4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 7, 1985 'M' milks Wisconsin; churns out win (Continued from Page 1) themselves out of the game with all the turnovers." Turnovers - they've become synonymous with Wisconsin football, at least in Ann Arbor. "The turnovers were particularly frustrating," Mc- Clain said. "We've got to get more disciplined." ALL TOLD, the Badgers had five in- terceptions and two fumbles. Quar- terback Mike Howard, coming off a shoulder injury, threw all five inter- ceptions, but still completed 13 of 20 passes for 104 yards. On the other hand, the Michigan defense took credit for causing some of the turnovers. The secondary, in particular, had one of its best games with safety Ivan Hicks picking off two passes. Brad Cochran, Doug Mallory, and Garland Rivers also made key inter- ceptions, Rivers running his back 27 yards for a touchdown - the first points scored by the defense this year. 'We stopped our- selves more than anything.' - Bo Schembechler mistakes - especially penalties - kept the Wolverines from putting more points up. At one point in the third quarter, Michigan held the ball for seven minutes and drove a total of 96 yards, but failed to score. Harbaugh had engineered the drive to Wisconsin's 26 when threw an interception to Tim Jordan, who ran the ball to Michigan's 44 where he fumbled. Harbaugh quickly redeemed himself by recovering the loose ball. THE WOLVERINES then continued the drive to the Badger three only to have Mike Gillette miss the field goal. At other points, penalties made life a little tougher for Michigan. Altogether, it had 11 penalties for 106 yards. "We stopped ourselves more than anything," said Schembechler. "I don't think that we were flat, we just weren't as sharp as we have been." MICHIGAN started out with a 76- yard, seven minute drive after the opening kickoff. Harbaugh hit tight end Eric Kattus over the middle from the 14-yard line for his first of three scoring passes of the day. But late in the quarter, Monte Rob- bins shanked a punt 11 yards to give the Badgers the ball on Michigan's 44. Six plays later, Howard, from the six- yard line, rolled to the right and hit flanker Tim Fullington on the goal line for six points. The touchdown tainted the previously perfect defen- se's no-touchdown streak at 13 quar- ters. Backup quarterback Brand Ken- nedy tried to throw for a two-point conversion after a fake kick, but was quickly sacked by Cochran to keep Michigan ahead 7-6. THE WOLVERINES didn't expand the lead until the 2:10 mark of the second quarter when Harbaugh rolled to the left and hit a wide open Gerald White for the score, which capped a nine-play, 39-yard drive. Then Wisconsin hit the skids. With 1:32 left in the half, Howard threw a pass right to Hicks, who ran the ball to the Badger 25. Five plays later, Gillette hit a 22-yard field goal. The game stayed close for most of the third quarter with the Wolverines holding on to the 17-6 lead, but Rivers' interception return for a touchdown opened the contest up. With six minutes left in the game, Michigan got insurance on another Harbaugh-to-White touchdown pass. The play, from 11 yards out, was another rollout to the left. The final score came a few minutes later on a 33-yard Gillette field goal making it 33-6. But three minutes later, the highlight of the day came for McClain and his troops - the game ended. The 'Badgers apparently made it home without getting lost. "THE SECONDARY is squeezing a lot more this year," said Cochran, who got his 11th career pickoff. "We're giving the defensive line a chance to rush and they're rushing. And when you do that, things are going to happen." The defense also held Wisconsin's Larry Emery to 56 yards on 11 carries after the tailback was quoted as saying that Michigan does not tackle well. "We were pretty hungry to get him," said middle guard Billy Harris. "He's a good back, you know, but he talks a little too much." On offense, Michigan rolled up some good numbers, but had some problems, especially on the line after guard Mike Husar went out with a sprained ankle. To fill the spot, Schembechler moved center Andy Borowski to guard and left Bob Tabachino at center. ALTHOUGH HE was sacked three times, quarterback Jim Harbaugh was happy with the way the line han- dled the injuries. "Wisconsin threw some things at us and the offensive line scrapped and played hard and they deserved a lot of credit," he said. Michigan was able to control the ball for 37 minutes, but a few critical Linebacker Andy Moeller looks on as cornerback Garland Rivers inter- Rivers weaved his way through the Badgers for a touchdown. The cepts a Mike Howard pass in the third quarter of Saturday's game. Wolverine defense picked off a total of five Howard offerings. Ugly Badgers lose face, game 1 1 r Blue Banter *Wisconsin had to know the day was going to be bad when they left their hotel in Plymouth and were led the wrong way down I-94 by a misguided Michigan State Trooper. The police escort led the Badger entourage east on 94 instead of west, and ended up on the outskirts of Detroit before realizing the mistake and turning around. The errant journey turned a half-hour ride into an 11/2hour drive and delayed the start of the game 20 minutes. eWisconsin backup quarterback Budd Keyes wasn't too impressed with Michigan's 105,491 crowd. "I'll take our 70,000 over their 100,000," said Keyes. "I think our 70,000 are a lot better." *The Michigan defense has played outstanding all year, but on Saturday it collected its first point of the year when Garland Rivers intercepted a Mike Howard pass at the 28-yard line and returned it for a touchdown. It was Rivers' first career touchdown. *Those same stingy Wolverines also allowed their first touchdown of the season, but one streak remains intact. After chasing Wisconsin quarter- back Mike Howard into a weak pass incompletion attempt on the conver- sion attempt, Michigan has not allowed an extra point all season. *For the third week in a row, offensive guard Mike Husar left the game with an injury, but like the previous weeks, the injury isn't serious. Husar left Saturday's game in the second quarter with what was reported as