4 - The Michigan Daily - SPQRTSMonday - Monday, September 26, 1994 S n C 0 L 0 A 0 0 2 GAME STATISTICS Catch leaves both End-zone grab turns Wolverines' lead PASSING Player Stewart 2 Tot. 2 RUSH ING Player Salaam Stewart Carruth Totals C-A ~1-32 1-32 Yds 294 294 TD 2 2 Int 1 1 Att Yds Avg ig 22 141 6.4 23 20 85 4.3 21 I (-)9(-)9.0(-)9 43 217 5.0 23 BY BRETT FORREST Daily Football Writer A decade after Doug Flutie-to- Gerard Phelan sunk Miami, Kordell Stewart-to-Michael Westbrook killed the Wolverines. "Honestly," said Michigan quar- terback Todd Collins following Saturday's heartbreaker. "I thought it would be pretty tough to go 85 yards in 15 seconds." At the close of the game Wolverine cornerback Ty Law lay crumpled on the turf, sobbing like a child. "I can't speak," said Colorado quar- terback Kordell Stewart, following the game. Long after his teammates had showered and changed into street clothes, Stewart remained in front of his lockerroom stall. He sat with full equip- ment on, head in hands, looking as ifhis Buffaloes had been defeated. Michigan coach Gary Moeller con- ducted his postgame press conference as if in some sort of dreamscape. A glaze over his face, Moeller seemed less than half there. What could have produced this? How did Michigan allow Colorado to travel from the Buffalo 15-yard line to pay dirt with 15 seconds on the clock and no timeouts? For that matter, how could the Wolverines squander a 12-point lead with just 3:52 to go in the game? "You can second-guess until the cows come home," Moeller said. Fullback Ch6 Foster could be scolded for fumbling the ball at the Colorado 12-yard line with 11:15 left in the fourth quarter. Moeller can be blamed for trying two-point conversions after every touchdown. The Michigan offensive line may be condemned for moving early and costing the team five yards on a cru- cial third-and-two during the last Wolverine possession. But none of that mattered when it came down to the last play of the game. With Colorado at its own 36-yard line and just six ticks on the clock, the Buffaloes called for "The Rocket," a play they run in practice every Thurs- day. sides spy into crushing, last Michigan rushed three linemen an dropped six defensive backs toward tdi end zone. "We all know how to defend th~ play." Moeller said. "'We work th~ play all the time." Colorado sent receivers B Anderson and Westbrook into the zone, as Stewarthid behind three doubh< team blocks. "I was nervous," Stewart said.' was scared." Michigan deployed cornerback TI Law and free safety Chuck Winters bat the ball to the ground if it even g< to them. Stewart then heaved the ball 7 yards in the air- from his own 25-s line to the Michigan goal line. "Kordell can throw 80 yards on h knees," Westbrook joked after tli game. "My goal was to tip the ball 1 the middle." Tight end Christian Fauria said Ti Rocket works only one of ten time against the practice squad. But it always helps to have a 121 man on the field. __ R ECEIVING Player Westbrook Carruth Fauria Salaam Lepsis Kidd Totals PUNTING Player A. Mitchell Totals No. Yds 7 157 2 49 7 43 3 18 1 16 1 11 21294 Avg ig 22.464 24.537 6.1 9 6.0 8 16.016 11.011 14.064 Tshimanga Biakabatuka ran for 81 yards on 19 carries against Colorado. No. 5 5 Yds Avg Lg 205 41.0 46 20541.046 ROUNDUP PUNT RETURNS Player No. Ydls Huso 3:29 Avg 9.7 15 15 CON FE REN CE 1994 Badgers win big vs. LU KICKOFF R ETURNS Player N Kidd Carruth Totals DEFENSE Player Leom iti T. Johnson Rosga Simmons Forney G. Jones Clavelle Hicks Hudson Holland B. Anderson Black Wilbon Musfeldt Phillips 0. Yds 4 69 2 52 6 121 Tac 8 10 7 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1I 1 1 1 1I Avg ig 17.3 25 26.0 28 20.1 28 Ast 3 0 1 0 0 1I 0 0 0 1I 0 0 0 0 0 Tot 11 10 8 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 Associated Press No. 16 Wisconsin 62, No. 25 In- diana 13 Darrell Bevell rebounded from the worst half of his life with a perfect half,. triggering Wisconsin's 62-13 rout of Indiana before a sellout of 77,745 at Camp Randall Stadium. Bevell threw four first-half inter- ceptions in a 55-17 loss against Colo- rado last week. Saturday, he completed all 13 of his first-half passes for 184 yards and three touchdowns as the Bad- gers raced to a 41-0 lead. Wisconsin (1-0 Big Ten, 3-1 over- all) scored on its first seven posses- sions and forcing punts the first 10 times the Hoosiers (0-1, 3-1) had the ball. No. 20 Ohio State 52, Houston 0 Eddie George and Jerron Jackson sandwiched touchdown runs around a safety as Ohio State scored 16 points in a two-minute span on its way to a 52-0 victory over Houston. George finished with 105 yards on 11 carries, his fourth-straight game with more than 100 yards rushing, and Jack- son scored the first three touchdowns of his college career for Ohio State (0-0,3- 1). No. 5 Penn State 55, Rutgers 27 Ki-Jana Carter ran for three touch- downs and Kerry Collins threw for two scores as Penn State continued to put up impressive offensive numbers with a 5 5-27 victory over Rutgers. Rutgers (2-2) gave Penn State (2-0,. 