``Kelsey is very doubtful for the Rice game,'' Meek said. ``He'll be out of action all this week. He got hit from the blind side by the split end coming back on the second play of the game. There is definitely some ligament damage in his knee.''

Rice has not played since injuring a knee in the opener with Maryland.

``He's looking a lot better, and he's able to run,'' Meek explained. ``We'll let him do a lot of running this week, but I don't know if he'll be able to play.''

The game players saw the Air Force film Monday, ran for 30 minutes, then went in, while the reserves scrimmaged for 45 minutes.

``We'll work hard Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,'' Meek said, ``and probably will have a good scrimmage Friday. We'll work out about an hour on Saturday, then we'll work Monday and Tuesday of next week, then taper off.''

SMU will play the Owls at Rice Stadium in Houston in a night game Saturday, Oct. 21.

- Held out of Texas Tech's sweat suits drill Monday at Lubbock was tackle Richard Stafford, who is undergoing treatment for a leg injury suffered in the Raiders' 38 -- 7 loss to Texas A+M. Because of its important game with Arkansas coming up Saturday, Baylor worked out in the rain Monday -- mud or no mud. End Gene Raesz, who broke a hand in the Owl's game with LSU, was back working out with Rice Monday, and John Nichols, sophomore guard, moved back into action after a week's idleness with an ankle injury. The Texas Aggies got a day off Monday -- a special gift from Coach Jim Myers for its conference victory last Saturday night, but Myers announced that halfback George Hargett, shaken up in the Tech game, would not play against Trinity Saturday. Halfback Bud Priddy, slowed for almost a month by a slowly mending sprained ankle, joined TCU's workout Monday.