Sundoy, November 12, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Sever Sund0y, November 12, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Sevei Michigan: alone on I - - By ELLIOT LEGOW Special to The Daily IOWA CITY-It wasn't bor- ing, but it wasn't really excit- ing either yesterday as Michi- gan romped to its ninth con- secutive football victory, 31-0, over Iowa. What it was, was well-executed football as the Wolverines bounced back from an erratic performance at In- diana last weekend to seize undisputed control of first place in the Big Ten. With Ohio State's 19-12 upset loss at the hands of Michigan State, Coach Bo Schembechler's crew, leading the nation in scoring de- fense after recording its fourth shutout, remains as the only un- beaten team left in the Big Ten. Schembechler w a s extremely pleased with his team's near- p e r f e ct performance, marred only by one fourth-quarter fum- ble, in a game which could boast no individual stars. "We played good early. It was easy in the second half. That's about it," Bo cheerfully summed SUNDAY SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: FRANK LONGO and CHUCK BLOOM Then Franklin took to the air for the first time, spotting Paul Seal deep in the secondary and con- necting for 26 yards with his big tight end. T h o r n b l a d h drove through the right side for 16 more on the next play, carrying Mich- igan to the Iowa 11, and scored his touchdown two plays later. Freshman quarterback B u t c h Caldwell, one of three frosh who started for F r a n k Lauterbur's Hawkeyes and one of 16 first-year yrp) a gain 30 yards and give the Wolverines seat of his pants at the Iowa 29, a 10-0 edge. slipping on the wet Astroturf Iowa came back with a drive of after a 33 yard run. its own, gaining 40 yards in 12 Chuck Heater quickly burst over plays, relying on a long gain of 16 right tackle for 22 yards to the by tailback Dave Harris and a 13- seven, but three tries by Thorn- yard pass from Caldwell to fresh- bladh left Michigan one yard short man Rod Wellington. But Harris of the endzone on fourth down, was nailed for a three-yard loss Franklin took care of that problem by Roy Burks on a first down at himself faking to Thornbladh up Michigan's 35 and two passes the middle and rolling around right couldn't pick up the needed yard- end for the touchdown. age. The teams exchanedsotn- naturally things up after the game. Michigan's early scoring included a touchdown and a field goal in the first quarter, a touchdown pass in the second period, and two more quick scores to start the second half. On offense the heroes, if there must be some, were quarterback Dennis Franklin and fullback Bob Thornbladh. But more important than these individual accomplish- ments was the team's flawless execution. Franklin connected on two touchdown passes, one of 15 yards to Paul Seal, and the other on a 37-yard sideline bomb to Gil Chapman. Thornbladh was the leading performer on the ground netting 98 yards in 21 carries in what Schembechler described as "the second straight game he's given us some punch inside" while subbing for the injured Ed Shuttlesworth. men who saw action tried out the Michi on Iowa's first se success. Michigan quickly back on its 33, and of two Iowa penaltie Thornbladh s c o r e d Michigan's Thornbladh carries first touchdown on a five-yard gal- one by Haslerig for lop over right tackle as the Wol- Iowa's 28. Haslerig verines marched 66 yards after the right end to Iowa'ss opening kickoff against what was first down, but a cli supposed to be a tough Hawkeye lified the gain and defense. igan back. Schembechler tried a little some-, Franklin got Mic thing different in that initial series first down witha as wingback Clint Haslerig was scramble and a se called on three straight times, to Thornbladh, bu carrying the ball to the Michigan stalled at the 13 an 147 came in to boot a n in the game, Harry Kokolus attempted a 44- igan secondary yard field goal, but his try was ries for little