Sund©y, October 31, 1976
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Eleven
EIGHTH STRAIGHT WIN: ""::..mEfr.u.. ..
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Blue
weathers
(Continued from Page 1)
Not that the Wolverines de-
rived any value from the rout.;
"Minnesota changed their de-
fenses totally against us,"
Schembechler said. "I'm glad;
Inside Straightthey did, it gave us experi-a
ence making adjustments."
INDEED, THE scrimmage
atmosphere dominated what
ndy Glazer was supposedly the opening:
bout of the tough part of Mich-
igan's schedule. Through mostI
of the contest, the only real
Tostruggle came between Michi-I
~ ~tl B~ e Igan quarterback Rick Leach!I
* " " and running back Rob Lytle for,
]iEMORIES ... . rushing honors.
Lytle, playing two more se-
Johnny Rodgers catches the punt and races past 11 de- ries than Leach, picked up 129
fenders, two ballboys and a stadium guard. It seems that yards to his signal-caller's 114,
only the stadium itself can stop him . . .moving within five yards of his
second consecutive 1,000-plus
Alabama changes running backs on almost every play, season and earning Chevrolet's
and each substitute seems faster than the last. . . Offensive Player award.
Pat Baden lofts his umpteenth touchdown pass of the game .i"In my opinion, no other back
to J KMcKan gam in the United States of Ameri-
t J-K. Mc -ay.ca can do everything Rob Lytle:
Anthony Davis glides past Notre Dame defenders as if does for this team - block,'
they stand still. He scores six touchdowns ... catch, lead, run," Schembech-
ler said of the senior who ran
Rick Leach breaks loose for 20-yard runs every time for a score and caught a touch-
he touches the ball. Whenever he deigns to pass, the throws down pass.
are flawless . . . IN REFERENCE to backs
like Heisman Trophy frontrun-
ners Tony Dorsett and Ricky
What? Not Rick "Knuckleball" Leach. Oh; sure, he has Bell, Schembechler added,
his good games, like yesterday. But what about Wake Forest? "Those other guys can carry,
He was 314. the ball thirty times a game-
Ah, but the memories above are television memories. Fleet- and look good, but Lytle does
ing rememberances of great players and great teams. Bill more for our team than they'
Flemming, Keith Jackson, et al, don't harp on the bad mo- dorfor theirs
But no one overlooked Leach,
ments, who despite a first-half thigh
Why do the memories run like that? Why don't I recall muscle cramp pooled his run-
the tremendous collisions in the "pit" - the middle of the ning talents with another per-!
Gophers
spotlight to yet another area of a 51-yard runback.
the multitalented Wolverine THEN, IN THE game's final
squad. minutes, Minnesota mustered a
"Our (offensive) line did such march to the Michigan 44,
a good job today that we could where Wolverine defensive tack-
do pretty much what we want-' le Bill Jackson tipped a Dungy
ed," said Leach, who ran for toss to freshman linebacker Ron
two touchdowns and passed for Simpkins to end the Gophers'
two more. final scoring threat.
THEN MIKE KENN, an of- Minnesota's initial field posi-
fensive tackle on what Schem- tion proved most impressive.
bechler called "a very unsel' Bobby Weber brought Bobby
fish team," again passed along Wood's opening kickoff back to
the praise. the 24, just one yard short of
"Our defense played a great a Wolverine opponent's farthest
game," the huge lineman sum- kickoff return.
med up succinctly. But the Gophers, who came
Minnesota, trying to ride the out throwing as Schembechler
mediocre-but-accurate arm of j expected, repeatedly faltered in
quarterback Tony Dungy in its! their own territory while the
vain upset hopes, found itself Blue kept busy scoring on each
completely contained by Michi- of its first three possessions.
gan's perenially-suspect pass de- I
fense.1
"WE FIGURED they'd try to t
pick away at us with their short
passing game," Schembechler t
said in reference to the Gophers'!
strategy in last year's narrow
28-21 Wolverine win.
"They hit a few short ones,
but we did a better job defend-
ing them," he concluded.
Junior Dwight Hicks, return-
ing to his starting safety slot
following hand surgery, creditedc
the defensive line's rush and
containment for the secondary's!
success against the rain-hamp-
ered Minnesota air attack.