a, turned or slightly sprained ankle, an injury similar to the one he suffered at South Carolina. By JOE EWING Michigan's win over Wisconsin on Saturday may not have been a thing of beauty and grace, but at least the Wolverines did not win the after- noon's ugly bowl. That distinction instead goes to the visiting Badgers. SURE THE game was played in dreary Michigan Stadium on an ugly day. Sure Bo Schembechler's troops committed far more unsightly errors than theydid the first threeweeks of the season. The Badgers were still the ugliest team on the field. Most of the afternoon, the Wolverines did not look like the team that had already beaten un on Notre Dame, South Carolina and Maryland this season. A number of miscues marred the Michigan attack, miscues that were hard to explain. Punter Monte Robbins shanked a punt out of bounds in Michigan territory to set up the Badgers' touchdown, the only touchdown the Michigan defense has allowed all season. FRESHMAN KICKER Mike Gillet- te, who had been perfect so far on ex- tra point attempts and on field goals inside the 40, hooked both a conver- sion try and a 21-yard field goal attem- pt to the left of the uprights. "I don't know what happened there," said Schembechler of Gillet- te's failed kicks. "They both looked exactly the same. They looked like a couple of sidearm curve balls." Michigan players coughed up two fumbles, one by Doug Mallory on his runback of an interception just before the half, and the other by Bob Perryman after an 18-yard pass play in the third quarter. And then there were the mistakes that further pushed back Schem- bechler's already receded hair line - the penalties. The Wolverines were whistled 11 times for 106 yards, the highest penalty total since they visited South Carolina in their second game and faced controversial of- ficiating. It was also the highest total all season while Michigan had held the home field advantage. "I don't think I've ever seen so manydpenalties," noted Schem- bechler. "I thought I was in South Carolina for a minute. That probably bothers me more than anything else." PENALTIES KILLED or maimed several drives that could have given Michigan a margin of victory larger than 33-6. A holding flag wiped out a 10-yard gain and first down by Morris early in the second quarter and ended a poten- tial drive. Another holding call on Wisconsin's 10-yard line a few minutes later sent the Wolverines back to the twenty, forcing them to settle for a field goal when they could have gone in for six. A third holding penalty nullified a Jim Harbaugh to Eric Kattus touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, delaying the Wolverines' final touchdown for two plays. Nonetheless, while Michigan may not have been.a pretty sight on Satur- day, Wisconsin had a bad case of the Big Ten Standings 1 homelies.-~Most" of the Badgers' ugliness came from the same thing that destroyed their beauty in last year's game with the Wolverines - turnovers. LAST SEASON the Badgers lost five fumbles and an interception to the Wolverines while losing 20-14. Saturday, the turnover situation was worse, as Wisconsin gave up two fumbles and Badgers quarterback Mike Howard threw five intercep- tions. "The turnovers were particularly frustrating," said Wisconsin head coach Dave McClain. "We've got to get more discipline. I don't know if Michigan is 33-6 better than us, but they were better today." Michigan picked off two of Howard's aerials in the final three minutes of the first half. The first in- terception, by safety Ivan Hicks, set up a Wolverine field goal. Mallory's in- terception ended the half. THEN THINGS got worse for the Badgers in the second half. "They turned the ball over too much in the second half," said Schembechler. "That didn't let them get back into the game." Wisconsin linebacker Tim Jordan picked off Harbaugh midway through the third period and returned the ball into Wolverine territory before run- ning into fullback Gerald White and losing the ball, which Harbaugh aler- tly pounced on. The play could have opened the door for Wisconsin, but in reality only resulted in a 30-yard Wolverine loss. When the Badgers finally did get the ball back, cornerback Garland Rivers nabbed Howard's second- down toss and went 28 yards for Michigan's third touchdown. THE NEXT three times the Badgers touched the ball, they lost it. Cochran intercepted Howard at the Michigan 24 to kill one drive. When I the Michigan offense stalled, Robbins punted to Nathaniel Odomes who took an ugly shot from linebacker Jeff Akers and coughed up the ball on his own 27, setting up the Wolverines' final touchdown. The very play after the Wolverines scored, Hicks picked off his second Howard pass of the afternoon and set up the final Michigan field goal. On top of the turnovers, Wisconsin kicker Todd Gregoire missed on his two field goal opportunities, and the Badgers also blew a two-point conver- sion attempt after their only score. "We didn't have the discipline that it takes to beat a team like Michigan," said McClain after the contest. "We made mistakes when we shouldn't have, but we're not as bad a team as we showed today." But they sure were ugly. - I''' aggl MICHIGAN ..... Indiana......... Iowa ............ Minnesota ....... Illinois .......... Wisconsin ....... Ohio State...... Purdue .......... Northwestern ... Michigan State .. 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 Conf. Overall 1-0 4-0 1-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 2-2 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 2-2 -I We want to help you stay in the .ranks of the physically fit. For only $39.00 you can purchase a short term membership that will be good until Dec. 15, 1985. 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TD 1 144 3 Ann Arbor Court Club SCORING MICHIGAN ................... 7 10 6 10 33 Wisconsin ..................... 0 6 0 0 6 SCORING PLAYS MICH - Kattus 14-yard pass from Harbaugh (Gillette kick) WIS - Fullington six-yard pass from Howard (Pass failed) MICH - White five-yard pass from Harbaugh 5 104 0 11 1 0 MICHIGAN Jokisch .................. Morris .................. Kattus............... No. Yds. 4 41 4 13 3 43 TD 0 0 1 .