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1 SWC FOOTBALL Section Page 18 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Sunday September 6 1992 Baylor falls on last-second field goal 10-9 TCUNUMBERS TA STI CS EA NUS First downs Rushing Passing Penalty Third-down cony Third-down elf Total net yards Total offensive plays Avg gain per play Net yards rushing Total rushing plays Avg gain per rush Net yards passing Passes attempted Passes completed Interceptions thrown ICU NM 15 20 10 9 5 8 0 3 4-15 5-13 267 385 314 333 69 66 46 50 157 177 34 44 46 40 157 156 35 22 17 12 1 1 dogs back to the Baylor 28 and Boniol missed a 45-yard attempt It was looking better for the Bears after flags kept the Bulldogs from achieving any kind of field position in the fourth quarter They would finish with 13 of them for 119 yards on the night Joe another former Lamar star led Baylor on its final drive which covered nine plays in four minutes Calmly Weir booted through his last score then waited Starting from its 35 Tech drove to the Baylor 35 on three Hughes passes and a Cooper run His legs cramping again Hughes was spelled by Ferguson whose one and last toss was good Grant Teaff said "They just didn't execute on the big plays We couldn't make the plays when we needed to "We thought we had this one" Especially after Tech's Hughes went down with leg cramps late in the third period Ferguson replaced him and led the Bulldogs to the go-ahead score with a 12-play drive Cooper blasted in from the 4 fora 7- 6 lead Herman Piete recovered Baylor's only gaffe of the game a Joe fumble on the next possession The Bulldogs got to the Baylor 9 before the Bears' defense stiffened Drops by Lee Bruderer Albert Fontenot and Matthew Pearson pushed the Bull swamp NDIVIDUALISTATISTICSiiiniiin Baylor went from hero to nobody Again The former Lamar High School star had spent most of his three years at Baylor as a squad-team quarterback nothing more than meat for the first-team defenses All the while he had watched Baylor's kicking game struggle Last night he was on his way to changing all that The last of Weir's kicks came with 1:34 to play It proved enough time for Hughes Ferguson and Henry to work a little magic "A game like this gives you a stomach ache" said Weir a fifth-year senior "I wanted to do the job tonight and I felt good about the way I kicked "But when you lose the game it doesn't mean much" In Tech Baylor faced an independent only four seasons into Division I play If the Bears had thought the Bulldogs were patsies entering this game they came away thinking differently afterward Much differently JJ Joe and the Bears' offense came close but couldn't reverse the misfortunes of a defense susceptible across the middle and that's how the Bulldogs struck down the stretch Tech's passing game dwarfed the Bears' 244 to 44 with I 68 yards on 10-of-20 passing in the second half "We've got a bunch of guys who are hurting tonight" Baylor coach 1" Rushing Vis A Yds Avg tg ID NM Clay 10 -26 -26 4 0 Case Modkins 16 135 84 80 1 WOliVer Oglesby 6 39 65 9 0 MDavis Cu llors 1 8 80 8 0 Good loe Jackson 1 1 10 1 0 EYoung Passing TCU A Yds TD tg I NM Clay 35 17 157 0 26 1 Case Goodloe Pass receiving TCU No Yds Ig TD NM McPherson 3 23 17 0 Woods Noack 6 42 13 0 Winston Shipley 5 26 0 GOliver Houston 1 6 6 0 Grrrfin Woodley 1 2 2 0 Wiliarns kMod(CS 1 0 0 0 Olilamon Punting Vis Clay Mod Ions Oglesby Cu llors Jackson TCU Clay TCU No Ycit Avg Lg NM No Yds 1n20 tg Cordesman 6 266 443 57 Nesbitt 5 195 390 49 Punt returns 7- ICU No FC Yds Lg TD NM No FC Yds Lg TD Hickman 1 2 0 2 2 Martin 4 21 0 90 Kickoff returns TC1) No Yds Lg ID NM No Yds Lg ID Hickman 1 31 31 0 Woods 2 56 29 0 Cu Hors 1 9 9 0 Interception returns TCU No Yds Ig ID NM No Yds Lg ID Evans 1 6 6 0 Wilson 1 22 22 0 TCU Evans IMMOMMOOmArfurYApREDMOMMMINN TCU New Mexico First quarter TCU 7-0: Curtis Modkins 80-yard run with 5:42 remaining (Jeff Wilkinson kick) Drive: one play 80 yards 0:13 Key plays: New Mexico receiver Greg Oliver dropped a third-down pass in the endzone setting up a 36-yard field-goal attempt that David Margolis missed Modkins took the handoff shot through the right side of the line bounced outside and raced down the sideline for the longest run of