4 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, October 3, 1994
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GAME STATISTICS
Wheatley back running at full-til
With big performance Wheatley reimains in Heisman hunt
PASSING
Player C-A Yds'
Collins 13-23 132
Totals 13-32132
TD Int
0 0
0 0
RUSHING
Player Att
Wheatley 35:
Biakabutuka12
Collins 2
Totals 49
RECEIVING
Yds
182
84
Avg
5.2
7.0
Lg
22
19
(-)7(-)3 5(-)1
259 5.3 22
Player I
Toomer
Hayes
Wheatley
Smith
Totals
PUNTING
Player
Baker
Totals
No.
5
4
3
1
13
No.
4
4
Yds
93
21
11
7
132
Avg Lg
18.634
5.310
3.7 6
7.0 7
10.234
By MICHAEL ROSENBERG
Daily Football Writer
IOWA CITY - All-American
Tyrone Wheatley played a full game
Saturday for the first time this sea-
son, and everyone seemed to agree:
he's still pretty good.
"He's a great, great football
player," Iowa coach Hayden Fry said.
"He's still a Heisman Trophy candi-
date, I would imagine."
Wheatley rushed for 182 yards
on 35 carries against the Hawkeyes.
He also caught three passes for 11
yards. That was quite an improve-
ment over his 17-carry, 50-yard per-
formance in last week's 27-26 loss
to Colorado.
"It's like a basketball player who
returns to the court," Wheatley said.
"I have been off the field awhile and
I haven't had field awareness."
Wheatley's numbers, outstand-
ing as they are, could have been
even more phenomenal.
Penalties nullified two of his
longest plays.
In the second quarter, the tailback
had a 39-yard run negated by an
illegal procedure call.
In the third quarter, Wheatley
took a screen pass from Todd Collins
at midfield and broke several tack-
les on the way to a 33-yard gain. The
play was called back because of an
illegal block.
Michigan coach Gary Moeller
gave Wheatley a heavy workload
against the Hawkeyes.
The tailback touched the ball on
an astonishing 36 of his team's 72
plays.
"I'm sure Moeller would like to
run the ball," Wheatley said. "I was
expecting to carry it, so it didn't
bother me."
Wheatley was considered the
front-runner for the Heisman Tro-
phy in the preseason, but separated
his shoulder in fall practice.
He missed the Boston College
and Notre Dame games and only
saw limited playing time against the
Buffaloes.
In most years, starting a run at
the Heisman so late in the season
would be unheard of.
But this yearmay be the excep-
tion, for several reasons.
First of all, nobody has estab-
lished himself as a clear front-run-
ner.
Colorado's Kordell Stewart,
Washington's Napoleon Kaufman
and Penn State's Ki-Jana Carter have
all had solid starts, but none has
been overwhelming.
As a result, the voters have been
looking for other possible candi-
dates, like Steve McNair, quarter-
back of Division I-AA Alcorn State.
There is a void here. Wheatley
can fill it.
Another factor favoring Wheatley
is that he is so well-known around
the nation that he is already estab-
lished as a possibility. He just has to
capitalize on his fame.
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Wheatley
Yds Avg Lg
118 29.543
11829.543
Finally, Michigan is a high-pr(
file team, which obviously benefit
Wheatley.
The Wolverines play Michiga
State and Penn State in the next tw
weeks, and if Wheatley comes u
big and Michigan wins, his chance
should be excellent.
As great as Wheatley is, Mi*
gan hardly missed him. Tshimang
Biakabutuka filled in admirably ft
the star tailback in the first tw
games, rushing for at least 100 yard
in each contest.
Biakabutuka has not slacked of
since Wheatley's return. He rushee
for 84 yards on 12 carries agains
Iowa, giving Michigan a devastat
ing one-two punch.
PUNT RETURNS
Player
Toomer
Totals
KICKOFF
Player I
Smith
Totals
DEFENSE
Player
Irons
Morrison
Thompson
Winters
Johnson
Zenkewicz
Law
Henderson
Horn
Noble
Waldroup
King
No.
