Page 10-Sunday, October 4, 1981-The Michigan Daily r BLUE OFFENSE ROLLS - 'M' punter Bracken bets a rest 1 By GREG DeGULIS Special to the Daily BLOOMINGTON- It was a day of rest for Michigan punter Don Bracken yesterday in Bloomington, but the sophomore from Thermopolis, Wyoming didn't plan it that way. Bracken punted once during the entire afternoon, a 51-yarder in the third quarter and then watched the entertaining show that the Wolverine offense was displaying. Michigan piled up 527 total yards, 31 first downs, and converted 14 of 16 third downs. "THE ONLY TIME we didn't get a first down, we fumbled on our first set of downs and then we had a holding penalty, which forced a punt and then at the end, we didn't make it," said Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. The time Michigan didn't make it was on a fourth down run by sophomore running back Tom Hassel on the Indiana two-yard line, which was about the only positive note for the Indiana defense. "Neither defense played very well," Schembechler said. "We don't want to get too high offensively because maybe Indiana was hurting defensively." THE OFFENSE, indeed, was flying yesterday as sophomore quarterback Steve Smith engineered touchdown drives of 80, 61, 40, 47 and 75 yards to register the highest point total for Michigan in 1981. Smith, similar to his excellent game against Navy, is gradually resurrecting his passing statistics. Smith completed 12 out of 19 attempts for 164 yards, one touchdown, and no interceptions. Combining the Navy and Indiana games, the Wolverine quarterback is 22 of 36 with no interceptions, a tremendous im- provement over the Wisconsin and Notre Dame games. "They (the offensive line) were blocking really well today," Smith explained. "They've blocked well all year but I haven't taken advantage of the protec- tion. I felt like I had to hurry before. I think I have more poise back there now." SMITH ALSO mentioned that he'can "adjust" to the defenses better and a glance at the 14 of 16 third down conversions attests to the increased effec- tiveness of the Michigan offense. Not limited to just the pass, Smith rushed for 48 yards and added one touchdown on the ground. With Indiana moving the ball well on offense, leading 10-7 in the first quarter, the pressure was on the Michigan offense to keep pace with the red-hot Hoosiers. "We did not want to lay down today," Smith elaborated. "We knew we had to keep it going." The offense 'kept it going' by keeping the ball away from the Hoosier offense. Michigan owned the ball for over 36 minutes with 84 plays, while the Hoosiers possessed the ball only 23/2 minutes with 54 plays. MUCH OF THE praise for the ball-control offense belonged to the Michigan rushing game.. The much- heralded trio of running backs each contributed to the 337 yards on the ground. Senior tailback Butch Woolfolk dazzled the Memorial Stadium crowd with 176 yards on 26 attempts, including 72 yards in the fir- st quarter. The Big Ten's leading rusher also caught two passes and scored two touchdowns. The name Woolfolk is thoroughly imbedded in the Hoosier memories as the tailback's name eminated from the PA announcer all day. "I used to think I was a finesse runner-that I owned the field and everything," Woolfolk commen- ted. "But that's not what I'm built for. I'm a big back with speed and I should be running right at people." Woolfolk ran right at, around, through, and in bet- ween the Indiana defense for his best afternoon of the 1981 season. Woolfolk passed Gordon Bell on the Michigan all-time rushing list and Rob Lytle's all time record is right around the next hashmark for the Wolverine tailback. THE FORGOTTEN man in the Michigan backfield, Larry Ricks, had 62 yards on 16 carries including one touchdown. Despite his best performance of 1981, Ricks wasn't too satisfied. "I didn't play very well, but the offense played very aggressively and kept the defense off the field,'.' Ricks commented., "It kind of hurts not starting, because it's hard to get