The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - September 9, 1991 - Page 5
FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
Morrison impresses
in Wolverine victory
by Theodore Cox
and Phil Green
Daily Football Writers
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Michigan inside linebacker Steve
Morrison kept the Wolverines in the game through the first three quar-
ters of Saturday's victory. The Birmingham Brother Rice graduate made a
key interception when Boston College had the ball on the Michigan five
yard line. Defensive back Corwin Brown tipped the ball to Morrison,
who was waiting in the end zone.
In the third quarter, Morrison played the opposite role by tipping a
ball to Wolverine linebacker Erick Anderson for an interception.
Morrison was just as active on the tackling end, hitting hard and stop-
ping the Boston College running game.
Michigan coach Gary Moeller had mixed emotions about how his in-
side linebackers played: "I think they (Morrison and Anderson) played
}pretty well, and yet I saw both of them miss in key situations early in
the game. But honestly, from what I saw, and you don't know this until
you study film, I think they played well and I think they will be two
very good linebackers."
ALEXANDER ICED: Michigan wide receiver Derrick Alexander
twisted his knee in the third quarter during a Boston College punt. He
didn't see action the rest of the game. He will keep ice on it all week and
he should be ready to play next Saturday against Notre Dame.
Alexander got off to a fast start, turning screen passes into big gains.
He finished with 59 yards on three grabs for the afternoon.
RECORD BREAKING SPECIAL TEAMERS: Following Michigan's
third touchdown, J.D. Carlson kicked his 77th consecutive PAT to
break Ali Haji-Sheikh's record of 76 set in 1981-82.
Carlson added two more later in the fourth quarter to increase his
record to 79 straight...
With his 93-yard touchdown kickoff return, Desmond Howard be-
came the first Wolverine to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in his
career. Howard's other score occurred last season in the fourth quarter
against Michigan State.
FUTURE RECORD HOLDER: Eagle tight end Mark Chmura raised
his career reception total to 132 with his eight receptions Saturday. He
needs eight more to break Tom Waddle's school record of 139.
FAN SUPPORT?: Alumni Stadium's sellout crowd of 32,071 was the
smallest crowd Michigan has played before since 1978 at Northwestern.
Several thousand Wolverine faithful helped pack the stadium. But
Eagle fans dominated the sound waves, highlighted by their "overrated"
chant during the second half.
The Michigan fans did some cheering of their own and were led by an
alumni pep band.
WHEATLEY WATCH: How good is Michigan rookie Tyrone
Wheatley?
The true frosh saw action by the end of the first quarter. That is im-
pressive considering what Moeller said only a couple of weeks ago: "I
don't like to talk about freshmen because most of them aren't good
enough to play."
Wheatley came in for starting tailback Ricky Powers when he needed
a rest. The Dearborn Heights standout carried the ball eight times for 37
yards, an average of 4.6. His longest was a 17 yard scamper through the
middle.
ALTERNATING PUNTERS: Eddie Azcona and Chris Stapleton
split punting duties. Azcona had the better day, averaging 48.7 yards on
three punts, including one which Dottin downed inside the BC one-yard
line. Stapleton struggled with two punts, averaging 30.5 yards.
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wide receiver Derrick Alexander
standing on the sideline with a knee
injury. BC knew the ball was going
to Howard, yet the Eagles still
couldn't stop him.
"It feels good," Howard said. "I
think it hasn't hit me yet. It'll
probably hit me once I get home and
then your friends start talking
about it.
"I will enjoy it tonight, but
come tomorrow I'll watch film and
then get ready for the Fighting
Irish."
As Howard prepares for Notre
Dame, the Irish should know what
to expect from him. They had a great
receiver-returner of their own last
year in Raghib "Rocket" Ismail, and
know what long kickoff returns can
do for a team.
Although Ismail received all
sorts of Heisman hype, Howard has
been overshadowed by quarterbacks
David Klingler of Houston and last
year's winner, Ty Detmer from
Brigham Young.
Howard also runs an occasional
reverse, thus creating a triple-threat
for opposing teams - running, re-
ceiving, and returning. But his fore-
most asset is still as a receiver,
which helps explain his lack of
Heisman hype.
"The University of Michigan is
never going to leave the running
game,' Moeller said. "Desmond is a
heck of a football player and he had
a great game, but we're going to re-
main with our style."
But sometimes, like Saturday,
Michigan's grind-it-out running
style doesn't work that well. Those
are the occasions when the
Wolverines need Howard most and
when his presence can help assure a
victory.
"We knew we'd win it sooner or
later," Michigan quarterback Elvis
Grbac said.
With Desmond Howard on his
side, Grbac could say that with
plenty of confidence.
KENNEI:H SMULLEH/Uaily
Led by inside linebacker Erick Anderson (37), the Michigan defense stuffs
Boston College fullback Dwight Shirley.
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it seemed that Bowling Green and
Purdue were tired on Sunday."
Kristin Beilstein also shot in the
front pack with a 276 to finish
sixth.
Carrie Nosenchuk carded an im-
pressive 261, although she was not
selected to the six-woman Michigan
lineup by LeClair prior to the tour-
nament. The 261, which beat out
fourth-place Wolverine finisher
Tricia Good, was good enough for
17th in the individual competition.
"I was pleased, she usually plays
better in competition than in quali-
fiers," LeClair said "She's a good
worker... a real fighter."
Filling out Michigan's lineup,
Maura Hawkins and Jenny Zim-
merman, making her collegiate de-
but, shot 265 and 266 respectively.
This weekend marked the begin-
ning of the new NCAA restrictions
on the golf team. The tournament
counted six hours on the twenty
hour per week limit imposed on ath-
letic teams this year.
"Because a lot of the girls work-
out by themselves it won't make a
big difference," LeClair said, "but
we will have to watch the clock."
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Ohio State In front of the
largest crowd in Ohio Stadium his-
tory, the No. 22 Buckeyes rolled
over Arizona 38-14 behind the
strength of a 189-yard rushing per-
formance by running back Butler
By'not'e. By'not'e, replacing Robert
Smith who quit the squad two
weeks ago, posted the highest rush-
ing total for an Ohio State back in
seven years.
Indiana Despite racking up 418
yards against the vaunted Notre
Dame defense, the Hoosiers fell 49-
27 to the seventh-ranked Irish in
South Bend, Ind. The Irish offense
countered the Indiana onrush with
578 yards of its own, including 111
yards on the ground by sophomore
running back Jerome Bettis and 209
yards in the air from quarterback
Rick Mirer. Trailing 17-14 in the
second quarter, the Irish blitzed
Indiana with two touchdowns in 26
seconds. Mirer led the way with a
46-yard option run, and Brooks
scored on a 13-yard jaunt to pad the
lead.
Penn State The No. 5 Nittany
Lions had an easy day at the office,
crushing the Bearcats of Cincinnati,
81-0. Penn State collected 706 yards
of total offense and punted just once
in scoring its largest victory under
coach Joe Paterno.
Iowa Iowa sprinted to a 27-0
lead and never stopped running in
humbling Hawaii, 53-10. Running
back Lew Montgomery ran for three
scores and Matt Rodgers passed for
two more, leading a balanced
Hawkeye attack in which seven dif-
ferent players scored overall for
Iowa.
Purdue The Boilermakers pre-
sented coach Jim Colletto with a
49-3 humiliation of Eastern
Michigan in his debut at the Purdue
helm. Purdue capitalized on five
EMU turnovers, converting four of
them into scores.
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