GAME STATISTICS I ICI 1 1 I I I W1DI Team Stats First Downs Rushes/Yards Passing Yards Offensive Plays Total Offense Return Yards Comp/Att/Int lPUnts/Avg I Fumbles/Lost Penalties/Yards Time of Poss MICH 19 38/94 257 73 351 15 22/35/1 7/37.1 0/0 10/76 32:02 WIS 16 36/125 155 64 280 54 1528/1 7/48.0 1/1 8/82 27:58 Bounces go Michigan's way in winning its fourth straight game A M I C H I G A N PASSING Player Brady Henson Totals C-A 17-27 5-8 22-35 } RUSHING Player Att A. Thomas 22 Terrell 1 Henson 5 Shea 2 Brady 4 Team 4 Totals 34 RECEIVING Player No. Terrell 7 Walker 5 A. Thomas 3 Shea 3 Knight 2 D. Johnoson 2 Totals 22 PUNTING Player Sargent Henson Team KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. June1 Totals 1 PUNT RETURNS Player No. Knight 2 Totals 2 DEFENSE Player D. Jones Hendricks Howard Gold Whitley Renes Fatmon Hall Brooks J Williams Frysinger Foote Wilson Drake Hobson Sechler Rumishek Boebert Thompson Brabbs Yds 46 45 8 2 -2 -5 94 Yds 88 49 25 10 53 32 257 No. 6 7 Yds 17 17 Yds -2 -2 Solo 5 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Yds 4 4 Yds 217 40: 257 A 2 1 Yd 22 2 s TD 2 0 0 7 22 2.1 L? 5.0 45 1.6 10 1.0 1 0.5 6 1.3 0 2.5 45 vg Ig 2.6 40 9.8 21 8.3 13 3.3 8 6.5 39 16 23 9sAvg 1.0 40 Ass 4 0 2 2 0 -1. 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 Int 1 0 1 TO 0 1 0 0 0 1 TO 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5L 35 55 TO 0 0 TO 0 0 Tot 10 7 By Rick Freeman Daily Sports Editor MADISON - Call it luck, call it getting the breaks, call it whatever you like. Michigan can call it a big help after Saturday's game. The speculating type could say that plain luck favored Michigan on Saturday - and went against Wisconsin for the second week in a row. In the second quarter, with Wisconsin deep in Michigan territory, Chris Chambers, wide open in the corner of the end zone, dropped a pass that had six points all but written on it. Chambers, almost as wide open as Notre Dame tight end Jabari Holloway was three weeks ago, was facing the sun as he tried to make the catch. "He said he didn't see the ball," his coach, Barry Alvarez, explained after the game. "He got on the phone immediately to tell me." Alvarez, who is on crutches after knee surgery last week, coached Saturday's game from the press box. Michigan safety Tommy Hendricks, who was on the field and the only player even remotely close to Chambers, saw things a bit more clearly. Chambers was Michigan corner- back Todd Howard's man, but he fell down on the play. "I jammed (Nick) Davis hard at the line, and I think I pushed him into Todd," Hendricks said after the game. "That's really how they designed the play, as a pick. We got lucky when he dropped the ball." Michigan's first touchdown drive wasn't a product of luck, but a good break definitely aided the Wolverines' cause. On their first possession, they ran, ran, ran. And got nowhere fast. On the drive's third play, quarterback Tom Brady scrambled for five yards, which put him well short of the first down until one Badger too many piled on. Wisconsin was whistled for the per- sonal foul and Michigan had a free set of downs to work with. Michigan coach Lloyd Carr made the most of them. After handing off to Anthony Thomas once more (for no gain), Carr went to the air. The next five plays were passes, and 54 yards later, on the Wisconsin 14. Michigan ran yet another rushing play -- good for one yard. Two more passes, and Brady had his first touch- down pass of the year, Michigan had a 7-0 lead. The Wolverines had that late- hit call back at their own 12 to thank for keeping the drive alive. This is not the only time this season that Michigan was lucky. In fact, it seems in every one of the Wolverines' three close victories, they've been helped by a few good breaks - espe- cially disputed personal foul calls. In fact, the only time they were penalized on Saturday with a personal foul was in the third quarter. While trying to extend Michigan's 14-9 lead, Brady completed a pass to David Terrell at the Wisconsin 22. From there, a field goal would be 39 yards - within range of the ubiq- uitous Jeff Del Verne. After the play, though, Terrell stood up, faced the Camp Randall crowd, put his hands on his hips, and then gave a tiny, fin- gertip salute with his left index fin- ger. The result: fifteen yards and out of field goal range. "I'm in trouble," Terrell said after- ward. when his alibi - that he was reaching for his mouthpiece - was debunked. So far this season, his team hasn't been. *r ', -n 'L r 3 rd; ?ky 1 -FrR , ",; LOUIS BROWN / Daily Michigan linebacker Larry Foote gets to Wisconsin quarterback Brooks Bollinger on a fourth-quarter blitz, dropping him for a sack. 4 i" 6c b:4, k I : f'op . walp 2 - _ Si 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 TO 0 0 Florida State cruises; East Carolina shocks Hurricanes PASS DEFENSE Player Whtley Totals Int 1 r 4. 