Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 62

"nnr 8F Abilene Reporter-News Sunday Nov 22 1992 i scheme were Ted Dunam KROWNWOOD On a long cold windy Saturday afternoon at Gordon Wood Stadium great Scott fired his passes at Will And he fired them at Jeff And Doug And Matt And Chris Seven times the normally unflappable Scott Lichner was intercepted by the Ttirdin-SiTnmnn Lichner aa Howard Payne fans -painfully discovered ia indeed human verified however until HSU left here with a 42-28 win in a college football playoff shootout On a day when HSU a loser of six consecutive games to the Yellow Jackets needed an off day from the dissector of defenses the Cowboys got it lichner completed 25 of 68 1 throwing for 346 yards But two Matt Anastasio and Chris Burling snuffed out potential HPU scoring drives Lichner had thrown only six interceptions all year entering rematch of a game it had won earlier this year by a 39-23fcount Saturday's effort though showed that even the best can stumble once in a while put in an extra defensive back to help our coverage said Wagner a freshman from Odessa Permian think the water and the wind were really making it difficult fin: him to throw switched up our coverages to try to keep them off balance We had a real good scheme And despite those seven interceptions Lichner rallied his team to a 35-28 deficit with 6:34 left and too much time for Cowboy faithfiil to rest comfortably was wishing it was 67-0 with two get some On many occasions HSU played three down linemen two linebackers and had ix defjpaaiVo backs in the game the way the wind was blowing and swirling Scott really tip the ball Cagle said no safe lead against Howard Phyne since the offseason our focus has been to win the fourth quarter all And although HSU lost that battle by a 14-7 score the Cowboys won the war been a freshman'! Anastasio a junior said never beaten Howard Payne We remembered them beating us 44-0 We got them back Ah how sweet revenge can be And Lichner only a sophomore will no doubt have this game in the back of his mind when the two teams hook up again next season rushing and 237 passing knew if we could stop them our offense could Judkins said my interceptions we were playing a sone and I was just in the right spotafc the right time We played them pretty much the same way as we have we just went to the ball a little HSU linebacker Mike Cagle honored as the NAIA defensive player of the game knew have his work cut out trying to solve the HPU offense (Lichner) really looked flustered out the junior from Fampa said was upset but not a If trying to slow run-and-hoot offense difficult enough Cagle aid that problem was compounded early in the game even went with the no-huddle for a while" Cagle said was tough on our defense but we kept sending ftesh people in The running game was there fin-us today and that helped us minutes to Anastasio said get too big of a lead against those guys think he (Lichner) was just off today On my interception we just dropped back into a zone and he threw it right to me I think they had been behind by that much all year and they started trying for too HSU led 35-14 with 1:18 left in the third quarter effectively carving up the Yellow defense The Cowboys finished with 550 total yards 313 and Raiders Hall in win 44-35: i 19-yard run on fbuitfe-and-6 41 I II Tgggt Tldl Morris Iran (Davis kick) Mall 1 ran (Davit kick) HOU-L-SmlNiM ran (CraH kick) 4ftfnitti paaa tram Klinsiar (Cratt kick) -V Has (Davit kick) Maffaff paaa from KHngltr (CraH kick) Nam Had (Davit kick) Marshak 14 pass (ram HaH (Davit LlnHth4ran (Cr alt kick) Hill in the second period as Tech built a 28-21 halftime lead His 34-yard TD to Donald Marshall in the third period made it 35-21 and the Cougars never seriously threatened the rest of the way HaH'finished 12 of 23 far 231 yards and no interceptions Houston quarterback Jimmy' Klingler threw far 412 yards on 33-of-57 passing with one interception kind two touchdowns He hit Sherman Smith for an 8-yard TD and Donald Moffett for a 19-yard score both in the second quarter Houston trailed 144) early on when Eric Harrison recovered a fumble at the Tech 18 Lamar 18-yard run pulled the Cougars to within 14-7 Houston tied it at 21 with 3:41 remaining before halftime on LUBBOCK (AP) Robert Hall returned from a three-game