Sundcav. November 2, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine -,,.....,v .v Novme . 199TEMC GA DIL Offense, defense split g By BILL CUSUMANO Associate Sports Editor If Don Canham could have foreseen the results of yester- day's pounding of Wisconsin, he could have advertised the contest as a doubleheader. The Wolverines looked awesome in the first half, piling up 35 points and totally stifling the Badgers. Then the second' half arrived and the offense seemingly forgot how to play. While the defenders continued to play tough and hold Wisconsin to its lone score, the attack sputtered and never once moved beyond the 50. "When you get things too easily it's bad," explained Bo Schembechler in the locker room. "You just don't suck it up and play like you should again," he said. But Schembechler certainly wasn't disappointed in his club's performance. "The first half was as good as we've played all year," he stated. "We dominated the game. We executed well and we scored; we scored a lot," he said in what could be the understatement of the year. Michigan certainly was dominant and the final stats of the game should be those compiled in the first half because that was when the contest was ended. The Wolverines, led by a -fantastic running performance by Bill Taylor, blasted out 183 yards on the ground, 73 more through the air as they scored from all points on the field. TAYLOR BROKE LOOSE on two scintillating r u n s for scores, one covering 37 yards and the other 51. After those touchdowns gave Michigan a 14-0 edge, the Wolverines decided to prove they could grind it out too. The result was an 80-yard drive capped by Garvie Craw's one yard plunge. The defense must have enjoyed the running show because Barry Pierson soon got into the act by returning a punt 51 yards to the end zone. Don Moorhead then finished the fire- works by passing the Wolverines in for another six, the last 12 yards being covered with a toss to All-American end Jim Man- dich. The defense forced the Badgers to punt four times, most of them being line drives and Pierson finally took advantage of one. Wisconsin then tried to burn the Wolverines with the long ball and found that it couldn't be done with Tom Curtis around. The All-American safety picked off a would-be bomb, returned it to the 35 and Moorhead turned it into six points less than two minutes later. The only break that wasn't converted all day was a fumbled kick-off. Taking advantage of mistakes and burying an opponent in the early stages of a game have been weak points for the Wolverines this year. Missed opportunities against Missouri and Michigan State played big parts in the two defeats that have been suffered. There was no letdown yesterday, though, as - Michigan displayed a killer instinct. s "THE FIRST HALF was very encouraging," Schembechler o told reporters after the game. "We're definitely a better team d, than at the start of the season." Schembechler found bright d spots in the second half, too. "I liked the defense in the second half," he said, "they had to stay out there a lot." 5e Displaying what could be called a "Doomsday Defense", the r- Wolverine constantly stalled Wisconsin within their own 20- y yard line. Michigan conceded the short passes to sophomore e --Daily-Randy Edmonds Michigan quarterback Don Moorhead gets off a TD pass KERN'S MAGIC TOUCH Buckeyes bury Wildcats W *aBig Ten Conference football vic By The Associated Press tr eeysedy tory here yesterday. EVANSTON - Jim Otis scored Carter scored four touchdown three touchdowns and became as the Gophers, who went int Ohio State's greatest rushing full- the game with an 0-5-1 recor back, but it took a tricky quar- rushed for 317 yards and picke terbackk-RexKern-to crankrup up 116 more on passes. the top ranked Buckeyes for a The rugged Minnesota defens 35-6 Big Ten football victory over shut off three first half Iowa scor out-manned Northwestern yester- ing opotes rought Io b day. ing opportunities, brought on b three Gopher fumbles inside th The Buckeyes, favored by five 26-yard line, -Daily-Randy Edmonds Tom Curtis lassoes a Badger quarterback Neil Graff and never let him near the big play. Graff was able to complete 20 passes mostly because Mich- igan chose to play its defensive backs well off receivers. When asked why, Schembechler just pointed to the Tartan Turf, in- dicating that the field was wet and no chances were being taken on slips. When it did come time to play tight, though, the Big Ten's top defensive backfield showed why it has that reputation. Playing in a man to man goal line defense Curtis, Pierson, and Brian Healy blanketed the Badger receivers. Curtis did a par- ticularly tough job on Wisconsin's top notch tight end, Stu Voight. The backs of course were helped out by a stepped up pass rush. The line, led by Henry Hill, Cecil Pryor and Pete Newell kept