r---- ___-- -~ - - w - w Page 10- The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 9, 1983- Te ms go bowling The ian Daly- Frity Decer CIN No ECT 4I ThE NLJBEs 0 Orange L~ Bowl Miami, January 2 Miami (Fla.) 10-1 will have the home field advantage when it takes on top- ranked Nebraska (12-0) on January 2 in the 50th Annual Orange Bowl. That will probably be the only advantage the fourth-ranked Hurricanes will have over the Cornhuskers. Nebraska coach Tom Osborne has put together one of the most impressive offenses in the history of college foot- ball, which includes three potential All- Americans and has racked up 624 points and 6561 yards in 12 games, an average of 52 points and 546.7 yards per games SENIOR RUNNINGBACK and Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier leads the Nebraska offense and has simply dominated all opponents. This season, the 5-11 210-pound Rozier became only the second rusher in NCAA history to gain 2000 yards, picking up 2148 on 275 carries for a 7.8- yard average. He also rushed for an NCAA record 29 touchdowns and had four 200-yard games. Other likely All-Americans are wingback Irving Fryar, who has caught 40 passes for 780 yards and rushed 23 times for another 318 yards; and 6-3, 275-pound guard Dean Steinkuhler, the leading candidate for the Outland Trophy. Finally, the Huskers have quarter- back Turner Gill, a senior who has hit on 94 of 170 passes for 1516 yards and 14 touchdowns and rushed for 531 yards and 11 touchdowns. Across the line from. the Nebraska of- fense will be a tough Hurricane defense which ranks fourth in the country, allowing only 9.6 points and 259.4 yards per game. Anchoring the Miami defen- se are senior linebackers Jay Brophy and Ken Sisk, who have combined for 256 tackles, and defensive back Ken Calhoun, who has picked off five passes for the season. -JOE EWING Rose Bowl Pasadena, Jan. 2 So the fighting Illini finally get to go to the Rose Bowl, - their big moment in the sun - and they have to play a weak Pac Ten patsy, right? Wrong! Contrary to popular opinion ( which is almost always wrong), UCLA is a tough, school. So what if they are 674-1. Three of the losses were to non-conference op- ponents (Georgia, Nebraska, and Brigham Young) and the Bulldogs and Cornhuskers are both badass teams, with BYU being no slouch. NOT ONLY that, but they had a tough conference schedule. They' beat Washington 27-24 and Washington St. 24-14 ( I wonder how Michigan would do against teams like that?) To top it off, UCLA is playing on its home field, and is in its second straight Rose Bowl, their ninth overall. If you contrast this to Illinois, which freaked out in the Liberty Bowl last year when Tony Eason got hurt, losing 21-15 to Alabama, you may not like what you see. Before that, the Illini hadn't gone to post season play since the 1964 Rose Bowl. LAST, BUT certainly not least, Illinois won every "big" game this year at home (big games being Iowa; OSU, and Michigan). Their one tough road game was against Missouri, and they lost 28-18. So I'm going to pick UCLA to win, right Wrong! I know, I know, I'm com- pletely contradicting myself. But Illinois beat Michigan, which makes them damn good, (how's that for logic), plus it is the first team ever to go through the entire Big Ten without a loss (recall that up until a few years ago teams didn't play the entire conferen- ce). This was also a banner year for Big Ten football, so the Fighting Illini are battle tested and ready to squeak out a 14-13 victory in this years Rose Bowl. This prediction will self-destruct January 2nd. - STEVE HUNTER Cotton Bowl Dallas, Jan. 2 CBS will pay 3.5 million dollars to televise the 1983 Cotton Bowl from Dallas Texas on January 2nd. This year's game pits the Georgia Bulldogs, 9-1-1 against the Southwestern Con- ference champion Texas Longhorns,11- 0-0. Defense is the forte of both 1983 par- ticipants. Coach Fred Akers and his Longhorns