Sunday, October 12, 1969
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Nine.
Sundy, ctobr 12, I969THE ICHGAN AIL
Refs
throw
flag,
boo
W W r
By JOEL BLOCK
Sports Editor
For the fourth consecutive week Michigan
Coach Bo Schembechler has lost his battle
with the men in the striped shirts, euphemis-
tically known as referees.
Despite their 3-1 record including yesterday's
31-20 trouncing of Purdue, Bo's Boys have been
whistled more times for more yards than each
of their four opponents. They've racked up 295
yards on 34 penalties to their opponents' 163
yards on 22 infractions.
Yesterday's war of the red flag prooved to be
Michigan's worst drubbing as the officials push-
ed the Wolverines back 95 yards toward their
own goal line.
The "highlight" of the afternoon occurred with
10:19 left in the first half and Michigan lead-
ing 14-0. It was third and 16 with Purdue on the
Michigan 18 yard line. Purdue's allegedly great
quarterback Mike Phipps dropped back to pass
as flankerback Stan Brown began his slant-in
pattern from the left side of the field.
Brown was covered by defensive back Bruce
Elliott who had just replaced Brian Healy in the
Wolverine secondary. When Phipps let go of the
ball from his purported golden arm, Brown shov-
ed Elliott, caught the ball and fell down on the
four yard line.
Elliott, his defensive cohorts, Schembechler,
and the crowd all screamed offensive interfer-
ence. The referees didn't say anything.
On the same play Michigan defensive end
Cecil Pryor was knocked senseless by a Boiler-
maker blocker. Middleguard Henry Hill rush-
ed over and helped Pryor to his feet and off
the field. At the same time this was going on,
Schembechler sent in two defensive replacements
for the upcoming goal line stand.
As Hill walked back to the defensive huddle,
a whistle blew and that damn red flag came
shooting out of some ref's itchy trigger finger.
"Illegal substitution".
The refs had followed their sin of omission
with a sin of commission.
Schembechler, not known for his on-the-field
tranquility, quite understandably went crazy.
He screamed, he stomped, he retched. Then he
strode on to the field and tried to talk to one
of the (a-hem) zebras.
"I couldn't get any explanation at all from
the ref," Schembechler said in the locker room
after the game. "I guess he thought Hill was a
k at W
third substitute from the bench. But all Hill
did was help an injured teammate."
Not being a great fan of participatory demo-
cracy, the ref ruled Schembechler out of order
with another penalty, this one for unsports-
manlike conduct.
Schembechler marched off the field as the of-
ficials were marching the ball toward the Mich-
igan goal line. First down to the two for the
substitution penalty and then to the one for
the unsportsmanlike call.
And that wasn't even the whole story. "There
was a delay-of-game penalty against Purdue
at the same time they were calling us for illegal
substitution," Schembechler informed the press
after the game. "So instead of pushing Purdue
back five yards, the refs split their distance
to the end zone."
It took several minutes before the incensed
crowd quieted down enough for Phipps to put
the ball into play and into the end zone.
The officials were like a panel of hanging
judges and Michigan played the role of an out-
law gang. The Wolverines broke the law and the
refs threw the book at them.
Gangleader Jim Mandich committed the
heinous crime of launching the football into
the stands after his fourth quarter touchdown
reception. The refs invoked the newly-instituted
statute which prohibits a football player from
throwing or placing the football anywhere other
than on the ground or in the official's hands.
The sentence is 15 yards on the ensuing kick-off,
not on the extra point attempt.
Despite his own transgressions, Schembechler
wouldn't forgive ringleader Mandich for break-
ing the law, "It was a bad play and I don't for-
give him for it. But I love that guy," Schem-
bechler added.
The Wolverine win was also soured by the
post-game injury report. Glenn Doughty rein-
jured his ankle in the first half and couldn't
play on it the rest of the game. Pryor's injury
is a mild concussion, the status of which was
unknown as The Daily went to press this morn-
ing.
