& Sunday, ! November 15; 1970" THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven Sunday, November 15, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY L v Blue, Bucks pri e for clash Wave undulates on; buries fumbling Iowa By PAT ATKINS Michigan presented its case yesterday afternoon against Iowa, piling up a 55-0 score! and 561 yards on its way to a ninth consecutive victory, but the jury remains out for one SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: TERRI FOUCHEY and ELLIOT LEGOW More Sports Page 9 more long week. The Mammoth held itself strictly Blue Wave accountable1 for all actions on the field, being guilty of scoring five of "the first six times it had the ball, of averaging six yards' per carry, of bottling the Hawkeyes in their own terri- tory until Iowa's last play, and generally of causing even 'M' errors to turn out obscenely correct no matter what. Michigan could not be excused for seeing red either-not the red of revenge after beating Iowa 51-6 last year, nor the red of a crimson jersey worn south of here. "We were not caught looking qN.ahead to next week," Michigan Coach Bo Schembechler said ser- iously. "It was very hard this past week. But everyone, the coaches, and the players, did a heckuva job." When the score reached 35-0 and Michigan totaled 390 yards just before the half, Schembechler began a player shuttle service for the rest of'the game that rivaled the summer run schedule of the Staten Island ferry. "We played everyone I could think of, except those who were injured," Schembechler said. And to assure everyone that he was not after the points or the po]ls Schembechler added, "We've had two games where the offense didn't get much practice and that's why we played them some in the third quarter. I have no interest in the polls." Because of that, a home crowd saw Don Moorhead break a 23- year old Michigan career record. Moorhead's first pass in the third quarter broke previous record- holder Bob Chappuis' total offen- sive yardage mark of 3487 yards. The senior quaterback went on to gain 153 yards in the game. Looking like the fabled point-a- minute teams of Fielding Yost, Michigan scored on five straight touchdown drives in the first 23 minutes. An Iowa punt return fumble made Michigan's first touchdownveasier, ashMike Old- ham recovered on the Hawkeye three and Billy Taylor went in from the one just two plays later. The Hawkeyes, who danced a one, two, three, kick offense most of the game, shortly gave the ball back. On steady gainers, Michigan, traveled 73 yards in six plays with! the drive culminating on Glenn Doughty's two yard plunge at left end. At 8:54 of the .first quarter, Michigan went up 14-0. Michigan kept dodging snow- flakes and Hawkeyes in like man-! ner all afternoon. Its third touch- down march from the Wolverine 41 was equally as unhampered as the second, taking just seven plays. Five of the six rushes were by Tay- Bucksf Purdue, By ERIC SIEGEL Special To The Daily WEST LAFAYETTh-A fired- up Purdue defense put its finger in the dike to stop Ohio State's scoring wave here yesterday, holding the Buckeyes to a meager seven points for 58 min- utes. It took a 30-yard field goal by Fred Schram with 2:04 left in the game to enable the Buckeyes to eke out a'10-7 win over a determined Boilermaker squad. With just over four minutes left in the game, the Buckeyes took the ball on their own 34 and drove 53 yards to the Boil- ermaker 13 to set up the win- ning field goal. Ron Maciejowski, who alter- nated with starting quarterback Rex Kern in the first half and played the entire last quarter, came up with the big play on the drive-a 23-yard run on the first play from scrimmage that put Ohio State into Purdue ter- ritory for only the second time in the entire quarter. Earlier in that last quarter Maciejowski moved the Buck- eyes into enemy territory with a 52-yard pass and run play to Bruce Jankowski. But the Pur- due defense, which gave up 65 points in its last three games, held OSU to a net gain of three yards in three plays, and a Schram 35-yard field goal at-. tempt was way off the mark. Ohio State managed just a meager 255 yards and only 12 first downs on offense, and spent most of the second quarter and the better part of the second