Rage Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, October 19 1974 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAiLY Wisconsin menaces offense hlga11 By ROGER ROSSITER j Special To The Daily MADISON - Michigan's rout- hungry football fans may get another rude awakening today as the 5-0 Wolverines challenge! t h e upset - minded Wisconsin Badgers, 3-2 on the year. "If you're looking for an up- set possibility, this game is as good as any," warns Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. "Don't pay any attention to their 52-7 loss to Ohio State. Wisconsin moved the ball against them. Ohio State didn't stop Wisconsin's of- fense; turnovers did." Schembechler s a i d a f t e r watching game films that a major turning point in the; Buckeyes' lopsided victory oc- curred early in the game. "Ohio State had to punt and a Wisconsin kick returner was1 blocking an Ohio State player. "The OSU guy tried to jump over the blocker, and the ref-: eree called a penalty on Wis- consin for blocking below the waist. "The ball went back to Ohio State, and they scored a touch- down to take the lead. I would- n't say Wisconsin would have won if that call hadn't been made, but it sure turned the game around." Many writers who regularly cover the Badgers claim the Wolverines do not compare with Ohio State. One wrote that anyone who saw theI highlights of Michigan's win over Michigan State knows that Michigan is not on the same level as the Bucks. The Badgers ran through Ohio State's defense for 324 offensive yards, but intercep- tions continually gave the Buck- eyes possession. When the Bucks had the ball, they scored. The Wisconsin running attack is both powerful and deep. Tail- back Bill Marek gained 114 yards rushing in a quarter and a half of playing time against Missouri, and teams with full- back Ken Starch in the Badger backfield. Ron Pollard, Larry Canada, and Mike Morgan will also see action today, as Badger coach John Jardine likes to keep his backfield fresh. Quarterback Gregg Bohlig had a string of twelve consecutive pass completions broken against the Buckeyes. His favorite tar- get is flanker Jeff Mack, a Air time Today's Michigan - Wiscon- sin game will be broadcast live from Madison beginning at 2:30 Eastern Daylight Time over radio stations WWJ-AM (950); WAAM-AM (1600); WPAG-AM (1050); and WUOM-FM (91.7). ribs against Michigan State, but seems to have recovered. l a"I'm breathing okay," Frank- lin said yesterday. "It (the in- jury) shouldn't have any ef- Middle linebacker Steve Strinko, however, is still hav- ing problems with his injured knee. Strinko apparently twist- ed the knee at the close of Michigan's workout yesterday. Whether or not the injury will affect his play is not known. l He will probably start. A capacity crowd of 77,280 will jam Camp Randall Stadium for this 34th gridiron matchup between the two schools. Michi- gan holds a wide edge in wins, with 24 victories to seven for Wisconsin. There has been one tie. Weather could play a major role in today's game. One early report called for clear skies and temperatures in the sixties, bu a revised version predicts cooler temperatures with rain or snow possible. THE LINEUPS Daily Photo by KEN FINK MICHIGAN DEFENDERS Steve Strinko (59), Dave Elliott (45) and Don Dufek decommission Navy's Robin Ameen in action from earlier this season. The Wolverines' defense will have to be even better than their usual standard of excellence today if they plan to stop the high-powered offense of the Wisconsin Badgers. MICHIGAN WISCONSIN Offense (37) (67) (74) (50) (65) (64) (84) ( 9) (25) (44) (24) (81) (97) (56) (77) (32) (59) (33) (35) (45) (20) ( 6) Jim Smith (200) Steve King (245) Kirk Lewis (240) Dennis Franks (225) Dave Metz (235) Pat Tumpane (240) Greg DenBoer (233) Dennis Franklin (180) Rob Lytle (190) Chuck Heater (210) Gil Chapman (180) Dan Jilek (205) Jeff Perlinger (235) Tim Davis (210) Greg Morton (230) Larry Banks (210) Steve Strinko (230) Carl Russ (215) Don Dufek (195) Dave Elliot (170) Harry Banks (185) Dave Brown (188) SE LT LG C RG ST TE QB TB FB WB (45) (75) (64) (53) (68) (70) (88) (14) (26) (32) (39) Defense Art Sanger (175) Bob Johnson (246) Rick Koeck (225) Joe Norwick (216) Terry Stieve (238) Dennis Lick (256) Jack Novak (238) Gregg Bohlig (170) Bill