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Wolverine linemen Joe Cocozzo (68) and Greg Skrpenak congratulate Jon
Vaughn, who rushed for a 63-yard touchdown, in a fourth quarter endzone
celebration.
" by Mike Gill
Daily Football Writer
After Michigan's 38-15 victory over UCLA
Saturday, Jon Vaughn tried to get off the field
and to the lockerroom. He was met by a
television camera and reporter, who wanted his
immediate thoughts on the game. As Vaughn
gave his two cents worth, fans who had run onto
the field gave the viewers their penny's worth of
thoughts too.
"Heisman. Heisman. Heisman," they shouted.
"Oh, I heard them," Vaughn said afterwards
trying sound as modest as possible. Vaughn has
rushed for almost 500 yards in two games,
including Saturday's 288 yard day.
All talk of a Heisman left Michigan when it
was learned that Tony Boles would not beable to
return due to a knee injury. Now, the word
"Heisman" is again being whispered, but not to
Vaughn's liking.
"Personally, it's a great feeling," Vaughn said
of the crowd's chants. "I'm not in that position
right now to be a Heisman Trophy candidate. I'm
still young. I'm 20 years old and this is my first
season of playing college football.
"Take (Brigham Young's) Ty Detmer, he's
played a few years and he's shown the country
what he can do through 11 games and a bowl
game. I've only run the ball for two games and
iho's to say next week I won't get three yards. I
don't want to get that in my head. I'm going to
let everyone down if I start fumbling the ball, or
making bad reads or letting this go to my head."
Which is exactly coach Gary Moeller's
concerns. He downplayed Vaughn's 201 yards
gained against the Irish last week, and Saturday,
Mo presented this soundbite on Vaughn's
performance:
"The key thing I like from my perspective,
and I don't care what your perspective was - it's
not Jon Vaughn running the football, although
that was nice - but the fact that in the second
half our defense shut them down."
Nice?
Coach, what about that last touchdown run of
63 yards?
"I told him I could have run that last one,"
Moeller said.
Vaughn echoes his coach's sentiments on the
run and understands why Moeller won't be faxing
press clippings of Vaughn to the Downtown
Athletic Club's Heisman headquarters.
"He tells me just don't get a big head because
the more people pat you on the back, you tend to
get soft," Vaughn said. "I'm keeping that in
perspective, of other athletes getting a swelled
head and maybe not putting out 100 percent
when it comes down to game time."
Vaughn averaged 9.0 yards per carry in the 32
times he touched the ball. But he would rather
nix the Heisman talk and talk about his linemen.
"I just wish the Heisman could be given...
You have to single out one player and if it
wasn't for ten other guys he wouldn't of achieved
it," Vaughn said.
And so far Vaughn has practiced what he has
preached. The sophomore running back requested
that his entire offensive line accompany him to
the postgame media room.
"It's a great feeling and it's a great feeling
when he turned around and jumped in my arms
after the touchdown because it shows his
appreciation for not only myself but the entire
offensive line," Greg Skrepenak said of Vaughn's
offer to meet the press. "Offensive linemen don't
get the publicity of skill position players.
"We take great pride when a back gets over
100 yards and when a back gets over 200 yards,
we're totally thrilled. He's been a great asset to
us this year. We set high standards for ourselves
as far as rushing goes.
"I thought it was over 200 (yards Vaughn
gained) but when I heard that it was 280,
omigod. I didn't know it was that much. It's as
great a thrill for the offensive line as it is for
Jon.
"Who knows, maybe next week we can set
the record."
Vaughn's total of 288 yards places him
second in the Michigan record books behind only
See VAUGHN, Page 16
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KENNETH SMOLLER/Daily
Michigan tailback Jon Vaughn picks up a few of his 288 yards Saturday.
-Jon Vaughn rushed for 288 yards Saturday. That was the second most
yards gained by a Wolverine back in school history. Ron Johnson set the
record by rushing for 347 yards against Wisconsin, Nov. 16, 1968.
-Vaughn also became the first Wolverine in school history to rush for
200+ yards in back-to-back games. He is also only the fourth Michigan
rusher to get 200 or more in a game. The others are: Ron Johnson,
Jamie Morris and Tom Harmon.
-Vaughn broke the record for yards allowed rushing by a UCLA defense.
Marcus Allen held the record when he galloped for 219 yards in the 1981
game between USC and UCLA.
-Vaughn scored three times Saturday to mark the first time since the
Indiana game last year that a Wolverine scored three times in a game.
Tony Boles got three in the game with the Hoosiers last year. Vaughn
also became the first runner since Boles to break a 60+ yard TD run.
Boles did it at Illinois last year.
OPPONENT Afl YRDS AVG TDI LONG
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UCLA 32 288 9.0 3 63
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that's basically what happened
throughout the game."
Eric Turner, UCLA's touted
safety, probably had a different
perspective on the mobile back.
After an uneventful third quarter
passed by the wayside, Michigan
hung onto its 28-15 halftime lead.
The Wolverines seemed to be
searching for a clincher to put the
game in hand, having failed for 15
minutes.
Then, on an early fourth-quarter
play, Vaughn tore to his left and
literally carried Turner for over 20
yards, bulling his way to the UCLA
18 yard line. His dash set up a 27-
yard J.D. Carlson field goal that iced
Gary Moeller's first win as
Michigan's coach.
"He did a good job keeping his
feet," Moeller said. "Jon's got some
speed. He's got that ability to what I
call hit the home run.
"I'm proud of the way (the
offensive linemen) are playing. We
are getting great senior leadership up
front. The whole group is playing
well together."
UCLA coach Terry Donahue also
had praise for the Wolverine line:
"Their offensive line is very
unusual. They are impressive and as
good as any offensive line I have
seen. They are very talented and
gifted."
Regardless of who is responsible
for the 456 ground yards that
Michigan pounded out, Vaughn
loves his line and vice-versa.
"I think Jon's great," said
offensive tackle Greg Skrepenak.
"He has great vision which he
demonstrated on that last play (a 63-
yard touchdown run). He's also used
to running with us. He's spent a
couple of springs with us, he knows
the type of blockers we are as well
as we know what type of runner he
is."
And while the Michigan running
attack forged ahead, UCLA had all
kinds of difficulty moving the
football on the ground. In the first
quarter, Michigan held the Bruins to
-I yards rushing and allowed just 44
for the game. A 24-yard field goal
from Brad Daluiso at the close of the
first half encompassed the last points
that UCLA would muster against the
stingy Wolverine defense.
"The thing I like from my
perspective was that in the second
half, the defense shut them down,"
Moeller said.
For Moeller, then, it was back to
the basics - a strong defense and
powerful running attack - and the
only fitting way to chalk up an
inaugural Michigan win.
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Continued from page 9
feel a little uncomfortable hyping
(h- word) the play of one player.
"To single out one player is kind
of hard to take," Vaughn said.
But Vaughn's two performances
have had just the opposite effect of
keeping the spotlight centered on
himself. By piling up historic
yardage, Vaughn brings more
attention to the offensive line than it
would ever have received normally.
After all, hype breeds hype.
Pretty soon, the line might find itself
the subject of a collective nickname
that combines all of Donahue's
superlatives.
The point is that there isn't
anything wrong if Vaughn gets some
well-deserved coverage in the next
few days (h-word). Instead of
diminishing and diffusing his
achievements, let's celebrate them.
And his new first name - "Heisman
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