The Michigan Daily-Sports Wednesday- January 8, 1992 -Page 5 I C H I G A I 4 Defense thrives, tires vs. Huskies by Matt Rennie Daily Football Writer PASADENA, Calif. - On the crisp Saturday afternoon of Oct. 19, Michigan played its annual home- coming game against Indiana. The Wolverines were clinging to a 24-16 lead, and the Hoosiers were knock- ing on the door of the Michigan end zone. Faced with fourth-and-goal at the Michigan two, Indiana coach Bill Mallory called for fullback Corey Taylor to run up the middle. Led by middle linebacker Erick An- derson, the Wolverine defense rose to the occasion, stopping the run and preserving the victory. The game signalled a new begin- ning for the Wolverine defense. No longer would Anderson and com- pany surrender wholesale points as they did against Florida State. The defensive corps wanted to prove that the Wolverines could do more than just outscore teams. Over the next five games, they did just that, punctuating the season by shutting out Illinois for the con- ference title and holding archrival Ohio State to three points. Michigan coach Gary Moeller hoped this trend would continue when the Wolverines headed west to take on Washington. Initially, it appeared Moeller's wish would come true. Michigan stuffed the Huskies' first four possessions and used two turnovers to limit Washington to 13 first-half points. However, Michigan's defense could not bolster its anemic offense, whose ineffectiveness forced the de- fense to spend most of the game on the field. "I don't think our defense played very well in the second half," Moeller said. "But we didn't give them help offensively, and we even put them in a few holes some- times." Anderson conceded that fatigue may have been somewhat of a factor. "Defensively we were out there a long time, but if you think, that's when the big play is going to hap- pen," he said. "I thought we played together very well in the second half and in the first half." But Washington tackle Steve Emtman said Michigan responded well to its defensive challenge. "It was an excellent job by their secondary," Washington defensive tackle Steve Emtman said. "Sometimes you're on the field and when you stop them, it gives you a lift. " Washington jumpstarted its sputtering offense in the second half by exploiting Michigan's zone pass coverage with shorter routes. The Wolverines were too wary of the speed of receivers such as Mario Bai- ley and Orlando McKay to play any closer to the line of scrimmage. "Those types of (shorter) passes you're going to give up," Anderson said. "Those underneath routes you have to give up when you have threats like they have. We planned on that." Bailey felt Washington's early offensive problems were internal. "They were never stopping us. We were stopping ourselves," Bai- ley said. "It was only a matter of time before we started racking up the points." However, even when the ex- hausted Wolverine defense conceded points to the Huskies, Anderson showed why he was the Butkus Award winner. "We got one-on-one with Beno (Bryant) and a linebacker at the goal line just like we wanted and it was no contest. Anderson just stuffed him," Huskies coach Don James said. "He is a great player." Rushing Player Att Yds Avg Lg Powers 10 10 1.0 7 Wheatley 9 68 7.6 53 Grbac 8 -42 -5.2 6 J Johnson 4 30 7.5 18 Howard 1 1515.0 15 Collins 1 -9 -9.0 -9 Totals 33 72 2.1 53 Passing Player C-A Yds TD tnt Grbac 13-26 130 1 1 Sollom 1-2 3 0 0 Totals 14-28 133 1 1 Receiving Player No Yds Lg TD Van Dyne 4 22 9 0 Wheatley 3 30 19 0 R Powers 3 18 10 0 Howard 1 35 35 0 McGee 1 14 14 0 W Smith 1 9 9 1 J Johnson 1 5 5 0 Totals 14 133 35 1 Punting Player No Yds Avg Lg Azcona 10 378 37.8 53 Punt Returns Player No Yds Avg La Howard 3 21 7.0 15 Kickoff Returns Player No Yds Avg Lg Howard 3 39 13.0 21 Wheatley 3 40 13.3 25 Total 6 79 13.1 25 Defense Player Tac Ast Tot Michigan defensive back Coleman Wallace breaks up a deep