4-0) its toughest challenge to date, pull- ing within one touchdown late in the first half. But Penn State struck back quickly as Collins engineered an eight- play, 80-yard drive culminated by Jon Whitman' s5-yard touchdown with five seconds left in the half. No. 9 Notre Dame 39, Purdue 21 Notre Dame didn't need leading rusher Lee Becton as Randy Kinder and Ray Zellars each had career-best days, sparking the Irish over Purdue, 39-21. With Becton out at least four weeks, Kinder gained a career-high 122 yards in the first half and finished with 143 and two touchdowns. Zellars had 156 yards, including a 62-yard touchdown. They led a ground game that accu- mulated 428 yards on 54 carries, the most by the Irish since gaining 467 against Purdue two years ago. Zellars put Notre Dame (3-1) ahead 32-7 late in the third quarter. Purdue (0-0, 2-1) fell behind, 39-7, in the final quarter before driving for two touchdowns in the final minutes. Oregon 40, Iowa 18 Ricky Whittle rushed for three touchdowns in the first half and Or- egon took advantage of repeated Iowa mistakes to beat the Hawkeyes, 40-18, in the first visit by a Big Ten team to Eugene in 14 years. The Ducks (2-2) outscored Iowa 20-0 in the second quarter. Then had long touchdown drives on their first two possessions of the second half. The Hawkeyes (0-1,2-2) had a421- 279 advantage in yardage, but their turnovers, penalties and dropped passes helped Oregon snap a five- game losing streak against Division I- A opponents. Kansas State 35, Minnesota 0 J.J. Smith rushed for 137 yards and Chad May threw three touchdown passes as Kansas State routed Minne- sota, 35-0. The Wildcats (3-0) beat an unranked foe at home for the 23rd straight time and made it two straight over the Golden Gophers (0-1, 2-2), who lost to Kansas State, 30-25, in the Metrodome last September. Smith had 89 yards rushing in the first half as the Wildcats took a 14-0 lead over the visitors from the Big Ten. Michigan State 45, Miami (Ohio) 10 Tony Banks fired a 10-yard TD pass to Mill Coleman, then on the next possession, found a wide-open Nigea Carter for a 38-yard scoring strike to lead the 1-2 Spartans to the victory to help lead Michigan State over Miami (Ohio), 45-10. The Spartans held the Redskins to only 93 yards on the ground, while racking up 292 on 60 carries. Tailback Antwain Patrick led the running at- tack with 111 yards on 20 carries. He also scored on a one-yard dive. ~1 The Colorado offensive line opens a hole for quarterback Kordell Stewart in the first quarter Saturday. The Buffaloe COLORADO Continued from section 1, page 1 Just minutes before the game-win- ning play, it looked like Colorado would not get the chance for even a desperation attempt at victory. Michigan led 26-14 when the Buffa- loes took possession at their own 28. The clockread 3:52. Stewart then single- handedly drove his team downfield, run- ning for 30 yards and completing four of five passes for 24 yards. Those plays, along with a Rashaan Salaam 11-yard run and a Wolverine penalty, brought the Buffs to the Michigan one-yard line. Stewart pitched to Salaam, who ran it into the end zone. Colorado led, 26-21. The touchdown run by Salaam broke a string of 23 unanswered points by Michigan. The Buffaloes, who beat Wisconsin, 55-17, a week ago, had gone 35 minutes without a point. Salaam also scored the first points of the game, on a two-yard dive. After a Remy Hamilton field goal, Colorado scored again on a Westbrook reception to make it 14-3. It looked as though the Buffaloes would be gaining yardage at will for the rest of the afternoon. As itturns out, they did gain yardage for the rest of the afternoon, picking up 511 yards on the day. But McCartney's troons couldn't Dut it in the end zone, play, which kept Michigan's lead at 26- 14, appeared to dash Colorado's hopes. The fumble was not calmly re- ceived on the Colorado sideline. "Two of (the officials) said the ball was down," Stewart said, "and the referee said it was a fumble." At that point, all of Boulder was prepared to vilify Stewart for blowing the game. Eleven minutes and two touch- downs later, the quarterback could get elected mayor by a landslide. "I felt when we made the play we deserved to win," McCartney said. "Somebody had to lose. It looked like it was going to be us. And I'm glad it wasn't." SAFRAN Continued from page 1 saked Stewart. scBut the big play did not happen the final stages of Michigan's cru defeat. "They could not stop the optio Michigan could not stop us. Period Westbrook said. No, the Wolverines could not ful contain the Buffaloes. Only the refe ees could do that, whistling 10 penalti for 102 yards aainst Bill McCartne team.y age , Westbrook TEAM STATISTICS CU First Downs 23 Third Down 5-12 Rushing 217 Passing 298 MICH 21 3-12 157 258 FIRST QUARTER: M-CU CU - Salaam 2-yard run (Voskeritchian kick) 0-7 Drive: 11 plays, 63 yards, 4:46 SECOND QUARTER: M - Hamilton 33-yard field goal 3-7 Drive: 7 plays, 21 yards, 3:21 CU - Westbrook 27-yard pass from Stewart (V'chian lRick)3-4