The Michigan Daily-Sunday, October 30, 1977-Page 9 LEACH HITS FOR 3 TD 'S: Blue shoots down Hawks (Continued from Page 1) and Rick (Leach) was outside of their containment. He actually pointed to Russell to keep moving instead of locking. Then the defense had to ake a decision and the linebacker was oreed to go after Leach. "It was well-done," he added. "Russell is rather deceptive, speed- wisg Michigan controlled the rest of the alf, limiting the Hawkeyes, who con- entrated on rushing, to just three first owns. But the Wolverines also stopped hemselves by missing a field goal and umbling twice. Greg Willner's 44-yard field goal at-. empt with just under three minutes left n the second quarter was wide to the left. :He also failed on a 49-yard attempt in the third period, dropping his season total to two field goals in nine attempts. Another scoring attempt failed mid- ay' through the second quarter when Nichigan lost a fumble on the Iowa 2- yard line. Tailback Harlan Huckleby ook an end-over-end pitchout. and :ropped it. Iowa strong safety Shanty Burks recovered. The play marked the second time hapless Huckleby had fumbled on the 2- yard line, and he was heartily booed by the sellout crowd. Roosevelt. Smith replaced Huckleby on the next Michigan series, but Schembechler denied that the fumble had anything to do with the substitution. On Michigan's next possession, Leach moved the team 47 yards in nine plays. With just 30 seconds left on the clock, Leach saw tight end Gene John- son waving in the end zone and com- pleted a sixy-yard pass for the score. There was pass interference oni the play, but Michigan declined the penalty. Willner's extra point made it Michigan 14, Iowa 0. Michigan attempted an onside kick after the touchdown, but Nick Labun's attempt went out of bounds on the Iowa 27-yard line after hitting several players. "We looked like a high school team on that play," laughed a rueful Schem- bechler. "I'm not sure we should have unveiled'that secret play." Both teams got off to a slow start af- ter intermission. Michigan's first possession set up Willner's missed 49- yard field goal attempt. The Hawkeyes then failed to earn a first down and Michigan took over for what was to be its final scoring drive. On the first play from scrimmage at the Michigan 35, Leach rolled left, then reversed and went around right end for a 22-yard gain. Five plays later, he passed 'to split end Rick White, who caught the ball in the middle of the end zone despite inter- ference by Iowa. The Hawkeyes finally mounted a sustained drive covering 90 yards in 21 plays to set up their sole touchdown. Abandoning the rushing attack, quar- terback Tom McLaughlin completed nine passes in12 attempts. Michigan was nearly as good by air as by ground, gaining 202 yards passing and 208 yards rushing. "The Iowa defense was so geared to stop the run that you almost have to pass," said Schembechler. "Under dif- ferent circumstances, we may have thrown even more in the second half." "We found that their defense was bringing everyone up on the line, so we had to throw to break them up," noted tight end Johnson. Schembechler was pleased with the win, although he said the Wolverines "still stop themselves too much." "We are not satisfied with the way we are moving the ball yet, not by any means," he said. "However, I'm satisfied just to win, to get our con- fidence back and our spirits up." Referring to the 16-0 loss at Min- nesota, Schembechler said, "When you've won a lot and you lose, it's devastating, make no mistake about that. We would have been happy with a 1-point victory today." Home, Commings MICHIGAN IOWA SCORE... .... ............ 23 Total first downs ........ ....... 19 Rushing ............. .....12 Passing ............... .. .. 7 Penalty ...................... 0 RUSHING Attempts/net yards ........... 57/208 Yards gained/Lost rushing. 240/32 Net yards passing 202 Passes Att/Comp/Int .... ......19/9/0 Total offensive plays/yards .... 69/410 Average gain per play ......... 5.9 interceptions/yards returned 0 Punts/Averaged/Blocked ...... 3/46.6/0 6 12 3 9 0 36/50 89/39 174 22/16/0 58/224 3.9 0 7/37.1/0 PUNT RETURNS No./net yards.................0 KICKOFF RETURNS No./net yards .............. 1/19 PENALTIES No./yards ..................... 5/35 FUMBLES No./lost................. .... 2/2 1 SCORING MICHIGAN................7 7 7 IOWA ....................0 0 0 0 3/63 5/70 2/1 2-23 6- 6 McLaughlin's one-yard plunge put the Hawkeyes on the scoreboard. "That was a heckuva drive," Schem- bechler remarked. "Up until that time they had tried to run on us. We figured that after they looked at the Minnesota films they would test us inside and they had." Iowa elected to go for two points, but McLaughlin rolled left and was stopped behind the line of scrimmage by, Michigan defensive tackle Dale Keitz. The Wolverines' last score came with just 1:24 left in the game, as fans were filing out of the stadium. Michigan linebacker Dom Tedesco caught McLaughlin in the end zone for a safety, giving Michigan a 23-6 win. Michigan's record now stands at 7-1 overall, 4-1. in conference play while Iowa dropped to 3-5 and 2-3. 