6B - The Michigan Daily e- SPORTSMonday - Monday, October 2, 1995
MICHIGAN 3
GAME S
MIAMI
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uprights from 54 yards away, setting a
new Miami distance record and making
it a 31-6 game.
Steele's sack knocked quarterback
TATISTICS Neil Dougherty out of the game with a
broken fibula.
Michigan's next drive went even
worse. On the first play, Griese, mak-
ing his first start in place of the in-
C-A Yds TD Int jured Scott Dreisbach, had his pass
tipped and intercepted by Dee
-24 192 2 1 Osborne. Miami got the ball at the
0-2 0 0 1 five-yard line.
"They blitzed the linebackers from
-26 192 2 2 outside and tipped it and made a good
play." Griese said. "It's unfortunate
- I've got to get the ball up a little
bit."
PASSING
Player
I
Griese 14
J. Carr
Totals 14
RUSHING
Deland McCullough, who totaled 141
Player Att Yds Avg LgTD yards on 28 carries, broke into the end
zone three plays later to make it 31-13.
B'tuka 22 95 4.3 16 1 "We turned the ball over three con-
C.W'iamsl1 53 4.8 14 0 secutive possessions in the third quar-
ter," Carr said. "Not only did we turn it
Floyd 8 45 5.6 9 0 over, we gave them great field position.
That changed the momentum of the
Toomer 1 1515.0 15 0 game. From then on Miami was a dif-
Davis 4 12 3.0 4 0 ferent team."
Miami got on the board once more in
Anderson 1 5 5.0 5 0 the quarter. Quarterback Sam
Ricketts took his team 80 yards in five
J. Carr 1 1 1.0 1 0 plays to make it 31-19. The two-point
Howell 1 1 1.0 1 0 conversion attempt failed but still left
plenty of nervous folks in the stadium
Griese 2(-)21(-)10.50 0 as the quarter came to an end.
Michigan got its first break of the
Totals 51 232 4.0 16 1 half early in the fourth quarter. Nate
DeLong boomed a 65-yard punt, pin-
ning Miami at the 10-yard line. When
RECEIVING Miami's drive stalled and it had to
punt, the Wolverines got another
Player No. Yds Avg LTD break.
Hayes 6 107 17.8 33 1 A bad snap forced Jason Cheney to
field it on a knee, giving the Wolverines
Toomer 3 40 13.3 22 1 the ball at the Miami 41. Michigan
drove deep into Miami territory culmi-
R'mersma3 33~ 11.0 13 0 nating inBiakabutuka'stouchdownrun.
CW'iams 1 7 7.0 7 0 The drive nearly ended in an inter-
ception by Johnnie Williams but pass
Tuman 1 5 5.0 5 0 interference was ruled, giving it back to
the Wolverines.
Totals 14192 13.7 33 2 "Thatinterferencecallwasabigcall,"
Walker said. "I'm not going to com-
ment on it. In my league, you get in
PUNTING trouble making comments on officiat-
ing."
Player No. Yds Avg Lg Miami's finaldriveendedayardaway
DeLong 3 146 48.765 from the end zone with 28 seconds to
go, preserving the 38-19 final.
Peristeris 1 0 0.0 0 Michigan got the jump on Miami,
notching Remy Hamilton field goals on
Totals 414636.565 the Wolverines' first two drives.
Griese gained assurance in himself
on Michigan's first play from scrim-
PUNT RETURNS mage. He hit Mercury Hayes short over
the middle for four yards and a big
Player No. Yds Avg LgTD confidence builder.
Toomer 3 3913.0 32 0 "We had worked on that play all
week in practice and I knew those safe-
ties were going to be coming up," Griese
said. "(Hayes) runs that route great and
we play faked and hit it and it was big.
It gave me a lot of confidence."
Griese continued moving the Wol-
verines for the rest of the half connect-
ing on 10 of 13 passes for 157 yards in
the first half.
"I thought he did an excellent job,"
Carr said. "He made one bad throw in
the first half. Other than that I thought
he threw the ball crisply. His reads
were good and he threw the ball real
well."
Michigan's first touchdown came at
the 7:34 mark ofthe first quarter. Safety
Chuck Winters stepped in front of Mi-
ami receiver Eric Henderson to inter-
cept Rickets' pass. Winters returned it
35 yards for a touchdown. A two-point
conversion made it 14-0.
"My coach told me to line up out-
side (Henderson)," Winters said.
"When I did, he just ran a low flat
route and I saw the quarterback. I
went up, got the ball and went straight
for the end zone."
Griese threw his first career touch-
down pass on the next drive to Amani
Toomer to make it '21-0 after one
quarter.
Hamilton hit a 37-yarder and Hayes
made a diving catch in the end zone to
send Michigan to the half with a 31-0
lead.
"They were definitely taking some
chances and we burned them a couple
of times," Griese said. "We could
have thrown the ball all day but that's
not what our game plan was. We did a
good job of running the ball in the
first half and mixing it up."
Griese completed 14 of 24 passes for
192 yards in his first collegiate start.
"I wasn't really nervous, I was just
excited to get out there and play," Griese
said. "I knew what I had to do. All I had
to do was go out and play like I prac-
ticed."
The Wolverines scored on each of
their six first-half possessions.
"I like to come out and set the stage
for the rest of the game," Griese said.
"We did it today getting out to a 31-0
lead. You like to come out and stun
your opponent and let them know that
you've come to play that day."
The game marked the end of
Michigan's nonconference slate. Now
the Wolverines can concentrate on their
conference goals.
"I think we're ready to go in the Big
Ten," Carr said. "We better be because
they're not going to cancel any games
for us here in the weeks ahead."
The Wolverines may be ready, but
their second-half performance won't
be forgotten.
"We believe our defense is one ofthe
top defenses in the country," Winters
said. "We don't think that things like
that should hapoen."
Michigan's defense had a lot to cheer about in the first half against Miami. The Wolverines held Miami scoreless for the
Neil Dougherty and Sam Ricketts to 140 passing yards on the day. The Wolverines also intercepted one pass and recove
Butterfield2
9 4.5 9 0
Hayes
Totals
1 6 6.0 6 0
6 54 9.0 32
0
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No. Yds Avg IgTD
Toomer
2 35 17.5 18 0
Totals 2 3517.518 0
DEFENSE
Player
Irons
Woodson
Swett
Solo
8
9
6
Ast
3
0
1
Tot
11
9
7
Ray
Steele
5 2 7
MARK IED MAN/Daiy
5 . 0 5 Jay Riemersma caught three passes for 33 yards Saturday against Miami.
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Copenhaver
Elston
Feazell
Sanders
Bolach
Feely
Griese
Huff
Winters
Bowens
Sword
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1 3
3 4
1 2
2 0
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