4 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, October 24, 1994 S 2 M I C H I GAME STATISTIC PASSING Player C-A Yds TD Collins 17-25177 0 Totals 17-25177 0 RUSHING S 'M' running game does in llinois int Wolverines defy statistics, rush past Illini as defense clamps down 1 1 Player Wheatley Davis Collins B'butuka Howard Hayes Totals A 2 I 4 tt Yds Avg 1 73 3.5 .1 60 5.5 8 47 5.9 5 15 3.0 1 44.0 1 (-)1(-)1.0 7198 4.2 Lg 9 19 18 6 4 (-)1 19 By CHAD A. SAFRAN Daily Football Writer CHAMPAIGN - On the day Illinois celebrated the 70th anniversary of Red Grange scoring four touchdowns in the opening 12 minutes against Michi- gan, the Wolverines' defense did everything in its power to make the Fighting Illini wish for the "Galloping Ghost" to reappear. Michigan limited Illinois to 40 yards rushing on 22 carries - an average of 1.8 yards per carry. Ty Douthard was the Illini's leading ground gainer with 22 yards. The talk all week before Saturday's game had been about Illinois' outstanding run stoppers. The Illini were allowing 108.2 yards per contest - 17th in Division 1-A. The Wolverines ranked 39th in the same cat- egory, giving up 142.5 yards per game on the ground. And after allowing Penn State to scamper for more than 200 yards a week earlier, Michigan needed to come up with a performance that would take some of the pressure off a much-maligned defense which ranked near the bottom of the conference statistics. With some alterations in the secondary, the Wol- verines held a potent Illinois passing attack to only 230 yards, but the runs .defense was what kept Michigan ahead all game. 'We stopped the run and got two turnovers for our offense. It's a tough place to play but we got the job done and won the game.' - Steve Morrison Michigan linebacker RECEIVING Player No. Yds Riemersma 6 52 -Toomer 5 79 Hayes 2 23 Wheatley 2 13 Cooper 1 5 Davis 1 5 Totals 17177, Avg Lg 8.713 15.834 11.520 6.5 8 5.0 5 5.0 5 10.434 "We stopped the run and we got two turnovers for our offense," linebacker Steve Morrison said. "It's a tough place to play but we got the job done (stopping the run) and won the game." Some of the success of the Wolverines' rushing defense came as a result of the Illini's quarterback situation. Illinois went with Johnny Johnson as its starter and Scott Weaver replaced him, as planned, on the team's fourth series. But Johnson's continued ineffectiveness upon re-entry into the game forced Illinois offensive coordinator Greg Landry to go with Weaver for the entire second half. Their different styles played into the hands of the Michigan defense. "When Johnson's in there you know he's going to scramble. When Weaver's in there you know he's going to drop back and pass more," Michigan line- PUNTING Player No. Yds Avg Lg Baker 3 12541.744 Totals 312541.744 PUNT RETURNS Player Toomer Totals No. 2 2 Yds, 74 74 Avg 37' 37' Lg 72 72 Lg 21 21 KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg Smith 1 21 21; Totals 1 21 21 Steve Morrison and Jarrett Irons recorded a combined 19 tackles in Saturday's victory over Illinois. a a: Grange's performance FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK still remembered Hamilton DEFENSE Player Morrison Waldroup Irons Law Anderson Noble Sanders Thompson Dyson Hankins Horn Winters Charles King Williams Floyd Blackwell Huff Henderson Steele Carr Denson Totals Tac 10 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 Ast 2 7 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 Tot 12 10 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 67 By CHAD A. SAFRAN Daily Football Writer CHAMPAIGN - Illinois' Me- morial Stadium had its first sellout since Oct. 17, 1992 Saturday and not because it was Pepsi Day as adver- tised on the outside cover of the game program. Many in attendance came for the Fighting Illini's 70th Varsity "I" day which marked two 70th anniversaries - the dedication of Memorial Sta- dium and the subsequent game on Oct. 18, 1924. While the stadium's honoring may have been a huge event seven decades ago, nothing could match the impact the game would have on the American football conscience. Michigan came into that game un- beaten in their last 20 contests (18-0- 2) and had allowed just 46 points in their previous 26 games, but on that fall afternoon the Wolverines saw a ghost - the "Galloping Ghost" Harold E. "Red" Grange put on one of the most astounding individual performances in the history of college football. He scored touchdowns the first four times he touched the ball. His runs of 95 (opening kickoff), 67, 56 and 44 yards all occurred during the games first 12 minutes. He would later score on an 11-yard effort and passed for a sixth touchdown as the Illini defeated Michigan, 39-14. Grange was honored over the week- end when his widow, Margret, walked out to help with the opening coin toss. DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: It took the Wolverines nine years to repeat a task it would rather have not. It must be the location. The last time Michi- gan completed a game without scor- ing an offensive touchdown was Nov. 2,1985 against the Illini in Champaign. The two teams battled to a 3-3 tie. HONORABLE MENTION: The Wol- verines knew it was going to face some tough teams in 1994, not just offensively but defensively as well. A look at the list of semifinalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to col- lege football's best linebacker recently released shows Michigan has met or will meet some of the best in the game. Thirteen players are on the list of candidates, down from the list of 49 released in late August. Among the possible winners is Michigan's Steve Morrison, the team's leading tackler. Here are the other dozen players: Antonio Armstrong (Texas A&M), Stephen Boyd (Boston College), Derrick Brooks (Florida State), Ron Childs (Washington State), Brian Gelzheiser (Penn State), Sean Harris (Arizona), Dana Howard (Illinois), Ted Johnson (Colorado), Simeon Rice (Illinois), Ed Stewart (Nebraska), Lorenzo Styles (Ohio State) and Jerrott Willard (California). Styles and Rice are the only two juniors on this senior-laden list. TEAM STATISTICS~ ..5 . r r. .. ..r t .. C" :3i .. ':'. ',?,K : . ..':