in the flow of the game early." "I think its one of the better games the offense has played, but I won't say the best." The Indiana defense would probably dispute that point. AP Photo USC TAILBACK Marcus Allen blasts through the Oregon State line for a big gain during their Pac-10 game yesterday. Allen rushed for 233 yards to break two NCAA records as the Trojans rolled over the Beavers, 56-22. See story, Page 9. p Wool olk run (Continued from Page 1) passing six yards to tight end Craig Dunnaway. And the pendulum was now on Michigan's side 14-10. THE FIRST punt of the day, after a third down reverse attempt, by Schroyer lost three yards for the Hoosiers, gave the Wolverines the ball on their own 39. From there they took control of the game for good when Woolfolk plunged one yard over right tackle to give them a 21-10 lead. The Indiana offense, with backup quarterback Chad Huck in for Laufen- berg, was stopped on three plays on his next possession, and Michigan was able to get three more points on the board before the end of the half. Smith runs of 17 and five yards respectively and completions of eight yards to wide receiver Anthony Carter and 10 yards to fullback Stanley Edwards set up kicker Ali Haji-Sheikh for his first field goal of the season, a 42-yarder. LAUFENBERG MOVED his team from its own 20 to within five yards of paydirt in the first possession of the second half, where he made a fatal error. On second and goal, he threw a desperation pass, on the run, into the end zone and into the arms of Wolverine s rot defensive back Marion Bo dismay of the Hoosier partisa Indiana mentor Lee Cors was an uphill battle for his that point. "Our first dri second half when we didn't sc lot out of us," he said in his interview. "And after that, t out of it: Their offensive lin us out.", Two punts later, Michiga ball on the Indiana 47. Runs nine yards by Woolfolk, an yard gain by Edwards, and jaunt by Woolfolk put the Wo top, 30-10, with 5:33 left in tg Butch- red hshod over MICH First downs ............... .31 Rushing ................... 64/337 Passing (comp/att/int) .... 20/13/0 Passing yds...............190 Fumbles (no/lost) ......... 1/1 Punts (no/avg) ............ 1/51/51 SCORING MICHIGAN..............7 17 6 INDIANA.................10 0 7 IND 21 29/126 25/18/1 260 0/0 4/133/33.3 8 -38 0 -17 Indiana. RUSHING MICHIGAN At Woolfolk ..................26 Ricks ..................... 16 Smith....................1] Edwards .................. 8 Hassel...................2 Ingram ................... 1 INDIANA Gunn ...................... 2 Roggeman ................8 Mineo....................4 Hines .................. It yds % 176 16 62 1 48 41 8 2 2 8 4 SCORING PLAYS IND- Stephenson 20 pass from Laufenberg (Greenstein kick). MICH- Smith 3 run (Haji-Shiekh kick). IND- Greenstein 22 FG.t MICH- Dunaway 6 pass from Smith (Haji-Shiekh kick). MICH-Woolfolk I run (Haji-Shiekh kick). MICH-Haji-Shiekh 42 FG. MICH- Woolfolk 25 run (kick failed). IND- Gunn 48 run (Greenstein kick). MICH- Ricks 2 run (Smith to Carter for two-pt. conversion). SCORES BIG TEN MICHIGAN 38 , Indiana 17 Notre Dame 20, Michigan State 7 Wisconsin 20, Purdue 14 Illinois 38, Minnesota 29 Iowa 64, Northwestern 0 Florida State 36, Ohio State 27 EAST Army 27, Harvard 13 Bucknell 23, Davidson 3 Colgate 21, Boston U. 14 Columbia 20, Penn 9 Georgetown, D.C.17, Duquesne 7 Holy Cross 28, Dartmouth 0 Lehigh 24, Delaware 21 Penn. St. 30, Temple 0 Rutgers 31, Cornell 17 Yale 23, Navy 19 Dayton 21, Slippery Rock 17r Shippensburg St. 17, Edinboro St. 0 Pitt 42, South Carolina 28 Syracuse 17, Maryland 17 SOUTH Clemson 21, Kentucky 3 N. Carolina 28, Georgia Tech 7 N. Carolina St. 30, Virginia 24 Murray St. 20, Morehead St. 7 Missouri 14, Mississippi St. 3 MID WEST Grand Valley St. 52, Michigan Tech 6 Kansas 17, Arkansas St. 16 W. Michigan 21, Bowling Green 7 Ball St. 23, N. Illinois 0 Central Michigan 63, E. Michigan 14 Tulsa 35, Kansas St. 21 Adrian 14. Mount Union 13' Butler 16, Valparaso0 Drake 18, Long Beach St. 7 Hillsdale 31, St. Norbert 7 Miami, Ohio 20, Kent St. 13 67 36 22 19 3 -2 -6 -7 Avg b.4 3.9 4.4 5.1 4 2.0 33.5 3.8 5.5 3.8 1.5 -1 -6 -14 INDIANA Laufenberg................ 