Page Eight
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Eigh THE M~IC IG A N D AIL
Sunday, October 5, 1975
LEACH, BELL LEAD ATTACK
Michigan
bounces
back
(Continued from Page 1)
terday's offense was the big
story. Gordon Bell led the way
as the Wolverines rolled up 372
yards on the ground. The 5-9,
178 lb. senior collected 119 yards
to up his season's total to 482
yards in four games.
Leach rushed for 97 yards, in-
cluding several spellbinding sec-
ond half dances through the Bell-
conscious Tiger defense. His
longest jaunt went for 45 yards
on a critical third and four situ-
Just like
ation and set up his own 12 yard
touchdown run three plays later.
Leach dispelled many doubts
about his ability, not only with
his running, (which netted 7.5
yards per carry) but with his
skill at executing the option play
and his leadership ability. He
led Michigan on three touch-
down drives in all, including the
opening 13 play, 77 yard drive
which was capped by fullback
Rob Lytle's one yard, third-down
plunge.
MICHIGAN
Missouri
7 3 14 7-31
0 0 0 7-71
old times
J. Smith 3
Elzinga 2
Corbin 2
M. Richardson 1
MISSOURI
Scoring plays:
MICH: Lytle 1-yd. run (Wood
kick)
MICH: Wood 40-yd. FG
MICH: Lytle 19-yd. run (Wood
kick)
MICH: Leach 12-yd. run (Wood
kick)
MICH: Huckleby 11-yd. run (Wood
kick)
MISS: Douglass 5-yd. pass from
Woods (Gibbons kick)
Williams
Brown
Woods
Dansdill
Blakeman
Stewart
Pisarkiewicz
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13 4
8 3
7 3(
1 1
7 1
1 4
3 -
PASSING
MICHIGAN
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6 2
5 1
MISSOURI
13 5
9 6
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RECEIVING
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3
4
14
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0
1
0
0
0
2.9
4.0
3.5
3.0
3.8
4.1
4.3
14.0
1.6
4.0
-3.0
yds
16
12
57
64
0
MIDWAY through the second, job when they got the ball, the Bell, is a senior.
quarter, Leach scrambled out offensive line deserves credit as Despite his euphoria, Schem-
of the pocket and as he was well. bechler used this occasion to
throwing a pass he was hit hard. "They played a heck of a take a swipe at the NCAA's
The result of the play was an game out there. I told you they squad limitation rulings.
interception for Missouri's Ken- were young," he said. "but "It's a shame that they
ny Downing and a set of bruised they're gaining confidence in couldn't have brought Gal-
ribs for Leach. themselves. breath (Missouri's star tailback
On the ensuing Michigan pos- "We believed we could win Tony who was forced to remain
session, Mark Elzinga checked this game. In the last couple of in Missouri because of minor in-
into the lineup much to the de- games my players got down on jury)," he said. "But Onofrio
light of the partisan crowd. But themselves after making a mis- (Missouri coach) couldn't afford
they were disappointed as after take and lost their confidence. 'to because of the 48-man tra-
'a 12 yard completion to Bell, I think we played today with an velling squad limit.
'Z' dropped the ball on an at- increased amount of dedication. "It hurts at home, too," he
tempted hand-off, and Missouri It's good to win," he continued. stated. "We have kids who prac-
recovered. BO HAD plenty to be happy tice every day that might be in
Elzinga got another chance about. With the game virtually these games under certain cir-
later in the second quarter. He out of reach at 24-0, he inserted cumstances, but because of .the
directed the Maize and Blue at- freshman Harlan Huckleby and new rules, they come to the sta-
tack to the Missouri 23, and Russell Davis into the lineup dium in their street clothes."
placekicker Bobby Wood split along with Mark Elzinga and Bo further stated that he and
the uprights with from 40 yards sophomore wingback Max Rich- several other coaches are look-
out as the half ended with Michi- ardson. ing into modification of the new
gan leading 10-0. rulings.
Leach was back to begin the Huckleby pleased the fans The afternoon was not com-
third quarter, and he was noth- with his dazzling speed and ex- pletely successful for the entire
ing short of sensational. Behind citing moves as he whirled and Michigan squad. Bobby Wood,
the excellent blocking of the twirled for 45 yards. On fourth whose eighth field goal of the
rapidly improving young offen- and two from the eleven, he year, tied the school record for
sive line, he directed the Maize scored the final touchdown with three-pointers, was admitted to
and Blue attack to another 5:36 remaining in the game, out- the University Health Service
snd e arunning the surprised Tiger cor- infirmary for observation fol-
ROB LYTLE carried it over back. lowing a head injury sustained
again, this time breaking In all, Bo used nine offensive on Michigan's final kickoff of
again, his time y r aking tbacks, only one of whom Gordon the day.
