The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, October 18, 1993 --5 P E NN Lions Mistakes on o By KEN SUGIURA DAILY FOOTBALL WRITER STATE COLLEGE - Penn State's 1,000th game was one the Nittany Lions will always remember. But Saturday's contest with Michigan won't be much of a scrapbook-filler for them. For despite the fact that Michigan was penalized more often for more, yards, and even though Penn State committed only one turnover, it was the Nittany Lions who were kicking themselves for their costly mistakes and cursing their lack of execution in their 21-13 loss to Michigan in Beaver Stadium. "All game, we were dominating," said Penn State tackle Marco Rivera of his offense's play. "The only thing was, we didn't score when we had to." Rivera's statement accurately rep- resented the feeling of his team. Coaches and players said that they had let Michigan off the hook with their mistakes and beaten themselves. "We missed too many opportuni- ties to win this type of game. We just made too many mistakes," Penn State coach Joe Paterno lamented. "They made plays and no mis- S T A T E 1 3 not without their chances ffense make PSU's 1,000th game a bitter memory GAME STATISTICS takes," said Penn State defensive tackle Tyoka Jackson of his oppo- nents, "and we made mistakes and didn't quite make certain plays, and that's why we lost. That's it in a nut- shell." Of all the miscues committed by the Nittany Lions, there were a hand- ful that will likely stick in their collec- tive craw the longest. While the Penn State series that ended with four fruitless plays on the Michigan 1-yard line was the most obvious example of a lack of execu- tion, there were other select instances that had the Nittany Lions burning up. They were already experiencing frustration in the first quarter, while the game was still young and Penn State tailback Ki-Jana Carter was rip- ping up huge chunks of yardage at a time off against the Michigan defense. On their first two possessions, quarterback Kerry Collins directed the Lion offense deep into Michigan ter- ritory. The first drive went as far as the Michigan 3, the second reaching the Michigan 18. However, penalties pushed Penn State back and stalled both drives. On second and goal from the Michigan 3, an illegal motion call took the Nittany Lions to the 8, and following two ineffective Collins' passes, Penn State placekicker Craig Fayak blew a 25- yarder wide left. On their next drive, a first-and-10 situation from the Michigan 18 was killed when illegal motion again set the Lions back five yards. After two more incomplete Collins passes - the second batted down by Michigan linebacker Matt Dyson -the Nittany Lions again called upon Fayak, who this time nailed a 40-yarder. "We had the opportunities to rout them and we didn't capitalize on those opportunities," Collins said. "We came away with two drives from inside the 20 with three points. Against a good football team like that, you're not go- ing to win the game." Another costly blunder came mid- way through the third quarter. A Michi- gan drive that had begun at its own 20 had stalled at Penn State's 23. On fourth and five, placekicker Pete Elezovic came out for his second field- goal attempt of the day after missing his first. On their next possession, the Wol- verines had only 10 men on the field, and Michigan guard Shawn Miller had to race onto the field and take his stance moments before the snap. In order to avoid a delay-of-game call, Jay Riemersma had to hurriedly set up the snap. However, before snapper Marc Bolach could get the ball to Riemersma, the left side of the Penn State line jumped offsides. The in- fraction gave Michigan a first down and bailed out Elezovic, whose wide- left kick was rendered inconsequen- tial. "We made a mental mistake by being offsides and we gave them an- other chance," Penn State linebacker Eric Ravotti said. Three plays later, Todd Collins made the most of the Penn State gift by connecting with a diving Mercury Hayes in the corner of the end zone for Michigan's first lead of the day, 14- 10. Michigan coach Gary Moeller called it "a big turning point of the game." "They capitalized on that chance and it was our fault," Ravotti said. "We made a lot of mistakes that should've never happened." PASSING Player C-A K. Collins 16-30 Tot. 16-30 Yds TD 182 1 182 1 Int I I RUSHING Player Carter Archie O'Neal Milne K. Collins Totals Att 19 9 5 1 6 40 Yds 127 42 9 2 -1, 179 Avg 6.7 4.7 1.8 2.0 -.2 4.5 Lg 33 I1 4 2 3 33 RECEIVING Player I Brady Engram O'Neal Labarca Archie Pitts Totals PUNTING Player Muscillo Totals No. 5 3 3 2 2 1 Yds 53 60 33 16 14 6 Avg Lg 10.618 20.0 37 11.016 8.011 7.0 8 6.0 6 r1hat Lo FNsEfur. I 1+re. Michigan held the Lions on four 16 182 11.237 No. Yds Avg Lg 415338.342 415338.342 ROUNDUP OSU continues to roll in conference play ES.PLAYDOCT.1.,19. 