"When you put good pressure!
on the quarterback, he has to1
throw on the run," Hicks ex-
plained. "The one (interception)
I caught was throwtw high."
HICKS' INTERCEPTION was
FIRST IT WAS Harlan Huck-
leby, scoring on yet another
third - and - short outside play.
Then, following some explosive,
tackle-breaking running, Lytle
capped a 71-yard drive with his
touchdown catch.
After some more Lytle hero-
ics, Leach got into the act, bare-
ly nicking the end zone corner
on a 28-yard touchdown scamp-
er.
Michigan's final first - half
drive sputtered when fullback
Russell Davis, playing little
after his Indiana start, dropped
the ball on Minnesota's three-
yard line.
The Wolverines then took the
ball in on their first three sec-
ond-half possessions before Ly-
tle added his fourth - quarter
ground touchdown as an after-
thought
Daily Photo by SCOTT ECCKER
MINNESOTA LINEBACKER Steve Stewart (97) makes a futile attempt to snag Michigan's
Harlan Huckleby (25). Huckleby took a pitchout from quarterback Rick Leach at the six
yard line and sped in for the Wolverine's first touchdown as they downed Minnesota 45-0.
line? Why do the runs seem longer, the
passes better?
players faster, the
There are a few reasons, really - none of them that un-
usual. From the sidelines a game seems like a tremendous
physical battle - not much artistry at all. Move into the
stands and youhave more of an overview. The collisions are
still there, but you don't really hear them.
i
TV is a different world, though. For
run seems longer than just nine yards
nouncers sing the praises of the mighty
U. And if someone makes a great play,
once, or miss it getting your hot dog.
three, sometimes four or more times.
one; a nine-yard
out of 100. An-
men of Football
you don't see it
You see it two,
I think I've seen Levi Jackson's 88-yard TD run against
Ohio State (two years ago) about 20 times by now.
Yesterday we had mightly Mich in, unseen Michigan,'
show up on the tube for the first time this year. MillionsI
saw that old smoothie Leach taunt the Gophers. Rob Lytle
probably resembled something flying out of a cannon. And,
the Michigan defensive line probably looked like the Minne-
sota Viking front four to the entire nation. No one else has
to know this was the first game Greg Morton and Co. have
really rushed the/ passer successfully.
Since television is a thing that legends are made from,
then, you'd think the players would be super-psyched to
do well. But the reactions varied.
"It's our .first game on TV," said Lytle, who ripped for
129 yards in 20 carries yesterday. "That fires you up. You
sure don't want to make a fool of yourself, especially if home-
town people are watching."
But burly Calvin O'Neal differed.
"You know what you have to do," said the middle line-
backer. "TV can't change anything. The exposure is nice, but
you don't worry about that."
But perhaps the most analytic, middle-of-the-road view be-
longed to Harlan Huckelby.
"Going into the game I thought TV would mean some-
thing," said Huckleby. "I thought about it during the week.
But you know, you don't even think about it while, you're
out there. The only time you remember it is for those
/time-outs."j
From the 45-0 score, you have to believe the Wolverines
were indeed concentrating on the game. The exposure just
comes naturally.
fect, 4-4 passing day in a steady one of the turnovers which
drizzle. p o proved inevitable each time
"Leach has put great pefr-Minnesota managed a deeper EDGE ENN S ' TE
ances back - to - back," Schem- penetration of the waterlogged
bechler said of his quarter- Tartan Turf battleground.
