'RESSIVE A T HOME: 17s7 The Michigan Daily-Saturday, October 22, 1977-Page 9; ' ' y 4 s h e dg ra s b u gb o o By SCOTT LEWIS Special to The Daily MINNEAPOLIS - Even the top- ranked team in the nation has a losing streak to worry about today. Be it coincidence or not, Michi- gan's previous _two losses have concurred with itswlast two adven- tures into the relative jungle-like en- vironment of a natural grass playing field. The fate-temptingWolverines hope to put an end to this horrendous streak when they meet the Minnesota Gophers here at-Memorial Stadium. The Minnesota athletic department opted for the natural look after the 1976 season when it endowed the stadium's playing field with natural turf in lieu of the artificial turf which had previously existed there. The Gophers, legitimate contend- ers for the Little Eight crown this season, have yet to lose on their own lawn in four 'home games. Among gan 1OK those teams leaving with grass- youngstersin stained performances are UCLA and bechler. "Their Washington. ceptionally go In order to prime themselves for the defense ha the change in fields, the Wolverines scoring." have practiced all week on their natural grass practice field. After the As is -no sec last two disasters on grass, the Rose amount of in Bowl and the 1976 Purdue game, it Michigan mu appearsthe coaches are taking the depth has pc change seriously, effects thus far. In addition, Bo Schembechler, in start hurting I his weekly conditioned manner, "In all my; praised Minnesota's personnel as have never ha well. up," said Sche "It's a veteran team, there are no when we lost J Michigan statistics Ito rthere," said Schem- ir defense has been ex- od. As a matter of fact, as done a lot of their ret by now, a multiple njuries have caused ch concern. Superb postponed any direct r but the injuries could the team at any time. years at Michigan, 1 ad a team so banged embechler. "Saturday, John Arbeznik, we lost r r ' t i t our seventh ofensive lineman this year. We have been fortunate that each time someone gets hurt, some- one else steps in and does the job, but I'm afraid sooner or later that is going to catch up with us, too." Fortunately for Michigan's deplet- ed corps, a couple of last week's casualties will start today. Tailback Harlan Huckleby has recovered from his leg injury, as has middle guard Steve Graves.- Graves' backup Tom Melita, who also suffered an injury last week is fully recuperated. Backup fullback Kevin King, however, definitely will not play due to a sprained -knee. Lawrence Reid will fill his spot. With three big victories in a row, this game may decide whether the "Big Blue Machine" is just that or whether it still needs mpany major ad- justments. The Wolverines have been able to completely overpower the stronger teams in their schedule, but the allegedly weaker opponents have troubled the Wolverines more than expected. Between now and the Ohio State game, Michigan will play mostly those teams of the weaker variety. Any slip-ups akin to the Purdue game last year could be fatal to any Wol- verine national championship hopes. The entire team probably realizes this by now, especially after the Duke and Navy games. Any upsets will have to come from the superb play of a Michigan opponent, because a Wolverine letdown from here on in is highly unlikely. THE LINEUPS M TOTAL FIRST DOWNS.............116 Rushing ......................:....... 91 Passing ............................... 2:3 Penalty..........................- TOTAL(OFFENSE YI)S .......... .. 2291 Ave. pemplay.................... 5.:3 TOTAL OFFENSIVE PlAYS.......4a33 Rushing Attempts..................359 Rushing Yds..................... 1768 Ave. per rush.................... 4.9 oPP 75 45 27 3 1258 3.4 .370 257 663 2.6 Passing Yds....................... 529 Passing Attempts ..................... 74 Completions .......................... :73 NUMBER OF PUNTS...............'28 Aveper punt ................. ...41l.1 KICK/RET YS...............27/:122 Punt Ret/Yds. .................... 19/16(1 Kickoff Ret/Yds...................8/162 INTERCEPTIONS/Y1)S.......... 9/121 FUMBLES/LOST ................... 13/9 PENALTIES/YDS.............. 29/292 595 1131 57 41 43/6:31 11/92 311/520 5/53 19/1:3 16/139 MICHIGAN o (88) Gene Johnson (227)....., (67) John Powers (261)..... (69)'Gerry Szara (240)...... (72) Walt Downing (254)..... (60) Mark Donahue (245).... (78) Mike Kenn (244)........ (84) Rick White (200)...... (22) Ralph Clayton (211).... (33) Russell Davis (220)..... (25) Harlan Huckleby (199).. (7) Rick Leach (186)........ FFEN TE ST RG C LG QT WR WB FB TB QB MINNESOTA SE ... (83) Glenn Bourquin+ (77) Dennis Fitzpatrick{ .... (66), Gary Acromite ......(53) Mark Slater+ .. (67) Bryson Holliman+ .......(76) Jeff Morrow{ ........(86) Jeff Anhorn ..,..(31) Steve Breault+ ... (44) Kent Kitzmann .... (41) Marion Barber .... (1) Wendell Avery+ S. ..vv. n.. . ... .,.. v ... .. h : r ...:7i . .. k ................. ....... .. ...... ....... .. v. v .. ... ... $,.....,,. ..u}... ... .. .l ..>r .. . .. .i . .. ..r gyn. .. .. : .......:..-....v.. ........ ..v\...: v....:. .. v.. v:::::. v::::.xv ..... .... ........ 