Sunday, October 25, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine r Sunday, October 25, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY --:,-Nin Grid play tick By LEE KIRK The impish grin that Bo Schembechler wears so often was more visible than ever yesterday following the Wolverines' 39-13 triumph over Minnesota. "We played pretty well," Bo said. "I don't know if it was our best game, I'll have to look at the films. We stopped ourselves a few times, but overall, it was a good game." Bo is not prone to use superlatives; they can be rather dangerous, but that Schembechler smile said it all. The Wol- verines yesterday played what was prob- ably their best all-around game to date. For Bo, the revenge win over Michigan State last week was probably sweeter than a win over Minnesota could ever be. Vengeance, after all, is very sweet, and Schembechler knows it. Still, the facts are all there on paper. Michigan rambled and scrambled for 518 yards and 28 first downs, both high water marks for this season, and the defense turned in a much better performance than it did against the Spartans. The Gophers played that team from Columbus last Saturday, the third team this year to come to Ann Arbor after playing the Buckeyes. Texas A&M and MSU, the other teams that have run this gauntlet, did conspicuously better against Michigan than they did against Ohio State. But Minnesota lost to Ohio State by only 28-8, and they completed 29 of 49 passes against an experienced OSU secondary. Yesterday, the Gophers' fine quarter- back, Craig Curry, completed 16 of 38 for 214 yards, and the Wolverines won by six more points than did the Buck- eyes. But Schembechler says such compari- sons are of no concern to him. sort of thing is overplayed, way played," he said. "We just play to that's the only way to play this; You just can't afford to think things like comparative scores or find yourself in trouble." "That over- win-- game. about you'll les Bo' And it was the Wolverine offense, es- pecially the devastating running game, that was responsible for most of Schem-. bechler's smile yesterday. Michigan has really put it all together, and there is no indication that anything but a rash of injuries, or perhaps a belated appear- ance by the 17-year locusts, could slow their attack. "We've really started to come around the last three games," Bo said afterwards. "We're blocking much better now, and we've got the backs where we want them. I think it's important to remember we didn't have (Glenn) Doughty at all dur- ing spring drills, and that (Billy) Taylor was out for a good part of spring prac- tice, too. This unsettled our whole back- field." The Wolverines were hit with an un- usual delay of the game penalty when they were tardy for appearing on the field for the second half. Delay of the game before the beginning of either half is a 15-yard penalty instead of the nor- mal five, and Bo was asked to describe the circumstances that caused the call. The Wolverine coach just smiled. "Any time you get a 15-yard penalty," he said, "those are bad circumstances." Schembechler didn't want to make too much of the penalty as it didn't affect the game at all, but apparently no one told Michigan halftime was over. fancy One call that irked Bo, the fans, and especially the defense, came when Min- nesota had a third and goal from the 'M' 15. A Minnesota receiver bumped into Wolverine cornerback Bruce Elliott from behind as both went for a Curry pass, but Elliott was called for interference. The Gophers got an automatic f i r s t down and scored on the next play. The entire stadium reacted in utter disbelief. Elliott was shocked, the stu- dent section reacted with audible pro- fanity, but afterwards, Bo was non- plussed. "It's a judgment call, but I saw that guy run into Elliott!" he said. And Bo even managed to chuckle about the Wolverines' place-kicking, which was a dud for the fourth week in a row. "We work harder on our kicking game than anyone, and that's what makes me mad when we miss. But when you get 39 points, you don't give a damn how good the place kicker is." But you can bet dollars to doughnuts that there will be a little extra work for the kickers this week, just as surely as you can bet that Bo won't let anyone ignore Wisconsin. "We won't be looking past the Bod- gers. They're explosive and they won