Sunday, November 8, 1970

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

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-Daily-Terry McCarthy
The coach: A contented Bo
SUNDAY SPORTS
NIGHT EDITORS: SANDI GENIS AND BILL ALTERMAN
More Sports, Page 7

-Daily--Jim Kresslach
The offense: Scheffler driving for the score
o erines

-Daily-Jim Judkis

The defense: Recovering a fumble

blitz

Illinois,

42-0

on this ard that
The .Blue Wave rolls
towards its crest
eric siege.
MICHIGAN COACH Bo Schembechler doesn't, like nick-
names.
He doesn't like The Mammoth Blue Wave . . . or The Big
Blue Machine .. . or The Wolverine Machine . .. or anything
else that implies the Wolverines might be something of a
super-team.
After yesterday's 42-0 victory over Illinois, though,
Schembechler may have to learn to live with some sort of
appelation.
The Wolverines completely dominated the game against
a fired-up Illinois team that pulled off an upset the week
before.
The defense shut out a team that had scored 52 points
in its last two games - 29 of them against Ohio State - giving
up a total of just 172 yards and forcing three Illini turnovers.
The offense methodically drove for six touchdowns, racked up
425 yards and 24 first downs, and converted on 13 of 17 crucial
third and fourth down situations.
The( ever-cautious Schembechler didn't label the game a
super-effort, but he was clearly happy with his team's perform-
ance.
"Did we fumble? No. Did we have an interception? No.
That's the kind of football I like," Schembechler said.
"From a mistake standpoint," he added, "it was our
best game of the year, although we did have 15 yard
penalties."
Schembechler had been disturbed about some more glaring
errors (three fumbles and poor coverage on an 87-yard punt
return for a touchdown) after Michigan's 29-15 win over
Wisconsin last week.
Yesterday, though, the Wolverines covered punts so well
that they almost recovered a 63-yarder at the Illini two after
Larry Huisinga touched the ball at the nine. They gave Illinois
W just eight yards on three punt returns, and only 125 on seven
kickoff plays.
And they held on to the ball well enough to lug for
259 yards on the ground and gain 166 through the air on
11 of 16 completions.
In fact, the "biggest mistake" Schembechler saw all
afternoon was a lapse in pass coverage in the third quarter,
when Mike Wells hit tight end Doug Dieken for a 61-yard
pass-run play. Even then, it didn't take the Wolverines long
to recover, as they blanketed the Illini receivers and har-
rassed Wells, forcing three straight incompletions with the
ball sitting on the Michigan 11.
"We coached against fumbles and worked on our punt
and kickoff coverage all week, and we did a better job today,"
Schembechler said. "We improved and that's important. We're
trying to gain momentum and win games."
"Our basic philosophy is to improve," added quarter-
back Don Moorhead, who connected on nine of 14 passes,
for his best completion average of the season. "We not
only try to improve from Saturday to Saturday, but we try
to improve in practice from day to day."
"We talked about a letdown in the second half," Moorhead
said. "We knew we couldn't have one today. Illinois was down
14-0 at the half against Purdue, and they came back and
won."
Not only did the Wolverines successfully guard against
a letdown; for the fourth time in five Big Ten games, the
Wolverines came out hitting and ground the opposition into a
hole. Michigan scored two of the first three times they had the
ball, then thwarted the Illini's attempt to play effective catch-
up ball.
"They're a young team with a lot of enthusiasm and
we had to go out from the start and prove we were running
the show," said wingback Glenn Doughty, who scored a
pair of touchdowns and led all receivers with five receptions
for 81 yards.
"That's what we have to do to win," added Doughty.
"Evervhnv's trvinzr to knn k aM Mrnh;-

