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I I Fort Worth Star Telegram September Sports mber 3 1989 Section 3 A 1 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Sports Section 3 Sunday September 3 1989 The Dallas Cowboys were 78-70 in pre-season under former coach Tom Landry Life after death Rice wrecks SMU's football return ends death MU's football return ends 9r2111tolt: 7i11 7 14-- 1 I 77 Jr: 47- 1151" frw Viff a-411 111 I A- :1 il si'f1 tr- yi is 1 1- 1 '71 fri-74- tr10 444 zf streak at 1 8 IF irltd- 01114 1 Rice ended an 18-game losing streak Last night SMU became the first march that led to a third-quarter field its-rwg 't I 1 I the nation's longest and put a damper school to come back from a death pen- goal TR on SMU's corning-out party 35-6 in alty in football But it was Rice that did Otherwise the Mustangs did not 4 1 717 't --4 te'-- front of 23227 (500 below capacity) at the celebrating in SMU's first game in cross the Rice 44-yard line under their r7164 air-? i Alt Ownby Stadium 41 years at on-campus Ownby Stadi- own power against a defense that was e- 1'1441t --1 4 1 The game was the first for SMU since um the worst in the Southwest Conference t'ai''' ti' Nov 22 1986 The Mustangs' football The Owls' victory their most lopsid- last season SMU which started 17 11 4 I '0m2t420A1' if I program was suspended Feb 25 1987 ed since a 42-0 rout of Virginia Military freshmen was held to the lowest output II by the National Collegiate Athletic As- in 1970 was decisive in every phase of by a Rice opponent since the Owls' 10-6 f) NI411 "'1111 sociation for repeated recruiting viola- the game Rice moved at will against victory against Texas in 1980 1r 4 tions The NCAA's death-penalty sane- the SMU defense racking up 506 yards The lopsided loss was far from what i 0 tion was for one year but SMU officials and 25 first downs The Owls limited SMU players had envisioned for their voluntarily canceled the 1988 season as the Mustangs to 258 yards and one grand entrance back to the college foot- Fort Wonh Star-Telegram MARK GAIL well legitimate scoring drive a 73-yard (More on SMU on Page 14) Forrest Gregg and his players await start of SNIU's first game since 1986 0 0 Rice ended an I 8-game losing streak the nation's longest and put a damper on SW's coming-out party 35-6 in front of 23227 (500 below capacity) at Ownby Stadium The game was the first for SMUsince Nov 22 1986 The Mustangs' football program was suspended Feb 25 1987 by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for repeated recruiting violations The NCAA's death-penalty sanction was for one year but SMU officials voluntarily canceled the 1988 season as well Last night SMU became the first school to come back from a death penalty in football But it was Rice that did the celebrating in SMU's first game in 41 years at on-campus Ownby Stadium The Owls' victory their most lopsided since a 42-0 rout of Virginia Military in 1970 was decisive in every phase of the game Rice moved at will against the SMIJ defense racking up 506 yards and 25 first downs The Owls limited the Mustangs to 258 yards and one legitimate scoring drive a 73-yard streak at 18 march that led to a third-quarter field goal Otherwise the Mustangs did not cross the Rice 44-yard line under their own power against a defense that was the worst in the Southwest Conference last season SMU which started 17 freshmen was held to the lowest output by a Rice opponent since the Owls' 10-6 victory against Texas in I 980 The lopsided loss was far from what SMU players had envisioned for their grand entrance back to the college foot-(More on SMU on Page 14) Forrest Gregg and his players await Fort Worth Star-Telegram I MARK GAIL start of SNIU's first game since 19SO pes'ITh'as BY JIMMY BURCH Fort Wonh Star-Telegram DALLAS SMU football coach Forrest Gregg learned the lesson of Dr Frankenstein last night at Ownby Stadium: Breathing life into a corpse can lead to monstrous consequences For Dr Frankenstein raising the dead produced an uncontrollable 7- foot being that frightened movie audiences For Gregg resurrecting SMU's dormant football program resulted in a sound whipping at the hands of the nation's losingest Division I team INSIDE Columnists I Galyn Wilkins: Troy Aikman anmers all the questions in his debut is a starter PAGE 10 Gil LeBreton: Free at last free at ast at SMU PAGE 14 Jim Reeves: Come along on a trip Lo Ruidoso Downs where