led the country on defense, allowing only 104 points. Texas boasts two All-American defensive backs. Jeff Leiding (93 tackles) and safety Gerry Gray (116 tackles). But the Bulldogs also are bullish. When they don't have the football. Rover safety Terry Hoag finished 5th in the Heisman voting, while defensive back Knox Culpepper set a Georgia record with 166 tackles. THIS WILL be the 15th bowl in 20 seasons for Georgia coach Vince Dooley, but to win his offense will have to be sharp. The Bulldogs will start quarterback John Lastinger (796 yards, 6 touchdowns) and run with backs Kieth Montgomery (519 yards, 7 touch-' downs), and Barry Young (502 yards, 4 touchdowns). Lastinger's favorite target has been Herman Archie, who had 31 receptions for 355 yards. Texas offensive play this year has been very much of a team effort. 14 dif- ferent backs were given the ball from 3 different quarterbacks. Junior quar- terback Rob Moerschell (871 yards, 9 touchdowns) should get the start. The offensive line is led by All-American Doug Dawson and guard Mike Reuther. Look for Texas to remain undefeated. -RICH WIED:IS Fiesta Bowl Tempe, Jan. 2 The streak is over. After seven straight; years and seven different bowl games, Ohio State finally got a repeat in- vitation. Starting in '76 the Buckeyes appeared in the Orange, Sugar, Gator, Rose, Fiesta/ Liberty, and Holiday Bowls. But OSU failed to extend its amazing streak by bypassing the Florida Citrus Bowl and grabbing a spot on January 2 in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Ariz. THE BUCKEYES should sport no major changes from the squad that ap- peared in Michigan Stadium. Junior Mike Tomczak will again be behind center and he will hand the ball to the Big Ten's leading rusher Keith Byars and throw it to flanker Cedric Anderson and tight end John Frank. Pittsburgh (8-2-1), had a very tough schedule this season. Pitt defeated Notre Dame, Florida State, and Ten- nessee this year and tied arch-rival Penn State 24-24 in its season finale. The losses were to Maryland and West Virginia. Senior Joe McCall led the Panther of- fense with 846 yards rushing and fullbacks Marlon McIntyre and Marc Bailey added 413 and 441 yards respec- tively. The Pitt quarterback is sophomore John Congemi, who took over the chores from pre-season starter John Cummings after Cummings broke his collarbone in game one. The Panthers' third trip to the Fiesta Bowl is in a game that could be called the "Prestige Bowl" since higher ranked teams like SMU and Iowa were passed over for schools that could at- tract a better television audience. So tune in the day after New Year's to see the Scarlet and Gray battle Pittsburgh for the first time since 1954, and don't let the Fiesta Bowl Committee down. -MIKE MCGRAW junkie-offering a classic confrontation between a high-powered offense and a top-notch defense. Powered by the nation's third best of- fense (488 ypg, 38.6 ppg), the Hawkeyes make offense their best defense. Coach Hayden Fry respects Florida's agressive defense, but feels that his Hawkeyes shouldn't have any trouble scoring on the Gators. INDEED, THE Hawkeyes have a two pronged attack with the nation's second rated quarterback Chuckie Long and dynamic duo Owen Gill and Eddie Phillips in the backfield. While Iowa's defense is not great, it has improved dramatically in the season's closing weeks. The defense is anchored by All-Big Ten strong safety Mike Stoops, and middle linebacker Larry Station who Bo Schembechler describes as "marvelous." In contrast to the Hawkeyes, the' Gators' game is defense, allowing op- pents an average of 13.6 ppg. All- America linebacker Wilber Marshal leads the SEC in tackles. QUARTERBACK Wayne Peace leads the Gators into their fourth straight bowl appearance. Peace's favorite target is receiver Dwayne Dixon who can really fly. For Iowa to win Long must establish both the running and passing game and avoid the interceptions which