-- The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, October 30, 1995 ,MICHIGAN :>2, MINNESOTA .l7 GAME STATISTICS vASSING laer iriese . Carr otals C-A Yds 14-19 271 5-7 47 19-26 318 TD 4 0 4 Int 0 0 0 RUSHING Player Att Yds Avg Biakabutuka19 196 10.3 Davis 7 34 4.9 C. Williams 4 29 7.3 Howard 6 22 3.7 Floyd 6 20 3.3 Hayes 1 12 12.0 Griese 3 (-)8 (-)2.7 Totals 46 305 6.8 Lg 60 9 15 10 13 12 1 60 TD 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 JONATHAN LURIE/Daily Chris Howard's 5-yard touchdown catch from Brian Griese late in the third quarter made the score 38-10. Grlese threw four touchdown passes on the day to tie a Michigan record for most touchdown passes in a game. Ohio State continues to roll along; Penn State mauls Hoosiers, 45-2 RECEIVING E c F Player No. Yds Toomer 5 177 Hayes 2 50 Streets 3 29 Riemersma 3 15 Tuman 2 15 Richards 1 13 Quinn 1 9 Biakabutuka 1 5 Howard 1 5 Totals 19 318 Avg 35.4 25.0 9.7 5.0 7.5 13.0 9.0 5.0 5.0 10.7 Lg TD 75 2 26 0 13 0 6 1 9 0 13 0 9 0 5 0 5 1 75 4 Associated Press Eddie George rushed for four touch- downs, Bob Hoying ran for one and passed to Terry Glenn for two and Shawn Springs returned an intercep- tion 60 yards for another - all in a record 56-point first-half sprint - as fourth- ranked Ohio State beatNo. 2 5 .Io w a, ® 56-35, Satur- day. Buck- Roundup eyes' longest drive of Cantu played t h e OCt.28 opening half -- t o o k just 2:05 and four possessions required less than 45 seconds each. Touchdowns on three consecutive possessions mid- way through the half required a com- bined 48 seconds. The 56 points werethemosteverscored by Ohio State in a first half, eclipsing the 41 scored a year ago against Purdue and in 1983 against Northwestern. Iowa (2-2 Big Ten, 5-2 overall) hadn't trailed by 56 points in a game - let alone the first half - since losing to Nebraska, 57-0, in 1980. The victory kept the Buckeyes (4-0, 8-0) a half-game back of No. 8 North- western in the conference. The Wild- cats beat Illinois 17-14 Saturday. No. 8 Northwestern 17, Illinois 14 Darnell Autry's running and two interceptions by Eric Collier, one stop- ping a final Illinois drive with seven seconds left, brought-No. 8 Northwest- ern a 17-14 victory Saturday. Autry gained 100 yards for a ninth straight game, including a I-yard, fourth-down scoring run with just over six minutes left, as the Wildcats rallied and survived a wild finish. Northwestern (7-1) overcame a 14-0 deficit to stay atop the Big Ten with a 5- 0 mark. The victory all but clinched the school's second bowl berth ever and first since the 1949 Rose Bowl. Illinois (1-3, 3-4) moved into posi- tion to win or at least tie in the closing minutes before Collier intercepted a F ___. PUNTING Player DeLong Totals PUNT RETUF Player Toomer Totals No. Yds Avg Lg 2 83 41.5 43 2 83 41.5 43 RNS No. Yds Avg Lg TD desperation pass by Scott Weaver in the end zone. No. 16 Penn State 45, Indiana 21 Aaron Collins and Terry Killens converted turnovers into touchdowns and No. 16 Penn State, taking advan- tage of the team with the worst turnover margin in the Big Ten, beat Indiana, 45- 21, on Saturday. The Nittany Lions (3-2 Big Ten, 6- 2) took advantage of the Hoosiers' generosity by converting turnovers on four straight Indiana possessions into 17 first-half points. Indiana (0-5, 2-6) had five turnovers and also had a punt blocked. With Penn State up,7-0, Chris Dittoe, who was coming off a knee injury, relieved Adam Greenlee as Indiana's quarterback. Dittoe's third pass de- flected off the hands of Ajumu Stoner to Collins, who avoided Stoner's grasp and ran 80 yards to score. On the next possession, Dittoe's pass was intercepted by Brian Miller, setting up a 9-yard touchdown run by Stephen Pitts. Three plays later, Dittoe fumbled after being sacked by Killens and the ball was caught by defensive end Todd Atkins. Wisconsin 45, Michigan State 14 After Wisconsin quarterback Darrell Bevell questioned the heart of his of- fensive unit last week, Badgers' line- backer Eric Unverzagt challenged his teammates to turn their season around or turn in their jerseys. The defense responded to Unverzagt's sermon, delivered in a players-only meeting. It sacked Tony Banks seven times and picked off three ofhis passes in Saturday's 45-14 thrash- ing of Michigan State before a home- coming crowd of 78,043 at Camp Randall Stadium. And the offensive line answered Bevell's candid criticisms, opening up the running lanes for 171 yards and giving Bevell time to complete 17 of 27 passes for 265 yards and three touch- downs. The fifth-year senior had accused the struggling offensive unit of defi- ciencies in desire and effort after break- downs in consecutive losses to Ohio State and Northwestern. 