18 Huck ...................... 6 Roggeman ................ I RECEIVING MICHIGAN No. Carter....................3 Edwards .................. 3 Bean ...................... 2 Dunaway................. 2 Woolfolk .................. 2 Betts............... 1 3 -4 1 a 3 3 r r )dy to the period. ans. The Hoosiers, in particular the spec- o knew it tacular sophomore Gunn, had a few troops at tricks left, though. On first and ten from ive in the the Michigan 48, the 6-foot, 170-pound core, took a junior college transfer ran a reverseto post-game the right side of the field, cut back they put us against Wolverine pursuit to the middle e just blew of the field, and outran the opposition= for a touchdown. On the day, Gunn had in had the 67 yards on two rushes and caught four of six and passes for 70 more. d an eight- GUNN'S RUN made it 30-17, but from I a 24-yard that point on, the Hoosiers were unable lverines on to advance beyond the Michigan 47- the third yard line. Two long Michigan drives, one of which culminated in a two-yard touchdown by tailback Lawrence Ricks with 12:44 left in the game, ate up much of the remaining time. 1 197 Michigan coach Bo Schembechler 0 47 was less than overwhelmed by the vic- 0 16 tory. "The ball moved up and down the field. This is not the game I like to Yds TD coach - I like more of a defensive 32 o game. Field position meant nothing. 53 0 "I sort of figured that Indiana would 38 0 32 1 come out passing," Schembechler said. 19 0 "Their quarterback is a good man. He 16 a throws well. But you can't allow a man 70 © to stand back there all day and throw. 28 0 Our pass rush was terrible, but Indiana 51 0 is a team that screens well. We are the 22 0 biggest suckers who ever lived for 25 . sucker plays," he said in reference to 33 0 Gunn's gains of 48 and 19 yards on reverses and tailback John Yds Avg Roggeman's pass back to Laufenberg 51 51.0 early in the third quarter, which the lat- 133 3.: ter took to the Wolverine five. Indiana gained 7.1 yards per play to Michigan's 6.3 and did not allow a tur- nover, but in the end; Woolfolk and the men blocking for him proved to be too much for the Hoosiers. Michigan punter Don Bracken was called to duty only once during the game. , "They've got an exceptional running attack," Hoosier free safety Steve Mit- Hines.5 W alsh ..................... 2 Schroyer .................. 2 Huck ..................... I Laufenberg ................ 5 PASSING MICHIGAN Att S. Smith..................1I9 Dickey.....................1 chell said, "and they've got some big people up front. Today the Michigan team was better than the USC team (which beat Indiana 21-0 two weeks ago) - offensively." Next week the Wolverines make the trip to East Lansing for their annual shootout with the rival Michigan State Spartans. 01 INDIANA Gunn ...................... 4 Hines ..................... 4 Weir..................... 3 Roggeman ........2... 2 Stephenson ................ 2 Schroyer ................. I Laufenberg................ I PUNTING MICHIGAN No. Bracken............... INDIANA Comp 12 1 Int 0 0 Yds 164 26 Razmiz....... ......... 4 THIS BUD'S, FOR YOU). By BUDDY MOOREHOUSE Woolfolk tips scales . . ... Heisman race ofbalance BLOOMINGTON The key word for last year's Michigan football team was balance. The of- fense was balanced between the passing game, featuring John Wangler at quarterback and Anthony Carter at wide receiver, and the running game, starring Butch Woolfolk, Stanley Edwards and Larry Ricks, each of whom accounted for over 900 yards in1980. This year, however, Woolfolk has been upsetting that balance. In the first four games of this season, the senior tailback has been on a rampage, piling up a total of 551 yards on the ground. His finest showing of the year came during yesterday's 38-17 win over Indiana, when he tore up the field on the