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THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, September 23, 1973 t
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TOMATOES,
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Bob McGinn
Schembechler.
director supreme
T WAS SNEAK REVIEW" night at the Campus Inn Friday
evening, and the Michigan football team was the invited
guest.
The first flick director Bo Schembechler ordered for the
occasion was the Peter Sellers farce "The Pink Panther." And
when the lights came on an hour and a half later the players
were halfway out the door.
They all froze, though, after the Miami maestro again
turned the room into darkness and started the projector once
more. And although the images revealed another farce, none
of the players acted like they wanted to leave.
Instead, a deafening silence fell on the room as the fourth
quarter films of the "Black Day at Pasadena," 1972 Rose Bowl-
style, rolled on and on.
But a funny thing happened when this rovie ended. Nobody
moved, nobody said anything, and, nobody left. They just sat,
as if in a collective trance, until their coach who never forgets
waved them to their rooms.
At exactly 1:30 Saturday afternoon the Michigan football
team awakened. When they did, it was all over for the
Stanford Cardinals.
You can call yesterday's 47-10 Michigan victory anything you
want-a rout, a massacre, a shellacking. It was all of that, and
even more.
But. even the dominance and severity of the Wolverines'
revenge wasn't enough to heal the hurt Schembechler felt after
that '72 Rose Bowl.
"No, today doesn't contain any consolation to me at all,"
he told the jammed pack of reporters afterward. "That was a
bitter day. It's always nice to beat a Pacific Eight team, but
this wasn't the Rose Bowl."
It isn't hard to understand why Schembechler feels this way.
The California press, and for that matter the midwestern press,
was unmerciful in their satiric criticism of Michigan's one-track
offense. Some of it was merited, some not.
Michigan rode to Pasadena with the run, and you stick with
what you do best that late in the season..
But you also prepare that second part of the attack when
you can't grind meat, and it was astonishingly evident that
day that the Wolverines were impotent through the air.
Yesterday's explosion, which Schembechler admitted later
that "I had never envisioned in my wildest dreams," was
detonated by many things.
The Michigan defense was its usual immobile self, and
Stanford made more mistakes in the first quarter than perhaps
any victim has made in Michigan Stadium during the Schem-
bechler regime. No one factor can be termed more important
than the other.
But the most vital Item to come out of the afternoon's
proceedings was the overwhelming evidence that this year's
edition of the Maize and Blue can do anything they want to
when they have the ball. It's been a long time coming.
The ability to grind meat is undeniably still there, with bull-
dozers Ed Shuttlesworth and Bob Thornbladh and another tough
offensive front wall on the scene.
It is in the option style of football, however, 'that the 1973
Wolverines have made gigantic strides. And, of course, in the
passing game.
Schembechler never seemed to have enough confidence
in his quarterback to allow him to run the option or throw
the ball. With Kevin Casey, Tom Slade, and the sophomore
Dennis Franklin calling signals, his hesitancy may have been
warranted.
That changed at Columbus last November, when the Wol-
Verines had no choice but to turn Franklin loose. And even
though defeat showed on the scoreboard, everyone knew that
Michigan had kicked the hell out of the Bucks.
But now, with the poised, mature junior Franklin and a
stable' of fine tailbacks, Schembechler finally has the tools to
mount the balanced offense that will prove to his critics that he
can win with any style of football.
Sure, Michigan didn't set any total yardage figures yes-
terday (a modest 335)-but who cares about that when it's
21-0 after 12 and a half minutes?
In that 16 play, eight-minute 85 yard drive the Wolverines
put together to open the game, Schembechler's legions moved
with almost total perfection. They demoralized a proud Stanford
defensive unit that everyone agieed (later) was far better than
it looked.
Cardinal cornerback James Ferguson, who played fiercely
throughout the humid afternoon, appeared shaken as he knotted
his tie in the stunned Stanford locker room.
"Never, but never in my life have I been on a team that
was beaten this badly," he said quietly. "We made a lot of
mistakes, but they came at us in droves."
Two weeks ago there wasn't much question that the challenge
Stanford presented was one of the few major obstacles on
Michigan's schedule.
Oh well, Navy is in town next week, and they have 10 starters
back among 20 lettermen, a new coach, and a sparkling running
back who gained over a thousand yards a year ago and two
good wide receivers and ...
MIAMI BEATS BOTH:
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FOUR PLAYS and a converted
extra point later the score stood
at 14-0,
Lest the Tartan turf at the south
end of the field develop that "never
been touched" look, the Wolverines
came right back. This time the
helping hand was extended by Car-
dinal center Rudy Berthgold whose
low snap was fielded by punter
Tom Lynn, who hiniself was field-
ed by ends Williamson and Don
Coleman at the Stanford six.
Trailing 21-04with 12:38 gone,
Stanford hadn't established its run-
ning game.
