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fSection Page 18 I Forl Worth I Sunday September 5 1993 COLLEGE FOOTBALL de ocul Ar MAI Texas 'A comes to life I i in second halfto blitz LSU1 1 1 Eli 1 1 r- Anthony Marshall of IS11 corrals Associated Press Texas Rodney Thomas defense is knocking the offensive line off its feet and their backs have nowhere to run That's what happened" An accurate assessment certainly In the last 30 minutes the Tigers managed four first downs and 61 yards finishing with five completed passes in 27 attempts Among the key defenders was Solari who had been considered questionable with a pulled hamstring but solved the problem at midweek "I went to a church and poured holy water on the leg" he said "After that I knew I was going to play" Greg Hill and four others still awaiting NCAA judgment did not play and offensive coordinator Bob Toledo said he would love to have the erstwhile star back because "three tailbacks are always better than two" The two he had yesterday are more than the Tigers ever want to see again Thomas the starter ran through LSU 25 times for 201 yards His effort included a third-quarter play in which he swept left cut back inside a block and flew 80 yards down the sideline for a 14-0 Aggie lead And he was somehow overshadowed by McElroy the fleet red-shirt freshman playing his first college With the Tigers caught in a blitz McElroy skittered 26 yards screen from Corey Pul lig for the game's first score as the Aggies punched 81 yards with the seconclhalf kickoff to break the tie Then after Thomas' sprint widened the lead the swift freshman struck again early in the final period On a third-and-five call Mcard! went in motion then cut back acrqs the middle and took a short lily from Pullig then turned upfield and laid a 58-yard track to the LSIU for a 21-0 lead On the next possession Terry Venetoullas completdd the scoring with a 33-yard field goal coach RC Slocum broke into a wide grin when someone mentioned McElroy after the game "Well" he said "1 told y'all he was good He's a very dangerous player Notes "On our last possession" Slocum said "we realized Thomas ei needed a yard to hit 200 so we pdt him back in at fullback and tolli him 'You've got one play youll better do it' He got 2 yards" Slocum laughingly said he was pleased with the victory "Becauie if we'd lost all y'all would be in heM asking me how it felt to have otk I OLLEGE STATION Another season of football Satur1'days has dawned in Aggieland and you know what that means: bad -Haircuts every--where NoNlie In addition ihere was collieIiarking Twelfth 'Man-standing A 'Hump-yelling and 'The Fightin' Texas 47i iiggie Band play- iing its traditional GIL m' edley of EIBRETON starched oldies Not much changes at Texas Aggies 24 Louisiana State Tigers 0 stands as a notable ex--ample In the end didn't so much scourge LSU as squeeze an inferior foe into submission The Aggies didn't panic in the face of a 0-0 halftime knot On the contrary they claimed they drew strength from it this was a scoreless game at halftime Yes somehow a team predicted to finish dead last in the Southeastern Conference's West di(v)sion had the Southwest pride and joy outgained and outspunked through the opening 30 minutes 0 "Concerned? Obviously" offensive coordinator Bob Toledo ronfessed "But our kids have been 'There before These kids know how Taking a 0-0 tie into the halftime locker room Aggie coaches felt it was time for a history lesson "We talked about how this game us a lot of last year's Stanford game" defensive coordinator Bob Davie said "We went in at half' iine trailing 7-0 and we were tired When you haven't scrim' Maged haven't tackled live bodies that's what happens "We talked about how we felt stronger at Stanford in the second half" Consider it another proud Aggie "tradition upheld LSU was gained 341 yards to 67 in the second half and that was that 0: "Concemed? Obviously" offensive coordinator Bob Toledo ronfessed "But our kids have been 'there before These kids know how win" Taking a 0-0 tie into the halftime locker room Aggie coaches felt it was time for a history lesson talked about how this game us a lot of last year's Stan- ford game" defensive coordinator Bob Davie said "We went in at half- Iiine trailing 7-0 and we were re- tired When you haven't scrim- inaged haven't tackled live bodies that's what happens "We talked about how we felt stronger at Stanford in the second half" Consider it another proud Aggie "tradition upheld LSU was out- gained 341 yards to 67 in the sec- ond half and that was that The question remains of course: What in the name of Hudson Hallman was LSU? Last year the Bayou Bengals packed it in after a last-minute mid-September loss to Auburn and left unpopular coach "Curley" Hallman to fend for himself The 2-9 record was the school's worst in 82 seasons There were signs yesterday that this LSU team is more talented and clearly played