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4 The Indianapolis Star SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1986 rant Section 9 F8 bdrrassed, pounded em by CUTl JLD 4 if By PHIL RICHARDS STAR STAFF WRITER Birmingham. Ala, If football players reaUy died of embarrassment. Dame might have been more in fleed of an undertaker than an over-, haul Saturday evening. What second-ranked Alabama didn't do to the Fighting Irish, they did to 'themselves during a 28-10 tramp-' witnessed by a manic mob of in 90-degree heat at Legion f(jld. Alabama made the big plays; down.

So it was something of a surprise afterward when Jarvis tried to pick the Irish up. "They came off the ball as hard on the last play as on the first play." volunteered Jarvis. "When they get their stuff together, they're going to be a force to be reckoned with. They're tough. They're probably the best-conditioned team I've ever played against." They also are 1-3 and will spend the week looking for a means to eliminate the sundry mistakes that got they didn't need it," said Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz.

"I think you have to credit Alabama with a lot of those mistakes; they generate them." 1 Notre Dame had five turnovers and several times as many breakdowns. The Irish, were unable to rush Alabama's passer or protect their own. They blew punt and pass coverages. They struggled and sputtered. They did everything but quit.

Alabama noseguard Curt Jarvis is a 266-pound senior AH-American candidate who spent his afternoon in the Notre Dame backfield knocking people them there. Pittsburgh visits Saturday. Alabama moved to 5-0 and if it can continue to make the big plays it did Saturday on defense, offense and the kicking game, there's no telling where it will end up. Teams win national championships playing this way. The Tide scratched an 0-4 itch against Notre Dame for a sell-out crowd Holtz called "as loud as I've ever heard." Linebacker Cornelius Bennett and the Tide defense's quickness were too much for the Irish.

Alabama had three sacks and constant pressure. It to- taled seven tackles for 46 yards in losses, intercepted three passes, forced four fumbles and recovered two. The Notre Dame coaches felt Alabama was vulnerable to the deep pass. We'll never know. The Irish quarterbacks never had time.

"We knew they were the quickest and fastest team we'd faced so far and we knew things were going to happen fast because of it." said quarterback Steve Beuerlein, whose day included a concussion and an Interception, completion of 5 of 16 passes for 66 yards See IRISH. Page 9 Notre uame made the big mistakes. tlavf tVipm a 1-t r.f Uoln ft India na runs Fittipaldi 'rains' at Wildcats past 5 Elkart Lake By BOB WALTERS STAR STAFF WRITER Elkhart Lake, Wis. On a day when the weather was the pits anyway, Emerson Fitti paldi used a well-timed pit stop to claim his first American Indy Car road race victory. Fittipaldi.

from Sao Paulo. Brazil, nipped early leader Michael Andrettl by .33 seconds Saturday to win the rain-de layed and rain-soaked CART Race for Life 200 at Road America. Quarterback Greg Bradshaw, in relief of starter Mike Greenfield, cost Indiana a shutout when he unloaded a 13-yard pass to flanker Randy McClellan 2:59 before the finish. Sweazy, an elusive 184 pound senior, paced a strong Crimson running attack with 136 yards in 23 trips and Dewitz accounted for 159 with his arm, hitting on 12 of 21 tries. Carrying 1 1 times on the Hoosiers' go-ahead march, Sweazy piled up 71 yards to a second-and-goal on the Wildcats' 1 before Dewitz barged over center for the touchdown.

Indiana used only nine plays in charging to 14-0 on Dewitz's second plunge. But rather than handing the hammer again to Sweazy, the Hoosiers bored holes in Northwestern 's air umbrella. Consecutive passes of 13 yards to fullback Tom Polce and 39 to flanker Ernie Jones carried to the 10. After Sweazy got three, Dewitz reached the end zone on his third straight carry. Sweazy fumbled twice in the second quarter, killing promising pushes and; the Hoosiers fouled up a fake field goal.

But they still had time for Stoyanovich's In only his second win since By MAX STULTZ STM fcTAFF WRITER pvanston. 111. Paddling through puddles to touchdowns oni its first two possessions, Indi-artdf posted a 24-7 Big Ten Con-' feirhce-opening victory over Nbrtthwestern Saturday in rainy Dihe Stadium. I punning their record to 4-0 for the second straight season, thfeS' Hoosiers dominated action froi the outset when tailback Dflion Sweazy escaped on the fifst of back-to-back 14-yard jaSijpts. They powered 86 yards for a 7-0lead and doubled the margin les than 12 minutes into the gable by traveling 74 after forcing the first of nine Northwest-erftlpunts.

jffter quarterback Brian Dewitz tallied each time on 1 Sneaks, the Hoosiers got a halferiding 24-yard field goal frQirf Pete Stoyanovlch and sent freshman tailback Dan Boggan from the 1 late in the th)rcf quarter. -'The, Wildcats, carrying high hopes 'and a 2-1 record, never mounted a threat before a crowd until the waning moments when I.U. Coach Bill Mal-lory had cleared his bench. joining the CART circuit In 1984, the two- time Formula One world champion finally drove his Patrick Marlboro March to the checkered on an American road course. y.