"We flop over our ends and
the off end is a pro middle line-
backer-with running and passing
coverageduties. Our pash rush
also held back their passing,
attack"-Bo Schembechler.
Coleman faded back as Stanford
quarterback Mike Boryla did too.
Boryla's pass and Coleman also
intersected and the Wolverines had
the ball once again-first and 10
on the Stanford 37. With that play
the first quarter had ticked its last.
"Was that thing really 50
yards? Boy, a coach would have
to be dumb to try a field goal
from there. We were out of kick-
ing range"-Bo Schembechler.
Aaron: HR 712
Now only two from Ruth's
record, Aaron hit his 39th off
Houston left hander Dave Rob-
erts, lgading Atlanta to a 4-2
win.
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Daily Photo by TERRY McCARTHY
WOLVERINE DEFENSIVE END Walt Williamson is about to engulf a bouncig pigskin during action in the first quarter of Michigan's 47-140 crushing of Stanford yes-
terday at Michigan Stadium. The ball had been jarred loose from the Cardinals' fle et-footed John Winesberry on Stanford's second play from scrimmage, and Wil-
liamson's diving recovery set up the second Michigan touchdown of the day.
SUNDAY SPOUTS
NIGHT EDITORS:
MARCIA MERKER and GEORGE HASTINGS
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win;
Boilers upset
From Wire Service Reports but this notion was soon forgotten'
Overpowering is not the word for as the Redskins came back to score
Big Ten football action in out-of- on two passes from quarterbackj
conference games y.esterday. Pur- Steve Sanna to fullback Chuck,
due fell humiliatingly to Miami of Varner later inthe period.
Ohio while Wisconsin anddNorth- Purdue's fourth quarter 34-yard
western bowed to Colorado and touchdown pass came from quar-
sotreDame, respectively. Minne- terback Bo Bobrowski to tight end:
sota and Illinois scored decisive Barry Santini.tThis increased the
victories over North Dakota and Purdue lead to 19-10 before thel
California. Michigan State barely Redskins' rally shocked the Boiler-
squeeked past Syracuse on national makers, 24-19.
television. Colorado's Billy Waddy finished
In the latter game the winning Wisconsin off in the fourth quarter
Spartan touchdown came with only yesterday in Madison. Passing for
35 seconds left in the fourth quar- one touchdown and running for two
ter for a 14-8 MSU victory. The others during the game, Waddy
late scoring drive began with only gave the Buffaloes a 28-25 edge
1:17 left at the Syracuse 40 and over the Badgers. Wisconsin's Jack
ended with a plunge from the two Novak picked off a pass from the
by tailback Tvrone Wilson.air and streaked for a touchdown
CHARLIE BAGGETT directed on a play that covered 76 yards.,
Michigan State to its first score TAILBACK GEORGE Uremovich
midway in the first quarter. A sparked the Illini to a 27-7 beating
pass interference call against Jim of the California Bears yesterday
Longley gave State a first down by carrying the ball" 149 yards and
at the Syracuse 19. Baggett raced scoring two touchdowns.
15 yards around right end for the' Northwestern 1 i v e d up to its
score two plays later. reputation by taking a 44-0 licking
The Orangemen, who had two from Notre Dame yesterday.
first-half field goal attempts block -_______________
ed, came back on Bob Mitch's 61- 7 -
yard scoring scamper. Syracuse
led at the half 8-7 after a two point SCO R E S
conversion via a Rob Sutton to t
Mike Bright pass.
The Gophers had it much easier
than State, sweeping past a fum- COLLEGE FOOTBALL
bling North Dakota squad 41-14 C GRIDDE PICKINGS
yesterday. The Sioux lost two of MICHIGAN 47, Stanford 10
fourfumles n te' frsthalfand Michigan State 14, Syracuse 8
four fumbles in the first half and UCLA 24, Iowa 10 (half)
had two pass interceptions. Min- Miami (Ohio) 24, Purdue 19
nesota managed to capitalize on Illinois 27, California 7
most of the blunders and led 26-0 Arizona 16, Indiana 3 (half)
Notre Dame 44, Northwestern 0
at the half. Colorado 28, wisconsin 25
SPEEDY HALFBACK Rick Up- Minnesota 41, North Dakota 14
churh, pshedback for a minus Southern Cal 23, George Tech6
church, pushed bMiami (Fla.) 20, Texas 15
15 yards rushing in the first half, Alabama 28, Kentucky 14
ran a yard for another Gopher Arizona State 7, Washington State 6
touchdown and set up another one (half)
Nebraska 31, North Carolina State 14
{With a 45-yard run. grambling 31, Morgan State 14
The Purdue Boilermaker scoring Kansas state 21, Tulsa 0
drive early in the fourth quarter Eastern Michigan 25, Indiana St. 14
lookd a if t hd swn u a ic- Louisiana State 28, Texas A&M 23
looked as if it had sewn up a vi- ast Stroudsburg 28, Montclair St. 10
tory over Miami of Ohio yesterday, DAILY LIBELS 77, Vassar 0
By CHUCK BLOOM
"ISN'T HE CUTE? Timmy Davis-isn't he a
cute little middle guard?"
Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler, using
a phrase fast becoming his standard term of
praise, had a bag full of compliments for his
defense's performance yesterday.
The Maize and Blue headhunters were in-
strumental in the Wolverines' 47-10 pasting of
Stanford, forcing two key Cardinal errors in the
first quarter when Michigan all but wrapped
up the afternoon's proceedings.
Schembechler had high praise for linebacker
Steve Strinko, who forced a Jo'hn Winesberry
fumble on Stanford's first possession which led
to the Wolverines' second score. He also lauded
the fine play of his defensive ends, Don Cole-
man and Walt Williamson.
But most of all, Schembephler enjoyed the
performance of the little sophomore middle
guard from Warren, Ohio.
"JEEZ, EVERY TIME I looked up, Davis-was
making the big play. He must have gotten to
Mike Boryla at least four times that I saw.
"You know, there was Qnly one major school
in the country who recruited that kid and that
was Michigan. Everyone else thought he was
too small (5-10, 200) but he fits perfectly with
our style of defense because of his quickness.
Davis reminds me a lot of Henry Hill."
Davis' nine solo tackles, including a pair of
Boryla sackings, is a heahy sign for Schem-
bechler, who was worried in the pre-season
about the middle guard position.
In fact, yesterday'srperformance may have
answered the questions of some skeptics with
regard to the defense. The gaps at defensive
end and in the linebacking corps seem to have
been filled most admirably by Williamson, Cole-
man, and Strinko.
WILLIAMSON WAS a question mark this sea-
son due to his track record of recurring in-
juries. But it was a healthy Walt Williamson
who kept constant pressure on Boryla, forcing
the Cardinal slinger to cough up the ball in the
second stanza and recovering Winesberry's mis-'
cue in the first.
"Stanford came out in a tight pass blocking
formation which made it real tough to crack
the shell," stated the Detroit senior. "But our
middle guards (Davis and Don Warner) kept
busting through there, forcing Boryla to the
big0play
outside . . . which made the job a lot easier for
the defensive ends!"
Williamson's partner in pigskin larceny yes-
terday was Don Coleman, who spent more time
in the Michigan secondary than in the Stanford
backfield.
"In our defense, we use a flop-end," stated
Schembechler. "So Coleman is actually a pro
linebacker. He has to cover the pass as part of
his responsibility . . today more so than nor-
mal."
COLEMAN MADE a picture play in picking
off one of Boryla's errant throws on the Stan-
ford 43, setting up Mike Lantry's. first record-
length field goal. And when he wasn't covering
speedsters like Winesberry, the Daly City, Calif.
resident was closer to Boryla than the Cardi-
nal quarterback's shadow.
"Mine was a tough position to play," Coleman
explained. "You have to have speed to cover
fast receivers likes Winesberry and others. But
fast receivers like Winesberry and others. But
I like it anyway, because it is the only way to
To which Williamsonchimed in, "I'm strictly
a rushing lineman but I sure would like to
cover some receivers."
STRINKO SPENT HIS second game calling
the defensive signals from the middle linebacker
position instead of his normal weak side spot
due to Craig Mutch's injury.
Strinko thinks the adjustment was negligible.
"It is a linebackers' responsibility to know the
defensive signals prior to the game in case
he has to step in and do the job."
Strinko had a field day romping, through the
inexperienced Stanford offensive line, especially
hurling physical- abuse upon Winesberry, who
was really manhandled yesterday by the Wol-
verines.
"I had no trouble with their line," the Mid-
dletown, Ohio junior said. "I could just brush
off any one of their guards who tried to block
me. Their line is really weak."
Stanford picked up most of its aerial yard-
age against the reserves so the final statistics
do not reflect the fine neutralizing play of the
Michigan defense. The 1973 Wolverines seem to
be following a pattern of past squads, improv-
ing with every game.
"Do we really look that good out there?" in-
quired defensive back Dave. Elliott. "I'm not
sure.. I'm too busy hitting people."
Isn't he cute?
WHEN THE Michigan drive was
halted, kicker Mike Lantry was
sent in. Standing on the 40, Lantry,
who has not missed a kick this
seasonstrode into the ball. Per-
fectly hit, the ball sailed over the
uprights for the longest field' goal
in Michigan history.
The only trouble with Lantry's
records are that they don't last
long.