way, gaining 176 yards on 26 carries, all the while making the Hoosier defen- ders look like someone had put Vaseline on their arms before the game. X "I'd say it was one of the better games I've played," assessed Woolfolk ac- curately. "I didn't think I had that many yards 'til I got in the locker room. I knew I had over I10, but I didn't know it was that close to 200." Woolfolk aims for record In the process of gaining those 176 yards, Woolfolk continued his assault of the Michigan record book. His total of 953 career yards boosts him ahead of Gordon Bell into third place on the all-time rushing list. The game also marked the sixthtime in a row that he has rushed for 100 yards, tying him with Rob Lytle and Bell for tops in that category. By season's end and probably much sooner, the Westfield, N.J. senior will own virtually all of the school's rushing marks. Being coached by Bo Schembechler, a do-itWall-for-the-team type of coach, Woolfolk's response to 'these records is predictable. "I'm much more con- cerned that the team do well," said Butch after the game, while admitting, "It does mean something to me to be compared to backs like Rob Lytle and Gordon Bell, because I consider them great backs." While Woolfolk is keeping the guys at Michigan's Sports Information Department busy updating the record books, he is also turning the Wolverines into somewhat of a one man offensive show. To illustrate this, the person in second place on the rushing chart this season behind Woolfolk isn't even a running back-it's quarterback Steve Smith, who has 145 yards on the ground. Edwards only has 129 markers on the year, while Ricks follows with 125. Woolfolk accounted for almost that many in the first half yesterday, gaining 115 yards on 20 carries. Carter, meanwhile, the mighty mite who graced the cover of everything from The Sporting News to Street and Smith's magazine before the season started, has only caught 10 passes this year, for 192 yards and two touch- downs. Not shabby by any means, but certainly in the shadow of Woolfolk's accomplishments. Butch still humble The important thing to remember here is that Woolfolk isn't upstaging his offensive partners intentionally. In fact, after spending the last year alter- nating at the starting spot with Ricks, Butch is just glad to be starting. "I'm perfectly satisfied with 26 carries," said Woolfolk. "I'm not a Marcus Allen (Southern Cal tailback), who gets it 40 times a game." Which is precisely why you won't see Butch Woolfolk in New York this December accepting the Heisman Trophy. That award will most likely go to a player like Allen, who hogs the ball every game just to gain 200 yards. Woolfolk could have easily passed that mark yesterday, had Schembechler not taken him out in the third quarter in favor of Ricks. While Woolfolk is enjoying a banner year, Ricks admitted that "It hurts, not starting, because you don't get into te flow of the game early." 101 I AP Photo INDIANA DEFENDERS Craig Walls (60) and Rod Walden (76) hit Michigan quarterback Steve Smith for a loss as Ed Muransky (left) blocks in Bloomington yesterday. The eighth-ranked Wolverines clobbered the Hoosiers, 38-17. Stickers fall 3-0 Hawkeyes whitewash determined Wolverines By JAMES THOMPSON Although its 3-0 defeat to Iowa appears to show that the Michigan field hockey team didn't play a sound game, their quality of play seemed to tell the story for coach Candy Zientek. "The girls played really well nation. Even though Iowa was getting very few scoring op- portunities, it was able to score when it had the chan- ce. And at the 21:31 mark they got their second goal off the stick of Ellen Egan assisted by Sax. The Wolverine women still seemed to have the vigor but constantly digging for possession and passing to a wing, testing the Iowa defense. , The Hawkeyes attacked again, and scored their final goal at the 17:45 mark of the second half. This tim'e it was Sue Bury, and now it looked as if the game was out of reach for the Wolverines. The Hawkeyes