back's showings against Indiana The Gophers first fathomed
and Minnesota. "Right now, he their own forty midway through
probably has no peer in our con-' the third quarter. But tailback
ference." , Bubby Holmes, realizing the er-
LEACH DECLINED to com- ror, juggled a pitchout right By ERNIE DUNBAR The 1
pare his play to last week's into the hands of Wolverine de- Special to The Daily pulled
romp over the Hoosiers, which fensive end John Anderson. I KENT, Ohio - Michigan rac- theyr
Schembechler called the best: Minnesota again crossed its ed to its second consecutive the las
game of the sophomore's ca- forty early in the fourth period, Central Collegiate Conference ish:
reer. but Dungy's third-down bomb cross - country championship: MallE
And, as Michigan players re- ended up in Hicks' newly-heal- here yesterday, edging Penn breakin
main prone to do, the strong- ed hands as \he safety turned
State 48-51. j rights
armed southpaw shifted the on his punt return form for The harriers posted their sec- .elected
Y ond CCC title in as many tries, ing ere
oo1eeuv aisi v since entering the conference As th
MICH MINN MINNESOTA in 1975. who w
First Downs 24 10 att com int yds Wolverine standout Greg Mey- walked
Rushing (att-yds) 65-378 33-80 Dungy 20 12 2 85 er found himself in a rather wardst
(att-com-yds) 5-4-40 20-12-85 RECEIVING strange position at the end of Whe
Total yards 418 165 AICHIGAN the meet. In the past four fjudge,
Punts (no-avg) 1-32.0 7-34.6 no yds long weeks, Meyer has won four in the
Fues-etlost 1'2 0-1Smith12 2 ?1 meets, setting course records" ley ta
Penalties-yds 1-5 4-45 G.Jothnsen . 'o0 104 on two of the occasions. legiat
RUSHING
MICHIGAN MINNESOTA But yesterday Meyer ran andI
att yds avg no yds long into George Malley, Penn self t'
Lytle 20 129 6.4 Iitlas 2 23 14 State's tough number-one Thisi
Leach 10 111 11.4 Breatilt 2 16 8wh tok op onr cls
Hucklehy 12 55 4.6 Anhorn 2 i 7 man, who took top honors close r
R. Davis 4 28 7.0 Mathews 2 7 5 with his time of 24:19 for the ners ha
S. Johnson 5 20 4.0 Ki'zmann 1 7 1 five-mile course. "I d
Clayton 2 14 7.0 Holmes 1 6 4Rinning neck and neck for go the
Smith 3 8 2.6 Wypysynshi 1 6 6 most of the race, Meyer and ley. "I
M. Davis 1 4 4.0 SCORING PLAYS Malley, considered the best run- have ru
Richardson 1 2 2.0 ner on the East Coast, left the lasthu
Reid 2 0 0.0 MICH. Iuckleby, 6 yd. run -*Ancron the~East.Coast,-le.tthe last hin
Nittany Lion ace quickly,
even with Meyer and
raced side-by-side until
t instant before the fin-!
ey lunged for the tape,
ng the string with his
shoulder, while Meyer
to cross the line stand-
ect.
he crowd waited to seel
von, Malley and Meyer
next to each other to-
the finish judge.
n they reached the
the two were lined up
eir correct order, Mal-
aking the Central Col-
e Conference champion,
M'ieyer relegating him-
L second place.,
is by no means the first
ace the two distance run-
ave had.
idn't want the race to
race. Then it wouldn't have'
come down to a kick."
Obviously dejected after tak-
ing second for only the second
time in seven meets, Meyer
said that the race turned into
a tactical run.
"We were sort of testing each
other the last two miles because
neither one of us knew how fit
the other was," said Meyer.
Comparing the CCC meet to
some of his other races this
season, Meyer said, "the pace
really wasn't that fast." I
just didn't feel good enough
to run fast in the middle. I
don't know why, maybe it
was an off day."
The three-point margin indi-
cates just how tight the meet
actually was. Michigan took
places 2, 6, 7, 13 and 20 while '
Penn State grabbed numbers
1, 9, 12, 14 and 15.
irriers earn
f
title
Bruce McFee took thirteenth
in 25:12.
Wolverines' Mark Foster and
Bruce Scheper finished 21st
(25:27) and 43rd (25:45), re-
spectively.
Considering past performances,
Donakowski ran one of the Wol-
verines finest races.
Known as a late season bloom-
er, Michigan's number two man
finally is running up to his
capability.
The All-American from Dear-
born has had breathing difficul-
ties all season, but seemed to
be at full strength yesterday.
Both Donakowski and Elliott
will be keys to the Wolver-
ines title hopes' next week
when they must defend their
Big Ten title against a strong
Wisconsin team.
Michigan coach Ron War-
hurst felt this meet was a criti-
cal race for his team.
"We needed a good victory
here," said Warhurst. "This is
really going to give them (the
team) a lot of confidence.
"If we'd have gotten beaten
here, the guys would be( head-
ing into the Big Ten meet with
question marks in their heads.
But now they're all' talking like
they can win it."