4 Brk-up 0 W I S C 0 N S I N PASSING Player Kavanagh Bollinger Totals RUSHING Player Dayne Bollinger Faulkner Bennett Kavanagh Totals RECEIVING Player Chambers Davis Merritt Brown Evans Sigmund Totals C-A 9-19 6-9 15-28 Yds 94 61 155 Att 22 6 2 2 4 36 No. 9 2 1 1 15 Yds 88 52 2 -1 -16 125 Yds 93 25 19 9 8 155 Avg 8.7 1.0 -0.5 -4.0 3.5 Avg 10.3 12.5 19.0 9.0 8.0 1.0 10.3 TD 0 0 0 34 21 2 2 34 La 14 19 9 8 20 Int 0 1 TD 1 0 0 0 2 TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - The main problem for No. 1 Florida State on Saturday was staying interested for four quarters after its lightning-quick start. The Seminoles (4-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) put this one away early, scoring four touchdowns before the first quarter was half over en route to a 42-10 victory over North Carolina (1-2). It was Florida State's fastest start in its seven-plus seasons in the ACC. "It looked like in the first quarter they simply were not going to be able to stop us, Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden said. "Then we substituted a lot of people and we lost continuity" No. 3 FLORIDA 38, KENTUCKY 10: In a battle of coaches known for their offensive wizardry, Florida's Steve Spurrier showed Hal Mumme of Kentucky the value of a good defense. The third-ranked Gators held Mumme's "Air Raid" offense to its lowest point total in two-plus seasons in Lexington, taking a 28-0 lead on the way to a 38-10 win Saturday night. . "Our defense was the story of the game." Spurrier said. "To hold Kentucky to 10 points, I don't know who has done that before." The answer is no one, as Florida (4- 0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference), reg- istered its 13th straight victory over the Wildcats (2-2, 0-1) and its sixth straight by double digits. No. 5 NEBRASKA 40, MissouRI 10: This time, Nebraska needed no last- second heroics against Missouri. Not by a long shot. The fifth-ranked Cornhuskers capi- talized on two high punt snaps and an interception to take a 16-point first- quarter lead en route to a 40-10 victo- ry over Missouri. "It's real simple," Missouri coach Larry Smith said. "We stunk. That's the worst excuse for a football team I've ever seen in my life." No. 6 TEXAS A&M 23, SOUTHERN Miss 6: Southern Mississippi's defense was very good. Texas A&M's was better. The fifth-ranked Aggies (3-0) inter- cepted four passes, returning two of them for their only touchdowns of the game, to take a 23-6 victory Saturday. No. 7 TENNESSEE 17, MEMPHIS 16: Three years after upsetting Tennessee, Memphis almost did it again. In their first meeting since that game, the seventh-ranked Volunteers (2-1) pulled out a victory when Tee Martin hit Cedrick Wilson with a 15- yard touchdown pass with a minute left for a 17-16 victory Saturday. '" told them I would take one point or 50 points, whatever we could get done." said Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer. "I didn't know they would take me literally." No. 9 GEORGIA 24, CENTRAL FLORIDA 23: Georgia got away with one Saturday. Central Florida, a 28-point under- dog, missed the extra point after an apparent game-tying touchdown with 5:21 remaining, allowing the Bulldogs (3-0) to escape with a 24-23 victory. "We took this one for granted,'" admitted Jasper Sanks, who rushed for a career-high 147 yards and a touchdown. "The luck was in our favor." EAST CAROLINA 27, No. 13 MIAMI (FLA) 23: With all that East Carolina has been through in the last six days, a 20-point deficit didn't look all that daunting. David Garrard's 27-yard touch- down pass to Keith Stokes with 4:51 left capped a fourth-quarter rally and led the hurricane-battered Pirates to a 27-23 upset of Miami (2-2) Saturday night. It's the highest-ranked team East Carolina (4-0) has ever beaten. ALABAMA 35, No. 14 ARKANSAS 28: Alabama overcame a week's worth of controversy and six turnovers, and may have saved coach Mike DuBose's job in the process. Freddie Milons caught one touch- down pass and threw one to help Alabama(3-1, 2-0 SEC) to a 35-28 victory over No. 14 Arkansas (2-1, 0- another one