SUNDAY OCTOBER 16, 1966
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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ByJimTindalI
Purdue
Jinx
Persists
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A FG Tha eer Was : The ball was heading for the
end zone .:. had the ref seen it
hit Sygar? If he let it roll dead
would it be a simple touchback
"Volk held while Sygar's field goal attempt from the or would a Boilermaker fall on it
Purdue 25 was short by ten yards. Time: 13m 10s."--Michigan for a touchdown? Fearing the
Press Statistics later, he snatched the ball and
was dropped in his tracks behind
In the eyes of thousands yesterday's game was lost on a field goal the goal line.
-it was lost on a coach's decision. It was not given away by fumbles. Yes, a safety, but better than a
It was not the margin of a safety. It was not the agony of a blocked possible Purdue touchdown. But
punt. It. was temp. those two points which still left
the Boilermakers behind, 21-16,
proved to be the margin of victory.
In the fourth quarter, another
Griese punt pushedrthe Wolverines
up near their own end zone. On
first down, the call went to Ward
to sweep end, but one look at the
left side of the Purdue defensive
line assured him that if he followed
the play the only sweeping would
be off his feet. Ward changed di-
rections, but before he could show
any dazzle, he was sitting 'on his But Volk intercepted this one in
fanny at the eight for a disastrous the end zone.
loss of 14 precious yards. Just 41 seconds later the game
Mollenkopf called this the key was tied as Vidmer hit Ward for
play in the game because two plsys two passes for 50 yards and then
and two yards later,old reliable connected to him for an 11 yard
Stan Kemp had to scurry in to toss.
punt his boys out of danger. But Go Blue Go
Kemp was standing in the end Michigan returned from the
zone and before his right tootsie locker room with the same vital-
could put the ball out of the dan- ity. The Wolverines first thrust
In the midst of the locker room. postmortem, Bump could
only say that he would probably have done it differently if he had
another chance. But what else could he say? His election had
proven a failure, and in a humble gutsy way, Elliott admitted
... well, he admitted he was human.
Elliott had seen his team come back, and now they could smell a
victory if they could only get on the scoreboard. The crowd became a
football crowd, and not just another Michigan crowd-they wanted
a victory, and they yelled for it. With fourth and five and the game
at stake Bump paced alone for 20 yards before he elected to gamble
with Vidmer to Clancy. Now with less time, more pressure, and the
game still riding on one, solitary play, Bump had to choose again.
Mason gesticulated and spoke emphatically, but still Bump
could not be sure. He could hear the crowd and he could hear what
they were yelling. Could his offense do it? Could they get the
one yard? The defense would be stacked for Detwiler or Fisher.
Clancy would be triple covered. Gamble on Ward's hands?
The Michigan bread-and-butter running play-the fullback bend
-had not worked today. Fisher had slipped three times making the
"bend" into the line between guard and tackle from his position 'be-
hind Vidmer. The last time the play was called was on the two-yard
line, and Fisher had not run the bend, but instead had gone on a
direct plunge into the line, that had netted just less than one yard.
Was Purdue stopping the play and blocking up the hole or had Fisher
just tried to cut too hard on the slick turf?
Elliott could only painfully recall moments before when the
Wolverines had the ball on the Purdue two-yard line, first down and
goal. But Michigan booted away its scoring chance.
The way the breaks had gone, a Purdue lineman could have
stolen one of Vidmer's handoffs and gone the length of the field.
It had been that kind of game. Punts brushing the safety,
blocked kicks, fumbles by normally sure-fingered backs. Nothing
was sure. Things just happen when Michigan plays Purdue. Pur-
due just wins.
Any score means a win. How much does a first down mean?
Time out.
Purdue had seen two clutch plays in "big play" situation-Fisher
off guard and down-and-out to Clancy. Mason thinks his line can
move Purdue out of there for this one play, but they didn't move Pur-
due anywhere just minutes ago.
Michigan just has to get on the scoreboard.
Bring in Sygar?
Just a yard. Vid hit for five just a few plays before.
Sygar's kick against State that hit the upright would be long
enough to win the game today.
