The Register, 1980-11-04

              aggie nrnning back cleotis johnson breads t'*ro!ign the r*orgart state defense 7 ~~~ " photo by tyson aggies stomp morgan 22-21 a&t showed a lot of character saturday in its 22-21 win over morgan state the aggies did what they had to stop morgan's offense they did when they had to score and convert for the two points they did you've heard the old saying that when the going gets tough the tough gets going i feel the season is at stake for the aggies for a&t to claim a successful season it has to make a bowl appearance nc a&t's football team has to believe it can handle the rattlers of florida a&m there's a lot at stake in this game the winner finishes the year i i second place behind sc state and will represent the aaeac in the gold bowl the rattlers are currently 3-4 s-q95 ns 9 tact lenses includes fitting training starter kit and follow-up visits iii hanes mall 765-1022 price does not include eye examination but we will be happy to arrange one for you since 1885 0akw00d stratford center 724-1541 294-4252 four seasons mall © 1980 after william watson's which gave the aggies excellent field position al morgan's 28 incomplete pass watson gained nine yards cleotis a&t's offense continued its outstanding play saturday by rushing for 378 yards the aggies are leading the nation in rushing yardage since a&t has the number-one rushing team in the nation it has the number one offensive line rn the johnson ran for 13 and 3 yards then watson kept for next play run of one yard came on the two johnson's touchdown as would be expected coach jim mckinley was > tie or to go for the two-point seconds remaining on the clock and it cut morgan state's lead to one then a&t had to choose whether or not to kick the extra-point which would have resulted in a bv raymond moody n.c.a&t's cleotis johnson scored two touchdowns and rushed tor 195 yards to lead the aggies to a 22-21 vielory over morgan slate saturday in war memorial stadium johnson scored on runs of one and 50 yards the one yard plunge came with 36 nation congratulations go to a&t's cross country team the aggie harriers won the aaeac championship saturday morning the aggies were coached by aael pinckney pinckney overcame a number of obstacles to take this team to the championship but everyone knows pinckney is a miracle man he's currently coaching wrestling and will handle a&t's track team in the spring so that's one championship down and two more to go for pinckney pleased with his team's r.ci lormancc respectively morgan's downfall was a poor 23 yard punt by the bears juan jones morgan scored on touchdown runs of 2 7 and 2 yards after a&t jumped to a 14-0 lead the morgan bears responded by scoring 21 unanswered points the bears , were led by running back mike morgan who scored all three touchdowns for the visitors coulter to lei two interceptions .: i e r ni i n c d not morgan's darrcll repeal wilson's performance the aggies accomplished that goal by allowing coulter only 83 yards passing coulter ompletcd 6 of 23 passes and ll was a well-cxeculccl play i think we crossed tliem up they obviously were were said we got possession mckinley thinking fwo points as soon as conversion we there was no decision to be made coach jim aggies some momentum as the win improved a&t's record to 6-2 and also gave the billy minis did hold on alter a william watson lake to cleotis johnson watson zipped a pass to minis who tucked the ball into his arms and fell to the ground securing a&t's win holding on thinking run and when the linebacker committed himself it was a matter of minis a&t 14 florida a&m 13 a&t must play its best game of the season the aggies must execute offensively and defensively without letting up remember you've got to believe i don't believe i know the aggies can win but it'll be close in florida look for a low scoring game the aggies by one the football team will depart greensboro sometime wednesday night for florida the theme song for last year's ncaa basketball championship game was this is it and this is how i view the game for the aggies anderson and collins are transfers from coach corbett's lincoln team everyone in aggieland knows about harold royster royster has been named second team all-meac for two of his three years as an aggie royster along with howard's larry spriggs and james ratiff is the class of the aaeac at the forward position with support coming from james horace ron stinchcomb and artie gaines a&t could represent the aaeac inthencaa tournament the aggies look to improve on their 8-19 record in 1979-80 theaggi es will be led this year by james anderson and forwards antoine collins and harold royster a&t's basketball team is practicing very hard in preparation for its opener against nccu the game has been scheduled for november 29 at 7:30 p.m for his performance against ihe aggies wilson threw for 233 yards and a&t was but more importantly the aggies bounced back from a disappointing 35-14 loss to howard university in washington d.c last saturday howard's ronald wilson earned meac's offensive player of the week they prepare for two tough games against florida a&m and tennessee state notebook by raymond moody y p royals remember the world series philadelphia's tug mcgraw used the statement you've got to bel ieve as a slogan for the philadelphia phillies the phillies did believe and they walked away as the champions against the favored kansas city o i ■ " ""~