half trying to get out of its own territory. The Buckeye defense was even tougher than the Boilermaker's though, as Purdue had only three first downs all afternoon and totaled a paltry 71 yards in the snow and wind. Four times the Boilermakers were knocking on OSU's goal line, and four times the Buck- eye defense stepped in and stop- ped the threat: The last of these came when Purdue blocked a eke -Daily-Randy Edmonds FULLBACK FRITZ SEYFERTH (32) struggles for extra yardage despite the efforts of three Iowa defenders. Seyferth scored one of the eight Michigan touchdowns in the Wolverines' most produc- tive performance of the season. Seven of the talleys came on the ground as the Mammoth Blue Wave rushed for 468 yards. The other score came on a fumble recovery by Tom Darden. by 10-7 punt on a fourth and eight play on the Buckeye 22, and the re- covered the ball at the 17. The Boilermakers went nine yards to the Ohio State eight, before Stan Brown was stopped for no gain. "We never thought of 'a field goal at the time," Purdue Coach Bob DeMoss said afterwards. "We thought we could make the first down, go in and score. But now the way it turned out it might have been a bad deci- sion." Ohio State mentor Woody Hayes, gave most of the credit for the Buckeye victory-their eighth in eight games-to the defense. "That goal line stand was sometthing," he said. "Our defense totally stopped them all day." Indeed, the only way the Boilermakers got on the score- board was on the strength of a 96-yard kickoff return by Brown with a littlerover two minutes left in the first quarter. Brown's return, which knotted the score at 7-7, came right after the Buckeyes drove 71 yards in six plays, witli full- back John Brockington bulling and sprinting the last 26 of those yards for the touchdown. Brockington gathered 62 of his 136 yards on that drive in three carries. His first run from scrimmage on the drive went for 25 yards Ohio State had good field position throughout the first quarter but they couldn't get anything going until Brocking- ton started finding holes over right tackle. The Bucks, who had been averaging over 34 points a game coming into yesterday's contest; were held scoreless in both the second and third quarters for the first time this'season. Richard Nixon,,who watched the game on TV, called both coaches to offer his congratu- lations. He said he wouldn't at- tend next Saturday's game in Columbus between Michigan and Ohio State. to set up a fifth TD. Moorheadl found tight end Paul Seymour, top! receiver with 42, wide open in thei middle to set up both those touch-t downs.i Moorhead, appearing in his last home game, rolled left after his Seymour completion had put the ball on the Iowa 24. Cutting backl right, he eluded Hawkeye pursuersc for the fourth Michigan TD. Fritz Seyferth joined him in the scoring column two minutes later, going! over from the three on Michigan's Iowa never mustered a sem- tensely. "I don't look back to a blance of a scoring attack. When year ago. I don't compare circum- it finally invaded Michigan terri- stances or records. I don't believe tory with less than a minute left in that stuff. We just hope to be in the game, a fumble dampened ready to play." any Hawkeye thought of escaping "You couldn't keep me away a shutout. from the Ohio State game with a A p r a c t i c a 11 y impenetrable ton of wild horses,"an only mild- Michigan defense allowed Iowa ly-injured Betts said. only six first downs-four in the "You know, I think I'll go to first half by rushing and a pen- Columbus this weekend," Mich- alty, and two in the second by igan's peripatetic athletic direc- passing and rushing. Most of Hawkeye Roy Bash's 5 4 r for for 40 yards, Moorhead hand- fifth play of the series. passing and running attempts were ing him the ball on the two for Nothing Michigan did could hurt spent in backpeddling, as the his second touchdown. Taylor was its momentum. When Taylor fum- quarterback soaked up 42 of his leading rusher, gaining 189 yards bled on the five as Michigan was team's 50 yards in rushing losses. despite being sidelined late in the driving in for a sixth touchdown Defensive end Phil Seymour threw third quarter by an elbow injury, opening the second half, the in- Hawkeyes for 