The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1988 Page: 15 of 20
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988 15
SPORTS
Owls lose a big chance
at first Conference win
by Wes Gere
Just when the Owls were finally
putting together a defense that could
do a decent job keeping the opposi-
tion out of the end zone, our usually
high-yardage offense fell apart at the
line and blew what was probably our
best chance at nailing a conference
win. The Texas Christian Horned
Frogs racked up 21 points, seven
coming off a Quentis Roper intercep-
tion returned for a touchdown in the
second quarter, while Rice got one
TD and a field goal, for a 21-10 final.
The offensive line just didn't hold
their weight Saturday; our stellar
center Courtney Hall was forced to
play at left tackle to pick up some of
the slack, but couldn't keep Roper
from being sacked three times, in-
cluding twice in a row in the fourth
quarter, to help bury the Owls' last
chance at a late touchdown. The next
play might have salvaged it, but
Quentis threw the ball directly to a
TCU player in the endzone.
Roper threw a total of three inter-
ceptions that day, which combined
with the other offensive problems to
keep Rice down to 210 yards, not
much more than half of what they
have been able to tally on several
recent occasions.
Coach Jerry Berndt said, "Quen-
tis didn't play the game he's capable
of playing, although he had a lot of
pressure on him. Our offensive line
did not respond to what TCU did to
us." That sums up the game pretty
well.
The second quarter was the real
scrogger. "Really boring" describes
it unless you call a TCU interception
for a quick seven exciting. This came
on the first play from scrimmage
after another Frog TD, to give them
14 points in under 20 seconds. Rice
netted only 17 yards in those 15 min-
utes. The cacophonous and tiny
purple Frog band woke me up after
the halftime buzzer.
The first quarter had looked good
for the Owls. Rice started the ball off
and was forced to punt, but the im-
proved defense with former QB
Donald Hollas at safety and line-
Owls prepare for shootout
with Billy Joe & the gang
by Hung Nguyen
After almost marking up two
stripes in the win column these past
two weeks , the Rice football team
will again try to halt its winless skid,
which now stands at 11 games, to-
morrow at noon when it hosts the
Red Raiders of Texas Tech in a re-
gionally-televised contest
Tech, too, will try to reverse its
fortunes of late; its most recent de-
feat was a 31-10 trampling at the feet
of Arkansas' powerful running game.
The Raiders had their best game of
last season against Rice, crushing
the Owls 59-7 in Lubbock. Rice fans
might see the following game plan in
this week's matchup:
On offense, expect Rice to emu-
late what Arkansas did so success-
fully last week. Starting from the
fiexbone and I sets, the Razorbacks
pounded out 307 yards on 64 rushes,
an impressive 4.8 average. Very
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early in the game, the Hogs estab-
lished the handoff up the middle to
fullback Barry Foster. Rice features
neither the fiexbone nor the I forma-
tion in its offense, but the Owls do
have a very fine fullback in senior
Lorenzo Cyphers, who, after leading
the Owls with 751 yards lastyear, has
rushed 155 yards on 48 carries (3.2
avg.) so far this season. The Raider
defensive line, anchored by tackle
Desmond Royal (6*1,265), will try to
save face after the Razorback embar-
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backer OJ. Brigance putting in a
strong performance held them to the
Rice 42 yard line, where TCU punter
Chris Becker botched it for a feeble
10-yard punt.
Roper took over and kept around
the left end twice on options for gains
of 16 and 18 yards, keeping the ball in
our possession long enough for him
to nail Mike Boudousquie from 20
yards out for the first score of the
game with three and a half minutes
to go in the first.
After the second quarter fiasco,
the Frogs received the third quarter
kickoff for a return of 54 yards by
Reggie Davis to set up for another
seven, making it 21-7.
On the first play after the ensuing
kickoff, Roper rolled right to hit
Cyphers for a 22 yard gain. The Owls
pounded their way downfield to
within five yards of the goal line be-
fore Roper was sacked at the 20,
making it fourth down and forcing a
Clint Parsons field goal attempt,
which he put through the uprights
for the second time this season out of
seven tries. He may be shaping up, as
he didn't miss a kick during the
game and averaged 43 yards a punt.
That 21-7 score held through a
dull fouth quarter to give Rice an
eleven-game losing streak, the long-
est in Div. 1-A football.
The team is completely turned
around from last year, when our of-
fense made big yardage and decent
scores and the defense couldn't hold
up. This time around, the defense
has been tight and unrelenting.
Donald Hollas is on the move again
this year with 14 tackles, 10 unas-
sisted. Brigance was in on 18. Only
two of the Frog touchdowns were
made off our defense, and that was
because the offense caused several
tunovers. About the game last week,
Berndt said, "I was extremely
pleased with the play of our defense.
It was one of the best defensive ef-
forts in quite a few years here at
Rice...I think our defense has come
into its own finally." Regarding Hol-
las, Berndt said, "[he] just makes
such a difference back there on
defense...We're going to stay with
that scheme." Hollas started at QB
the first two games this year before
moving back to his old positon at
safety.
The scheme might work against
Tech tomorrow if Bemdt's planned
changes on the offensive line can
keep our QB from being pressured
into bad passes or getting squashed.
Mike Boudousauie leaps past a Frog defender to come up with a smooth touchdown reception.
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McGarrity, Patrick & Sendek, Joel. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1988, newspaper, October 14, 1988; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245703/m1/15/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.