Friddy, OctO* ber 29, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven Friday, October 29, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Slick - op r-ll & By DON MacLACHLAN It has been a season of upsf and downs for head coach Cal .: Stoll and his Minnesota Gopher & football team.-s <' < The season opened with a 32- iG 13 thrashing of Indiana, high- NIGHT EDT lighted by a passing attack ERNIE DUNBAR which netted 118 yards and two HENRY ENGELHARDT touchdowns under the direction . of senior signal caller Tony The follwng Saturday the Dungy. TefdoigStra h The Gophers remained unbeat- Gophers returned to the friendly e o her ne gaes confines of Memorial Stadium to en through their nvictr ogave do battle with a rugged Illinois Washington State (28-14) and team. Minnesota rebounded well Western Michigan (21-0). The from the loss to the Huskies and Minnesota ground game, led by beat the Ilini handily 29-14. sophomore Kent Kitzman, to- The Golden Gophers were taled 642 yards in these two rolling again as they downed outings.Michigan State 14-10 in East The first letdown of the season Lansing, and were looking for- came the following week as the ward to upping their Big Ten' Gophers ventured to Seattle to record to 4-0 by beating Iowa battle Washington. Minnesota the next Saturday. was favored to pick up its fourth Victory number four was not victory of the young campaign, to materialize though, as letdown but they were never really in number two struck the Gophers. the game and were bombarded -- 38-7. Minnesota accumulated only seven first downs the en- I tire day. lead; \fter holding a 12-0 halftime lead, Minnesota flopped after tie intermission and was upset by the Haykeyes, 22-12. The Gophers may have a tough time rebounding from this loss in the next few weeks, as they face Michigan, Northwestern and Wisconsin, on the road, and Ohio State at home. The hub of the Minnesota of- fensive attack is quarterback Tony Dungv. Dungy has almost rewritten the Minnesota record hook for passing credentials dur- ing his four year starting career. This year Dungy has hit on 44 per cent of his passes for 796 yards and two touchdowns. In addition to being a serious threat as a passer, Dungy poses an even greater threat as a runner. The Jackson, Michigan native has scampered for 324 yards,' including a 51-yard jaunt, and five touchdowns. Tailback Kent Kitzmann leads erratic Gc the Minnesota ground ittack. The sophomore from Rochester, Minnesota has run for 628 vards and one touchdown. But Kitzmann is not counted on to score unless he breaks' away on a long run. "Designated scorer" Jim Perkins has carried' the ball only 41 times all season -but the bruising fullback has tallied 10 touchdowns. When-ver the Gophers are in need of short yardage, Perkins gets the cal:- and he usually gets it. Dungy has a pair of fine re- ceivers to throw to this season. Senior Ron Kullas has hauled in 23 aerials for 254 yards and one touchdown. He ranks second in the Big Ten in receptions. Dungy's favorite target is split end Mike Jones. This fleet-footed split end is the Gopher's main deep threat. Since coming off of an iriury two weeks ago, the speedster from Detroit has nabbed six passes for an average of 21.7 per catch. Defensively, the Gophers rank fourth in the Big Ten, and are lead by senior safety George Adzick. Adzick has three interceptions and has sacked the quarterback 5 times for 59 yards in losses. The Gopher's leading tackler is junior linebacker Steve Stuart with 69 tackles in 7 games. Stoll has set the goal of a first phers division finish in the Big Ten, and hopes for a possible Bowl berth. In order to accomplish these goals, the Gophers will have to rebound from an upset again-only this time it shouldn't be so easy. 3 SCORE S NBA Cleveland 114, New York Knicks 90 Boston m11, Buffalo 105 NHL r Toronto 3, DETROIT I Islanders 5, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 0 He's an experienced Orcommand law officer e, -a" a--a :- - ..e- with integrity. AP Photo Where'd it go? DETROIT RED WING right winger Buster Harvey digs for the puck during yesterday's 3-1 loss at home to the Toronto Maple Leafs. rUST 'JIIU IMPROVED AND READY Spikers aim for title -~r - #,, -j I _ BOOK SHOP Used & Rare Books Bought & Sold " LIBRARIES PURCHASED " FREE SEARCH SERVICE 113 West Liberty " 995-1891 Open Mon-Sat 11 to 6pm Thurs & Fri Evenings 'til 9pm By BRIAN MARTIN Well, fans, the big weekend is finally here. The Wolverines left for Columbus last night for the contest that will decide the Big Ten Cham- pionship. No, you didn't oversleep until November 20. The Big Ten Women's Volleyball Championships are being held in Columbus this weekend. Coach Sandy Vong takes his young squad to the biggest meet that they have faced to date. The squad, composed mainly of sophomores and freshwomen, earned a 6-4 record this season. And they are fresh off a sweep of a tri-meet with EMU and Grand Valley State. THE TEAM, HOWEVER, has demonstrated inconsistencies throughout much of the season. At times they serve and spike well enough to beat anyone, but then they have trouble return- ing the ball over the net. However, Coach Vong believes that the team is improving, and has progressed over last year's seventh place finish in the Big Ten. Although young, the spikers' starting seven' have seen plenty of action. Coach Vong has substituted sparingly this season, giving the starters as much game ex- perience as possible before the big meets (Big Ten, Regional and NCAA Championships). JAMIE SPOHN and Karel Pennington an- chor the team. While Jamie provides leadership through her aggressive and inspired play, Karel holds a strong front line and provides game- winning spikes. Other players performing strongly this year are Jackie Madison, Jane Doty, Roberta Salay, Elisabeth Holmes and Bonnie Schwan. "We don't have any stars," Coach Vong stresses, "we have a team." This team has the material and the talent to combine and surprise a lot of people by bringing home the Big Ten crown. The teams to beat are Indiana and Ohio State. IGRIDIEICKS "U" Towers 1) Minnesota at MICHIGAN (Pick score) 2) Ohio State at Indiana 3) Northwestern at Iowa 4) Wisconsin at Illinois 5) Purdue at MSU 6) Texas at Texas Tech 7) N.C. State at South Carolina 8) N.Carolina at Wake Forest 9) New Mexico St. at New Mexico 10) Missouri at Oklahoma St. 11) Mississippi at LSU 12) Kentucky at Maryland 13) Georgia Tech at Duke 14) Oklahoma at Colorado I 15) California at USC 16) Central Michigan at Bowling Green 17) Auburn at Florida 18) Mississippi St. at Alabama 19) Army at Air Force 20) DAILY LIBELS vs. Hopless underdog Business and , News Staffs, MUD BOWL The way to go is your way. U-M Stylists at the UNION PAID POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT TAKE MO UDALL'S TWO MINUTE TRUTH TEST ... Do You Want Genuine Tax Reform? CARTER would lower taxes on middle and low income families by as much as 40%. CARTER would close unfair loopholes and use the surplus for needed social programs. FORD has called for lower corporation income taxes, lower estate taxes, and lower dividend taxes-all favoring the rich. CARTER: "It's time to shift the tax burden to those who are wealthy, but who don't pay their fair share. 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