4 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, October 3, 1994 E I M I C H I G A N 2 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. < :;;::; .>;; . ,. 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. ....... __n _.. .. t. AP PHOT Wisconsin tailback Brett Moss gets tackled by Michigan State's Josh Freedman during the Spartans 29-10 win IOWA o- Continued from page 1 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