Sunday, November S, 1972
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Eleven
Sunday, November 5, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven
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By BILL ALTERMAN
Special To The Daily
BLOOMINGTON - T w o
wbeks ago Michigan coach Bo
Schembechler warned his
team that Illinois could give
them trouble. The Wolverines
destroyed the Illini.
One week ago Bo cautioned
his players that Minnesota
would be a rough game. Mich-
igan ate the Gophers alive.
Yesterday
catastrophe
Cried Wolf.
nearly
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when Mark Zellmer's punt was al- fumbled on the Hoosier's first play
lowed to roll dead on the Michigan and Dave Brown recovered on the
8. Things went quickly from bad Indiana 23. Three plays later
to worse as Thornbladh lost a yard Franklin scored his second touch-
on first down and Franklin then down of the afternoon, a 12 yard
lost control of the ball in the end- sweep around right end.
SSzone and had to fight his way out And less than a minute later
to the one in order to avoid a Dotzauer picked off an errant
safety. Dotzauer then got off an Hornbeck pass, but the Wolverine
NIGHT EDITORS: FRANK LONGO and CHUCK BLOOM excellent punt under pressure and drive died on Lantry's misfired 32
a clipping penalty combined to put yard field goal attempt.
the Hoosiers safely away. However, the Wolverines ,iced
The Wolverine punter was not so the game when Zellner bobbled a
fans know what was in store for gan on the Indiana 29, but on lucky next time, however, as Bill pass from center and was unable
them at the start of yesterday's fourth and one at the Hoosier 20, Atkinson returned his punt 31 yards to get off his unt Michi an took
fiasco. The Wolverines, favored by Franklin failed to connect on a to the Michigan 34. Michigan's over on the Indiana 31 and tas
21 points, started out as if they handoff to tailback Chuck Heater ferocious defense came through thousands streamed out of the
were going to blow the Hoosiers and Indiana recovered, again, though, as Harris fumbled stadium, took it in for the touch-
out of the stadium. Speedster Gil Four plays later it was Indiana's on fourth down at the Wolverine 20. down with Heater getting the last
Chapman returned the opening turn as halfback Ken Starling Michigan didn't have the ball for 10 over left tackle.
kickoff 41 yards to the Michigan found a big hole over right tackle long. Franklin fumbled for the Schembechler, had he wanted to,
43 and from there the potent Wol-' but couldn't keep control of the fifth time on his own 14 and In- Schb could have blamed the
verine ground game chugged it pigskin which defensive end Clint diana scored in two plays on Den- eather for steday's n erou
inside the Hoosier 10. Spearmen neatly picked off and nis Cremeens 11 yard scamper weabe f da' Tr
But here the scenario started to rumbled six yards to the Indiana off left tackle. The extra point fumbles and dropped passes. The
run amuck as on third and eight 41. made the score 7-7, marking the cobined foracill actors unde
from the nine, Michigan quarter- Five plays later Franklin again first time this year the Wolverines 20 degrees but Bo implied, and
back Dennis Franklin fumbled the fumbled and another scoring op- had been tied in the fourth quarter several of the players said, "We
snap from center and Mike Lantry portunity was missed; at least until and things looked bleak for the t w r
missed his first of three errant Indiana's third play, When Harris few hundred faithful Michigan fans usOdy enouready for tt his tesam'
field goal attempts. fumbled and Fred Grambau re- in attendance on a cold, windy and mistakes were the "result of our
Rod Harris, substituting for the covered on the Indiana 13. cloudy afternoon, trying too hard to get an extra
injured Ted McNulty then passed This time the boys in blue found They remained that way on the yard."
Indiana into Michigan 'territory but!successas Franklin partially next series as Michigan could not
Indina ntoMiciga teritoy bt scces . . .. .Though dejected by their fumn-
the Hoosiers were forced to punt atoned for his sins with a nine-yard pick up a first down, but once bles, Pont was proud of his team:
into the Wolverines' endzone. touchdown burst around right end. again Indiana ineptitude came to "We worked very, very hard this
The Michigan Machine also . The Wolverines found themselves the rescue as quarterback Bud week and it paid off. We won't
stalled, but on the ensuing punt in big trouble the first time they Hornbeck, filling in for Harris who work that hard again for the rest
the fun began in earnest as Rod had the ball the second half was jured the third quarter, of the season the team can't take
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Only two fourth quarter scores
enabled the fourth ranked, but
fumble prone, Wolverines to
squeeze out a 21-7 victory overI
equally fumble-prone Indiana. In-
deed fumbles appeared to be the
decisive statistic as Indiana turned
over six to the Wolverines three.
