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1 SJI i i Iks JEflinc ittthay Register feacl) SECTION SI tDes Moines, Iowa Sept. 12, 1976 Copyright 17 pas Moines Register And Tribune Company hvSetBeaUpjeeti1 ifmnte' ti i PORTS 1 1 i Statistics DraM ana itata By RUCK TURNBULL us a little harder than we'd seen them play before. "Last year they were more of a steady-type team, and we were hoping they'd still be playing steady, but they didn't They were very aggressive and controlled the game." Martin's injury to his non-passing arm is not believed serious but x-rays will be taken today. Wallace said it's possible he might have a hair-line fracture. Although it was a perfect afternoon for football, bright and sunny, a brisk wind of about 25 miles an hour made Iowa State choose to defend the south IOWA STATE Please turn to Page Five with 75 yards rushing in 12 carries, Jeff Curry had 74 in 12 tries, and Iowa State wound up with 527 yards total offense.

Drake was handicapped early when its ace passer, Jeff Martin, suffered a bone bruise on his left arm after the Bulldogs had run just two series. He couldn't return, being replaced by untested junior Dan "I don't know if we could have moved the ball any better with Martin in there," Drake Coach Jack Wallace said. "But we probably wouldn't have made all the mistakes we did if he hadn't been hurt The Cyclones were pretty physical for us. They came after sterling performance in the first 20 minutes passing for 108 yards and three touchdowns that there didn't seem to be any possible way for Buddy to surpass it. Vet, from a yardage standpoint, he actually did.

In the next 10 minutes he ran and passed for 115 yards, reeling off a 55-yard sprint the first time he carried the ball, and Iowa State reached halftime with a whopping 34-7 lead. We Can Throw' "We showed we can throw the football, which is what we're going to have to do," said Cyclone Coach Earle Bruce, who then glanced at the final statistics and exclaimed: "Did we only pass 11 times? I AMES. IA. First it was the Din- point passing of Wayne Stanley, then the fancy running of Buddy Hardeman an amazing two-quarterback barrage, and all the while Iowa State kept ringing up touchdown after touchdown. When Saturday's stampede was over, the Cyclones had scored more points than any Iowa State football team since 1949, thoroughly outclassing Drake in a 58-14 rout.

"Wayne was doing so well that I didn't even want to go in," said Hardeman. i Indeed, Stanley had treated a record-opening day crowd of 41.000 to such a E.aw!s commit 'every error thai can be made' in 24-6 loss at Illinois thought we threw it more than that We planned to pass at least 25 times, but then in the second half we didn't need to throw much. With the receivers we have, you're going to see the ball in the air plenty this year." Iowa State's first play was a 40-yard touchdown pitch from Stanley to Luther Blue the first of two scoring passes to the swift split end. Stanley also rifled an 11-yard touchdown strike to Al Dixon and a 26-yarder to Glover Rogers. Hardeman tossed the other one to Blue on a 32-yard play.

The four touchdown passes matched an Iowa State single-game record. Mpanwhile. Hardeman's four runs netted 100 yards, Cal Cummins finished he blocks Mark Wood's punt vh- A tu 7 First downs Rushas-vards Passing yards Raturn yards Passas Punts FumWasHost Panaltlas-yards ISU kick) ISU Dixon (Koaman (Krotofl kick) Orak Tulna kick) ISU pau from Stankry (Koaman ISU Coonar It run (Kkk taUad) ISU Blua 12 pau irom Hardaman kick) ISU Cummins run (Koaman kick) ISU Koaman FG 3t ISU Hardaman IS run (Koaman kick) ISU Curry 4 run (Koaman kick) Draka Giaiam I run (Krotofl kick) A 41,000 (Koaman Statistics First downs Rushas-vards Passing yards Return yards Passas Punts Fumbies-lost Penallies-varas leva M-121 104 0 S-M-l S-40 2-1 IS S7-200 42 S-H-0 7-33 0-0 10-45 -5 SCORING a i a iuImI EH laMT 97 Illinois Cowman run (kick (aHed) Illinois Sieger pass to Stewart (Coleman run) Mwa McLaughlin 4 pass to Schultl (ailed) Illinois Pnmios run (Beaver kick) A 49.S1S TOP-RANKED HUSKERS TIED BY LSU, 6-6 Statistics Nebraska LSU II IS 50-131 45-14 125 40 10 -4 13-25-1 5-3 7-33 0-0 1-0 J-S 7-W SCORINO First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passas Punts Fumokn-lost Panallles-vards Nebraska Louisiana Stale Nao Spaeth I 3 1-4 pass from Ferragamo (run ailed) LSU FO Conway 35 LSU FG Conway IS A 70.74. BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) Unheralded Louisiana State shocked top- ranked Nebraska with a tenacious 1 defense and a pair of field goals and tied the Cornhuskers, 6-6, Saturday night.

