York Norfolk Kentucky Charlotte Memphis at Indiana San Antonio at Denver Sunday's GCJ NO Carolina at New York Indiana at San Antonio Utah at San Diego 16 4(knan roster" said Sayers forced into retirement pribr to the 1972 season by a series of knee onerations Todav a daver says think play five years good taste to end the season and get before he even Teaff savs MEN BOYS By DENNE REEMAN play for any team in the Big Montgomery was actively nsMKiaieu rress opens writer West Texas is the breedingground for some the finest football talent in the country but one of the best to don a helmet and shoulder pad in that section is a whippet from Mississippi Young Wilbert Montgomery dashes to a touchdown for the Abilene Christian College Wild cats on about every five carries His 31 touchdowns this year is a modern day record for collegians in all classes Although Montgomery is only a freshman professional scouts gather to drool Other major colleges across the land cast lovirfg glances "If somebody does get him away from us the investigation going to follow will make Watergage look Coach Wally Bullington warns The 5 foot ll 188 pound Mont gomery an All American de fensive back as a schoolboy at Greenville' Miss has drawn raves from pro scouts with his moves ala Gayle Sayers the former great for the Chicago Bears come to see quarter Montgomery says back Clint Longley and re ceive) Rich Williams and Wil bert knocks their eyes says ACC publicist Garner Roberts Reed Johnson a scout for the Dallas Cowboys of the National ootball league told Roberts "All three of those boys could Give your toes a treat in this soft supple pigskin on a slice of crepe sole May be dumb but we think it's like walking on air Kentucky Carolina New York Memphis Virginia West I Denver San Antonio Utah Indiana San Diego riday's Also A Complete Line of Wrapping Accessories NEWS OICE SUPPLY Santa loaded hii yet so there is still time for you to visit our "workshop" and choose your supplies and decoratives from the large selection Hop right down! see our new collection of HALLMARK CHRISTMAS CARDS to be imprinted with your name 'r vou care enough to send the very i rti 1 i BEsHHMr feu i Ak feA Itfcfc 'W ft I 1 i i i I.