3 Leach was particularly effective for Michigan, completing nine of 12 passes and throwing no interceptions. Ohio State MICHIGAN Michigan State Wisconsin Indiana' Iowa Minnesota Illinois Purdue Northwestern W 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 Conference L 0 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 6 T 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 All Games W L T 7 1 0 7 1 0 4 3'1 5 3 0 3 4° 1 3 5 0 5 3 0 3 5 0 4 4 0 0 8 0 Big Ten Standings * too little too late W ITH 20 MINUTES left in yesterday's game, the Iowa offense really stuck it to Michigan. Attacking the Wolverine defense in its traditionally weakest spot-the pass-Iowa marched the ball 90 yards to score its only six points of thWe game .. . ... Eighty-two of those yards came through an aerial attack. The effort, of course, was too little too late. After trying to pound the ball up the middle for two-thirds of the game against a defense geared to stop the run, the Hawkeyes finally tried the alternate route. In the first half, the Hawkeyes tried 19 runs and only three passes. They gained 40 yards rushing and 50 through the air. Yet, Iowa came out running again in the second half. The first five runs Iowa tried in the second half netted a loss of one yard., It was then that Iowa coach Bob Commings went to a serious air assault. Iowa tried 17 passes after that, and ended the game with 174 yards through the air, and only 50 on the ground. Like so many other teams who have played Michigan this season, Iowa didn't go to the pass as soon as some would have expected. It didn't surprise Coach Bo Schembechler that Iowa tried to attack the Michigan defense which he said was "soft" up the middle against Min- nesota. "I wasn't surprised that they tested us inside," he said, "not after what Minnesota did. I expected them to... what else would they do?" Bo even had his defense ready for the Iowa exam. "We expected it," linebacker Ron Simpkins assured. "After the Minnesota game, we knew they would test us on the ground first." It was plain to see that the Blue defense aced the test. The first 24 times the Hawkeyes ran the ball, they netted only 39 yards. During the running test, they also scattered four passes-good for 52 yards. Finally the idea sank in. Iowa started throwing. Even knowing how well the passing game went, Commings was quick to defend his game plan. "Our game plan was to run straight at them," he said, "and if we had not made so many mistakes, I think we would have won. We had a helluva game plan. "When you play Ohio State or Michigan, you have to play an error-free game. We could have won ... with a near perfect game. That's what Min- nesota did (to beat Michigan). The mistake-riddled game Commings was talking about included only one Iowa turnover (compared to Michigan's two) and few defensive slips, not a great number by any standards. Iowa did not make that many blatant mistakes, although the Hawkeyes did not play perfect either. However, this was the first time I had ever heard a coach blame the loss on his team not playing perfect ball. The Miehigan offense took Part II of the Iowa test. Michigan felt, as quarterback Rick Leach said, "That (the Iowa defense) was the best defen- sive team we have played all year. I don't know their stats,but they are one of the best (defenses) in the nation." "People underestimate Iowa," echoed Schembechler. "That is as tough a defense as we played all year." Granted, they were able to slow down the powerful Michigan running game. But then, "when a defense is SO geared against the run," as Schem- bechler said, "you almost have to pass." So pass Michigan did. When Bo is really forced to pass, he does it... without hesitation. "We did what the defense dictated," Leach explained. "They came up so we passed. Every team comes up with something different (to try to stop Michigan). We just adjust to what they do." It seems so easy. Michigan simply passed for 202 yards yesterday, in- cluding three which went for Wolverine touchdowns. Game after game this year, Schembechler has shown that he isn't afraid to pass and that he can use it effectively. At the same time, Leach has been showing his critics that his arm is good for something other than baseball and that his vision is not impaired. The Ohio State game is not that far away... maybe this year the game will have a new look to it. a . ~4 ,. s4 ' ... . , * DA 64 y ,. W *, DENVER DEALS ICERS FIRST LOSS: Wolverines axed 'in overtime, 6-5 By PAUL CAMPBELL Denver center Vince Magnan skated round a defenseman and flipped the uck past Michigan goalie Rick Palmer ith 1:24 gone in sudden death over- ime to give the Pioneers as6-5 victory nd a split of their two-game series. Magnan snapped up a pass from raig Roehl at center.ice and flew in on he left side. He muscled his way past John Waymann halfway between the blue line and the goal and flicked a' backhand shot that deflected off Palmer into the goa, eiiding' the Wolverines to their first defeat of the young season. THE OVERTIME tally thwarted a Michigan comeback that brought the Wolverines back from a four-goal defi- cit in the second half of the contest. After -.Perry Schnarr gave the Pioneers a 5-1 lead at 7:41 of the second period on a drive from between the circles that dribbled off Palmer's glove; star center Dave Debol took over. The elusive senior dazzled a Denver defender with a full spin from the boar- ds, headed towards the