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September 17, 2012 - 3B

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MICHIGAN
ATHLETICS
SCOREBOARD

L A S T W E E K
F R IDAY (SE PT, 14)
Volleyball:Michigan 3, Eastern Michigan0
Volleyball: W.Kentucky3, Michigan 2
Men's soccer: Marquette 2, Michigan1
SATURDAY (SEPT. 15)
FIeld hockey: Michigan6, Saint Louis 2
Football:Michigan63, Massachusetts13
Women's soccer: Michigan 3, Indiana 
Volleyball: Michigan 3, Duke 2
SUNDAY (SEPT. 16)
Women's golf:0th of 17 at Mary Fossum Invite
Field hockey: Michigan 5, Fairfield 0
Feldhockey:NotreDame1, Michigan0(2OT)
T H I S W E E K
MONDAY (SEPT. 17)
Men'sgolf:IvernessIntercollegiate(Toledo,Ohio)
Men's go: Iverness Intercollegiate (Toledo, Ohio)
FRIDAY (SEPT. 21)
Women's tennis: Wolverine Invitational, 9a.m. ()
Women'ssoccer: Michigan at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Volleyball:Michiganvs. IEdiana, 7 p.m. ()
Mn teEnis UVA Ranked (Caro(eEEie, Va.)
SATURDAY (SEPT. 22)
Women's golf: Wolverine Invitational, 8 a.m. (')
Woen'teEnnTis:Wlvrn (UInvE(Yitainal 9 aEm. ('3
Men's XC:riinY(/Panora FarEs Iniaiona
(Earlysville, Va.), 9 a.m.
Field hockey: Michigan at Bucknell, noon
Volleyball: Michigan vs. Purdue, 7 p.m.*(')
Football: Michigan at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m.
Men's tennis UVA Ranked1 (Charlottesvie, Va.)
SUNDAY (SEPT. 23)
Women'sgolf:Wolverine Invitational,T8a.m. ()
' Women's tennis: Wolverine Invitational, 9a.m. ()
Field hockey: Michigan at Penn State, noon
Women's soccer: Michigan at Wisconsin,I p.m.
Men's soccer: Michigan vs. N'western, 4 p.m. (')
Men's golf:Windon MReo(ralClassic(Skokie, IJ
Mens tenni UYA Ranked 1 (CarotesvI, Ta.)
- (')Alhomeevents areeigible toearn points for
the Athletic Department's HA.).L program.
Team Sats UMASS MICH
Points 13 63
First Downs 15 27
RuN/EdE 36/112 43/294
Passing Yards 147 291
Offensive Plays 66 68
Total Offense 259 585
Kick returns/ Yds 6/126 2/44
Punt returns/ Yds 3/14 1/11
Comp/Att/Int 15/30/0 16/25/1
* PuYts/Avg 7/38.3 3/41.3
FumbeE/Lost 4/1 2/0
Penalties/Yards 10/69 5/40
Timeof PYss 29:03 30:57
PASSING
Player C-A Yds TA mt
RoEinsonY D. U62 U9 U
Totals 76-25 291 3 1
PlJayI ARE Yds Avg Lg TA
Robinson, D 10 106 10.6 36 1
Toussaint 15 85 5.7 13 1
Rals 6 41 7. 1 0
Hayes 3 19 6.3 14 1
Norfleat 1 14 14.0 14 0
Totals 43 294 6.8 36 6
RECIING I
PRMr EU Yds AER Lg TA
oil.o 3 91 30.3 66 0
Gallon 3 32 10.7 14 0
Funche s 2 4 10 2
Roundtre 2 25 12.5 18 1
Srmth 1 19 19.0 19 0
Rabinson,J. 1 9 9.0 9 0
Totals 16 291 182 66 3
rPUNTING
Player No. Yds Avg Lg
Hagerup 2 92 46.0 60
Totals 124 43 6
KICKOFF RETURNS
Playe No. Yds Ag Lg TA
IYTotals 2 44 AE 44 0
PUNT RETURNS
Player No. Yds Avg Lg TD
Norfleet 1 1 11 11 0
Totals 1 11 11 11 0