through on a 19 yard gallop toj__________________________________
make it Michigan 17, Missouri
0. He picked up 68 yards on the
afternoonsincluding his two
touchdowns. P a til W '
First downs
Rushing (att/yds)
Passing
(att/com/int)
Passing yards
Fumbles (no./lost)
Penalties (no/yds)
Punting
MICH
24
71/372
11/3/1
28
1-1
2-30
4-42
Elzinga
MISS Leach
14
40/132 Pisarkie
Woods
23/11/0 Marx
2-30
7-42.1 Bell
Lytle
G. John
avg
5.0 Grossart
7.5 Blakema
4.9 J. Willi
6.4 Douglas
4.3 C. Brow
Daily Photo By PAULINE LUBENS
THE WOLFMAN, DON DUFEK, buries his shoulder into Missouri running back Jornell Wil-
liams in yesterday's game. Williams led the Tigers in rushing with 49 yards, while Dufek and
Co. held the entire Mizzou rushing attack to 132 yards.
RUSHING
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13 97
14 68
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Schembechler noted that while
the running backs did a superb:
BETWEEN THE SHEETS
Bo's hundredth . .
.a team effort
By AL HRAPSKY
A DRIPPING WET Bo Schembechler, the victim of his estatic
team's post game shower tactics, slowly walked into the press
room, grinned, and said, "It feels good."
BUCKS
ROUT UCLA:
By The Associated Press
SOUTH BEND - Tyrone Wil-
shock
. iIllini fIy
L Vd, ,L214 , U3 7 L , I r1 Bo .V .."} iV f J J'
Sson's 76-yard burst set up Levi i
A footnote - Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler had just re- Jackson's tie-breaking four-yard l CHAMPAIGN - Tailback Lon-
corded his 100th career victory as his squad dumped a much touchdown run with 3:50 left as nie Perrin, shaking off a bad
vaunted Missouri team at Michigan Stadium. Michigan State upset eighth case of phlebitis, ripped off a
ranked Notre Dame 10-3 yester- S p o rtsFU 68-yard touchdown run and Bill
Schembechler's winning string started in 1963 at the Univer- day. NIGHT EDITORS Cerney returned an interception
sity of Miami at Ohio when his gridiron charges racked up a The lightning-quick, two-play RICK BONINO 49 yards for another score yes-
5-3-2 record. Since then, the Barberton, Ohio native has pushed I scoring strike came just 23 BILL STIEG terday to lead Illinois 'o an up-
that streak to 100-24-5, winning 60-7-3 at Michigan for the finest seconds after Dave Reeve's hill 27-21 victory over Was:ling-
regular season record of any active collegiate coach. 35-yard fild goal had tied the ton State.
score and averted what would Bucks blitz Perrin, who missed the last
After the concerted dunking, Bo's first since Michigan's have been Notre Dame's first twogme, wboth of which li-
10-7 victory over Ohio State in 1971, Co-captain and wolfman shutout loss in 100 games. LOS ANGELES-Quarterback nois ost, gaind 155 yards in
Don Dufek presented Schembechler with the game ball and On the next scrimmage play, Cornelius Greene scored two 13 carries and Dan Beaver kick-
general pandemonium ensued. Wilson bolted through the right touchdowns and set up three ed a vital 52-yard ield goal as
side and raced to the Notre others as the second-ranked the Illini picked up their second
But the victory, a treat for the touchdown hungry, boisterous Dame four. Jackson then took Ohio State Buckeyes whipped victory against two losses.
Maize and Blue crowd, indicated more than Bo's ability to chalk a pitchout around right end ard UCLA 41-20 last night.
up marks in the win column. It signaled a turnabout in the Wol- dived into the end zone. The Bruins, trailing 38-7, * * *
verines' football attitude - they know they can win. It was Notre Dame's first de- caught fire late in the third
feat in four games .nder Coach quarter but couldn't overcome Gophers gallop
It's been quite some time since the team has joined in for a Dan Devine and the first time the big lead Greene helped
few choruses of "Hail to the Victors" following a non-conference in 49 games the Irish failed to biuld before the crowd of 55,- MINNEAPOLIS - A ball-con-
game, but those lyrics pervaded the Wolverine lockerroom and score a touchdown. 482 in the nationally televised trol offense guided by quarter-
flowed into the stadium tunnel yesterday. Michigan State, ; one-touch- game. back Tony Dungy and a relent-
down underdog, won its third in Fullback Pete Johnson, tally- less defense led by sophomore
In fact, it almost looked like the Wolverines had knocked off a row after dropping the open- ing his 10th and 11th touchdowns linebacker Steve Stewart pow-
the Buckeyes and were headed for Pasadena and the roses. ing game of the collige football I of the season, went over from ered Minnesota to a 21-0 non-
season to Ohio State. three and two yards out, while conference victory over previ-
But the Maize and Blue deserved this short-lived moment Notre Dame lost three of its Greene ran two and 17 yards ously unbeaten Ohio University
after consecutive ties with Stanford and Baylor, and three weeks six fumbles and al.,o suffered for his pair against the previ- yesterday.
