Sunday, OctoIber 15, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven I Sunday, October 15, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Doily Photo by DAVID MARGOLICK Niesen gets the "Kee Treatment" . . . Girl Daily Photo by ROL Daily Photo by TERRY McCARTHY guzzles the Boone's Farm . . . "Mercury" Chapman wings it The crowd rises for BOs surprises The Alter Ego-_ - Duffy Daugherty... .on his way home? Bill Alterman -~~- IF LOSING the big one is tough, then losing consistently is even tougher-just ask Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty. For the third year in a row the Spartans fell before the Wolverines. In itself that would be no disgrace, but the Spartans have also lost.four in a row this year and the cries of "Dump Duffy" are already reverberating around the East Lansing cam- pus. Never mind that three of those opponents, Michigan, USCI and Notre Dame, were in the Top Ten, even the youngest of Spartan supporters can recall with pleasure the 1965 and '66 teams, which with the likes of George Webster and Bubba Smith ended up first and second in the nation respectively. Spartan supporters have seen their team plummet while at the same time the upstarts over in Ann Arbor burst onto the national scene under the tutelage of Coach Bo Schembechler. They hunger for national prominence and they hunger for Daugherty's scalp. Duffy knows it too. Nobody mentioned it to Duffy after the game but nobody had to. The normally boisterous coach looked shattered. Backed up against a post with his head down, he spoke as if in the presence of the dead. Not that he wasn't optimistic, "I thought our team played extremely well," he murmured, "We're a fine football team." And in fact Michigan State did play well. Except for a fewj breaks the score might easily have been reversed. They had one touchdown called back and another thwarted on a fumble into the end zone. .,But Duffy knows there is a world of difference between near- victory and victory. Schools like Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State do not spend millions of dollars annually just to see their team come in second best. Four years ago Michigan got rid of 'Bump' Elliott. Despite an 8-2 record in 1968, Michigan was looking for a consistent winner and Elliott, though a fine coach, was not the man. Michigan switched to Bo Schembechler and the Wolverines grid fortunes have been flourishing ever since. But in those same four years Daugherty has seen his team bounce through four mediocre seasons. Last year the Spartans got off to a bad start, and the "Dump Duffy" movement grew. Had it not been for late season upset victories over Purdue; and Ohio State, the movement might have even succeeded. This year's team has gotten off to an even worse start andj no amount of close calls and bad breaks is going to still the voices of those out after his blood. Thus Duffy knew that nothing he would say after yesterday's game would make any difference. Nevertheless, in a voice bare- ly audible three feet away, the Spartan mentor expressed pleas- ure at his team's performance: "I'm always disappointed when we lose, but it is especially hard to take when we could have won. We played our best game of the season today. Our defense has been sound right along and our offense was much better today." "I told our players that they should take satisfaction in that we have a good team and can play well for the rest of the sea- son. Except for the (Michigan) drive on the field goal and the (Michigan) end run, our defense was good the entire day." "We prepared well for the game, we had a great game plan and we played well. The two touchdown chances we lost should have been enough to win." Bo Schembechler for one would probably just as soon forget how close MSU came to pulling it out. Immediately after Michi- gan's field goal drive in the second quarter the Spartans came roaring back and appeared to take the lead on a 24 yard touch- down run by quarterback Mark Niesen. But somebody, nobody seems to know who, was detected clipping for MSU and the play was called back on the Spartans only penalty of the entire afternoon. Daugherty, for one, seemed perplexed by the call. "I didn't