Sunday, October 3, 1971
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Seven
Second-half
outburst
sinks
Midshipmen
By JOHN PAPANEK
The next time Michigan is
picked to win a football game
by 50 points, you might end
up a sucker if you take the
point spread.
The Wolverines fell short of
that margin by only four
points yesterday, but their
46-0 pasting of Navy was not
exactly a display of over-
whelmingly power football.
"It really gets exasperating,"
said coach Bo Schembechler after
the rout. "Everyone wants us to
win by fifty. Well we're not go-
ing to win every game by fifty. I
said we're not that good ' and
we're not."
"But don't say Michigan looked
lousy. Give that other team cred-
it," Bo said. "They really took it
to us and played a heck of a, first
half. They were decimated in
their last two games, but they
battled us like hell."
Even so, the Wolverines stag-
gered the Midshipmen, with three
strings of offensive teams and a
defense that collected its third
straight shutout, and held Navy
to just. three first downs. Michi-
gan has now scored 161 points
while allowing just six by its op-
ponents. Today's effort moves
Michigan into first place in scor-.
ing defense nationwide.
The game had a shaky begin-
ning for the Wolverines who, with
the exception of the season opener
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SUNDAY SPORTS
NIGHT EDITORS: ELLIOT LEGOW and MIKE OLIN
at- Northwestern, are used to get-
ting on the scoreboard early-like
the first time they have the ball.
After losing the toss for the
first time this season, Michigan
had to wait for three plays and a
24-yard Navy punt before getting
the ball.
-Daily-Rolfe Tessem
WOLVERINE SAFETYMAN Tom Darden (35) tries to recover his balance in one of his five punt
retruns yesterday afternoon. Geoff Stager (38) follows Darden up the field and Greg Ellis (68) gets
up after applying a crushing block. Darden wound up with 84 yards in punt returns besides turn-
ing in his usual brilliant game at safety.
OKLAHOMA CRUISES:
Nebraska shucks Utah S.
But when they finally got, it,
Fritz Seyferth fumbled it away,
and Michigan's offense had to
watch as Middie Al Glenny threw
a ten-yard strike to Larry Van
Loan for one of Navy's three first
downs.
Michigan got another chance
three plays later when running
back Andy Pease was blasted by
linebacker Tom Kee and fumbled
into the hands of Mike Taylor.
But another Wolverine drive
seemed foiled when quarterback
Kevin Casey was sacked in his
ownbackfield for an eightnyard
loss. Michigan had a fourth and
18 situation on its own 37-yard
line.
Barry Dotzauer boomed a 56-
yard punt to the Navy seven,
where Charles Robinson fielded it.
Billy Taylor hit him low and hard
and the Middie fumbled. Guard
Tom Coyle fell on the loose ball
and the Wolverines took over on
the Navy 18-yard line.
From there it was the same
old ball game .for the Wolverines.
Billy Taylor carried three times
for 18 yards, coming up an inch
short of the goal line. Seyferth
slashed through right guard for
the touchdown, and after Dana
Coin's 19th consecutive extra
point, Michigan led 7-0.
Casey, who Schembechler desig-
nated as his starting quarterback
on opening day, ran into some
trouble as the first period ended
and watched the rest of the game
from the bench. After complet-
ing his first pass to Glenn Dough-
ty for eight yards, he threw an-
other at Doughty's feet and
bounced one off Taylor's back
that was nearly intercepted. In his
last play for the day he was sack-
ed by Navy's Mike Behrent for a
10-yard loss.
"My pre-game plan was to pull
Casey after the first quarter,"
Schembbechler said. He wanted
one more chance to look at Larry
Cipa and Tom Slade before the
Big Ten season resumes next week
at Michigan State.
What he saw may have further
confused the quarterback dilem-
ma, as Slade led three touchdown
drives, completing four of seven
passes. Cipa took over late in the
third quarter and led two more
touchdown drives, including a 49-
yard touchdown pass to split end
Mike Oldham.
"I'm still not saying who the
best quarterback is," said Bo. But
he'll have to take a hard look at
Slade and Cipa in practice this
week.