A JEUa, CART Standings 1. Bobby Rahal 138 2. Michael Andrettl 136 3. Danny Sullivan 115 4. Al Unser Jr 109 5.

Mario Andrettl 109 6. Kevin Cogan 99 7. Emerson Fittipaldi 87 8. Tom Sneva 82 9. Rick Mears 75 10.

Johnny Rutherford 72 ASSOCIATED PRESS Indiana tailback Damon Sweazy picks up 4 of his 136 rushing yards against Northwestern. See Indiana Page 3 baturaay action began on Lap 3. The first two laps were completed on the original race Minnesota date Sept. 1 before torrential punch potent rain and flooding forced a two- week delay in completing the tinal 48 laps. knocks out Purdue, George The only thing better about the weather this time was that it didn't stop the race.

Still, a light but steady rain, tempera Junior Doug Downing re Biff Ten slandin tures in the low 50s and a stiff placed George on both occasions but couldn't spark the sputtering northerly breeze made for pos sibly the worst driving condi offense, although he did hit sophomore Lance Scheib for a tions ever for a CART show. Nineteen of the 23 cars back Conference All Games WLTPttOPWLTPttOP Indiana 10 0 24 7 4 0 0 130 Iowa 1 0 0 24 21 4 0 0 193 30 Michigan 1 0 0 34 17 4 0 0 109 70 Minnesota 100 36 9 2 2 0 87 103 Ohio St 1 0 0 14 0 3 2 0 104 72 Illinois 0 10 7 14 I 3 0 60 114 Michigan St 0 1 0 21 24 2 2 0 103 69 Northwestern 0 1 0 7 24 2 2 0 75 59 Purdue 0 10 36 1 3 0 44 111 Wisconsin 0 1 0 17 34 1 4 0 88 112 12-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter after Minnesota for the restart either spun or made contact with another car. had completed its scoring. Surprisingly, there were still 17 The Gophers inflicted most of cars In the race after 40 laps and 14 were still running at their damage on the ground, both from straight-ahead power and their wishbone option attack the finish. Rick Mears finished third.

under the capable guidance of followed by Roberto Guerrero, pole-sitter Bobby Rahal and junior quarterback Rickey Fog-gle. Using nine different ball carriers six of whom surpassed Danny Sullivan, all on on the lead lap. One lap down were By BILL BENNER STAR STAFF WRITER West Lafayette, Ind. Purdue finally put it all together Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. Offense, defense and special teams all were lousy as the Boilermakers dropped their Big Ten opener to Minnesota, 36-9, before 63,067 unhappy homecoming fans.

Minnesota, coming off a disappointing 1-2 record in non-conference play, dominated Purdue virtually from the opening kickoff. Coach John Gutekunst's Gophers stopped themselves on their first two drives, then scored on six consecutive possessions to turn what was expected to be a close, competitive game into a rout. "I don't know how to explain it," said PUrdue Coach Leon Burtnett, whose club lost its third straight for a 1-3 overall mark. "We had a great week of practice, executed well, then just didn't play. That's my fault." Compounding Purdue's problems was the loss of starting quarterback Jeff George.

The Indianapolis freshman suffered a concussion when he was blind- or equaled the 37-yard output of. Arie Luyendyk, Raul Boesel and Mario Andrettl. Defending champion Jacques Villeneuve and Al Unser Jr. finished 10th and 11th two laps down. In 12th, CART'S final points posi Bob Collins, Page 2 sided on a blitz on the Boilermakers' first possession of the game.

Although George stayed on the field for two more plays and completed a pass, he was having trouble seeing by the time he reached the sidelines and then became sick to his stomach both signs of a concussion. He was taken to the dressing room on an electric cart, accompanied by his mother. At halftime, doctors cleared George to play again but he lasted only one series which resulted in a John Briggs field goal before becoming nauseous once more. Afterward, he had to be helped to the locker room with the help of a teammate and student trainer. tion, was Tom Sneva.

