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The Michigan Daily
Saturday, September 20, 1980
IRISH TEST 'M' TO THE HILT
Blue cast
By GARY LEVY
Special to The Daily
SOUTH BEND-Fact: Ever since Michigan
inned an 8-0 loss an Notre Dame's first football team
in 1887, the Wolverines have won all five games
played here.
However, history is just about the only factor
Michigan will have in its favor when the Wolverines-
clash with the Fighting Irish this afternoon in Notre
Dame Stadium.
This is the third meeting between the teams in their
current series that began in 1978, breaking a 35-year
hiatus. Michigan won the 1978 contest 28-14 in South
Bend, and Notre Dame captured last year's battle 12-
10, blocking a field goal in the waning seconds of the
ame.
MICHIGAN COMES off a disappointing 17-10 vic-
tory against Northwestern, while Notre Dame had a
week off following its impressive 31-10 win over
highly touted Purdue.
Michigan coach Bo Schembechler knows his squad
will need a much improved effort if his Wolverines
stand a chance to upset eighth ranked Notre Dame.
"I've always been a believer in the concept that a
team's greatest improvement during the course of
the season comes between its first and second con-
into ring
tests," said Schembechler. "There is no question that
we will have to play better football today, and I feel
that we will."
NOTRE DAME COACH Dan Devine said that
Michigan's sloppy performance against the Wildcats
was not indicative of their ability and that this
Michigan team is no different than Wolverine teams
of the past.
"I thought we displayed tremendous enthusiasm
for four full quarters, and we hope to be able to
sustain that, particularly against a team the caliber
of Michigan. You need that same kind of intensity any
time you go up against one of Bo Schembechler's
teams."
Schembechler has a great deal of respect for Notre
Dame, and realizes his- Wolverines will have their
hands full both offensively and defensively.
"We think that they are a very good team simply
due to the fact that they present a solid group on both
sides of the ball," said Schembechler. "They are very
talented and well-coached. They seem to have found
themselves a good quarterback, and running back;
and their receivers, especially Tony Hunter are quite
impressive. Notre Dame presents quite a challenge.
To be successful we have to play with more
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aggressiveness, especially against the run."
NOTRE DAME'S OFFENSE is led by senior Mike
Courey. Despite his minimal varsity experience, he
completed 10 of 13 passes for 151 yards including one
touchdown, as well as scrambling for 59 yards in nine'
carries and a second touchdown in Notre Dame's
romp over Purdue.
Sophomore Phil Carter has filled the immense
shoes of Notre Dame's all-time rushing leader Vagas
Ferguson. Carter carried the ball 29 times for 149
yards in their season opener.
Defensively, the Irish return eight starters from
the 1979 season. In their game against Purdue, this
young unit led by junior Bob Crable (credited with
the game ending blocked field goal against Michigan
last year) limited Boilermaker running backs to 37
net rushing yards in 36 carries.
Devine's primary concern is with Michigan's sup-
posedly high scoring offense. "We'll have our hands
full with Michigan. They have a veteran offensive
line, plus proven skill position players like Anthony
Carter at split end and Butch Woolfolk at tailback,"
said Devine. "Whoever comes out at quarterback will
be playing with a darn good group of football
players."
THE LINEUPS
OFFENSE
(82)
(72)
(65)
(59)
(67)
(75)
( 1)
(30)
(2 )
(32)
(24)
( 6)
(53)
(77)
(63)
(96)
(99)
(50)
(41)
(10)
( 9)
( 3)
(13)
(28)
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Norm Betts .............
Ed Muransky.........
Kurt Becker .........
George Lilja ............
John Powers..........
Bubba Paris ..........
Anthony Carter........
Alan Mitchell.........
Rich Hewlett..........
Stan Edwards ...........
Butch Woolfolk ..........
Ali Haji-Sheikh ..........