goal and spotted Mark Miller streaking into the slot. One perfect pass and nifty wrist shot later, Michigan had narrowed the gapto 5-2. Debol's next trick came on a power play late in the period. Controlling the puck behind the Denver goal, Debol whipped it onto the stick of Billy Thayer. Thayer's low drive found the twine in the left corner behind Denver goalie Jim Bales. IT WAS THE Wolverines' first power play goal in nine opportunities. In fact, having a man advantage proved to be Michigan's undoing, as captain Bob Pazzelli scored two shorthanded goals. in a row in the first period. Four of Denver's goals came when one of its' men was serving time for one of the fifteen penalties called against it. But Thayer's goal sparked the Michigan power play to life, and with Schnarr in the box for cross checking, Debol set up Kip Maurer at 1:30 of the third period to bring the Wolverines back within one. Only one more penalty was called in, the game, but Doug Todd took advan- tage of it to tie the game at 8:04 as he blasted a rebound of a Dean Turner slap shot past Bales. BUT THE PIONEERS kept their poise and circled their wagons around Bales to stave off Michigan's patented late pressure, which had given the Wolverines a 15-3 advantage over their opponents in the third period so far this year. The Pioneers totally dominated the first half of the ga'me. Exdept for a goal by Debol at 2:25, the best the Wolverines could muster was an ap- parent goal by Todd which was called off because Dan Lerg was a stride of- fside on the rush. Ble win over Iowa restores conf idence, By DON MacLACHLAN Michigan reacquainted itself with the winning side of things yesterday. The sixth-ranked Wolverines put the Minnesota defeat behind them and chugged past Iowa 23-6. , But was the defeat completely out of their minds? No way. Coach Bo Schembechler and his players are not accustomed to losing very many foot- ball games. "That was a devastating defeat a week ago," Schembechler said. .Nobody will ever know how hard it is to come back from a loss like that." "I'm satisfied with the win-it gets our confidence back and gets our spirits up," Schembechler added. "Winning is a great thing and when you win a lot you enjoy it. But when you win a lot and then you lose-it's devastating, make no mistake about that." The coaches worked extremely hard at rebuilding the Wolverines' con- fidence during practice this week. The upset at Minneapolis was hard to take but there's no time to dwell on it. The rest of the season lies ahead and the slip-up makes the road just a little rougher. "We knew we had to win today," said tight end Gene Johnson. "Last week put us in a situation we didn't want to be in." "Right after the loss to Minnesota we knew we had a lot of pressure on us," said middle guard Steve Graves. "Consequently, we practiced hard this week. Everybody knew what we had to do. It was all on the line. For the duration of the season all our games will be like championship games, and that is how we wi1lplay them." The important thing yesterday was to taste a victory again, regardless of the margin. After losing a team can become wary of every opponent and the possibility of defeat. The conquering of Iowa reestablished the winning attitude. "Every now and then we get a breakdown that %yill hurt us," said' linebacker Ron Simpkins. "A loss makes you think. But that bad feeling af- ter the game at Minnesota can be motivating for the last four games." "Last week may have been more of a confidence shaker than the loss at Purdue last year," said Jerry Meter. "We put more effort into practice this week and got our confidence back. That helped a lot." "We set our goals high and we weren't just going to lay back," said. Russell Davis, who led Michigan in rushing yesterday with 67 yards. One of those team goals is the Big Ten title. Three conference clashes remain, and a win in each is a must to gain another conference champion- ship. In the meantime a few areas need polishing. "Our offense still conerns me," Schembechler said. "I'm not satisfied with the way we are moving the ball. We are stopping ourselves a lot with broken plays, blocking breakdown and poor execution." Home, Pioneers! SCORES BY PERIOD 1 230 5 3 2 0 1 6 MICHIGAN DENVER FIRST PERIOD scoring: 1. M-Debol (Coffman, Wheeler) 2:25; 2. D-Pazzelli (Roehl, Woods) 7:32; 3. D-Pazzelli (Roehl) 11:46; 4. D-Woods jBelcourt) 17:03. Penalties: D-Falcone (cross checking) 3:31; D- Sandbeck (cross checking) 7:17; M-Kawa (inter- ference) 9:02 D-Falcone (tripping) 9:54; D- Messier (hooking) 13:42; D--Purpur (interference) 18:56. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 5. D-Messer (Sandbeck, Magnan) 6:53; 6. D-Schnarr (Gibson, Berry) 7:41; 7. M-Miller (Debol, McCahill) 15:02; S. M-Thayer (Debol, Maurer) 18:39. Penalties: D-Purpur (interference) 1:22; D- Hudson (slashing) 6:09; M-Coffman (slashing) 6:09; D-Falcone (cross-checking) 8:54; M-Todd (hooking) 10:38; D-Messier (slashing) 12:27; D- Messier (fighting, 5 min.) 12:27; M-Lerg (fighting, 5 min.) 12:27; M-Lerg -(misconduct) 12:27; D- Magnan (roughing) 12:27; M-Miler (roughing) 12:27; D-Sandbeck (interference) 17:48; D- Schnarr (cross-checking) 20:00. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 9. 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