November 21, 1988 (vol. 99, iss. 53) • Page Image 11
… Wolverine defensive tackle Mark Messner. On third down Ohio State tailback Carlos Snow went off right tackle and was stacked up for a one-yard loss. Messner, again, got credit for the tackle. The goal…
…-line stand forced the Buckeyes to settle for a field goal, making the score 24-20. THE DEFENSE whooped it up and the offense responded. Brown led the Wolverines 76 yards to recapture the lead with 4:20 left in…
… the lead. "The best thing to happen to us was that they scored quickly." Schembechler said. So quickly that the Wolverines had two minutes to try to score. But they almost scored too quickly themselves…
… in momentum. In the first quarter the visiting Wolverines scored on a 57-yard connection between Demetrius Brown and Greg McMurtry and a 18-yard run by Leroy Hoard in the second. Mike Gillette added…
… louder, the momentum became stronger and stronger. Although the Michigan defense came up with the stand and the interception, both offenses dominated the defenses.. The Buckeyes and Wolverines piled up 968…
… outright. The Wolverines had a chance to win the game. They had the ball on the Ohio State 41-yard line. They had Kolesar. KOLESAR SAW the ball released. He thought it was a matter of who wanted the ball…
… Wolverines to the Rose Bowl. He was back in the spotlight. It was happening again. "This is the biggest play of my career," Kolesar said. "This just tops everything because it's the culmination of four years…