3 with 28-21 victory over Michigan State PUNT RETURNS W3SOCIATED PRESS Raymont Harris scored on a 7- y rd run with 1:06 remaining as Ohio State overcame five turnovers to hold of f Michigan State, 28-21, Saturday. Michigan State's Bill Stoyanovich missed four field goals for the Spar- tats (1-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall), who moved into Ohio State territory on all 12 of their possessions. Ohio State, 6-0 for the first time stice 1979, shares the Big Ten lead w th Wisconsin, each at 3-0. The Buckeyes, two-touchdown favorites, built a 21-10 lead through three quarters on three touchdown catches by Joey Galloway, who had nice receptions for 186 yards. He caught passes covering 22 and 14 yards from Bob Hoying and 64 ^rds from backup quarterback Bret ewers. Meanwhile, Michigan State was m )ving the ball up and down the field but not scoring. The Spartans got in- side the Ohio State 20 four times in th ; first half but only had seven points tc show for their efforts. But Stoyanovich, who followed a 4' -yard field goal with misses from 3, 34 and 20 yards, kicked a 21- *rder on the first play of the fourth quarter. Ohio State, which lost three ft mbles, promptly gave the ball back when Hoying tossed his second inter- c ption. He overthrew a receiver and Steve Waslyk picked it off and re- tumed it 19 yards to the Spartans 40. The Spartans drove to the Buck- e, es' 21, but again Stoyanovich issed, this time a 39-yard attempt at was wide right. His three earlier misses were all wide left. The Buckeyes gave the ball back tc Michigan State at the Ohio State 38 at er a 14-yard punt. On the first play, Jign Miller hit fullback Scott Greene over the middle and he carried two d, fenders into the end zone to cut the Id to 21-19. Miller completed 31-of-42 passes r 360 yards with no interceptions. On the two-point conversion with 5 37 remaining, Miller made a high tla ow into the right corner of the end zs .ne where Mill Coleman outjumped defender Marlon Kerner to make the grab that tied the game. Ohio State came right back, taking over at its 20. With Powers, who com- pleted 7-of-10 passes for 113 yards, now at the controls, the Buckeyes put together a 15-play drive that ate up 4:31. Three times the Buckeyes con- verted on third-and-1situations. Faced with third and 10 at the Michigan State 38 with 2:13 left, Powers found Galloway on a sideline pattern for 17 yards. Harris then picked up 11, three and then the final seven yards for the touch- down as a homecoming crowd of 93,989 roared. Miller completed four straight passes to get the ball to the Ohio State 46 with six seconds left, but his long pass for Nigea Carter near the goal line was batted down as time expired. Harris finished with 103 yards on 22 carries. Hoying hit 14 of 31 passes for 181 yards and the two intercep- tions. He was pulled after the second interception. Steve Holman, who had 52 yards on 17 carries, had scored Michigan State's first touchdown on a 1-yard run in the second quarter. It was the first touchdown on the ground permit- ted by Ohio State this season. Illinois 49, Iowa 3 Ty Douthard scored three touch- downs and Chris Richardson kicked four field goals as Illinois enjoyed its best offensive outing in two years, beating slumping Iowa, 49-3, Satur- day. Last in the Big Ten in total offense, Illinois (2-1, 2-4) amassed a season- high 475 yards and tagged Iowa with its most lopsided conference loss in coach Hayden Fry's 15 seasons. The Hawkeyes (0-4, 2-4) are off to their worst Big Ten start since 1973, when they finished 0-11. Iowa has scored only two touch- downs in its last 18 quarters and quar- terback