short. As it turned out that was to be Iowa's best chance at a score had the ball all day. Containing Harris, who with the help had rushed for 538 yards in the s and a couple Hawkeyes' previous eight battles, netting 14 and to only two net yards was the key five, drove to to Michigan's defensive success. swept around Only one more Michigan score six on the next resulted in the first half, as the pping call nul- Wolverines moved the ball well but pushed Mich- never started in good field posi- tion. The one scoring drive of the higan another second period featured three suc- an eight-yard cessful Franklin passes, to Thorn- ven-yard pass bladh for 11, to Haslerig for 11 ut the drive more, and to Seal for 15 and the d Mike Lantry touchdown. field goal of Schembechler was pleased with the 17-0 halftime lead over what he termed "a much improved" Hawkeye team, especially in con- ING ytrast to the narrow 7-0 advant- No. Yds. age his team took into the locker 2 41 room last week at Indiana. 2 18 That lead quickly became 24-0 1 11 at 3:52 of the second half when 1 3 Dave Brown pulled in a punt at GNo. Yds. Av. the Michigan 38, sped down the 4 130 32.5 right side and wound up on the sessions of the ball for the next seven minutes until Michigan took over on the Iowa 37 after a short punt and a nine-yard Brown return. Then Franklin and Chapman con- nected on the year's prettiest touchdown b o m b. As Chapman streaked down the right sideline Franklin lofted a pass just over his left shoulder which Chapman took in at the three and tightroped into the endzone with the score. Schembechler is now quite ready for the season's big two game finale with co-Rose Bowl contenders, Purdue and Ohio State. "The season has come down just like we figured," Sch- embechler said. "We have to win those two. Our toughest two games are coming up." Atlhough Shuttlesworth saw no action Bo said he could have been used if needed and indicated that Shuttlesworth as well as middle guard Greg Ellis who remained in Ann Arbor this weekend will be ready for plenty of action when the Boilermakers come to town for the start of the second season next Saturday. c tokens ___________________Bob Andrews - .t The scent of roses .. . I 1 Thumping the Hawkeyes... .. phase II beginsj THE MICHIGAN Wolverines completed phase I in their quest to attain a perfect 1972 season yesterday as Bo and Company solidly thrashed Iowa 31-0 for their ninth straight victory in as many games.e' At this juncture of the season last year, in an identical situation, Michigan polished off an impressive initial phase maul- ing the lowly Hawkeyes for victory number nine, only to find the narrow conquests in phase II over Purdue and Ohio State heart-stopping affairs. The fatal blow could not penetrate the tide of the Blue Wave until the California jinx and pesty Stanford joined forces to doom the Wolverines in still another cardiac- arrester. So now phase II starts again with the same pair of tough conference foes anxiously awaiting their chance to disrupt Mich- igan's regular season victory string, which currently stands at 20. In preparation for this most arduous task that lies in the immediate future, the Wolverines convincingly rebounded from their sloppy victory last week at Indiana as both the offense and defense performed a solid sixty minutes of "boring" football. In the post-game press conference, Hawkeye mentor Frank Lauterbur bestowed numerous praises upon "one of the finer teams in the country today." However, before the reporters surrounding him were ready to digest his accolades, they listened intently to hear any terse summation he had to offer with regards to the contest. (We all recall his famous no-no that caused much commotion a year ago.) Perhaps he was satisfied with "closeness" of the final score or possibly the boys on top cautioned him about his choice of words, but ,Lauterbur shattered the building suspense with a smile stating, "No bad comments this year." What a letdown! Then his compliments for the