4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily-- Sunday, September 16, 1984 MICHIGAN FAN RETURNS TO ANN ARBOR Millen fulfills lifelong dream By PAULHELGREN Before he became a Washington Husky two years ago, before he even threw a single pass in junior college, Hugh Millen had his sights set on one game - yesterday's Michigan- Washington contest. In only his second game as a starter, Millen connected on 13-of-16 passes for 165 yards, including a 73-yard TD strike, to lead the Huskies to a convin- J4cing 20-11 victory over the second- ranked Wolverines. MILLEN lived for a short time in Ann Arbor and was reared a fervent Michigan football fan by his father, a Michigan graduate. Though he moved E -%from Ann Arbor to Seattle when he was "two or three," Millen lived and died with the fortunes of the Wolverines through the years, secretly hoping that someday he could return to Ann Arbor. and play in Michigan Stadium. Yester- day he got that chance and made the "When I was down at Santa Rosa ' 4College (1981-82) I was thinking about whether to come up to Washington or go to San Diego State," Millen explained. "I wrote everything down on paper and one thing that kept coming up was Sep- tember 15, 1984. I'd have a chance to play against Michigan. When I was a senior in high school I saw that date and it never really left my mind. "Growing up I was weaned on Michigan football, so to speak," contin- ued the 6-4, 212-pound junior. "Michigan-Ohio State games, we used Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER to sit around and get all psyched up for Husky Walt Hunt (45) embraces teammate Rick Fenney (30) after Fenney's them for a week. I remember having two-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. The touchdown was the first Michigan posters all over my wall." of two for Washington in its victory over Michigan yesterday. YESTERDAY Millen had Wolverine defenders in his hip pocket. After an unimpressive 11-for- 23 passing debut in last Saturday's 26-0 waltz over Northwestern, Millen cooly confronted Michigan and 103,072 Michigan Stadium fans. The defense weakness and play ball control with his aerials.t Except for a third-quarter, 73-yard bomb to his best friend, split end Mark Pattison, Millen's longest pass was 12 yards. 'Growing up I was weaned on Michigan football, so to speak... I remember having Michigan I 1 posters all ove -H r my wall.' usky QB Hugh Millen "We were very surprised," sai( Greene, who caught his first pass of t year, good for two yards. "When Mar came back up field he told me he wa really shocked. Usually Michigan i always back deep and they play sounc defense." PATTISON SAID the success of th play was in part due to sixth sense thai has developed between himself and his quarterback. "He just knew where I was going tc be," said Pattison, "We've spent hou and hours together throwing in t park. We're best friends; we dc everything together." Millen and Pattison's friendship began when they were teammates at Roosevelt High in Seattle. Ironically, Pattison was the first-string quarter, back and Millen was his backup. "I taught him all he knows," Pattison said with a grin. WHEN MILLEN transferred t Washington, Pattison's family "prac- tically adopted" him according to Pat- tison. The junior QB's real parents live in West Germany, where his father has been a computer programmer for the past five years. "I'm sure he'll probably call," Millen said of his father, Hugh Millen Sr. "He wrote me a letter after we beat them (Michigan) last year and he wished Michigan had beat us." With his father such a loya Wolverine backer, would Millen rather have ran the helm of the Michigan of- fense? . "No," he said. "I just wanted to play here. I didn't care which team I played for." that intercepted Miami's Bernie Kosar six times last week allowed Millen to hook up on 81 percent of his tosses, without a single interception. "I knew I wasn't going to come back and throw six interceptions," Millen said. "Our offense is built so we have check-offs and if things are covered up field I don't need to be forcing passes. "I NOTICED some things in the films too, after watching them. They (Michigan defense) were vulnerable, particularly in the short, underneath drop-offs. It wasn't like we looked at the films and said, 'Geez, there's no hope.'" The Huskie offense was hardly an immovable force - Washington run- ning backs tallied only 111 yards on 47 carries - but Millen was able to take advantage of Michigan's short-pass Millen's long touchdown completion made the score 17-3 and effectively let the air out of Michigan's hopes for a second-half comeback. Millen decided to go long on the play after he noticed a hole in the Wolverine secondary. "IT WAS intended to be a hook route on the left to (flanker Danny) Greene," Millen said. "When I came to the line of scrimmage I noticed that their defen- sive backs were rolling about eight, 10 yards off the ball. Mark runs a 4.53 in the 40 so I knew that he was going to blow by there." Millen withstood a fierce Wolverine rush and connected on the game- breaking play. The ease with which Washington scored surprised some of the Huskies. Michigan Football Statistics SCORING Washington .........................3 7 10 0-20 MICHIGAN .........................0 3 0 8-11 SCORING PLAYS WASH-Jaeger 24-yard field goal MICH-Bergeron 52-yard field goal WASH-Fenney 2-yard run (Jaeger kick) WASH-Pattison 73-yard pass from Millen (Jaeger kick) WASH-Pattison 73-yard pass from Millen (Jaeger kick) WASH-Jaeger 38-yard field goal MICH-Bean 6-yard pass from Harbaugh (Garrett run) Rogers.................... White ..................... Harbaugh ................. 