n9 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, September 23, 1973 t Page Eight Miigan: 1impl mntimi atin PASS TOMATOES, PLEASE 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: (Continued from Page 1) 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. r 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 i °Cu te' makeI defe nde rs he MSU squeaks to maiden 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 4 I 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 RrnX-t ,- - - r nn t a Nia ,3 _ .: .... ;. I