The Michigan DaIly-Sunday September 25, 1977-Page 9 MSU COMEBACK CORRALS COWBOYS State By DAVE RENBARGER Special to The Daily SEAST LANSING - "That first half A was the poorest half of football I've ever be en associated with," said Michigan State football coach Darryl Rogers. "That second half was the poorest we've played," said' Wyoming foot- ball coach Bill Lewis. Both men were referring to yester- day's meeting between the two teams, and, after the Spartans' come-from-behind 34-16 triumph, it became apparent that State's worst ..effort was no match for the Cowboys' level of futility, The first thirty minutes saw the Spartans commit almost every men- tal error imaginable. Four dropped passes, several key penalties,two .C ,short punts, three missed field goals plus two turnovers, stymied drive 3~C~ after drive. -\CaW yoming's offensive unit parlayed these miscues into two touchdowns and a field goal for a 16-0 halftime C advantage. ' After the intermission, an aroused State offensive squad put on a show C seldom seen in Spartan Stadium, racking up its 34 points in a AP Photo 17 -minute span. A 53-yard field MARK BRAMMER (91), tight end for Michigan State, slips by a Wyoming defensive back with an Eddie Smith pass in yester- goal by Hans Neilson and an 82-yard day's rainy contest In East I snsing. The Spartans lassoed the Cowboys, 34-16, to raise their record to 2-1 touchdown bomb from Eddie Smith rOlls, to Kirk Gibson highlighted the blit After falling to move after talin the opening kickoff, a 30-yard punt lb State's Ray Stachowlcz gave thi Cowboysygood field position at the; own 40 yard line. Fullback Myroi Hardeman broke loose for a 48-yar jaunt down the right sideline, Tha set up a 29-yard field goal by Da Christopulos, giving Wyoming a 3 edge. Cowboy quarterback Hugh Albor starting hi first game, engineered, 73-yard touchdown drive culminatin on a three-yard burst by La Fra Simmons. A f t e r Christopulos' conversi made it 10-0, MSU took the kickof and, on the next play, QB Edd Smith spotted his favorite targe Kirk Gibson 40 yards downfield an 10 yards behind the nearest Cowbo defender. Smith laid the ball right into hi arms, but the usually-sure-hand4 Gibson dropped it. On the following play, Cowbo lineman Francis Chesley picked off Smith aerial and rambled to ti Spartan 13tyard line. Albora's subs quent touchdown made it 16-0, as t] extra point try sailed wide to ti right. While, the rain-soaked crowd 55,214 took in the Band Day festiviti on the field, Rogers and his troops the locker room conducted a "'g check."* "We didn't do anything different on the board," he said. "It wasn't board check. It was a gutcheck. 'Whatever it was, it certain] helped. In t he third quarter tiSa t n o ned t er c m b c partans mounted their com ebac turning three Cowboy fumbles on short punt into twenty third-quart points. 34-16 tz After Nielsonls 53-yarder, his ca- reer best, got State on the board, y hustling linebacker Mike Dean re covered his first of two fumbles, and ir tailback Leroy McGee scored his first of three TD's on a one-yard rd plunge to get State within six. at Seven minutes later, the Spartans n found themselves on top, 20-16, by -0 virtue of a 37-yard boot by Nielson and another one-yard TD 'run by a, McGee. a MSU's defense, meanwhile, una ag saddled the Cowboys' running game n throughout the second half. Wyoming managed only 35 total yards and but on one first down after halftime. ff In the final stanza, Smith and ie Gibson connected for a one-play, , 82-yard touchdown "drive." McGee nd closed out the scoring with a 10-yard ON-SIDE KICK SETS UP FG Bucks lose battle in final seconds (continued from Page i) c PEACOCK GAINED two yards, avic Overstreet got two more and levins picked up one before Pea- k hurtled across from two yards ut,: bringing Oklahoma within two ioirfts with 1:29 to go. Von Schamann's bouncing kickoff truck an Ohio State player, and (ike Babb pounced on it at mid- field. Blevins passed 18 yards to Rhodes and three running plays, interspersed by several timeouts, set up the decisive field goal. Oklahoma has won all three games this season while Ohio State has a 2-1 record. Oklahoma had stunned the huge crowd, along with an ABC-TV audi- ence, by taking a 17-0 lead in the opening period. The Sooners scored on a 23-yard dash by Peacock with a team- mate's fumble, Billy Simms' 14-yard run after Ohio State fumbled at its 16 and the first of three field goals by von Schamann. But it was all Ohio State from the time von Schamann made it 20-0 just two minutes into the second period u n t i l Castignola's fourth-period bobble swung the tide back to Oklahoma. Bosox, Birds victors; pnnant race t htens sports carservke 055 W,. Stadium Blvd. MON.-FRI. (next to Stadium Post Office, 7:306:00 663-4156 entrance off Federal)-- SMALL CAR MAINTEN ANCE AND REPAIR SHORT or LONG Haircutting By Experts DASCOLA STYLISTS Arborland-971 -9975- Maple Villa ge--76 1-2733 E. Liberty-666-9329 E. Upiversity-662-0354 i By The Associated Press DETROIT - Home runs by Ted ox, Carl Yastrzemski and Fred ynn powered the Boston Red Sox to 6-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers esterday and kept the Sox' pennant opes alive in the Ameripan League ast. The victory moved Boston within % games of first-place New York, hich was rained out at Torogto. Rookie right-hander Mike Paxton, 0-5, gained the victory with relief elp from Bill Campbell, who regis- ered his 29th save by pitching the inal two innings. The Tigers opened the scoring h e n Phil Mankowski's second- nning double scored Steve Kemp, hq had walked. Boston tied it when designated itter Cox drilled his first major eague home run off Milt Wilcox, 6-2. After Jim Rice walked to start the ixth, Yastrzemski hit a first pitch B~JILLBO(AIDV Michigan season hockey tickets will go on sale on Monday at 8:30 a.n. at the Michigan ticket office. Tickets for the 17 home games will cost the general public $50, faculty and staff $30 and students $21. nformation on single game tickets that are sold over the counter will be announced at a later date. The 1977 NCAA runners-up open their home season on Saturday, October 22 at Yost Ice Arena, completing a home and home series with Bowling Green.' for his 26th home run of the season to move the Sox ahead 31. Carlton Fisk followed with a single and scored when Lynn drilled his 18th homer of the season just inside the foul pole in right field, it king 1 5-1. CLEVELAND -Ken Singleton and rookie Eddie Murray stroked consecutive solo home runs in the ninth inning to snap a 1-1 tie and lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 4-1 win over the Cleveland Indians yester- day. The win moved Baltimore within 2 games of New York. Baltimore starter Jim Palmer, 19-11, scattered seven hits in winning his sixth straight decision. Cleveland starter Dennis Eckersley, 14-13, was tagged with the loss despite striking out a season high 12 batters in 8% innings before Jim Bibby came on in relief. Bibby balked home the final Orioles' run. Cleveland loaded the bases with none out in the eighth. Paul Dade opened with a walk and advanced to second on Duane Kuiper's sacrifice bunt, which Palmer was unable to field cleanly. Larvell Blanks followed with a bunt single to load the bases. 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