Page 10-Sunday, November 16,.1980-The Michigan Daily Defense keys 'M' to rout of Purdue (Continued from Page 1) , the coveted Heisman Trophy. "We've faced six defensive backs before, but not in quite that alignment. "We haven't been a deep threat ballclub," he added. "Our range is bet- ween five and 20 yards and when they shut that down, we were in trouble." IT WAS the Wolverines' third con- secutive shutout. They have held the opposition scoreless for 14 straight quarters; the last score was a 2-yard touchdown run by Illinois' Wayne Strader in the second quarter of the Oc- tober 25 contest. "We added (Evan) Cooper and (Gerald) Diggs," said Coach Bo Schembechler, explaining the added Skyway secondary coverage. "The way to sack Edwards bolted over from three to give him (Herrmann) is, to cover his Michigan a 7-0 lead midway through the receivers and have four active kids up opening stanza. front. We made him move around and The Wolverines' next series began at the coverage was key. We made him midfield, thanks to a 24-yard shanked dump the ball." punt off the foot of Jim Bosche. Edwar- The Wolverine offense capitalized on ds dashed through the line for 13 yards, the defense's tenacity and scored two and two misdirection plays later, light- quick touchdowns midway through the ning struck. first quarter.. Purdue stiffened up its Carter ran a corner pattern, cutting defense during the next two periogJs, but from the left to the right side of the the Blue attack chalked up two more field. Wangler hit him perfectly with a scores in the last eight minutes of the strike at the five, and the' speedster game. zoomed in for the touchdown. However, ON MICHIGAN'S first drive, Ali Haji-Sheikh's extra point was Wangler found Carter on successive blocked by defensive tackle Calvin third down plays, first at the Purdue 44, Clark, and Michigan's lead was 13-0. It then at the 16. Four plays later, fullback was Haji-Sheikh's first miss on an extra point this season. robbery HERRMANN HAD driven Purdue to the Michigan 13 on a series of short Macon .................... 8 18 2.3 passes and runs up the middle, but Herrmann.................3 -27 -9.0 Tony Jackson forced the first turnover, PASSING of the game when he outmuscled split end Bart Bigrrell for the ball in the end MICHIGAN zone. ATT' COMP INT YDS Then the game briefly turned into a Wangler .................20 12 1 165 battle of blunders. First Carter fumbled the ball after catching, it near midfield. Herrmann then responded by over- shooting Young near the sideline, threw ye third of th flanker St "The (Herrn receivt active, et another interception, his aerial a minute later, ending any fur- e game. In an attempt to find ther scoring threats before inter- eve Bryant on a crossing pat- mission. NEITHER TEAM could mount a significant drive until early in the four- th quarter, when Michigan moved down the field twice. The first drive failed to produce any points when Haji-Sheikh's 35-yard field goal sailed wide to the way to sack him right, but the Wolverines struck paydirt when tailback Butch Woolfolk dove in nann is to cover his from two yards out for the touchdown, Prs and have four capping an eight-play, 60-yard drive. ,,t Schembechler opted to attempt a two- kids ,upfront.point conversion hoping to compensatq4 for the earlier miss on the extra point, but Wangler's pass for tight end Craig Dunaway failed. One exchange of series later, -Bo Schembechler Wangler found Carter on another crossing pattern for a 20-yard touch- down, Michigan's fourth of the day. Haji-Sheikh added the extra point to complete the scoring. hrew short and Jackson step- And as icing on the cake, linebacker nt of it to pick off his second Andy Cannavino pulled down a gift in he day. But linebacker Mike his final home game - Herrmann eked off Wangler on a similar fourth errant pass - with 1:50 to play. MICH. First downs................ 22 Rushing (att/yds).......... (59/263) Passing (comp/att/int) (12/20/1) Passing Yards..............165 Fumbles (no/lost).......... 3/2 Punts (no/avg) ............6/29.0 SCORING PUR. 12 (27/65) (21/34/4). 129 0/0 9/32.8 where Marion Body caught the tipped ball for his fourth interception of the year. With 2:09 to go in the half, Herrmann tern, he ti ped in fro pass of ti Marks pic MICHIGAN................13 0 0 13 - 26 Purdue.....................0 0 0. 0 - 0 SCORING PLAYS M-Edwards-3 yd. run (Haji-Sheikh kick) M-Carter 22 yd. pass from Wangler (kick blocked) M-Woolfolk 2 yd. run (pass failed) M-Carter 20 yd. pass from Wangler (Haji-Sheikh kick) PURDUE Herrmann ............... 