THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN a r i a L, A7 L, r r.:,1 ,; 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 it I 1 Is yours a "price" library or a "quality" library? Why compromise, when you can have the best from our comprehensive selection of fine recordings for so litic 417 E. Liberty MUSIC SHOPPh. NO 2-0675 FLIP FLOP-Jim Warren, Illinois halfback, is upended on this play in the second quarter of last Saturday's game which Michigan won, 14-8. Wolverine defenders John Houtman (57) and Dick Rindfuss (17) charge in to tackle Warren who had just been stopped. Warren bobbled a lateral in the fourth quarter which was recovered by John Rowser. Michigan drove in for the winning touch- down from the 11-yard line after the recovery. COTTON BOWL : .Put on a Happy Face!.OTN OL Texas-Navy Clash Possible 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 50% 0FF on our Ia rge selection of FOLKWAY RECORDS at USNSA Co-Op 330 Nickels Arcade 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday RUSHING DEFENSE Rushes Yds. fa 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 Hi story in Making! I " 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 Union Billiards Room Open to Couples at Half Price 1i COACH-OF-THE-WEEK-Whereas a few weeks ago irate alumni 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 1 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. 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