big today." It may sound corny, but it wins football games and keeps everyone smiling. Still, comparisons are rather inviting. And for the first time this season, Schem- bechler was willing' to compare this year's squad with last year's Rose Bowl con- tingent. "We're 6-0 now, and we were only 4-2 last year at this time," Schembechler said. "But last year, we turned the corner against Minnesota." Last year, Michigan went into the lockerroom at halftime trailing the Gophers, 9-7, but stormed out to take a 35-9 victory. After that Michigan became a juggernaut. A true-blue juggernaut scores points like crazy, but only in their last two games have the Wolverines shown the ability to move the ball at will. -Daily-Sara Krulwich Don Moorhead (27) recovers own fumble Mammoth Blue ave surges on By PAT ATKINS A lot of events vied for the attention of the national tele- *vision audience yesterday af- ternoon in Michigan Stadium. The talent show included a dog act, musical entertain-I ment, a tumbling troupe,; SUNDAY SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: RICK CORNFELD and ELLIOT LEGOW alumni twirlers, and numer- ous amateur acts in the foot- ' ball stands. af Wright nabbed him from behind But clearly, when the after- as Paul Staroba was attempting noon was over, the award for to block Wright. best performance went to the "Staroba threw a good block," Mammoth Blue Wave's 39-13 Moorhead explained, "but I didn't roll over the Golden Gophers. go wide enough. Wright got over oaovth e o lden Gherws the block and pulled me down by 4 Coachb Bo schemechsr was the shoulder pads." modest about his team's perform- Moha a pqiky u ance. "You just try to win the Moorhead was up quickly, but game," he said. "The defense threw two incomplete passes. A! played well and the offense moved hid and 10 situation forced hi the ball." ting Paul Seymour on the 10. That leaves out the facts of the Moorhead rolled left for six more situation, that the Wolverine of- yards, and then handed off to gfensive net yardage was a stag- Fritz Seyferth on the four for the gering 518 yards, and hat the hd would defense held Minnesota to two first touc on, on reained downs rushing and ten passing. the. nly 36 seconds remained in Michigan's blitzkrieg functioned field leading 18-7. with deadly success, as time after I a time Minnesota quarterback Caig tw a good lft for us, scoi Curry was forced to unload ing the touchdown at the end of quickly, the second quarter," Schembechler It was the sixth consecutive said. game in which the Wolverine of- From that point on the Mam- fense moved the ball consistently moth Blue Wave swelled over better. "I'd have to say 39 points Minnesota like little dog Whiskey is normal improvement," Schem- chases her soccer ball. bechler said. "It's more than we It was a defensive play that got last week." Minnesota coach Murray War- For a while the battle for the math cited as breaking the Goph- Wittle Brown Jug was a sporting er stride. "Michigan's interception affair. Minnesota had just passed shortly before the half was a de- assuredly d o w n f i e 1 d halfway cisive play," a downcast Warmath through the second quarter for an noted, 80 yard touchdown drive to put He was referring to Bruce El- the score at 12-7. liott's pick-off of a Curry pass, "The offense has been giving us Elliott's first of the season and the a break for the last three weeks," Wolverines' fourteenth. middle guard Henry Hill praised It 1 o o k e d momentarily like after the game. This must have Michigan would capitalize on the been one of the situations Hill was Gopher miscue. Glenn Doughty referring to, as the Wolverines caught a Moorhead aerial-one of surged back for an 80 yard TD three that he would catch during drive of their own to give Mich- the afternoon-and was complete- igan an 18-7 breathing space. ly upended, coming down at the W o 1 v e r i n e quarterback Don Minnesota 22 for a 19-yard gain. Ifoorhead, who gained his most But the drive went no where. hin- yardage of the season (79), ram- dered by a seven yard setback bled for a chunk of 39 during the when Moorhead was forced to eat 80 yard march. With third down the ball on a pass play, and Mich- and three to go on Michigan's 40- igan's field goal attempt failed. yard line, Moorhead rolled left. However, Coin's miss came with then cut back right and picked up Michigan leading only 12-0. The blockers. He scrambled down to Gophers were shortly to make it e 21 before Minnesota's Jeff 12-7. 