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Boiiers heat J. 17., 24-23, tor Bucket Marks this one for Perdue Section zj, The Indianapolis Star SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1980 sJJL 4 Financial 4 4 ft' By MAX STULTZ Star Sportswriter West Lafayette, Ind. Quarterback Mark Herrmann hit everything except High in his Purdue swan song Saturday, but it took two brilliant last-ditch defensive maneuvers by linebacker Mike Marks to keep the aerial ace's illustrious career from ending on a sour note in what must have been the most tantalizing, agonizing Old Oaken Bucket battle of all time. Diving in front of Indiana tight end Bob Stephenson, the Chicago senior first batted away Tim Clifford's two-point conversion with 17 seconds remaining. Then he deflected a desperation field goal try at 05 to preserve a wild 24-23 triumph that gave the Boilermakers a 7-1 Big Ten record and a second-place tie with Ohio Slate.

Bob Collins, Stories, Photos Page 2 Alternately thrilling and chilling the Ross-Ade Stadium throng of 71,629, largest crowd in state football history, the Boilers dug out of a 10-0 hole to register their 38th Bucket decision in the ancient series first one-point hair-raiser since they nipped the Hoosiers, 7-6, in 1939. Though slipping to 3-5 in the conference, the Hoosiers went down with all guns blazing as flanker Steve Corso's sparkling end zone reception cut a 24-17 Purdue lead to razor-thin proportions and the Crimson recovered their onside kick-off after seeing Marks apparently throttle their victory bid. Marks, and the clock which was ticking away like a bomb, then exploded their last hopes as kicker Dave Geisler set up for what would have been a miraculous 59-yard field goal with 5 seconds to play. EXPLAINING LATER that he "jumped on their right guard's back," Marks got a hand on the ball to remove the final doubt almost as soon as it left the kicker's toe. Fans on both sides of the fence grew old in that final minute after the "I broke on the ball and used what little speed I had to get there," said Marks who dived the full length of his body to chill the underdog Hoosiers.

For longer than Purdue Coach Jim Young cared to endure, it looked as if the Bucket would head south as Indiana broke the ice on Kevin Kellogg's 20-yard field goal seven minutes into the clash and smashed 84 yards to Johnson's 5-yard touchdown 6:16 before halftime. BUT PURDUE clipped three points from their disadvantage on Rick Anderson's school record 16th field goal of the. season, a 19-yarder with just 18 seconds to spare. And the Boilers needed less than five minutes of third-quarter milling to earn a 10-10 tie with McCall slicing tackle for the final yard after Herrmann guided his cohorts into threatening position with bulls-eyes of 30 yards to flanker Steve Bryant and 31 to tight end Dave Young. Still in the third quarter, the Boilers zoomed out to 17-10 as Herrmann fired a 20-yard strike to split end Bart Burrell which capped another lightning thrust in the wake of Kellogg's missed 28-yard field goal.

Herrmann ate up more than half the distance on a single play, a 42-yard zinger to Bryant which carried to the Crimson 24. Smith got 4, then Herrmann did something he hadn't been able to accomplish in three previous duels with the Hoosiers. He unloaded a six-pointer to Burrell, who beat Ramsey to the ball in-the corner of the end zone. WITH ANDERSON converting after each TD, the Purdues were up, 17-10, and apparently ready to take charge a couple of minutes later when Smith headed through a hole on second-and-goal from the 2. But he and the ball were soon parted just before he broke the plane- of scoring territory.

With the ball bounding beyond the end zone, it was a touchback and here came the Hoosiers once more to forge a 17-17 knot four minutes into the closing chapter. Aided by a roughing the kicker penalty as well as fullback John Mineo's 18- See BUCKET, Page 2 with Herrmann firing for 323 yards, roared on top 24-17 on Ben McCall's 4-yard scoring burst with 8:56 remaining. Seemingly the Purdues, who fumbled away an earlier touchdown, owned all the momentum as they held Indiana on downs and charged to the Crimson 44 in three plays. But they had to duck one more self-inflicted haymaker when tailback Jimmy Smith, who bobbled six points off the books in the third stanza, again lost possession in a head-on collision with I.U.'s Dart Ramsey at the 6:20 mark. Fired up by their good fortune and the powerful smashing of tailback Lonnie Johnson, who pounded for 220 yards and the first two TDs, the Hoosiers crashed relentlessly through Purdue's forward wall.

