Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Lubbock, Texas • Page 13

Matador Defense Tightens Lp, Collars Bulldogs, 19-7 wait win Muff Estucarlo threw It ail at Plainv unv Saturday A to begin the bomb, the gnat around end and, most importuni, defense as the Matadors ofiened Pete Murray ertudh a resounding over the AAA A Bulldogs Saturday That Matador defense by fasse, Porter Jtnsjiii, mil Mnridy, Richardson, Nathantai Kenneth Herman Moore, the Hulkkip 19 tnfal and downs in the (uval minutes to Actually the gtme was all hut over when Estacado had run only five offensive playv two Plasm Isaac UUM rtcr I lied ho I pitched neniar pen itW for won lerou If. the distance the tots and he wind, Bulldog kic ff first Harris an carried to Two plays yards and 1 Matad- it PAI vdirt and aac who and the ut Donnie toss that Bulldog 25. netted only three then hit the five and the plit end found his way Uiehardson added the it was with 10:20 initial quarter, started at its own i If it would knot However, when the Bulldogs fared a third and four from the Matador 12, Kenneth William1- broke through to th: Pia in view quarterback Freddy Jackson for a loss. Jackson connected on a 12-yard pass to Zoe Simpson on the next pi ay but the Matadors had held, the first of two goal line stands Estacado was to turn in. The Gnat, little 155-pound Jesse wlio neve seems to draw the starting assignment, promptly broke the game open Johnson pitched back to a trailing on the first from the 10 Harris threw a clearing block at the 12 when he cut to midfield at the Matador 40.

Richards -n booted the PAT but a penalty nullified the point and the from five yards further back vvas low es 1 the momentum of the game in both halves Estacado received 12 penalties for 84 yards in the first half alone and 14 for 103 during the game, seven infractions were for 83 yards. That 103 total by Estacado almost equaled offensive production of 147 I AIM i Page 7 Raiders Pull Plug On Green Wave Tech Records Reveal 11 alj it Shi I Is Verdict Top II) Alleluili Fails. 51 2 IY11 Monlgomt rv urrue rock tanfords defense, gainM the all Arkansas w'k Bill Mont pm down four Satureia' a vu t- I API in on SC, Wont Tulane Miscues Help New Coach Make Su cccssful Lubbock Debut Bl PI TTIT Sports Editor Ken Perkins, striking as a thief out of the dark, piuf-ked off a Greg Gleason pass, sped to a 46-yard touchdown and the resounding burst of applause stirred the Raiders into the kind of emotional form from which seemingly lost ballgames are yanked in the nick of time. Texas Tech. debuting under conductor Jim Carlen, picked up the cue from Perkins and went on to puli out the sort of football victory that made Jones Stadium famous before Astroturf was even a gleam in Mr.

Monsanto's eye. The Raiders, trailing aj, touchdown until Perkins did his in the final quarter, wound SECTION SIWDAY, SEPT. 13, 1870 DKFF.NMVKn Red Raiders Conni On (ixs By DON HFVRV A ai After pulling off his 11 in MIS TtM I fllMIW on to Napper's ankle is I lat- fT the Green W.ui» debase ch won, 21-14. Photo by Jr aul Ellis Hebert Don Buckner) 5 At 1 'lance Sooners Hobble Hixson; Froggies Overwhelm I TA rei Chief Sets Mark wtball 31 -7 Grabs in up on top of Tulane, 21-14. andj en mute toward the center of hearts wherever South Plains football is spoken Through In Clutch Charles Napper, carrying the lead role, performed particularly when the show began mounting toward the inev-j liable climax.

The score was stalemated at; 14-all when Napper entered from stage left to assume the heaviest end of his casted part. The ball rested at the Tulane 47, and the jclock told all 43,250 (the record long on that in the game would end, come hail or high water or even the cold front but noticeably big play, it was time 1 Larry Hargrave, who ran hard; Bruce Dowdy to reft And that land well from left half through he ftnppiiig hack on a of the evening, th rust sideline bench to watch the twice and wound up a unit drive the bail 'breadth from a first down From jgnalward and run out the el'ck 'here on in, it was all Dowdy's big play was a Napper orea plucked out oi tihe ajr The junior quarterback Jorv-s Stadium snoaked to the 36 for the first AstnoTurf to kill a potential down. Tlien he failed the weak- comeback and help i side option, ew inside me end 21-14 victory, and breezed to the 13 for a first' And of the first to down. Napper dbsuously liked comgratulaie the deferwive mi pi repented it on the defensive cornerbadk Ken jiM'xt, down. clear and went 'Perkins, whn had ni that into tiie end club earlier in the Ttdane safety I'aul Klhs as evinung something of a lS2-pound anklet Perkins had returned a Dickie Ingram kicked his third interception all the way for 1 extra tm and the liaidersiTech touchdown were out font for keeps.

Rut not and earlier came withm a block before breathing breaking a was incited by Gleason and his "It was a bad center said TVS VS Stani op Texai Okiai TtX Tim EST UNTEREM TECH Vf i i nr.cisioN 24 Sophs Sparlili is Shockers Fall Austin Trinity Murrv East Southwest Howard I College ivne 21 Tulane 34 Arkansas 41 Wichita State SMV 31 Texas-Arlington il THU EST 32 Mexico City University X) is- Whitewater 30 Prairie View 57 'Neese State 14 Texas Lutheran 35 Abilene Christian fwwkhorse tailback, a i Dowxty, concerrung has recovery. WORTH tAP) TexasjAmbercrombie. quarterliack (Greg Christian, unveiling ending was exciting as iGleasoni never omfcroi; it riasbbaek Bob by was the beginning. And the popped up out of his hands (erpowered the University of turned out in numbers sufficient and I got it. I ll tell you, though, 14 Trxas at Arlington Saturday jto surpass the opening game rec- they have some good fiootball in tne inaUiTurni of 42.250 set last year piayers.

