THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
PAGE SEVEN
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Rowser Shows Skill as
Tough
Tackler121-YARD AVERAGE:
Ole Miss Boasts Best Defense
By BILL BULLARD
John Rowser likes to 'hit.
And as a starting back in Michi-
gan's defensive secondary he gets
lots of practice. The sophomore
from Detroit Eastern, known for
his aggressive tackling and alert
bird-dogging of potential pass re-
ceivers, is one of the reasons why
the improving Wolverines have
pulled off two straight upsets.
It was Rowser last Saturday at
Champaign who fell on a bobbled
lateral on the Illinois 11-yard line
to set up Michigan's winning
touchdown. This alert play was
only the most obvious contribution
that Rowser made to the victory.
Handy Man
But he also caused another fum-
ble, intercepted a pass and de-
flected another pass into the arms
of a teammate. He then spent the
rest of the afternoon making
tackle after tackle, crashing into
any opposition player that came
his, way.
"Sure I try to cause fumbles
when I hit my man," says Rowser,
"I aim to hit him so he won't
get up so quick. Maybe he'll get
afraid and won't run so hard at
me the next time.,
Rowser weighs in at 175 pounds
on a six-foot frame. He doesn't
seem to have any trouble bring-
ing down a fullback that weighs
30 or 40 pounds more than he
does. "If you hit 'em hard, they'll
come down no matter how big
they are." Rowser says.
Doesn't Miss
Don Dufek, defensive backfield
coach, comments: "John hasn't
missed too many tackles this sea-
son. He's not a giant but he has:
good height and he carries his
weight well.
"He has the ability to gather
himself together before he makes
a tackle. Then he really delivers
a good blow."
There are many examples of:
haw Rowser's fine defensive playI
has proved decisive in this season'sI
games. In the season opener, the
score was tied 0-0 and Southern
Methodist had driven to the Wol-
verine two-yard line.
Rowser hit Tom Caughran hard
enough to cause the Mustang half-
back to fumble the ball, which
Brian Patchen recovered. Instead
of Southern Methodist leading by
a touchdown, Michigan drove 98
yards for a score.
Hits Runnerj
This is the type of play that
Rowser likes best. "What I like
is coming up and hitting a man
on a running play," he said.
But Rowser is also concentrat-
ing quite a bit of his attention on
pass defense.
"John has worked hard and has
improved throughout the season."
said Dufek. "But he and the other
backs won't be able to let up
against Iowa. If our defensive
safeties look back this Saturday
they'll be in trouble.
Real Test
"They'll be thoroughly tested by
Iowa's passing. They've had ex-
perience against a few of the best
quarterbacks in the nation so far.
But they didn't do so well against
some of them.".
Rowser went along with this
analysis of the Iowa danger. "Iowa
is an underrated team. They've got
some real good pass catchers," he
said.
Although Rowser has carried
only 7 times this season for 26
yards and a 3.6 average, he is
being used more and more on
offense at left halfback. Before
the season started it was thought
that Rowser would be the regular
left halfback.
But an injury slowed his devel-
opment and Jack Clancy, a con-
verted quarterback, moved ahead
offensively. Now Rowser appears
to be on the verge of becoming a
two-way threat.
Practice Notes
Coach Bump Elliott ran his
team through a typical Wednes-
day practice yesterday, sharpen-
ing up both the Wolverine offense
and defense for the Hawkeyes.
Elliott reports no lineup changes
or injuries since the loss of end
sophomore Jeff Hoyne for the last
two games of the season. Hoyne
was operated on for a knee in-
jury Monday.
NEW YORK UP-Mississippi's
football team has been among the
nation's defense leaders almost
every year during the past decade.
This season is no exception.
The latest figures compiled by
the NCAA Service Bureau and re-
leased Wednesday show that Ole
Miss leads in total defense, rush-
ing defense and defense against
scoring. Texas Western has moved
into the top spot in pass defense.
In total defense, Mississippi
holds a commanding edge. The
Rebels have allowed an average of
only 121.0 yards a game while
runner-up Southern Mississippi's
average is 149.5.
The rushing defense lead chang-
ed hands for the third straight
week as Ole Miss moved in front
with a 64.1eaveragemand Michigan
State dropped to second with 66.4.
