The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - November 11, 1996 - 5B
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Colietto s departure
sparks emotion in
Boilennakers' win
GAME STATISTICS ,
PASSING
Player C-A
Dreisbach 18-37
Totals 18-37
Yds
233
233
By Barry Sollenberger
and Ryan White
Daily Sports Writers
WEST LAFAYETTE - After his
team's 9-3 upset of Michigan on
Saturday, you half expected Purdue
coach Jim Colletto to withdraw his res-
ignation.
Colletto, who announced last
Monday that he was
stepping down after
the season, has
never had a bigger
victory at Purdue.
In five-plus sea-
sons and 64 games,
No. 9 Michigan is
the highest ranked
team to fall to a
N0b
Notebook
in the preseason about the possibility of
this group of Michigan seniors being
the first not to win a Big Ten champi-
onship at Michigan since former coach
Bo Schembechler said, "Those who
stay will be champions."
Saturday, it became official.
"It's a sad feeling," junior Sam
Sword said. "It's tough, because our
seniors are leaving and we wanted to
send them out winning."
Senior guard Damon Denson was
disappointed, but admitted it was
nobody's fault but Michigan's.
"Penalties and turnovers have basi-
cally been our demise," Denson said.
"We have to eliminate those"
SICKENING: If Michigan's loss to
Purdue made its fans sick, linebacker
RUSHING
Player Aftt
Williams 14
Howard 9
Woodson 1
Carr 1
Dreisbach 7
Totals 32
RECEIVING
Player No.
Shaw 4
Streets 3
Williams 3
Woodson 3
Tuman 2
Howard 1
Campbell 1
Anes 1.
Totals :18
PUNTING
Player
Peristeris
Totals
Yds Avg
42 3.0
31 3.4
0 0.0
0 0.0
-17 -2.4
56 1.8
Yds Avg
51 12.8
65 21.7
18 6.0
43 14.3
45 22.5
-2 -2.0
4 4.0
9 9.0
233 129
No. Yds
5 200
5 200
TD
0
0
10
5
0
0
7
10
Lg
23
46
10
26
33
-2
4
9
46
Avg
40.0
40.0
Int
2
2
TD
0
0
0
0
0
0
TD
0
0
0
0.
0-
0
0
0
-0
Lg
44
44
TD
0
0
n on Saturday, quarterback saw more Ross-Ade Stadium grass than open receivers.
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Colletto-coached Purdue team. Jarrett Irons can relate.
Still, his decision to resign was not Except he was also sick before the
made over night, and the Boilermakers game.
will have a new head man on the side- Due to a bout with the flu, Irons had
lines next fall. missed the entire week of practice, and
This didn't dampen Saturday's upset said he was never able to really get the
for Colletto or his team. defensive schemes down.
"This kind of erases a lot of the "Today was my first time putting
pain," a teary-eyed Colletto said after- pads on all week," Irons said.
wards. "(The victory) probably means Irons got more work as the game pro-
you've done something good, which is gressed, but admitted to feeling
nice to feel.' fatigued. He finished with only four
Before Saturday, under Colletto tackles.
Purdue was 0-17 against Michigan,. HOPING TO LOSE?: The Wolverines
Ohio State, Penn State and Notre Dame won the coin toss for just the second
under Colletto. The victory marked the time this season Saturday. The other
Boilermakers first over the Wolverines time they won it was Oct. 5 at
since 1984. Northwestern, also a Michigan loss.
"We've been fighting to play with the The Wolverines are now 7-0 when
big boys," Colletto said. "We've been they lose the toss and 0-2 when they
close before, but we hadn't done it. win it.