They stay after sash the two- against Kansas, Tech, as seems linemen did a to be the habit, also had to jerk tremendous od Perkins, i ithful that one out of the blazes the defensive unit. more quarter WTien Napper crossed the and 1 would have gone ail i the guidance for game's way on that return. I quarterback Judy the' clock showed 1 thought 1 might break on to their first season 4 And, to a man those that interception, this No. in in the arena wwe iMr split end fMlke margin of triumph w-onder whether came out and I was 13 I TA chances letx em t0n much umo beh 14 11 EAST Pim i atti vf 34) 31-va; sec in und Texani urda Aggie James a Tir.td Dusek AIM fans hoped as ttipy 41-14 inter A li foi Je Sai. field in; ni hiid i seorsfj lise eus natibed and rambkvl to il to a vici State aided it SI Wf arwi ('time if i ong with tack ng dn urti! in the lle hit seven 1 at ieawt k-rs bang-' in every Aggie irth cioar- 12 the 19 MH from se en for a the third wi Nebraska I A tirun kf J'Uf.

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J2S and Sl-yard field and Hugh McKlmy 25 yards an end-around andiofcbiiwmi caught pMM of 25 atvd 15 un-ex to aid hi two toiuh drives the late coach of the Randv a Washington Redskins, left sn from Atlanta, Tex wfie tate valued at more than $1 mil-; Wichita most effective Hon The bulk of the estate has runner and Wheal been left to the widow toudidotvn ort a Mrs Marie smash up middle di will atijailated pnv Max Bird, a sofrfwv vWhUS in trust fur two more end, picked two YVicb- children, Mri Bick-jita State fumbles, im hiding one ham of Clucago and Vincent 11 the Agpe eight to stop a po- Lombardi St. Paul, Mmn. tenual touchdown. Mississippi State TH 24 The Citadel 13 Furman 23 South Carolina 20 Kentucky 7 Virginia Tech 43 William and Mary 0 Louisville North Carolina. State 42 Alabama 21 Duke MIDWEST 7 Cincinnati Washington State 37 Utah State 1 Wake Forest 14 Oklahoma State I KST IB opening 10l.

The i him. When the w'uuufiv TOrw in. eme threw it, I broke likewise maj The Green Wave took over at 1 up to make the effects, the Rebels future 20 and showed no tncMrwtion and a c.ttch oollege status toward settling in th his hands and arms, just Judy, A fake.draw!?™^ general, guided his u-hich defense That was on die Tulane three never did the knack of smelling he made that distance with rAns a halftime moved it to the 36 on the blocking help for the touchdcwvn I on a blustery play. Two later tied Tulane in the fourth 00 jainetuated from time Bmtkm at1 Tech iater to jto 22 midfield, bmithed and recovery But nu'ht belonged to Da- much preserved it. 4 ntaksng his debut.

Then here came Bruce The Tech offense had to if started. He gained a big play specialist with a big operane for over tfree quarters 1 WON IT FOR 10 Haiders Pass Interception key To (Ween ave Loss i 6: 21 19 JIM OINTOMO 0 'Hie big play Tuiam 13 "See if N'ou have a good team, mterceponn and almost broke a HiHtt Tech does, and if punt and EUit intereeiKed a tiv'm making ChMies Nappw aerial to stall a good team will cmie anoiher Tech drive. t.Kjch Jim Pittman Storming bark We did have came when Ken Pertam of Tech fw. and these need ramhfed into the end with a lo 1 think our kids stire, pass 14 45 State Idaho i Est aeado I HTl Bryan Adams S( 1HH)L 19 Plainview is a fine football Pittman "Tm that after we fp ui come and get with over the game films, well find a It tme Tulane tfie The game's leading rusher who also lead, the momentum and with iavid Abrrcmmbie.iplawd 7 only 34 left in the game tadback Hel Tulane in the hole Tlie pass It 11 up 11? yards, emerging the Green Wave the with Iim 117 tor a 4 7 fi it nr i 0 0 Mmm Ol1 mm nw Ocf OU run Or Mlifi'fri run lUriT klfrk 1 OU 30 MsMw OU pun U1 It un fftkMMi itonin.sion Hninii amrm tati 9 4-1 4 0 Cleveland Atlanta New Orleans St. Louis 2S Odessa dor 0 25 Palo Duro 8 22 San Angelo21 1 RSSIONAL IT Baltimore 14 31 14 30 NY Giants 29 20 Miami 17 20 San Diego14 34 Kansas City 24 UJ Page 1 7 Godwin) was there It missed the game.

Right then1, it for Te. The Red Raiders had much luck returning the booming of Ken Pittman a breakdown in the second wave of ti 1 a accounted for die yardage. Pittman fett both teams were of comparative strength he laughed, lotted like we trying to give the football game to each other for awhile. dusi't gwss we did anything real toe star back said. Our optton did work, though I have much else to say coach the play was one of Wave's few offensive highlights.

were highly Pittman 'The option reai well. We had a tremendous average i of the first half and its pass rush Wave on occasion, had poor field moat of the find umed die eoach. poor field position, too, allowed Terh to themaeives on us, but our line did okay after we moved a bit. think we can throw the ball a lot better than vie did that, lait I can say 1 think we ran it enough Defensively, Tulane stars were Joe Buiiard and Paul Ellis BuUard Soared a 49-yard Pittman, a graying, soft, spoken man, ran lus hand over ttve ttif) and laughed. like this une put a few grey hairs on you.