TACKLES
Player Solo Asst Tot
Hawthorne 3 4 7J
Gordon, T. 4 2 6
Kovacs 2 4 6
Avery 3 2 5
Ojerudia 3 1 4
Ryan 2 2 4
Robinson, M. 3 0 3
Gordon. C. 3 0 3
TayIor 2 1 3
Clark 2 1 3
Ross i 1 2 3
Washington 2 0 2
Black 2 0 2
Darboh 2 0 2
a mpbell 1 U U
Derens 1 1 2
Wilson, 1. 2 2
Pipkins 0 1 1
Hollowell 0 1 1
Totals 39 26 65
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BARTON
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was. Freshman tight end Devin
Funchess had just scored a touch-
down, the first of the game, and
the roar was loud. But it was loud-
er minutes later when Barton was
introduced on the field.
"Aww nothing," Barton,
unfazed, said of the ovation.
At half time, the 5-year old held
court in the press box. About 15
reporters gathered around Bar-
ton. The cameraman had to hold
his lens at his thigh to get at his
eye level, and one reporter kneeled
down to ask him questions.
Barton spoke at a nervous hush
at first, but then grew comfort-
able after he saw reporters smil-
ing at his answers. At one point, he
claimed he could run faster than
senior quarterback Denard Rob-
inson.
He mimicked Robinson, lei-
surely using his two fingers to
make a running motion. Then he
switched up and waved his hands
rapidly.
"I'm this fast," Barton said.
In mid-August, Barton wore a
Michigan shirt to school and was
forced to turn it inside out because
of a policy that bans all college
shirts other than those from
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
After hearing his story, Michigan
Athletic Director Dave Brandon
invited Barton and his family of
Michigan fans to the game on Sat-
urday. And he had a special gift for
Barton.
"Look!" Barton said as he lifted
up his Michigan shirt. Brandon
had the underside printed too, so
that way, it couldn't be reversed.
After the introduction on the field,
Barton was chaperoned around
the stadium and met players after
the game.
"We'vebeentryingto warn him
about it for the last couple days,
but it seems to me, Cooper's not
phased by much," said his father,
Chris Barton. "There's no one
thing that's cooler than the other.
This whole thing has just been
really cool."
As Chris spoke, Barton reached
up and grabbed his face. Nearby,
his mother, Shannon, who sport-
ed maize and blue painted nails,
smiled sheepishly as in disbelief.
"He's still just five," she said.
MOORE HONORED WITH NO.
87: The No.87jersey ofRon Kram-
er was on the field on Saturday, but
only before the game. Michigan
honored fifth-year senior Brandon
Moore with Kramer's Legend's
jersey and patch in a pregame cer-
emony.
That was it for the jersey on
Saturday. Moore sat out the game
with an injury.
In the 1950s, Kramer was a
two-time All-American as a offen-
sive utility man and a defensive
end. He also played basketball
and ran track and later played for
the Green Bay Packers. Kramer is
the third Michigan football Leg-
end. Desmond Howard received
the honor last year, and Bennie
Oosterbaan was recognized last
week.
"I didn't know why coach Hoke
wanted to see me in his office,"
Moore said. "I couldn't believe
it. When you think of the history
and tradition of this program and
some of the great players like Ron
Kramer, to carry on that legacy,
that responsibility, is humbling."

INJURY UPDATES: No Michi-
gan players were injured in Sat-
urday's game. Besides Moore,
sophomore linebacker Desmond
Morgan, junior fullback Stephen
Hopkins and redshirt sophomore
defensive lineman Richard Ash
did not dress due to injuries.
Hoke said Morgan and Hopkins
should play next week against
Notre Dame. He said Morgan sus-
tained a "head thing."
SHOELACE UNTIES RECORDS:
Barton might doubt Robinson's
speed, but Massachusetts prob-
ably doesn't. The quarterback
rushed for another 106 yards and
a touchdown on Saturday which
moves him into a tie for fourth on
Michigan's career rushing touch-
down list, tied with Chris Perry
with 39.
That wasn't it for Robinson.
His 16th career 100-yard rushing
game ties him for fifth with Butch
Woolfolk on the all-time Michigan
list.
Robinson threw three touch-
downs along with 291 yards
through the air. That moves him
past both Tom Brady and Jim
Harbaugh for fifth for most career
passing yards in Michigan history.
His 397 total yards moves him
into second place for total yards
in Michigan history, trailing only
Chad Henne.

UMASS
From Page 1B
being accountable for my team,"
Robinson said. "So, when it
comes to records, it's just going
out there and playing football
with the team."
Michigan scored on the next
snap on a handoff to senior run-
ning back Vincent Smith, who
punched it in fairly easily, mak-
ing the score 21-3. Smith would
score again in the third quarter
- he found the end zone twice on
just three carries on the day.
The Wolverines' only hic-
cup of the first half came on the
next possession, when Robinson
was picked off by Christian Birt
on Michigan's own 16-yard line,
which was returned easily for
Massachusetts's lone touchdown
of the day.
"Jeremy Jackson came open,"
Robinson said. "I just threw it
behind him, and it was a bad
throw. I mean, it was a good read,
just a bad throw. I got to put my
feet into it and follow through
with the throw."
Robinson got back on track
quickly though. On the next pos-
session, he found a wide-open
Devin Gardner cutting across the
RUNNING BACKS
From Page 1B
the action. Redshirt freshman
Justice Hayes and freshman
Dennis Norfleet made their
offensive debuts, they were two
of seven total players to carry the
ball on the afternoon.
But the focus was on squarely
on Toussaint, who didn't look
like himself in his season debut
against Air Force last week. In
that game, the Youngstown, Ohio
native managed just seven yards
on eightcarries, often hounded by
defenders before even getting out
of the backfield.
It was a far cry from the Tous-
saint that the Wolverines had
grown familiar with by the end of
last season, when he emerged as
one of the better backs in the Big
Ten.
Against the Minutemen, Tous-