Wolverines and criticisms of the Hawkeyes started flying. In praising Michigan, he put special emphasis on the sophomore quarterback, Dennis Frank- lin, who enjoyed his best day of the season, connecting on 6 of 11 aerials for. 107 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for a TD from one yard out. Lauterbur commented, "Franklin gives you that moment of indecision (on defense) and with him Michigan is a better offensive team than a year ago. He does everything well just like the entire team." Then he turned to the Hawkeye efforts for the afternoon and cited the numerous mistakes Iowa made as the major rea- son for defeat. However, the 31-0 whitewash might not seem as bad as it does on paper when you consider that a total of 16 freshmen played for the Hawkeyes, while Michigan played none. Lauterbur, realizing he must go with youth to rebuild a football power at Iowa, philosophically stated, "A lot of our mistakes were caused by youth, but there's nothing else to say on that matter except that they'll get better." One of those first-year players was starting quarterback Butch Caldwell, who got the call over senior Kyle Skogman and sopho- more Bobby Ousley. His performance for the day was not overly impressive, but he did complete nine passes for 93 yards and in periods of the first half he rattled the Michigan secondary with passes up the middle. In the Michigan locker room, Schembechler appeared to be in a more jovial mood than normal, adding some wise- cracks to his more serious comments about the game. In discussing the freshman situation at Iowa, he said, "It's tough to keep that enthusiasm year after year. I don't know how they'll be in four years. Our seniors have played great football this year but I wonder how they'd be playing if this were their junior year." Then he let loose with one of Bo's boners, "The Hawkeyes are much improved. I'd say they are twice as good as a year ago; you could tell that by the score." d1.^" . ...... { i "':' :.:r.::e. rr .^r ..r... ......:? ;}.{;;r SCORESj GRIDDE PICKINGS North Carolina 23, Virginia 3 CnTU1IIJAW1r4 I 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 TOTAL NET YARDS GAINED KICK RETURN YARDAGE Punt returns, Number Kickoff returns, Number PUNTS Number of Punts Average Yards Had Blocked FUMBLES (No./Lost) INTERCEPTIONS (Number/Yards) PENALTIES (Number/Yards) MICHIGAN RUSHING MICH 21. 13 5 3 IOWA 13 8 4 1 Seal Thorndladh Haslerig Chapman 251 117 54 44 AP Photo IOWA BALLCARRIER Dave Harris (12) wasn't going anywhere on this play in yesterday's 31-0 Michigan victory at Iowa City. Barry Dotzauer (25) makes the tackle in helping seal the Wol- verines' fourth shutout of the season. PUNTIN 107 12 6 1 66 358 65 9 1 4 4 32.5 1-1 93 23 9 1 67 210 18 4 6 9 9 32 0 1-0 Dotzauer RECEIVI IOWA RUSHING MOORE INJURED Caldwell Sims Barris Holmes Rollins Jensen Nelson Mix Att. 12 5 9 4 1 9 No. :1 a 2 Yds. 32 25 2 11 11 15 14 Irih sweep 1-14 1-0 Caldwell 5-65 9-85 PASSING Att 23 RECEIVING Franklin Heater Haslerig Thornbladh Banks Att. 6 12 21 8 PASSING Att. Cmp. 11 6 1 0 Yds. 37 63 28 98 24 Yds. 107 0 Wellington Paulson Mix liar: is PUNTING No. Yds. Sunderman 9 283 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 IOWA 0 0 HI0 MICHIGAN 10 7 14 0 Franklin Cipa By JOEL GREER span of 2:51 to take a command- Yds, Special To The Daily ing 6-3 lead. 93 SOUTH BEND-Roy Bolles sure did not pick a very good time to But Bolles' stagefright eventual-' Yds. make his first appearance ever in ly disappeared and the proud Wol- 28 a WCHA game. The sophomore verines came back within one be- 20 34 Michigan netminder replaced the fore a senseless penalty helped the 11 injured R o b b i e Moore midway Irish put the game out of reach. through the second period of last Gary Connelly was called for the Ave. night's 8-5 Notre Dame victory. "too-many-men-on-the-ice" infrac- With the score tied 3-3, the tion when he eagerly jumped over F Fighting Irish immediately greet- the boards when his teammates 0 ed Bolles with