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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1955
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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On the Spot.
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with JACK HORWITZ
Associate Sports Editor
MSU Crushes
Planutis Leads Attack;
Fumbles Plague Irish
Notre
Dame,
21-7
Blue Devils Stage Comeback
To Down Ohio State, 20-14
Michigan's mighty gridiron power, rated number one in the na-
tion, looked anything but a national football power as it defeated
Northwestern's winless Wildcats, 14-2, on its own home ground.
The Wildcats, who couldn't seem to do anything on offense, pulled
some magic out of their hats and stopped the Wolverines almost cold
with their defensive maneuvers. The Wolverines just couldn't get
started. Either they were too deep in their own territory or their
plays just didn't have the drive needed needed to start a scoring
series.
Was It The Weather. .
Just what the trouble was is hard to say. After the great victory
over a much stronger Army team, the Wolverines almost fell apart.
The loss of several key men who were sidelined with injuries might
have been the cause. Using inexperienced substitutes can be dis-
astrous for a top-notch team such as Michigan. The weather might
also be an explanation since the previous games were played under
much warmer circumstances. But the best reason seems to be that
the Wildcats were just fired up after losing three straight games.
The men from Evanston were fired up, allowing Michigan only
168 yards from scrimmage, most of that coming on two or three long
runs and in the fourth quarter. The passing plays weren't good. The
Wolverines couldn't get their receiver out into the open, and the few
times they did, the passer was rushed so hard that the throws
v weren't accurate.
Michigan's offensive running was both good and bad. Time and
time again, the backfield work-horses-Tony Branoff and Terry Barr
-pounded at the Wildcats, gaining a few yards and losing a few.
Only in the fourth quarter did the Michigan squad seem to pull
together and start its offense rolling.
Bennie Oosterbaan will corroborate this. "We didn't do well, of
course," he replied bluntly to the weekly interrogation. "Northwestern
played a fine game. They did everything they could with the per-
sonnel they had, and their defense was good. Their defense was the
main thing," he reflected.
Was Northwestern "up"'for the contest? "Not really," replied
Oosterbaan, nudging his ten-gallon hat. "That is, I don't want to
take any credit away from them on the grounds that they were 'up."'
It Was The Breaks ...
Over in the Wildcats' locker room, Northwestern coach Lou Saban
was philosophical. "We're building . .. we're coming along . . . im-
proving every week," he mused. "Breaks determine a tough ball
game such as this. When they (Michigan) recover a fumble, it's
deep in our territory. When we recover one, we get a safety." He
smiled wryly.
The turning point in the ball game? "When we didn't score,"
the youthful Saban replied. He was referring, of course, to the inci-
dent where Michigan stopped the 'Cats on its own six late in the
fourth quarter. "Had we scored, I think we would have won . . . in
fact, I know we would have."
Where Oosterbaan praised Northwestern's defense, Saban had
nothing but orchids for that of Michigan. "Defensively, Michigan is
a great football team. Of course, offensively, they're good, too, but
it's the defense . .
WOLVERINE SHORTS: Tom Maentz returned to the lineup and
proved to be the kicking star of the game. Maentz's punts averaged
about 45-55 yards each, and came as a surprise to most fans, since
it was expected that Branoff, Van Pelt, and Maddock would share the
kicking burdens while Kramer was out of action.
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Branoff's running punt from his own three-yard line was a
decisive factor in Michigan's victory. Branoff took the pass from
center to punt the ball on fourth down and fumbled. He recovered
his own miscue and was hemmed in by the Wildcats. Running wide
to the right, he ran to the three and booted the ball down the field
to the Northwestern 27. "Only a great football player makes plays
like that," praised Northwestern's Lou Saban.
* . *
Michigan's mighty goal-line stand was one of the many in the last
three games. The Wolverines seem to arise to the call of "HOLD THAT
LINE" from the fans.
* . *
Jim Maddock was out of action completely in the second half,
due to a hip injury. Also plagued by the bug was the Michigan line,
as Jerry Goebel, John Peckham and Tom Maentz incurred head
injuries.
College Football Scores
EAST LANSING, Mich ()-Full-
back Gerry Planutis waited ex-
actly 364 days but exacted satis-
fying revenge yesterday by piling
across for the winning touchdown,
setting up another and kicking all
three extra points as Michigan.
State wrecked Notre Dame's per-
fect record 21-7 before 52,007. roar-
ing fans in Macklin Stadium.
Planutis broke up a 7-7 tie by
crashing across from the one in
the third quarter, then set up the
clincher by recovering an Irish
fumble deep in Notre Dame ter-
ritory in the .fourth quarter.