"We proved we can play with the big boys," Tiger Coach Charlie McClendon said afterward. "I couldn't be any prouder if we had won." Nebraska marched 65 yards with the opening kickoff and scored on a three- yard pass from quarterback Vince Fer- ragamo to tight end Ken Spaeth. However, the attempted kick for the extra point failed when the center snap NEBRASKA Please turn to Page Four Inside The Peach Oops! ALABAMA, TEXAS, USC I FALL: Page 4-D In the Open -D Baseball Averages 2-D Phils Fall, Bucs Win 3-D Royals Stay 5 Ahead 3-D Michigan Strolls 7-D Prep Parade -D Title to Evert -D Fair Play 10-D No.l Heelan overpowers Dowling By CHUCK BURDICK Sunday Reghlar Sss Wrttar Heelan of Sioux City, The Register's top-rated Class 4-A high school football team, scored three of the first four times it had the ball Saturday night and defeated No. 2 Dowling of West Des Moines, 27-7, in the season opener for both teams before 9,500 fans at Valley Stadium. With quarterback Mike Courey directing the potent wishbone attack and Mike Walsh, Russ St Cyr and Craig O'Connor sharing ball carrying duties, the Crusaders made it 11 straight victories over two seasons and spoiled the DOWLING Please turn to Pot 12 31 aa-i2t m-mi 1 12 14 SI W-M-l -l1- 1-34 130 1-2 l-l S-SI J-3S SCO.

IMS 7-M 1 7-sa a pass from SlanMv (Koaman 11 pau from Stansyv 14 pass from Dodsl ly rtiiTi 'lnHW li mini I iii I li iiiiii li I i mm -rrm Cyclone Mike Stensrud shows his injuries are healed as SUNDAY REGISTER PHOTO BY FRANK S. FOLWELL rm. tm, 5 1-, Statistics MMl SUM OMa SIM 17 34-15 (1-47S 259 3 II 67 I4-J6-I l-J-0 t-u t-a 7-1 2-1 l-S scoumo a 7 14-11 Flrst down Rirthai-vard Passing yards Raturn yards Pastas Punts FumMt-kst PanalHas-vardt 11 14 1 7- OSU Gar 17 run (Skladany kkxj OSU Jonmon I run Skladanv kick) OSU Gerald II run (Skladanv kick) OSU Johnson Si runs (Skladanv kick) OSU Losan 4 run (Skladanv kick) rrcu I -n 7C rim CkbwUknv kkl MSU OlDson a pau iram umwi (NWsan (NMsan kick) MSU Gibson 12 pass from Laanan kick) mii I ia ftiin MhM iSklarfaftv klrfc) MSU kick) HaoaNH a pass iron kwhiw who runs at fullback. Pete is still around and he also scored twice. In fact, the Buckeyes got 315 yards from these three alone.

