The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - October 5, 1997 - 5B GAME STATISTICS Lawaits results of ISRI; third down PASSING Player Rodgers Haniford Totals RUSHING Player Hogan Johnson Haniford Grubbs Rodgers Totals C-A 15-24 4-7 19-31 Yds 115 26 141 Att 13 4 2 2 6 27 Yds 32 9 3 1 -29 16 Avg 2.5 2.3 1.5 .5 -4.8 .6 RECEIVING Player No. Gall 6 Maxwell 3 Conner 3 Johnson 2 Hogan 1 Paul 1 Klusmeyer 1 Ballou 1 Floyd 1 Totals 19 PUNTING Player Sutkowski Yds Avg 50 8.3 22 7.3 15 5.0 7 3.5 24 24.0 13 13.0 7 7.0 2 2.0 1 1.0 141 7.4 No. Yds 6 304 TD 0 0 0 Lg 12 5 2 5 2 12 Lg 23 9 10 4 24 13 7 2 1 24 Avg 50.7 gLg 0 11 0 11 Int 2 0 2 TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lg 72 TD 0 0 KICKOFF RETURNS WARREN ZINN/Daily Freshman tallback Patrick McCall is shown here rushing for his first collegiate touchdown, a three-yard gallup, which put Michigan ahead, 31-0, at halftime. The Wolverines' running game showed great variety as eight players carried the ball Saturday. Buckeyes shut down Banks, Iowa in Big Ten's first big battle Player Glaser Total No. 1 1 Yds 11 11 Avg 11.c 11.. By Nicholas J. Cotsonika Daily Sports Editor COLUMBUS - As Ohio State's defense swarmed around Ohio Stadium and smothered Iowa Saturday, all the gaudy statistics the Hawkeyes had accumulated earlier in the season sud- denly seemed meaningless. The seventh-ranked Buckeyes domi- nated the nation's top offense, thrashing the 11 th-ranked Hawkeyes, 23-7, before 92,536 in the first of a series of Big Ten showdowns. The Buckeyes (5-0), who travel to No. 2 Penn State next weekend, con- trolled the ball better than they have all season and overcame a week of distrac- tions caused by the arrest this past Sunday of freshman wide receiver Ken- Yon Rambo. They were too stem a test for the Hawkeyes (4-1), whose four previous opponents had a combined record of 2-13 entering the day. Heisman Trophy hopeful Tavian Banks can run 40 yards in less than 4.4 seconds but never got to use his speed at running back for Iowa, constantly crashing into a sea of scarlet and gray. He was the nation's rushing leader prior to the game with 835 yards - 223 more than Ohio State's team total - and had an average of 9.1 yards per carry. But neither he nor the rest of the Hawkeyes, who had led the nation in total offense (567.75 yards) and scoring (55.3 points), had faced a defense that included the likes of linebacker Andy Katzenmoyer. Three times in the first series alone, Katzenmoyer knifed through blocks to nail Banks and stop him for no gain or a loss. Banks gained just 11 yards on 10 carries in the first half. Quarterback Matt Sherman, rated second in the nation in pass efficiency, was just 6 for 1 I for 75 yards in the first half. And Tony Collins, who was aver- aging a nation's-best 24.3 yards per punt return, didn't get a chance to return one in the first half. The Buckeyes squirmed through their own problems to win again. After police responded last Sunday to reports of gunfire and fighting at a party several Buckeyes were attending, Rambo was taken into custody and charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and drug abuse. A substance found in his possession tested positive for marijuana, police said Friday. Cooper criticized police regarding the incident this week and defended his players, including Rambo, who has three receptions for 62 yards on the season. But Cooper did not defend the Buckeyes for their on-field perfor- mances. Entering Saturday's game, the Buckeyes had fumbled a Big Ten-worst 13 times, losing the ball eight times, and had amassed a slew of penalties. Their offensive line had also allowed a league-high 17 sacks for 131 yards in losses and had been unable to create holes of much size, which was a big reason why Ohio State ranked next-to- worst in league rushing with an average of 3.4 yards per carry. Things were a little better on Saturday. Rambo played, though he did not have a reception. The Buckeyes fumbled three times and lost one, while the Hawkeyes fum- bled