Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, October 12, 1975 D efense Some must be Spectators t .............. .... bags la ett, Stag MSU frustrated .. . . once again EAST LANSING FOR THE SIXTH consecutive year those people from that other school must endure another humbling-must swallow their pride and remain in Michigan's shadow. They thought this was the year, this was finally the year the Spartans could kick a little sand on the egos of the cross-state rivals. But it was not to be as Michigan subdued Michigan State 16-6 yesterday burning the ignominy of being number two into the hearts of Red Cedar rooters everywhere. Signs on dorm windows around campus before the game en- thusiastically rallied the Spartans: "Big Green Machine roll over Bo's Blues," "Michigan will tbe amaized and bruised," and other signs expressing more profane sentiments. Michigan State students all week guarded "Sparty," a statue of "The Spartan" in the center of campus, to dis- courage traditional defacing by imaginative Michigan fans. Michigan is everpresent in the consciences of everyone at MSU. Both athletics and academia at Michigan State are con- stantly compared to Michigan. On the football field the comparisons continue and once again the Green and White came up second, collapsing some- what characteristically in the fourth quarter. The whole character of the Spartan football team reflected this frusration and the contrasing nature of Michigan and Mich- igan State football.. The Spartans played as if every play, every yard, every tackle meant the difference between victory or defeat. Mich- igan meanwhile played completely conscious that victory is earned gradually, that almost every failure is granted a second chance, that every success must be guarded against consequent failure. In the first quarter Michigan State middleguard Tom Stan- dal was detected piling on Michigan quarterback Rick Leach. Several teammates slapped him on the shoulderpads for his fifteen yard mistake and he was taken out of the game. Michigan was charged with two personal fouls in the first quarter, neither of which evoked much reaction from either teammates or bench. (Continued from Page 1) At that point, the freshman threw one of his two comple- tions of the afternoon to wing-~ back Jim Smith for a gain of 131 yards. During the following down,1 Leach threw to Smith but thet pass was broken up by corner-~ back Joe Hunt. That made it four and four on the State 16 and the kicking team came onto the field. The score was soonf tied at three apiece. In making the three-pointer,1 Wood set a Michigan record forz -number of field goals kicked in1 one season.' By the end of thel game the junior made his elev- enth out of thirteen attempts. Both Mike Lantry and Dana Coin held the record at eight apiece. STATE fumbled on its next1 drive: It resembled the firstl quarter series very closely. The Spartans marched 54 yards down the field when Jackson ran up through the middle, got nailed by linebacker Calvinf O'Neal and lost the ball to right tackle Greg Morton. The Wolverines capitalized onf the Snartan misfortune with at Wood field goal from the Michi- gan State 29. The Snartans on the kin-koff rpturned the ball 17 yards from their five. The next time the Wolverines Pot the ball was on their tenl vard line. Leach, on a aiarter- hpnk sneak Pained fontr yards, hbt on the following nlav passed wud' to Keith Johnson who was +ntarhare near t', hall and itt was intercepted by Mike Diida. TTF CPAQT&kNR ran out of~ of time in the half before they3 corld more the ball. c"lri" the third auarter. MSTI canitali7ed on a dronned wunt byi safety Dwight Hicks. Kirker3 To n Powers booted the hall 48 1Tar+; to the State 49 where Lui~kC let the hail slip through h"s hanms a~d tailback Richard FWas r ' 'foter~d. . {Mkin good on the t'irnover, the Snartans rushed on four nlays and got down to the Mich- igan '76 where they were fourth' anti five. Nielsen came on the field and attempted a 43-yard field goal which was good and tied the score until the fourth quarter. THE W()LVETNE got into good scoring position later on in; the third on the State 20 but failed to gain from it as Leach mishandled the ball onathe op- tion and fumbled. Michigan's first five carries. in the fourth quarter were for short rushing yardage that1 brought the ball from the MSUI 35 to 19. During this series,1 Michigan elected to run the ball on a