67 yards of their 80 yard TD SCORES push coming on passing and 61 of that 67 gained by sophomore Doug Kingsriter. Michigan squelched any golden hopes, though, combining Moor- head's 39-yard run and Seyferth's second touchdown for an 18-7 halftime lead. About the only thing that broke Michigan's stride in the second half was the television time-outs. "It's harder to play on television because of the commercial time- outs," Schembechler said. "You wonder why everyone is standing around. You just get your momen- tum, then you have three or four commercials in there." Seyferth bulled his way on short yardage to his third and fourth touchdowns, one in each of the latter two quarters, and Lance Scheffler racked up Michi- gan's final tally at the close of the game. The best individual acting per- -Daily-Jim Kmessa TAILBACK BILLY TAYLOR sweeps right against Minnesota yesterday, while defender Mike White (28) shoves his hand in Taylor's face. Taylor had his best game of the year, gaining 151 yards in 26 carries. The Mammoth Blue Wave rolled to 518 yards, 414 of them on the ground. The victory formance went to Kingsriter on brought Mic the play before Minnesota's Ernie Cook scored the second Gopherl touchdown. With half a quarter remaining, Michigan was ahead 32-7. FIRST DOWNS Rushing Curry sent Kingsriter out from Passing the Michigan 15-yard line on third Penalty down and 15 yards to go. Unbe- TOTAL NUMBER knownst to Kingsriter, Elliott was NET YARDSHES waiting for him on the four yard Rushing line, and Kingriter stepped smack Passing into the defensive halfback. FORWARD PASSE! ATTEMPTED When officials called pass inter- Completed ference, fans begon chanting a Intercepted by phrase which sent ABC technicians Yards intercet scurrying to turn down field mikes. (TAPushes and "We couldn't figure it out," Gus- PUNTS, Number ich said later. "When Elliot asked Average distan for an explanation, the referee KICKOFFS, retul wouldn't give one." YARDS KICKS RETURNED Michigan may have had trouble Punts figuring out that play, but Min- Kickoffs nesota spent the whole afternoon FUMBLES, Numb Ball lost by vainly trying to fathom the depths PENALTIES, Nun of the Mammoth Blue Wave. Yards penalize higan's record to 6-0, its best start since 1955. Mini Gophers MICHIGAN Rushing Mich. Minn. 13 2 6 10 Taylor 0 1 Doughty Seyferth 73 26 Moorhead Scheffler 414 69 Henry 104 214 Berutti ES iy pt. ret'd Passes) mce rned by er tber ed 18 7 3 57 91 6 43.1 2 38 16 0 64 9 41.4 7 Moorhead Doughty St, roba hSeymour Schumracher Tries Gains Loss Net 26 153 2 151 5 28 0 28 18 76 0 76 9 86 -7 79 6 28 0 28 8 41 0 41 1 11 0 11 Totals 73 423 9 414 Passing Att. Comp. Int. Yds. 18 7 0 104 Pass Receiving No. Yds. 3 54 2 23 1 11 1 16 Totals 7 104 Punting No. Yds. Avg. 6 259 43.2 rINNESOTA Rushing Tries Gains Loss Net Curry Mayer Cook Morgan Curry Morgan 3 5 15 50 6 18 2 8 Totals 26E Passing Att. Comup. 37 16 1 0 Totals 38 16 Pass Receiving 8 0 0 4 81 12 -3 50 18 4 69 on this and that The Michigan Wolverines. two, three, many heroes eric siege. MICHIGAN ATHLETIC director Don Canham broke through the ring of reporters surrounding fullback Fritz Seyferth in the Wolverine lockerroom yesterday and stuck out his hand. "I couldn't wait all day to do this," Canham told Seyferth with a smile. Seyferth scored four touchdowns in Michigan's 39-13 trouncing of Minnesota-and the only other Michigan player in history to score more was Ron Johnson, who got five against Wisconsin two years ago. Seyferth, who scored the first touchdown of his 16 game career last week against Michigan State, accepted the congratulations, but he wasn't willing to take all the credit. "It was a team effort all the way," the junior fullback told reporters. "It just so happens I was carrying the ball." It is a measure of the Wolverines' power and balance that, for all his heroics, Seyferth didn't stand out as The Hero in yesterday's victory. Seyferth, who wasn't even tendered as a freshman logged less than a half of playing time last year and didn't even carry the ball until the final quarter of the Texas A&M game this year was in the spotlight, all right, but he had to share it with a host of his teammates. If you're interested in naming