It was a pulsating team victory
for Michigan State; a seven-point
underdog which gave a savage
hard-hitting show before> a na-
tional television audience to end
Notre Dame's 11-game winning
streak under coach Terry Bren-
nan.
Shutout Streak Ended
It was the first time that Notre
Dame was scored upon this season
-a streak of 196 minutes and 48
seconds.
But it was more of a personal
victory for Planutis, who wore the
goat horns by missing two vital
extra points in last season's frus-
trating 20-19 loss to Notre Dame.
The date of that defeat was Oct.
16.
Planutis not only scored the
game's deciding touchdown at
9:50 of the third quarter Saturday,
he was the big runner in moving
the ball into scoring territory.
He carried four times for 38
yards-but it was the last one
whieh he probably will never for-
get.
He dove directly into the center
of the line and just made it by
inches.
Salt in Wounds
Then with Notre Dame hemmed
in its own end early in the fourth
quarter, Planutis fell upon Don
Schaefer's fumble on the 16.
Earl Morrall eventually went
over from inches out on a quar-
terback sneak, wrapping up Mi-
chigan State's biggest win of the
season.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (W)-Duke's
Blue Devils spotted Ohio State a
14-point lead yesterday, then
roared back with a late surge of
power and passing to defeat the
national champion Bucks 20-14.
A crowd of 82,254 watched the
intersectional struggle, first be-
tween the two gridiron power-
houses.
It looked like an easy victory
for Ohio State as substitute half-
back Jim Roseboro swept end for
a 44-yard touchdown in the first
quarter, and his All-American
running mate, Howard "Hopalong"
Cassady, returned a punt 38 yards
-10 in the end zone-in the second
session. Fred Kriss converted both
times for Ohio's 14-0 lead.
Right there the undefeated
Dukes took charge and the Buck-
eyes never reached Confederate
territory the rest of the way.
Duke scored with only one sec-
ond to play in the first half on
a five-yard pass from halfback
Bob Pascal to 159-pound halfback
Bernie Blaney.
The Blue Devils tied it at the
start of the third session, march-
ing 43 yards in 11 plays with Pas-
cal plunging one yard for the
score.
The southerners clinched it with
an 82-yard drive which started
late in the third session and end-
ed in the fourth with quarterback
Sonny Jurgensen sneaking a yard
on the 17th play for the winning
touchdown.
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RON KRAMER, Michigan's All-
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watches yesterday's game from
the sidelines as a result of chest
injuries suffered in last week's
triumph over Army. Kramer's
playing status is still uncertain.
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Cadets Suffer 13-0 Setback
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liant pitchout and forward pass
with Don Althouse scoring on a 22-
yard play, started Syracuse on a
surprising 13 to 0 victory over
Army yesterday.
The agressive underdogs clinch-
ed the victory with a steady touch-
down march in the final quarter
climaxed when Jim Ridlon, who
passed to Althouse in the third
period for the first touchdown,
scored on a sweep from the seven.
Cadets Favored
Army's big football team, smart-
ing under last week's 26-2 defeat
by Michigan, was favored to win
by three touchdowns.
About 12,500 braved heavy rain
to see the muddy, soggy game.
Syracuse kept the play in Army's
back yard all the time, but it
looked as if the two might settle
for a scoreless tie until, late in
the third period, Pat Uebel fum-
bled and Charles Strid, Syracuse
guard, recovered on the Cadet 26.
After three line bucks advanced
only to the 22, quarterback Ed Al-
bright defied the rain and called
for an intricate sweep to the left.
He pitched to Ridlon who got off a
perfect scoring pass to Althouse.
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MICHIGAN 14, Northwestern 2
AUBURN 14, Georgia Tech 12
BAYLOR 13, Washington 7
YALE 34, Cornell 6
DUKE 20, Ohio State 14
FLORIDA 18, LSU 14
ILLINOIS 21, Minnesota 13
NAVY 34, Penn State 14
MSU 21, Notre Dame 7
Purdue 20, Iowa 20 (tie)
UCLA 21, Stanford 13
INDIANA 14, Villanova 7
SOUTHERN CAL 33, Wiscon-
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UTAH 27, Denver 7
SMU 20, Rice, 0
OTHER SCORES
Oklahoma 44, Kansas 6
Harvard 21, Columbia 7
Syracuse 13, Army 0
Colgate 15, Princeton 6
Navy 34, Penn State 14
Maryland 25, North Carolina 7
Tennessee 20, Alabama 0
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