2
2
Yds
18
18
Avg Lg
9.0 16
9.016
RETURNS
No. Yds Avg Lg
3 5317.7 25
3 5317.7 25
JOE WESTRATE/Daily
Tailback Tyrone Wheatley made people take notice Saturday with his 182-
yard rushing performance.
ROUNDUP
GAMES PLAYED OCT. 1,1994
Penn State finds first challenge of
the year in overachieving Temple
Tac
8
5
8
5
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
Ast
2
5
1
1
3
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
Tot
10
10
9
6
6
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
INTERCEPTIONS
Player No. Yds
Morrison 1 13
TEAM STATISTICS
First Downs
Third Down
Rushing
Passing
Total Offense
Plays
Turnovers
Penalties
Time
UI MICH
15 20
8-20 8-15
84 259
196 132
280 391
65 72
2 1
8-85 4-46
25:47 34:13
The Associated Press
Penn State coach Joe Paterno knows his undefeated Nittany Lions are
the team to beat in the Big Ten this year, but he also knows they're not
invulnerable.
Penn State got a lesson in adversity Saturday, when star tailback Ki-Jana
Carter dislocated his thumb at Philadelphia during a 48-21 victory over
Temple.
Carter's injury cast a pall over No. 4 Penn State's outlook, especially with
an Oct. 15 game against Michigan.
Penn State (2-0 Big Ten, 5-0 overall) overcame a horrible first quarter that
saw Temple (2-2) jump ahead 6-0. It was the first time all season the Nittany
Lions have trailed.
Penn State took over in the second quarter, as Kerry Collins engineered
several long scoring drives.
Ohio State 17, Northwestern 15
At Evanston, Eddie George rushed for 206 yards on 39 carries as No. 20
Ohio State rallied and then held on for the win over Northwestern (0-1, 1-2-1)
the Buckeyes' 19th in a row over the Wildcats.
It was the Big Ten opener for both teams.
The Buckeyes (1-0, 4-1) trailed 9-0 at halftime, but Ohio State owned the
third quarter and took a 17-9 lead on George's 6-yard run on the final play of
the period.
Northwestern scored a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, but failed on the
two point conversion to tie.
Purdue 22, Illinois 16
Purdue's shortest player made the biggest hit on the final play against
Illinois
John Jackson, a 5-foot-7, 181-pound cornerback, stopped Illinois' 6-5, 255-
pound tight end Ken Dilger at the one-yard line Saturday as the clock ran out
in the Boilermakers' victory over the 25th-ranked Illini.
Quarterback Rick Trefzger led the Boilermakers (1-0, 3-1) on a fourth-
quarter scoring drive of 80 yards in eight plays for the go-ahead touchdown as
Purdue ended a six-game losing streak to Illinois.
The Illini (0-1, 2-2) had allowed only 122.7 yards per game before Saturday.
Michigan State 29, Wisconsin 10
Once again, turnovers did in Wisconsin.
Duane Goulbourne scored two touchdowns and Michigan State's defense
manhandled the Badgers, coming up with four turnovers as the Spartans
defeated No. 15 Wisconsin.
Wisconsin (1-1, 2-2) lost two fumbles and two interceptions to the Spartans
(1-0, 2-2).
Badger starting quarterback Darrell Bevell was knocked out in the first half
with a separated shoulder.
Wisconsin has now lost two of its last three games.
Indiana 25, Minnesota 14
Indiana turned turnovers into second-half touchdowns by Reggie Bryant
and John Paci and came from behind to beat Minnesota. An 80-yard intercep-
tion return by Bryant gave the Hoosiers the lead for good late in the third
quarter.
The Gophers, leading 14-10 at halftime, turned the ball over on four of their
first five possessions in the second half, including twice on interceptions by
Bryant.
Indiana is now 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the Big Ten. Minnesota fell to 2-3 on
the season and 0-2 in conference play.
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Wisconsin tailback Brett Moss gets tackled by Michigan State's Josh Freedman during the Spartans 29-10 win
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The highlight of Iow's passing at- w
tack was a 40-yard Driscoll pass play to
Harold Jasper that led to Slutzker's
touchdown.
Wheatley's touchdown run eight
minutes later capped off the scoring. .
Michigan quarterback Todd
Collins. who passed for 132 yards, y
Hayes