three goals in a were scuffling in front of the Mich- igan net. The officials said that Connelly came on the ice before the whistle, but Connelly was the first to disagree in the Michigan dress- ing room after the game. "It came after the whistle blew," Connelly argued. But if it did, Con- nelly would have gotten a five minute penalty for joining a fight;I so he willingly -agreed with the referee. "That's what blew the game," said a dejected Connelly as barelyf ten seconds after the penalty, Eddie Bumbacco's power play goal gave him three for the night and gave the Irish a sweep of the two game series. Tr ich a nnrh "Taffy" ouith i aidu weeken But it was more of the fact that Michigan was much more aggres- sive and Smith agreed, "that may be why we weren't as sharp." Michigan coach Al Renfrew, al-I though disappointed with the de- feat, commented, "We played good enough to win." But Renfrew was' even more disturbed at the many injuries Michigan suffered in the series. In the second period, Bob Fal- coner took a stick in the mouth. With blood still pouring from his lower lip, Falconer said, "I got 19 stitches and lost two teeth." De- spite the injury, Falconer came back onto the ice for the third period. Paul Paris, who s ffered a badly, bruised shoulder in Friday night's game, did not even dress for last night's game. Randy Neal, who watched the first two periods from the press- box, hurriedly dressed during in- termission and played sparingly in the third period. It was the Irish line of Paul In addition to Bumbacco's hat trick, Regan also scored three times and Williams got three 'assists. In an attempt to bolster the de- fense, Renfrew m o v e d Michel Jarry back to the blueline and sent Tom Lindskog into Jarry's vacated forward position. The move paid off offensively, as Jarry's booming shot from the blueline netted him the three goal !hat trick. For the second straight night, Gary Kardos opened the scoring. Lindskog adapted to his new posi- tion well. Forechecking deep in the Irish zone, Lindskog stole the puck from Irish defenseman Bill Nyrop and set up Jarry at the point. Jarry's high hard drive was de- flected by Kardos past Irish net- minder Chris Cathcart at 2.56 o, the opening period. Bimbacco's first goal came de- spite some tenacious backchecking by Lindskog. Completely wrapped up, B"mbacco managed to get a shot past Moore from a bad angle. Jarry put Michigan back in front early in the second period with Pat Conroy in the penalty box for Notre Dame. Jarry, whose shot was amazingly accurate last night, pick- ed the upper lefthand corner with a blazer from the blueline. Regan got his first of three at 6:44 of the second period on a play that embarrassed little Robbie. With Moore clinging to the right goalnost, Regan circled behind the net to slide the puck just inside the left goalpost. After the two teams traded goals, Gary Kardos collided with Moore in the Michigan goal crease and Moore had to be helped from the ice. To the fans delight, Roy Bolles was forced to take over and then the onslaught began. id set irisn coacnh'Lety" Smithsaa the victories were, "Very nice, but Regan, Ian Williams, and Bum- we're much too inconsistent." bacco that did the damage again. (Bomb accoed FIRST PERIOD SCORING: 1. M-Kardos (Jarry, Sara- zin) 2:56; 2. ND-Bumbacco (Green) 16:57. PENALTIES: 1. M-Moore (slashing) 3:51; 2. M-Connelly (interference) 4:25; 3. ND-Delorenzi (charging) 8:13; 4. M-Fox (high sticking) 12:28; 5.j ND-Conroy (tripping) 19:26. SECOND PERIOD SCORING: 3. M-Jarry (Fox Malette) :42; 4. ND-Regan (Williams) 6:44; 5., ND--Schafer (Mason) 9:03; 6. M-Sar-{ azin (unassisted) 10:45; 7. ND-Bum-{ bacco (Williams, Nyrop) 12:55; 8. ND- DeLorenzi (Conroy, Green) 14:29; 9. ND-Regan (Bumbacco) 15:36; 10. M- Jarry (Fox, Malette) 17:19. PENALTIES: 6. M. Werner (hooking) 6:05; 7. ND-Curry (carrying a broken, o)sU stick) 6:25; 8. M-Fox (tripping) 11:21; 9. ND-Curry (interference) 16:30. THIRD PERIOD SCORING: 11. M-Jarry (Malette, Connelly) 6:10; 