(230)
(270)
(255),
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(255)
(270)
(161)
(185)
(197)
(205)
(207)
(167)
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(71)
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(57)
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(74)
(85)
(31)
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Phil Pozderac ..........,
Bob Burger ............
John Scully .............
Robb Gagnon.........
Mike Shiner ..........
Tony Hunter..........
Pete Holohan..........
Mike Courey..........
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Mel Owens............
Mike Trgovac ...........
Winfred Carraway ......,
Dave Nicolau .........
Oliver Johnson.........
Paul Girgash ............
Andy Cannavino ........
Jeff Cohen ..............
Brian Carpenter.......
Marion Body ............
Keith Bostic .............
Don Bracken ............
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Don Kidd ...............
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Joe Rudzinski.........
Mark Zavagnin,........
Tom De Siato.........
Dave Duerson ...........
John Krimm ............
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)-A state
appellate court ruled yesterday that
University of Illinois quarterback
David Wilson can play in today's foot-
ball game against Missouri.
The ruling, which came 20 hours
before this afternoon's kickoff at
Columbia, Mo., overturns Wednesday's
ruling at Champaign by-a circuit court
judge, which had left Wilson ineligible
for the inter-conference game..
The Big Ten Conference has been
trying to keep Wilson off the field in
1980, saying the junior college transfer
student from California has not made
enough academic progress.
Wilson, who led the Illini to victories
in their first two games this season
despite his on-again, off-again
eligibility, did not travel to Missouri
with the team yesterday.
But his attorney, Robert Auler, called
the Illini quarterback in Champaign
from the court clerk's office and said,
"Dave, we won. Get on that airplane to
Missouri. This is a great victory. This is
legal, as well as sports, history."
The three-judge appeals panel was
split 2-1 on Friday's decision. Justices
Richard Mills and James C. Craven
ruled in favor of Wilson, while Justice
A.G. Webber dissented.
Craven is the only Illinois graduate
among the three judges.
Auler said the university's Athletic
Department had made arrangements
to fly Wilson to Missouri for the game.
Wilson's eligibility problems stem-
med from an injury early in the first
game in 1977 for Fullerton Calif.
Wilson eligible; decision reversed
College. After the injury, he withdrew
from school without attending class or
playing in another game. He played in
1978 and 1979 and then came to Illinois.
But he found that the Big Ten had
counted 1977 as his freshman year and
told him he had too few academic
credits to play in 1980.
He asked the conference eligibility
committee to waive that rule, and on
May 6 it did. But the more powerful
faculty representatives reversed that
decision, and Wilson filed suit in an ef-
fort to play this season.
Circuit Court Judge Harry E. Clem
ruled Sept. 2 that the eligibility commit-
tee's decision should have been final,
and issued an injunction allowing
Wilson to play this year while his
lawsuit is pending.
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SPORTS OF THE DAILY:
SF 49ers cut Henderson
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Contro-
versial Thomas "Hollywood" Hen-
derson, the linebacker dropped by the
Dallas Cowboys last season, was
waived yesterday by the San Francisco
49ers in favor of a second-year tight
end.
The National Football League team
announced that Henderson had been
waived to allow the recall of Bob Bruer,
a 6-foot-5, 235-pound tight end from
Mankato State. Bruer had been drop-
ped from the roster earlier in the week.
Henderson was dropped by the
Cowboys after the 12th game last year,
a loss to the Washington Redskins,
reportedly for mugging for television
cameras during the defeat.
Henderson, in his sixth pro season,
announced his retirement from footblal
after the dismissal by Dallas, but
remained on the reserve-retired list un-
til his trade to San Francisco May 15 for
a 1981 draft pick.
Turnbull upsets Martina
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)-Fifth-'
seeded Wendy Turnbull, playing a
steady game against an erratic Mar-
tina Navratilova, upset the top-seeded
Navratilova 7-5, 6-2 in a $200,000 tennis
tournament yesterday.
Turnbull, from Australia, won the
quarterfinals match at the net, as
Navratilova made a number of unfor-
ced errors.