Paul Burmeister has been sacked 20 times in conference play. Illinois sacked him three times and held Iowa to 240 yards. It was the highest-scoring game for Illinois since a 51-10 victory over Houston, Sept. 21, 1991. Minnesota 28, Northwestern 26 Scott Eckers passed for three touch- downs in fog-shrouded Dyche Sta- dium Saturday and Minnesota had to hold off a 13-point, fourth-quarter rally to defeat Northwestern, 28-26. The Gophers broke a 13-game road-losing streak and won two in a row for the first time since 1990. Northwestern trailed, 28-10 ,early in the third in the Big Ten clash, but three field goals by Sam Valenzisi and a 26-yard touchdown pass from Lenny Williams to Mike Senters helped close the gap. Turnovers and penalties by the Gophers (2-2, 3-4) enabled the Wild- cats (0-3, 2-4) to make their come- back. Wisconsin 42, Purdue 28 Although off to its best start since 1912, Wisconsin isn't ready to start talking about the Rose Bowl. The Badgers remained unbeaten Saturday with a 42-28 Big Ten victory over Purdue. Darrell Bevell threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns in less than three quarters and Brent Moss rushed for 139 yards. Before home games against Ohio State, Wisconsin (3-0, 6-0) plays at Minnesota. "They're going to discuss the Axe," Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez said in reference to the 103-year-old ri- valry between the Badgers and Min- nesota. "We won't worry about the next five, we'll worry about the next one and that's my concern. That's the approach we're taking." Bevell was 15-of-20 before leav- ing the game with a sprained hip. His final pass was to Matt Nyquist for a 7- yard score, giving Wisconsin a 35-0 lead with 10:53 left in the third quar- ter. "Bevell has a strained leg muscle from the thigh," Alvarez said. "He played the last three series with it. Rather than take any chances, I sent him to the hospital for him to start treatments immediately." "I'll be back next week," Bevell said. The victory assured the Badgers their first winning season since the. 1984 team finished 7-4-1, and kept them in a tie for the Big Ten lead. The Boilermakers (0-3, 1-5) didn't get across midfield until midway through the third quarter when Rick Trefzger, playing in place of Matt Pike, moved Purdue 80 yards in eight plays to score on an 11-yard pass to Jermaine Ross. "I thought we played exception- ally well right up to the point where we went ahead, 35-0," Alvarez said. "I was very disappointed with our defense from that time on." Wisconsin built a 21-0 halftime lead on touchdown passes of 30 yards to Keith Jackson and eight yards to Terrell Fletcher. Player Engram Totals No.Yds 2 20 2 20 Avg Lg 10.0 11 10.0 11 KICKOFF RETURNS Player No.Yds Avg Lg Hammonds Totals 2 2 40 40 20.0 20 20.0 20 Archie DEFENSE Player Gelzheiser Monaghan Benfatti Clair Rubin Jackson Dingle Forbes Holmberg Killens Ravotti Hammonds Bochna Herring Yeboahkodie Smith Miller Archie Pittman Totals Tac 4- 7y 2 4 2 5 2 2 0 1 0® 2 1 1 0 I 1 1 0 36 Ast 10 2 7 3 4 0 2 1 3 2 3 0 I 1 2 0 0 0 I 42 Tot 14 9 9 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 78 Ohio State's Raymont Harris (34) lunges in the end zone for the winning touchdown Saturday against Michigan State. The No. 3 Buckeyes defeated the Spartans, 28-21. PENN STATE Continued from page 12 rick Alexander took over. Sprung by Burch, the senior scam- pered 48 yards for a touchdown, breath- ing life back into the Michigan effort. "I just ran to the left, and saw Alfie Burch make the block," Alexander offsides. Three plays later, Michigan quarterback Todd Collins found Mer- cury Hayes open in the left side of the endzone for a 16-yard touchdown re- ception, giving Michigan a 14-10 lead, and one it would never relinquish: Penn State coach Joe Paterno pointed to the offsides penalty as an example of the mistakes that brought down his team. Many in the stadium expressed surprise at Paterno's decision to run through the line four times, instead of attempting an outside run or pass. "I guessed wrong ... but we felt we could sneak in," Paterno said. "We were concerned about stunts, since they've played very well down there." "It was our weakest moment," Kerry Collins said. "It was a turning "I ..... ...."