With the Wolverines up 31-0,
thanks to a Franklin to Gustafson
pass set up by a Roy Burks inter-
ception, Lantry was called in once
again. After the Wolverines were
called for a silly delay of game,
penalty, Lantry found himself po-
sitioned 51 yards away from the
imposing uprights.
LANTRY THRUST his left leg
into the ball and a Michigan field
goal, record was etched into the
books, surpassing the previous rec-
ord held by Mike Lantry of 50
yards.
The gun at the half signalled the
end of one of the most crushing,
demoralizing halves of football
ever played, even under Schem-
bechler. The Wolverines had sim-
ply destroyed the Cardinals.
They had destroyed them on de-
fense, allowing only the . short
passes inside the zone, just short
of linebacker drops. They had held
the Cardinals to minus yardage
on the ground.
THEY HAD destroyed them on
offense, blowing out the Stanford
linemen and destroying the swift
linebackers with the counter. They
had established that they could
move the ball at will.
The second half was anti-cli-
matic. Even so, it should be noted
that the Wolverines won it 13-10.
AND WHEN Bo Schembechler
tells you that Navy is a tough test,
don't believe him.
Revenge
TEAM: Stanford Mich.
First Downs 16 . 19
Rushes 33/95 64/257
Passing yards 222 95
Return yards 28 27
Passes 19-32-2 9-15-1
Fumbles-lost 3-2 2-1
Penalties-yards 5-39 11-115
LINESCORE:
STANFORD 0.0 3 7-0
MICHIGAN 21 13 7 6-47
SCORING PLAYS:
Michigan: Heater, 8-yard run; (Lan-
try (kick)'
Michigan: Shuttlesworth, 1-yard run;
i(Lantry kick)
SMichigan: Chapman, 1-yard run;
(Lantry kick)
Michigan: Lantry, 50-yard FG
Michigan: Gustafson, 4-yard pass
from Franklin; (Lantry kick)
Iichigan: Lantry, 51-yard FG
Stanford: Garcia, 37-yard FG
Michigan: Shuttesworth 1-yard run;
(Lantry kick)
Stanford: Ishman, 19-yard pass from
Boryla; (Garcia kick)
Michigan: Chapman, 5-yard run;
(PAT failed)
INDIVIDUAL:
i ~RUSHING
STANFORD att. yds. avg.
Jena 3 31 10.3
Winesberry 14 29 2.0
Laidlaw 2 13 .6.5
Cordova' 1 8 8.0
IOstrua 2 4 2.0
Boryla 10 -73 -7.3
Center pass on punt 1 -17 -17.0
MICHIGAN
Shuttlesworth 20 66 3.3
Franklin 13 49 3.7
Heater 11 46 ' 4.1
Chapman 9 27 3.0
Cipa 5 23 4.6
Bell 3 16 5.2
Thornbladh 3 13 4.3
PAS SING
STANFORD att. comp. int. yds.
Boryla 30 18 2 - 205
Cordova 2 1 0 17
MICHIGAN
Franklin 8 5 0 50
Cipa' 7 3 1 45
RECEIVING
STANFORD no. yds. avg.
Singer 5 62 12.4
Ishman 3 48 16.0
Stone 3 21 7.0
winesberry 3 18 6.0
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Harriers outrun MS(J
OTHER GAMES
Maryland 23, North Carolina 3
Kent State 37, Ohio U. 7'
West Virginia 24, Virginia Tech 10
Bucknell 24, Boston U. 6
Baylor 20, Pittsburgh 14
Delaware 60, Gettysburg College 18
Middlebury 32, Colby College 18
Rhode Island 35, Northeastern 7
Tennessee 37, Army 18
Auburn 31, Chattanooga 0
Georgia 31, Clemson 14
Memphis State 17, Mississippi 13
Missouri 31, Virginia 7
Oklahoma State 38, Arkansas 6
Tfexas Tech 41, New Mexico 7
Penn State 39, Navy 0
Rutgers 31, Lehigh 13
Duke 23, Washington 21
Holy Cross 31, New Hampshire 0
Villanova 14, Cincinnati 7
Juniata College 28, Ithaca 14
By JEFF CHOWN
The loneliness of the long dis-
tance runner appeared to be noth-
ing but a cliche. yesterday. About
60 or 70 spectators flocked to the'
U. of M. golf course early in the
morning to view the Wolverines'
home season opener against Michi-
fifth in the nation last year. But
coach Dixon Farmer was a little
displeased that the score wasn't a
bit closer, as most of the team's
times were slower than in the in-
tra-squad meet. He did comment
though, that "We did accomplish
our goal of beating State and both
college six-mile. "It's actually eas-
ier. You can make mistakes and
it doesn't make as much, differ-
ence," said 'the former Class B
state champion two-miler.
Myer will be challenged for the
top spot on the team, as Keith
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