100%

Scanned image of the page. Keyboard directions: use + to zoom in, - to zoom out, arrow keys to pan inside the viewer.

Page Options

Download this Issue

Share

Something wrong?

Something wrong with this page? Report problem.

Rights / Permissions

This collection, digitized in collaboration with the Michigan Daily and the Board for Student Publications, contains materials that are protected by copyright law. Access to these materials is provided for non-profit educational and research purposes. If you use an item from this collection, it is your responsibility to consider the work's copyright status and obtain any required permission.

November 10, 1997 - Image 12

Resource type:
Text
Publication:
The Michigan Daily, 1997-11-10

Disclaimer: Computer generated plain text may have errors. Read more about this.

4B The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - November 10, 1997

GAME STATISTICS

PASSING
Player
Griese
Brady
Totals
RUSHING
Player
Howard
Griese
Thomas
Floyd
Jackson
McCall
Brady
Woodson
Totals

C-A
14-22
0-0
14-22

Att
22
5
12
6
3
4
1
1
54

Ydi
12C
4E
4C
35
27
11
.-5
-9
265
Yds
41
39
19
37
8
7
151

Yds
151
0
151
6 Avg
5.5
9.2
3.3
55.8
79.0
L2.8
-5.0
-9
5 4.9
Avg
10.3
9.7
6.3
37.0
8.0
7.0
10.8

TD
2
0
2
Lg
29
40
12
13
18
5
0
0
40
Lg
26
18
17
37
8
7
37

RECEIVING
Player No.
Howard 4
Tuman 4
Thomas 3
Woodson 1
Shaw 1
Campbell 1
Totals 14
PUNTING
Player
Vinson

Int
0
0
0
TD
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
TD
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
Lg
49
TD
0
0

Heisman
piture
remaIs
cloudy
By Alan Goldenbach
Daily Sports Editor
. STATE COLLEGE - Sure, it was
Judgment Day, as they like to call it,
in college football. But that only
involved the teams.
As far as the Heisman Trophy race
is concerned, there was no judgment
passed on anyone this weekend other
than that the picture surrounding the
nation's most coveted individual
honor is as cloudy as ever.
The season-long front-runner -
Tennessee quarterback Peyton
Manning - rebounded from the

No. Yds Avg
5 165 33.0

KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No. Yds
Thomas 1 32
Totals 1 32
PUNT RETURNS
Player No. Yds
Woodson 4 2
Shaw 1 0
Totals 5 2

DEFENSE
PlayerS
Jones
Sword
Ray
Hendricks
J. Williams
Feazell
Renes
Hall
Brooks
Copenhaver
Woodson
Weathers
Frysinger
Kratus
Jackson
Steele
Gold
Feely
W. Peterson
Swett
Whitley
E. Wilson
D. Taylor
PASS DEFENSE
Player IntN
Ray 1
Sword 0
Woodson 0
Totals 1
Team Stats
First Downs
Rushes/Yards5
Passing Yards
Total Plays
Total Offense
Return Yards

Solo
6
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Yds
7
0
0
7

Avg L
32.0 3
32.0 3
Avg L
0.5
0
0.4
Asst
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1

g2
32
32

g TD
4 0
0 0
4 0
Tot
8
7
4

SARA STILLMAN/Daily
Chris Howard's 29-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter pretty much put the game out of Penn State's reach. Howard saved
his best game of the season for the right time, rushing for 120 yards and outgaining Penn State's Heisman hopeful Curtis Enis by 17 yards.
Howard leads surging ofense
Without penalties, offense starts to look as imposing as defense

By John Leroi
Daily Sports Editor
STATE COLLEGE - All week, Chris
Howard had to show his teammates he didn't
have Enis envy. Saturday, he proved to every-
body in Beaver Stadium that he was the big-
ger man.
"I told Chris all week, we've been reading
about this Enis all year long and we know
he's a great back, but aren't you getting a lit-
tle tired of that?" Michigan coach Lloyd Carr
said. "He has been an underrated player at
Michigan."
Almost as underrated as the Wolverines'
offense, which has purred right along for
most of the season but exploded in
Michigan's 34-8 thrashing of previously
unbeaten Penn State.
All of a sudden, it wasn't just Michigan's
defense winning the ballgame. The offense
marched down the field every time it got the
ball. The Wolverines scored on four of its
first five possessions.
A lot of the credit goes to Howard who
outgained Enis, 120-103, on the ground and
caught four passes for 41 yards. Enis caught
just two passes for five yards and a large