Fish or Dets would never fumble on a straight handoff again, but
will there be a hole? Just one stinking yard.
Sygar could do it. Chances are they wouldn't block it.
Time outs don't last forever.
Make a decision.
Fisher has slipped three times on the "bend," but just a yard.
Got to get on the scoreboard.
Sygar wants it. He's been kicking well.
A first down.
But one yard doesn't mean a score.
Time. Decide. Time.
Sygar. The kid can do it.
"Sygar and Volk in for Michigan."
Mason. The kick is too long.
The wind. What about the wind? Too long, too long.
Crowd roaring.
No..No. Go with Fish.3
"Sygar, Volk get out of there! Fisher!"
Time out almost over.
Crowd screams.
"Sygar, come out!"
They-can't hear. Time in.
Too late. Waited too long.
If you ever kicked one, let it be now Rick boy. Let it be now.
"Sygar's field goal attempt was short.and wide to the left."
Time. Just time now.
ger zone, ten gold telmets came in
waving a friendly greeting.
Up in the Air
The ball smashed into Frank
Burke's calloused palm and bounc-E
ed upwards. Kemp and Rick VolkI
were pushed out of the way and
Burke grabbed his own rebound
and chugged two yards for the
score.
It was a maneuver Purdue had
worked on all weekbut Kemp
felt the extra hard rush was no
excuse. "When 'v.ot Lrnt t o ff
pushed to the Purdue 17 when
the crowd waved their umbrella
tips in the air like cannibals wait-
ing for the pot to start boiling.
Ward heated it up with 13 yards,
and two plays later Detwiler bul-
lied his way in.
But from there, that fraction
of a second for a blocked punt
and key decisions made in frac-
tions of seconds made for a Pur-
due win by the fractionalist of
margins. But it was nothing new.
Two years ago, the Boilermak-
.g 'vHuJULL ge LOil
a kick in a hurry, I just tilt my ers won as a Michigan two point
foot up at a higher angle," he ex- conversion try was short by six
plained. "This gets the ball up inches. Last year Griese kicked a
higher. It was just a matter of a field goal in the final minute
fraction of a second that made 1he which was good by another six
difference." inches. The line of scrimmage on
Busting the Bubbles that play was the 25-yard line.
On their own offensive initia- After the game, a locker room-
On hei ow ofeniveii~ti8"~Johnny asked Griese to compare;
tive, the Boilermakers netted two this year's game with the last two.
touchdowns. The first time Purdue Perhaps it wasn't much of an un-
had the ball, it looked like a derstatement when he curtly re-
champagne day for Griese and plied. "Aboutthe same."
company. The offensive cork-
screwed its way through a Michi-
gan defense which was anything SCORES
but a stopper, and a pass to Bob GRID SELECTIONS
Hurst made it 7-0. Purdue !2, MICHIGAN 21
HdIllinois 24, Indiana 10
The Wolverines tied it up when Minnesota 10, Iowa 0
Jim Detwiler grabbed a Vidmer Michigan State 11; Ohio State 8
pass and suddenly looked like the Northwestern 3, Wisconsin 3
Oregon 17, Air Force 6
old Diesel as he mashed a would Arkansas 12, Texas 7
be tackler and simply whooshed Alabama 11, Tennessee 10
past the rest of the Purdue sec- S1U '28, Rice 24
dyNavy 24, Pitt 7
ondary. !- LSU 30, Kentucky 0
Purdue came right back with Oregon State 14, Idaho 7
another score as amazing Leroy Corad 41, IowS tate21
Keyes scampered untouched for an Harvard 21, Cornell 0
li-yard TD. Tulsa 30, North Texas State 27
The Wolverines threw a four' California 24, Washington 20
Maryland 28, West Virginia 9
man rush at Griese and fanned Wyoming 37, New Mexico 7
defenders out all over the field. DAILY 8, UAC 0
OTHER SCORES
With the first half coming to a Notre Dame 32, North Carolina 0
close, he hurled a long one Dartmouth 49; Brown 14
----- -- Florida 17, North Carolina State 10
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RICK SYGAR'S 35-yard field goal attempt fell short by ten yards.
