4 Page 16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19, 1988 Miami's Gary wary of newfound fame 4 BY PETE STEINERT Miami fullback Cleveland Gary may have succeeded in wearing out Michigan Stadium's artificial surface Saturday in the Hurricanes' dramatic 31-30 vic-tory over the Wolverines. Like a schoolboy at recess, Gary was all over the field. In only his second collegiate start, the 6-foot-2, 226- pound fifth-year senior had a hand in almost half of Miami's total offensive yardage. He caught nine passes for 162 yards and carried the ball 11 times for another 44 yards. After the game, Gary refused to harp on bis own effort. "If I wanted to talk about me, I'd go into boxing," Gary said. "My offensive performance means nothing if our team doesn't win." But Saturday, anyway, Miami wouldn't have won without his performance. His receiving yardage marked the third highest individual output ever allowed by the Wolverines and the most Michigan has surrendered since 1982. Gary accounted for three of the Hurricanes' four touchdowns. His last score brought Miami to within two, 30-28, with just under three minutes to play. On fourth-and-one at Michigan's 48-yard line, Gary tucked away a screen pass over the middle from quarterback Steve Walsh, got a key block down the field from wide receiver Dale Dawkins, and rambled the rest of the way down the right sideline. "I've never been in a situation like that before," said Gary of the Hurricanes' frantic comeback. "I was nervous. I'm very fortunate to have guys like Steve on the field." Gary also played an instrumental role on Miami's ensuing drive. His 17-yard run down to the Wolverines' 16-yard line helped set up Carlos Huerta's game-winning field goal. Walsh went to Gary time and time again in key situations. The two hooked up for Miami's first points of the game, an innocent-looking screen pass that turned. into a 49-yard touchdown. "Those passes are almost always there," said Walsh, who enjoyed his most productive game as a Hurricane. "It's just Cleveland. He's got one of the better set of hands on the team." Miami coach Jimmy Johnson said: "He's a heck of a football player. I said before the season started that he's one of the best fullbacks in the country." Gary, a native of Indiantown, Fla., moved into the starting fullback position this year, replacing the departed Melvin Bratton. After the Hurricanes' first two games, Gary leads Miami in rushing, receiving and scoring. I 4 Miami fullback Cleveland Gary turns the corner on Michigan's T. J. Osman during the first half of Saturday's game. Gary hurt the Wolverines by both rushing the ball and catching passes for big gains. 4 M 0 Miami Continued from Page 1 goal that gave Miami its first lead of the second half. Michigan had one last chance but could get no further than their own 40. With 12 seconds remaining, Demetrius Brown's pass intended for Chris Calloway around the Miami 35 was ruled incomplete on a play Schembechler thought was inter- ference. The Michigan coach was avidly upset with the officiating. "They had a lot of help there on the other sideline, a lot of help," said Schembechler. "I'll have to see the films, but he (Miami head coach Jimmy Johnson) was officiating the game for these... guys. I thought every bad call we got was on the other side of the field. "I don't want to talk about the officiating other to say that it hurts - and you know it." Michigan's collapse at the end of the game, whether aided by bad officiating or not, obscured a fine performance by the Michigan off- ense, particularly by quarterback Michael Taylor and halfback Tony Boles. Boles was a workhorse, rushing 33 times for 129 yards, 80 of those yards coming in the first half. But it was Taylor who really sparkled, completing 16 of 24 passes for 214 yards, and all three Michigan touchdowns. "I thought he played well...he's alright" said Schem- bechler. But when Taylor was told of his coach's praise, he shrugged it off, "I'm not satisfied until we win." The redshirt senior quarterback played a gutsy game. He was flushed out of the pocket throughout the contest by the quick Miami front line. Taylor came out for a play in the second quarter after being hit on a quarterback draw. Early in the fourth quarter Taylor was blindsided by Kenny Berry and forced out again. Demetrius Brown came in for two plays but Taylor came back to finish Michigan's last touchdown drive. "I'm not really hurt," said Taylor after the game, "I was just catching (leg) cramps." It wasn't just Taylor and Boles, though, who proved they could be big-time performers. The whole Michigan squad, that looked so sluggish a week ago in South Bend, did what nobody, friend and foe alike, had expected. They dominated the powerful Hurricanes for most of the first three quarters. Michigan won the toss and decided to go on defense to start the game. The decision paid off when the Wolverines recovered a Leonard Conley fumble on Miami's 41. Michigan drove deep but had its first of many squandered opp- ortunities when Jarrod Bunch failed on a third-and-one from Miami's four, settling for a Mike Gillette field goal. Michigan drove to the Miami 29 and 18 on its only other possessions