names, you can start with the Wolverines' starting line-ups and then go on from there. Michigan Coach Bo Schembechler considers a 400-yard offense a good game, but he got 518 from the Wolverines' well-oiled offensive machine yesterday-a total surpassed only twice last year. And it took a pair of great catches by Gopher tight end Doug Kingsriter and a questionable pass interference call for Minnesota to get on the scoreboard against Michigan's sterling defense. Statistical heroes were more than abundant yesterday. The Wolverines had three runners who got more yards on the ground than the entire Minnesota team. Billy Taylor had 151 in 26 car- ries; Don Moorhead had 79 in nine carries; and Seyferth had 76 in 18 tries, compared to 69 for the entire Gopher team. In all, the Wolverines ground out 414 yards rushing. For an indication of the' kind of game it was, consider that Michi- gan's Preston Henry, a second string running back, gained 41 yards in a little over half a quarter, while Minnesota's starter and leading ground gainer, Ernie Cook, gained only nine more in seven more carries playing the whole game. On defense you can begin with Jim Betts, Bruce Elliott and Tom Darden, each with one pass interception, and Phil Seymour, who added a fumble recovery to the Goph- ers' list of turnovers. Even when the statistics weren't overly impressive, there were clutch performances. Moorhead completed only seven of 18 passes, but six of those completions were for first downs. Paul Seymour and Jerry Schumacher will each be credited with only a single pass reception, but both re- ceptions came on third and long yardage sitIations and sustained drives that eventually led to Wolverine scores. And the performance of the offensive line, which doesn't show up in the stats, but is reflected in the final score, drew high praise from the man who has put it to good use in the past two games-Taylor. "The blocking has improved 100 per cent over the past couple of games," said Taylor, who has carried the ball 77 times for 392 yards and five touchdowns in the last three games. "I think we're better offensively now that we were last year," Taylor added. "We're more potent than last year. Glenn (Doughty) and Fritz and Don and myself all have good speed and quickness, and the defenses just can't key on any one back." "If I was a defensive coach, I'd find it awfully hard to defend against us," Moorhead said. "I think we're at least as strong now as we were last year, and we're improving every week. It's going to take a good team to beat us." For the third week in a row, the Wolverines had praise heap- ed on them from the opposing lockerroom. "We were beaten de- cisively," Minnesota Coach Murray Warmath said. "They could move on us and we couldn't move on them." And that was the story at Michigan Stadium yesterday. A defensive unit that continually kept the opposition backed n rri _+, , _ .._. _.._.- ---- - -C _ . ± - - 3 -.+.I t2.. Mayer Kingsriter Cook Honza Marquesen Brunzell Bowser Perferrt MICHIGAN Minnesota No. Yds. 5 48 4 85 4 25 1 24 1 19 1 13 Totals 16 214 Punting It. Yds. 3 214 0 4 3 214 64 140 27 19 37 121 3 3 1 1 6 6 66 58 No. Yds. 8 309 1 64 Avg. 38.6 64.0 Staroba LINESCORE 6 12 7 14-39 0 7 0 6-13 COI LEGE FOOTBALL GRIDDE PICKS Michigan 39, Minnesota 13 Ohio State 48, Illinois 29 Wisconsin 30, Indiana 12 Michigan State 37, Iowa 0 Northwestern 38, Purdue 14 Alabama 30, Houston 21 LSU 17, Auburn 9 Washington 29, Oregon State 20 Pittsburgh 28, Miami (Fla.) 17 Georgia 19, Kentucky 3 Florida St. 21, S. Carolina 13 SCitadel 56, VMI 9 Missouri 30, Colorado 16 W. Virginia 24, Colorade State 21 Tennessee 38, Florida 7 Kansas State 19, Oklahoma 14 V ake Forest 14, N. Carolina 13 Colgate 10, Brown 6 Connecticut 21, Massachusetts 21, tie Parsons 3, Wayne State 0 EAST *L~ehigh 34, Vermont. 19 Bucknell 30, Lafayette 28 Indiana (Pa.) 41, slippery Rock 6 John Carroll 25, Allegheny 14 Dartmouth 37, Harvard 14 Grambling Col. 27, Jackson State 7 Mississippi St. 51, S. Mississippi 15 Morgan St. 34, Delaware St. 6 West Kentucky 19, East Kentucky 7 Texas Tech 14, SMU 10 Samford 21, Mississippi Col. 13 FAR WEST Stanford 9, UCLA 7 Air Force 35, Boston College 10 Utah 24, Arizona 0 Texas Tech 14, Southern Methodist 10 California 45, Washington State 0 ! Montanta State 28, N. 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