12. ND-Regan (Bum- bacco, Williams) 14:09; 13. ND-Bum- bacco (unassisted) 17:45. PENALTIES: 10. ND-Curry (rough- ing) :15; 11. M-Werner (roughing) :15; 12. ND-Delorenzi (high sticking) 2:16; 13. M-Kardos (holding) 10:14; 14. ND- Nyrop (hooking) 10:30; 15. M-Connelly (too many men on the ice) 13:29; 16. M-Connelly (elbowing) 15:31; 17. ND- Curry (holding) 16:36. SAVES Moore (M) 10 6 0-16 Bolles (M) 0 5 11-16 Cathcart (ND) 6 8 13-27 AP Photo WOLVERINE WINGBACK CLINT HASLERIG (43) appears to be in trouble, but so what? Clint only ran for three yards on this play, but his Michigan teammates combined for 352 others as the Blue ex- tended its winning streak to nine games. Spar tans bash Michigan 31, Iowa 0 Michigan St. 19, Ohio State 12 Minnesota 35, Northwestern 29 Illinois 37, Indiana 20 Purdue 37, Indiana 6 Alabama 35, LSU 21 Georgia 10, Florida 7 Kentucky 14, Vanderbilt 13 Florida St. 23, Tulsa 21 Arizona 21, Brigham Young 7 Nebraska 23, Iowa St. 23, tie Oklahoma 17, Missouri 6 WakeForest 10, Duke 7 Oregon St. 26, California 23 Washington 38, UCLA 21 Navy 28, Pitt 13 Notre fDame 21. Air Force 7 SOUTHWEST Rice 23, Arkansas 20 Texas 17, Baylor 3 Texas A&M 27, SMU 17 FAR WEST Arizona St. 60, New Mexico 7 Colorado 33, Kansas 8 washington St. 27, Stanford 13 NBA Golden State 103, New York 102 Boston 121, Detroit 118 Chicago 111, Baltimore 106 Atlanta 111. Milwaukee 102 Philadelphia 114, Houston 112 ABA Kentucky 116, New York 95 Carolina 130, Virginia 128 I i t(4 t i I By MARC FELDMAN Special To The Daily EAST LANSING - After his Michigan State Spartans upset Purdue last Saturday and knocked the Boilermakers out of the Big Ten lead, Duffy Daugherty quipped that "maybe I ought to quit every week". Yesterday Duffy didn't quit again but his Spartans had enough adrenalin to soundly thrash Ohio State, 19-12. DUFFY MIGHT be regretting his deci- sion now as his Spartans have certainly put the "fun" back into football the past two Saturdays with big wins. Daugherty bub- bled with praise for both his offense and defense and said that "in all my years, I've never seen a team play with greater de- sire". Besides the Irishman's four leaf clovers, the Spartans had Duffy's "special Dutch treat", Dirk Krijt, who booted four field goals in the first half to the delight and astonishment of the sellout crowd of 76,264. THE DUTCHMAN'S toe was by no means the most effective weapon in the Spartan arsenal. Daugherty sent a fleet of quick backs at the Buckeye line and they com- bined for 334 rushing yards, with much of yardage on quick openers up the middle and straight power plays. Michigan State had nine individual runs over ten yards each with lightning-quick Mike Holt running for 93 yards in 15 car- ries, David E. Brown, 71 yards, and Ar- nold Morgado, 57. The Spartans dominated all the statistics with 81 offensive plays to 57 for the Buckeyes and a 366-176 advantage in total offense. Despite these impressive stats compiled agaivist it, the Buckeye defense, led by line- backer Randy Gradishar, was extremely tough when its goal line was in danger of violation. Eightgtimes Michigan State marched inside the OSU thirty, but the Spartans could manage just one touch- down. a touchdown that would have given it an 11 point lead. Ironically the Spartans' lone touchdown that decided the game was handed them via the fumble route. Buckeye Elmer Lip- pert fumbled on the OSU seven and two plays later, quarterback Mark Neisen scrambled over. WOODY HAYES, . whose Buckeyes now share second place with Purdue in the Big Ten, issued a terse 14-second statement to the press after the game. Sullenly, Hayes admitted "We couldn't do anything in the second half - we took a real beating out there from a good team." Indeed Ohio State was held to 46 yards in the second half by the stout MSU de- fense which was anchored all afternoon by Gail Clark, Brian McConnell, and Chris King. Late in the third quarter, the Bucks showed about their only offense of the half when Greg Hare completed three straight