Navratilova later said wind, sun and
allergies were giving her problems.
Sixth-seeded Andrea Jaeger downed
Mima Jauovec of Yugoslavia 6-0, 7-6.
Pistons sign Drew
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP)-Guard
Larry Drew of Missouri, the Detroit
Pistons' 1980 first-round draft choice,
has signed a multi-year contract with
the National Basketball Association
team for an undisclosed amount,
General Manager Jack McCloskey said
yesterday.
The 6-foot-2 Drew holds the Missouri
record for assists in one game 12,
career assists 433 and a .549 field goal
percentage in the Big Eight Conference
last season.
Silas retires
SAN DIEGO (AP)-Paul Silas, just
17 games short of setting a record for
games played in the National Basket-
ball Association, retired as a player to
concentrate on his main job of coaching
the San Diego Clippers.
The decision was obviously a tough
one for the 36-year-old Silas, who
played in 1,254 straight regular-season
contests. John Havlicek, holds the
record.
By LARRY FREED
After an opening Saturday which saw
Big Ten teams muddle through a series
of seat-squirming contests, the con-
ference may find itself returning to
normalcy this wekend after the com-
pletion of a full slate of games.
In the lone conference matchup,
second-ranked Ohio State and its
veteran quarterback, Art Schlichter,
play host to Minnesota and its new-
found passing sensation, Tim Salem, in
a televised game. Salem, who happens
to be the son of Gopher coach Joe
Salem, completed 13 straight passes as
he led his team to a 38-14 triumph over
Ohio University last Saturday.
ANOTHER WOULD-BE contender,
Purdue, will try to bounce back from
two discouraging performances when it
entertains UCLA at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Quarterback Mark Herrmann's per-
formance was not reflected in the
meager 12 points the Boilermakers
tallied in their 12-6 win over Wiscon-
sin-the senior Heisman Trophy can-
didate accounted for nearly 350 aerial
yards in his return from a thumb injury
that he suffered prior to the Notre
Dame game.
UCLA, meanwhile, cruised to a 56-14
win over Colorado in its season opener
in the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Boiler-
maker defense faces the awesome task
of stopping Bruin tailback Freeman
McNeil, who has emerged as one of the
Pac-10's finest runners. During the 1979
season, McNeil rushed for 1,396 yards
and an impressive 5.2 yard average per
carry, trailing only Heisman trophy
winner Charles White and South
Carolina's George Rogers in rushing
yardage per game.
Surprising Illinois will try to keep its
perfect season intact when the Illini
travel to Missouri to face the
nationally-ranked Tigers. Quarterback
Dave Wilson, who led Illinois to its first
two wins, was ruled ineligible earlier
this week, but the decision was over-
turned last night, and he will stay in the
starting role.
IOWA, WHICH PULLED off the
biggest upset in the Big Ten last week
when it toppled Indiana 16-7, will face
its toughest task of the young season
when it travels to Nebraska. The
Hawkeyes are hoping for another stan-
dout effort from their 5-6 running back
Jeff Brown, who last week ran for 176
yards in Iowa's win.
The Wisconsin Badgers will try to
break into the win column when they
face the visiting Brigham Young
Cougars. The Badger defense, which
allowed over 350 yards in the air again-
st Purdue, will have to shore up its
secondary before it faces the high-
scoring Cougars.
egain form
Michigan State, led on offense by
running backs Derek Hughes and Steve
Smith, travels to Oregon. Head coach
Muddy Waters' team, which suffered a
tough 20-17 loss to Illinois last week, will
again be looking for its first victory.
Two other Big Ten teams in search of
their first victory of the year, Indiana
and Northwestern, will have to traveL to
tally their first victory. The Wildcats
will have another tough contest when
they take on 15th-ranked Washington in
Seattle, while the Hoosiers play at Ken-
tucky.
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the facts again and ruled Sept. 11 that
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