By LEE KIRK
There is nothing spectacular
about a machine - it simply
does its job. There are no
gimmicks or frills, the ma-
chine just grinds away.
And yesterday afternoon,
Michigan's football machine
ground up Illinois 42-0 w i t h
mechanical efficiency, up-
ping their record to 8-0.
Well-oiled machines d o n 't
make mistakes, and the Wolver-
9 ines yesterday eliminated the
turnovers that had hampered
them the week before against Wis-
consin.
"Did we fumble? No. Did we
have an interception? No," said
chief mechanic Bo Schehbechler
after the game. "We worked on
eliminating fumbles this week and
it paid off."-
The Wolverines, like m a n y
machines, did spatter a little at
the outset. After winning t h e
F toss (a rather unusual occur-
Sence), Bo Rather took the kickoff
35 yards to the Illini 38, but three
q plays netted only seven yards and
-Daily-Tom Gottlieb Michigan punted.
The Illini offense took over on
wnl their own 37 and immediately be-
hang ti*gh

The big 'signifies another Taylor touchdo

Ba ttered

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ga n an assault on the middle of'
the Michigan defense. The Illi-
nois attack was reminiscent of
their valiant effort against Ohio
State two weeks earlier. Roused to
an incredible fury upon learn-
ing that head coach Jinm Valek
had been fired, the Illini pounded
the proud Buckeye defense for
over 200 yards in the first half
before wilting late in the game.
The Illini team's efforts saved
Valek's job temporarily, and their
assaults at Michigan's line met
with success, but it, too, was only
temporary.
But co-captain Henry Hill made
the big plays and the Illini were
forced to punt from the 'M' 44.
The Wolverines took over on their
own 15 and the machine finally
turned over and began to roll with
devastating efficiency, with Lance
Scheffler, running from tailback,
serving as the prime mover.
"We started Scheffler because
Billy Taylor has missed most of
the heavy work this week," Bo
said after the game. "We wanted
to soften up their inside early,
and Scheffler was healthy and he's
a good inside runner. He's tough
and he showed it today."
Scheffler carried on nine of the
18 plays the Wolverines needed to
reach paydirt, racking up 37 yards
in what was probably Michigan's
most methodical drive of the sea-
son. Glenn Doughty Skipped over
right tackle for the TD and Dana
Coin converted to make it 7-0.
The defensive part of the ma-
chine then got into gear, stopping
the Illini after the kickoff and
forcing them to punt. Michigan
took over on their own 33, but a
clipping penalty two plays 1 a t e r
forced the Wolverines back to the
22 as the quarter ended. Moor-
head, however, ran for six and
then hit Paul Staroba, the con-
ference's leading receiver going in-
to yesterday's game, for 14 more to
leave Michigan with a fourth and
one at their own 42.
Schembechler, normally a con-
servative coach in the early go-
ing, elected to go for the f i r s t
down. Illinois' defense took all the
drama out of the situation by
bolting across the line before the
ball was snapped, causing a few
heated tempers 'and shoving
matches.
Although the Illini were fur-
ious when the call went against
them, the Wolverines seemed to
pick up momentum from it, as
they covered the remaining 53
yards to paydirt in seven plays.
Scheffler was again the main cog
in the Michigan machine, carry-
ing five times for 32 yards. Moor-
head hit Paul Seymour for 17
yards to add a little more spice
to the drive and Doughty slanted
in from four yards out and Coin
converted to make it 14-0.