1 1 1 9 6 4 Punts (No/Avg) ... Penalties (No/Yds) Time of Possession 3/52.0 3/25 28:15 7/39.4 5/37 31:45 Passing WASHINGTON Rushing MICHIGAN Att Yds White.......18 73 Morris.............7 57 Harbaugh......... 10 13 Perryman.......... 4 13 Garrett............ 1 6 Rogers ............ 2 5 WASHINGTON Robinson .......... 15 45 R. Jackson........ 14 34 Fenney............8 27 Hunt.....;.......... 4 11 DeFeo.............2 1 Millen ............. 4 -7 MICHIGAN Att Comp Harbaugh ........... 37 17 Int 3 Avg 4.1 8.1 1.3 3.3 6.0 2.5 3.0 2.4 3.4 2.8 0.5 -1.8 TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Yds TD 183 1 165 1 Pattison ................ Hunt.................. R. Jones................ Fenney .................... Wroten................ Greene ................. 3 3 3 2 I 1 88 22 18 24 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TruB5/ieDoq Ius ev, Loss embarrasses Bo . ... turnovers Dill Blue WASHINGTON Millen............... 16 13 0 Receiving MICHIGAN First Downs ... Rushing (Att/Yds) Net Passing Yards . Passing (Att/Comp/ Int........... Total Yards ....... Fumbles (No/Lost) MICH 22 42/167 183 37/17/3 350 3/2 WASH 13 47/111 165 16/13/0 276 2/0 Bean ...................... Jokisch:................... Morris............. Kattus................ Nelson .................. S. Johnson ................. No 5 2 2 2 2 1 Yds 60 38 25 14 11 16 TD S0 0 0 0 0 Returns MICHIGAN Punts No/Yds Gant..................... 6/46 Morris................ WASHINGTON Greene .................... 1/10 Hill ....................... Kickoffs No/Yds 2/21 1/15 Wahington frus (rates Wo lye rn es (Continued from Page 1) "The long bomb took the starch out of our defense," Schembechler said. "That's ridiculous, just ridiculous." Millen had an impressive day, com- pleting 13 of his 16 passes for 165 yards. Just last week, the junior could only gain 103 yards in the air against North- western. "LAST WEEK'S game he was looking to build confidence to come into this game," said Huskie head coach Don James of his new quarterback. "Today he ran and threw well and gained the confidence to become a good quarterback." Granted, Millen had a great day statistically, but he got a couple of huge breaks in the middle of the third quar- ter that secured his team's victory. Micihigan's new punter, Monte Rob- bins, nailed the last of his three punts seemingly to the Washington one-yard line, but the officials decided to mark it at the twenty, giving the Huskies some much-needed turf. On Washington's second play, Millen pitched the ball away, but Wolverine linebacker Rod- ney Lyles missed the recovery and the Huskies maintained possession. Though they could not capitalize on that gift, Michigan's Tony Gant gave them another one with a fumble of a Thane Cleland punt. Fenney recovered for Washington on the Michigan 49 yard line. TEN PLAYS later, the Huskies cap- ped their scoring barrage of the day with a 38-yard field goal that made it an embarrassing 20-3 ballgame. To Michigan's credit, Harbaugh led the dejected offense to a final scoring drive in the closing minutes of the game.. Harbaugh connected on seven passes in the 12-play drive, including the second and goal touchdown shot to Vince Bean. Eddie Garrett, back from a knee injury that kept him out of the Miami contest, hopped over the goal line for the two-point conversion with two seconds remaining. Though the lopsided score indicates otherwise, the Michigan defense had a pretty fair day. Charged by Mike Mallory's 13 tackles, the Wolverines stymied a potentially explosive Huskie ground game. Robinson and Ron "Cookie" Jackson, two career 1,000 yard rushers managed only 34 and 45 yards respectively. The total gain for Washington rushers was a measely 111 yards. MICHIGAN, on the other hand racked up 167 yards on the ground, averaging almost four yards per carry. Freshman Jamie Morris had an ex- citing day, running for 57 yards on just seven carries. Gerald White carried the bulk of the rushing attempts for 77 yards in 18 tries. Regardless of the numbers, Schem- bechler could find no worth in his team's performance. "We'll have a wonderful week of practice," he said sarcastically. "That was not typical Michigan football. That was an embarrassment to Michigan football." "I thought we were ready to play," said a dejected Harbaugh who finished the day 17 for 37 and 183 yards in the air. "I have to work harder in practice this Blue Banter, week." Harbaugh and teammates will have no choice on that question. Schem- bechler is not about to let the Wolverines get away with this type of performance again, especially next week against Wisconsin. At the post- game press conference he was asked if it could happen again. "That's an im- possibility," he stated emphatically. "Come on, if that happens, you'll find me at right tackle." And he surely meant it as he stormed out of the inter- view room. * Michigan hasn't won its first two games of the season since 1978 when it won four before getting toppled by Michigan State. * Washington coach Don James. when asked where he thought his team will be ranked after beating the number- three Wolverines. "I don't care. I hope it's n)ot very high." " Having' a father who is a Michigan alumnus made Husky quarterback Hugh Millen quite a fan of the Wolverines in his younger days. "I was such a big Michigan fan," he said, "that I wrote to The Michigan Daily, sent money