They are followed by Dartmouth
74.4 and Army 83.8.
Mississippi's advantage in scor-
ing defense is much greater than
in rushing. The Rebels have allow-
ed the opposition 3.3 points a game
in seven outings while Memphis
State is second with 5.8. Mississippi
has only two games remaining to
play, against Tennessee and Mis-
sissippi State.
The pass defense ranking under-
went drastic changes as Texas
TOTAL DEFENSE
Western moved in front with a During the past decade, Missis-
41.4 yards a game mark. Ohio sippi has twice led the nation's
University, last week's leader, major college teams in total de-
dmbpped to seventh and runner-up fense and has been in the first 10
North Carolina fell to fourth. in at least one defense category in
Texas Western has been the each of the last seven seasons.
least passed against team, 61. It
has also permitted the fewest NHL
number of completions, 19, the Montreal 2, Toronto 2
lowest percentage of completions. Chicago 6, Boston 4
.311 and the fewest air yards, 290. NBA
Navy has intercepted the most Boston 114, Los Angeles 110
passes, 17, while having only five San Francisco 98, Cincinnati 92
of its own tosses picked off. New York 106, St. Louis 102
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1. Mississippi
2. Southern Miss.
3. Harvard
4. Memphis State
5. Florida
6. Princeton
7. Utah State
8. Michigan State
9i. Army
10. Clemson
Plays Yds.
332 847
273 897
363 1154
421 1325
440 1380
402 1227
486 1425
409 1260
431 1449
422 1485
Per
Game
121.0
149.5
164.9
165.6
172.5
175.3
178.1
180.0
181.1
185.6
Per
Game
64.1
66.4
74.4
83.8
84.1
86.9
89.9
91.0
93.9
94.7
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RUSHING DEFENSE
Rushes Yds.
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DALLAS (AP-Seven teams are
being eyed by Cotton Bowl offi-
cials as Texas draws steadily near
the Southwest Conference foot-
ball championship. The conference
champion is host team.
1. Mississippi
2. Michigan State
3. Dartmouth
4. Army
5. Texas
6. Memphis State
7. Alabama
S. Utah State
9. Illinois
10. Pittsburgh
236
247
251
272
243
290
264
331
267
265
449
465
521
670
673
695
629
728
659
663
JOHN ROWSER
hits hard, runs hard
Comparative
Statistics
Chief talk concerns a possible PASS DEFENSE
rematch of the nation's No. 1 Att. Com. Yds. Per
Pc.Game
and No. 2 teams although this 1. Tex. West. 61 19 .311 41.4
time it would be slightly different 2. Harvard 83 33 .398 48.6
from the day in October when No. 3. so. Miss. 76 34 .447 43.2
1 Oklahoma played No. 2 Texas 4. N. Carolina 140 49 .350 54.5
in the Cotton Bowl. 5. Mississippi 96 40 .417 56.9
6. Toledo 84 33 .393 60.5
This time all the talk is about 7. Ohio U. 94 36 .383 62.5
a Texas-Navy match. Texas has 9. Princeton 122 51 .418 65.9
1+10. Citaled 123 47, .382 68.8
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Points
Opp. Points
First Downs
Opp. First Downs
Net Yds. Gained
Rushing
Passing
Opp. Net Yds.
Rushing
Passing
Number of Plays
Yds. Per Play
Rushing
Passing
No. Opp. Plays
Opp. Yds. per Play
Rushing
Passing
Passes Att.
Passes Completed
Passes Intercepted
Completion Ave.
Opp. Com. Ave.
Interceptions by
Punting Ave.
Ave. Punt Ret.
Ave. K.O. Ret.
Fumbles
Ball Lost
Opp. Recov.
Yds. Penalized
IOWA
14.8
14.0
13.6
12.4
261.2
119.8
141.4
255.4
135.8
119.6
66.4
3.9
2.8
6.1
63.8
4.0
3.2
5.6
23.2
9.2
1.6
.397
.500
1.4
38.3
6.6
20.4
2.6
1.0
2.0
42.4
MICH.