see it," he said, "but they (the referees) called it clipping. In any event the runner had already gone by." In the third quarter the Spartans were driving again and had reached the Michigan 7 when a driving tackle by Wolverine safety Dave Brown separated the MSU halfback of the same name from the ball. It bounced crazily into the endzone where Craig Mutch recovered for Michigan. Even so the tough Spartan defense kept the Wolverines bottled up and only Gil Chapman's late burst down the side- By JOHN PAPANEK ledt o Michigan's first score, a 22- Be it overworked bombast or yard field goal by Mike Lantry. not, a Michigan - Michigan State Later, Schembechler defended game is a season in itself. And i J t h t the play. "I don't call that a tricky that's why Bo Schembechler was . 9 1 ' I play. I call that sound football. We not his usual somber, modest-in- knew from studying their punt rush victory self yesterday. SU N D A Y EJ k E that we could make the fake work. He was elated, with his moon- U, That was a big play." face bright red and his eyes a- But when it comes right to the twinkling. A 10-0 victory for a na- NIGHT EDITORS: GEORGE HASTINGS and MARC FELDMAN winning of the game, Schembechler tional powerhouse like Michigan was once again lavish in his praise may not be overly impressive to for Jim Young's defense. "Our de- the AP and UPI pollsters, but to fense is just phenomenal. That Jim Bo a win over the Spartans is back from his split end position on know the play was coming back Young (defensive coordinator) is cause for joy. the right and took a pitch from his way. I had to wait until he super." "That was a hell of a game, Franklin. He had to beat only one turned around so I wouldn't clip The Chapman touchdown and the wasn't it?" he chortled. "Geez, man, State defensive end Brian him. Then I hit him high and fake punt were only two of the ex- that's iat this game is all about. McConnell, whose misfortune it knocked him on his ass." citing moments of the game. The I even enjoyed watching it my- was to be the responsibility of Chapman was moved to split end rest came when Michigan State self, even though I wasn't sure we strong tackle Paul Seymour. Sey- from wingback during Michigan's had the ball. were going to win." mor d u m p e d him right on 'secret practices this week. "I The Wolverine defense was beat- schedule and Chapman was gone, switched Chapman for just what en sporadically by a well executed outracing two State defenders to happened," Schembechler said. Spartan wishbone option; and the Opportunity knocks the goal line. "All you have to do is get the ball Greenies did roll up 176 yards rush- Freshmen: You too can be a "I saw that end (McConnell) to him -and he's very dangerous." ing .an impressive total against part of Michigan football. Be when I was coming around and The other offensive turning point Michigan. But most importantly, where the action is: on the hoped Seymour would get him," for the Wolverines came on an- the Wolverine goal line was never Michigan manager staff. If you Chapman said. other Schembechler unorthodoxy. violated, thanks to some heroic went to own a piece of the rock, Seymour, switched to strong This time it was a fake punt on touchcdown saving plays, mostly with the fringe benefits that tackle from tight end this year, fourth and five on State's 39. Mich- by Michigan's secondary. come with the job, give a call knew he held the key block. "The igan lined up in punt formation, Sophomore Dave Brown thwarted on the ding-a-ling to Dave Fish play looks like it's going the other but center Bill Hart snapped the the Spartant twice, first with a pass tonight between 7 and 10 o'clock. way," he said. "I took a few steps ball to Ed Shuttlesworth, playing interception on the Michigan seven- The number to buzz is 761-0633. out and then circled around. The blocking back. Easy Ed bulled for yard line to end a 76-yard MSU defensive end (McConnell) didn't nine yards and a first down that drive in the second quarter. Later, in the third quarter, with Michigan still up only 3-0, Brown met Spar- tan Dave. Brown (no relation) on his way into Michigan's endzone. Wolverine Brown threw a bone- crushing tackle at Spartan