and said 'Hey, can I subscribe to The Michigan Daily because I'm such a big fan, and can you send me some pictures?' So they sent Harlan Huckleby pictures and Rick Leach." * Bo Schembechler, commenting after the game about the booing the team received at halftime: "They (the fans) pay to get in. I don't give a damn about the boos," * And Schembechler on why he didn't throw the ball on Michigan's last possession of the first half: "Because I'm not a dumb ass like 100,000 other people. I'm not going to throw into the wind in that situation." Washington split end Mark Pattison was not impressed by the sight of 103,E fans at yesterday's game. "I've played in some big stadiums, the Rose Bowl, LSU's and our's," he said. "And that crowd today was pretty silent. There s med to be a lot of fair-weather fans out there" " Yesterday's loss was the first in 12 games for the Wolverines in Michigan Stadium., " "I have a feeling that we're going to play better teams in our conference than Washington," said Schembechler after the game. "And that feeling worries me a lot," * Michigan hadn't allowed a rushing touchdown in 10quar- ters before Rick Fenney barrelled over from the two in the second stanza, * Yesterday's crowd of 103,072 was the smallest since the opening game of the 1980 season versus Northwestern. G ive Bo Schembechler all the credit in the world. He felt his Wolverines played a pathetic football game and he said it. He felt his players were flat and poorly motivated and he said it. He felt this latest Wolverine per- formance was an embarrassment to the entire Michigan program and he said it. There was very little that Bo did not say as he detailed the humiliation that was welling up on his insides following yesterday's, 20-11 Wolverine beating. "I'm very concerned about the interior, the exterior and the 'backterior'," said Schembechler when asked to assess the play of his interior offensive linemen. "I've seen us play worse," said the dean of Big Ten coaches, "but I can't remember when." Schembechler's absolute disgust with Washington's upset triumph is un- doubtedly a reflection of the nature of the game itself. Bo watched the Wolverines commit five turnovers in a game that he thought his team could take. "This game was an embarrassment to Michigan .football, that's why I don't know how good Washington is," admitted Schembechler. For as horrendous as Michigan played-and in spite of the five giveaways, the Wolverines could have won the game and in fact dominated almost all of- fensive categories. Michigan's domination statistically was something that Bo was confident of beforehand and that Husky coach Don James was concerned about. "Of- fensively, we didn't have an ounce of confidence coming into.this game," said a calm James. an hour after the game. James lost his star quarterback from a year ago,. Steve Pelluer to, the Dallas Cowboys and new signal caller Hugh Millen was shaky in Washington's 26-0 win over Northwestern last week. Said James: "We had it in the back of our minds as we prepared for the game that a blow out was a possibility. Michigan always fields a good team and especially - coming off a great win over Miami, we had to be concerned." It was Schembechler's team, however, that barely eluded being blown out. Millen, a redshirt junior, completed 13 of his 16 aerials for 165 yards, including the 73-yard third-quarter touchdown bomb that "took the starch out of our defense," as Schembechier Schembechler phrased it. Most disheartening for Schembechler, though, were the five turnovers. If there has been one offensive must Schembechler has stood for during his coaching career, it is ball control. "You can never expect five take-aways against a team like Michigan," said James. This ironic reversal from a week ago, when Michigan's defense stunned Miami by creating eight turnovers in the thrilling 22-14 Wolverine upset, is the reason Bo's charges came up empty against the Huskies. Turnover numero uno was a Gerald White fumble at the.Husky 40-yard line on the eleventh play of a second-quarter Wolverine drive. White's miscue was not damaging as Washington punted after one series of downs. Turnover number two, however, was somewhat of a killer. With 4:05 left in the first half Jim Harbaugh threw an interception over the middle that was returned nine yards.to the Michigan 25-yard line. Exactly three minutes later, Washington ran it in for the score and a 10-3 halftime lead. Even after Millen burned Michigan for the 73-yard touchdown there was still 11:16 to go in the third-quarter. Disaster struck on the next series of events. With Michigan stalled on their next possession, Monte Robbins let go with a 51-yard punt that appeared to be downed by Bob Perryman at the Washington one-yard line. Instead, the officials took the ball out to the twenty, ruling a touchback. Suddenly, on second and six, Millen pitched the ball well behind tailback Jacques Robinson and Michigan had the opportunity to make a pivotal tur- nover. But the ball squirted away from Rodney Lyles and Robinson was able to come back and fall on the ball at the 17-yard line. Still, Michigan was alive, forcing the Huskies to punt on the following down. Wolverine safety Tony Gant, who has returned punts exceptionally well in the first two games, caught the ball at his 38-yard line and returned it 11 yards before fumbling at the Husky sideline. Millen proceeded to guide Washington on a 4:11 possession resulting in a field goal. With the score 20-3. 4 0 r Wi Big Ten Standings ' U - i Ll