3 Scoring Passes Michigan State scored all three touchdowns on passes, two from Mar- OHIO STATE Please turn to Pope Seven Statistics put Mat First downs Rusnes-vards Passing yards Raturn yards Passas Punts Fumolas-losl Panaltlas-yards 11 20 sj-m st-io 1U SS 27 a-IJ- ll-H-4 la-O 34 4-1 2-1 a-tt a-71 SCORINS 7 I W-ll 1 a-14 NO-MacAfaa 2S pass Irom Skwar (Raava Pilt-Oorsatt run (Lorn kick) Pitt ttavvood I run (Long kick) Pitt Haraood I run (Long kick) NO FG Raava S3 Pitt Long 14 Pllt-Cavanauon I run (Long kick) was of more import for Pittsburgh's cause than Dorsett so quickly regaining the momentum, then a corrugated defense ganging up on a weak-passing Irish offense. Slager, a red-shirted senior who IRISH Please turn to Page Seven store SpmrSnns si niry By RON MALY Sunday Raghtar Staff WrWar CHAMPAIGN, ILL. Let's start this off with a multiple-choice question. Saturday's Iowa-Illinois football game was: (a) Weird. (b) Strange.

(c) Bizarre. d) All of the above. The correct answer is but Coach Bob Commings had some answers of his own after the Hawkeyes were whipped, 24-6, in a season-opening game that sometimes defied description. "We gave it away," Commings said frankly. "We have a young team and made every error that can be made." Well, let's see.

Here are some of the things that happened before 49,515 spectators on a sunny, 7 4 -degree afternoon: Blocked punts led to two Illinois touchdowns, two personal fouls helped the Illini score again and a 28-yard pass interference penalty set up a field goal. Illinois had two touchdowns called back in the first quarter the first on an offensive pass interference call in the end zone that resulted in Iowa getting possession of the ball on its 20-yard line, the second on a clipping penalty after a pass interception. Iowa lost No. 1 center Jim Hilgen-berg with an ankle injury early in the first quarter and went the entire second half without quarterback Butch Caldwell. But it was No.

2 quarterback Tom McLaughlin who fired a 48-yard pass to Bill Schultz for the only Hawkeye touchdown. Despite losing by 18 points, Iowa nearly outgained the Illini. The Hawks had 227 yards (121 on the ground, 106 with passes) to 242 for Illinois. Dan Beaver, the Illinois senior who is perhaps the best college place-kicker in the U.S., missed an extra point but only after a five-yard illegal procedure penalty. The blocked punts gave Illinois the ball on Iowa's 11 and seven-yard lines and pushed the Illini to a 17-0 halftime lead.

"I choked," said Dan Matter, the usually-dependable kicker. "The blocks were nobody's fault but my own." You had to hand it to Matter, the 252-pound senior who patiently answered questions over and over. "The snaps from center were perfect," he added. "I just blew it." Hilgenberg was already lost for the day when the blocks came. Commings thought Nick Quartaro was the center on the punts, but Matter said it was TimGutshall.

"Illinois had the block on both times," said Matter. Following the first block, Jim IOWA Please turn to Page Six ITS roundup Football GREATER DES MOINES Iowa SUtt 58, Drake 14 tfecten (Stow 27, Dwrfno, 7 Shnandok 21, Norm 0 BIG TEN Ilknor; 24, Iowa MrawwU 32, Indiana 13 Ohio State 49, Mtchioaii Stat 21 Purdue 31, Nortlnmteni 19 Micnigan 40, Wrxomin 27 BIG EIGHT Kansas Stale 13, Brnjham Young. 3 Oklahoma Sute 33. Tuha 21 Kansas 35, WasMnato Sute 16 Tern Tec 24, Colorado 7 Missouri 46. Soot ham California 25 Nebraska 6, Louisiana Slate 6 VALLEY CONFERENCE Wichrta State 21, Northern Ifciois 0 McNeese Sute 38, Southern ISatoo 0 New Meic Stale 13.