his career Second quarter New Mexico 8-7: Chris Griffin 2-yard pass from Stoney Case (Jerome Williams pass from Case) with 14:56 remaining Drive: 11 plays 67 yards 5:46 Key plays: Case got the drive gong with a 14-yard completion to Carl Winston On third-and-7 from the 50 Case scrambled 18 yards for a first down A 13-yard completion to Oliver set up a first down at the TCU 19 Finally on third-and-goal Case bootlegged left and threw to Griffin who made a diving catch near the back of NestMeldsooel -7: Margolis 27-yard field goal with 7:06 remaining Drive: seven plays 57 yards 3:17 Key plays: Winslow Oliver Winslow Oliver Winslow Oliver I-le ran off gains of 10 17 24 yards on the first three plays of the drive before the TCU defense stiffened BY WILL WRIGHT Fort Worth Star-Telegram WACO Trey Weir had been waiting years for the moment And when it came it was snatched away Louisiana Tech kicker Chris Boniol had something to prove too Upstaged by Weir all game after he had missed two attempts Boniol finally connected from 30 yards out to give the Bulldogs a last-gasp 10-9 upset victory last night before 33434 at Floyd Casey Stadium The Bulldogs rallied from a 6-0 halftime deficit behind runner Jason Cooper and quarterbacks Sam Hughes and Aaron Ferguson Cooper ran 26 times for 87 yards his thrusts paving the way for passes to Corey Parham (seven catches 106 yards) and the one that made the difference to receiver John Henry With three seconds remaining Henry snared Ferguson's pass in-bounds in front of Keith Caldwell at the Baylor 13 setting up Boniol's shot at redemption "It has to rank as one of the better wins in the history of our program" said Tech coach Joe Raymond Peace after the Bulldogs extended their unbeaten streak to 11 games "We believe it'll help take us to the next level It's our first win ever against a Southwest Conference team" Weir who had blasted field goals from 41 39 and 30 yards out for TCU From Page 1 once "I don't think we're going to lay down and die because we lost one game" Clay said "Evidently we have a lot of work to do" Modkins scored TCU's only touchdown on a career-long 80-yard scamper in the first quarter on his way to 140 yards on 16 carries Shipley caught five passes for 84 yards the two accounting for 224 of the Frogs' 314 yards total offense TCU had two touchdowns called back A holding penalty wiped out a nice 71-yard run by Modkins with a screen pass five minutes into the second half Wide receiver Kyle McPherson was flagged for offensive interference pushing off a defender before catching what would have been a 55-yard touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter New Mexico tailback Wendell Oliver shredded TCU's defense for 142 yards on 33 trips Quarterback Stoney Case completed 12 of 21 passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns including a two-point conversion Sullivan left himself open for question with a strategical decision that backfired on the first play of the fourth quarter TCU trailed 11-7 The Frogs had just marched from their 14 in the most sustained drive of the night in 16 plays Facing a fourth-and-two situation at the Lobos' 5 Sullivan disdained a field-goal try that would have cut the lead to one He sent Modkins toward the right side of the line from a deep set in the I formation New Mexico linebacker Tuli Mateialona led a weakside charge that dropped Modkins for a 3-yard loss New Mexico took over and drove 92 yards in nine plays Case hitting wide receiver Turhon O'Bannon for a 42-yard touchdown pass with in the game "We'd been running the ball pretty successfully all night" Sullivan said "1 felt like in that situation 912 minutes to go we had to score twice Other than Curtis' long run and the ones we had called back that was the closest we had been turn there was crucial" said offensive coordinator Bob Toledo Especially after ASA held LSU and responded with an 80-yard march to provide a 31-14 cushion over the final 5:14 LSU finished with 388 yards total offense but 79 came on an after-thefact touchdown drive in the waning moments and 76 came on a broken-play run by freshman Robert Davis Afterward LSU coach Curley Hallman said his team "got defeated in the mental game That's coaching" The Aggies figure