fourth and one situation. Leach kept the ball and took it around right end bumbling along the way, but somehow persisted long enough to gain two yards. Then the quarterback gave Bell the ball on the option and the tailback waltzed his way into the end zone ending the 71- yard drive begun in the third period. Wood made the point after touchdown for his seventh tally of the game. ON THE kickoff, Baes fum- bled the ball into the end zone, recovered it and ran 20 yards to be brought down by wolfman Don Dufek. During the return, defensive end Eric Phelps rushed down the turf, got to the goal line, cramped up and fell to the ground. Evidently, the junior damaged his left knee ligaments and may be but for the remainder of the season. Following an incomplete pass play to split end Dane Fortney, Jeff Perlinger sacked Baggett for a loss of four. The Spartan quarterback gained that yard- age back in the carry but it was fourth and ten and Powers had to punt. HE BOOTED with the wind at his back a 38-yard punt to Jim Smith who scampered back 13 yards to the State 45. Lytle gained 33 yards during his next carry to put the ,Wol- verines in good field goal posi- tion. Wood kicked from the Spartan 17 into the uprights for the final score of the ballgame. Daily Photo by SCOTT ECCKER MICHIGAN QUARTERBACK Rick Leach (7) rolls right in action yesterday against Michigan State. Leading his interference is guard Mark Donohue (60) while Rob Lytle prepares to stop a pursuing Spartan defender. The Wolverine ground attack rolled for 258 yards in the victorious effort. WISCONSIN NIPS PURDUE First Rush Pass Pass Fuml Pen Punt Spartans spiUtter MICH MSU Downs 14 17 hing'(att/yds) 52-258 52-117 ing (att/com/int) 2-6-1 10-16-0 ;ing yards 28 121 ibles (no/lost) 3-3 53 alties (no/yds) 2-30 2-28 ting 5-39 7-37 Buckeyes roi By The Associated Press COLUMBUS - Pete Johnson, the nation's leading scorer, rumbled for three touchdowns and Archie Griffin rushed for I over 100 yards in his 26th regu- This emphasis on the single play, it can be argued, has been lar season football game yester- responsible for much of the success the Spartans have had the day, powering top-ranked Ohio past two years. Each of their two big wins the last two years- State to a 49-0 rout of winless against Ohio State in '74 and Notre Dame just last week-were Iowa. engineered exclusively by a single big play. d Ohio Staterposted touch- downs in its first seven posses- The Sparans were hungry for the "big play" yesterday sions, the last two coming going several times for the long pass Instead of exploiting after Hayes had called off his Michigan with short passes. regulars late in the third quar- ter. But this kind of pressure leaves MSU vulnerable to a let- Cornelius Greene, the Buck- down. Once another team gets a break or a lead the Spartans eyes' No. 1 quarterback, com- often make more mistakes and allow more points. The drive pleted all eight passes he threw that led to Michigan's first field goal was initiated by that for 117 yards, including a nine-, personal foul on Standal. Michigan's second field goal drive yard touchdown strike to tight began after a recovery of a Levi Jackson fumble on the Mich- end Larry Kain. igan 26. Ohio State's versatile ground total yards. In all, Hayes used managed two 20 backs. in the second The Buckeyes' defense posted the Badgers v its second shutout in five starts Marek, who this season, limiting Iowa to 207 rushing for the total yards. Badger's only * * * in the fourth q Boilers boiled yard plunge. .bpassed up Mic WEST LAFAYETTE-Wiscon- Harmon in all sin's Billy Marek became the scoring. Big Ten's all-time leading scorer yesterday, but it took a 40 y,'rd 'ats claw field goal by Vince Lamia with C EaNTs la only 9 seconds remaining to liftEVANSTON Wisconsin past Purdue 17-14. smashed for and hiorled a The score was tied with only and Yedva 15 seconds left, but Purdue quar-~Sdortwel terback Mark Vitali attempted tory over Indi a desperation pass which Wis- A 23-yard fi consin intercepted on the Boiler- Mirkomilosfam maker 23. Lamia came in and of four and o booted his third three pointer of kin lifted 'ortl the game. leadt at the half Purdue took control uarl The relentl in the game, as Mike Pruitt the ecen-h scored two first period TD's the second-h to give the Boilermakers an withJ im Pool early 14-0 lead. But Lamia from four ya touchtown. U field goals late period ;o draw within