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GAME STATISTICS
Walk-on McGloin dismantles 'M' defense
Team Stats
First Downs
Rush/Yds
Passing Yards
Offensive Plays
Total Offense
Kk retrns/ Yds
Punt returns/Yds
Comp/Att/Int
Putts/Ag
rumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
Time of Poss
PASSING
Player
Robinson, D.
Forcier, T.
Total
RUSHING
Player
Hopkins
Shaw
Totals
RECEIVING
Player
Roundtree
Grady
Koger
Hemngway
stonum
Totals
PUNTING
Player
Playt
Totas I
Broekhuizen
Totals
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player
Robinson, T.
Gadon
Totalsd
PUNT RETURNS
Paer
Totalsg
TAKLES
Dermens
Mouton
Van Bergen
Vinopal
sagesse
Gordon, C.
Roh
Gordon, T.
Rogers
Avery
Simmeons
Pomarco
Herro
Ezeh
Totas
MICH
19
42/233
190
67
423
6/147
2/12
11/25/0
3/390
3/A
5/55
22:31
M I C H I G A N
C-A Yds
11-23 190
0-2 0
112s 190
PSU
27
46/185
250
74
435
5/115
2/29
17/28/0
2/49.0
1/A
1/15
37:29
TD
1
0
1
Att
5
1
42
No.
3
2
12
1
11
Yds
191
24
14
4
233
Yds
15
36
36
60
21
15
7
190
Avg
2.8
4.0
5.5
Avg
50
18.0
60.0
70
17.2
Lg
5
4
32
Lg
6,9
19
60
60
Int
0
0
0
TD
3
0
0
0
3
TD
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
By NICOLE AUERBACH we're not going to be able to move
Daily Sports Writer the ball today? I think we moved it
pretty good."
STATE COLLEGE - ESPN Pretty good may be an under-
analyst Kirk Herbstreit was just statement.
one of many. The Nittany Lions posted 435
Doubters predicted that Penn yards of total offense, making it
State, led by the fifth time this season the Wol-
former walk-on NOTEBOOK verine defense has given up more
Matt McGloin, than 400 total yards.
would have trouble moving the "As a quarterback, you have
ball against Michigan. to take what the defense gives
Herbstreit emphasized that you, and I think I did that well
point Saturday morning on tonight," McGloin said.
ESPN's College Gameday, which McGloin said Michigan did a
must have irritated the redshirt few things differently from what
sophomore. he had seen on film last week, but
His response? McGloin com- he felt prepared for the Wolverine
pleted 17 of 28 pass attempts for defense overall.
250 yards and a touchdown. He The quarterback started Sat-
ran for a touchdown, too. urday's game because the Nittany
On the field immediately fol- Lions'regularstarterRob Bolden,
lowing the game, McGloin called was knocked out of last weekend's
out Herbstreit, saying he was game with a concussion. McGloin
"gunning for him," trying to prove is Penn State's third-string quar-
the analyst wrong. terback, but he performed above
"I was a little upset this morn- expectations on Saturday.
lng (when) I watched it," McGloin "When you're playing someone
said after the game. "He says like Michigan, who has someone
Caporusso missed their oppor-
SHOOTOUT tunities, the Wolverines left Big
From Page 1I B Rapids with mixed emotions after
droppingthe shootout, 2-0.
and I stopped and I thought I was "It was a victory in a sense for
going to kick it in. I know the rule us in the third period," Michigan
is you can stop as long as you don't coach Red Berenson said after
do a kicking motion. ButI guess it Friday's game. "We got down two
ended up hitting the goalie, com- goals and we really needed a goal
ing back out and I hit it with my and we got it. That goal gave us
stick (for the goal). It was too fast, a life and I don't even know how
I didn't even realize it." that goal went in. And then the
Riding Wolhberg's fifth goal of last-minute goal with the goalie
the season, Michigan outshot Fer- out that doesn't always work, but
ris State 4-1 in overtime but still it worked .. This is a tough build-
couldn't find a way past Nagle, ing to win in. We have a winning
forcing the Wolverines' first record in here, but when you
shootout of the season. think about the last few games
Ferris State took a 1-0 lead in we've played in here we've been
the shootout and when senior on our heels and again we were
forwards Carl Hagelin and Louie tonight."
like Denard Robinson, the object
of the game is to keep him off the
field," McGloin said.
