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No.5 Ohio St. 20, Ilinois 12
Joey Galloway caught an 11-yard
touchdown pass and Terry Glenn re-
covered a fumble in the end zone
Saturday as No.6 Ohio State defeated
llinois, 20-12.
The victory snapped Ohio State's
five-year losing streak against the
Fighting Illini and also gave the Buck-
eyes (2-0 Big Ten, 5-0 overall) their
best record since 1979.
Ohio State entered the game aver-
aging 42 points, sixth in the nation,
but Illinois held the Buckeyes to a
field goal in the second half.
* Ohio State's defense was equally
impressive, surrendering only 197
yards.The llini(1-1,1-4)gotalltheir
points on field goals by Chris
Richardson.
Johnny Johnson hit Ken Dilger
with a 33-yard touchdown pass that
would have put Illinois ahead in the
fourth quarter, but the play was wiped
out by a penalty for ineligable receiv-
ers downfield. The Illini had another
s picked off in the end zone in the
last minute.
- No. 16 Wisconsin 53, North-
western 14
Darrell Bevell completed all 14 of
his first-half passes and Terrell
Fletcher ran for three touchdowns
Saturday as No.21 Wisconsin routed
Northwestern, 53-14, for its first 5-0
tart since 1977.
Bevell's 14th straight completion
was a 23-yard TD pass to Lee
DeRamus with 1:27 left in the second
quarter that put the Badgers ahead 27-
14. The play cappedWisconsin's third
80-yard scoring drive of the half.
Bevell, who finished 17-of-18 for
207 yards, missed on his first pass of
k-oss.
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back threat.
The Michigan offense never
seemed to get in sync against a sur-
prisingly stiff defense that had been
torched for 34 points by Central Michi-
gan two weeks ago.
The hole was dug early, as Michi-
panState took the opening kickoff
and drove the ball 65 yards in 11
plays, capped off by a 3-yard touch-
down plunge by fullback Brice
Abrams on his first carry of the sea-
son.
Tyrone Wheatley's fumble on the
ensuing kickoff opened the gates for
a 47-yard field goal from Michigan
State kicker Bill Stoyanovich. The
ootintothewindwidenedtheleadto
10-0 and had the 78,311 packed into
frosty Spartan Stadium sensing an
the second half but the Badgers kept
going, scoring on their first three pos-
sessions against Northwestern's out-
manned defensive front. The Wild-
cats, whose 27-25 victory in the 1992
finale knocked Wisconsin out of a
bowl, fell to 2-3.
Wisconsin defensive tackle Mike
Thompson made five of the Badgers'
six sacks against Northwestern quar-
terback Len Williams, who passed
Mike Greenfield as the Wildcats' ca-
reer total offense leader.
Indiana 16, Iowa 10
Brett Law, pressed into service
when leading rusher Jermaine Chaney
sprained an ankle, rushed for 140 yards
in less than three quarters and scored
onceaslndianadefeatedIowa, 16-10,
Saturday.
Law, who had rushed only three
times for6 yards inIndiana' sfirst five
games, scored on a 1-yard run to cap
a 10-play, 54-yard drive in the third
quarter.Law, Indiana's leading rusher
last season, gained 26 yards on the
drive in six carries.
The extra point putIndianaahead,
13-3, and the Hoosiers got the fall
rightbackattheIowa29 when Sedrick
Shaw fumbled the kickoff and Chris
Dyer recovered for Indiana.
Bill Manolupoulos, who kicked
field goals of 21 and 41 yards earlier,
then put Indiana ahead 16-3 with 6:06
remaining in the third quarter.
Indiana (2-1, 5-1) held the
Hawkeyes (0-3,2-3) to just 117 yards
in the first three quarters and Iowa
failed to convert on eight third down
plays before moving 76 yards in 12
plays for its only touchdown with
3:03 remaining.
Minnesota 59, Purdue 56
Scott Eckers capped a spectacular
Buckeyes endMIlhmnjinx
After five-year drought, Ohio State wins, 20-12
first collegiate start with a 55-yard \
pass to Antonio Carter that set up
Mike Chalberg's 18-yard field goal
with 8 seconds left.
Eckers threw six touchdown W
passes, breaking Mike Hohensee's
1981 school record. He helped Omar .,
Douglas set a Big Ten record of five
touchdown catches in a game, break-
ing the mark held by Michigan's Der-
rick Alexander, Iowa's Quinn Early
and Purdue's Reggie Archer.
Eckers, who replaced ineffective
Tim Schade midway through last
week's loss to Indiana. completed 24
of 36 passes for 402 yards as the
teams combined for 1,184 total yards
-625 by Minnesota, 5 59by Purdue.
Minnesota (1-2, 2-4) scored its most
points ever in a conferencegame. The
Boilermakers (0-2, 1-4) lost despite
getting a school-record five touch-
downs from fullback Mike Alstott. It
was the most points Purdue socred
since a 58-13 victory over Iowa in
1980.
Alstott, who gained 171 yards on
21 carries, scored his fourth rushing
touchdown with 2:06 left, a 21-yard b rtu hemdl .
burst up the middle. ~ . *\~y
As it had most of the game, Min-
nesota responded immediately, driv-
ing 90 yards for a field goal. 4.
On third and 3 from the Gopher :
27, Carter got behind Kevin McGrew ...|\
and caught Eckers' bomb, giving
Minnesota the ball at Purdue's 18
yard line with 18 seconds left on the
game clock. After Carter gained 17
yards on two carries. Chalberg came "'
in and booted the winning score..
The 56 points by Purdue was the
most ever in a losing effort for a
major college team.