Staroba, who averaged awhop-
ping 50 yards punting, unloaded'
a 63-yarder late in the half to
pin the Illini back on their own
two-yard line. Brt quarterback
Mike Wells slinked through the
'M' defense to the ten on the
quarterback draw, where he was
hit, the ball squirting forward into
the eager arms of defensive back
Tom Darden.
Six plays later, Billy Taylor, who
returned looking as good as ever,
blasted into the endzone, did a
brief triumphant war dance and
Michigan led, 21-0 as the half
drew to a close.
The Big Blue Machine came out
in high gear in the second half,
scoring the first three times they
had the ball.
Linebacker Ed Moore set up the
first tally, intercepting a Wells
pass on the Illini 40 and return-
ing it nine yards. It took seven
plays for Moorhead to lead his
charges to the endzone, the tally
coming on a four-yard bullet to
tight end Jerry Schumacher.sIt
was Schumacher's first varsity
touchdown, and after Coin made
it four in a row, it was 28-0.
Illinois took the kickoff a n d
mounted their only real threat of
the game. Quarterback Wells
found tight end Doug Dieken all
by his lonesome over the middle
and the big senior bulled down
to the Michigan 12 before Rather
forced him out of bounds.
But a procedure penalty slowed
the surge, and the rugged 'M' de-
fense did the rest, putting a fierce
rush on Wells three times to force
desperation tosses that were no-
where near their marks.
Moorhead hooked up w i t h
Doughty for a 41-yard pass play
on third down to get the Wol-
verines out of the hole. Taylor
then took over the brunt of the
work, carrying the ball five times,
the last try a seven-yard sweep
for Michigan's fifth TD.
Bruce Elliot set up the final
'M' score, intercepting a Wells'
pass and returning it to the Illini
25. Michigan, however, was de-
tected clipping and the ball end-
ed up at the Illinois 38.
For the first time this year,
Schembechler began clearing his
bench. Reserve quarterback Jack
McBride took the helm and hit
Seynour for 41 yards to the Illini
6. Three plays later, Scheffler
plowed in and Coin converted for
what turned out to be the final
tally of the day.
Michigan has been improving
consistently since the season be-
gan. Yesterday, they ground their
way to victory with mechanical
efficiency. It might not be ex-
citing, but it wins ball games. Just
ask the fat man in Columbus. He
should know.

By PHIL HERTZ
It might have been a scene
from Doctor Kildare or The
Doctors, but in reality it was
the Illinois locker room after
yesterday's thrashing at the
hand of Michigan's unbeaten
Wolverines.
There were worried parents,
friends and relatives, as well as
members of the working press,
impatiently waiting admittance
to the dressing room of the
Fighting Illini 'so that they
might assess the extent of the
damage. Throughout the con-
test, the Illini seemed to be sub-
stituting injured players for
other injured players, and that
was exactly the situation.
"We had seventeen players
injured during the contest and
a few were playing in spite of
injuries," reported Illinois men-
tor Jim Valek. By the start of
the second half, Illinois o n 1 y
had one starter left on their de-
fensive line. Other players hurt

during the contest included saf-
ety Tom Jones, offensive tackle
Tom Scott, tight end Doug Die-
ken and quarterback M i k e
Wells.
Valek was unable to pinpoint
the cause of t h e injuries. "I
don't know whether it was the
Tartan Turf or not. The last
time we had so many injuries
was at Wisconsin (on Tartan
Turf) last year." Appraised of
the number of Illini injuries,
Michigan trainer Lindsy Mc-
Lean said, "It might have been
the turf. They had a lot of ank-
le injuries. We tape our ankles
high to avoid them." The Wol-
verine trainer, however, was un-
willing to indict the turf as the
culprit. "Last year on the grass
at Illinois, they had a lot of in-
juries, and it is usually the case
when you fall behind, there are
a great many injuries."
Valek had nothing but praise
for his squad despite the one-
sided score of the contest. "I'll

take our hat off to our defense.
Despite being injury riddled,
they hung in there and did their,
best."
"Those guys were really some-
thing," commented Schembech-
ler. "We'd score and they would
come right back at us. Michi-
gan's players have great admir-
ation for those guys. They were
playing under a great handicap.
We had 4 better team t h a n
them, but not 42 points better."
Michigan offensive guard Reg-
ie McKenzie called Illinois "a
really tough team," and wing-
back Glenn Doughty noted,
"They really hit us hard. We
had to work to move them."
After, a victory over Purdue
and a near-upset of Ohio State,
t h e Illini seemed capable of
giving the Wolverines a better
struggle than they had the last
two years when they were dis-
membered 36-0 a n d 57-0 re-
spectively. The Mammoth Blue
Wave, however, had other ideas.
"We were going to go with a
ball control offense," said Va-
lek, "but they wouldn't let us."
"Michigan played a great ball
control game," commented Va-
lek. That Ohio State-Michigan
game should be a whale of a
contest." The Illinois coach,
however, refused to pick a fav-
orite in the game. "If you com-
pare Ohio State and Michigan, I
think it's a stand-off."
Yesterday's game was nothing
short of a disaster for the Fight-
ing Illini. They were outplayed
and outcoached by the Wolver-
ines, who were playing perhaps
their best game of the season.
(Although Henry Hill insists,
"The defense has n o t played
our best game yet this season.)