12.0
10.0
13.0
15.2
194.6
77.2
117.4
245.2
117.6
127.6
60.2
3.2
2.0
5.6
65.2
3.8
2.6
6.4
20.8
9.6
1.4
.462
.530
1.0
37.4
10.6
21.2
3.0
1.0
2.0
48.4
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may have been hollering for his head, Michigan coach Bump
Elliott is now a hero. Yesterday he was named Coach-of-the-
Week by United Press International as a result of the Wolverines'
stunning 14-8 upset over second-ranked Illinois.
TeamStats
RUSHING
Att. Gains Lost Net Ave.
Alabama-Georgia Tech Duel
Heads SEC Gridiron Action
Anthony
Bay
Chandler
Chapman
Clancy
Dodd
Dehlin
Evashevski
O'Donnell
Quist
Reid
Rindfuss
Rowser
Schick
Sparkman
Wells
Timberlake
Chandler
Evashevski
Timberlake
Anthony
Conley
Laskey
Hoyne
Henderson
Kirby
Rindfuss
Rowser
Sparkman
Clancy
O'Donnell
Pritchard
Stagg
Rindfuss
O'Donnell
Timberlake
Henderson
Laskey
Rindfuss
Anthony
Conley
Clancy
Totals
69
1
13
1
27
2
19
22
1
2
1
46
7
5
9
5
54
232
0
5
5
103
9
75
85
50
0
10
180
26
17
25
25
160
5
0
66
0
22
0
3
36
0
1
0
7
1
0
0
0
135
227
0
-61
5
81
9
72
49
50
-1
10
173
25
17
25
25
25
328
0.00
-4.69
5.00
3.00
4.50
3.80
2.22
50.00
-0.50
10.00
3.76
3.57
3.40
2.78
5.00
0.46
PASSING
Att Comp Int Yds TD
33 16 2 216 3
23 12 3 154 1
72 37 3 465 3
RECEIVING
No.
1
6
7
1
22
12
8
3
1
4
Yds. Ave. TD
5
114
105
19
273
142
69
21
10
78
4.0
19.0
15.0
19.0
12.4
11.8
8.6
7.0
10.0
19.5
0
1
4
0
0
0
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By The Associated Press
"Our pass defense will get a
supreme test against Mississippi,"
says Tennessee Coach Jim Mc-
Donald.
Other SEC coaches were prais-
ing their respective opponents,
too, for the upcoming battles,
which throw Georgia Tech at'
Alabama, Kentucky at Baylor,
LSU at Mississippi State, andI
Vanderbilt at Tulane.
The Vols stressed pass defense
Tuesday as they got down to
serious work in preparing for Sa-
turday's football game with Ole
Miss at Memphis. Tennessee's
seven opponents have completed
62 of 137 passes for 786 yards and
eight touchdowns.
Guard Steve Delong led other
linemen in rushing Art Galiffa,
a B-team passer who was emulat-
ing Mississippi quarterback Perry
Lee Dunn.
Meanwhile, Mississippi ran prac-
tice sessions against Tennessee's
single wing offense, which the
Rebels will face for the first time
this year.
Kentucky Coach Charlie Brad-
shaw said he hopes he can get his
Wildcats patched up enough to
give Baylor a battle at Waco
Coach Charlie McClendon warn-
ed his Lousiana State Tigers to
expect "an aggressive defense and
a dangerous offense" from Missis-
sippi State Saturday. McClendon
said State has one of the best
lines in the Southeastern Confer-
ence and three dangerous runners.
Tulane went through a one-hour
passing drill in preparation for
Vanderbilt. Quarterbacks Al Bur-
guieres and David East drew
praise for their passing against
Vanderbilt defense.
Mississippi State stepped up
preparations for Louisiana State.
Coach Paul Davis sent the Ma-
roons through a two-hour full
speed drill.
Alabama Coach Paul Bryant
was high on praise for defensive
halfback Billy Piper for his per-
formance on pass defense in prac-
tice.
Tech went through a defensive
and punting drill. The Yellow
Jackets worker mainly on defense
against the passing of Alabama
quarterback Joe Namath and also
against Alabama running.
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PUNTING
No. Inds.
39 1422
2 70
1 15
4 147
Ave.
36.5
35.0
15.0
36.8
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