new )wner RD Hubbard of Fort Worth las pumped about $2 million not to mention new life into the elegant race track PAGE 23 Tony DeMarco: The Montreal Expos have been wheeling and dealing trying to make a run at the National League East title But have they gone too far? PAGE 8 Bob Hood: If you stop to think about it you likely will find that iome of the most popular lures being used by today's bass fishermen are the same that were used say 25 years ago PAGE 18 is a sumer 10 I Gil LeBreton: Free at last free at ast at SMU PAGE 14 Jim Reeves: Come along on a trip to Ruidoso Downs where new RD awner Hubbard of Fort Worth las pumped about S2 million not to mention new life into the elegant race track PAGE 23 0 I Tony DeMareo: The Montreal Ex- pos have been wheeling and dealing trying to make a run at the National League East title But have they gone too far? PAGE 8 Bob Hood: If you stop to think about it you likely will find that ioe of the most popular lures being used by today's bass fishermen are the same that were used say 25 yea ago PAGE 18 7 1 I I i 4 4 1 1---- 1 i 4 I Th'''Its 1 i 1 --4 ii-' I' 41-: i i 4 lek 1 ovonsommotor 4: re' A(' Italoott oe 'N l'- '41 tn )- e0 '4" Fivc '-'14 ''''1114000----- s- odor 'NI 114ktrk44IT 4 Z411 s' ''1' 4- -F0 sit It11110111 In 4066 4 4 leeite' mmit 5 1 fill i lrs '1 College football 0)Por f- TCU coach Jim Wacker goes on -0? the defensive as his team closes in Cft7) 7 I on its season opener Saturday at Missouri PAGE 15 140Nir 1 University of Colorado quarter- back Sal Aunese learned in March begin the fight of hi li he was about cppr Alpe 71' '11-' fe PAGE 19 4 10 'm-- )'' Avik 'il A Conf Season 4 SWC standings 40 1 1r ZI''4' Team WLTWLT --t Rice 100 100 I I Texas 0 0 0 I 0 0 it I i' '---q-- Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 1 itt li A 1 i Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 t-- 6' 1 i --ftk I it 4 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 i i I -404 ICU 000 000 1 IN 1 li A----to-tDr Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 I It 0 i SMU 010 010 0- 1 Yesterday's results l'' fre (1 I 4 1 rs 1 Texas 28 LSU 16 0- I 4 Rice 35 SMU 6 (1" College football TCU coach Jim Wacker goes on the defensive as his team closes in on its season opener Saturday at Missouri PAGE 15 University of Colorado quarterback Sal Aunese learned in March he was about to begin the fight of his life PAGE 19 SWC standings Conf Season Team WLTWLT Rice 100 Texas 0 0 0 1 0 0 Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 ICU 0 0 0 0 0 0 Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 SMU 0 1 0 0 1 0 Yesterday's results Texas 28 LSU 16 Rice 35 SMU 6 Coach Jimmy Defensive Aggies bag No 7 LSU BY MIKE TOWLE Fon Worth Star-Telegram COLLEGE STATION Said not so much out of respect as out of spite Texas senior linebacker Aaron Wallace last night referred to LSU qUarterback Tommy Hodson as his "main man" Perhaps what Wallace meant to say was "maimed man" which Hodson might have felt like after Wallace had applied a crushing fourth-quarter fumble-producing sack Or after Wallace had cradle-dunked him to the ground on a futile two-point conversion attempt late in the game A night of LSU futility opposite revenge-inspired fury ended with the Aggies pulling offa 28-16 upset of the seventh-ranked Tigers in a non-conference opener before 61733 at Kyle Field It had to be an especially frustrating night for Hodson despite his throwing for 168 yards and two touchdowns on I 7-of-32 passing Under an MN pass rush that continually forced Hodson to hurry passes the LSU senior often was forced to throw the ball away or dump it off to secondary receivers for short ineffective gains "Our pass protection of the quarterback was a key breakdown We had people open all night and it's very hard for Tommy to throw the ball when he's (More on AGGIES on Page 15) Houston at Nevada-Las Vegas Tomorrow's game Texas at Colorado SAW coverage PAGES I 13-15 Ruzek's kick beats Houston BY ED WERDER Fort Worth Star-Telehram IRVING Roger Ruzek kicked a 55-yard field as time expired and the Dallas Cowboys made their home debut with a 30-28 victory against the Houston Oilers last night before a sellout crowd of 63582 at Texas Stadium The largest audience to see the Cowboys at Texas Stadium in three seasons Cowboys facts Yesterday: Cowboys 30 Oilers 28 Next Sunday: at New Orleans noon Pre-season records: Cowboys 3-1 Saints 1-3 TVradio: KOM Channel 