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'rank Zimmerman made ps and shut off BG con- be out to even the series at II (slashing ) 4:58: BG-Markell ( 5:00 7:4: M-Thayer (hooking) 8:44: uigh-sticking) 20:00 son lioee Kawa) 5:25: 7. M-1)ebol saurer (unassisted) 12:14: 9. i-Miler ill(holding)15:40. SAVES . .. .9 8 8-2 ra8m 6m-ame (219 (255) (246) (248) (236) (237: (188) (202) (204) (202) (181) (220) (241) (257) (236) (224) (227) (237) (173) (175) (173) (198) DEFENSE (99) (86). (90) (95) (54) (40) (46) (17) (16) (10) (18) Dom Tedesco (212)..... John Anderson (219).... Chris Godfrey (239).... Curtis Greer (237)...... Steve Graves (218)..... Ron Simpkins (221)..... Jerry Meter (206)...... Dwight Hicks (180)..... Mike Jolly (178)... .. . Derek Howard (192)... . Jim Pickens (182)...... OLB OLB T T MG ILB ILB Wolf WHB SHB S .......(5) Stan Sytsma+ ..... (88) Mark Merrill .........(98) Jim Ronan ..... (78) Steve Midboe+ ..... (65) Doug Friberg+ ..... (97) Steve Stewart .....(84) Michael Hunt .....(21) Brian Snyder: . . .. (17) Ken Foxworth ..... (28) Bobby Weber ......(34) Keith Brown+ B1 8 battles bloom Southern California Coach John games between ranked tean Robinson has nothing against leg- both will have a bearing on Big ends. The only thing is, his team will Conferen'ce-Orange Bowl.race. be up against solid muscle and slive ranked Oklahoma entertains] flesh today during the annual battle Iowa State in a match betwe+ with Notre Dame. Big Eight's only 2-0 clubs The 49th meeting of college foot- seventh-ranked Colorado 1-0-1 ball's most celebrated intersectional No. 18 Nebraska 1-1. series takes place ii South Bend, Ind., where USC teams sport only a NEITHER OF those teams 6-13-1 record. afford another conference loss *1. g Dr. J ready for action following injury CHESTER, Pa. AP-Julius Erving's sprained knee looked pretty good yesterday in a full-court scrimmage, after which the "Doctor" said he's ready to play in tonight's National Basketball Association game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Orleans Jazz. "Yeh, I want to play," said Erving, who had stayed after the hour-long practice at Widener College to shoot. some 25-footers from the corners. * Working with the second team during the half-hour scrimmage, Erving showed little evidence of the severe knee sprain that sidelined him Sept. 24 and kept him out of all the 76ers' exh- hibition games and their opening vic- tory over the Detroit Pistons. "There was no pain. I could jump and run and the knee didn't hurt," he said. Erving drove, cut, played good defense and, of course, scored, with ap- parent ease in the scrimmage. "My shins are a little sore, though, so I'm going to get some ice on them," he added on his way to his daily trip to the training room. "He's doing the smart thing to get himself healed," said George McGin- nis, Erving's partner at forward. "We've got so many people who can do the job-Joe Bryant, rookie Glenn Mosley, everybody, This is the type of club that can give Doc the opportunity to sit osut until he's healed," McGinnis said. "Iverybody-the coach, the team-wants him back, but he's got to be careful. He might be ready men- tally, but not physically," McGinnis added. 'It's easy to play too soon. I got hurt early last year, but kept playing," said McGinnis. McGinnis' injury turned out to be a calcium deposit in the groin. The true nature of the injury wasn't discovered until two months after the season was over, but through a computerized program developed by the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and his own determination to get in good shape, McGinnis regained the strength in his leg. "I feel super," added the big forward, who took charge in the opener with 32 points and 22 rebounds, including a club record 13 offensive rebounds. The Jazz, led by last ye'ar's NBA scoring champion Pete Maravich, face Philadelphia after games Friday in New Jersey and Thursday in New Orleans. "It's their third game in three nights," said guard Henry Bibby, who came to the Sixers from the Jazz in 1976 and will probably have the job of defen- ding against Maravich. "Pete may be tired, but I'm sure he's going to get psyched up," Bibby added. "Everybody gets psyched to play us." Meanwhile, No. 2 Texas "WHAT MAKES it so tough in pesky Southern Methodist.. South Bend is not the stadium or the fresh from an upset of Houston, atmosphere but the Notre Dame fired-up for Texas, a team football players," says Robinson. Mustangs usually play tough - '"They're pretty doggone good. not tough enough. Sure, they have a great atmosphere and a super-enthusiastic following, but getting a chance to come in and We Hav71e 1It play in that stadium shouldn't do AlT gte anything but excite a visiting team."H The television people, ABC-TV, me 1:30 p.m., EDT were excited about a match-up of unbeaten clubs but 4-1P nb Notre Dame was upset by Mississippi while 5-1 Southern Cal dropped aB l one-point squeaker to Alabama. That's the reason USC is only ranked At the UNION No. 5 in the Associated Press ratings rtl .mtnih while Notre Dame is 11th. ress ings Saturday's slate includes two other,- NORFOLK NAVAL SIP YARD' Portsmouth, Virginia offers S s and Eight Sixth- No. 16' en the while visits 5 ' can. visits SMU, is all the - but m HELD OVER Y POPULAR DEMAND! Seniors, you still have a chance to be in the c-M's YEARDooK We have made special arrangements with the PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS to extend their stay for ONE ADDITIONAL WEEK (from OCT. 24-28). 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