Now we have." REMY RECORD: Perhaps the only
Michigan players said they fully bright spot for Michigan on Saturday
expected a fired up Purdue team. was senior placekicker Remy
Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, however, Hamilton. He set the school record for
thought closure might have been the field goals in a career (58) when he
biggest motivator for the nailed a 21-yarder early in the third
Boilermakers. quarter. With the kick, Hamilton passed
"What happened here was that an Mike Gillette (1985-88) on Michigan's
uncertain situation became a certain all-time list.
situation," Carr said. "Emotionally, TIDBITS: Michigan's. 56 yards rush-
they came ready to play and deserved ing was its lowest total since the open-
to win." ing game of last season. Michigan ran
Ironically, almost 20 years to the day for only 52 yards against Virginia ...
of Saturday's upset (Nov. 6 1976), the Michigan hasn't scored a touchdown
Boilermakers stunned a highly-ranked against Purdue since Nev 5, 1994, a
Michigan team. On that day, a 3-5 span of eight quarters ... The win was
Purdue team knocked off the top- Purdue's first over a top-10 team since
ranked Wolverines, 16-14. 1984 when it beat second-ranked Ohio
PROMISE UNKEPT: Much was made State.
Ohio State romps Illini
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No. Yds
Butterfield 2 43
Totals 2 43
PUNT RETURNS
Avg
21.5
21.5
Player
Winters
Totals
No.
4'
4
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DEFENSE
Player S
Sword
Ray
Copenhaver
Carr
Hankins
Hall
Steele
Taylor
Swett
Irons
Huff
Miller
Gold
Bowens
Woodson
Denson
Winters
Payne
Washington
Anes
Weathers
Hendricks
Quinn
PASS DEFENSE
Player Int'
Hankins 0
Sword 0
Gold 0
Hendricks 0
Totals 0
Team Stats
First Downs
Rushes/Yards
Passing Yards
Offensive Plays
Total Offense
Return Yards
Yds
36
36
Solo
8
4
3
6
4
4
5
3
1
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Yds
0
0
0
0
0
lg
25
25
Avg Lg TD
9.0 15 0
9.0 15 0
Asst Tot
4 12
3 7
4 7
0 6
2 6
2 6
0 5
1 4
.3 4
1 4
1 4
0 3
1 3
1 3
0 3
1 2
1 2
0 1
0 1
0 1
0 1
1 1
0 1
Lng
0
0
0
0
0
Brk-up
3
1
1
1
6
TD
0
0
0
0
COLUMBUS (AP) - Tailbacks
Pepe Pearson and Jermon Jackson
scored two touchdowns each as No. 2
Ohio State crushed Illinois, 48-0,
Saturday.
Quarterback Joe Germaine threw
three touchdown passes for the
Buckeyes (6-0 Big Ten, 9-0 overall).
And Ohio State held the Illini (1-5, 2-7)
to just 130 yards, 20 on the ground.
Ohio State scored touchdowns on
seven consecutive possessions in the
second and third quarters and racked up
546 yards of total offense.
Illinois was limited to eight first
downs, including two in the first half.
One of those two was a 29-yard pass on
a fake punt by kicker Jason Higgins,
who ended the half with three times the
passing yardage of starting quarterback
Scott Weaver.
Pearson had 165 yards on 21 carries
before going out in the third quarter.
No. 18 NORTHWESTERN 40, No. 23
IOwA 13
Darnell Autry ran for a career-high
240 yards and scored four touchdowns
and Northwestern's defense put the
clamps on No. 23 Iowa in a 40-13 vic-
tory for the 18th-ranked Wildcats.
The Wildcats (6-1, 8-2), who beat
Iowa last year to break a 21-game los-
ing streak to the Hawkeyes, won at
Kinnick Stadium for the first time in 13
games and kept their hopes alive for a
New Year's Day bowl game.
Iowa (4-2, 6-3) lost to Northwestern
by the worst margin since a 44-6 set-
back in 1932.
Autry scored four touchdown in the
second half. The Big Ten's leading run-
ner was held to 67 yards on 15 carries
in the first half but broke off big chunks
of yardage in the final two quarters
while scoring on runs of 9, 41 and 18
yards.