absence to throw three touchdowns and run for a fourth score Saturday as Texas Tech outlasted Houston 44-35 in blowing snow and slush Tech finished the season 5-6 overall and 4-3 in the Southwest Conference Turnovers hurt Houston (3-7 1-5) which lost two fiunbles and an interception deep in Red Raider territory Byron Morris barrelled his way for 222 yards and two scores on 37 carries He scored two 1-yard touchdowns the first midway through the first period and again late the third quarter Hall- who ran for a 1-yard touchdown in the first quarter threw scoring passes of 3 yards to Scott Aylor and 38 yards to Lloyd Rice clinches winning season up the right side by slipping out or the grasp of several Rice defenders to cut the Owl advantage to 17-14 On the next series with third down at the Navy 45 Bert Emanuel fired a quick shovel pass to Lee who burst downfield untouched into the end zone '1 Emanuel accounted for 317 yards of Rice offense rushing 12 times for 45 yards and completing 16 of 25 passes for 272 yards Alonzo Williams who earlier blocked a Navy field-goal attempt intercepted a pass two days later Rue converted the turnover into a 20-yard field goal to put the game out of reach Billy James scored on a 2-yard Texas Jason Atkinson (43) declares the Aggies are No 1 after they recovered a fumble by TCU scored on a 6-yard run trim Arkansas 24-19 interceptions each by Will Wagn er agnera Doug 1 Jeff Judkins and one each by Repeats as SWC champ COLLEGE STATION (AP) Terry Venetoulias kicked three Held goals and the defense stone-! walled Texas Christian in the second half as No 4 Texas won its second straight South- west Conference title with a I 37-10 victory over Texas Chris-! tian standings CONFSaSNCS OVSSALL WLTWPA FF PA 4 4 M7 44 A 1 I Ml 144 A 4 144 UT A I 4 141 1S I TKh A IIBM 4 4 MS UT 1 4 4 Ml TCU 1 4 4 144 221 Saturday? dames i 11 Tiw 14 Inn Taeh 44 i 14 Rica it Navy 12 IMU 2L Aransas Taxaa AAM St TCU THURSDAY'S SAMS Taxas ASM at Taxas 4:14 pm SAMOS Sica at Hauatcn 4 a-m ii a 4 4 4 I I 4 4 4 4 ITS 5 4 1 144 ITT 144 111 ITS SIT 14 111 Venetoulias made kicks of 47 21 and 22 yards and Greg Hill got -his seventh 100-yard perfor- mance of the season as the Aggies -(11-0) improved to 6-0 in the gwCs TCU (2-8-1 1-6) trailed only 13-7 at halftime before finding The Frogs went 22 minutes be- fore getting their initial first down of the second half Baylor helped the Texas cause by beating Texas 21-20 rendering the giving night game with the Long- horns meaningless save fin: brag- ging rights Hill ran for 187 yards on 25 carries including 107 after half-i time as the Aggies pounded away at the outmanned Horned Frogs defense offense managed only eight plays for six yards in the third quarter took control of the game 22-yard field goal with 1:43 to go in the third quarter Corey 37-yard I touchdown pass to Tony Harrison with 13:58 to play and a 8-yard run by Rodney Thomas with Hie late avalanche continued when Jason Atkinson recovered a finable at 8 and Hill Bears Continued from IF playing the position for and field r) to hit a field goal Bearden has done a good job for f0r us all year but he just put a little too much on it those two That gave the Bears the ball at I the Texas 31 but they make a first down and Texas got one more chance Asbell and Taylor saw they didn't cash in Baylor scored first and never trailed although the seme was tied once The Bears drove 55 yards on their second series Raided by a pass interference call Z- joe rolled to his left then threw to McKenzie in the right flat for the 11-yard touchdown Lance Gunn blocked a Baylor punt to set up 17-yard touchdown pass to Lovell Pinkney who carried three de- fenders the final four yards But that would be only time to get even with the Bears The Longhorns came within five yards of taking the lead in tho second quarter but Adrian Walker fumbled at the Baylor 5 hum there the Bears went 95 rards in 12 plays and used 520 of dock to take the lead Joe got jjie touchdown on an 8-yard caeper around Jeft end with £9 TCU Texas AAM AM-FG Vlana)Bulias47 Thames Irani Vintlaullas kick) Oliver 41 pass from Clay (Wilkinson STS 4-M 1 17-17 HausMn Ulmltti MM1L Tach Mania JBL SHIH 1ML HaHML FASH Houston Klinsiar 14S7-14M Si IMM-m OammantMT Taeh NaH 1M44-J11 RECEIVING Hautltn MaHatt T4T L4fflHh 7-71 Adama 4-Ml Jack 