they'll take them any way they can especially in a stadium nicknamed "Death Valley" that has been a death trap for Aggies' dreams in past seasons "When you're contending to be the best it's like climbing a ladder" ICU ints-yanis 7-295 4 Peg Pun1 421 eal retum yardage 48 Pum returns-yards 1-2 Kickoff returns-yards 240 imemeptions-yards 1-6 inalties-mds 9-69 mbles-lost 3-1 1 Rushing 1 Passing 0 Returns 0 Extra points made-art 1-1 Two-point cony made-att 0-0 Time of possession 27:41 NM 5-195 390 99 4-21 2-56 1-22 4-30 2-0 3 1 Punts-yards Avg pa punt Total return yardage Pum returns-yards Kickoff returns-yards Interceptions-yards Penalties-yards Fumbles-lost Touchdowns Rushing Passing Returns Extra points made-att 2 0 1-1 1-2 32:19 A Yds Avg Lg 7 39 56 18 33 130 39 24 2 1 05 1 1 3 30 3 1 4 40 4 To 0 0 1 A Yds ID tg I 21 12 156 2 42 1 I 0 0000 No Yds Lg TD 2 20 14 0 4 55 22 0 2 19 13 0 1 2 2 1 2 18 11 0 1 42 42 1 7 0 0 0 7 0 11 0 13 24 sistant athletic director of administration "Several people were required to have medical assistance leaving the stadium We do not know their status at this time" Texas Southern's Reginald Thompson returned the opening kickoff 74 yards Four plays later Kerry Henderson scored on a 17- yard run Stacey Moore teamed up with receiver Kevin Bennett for a pair of touchdowns from I 7 and 2 yards Schamanisky Payton engineered a 75-yard drive that ended with a I 5-yard touchdown The score gave Texas Southern a 28-0 halftime lead second touchdown drive He found Ryan Matthews for 36 yards on third-and-25 putting the Aggies in position for another score "It was nice to find my tight spiral again" said Granger who hit just 11 of 31 against Stanford But the telling blow belonged appropriately enough to the defense After Terry Venetoullas' 44-yard field goal broke a 14-14 tie late in the third quarter cornerback Derrick Frazier stepped in front of Chad Loup's dying-duck pass for Scott Ray on LSU's ensuing possession Thomas (19 carries 96 yards) burst into the end zone from 22 yards out on the next play moving the Aggies ahead 24-14 with 14:44 remaining "That sudden change Of momen I I I kt tort fii '1: 00i's- i ir 4 4 ''4m 1 I i ''''erIf 1i 4 -7: co-- 4 s2-tr- 1 i i 1 1 -fl 1 i i- i IT' i I 1 1 4 1 't n-3 401c1- 1 i I I i '1 SstZZ 11 -4o A ''''s "Apf 4 tie''' kla 2 1 -1 fir 4'IV tl 4: VO' g( 4' kc 1 -p4' 1 'ff it if i e'" 1 e' ---1? 1 '-k ----k 7: 0 4 A A 5 ''1 Ale' '1''''''4-''' Fourth quarter New Mexico 17-7: Turhon O'Bannon 42-yard pass from Case (pass failed) with 11:58 remaining Drive: nine plays 91 yards 3:41 r- Key plays: The impetus for the drive came when the Lobos threw Modkins for a 2-yard loss on fourth-and-1 Case and Carl Wintson teamed up for 22 yards on third-and-8 from the New Mexico 10 Case scrambled for 14 yards for one first down and threw to Jerone Willims for 7 on third-and-7 For the touchdown Case rolled left and found O'Bannon deep New Mexico 24-7: Eric Young 4-yard run (Margolis kick) with 0:58 remaining Drive: eight plays 50 yards 3:16 1 Key plays: TCU frustration in the form of consecutive personal fouls kept the drive alive to set up Young's burst off left tackle Att Mike Pereira Joe Darden Stuart Ross Roger Rogers John Cobb Randy Cristo' George Lloyd La Tech ilayiet 0 0 7 3-10 0 6 0 3-9 7 3-10 Weir 41 Weir 39 4 run (Bowl kick) We 30 BOn101 A-33434 Team statistics UT First downs 20 Rushes-yards 36-124 Passing 244 Return Yards 39 Comp-An-Int 14-38-2 Punts 6-47 Fumbles-lost 10 Penalnes-Yards 13-119 Time of Possession 30 25 Individual statistics Bay 21 54-258 44 20 4-11-0 5-38 2-1 4-31 29 35 Tech Cooper 26-87 Hughes 4-28 Ben041 3-11 Baylor Mos 10-82 Strait 15-54 Joe 9-54 Lewis 10-34 Tech Hughes 10-31-2 169 Ferguson 4- 7-0 75 Baylor Joe 4-11-044 Tech Parham 7-106 Cooper 1-32 Henry 1-22 Baylor Maier 3-37 Bonner 1-7 Associated Press Case after an 18-yard ran Mexico I 4 to thwart another New Mexico added the final exclamation point when Eric Young scored from four yards out with 1:02 to play capping a 50-yard drive aided by two TCU personal foul penalties Texas ISU 7 7 3 14-31 0 7 7 8-22 1 pass from Granger (Venetoultas kick) 8 tun (Suarez luce1 1 runfVenetoultas kick) 10 run (Suarez kick) Venetoultas 44 22 nil 1Vemtoultas lock) 12 run1Venetotaias