ROYSTER'S RECORD DAY: On
the second play of Penn State's
first possession Saturday night,
Nittany Lion senior running back
Evan Royster dashed for 20 yards.
On that play, Royster became
Penn State's all-time leadingrush-
er. He ended the night with 3,518
yards, breaking Curt Warner's
mark of 3,398 yards, which had
stood since1982.
Royster's 150 yards and two
touchdowns on the ground com-
plemented McGloin's passing
attack well, making it easy for the
Nittany Lions to build up an early
lead against the Wolverines.
"Evan had a great night, con-
gratulations to him," McGloin
said. "He really had a breakout
game. That really set up the pass-
es downfield. We went play action
a lot tonight. Because of Evan's
running, we were able to do that."
Even longtime Penn State
coach Joe Paterno, who has seen
Just like last weekend against
Nebraska-Omaha, the Wolver-
ines showed up with a heightened
sense of urgency on Saturday
night. In the series finale, Michi-
gan jumped out to an early two-
goal lead in the first period at
home with goals by senior for-
ward Scooter Vaughan and soph-
omore forward Kevin Lynch.
Vaughan's goal was his fifth
of the season and ties him for
the team-lead with Wohlberg.
Lynch's tally was his third and
was the only power play goal for
the Wolverines this weekend, as
the Michigan power play went
1-for-17 on the weekend.
But unlike last Saturday's
commanding 6-1 victory over
Nebraska-Omaha, the Wolverines
plenty of running backs in blue
and white over the years, had
praise for Royster.
"That's the best he's played,"
Paterno said. "He's a good back,
a good solid back. But he's like all
of them - he needs some running
room. I think he got some today,
and he took advantage of it." -
HAGERUP KICKING?: Redshirt
freshman kicker Seth Broekhui-
zen kicked off to Penn State after
Michigan's first touchdown of the
game, but the rest of the game,
true freshman punter Will Hag-
erup assumed all Wolverine kick-
off duties.
"Seth is struggling with that a
little bit, and we practiced.(Hag-
erup) quite a bit this week and he
was doing pretty good," Michigan
coach Rich Rodriguez said after
the game. "He kicked pretty well
today."
Hagerup said he was told prior
to Michigan's second kickoff that
the responsibility would be his.
He said though he practiced dur-
ing the week, he had "no idea"
whether he'd actually handle a
kickoff.
"I think I did alright," Hagerup
said. "It's like anything. I've been
practicing a lot this year, You're
going to be rusty, but I can defi-
nitely get better at it."
Hagerup said he expects to
compete for the job this week in
practice,
INJURY NOTES: Nose tackle
Mike Martin injured his right
ankle two weeks ago against
Iowa, and in the first half Satur-
day, lie hurt his left one.
"That's a blow because Mike
makes a difference when he's in
there," Rodriguez said.
Martin told the Daily he would
"be okay."
Cornerback J.T. Floyd, whom
Rodriguez said suffered a stinger,
left and re-entered the game.
Rodriguez also said Robinson's
shoulder, which has been banged
up in recent weeks, is still not
100 percent healthy. When asked
about it, Robinson said he felt
good.
No. Yds Avg Pg
3 117 39.0 55
FG Pdt. L XP
1-1 100.0 37 4
1.1 100.0 37 4
Pts
No. Yds
1 23
5 124
11 127
No. Yds
2 12
2 12
Avg Lg TD
23.0 23 0
24.8 47 0
23.9 47 0
120 9 0
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rris State hang around. The ward Carl Hagelin tipped a shot
ogs scored their first goal on the net that hit a Ferris State
game on a power play just defender's leg and bounced in.
Hagelin's score was his third
of the season and proved to be the
game-winner. Michigan finished
"It was a the weekend with four points, but
as the Wolverines look ahead to
victory in a their upcoming road trip to take
on Alaska-Fairbanks, Berenson
iense for us knows that his team needs to
th r." strive for a more consistent effort
n the third." night in and night out.
"Even when we had it 3-1,
sure enough, they got back in the
game," Berenson said. "It was a
minutes into the second close-checking game. We were
I on a point-blank shot from just talking about it in the locker
-Travis Ouellette. room. This is what we have to
e Wolverines regained their expect every night this year, in
Pal lead when senior for- this league, and with this team."