30 of those 50 yards "I went-out to block, came down, evitable was only aided. Iowa re- on his total of ten tackles. and landed on my hand," Taylor covered, promptly fumbling in the "There's been no problem get- explained. "Then before I could endzone where defensive halfback ting the team up to play this year get my arm out of the way, I got Tom Darden pounced on it for for any opponent. We're going to kicked right in the elbow." Michigan's sixth score. play a heckuva big game this "He bruised his elbow," Schem- By then Michigan's lead was a weekend," Schembechler said in- bechler informed. "It doesn't look warmly -comfortable 42-0. Two serious. He could have gone back more romps in the fourth quarter in." As a precautionary measure, brought Michigan's final margin. , X-rays were being taken. to 55. Lance Scheffler got his first.. Hampered by his ankle injury, of the day, capping Michigan's 56- safety Jim Betts played about a yard push with a five yard run * third of the game. "We held Betts back around left tackle. out when we saw how the game When another Iowa fumble, was going," Schembechler said, their fifth for the day, was re- "He could have played." Tackle covered by Michigan's Dana Coin z Werner Hall was still sidelined by on Iowa's 18 near the game's end,.. a pinched nerve. Dave Zuccarelli took the fourth The Wolverines ground out a series play over from the seven. fourth touchdown on their next Coin, kicking extra points all day, 69-yard, nine-plays gambol; then missed on his eighth and final try. Frank Gusich recovered another That broke his 15 consecutive PAT Hawkeye fumble on the Iowa 47 string. f' tor Don Canham said. None of the Wolverines will be saying much more between now and this Saturday, deferring to a Fifth Amendment attitude of' not incriminating themselves and pre- ferring to speak with actions. "If it is quiet here," Supreme- Court Justice Holmes once said of his bench, "it is the quiet of a storm center." In another time, in a f otally estranged context, that remark comes home again. Bruce Elliott (21), Tom Darden thwart Kerry Reardon's catch 'SECOND SEASON: Wolverines eye Buckeyes The day Blue gins The *was of the the Vt Iowa that savor day's clear anent Colur By PHIL HERTZ ment on the Ohio State game. but I'd be playing against 'them this' crowd's chant "sure sounded good, e first season ended yester- still felt he ought to note, "All we year." but it depends a lot on next week." for Michigan's Mammoth want to do is win them all." The thoughts of Tom Darden Hill played down the number Wave, the second season be- The little middle guard was not centered more on his first college one ranking. "They can out us and ends next Saturday. about to take anything for grant- touchdown which occurred when number fifty on the polls. It ed in spite of the Buckeyes' slug- linebacker Mike Taylor slammed doesn't matter to us. All we want ere was little doubt that that gish play in recent weeks. "They'rer into Iowa tailback Levi Mitchell to do is win football games." the all-pervading sentiment still a really good team, and I'm prompting a fumble which Dar- Glenn Doughty refused to com- e Michigan locker room after quite certain they'll be ready to den fell on in the end zone for the ment on a number one ranking, Wolverines' thrashing of the play football. It'll be a great foot- score. The exuberant defensive but the Wolverine tailback Drob- Hawkeyes. Despite the fact ball game." halfback said, "I really felt great, ably had the best perspective on every Wolverine was s tilll Phil Seymour who missed last it's always great to score." Darden next week's game. "When Michi- ing the highlights of yester- ya'ichy O mSae g did note that the Ohio State game gan plays O h i o State, ratings game and trying to steer and yesterday led the Wolverine "would really be a big one." don't m e a n a thing. You can of any controversial state- defense with eight solo tackles and By the time the final whistle throw out all those comparison about next week's clash in two assists said he had no more blew, the Hawkeyes had lost six scores when Michigan meets Ohio rbus, most of the Michigan ;,4-h ----------- I fumbles. two of which led direct- State." -Daily-Thomas R. Copt T. D. (Torm Darden, 35) pounces