of generally frustrating football. Rick Leach, the erratic fresh- two interceptions. The final ously unbeaten Bruins. Stewart intercepted a pass in
man quarterback, finally began to grasp the meaning of option blow came when Kim Rowe- Archie Griffin, the 1971 Heis- the second quarter and recover-
football, the offensive line pushed big holes in the Missouri de- kamp intercepted Rick Slager's man Trophy winner, scored his j ed a fumble in the third quarter
ense and the defense returned to its impregnable self. Barring a pass at the Michigan State 32 first touchdown of 1975 with a while helping the Gopher de-
couple of momentum breaking errors, four fumbles and one inter- with 1:36 remaining. 117-yard run and rushed for more fense post its second shutout in
ception, Michigan excelled. as-than 100 yards in his 25th con- Minnesota's last three game;.
ception,..Michigan..exceglled.s........mE
secutive regular season game.
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seven Purdue fumbles, beat the
Boilermakers 14-3.
Purdue literally handed Miami
its early lead, fumbling away
the ballonseach of its first three
possessions.* *
Hoosiers blanked
RALEIGH, N.C. - N.C. State
revitalized its offense with three
freshman running backs and
ground out a 27-0 victory over
Indiana yesterday.
Reds crush
By The Associated Press
BOSTON - Luis Tiant baffled Oakland with a brilliant
three-hitter and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of a
record four errors by the A's to take an easy 7-1 victory
in yesterday's opening game of the American League play-
off series.
The experienced A's displayed a terrible case of playoff
jitters in the first inning when errors by third baseman
Sal Bando, left fielder Claudell Washington and second
baseman Phil Garner put two runs on the scoreboard for
Boston.
Tiant protected that slim margin until the seventh, when
the Red Sox added five more runs in a rally climaxed by
rookie Fred Lynn's two-run double.
Cinc y ro~ls, ?-:3
CINCINNATI-Don Gullett clubbed his first major league
home run, drove in three runs and scattered eight hits yes-
terday to lead the Cincinnati Reds to an 8-3 victory over
the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opening game of the National
League playoffs.
Gullet, sidelined this season for more than two months
by a broken thumb, baffled the hardhitting Pirates and
provided the clincher with his fifth-inning shot to left field.
Red catcher Ken Griffey also drive in three runs, includ-
ing the go-ahead runs in the third inning with a two-run
double that broke a 2-2 tie and routed loser Jerry Reuss.
The Hoosiers were never able
to establish a running gamei
against a Wolfpack defense that
dominated the line of scrim-
mage. Indiana didn't regitser a
first down until midway through
the second period.
Schembechler expressed confidence in his players from the
very start but he also realized it takes time for the young to ma-;
ture. Yesterday was probably the first step in that process -
not the last - mind you, but the first.
"People were just a little hungry out there today," said Du-
fek. "We had our backs to the wall. We knew that we couldn't
go on playing on again off again football.
While it took a full week of -hard practice and mental prepara-
tion, and the impact of the duel fell heavily on the Wolverines'
shoulders, the Tiger team that materialized in Michigan Stadium
yesterday, was not the same fifth ranked ,squad that rolled over
Alabama in the season opener.
Tiger tailback Tony Galbreath and defensive tackle Keith
Morrisey couldn't make the trip and remained in Columbia nurs-
ing injuries. To top that off, Mizzou's quarterback Steve Pisar-
kiewz pulled a muscle in his hip with one minute left in the first
half and had to sit out most of the third quarter. Basically, how-
ever, the Tigers looked flat, managing a mere 132 yards on the
ground and 121 via the airwaves.
Missouri coach Al Onofrio austerely dismissed the Tigers first
loss of the season: "Michigan had an outstanding football team
today and they played every phase of the game well. We didn't
play up to our potential and did not contain its offense. The Wol-
verines had turnovers but they played over them and we didn't.
Michigan's ability to forget its mistakes played a valuable
role yesterday. In the early weeks of the season, the offensive line
consistently brooded over missed assignments, fumbles and poor
pass blocking, leaving itself more vulnerable to future miscues.
roday, however, the linemen fired out quickly, made crisp, hard
blocks and gave Michigan passers adequate throwing time.
Even the defense profited from the offensive showing as it
spent much less time on -the field. When the offense can pound
out a maximum of plays, grind out the yardage, and control the
ball, the defense remains fresh and is more efficient. In the first
half alone, Michigan ran off close to 50 plays and the well-rested
defense answered, limiting Missouri to 67 yards on the ground
and 24 through the air. The normally sedate partisan crowd re-
sponded with several standing ovations signalling their approval.