with more heart especially quarterback Jamie Howard But no evidence was presented that this was anything more BY WHIT CANNING Fon Worth Star-Telegram COLLEGE STATION The Texas offense miraculously eve a 4 rose from a tsb 0 coma about 4:30 pm yesterday roughly two quarters and one halftime show past the opening of the 1993 season Fortunately for the pride of the Southwest Conference Louisiana State wasn't doing much in the meantime beyond grimly clinging to a scoreless tie And once the fifth-ranked Aggies got their whole act together including Steve Solari's holy water the 201 yards from Rodney Thomas and the whiz-bang start from Leeland McElroy the opening of the Tigers' Second Century had the look of an exceedingly bleak adventure And as usual there was the head-banging defense which tossed the first Aggie shutout in five years as the Tigers were ground underfoot 24-0 It all followed a remarkably simple concept said linebacker Jason Atkinson noting that after a sluggish first half in which LSU built a 139-121 edge in total yards the Aggies knew "we had taken their best shot" the which seemed tickled to get the shutout But the Aggies appeared to nourish themselves more from how they handled the surprising first 30 minutes A missed field goal and a raw freshman's unforced fumble were all that kept the visiting Tigers from going to the intermission with a first-half lead "At halftime we talked about how they had gotten their best shot" senior linebacker Jason Atkinson said recalling the upbeat mood "I'm proud of the shutout" out' tnan one or the EC's worst teams -I-- --s wti- -vs KlrieW we wouia win ir we lege game national championship hopes a a -nuisance to the bein If wc dinator Davie said "but more than didn't give up any points because if "I was a little nervous" said crushed so soon This is better" best that I'm proud of the way we got you do that you can't lose right?" McElroy did not convert a third I through that first half Atkinson said "Our type of game But when he was through LSU down until its seventh try with 47 i Take the question of preseason "In the first half things were hot What really decides a game is when had the shakes seconds to play in the first half scrimmaging Head coach RC Slo- In the second half it was easy" I cum has a four-year-old policy And so i in Aggielandh '0 1 cy goes were disdaining it mostly to protect his a program need only award eight 1 squad from injuries new football scholarships suspend Texas fumbles into touchdowns 1- SWC standings three starters and yet still pitch a Texas Colorado marched 74 yards after Conf Overall a Morenz fumble to take a I 4-0 lead i The practice is not universal But shutout and rise to the No 5 spot in can get away with it when it LTW LT on a 16-yard dart from Stewart tO 1 opens against the likes of a 2-9 LSU the land From Page 1 Baylor 0 0 0 1 0 0 The question is how many sus- Michael Westbrook An 80-yarcl team The real season starts when? Texas 0 0 0 1 0 0 pended Aggies would it take to spoil seven-play touchdown drive -4- Thanksgiving? Texas Tech 0 0 0 1 0 0 eamnev march season Former coach David Mc- TCU this t's inevitable capped by Phil Brown's 7-yard rat 0 0 0 1 0 0 The Aggies have won enough and to the Cotton Bowl? Another dozen Williams suffered a 31-3 pasting at Houston 0 0 0 0 1 0 cut the Buffs' lead to 14-7 with overwhelmed lesser foes enough in Perhaps at the very least the hands of Auburn in his maiden Rice 0 0 0 0 1 0 9:12 left in the half but Texas would recent years that they seemed only "The worst thing that happened voyage in 1987 SMU 0 0 0 0 1 0 come no closer despite a pair of 1 0q- Now Morenz the school's most mildly impressed with themselves to Texas today was that their Texas 0 0 0 0 1 0 yard receiving nights from sophor after yesterday's second-half stomp- punter had a bad game" LSU's heralded freshman quarterback Yesterday's results mores Lovell Pinkney (six catchei ing There were bouquets tossed in Hallman said finding humor in the nee Bobby Layne has joined the Bayior42 SI Fresno St 39 139 yards one touchdown) and the direction of tailback Rodney Aggies' second-half precision other boys on the short side Arkansas 10 SKr 6 Mike Adams (four catches 100 Thomas (201 yards rushing) fresh- As Curley an Aggie himself of the scoreboard in his first attempt Texas A IliM 24 ISLI 0 yards) man Leeland McElroy (two touch- knows nothing much changes at to right the listing ship Oklahoma 35 TC113 Stewart who completed I 9 of 3' Texas Tech 55 Pacific 7 downs) and the defense Texas Yesterday included "It's hard to feel good when you passes for 246 yards fired his fin4I Ohio St 34 Rice 7 throw four interceptions and lose" uoiorado 36 Texas 14 touchdown toss to Christian Fauri said Morenz who completed 23 of ci th 1 Ht Southern Cal 49 Houston 15 seconds before intermission Houston native Chris Hudson on an offense that gained 508 yards of Colorado's 10 transplanted Ter: 42 passes