of the first quarter but Gillette, second in Michigan's all-time field goal accuracy, missed on two attempts, from 46 and 34 yards out. Gillette converted from 30 yards early in the second but only after Michigan failed to get into the end zone on a first-and-ten from the Miami 12. "When you're inside the twenty that many times and come away empty - what the hell," said Schembechler. "We should have had 45, 50 points on this team." Despite outplaying Miami for most of the half, Michigan found tself down, 14-6 with six minutes to go. Finally, the Wolverines cracked the goal line, driving 63 yards on eight plays and scoring on Taylor's pass to tight end Derrick Walker after a fake handoff to Bobds froze the Miami defense. Michigan struck again quickly, recovering a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and scoring on a picture- perfect diving catch by John Kolesar in the front right corner of the end zone. The defense took over in the beginning of the second half. Vada Murray intercepted Walsh on Miami's first two possessions, th' first time in the shadow of Micht- igan's goal line. Miami failed to gqt a first down in their next twD possessions, 'as Michigan added a field goal and touchdown to go up by 16. "We played them good- times ," said Schembechler. "Let face it, (we) are a good team. We capi play good with anybody and we' get better. "I expect us to win the Big T championship. That's what expect......,They scored a lot points on a defense that's supposel to be impregnable." "They have an excellent footbafl team," added Miami's Johnson. ' have nothing but the greatest respet for them." 4 KAREN HANDELMAN/Doily Michigan running back Chris Horn scampers into the end zone past Hurricane defensive tackle Greg Mark. Horn's run allowed Michigan to complete a two-point conversion after a second-quarter touchdown. 4 q . Notre Dame passing on air attack EAST LANSING (AP) - At the current pace, No. 8 Notre Dame would end up with 25 pass com- pletions this season. Of course, at the current pace, the Fighting Irish would be 10-0 and vying for the mythical national title thanks to the option ground attack that sank Michigan State, 20-3, on Saturday. But Coach Lou Holtz - sounding a bit like Chicken Little- insists that a healthy passing game is crucial for his Notre Dame team, even though it's 2-0 with five completions. "We can't win unless we throw the ball. I know that and you know that, but our players don't know that," Holtz said. "Until we can pass for 215 yards on the average, we aren't going to be happy." Although quarterback Tony Rice hasn't sparkled in the air- he's completed only five of 21 passes for 90 yards and given up two interceptions- he's more than made up for it on the ground, especially against Michigan State when he cranked up the option attack in the second half. After gaining only 50 yards on 21 carries in the first half, Notre Dame rolled up 195 yards on 33 carries in the second half, 156 of those yards coming on 19 third-quarter carries. "They didn't believe I could run the ball. I had to show them that I could run the ball," Rice said. "It was just a matter of executing. We knew we were going to pop a couple," said tailback Mark Green, who gained 125 yards on 21 carries, most of them on pitches from Rice. "We didn't do anything really tricky. Those were things we knew we could do, but didn't get done in the first half," Holtz said of the option attack that befuddled the Spartan defense, tops in the nation last year against the run. Rice scored on an 8-yard run and linebacker Michael Stonebreaker in- tercepted a Bobby McAllister pass and returned it 39 yards for a touchdown to lead Notre Dame past Michigan State, 0-2. "I think that was the best option we've seen in six years," Michigan State coach George Perles said. "It was a poor game for us but a good game for Tony Rice. He did a good job on executing the option." Michigan State's John Langeloh and Notre Dame's Reggie Ho traded field goals before Ho put the Irish ahead for good with a 22-yard field goal with 4:11 left in the half. :1 Ex-Wolverines star in NFL activity FROM STAFF REPORTS Michigan alumni Anthony Carter and Jamie Morris both had impressive performances in yesterday's National Football League action. Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer hit Carter, Michigan's all-time leading receiver, with scoring strikes of 40 and 16 yards as the Vikings defeated their NFC Central Division rival Chicago 2 Bears, 31-7. The victory moved the Vikings into a first-place tie with the Bears with a 2-1 record. The rookie Morris, Michigan's all-time leading rusher, scored his second touchdown in as many weeks for the Washington Redskins on a 27-yard scamper on their second possession of the day. The Redskins proceeded to defeat their NFC Eastern' Division foe, the Philadelphia Eagles, 17-10. 4 ........ I o -- I NEWSWEEK Minority Internship Starting this fall, Newsweek magazine is sponsoring an internship in its Detroit Bureau for students of Black, Hispanic or Native American origin. Juniors, seniors, and gradu- ate students interested in journalism careers are eligible. 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