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Texas’ wide receiver . . . Coach Ray Alborn scheduled
four junior varsity games for this fall but the lack of
depth has forced him to drop the contests ... One of
Alborn's goals in changing to the veer formation was for
the Owls to become more aggressive. Texas coach Fred
Akers this week said “The most distinctive thing about
Rice is how much more aggressive they are. They are
bigger, stronger and going out after people. They have
out-hit everybody they have played this year.”
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Wallace says the Owls’ offensive line is “definitely -
better” than in previous years and he attributes the
improvement to strength and maturity.
“I think we are all a lot stronger and more mature,”
he said. “And there is more unity. Most of us have
played together for four years. Keith (Kveton), Darryl
Grant and I are all seniors and Robert Hubble came in
with our class but he is a junior. Darryl played defense
for a year but we have been together a long time.
“Kenneth Sam is a junior college transfer and Donnie
Martin is only a sophomore but he lettered last year. We
are all a lot stronger than we were in the past. Most of
the offensive linemen can bench press 400 pounds or
more.”
Wallace had lifted weights at Arlington but his maxi-
mum press was 275 pounds when he enrolled at Rice.
This fall he is lifting 405.
“But it hasn’t helped my quickness any,” he said,
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Hubble’s 52-yard field goal just before halftime test
week against LSU caused a joyous celebration during the
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really don’t know how to describe it." Wallace said br the
Owls’ 17-1 win. ; ,
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there are no other NCAA games here at: under Coach Danny Ford. Defense again
the same time. will be the Tigers’ strong suit but the
Texas and Arkansas are off this week- offense is young. Not one senior is sched-
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“I feel Arizona State will throw 70 offense has Atlantic Coast Conference
percent of che time,” Yeoman said. “I rookie-of-the-year Chuck McSwain at tail-
was out therein May and I got the feeling back. .....
that they thirk they may have a problem
running agaist us. I hope they do.
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hasn’t healed. However, the performance
of freshman receiver O’Keefe Walls of
South Garland has been one of the sur-
prises of the training program. ®
“He has been running good routes and
is going after the ball,” said Alborn. "He
has really come on this fall.”
“This game will give us some indication This is the seventh time Rice and Clem-
of our strengths and weaknesses,” said son have played but all previous games
Alborn He is starting his third season as have been in Houston. Former Clemson
head coach of the Owls. Rice has won only coaches Jess Neely and Joe Davis, who
that beat’ Southern Cal. With Darryl three games in the two previous years. coached together at Rice for 27 years will
(Coach Roge s) there now we don’t know Alborn dropped the Rice passing game be honored at the game. I hey will be
exactly what wu run into except that he and installed the veer during spring train- joined by F rank Howard who succeeded
has been pa si oriented in the past.” ing but Randy Hertel, senior quarterback -Neely as head coach of the Tigers, and
Rogers leftMichigan State to accept the who came to Rice because of the passing Bob Jones, the other member of Neely s
Arizona State head coaching job last attack, has retained his starting status. staff at Clemson.
Tear ) “We’re going to start Randy because he It was 49 years ago that Neely organ-
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The Rice Owls do not claim quickness is one of Newell
Wallace’s assets. The coaches don’t use a calendar to
clock him in the 40-yard dash, but the stopwatch ticks
around to 5.3 before he crosses the finish line.
Yet the 260-pounder from Arlington is regarded by
Coach Ray Alborn as the Owls’ most improved lineman
this fall.
“He’s gone from a 285-pound slob to a 260-pound foot-
ball player and he has played very consistently,” Alborn
said of the starting strong tackle.
Wallace ballooned to his super heavyweight status
after he suffered a knee injury in the Texas Tech game
last fall. The injury did not require an operation but he
put on the excess weight by the time he returned after
the Christmas holidays.
“He was told that he had to lose 5 pounds a week,”
offensive line, coach George Cortez said. “If he didn’t he
would have to miss the off-season program. He missed a
couple of weeks, but he got his weight down.”
Wallace knows that some people at Rice thought he
would never play. And there were times when Wallace
came close to tossing in the towel.
“A couple of times I was ready to say ‘forget this
stuff,’ ” Wallace said. “The thing that kept me going
was coming in from practice and being encouraged by
the guys who have lockers close to me. Al Whitfield,
Rickey Thomas and Steve Spicer kept me going, encour-
aged me. They did a good job talking me into a better
mood. Having the team’s support, even when I was
coming in last on the sprints, also helped a lot. I appreci-
ate it. _________ _______
“Even on the field they would help me. I was getting
pretty tired when we were running our distances (20 runs
of 50 yards before the start of fall practice) and I didn’t
know if I was going to make it. There were a lot of guys
yelling and cheering for me. If they hadn’t I might have
quit. It’s hard to give up when people want you to
succeed.”
It was the second time Wallace had injured the same
knee. The first time was at Christmas time during his
freshman year when he was playing basketball at his
home. He missed all of the off-season program that year.
“That’s the hardest part of football to me,” said Wal-
lace, “and when I reported for spring training I was way
behind everyone else. That first day I thought I was
going to die but I finished the spring on the second team.
I started two games as a sophomore and then started six
games last fall before I was hurt.”
Wallace and the Owls get their toughest test of the
season when they face the fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns
Saturday night at Rice Stadium.
“They definitely have a good defensive team, probably
the best we’ll see all year. They read the keys well and
react to the ball. And they have that big monster, Ken-
neth Sims, playing defensive tackle.”
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his Owls in action today. “We sure need to play,” he said, telecast locally on Ch. 2. UH rec
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