Marek (188) Ken Starch (212) Jeff Mack (182) Randy Frokjer (209) Bob Czechowicz (216) Mike Jenkins (224) Gary Dickert (221) Mark Zakula (227) Rick Jakious (217) Jim Franz (224) Steve Wagner (203) Alvin Peabody (188) Greg Lewis (190) Terry Buss (194) specialist in the long bomb. Wisconsin's defense, unlike its offense, needs improve- ment. Only one Badger oppon- ent (Purdue) has scored fewer than three touchdowns. No Michigan opponent has scored more than one. Marek and Company should find the going difficult against By MICHAEL WILSON such Michigan line stalwarts as The Big Ten enters its third S Jeff Perlinger, "Mo" Morton,week of conference play today, and Dan Jilek. And the secon- with the league's three unde- dary, though missing starter feated teams favored to remain Dave Elliot, should prove cap- so. able of defusing the bomb. Michigan, of course, jour- "We knew before the season neys to America's Dairyland started that playing Michigan for a joust with the plucky State and Wisconsin back-to- Wisconsin Badgers, top-ranked back would be tough," Schem- Ohio State plays an ungra- bechler said. Maybe that ex- cious host to the Indiana plains why the Wolverines used Hoosiers in Columbus, and red scrimmage vests, usually surprising Illinois entertains reserved for the Ohio State M ~ichigan State. week, on their Wisconsin scout As for the rest of the Big team. Ten, Iowa visits Minnesota, Wolverine quarterback Den- while Purdue faces the hapless I nis Franklin suffered bruised Northwestern Wildcats. K'eyes 0 Indiuncc ii LE LT MG RT RE MLB WLB Wolf WHB SHB S (96) (57) (36) (90) (47) (34) (49) ( 6) (24) (12) (10) Ohio State currently boasts a 5-0 season mark, and the upset- minded Hoosiers pose only a mild threat to Woody Hayes' football machine. "They (Indiana) would like to pull an upset," Hayes said, "but we won't let them." The Hoosier defense will be faced with the nearly impos- sible task of stopping a power- ful Buckeye attack that has been grinding out yardage at the rate of 435 yards per game. Archie Griffin will be gunning for his sixteenth straight 100 yard rushing day, which will bring him within one of the NCAA record. Quarterback Cor- nelius Greene, who looked very goodlast week againstkWiscon- sin, will pitch in with his fancy ballhandling, slippery running, and effective passing. Greene leads the Big Ten in passing. The Hoosiers, 1-s in league play, will counter with tailback ILLINI, SPARTANS COLLIDE Courtney Snyder, the current Down in Champaign, the Big Ten rushing leader with Illini partisans will indulge 303 yards in two games, quarter- in an orgy of nostalgia on back Terry Jones, and the opti- ! "Red Grange Day" before mism of their coach, Lee Corso.-( their team takes on Michigan "There can't be a better team State, currently 1-1 in con- in the country than Ohio State," ference play. E Corso says, "but somebody is Michigan State is coming off, going to beat them. Nobody is a 21-7 loss to Michigan, while invincible. There is only one Illinois extended their season ball in the game and they can't record to 4-1 and their confer- give us all those guys at one ence mark to 2-0 by outlasting time. If they have a weakness, Purdue, 27-23. we'll exploit it." The Illini will send an offense VARSITY RESERVES WIN, 14-6 Big Ten Standings Conference Games W L TPFPA Baby By GORDON ATCHESON Both the weather and the Michigan Varsity Reserve foot- ball squad were cold as yester- day's game began, but, unlike the temperature, Baby Blue finally heated up and burned Notre Dame 14-6. The Fighting Irish reservists' carried a 6-0 lead into the locker room at half time, only to be overwhelmed by a re- vitalized Michigan ground at- tack in the second half. STILL, Michigan did not lock up the victory until late in the fourth quarter when the team marched the length of the field, without throwing a pass, to score the insurance touchdown. Paced by freshman tailback Mike Smith's 129 rushing yards and key sprints from Smith's replacement, Joe Holland, the Wolverines put together a series of sustained drives, while the Irish failed to achieve momen- tum in the second half. The victory upped Michigan's record to 2-0, the other win coming at Notre Dame's ex- pense earlier this season. On the other hand, the Irish have yet to win. Mixing tough up-the-middle