eight. had 152 yards t day, scored the touchdown early uarter on a three In doing so, Ye higan great Tom time conference of the season yesterday, with tailback Jim "Chubby" Phil- lips scoring three touchdowns in a single quarter, to defeat Min- nesota 42-23. The Gophers scored first on a first quarter field goal by Brian Kocourek. But Illinois quickly erased the deficit when Lonnie Perrin scored from the three on the next series. Phillips then reeled off three straight TD's to put the Illini securely in front. Minnesota quarterback Tony Dungy completed 14 of 21 passes for 216 yards and three touch- downs in a losing cause. Bell Leach Lytle Smith Davis Jackson Bagrett Wilson Baes Leach Baggett Smith Fortney Byrd Gibson Baes Jackson Cobb RUSHING MICHIGAN att y, 19 I1 9 20 1 2 2 CHIGAN STATE ]5 s 20 14 nI vas 05 31 111 9 2 X47 14 53 3 4 PASSING MICHIGAN att com int 6 2 1 MICHIGAN STATE 16 10 04 RECEIVING MICHIGAN no yds 2 38 MICHIGAN STATE 1 14 3 60 2 34 1 15 1 5 2 34 avg 5.5 3.4 5.6 4.5 1.0 yds 38 162 ** The Michigan State letdown was particularly evident in the fourth quarter. After the Wolverine touchdown the Spartan offense was not able to gain a first down until too late.. Defensively Michigan State suffered from a 23-yard jaunt by fullback Rob Lytle on Michigan's first possession following the touchdown. This led to another Bob Wood field goal that put the game out of reach. "If they get down they stay down," commented Michigan tailback Gordon Bell, characterizing the Spartans. In contrast Michigan coolly refused to let mistakes and breaks take away confidence. Michigan certainly did not over- whelm Michigan State statistically and lost the ball four times on 'an interception and three fumbles-compared to three fum- bles lost by MSU. While two Michigan fumbles put the Spartans in or near field goal range, the Michigan defense did not break with the breaks, did not letdown and give Michigan State touchdowns. game accounted for 70 plays and' 378 yards. It was so impressive that the Buckeyes, 2-0 ;n the Big Ten, did not punt once. The Buckeyes rolled up 496 I :........., 2 . ................ * e:r.:. ,........... - Greg Boykin two touchdowns scoring pass to ton yesterday to tern to , 30-0 v;c- ana. eld goal by Nick id touchdown runs ne yards by Boy- hwestern to a 17-0 f. ess Wildcats took alf kickoff and rds in 14 plnvs [er cracking over ards out for the nutting the game Terry Jones of into the game as leading passer, four comnietions 32 nassing vards way v Dobby he fourth quarter. * * TIANT WINS OPENER: Sox blank, C iney, 6-0 Ip 25 14 29 22 15 5 18 4 Big Ten Standings CONFERENCE ALL GAMES! W L T W L T MICHIGAN 2 0 0 3 0 2; Ohio State 2 0 0 5 0 0 Illinois 2 0 0 3 2 0 Northwestern 2 0 0 3 2 0 Indiana 1 1 0 2 3 0 Wisconsin 1 1 0 2 3 0 Michigan State 0 2 0 3 2 0 Minnesota 0 2 0 3 2 0 Iowa 0 2 0 0 5 0 Purdue 0 2 0 0 5 0 oat of reach. Onarterback Tndiana came1 the Big Ten's hut w's held t and a total of hefore giving Grossman in th * By The Associated Press BOSTON - Crafty Luis Tiant baffled Cincinnati with a va- riety of speeds and motions and started Boston's winning six-run rally with his first hit in three years yesterday, as the Red Sox beat the Reds 6-0 in the opening game 'of the World Series. Tiant, 34, was locked in a tense, scoreless pitching duel with young lefthander Don Gul- let until the seventh inning. The veteran right-hander, who finished with a five-hit- ter, led off the seventh with a single to left. Sox manager Darrell Johnson ordered a sac- rifice by Dwight Evans. The bunt was fielded by Gul- lett, who tried to get Tiant at second. His throw was low and late, and the Red Sox had men on first and second with no outs. Denny Doyle singled to load the bases, and then Carl Yas- trzemski lined a run-scoring single to right. Clay Carroll re- lieved Gullett, and forced in the second run by walking Carlton Fisk. Will McEnaney relieved Car- roll, and struck out rookie Fred Lynn. But then Rico Petrocelli drilled a two-run single to left to give Boston a 4-0 lead. An- other single by Rick Burleson, his third hit of the game, and Cecil Cooper's sacrifice fly com- pleted the scoring. Tiant, meanwhile, had little trouble with the Cincinnati lineup, striking out three and walking two. The shutout was only the sixth of the season against Cincinnati, and the first World Series complete game shutout since Bob Gib- son blanked Detroit 4-0 in 1968. The