twice in the fourth quarter alone, losing one. Neither Ohio State quarter- backs, Stanley Jackson or Joe Germaine, were sacked. Ohio State took a 10-0 lead into the locker room on a 36-yard field goal from Dan Stultz with 13 minutes I1 seconds remaining in the second quar- ter and a one-yard touchdown run from tailback Michael Wiley with 38 sec- onds remaining. Iowa's best chance to score in the first half came on a field goal attempt by Zach Bromert with 8:29 to go. Ohio State's Percy King broke through the line and blocked it, highlighting a dis- mal half for the Hawkeyes, who could only muster 94 yards of total offense. In the second half, the Buckeyes scored again when quarterback Jackson threw a six-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver David Boston with 10:35 remaining. Their lead only increased to 16, however, because Stultz's point after attempt sailed wide left. Stultz also missed a 36-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. Iowa cut the lead to nine with 7:39 remaining in the third quarter on a four-yard touchdown reception from Sherman to tight end Austin Wheatley. A 10-yard run by Wiley with 3:13 left in the game closed out the scoring. DEFENSE Player Solo Robinson 10 Jones 7 Supernaw 6 El Randel 6 McGrath 5 Lamar 5 Gregory 4 Abruzzo 3 King 3 Shaw 3 Czap 2 Mandina 2 Warnecke 2 Goodman 2 Ogunleye 1 Spencer 1 Gall 1 Browning 1 Bramel 1 Haywood 1 Clancy 1 Eloms 1 Williams 0 PASS DEFENSE Player Int Yds Ogunleye 0 0 Randel El 0 0 Spencer 0 0 Eloms 0 0 Asst 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tot 16 8 7 7 6 6 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Lng 0 0 0 0 Brk-up 2 1 1 I TD 0 0 0 0 Indiana Sept. 6, North Carolina L 6-23 Sept. 13 BALL STATE W 33-6 Sept. 20 KENTUCKY L 7-49 Sept. 27 Wisconsin L 26-27 Oct. 4 MICHIGAN L 0-37 Oct. 11 MICHIGAN STATE Oct. 18 Ohio State Oct. 25 Iowa Nov. 1 ILLINOIS Nov. 15 Minnesota Nov. 22 PURDUE HOME GAMES IN CAPS At a glance Key Performers For Michigan, Brian Griese complet- ed 16 of 26 passes for 204 yards and one touchdown. Tailback Chris Howard caught a Michigan season- high seven passes for 65 yards and ran for a touchdown. Key Play With the game scoreless in the first quarter and after Indiana had com- pleted back-to-back 20-plus-yard passes, quarterback Jay Rodgers and tailback De'Wayne Hogan botched a handoff ending the Hoosiers' best scoring threat of the day. Big Ten Standings Team Conf. Overall Wisconsin 2-0 5-1 Ohio State 1-0 5-0 Michigan 1-0 4.0 Michigan State 1-0. 40 Penn State 1-0 .40 Purdue 1-0 3-1 Iowa 1-1 .41 Minnesota 0-1 2-3 Northwestern 0-2 2-4 Indiana 0-2 1-4 Illinois 0-2 0-5 MARGARET MYERS/Uaily liana get anything substantial on offense. The Hoosiers' longest drive was the first t 36 yards. It was stopped by the Wolverines on downs at the Michigan 44-yard line. mi loses third straight; [as remain unbeaten ilt with Ohio State AP PHOTO Ohio State's defense led by linebacker Andy Katzenmoyer held Iowa's Heisman Trophy hopeful Tavlan Banks, who averaged over 200 yards per game on the ground, to a season-low 84 yards rushing in the Buckeyes' 23-7 victory o do this in his life and I've gotten an do it two weeks in a row," said )avenport, who had kicked a 43- rarder, also with six seconds remain- ing, to beat Indiana, 27-26, last veek. In Chamnaign. the Illini (0-2. 0-5) first 100-yard rushing game this year as Penn State .(1-0, 4-0) gained 548 yards and averaged 7.8 yards per play. Todd Schultz matched a career high with three touchdown passes in East Lansing. RUMORE Continued from Page lB has worked with and developed both collegiate and nrofessional auarter- rushing, and only had seven by the end of the third quarter. Indiana's passing game had a little more luck, amassing 153 total passing yards. But Rodgers was sacked four time nd nicked off Hoosiers' running game. "You get into the Big Ten, and the linemen are stronger and bigger," Michigan defensive end Glen Steele aid. "NotreDame's mms mwre rell Last Week (HOME TEAM IN CAPS) °;' ;'