The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - October 21, 1991- Page 7 TD trio leaves Indiana asking, 'How?' by Jeff Sheran Daily Football Writer Although Desmond Howard's offensive production has been con- sistently stellar, Michigan's need for his points has varied from week to week. In the Wolverines' 24-16 victory over Indiana Saturday, Howard scored all three of Michigan's touchdowns. His first score came with 3:07 left in the first quarter, when quar- terback Elvis Grbac hit a diving Howard on a four-yard fade in the rear right corner of the end zone. The play was reminiscent of Howard's well-publicized catch against Notre Dame. "You have to always be ready for that play," Indiana coach Bill Mallory said. "But you can't dou- ble-cover him the whole time be- cause you've got a running game and other things to deal with." In the second quarter, Michigan again drove deep into Hoosier terri- tory. On first and goal from the six, the offense lined up as it did for the earlier touchdown, with Howard split wide right, facing single cov- erage from cornerback Mose Richardson. Howard faked his earlier move, starting right and slanting left, well past Richardson for the easy wscore.a "It was a real good fake," Richardson said. "It's not so much flat out speed, but he's so quick, and he doesn't drop at all. He's the best I've gone against." Mallory was asked why he SHERAN Continued from page 1 appearance, and perhaps a national title. But at this point, the Wolverines had developed a new approach to their final-drive defense. It was the same approach they used for their first-drive defense: stop the oppo- nent fromscoring. First down. Green throws in- complete to Dunbar. Second down. Mike Evans forces Green to miss Thomas. Third down. Green throws deep for Thomas Lewis, and Pat Maloney breaks up the pass. Fourth and 10. Green dumps a short pass to Dunbar, who eyes both the first-down marker and the side- line. The nation's top running back cuts, twists, stiffarms, and falls. Gain of nine. Alfie Burch's tackle of Dunbar short of the first down signifies a new fourth-quarter Michigan de- fense - an effective one. "Everyone will talk about the fourth-down play, but it's key when these potentialtouchdowns turn into field goals," Moeller said. "We won it with the defense. That's a good feeling." Michigan lost by six points last year. Not to an opponent, but to all their opponents. All because of a knack for last-minute defensive col- lapses. 3-0 in the Big Ten. Now that tastes better. COMING SOON. . Quarterback Elvis Grbac evades the rush of an Indiana defender in the Wolverines' 24-16 victory Saturday. didn't put two defenders on Howard after the junior split end had already burned Richardson once. "He was double-teamed," Mallory said. "The inside guy was supposed to come over if he cut in, but he didn't react fast enough." Howard then set up his own third touchdown, his 15th of the season, with a 71-yard fourth-quar- ter kickoff return. He and Tyrone Wheatley waited downfield for the Hoosier kickoff; Scott Bonnell Michigan's right, but Howard dashed over for the catch and cut back for the long run down the left sideline. "That kickoff hurt us," Mallory said. "We kept the strategy mixed on the kicking game. We were going for a cross-corner kick, but we didn't get it over far enough." Eight plays, a controversial de- fensive holding call, and 17 yards later, Howard again split to the right. But on this play, a second and goal from the four, Howard started on the left and went in motion, lin- ing up inside wideout Yale VanDyne on the right. Howard headed for the end zone and slanted left, leaping for the high throw at the back of the end zone. Again, Howard had burned Indiana despite double coverage by Richardson and cornerback Mike Middleton. "I'm not saying he has an "S" on his chest," Mallory said. "But he's damn near it." Restaurant & Sports Bar 310 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI " Full lunch & dinner menu " Over 30 T.V. s to watch your favorite sporting events " Famous sports paraphernalia " Pool tables, darts, arcade games & much, much more! kicked toward Wheatley r rl-t -a r 'uTh Big Ten makes I - . m a OVAL 0.qk"WwW% As a m I p( WHAT'S HAPPENING I I | FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Bowl agreement by Theodore Cox Daily Football Writer The Big Ten announced Saturday that it has made agreements regarding automatic berths for conference teams in the Florida Citrus Bowl and the Thrifty Rental Car Holiday Bowl. At the conclusion of this season, the Big Ten runner- up will play Dec. 30, 1991, in the Holiday Bowl against the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) champion. The game will be broadcast on ESPN. The following three seasons, the Big Ten runner-up will play in the Citrus Bowl against a ranked team, the third-best conference team will travel to the Holiday Bowl. The agreements will last through 1994. "This alliance provides continuity in that our regular-season football broadcast and cable partners are assured of having the best Big Ten football in their postseason bowl coverage," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said. "It also assures the stability of the Big Ten bowl arrangements through the 1994 season, and helps bring some order to the bowl selection process within the conference." INJURY UPDATE: Michigan may be without the services of center Steve Everitt and fullback Burnie Legette. Both suffered mild sprained ankles Saturday. For Everitt, the injury is just another bad break in an injury-plagued career. He broke his jaw earlier this season against Notre Dame. Last year, he missed five games with a broken ankle. "Steve Everitt, I don't know what's wrong with him. He's got a bad body," Michigan coachGary Moeller said. MAGIC MOMENTS: Michigan wide receiver Desmond Howard now has 15 touchdowns this season, 13 on pass receptions. That moves him closer to the Michigan TD record of 19 touchdowns by Ron Johnson in 1968. Howard is also just one shy of Anthony Carter's record 14 TD catches in 1980. Howard's three TD catches Saturday was only the fourth time in Michigan history a receiver has accomplished the feat. He did it earlier this season against Boston College. Ron Kramer (against Missouri in 1955) and Greg McMurtry (against Minnesota in 1989) are the only other two players to duplicate this mark. 100 STRAIGHT: The 106, 097 in attendance at Michigan Stadium marked the 100th straight crowd of more than 100,000 people. 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