AP PHOTO
Indiana's Brett Law celebrates his team's only touchdown of the day as the
Hoosiers topped Iowa, 16-10. Law ran for 140 yards on the day in less than
three quarters of action.
Player
Collins
Tot.
C-A Yds TD1
17-33212 1
17-33 212 1
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GAME STATISTICS
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PASSING
RUSHING
Player
Wheatley
Hayes
R. Powers
Johnson
Collins
Totals
Att
11
3
2
6
23
Yds Avg Lg
33 3.0 7
5 5.0 5d
3 1 2.
0 0 3
-)8-1.313
33 1.4 13
Yds Avg Lg
99 14.127
75 15.032
26 8.711
12 6.0 8
212 12.532
RECEIVING
Player
Alexander
Smith
Wheatley
Toomer
Totals
No.
7
5
3
2
17
PUNTING
Player
Stapleton
Totals
No. Yds Avg Lg
4142 35.542
414235.542
PUNT RETURNS
Player
Malveaux
Alexander
Totals
No. Yds Avg Lg
1 4 4 4
2 FC FC FC
1 4 4 4
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player
Wheatley
Foster
Totals
No.
2
1
3
Yds Avg
2110.5
5 5
26 8.7
Lg
15
5
15
upset in the making.
"I think that first turnover took a
lot out of them," said Spartan
cornerback Myron Bell ofWheatley's
fumble, popped loose by ScottGreene.
Michigan's following drive re-
sulted in a missed 47-yard field goal
attempt from Pete Elezovic, which
Michigan State turned into its final
score of the day, a Jim Miller three-
yard rollout pass that tailback Duane
Goulbourne carried into the end zone.
"A big part of the problem was
that we weren't physically or men-
tally tough on offense all day," Moeller
said. "We had no one come up with
the big play or a spark."
Michigan's big play and spark all
season has been Wheatley, who came
back down to earth after an unreal
four-game stretch to open the season.
Wheatley was limited to 33 yards
on 11 carries with a long of seven
yards. The 33-yard total was also
Michigan's net rushing total, the first
time the Michigan ground game had
been held under 50 yards since 1982.
Green jerseys seemed to surround
Wheatley in twos and threes all after-
noon, wrapping him up and control-
ling him as no other team has done
this season.
"I've had plenty of tough days, but
this would have to rank as the tough-
est," a distraught Wheatley said. "I
didn't perform well today. I didn't
run as well as I'm supposed to."
Quarterback Todd Collins also had
a particularly rough afternoon. The
junior was sacked three times-twice
by Michigan State defensive tackle
Yakini Allen - and was knocked
down on several other occasions.
Collins did complete 17-of-30
passes -including a 21-yard rope to
a diving Derrick Alexander for
Michigan's sole touchdown - but
alsowas 1-for-7onthird-downpasses.
DEFENSE
Player
B. Powers
Irons
Law
Aghakhan
Dyson r4
Burch
S. Collins
Winters
Henderson
Horn
D. Johnson
Peoples
King
Buff
Stanley
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DE KORTE
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Jim Miller rarely came face to
ace with Wolverine rushers,
mspecially in the first half. The
defensive penetration by the State
lineman kept quarterback Todd
Collins scrambling most of the
game.
For all the talk before the game
about desire never being a problem
in the Michigan-Michigan State
game, it did become a problem
Saturday. Just compare third down
*onversions percentages. Michigan
State was successful on 10 of 19
attempts, Michigan could only
manage four of 12 in the same
situation.
Perles deserves some credit for
surprising Moeller with his game
plan. Miller piced apart the
Michigan secondary in a masterful
performance using eight different
ifvers. The Spartan's best
hvers, Mill Coleman and
Napoleon Outlaw, only caught one
pass apiece.
Penalties and misfires made
Wolverine drives stall faster than an
old Subaru wagon. No one stood up
and Derrick Alexander all missed
chances to convert crucial fourth
down opportunities that could have
changed the course of the game.
Even Heisman Trophy candidate
Tyrone Wheatley could not make
his highlight film on this day in
East Lansing, rushing for only 33
yards on 11 carries.
Coaches try to learn something
from every game. Game-winning
plays and loss-causing mistakes
need to be remembered every week.
After Saturday's game, Moeller did
not point to any facet of the game.
He rattled concerns about the line,
blocking mistakes and coverage
mistakes -- nothing new. Then he
offered this somber admission.
"Maybe we're just not that
good," Moeller said. "I don't
know."
When asked if this team has a
lack of desire to win, Collins looked
hopeless in responding.
"Obviously, we have a lot to
work on," Collins said. "Maybe
there is a lack of desire."
Michigan is five games into its
season and still has not played a
solid 60-minute game yet. The loss
to Notre Dame put the Wolverines
in a downward spiral. If player
confidence rebounded with the win
against Iowa, it was shattered in
Saturday's loss to the Spartans.
Despite Moeller's cautions
regarding the line, his words were
dismissed as just belly-aching about
a minimal weakness. Reality leads
'Maybe we're just not
that good. I don't
- Gary Moeller
to different conclusion now.
Although, the players said the
season can still be a success -it
was tough to gauge their sincerity.
Indeed, assuming the Spartans lose
at least two games, Michigan only
needs to win its remaining six
games to return to the Rose Bowl.
Winning next week against Penn
State will require more than hard
work and another gut check this
week in practice. The Wolverines
need a head check. Sure they
wanted to win the Big Ten
Championship when the season
started. But, that accomplishment
was incumbent in their real goal -
winning the national championship.
After five titles, one wonders if
Michigan can refocus its mental
faculties knowing it can do no more
than winning another conference
title. I wonder if they still have the
stomach for it.
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