Page 4-Saturday, December 10, 1977-The Michigan Daily Seniors hope to finish with victor The Michigan Daily-Saturday, Dece Huskies: New face in Pasad By DON MacLACHLAN For twelve Michigan seniors, the Rose Bowl clash against Washington marks the final time they shall start a game in a Michigan uniform. Since their fresh- man year, the Wolverines have a career record of 38-6-2. The players have' won two and lost two against Ohio State. They have won the Big Ten title. But one challenge remains unconquered. These Wolverines have never been associated with a victory in a Bowl game. BO SCHEMBECHLER feels that senior leadership carried Michigan to a season ending four straight victories af- ter the stunning loss at Minnesota. Some teams lose and have a tough time putting it all together again. However, the Wolverines managed to overcome adversity and secure a share of the Big Ten championship. Schembechler at- tributes a lot of this to his senior class. Leading the pack were co-captains Walt Downing and Dwight Hicks. At center Downing earned All-American honors and had a fine year. Downing is a big, quick center who gets off the line fast and should be grabbed quickly in the pro draft. The hard-hitting Hicks, a second team All-American led the Wolverines in interceptions with three. Hicks might best be remembered for his intercep- tion against Ohio State which set up Michigan's first touchdown a month ago. A wolfman who switched over from safety, Hicks also did a solid job returning punts finishing second in the conference with a 9.6 average. In addition to Downing, three other linemen finish up their careers in Pasadena. Tackle Mike Kenn, a three year starter, had a solid career at Michigan. The 6-6 Evanston, Illinois native came to Michigan as a tight end before Schembechler shifted him to tackle. Schembechler felt Kenn was a consistent performer all year. Kenn also earned a berth on the All-American second team. TWO FORMER high school team- mates proceeded to start at guard for Michigan the past two years. Two-time All-American Mark Donahue and Gerry Szara prepped together at Brother Rice High School in Chicago. Schembechler calls Donahue the best offensive lineman he has coached since Reggie McKenzie (now with the Buffalo Bills). Szara started in 1976 and. pushed himself back into the starting line-up this season after Greg Bartnick started in the first three games. The last graduating senior on the Michigan offense is fifth year man Rick White. White snared two touchdown passes on the year including a big one in the 24-14 victory over Michigan State. Defensively, six of Michigan's star- ters finish up their eligibility in the Rose Bowl. Both of Michigan's outside linebackers, John Anderson and Dominic Tedesco had good years for the Wolverines. Tedesco gained a starting berth early last season and went on to become one of Michigan's steadiest defensive per- formers. Tedesco seemed always to be around the football as he finished this season with four fumble recoveries. He also possesses good quickness which See MICHIGAN, Page 6 By BOB MILLER For the first time since Oregon State played in the 1965 game, the Pac-8 representative in the Rose Bowl will not be from the state of California. THE WASHINGTON HUSKIES broke the 12 year Golden State grip by winning the league title outright. Ironically, it was Southern California that helped end the dominance when it defeated UCLA with some last minute heroics. The last time the Huskies were in the Rose Bowl was the 1964 game against. Illinois. Despite its lengthy hiatus, Washington is no stranger to the Rose Bowl having played there seven times in the past-the same amount of times as Michigan. However, once in Pasadena, the Huskies have fallen on their faces emerging with a less than imposing 2-4- 1 record. Interestingly, Washington has represented the Pac-8 three times. That number equals the amount of times the' other Pacific Northwest teams (Washington State, Oregon and Oregon State) have made an appearance against Big 'Pen teams. THE FIRST TIME Washington was in the Rose Bowl (1924) it hadn't even won the conference. But California, the only team that defeated the Huskies all year, was not interested in the Rose Bowl and declined to play Navy. Washington needed a fourth quarter touchdown to tie the game at 14-14, one of only three Rose Bowls to end in a deadlock. In 1926 Alabama poured 20 points across the goal in the third quarter to erase a 12-0 Huskie lead. Washington countered with a touchdown in the final period to fall just short, 20-19 in what was considered one of the best Rose Bowl games. FRUSTRATION MOUNTED in 1937 when Pittsburgh blanked Washington 21-0 to deny the Huskies a bowl win for the third time. It was seven years later against USC that Washington made its next Rose Bowl appearance, but the results were the same. Because of the war, the game was played for the conference cham- pionship explaining why two teams from the same conference squared off for the first and only time in RoseBowl history. The 29-0 rout was the second straight Washington whitewash. THE 1960 GAME pitted number six Wisconsin against number eight Washington in the 14th annual classic between the Pac-8 and the Big Ten. In the previous 13 contests, the mid- westerners claimed victory every time but once (a USC 7-0 squeaker over the Badgers). But Huskie quarterback Bob Schloredt, blind in one eye, guided his team to a 44-8 lambasting of the Badgers for Washington's first bowl win in Pasadena in five tries. THE HUSKIES liked it so much that they returned the next year and came up with a bigger jackpot: Their 1961 op- ponent was Minnesota, the number one team in the nation. But this didn't faze Schloredt as he won his second straight Player of the Game award for his per- formance in Washington's 17-7 upset. 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