Reds' biggest threat was in the seventh, when Yastrzem- ski made a diving catch, and Carlton Fisk threw out a run- ner trying to steal, killing a po- tential rally. The Red Sox had 12 hits. To- day's game pits Bill Lee against Jack Billingham. Game time is 1 p.m. CIGhergs buried CHAMPAIGN - Illinois un- leashed it's best offensive show SCORES il Well, that other school will be back next year, greener meaner than ever, and inevitably just as susceptible. and De fense stops By JEFF LIEBSTER Special To The Daily EAST LANSING-I used to have night- mares about being chased relentlessly. My pursuers were generally big, mean and very frightening. Yesterday after- noon, before a national TV audience, I experienced deja-vu. Fortunately, in this instance, I was just an observer. Poor Charlie Baggett lived my bad dream for me. Poor Charlie spent this year's game for supremacy of the State running for his life. HE WAS chased by three-quarters of a ton of Michigan defense, and you'd better believe they were frightening. Calvin O'Neal and Greg Morton led the fierce assault with outstanding accompaniment 'by Dan Jilek, Mike Holmes, Dave Devich, Jeff Perlinger, Don Dufek, and Tim Davis. Baggett was sacked four times in the final quarter for a net loss of 47 yards. The entire MSU offense could only gener- ate 21 total yards on the ground in 27 attempts in the second half. Regardless of ball out there, not as individuals, but as a team." Calvin's attitude seems to be infectuous. Morton, who has had several statistically impressive showings this season is also primarly concerned with the performances of the defense as a unit. "AT THE BEGINNING of the year I was anxious to win recognition for my- self," stated the defensive .tackle who had eight solo and five assisted tackles yes- terday. "I felt that I had a good shot at all-Big Ten honors." "But now that seems like it's not too important. When I get out there and I'm surrounded by guys like Calvin, Timmy (Davis) and Duf (ek)," he continued, "I realize that it's silly to think about one individual." As trite as these statements may ap- pear, they were uttered with the utmost sincerity. The players graciously accept any recognition, but most are quick to commend their comrades when questioned about their success. Perhaps this "cohesiveness" is the m co times have we witnessed opposition quar- terbacks deliver the ball generously into the waiting arms of a Michigan player only to see that player spurn the oppor- tunity and cast the ball to the turf? Al-. ready this year I can remember at least seven occasions when an interception' should have been made and wasn't. Obviously this doesn't upset the gener- ous quarterbacks as much as it does Michigan supporters or coaches, but the guilty players are by far the most con- cerned. When questioned about his apparent in- ability to pull in these interceptions, Cal- vin O'Neal not only looked ashamed, but he stated his disappointment. "I know, I know," he replied. "I'm really going to work on that. I was sur- prised when the ball came right to me, but there's no excuse for dropping it." Despite this problem, the defense seems to be shaping tip as one of the finest in the country. Co-captain Don Dufek (who, in- cidently, ABC designated as this week's "Chevy" defensive heavy) has received most of the acclaim to date, but the unit COLLEGE FOOTBALL MICHIGAN 16. MSU 6 Nnrthwestrn 30. Indiana 0 Ohio St. 49, Iowa 0 Illinois 42. Minnesota 23 Wiwconsin 17, Purdue 14 Auburn 15, Kentucky 9 Navy 10, .Syracuse 6 Arkansas 41, Baylor 3 UCLA 31. Stanford214 Nebraska 16, Kansas 0 Maryland 37. North Carolina St. 22 Missouri 41. Oklahoma St. 14 Oklahoma 24. Texas 17 Brown 27, Yale 12 Penn St. 39, West Virginia 0 Brigham 28, Air Force 14 Texas A&M 38, Texas Tech 9 Iowa St. 17, Kansas St. 7 Southern Cal 28, Washington 10 DAILY LIBELS 83, Beelcy St. Profits 0 Amherst 21, Bowdoin 12 Col-ate 20. Holy Cross 14 D~art mouth 19. Penn 14 Du'ke 21, Army 10 Lehigh 34. Rutgers 20 Massachusetts 21. Boston U 0 Clemson 16. Wake Forest 14 Georcia n Tech 38 Virginia Military 6 Virginia Tech 13. Florida St. 10 Bowling Green 24, Toledo 17 Central Michig'an 20, Eastern Mich. 7 Grand Valley 38. Ferris St. 7 miin,i (hio) 10. Dayton 0 Harvard 35, Columbia 30 Princeton I6. Cornell 8 Flori'a 35. Vanderbilt 0 Nntre Diame 21. N. Carolina 14 co-tdh arnlina 41. Virginia 14 l)p'in'vrp ?9. Conniectiut 0 Alahamna 52. Washington 0 r".''