Exactly! If there're only two records and two desired variables, just read the data as is before transposition:
[code:1gp61vwe]
data temp;
input x1-x16;
cards;
81 90 91 74 70 73 85 60 83 81 77 60 66 84 70 54
72 90 96 68 82 78 81 71 78 94 68 66 58 87 82 46
;