I TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Z81 196: THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN_ i TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1967 THE MIClUGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN F ii4/u Uu f ua THE VANDALS AND THE BIOKENIIEADS .Bob Lees O N - - t - - - - - - - - - - f - - - - i I Too late . . . too late. For the senior members of this year's edition of the Wolverines. those words must have been echoing at the back of their minds all through last Saturday's game. Too late . . the Michigan defense digs in to stop a second quarter Buckeye drive . . . but Ohio State already has a big '21' on the scoreboard, and it's an awful big gap to close ... too big. Too late . .. the 1967 season opens with a close win over Duke, but five games later the Wolverine record stands at 1-5. It's a long way to the .500 mark, and the team does its damnedest . . . but, as in so many situations this year, the drive falls just short., Too late . . . January 1, 1965, finds Michigan crowned with victory at Pasadena . . . but the guys who just finished their varsity careers don't even get to their first varsity practice until that spring. Seniors appearing in a Michigan uniform for the last time in Saturday's loss to Ohio State were: Jim Berline, Stan Broad- nax, Joe Dayton (captain), Paul D'Eramo, Jim Duffy, Tom Goss, Jon Heffelfinger, Derrick Humphries, Paul Johnson, Pete Mair, Dennis Monthei, Dennis Morgan, Doug Nelson, Ray Phillips, Davef Porter, Tom Pullen, Rock Rosema, Ernie Sharpe, Royce Spencer, John Thomas, Dick Vidmer, Dick Williamson. i I t :c if k i t f t t ,t 1 l i 7 And their three years show records of 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 - a totals of 14 wins and 16 losses. Just one more game won over the three yearf period would have put them at the .500 mark . . . but there they7 remain: a game or so below average., This year's team was billed as a young team . . . and it got' younger as the season wore on. Seniors Dick Vidmer and ErnieY Sharpe were supposed to provide the need experience in thet backfield of a youthful offense. But by the beginning of gamez five, junior Dennis Brown and sophomore John Gabler had takent their place, while junior Ron Johnson had taken the glory._ On defense, safety Doug Nelson was supposed to be the anchor of a backfield which otherwise consisted of sophomores and a junior. But a preseason injury kept him out of the lineup for half the season, and opposing passers found with glee that 1 the young backs had an awful lot to learn. He did return in the second half stretch run, as Michigan coach Bump Elliott re- marked, "They looked good by the end of the season. But," he continued, "they really learned the hard way." Only the lines and linebacking spots remained predominantly senior territory for the entire season, but here too injuries or sickness kept many of the last-year men below their potential. Tom Goss and Dick Williamson on defense, and Ray Phillips on offense, were able to go only part of the time, while middle guard Dennis Monthei's knee injury in the Indiana game put him out for the season and, forced a revariping of the entire Wolverine defensive lineup. Yet these positions held the seniors' greatest glory. Dennis Morgan and Rocky Rosema at linebacker and Dave Porter at de- fensive end were the main plugs up front on defense, while center Joe Dayton and tackle Pete Mair joined Phillips in opening the holes for Johnson. But it was Jim Berline who grabbed the share of the lime- light that Johnson hadn't already taken. By grabbing 54 passes this season, the senior end, who hadn't enough playing time to letter last year, moved into second place in the all-time Michigan records in pass receptions behind last year's captain, Jack Clancy. But actually it's the 1967 team that is last,year's team now. After the game last Saturday, a few of the seniors were taking awhile to dress, and were looking back on the season in general and the past few hours in particular. As one lineman muttered, "If only we'd started a little earlier ... " By BOB McFARLAND Executive Sports Editor The season