pressure on Graff near the goal line and Wolfman Tom Darden was a constant bother to the Badgers with his blitzes. BUT THE DEFENSE was the team for the whole game any- way. The offense only showed up in the first half. The results could be slightly terrifying if both units put together a full game at the same time. A weak Illinois team could find out next week. "We keep hanging in there," smiled Schembechler. "We're not great, but we get a little better every week." Michigan fans just hope that improvement will be a continuation of the power of yesterday's first half. The smell of Roses is in the air and people realize that the Wolverines could improve themselves into a trip to Pasadena. Don't tell that to Schembechler, though. "Rose Bowl talk upsets me," he replied to queries about the subject. "We have a tough road to hoe and we're just playing them one at a time." However, a logical surmise would be that improving while play- ing them one at a time could be a way to plant roses in that road. All that's really needed is two halves of solid football by both units. Canham really doesn't want to try gridiron double- headers anyway. touchdowns, thundered to their sixth triumph of the season and the 20th in a row since 1967 as Kern demoralized the Wildcats with a deft blend of passing and his own keeper sweeps. The magical OSU quarterback rushed for 94 yards on 12 carries and hit 10 of 17 passes for 117 yards before he left the game shaken up early in the fourth! period. Meanwhile, Minnesota turned two Hawkeye fumbles into touch-' downs. The Gophers recovered an Iowa fumble on the fifth play of the game and marched 84 yards in seven plays for A touchdown. The big play was a 46-yard pass from quarterback Phil Hagen to half- back George Kemp. Carter went over on a three-yard plunge. SUNDAY SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: PAT ATKINS AND ERIC SIEGEL -Associated Press Kern's magic touch? SCORES Kern broke the game open in OFFENSE the first half when he streaked 1$U FIZZLES 21, 16 and 12 yards on keepers and passed 19 yards to Larry Zelina in a four play series which set up Otis' second one-yard touchdown smash to move Ohio IOSoftSflPl State ahead 21-0 at halftime. os e s b akSa It took Ohio State almost the whole first quarter to break the ice. The Bucks needed to recover By MORT NOVECK just put everything together of- The Spartan defense also played a Wildcat fumble and a 27-yardsjys verytgoeh o.aThepinekenso ruayed pass from Kern to Bruce Jankow- SITo'hDail nfensively." well. The line kept Gonso running ski o dive67 yrdsfora 7- led ?backward most of the time and on ! ski to drive 67 yards for a 7-0 lead EAST LANSING -Capitalizing THE HOOSIERS wvere able tok occasion he was dropped for a on Otis' one-yard dive with 42 on his ability to read the Michigan move the ball into Mi'chigan State loss. Unfortunately for MSU, seconds left in the first quarter, State defense and the Spartan's territory 10 times without man- though, Gonso was able to g e t M* inability to move 'the ball, Indiana aging to score a touchdown. They the ball away while runnning from. Boilermakers roll quarterback Harry Gonso led the did however, manage to salvage Rich Saul and company. Hoosiers to a 16-0 victory yester- field goals out of three of the Ohio State CHAMPAIGN - Purdue's day in a game marked by fumbles drives, a new Indiana record. The MSU however, was successful rdue some offensive machine caught up and stalled drives lone Indiana touchdown was scored in stopping the Hoosiers once they u with winless but inspired Illinoistgot into Spartan territory They MICHIGAN yesterday and smashed out a 49-. Indiana coach Johnny Pont by Lr Highbaugh on a punt also kept them jumping. Gonso Indiana 22 Big Ten football victory, Praised his quarterback after the Hatu back 43 ise rcomplimented them after the Wisconsin The Illini took leads of 12-7 game sayig, Harry did a g vided most of the Indiana punc game saying, "State hits harder Northwestern and 19-14 in the first half but Ob of reading the MSU defense. on the ground. He gained 152 yards than anyone else. Seeing all those Iowa simply couldn't contain Mike in 25 carries and set a new Hoosier Michigan State Phipps and his romping comrades ?the plays lhe called were audibles, ring carrsad wtseftal a r dosetriedmwhnIithefl. full 6n mits. mcalled after the teams had lined rushing recod with 782 total yards They really keep you on your Minnesota a full 60 minutes. Imso far this season, but was unable , rIllinoiso * * up at scrimmage. toes. Big Ten Standings ans 16-=0 Gridde Pickings Michigan 35, Wisconsin 7 Purdue 45, Illinois 22 Indiana 16, Michigan State 0 Ohio State 35, Northwestern 6 Minnesota 35, Iowa 0 Dartmouth 42, Yale 21 West. Virginia 7, Kentucky 6 Tennessee 17, Georgia 3 Southern Cal 14, California 9 Florida State 20. South Carolina 19 Missouri 41, Kansas State 38 Mississippi 26, I.SU 23 Nebraska 20, Colorado 7 Oklahoma State 28, Kansas 26 Auburn 38, Florida 12 Georgia '[ech 20, Duke 7 Houston 38, Miami 36 North C'arolina 12, Virgiiaz0 Pittsburgi 1,. 