pass to wide receiver Mario Bailey. Wallace . finished with two tackles, while Bailey caught six passes for 126 yards and one touchdown. Vogue Bailey strikes own eisman pose Anderson Brown Aghakhan Williams Evans Morrison Wallace Dotti n Henderson Ware Hutchinson Maloney 9 7 6 6 6 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 9 8 7 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 by Phil Green Daily Football Writer PASADENA, Calif. - It all started following a 93-yard punt re- turn against Ohio State late in November. Michigan's soon-to-be- crowned Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard struck the famed Heisman stance in celebration. Just over a month later, Howard's pose appeared all over the Rose Bowl. But this time, he wasn't doing the celebrating. Following a first quarter inter- ception, Washington cornerback Walter Bailey did his own Heisman shuffle. But unfortunately for Bai- ley, the cameras all missed it. But three quarters later, the Huskies' other Bailey, Mario, hauled in a 38-yard touchdown pass from Mark Brunell. Following the reception, Bailey performed the pose 'He can come over to my house. I'll show him the real thing.' - Desmond Howard Michigan receiver 'That's okay, I've got a title.' - Mario Bailey Washington receiver in the end zone for the national television audience. "The fans wrote in, they wanted me to do it," Bailey said. "My teammates too, but it was no big deal. "I told my mom and stepfather that I wouldn't do it in the first quarter - it might come back to haunt me. I said that I would only do it when the game was all Desmond Howard. All this gave Bailey added incentive for his dance and for a dominant performance. "It wasn't against Desmond, he's probably the best receiver in the country," Bailey added. "It was for the press and the people on the East Coast. "I got tired of hearing people calling me Desmond," Bailey said. "It gets frustrating. I just want to let people know my name is Mario Bailey." As the game concluded, one more Husky got into the act - Washing- ton's own award winner, Steve Emtman. The Outland and Lombardi winner as well as the Heisman's third runner-up displayed the pose along the Washington sideline for Washington Drives First Quarter Plays Yds Time Result 3 9 2:18 4 16 1:36 3 0 0:50 5 20 2:47 8 54 2:09 Second Quarter 13 67 6:17 8 40 1:45 4 6 1:19 1 3 0:11 Third Quarter 3 1 0:54 12 80 4:25 11 48 4:17 Fourth Quarter 1 38 0:06 4 -4 1:26 3 5 1:28 4 20 1:56 Punt I nt. Punt Punt TD FG FG I nt. H alf Punt TD TD TD Punt Punt Game Michigan Drives First Quarter Plays Yds Time Result Michigan's Desmond Howard (front) and Elvis Grbac (rear) connected only once, on a 35-yard pass play. Team Stats 5 -2 2:42 3 3 1:31 1 0 0:10 3 -8 1:00 Second Quarter 4 44 1:48 3 3 1:38 5 12 1:16 3 -15 1:17 Third Quarter 5 3 2:09 5 43 2:05 3 -2 1:49 Fourth Quarter 4 9 1:03 5 71 2:38 10 30 4:56 4 -9 0:48 Punt Punt Int. Punt TD Punt Punt Punt Punt Punt Punt Downs TD Punt Downs I tatistics Michiaan Washinaton II %F ILo 4k a 1w qLa %F"P - . .w . Qg--- First Downs Third Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Interceptions Punts Punt Returns Field Goals Run/Pass/Other/Totals Number/Complete/ Att/G ain/Avg Att/Comp/Yds/Int Pl ays/Yds/Avg Number/Yds Number/Avg Num ber/Yds/Avg Att/Made 4/6/0/10 15/2/13.3 33/72/2.1 28/14/133/1 61/205/3.3 2/44 10/37.8 3/21/7.0 0/0 6/12/1/19 19/10/52.6 43/123/2.8 42/25/281/2 85/404/4.7 1/0 6/41.8 4/34/8.5 2/2 M. Bailey the Washington faithful. Like Walter Bailey, Emtman also performed away from the cam- eras. Thus, after the game the lock- errooms were abuzz with Mario's pose. Everybody wanted to know. Howard's reaction to the imitation. When questioned about it, Howard reminded every one who re- ally won the Heisman. "He can Scoring Summary First Quarter: No scoring Second Quarter Smith 9-yd pass from Grbac (Carlson kick), 13:09. Washington 7, Michigan 7. Key Play: Grbac to Howard