field, and he took it 42 yards for
the score. And on the following
possession, Robinson took off for
the races, scrambling from one
sideline to the other on a 36-yard
touchdown run.
On the following drive, the
Minutemen marched down the
field and kicked a field goal, leav-
ing Robinson and the Wolver-
ines a solid two minutes to work
with before the half. Robinson
led a methodical eight-play drive
down to the Massachusetts one-
yard line. On the ninth play, he
kept the ball but fumbled before
reaching the goal line, and red-
shirt junior left tackle Taylor
Lewan recovered it.
"I think there was a little
debate about who actually fell
on it first," said fifth-year senior
right guard Patrick Omameh.
Dileo added: "For the record,
I'm pretty sure it was (fifth-year
senior) Elliott Mealer's touch-
down, not Taylor's."
The first half ended with
Michigan in control, 42-13.
The second half of the game
was more of the same. After the
Michigan defense forced a quick
three-and-out, the offense start-
ed its first drive of the half in
Massachusetts territory. On the
fifth play of the drive, Robinson
saint played more like his 2011
self than the version from the Air
Force game, totaling 87 yards and
averaging5.7yards-per-carry. For
an offense that's searching for
another threat to help take pres-
sure off Robinson - as dynamic
as he is, the coaching staff real-
izes he can't carry such a heavy
burden over the whole season -
Toussaint's rejuvenation was a
welcome development.
"The more threats we have
as an offense, the more danger-
ous we can be," said fifth-year
senior offensive lineman Patrick
Omameh. "Everybody knows that
we have Denard Robinson, who's
a special kind of player. The more
pressure we can take off him, the
better we'll be as a team."
Yet the way that Michigan
coach Brady Hoke talked about it
in his postgame press conference,
you would've thought that the
Wolverine backs did nothing on

Connor Barton and his family pose with drum major Jef frey McMahon.

found a streaking Roy Roundtree
in the end zone for a 19-yard
score.
The hookup was encourag-
ing for Roundtree, who has been
mostly silent this season despite
his role as the veteran leader of
a thin receiving corps. The play
was just Roundtree's fourth
reception of the season, and it
was his longest.
Once Michigan mounted a
43-point lead in the fourth quar-
ter, redshirt freshman quarter-
back Russell Bellomy entered
the game, and Robinson took a
seat. Robinson finished his day
16-of-24 passing for 291 yards,
three touchdowns and one
interception. He also rushed 10
the ground.
With a dissatisfied, edgy tone,
Hoke bemoaned the play of the
offensive line, which, in his mind,
was subpar. That was nothing dif-
ferent from the first two games
of the season - the coach has
been talking about needing more
up front since the offensive dud
against Alabama in the season
opener.
Hoke's tenor was more curi-
ous on Saturday because of how
much better the running backs -
and, by association, the offensive
line - looked against the Minute-
men. He said Toussaint looked
only "okay," and that he wished
the runner would've been more
decisive in going up field at cer-
tain times.
Part of the issue may be Sat-
urday's opponent. Massachusetts
doesn't represent the same quali-
ty of competition that the Wolver-
ines have faced to this point, and

times for 106 yards and another
touchdown. Despite the solid
all-around performance, both
coach Brady Hoke and players
said there is much to improve on,
especially on line play on both
sides of the ball.
"Of course, any win is a good
win," said senior defensive tackle
Will Campbell. "And every game,
everybody is not going to have
a perfect game, so everybody's
going to have mistakes that we
can capitalize on and correct for
the next week.
"If we play like we did today,
we will not win next week (at
Notre Dame). We need to come
out and play like Michigan
defense."
that they will face as the season
goes on. The true test of the line's
and the backs' play may be next
week against Notre Dame.
"That's a big part of it," Hoke
said when asked about the impor-
tance of finding someone to take
pressure off Robinson. "That's
why we need to block better in
the traditional run plays with the
running back ... We've got to find
more (playmakers)."
Then, unprompted, the coach
mentioned needing better play
from the line to have a running
back be a playmaker. It was a
clear reference to Toussaint, who,
along with the rest of the backs on
Saturday, finally looking comfort-
able.
But for Hoke, the traditional
running game is in a similar place
to Toussaint when he broke that
tackle, suspended in motion. He's
still waiting for that burst for-
ward.

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