running with quick sweeps, the Wolverines dashed the Irish hopes of earning that initial vic- tory with an 18-play series cul- minating in the insurance touch- down with just three minutes left. KEVIN KING, another fresh- man, notched the six points on a plunge from two yards out. He and Holland provided the offensive punch for the drive, rushing for a combined total of 60 yards. In the final minutes of the game, defensive back Kurt Pro debut a success for Malone UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Moses Malone, just four months out of high school, played his Blue Kampe intercepted two despera-' tion passes tossed by Irish quar- terback Gary Forystek-a highly' touted freshman from Dearborn Divine Child, who was highly sought by the Michigan recruit- ers. Forystek split the quarter-' backing duties with Mike Fa- lash, who engineered Notre Dame's only scoring drive. The score, like Michigan's, capped' an extended string of bruising running plays. Irish halfback Frank Bonder went over from the three yard line after carrying the ball 10 times in the second quarter series-the only effective drive Notre Dame mounted all after- noon. A workhorse, Bonder finished as the Irish's top groundgainer, picking up 108 yards in 28 car- ries-mostly power plays direct- ly into the teeth of the Baby Blue defense. NEITHER TEAM passed par- I ticularly well, although Michi- gan's first touchdown came on a short toss from Roger Bettis to tight end Dave Harding. Bettis went the distance at the Wolverine helm finishing with four completions in 10 attempts. The game statistics reflected Michigan's dominance of the second half, as they trailed Notre Dame in most categories at half time. A horde of Wolverine runners rambled for 17 first downs- four more than the men from South Bend could produce-and totaled 325 yards to 141 for the losers. Significantly, Michigan played a surprisingly error-free game, considering the team has work- ed together little as a unit. Their only turnover was a fumble -which occurred deep in Irish territory. The team also drew only a single penalty during the entire contest. The Varsity Reserve will wind up its schedule with games against Bowling Green and Toledo early next month. SC ORES NBA SBuffalo 126 nstonn 11 ounces Irish that's number two in the Big Ten against a Spartan defense that is also number two in the' conference. The contest should feature a quarterbacking duel between Jim Kopatz and Jeff Hollen-: bach of Illinois and Charley Baggett of MSU. Up in Minneapolis, Iowa and Minnesota will do battle for the dubious honor of possessing Floyd of Rosedale. Floyd, a! bronze pig, is a travelling trophy( awarded to the winner of this traditional contest. The Gophers, 2-3 overall and 0-2 in the Big Ten, hope the return of quarterback Tony Dungy will revive an offense that has scored just three points in its last two games. The Hawkeyes, 1-1 in league olay and 2-3 overall, have risen from the dead under the coach- ing of Bob Commings and are a slight favorite. The final Big Ten game pits the erratic Boilermakers of Purdue against their pitiful host, the Wildcats of Northwestern. Purdue boasts a fine young quarterback in sophomore Mark Vitali. The Boilermaker defense should be strengthened by the return of 6-7, 274 pound tackle Ken Novak, who has missed two games with an ankle injury. Northwestern will try to par- lay the passing of Mitch An- derson and the running of full- back Jim Trimble into their first conference win of the season. Defensively, the Wildcats rank ninth in the Big Ten. Iowa scored 35 points on them last week, and Vitali should be able to put enough points on the board to register Purdue's sec- ond victory of the year. ( CRO ILL CvQ, ? .SSionate s u~ SALK Po' Av. --Pd. Pot. Adv. MICHIGAN 2 Ohio State 2 Illinois 2 Wisconsin 1 Michigan St. 1 Indiana 1 Iowa 1 Purdue 0 Minnesota 0 Northwestern 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 86 43 35 48 34 42 37 22 17 14 26 23 66 28 19 34 55 68 76 Today's Games MICHIGAN at Wisconsin Indiana at Ohio State Michigan State at Illinois Iowa at Minnesota Purdue at Northwestern EMU Players Series PRESENTS SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL Fri., Sat., Sun. Oct. 11-13 Thurs., Fri., Sat. 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