for the TD players were unable to keep their of the Mammoth Blue Wave, but thoughts off /the Ohio State game. did say, "I was disappointed when Michigan defensive c a p t a i n I knew I wouldn't play against. Henry Hill avoided a direct com- them last year, but then I knew, Hello, Columbus FINAL STATISTICS Mich. FIRST DOWNS 33 Rushing 27 Passing 4 Penalty2 TOTAL NUMBER OF RUSHES 78 NET YARDS Rushing 468 Passing 93 1 .,AWARD PASSES ATTEMPTED 17 Completed 6 intercepted by 0 Yards interceptions ret'd 0 TOTAL PLAYS ((Rushes and Passes) 95 '*UNTS, Number 2 Average distance 36 KICKOFFS, returned by 1 YARDS KICKS RETURNED 48 Punts 26 E Iowa 6 4 1 1 43 88 34 8 3 0 0 51 7 36.5 6 134 0 Zuccarelli Harrison Moorhead McBride Doughty Seymour Henry Staroba 3 17 1 2 Totals 78 477 Passing _ Att. Comp. 11 6 6 1 Total 17 7 Receiving 0 9 9 17 468 Yds. 88 5 93 Int. 0 0 0 ly to Maize-and-Blue touchdowns. One of the Michigan recoveries was made by wolfman Frank Gu- sich. Gusich was one of the few Wolverines who had a complaint about yesterday's game. "The on- ly thing bad about this week's game was t h a t we had to go downfield on all those kickoffs," but Gusich quickly added, "I sure won't mind doing that again next week." While most of the comments af- ter the game were devoted to Ohio State and yesterday's game (Mich- igan's biggest rout of Iowa since 1902, when the Hawkeyes fell 102- 0), there was also some discussion of the crowd's chanting of "We're Number One." For the first time in recent memory the Wolverines' overbearing performance and the near upsets of Ohio State a n d Notre Dame prompted the 66,189 fans in attendance to start the cry in any sustained matter. 0iin;.hank n M~7bfrnr1h~vko 14u Haples. By LEE KIRK "We blew them out real quick." Bo Schembechler must be bucking (if we dare use the word buck) for the understatement of the year award. But then, what else could the man say. Not even the 55-0 final score reflected the Wolverines' total dominance of their foe. Item: Iowa managed eight yards in their first nine plays. By this time, Mich- igan had amassed a 21-0 lead. Item: Michigan totalled 33 first downs despite the fact that the reserves played about one-third of the game. The 33 first downs were one short of the Big Ten Hawkeyes Number Yds. 3 36 2 42 1 5 1 10 Totals 7 93 No. Yards Avg. 2 72 36.0 ping game. They rushed 43 times for 88 yards, an average of two yards per try. The harried Bash got off only eight passes, completing but three for a meager 34 yards. Item: Co-captain and middle guard Henry Hill still contends that "the de- fense has not played their best game." For better or worse, they have one more chance. And it was that one more chance, Sat- urday's dream showdown against Ohio State at Columbus, that perhaps posed Michigan's biggest obstacle yesterday. "It was hard not to look ahead," Bo said after the game. "But everyone, the Still, no one was saying mu be ready," Bo said, "you can be But the Wolverine coach d anything that could add mo the Buckeyes' well-stoked reve "Some people are playing up as a Bo vs. Woody affair 'But it's Michigan vs. Ohio S thing else is ridiculous. Don' me wth Woody, that makes hin "And if you try to talk to t about OSU," he continued, " tell you much." He was right is guarding against a slip ofi that could give offense to the All that anyone would say humbled, uch. "We'll be at stake. THE game will be everything t on that." everyone had expected it to be since long lownplayed before the season began. re fuel to For better or worse, the anticipation nge fire. that has enveloped the Buckeye game for this game so long has obscured Michigan's accom- ," he said. plishments this season. The Wolverines tate-any- are 9-0, their best record since 1948. They t compare have yielded a meager seven touchdowns, n look bad. and most of these have been set up by the players long bombs or scored against prevent de- they won't fenses. Only Michigan State has sustained Everyone drives agaisnt the rugged Blue defense. the tongue The offense, which was so jittery in Buckeyes. the early season, has averaged 38 points is that it per game in conference play, and the Punting Staroba Mitchell Sullivan Bash IOWA Rushing Tries Gains Loss Net 12 28 7 21 16 63 0 63 1I 17 42 -25 iI