Rick Volk held for the boot tried with one minute and 50 seconds
left in the game.
Kicked Out of the Running
MI
First Downs
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
Total No. of Rushes
Net Yards--Rushing Z
Passing2
Forward Passes Att.
Completed
Intercepted by
Yards it. returned
Total Plays (Rushes and
Passes)I
Average distance
Kickoffs, returned by
Yards Kicks Returnedi
Punts
Kickoffs
Fumbles, Number
Ball lost by
Penalties, Number
Yards penalized
MICHIGAN 0
PURDUE7
CH. PURDUE
23 18
13 73
10 3
0 3
30 51
222 178
208 63
19 17
2 0
34 0
PUNTING;
69
34
3
67
35
32
2
4
56
14
7
68
40
6
136
0
136
1
0
2
7 0-21
2 6-22
Kenip
Emnch
Griese
Totals
PA
Rowser
j olk
None
Morgan
Nunley
Rowser
Volk
Sygar
Stincic
1
ASSES INTERCEPTED
Michigan
No.
Purdue
CACKLE
Michigan
Purdue
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Y
Purdue
:
f
Vidmner
Ward
Fisher
Sharpe
Detwiler
Totals
Hurst
Williams
Keyes
Griese
Totals
Vidmer
Griese
Detwiler
Clancy
Ward
Totals
Griffin
Hurst
Finley
Biemue
RUSHIN
Michiga
Ti
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Solo Assist1
8 S
3 9
5 2
a 2
5 9
a 1
Solo AssistJ
6 6
J~
J 6
4 5
5 3
5 2
Yds.
32
0
No.
15
12
7
7
7
6
No.
12
10
11
9
8
7
R uggers Lose
The Michigan Rugby Club lost
its game yesterday to Windsor
Black Rock, 6-3, on a penalty kick
a minute before the end of the
game. The Michigan ruggers had
gone ahead early in the first half
on a penalty kick by Mike John-
son. Windsor tied the contest early
in the second half with a touch-!
down. Michigan now has a 2-1
record in the Southwest Ontario
1Rugby League.
Missouri 7, Oklahoma State 0
Utah 26, Washington State 7
California (Pa) 19, Slippery Rock 0
Gustavus Adolphus '24, Macalester 6
Nebraska 21, Kansas State 10
Southern Cal 21, Stanford 7
Colgate 7, Princeton 0
Holy Cross 17, Boston U. 14
Yale 44, Columbia 21
Clemson 9, Duke 6
Syracuse 30, Boston College 0
Georgia Tech 17, Auburn 3
Oklahoma 35, Kansas 0
(Friday Night Score)
Miami 7, Georgia 6
PRO BASKETBALL
Cincinnati 103, Detroit 99
Boston 121, San Francisco 113
Philadelphia 128, New York 112
Los Angeles 126, Baltimore 115
Chicago 104, St. Louis 97
ries Net, Ave.
4 14 3.5 Burke
10 27 2.7 Kyle
20 120 6.0 Charles
4 17 4.3 Catavolos
12 44 3.7 Holmes
50 222 4.4 Cirbes
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Tries Net. Ave.
16 70 4.4
25 83 3.3
3 15 5.0
7 10 1.4
51 178 3.5
PASSING
Michigan
Att. Comp. Yds.
19 13 208
Purdue
Att. Comp. Int. Yds.
17 7 2 63
PASS RECEIVING
Michigan
No. Yds, Ave.
3 57 19.0
5 44 8.8
5 107 21.4
13 208 16.0
P'urd ue
No. Yds. Ave.
2 21 10.5
1 6 6.0
1 14 14.0
3 22 7.3
B illboard
The Michigan LaCrosse Club
faces Michigan State today in
East Lansing. The Wolverines
have never defeated the Spar-
tans.
Anyone interested in trying
out for the frosh basketball
team should attend a meeting
to be held tomorrow in the base-
ment of the Athletic Adminis-
tration Bldg., corner of Hoover
and State, at 4:15 p.m.
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