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East Cornell 10, 'olumbia 3 llarard: 20, Pennsylvania 6 P'enn St ate 38.,IBost on College 16 Princeton 33, Brown 6 Delaware 44, Rutgers 0 Colgate 14, Lehigh 14, tie Air Force 13, Army 6 :MidwestI Notre Dame 47, Navy 0 Toledo 14, Miami, 0. 10 Oklahoma 37, Iowa State 14 South Vanderbilt 26, Tulane 23 Virginia Tech 45, William & Mary 0 Clemson 40, Maryland 0 Southwest Texas 46, SMU 14 Texas Christian 30, Baylor 14 Texas Tech 24, Ri1ce 14 Arkansas 39, Texas A&M 13 N S A Detroit 130, San Diego 113 New York 112, Milwaukee 108 Boston 131, Philadelphia 126 N 1H L :Montreal 9, Boston 2 New fork 3, Toronto 2 Conference Games W L T PF PA 4 0 0 164 34 3 1 0 145 104 3 1 0 113 59 6 0 0 268 48 All Games V L T PF PA 6 1 0 251 5 2 0 217 3 1 0 2 2 0 z 2 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 108 73 63 75 62 58 42 63 113 93 111 101 94 141 4 2 2 3 3 1 0 3 5 5 4 4 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 187 124 79 181 140 133 92 188 120 140 238 212 207 169 219 245 opher's upset Ha wks Although the Indiana offense displayed an aversion to crossing IOWA CITY-Minnesota's Walt the goal line, the Hoosiers proved Bowser smothered Iowa's vaunted that they could move the football, passing attack with four inter- racking up 30 first downs and 479 ceptions while fullback Jim Car- yards. Pont was pleased with the ter's running jelled the previously display stating, "For the first time winless Gopher offense for a 36-8 this year, except for scoring, we Hapless Wisconsin reverts to past form (Continued from Page 1) Due to perfect execution by the Wolverine blockers, no one was there to touch Pierson. He cut to the left sideline and ran unhin- dered into the endzone to p u s h the score up to 28-0. With about two minutes left in the half, safety Tom Curtis went back to cover Wisconsin end Mel Reddick on a bomb from soph Neil Graff. Curtis, who hadn't made one of his patented interceptions in two games, jumped and caught the ball with the ease of a Met out- fielder and circled back 27 yards to the 35. A frustrated Wisconsin player tried to get an extra lick at Curtis and the Badgers were pen- alized back to midfield. a little in the second half, giving up 219 yards and a 30-yard touch- down run by Badger second- stringer Danny Crooks in the third quarter. After the game, head coach Bo Schembechler didn't seem too per- turbed about the second-half scor- ing drouth. "I'm not writing off the second half. But it's darn tough to go out there when you're 35 points ahead and score some ,ore." Michigan's Rose Bowl chances remained about the same as they did before the game. With In- diana's win over MSU and Pur- due's drubbing of Illinois, t h e Wolverines will have to win the rest of their games if either Ind- iana or Purdue win the rest ofj their games. Only one of them ilusting the Bad gers co get ie Ran across te goal 3ne. It wasn't that the Hoosiers didn't try to score but their offense ex- hibited a definite propensity to give the ball away. They fumbled five times with the Spartans re- covering three and Gonso threw three interceptions. WHILE MICHIGAN STATE managed to hang onto the ball, when they had it they couldn't do all'ything with it. Coach D u f f y Daugherty was visibly shaken af- ter the game calling his offense, "the worst it had looked in a long time." While he gave Indiana credit for playing well he was stunned by the final score. "I didn't think anybody could shut us out," he moaned. According to Daugherty t h e reason why Indiana was so suc- cessful in stopping the State at- tack was that, "They didn't re- spect our passing game, so all they had to watch out for was the run." The Hoosier's diagnosis was cor- rect as the Spartan passing attack proved to be totally ineffective. Quarterbacks Bill Triplett and Steve Piro completed only 6 of 27 for 53 yards. Triplett, w h o started the game went 0-7 in the first half. FINAL STATISTI November 1, 1968 Ml FIRST DOWNS Cs 9s ICII 15 Rushing 9 Passing 6 Penaltv 0 TOTAL NO. OF RUSHES 51 NET YDS. - Rushing 263 Passing 86 FORWARD PASSES ATTEMPTED I17 Completed! Intercepted by 1 Yds. Intercep, Ret'd. 27 TOTAL PLAYS (Rushes and Passes) 68 PUNTS, Number 8 Average distance 3>.1 KICKOFFS, returned by 2 YDS. KICKS RETURNED 88 Punts 56 H. WIsC. 20 8 10 39 89 218 40 ?25 79 5 32.6 6 139 17 Moorhead Betts Harris Hankwitz MIantlich Imsland Werner Thompson Dawkins Crooks Passing Att. Comp.l 13 6 4 1 Totals 17 7 Pass Receiving Tutals Punit inzg Int. 0 No. 3 Yds. 73 13 86 Yds. 10 19 44 13 86 No. Yds. Ave. 8 281 35.1 IISCON SIN Rushing Tries Gains ' 16 51 14 38 2 33 Loss 8 8 0 Net 43 30 33 . ,"' ;