for 347 yards and directed 0 (58 per snap) "I think I made some his offense "He found out what he ans put the game out of reach ts 1 good defensive backs look like All- can do and some of the things he returning a Morenz interception 2 The Associated Press completed 18 of 25 for 216 yards after the Trojans' Dwight McFad- Americans with some reads that should avoid doing" yards for a touchdown upping thp LOS ANGELES Rob Johnson and Morton caught 1 I passes for den suffered a season-ending ankle were not very intelligent on my part He found a good example to fol- Buffaloes' lead to 28-7 with 23 set threw for four first-half touch- 146 yards injury in last Sunday's 31-9 loss to I have a lot of work to do" low in his Colorado counterpart onds remaining in the third guano itis downs three to Morton a senior who is No 2 on North Carolina Morenz who threw an intercep- Kordell Stewart who threw no in- Johnnie Morton the Trojans' career receptions list The Trojans set the tone for the Notes Hou li a So rn behind John Jackson eclipsed Jack- game almost immediately stopping on on his first pass as Texas' start- terceptions and connected for three ing quarterback had another re- first-half touchdowns Two of the Morenz (23 of 42 four inter- California went on to blast Hous- son's single-game record of 14 re- Houston cold after the Cougars took turned for a touchdown and had a three capped drives set up by Texas 347 yards) tied the ceptrons yar le sc o61 Ion 49-7 yesterday ceptions set in 1989 the opening kickoff then marching hand in three of the Longhorns' four fumbles record for attempts and fell jut 0 Morton had a school-record 15 Klingler the nation's total of- 60 yards fora touchdown first-half turnovers In all Morenz The first a 35-yard strike to short in three other areas (Tile '0'' catches for I 80 yards as the Trojans fense and passing yardage leader Dotson carried eight times for 38 accounted for five of Texas' six Charles Johnson burned a Texas 24 recor are competions 359 (1c1) provided coach John Robin last season completed 15 of 30 for yards on that drive and Johnson turnovers blitz and put the Buffaloes on top to yards five interceptions) son the first victory since his return I I 5 yards and one touchdown Last crossing up the defense on second- But he also connected on three stay 7-0 with 4:22 to play in the Texas' 508 yards were its molt 1 1 to USC after a decade away year he averaged 343 yards of of- and-goal from the 2 capped the strikes of 40-plus yards during the first quarter The score came six since 549 in last year's 44-33 victory i 1 The Cougars' season-opening loss fense and nearly three touchdown march with a pass into the end zone most prolific passing night by a plays after Texas fullback Gerald over Texas Tech Colorado's 530 '1 spoiled Kim Helton's debut as Passes a game to wide-open Tyler Cashman Texas freshman and second only in Crawford fumbled at the Colorado yards was the most by a Texas op-coach The Trojans dominated in almost USC made it 14-0 on its next pos- school history to Todd Dodge's 359- 34-yard line Texas coaches argued ponent since Houston struck fry II Johnson far outshining the Cou- every area with their defense shut- session going 82 yards to score on yard effort against Rice in 1985 that Crawford lost the ball after hit- 733 last season Texas won 45-38 titre Jimmy Klingler threw for 279 ting down Houston's usually high- Johnson's 7-yard pass to Morton "Shea Morenz I'm sure will look ting the ground and television re- On Chad Lucas' first snap is 4 yards completing 25 of 33 scoring Run-and-Shoot offense The Cougars got back into the i upon this as one of the most impor- plays seemed to back that claim Morenz's replacement he was Itt In the first football meeting be- Offensively USC mixed its plays game briefly early in the second tant growing sessions of anything Nonetheless Colorado was award- charged with intentionally ground--'''- tween the schools Johnson and with redshirt freshman David Dot- sinner when Klingler passed 4 he'll go through" said Mackovic ed possession and quickly con- ing in the end zone giving Colorad Morton were practically unstop- son rushing for 66 yards on I 5 car- Yards to Lamar Smith for a touch- who praised the big-play ability of verted its first of two recovered a safety pable in the first half as Johnson ties in his first start He got the nod down -11 I 4 1101MSVMSUMMARIES Texas Tech sails through Pacific 1 I Texas ASA 24 ISO 0 lImnds 10-37 4-18 1'1 Lee PM" kick) Comp-An-Int 15-26-0 20-31-0 I 't I-1 Ohio St Hams 16-76 By'not 8-48 Co4o-7Westbrook 16 pass from Stewart Punts 9-39 448 LSIJ 0 0 0 0- 0 George 8-42 Cothran 9-42 McGuire 7-10 1Berger kick) Fumbles-Lost 3-2 I-1 The Associated Prou men for a I-yard score at 7:29 of the in the first half But Tech stopped A Tens Atia8 0 0 14 10-24 Calhoun 1-1 POWS 1-9ninus 3) Hoying I Tex-PBrown 8 tun (Szeredy kick) pimattan-yoodo 758 16-134 LUBBOCK