Schembechler's most serious concern is All
American safety Tom Curtis. Curtis was knock-
ed cold late in the fourth quarter and was taken
off the field on a stretcher. Health service doc-
tors reported last night that Curtis also suffered
a mild concussion and was staying there over-
night for observation.
Solverines
-Daily-Thomas Sheard
Bo raps with ref
Huff-ing and puf fing to victory
Mied:
FIRST DOWNS 17
Rushing 6
Passing 10
Penalty 1
TOTAL. NO. RUSHES 56
NET YDS - Rushing 123
Passing 217
FORWARD PASSES ATT. 25
Completed 15
Intercepted by 4
Yards interceptions retd. 44
TOTAL PLAYS
(Rushes and Passes) 81
PUNTS, Number 7
Average distance 39.6
KICKOFFS,returned by 4
YARDS KICKS RETD. 64
Punts 31
Kickoffs m33
FUMBLES, Number 2
Ball lost by 0
PENALTIES, Number 9
Yards penalized 95
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Michigan 7 71
Purdue 0 14
MI1CHIGAN
Rushing
1a .
M
Purdue
24
7
13
4
32
166
250
44
22
1
21
76
4
39.2
6
200
57
143
4
3
5
51
Passing
Att. Comp.
25 15
Pass Receiving
Moorhead
Craw
Gabler
Mandich
Harris
Hankowitz
Werner
Bullock
Cooper
Phipps
Clayton
Brown
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Int. Yds.
1 247
No. Yds.
1 8
1 18
10 156
1 34
2 31
15 247
Totals
Punting
No. Yds Avg.
7 296 39.6
* * * *
PURDUE
Rushing
Tries Gains
12 92
7 32
11 43
1 18
1 0
Totals 32 185
Passing
Att. Comp.
44 22
Pass Receiving
Daily--Eric Pergeaux
Phipps to Curtis-complete ! !
10 7--31P
0 6--20 P ps
Loss Net
8 84
1 31
10 33
0 18
0 0
19 166
Int. Yds.
4 250
No. Yds.
6 81
5 41
1 2
7 97
3 29
2 250
NATIONAL ROUNDUP
Texas tops Oklahoma; Georgia upset
Doughty
Moorhead
Craw
Gabler
B. Taylor
Tries
15
11
14
3
13:
T1otals 56
Gains
50
13
38
8
53
162
Loss
9
-27
0
0
3
39
Bullock
Cooper
Net Clayton
41 Brown
-14 Bell
38
8
50
1231 Lougheced
x
7
.
Totals
Punting
No, Yds Avg.
4 157 39.2
Penn Stte wins again;
Missouri tops Nebraska
('P mirtigal atl
SUNDAY SPORTS
NIGHT EDITORS: MORT NOVECK, PHIL HERTZ
Commodores stun Tide
,,
Golden Girl outclasses Phipps;
Mandich picks defense apart
for first win of season
By The Associated Press
DALLAS - Second-r a n k e d
Texas, its famed triple-option
mangled by an aroused Oklahoma
defense, found offensive life yes-
terday on James Street's passing
arm, Happy Feller's field g o a l
kicking and a monumental Soon-
er bobble for a 27-17 victory in
the 64th meeting on the ancient
rivals.
Feller's field goals of 27 and
21 yards gave Texas a shaky 20-
17 lead going into the fourth per-
iod of the nationally televised
battle before a capacity 71.938
in the Cotton Bowl.
Eighth-ranked Aklahoma blunt-
ed the Texas offense deep in the
fourth period, but Glenn King
bobbled a high, soaring Texas
tunt in the 28-mile-an-hour
swirling winds and the L o n g-
horn's Bob McKay pounced on'
i he ball on the OU 23.
Steve Worster blasted across the
goal from the one moments later
to put the game out of reach with
4:40 remaining.
The fighting Sooners stuined
Texas by piling up a quick 14-0,
lead 'in the brutal 93 degree heat.'
Sophomore Jack Mildren rolled
Sii yads for a touchdown and
Ileisman trophy candidate Steve
Owrns barr led two yards f o r
another score.
