unclog, December 7, 1975*,, THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine undoy, Oecember 7, 1 975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY'.. By ANDY GLAZER "This has been a fun team to coach," id Wolverine mentor Bo Schembech- r of the 1975 edition of the Wolverines. It's been a fun team to watch, too, aspite being perhaps the weakest ichigan team in the last five years. Weak is a relative term, of course. le standard of excellence that Bo's ams have set is incredibly high-but e abundance of freshmen and sopho- ores playing led to more exciting fishes in 1975 than Wolverine fans ye been used to. iHE SEASON started off at Wiscon- i, where the Badgers were supposed have their best team in years. The Blue had barely nipped Wiscon- 24-20 a year earlier, and upset talk s in the air. Rick Leach, a freshman arterback, started and led the Wol- ines to a grindingly tough 23-6 win. rdie Bell did most of the damage th 210 yards rushing. Text Michigan came home to meet nford, a fierce rival ever since the rdinals upset Michigan 13-12 in the 1 RoM Bowl. tanford's Mike Cordova came out sing (he would eventually hit 24 44 aerials for 285 yards), and the e came out flat. Stanford outplayed Wolverines throughout the first and seemed destined to take a 6-0 d to the lockerroom when Leach +oaded a 52 yard TD bomb to wing- k Jim Smith just as the half ended. Youth Michigan a 19-16 lead with less than two minutes left to go, Cordova drove the Cards down to the Michigan. two before he was sacked. Mike Langford then hit a 33 yard field goal to give the Cards a well deserved tie. The Wolverines, justifiably stunned, prepared for Baylor. Senior Mark El- zinga replaced the ineffective Leach at quarterback, but the Blue failed to muster any additional offense and Leach was back in the second half. Once again the pass hurt Michigan, and the Bears already had a 14-14 tie clinched when they missed a 32 yard field goal with just six seconds left. Michigan was still undefeated, but the Blue fell from the top ten for the first time in five years. The Missouri game would tell just how good the young Wolverines were. The Tigers were ranked fifth after up- setting number one Alabama in the season opener. EVEN THE staunchest Wolverine rooter could hardly have expected what happened. Containing much-heralded quarterback Steve Pisarkiewicz, the Blue blew Mizzou off the field, leading 31-0 before the Tigers managed a meaningless touchdown against Wol- verine reserves., Michigan State was next, and the Spartans had just upset Notre Dame. Two field goals apiece was all the scoring until Leach made the play. On fourth and one in State territory, Leach was hit behind the line, but struggled and scrapped until he had the first down. Bell soon ripped off a marvelous 23 does the job yard TD run, and the Wolverines had a clear path to Ohio State. Oh, there were interesting moments along the way. Michigan rolled up 620 rushing in destroying Northwestern 69-0. Indiana was next, and since Northwest- er had beaten them 30-0 the big ques- tion was would the Wolverines win 99-0. They didn't, but 55-7 was close enough. THEN, surprisingly, the Minnesota Golden Gophers threw quite a scare into Michigan, coming back from 21-7 to tie the game before Gordie Bell iced the game with a 23 yard touchdown run. Back at home, the Purdue game marked Leach's emergence as a passer, as he hit six of nine attempts for 218 yards and a touchdown. The Boiler- makers played well, but were simply outmanned, 28-0. At Illinois, Michigan had the game all but wrapped away with a 21-0 fourth quarter lead when the Illini struck twice for touchdowns and added on a two-point conversion. With the Illini passing at will, Michigan recovered their onside kick attempt and success- fully ran out the clock, 21-15. Then came Ohio State. IT WAS the top ranked Buckeyes against the fourth ranked Wolverines, and a ,national TV audience and a Michigan Stadium record crowd of 105,543 watched as Michigan won the opening kickoff. The Wolverines failed to move and let John Anderson hit the first of a series of very bad punts. With excellent field position, Ohio State moved downfield impressively and scored. From that point on until the middle of the fourth quarter the Wolverines totally dominated the Buckeyes, not allowing them a first down for over 30 minutes of playing time. But the Wolverines were haunted by turnovers, and did not score until Bell threw an 11 yard option pass to Smith with 24 seconds left in the first half. OSU fumbled the ensuing kickoff, but Wood missed a 37 yard field goal. The second half was scoreless until a brilliant drive by Michigan that was culminated in Leach's one yard TD plunge. Following the score, the stadium was about to erupt. only 46 yards in 19 carries. Pete John- son scored on fourth and one soon' after, and the game was tied with 3:18j left. Jim Smith Gordon Bell Rob Lytle Michigan Season Statistics A tie would have sent OSU to the PA Rose Bowl, so Leach tried to pass fromR deep in his own territory, and on thirdMk Elzinga and 19 was intercepted by Ray Griffin! Gordon Bell (Archie's younger brother), who re- RC turned the ball to the Michigan three. RE Pete Johnson scored on the next play Jim Smith and Michigan was headed for the Gordon Bell Orange Bowl, its 41 consecutive home Keith Johnson game unbeaten string snapped. It was a great game, by a great team, IEADN in the midst of a great season. Wol- Calvin O'Neal verine rooters can hope it ends on a Dave Devich happier note.