Early in the second period,
Michigan marched down to the
Navy 35 on two carries by Glenn
Doughty for 11 yards and three
by Ed Shuttlesworth for 21. But
twice the Wolverine offensive line
broke down and Slade was hit in
the backfield for losses.
The ball changed hands three
times before the Wolverines
mounted a 55-yard drive for their
second touchdown. A pair of pass-
es to Doughty and a sideline bul-
let to Bo Rather stopped the clock
at 1:11 with Michigan on the
Navy nine-yard line.
Shuttlesworth powered down to
the one and Cowboy Walker, sub-
bing for a shook-up Taylor, shot
off right tackle for the touch-
down. An illegal procedure penal-
ty against Navy on the extra point
attempt put the ball on the one-
and-a-half yard line and the
Wolverines took advantage, send-
ing Shuttlesworth into the end-
zone for two points.
Anxious to put more points on
the scoreboard to shore up their
number two national ranking,
Michigan came out with a revita-
lized offense in the second half.
After a stalled drive by each team,
the Wolverines mounted a 39-yard
scoring drive.
-Daily-Rolte Tessem
Larry Cipa (13) rolls and throws
By The Associated Press
INCOLN-Top ranked Nebras-
ka rolled to touchdowns the first
two times the mighty Cornhusk-
ers had the ball yesterday, then
went on to a 42-6 victory over
previously unbeaten Utah State
in an intersectional football game.
Quarterback Jerry Tagge spear-
headed the Nebraska a t t a c k,
throwing for two touchdowns and
running one and three yards for
two more.
Meanwhile a gangtackling de-
fense led by end Willie Harper, ef-
fectively checked the Aggies ex-
cept for a 3rd period drive cap-
ped by Tony Adams' 34 yard
touchdown pass to Bob Wicks.
Sooners soar
Longhorns stampede
AUSTIN-Stubby Donnie Wig-
ginton guided third-ranked Texas
to four touchdowns. and a 35-7
victory over Oregon yesterday af-
ter the Longhorns' star quarter-
back, Eddie Phillips, limped off
early with a pulled leg muscle.
Phillips directed Texas to its
first score, a 39-yard drive on six
plays after a 14-yard punt by
Oregon into a stiff 18-mile-an-
hour wind. Fullback Bobby Calli-
son bolted over from the three for
the touchdown.
Wigginton zipped 116 yards in
13 carries and led the Longhorns
on scoring drives of 41, 54, 80, and
56 yards. He scored twice him-
self on runs of three and five
yards.
back Bill Butler carried four yards Conference football victory over
for the tying score. winless Florida.
* * * George Hunt kicked a hair of
field goals from 33 and 34 yards
Alabama awesome and Pierce engineered a 74-yard
BIRMINGHAM -Undefeated and march climaxed by powerful Curt
seventh ranked Alabama used its Watson's eight-yard run straight
awesome power yesterday to ram up the middle.
the ball through the Mississippi
defense and hand the Rebels their
first loss, 40-6. Army amblesI
A record crowd of 72,871 watch- WEST POINT - Kingsley Fink,
ed the . Crimson Tide, behind a second-string sophomore quar-
Johnny Musso, Ellis Beck and terback, fired three touchdown{
Terry Davis, tear the Rebel line passes in the second half yester-
apart time after time as Alabamad drllied rebodi Army
stayed almost entirely on the day an ra ounding Amy
ground in the Southeast Confer- to a 22-6 football victory over er-
ence football game. ror-plagued Missouri.
* * *
Wolfman Tom Darden, who av-
eraged over 16 yards on five punt
returns, took a Tom Moore punt
on the Navy 46 and returned it to
the 30-yard line,
Slade dropped back on first
down and delivered a strike to
Doughty that the wingback could
not hold on to. On the next play,
Slade went to'Doughty again, this
time complete for 19 yards.
With first and ten on the 17-
yard line, Coyle and right tackle
Jim Brandstatter opened up a
monstrous hole in the Middie de-
fense and Walker scooted through
all the way to the end zone for
his second touchdown.