Byron "Barn" first quarter and rushing in from the drive when Shawn Banta 11 (minus 7) Cao-Feuria 7 pass from Stewen (Berger Time of Possession 26:57 3103 I 28 pass from Pullig Rice Emanuel 13-25-0-105 kick) Individual statistics Morris barreled 140 yards and two yards out with 3:24 left in the knocked a pass from Ron Smith ancf 0 1 Nonetoulis kickl P111571-49 Ohio St Hoy mg 13-22- Colo-Hudson 21 mtercephon return Rushing Pacific Blackwell 14-58 AMA-Thomas BO run Plenemulis kick) 0-144 Powers 54-1-102 (Berger kid() fte Sellers 'I-16 Texas Tech' re three quarter Tech's Robert Anderson recovered: 4' AMA-McElroy 58 pass from Pullig Rice Howard 4-53 lee 3- Tex-Pink ss ney 53 pa from Mora? (Si Morns 22-140 Crain 9-60 Dubuc 3-27 touchdowns ast The Red Raid built a 34-7 half- Craii Wenetoults luck) 143-17 Crowe 3-58 Allen 2-12 wetly kat) Passing Peak Hooligan 11-17-0- pan 1 owns Whelihan shared quarter Raiders 8 4 AMA-FG Vonstoulis 33 Oho St Galloway 3-92 Caner 3-23 Tamen Colo-Wwom 2 run Sid fouled) 112 Whelenn 4-9422 Texas Tech )1111 night in Texas time lead back duties with Henigan as Pacific A-87307 3-31 Sounders 3-23 Glenn 2-34 Stanley 2- Colo-Safety Lucas IMOMM11111 wounding 20-30-0-305 Clernrnons 0-1-0-0 Cantos Lgo mu 32 Sanders 1-7 Cothran 1-4 Madras' Tech's 55-7 victory against Pacific The Tech defense also started swapped the pair on and off Tec i itrst downs 12 18 Southern Ca149 Houston 7 A-52125 Receiving PICIfiC Rws 5-65 Black- Robert Hall threw three touch- hard holding the Tigers of the Big quarterbacks Jason Clemmons an flushes-yards 41-145 45-270 Teo Coio well 3-30 Smith 1-23 Wk 3-12 Texas Passing 61 192 First clowns 26 27 TechLIM17-121 Mitchell 34711Hill4-34 down passes in the season opener West Conference to minus 7 yards Sone Cavazos both saw playing tim Houma 0 7 0 0- 7 floshmos 39-142 47-270 fletum Tards 0 21 SottesemCal 14 14 7 14-49 hung 368 260 Baylor 42 Fresno St 39 for both teams on their first two possessions the scoreless founh quarter Comp-An-IM 6 -27 3 14-25 2 4-29 11-71 111 9-49 8-37 UK-Cashman I pass from Johnson elumVords (-1 0 42 Morris a 6-foot-2 235-pound I- Pacific's only score quarterback i For Tech receiver Lloyd Hilt 4-2 6-1 (Ford kick) Individuelstatistics Hou-L Smith 4 pass from Mingle" Mott omp-An-Irrt 2449-4 21-34-0 Fresno 13 20 3 3-39 Ponaltoes-Yards 3-20 7-28 USC-4Aorton 7 pass from Johnson (Ford pints 2-32 740 Senor 0 14 14 14-42 back carried the ball 22 times Dave Henigan's 3-yard keeper the ball from defende? rasa Possession 27:51 32:09 kick) 3-2 I-1 FSU-CJones 24 pass km Day ima mostly slipping straight up the mid- came with 48 seconds left in the first Duane Thomas' hands in the fronc Penalties-Tads Rushing LSU Williams 12-64 Butler ago Tensor Pouession 2932 30:20 8111111 bck) die His scrambling led Tech's 587 quarter Howard Blackwell ran for left corner of the end zone for his FU-CJn 6-37 TOOMAr 6-16 DAVI 4-8 TANIS ASH ugcmonon 37 pass from Johnson Individual statisti oes 32 us from cs Defer (kick yards offense the fifth highest ever $6 yards and had 30 yards receiving only score of the game But Hill an Thomas 25-201 McEiroy 6-30 Groce 5-21 (Ford kick) Rushing-- Tens CJeckson 9-51 Br- 11r154411 ivy 1 fun pahoney kido I Pecomov ISU Howard 5-27-341 uscmonon 5 pus from Johmon Fom ovm 11-45 Welker 543 Holmes 7-21 BA Y-Henry 8 non PlanDyks kick) for the Southwest Conference team to lead Pacific All-American in 1992 caught seven Texas AMA Pullig 14-24-2-192 Preston 0- acid Cre 141 wford 2-9 Plana Warren 23-110 13-97 BA Y-Leviis 7 M(Von Dyke kick) 1141 Mainz 5 FSU-Rvers 42 nin (Mahoney kick) Tech attacked quickly scoring on The Red Raiders allowed just 95 passes for 121 yards 1 I 1-0-0 USC-Slields 1 run IF ord kid) Coloredo Hill A ISU Ray 2-29 BishoP 1- USC-Welters 54 oaf ad Wit) Stewan 9-38 Joseph 2-25 FSU-Seabron 13 peas Iron Defer (pus its first three Possessions Jon Davis yards rushing forcing Pacific to Byron Myles scored twice on a 7- 18" II- Wilson 1-7 Texas AMA McEl- WC-Wahine 3 rtin IF ord kick) Passing Texas Mainz 23424-347 my 4-91 Mathews 3-37 Schorp 2-30 A-49438 Lucas I -7-0-19 Coloredo Stewart 19-30-0- hit a 50-yard field goal and Morris keep the ball airborne Henigan hit pass from Hall at 10:23 in the ase tun (Van Dyke kck) i I Groce 2-18 Hota km 246 Joseph 2-3-0- 14 Tobin0-1-0-0 BAY-leFS1J-FG Mahoney 36 found the end zone on the next two his receivers on five out of six short 'second and a 1-yard run with 5(4 1 Ohio St 34 Rico 7 Firm downs 13 29 Receiving Tens Pinkney 6-139 1 BA Y-Henry 5 run Nan Dyke kick) CJackson 5-41 Adorns 4100 Mown 4- possessions leaping over the line- attempts as the clock wound down i seconds remaining in the third i Rushes-yards 28-52 46-248 FSIJ-FG Mahoney 24 38 Molinaro 2-21 Brown 1-19 Craw- 118 292 run (Von Dyke kick) Riot 0 0 0 7- 7 Plansil woe 14 49 ford 1-4 Hakes 14 Colorado Fauna 9-97 BA Y-Stra 2 1110 Oa Comp-An-int St 3 17 0 14-34 16351 28391 Westbrook 545 CJohnson 4-59 