have plagued him late in the season. Predicted score: Iowa 28, Florida 24. - DAN COVEN TEAM Total First Downs . Rushing......... Passing....... Penalty ....... Total Net Yards ... Total Plays...... Avg. Per Play ... Avg. Per Game.. Net Rushing Yards Total Attempts .. Avg. Per Play ... Avg. Per Game.. Net Passing Yards. Att/Comp/Int ... Avg. Per Att..... Avg. Per Comp. . Avg. Per Game.. Punts/Yds/Avg.... Had Blocked . Pt Rt/Yds/Avg.... KO Rt/Yds/Avg.. Int/Yds/Avg....... Fumbles/Lost ..... Penalties/Yds ..... Total Pts/Avg. Touchdowns. Rushing ....... Passing ....... Other......... PATK/Att....... 2 pt Conv/Att ...... Field Goals/Att .... Safety.......... Third IDn Conv/Att. Success Pct.. M 254 173 75 6 4481 824 5.4 407.4 3042 614 4.9 276.5 1439 210/112/9 6.8 12.8 130.8 42/1502/35.8 2 27/416/11.2 14/258/18.4 18/113/6.3 15/6 50/414 348/31.6 44 28 14 2 36/41 0/3 16/19 0 74/156 .474 Opp 169 69 94 6 2937 683 4.3 267.0 1051 360 2.9 95.5 1886 323/177/18 5.8 10.7 171.4 62/2450/39.5 2 11/35/3.2 39/675/17.3 9/155/17.2 20/11 47/389 151/13.7 18 5 12 1 16/16 2/2 7/10 50/143 .350 S. Johnson........ Bean .............. Wilcher......... Harbaugh ....... 1 9 1 9 9.0 9.0 -2.0 -7.5 0 0 0 0 2 -2 -15 Kattus............ S. Johnson........ G. Johnson. White........... Rice............... MICHIGAN ....... Opponents ....... 2 1 17 19 12 7 2 8.5 19.0 12.0 7.0 2.0 1 0 0 0 MICHIGAN........614 Opponents.........360 3042 4.9 1051 2.9 Passing 28 5 TD 112 177 1439 12.8 14 1886 10.7 12 Michigan 11 Game Statistics Mercer........ Perryman... Rose ........... MICHIGAN. Opponents . Fi Bergeron .. Schlopy ....... MICHIGAN. Opponents. Bracken....... Team ......... MICHIGAN. Opponents. S. Smith........... Hall ................ Harbaugh ........... PA PC 180 97 25 13 5 2 Int 7 2 0 Yds Scoring I MICHIGAN ......... 210 Opponents.......... 323 112 9 177 18 Receiving Nelson............ Bean .............. Rogers.......... Markray........ K. Smith ......... Garrett.......... Carthens .......... Armstrong...... No 38 26 16 8 7 5 3 3 Yds 474 375 137 251 49 24 59 13 Av 12. 14. 8.6 31. 7.0 4.8 19. 4. 5 3TDr TDp TDo FG TP 118 1 Bergeron ............ 15-17 75 26 0 Rogers .............. 9 54 S. Smith ............. 9 54 1439 14 Markray ............. 4 24 1886 12 Bean .............. . . 3 18 Nelson............... 3 18 Rice............... 2 1 18 g TD K. Smith ............ 3 18 5 3 Schlopy ............. 1-2 9 4 3 Armstrong .......... 1 6 6 0 Carthens............. 1 6 4 4 Garrett.............. 1 6 S 0 Hall.................1 6 8 1 K attus .................1 6 7 1 Logue...............1 6 3 0 Mallory.1 6 Cooper .... G. Johnson Cohen. Gant.. K. Smith S.Johnson. Rogers .... Wilcher ... White ..... PR/ 29/ 6 11 1/ INDIVIDUAL Rushing Att Yds Avg TD MICHIGAN 37/ Opponents . 1 DE Mike Mallory. Brad Cochran .. Carlton Rose ... Evan Cooper ... Al Sincich ...... Tom Hassel .... Kevin Brooks ... Tim Anderson .. Mike Boren ..... Vince Defelice .. Rogers.......... S. Smith.......... K. Smith......... Garrett............ Mercer ............ Rice ............... Armstrong........ Logue ............. Perryman ......... White ............. Hall ............... 192 94 98 80 30 35 20 13 16 20 11 916 653 517 335 151 140 91 85 72 64 17 4.8 6.9 5.3 4.2 5.0 4.0 4.6 6.5 4.5 3.2 1.5 9 9 3 0 1 2 I 0 t Bluebonnet Bowl TEAM Auburn 10 Game Statistics (does not include Alabama game) ,Houston, Dec. 31 Those who stick around on New Year's Eve to watch the Bluebonnet Bowl will see the Oklahoma State Cowboys face the unenviable task of containing Bayler's prodigous offense. The Bears' have a balanced attack averaging 409.5 ypg. All SWC running back Alfred Anderson (104.6 ypg) spearheads the ground game. Baylor also has a game breaker in All America wide receiver Gerald McNeil. The 5-7 speedster has scored five game- winning touchdowns this season, and is sixth in the nation with a whopping 1034 yards receiving. WITH THE nation's leading rusher Ernest Anderson returning