Alpine - Sul Ross State plays the whole thing for all it's worth.
The Lobos have a masterful passer, a bullish runner, an All-American linebacker on crutches, and another who takes over the load.
And with Saturday's 32-25 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association victory over Austin College, Sul Ross all but has an NAIA playoff spot in the bag.
The Loboes' bag is passing. Quarterback Larry Hill is the NAIA's fifth leading passer, and he proved why in throwing for 256 yards and a touchdown in giving Sul Ross its second victory this year over the 1981 national champion Kangaroos.
Sul Ross is 7-0, with one regular-season game left against Lubbock Christian, while Austin must face Tarelton State with a 5-2 record, and little chance of returning to the playoffs.
It was Austin which knocked Sul Ross out of the playoffs last year with a late-season win, and Lobos' coach Joe George said the memory was fresh.
Source: Odessa American
November 7, 1982