Five minutes later, Coin booted
a 38-yard field goal to up the
Wolverine lead to 25-0.
Coin booted number 24-in-a-row
and the Wolverines had a 46-0
victory.
The .third-string split end caught,
the ball on the Navy 25, faked one
man off his feet, and sped into
the endzone for the 45th point.
Anchors awayed
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
RUSHING
Number of rushes
Yards gained rushing
Yards lost rushing
PASSING
Attempted
Completed
Intercepted by
TOTAL PLAYS
TOTAL YARDS GAINED
Mich. Navy
25 3
19 0
5 3
1 0
275 34
73 28
333 57
58 23
153 37
16 15
9 6
0 0
39 43
'428 71
NORMAN, Okla. - Fleet half- * * *
back Greg Pruitt stole the spot-B f aloes trampe
light with his daring running as t
eighth-ranked Oklahoma's super- BOULDER - Cliff Branch rac-
charged wishbone-T offense - ed 59 yards with a punt return
staying almost exclusively on the for Colorado's first score and
ground - crumpled Southern grabbed a 20-yard pass deep in
California 33-20 in an action- the end zone for another to spark
packed intersectional footiball bat- the sixth-ranked Buffs to a 31-
tle here yesterday afternoon. 21 victory over Kansas Stave yes-
Pruitt scored three touchdowns terday in the Big Eight opener
on runs of 38- 75 and seven yards. for both teams.
On two of those runs, the 5-foot-9 Kansas State bounced back
halfback from Houston, Tex., from Branch's first score, capi-
slowed down near the goal line talizing on a Buff fumble at the
to give his foes a chance to catch CU 20-yard line with 7:07 left in
up with him - only to turn on the first period. On the sixth play'
the speed at the last moment. of the series, Wildcat running
Frogs frocked
FAYATTEVILLE, Ark. - Dicky
Morton, subbing for injured Jon
Richardson, scored two touch-
downs - one on an 80-yard kick-
off return - as Arkansas contin-
ued its domination of TCU with a
49-15 victory yesterday in the.
Southwest Conference opener for
both teams.
. . *
Vols victorious
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Thii d-
string quarterback Phil Pierce fir-
ed a 20-yard touchdown pass to
Stan Trott at the climax of a 99-
yard drive to give Tennessee a
hard-earned 20-13 Southeastern
Notre Dame slays Spartans;
Northwestern s kins Badgers
By The Associated Press
SOUTH BEND - Bob Minnix
scored a pair of first period
touchdowns and the Notre Dame
defense stopped Michigan State
with just eight first downs as the
fourth-ranked Irish slipped past
the Spartans 14-2 yesterday.
goal attempt. The Boilermakers Illinois all-stater, punched across
had 21 points on the board before touchdowns of 12 and four yards,
Iowa scored. while fellow sophomores Greg
Mike Renie of Purdue shared Hare and Randy Keith handled
honors with his ball-carrying most of the offensive load.
teammates by kicking a 30-yard The victory was costly for the;
field goal converting five extra Buckeyes now 2-1. Quarterback
points and intercepting an Iowa Lamka suffered a separated right
The Irish, now 3-0, took the-pass hs---n d----.-- - shoulder and fullback Bledsoe hurt
opening kickoff and ran eight pass inhiso*enz*.his left leg.
minutes, ten seconds off the clock * * *
as they marched 80 yards in 17 Kansas crushed
plays for the first score. Minnix, MINNEAPOLIS - The Minne- Hoosiers blanked
a senior halfback, scored from the sota Gophers, bringing the Big BLOOMINGTON - Syracuse
one. Eight's four-year domination of punched over an early touchdown
Michigan State, 2-2, started Big Ten football teams to a sud- and Indiana failed to find the
from its own 28 on the ensuing den end, battered the Kansas Jay-:i end zone for the second straight
kickoff with Eric Allen ripping hawks 38-20 yesterday with an week yesterday as the Orangemen
off 14 yards. Then junior quarter- awesome rushing attack engineer- took a 7-0 decision on IU's scorch-
back Frank Kolch hit tight end ed by quarterback Craig Curry. ing artificial turf.