Warren kido BAY-Cams 55 pasborn Jos 01108 2-Ford 14 DSU-FG I Mistime 27 Punts 939 339 31 A-36890 a OSU-Hans 2 tun (TWollisms kidt) Furnbies-tost 3-0 3-2 Texas Tech 55 Pacific 7 "2171 Bat Ohio State spoils Rice7s return to national TV 1 05U-Gellowly 48 pass from Poware Penollles-Terdll 2-20 7-70 First clowns IT Williams kick) Timor Possession 26 57 3403 pacific 7 0 0 0- 7 Rlisnes-ards 30-123 55-276 Otiti-FG 'Milano 39 IndMduel 'Malice Texas Tech 17 17 21 0-65 Plating 488 283 ogu-5antay 9 pm fromHoying it mia Rushing Houston Swath 17-51 Return Yards 37 0 The Associated Prue 0 lame kick) Sanders 2-15 TyGuy 2-4 Southern Cal TT-FG Davis 50 Comp-An-1M 32-39-0 12-16-0 bored the dickens out of that TV squirrel ran onto the field during the I run (TWilliams kock) Waiters 8-82 Dotson 1548 Soother 5-41 TT-Morns 1 run (Dinnick) Punts 1-31 2-47 COLUMBUS Ohio Rice audience" Goldsmith said "I feel fourth quarter Rici-Crowe 43 pau from LaRocca (Beg- Fields 13-33 TT-Morris 2 run (Davis kick) Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0 Vrellkick) Passing -i- Houston Mingle 15-32-0- Poo-Haman 3 run (Austell kick) Penalties-Yards 3-31 6-35 coach Fred Goldsmith said he felt sorry for those ESPN announcers" I X-49040 115 Hinton 1-3-0-3 Dements 041-0 IT-Myles 7 peso from Hak (Davis kick) Time of Possession 29:17 3043 Fr 1909 09u Iouthem Cal Johnson 25-33-0179 Yeah- TI-LHOI 26 peso from Hall (Davis kmk) Individual statistics 0 hIE team after its 34- badly for his Rice coming off its first winnini Ohio State did its part in turning Firitdovm 18 25 bolts 2-54-13 korner 1-1-0-0 TT-FG Dens 28 Rushing Fresno St Rivers 12-75 record (6-5) in 29 years had dd Aushes-yords 30-115 50-207 Houston 5 Smith 6-39 TT-Mitchel 23 pies from Hell (Davis Daigle 11-48 CJones 1-15 Baylor Henry It i Ret Passing yards Igo 246 LSmot14141- Peters 2-20 Adams 2-15 kick) 24-112 tack son 247 alms 1440 7 loss to 18th-he ame into a awner all but shut- ficulty all day in Ohio State terri-i ting down Rice's offense while me- urn nods 5 63 Mo Southern alrton 15-186 Straw 4- -Mo TT oris2 nal (Dens kick) Strom 84 I Joe 7-10 ranked Ohio State yesterday and tory The Owls were limited ct 1 uns 15-30-1 18-30- I 51Hervey 2-12 Grace 2-14 IT--4Ayies 1 run (Dens Passing Fresno St Diller 31-38 -0 thodically racking up points Punts 18 4-38 Colorado 38 Texas 14 A-29I64 473 NM 140 15 Baylor Joe 12-16-0 for the first national TV audience to seven plays in Buckeyes territory id Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0 Pec TT 283 Ponemen-ywds 5-40 eV 0 r7T--ii 14 21 Receiving Fresno St CJones 7-173 see the Owls since I 954 It reached the point where one of the opening half losing I yard on 'Woof Piossesmon 25'50 34:10 1 7 14 7 8-36 possmo 7 3415 51-282 Harris 8-101 Winans 5-174 Done 5-48 "I'm real disappointed in our per- the biggest roars from an Ohio Sta- three rushes and completing ode of fros I C114N163 134 305 Senbcon 3-65 Baor St ylanley 3-131 Cakes '1' Aueltiog Roos Emanuel 14-58 Ed- Colo-CJohriton 35 pais from Stewart 37 70 288 Pegross 2-21 formance because I'm sure we dium crowd of 89040 came when a four passes for 6 yards I th a it-4-a-4--s a to-41a-si-- -mox-amsraaraan Southern The Associated Pm LOS ANGELES Rob Johnson threw for four first-half touch-us 49 downs three to Hou Johnnie Morton and Southern California went on to blast Houston 49-7 yesterday 0 Morton had a school-record IS catches kr I 80 yards as the Trojans (1c1) provided coach John Robinson the first victory since his return to USC after a decade away The Cougars' season-opening loss spoiled Kim Helton's debut as coach fl Johnson far outshining the Cou tire Jimmy Klingler threw for 279 yards completing 25 of 33 In the first football meeting between the schools Johnson and Morton were practically unstoppable in the first half as Johnson Texas ABM 24 ISLI 4311 0 0 0 0-- 0 14mAA 0 0 14 10-24 0 0 0 0-0 28 pass from Nig enetoulls lock) 80 run Pleneroulis kick) 58 pass from Putig Wanatooks lock) Veneroolis 33 A-67307 1811 'Fest downs 12 18 flushes-y1dt 41-145 45-270 First downs 12 18 flushes-yards 41145 45-270 Passing 81 192 Return Yards 0 21 Comp-An-Int 6-27-3 14-25-2 9-49 6-37 frrnbielg s-lost 4-2 61 Penalties-Yards 3-20 7-28 'mot Possession 27:51 32:09 Individuelstadetics noshing ISU Moms 12-64 Butler 6-37 Toomer 8-16 Dews 4-8 Tents 'Noes 25-201 McEiroy 0-30 Groce 5-21 homing LSU Howard 5-27-3-61 Tens ASA Pulp 14-24-2192 Preston 0- 1-0-0 1441 LW Ray 2-29 Bishop 1- 1 884c11111r1 Wilson 17 Texas A841 McElroy 4-91 Mathews 337 Schorp 2-30 2-18 OhloSt341lice7 01 Rios 0 0 0 7 OhieSt 3 17 0 14-34 Nelms 27 2 RIO (TWolhomt kick) 48 pass from Rowan ft Moms kick) 'Meares 39 9 pees from Hoying ismi kick) tom (Mayne kick) 43 pets from LaRocca (Beg-shack) X49 040 Nies OW Firgt dovms IS 25 Neon-yards 30-115 60-207 Puling yazds 154 246 Return yettie 5 63 Passes 15-30-1 18-30-1 Puree 8-38 4-38 fumeies -lost 0-0 2-0 Penamswyerds 5-40 641 'Woof Pioseeswoo 