In fact all four touchdowns came
on short drives after a fumble
recovery.
Ot one point in the afternoon of
comedy the teams exchanged the
ball five times in a row on fumbles.
Little did the 41,336 unsuspecting
Lawson attempted a diving catch
of Barry Dotzauer's punt and
only succeeded in deflecting it
to the oncharging Wolverines.
Jim Coode recovered for Michi-
Follow the bouncing ball
'M buries Hoosiers ....
. .and drops the shovel
john papanek
BLOOMINGTON
INSIDE THE Indiana locker room there were nothing but long
faces and reddened eyes. A big grey-haired man in a red
jacket offered a consoling pat on the rump to each Hoosier as
he passed through the door.
The Hoosiers came that close to sending the Wolverines back
to Ann Arbor with an embarrassing kick in the ass. Indiana's
powerful defensive effort coupled with a horendous attack of
Michigan fumblitis should have been enough to gan the prize.
But while Michigan fumbled five times, losing three, the
Hoosiers managed to outdo them, coughing up the football eight
times, losing six to enemy hands.
"It was six mistakes-and I'm talking about six fumbles,"
said a bleary-eyed Hoosier coach John Pont, "that cost us
the game. You just can't play that way."
Pont thinks his team played well enough defensively to
win the game, and it may be that without the third-quarter
loss of sophomore quarterback Rodney Harris, the Hoosiers
would have done it.
Harris is a black quarterback with lots of speed and a great
arm who stepped in for Indiana when star quarterback Ted
McNulty was injured against Ohio State two weeks ago.
Harris was nine for 19 in passing when he got hit hard by
linebacker Tom Kee and suffered a bruised clavicle at the end
of the third quarter. Bud Hornbeck finished the game and hit
on three of seven, but he was intercepted by Barry Dotzauer
with Indiana down 14-7 with nine minutes left in the game to
kill Hoosier hopes.
"Harris did a tremendous job," Pont said, "but I can't say
if the game would have been different if he hadn't gotten hurt.
If you want to know why we lost the game it was fumbles,
fumbles, fumbles."
Fumbles, fuhbles, fumbles. Sounds like one of those old
songs. Well, Bo Schembechler was singing it too and that's
unusual. Usually when fumbles is a topic of conversation,
it is the other team Bo is talking about.
"I'll tell you, we just never got started," Bo said. "The
turnovers probably equalled our total for the first seven
games (12 fumbles, lost six). But it's nice to play that way
and win."
One reason Bo may be happy about the game is that it is a
lesson learned by his team not to look ahead. "I tell my players
every week that our opponents can play football and then we
go and blow them out in the first quarter. Maybe next week
they'll believe me."
There is no teacher like experience, someone says every
now and then, and a roomful of Wolverines shaking their heads
and breathing audible sighs of relief is proof enough.
Quarterback Dennis Franklin, who gets better every week,
his coach keeps telling us, was Michigan's main maladroit yes-
terday, causing all six fumbles and completing a paltry two of
14 pass attempts. At least six of his passes squirted through
the hands of open receivers, but the fumbles were all Franklin's.
"It's just one of those things," the soph said shaking his
head. "I can't explain it. I felt like myself out there, but
things just didn't go right. They were trying to strip the
ball, but they do that every week. I guess it's just a bad
day." Could it happen again? "We can't afford to let it
happen again."
If the fumbles had a shocking effect on Franklin and the
offense, consider the feeling of the defense, which rarely stays
on the field more than five minutes a quarter.
"It was disappointing to the defense to see the offense
fumble like that," said captain Randy Logan. "I can't explain
it either. Except maybe that holding onto the ball is empha-
sized so much, that when somebody fumbles, he tries extra
hard not to the next time. It's probably mainly tightness."
Tightness is one thing but cockiness is another, and it is
a problem that Schembechler has been worried about for a
long time. Last week, he said, "I get scared stiff when I
see a team like Colorado come off a big win over Oklahoma,
then get beat by Missouri." This week, he has some proof
to point to.
"No doubt about it," said linebacker Tom Kee, "we just
weren't mentally ready. We were taking this game real
light, nobody was worried about it. Well, you better believe
this won't happen next week (against Iowa). I'm sure Bo
will have us up for that one."