luck) 19 pass tram ()mite Wenn pass from Daigle! A-69313 Team statistics Tea ISt 'st downs 23 ishes-yards 52-261 34-17: ISSINg 196 21! yards 34 21 Inn-An-Int 13-26-1 18-31-: Into 4-42 7-4 rubies-lost 3-2 tnatnes-vards 7-61 8-5 1St) 11 34-173 215 26 18-31-2 7-41 2-0 8-51 23 44 First downs 23 17 Rushes-yards 52-261 34-173 Passing 196 215 Return yards 34 26 Comp-An-Int 13-26-1 18-31-2 Punts 4-42 7-41 Fumbles-lost 3-2 2-0 Penattws-yards 7-61 8-51 Time of Possession 36 16 23 44 Individual statistics ABM Hill 21-98 Thomas 19-96 Carter 6-51 Groce 2-22 Granger 4-6 LSD Davis 15-134 Buttes 6- 25 Beckham 3-15 Loup 5-11 Huffman 2-7 ABM Granger 13-26-1-196 ISLI Dawdle 10-13-0-1151oup 6-13-2-8111uffrnan2-4-0-19 ABM Manhews 2-51 Biggers 2- 50 Caner 5-47 McKeehan 1-22 Schons 1-8 Karnson 1- 7 ISU Jacob 5-61 Bech 3-48 Ray 3-37 Witson 3-291 Beckham2-20 1-17 Dal 1-3 ti Notes David Mims' 82 yards rushing gave him sole possession of sixth place on the Bears' all-time rushing charts (1630) bettering Pinkie Palmer's mark from 1966 to '68 Louisiana Tech had an easier time of it against an SWC team than last year when the Bulldogs were throttled 73-3 by the University of Houston's still-potent Run-andShoot Referees were using a new gadget called the Quick Stick to measure first-down yardage It's easier to operate less bulky and makes cumbersome chains (and the extra person with them) a thing of the past lead on Modkins' scoring run David Margolis added a 27-yard field goal An overthrown Clay pass resulted in an interception that killed one promising first-half drive for ICU and Shipley lost the ball at the New on the field at the same time Toledo termed the alignment "our lion formation" Why? "Because the lion is the meanest baddest animal in the jungle We wanted the meanest offense possible out there" Look for further future variations on the theme Toledo suggested Terry Venetoullas' missed field goal from 23 yards in the second quarter broke a streak of six in a row for the kicker dating back to last season Davis' 76-yard run was the longest against an defense since Oklahoma State's Shawn Jones went 80 yards in 1983 The Aggies are 2-0 for only the third time in the past 14 years Both of the other teams (1990 1984) started 3-0 and lost in the fourth week meets Tulsa next week at Kyle Field LSU plays host to Mississippi State" IL Noise as loud as gunshot ends game in fourth quarter TCU's Rico Wesley stops New Mexico quarter back Stoney The AsYat Med Press e' HOUSTON A gunshot-types noise that caused fans to rush the Rice Stadium gates caused officials to halt the Texas Southern-Prairie View game with Texas Southern leading 35-0 last night The season opener for both teams was ended with 13:13 remaining in the fourth quarter Sgt Stevens watch commander for the Houston Police Department said university police ftold him the noise at about 10:10 pm apparently was a firecracker I To my knowledge no one has been shot" said Steve Moniaci as rf-- From Page 1 fenders He did connected on the ones that mattered most however Granger's -opening salvo three completions covering 40 yards on the first three plays set up a quick score and forced LSO coaches to rethink the usefulness of bunching eight men hear the line to stop the run That 'cleared the path for backs Hill Rodney Thomas and Doug Carter to 'grind for a combined 245 yards and two touchdowns Granger did not stop there Con' secutive strikes to Wilbert Biggens I coveFed 50 of the 69 yards in "You get fourth-and-2 feet and you have to make it" The Lobos led I 1-7 at the half Case hitting tight end Chris Griffin for a 2-yard touchdown pass and krone Griffin for the two-point conversion Overcoming TCU's 7-0 Thomas said "The past two weeks we've cleared a couple of really big rungs Especially this one since it'd been so long since we won here It's something to be proud of" Proud enough to make Slocum doff his cap and bring his troops out for an extra bow Notes offensive guard John El lisor tore knee ligaments in the second quarter The injury will not require surgery team doctors said but Ellisor will miss four to six weeks Hill (21 carries 98 yards) and Thomas top two tailbacks shared time in a third-quarter drive to a field goal It marked the first time they had seen I.