in review . . a dreadfully poor start, some flashes of brilliance in the second quarter, finally breaking out of their dol- drums in the second half, and the belated victory drive falling just short. It was all there for the Wolver- ines Saturday, packed into a mere 60 minutes of a 24-14 loss to Ohio State., The hackneyed writer's theme of a man's life flashing be- fore his mind at the demise was tritely but faithfully enacted by the Michigan eleven in their sea- son finale. There was the Ohio State ground game viciously chopping through the middle of the Michigan defen- sive line for quick touchdowns. There was a Wolverine offense that left their starter gun in the locker room. By the time it had been retrieved, the first quarter was over and Michigan had con- trolled the ball for nine plays. There Were There were the heroics of one Denny Brown, as he attempted to scramble and pass Michigan back from a three-touchdown deficit. There was Ron Johnson, running like he always had a hole big enough to drive a truck through, when a toy Volkswagen would have had trouble squeezing through half the time. There was Jim Berline, no longer looked on as an imitator of Jack Clancy, who made diving catches appear as natural as Sam Snead's golf swing.I It wasn't a disgraceful loss, just as it wasn't a disgraceful season. But it was a loss, just like the 4-6 record was a losing one. Not a stinging loss, or a painful record. Instead, thinking back on the game, and the campaign, for that matter, produces an emptiness, the same kind of emptiness that will pervade Michigan Stadium at noon on January 1. N .ame Elliott Nowrth Coach MIAMI (YP)-Chalmers (Bump) Elliott, University of Michigan head football coach, has been selected coach of the North squad in the annual North-South Shrine game to be played in the Orange Bowl Christmas Day. Elliott coached the North in 1959 and 1960 and his teams won both times. William C. Brown, Shrine Game chairman, said the South squad coach has not been se ioc ed yet. Loss Symbolizes Billy Long. OSU's junior quar- have been then. But again, the re- (Was it Minnesota, when those terback, took up the theme on the run began. Michigan displayed the red flags were thrown at Michigan second play of the game, when he one quality it has shown consis- time and again? Wolverine coach rolled to his right and lofted a pass tently all season-guts. The de- Bump Elliott, commenting on the to halfback Dave Brungard, good fense tightened up, holding the holding after the game said, "That! for 25 yards to the Buckeye 48- Buckeyes on the Michigan nine, certainly hurt us. We were in a! yard line. That was only to open and the Cairns field goal attempt position to score then with time in up the middle for Ohio State's went wide to the right. our favor.") S tatistical Symbolism i s three - yards - and - a - cloud - of - dust men, though. Halfbacks Rudy Hubbard and Brungard, along with fullback Jim Otis then proceeded to punch through the Wolverine line for small gains down to the Michigan 22-yard marker. Breaking into the Michigan secondary before the slower linemen had left their three-point position, Hubbard gal- loped into the end zone with nary a scratch and Buckeye Gary Cairns added the extra point for a 7-0 lead at the end of five minutes. Repeat Ohio State began their second drive on their own 36-yard line. Woody Hayes, never one to miss a good thing, sent Hubbard over left guard again, and this time, he rambled for a 25-yard gain. Five plays later, the ball rested on the Michigan 12-yard line, and for variety's sake, Hubbard plunged through the right guard slot for his second tally, ten minutes into the first quarter. (Was it Navy who didn't think they could run through the Wol- verine defensive line, and dis- covered the contrary to be true?) The Wolverines had possessionj for four more downs. Finally, the! Michigan defenders held, however, and the Blue offense began to roll slowly, ever so slowly, gaining 29 yards before yielding possession. Sneak A change in field direction cer- tainly didn't affect the Buckeyes, as they opened the second quarter as potently as they initiated the