34 -- - 21 4 129 RECEIVING RUSHING MICHIGAN NO YDS Carter..................... 8 133 Woolfolk .................. 2 11 Ricks..................... 2 21 TD 2 0 0 MICHIGAN Edwards...............29 Ricks...................16 Woolfolk .................. 7 Kr. Smith .............. 2 Carter.................... I Hassel....................I Wangler..................3 PURDUE Sm ith .... .........-... 11 McCall................ 5 164 49 22 17 17 4 -6 5.7 2.8 3.1 8.5 17.0 4.0, -2.0 PURDUE Young ..................... Sm ith .................... Burrell................. Bryant................ Macon ................ McCall .................. 6 6 5 2 1 1 25 22 49 23 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 4.4 26 5.2 MICHIGAN'S Stanley Edwards 'dances through the Boilermaker defense ai Purdue's Paul Hanna (96) attempts t track him down. AND IN THIS CORNER.. Mark Mihanovic N PURDUE'S first drive of yesterday's Big Ten showdown, Heisman O Trophy hopeful Mark Herrmann dropped back to pass from the Michigan 25-yard line and hooked up with tailback Jimmy Smith at the 21. Smith caught the ball and turned upfield in search of running room. No dice. Michigan's Andy Cannavino was waiting, and the senior linebacker stopped him.,cold in his tracks with a teeth-shattering blow. One play later, fellow senior linebacker Mel Owens caught Herrmann on a blitz for an 11-yard loss, and the Boilermakers were out of field goal range. The tempo of the game had been set. Michigan was going to put pressure on , the Purdue quarterback throughout the contest, and when Herrmann did have time to complete a pass, the physical Wolverine defensive backfield was in position to limit the receiver to a short gain. One-hundred twenty-nine yards passing. One-hundred ninety-four yards in total offense. Zero first downs in the second half. Four interceptions. And the most important number of all, zero points. Hardly what everyone expec- ted from a Boilermaker outfit which had recorded 45, 36, 52, and 58 points over thelast four weeks. Thus, Michigan rides its 26-0 nationally-televised pasting of the Boiler- makers and its seven-game winning streak into Columbus for the annual brawl with Ohio State next weekend. That could have been expected. What certainly wasn't expected is that the horse the Wolverines will ride into Buckeye-land is the defense. And the man who was as surprised by the. easy win as anyone was Bo Schembechler. "Who would have ever thought that our defense would have run a string of 14 consecutive shutout quarters?" the coach exclaimed in reference to the fict that Illinois was the last team to light up the scoreboard against the Wolverines on October 25, exactly 214 minutes and eight seconds of action ago. What's more, the last couple of games the defense has put the clamps on the opposition without the full-time services of senior tackle Mike Trgovac, who is still hobbling on a bad ankle. Trgovac was only used in select situations yesterday, yet Purdue only compiled 65 rushing yards. And Owens, Cannavino, and junior linebacker Robert Thompson spent much of the afternoon roaming the Boilermaker backfield, the three of them accoun- ting for six behind-the-line tackles totaling 33 Yards in losses. Add that to defensive coordinator Bill McCartney's six-man defensive backfield, implemented on most second-and-long and third down situations, and you come up with a dismal Purdue offensive showing, led by a dismal Herrmann., The slender, 6-5 Purdue signal-caller never displayed any Heisman-type credentials. All of his interceptions could have been completions had he thrown the ball straight and on a line; instead, he lofted the pigskin each, time, allowing Tony Jackson to pick off two aerials and Cannavino and Marion Body to snag one apiece. With the game transmitted on television sets from coast to coast, Herrmann and the Heisman aren't likely to get together in the future. "I think it's pretty much out of reach," the downcast quarterback ad- mitted afterwards. "On national TV, it was a pretty good shot for me. I don't think I deserve it at all." Cannavino was not about to enter the Heisman debate. "He (Herrmann) doesn't have the strongest arm, like (Ohio State's Art) Schlichter, and he lof- ts the ball. He's got a nice touch. On film, Herrmann looks like the best; he just didn't play well today. (South Carolina's George) Rogers was good. I don't know." There are no Heisman candidates on the Wolverine offense, but the at- tack was methodically efficient, nonetheless. Stanley Edwards slashed through the large holes people have come to expect from Michigan's gargan- tuan line