Solo Asst T<
5 7 1
4 2 1
2 9
4 3
2 4
1 5
3 0
2 1
1 2
.1 2
0 3
2 0
2 0
1 1
1 1
1 0
1 0
1 0
1 0
0 1
0 1
35 42 7
P E N N S T A T E
Tot
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12
6
6
3
3
3
3
23
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PASSING
Playet C-A Ydg Ta n
Totals 19-26 287 1 0
RUSHING
Player Att Yds Avg Lg TO
Royster 29 151 5.2 20 2
Redd 6 24 4.0 12 0
McGloin 4 17 1.8 11 1
Smith 1 3 3.0 3 0
Suhey 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 208 4.0 20 4
Playet No. Yds Avg Lg TD
Moye 3 72 24.0 40 0
Brackett 3 37 12.3 21 0
Zag 3 32 P06 20 1
Sohsy 3 00 106 17 0
Smith 2 so 25.0 34 0
Brown ' 15 15 0 15 0
Royster 1 7 7.0 7 0
Redd 1 5 5.0 5 0
Totals 17 250 14.7 40 1
PlaNet No. Yds Avg Lg
Fera 2 98 49.0 so
Totals 2 98 49.0 50
KICKING
Player FG Pct. Lg XP Pts
Wagner 2-2 100.0 42 5 11
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No. Yds Avg Lg TT
Powell 2 51 25.5 30 0
Totals 4 115 21.5 30 0
Playes Solo Asst Tot
Mauti 3 '7 10
Astorino 6 2 8
stil 2 4 6
Lynn 4 1 5
Gbadyo P A S
Agbu 0 0 4
Stupar 3 0 3
Day 3 0 3
Hodgen P 2 3
Rohrbaugh 1 2 3
Massaro 0 2 2
Powell 1 0 1
Terry 0 1 1
Fagano 0 1 1
Totals 36 37 73
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DEFENSE
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when the game's on the line.
"We get teams in a lot of third
downs and we let them off. If
we make a couple of third-down
plays, then all of a sudden, we're
not such a bad defense."
That defense allowed 250
yards through the air to
McGloin in his first career start
and 150 yards rushing by senior
running back Evan Royster,
who also became Penn State's
all-time leading rusher in the
game.
He had been having some-
what of a down year consider-
ing his success the past two
seasons. Michigan allowed just
his second 100-yard game of the
season - the other was against
Temple.
"I thought that's the best
he's played," Penn State coach
Joe Paterno said of Royster. "I
thought he had a little more
running room. He had a chance
to make some decisions and he
had time to make some deci-
sions because we stayed on
BIG BEAR
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must-win for a Michigan team
that has not made the NCAAs
since 2008.
"It's such a great rivalry,"
Burns said after the game. "We
have the traveling trophy which
.. I don't think there's too many
traveling trophies at the D-I
level, but that's the tip of the ice-
berg. We know each other, we
recruit against each other, we
compete in the Big Ten."
Michigan got off to a hot start
riding the momentum of red-
shirt junior goalkeeper Chris
Blais's first career penalty-kick
save. Shortly after Blais pre-
served the scoreless tie, senior
forward Justin Meram worked
off of a defensive miscue by the
Spartans, chipping it past the
some blocks."
For a defense that was consid-
ered inexperienced and young
at the beginning of the season,
there aren't a lot of choices for
Michigan coach Rich Rodri-
guez to bring in as substitutes
on long drives.
In the second half, the Wol-
verines rebounded to force
Penn State to kick two field
goals and score just 13 points.
But Michigan had dug itself a
hole too big to climb out of. The
Nittany Lions controlled the
clock all game and held the ball
for nearly 15 more minutes than
the Wolverines.
Michigan's defense couldn't
get a stop when it mattered
most.
"It's very frustrating, espe-
cially because we've had trouble
with that all season," Demens
said. "That's just something we
practice in practice and we just
come out during game time and
for some reason we just can't
get off the field.
"We've just got to home in
on our assignments. Just really
focus in. Third and long - get
those receivers. Third and short
- stop the runs."
Spartan goalkeeper inside the
left post to put the Wolverines
up 1-0 late in the first half.
In the second half, the Wol-
verines dominated offensively,
led by the strong play of sopho-
more midfielder Latif Alashe.
Despite starting every game of
his two-year career, Alashe had
yet to net a goal. But after sev-
eral good offensive possessions
for the Northville native, Alashe
fought his way through a Michi-
gan State defender to redirect
senior-midfielder Alex Wood's
cross to the right side of the net.