2 (-)2 (-)1 2 (-)2 (-)1 KICKOFF RETURNS Player Hayes Butterfield Totals DEFENSE Player W. Carr Irons No. 2 1 3 Swett Winters C:. Woodson Thompson Huff Ray Weathers Steele King Noble Hankins Simmons Copenhaver Feazell Mayes Quinn B. Williams Yds 19 19 38 Solo 8 7 6 5 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Avg 9.5 19 12.7 Ast 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 nl 1 0 11 0 Lg TD 16 0 19 0 19 0 Tot 10 10 8 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Northwestern Ohio St. Michigan Penn St. Sowa Michigan St. Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois Purdue Indiana Conference W L T 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 5 0. Pct. 1.000 1.000 .750 .600 .500 .500 .500 .250 .250 .125 .000 All Games w 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 L 1 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 6 Big Ten Standingis T 0 0 0 0 0 1 1o 0 0 1 0 Pct. .857 1.000 .857 .750 ,714 .563 ,500 .429 .429 .357 .250 Next Saturday's games: Michigan at Michigan State Illinois at lowa Penn State at Northwestern Wisconsin at Purdue Ohio State at Minnesota State takes down nI Nebmaska rocks Co Brown Jug remains in Ann Arbor By Ryan White Daily Sports Editor If the Little Brown Jug stays in Ann Arbor very much longer, it may be con- sidered a permanent resident. Michigan has not lost the coveted wa- ter bottle since 1986, but that loss is still in Wolverine coach Lloyd Carr's memory. pared to only 21 victories for the Go- phers. One would think that Michigan might get so used to having the Jug around that it might begin to take it for granted. But that's not the case according to quarterback Brian Griese. "People don't realize how big the tro- phy is," he said. QUARTERBACK CONTROVERSY?: With Michigan quarterback Scott Dreisbach dressed for the first time since Sept. 16 against Boston College, Carr now has a to Michigan Athletic Director Joe Roberson. "I don't know ifhe values my opinion that much, but I think (Carr has) done a great job. ' "We're 7-1, and should be 8-0, and there's no one else we'd like to see as coach." FLAG ON THE PLAY: No matter how easily you win, you can never fully please a coach, and Saturday was no exception. Carr was not at all happy with the Wolverines' nine penalties which cost the team 91 yards. Associated Press To inspire his team, a Colorado player beat a war drum before Saturday's game against Nebraska. The gimmick didn't work. Tommie Frazier threw for a career- high 241 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score as the second-ranked Cornhuskers continued their domina- tion of the No.7 Buffaloes with a 44-21 victory. Ahman Green ran for two touchdowns and Kris Brown kicked three field goals for Nebraska, which beat Colorado for the fourth straight year and extended the nation's longest winning streak to 21 games. The Cornhuskers, who never trailed to Boulder, but is scheduled to play next week against Iowa State. No. 3 Florida 52, Georgia 17 Georgia may not want the Florida Gators back in Athens, Ga., any time soon. The third-ranked Gators, playing in Sanford Stadium for the first time in 63 years, routed the Bulldogs, 52-17, Sat- urday with Danny Wuerffel passing for 242 yards and five touchdowns in less than three quarters, three of those to Chris Doering. Wuerffel had the Gators in front, 21- 0, in the first 12 minutes, leaving little doubt that Florida (-0) would win for the first time in five games on Georgia's home field. That season Michigan was 9- 0 and No. 2 in the country when the Golden Gophers 6notbA r I