Rahal's lead in the PPG In dustries standins is only two over young Andrettl heading to Laguna Seca this weekend Purdue leading rusher, James Medlock Minnesota piled up 377 yards and 1 9 first downs on the ground. "We just got killed" on the line of scrimmage, said Burtnett. Roselle Richardson, a quarterback until being moved to fullback recently, pounded the Purdues for 84 yards on 10 carries and freshman tailback Dar-rell Thompson, who has been averaging more than 100 yards a game rushing, added 83. Another fullback. Kevin Wilson, ram-See PURDUE Page 7 Fittipaldi was running eighth fcmlf i tii w.lii1nM-iH!nil)Mi -it miniimniniirminnm i mm STAR STAFF PH0T0D.

TODD MOORE on Lap 32 of the 50-lap event when leader Danny Sullivan spun out in Turn 5 on the hilly. Boilermaker reserve quarterback Doug Downing tries to ejlide Minnesota Steve Thompson Saturday. Downing See CART, Page 10 dyoided the sack by getting the ball away in time. Index To Winless Colts really have work cut out for them By John bansch STARVaFF WRITER San Francisco If you think the In Colts49ers facts WHERE: Candlestick Park (Capacity 61,499) WHEN: 3 p.m. (EST) PLAYING SURFACE: Grass LINE: 49ers 18-point favorites BROADCAST: WIBC (1070 AM, WTHR (Channel 13) SERIES RECORD: Colts lead 21-14 LAST COLTS' VICTORY: 42-14, Oct.

13, 1968 at San Frflncisco LAST 49er VICTORY: 24-21, Nov. 12, 1972 at San Francisco INJURIES: Colts Questionable: CB Leonard Coleman (ankle); Probable: OG Ron Solt (wrist), Rohn Stark (groin), OG Ben Utt (knee), Nesby Glasgow (thigh). 49ers Doubtful: OT Guy Mclntyre (groin); Questionable: FB Roger Craig (hip), CB Tory Nixon (knee); Probable: RB Carl Monroe (groin), RB Joe Cribbs (calf), OG John Ayers (shoulderelbow), OE Pete Kugler (hip), DE Charles Hayley (hip) Big Fish 11 David Benner 7 Bob Collins 2 NFL Page 6 H.S. Page 12 Bill Pickett 13 Phil Richards 3 Running 14 Scoreboard 16-17 Lines Shots 1 1 Max Stultz 13 Readers Writes 14 game (388.2) and second in sacks allowed (4). Put those numbers together and there are ample reasons some oddsmakers have made the Niners an 18-point favorite in the first meeting between the teams since 1972.

Kemp probably assesses the situation best: "It is important for us to concentrate on ourselves and not be worried about the Colts. The emphasis must be on ourselves." The San Francisco QB has compiled some impressive stats the last three weeks, completing 63.6 percent of his passes (63-99) for 762 yards and five touchdowns. However, Walsh believes there Is room for improvement. "Jeff is not as consistent as we would like," says the Niners' mentor. "I think practice will deal with that." Walsh notes his biggest concern with Kemp is "the unknown.

A given play could be called with Montana- and we'd have a pretty good idea what he would do with it. With a new quarterback, we think he'll be fine, but in a game the reflexes, the timing may not show up like they should. There are no automatic type plays as there were See COLTS Page 6 dianapolis Colts have had it tough the last four Sunday afternoons, then classify today's assignment as ridiculous. San Francisco 49ers (3-1) bring more impressive credentials Into their game with the Colts (0-4) at Candlestick Park than did any of the four previous foes (3 Jf WIBC. WTHR-TV).

-The Nlnersf' offense, scaled down a notch or two because Jeff Kemp has replaced the injured Joe Montana at quarterback, ranks third in the National Football League. The defense, which Coach Bill Walsh says has the potential to be as good as the one which wqni the Super Bowl two years ago, ranks fourth. I jjOn the other side of the ball, the Colts' defense (17th In the NFL) has been Improving' of late, but the offense (ranked 26th out teams) is still headed in the wrong direction. "There are other numbers of interest. i Offensively, Indianapolis ranks 28th in average gain per rush (2.9); 27th in average gam per pass play (6.1); 27th in first downs perl; game 28th in average gain per offensive play (3.8); 28th in points per game Ball State tops Sycamores Page 2 Iowa nips MSU in opener Page 3 New Pacer guards can shoot fage 7 (6.75), and 28th in quarterback sacks allowed (21).

The Colts are also 28th in point differential (86). Also, consider the giveaway-takeaway department. Indianapolis is only minus-three In the vital stat, but the enemy has scored 40 points off the 1 1 Colt giveaways while the Colts have tallied Just 14 points on eight takeaways. San Francisco is second in average gain per pass play (7.7); fourth in total yards per linebacker San Francisco Keena Turner.