1
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way it went," said Mal-1 Other teams in Michigan didn't
Every race Greg and I fare as well as the Wolverines,
,un it's come down to the; Western Michigan taking fourth
ndred yards before some- I and Eastern Michigan captur-
'n rrr , ',ing sixth
Wangler
MINNE
Breault
Mathews
Kitzmann
Dungy
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MICH. Lytle, 13 yd. pass
avg from Leach (Wood kick)
4.7 MICH. Leach, 28 yd. run
3.3 (Wood kick)
2.4 MICH. Smith, 22 yd. pass
1.3 from Leach (Wood kick)
MICH. Wood, 46 yd. field
goal
MICH. Leach, 6 yd. run
yds (Wood kick)
40 MICH. Lytle, 2 yd. run
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28
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38
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ndividual title up for grabs un- one inany puns away.ng.
til the final 400 yards. Both runners complained of Michigan received some fine
As the two entered the feeling badly, Malley saying he performances from the upper
stretch towards the finish line, had stomach problems, and half of the team, as Bill Don-
both runners picked up the Meyer saying he didn't feel akowski ran sixth in 24:50,
pace. good in the middle of the race.; Steve Elliott finished right be-
Meyer started his kick first, When asked if he might of hind Donakowski in 24:51, and
pulling to a seven-yard lead started his kick a bit early.
before Malley decided it was Meyer replied "No. I should
time to move. have run harder during the I
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B L - -w( X M TI I" U 1!'f IT
Television even affected some of those 104,426 fans (and Fullback Pete Johnson scored
30,000 maize and blue caps) in the stands. When the rain came, two touchdowns following Indi-'
thousands of students headed for a dry dorm lounge or apart- ana fumbles and Ray Griffin
ment TV. ABC probably prevented more than a few colds. And ,raced 65 yards with an inter-:
you thought He was the only one who could affect such things. cepted pass for another scorej
yesterday as the eighth-ranked
Seriously, though, yesterday was Michigan's big chance, Ohio State Buckeyes whipped
its day in the sun. The mystery team and mystery men are 'the Hoosiers 47-7.
mysteries no longer. People all about the nation now know how Indiana's defense held Ohio.
goodthee 'olvrins ar .. an iftheState without a first down until
good these Wolverines are ... and if they get a slightly in- late in the second quarter. And
flated view, who are we to tell them otherwise? the Hoosiers took a 7-6 leadI
with
yard
first
George Edgar on a' 15-
touchdown pass on the
play in the second period.
A 59-yard touchdown pass
from quarterback Jim Pa-
centa to Jim Harrell late in
the third quarter and a 10-
yard TD run by Jeff Logan
early in the final period put
the game out of reach for the
Hoosiers, who have not beat-
en Ohio State since 1951.
The Buckeyes remained tied
loubt
Defe n
By RICH LERNER
The verdict is in on the Michigan de-
fense.
Following the season opener against
Wisconsin, the Wolverine defenders were
accused of being more permeable than
their counterparts of recent history. After
yesterday's 45-0 razing of Minnesota, the
fourth shutout of the season, those indict-
ments can be dismissed outright.
THE MICHIGAN DEFENSE utterly
paralyzed Minnesota's attempted attack,
All-America hopeful Tony Dungy regard-
less. The Golden Gophers crossed into
Michigan territory only once, that with
only one minute and 11 seconds remain-
ing in the game.
Its pride hure, the defense retaliated,
second-string linebacker Ron , Simokins
ers dispe
gan secondary, completing 17 of 31 passes
for 198 yards. Yesterday, he connected on
12 of 20 passes for a meager 85 yards. On
the sole occasion Dungy tried to throw
deep, Dwight Hicks intercepted and ran it
back 51 yards.
Only two Minnesota plays netted more
than 10 yards, a 15-yard run by Steve
Breault and a 14-yard Dungy-to-Ron Kul-
las pass completion.
"The defense is coming along and that's
the important thing as far as I'm concern-
ed," said Bo Schembechler. Having Hicks
back in helped us out an awful lot."
HICKS AND HIS defensive mates were
particularly fired up to stop Dungy after
the Gopher quarterback's success last
year.
"We just did what we had to do," said
TFinks. "This ras a hipa ne afor itne h-
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pass rush with blitz assistance from the
ends and linebackers.
"After last year when Dungy hit on 17
of 31, we were determined to really get
after him and not let him stand back
there and pass the ball," said Morton.