for his senior year, Cowboy hopes for a Big Eight title were riding high. As it turned out, Anderson, plagued by a recurring knee injury, has carried only 17 times this season. Stepping in for Anderson, backs Ken Zachary and Shawn Jones lead a run-oriented. Cowboy offense which averages A83.9 ypg- The key to the Cowboy's success this season has been a fierce run defense that gave the option-oriented offenses of Nebraska and Oklahoma fits. A Cowboy victory will depend on whether their secondary can corral Baylor's receivers McNeil and Davis who burned Texas' nation leading defense for three touchdowns and had two others called back. Predicted score: Baylor 31, OSU 24. -DAN COVEN AUBURN Opp 205 ........ TOTAL FIRST DOWNS......... 163, 147 ........ Rushing ......... 69 50 .... ..Passing ......... 87 8 .......... Penalty ... ..... 7 45-295 . PENALTIES-YARDS .. 54-459 23-10 .... FUMBLES-LOST ....19-13 303 ........ RETURN YARDAGE.........348 695......... RUSH-PASS PLAYS......... 659 5.5 ........AVERAGE GAIN PER PLAY........4.7 287.6 ......RUSHING OFFENSE-GAME...... 106.4 94.0 .......PASSING OFFENSE-GAME...... 203.6 381.6 ...... TOTAL OFFENSE-GAME ...... 310.0 27.9 ....... SCORING -GAME ....... 15.9 INDIVIDUAL Rushing Mann............... 1 0 0 0 .000 Scoring AUBURN ........... 154 84 940 Opponents...........283 157 2036 7 .545 13 .555 TD PAT-K PAT-2 FGM-A 12 - Receiving West............ Woods........... Jackson ........... Beauford .......... James.......... Parks........... Carroll.......... Gainous......... Jessie ............. Evans........... Agee............ Middleton ......... R. Campbell....... NO 15, 14 13 9 9 8 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 YDS 176 207 73 153 60 86 66 54 17 -5 27 25 3 AVG 11.7 14.8 5.6 17.0 6.7 10.8 13.2 13.5 8.5 -2.5 27.0 25.0 3.0 TD 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Jackson ........... Del Greco........ Agee .............. R. Campbell . James.......... Woods........... Beauford .......... Gainous ........... Parks........... Mann........... King............ Fullwood ........ Humphrey........ AUBURN......... Opponents ......... 34-34 5 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 36 19 1-1 a1- 9-13 F Del Greco ....... AUBURN ....... Opponents ....... Colbert.......... AUBURN ....... Opponents ....... Kid, Jackson ......... Fullwood ........ James........... Evans......... AUBURN^....... Opponents ...... Gainous ........ James.......... AUBURN .. Opponents ... 34-34 1-2 9-13 18-18 0-1 9-13 Jackson ........... James.......... Agee............ R. Campbell. Fullwood .......... Beauford .......... Jessie........... Collins.......... C. Campbell........ Washington ....... Mann.-........... Evans ............. Threatt...,...... Walker ......... Graham......... ATT YDS 138 960 109 690 107 579 94 182 14 86 4 82 15 68 12 53 9 44 17 36 4 35 14 34 2 18 l 7 1 7 AVG 7.0 6.3 5.4 1.9 6.1 20.5 4.5 4.4 4.9 2.1 8.8 2.4 9.0 7.0 7.0 TD 10 4 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 AUBURN.......... 84 940 11.2 7 Opponents.........157 2036 13.0 13 Pat Dve's Record R: K. Nexus K.M.S. Gator Bowl Year 1974 ..... 1975 .... 1976 .... 1977 .... 1978 .... 1979 .... 1980 .... 1981 .... 1982 ..., School E. Carolina E. Carolina E. Carolina E. Carolina E. Carolina E. Carolina Wyoming Auburn Auburn Record .... 7-4-0 .... 8-3-0 .... 9-2-0 .... 8-3-0 .... 9-3-0 .... 7-3-1 .... 6-5-0 .... 5-6-0 .... 9-3-0 DI ARCADE BARBERS AUBURN....... Opponents ......... 541 376 2876 5.3 1064 2.8 No. 6 Nickels Arcade 665-7894 Jacksonville, Dec. 29 Until January 2, the Gator Bowl should satisfy any college football Passing ATT Comp R. Campbell........129 73 Washington.......23 10 James.............. I I YDS 834 103 3 TD 7 0 0 26 5 Pct .566 .435 1.000 Carr......... Smith........ Aughtman ... J. Jackson. Powell ........ Beasley ....... B. Thomas ..... G. Robinson .... King ............ Dailey........ Totals 1974-1982.............68-32-1 '11