The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, November 7, 1994 - 5 .p U R B U E 23 GAME STATISTICS Boilermakers come to terms *Purdue's early-season bowl hopes take serious blow By RACHEL BACHMAN Daily Football Writer WEST LAFAYETTE - Finding contrasts between Michigan's and Purdue's football teams has never been difficult. The Boilermakers have had just one winning season in the last 13; the Wolverines haven't had a losing one in more than twice that time. But when the two teams converged on the Big Ten's second-place position a few weeks ago, they shared one thing: the quest for a bowl game invitation. Before Saturday's 45-23 loss to Michigan, Purdue was gunning for its first postseason appearance since the 1984 Peach Bowl. But after the game, Boilermaker coaches and players alike stomped off the bandwagon with more than a little frustration. "(The bowl game hype) started so long ago and got out of perspective and these kids aren't ready to deal with that," Purdue coach Jim Colletto said. "They've got to try to winone game so they can have a winning season." The growing pains at Purdue are foreign to the Wol- verines. It is a team struggling to fill its 67,000-seat stadium, even with the likes of Michigan in town and a winning season on the line. "This program hasn't been in a position to have a winning season for so long," defensive back Lee Brush said. "We're right at that verge. We should've beaten Wisconsin. We should've beaten Iowa. And when it comes down to this game, we should've been going for second place. "When (we get) in a game sometimes, people be- come hesitant."I The people Brush was talking about were the players, specifically those accustomed to records like last year's 1- z & 10 mark. Those players are not necessarily ready for the a floodlights - and pressure - a bowl game brings. "Going into Ohio State, it was a real big factor," offensive tackle Mike Cordona said. "Our game was so Y. pumped up by the media that it got real out of hand." Cordona also hinted that idealism might be getting in the way of Purdue's rebuilding process. } "We're too young of a team right now," he said.. "There's too many young kids on the field right now. Being a senior, the other fifth-year seniors (and I), we x don't know how to react to (the hype) ... Some of the younger guys got too wrapped up in it.F "All the added hype for the bowls, (people are saying that) the bowls are watching the gold and black, every- body talking, 'We're going to this bowl, we're going toY that bowl,' ... that was ridiculous talk and we shouldn't have been worried about it," Cordona said. His coach seemed to agree with him, having seen the reality of the Big Ten's strength in the Michigan game.vmo "If a guy's an athlete, he oughta have enough pride and EI self-respect that he's gonna give everything he's got any-r way," a thick-veined Colletto said, raising his hoarse voice.Wr "I'm tired of trying to trick them into playing. I'm not going DOUGLAS KANTERX to sit there and hold some bowl game in front of them. "If they get it, they get it. Fine." Jarrett Irons attempts to drag down Purdue quarterback Billy Dicken, who Butgettingitcertainly would benewsinWest Lafayette. managed to pitch the ball before Irons could record the sack. PASSING Player Dicken Goehl Totals 1 RUSHING Player Att Alstott 20 Watson 10 Dicken 9 Rogers 9 Goehl 1 Hagins I C-A Yds TD 9-18 114 0 4-6 20 0 3-24 134 0 Yds 70 61 57 27 4 2 Avg 3.5 6.1 6.3 3.0 4.0 2.0 4.4 LgTD% 12 0 . 1211 24 0, 10 1f 40- 21 24 3 Totals 50 221 RECEIVING Player No. Yds Avg LgTD Samuel 4 54 13.5 24 0 Thornton 1 20 20.0 20 0 Allen 1 18 18.0 18 0 Anderson 2 17 8.510 0t Stephens 2 16 8.0 8 0 Alstott 1 6 6.0 6 0- Watson 1 4 4.0 4 0 Blackman 1 (-)1(-)1.0 0 0 Totals 1313410.324 0 PUNTING U ROUNDUP Carter runs over oosiers in Lions' GAMES vuAYENOV. ,p 4 victory; OSU shuts down Wisconsin Associated Press Indiana's No. 2 quarterback gave No. 2 Penn State its biggest scare of the season. The Nittany Lions, who lost their No. 1 ranking to Nebraska last week, gave up two touchdown passes to Indiana's Chris Dittoe in the final two minutes, but held on to beat the Hoo- siers, 35-29, Saturday. It was the most points scored off Penn State (5-0 Big Ten, 8-0 overall) and its narrowest winning margin this *season. Indiana (2-4, 5-4) lost its third straight contest. Kerry Collins passed for 213 yards and two touchdowns and Ki-Jana Carter rushed for 192 yards and an 80-yard touchdown, and Penn State seemed to have the game in control, leading 35-14 with six minutes