The spunky Street rallied the
Longhorns with a 24-yard touch-
down shot to Charles Cotton
Speyrer and a 55-yard pass to
Jim Bertelsen set up Bertelsen's
one-yard run as the teams went to
the dressing room with d 14-14
tie.
Feller's first field goal put Texas
briefly into the lead in the third
period but a 22-yard field goal
with the wind brought Oklahoma
into a 17-17 tie in the see-saw
battle by Bruce Derr.
The Longhorns then took ad-
vantage of the wind to drive to
the Oklahoma two-yard line to
set up Feller's field goal. But the
game was in doubt until King'sl
costly misque.-
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Un-
beaten Penn State broke the backs
of West Virginia's potent offense
with three first-half interceptions
and then put together three long'
scoring drives to defeat the Moun-
taineers 20-0 yesterday before a1
record sellout football crowd of
52,072 at Beaver Stadium.
State, fifth ranked nationally,
extended its winning streak to
15 straight-fourth this season--
as it dumped 17th ranked West
Virginia from the unbeaten ranks
after four victories.
Penn State hasn't lost in itsl
last 23 games, It's the longest
unbeaten among the nation's ma-r
jor colleges.
Penn State took a 7-0 lead in
the second period on a 1-yard
smash by sophomore Franco Har-
ris, muade it 14-0 ill the third
period il a 7-yard touchdown by
sophomore Lydell Mitchell and
boosted it to 20-0 in the final+
period as veteran Charlie Pittman
bulled across from the 1.
West Virginia, first in the na-
tion in rushing, and second in total
defense Saturday's gamne, made its
big bid for an upset in the first
half, but State's vaunted defense
shut off the Mountaineers on key
plays. It was the first time West
Virginia was blanked in 40 games.'
Tigers triumph
COLUMBIA, Mo. Terry McMil-
lan fired two touchdown passes,
By The Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. - Quarterback
Archie Manning, returning after
missing one quarter with a neck
and shoulder injury, riddled Geor-
gia's defense with his scrambling,
and nin-oint n ainL in two see-
the first a 69-yard shocker and Tagge hurried, harried, and horl- end-half scoring drives yesterday
the other a short one set up by the zontal much of the time, slammed nda sip urie sth-
defense, as undefeated Missouri the ball loose at' the Nebraska 16 as Mississippi upset the sixth-
dropped Nebraska 17-7 yesterday and recovered it himself, rankd Bulldogs 25-17.
the Bi Eight football opener Manning, who left with five
in theirigigh. Ol the third play, with nine minutes remaining in the half,.
The game came down to four seconds left in the half, McMillan directed a 43-yard drive capped
big plays. The first two went rifled an 8-yard touchdown pass by Leon Felts' 17-yard spring upI
Missouri's way and the seventh- to end Tom Shryrock. through the middle as Mississippi
ranked Tigers built up a 14-point The halftime lead seemed lux- overtook Georgia late in the third;
halftime lead. urious as the Tiger defense con- quarter 19-17, giving the Rebels
On Missouri's second play of tinued to stymie the Cornhuskers. the lead for good in the South-'
the game McMillan heaved the Nebraska had no time for the long eastern Conference struggle.
ball 49 yards to Mel Gray wxho pass and no room for the short Then, with 12:47 left in the
carried it in the rest of the way I ones, but kept trying them any- game, Manning drilled a 43-yard
untouched. way. During the first half they touchdown pass to Riley Myers,
Defensive end Sam Brown, had been able to gain only 11 who had broken free behind the
spearheading a defense line that yards rushing. Georgia defense.
kept Nebraska quarterback Steve It was the 20th ranked Corn- I'The Mississippi defense then
huskers' turn in the third quarter went to work blunting Georgia's
a 1: when Tagge hit Jeff Kinney with bids to rally as the Bulldogs took
a 10-yard pass that Kinney turned their first defeat after three non-
PrO Standings into a 77-yard toucrdown iconference victories. It was the
NATIONAL LEAGUE Missouri's Jon Staggers came first SEC loss for Georgia since a
WESTERN CONFERENCE up with the fourth big play when 17-16 setback by Florida in 1967.