passes for 399

chunk of his 103 yards came on Penn State's
final drive, when the game was well out of
reach.
"I knew there were questions as to whether
our offense could play up to others' expecta-
tions," Howard said. "I think we answered
some of those critics today."
With Clarence
Williams sidelined with
a pulled hamstring,
Howard and freshman
Anthony Thomas shoul-
dered most of the offen-
sive burden. Thomas
carried 12 times for 40
yards. The Wolverines
outgained the Big Ten's
best offense, 416-169.
Howard Howard has been
Michigan's workhorse
all season, leading the team in rushing yards
and catches. But until Saturday, Howard was
the only bright spot in an otherwise bland
offense.
Enter quarterback Brian Griese, who not
only connected for two touchdown passes on
14-of-22 passing, but carried five times for

worst game of his
career to post some
stellar, more char-
acteristic numbers
in the Volunteers'
44-20 victory over
S o u t h e r n
Mississippi.
Manning com-
pleted 35 of 53
yards and four touch-

46 yards, including a 40-yard scamper that
even Howard had to envy.
Howard deflected most of the credit to the
offensive line, which turned in its most
impressive performance of the season. Not
only did the Wolverines control the line of
scrimmage, but the linemen all but eliminat-
ed offsides and holding penalties, the one
thing that Carr said was holding the offense
back.
"Penalties have been killing us all season,"
Howard said. "They're known as drive
killers. But our offensive line was just domi-
nant today, you couldn't have asked for any-
thing more."
But some of the credit has to go to
Howard, who played his best game at the
most opportune time. His 29-yard touch-
down run in the second half put Michigan
up, 31-0, and stomped out any hope for a
Penn State comeback.
"This was his last game against Penn State
and he wanted to go out with a win," Thomas
said. "As an offense, we felt we had some-
thing to prove, but the young guys are really
coming together right now and Brian Griese
and Chris Howard are a big part of that."

downs, passing the 2,500-yard mark
this season through the air.
The Tennessee senior has a number
of advantages going for him in the
race: he has long been a contender
for the award (perhaps as far back as
his sophomore season); he was given
the award to lose in the preseason;
and he plays a position that generally
receives the most attention for the
honor.
After Manning, several second-tier
candidates had their stock drop or
rise moderately with their perfor-
mances this weekend.
Marshall's Randy Moss caught
seven passes for just 56 yards. He did
catch a touchdown, his 22nd, which is
one short of the major college record
set by Houston's Manny Hazard in
1989.
But Moss has the small-college
label of newly annointed Division I
Marshall on his back, which could
cost him a lot of votes.
The Big Ten's top two running
backs, Iowa's Tavian Banks and
Wisconsin's Ron Dayne, went up
against each other this weekend in
Madison and neither came away in
particularly good shape.
With Iowa losing, Banks's 145-
yard effort seems much more
insignificant, as does his yards per
game average of 155, which has
dropped drastically since the first
month of the season.
Dayne, on the other hand, sprained
his ankle on the game's opening drive
and sat out the remainder of the con-
test. Without a monster game to his
credit yet this season, the Heisman
candidacy for the Badgers' sopho-
more seems to be fading, especially if
this injury affects his late-season
push for the award.
Finally, there is Michigan's all-
everything Charles Woodson, who is
making as strong a case as ever for
becoming the first defensive player to
win the award. With Manning's per-
formance in recent weeks not being

[

7-.
/s

Michigan's Glen S
for the dominant M

Lg
7
0
0
7

Brk-up
1
1
2
4

TD
0
0
0
0

the caliber of the be.
country, Woodson's
picked up some steam
Saturday was Wo
opportunity to show.%
against a top-ranke
front of a national au
Woodson didn't di;
sively, catching a -
pass. But overall,
meaty enough for trad
heavy voters to give I
sideration.
In addition, many
not watch Woodson wi
out to see how he al
offenses by his mere j
For Woodson to pu
victory, he may need
interceptions or somet
return for a touchew
next blockbuster gar
against Ohio State.
THE BARRIER iS BI
first time this season,
up a second-half t4
points in the fourth q
toric moment came x
the game as Penn Sta
plunged into the .end
yard out to put the Lio
On a day that a
close to perfect as it c
Wolverines, they seei
score pretty tough.