first. Long provided the big play for Ohio State this time, a 22-yard rollout to the Wolverine three-yard line. He snuck over for Ohio State's third score one play later. (It looked like Michigan State all over again. The Buckeyes, a traditional rival and rated very nearly equal in ability to the Wol- verines, were having the kind of field day that Hayes loves.) Michigan hadn't yet reached its nadir. On the third play after' Long's touchdown, Brown thread- ed the needle on a pass to Jim Mandich, who fumbled after being hit by OSU's Dave Whitfield, the Buckeyes taking over on the Wol- verine 44. If there was ever a time when a team felt like throwing in the * towel, the benches. and anything . else left on the sidelines, it must Blue Express Then, the Brown-Berline-John-' son combination did the heavy duty work on an 80-yard touch-+ down march, that was climaxed by a six-yard Brown-to-Berline bullet for the score, making it 21-7 at halftime.+ (The story of the season's first five games was much like the half- time statistics; first downs- Ohio State 14, Michigan 6; total plays- Ohio State 38, Michigan 25; net' yardage-Ohio State 238, Michigan 133. No, not much different from a 1-4 won-lost mark.) Opening the second half with another sustained drive, the Wol- verines penetrated deep into Buck- eye territory. With a third down and 14 yards to go at the Ohio State 35-yard marker, Brown ap- peared to be trapped behind the line of scrimmage, but "scrambling Denny" swept around right end for 21 yards. A red flag lay on the ground at the Ohio State 30, how- ever, and Michigan was penalized for holding. The drive stalled, and the Wolverines punted. An Pxrrhnnap of nirntc laft '.2;nh_ s Grid y u nn eenane ofpunts leftmie-; igan with the ball on its own 171 yard-line. Paul Schmidlin. OSU's, defensive left tackle, crashed into Brown, causing him to fumble,! with Schmidlin recovering on the Michigan 15. The situation looked drearier than a 1-5 record. Fullback Otis ran the ball up the middle for five straight plays, but as Hayes said in the locker room, "He just ran out of gas." The Wol- verines took over on their own one- yard line, but couldn't move the ball out of the hole. The Wolverines kept knocking on the Buckeye door, however, and a 47-yard drive, on which Johnson gained 18 in three carries, finally splintered the OSU barrier. Brown fired a shot to sophomore John Gabler for the score, Frank Titas converting. MICH. First Downs 17 Rushing 9 Passing7 Penalty 1 Total No. of Rushes 37 Net Yards-Rushing 128 Passing 179 Forward Passes Att. 24 Completed 17 Intercepted by 0 Yds. Intercep. Returned 0 Total Plays (Rushes and Passes) 61 Punts, Number 5 Average distance 37.6 Kickoffs, returned by 5 Yards Kicks Returned 107 Punts 8 Kickoffs 99 Fumbles, Number 3 Ball lost by 3 Penalties, Number 3 Yards penalized 34 O.St. 18 15 13 64 283 45 6 5 1 70 to 5 33.5 75 45 30 0 8 Ave. >4.8 2.1 0.7 3.5 Otis Hubbard Brungard Long R. Smith Totals Brown Long Berline landich Johnson Gabler Totals Brungard Otis Anders Totals RtUSHING OHIO STATE 26 114 4.9 15 103 6.9 13 39 3.0 9 25 2.89 1 2 2.0 64 283 4.1 PASS ING llCHIGAN Att. Comp. Int. Yards 24 17 1 179 PASSING OHIO STATE Att. Comp. Int. Yards 6 5 0 45 PASS RECEIVING MICHIGAN PASS RECEIVIN OHIO STATE No. Yds. 8 89 6 45 I 21 2 24 17 179 G 1 25 2 7 2 13 5 45 YdS. Ave. 188 37.6 167 33.5 Brown Gabler Totals RUSHING MICHIGAN Tries Net 20 96 14 30 3 2 37 128 PUNTING MICHIGAN No. Drehmann 5 PUNTING OHIOsSTATE Cairns 5 Season One touchdown back. 7:27 to go. though. Cairns kicked a 29-yard (Michigan had scrapped its way field goal with 1:59 remaining to back again. From a 21-0 deficit, end what hopes remained. Brown and a 1-5 low mark, they were summed up the whole season, when within reach of turning failure into he lofted the football into the visit- success.) , or's stands on the last play of the It just wasn't meant to be, game. "We had a lot to learn, and we learned the hard way, I'm sorry to say," Elliott continued. "We came back strong in the second half, and you've got to give our boys credit. They always played for keeps." 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