Central Division he returned the following kickoff
GV L T Pet. Pts, OP 41 yards to the Tiger 48. NASHVILLE - 5 o p h e m 0 r e
Careent Bay 2 1 0 .667 38 26 Afwpaslte er rw
Detroit 1 0 .667 65 37 A few pays later Henry Brown quarterback Watson Brown lobbed
Iinnesta 1 .667 94 45 booted a 48-yard field goal that 1 a 10-yard touchdown pass to tight'
Clicago 0 3 0 .a0a 41 65 iced the game. end Jim Cunningham wtih 2:49
Coastal Division left in the game to lift inspired
Las An ees 23 0 1.00080 l 0Vanderbit to a 14-10 football vic-
Baltimore 12 333 55 93 s sumbles tory over lifeless Alabama in the
San Francisco 0 2 1 .000 36 55 LAWRENCE, Kan.-Lynn Dickey Southeastern Conference upset of
EASTERN CONFERENCE cooly slashed up Kansas' defense the year here Saturday night.
Century Division with his passing, then a Kansas It was Vanderbilt's first vic-
Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 75 71 State rugged defense made the big tory in four start., while the out-
New York * 1 0 .667 trt n or trsw71 heot
St. Louis 2 1 ~667 555 plays in preserving the Wildcats' played, out-fought and 13th-rank-
Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 57 81 26-22 victory over the Jayhawks ed Crimson Tide dropped its first
Capitol Division yesterday. game in four outings.
Dallas 3 0 0 1000 83 27 The triumph was K-State's first It was Vanderbilt's first win
Washington i 1 1 .A0e 66 64
Phil~nl'{,i 1 a 1,41,ARR? over Kansas since 1955. although ov er Alabama since 1956.:
the first half and rolled to a 26-8
football victory yesterday.
Quarterback Bobby Scott pass-
ed for two touchdowns -- to Les-
ter McClain and Ken Delong and
Don McCleary and Bob Patter-
son ran for one each.
Reynolds and Kiner repeatedly
smashed through to throw Tech
back behind the line, and Kiner
picked off two passes in the first
half.
'reen Wave falls
TAMPA, Fla. -- Carlos Al-
varez made the most sensational
pass reception of his young foot-
ball career for a two-point con-
version and gave 12th-ranked
Florida a squeaky 18-17 victory
yesterday over a Tulane Green
Wave that appeared upset bound
until the final 2, minutes. j
It was the sophomore passing
combination of quarterback John
Reaves to Alvarez that turnedj
almost certain defeat into t h e
Gators' fourth straight victory.
Reaves sent a looping pass to
the far side of the end zone and
Alvarez snatched it away from aj
Tulane defender just before fall-
ing out of bounds.
Tommy D o r r a n c e smashed
3ne yard to the touchdown that
gave Florida its chance at 17-16.
But it was two long passes from
Reaves to Andy Cheney, another
sophomore, filling in for Alvarez
when he was hurt briefly, that put
the ball in scoring position.
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Mandich. Glenn Doughty, who
later left the contest with an
ankle injury, raced the last six
1 yards for the score.
Michigan racked up its second
score on another prolonged
drive, this one covering 65 yards
with the culmination being
Garvie Craw's four yard slam
into the end zone. Once again
pass plays were the key, with
Mandich grabbing two more and
Billy Harris turning in the big
play with a diving catch of a
ball that was underthrown and
over the wrong shoulder. The
play covered 34 yards and left
Michigan poised on Purdue's 12
yard line for the second touch-
down.
The Wolverine's final touch-
down in the fourth quarter was
scored in similar fashion. The
drive was the longest of the sea-
son, covering 90 yards and once
again a third down pass k e p t
the drive alive. Moorhead tried
the same pattern which h a d
sprung Harris loose earlier, but
found his main receiver cover-
ed. He looked for help and
found the ever present Mandich
free down the middy. The big
tight end gathered in the toss
f to set up the final six pointer,
which he scored on another
Moorhead pass.