Billy Joe DuPree up the middle Curry picked up 107 yards in 15 *
and DuPree legged it 52 yards to carries, ran for touchdowns of Ilno crse
the Notre Dame six. four and 17 yards and passed for Inios crushed
But the play was called back 29 yards to George Honza for a CHAMPAIGN - Winless Illinois
on an offside penalty and the ball third touchdown. broke its season scoring famine
was fumbled to Notre Dame at * * * and even led 14-10 at halftime
the MSU 17 yard line two plays but gambling Sonny Sixmiller ral-
later. Buckeyes roll lied undefeated Washington to an
-Daily-Sara
ALAN (COWBOY) WALKER, Michigan tailback dives over Navy's Chuck Voith (69) behin
from Reggie McKenzie (65) in yesterday's 46-0 pasting of Navy. The junior backup for Bi
raced for 53 yards in 11 carries and scored two touchdowns.
A Michigan drive early in the
fourth period began to sputter,
so Schembechler sent Billy Tay-
for back into the game. He quick-
ly assured all concerned that he
was well recovered from his
bumped head, as he streaked 13
yards to the Navy 24 yard line.
On the next play he carried 23
yards, just short of the goal line,
to become the second greatest
rusher in Michigan history. His
one-yard touchdown run follow-
ing gave him 2136 yards, to edge
Tom Harmon's 2134. His next goal
is to break Ron Johnson's all time
record 2440.
Harry Banks was next on Mich-
igan's touchdown list, taking a
pitchout from Cipa on an option
a play and skirting right end for
Sa five-yard touchdown. The drive
appeared dead when a fourth
down pass from Cipa to Larry,
Gustafson was broken up by Mid-
die Gary Rhoads. But an offic-
ial detected pass interference and
four plays later the Wolverines
scored.
Michigan's last touchdown was
$ythe culmination of a 61-yard scor-
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Krulwich ing drive, covered in just four
d a block plays. After running for a first
illy Taylor down to the Michigan 46, Cipa
rolled right and threw to Oldham.
truckin
teams like Navy. They come in here with
nothing to lose."
Schembechler concurred saying, "I hope
we won't be favored by that much again.
I respect Navy. They really took it to us
and played a heck of a first half. They
couldn't move on us at all but defensive-
ly they hung in there. Of course we made
a lot of mistakes, we fumbled and jazzed
around."
Schembechler was particularly con-
cerned about the offensive lines' tendency
to dissolve at times. Seven Wolverines
were tackled for losses, with early quarter-
backs Kevin Casey and Tom Slade bear-
ing the brunt of the onslaught. "It both-
ered me that the Navy line got in," he said.
"It would bother any coach. We had bet-
ter get better before next week."
Despite Michigan's relatively slow start
and the minor offensive line problems,
there were several bright spots in the
sump- Thp mnstohinus wa the nl nf
Casey
Doughty
Taylor
Seyferth
Shuttlesworth
Slade
Walker
Rather
Banks
Cipa
Gustafson
Thornbladh
McBride
Zucarelli
TOTALS
Att Gain Loss Net
3 2 18 -16
4 13 0 13
11 78 2 76
5 17 0 17
9 42 0 42
9 38 25 13
11 53 0 53
1 2 0 2
8 52 0 '52
6 18 13 5
1 1 0 1
2 8 0 8
1 ,4 0 4
2 5 0 5
73 333 59 275
TD
0
0
1
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0
0
2
0
1
0
0
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0
s
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0
1
KICK RETURN
YARDAGE
Punt returns, number
Punt returns, yards
Kickoff returns, number
Kickoff returns, yards
PUNTS
Number of Punts
Average yards
Had blocked
FUMBLES
Fumbles lost
PENALTIES
Yards penalized
SCORE BY QUARTERS
1 2
111 154
8 2
111 19
0 7
0 135
5 11
50.2 44.1
0 0
3
3
3 4
25 26
3 4 F
0 0 0
8 10 21 46
MICHIGAN
7 8
MICHIGAN
Rushing
PASSING
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* * *
f
Badgers bludgeoned
EVANSTON - Randy Anderson1
plunged for three touchdowns and
a rugged Northwestern defense
kept Wisconsin's offense in check'
yesterday for a 24-11 Big Ten
football victory.