Teus-EI Paso 10 Please turn to Page Nine SPtffi It's 49-21 after 35-0 first half By GENE RAFFENSPERGER Autatam Soom cmr COLUMBUS, OHIO A facetious report Saturday said cigarettes and blindfolds were offered in Michigan State's dressing room at halftime of the football game with Ohio State. The Spartans had been keelhauled at this point, 35-0, by Captain Bligh, alias Woody Hayes. Execution seemed a merciful ending. i Whether it was merciful or not, Ohio State won, 49-21. The Buckeyes mangled a Michigan State team that was on welfare.

Hol- lowed out by suspensions of seven players, court rulings, injuries and illness, the Spartans were only a shadow of their old power. In short, Michigan State is not accustomed to being behind anyone, particu- larlv ntd hV X5-0. "I don't think Woody tried to pour 1A igan State? Staub said, "We took a business-like approach to this game. We prepared for it just like we would any other Michigan State game." Let's take a look at what that business-like approach did for Ohio State. It spells bad news for future Buckeye op-' ponents.

First, Hayes trotted out a tailback to replace the great Archie Griffin. This was Jeff Logan, a 182-pound junior. Logan Scores 3 Logan scored three times, once on a 75-yard burst through the line, once on a 68-yard punt return and once on a four-yard plunge. He also raced 71 yards for another score, but it was called back because of a penalty. The Buckeyes lost Cornelius Greene, last year's quarterback.

He apparently won't be missed. His sophomore replacement Rod Gerald, scored twice and played only in the first half. You remember bis Pete Johnson from last year, the 247-pound crusher Irish touchdown when Pittsburgh got a five-yard penalty on the first play. Scrimmage was the Panther 16, directly in front of that rabid home student body. On the next play.

Coach John Majors' forces did the logical thing: Gave the ball to No. 1. "It was an inside counter dive and I believe the play caught them by surprise," said Dorsett with a wide grin. "I caught a guy slanting out then it was just me and whoever could keep up." The run lasted for 61 yards, exactly what Dorsett totaled in his last appearance here two years ago. Ross Browner made a save tackle on the Irish 23.

"I believe that play took a little of the air out of 'em," said Dorsett It had to. Instead of a rout football game was again in progress. Soon after, Dorsett ran five yards to score. It is likely that nothing else all day on us," said Darryl Rogers, Michigan State's first-year coach. "I think he felt he bad enough." There was some question about that in the final 30 seconds of the first half with Ohio State leading, 35-0.

The Buckeyes, who had the ball on the Spartan 12, called three timeouts. A pass into the end zone fell incomplete, then the Bucks ran out the final second with a running play. Hayes didn't talk about that play or any other play after the game. He sent word to reporters that he would not appear at a press conference because he felt every question would be about the hassle over the National Collegiate Athletic Association ban on Michigan State. Aides Take Over Instead, Buckeye assistants Ralph Staub and George Hill appeared and SUub said of that pass play: "That was just a mixup in signals.

We had no intention of passing down there" Was Hayes trying to pour it on Mich burgh's second scrimmage play of the game, were instrumental in handing the Irish their first opening-game loss in 13 years and the worst opening defeat since Michigan won, 24-6, in 1888. On the opening series, Coach Dan Devine's Irish looked almost perfect in going 86 yards In 11 plays on a drive capped by Rick Slager's 24-yard scoring pass to Ken McAfee. Believe it the thunder was shaking down from a clear blue sky on a gorgeous day. Church was out or so it seemed. The Irish bad Dorsett on God's grass not the artificial carpet over which he rushed for 303 yards last year.

False Hopes A sellout crowd, as is usual here, was still roaring from the joy of what eventually turned out to be the day's only Borsett stings Irish again, 31-10 Pitt star scoots for 181 yards "Sometimes, looking at a game film, 1 watch myself make a move and say 'How in hell did I do fm often surprised at the way my body reacts." Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh By MAURY WHITE sniTTH REND. IND. Tony Dorsett Pittsburgh's superb senior tailback, opened his Heisman Trophy campaign Saturday with a remarkable 181-yard rushing day in leading the Panthers to a 31-10 victory over Notre Dame. Three big plays In the first half, the most important by Dorsett on Pitts iA.