But an interesting note is that Pont, whose team did play
masterful defense in keeing the game on ice until late in the
Mich
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 19
Rushing 16
Passing 1
Penalty 2
NET YARDS GAINED
RUSHING 253
Number of Rushes 66
Yards Gained Rushing 261
Yards Lost Rushing 18
NET YARDS GAINED
PASSING 27
Number Attempted 14
Number Completed 2
Number Intercepted 0
TOTAL PLAYS (Rushes
and Passes) 80
TOTAL NET YARDS
*GAINED 280
KICK RETURN YARDAGE 66
Punt Returns, Number 0
Punt Returns, Yards 0
Kickoff Returns, Number 2
IKickoff Returns, Yards 66
PUNTS
*Number of Punts 5
Average Yards 45
Had Blocked 0
FUMBLES (No/Lost) 5-3
INTERCEPTIONS
(Number/Yards 1-0
PENALTIES
(Number/Yards) 3-22
MICHIGAN
RUSHING
att gain loss net
Franklin 24 102 17 5
Heater 17 71 0 71
Thornbladh 25 98 1 97
Ind
14
6
8
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96
43
138
42
130
26
12
D. Franklin
Haslerig
Seal
Dotzau er
PASSING
att comInt yds td long
14 2 0 27 0 21
RECEIVING
no yds td long
1 21 0 21
1 6 0 6
PUNTING
no yds ave long
5 223 45 54
IND)IANA
it."
But all the hard work in the
world may not help Iowa next
Saturday if theBo Who Cried Wolf
is in fine vocal form this week in
practice.
FRESHMAN SAFETY Quinn Buckner (34) of Indiana applies a cruncher of a tackle to Michigan's
sophomore quarterback Dennis Franklin (9) in yesterday's 21-7 Wolverine win at Bloomington. Tackles
like these caused Franklin and his teammates to b. separated from the pigskin five times, while the
,Hoosiers reciprocated with eight fumbles of their own.
GAIN SERIES SPLIT
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1:
I Harris
Starling
69 St. Pierre
26 Cremeens
426 Hornbeck
AZelumer
RUSHING
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17 58 0 58
2 4 0 4
12 44 0 44
4 9 21 -12
1 0 4 -4
PASSING
att com int ydst
19 9 0 96
7 3 1 34
td long
0 19
0 8
0 2
1 11
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td long
0 18
9 16
loDaks power past
By ROGER ROSSITER to the task, thwarting Pierre Sar- caught the Wolverines in a line
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux azin, Gary Kardos and Don Fardig change and Denny Johnson cent
took advantage of numerous penal- each on shots that should have Kelly Cross in all alone on Moore
ties and some poor passing by the turned the red light on for Mich- with a perfect lead pass at the!
Wolverines to blank Michigan 6-0 igan. 'Michigan blue line. Cross beat
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when he poked the puck past Moore
in a scramble in front of the Mich-
igan net.
Earl Anderson put the icing on
the cake four minutes later when
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Hornbeck
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4 31 0 14
3 44 0 16
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SCORE BY QUARTERS
1 2 3
MICHIGAN 0 7 0
Indiana 0 0 0
Attendance: 41,338
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Michigan erossm c ountr
Harriers take seond i1
By JEFF CHOWN
Special To The Daily
IOWA CITY - The Michigan
cross-country team had something
to be mad about. Going to the Big
Ten Championships, t h e y fail-j
ed to hear their names mention-
ed by a local sports announcer dis-
cussing the contending teams. They
did hear MSU mentioned, however,
whom they had beaten two weeks
before.
It appears t h e broadcaster,
hadn't prepared his program very
well as the Wolverines brought
home an impressive second place
finish for a team that has all its
members returning next year.
The Michigan harriers, who werej
greeted at Detroit Metro by about
20 ardent fans, failed to qualify as
a team for the nationals with 76
points to champion Indiana's 39.
But they did manage to qualify
half the team, as their top three
men will go with the ten best in-
dividuals in the conference outside
of the winning team. The three
were Keith Brown, who finished
fifth, Rick Schott, eighth, and Bill
Bolster, tenth.
However, the harriers will get
another shot at qualifying as a
team next week at the districts in
Bowling Green. But as Mike Tay-
for noted, "It would have been
easier to qualify at the Big Ten.
But now we have no choice, we'll
just have to qualify at Bowling
Green."
Michigan improved over last
year's performance when they fin-
ished a surprising third, knocking
thirteen points off last year's
score. Last year 74 points was
good for the championship, as
Michigan State copped the honors.
But as Rick Schott commented,
"We felt down because we finished
second, but actually we ran a hell.
of a race. Indiana was just super.
At least people know we're here,
and here to stay."
Glenn Herold of Wisconsin went
home with the individual honors
with a new course record of 29:46,
thirty seconds ahead of his near-
est competitor.
Brown was also under the old
record, but had a bad race. He
held third for most of the race,
and was moving on second. But
Brown ran into problems on the
last hill and was passed by two
men in the last quarter mile.