71 Tack LHIII 444 Marshall 24LMctitil 241 Hill ML run on the final play of the game 4 7 4 iwi I 4 17 I Rka-FG Richardson Smith Iran (Rassrs kick) manual run (Richardson kick) Laa ran (Richardson kick) Smith ran Raaara kick) Rica Laa 4 paaa ham Emanuel (R kick) FP Elchardaan Jamas I ran (Hickman pan ham Van Maim) SL44L 'I Navy hfca RwhMarti 44-1M jdjS SSSV- 1 SIS Camp-Alt-int 14-14-1 14-244 Funtt 44S V44J Fumbiat-Lsst 1-1-11 Fanaltlas-Yarts TlmaalFaaimlan 7:17 Mill INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Navy van Malm I1SL JaiAss 17-SI Smith 47 Rica Cahh NL Emanuel 1ML Navy Van Malre 14-MJ-11I Rlica Emanuel MSM-I71 Navy Hickman 44L FrhcharS ML IcraanML Rica Havmrd 417 Saiady a7 Lae ML ') FGAMsrssnM FG WrlphlM WMf 1 puss from Frolhursor (An-Uxrssn kick) 1 Ark Mslsut 11 nm (Wrlpht kick) FO WrtfhtlT Start 4 pass fram Fralburasr (An- non kick) Randall fumkia rtfvrn (Andsrton kick) '-3 CaMwall IS past (ram Lvnnoy (rtm Finis Rutha4yarts Passim yards Hamm yards Comp-Att-Inf 14-14 ITS iS 11444 22-1M 444 744 Tlmaaf Fsssssslsn INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SMU Shapard 44L HIH M47 Ark Jacktan 1I4L Malana 144L SMU FrsMurttr 1144427L Art mmay 14144177 AHan M44 SMU Wolf 14-I4L Board 47L Ark Baffcln 477 Jocfcsan 7-51 CoMxwfl 4-4L keep he said pn Tuesday they were focused ana came out ready to play today Sophomore free safety Chris I ott said there was a lot of I said there was a 1 emotion in the dressing room prior to the game Saturday not only because of it being TeatTH last game but it might be the last game for tiw seniors pregame talk any different from the others except he told us he didnt want us to win the game just for him but to 1 win it for the Lewis said we wanted to go out with a win I knew when it got tight there at the end find a wajt to win And we Teaff was asked if he had had a choice say five years ago to pick a team like to beat in his last coaching game who would it be he said very quickl i and very emphatically coaches dont get to call sty their he said1 at a place too long or not long enough Some are asked to leave But I got to call my shots and do things my way That makes me Last year Teaff made a list of his 10 most important wins No1 doubt when he updates that list in the fiiture win over Texas will be high on the 1 list HOUSTON (AP) Jimmy two fourth-quarter touchdowns broke open a tight game Saturday lifting Rice to a 27-22 victory over Navy and guaranteeing the Owls a winning season for the first time in 29 years Rice (64) came to life in the final period scoring 17 points after a torrential storm with fierce winds and lightning forced a 63-minute suspension of the game With Rice clinging to a 10-7 lead Lee scored on a 14-yard reverse with 1:47 gone in the fourth quarter But Navy (1-9) came right back covering 72 yards in just three plays Cleavon Smith sowed his second touchdown a 16-yard run Mustangs LITTLE ROCK Ark (AP) -Drew Randall picked up a fumbled punt return and ran it in 20 yards for a touchdown late in the game Saturday as Southern Methodist defeated Arkansas 2449 Arkansas was trailing 17-13 when it held SMU (5-6) deep in its territory with 2:45 left to play forcing a punt Arkansas return man Orlando Watters had to backpedal to catch the 56-yard boomer by Larry Israel then lost the handle on it aa the coverage bore down on him Randall went into the end zone untouched to make it 23-13 Teaff Continued from IF smiling and holding up a finger signifying the Bears were No 1 at leak in his bods With cameras glaring in his face and his players chanting lTl Teaff blew a kin to the Bqylor students in the stands and joined in the singing of Good Old Baylor Again he was lifted onto their shoulders and visibly was fighting back some tears when a new chant Teaff started He ran to the center of the field where the seniors were gathered and hugged each ope of them Then he went to the west stands and blew a kin to the remaining fens before meeting his family and walking them to the dressing room But he was stopped and presented a plaque that eras a collage of football pi collage at football programs including his first and last games at Baylor a gift from the athletiedepartment Yes he did notice that someone in the north end of the field and he shouted athletic director like The soggy first half ended with the