25'50 34:10 1 Individesi statistics I Robin Rom Emanuel 14-58 Ed Tones Colorado Co V2 Aft th Ma LL than one of the SEC's worst teams being a half-nuisance to the SWC's best Take the question of preseason scrimmaging Head coach RC Slocum has a four-year-old policy of disdaining it mostly to protect his squad from injuries The practice is not universal But can get away with it when it opens against the likes of a 2-9 LSU team The real season starts when? Thanksgiving? The Aggies have won enough and overwhelmed lesser foes enough in recent years that they seemed only mildly impressed with themselves after yesterday's second-half stomping There were bouquets tossed in the direction of tailback Rodney Thomas (201 yards rushing) freshman Leeland McElroy (two touchdowns) and the defense Cal routs completed 18 of 25 for 216 yards after the Trojans' Dwight Mc Fadand Morton caught 11 passes for den suffered a season-ending ankle 146 yards injury in last Sunday's 31-9 loss to Morton a senior who is No 2 on North Carolina the Trojans' career receptions list The Trojans set the tone for the behind John Jackson eclipsed Jack- game almost immediately stopping son's single-game record of 14 re- Houston cold after the Cougars took ceptions set in 1989 the opening kickoff then marching Kling ler the nation's total of- 60 yards for a touchdown fense and passing yardage leader Dotson carried eight times for 38 last season completed 15 of 30 for yards on that drive and Johnson 115 yards and one touchdown Last crossing up the defense on second-year he averaged 343 yards of of- and-goal from the 2 capped the fense and nearly three touchdown march with a pass into the end zone passes a game to wide-open Tyler Cashman The Trojans dominated in almost USC made it 14-0 on its next posevery area with their defense shut- session going 82 yards to score on ting down Houston's usually high- Johnson's 7-yard pass to Morton scoring Run-and-Shoot offense The Cougars got back into the Offensively USC mixed its plays game briefly early in the second with redshirt freshman David Dot- quarter when Klingler passed 4 son rushing for 66 yards on 15 car- yards to Lamar Smith for a touchries in his first start He ant the nod down and Morton caught 11 passes for 146 yards Morton a senior who is No 2 on the Trojans' career receptions list behind John Jackson eclipsed Jackson's single-game record of 14 receptions set in 1989 Kling ler the nation's total offense and passing yardage leader last season completed 15 of 30 for 115 yards and one touchdown Last year he averaged 343 yards of offense and nearly three touchdown passes a game The Trojans dominated in almost every area with their defense shutting down Houston's usually high-scoring Run-and-Shoot offense Offensively USC mixed its plays with redshirt freshman David Dotson rushing for 66 yards on 15 carries in his first start He got the nod CAUMMARIES monde 10-37 Coston 4-16 George 1-3 Lee 1-1 Ohio St Harris 16-76 By'not's 8-48 George 8-42 Cothran 8-42 McGuire 7-10 Calhoun 1-1 Powers 1-1minus 3) Hoying I lmonus 7) Passing Rice Emanuel 13-25-0-105 LaRocca 2-5-1-49 Ohio St Hoying 13-22- 0-144 Powers 5-84-102 Rica Howard 4-53 lee 3- 3-17 Crowe 3-58 Allen 2-12 Cho St Galloway 3-92 Carter 3-23 Tamen 3-31 Saunders 3-23 Glenn 2-34 Stanley 2- 32 Senders 1-7 Cothran 1-4 Southern Cal 49 Houston 7 (Berger kick) 16 pass from Stewan (Berger kick) 8 mn (Szerady kick) 7 pass from Stewan (Berger kick) 21 interception return (Berger kick) 53 pass from Moran? (Szseedy kick) 2 run (kick failed) 'elf Lucas mtertoonal wounding Mend zone A-52125 Tax Cob First downs 26 27 Mushes-yards 39-142 47-270 Passmo 368 280 FletumYards (-II) 42 Comp-An-Int 2449-4 21-34-0 Punts 2-32 740 Furnbiss-lost 3-2 1-1 Pnaltie-Yards 4-29 11-71 Time of Ponession 29 32 30:29 Individual statistics Rushing Texas CJeckson 9-51P Brown 1146 Walker 543 Holmes 7-21 Crawford 2-9 Ihnitney 1141 Morena 5 141 Coloredo Warren 23-110 Hal 13-97 Stewan 9-38 Joseph 2-25 Passing Texas Morena 23424-347 Lucas 1-7-0-19 Coloredo Stewart 19-30-0- 246 Joseph 2-34-14 Tobin0-1-0-0 Tans Pinkney 6-139 CRJ1-41 Adorns 4-100 Parown 38 Mclemore 2-21 Brown 1-19 Crew-ford 14 Hakes 14 Colorado Fauna 9-97 Westbrook 545 CJohnson 4-59 Warren 2-31Ford 14 Texas Tech 55 Pacific 7 Houston 0 7 0 7 SouesoniCal 14 14 7 14-49 1 pass from Johnson (Ford kick) 7 pus from Johnson (Ford kick) 4 pass from Mingle" (Stott kick) 37 psis from Johnson (Ford kick) 5 pass from Johnson (Ford kick) Iron IF ord kick) 54 run IF ord kick) 3 rtm ord kick) A-49438 Non DSC Firm downs 13 29 Rushes-yards 28-52 46-248 Passing 118 292 Return Yards 14 49 Comp-An-int 16-39-1 28-39-1 Ptmts 9-39 3-38 Furnhias-tost 3-0 32 Ponsitos-Yardo 2-20 7-70 Time of Possesseon 26 57 3403 Individual ststisties Rushing Wanton 1 17-51 Sowkos 2-15 TY0tro 2-44 Southern Cal Walters 8-82 Dotson 15-66 Spottier 5-41 Feeds 13-33 Passing Houston Kling's 15-32-0- 115 Helton Charisma 0440 