Mich
24
54/265
151
76
416
34

PSU
9
30/101
68
52
169
128

Florida State takes out NorhCaoina

Comp/Att/int 14/22/010/22/1

Punts/Avg 5/33.0
Fumbles/Lost 2/0
Penalties/Yards 4/24
Time of Poss 33:30
MICHIGAN SCHEDULE
Sept. 13 COLORADO
Sept. 20 BAYLOR
Sept. 27 NOTRE DAME
Oct. 4 Indiana

10/41.1
0/0
7/55
26:30
W 27-3
W 38-3
W 21-14
W 37-0

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - In their own cruel, confident and con-
vincing way, Florida State beat down another up-and-comer Saturday
night.
North Carolina had hoped to use this showdown with the Seminoles
(7-0 ACC, 9-0 overall) as a platform to prove it had moved into the
nation's elite, but Florida State's 20-3 victory showed the Tar Heels (5-1,
8-1) have some way to go.
It was Florida State's defense that doomed the Tar Heels, sacking Oscar
Davenport seven times before knocking him out in the third quarter with
an ankle injury. Replacement Chris Keldorf went down twice as the
nation's sack leader tied a school record with nine.

On offense, Thad Busby threw two first-half touchdown passes as the
Seminoles grabbed a 17-0 intermission lead on the way to improving
their ACC record to 46-1
NEBRASKA 45, MISSOURI 38
Scott Frost completed Nebraska's version of the Immaculate
Reception with no time remaining, then ran for his fourth touchdown in
overtime as No. I Nebraska avoided an upset with a 45-38 victory over
Missouri on Saturday.
Nebraska (6-0 Big 12, 9-0) stayed unbeaten thanks to a b6uncing ball
that ended up in the hands of Matt Davison for a 12-yard touchdown pass
that forced the extra period.

Oct. 11
Oct. 18
Oct. 25
Nov. 1
.Nov. 8
Nov. 15,
Nov. 22,

NORTHWESTERN W 23-6
IOWA W 28-24
Michigan State W 23-7
MINNESOTA W 24-3
Penn State W 34-8
Wisconsin 3:30 p.m.
OHIO STATE 12:10 p.m.

Purdue comeback pushes Spartans

1

I

HOME GAMES IN CAPS

Scoring summary
First Quarter
Mich - Baker, 29-yard field goal,
8:52
Mich - A. Thomas, 12-yard run
(Baker kick), 4:41
Second Quarter
Mich - Woodson, 37-yard pass
from Griese (Baker kick),
11:07
Mich - Tuman, eight-yard pass
from Griese (Baker kick),
6:10

WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) -
Purdue coach Joe Tiller was amazed.
Imagine how Michigan State's Nick
Saban felt.
Purdue, seemingly beaten with two
minutes to go, scored two late touch-
downs to overtake the Spartans for an
improbable, 22-21, victory on Saturday.
"This is about as disappointed as I've
ever been as a coach. That's as disap-
pointed as I've ever been for a team,"
Saban said.
"Divine intervention may have been
on our side," Tiller said. "This game also
shows why I don't get concerned about
statistics except for the points."
Ed Watson had season highs of 115
yards and 24 carries, including a three-
yard run for the winning touchdown
with 40 seconds to play.
"I went to coach and asked for the
nlno h pr n.11-A iaw m I m nt .A tphe

Purdue (5-1 Big Ten, 7-1 overall) has
won seven games in a season for, the
first time since 1984, and takes on Penn
State next week.
Purdue trailed, 21-10, with two min-
utes to play and appeared doomed as the
Spartans (2-4, 5-4) lined up for a field
goal that would have padded the margin
to 14 points. But Gardner's 39-yard
attempt was blocked by Leo Perez and
Rosevelt Colvin returned it 62 yards.
Adrian Beasley's block cleared the final
obstacle to the end zone.
"We called a time out and coach
Brock Spack told us that we were going
to block the kick and score," Colvin
said.
Chris Daniels recovered an on-side
kick for Purdue at the Boilermakers 45-
yard line after the ball bounced off a
Michigan State defender.
RillyD ilc-n who had h en nulled

straight game, helped Purdue by having
12 players on the field for the next play
to move the ball to the 2. Dicken lo
yard on a quarterback sneak and Watson
then carried two tacklers into the end
zone for the score.
Michigan State wasn't finished. The.
Spartans returned Purdue's squib kick to,
its 33. Todd Schultz completed passes to:
Marc Renaud and Gari Scott, moving
the ball to Purdue's 33, and an offside
penalty gave Michigan State five more
yards. Renaud, who had 114 yards on 22
carries, picked up one to set the stage.*
Gardner's final kick.
After each team took a timeout,
Gardner's attempt missed badly short
and left.
The Spartans were set back when
leading rusher Sedrick Irvin hurt his toe
in the first half. Irvin carried only twice
for pioht vardsk in the scond half with

L n m ::_, _ , -.

1 1

Back to Top

© 2024 Regents of the University of Michigan