sitting on its bench. Joe Borchard came off the sideline d to throw five touchdown passes, c including 'a Pac-10 record 98-yarder. - to Troy Walters, as Stanford held off No. 18 UCLA 42-32 Saturday. - VIRGINIA 45, No. 19 BYU 40: Virginia coach George Welch has been saying for weeks that Thomas Jones deserves more publicity. i Welch will get no argument from the Brigham Young defense after Jones ran for 210 yards and scored two touchdowns and Dan Ellis threw for 190 yards and three TDs as E. Virginia (2-1) scored a 45-40 win overt Brigham Young (2-1)..,a No. 20 TEXAS 62, BAYLOR 0: A week after struggling to score touch- .i downs in an 18-13 victory over Rice, Texas handed overmatched Baylor a 9 62-0 whipping in the Longhorns' Big,. s 12 opener. Never pressured in the pocket, Applewhite coolly passed for 333 1 yards and thice touchdowns for Texas . (4-1, 1-0) before lea\ nk the game in *s the third quarter. Tiexka scored touch- , S downs all eight times it got within the Baylor 20. ''1 No. 23 MISSISSIPPI STATE 17,. C SouTH CRoI.INA 0: Mississippi State i is 4-0 for the first time since 1965. . ;tl Lou Holtz is 0-4 for the first time ever. 8 "It's discouraging. I don't know d how many times you can keep getting. ,p off the mat and keep getting your teeth' j. kicked," Holtz said after South d Carolina (0-4) lost 17-0 Saturday"i night at 23rd-ranked Mississippi State. WAKE FoREsT 31, No. 24 N.C. STATE 7: North Carolina State can ;i vouch for Wake Forest's commitment tb-i to improving what was last year's s worst rushing offense in the Atlantic Coast Conference. tl Morgan Kane led the Demon ii Deacons'new-look rushing game with f 147 yards and three touchdowns,. i powering Wake Forest to a 31-7 victo- s ry over N.C. State on Saturday. hl PUNTING Player Steinke Totals KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Davis 1 Total 1 PUNT RETURNS Player No. Davis 3 Rosga 1 Totals 4 DEFENSE Player Myers Giidorzi Bryant Boese Echols Mahi k Doering Favret D. Thompson Fletcher MuLeller Sigmund SraguLe Kolodziej Lsowski B. Thompson Marks PASS DEFENSE Player Int Mrs 1 Echols 0 Fletcher 0 Totals 1 No. Yds Av Lg 7 336 480 56 7 336 48.0 56 Yds 19 19 Yds 27 8 35 Solo 5 2 4 5 4 3 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yds 0 0 0 0 Avg L 19 19 Avg 8.0 8.8 14 8 16 Asst 5 6 3 2 3 3 3 4, 0 0 TD 0 !0 TD 0 30 i0 Tot 10 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 2 1 1 1 Miami quarterback Kenny Kelly and the Hur Carolina's upset bid, falling, 27-23, to the P I) on Saturday. No. 15 KANSAS STATE 35, IowA STATE 28: Iowa State finally played well enough to give Kansas State a scare. Down 28-7 at halftime, No. 15 Kansas State (3-0) rallied in the sec- ond half on David Allen's 94-yard punt return and No. 2 quarterback Adam Helm's steady play to beat Iowa State 35-28 Saturday. OREGON 33, No. 16 USC 30 (30T): Someone had to lose this head-spinning game eventually. A string of crucial mistakes made it Southern California, and kicker David Newbury took the blame. Josh Frankel, Oregon's third kicker of the game, booted a 27-yard field goal in the third overtime late Saturday night as Oregon prevailed in the wildest game yet of the topsy- turvy Pac-10 season, upsetting the No. 16 Trojans 33-30. Nathan Villegas, Oregon's All- American kicker, tied the game at 23 on a 26-yard field goal with 30 sec- onds left in regulation and the post- game jubilation may have cost him dearly. As teammates let him down, a jubi- lant Duck crashed into his right knee, his kicking knee. The team said he may have ligament damage. STANFORD 42, No. 18 UCLA 32: The school that has produced so many great quarterbacks, from Jim Plunkett to John Elway, may have discovered couldn't hold off East Lng 0 0 0 Brk-up 0 2 TD 0 0 0 0 -ftIP Double troub le PLAYER OF THE AGAMEZ . ........................................ ... .......... . . TOM BRADY The Michigan fifth-year senior quarterback played one of the best games of his career, completing 17-of-27 passes for 217 yards and throwing his first two touch- down passes of the season. Hp 1pft the name in the When Lloyd Carr called for a double reverse in the first quarter on Saturday, it looked like just the right move for several reasons. Last week against Syracuse, conservative play to set up a third-and-short situation. Finally, David Terrell just might be the most talented player on the Michigan team, and probably hasn't \ L AShL Michigan pulled a single reverse, so the Badger been utilized enough. 0 0 O '4 o ,6* °