Coach Dixon Farmer said, "I've
got a hunch next week at the dis-
tricts he'll be very tough. It's good
that he can take fifth on a bad
day."
last night at the Michigan Coli- Michigan never had a chance ;vm1oore cleanly rom 2m feet to put the Michigan defensemen collided
seum. to get going in the first period the Sioux on top 2-0. at the NoDak blue line and Ander
NoDak goalie Billy Kriski, mak- as they spent over 15 minutes North Dakota was in complete son was left all alone to skate in
ing his first start of the young killing the myriad of penalties control throughout the second unmolested for an easy breakaway
season, turned back all 17 Mich- called on them by referees Don period, peppering Moore with 1S goal.
igan shots in recording his first Wilkie and Randy Gambucci. As shots, two of which went in.
shutout as a collegian. Michigan coach Al Renfrew put Gerry Miller picked up a loose Dakeospitscored oore played an
Kriski was never severely chal-, it, "You can't play shorthanded puck right in front of the Mich- Dots d Mgameinpgaledfor
lenged in the first two periods, as much as we did and beat any- igan net and lifted it high over outstanding game in gol for
making only six saves as the Wol- body." Moore's left shoulder for the Michigan, stopping 48 shots with
verines were unable to mount any North Dakota got its first goal NoDaks' third tally at 13:06. his acrobatic style that remindser.
kind of an offense. When the on a power play after Michigan All-America odefgensCman Al
Maize and Blue finally got going had successfully killed five penal- Al d e f e n anFor the majority of the contest,
in the third period Kriski was equal ties when defenseman Mike Lund- when he blasted home a rebound North Dakota kept the Wolverines
by blistered a screen shot past from 30 feet out past a screened pretty well bottled up with some
Wolerine goali Robbie ean Moore. fierce forechecking and good po-
a half minutes later North Dakota Miller scored his second goal of sitional hockey that they had lack-
the game at 8:33 of the third period !ed the night before.
, Si,,, scalp
n Bi*g Te SCORING~Sox cl
eMICHIGAN 0 0 0-9
orth Dakota 2 2-6
First PeriodTAr
Farmer went on to say, "We did SCORING: 1. ND-Lundy (Miller)
have some good finishes. Schott, 15:x1; 2. ND-Cross (Johnson) 18:57. Arb r
hav soe oodfishe. chot, PENALTIES: 1. M-Lindskog (trip- I
Bolster, and Taylor (18th) were ping) 1:00; 2. ND-Miller (roughing)I
exceptional. Rick's (Schott) been! :01; 3. M-Fox (roughing) 4:01; 4. M-
gaining confidence all year and it Neal (cross-checking) 6:22; 5. M-Fox
br t do ometing e gos ou andingerf9:11; :7;M-.a ND(tipngb 92;(hy Lielton Fr n
showed today. Whenever I ask Tay- interrence) 47;.ri (tipping)9 26
for to do something he goes out and 8. Mallette (interference) 12:41; 9. M-
gives it his all." Falconer (interference) 15:06.
Two places back was Bill Bol- SCORING: Second Period h all
ster, who along with Schott and !toss) 13:06; 4. ND-Hangsleben (Drader) Jh nU so
Brown received medals for being 16:02. Interested in women's right
named to the all-Big Ten team. PENALTIES: 10. M-Lindskog (trip-
Bolster, who's a fair piano player ping) 1:11; 11. M-arry (tripping) 3:14; to support
12. ND-Hangsleben (cross-checking) tsppr
when he's not running, picked off 8:51; 13. M-Fox (roughing) 16:40; 14.
three men in the last mile, explain- ND-Gibb (roughing) 18:19; 15. M-
ing, "I think I had one of my Cullen (roughing) 18:19. x' ,iT
better days. Dixon (Farmer) SCOING Third Period(Htngereo oa)
kept shouting towards the end, and ,l8:33; 6. ND-Anderson (unassisted) 12:27.
I just used the old kick." PENALTIES: 16. M-Sarazin (charg-
Taylor also ran a catch-up race ing) 1:52; 17. ND-Winters (tripping) .lL4
picking off men until the last 6:05; 18. M-Fox (misconduct) 8:34; 19.Oe
mile. Jon Cross and George Khouri ND-langsleben (roughing) 8:52; 20. M-
were both bothered by illnesses(boarding) 15:09; 22. ND-Hangsleben
this week. Cross was still able to (holding) 16:14; 23. ND-Colehourd
mutra3t lcntbdfr(boarding) 18:32. 4z, (paid political advertisement)
muster a 35th place, not bad for SAVEiS '%ASA
a freshman which led him to keep M-Moore 16 18 14-48
repeating, "Wait until next year." ND-Murphy 4 1 12-17
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