In total, the defense forced the Tigers to cough up the pig-
kin four times, recovering three. Although the secondary failed
to pick off any aerials, it did provide better-than-usual coverage,
Big Ten
Standings
Conf. Overall
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Badgers bombed Hawks humbled
MADISON - Converted sIfety IOWA CITY-Reserve quarter-
I Nolan Cromwell scored two back Rob Hertel ran for two
touchdowns and marched Kan- touchdowns and passed for a
sas' ball-control wishbone attack third to lead No. 3 Southern
0 to three other scores, powering California to a 27-15 intersec-
the Jayhawks over surprised tional football victory over win-
Wisconsin 41-7 yesterday. less Iowa yesterday.
Cromwell, a junior in his Hertel replaced injured auar-
second start at quarterback, terback Vince Evans and gave
burned the Badgers' ends for
187 yards in 20 carries, and coach John McKay his fourth
fullback Norris Banks added victory without a loss.
88 yards in 14 attempts, most- * *
ly on counters up the middle.
The underdog Jayhawks storm- Boilers bust
ed to a 21-7 halftime lead and
broke open the game with a 10- WEST LAFAYETTE - Miami
point third quarter. fullback Tom Zwayer bulled four
Wisconsin scored in the first yards for a touchdown and tail-
quarter on a 12-yard run by Billy back Rob C
Marek, who extended his Big bCarpenter went two
Ten career touchdown record yards for another score yester-
I to 39. day as the Redskins, aided by
Yesterday's Results
MICHIGAN 31, Missouri 7
Mich. State 10, Notre Dame 3
Kansas 41, Wisconsin 7
Southern Cal 27, Iowa 16
Ohio State 41, UCLA 20
N.C. State 27, Indiana 0
Minnesota 21, Ohio U. 0
Illinois 27, Wash. State 21
Miami (Oh) 14, Purdue 3
Northwestern at Arizona, inc.
Daily Photo by KEN FINK
Lytle hits paydirt
y ill
I "
Van e ty
By JEFF SCHILLER f
o
So much for the skeptics among us. fi
If you're looking for two words to
describe the offensive improvement t
that characterized Michigan's 31-7 a
thrashing of Missouri yesterday, they B
leap right out at you: Adjustment and w
execution. Those two elements con- M
verted the heretofore stumbling Wol- o
verine attack into a potent force. s
Unlike some of its predecessors, yes-
terday's Michigan game plan was a
joy for Michigan fans to behold. When si
spicesJ~
ully exploited them. And the Michigan
ffensive unit's execution drove the
inal nail into the coffin.
One apparent change was the return
o 'grind-em-out' football in short yard-
ge situations. Against Stanford and
Baylor Michigan went repeatedly to
ide pitches to Bell in these situations.
Michigan employed that particular play
nly once against Missouri, relying in-
tead on Lytle and Leach.
Lytle explained the reasoning:
"Missouri was looking for the out-
ide stuff in short yardage situations.
1911h f M
ffichigan
ed coming up on the fake, and we were
able to get outside."
Another difference was the use of
flare passes in obvious throwing situa-
tions. Instead of throwing into the
midst of the opposing deep coverage
as in the two ties, Michigan twice
utilized its backs as receivers to pick
up key first downs.
A final key alteration was Michigan's
improved use of audibles against the
Tigers' 'Alabama Defense' (eight man
front). The defense employs a lot of
shifting, and Leach seemed to consis-
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Navy 17, Air Force 0
Stanford 67, Army 14
Oklahoma 21, Colorado 20
age of them. Princeton 27, Columbia 7
"We made mistakes in the two ties," laridan34, LSyracuse 7
Leach commented. "We worked all Nebraska 31, Miami (Fla) 16
week on eliminating those mistakes. kLY BE St 1 Aser canh 16
We're a lot better team than we showed Samoa A&M 0
in the first three games." Penn State 10, Kentucky 3
in theBowling Green 28,
For a period in the first and second Western Michigan 0
quarters, the opposite seemed the case. Pittsburgh 14, Duke 0
Bell's fumble of a pitchout (though he Dartmouth 28, Holy Cross 7
recovered it himself) took the steam Yale 24, Colgate 10
Georgia 35, Clemson 7
out of one drive, and turnovers thwart- Georgia Tech 30, Florida State 0
ed two others. But the trend reversed N. Carolina 31, Virginia 28
Northern Mich. 15, Youngstown 0
after halftime, and Michigan played Temple 21, Cincinnati 17
virtually errorless ball until the victory Texas A&M 10, Kansas St. 0