Mich
16
32/56
233
69
289
36
Purdue
19
46/98
170
76
268
32
Comp/Att/Int 18/37/220/30/0
Punts/Avg 5/40.0 7/35.0
Fumbles/Lost 3/3 1/1
Penalties/Yards 5/47 8/62
Time of Poss 23:31 36:29
MICHIGAN SCHEDULE
Aug. 31 ILLINOIS
Sept. 14 Colorado
Sept. 21 Boston College
Sept. 28 UCLA
Oct. 5 Northwestern
Oct. 19 INDIANA
Oct. 26 Minnesota
Nov. 2 MICHIGAN ST.
Nov. 9 Purdue
Nov. 16 PENN ST.
Nov. 23 Ohio St.
W 20-8
W 20-13
W 20-14
W 38-9
L 16-17
W 27-20
W 44-10
W 45-29
L 3-9
Noon
Noon
JOE WESTRATE/Daily
Noseguard William Carr put some pressure on Purdue quarterback Rick Trefzger here, but for most of the afternoon in West
. As for Michigan, you almost had to
feel sorry for Carr and his players after-
wards, -even though their performance
was so pathetic. It wasn't as if they want-
to lose. They knew what was at stake.
ey knew what was lost.
The first graduating class since the
mid-1970s will leave Michigan without
.playing in a Rose Bowl. That hurts.
"I think it's very disappointing for our
senior class, for everybody," Carr said.
Still, it's difficult to understand how
Michigan's Rose Bowl hopes were
ended by such a poor team, in such a
poor showing.
BLast week, the Wolverines were on the
Toad to Pasadena. With victories in their
last three games, they probably would
have made it there for the first time since
1993. Instead, they're now likely to end
up in the Alamo or Sun Bowl.
"We had a chance to do something
Turnovers doom M' in loss to Boilermakers
By Ryan White
Daily Sports Writer
WEST LAFAYETTE - When
Michigan givith, Purdue gladly
taketh away and score.
Or something like that.
Last week, Michigan took advan-
tage of five Michigan State turnovers
en route to a 45-29 victory.
Saturday, Purdue gave the
Wolverines a taste of their own med-
icine, picking off. two passes and
recovering three fumbles, as the
Boilermakers beat Michigan, 9-3.
"It was a tough loss," Michigan co-
captain Jarrett Irons said after the
game. "It just goes to show, if you
tackle William Carr fumbled on first-
and-goal from the Purdue two-yard
line late in the first half, the
Wolverines' second biggest mistake
on the day. Dreisbach had Michigan's
other two fumbles.
Purdue's Chris Koeppen recovered
two fumbles, and forced one.
Linebacker Chike Okeafor, who
spent most the day in Dreisbach's
face, caused the other Michigan fum-
ble.
The Wolverines had 289 yards in
total offense, but only 56 of those
came on the ground.
All of this, against the 10th-rated
defense in the Big Ten.
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but replays showed one should have
been ruled a fumble.
"In order to slow down a blitz like
that, you have to make plays,"
Michigan offensive guard Damon
Denson said. "We weren't able to do
that."
Michigan's longest play was a 46-
yard pass from Dreisbach to Streets.
Michigan's longest rushing play was
a 10-yard run by Clarence Williams.
Rarely did Michigan pick up a
blitz.
Purdue, however, did.
Fullback Edwin Watson got a
shoulder into Irons, who came
straight up the middle, on a key play
midva through the fourth marter
and other games, however, was that
Saturday it wasn't necessarily the
quarterback, running backs or
receivers who weren't getting the job
done.
The problem seemed to be the
offensive line.
"We didn't protect the passer very
well, and we didn't block up front
very well," Carr said.
And for those who were wondering
about the play calling, about why
there was such a difference between
the games against Michigan State
and Purdue?
Well, Dreisbach isn't sure that
there was such a difference.
"I'm not 2oin to question the nlav
HOME GAMES IN CAPS
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Iowa 42 6
Petntate 2
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Wisconsi 2-
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Ohio State 48 ILUNO0m
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