iouthem Cal Johnson 25-33-0-279 Wach-- holt: koMer 1-1-0-0 Houston Smith 5-39 Potato 2-20 Adams 2-15 Southern Cal Monon 15-186 Strothor 61Hervily2-12Greco2-14 Colorado 38 Texas 14 Pecthe 7 TeueTech 17 Davi 50 1 run (Devi WA) 2 run (Davis kick) 3 run (Russell kick) 7 pees from Hall (Davis Wit) IT-1HiN 28 pen from Hai (Davis aid) TT-FG Dens 28 23 pass from (Davit luck) IT 2 nal (Devi Nick) TT 1 run (Davis) A-29184 Poo TT Fitst dovms 14 21 Rushee-vents 34415 81-282 Postal 134 306 Return Verde 31 70 0 7 0 7-14 714 7 8-36 35 eats from Stewart coordinator Davie said "but more than that I'm proud of the way we got through that first half "In the first half things were hot In the second half it was easy" And so it goes in Aggieland where a program need only award eight new football scholarships suspend three starters and yet still pitch a shutout and rise to the No 5 spot in the land The question is how many suspended Aggies would it take to spoil this team's inevitable march to the Cotton Bowl? Another dozen perhaps at the very least "The worst thing that happened to Texas today was that their punter had a bad game" LSU's Hallman said finding humor in the Aggies' second-half precision As Curley an Aggie himself knows nothing much changes at Texas Yesterday included Houston Comp-An-in 15-26-0 20-31-0 Punts 9-39 4-46 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1 Penahles-Yerds 7-58 16-134 Time of Possession 28:57 3103 Individual statistics Rushing Peak Blackwell 14-58 218 Sellers 116 Texas Tech Morns 22140 Crain 9-60 Dubuc 3-27 Passing Pacific Hooligan 11-17-0 112 Whewhen 4-9422 Texas Tech Kai 20-30-0-305 Cloonrnons 0-1-0-0 Cavazos 0-0-0-0 Ro 5-65 Blackwell 3-30 Smith 1-23 Vqk 3-12 Texas Tech L15117-121 Mitchell 3-67 BHill4-34 Baylor 42 Fresno St 39 FresnoSt 13 20 3 3-39 Baylor 0 14 14 14-42 24 pets from Defer IPAshooey lock) 32 pess from Differ (kick blocked) 1 run (Mahoney kick) 8 nm (Ven Dyke kick) 42 nin (Mahoney kick) 7 Mil (Von Dyke kick) faded) 13 pees from Differ pus BAY-4rowis 4 Ion (Ven Dyke kick) Mahoney 38 5 run (Van Dyke kick) FS1)--FG Mahonty 24 2 owl (Van Dyke kick) 55 pen from Jos (Vo 0010 kick) A-38690 F1111 Baylor First downs 27 21 Rushes-yards 30-123 55-278 Pinang 488 283 Return Yards 37 0 Cornp-An-kg 32-39-0 12180 Punts 1-31 2-47 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 3-31 8-35 Timed Possession 2917 30:43 individual statistics Rushing Fresno St Rims 12-75 Dingle 11-48 Clones 1-15 Baylor Nervy 24-112 11Jacitson 2-67 Blew 14-60 Strom 8-41 Joe 7-10 Passing Fresno St Diller 31-38-0 473 Dunn 1-1-0 15 Baylor Joe 12-15-0 283 Receiving St Clones 7-173 Harris 8-101 Winans 5-174 Deigis 5-48 Seahron 3-85 Baylor Stanley 3-131 Wes 2-88 Pegross 2-21 0 0 7 17 21 0-65 "We knew we would win if we didn't give up any points because if you do that you can't lose right?" Atkinson said "Our type of game What really decides a game is when Texas From Page 1 season Former coach David McWilliams suffered a 31-3 pasting at the hands of Auburn in his maiden voyage in 1987 Now Morenz the school's most heralded freshman quarterback since Bobby Layne has joined the other boys on the short side of the scoreboard in his first attempt to right the listing ship "It's hard to feel good when you throw four interceptions and lose" said Morenz who completed 23 of 42 passes for 347 yards and directed an offense that gained 508 yards (58 per snap) "I think I made some good defensive backs look like All-Americans with some reads that were not very intelligent on my part I have a lot of work to do" Morenz who threw an interception on his first pass as Texas' starting quarterback had another returned for a touchdown and had a hand in three of the Longhorns' four first-half turnovers In all Morenz accounted for five of Texas' six turnovers But he also connected on three strikes of 40-plus yards during the most prolific passing night by a Texas freshman and second only in school history to Todd Dodge's 359- yard effort against Rice in 1985 "Shea Morenz I'm sure will look upon this as one of the most important growing sessions of anything he'll go through" said Mackovic who praised the big-play ability of Texas Tech The Associated Press LUBBOCK Byron "Barn" Morris barreled 140 yards and seored three touchdowns last Pan night in Texas Tech's 55-7 victory against Pacific Robert Hall threw three touchdown passes in the season opener for both teams Morris a 6-foot-2 235-pound I-back carried the ball 22 times mostly slipping straight up the middle His scrambling led Tech's 587 yards offense the fifth highest ever for the Southwest Conference team Tech attacked quickly scoring on its first three possessions Jon Davis hit a 50-yard field goal and Morris found the end zone on the next two possessions leaping over the line Ohio State spoils Rice's return The Associated Neu COLUMBUS Ohio Rice coach Fred Goldsmith said he felt 0 wig badly for his team after its 34- II 7 loss to 