The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - November 23, 1992 - Page 5 0 H I 0 S T A T E 1 3 T-- ozlo Stablein DOUGLAS KANTER/Daily Michigan quarterback Elvis Grbac is escorted from the field in the second quarter after a 3-yard touchdown run. A blow to his kidney by Ohio State's Chico Nelson forced Grbac to cough up blood and miss the rest of the game. Inability to yell FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK keeps Grbac out by Jeni Durst Daily Football Writer COLUMBUS - Michigan quarterback Elvis Grbac registered his first rushing touchdown of his career against Ohio State Saturday, but he paid a price for it. He was forced to sit out the rest of the game. In the beginning of the second quarter, Michigan faced a third-and-goal situation when Grbac ran a quarterback draw, striding the three yards for the score. Grbac did score the six points for Michigan on the play but also received a Buckeye helmet in his back. The helmet blow, courtesy of Buckeye safety Chico Nelson, got under his pads and caused Grbac to cough up blood. Todd Collins replaced Grbac for the remainder of the contest. At the start of the second half, Grbac felt his injury had subsided enough to allow him to return to action, but his ability to yell loudly had been affected by the blow he had received. For that reason and because of the noise level in Ohio Stadium, especially when the Wolverines were on offense, Grbac couldn't return and direct the offense effectively. "Why couldn't (Elvis) go back in? One thing - he couldn't holler," Michigan coach Gary Moeller said. "He couldn't yell and he didn't think he could do the things that needed to be done." HONOR ROLL: Despite the disappointment of Saturday's tie, at least one Wolverine still had some- thing to celebrate. The Kodak Coaches poll named defensive lineman Chris Hutchinson to the all- American team at his position. Hutchinson, who was already named an academic all-American this year, was the only Wolverine to receive the honor. The senior from Houston, Texas is one of this year's tri-captains and leads the team in sacks (11 for 99 yards) and tackles for loss (13/103). Because of a rash of injuries at outside linebacker earlier this sea- son, Hutchinson moved to that position for four games before returning to his defensive tackle spot against Northwestern. In the four matchups at OLB, Hutchinson recorded 24 total tackles, including six sacks and eight tackles for loss. TYING ONE ON: The Wolverines ended their conference schedule with two ties, giving them three for the season: at the start the season against Notre Dame (17-17), two weeks ago vs. Illinois (22-22) and now against Ohio State. The last time the Wolverines registered three ties in the same year was 1910, when their record was 3-0-3. "Three ties - I've only tied once in my life," Hutchinson said. "But three in one season. I don't know what to say." IS THIS HOCKEY?: One of the complaints Moeller had Saturday was the quality of the playing field. Columbus experienced a downpour Friday night and some described the field as six inches of grass and six inches of water. Ohio State quarterback Kirk Herbstreit slipped a couple of times for lost yardage, as did many Michigan players. Even a referee fell on a punt return play early in the game. While Michigan safety Corwin Brown didn't think the field's slickness af- fected his play and that "there was good footing out there," Moeller felt differently. "You can't stand up on that field," Moeller said. "It's like playing on an ice rink. When an official falls down to cover a punt that tells you something. It's slick out there." AIR ATTACK GROUNDED: Michigan has always been known for its powerful running attack, but it is usually also balanced with a passing game. Saturday that passing game was almost non-existent. The Wolverines registered 271 yards of total offense, but tallied only 71 of those yards through the air. Both of Michigan's touchdowns were tallied on quarterback rushes. At the end of the game after OSU had scored the tying touchdown, to the astonishment of many, Michigan ran the ball with Tyrone Wheatley instead of passing to get into scoring position. Moeller cited the field quality to explain the lack of passing. "Maybe if it had been a good field, I would have thrown more with Todd," Moeller said. Passing Player C-A Yds TD 1nt Herbstreit28-47 271 1 0 Receiving Player No Yds Avg TD Stablein 12 111 9.3 0 Cothran 5 67 13.4 0 Saunders 5 54 10.8 0 Beatty 3 20 6.7 1 Rob Smith 1 3 3.0 0 De'reid 1 5 5.0 0 D.Jones 1 11 11.0 0 Total 28 271 9.7 1 Rushing Player Att Yds Avg Le Rob Smith 20 61 3.1 14 Cothran 4 16 4.0 11 Herbstreit 10 12 1.2 15 Harris 1 2 2.0 2 Total 35 91 2.6 15 Punting Player No Yds Avg La Kessel 5 185 37.0 42 Punt Returns Player No Yds Avg Lg Taylor 2 18 9.0 9 Kickoff Returns Player No Yds Ava gLa Rob Smith 2 41 20.5 25 Defense Player Tac Ast Tot Nelson Harper Tovar G. Smith Walton Powell Taylor M. Williams Wilkinson Simmons Foster Styles Cook R. Brown Howard Paul Rod Smith Kessel 11 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 92 KODAK COACHES ALL-AMERICA TEAM - . Carlton Gray UCLA Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER: T. Williams 39-yd FG, 3:58. Ohio St. 3, Michigan 0 SECOND QUARTER: no scoring THIRD QUARTER: no scoring FOURTH QUARTER: T. Williams 30-yd FG, 12:16. Michigan 13, Ohio St. 6 Beatty 5-yd pass from Herbstreit (T. Wiliams kick), 6:10. Michigan 13, Ohio St. 13 0 Eric Curry Alabama Marcus Buckley Texas A&M Chris Hutchinson Michigan John Copeland Alabama Travis Hill Neb raskai Marvin Jones Florida State w Dave Hoffman Washington Carlton McDonald Air Force 0 Steve Tovar Ohio State m_ I- -MI