4KRLD 1080 AM witnessed the comation of rookie Troy Aikman as the team's starting quarterback and another disappointing loss "We felt Troy could make some throws that Steve (Walsh) might not be able to make" coach Jimmy Johnson explained "It was a very tough decision because we feel like we can win with either one of our quarterbacks" The Cowboys lost with Allman but not because of him last night They came from ahead to fall behind in the fourth period and then came from behind to go ahead on fullback Daryl Johnston's 1-yard touchdown run with 4:51 remaining But Roger Ruzek then missed a 38- yard field goal attempt and Warren Moon drove his team 80 yards in 10 plays scoring on a 2-yard run with 50 (More on COWBOYS on Page 10) Rangers facts Last night Rangers 6 Royals 3 Today: vs Kansas City at Arlington Stadium 2:05 pm Records: Rangers 69-64 Royals '79-56 Pitchers Texas' Kevin Brown (11- 8 314 ERA) vs Kansas City's Mark Gubicza (13-10 287) Tickets $10 $9 $8 $5 $4 Vradio: HSEWBAP 8 20 AM Royals dropped 212 games behind the Oakland Athletics who defeated Milwaukee Only Bo Jackson made things difficult for Ryan who threw I 46 pitches on a night when the temperature remained in the mid- to upper-90s Jackson homered with Kevin Seitzer on in the third inning and hit a two-out RBI single after Seitzer's double in the fifth But Ryan (I5-9) won two other confrontations in what has developed into an all-or-nothing matchup with Jackson striking him out in the first and eighth innings The latter came on a Ryan fastball after he questioned umpire Tim Tschida's ball call on the pre vious pitch a sharp curve that appeared to be a strike "That's competitive sports at its best" Valentine said "That's the game pitcher versus hitter To see two (More on RANGERS on Page 5) 1 ked a id the le de-St the a selhum Cow'mons 11110 )on 3-1 RLD some lot be inson with but ohind came lback down a 38- arren in 10 th 50 )) 1- the 'eated on ained eitzer o-out in the con1 into and on a pre-cared at its game two 5) Fort Worth Star-Telegram JERRY FIOLEER Johnson cheers his Cowboys on to a victory against the Oilers and a 3-1 pre-season record Ryan uses Sierra's aid to notch 15th victory 7- i'-' si 1 or -4 -eirv le' E7 A 0 417 '4 1 1 roir 41t I -LI 4 0 1p4r I di 1 7: '1 'i '5- i t4 4(! '1 7 1 I 41- 4 I 1 44- 1 1 At i A'' if Al A l'N 1 i rk21-2 2 4---- 4s44 t-- 2-4 I i i- 14' 744 lio' 40 9 I 'nv----0i SLC results Texas 28 SW Texas State 13 Mc Neese St 28 Mississippi Col 21 SW Missouri 20 NW (La) State I 0 SF Austin 41 Jackson State 28 Coverage PAGE I 3 Texas results Angelo State 31 Lamar 28 Tulsa 23 UT-El Paso 14 Arkansas 13 Howard Payne 12 Arizona 41 Abilene Christian 13 Texas Southern 45 Prairie View 7 Texas State 41 Livingston St 24 Coverage PAGE 13 Top 25 scores So Mississippi 30 6 Florida State 26 Texas 28 6 LSIJ 16 If Clemson 30 Furman 0 It Oklahoma 73 'I New Mexico State 3 17 West Virginia 35 4 13all State 10 18 Arizona 19 Stanford 3 Brigham Young 24 New Mexico 3 2a Pittsburgh Pacific 3 24 NC State IC Maryland 6 National anerage PAGES 16 18 BY TONY DENIARCO Foci Worth ARLINGTON With the Texas Rangers' pennant chances gone individual accomplishments are certain to take on greater significance in the season's final month No three Rangers have more significant numbers than Nolan Ryan Ruben Sierra and Jeff Russell and last night's 6-3 victory against the Kansas City Royals provided another example why Ryan earned his I 5th victory his most since 1982 and for the 15th time this season reached double figures in strikeouts with I Sierra provided much of the offensive support With a sacrifice fly a single and a two-run homer Sierra drove in four runs and passed Boston's Nick Esasky in the American League RBI race 99-96 And Russell pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 31st save breaking a tie with Cleveland's Doug Jones and giving him sole possession of the American League lead "I want all my players to be the best in everything they're trying to do" manager Bobby Valentine said "Hopefully that will help get the team some recognition too" What those accomplishments did last night was help the Rangers end a three-game losing streak and keep them from falling to three games above 500 for the first time since April 9 The Associated Press his own fumble ASN1 running back Darren Leis falls on I 4t mompowtquomwmwelitmogrmo11wwwotorweerovmorooposdell vggomorgewomorowymtpotrit Imeopwspg 1 -6 I.