18thranked Ohio State yesterday and for the first national TV audience to see the Owls since 1954 "I'm real disappointed in our performance because I'm sure we game "I was a little nervous" said McElroy But when he was through LSU had the shakes SWC standings Conf Overall LTW LT Baylor 0 0 0 1 0 0 Texas ABM 0 0 0 1 0 0 Texas Tech 0 0 0 1 0 0 TCU 0 0 00 1 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rice 000 0 1 0 SMU 000 0 1 0 Texas 0 0 0 0 1 0 Yesterday's results Baylor 42 Fresno St 39 Arkansas 10 SMU 6 Texas ABM 24 LSU 0 Oklahoma 35 'TCU3 Texas Tech 55 Pacific 7 Ohio St 34 Rice 7 Colorado 36 Texas 14 Southern Cal 49 Houston 1 his offense "He found out what he can do and some of the things he should avoid doing" He found a good example to follow in his Colorado counterpart Kordell Stewart who threw no interceptions and connected for three first-half touchdowns Two of the three capped drives set up by Texas fumbles The first a 35-yard strike to Charles Johnson burned a Texas blitz and put the Buffaloes on top to stay 7-0 with 4:22 to play in the first quarter The score came six plays after Texas fullback Gerald Crawford fumbled at the Colorado 34-yard line Texas coaches argued that Crawford lost the ball after hitting the ground and television replays seemed to back that claim Nonetheless Colorado was awarded possession and quickly converted its first of two recovered sails through Pacific men for a 1-yard score at 7:29 of the first quarter and rushing in from two yards out with 3:24 left in the quarter The Red Raiders built a 34-7 halftime lead The Tech defense also started hard holding the Tigers of the Big West Conference to minus 7 yards on their first two possessions Pacific's only score quarterback Dave Henigan's 3-yard keeper came with 48 seconds left in the first quarter Howard Blackwell ran for 56 yards and had 30 yards receiving to lead Pacific The Red Raiders allowed just 95 yards rushing forcing Pacific to keep the ball airborne Henigan hit his receivers on five out of six short attempts as the clock wound down bored the dickens out of that TV audience" Goldsmith said "I feel sorry for those ESPN announcers" Ohio State did its part in turning the game into a yawner all but shutting down Rice's offense while me- thodically racking up points It reached the point where one of the biggest roars from an Ohio Stadium crowd of 89040 came when a national championship hop0 crushed so soon This is better" did not convert a third down until its seventh try with 47 seconds to play in the first half Texas fumbles into touchdowns Colorado marched 74 yards aftcr a Morenz fumble to take a 14-0 lead on a 16-yard dart from Stewart to Michael Westbrook An 80-yar4 seven-play touchdown drive -capped by Phil Brown's 7-yard mit cut the Buffs' lead to 14-7 with 9:12 left in the half but Texas would come no closer despite a pair of 100- yard receiving nights from sophomores Lovell Pinkney (six catches 139 yards one touchdown) and Mike Adams (four catches lop yards) yards) Stewart who completed 19 of passes for for 246 yards fired his fin41 touchdown toss to Christian Faurieg 15 seconds before intermission Houston native Chris Hudson ode of Colorado's 10 transplanted Taans put the game out of reach returning a Morenz interception 2 yards for a touchdown upping thp Buffaloes' lead to 28-7 with 23 set onds remaining in the third (panel Notes Morenz (23 of 42 four interceptions 347 yards) tied the scho4I record for attempts and fell jut' short in three other areas (Tile records are 24 competions 359 yards five interceptions) Texas' 508 yards were its mat since 549 in last year's 44-33 victolly over Texas Tech Colorado's 530 yards was the most by a Texas opponent since Houston struck fly 733 last season Texas won 45-38 On Chad Lucas' first snap is Morenz's replacement he was charged with intentionally grounding in the end zone giving Colorad a safety I in the first half But Tech stopped the drive when Shawn Bank4 knocked a pass from Ron Smith anct Tech's Robert Anderson recovered: Craig Whelihan shared quaneri back duties with Henigan as Pacifi swapped the pair on and off Tec quarterbacks Jason Clemmons an Sone Cavazos both saw playing tim in the scoreless fourth quarter For Tech receiver Lloyd Hil the ball from defended Duane Thomas' hands in the fronc corner of the end zone for his: only score of the game But Hill an: All-American in 1992 caught seven passes for 121 yards 1 Byron Myles scored twice on a 71 pass from Hall at 10:23 in the second and a 1-yard run with 5(4 1 iseconds remaining in the third to national TV squirrel ran onto the field during thi fourth quarter Rice coming off its first winning record (6-5) in 29 years had dif ficulty all day in Ohio State terri4 tory The Owls were limited tct seven plays in Buckeyes territory the opening half losing I yard or( three rushes and completing ore of four 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