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Pittman Fund Drive Lagging Longhorns need to get busy or the plans at Shreveport Evangel to build the Cole Pittman Memorial Field House are going down the drain. Every UT fan I have talked to thinks the Longhorn football player was an outstanding young man from an outstanding family and sincerely mourns his passing. If you feel that way and want to help preserve his memory and, while you are at, help UT's image a lot at Shreveport Evangel, please mail a contribution, large or small, today to the Cole Pittman Memorial Fund, 22023-1 Mossy Oaks, Spring, Texas 77389. If you can afford a big contribution, that's great. It's going to take some big ones to get it done. If you can't, how about sending $44? Cole's number at Texas was 44 and it takes big ones and little ones to make this happen. When a young man or woman dies, we all mourn for a while and then move on. But the Pittman family can't ever truly move on. Parents who have to bury their children are always haunted by it. 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If you want it mailed, or by E-Mail, just include the right numbers. o I'm enclosing $99 for the 99-fax package for the next year o I'm enclosing $130 (an $11 saving) to renew my subscription to True Orange and to subscribe to the 99 faxes. o I'm enclosing $79 for the 99-fax package for the next year by E-Mail (a $20 saving) o Here's $110 to renew my subscription to True Orange and to subscribe to the 99 faxes by E-Mail (a $31 saving) o Here's $99 to subscribe to True Orange via the Internet and to subscribe to the 99 faxes by E-Mail (a $42 saving) Name Fax No. (or E-Mail or mailing address) Game Quotes . . "Texas has a very good football team. They have great speed on defense. They have the great lateral movement and we tried to run at them and they did a good job there as well. We had bad field position all night, but their defense had something to do with that. They do a great job with the special teams. They did a good job getting down the field and making the play." - New Mexico State head coach Tony Samuel * * * * "We started off slow, but they had played a game and we hadn't. It took a while for us to get going and we have a lot of things to work on. I was pleased with the way we ran the ball in the second half. They threw some blitzes at us that they hadn't used before, so we made a conscious decision to go with more three-step (drops instead of the normal 5-step drops). If they are coming after us, we know they have to play man for man. We also decided to force the run, even if they had nine in the box. We want to be able to run it when we want to, regardless of the defensive lineup." - UT offensive coordinator Greg Davis * * * * "We came out and played hard and really got with it in the first half. We made some mistakes in the third quarter, but those are things we can go back and coach next week. We thought we would see more option, but we ran them down early and they got away from it." - Texas defensive coordinator Carl Reese * * * * "They played hard and threw a lot of different things against us. I talked to Montrell (Flowers) after that second touchdown and he goes, 'Man, I got two touchdown passes tonight and I only got two all of last year.' He did a great job for us tonight." - UT QB Chris Simms * * * * "I'm happy on my overall performance tonight, but I am even more happy that the team has gotten the season off to a good start with a win. The passes were perfect all night. They just came right to me. I have to give all of the credit to Chris Simms. He was on target the whole time, which made my job easier. All I had to do is catch it and run." - Longhorn senior WR Montrell Flowers * * * * "Oh, it felt good. It was fun. I enjoyed it. With the guys we have up front, it's fun to run the ball. It was great scoring my first college touchdown. It probably won't hit me until I get out of this room. I had so much excitement and energy running through me tonight. I really enjoyed this game. I loved carrying the ball, the crowd and everything about tonight. I was not really nervous. I had three quarters to sit down and relax, so I think that helped me out by not going in too early." - Texas true freshman RB Cedric Benson Texas-New Mexico State Statistics Scoring Summary Texas 14 10 3 14 - 41 New Mexico State 0 0 7 0 - 7 UT - Geiggar 0 blocked punt (Mangum kick) 11:52 1Q UT - I. Williams 4 run (Mangum kick) 5:40 1Q (50 yds, 10 plays) UT - Mangum 24 FG 7:24 2Q (30 yds, 6 plays) UT - Flowers 9 pass from Simms (Mangum kick) 0:38 2Q (80 yds, 11 plays UT - Mangum 17 FG 9:15 3Q (79 yds, 13 plays) NM - K. Johnson 11 run (Aguiniga kick) 1:02 3Q (85 yds, 9 plays) UT - Flowers 10 pass from Simms (Mangum kick) 9:28 4Q (71 yds, 13 plays) UT - Benson 3 run (Mangum kick) 0:28 4Q (65 yds, 14 plays) Official Attendance: 82,856 Team Statistics Texas NM State First Downs 24 12 Rushing 9 8 Passing 13 3 Penalty 2 1 Rushing Attempts, Net Yards 45-171 34-169 Net Yards Passing 228 63 Passes Comp., Att., Int. 21-38-0 8-16-0 Total Plays, Offense 83-399 50-232 Avg. Gain per Play 4.8 4.6 Fumbles Lost 0 of 0 2 of 2 Penalties, Yards 3-35 8-55 Punts, Avg. 4-38.2 6-33.5 Time of Possession 40:18 19:42 Third-Down Conversions 15 of 21 2 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 2 Sacks by Team, Yds Lost 2-17 1-10 Individual Statistics Texas Rushing - Benson 15-64, 1 TD; I. Williams 15-64, 1 TD; Ike 14-53; Simms 1-minus 10. Passing - Simms 17-33, 182 yds, 2 TD, 0 Int.; Applewhite 4-5, 46 yds, 0 TD, 0 Int. Receiving - R. Williams 5-70; Flowers 4-54, 2 TD; B. Johnson 4-32; Thomas 2-18; Benson 1-17; Robin 2-14; B. Carter 1-10; I. Williams 1-7; Trissel 1-6. New Mexico State Rushing - W. Taylor 13-113; K. Johnson 5-16, 1 TD; Snowten 2-14; Copple 1-13; Winston 1-10; Bostic 4-5; Soares 1-3; Ensminger 7-minus 5. Passing - Enzminger 8-16, 63 yds, 0 TD, 0 Int. Receiving - A. Davis 2-29; Talbert 2-23; Winston 2-8; Briscoe 1-6; W. Taylor 1-minus 3. Tackles by Texas Players, Unasst., Asst., Total Rawls 5-3-8; Thornton 3-3-6; T. Jones 2-4-6; Babers 4-0-4; Gordon 2-2-4; D. Lewis 2-2-4; Jammer 3-0-3; Vasher 3-0-3; Pearson 2-1-3; Boyd 2-1-3; D. Johnson 2-1-3; Brooks 1-2-3; Trayan 2-0-2; Wilkins 1-1-2; Redding 1-0-1; Doiron 1-0-1; Jeffery 1-0-1; Nguyen 1-0-1; M. Jones 1-0-1; Ungar 1-0-1; Matthews 0-1-1-; Robin 0-1-1; Satchell 0-1-1-; Geiggar 0-1-1. Tackles for Losses: Thornton 2-minus 4; T. Jones 1-minus 3; D. Johnson 1-minus 3; Brooks 1-minus 3; Johnson 1-minus 3. Sacks: Gordon 1.5-Minus 13; T. Jones .5-minus 4. Scouting North Carolina Longhorn coach Mack Brown had great success at North Carolina before coming to Texas following an 11-1 season with the Tar Heels in 1997. Carolina's football fortunes have waned since Brown's departure, but nothing would make the Tar Heels happier than putting a licking on their former coach when they come to Austin Saturday for an 11 a.m. game. At 0-2, with a 41-27 loss at Oklahoma and a 23-7 league defeat at the hands of Maryland already in the books, Carolina is a 22-point underdog. The Tar Heels have an outstanding defensive front four, headed by Julius Peppers, a 6-6, 290-pound end who Brown said "might be the nation's top defensive player." Ironically, he recruited Peppers for the Tar Heels before leaving for Texas. Joey Evans, 6-4, 264, is the other defensive end, and he also is being eyed by NFL scouts. But so far this season, the Tar Heel defense hasn't had a chance because the offense has committed eight turnovers in the two losses. TB Willie Parker, a swift 200-pounder, had a 77-yard touchdown run against Maryland. At QB, Ronald Curry is quick and elusive, but is getting a battle from freshman Darian Durant, a redshirt freshman who has relieved Curry in both early season losses. Durant has completed 22 of 40 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns, with two interceptions. He has a QB efficiency rating of 113.79. Curry has completed 11 of 25 passes for 135 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. He has a QB efficiency rating of 70.54. I expect Durant, a 5-11, 225-pounder with good speed and a strong arm, to be the quarterback at Texas unless Curry gets off to a really quick start. Brown said the eight turnovers have killed North Carolina in the two losses. "They will quit turning the ball over at some point, and then they will be hard to handle," he said. Let's hope they keep on turning it over Saturday. The Longhorns need to come out ready to play because the Tar Heels certainly will. This game has been dedicated to the memory of Cole Pittman, the young Longhorn defensive tackle who was tragically killed in an automobile accident in February. Here's how the teams compare statistically (national rank in parenthesis): Texas North Carolina Offense (36) 171 Rushing Avg. (64) 91 (31) 228 Passing Avg. (48) 192 (30) 399 Total Off. Avg. (71) 283 (15) 41 Scoring Avg (57) 17 Defense (63) 169 Rushing Avg. (52) 134.5 (7) 63 Passing Avg. (22) 132 (22) 232 Total Def. Avg. (31) 266.5 (8) 7 Opp. Scoring Avg (75) 32
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