left. Dittoe, who replaced starter John Paci in the second quarter, passed five yards to Eddie Baety for a touchdown with 1:49 left. After a punt, Indiana went 80 yards and scored again on Dittoe's 40-yard pass to Dorian Wilkerson as time expired. Dittoe, who had two earlier touchdown passes to Ajamu Stoner, then hit Stoner on a two-point conversion pass to end the game. Ohio State 24, Wisconsin 3 Marlon Kerner intercepted two passes and Ohio State's defense, pounded for 63 points at Penn State, dominated throughout as the Buck- eyes beat Wisconsin, 24-3, Saturday. Wisconsin was limited to 203 yards, including just 49 on the ground. Wisconsin's tailback tandem of Brent Moss and Terell Fletcher, averaging 237 yards a game coming in, was held to 77 yards on 20 attempts. Wisconsin fell to 4-4-1 overall and 3-3-1 in the conference. With another loss, the Badgers, who have games remaining against Cincinnati and Illinois, won't even go to a bowl game. The victory left Ohio State (4-2, 7-3) tied for second in the Big Ten, two games behind Penn State with games remaining at Indiana and against Michigan. After holding the Badgers to just 51 yards in the first half while build- ing a 10-3 lead, Ohio State broke the game open as its defense picked off Darrell Bevell passes on all three Wisconsin third-quarter possessions. Illinois 21, Minnesota 17 Ty Douthard hurdled two yards into the end zone with 1:10 left to play for his second touchdown of the game, capping a 15-point fourth-quarter comeback that gave Illinois a 21-17 victory over Minnesota Saturday. Douthard lost the ball after cross- ing the goal line and apparently, be- fore hitting the ground. The Golden Gophers fell on it, for naught as it turned out, since officials ruled it a touchdown anyway. The Fighting Illini (4-2, 6-3) still had their work cut out for them after Rishon Early returned the ensuing kickoff 75 yards to the Illinois 25. But Kevin Hardy forced a Chris Darkins fumble on the six, and Dana Howard recovered it to preserve the victory. Until the fourth quarter, the Go- phers (1-5, 3-6) had bottled up the Illini's offense and quieted their de- fense, which entered the game ranked fourth in the nation. Michigan State 35, Northwest- ern 17 Michigan State wanted to win for embattled coach George Perles, but even more pushed the Spartans to a rainy 35-17 victory over Northwestern Saturday. The Spartans didn't play as if they were distracted by the Perles contro- versy. Duane Goulbourne had a big day and so did Scott Greene, who gained 142 yards on 13 carries and also scored twice, including a seven yard run. Michigan State (3-3,4-5) led 21-14 at the half after jumping to a 13-0 lead by scoring on two possessions behind the running ofGoulbourne and Greene. Northwestern (2-4, 3-5-1), which finished winless at home this season, rallied with late second-quarter touch- downs, one after a bad snap on a Spar- tan punt. The Wildcats then pulled to within 21-17 when Sam Valenzisi kicked a 31-yard field goal with 6:48 left in the third quarter. The Wildcats got the ball back and punter Paul Burton was stopped just short of a first down after he kept the ball on a fake. State then moved 50 yards in seven plays with Goulbourne scoring on a third-down run of 16 yards with 1:06 left in the quarter, making it 28-17. Player Deignan Totals No. 2 2 Yds Avg Lg 79 39.541 7939.541 PUNT RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg Allen 1 9 9.0 Totals 1 9 9.0 Lg 9 9 TD 0 o Dicken KICKOFF RETURNS PlayerNo. Yds Avg LgTD Taylor 5 91 18.2 33 0 Samuell 20 20.0 20 0 Hagins 1 11 11.0 11 0 Totals 7 122 17.4 33 0 Penn State Ohio State Michigan Illinois Purdue Wisconsin Michigan State Indiana Northwestern Iowa Minnesota CONFERENCE W L T 5 0 0 4 2 0 4 2 0 4 2 0 2 2 2 3 3 1 3 3 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 1 4 1 1 5 0 w 8 7 4 4 5 3 3 3 L 0 3 3 3 3 5 4 5 5 6 T 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 OVERALL AP PHOTO Penn State wide receiver Bobby Engram looks on as Indiana's Eric Allen intercepts a Kerry Collins pass in the Nittany Lions' 35-29 win over the Hoosiers. I DEFENSE Player Brush Hall Maciag Jackson Johnson Okeafor Brown McGrew Hagins Washel Krick Kingsbury Batten Phipps Gray Kaklis Burchfield Howard Alstott Williams Wleklinski Watson Andelson Solo 11 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Ast 5 3- 3 1 1 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Tot 16 6 6 5 5' 5R 4# 4} 4- 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 13 15 1. .;4___________________ __________________