THREE TIMES while marching from their 35 the Hoosiers made necessary yardage on do-or-die fourth-down plays. And the third time was the charm as Corso- sailed horizontally between two Boiler defenders to snatch Clifford's 10-yard fling. Having lost two straight to Purdue, there was only one way for Coach Lee Corso's charges to go on the conversion. It was two points or bust and Marks was there to stick his pin in the balloon. In man-to-man coverage, Marks' assignment was to cover Johnson coming out of the backfield.

But Marks, who "was watching the quarterback's eyes," saw Clifford look toward a receiver coming over the middle. 1' Purdue's Steve Brjant (1) sails after Chuck Alexander interferes JrisA hawk Falcons in Devines farewell When pressed as to his thoughts on his last game at Notre Dame Stadium, Devine would only say, "I asked the team at the beginning of the season to sacrifice their individual feelings and absorb them into a team concept. If a coach can't do that, then he can't expect his players to. If there have been heartaches, this more than made up for it." At halftime, when the score was tied 3-3 and Devine was lecturing his team on its performance, Mrs. Jo Devine was presented flowers by Rev.

Edmund P. Joyce, executive vice-president of the university. He termed the final home game of 1980 "an appropriate moment for us to express to Coach Devine our admiration for his achievements and our thanks for providing us with an extraordinary number of exciting football victories during the six years he has led the Fighting Irish." No successor has been named, but it is expected an announcement will be made soon, possibly early this week. The name heard most often is Gerry Faust from Cincinnati Moeller High School. THE IRISH PUT the Air Force away with drives of 76 and 80 yards in the final half which were sandwiched around a 30-yard push following a short Falcon punt.

Tailback Phil Carter, who both powered and maneuvered his way to 181 yards in 29 carries, was responsible for Notre Dame's initial touchdown, then he shared the honors with Jim Stone. See IRISH, Page 8 By JOHN BANSCH, Assistant Sports Editor South Bend, Ind. The lines on the weather-beaten face were deeper than usual. The eyes had the slightest glisten to them. The words came a little slower and, on occasion, seemed difficult to utter.

Dan Devine was conducting his final press conference as Notre Dame's football coach in a stadium he has come to love. It was not a happy moment even though his second-ranked Irish had raised their record to 9-0-1 only moments earlier by struggling to a 24-10 victory over Air Force. Notre Dame should have won by a much bigger margin. There was no comparison between the caliber of talent on the two teams. However, the Irish had trouble moving the football except for a pair of second-half drives which sealed the victory on the sunny, 53-degree afternoon before the usual sellout crowd of 59,075.

Devine was not savoring the triumph as he met with the media. Rather, uppermost in his mind was a plaque presented to him following the game by all-American center John Scully. THE PLAQUE, A gift of all the seniors on the team, was inscribed with the words that are prominently displayed in the Notre Dame dressing quarters "What we gave we have, what we didn't give we've lost forever." Underneath that message it read, "Thank you for showing Uihow to give and for all we now have." a i 11 li urn 1 ill" tlMilin in til ni itii iiiiMr i "ifrifii i' Photo) Air Force's Scott Schafer recovers own fumble, Notre Dame's Bob Crable at left Pacers decision Houston Defense, Wangler get Michigan Roses I jpp -S tJ 111 Bi Ten Standings Com All Mich'Oon 0 0 9 2 0 puRoue 7 I 1 Ohio Slat 7 I 9 0 Minnesota 4 0 0 INDIAN IS IcwvO 4 4 0 4 7 0 lllino 1 3 5 A 3 7 I Wisconsin 3 5 0 4 7 0 Michigan St 2 0 3 0 0 Northwestern 0 0 til in the New Year's Day classic in Pasadena. Calif. the 1931 squad posted six straight shutouts.

Michigan survived a final minute Ohio State drive that took the ball to the Wolverines' 32. The Buckeyes had begun their last-ditch effort with 1:08 from their own 32. A 36-yard pass from Art Schlich-ter td Doug Donley gave the Buckeyes the ball deep in Michigan territory with 51 second remaining. However, the Wolverines flushed Schlichter out of the pocket on the next down and threw the Ohio State quarterback for a 1-yard loss. Schlichter then threw two incomple-tions and was sacked on fourth down by Michigan linebacker Bob Thompson on the Buckeyes' 42.