ora of injuries had already be-
gun to take their toll on the
Illini.
In spite of their difficulties,
there were some bright spots for
Illinois. Although t h e already
once-ousted Valek is unlikely to
be around next season, most of
the players will be.
The Illipi started ten sopho-
mores and a number of juniors
yesterday, including Wells and
running backs Darrell Robinson
and Mike Navarro. A 11 three
turned in creditable perform-
ances despite t h e tenacity of
the Mammoth Blue Wave's de-
fense.
There was also no denying
Michigan knew it had been in a
football game. "It might have
looked easy," noted Schembech-
ler, "but it was a hard game
physically."
It is not often that a team
that loses 42-0 gains their op-
ponent's respect, but that was
exactly what happened yester-
day. "If you want to get respect
from another player, the way to
do it is hit, and those guys real-
ly hit us," acknowledged Sch-
embechler in the locker room.
"The way they played was a
real tribute to the University of
Illinois."
Ei
FINAL STATISTICS
Mich. Ill.
FIRST DOWNS 24 8
Rushing 17 6
Passing 5 1
Penalty 2 1
TOTAL NUMBER
OF RUSHES 68 33
NET YARDS
Rushing 259 71
Passing 16 101
FORWARD PASSES
ATTEMPTED 16 18
Completed 11 7

SCORES

GRIDDE PICKINGS
MICHIGAN 42, Illinois 0
Iowa 42, Indiana 13
Michigan State 24, Purdue 14
Northwestern 28, Minnesota 14
Ohio State 24, Wisconsin 7
Harvard 29, Princeton 7
LSU 14, Alabama 9
Lafayette 53, Davidson 34
Wake Forest 25, Duke 14
Florida 27, Georgia 17
Mississippi 24, Houston 13
Kansas State 28, Oklahoma State 15
Miami O. 17, Dayton 0
Oklahoma 28, Missouri 13
SMU 6, Texas A&M 3
Texas Tech 22, TCU 14
Oregon 46, Air Force 35
Oregon State 16, California 10
Utah 17, Utah State 0
DAILY LIBELS over ann arbor police,
ppd. cowardice
East

West Maryland 13, Juniata College 10
Central Conn. St. 20, American Int'l 0
St. Lawrence 25, Rensselaer 17
South
Georgia Tech 30, Navy 8
Tennessee 20, South Carolina 18
West Virginia 28, East Carolina 18
Arkansas 38, Rice 14
Penn State 34, Maryland 0
Vanderbilt 18, Kentucky 17
Virginia Tech 34, Vilianova 7
N. Carolina St. 21, Virginia 16
N. Carolina 62, Virginia Military 13
William & Mary 28, Connecticut 15
East Kentucky 20, Tennessee Tech 13
Grambling Col. 41, Arkansas A&M 13
SE Louisiana 24, Louisiana Tech 21
Midwest
Oklahoma 28, Missouri 13
Nebraska 54, Iowa State 29
Tulsa 21, Wichita State 12
Notre Dame 46, Pittsburgh 14
Wayne State 33, Kalamazoo Col. 10

ght in a ro w-two to go

Taylor
Moorhead
Doughty
Seyferth
Scheffler
McBride
Berutti
Harrison
Zuccarelli
Henry
Logan

MICHIGAN
Rushing
Tries Gains Loss Net
17 66 1 65
4 14 0 14
10 40 0 40
5 17 0 17
18 75 0 75
1 0 8 --8
1 3 0 3
5 19 0 19
1 4 0 4
2 9 0 9
4 21 0 21

Wells
Navarro
Robinson
Lewis
Osley
Quinn
Wells

ILLINOIS
Rushing
Tries Gains Loss
6 18 18
6 14 1
10 26 4
1 1 0
9 36 1
1 0 0
Totals 33 95 24
Passing
Att. Comp. Int.'
18 7 2
Receiving

Net
0
13
22
1
35
0
71
Yds
101