} Jim Pickens And then, Ohio State did. Greg Morton Tim Davis 4SSING Att. 85 19 1 Comp. 30 8 1 Yds. 647 133 11,I 211 SOUTH TATE STREET 80 vd. skein at $1.60 HEAVY THAI JUTE 30 vd. skein at $1.60 Good Only from Mon., Dec. 8 Thru Sot. Dec. 13 WITH COUPON .MO.-- SAT. 10-6 FRI.-IL 9 EIVING No. 24 6' 5 Yds. 553 67 114 TDs 4j 0 G TACKLERS solo 85 82 'b1 57 57 Assists 44 38 39 43 32 DESPITE iyed well b Wood's the shock, the Cardinals in the second half. After 40 yard field goal gave FOLLOWING a bizzare play which saw Buckeye QB Cornelius Greene' chased from his 20 back into his own end zone, only to get off a pass that was nearly intercepted, Ohio State put on one of the greatest clutch drives in college football's history. Score First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Total Offense Rushing Passing MICH. 318 230 189 32 9 4460 3669 TFL 5/29 2/3 0/0 11/48 8/54 oPP. 116 159 80 69 10 2651 1323 I ~ r . GO BLUE! And GO IN COMFORT In a Pair of I I I! Orange Bowl classic features I 791 1328 Passes att/comp./int. 105/39/12 229/110/11 Rushing ave. per game 333.5 120.31 first Oklahor By LEBA HERTZ 's ironic, isn't it? Two of best teams in the nation en't played a post-season e for two years-one for e than two. Now that both s are able to play in a bowl e they face each other. n New Year's Day, Oklaho- and Michigan will face each er for the first time in their g collegiate history at Miami ach for the 1976 Orange Bowl. ,he Sooners haven't been in a 1 game for two years be- se they have been on NCAA bation for recruiting viola- s. shocked the country when sent Ohio State, not Michig to the 1974 Rose Bowl. The 1974 season saw a rep of the previous years. Eve thing rested on that final gan The Wolverines took a 10-0 le Penalties/yds. 26/29S 33/320 na- C igan meeting RUHING LEADESA GordonBell 255 1335 5.2 it straight Big Ten title. The vic- In the Colorado game, Buffalo moved from first in the polls to Rob Lytle 183 998 5.5 an, tory over the Cornhuskers sent coach Bill Mallory, with the second. Rick Leach 100 490 4.9 the Big Eight Champion auto- score 21-20 in favor of Oklaho- M eat matically to the Orange Bowl. ma, decided to settle for the tie never faced each other beforeCush ry- Although the Wolverines have instead of the win. but on the first day of the Bi- me. never faced Oklahoma or play- But fate plays funny tricks centennial year, each team will all Smokes Bowl, they have tane two Bi and Colorado missed the extra have an opportunity to be 1-0 in Bowl, they played two Big point and ended up with a loss. a football series that should dead out. Eight teams the last two years. After that game, Oklahoma have started years ago. SLast year, in Ann Arbor, Michi-' gan thrashed Colorado 31-0. This year, the Wolverines fac- TLE ' ed Missouri who, in the firstu game of the season, upset num- MICHIGAN OKLAHOMA ber fourth ranked Alabama. Ranked fifth when they came to Offense Michigan Stadium this year, the Tigers received their first loss (27) Keith Johnson SE (11) Tinker Owens of the season at the hands of the (67) Steve King QT (67 K. Baldischwiler Wolverines, 31-7. (60) Mark Donahue LG (75) Chez Evans Missouri's offense pulled to- (52) Jim Czirr C (55) Dennis Buchanan gether against Oklahoma and (72) Walt Downing RG (66) Terry Webb o by only one point to the (73) Bill Dufek ST (79) Mike Vaughan I The first thing Michigan must (82) Mark Schmerge TE (80) Victor Hicks be aware of in Miami is that (5) Gordon Bell TB (24) Joe Washington the Wolverines will be playing (41) Rob Lytle FB (42) Jim Litrell 1W against the wishbone attack. (7) Rick Leach QB (5) Steve Davis . bechler says of the Sooners' of- (37)Jim Smith WB (4) Elvis Peacock Please:help prevent forest fires. fense, "They have probably the _'-- -- _________________ most refined and skilled wish- bone team in the country." Oklahoma finished the regu- a- lAlth ugh o with a 10-1-0 mark. the Sooners had a few close ets Talk Turkey. aeAlthough losing only to Kansas,th Sonrha afe cls the calls. They won by only one point against Missouri and Colo- re- Irado. re : -: * =-- Bass Century's For MEN and WOMEN "THEY'RE LIKE CLOUDS ON YOUR FEET" AT Van oven Shoes NICKELS ARCADE S I he Wolverines, on the other -:.> d, have done nothing illegal t have been victims of cir- :rr- stances. espite being Big Ten Cham- " s for the past four years, higan has been to' only one I game-the 1972 Rose Bowl inst Stanford. In 1972, the no- at rule enabled co-Big Ten npion, Ohio State, to go to adena. 1973, the no-repeat rule was alied and the title and Rose Bo Schembechler 1r were again up for grabs. he Wolverines came back But four field goals by o K ia 10-0. deficit to tie th a neaanwnOi t keyes that year 10-10. Al. a Rone agaiwon Oh i st everybody said that Michi- ahre B ertho outplayed Ohio State. In Three years of some of .iion, the tie left Woody best football teams in the es' boys forlorned after the tion, and Michigan had no e. ward to show for it. ut a vote by the Big Ten Finally, the Big Ten voted etic directors the next day end the ban on other b games. Season Results Although the Wolverines w ed the Big Ten title and H. Opp. chance in the Rose Bowl, C Wisconsin 6 fornia was not to be the to Stanford 19 tion on January 1. Michigal Baylor 14 grateful, however, to finally Missouri 7 somewhere-even if it is Mia Mich. 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