MICHIGAN LIMITED Ohio State to 244 yards and held Schlichter to an 8 for 26 passing day. The Wolverines stopped Ohio State's Cal Murray, the league's leading rusher, on 38 yards in 14 tries. Meanwhile, Wangler directed Michigan's effective time-consuming attack. The Wolverines rolled up 317 yards, 197 of it coming on the ground. The visitors ran 84 plays to just 58 for the Buckeyes, whose offense has scored only one touchdown against Michigan since 1975.

Michigan drove 56 yards in a 14 plays on its touchdown drive. By DAVE OVERPECK Now that George McGinnis once again is healthy not basketball ready, but healthy Jack McKinney has a problem. Coming off the injured list after missing eight games with a bruised right knee, the big guy did well enough under the circumstances, notching six points, two rebounds and five assists in 11 minutes of action as the Pacers outlasted the Houston Rockets 129-120 at Market. Square Arena Saturday night. Even with those numbers in limited use.

McGinnis showed the rust of a long layoff. He's going to get better. A lot better. Therein lies McKinney's problem: How is the Indiana coach going to find playing time for all of his forwards? THE OTHER THREE didn't make it easy Saturday night. George Johnson, who got a starting job when McGinnis went down, turned in 21 points and 10 rebounds the seventh straight game -he's been in double figures in caroms.

Mike Bantom added 14 points, eight rebounds and as many assists. And there's rookie Louie Orr, who just keeps getting better. Saturday night he had 16 points and four rebounds before slightly spraining an ankle with 2:25 left. Then there, are the odd times when Billy Knight will get better at forward. Saturday night, splitting time from back to forecourt.

Knight went for 22 points See PACERS, Page 8 1 I Columbus, Ohio (AP) Michigan's quarterback John Wangler said he called I an audible that provided the luth-ranked Wolverines with their decisive touchdown Saturday in a 9-3 victory over Ohio State for the Big Ten conference football title and Rose Bowl berth. I "The touchdown was an automatic. I called it on the line of scrimmage. I saw them playing man-to-man coverage and Anthony (Carter) did a good job of I getting open." Wangler, facing a third-and-11 siutua-1 tion at the OSU 13-yard line, found his sophomore wide receiver open just over the goal line in the third quarter. Carter's reception was the only touch- down of the game, handing Ohio State Coach Earl Bruce his first conference loss in 16 games in his first two years as I Woody Hayes' successor.

"It was one of those plays where he (Carter) got behind the linebacker and in front of the safety," Ohio State corner- back Ray Ellis said of Carter's big play. MICHIGAN COACH Bo Schemblecher says he is enjoying this championship more than any of the previous eight he has piled up in 12 seasons with the I Wolverines. "This team has come far beyond all our he said. "They gave us up for dead earlier in the season, but we vowed to come back and win the Big Ten title. Our defense was unbelievable." Bruce said the defeat keeps a fifth-! ranked Ohio State from having what it considers a good year.

"This is the game ithat makes the season, isn't it?" he asked reporters afterward. "Our offense was sputtering Our defense had to do a great job of containing them like they did." The Wolverines, running their winning The Buckeyes wound up 9-2 and will face Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl Dec. 26 in Tempe, Ariz. AN ALL-TIME Ohio Stadium record crowd of 88,827 and millions more on regional television watched Wangler find Carter for the game's lone touchdown. The Wolverines' quarterback found Carter just inside the end zone.

The Michigan sophomore wide receiver jumped and caught the ball as Ohio State defensive back Bob Murphy cut in front of him. trying for an interception. The bitter rivals traded first half field goals for a 3-3 standstill in the opening half. Vlade Janakievski, a senior specialist, gave Ohio State its only lead. He kicked a 33-yard field goal into the wind for a 3-0 advantage with 12:11 remaining in the first half.

Ali Haji-Sheikh, a sophomore from Arlington, Texas, matched it with a 43-yard field goal with the wind less than six minutes later. ALTHOUGH Ohio State became the first team in four games to score on the Wolverines. Michigan's defense was dominating. It marked the fourth straight game that an opponent failed to muster a touchdown against the Big Ten champions. Michigan's effort over a four-game stretch was best for the school since Michigan's Laurence Ricks hurdles mate SPORTS State, Big Ten Scores llano vor Falls In 4 OT Pago 3 TV eports Arthur Ashe 14 Bob Collins .2 ChexChot 10 Harness Highlights 17 lines And Shots 14 Pinspotting 16 Prep Poorri 9 Shootin The Stars 9 Ball State 28, Indiana State 21.

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