for 164 yards on 29 carries. Because of a nuance that was observed in the Purdue defensive set-up, the Blue braintrust opted to run out of the split backfield frequently yester- day, rather than exclusively using the I-formation. Edwards was thus afforded greater opportunity tp pick his openings than when he starts just behind quarterback John Wangler at the fullback position and is forced to hit the hole quickly, and it showed up in his stats. But if one athlete is, and has been, in line for praise, it's Wangler. He .a__ .. a ......... D.... n a n . - -4. nnia 9n c a n9 a n nt a rm. 4 Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK Unexp ecte 'M' defense stru d strength Io By GARY LEVY With the deft passing touch of Purdue Heisman Trophy candidate Mark Herrmann, the pressure was supposed to be on Michigan's young and inex- perienced defensive secondary. But a defense installed especially for Herrmann, plus a mixture of quickness and speed by the Wolverine defensive backs altered the once awesome Pur- due aerial attack into one dump pass af- ter another in Michigan's 26-0 whitewash of the Boilermakers yester- day in Michigan Stadium. THE PHYSICAL Michigan defense held the NCAA's all-time passing leader to a mere 129 yards passing, a far cry from the 331.2 yards Purdue averaged through the air in previous conference games. Herrmann com- pleted 21 of 34 passes on the afternoon, as well as four more into the arms of Michigan defenders. Free safety Tony Jackson picked off two Herrmann passes and strong side halfback Marion Body and linebacker Andy Cannavino each had an interception. The Michigan defense has now recor- ded three consecutive shutouts (In- diana 35-0, Wisconsin 24-0) and has not allowed a point for 14 quarters. It's the same defense that coach Bo Schem- bechler did not have any confidence in eight weeks ago when a decision to go for a fake punt on fourth and one from Michigan's own 29-yard line proved fatal in a 17-14 loss to South Carolina. "Who would ever had thought we'd be riding this high on our defense," said Schembechler. "I think we're better mentally and we've continued to im- prove each week." SCHEMBECHLER and defensive coordinator Bill McCartney installed a defense the past week which utilized six defensive backs for long yardage situations. This coverage worked per- fectly against the Purdue offense, for- cing Herrmann to dump off short passes all afternoon, as he averaged only six yards per completion. "We covered their receivers well," said Schembechler. "I didn't think we would be able to contain them the way we did. "We played some six backs. We ad- ded (Evan) Cooper and (Gerald) Diggs. The fact that the backs could cover so w'ell made him (Herrmann) dump off the ball. "I WOULDN'T do that unless I had a quick secondary," continued Schem- bechler. "When you're talking (Brian) ggles no Carpenter, Body,_ Jackson, (Keith) Bostic, you're talkin about kids who can run." Michigan's defense was particularly tough in the second half, not permitting a Purdue first down and holding Herr- mann to only 24 passing yards and the Boilermakers to nine rushing yards. "We've never shut anybody down like we did in the second half," said Schem- bechler, whose defense has permitted only three passes for touchdowns this season. JACKSON HAD perhaps' his finest day of the season with his two intercep- tions and six tackles (5 solo, 1 assisted). His first pickoff ended a serious Purdue threat. With Michigan ahead 13-0, the Boilermakers had a first and 10 from the Wolverine 13 yard line. Herrmann lofted a pass to split end Bart Burrell in the corner of the end zone, but Jackson swiftly stepped in front of him and I 1 ioner picked off the pass for a touchback. "I saw Herrmann look that way and I just stepped in front of him," said Jackson, whose interceptions were the first of his career. Jackson said the defense as a whole has made great strides since the start of the season. "IT'S NOT just the secondary. Th defense has learned the coverages bet- ter and knows what to expect," said the junior from Cleveland. Body, who made a sprawling catch of an overthrown pass off the fingertips of tight end Dave {Young, said that the secondary is the swiftest around. "We're the quickest secondary in the conference and probably the fasted ever at Michigan," said Body, who has four interceptions for the season. "Everybody can go at least 4.5 seconds in the 40." Big Ten Standings Ohio State......... MICHIGAN ........ Purdue ............. Minnesota........ Iowa............. Conf. 7 0 7 0 6 1 4 4 3 4 Overall 9 1 0 8 2 0 7 3 0 5 5 0 3 7 0 !