Brown, and the latter coughed up the foot- ball. It rolled free in the endzone until Craig Mutch smothered it for a touchback. Stickmen stomp The Michigan lacrosse team; made up for the gridders poor offensive s h o w i n g with a smashing 16-11 victory over- Purdue yesterday on Ferry Field. -The Wolverines rolled to a 14 - 2 lead at which point Coach Bob Kaman put in the second and third stringers. The stickmen finish the fall season with an Oct. 28 home match against* Wayne State. The other two-thirds of Michi- gan's secondary played as well as Brown, prompting Schembechler to' express his pleasure. "It's ironic about our secondary," he said. "Here are three guys (Brown, Roy Burks,- and Barry Dotzauer) who weren't even supposed to play this year, and they turn in a game like this one. That's just tremendous:" Burks and Dotzauer, playing for the injured Tom Drake and Dave Elliott, teamed up with the rest. of Wolverine defense to hold the Spar- tans to zero passing yardage (0-10). And Dotzauer also saved a sure touchdown with a flying intercep- tion late in the third quarter. "We were in a zone, and they ran a play fake to the short side," Dotzauer recalls. "Burk's man faked a block, so Roy went up. Then his man went deep and I was able to pick him up." The pass was on target for Mike Jones, but Dot- zauer dove in from the left side, caught the ball, and crashed to the turf. "I was .so proud of ouru defen- sive backs," coach Young said. "You know, we have the 'Victors Club' for the champions of the week. And none of our defensive backs have ever made it the week of the Michigan State game. So this week Frank Gusich (last sea- son's wolf back and defensive cap- tain) sent a letter to the defensive backs to remind them. And sure enough all three (Burks, Dotzauer, and Brown) will make 'it this week." Hail to the Victors . . . and all that jazz. Then, thinking about the critics (the ones who sit in the stands, that is) who have been berating Schembechler for his unexciting brand of play, he added, "That game was sure worth the price of admission. If you didn't like it, you don't like football." Bo, who's been known to call a 35-7 bore over Navy a "good game" was not playing any games yes- terday. It was a hell of a game. No overwhelming o f f e n s e, just enough to keep 103,000 fans on the edge of their seats until the mid- dle of the fourth quarter. That's when the conservative Schembechler pulled a very un- conservative play out of his pocket and tossed it full force at the Spartans. It was a precarious 3-0 ballgame, when on second down and nine on Michigan's 42-yard line, speedy Gil Chapman ran an end reverse' down the west sideline and streaked for the game's only touch- down. The play went like this: Quarter- back Dennis Franklin rolled to his rigeht, drawing the Spartan de- fense with him. Chapman came Defensive duel Hard-hitting secondary TOTAL FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING Number of rushes NET YARDS GAINED PASSING Number attempted Number completed Number intercepted TOTAL PLAYS (rushes and passes) TOTAL NET YARDS GAINED KICK RETURN YARDAGE Punt returns, yards ich(I 19 17 0) MsU 9 8 0 1 Haslerig Chapman Banks Totals a z 1 58 5 14 71 334 2 0 1 11 0 58 13 323 PASSING att comp int yds 8 3 0 32 RECEIVING 323 176 Franklin 71 43 32 S 3 Chapman 10 IHaslerig 0 3 Dotzauer no. yds 2 25 7 7 PUNTING td long 0 15 0 7 no yds ave 6 210 35 79 53 358 55 Kickoff returns, yards 17 PUNTS Number of punts 6 Average yards 35 FUIMBLES (Number/Lost) 2-2 PENALTIES (Number/Yards) 1-15 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 MICHIGAN 0 3 Michigan State 0 0 MICHIGAN RUSHING att gain Franklin 16 70 Shuttlesworth 28 107 Heater 19 83 176 - 29 29 Brown 7 Bond 47.7 illock 3-1 1Nelsen Morgado 1-15 Holt 4 F Totals 7 10 0 0 RUSHI 3 0 0 MICHIGAN STATE PASSIN PUNTIP Neisen loss net 6 64 0 107 Simpson 2 81 Attendance: 103,735 NG att gain loss net 17 77 3 74 7 31 1 30 9 32 0 32 4 23 0 23; 3 10 0 10 3 7 0 7{ 43 180 4 1761 G I att comp int yds 10 0 3 0 no yds ave 7 334 47.7 paces Michigan, (Continued from Page 1) quarter, Michigan still maintained roars of the Spartan boosters were its narrow 3-0 lead but the fans quickly