"We contained him (Dungy), we put
pressure on him. He couldn't throw be-
cause he couldn't see his receivers," said
Hicks. "A lot of.people think pass defense
is all with the defensive backs and it's
not."
VERSUS THE RUN, the Michigan de-
fense has been as stingy as it has ever
been. With the Gophers only able to mus-
ter 85 yards on the ground, the Wolverines
have allowed less than 100 yards per
game.j
Not since Wisconsin's Ira Matthews
cnnted for 27 vairds on a reverse on onen-
with No. 1 Michigan for the two touchdowns yesterday to NIGHT EDITOR;
Big Ten lead at 5-0. lead Illinois to, a' 31-25 home- KATHY HENNEGHAN ENIb GOLDMAN
Smith sparkles in a rain - marred game.
comingpar e vitroe'Wicni
Phillips started the scoring!, .,::::..:::;.:::.:.::,... . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EAST LANSING - with a 46-yardttouchdown run
Michigan State exploded for on the fourth play from scrim-
five second - half touchdowns, mage and then broke a 17-17 tie &D i R S U 1 e
three on scoring passes by early in the third quarter on a
quarterback Ed Smith, as MSU five-yard slant which put Illi-
came from behind yesterday to nois ahead to stay. By PAULINE TOOLE
swamp Purdue, 45-13.
Trailing 13-10 at the half With 1:05 remaining, the The Michigan field hockey team closed out its home sea-
Trilig 13-10t e halfn Badgers' got a final chance son with an 8-0 rout of Olivet College at Ferry Field yester
Smith hit split end Eugene Crolcmlee
Byrd for a 24-yard strike and stCarol cpeste t he day.
then tossed an eight-yard flip to straight passes only to ha e The victory was sparked by a six goal performance
fullback Levi Jackson for an-' rpletedpassby junior transfer student Dawn Kohut. Kohut was not too
other score.pt a impressed with her own performance, though, remarking,
Moments later, reserve tail-* * *
back Leon Williams roare Wldsiped "Oh, they were all garbage (goals)".
33 yards in three plays, the IOWA CITY-A rollout three
last a 12-yard sweep, to capu th AS INDICATED by the score, the game was primarily
a third-period scoring spree. Caldwell with three minutes,14 an offensive contest. The Olivet team rarely'controlled the
Smith notched his third TD seconds remaining let Iowa es- ball in Michigan territory, leading left fullback Pat Cohen
pass of the day in the failing 'cape gambling Northwestern to comment, "The defense didn't get much of a workout.
minutes on a four-yard toss to 13-10 yesterday We hardly ever touched the ball."
tight end Mike Cobb, and re-
serv fl k oza Mide Northwestern, w h o s e 14 Right fullback Roberta Zald cpmmented, "We all
chred14 ard A oranotder straight defeats over two years played a good game, our offense was aggressive in the
is the nation's longest current circle. Jean McCarthy, especially, played an excellent
Sscore at the fal gun. losing streak, took a 10-3 lead game," she continued, referring to the freshwomen half-
in the first quarter when fresh- back whose year-long performance has shown constant im-
Illinois cashes in man Todd Sheet returned a rovement.
C HAM PATIGN-Tail-kickoff 93 yrsfr. oc
back Chubby Phillips scored kIdown. The game was a showcase for the amount of work the
team has put in this year and their level of improvement
F a over the season. Both defensive and offensive players cut
well for the ball, playing their positions-confident others
Would do the same.
MICHIGAN 45, Minnesota 0 1 western Michigan 21, Ohio U. 10 THE GAME also provided coach Phyllis Ocker with an
Ohio State 47, Indiana 7 Brown 16, Harvard 14 TEGM lopoie oc hli ~e iha
Iowa 13, Northwestern 10 Dartmouth 34, Columbia 14 opportunity to test future possibilities. Substitutes were
Iuinois 31, Wisconsin 25 Holy Cross 33, Rhode Island 14 made in the second half which gave second team players
Michigan State 45, Purdue 13 Pennsylvania 10, Princeton 9
Texas Tech 31, Texas 28 Pittsburgh 23, Syracuse 13 varsity experience, and the coach an idea of new player
S. Carolina 27, N.C. State 7 Rutgers'24, Massachusetts 7 combinations.
N. Carolina 34, Wake Forest 14 Villanova 22, Boston College 3