The Wildcats clinched the vic-
tory midway in the fourth quarter
when Mart McGann punted 54
yards and Neobia Greyer fumb-
led on the Wisconsin three yard
line. Jim Lash recoveredand two
playshlaterrAnderson bolted over
for the score.
COLUMBUS - With mainstays 52-14 intersectional football vic-
Don Lamka and John Bledsoe tory yesterday.
hurt, Ohio State uncovered a trio Exploding for 28 points in the'
of sophomores yesterday to blitz final quarter, the Huskies rolled
California 35-3 in intersectional to their fourth straight victory
college football. while Illinois suffered its fourth
Halfback Morris Bradshaw, an successive loss.
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By BETSY MAHON
For Wolverine tailback Billy Taylor, yes-
terday's 46-0 dunking of the Midshipmen
from Navy also represented a personal tri-
umph. When he raced 23 yards to the
Navy one yard line early in the fourth
quarter he raised his career yardage total
to 2135 surpassing Wolverine great Tom
Harmon who rushed for 2134 yards dur-'
ing the 1938-39-40 seasons. Taylor now
ranks second in Michigan history to Ron
Johnson who ran for 2440 yards in his
three year stint as a Wolverine.
Taylor wasn't planning on a record
breaking afternoon. "I wasn't thinking
about Harmon's record," he said after the
game. "Some one had to tell me when I
had beaten him. Sure, I'd like to, pass
Johnson too, but right now winning is
more important."
However, he added, "I have to get in
touch with R.J. for more shoes." Johnson
left Taylor a pair of blue suede pumas in
keeps on
replacement Alan "Cowboy" Walker, did a
more than creditable job, carrying the ball
11 times for 53 yards and scoring two
touchdowns. Sophomore Harry Banks who
took over the position late in the game
gained 52 yards on the ground and
scored the Wolverines' fifth touchdown.
Taylor thinks that having replacements
such as Walker and Banks, and the likes
of Ed Shuttlesworth and Fritz Seyferth
running along side of him is a help rather
than a threat.
"I feel really good about our running
depth. I just hope I do my part and
everyone else does their's. Having all these
running backs the opposition can't just
key on me. The other team has to stop
more than Taylor to beat Michigan." The
Wolverines' 275 yards gained on the
ground stand as adequate testimonials to
Taylor's beliefs.
The play of the Michigan quarterbacks
Kevin Casey, Tom Slade, Larry Cipa and
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Casey
Slade
Cipa
McBride
TOTALS
Doughty
Rather
Oldham
Gustafson
Haslerig
TOTALS
Att
3
7
4
2
16
Dotzauer
Com Int'
1 -0
4 0
2 0
2 0
9 0
Yds
a
48
63
34'
153
RECEIVING
yf;
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No. Yds TD
4' 49 0
1 7 0
2 61 1
1 14 0
1 22 0
9 153 1
Big Ten Standings j
Calland
Pease
Howltrd
Glenny
Barr
Carello
Stuvek
Berry
TOTALS
Glenny
PUNTING
No Yds Avg Long
5 251 50.2 56
NAVY
Rushing
Att Gain Loss Net TD
11 25 2 23 0
5 13 0 13 0
3 4 0 4 0
2 0 10 -10 0
2 7 0 7 0
3 5 1 4 0
1 0 10 -10 0
1 3 0 3 0
28 57 23 34 0
PASSING
Conference Games
MICHIGAN
Michigan State
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W L T
1 0 0
1 0 0
PF
21
10
PA
6
0
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4
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All Games
L T PF
0 0 161
2 0 43
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PA
6
38
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Att
7
Com Int
4 0
Yds
23
TD
0
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