overshadowed by the thun- were still at the edges of their derous approval of the Michigan seats. Early in the quarter,, the fans as the score was nullified by Spartans drove to the Michigan 49 a clipping penalty.,1 where they faced a fourth and six. From that point on the defensive Simpson was called in to punt and backfield took command as Dot- boomed the ball out of the end- zauer again knocked the ball out zone. of DuPree's hands for another The following Michigan d r i v e incompletion. Then under a big went nowhere and Dotzauer punted pass rush, Neisen made a mental back to Simpson who fumbled the mistake and lofted a pass high in ball which was recovered by fel- the air, but it descended into a low Spartan, John Shinsky, at mid- group of Wolverine defenders, with field. Anxieties began to rise to Brown making the thievery at the fever pitch as Michigan State seven yard line. moved the ball to the 41 of Michi- As the half neared its end, the Igan, where they faced a fourth Wolverines had the ball on their and one, Daugherty elected to go own 32 and in a day of surprises, for the first down but halfback, Franklin let loose with the home Mike Holt took a pitchout from run bomb to the fleet Chapman Neisen and Spearman nabbed him who easily beat Simpson. However, for no gain. Momentum was again Franklin's attempt was overthrown on the side of the Wolverines. to the agonized moans of a hungry Inspired by the defensive stand, crowd. Schembechler must of thought the The Spartans got their second time was ripeeforkhim to pull the and last fine opportunity to put goodie of the week from his mys- points on the boards early in the tery bag. On a second and nine on second half. With Michigan at its i"Ja f ::ti": : own 39-yard line, the call was to s Heater who slanted off right tack -sc le. But a airring tackle knocked ,Victory their own 42, Franklin faked to Shuttlesworth and gave the ball to "Mercury" Chapman on an end around, and with a super block by tackle Paul Seymour (shades of Fritz Seyferth last year against OSU) the split end galloped 58 yards down the left sidelines' for the score, 6:28 into the period. The 10-0 lead inspired the Wol- verine defense for the remainder of the. game and it appeared that all the steam was gone from the Spartan attack. The defense, which seems to improve each successive week allowed Michigan State just 176 yards in the game, all on the ground. After the game, Schembechler was asked whether this was the finest game his team has played so far this season and the mentor joyfully replied, "This is the best game because any time Michigan beats Michigan State, it is the best game Michigan can possibly have." .t : i J . RES the ball loose and Heater's second fumble of the game was recovered by Spartan linebacker Gail Clark, who plagued the W o l v e r i n e s throughout the game, making 12 tackles. Using fine running from Bond, Neisen, and fullback Arnold Mor- gado as well as a personal foul penalty against the Wolverines, the Spartans once again had a first and goal at the Michigan 7. This time however, Brown took a pitch from Neisen and was creamed by Mich- igan's Brown which resulted in a fumble. The ever alert Craig Mutch GRIDDE PICKINGS Michigan 10, Michigan State 0 Indiana 33, Wisconsin 7 Iowa23, Northwestern 12 Purdue 28, Minnesota 3 Ohio State 26, Illinois 7 Air Force 13, Boston College 9 Cornell 24, Pennsylvania 20 Syracuse 30, Navy 14 Colorado 34, Iowa State 22 Kansas State 20, Kansas 19 Oklahoma 27, Texas 0 Alabama 24, Florida 7 Louisiana State 35, Auburn 7 Duke 7, Clemson 0 Texas Tech 17, Texas A&M 14 Stanford 24, Washington 0 Tulane 24, Miami (Fla) 0 Maryland437, Villanova 7 Harvard 20. Columbia 18 Central Michigkn 21, East Kentucky 14 Notre Dame 42, Pittsburgh 16 SOUTH Alabama 24, Florida 7 Duke 7, Clenmson 0 Georgia 14, Mississippi 13 Maryland 37, Villaniova 7 North Carolina 31, Kentucky 14 Virginia 45, Virginia Military 14 Virginia Tech 34, Oklahoma State 32 Grambling 27, Mississippi Valley 21 Louisiana State 35, Augurn 7 Southern Mississippi 34, Richmond 9 Arkansas 31, Baylor 20 WEST - Brigham Young 21, UTEP 14 Southern Cal 42, California 14 Stanford 24, Washington PROFESSIONAL SCORES NBA -~ ~ r v~