"Mandich was the secondary
receiver on the play," Schem-
bechler told reporters. "He has a
lot of free lance opportunity on
that play and I don't think they
had him covered at all." Moor-
head verified his coach's words
saying, "Mandich was the se-
condary man. He read the de-
fense well and pickeddthe hole
while coming cross field."
Mandich picked numerous
holes in the defense during the
day as he hauled in 10 passes
for 156 yards and substantiat-
ed his claim to All-American
status. Mandich was helped by
Moorhead's pinpoint throwing
as the Wolverines came out
throwing despite the rain.
"We thought we could pass
on them and Mandich m a d e
some nice catches," said Schem-
bechler. When asked about the
wet conditions which seem bad
for passing he said, "The rain
didn't bother us. The ball was
dry and defenders have more
trouble cutting on the wet turf.
Rain is to the offenses' advant-
age."
If the rain was an advantage,
Moorhead certainly put it to
good use as he hit 15 of 25
for 247 yards and one touch-
down while statistically out-
classing the heralded Phipps.
As a matter of fact, the sun
only broke through once, and
that was when Michigan broke
through in the second half. Af-
ter that the clouds returned and
darkness began to descend as
Purdue scored a futile final
touchdown with just 37 se-
conds left.
Not even the Golden Girl's
uniform was shining at t h a t
point, much less the arm of
Phipps. The only gold anyone
could see was on the bodies of
the Wolverine squad.
College Scores
New Orleans 0 3 0 .000 54
Today's Games
Green Bay at Detroit
Cleveland at New Orleans
D~allas a t Atlanta
Los Angeles at San Francisco
Minnesota at Chicago
Pittsburgh at New York
St. Louis at Washington
Tomorrow's Game
Philadelphia at Baltimore, night
83
the teams battled to a 3-3 stand-
off three years ago.
Dickey took the Wildcats on
scoring drives of 80, 90 and 62,
yards in the first half. Then Mike
Montgomery broke a 54-yard run
early in the fourth quarter to set
up the clinching touchdown.
Vols roll
KNOXVILLE -- Tenth-ranked
Tennessee, its unrelenting defense
led by linebackers Jack Reynolds
and Steve Kiner, held Georgia
Tech to 23 yards total offense in
tnJIIIDE PICKINGS
MICIIIGAN .a, Purdue T0
Ohio State 54. Michigan State 21
Indiana 17. Minnesota 7
Wisconsin 13, Iowa 17
Northwestern 10. Illinois 6
Colorado 14, Iona Siate
Mississippi 25. Georgia 17
Kansas State ?6. Kansas ??
Auhurn 51, Clemson 0
Air Force ?0. North Carolina 10
Kent ucky 7, Virginia Tech 6
Missouri 17, Nebraska i7
Rensselaer 43, Trinity 43
Yale 27, Brown 13
MIDWEST
Miami, Ohio 35, Marshall 17
Western Michigan 33, Kent State 13
Wayne State 47. Bradley 21
\lma 42, Hope 18
LaCrosse 19, Stout 10
Valp-ralso 31, Evansville 26
Toledo 27, Bowling Green 26
Ohio 31, Xavier 6
Mankato 43, Michigan Tech '?1
Memphis State 5?, Cincinnati 6
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION
W L T Pct. Pts. OP
Houston 3t 1 0 .750 84 48
.\ew York 0 .500 102 88
Buffalo l 3 0 .250 77 106
Miami u 3 1 .000 68 89
Boston 0 4 0 .000 44 127
Big Ten Standings
Conference Games
MICHIGAN
Ohio State
Indiana
IV
1
1
I.
0
0
T
0
0
0
PF
31
54
17
PA
20
21
All
IV L
3 1
3 0
2
Games
T PF
0 135
0 158
0 96
PA
81
35
84
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