"It was unbelievable," Alashe
said. "I've been waiting for my
first goal for so long ... Before
every game some of the guys tell
me, 'I think you're going to get
the goal today.' Every day, I go in
with the mentality that today is
goingto be the day."
After Alashe's goal put the
HAPPY VALLEY
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back with a 37-yard field goal
from redshirt freshman Seth
Broekhuizen to come within
four.
Penn State widened the gap
considerably when it scored 14
unanswered points to end the
half.
The Wolverines were look-
ing at a 28-10 deficit entering
the break.
"In the seem, Shoe started
to scramble and everyone came
up to defend the run," Koger
said. "Arid he saw me at the last
second and gathered himself
and threw me a perfect pass."
Unfortunately for the Wol-
verines, despite the offense
coming alive, the defense
couldn't get the key stop they
needed to get back in the game.
After being helped by a defen-
sive holding penalty on Michi-
gan, the Nittany Lions scored
on a five-yard run by sopho-
more Michael Zordich.
The offense answered once
again on a sneak by Robinson
after a sustained drive to bring
Wolverines up two, Michigan
couldn't hold off a fierce Spartan
attack, which controlled the ball
and tempo for the rest of regula-
tion.
After missing a penalty kick
earlier in the game, junior Spar-
tan forward Domenic Barone
redeemed himself with a pair of
second-half goals, the second of
which sent the game into over-
time.
With the momentum on
Michigan State's side, the Wol-
verines looked to make a state-
ment early in overtime.
"I was thinking we just need-
ed to settle it down and play our
game," sophomore midfielder
Hamoody Saad said. "They came
up with two goals and changed
the whole game and it seemed
like we were on our back feet, soI
after that, I wanted the team to
settle down."
the Wolverines to within two
touchdowns.
Rodriguez got in the face of
his defense before they went
back on the field after Robin-
son's score.
He knew if the unit got a
stop there, the offense had a
good chance of making it a
one-touchdown gAme.
"We were at the point where
we had a little momentum in
the game and needed a key
stop," Rodriguez said. "And I
was talking to the guys a little
bit."
Whatever he said, it worked.
The defense forced a punt for
the first time since the begin-
ning of the second quarter.
Robinson held up his end of
the bargain, leading the Wol-
verine offense on an 11-play
drive, culminating in a four-
yard touchdown run, the
sophomore's third rushing
touchdown of the game.
"That Robinson kid is a heck
of a football player," Penn State
coach Joe Paterno said after
the game.
Robinson's score brought
the game to within a touch-
down, the Wolverines' smallest
deficit since the first quarter.
But the Nittany Lions took the
field on their next drive and
kicked a field goal, making it a
two-score game once again.
With one last chance to
bring it to within a score,
Michigan went three-and-out
and Penn State ran the clock
out to end the game.
The struggles on defense
overshadowed another impres-
sive performance from Robin-
son, who ended the game with
381 total yards and four touch-
downs.
The loss leaves Michi-
gan with an uphill battle in
the Big Ten and still looking
for answers on defense. But
with most of the mistakes on
defense being attributed to
youth, it appears the unit can
do little but try to grow up in
a hurry.
Either way, Robinson said
the loss won't make the Wol-
verines panic.
"We're a team, we're a fam-
ily," Robinson said. 'You can't
break a family even though
there's going to be some downs
and outs. You don't break a
family."
Michigan seemed to settle more than 35 yards out found
down nicely as solid defense its way between the goalie's
sparked the Wolverine offense. outstretched arms and the top
Three promising breakaways crossbar.
from Meram, early in overtime, "This means that we're grow-
were thwarted by the Spartan ing, and I think we're finally
getting to get our self our own
name," Hamoody said about the
win.
"I've been "It used to be always Michi-
gan State, Michigan State. Mich-
waiting for my igan was never really heard of.
Finally, I felt like this year we
first goal for SO had it ... we really needed to win
these last games, and I think
long. we came together and finally
answered."
The Michigan senior class
could not have been sent off in
defense. better fashion.
With overtime winding down "I think this might have been
Hamoody took the game into the greatest game in terms of
his own left foot, despite being drama and importance in the
a natural righty. The 35-yard history of this program," Burns
plus game-winning lob from said.
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