Aggies leading 13-7 on field goals of 47 and 21 yards by Vi toulias and a 1-yard di' -yard dive by Thomas But the Aggies were fair from impressive Wesley Rico Wesley had his third interception in as many games when he picked off Corey pass early in the first quarter but the Frogs were unable to muster any consistent drive only points of the first half came on a one-play drive with Leon Clay completing a 63-yard touchdown bomb to Jimmy Oliver with 3:06 remaining in the half Jeff Wilkinson kicked a 20-yard field goal with 4:10 left in the game left in the half Szeredy's 31-yard field goal cut it to 14-10 in the third quarter but Baylor aided by two Texas penalties and a favorable fumble ruling built it to 21-10 on the It got started when Kendrick Bell signaled for a fair catch on the kickoff and was hit tor a Texas player That put the ball at the Baylor 44 Two plays later Texas was flagged for pass interference and penalized to its 31 Joe passed to Melvin Bonner hut he fumbled after he was hit at the 21 It was ruled his forward progress had stopped and Baylor kept the football A 14-yard pass from Joe to McKenzie put the ball at the 1 from where Joe sneaked over for tiw 11-point lead with 14:07 to play Texas came right back and scored five plays later when Garden on the draw ran the final 19 yards That made it 21-17 with 11:48 to play On its next series Texas thanks to a 25-yard run by Dar- rick Duke to the Baylor 34 got as far as the 11 then opted 25-yard field goal with 8:05 left Thera any more scoring but the excitement was far from over thanks to a pair of good defensive units Texas gained 141 yards on the 1 Arkansas (2-7-1) sewed late on a 15-yard pass from Barry Lunney Jr to Tracy Caldwell but failed on a two-point conver- ion attempt Arkansas also was unable to convert an onsidea kick and SMU ran out the dock: It was the first non-Southwest Conference game for the two teams since Arkansas joined the Southeastern Conference after last season Arkansas scored its first rushing touchdown in the five games played in-state this season 4 4 M-M 171 Obviously the coach care at that moment never expected thin Teaff uid figured Pd meet (Texas coach) John Mackovic at midfield after the game shake hands go find Donnell (his wife) and the kids 1 then walk them to the dressing room I figured everyone else would be But he was pleased with all the it probably helped him forget for a moment that his coaching days may be over that is unleu Baylor gets a bowl bid And slim He will coach in some all-star games but thqr wont be the same Teaff always has been popular with the Texas media and he started off his dressing toon preu conference by lauding those attending want to thank you guys far all the nice things written about me the past week I felt like I must have he said nice to read the good things about you and still be Tuff admitted that it had been a long hard week on him and the players because of all the attention on his last game at least here kids were kinda conftised on Monday because I think they thought Td change my mind and INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS TCU Cullers 1M7 MedkMs 11-M Taxas AAM Hill 24187 Thames M44 Fullis MIL TCU Clay 14-4111 Knaka 114IL Texas AAM Fulllfl4l-ML TCU Oliver 447 Shipley HI Texas AAM Harrison I4L McKaahan MT HIH MT ground and Garden was 10 of 27 passing for 154 yards but he had several passes dropped Baylor rushed for 187 yards and Joe hit even of 15 passes for 60 yards Texas is now 64 with only Texas remaining while Baylor now waits fin: the outcome of next games to see if there is a howl bid for them did what we had to do beat Texas so we took care of our Teaff said we have to let the chips fell where they If the bid come the Bears ended the season on a high note for themselves and coach Teaff 4 11 44 114 Jm (Wsir BfevflH AY-McKanfla II PM kick) TIX Flnkiwy it pa (Siarady kick) Jw 4 IW IWxir kick) TEX-FO Sasrady SI Mr I run (Woir kick) TEX Cartons run Itanir kick) TEX-FO Siarsdy 14 ir 41-MI 44-MT 1S4 44 11 MIT -4 T-14-1 4-14 S-SI 1-4 FanaMsa-Vards Ml 41 Tima at Pasaasalan 11:44 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINO-TsaaL Brawn I-17 A Waikar MT Gartart DA Baytar strait lam jaa IMS Lands 41L FASSl Taxaa Oar Para 1417 7-114 Banar Jaa Taxaa Finkay 4-TS Braam 44 Baytar McKatuia ML Samar Ml Tax fei.