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Victory Speedy Gordon Sparks. State's mmmammmm'9 10 Purdue's Title Hopes Wounded In 21-7 Defeat By BOB HOERNER Journal Sports Editor Dick Gordon earned a place along side of Michigan State's great halfbacks Saturday and the Spartans have had their share of great ones over the years including Sonny Grandelius, Lynn Chandnois, George Guerre, Leroy Bolden, Sherm Lewis and Billy Wells. uoraon churned through a tough Purdue defense for 145 I yards the third straight time 6. (i l' A i ji.Vi TOP GROUND-GAINER Again this week Spartan halfback Dick Gordon (39) gobbled op the most yardage carrying the ball against Purdue 24 times for 145 yards. Gordon gained more yards than all the Boilermakers 91 yards.

Heis shown on a 5-yard run. (State Journal Photo) ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN! Diving off left end. Spartan back Clinton Jones (26) carried the ball in for Michigan State's second touchdown Saturday, putting State ahead, 14-7 near the end of the third period. Later, Jones caught a pass from Steve Juday and side-stepped into the end zone for another TD. (State Journal Photo by Jack Bolt) Trips Illini, 21 6, as Spartans Give Assist statistics MSU Pur FIRST DOWNS (Total) 21 11 Rushing 15 6 Passing 5 3 Penalty 1 2 RUSHING (Number of) 54 44 Yards Gained 331 147 Yards Lost 29 So Net Yards Gained 302 91 PASSING (Number Att.) ....13 11 Number Completed 9 8 Number Had Intercepted 3 0 Net Yards Gained 7 S3 TOTAL PLAYS 67 S5 TOTAL NET YARDS GAINED 311 174 PUNTS (Number of) 2 4 Average Yards 40 37.2 Had Blocked 0 1 FUMBLES (Number of) 4 3 Ball Lost 1 2 PENALTIES (Number of) ...10 2 Yards Penalized 90 37 Purdue 7 0 0 07 Michigan State 0 7 7 721 Pur Mlnnlear I run (Grlese kick) MSU Lucas 3 run (Boblch kick) MSU Jon 3 run (Boblch kick) msu ones 15 pass trom juoay (so men kick) Attendance 75,433 sports SECTION Sunday, Nov.

8, 1964 Big Ten Standings Conference Pel. Pts. OP Ohio State 4 0 0 1.000 92 31 Michigan 4 1 0 .800 112 49 puroue 4io 101 it Michigan State 3 2 0 .600 97 63 Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 68 64 Illinois 2 3 0 .400 51 79 Northwestern 2 4 .333 61 123 Iowa 1 4 0 .200 88 105 Indiana 1 4 0 .200 69 93 Wisconsin 1 4 0 .200 60 116 Next Saturday'! Garnet Michigan State at Notre Dame (non- league) Michigan at Iowa Wisconsin at Illinois Oregon at Indiana (non-league) Purdue at Minnesota Northwestern at Ohio Star Michigan Back in Big Ten Title Race By LAD SLINGERLEND Journal Sports Writer ANN ARBOR Michigan was extending the glad hand to its traditional rival, Michigan State, today. The occasion was the Spartans' 21 to 7 (Related story, photo, Page E-3) victory over Purdue, which put the Wolverines right back in the Big Ten title race. The Wolverines, clawing their way past Illinois with a superb second-half performance, Saturday, 21 to 6, are now tied with Purdue for second place at 4-1 in the con Pete Elliott as he sought his first decision over brother Bump in five attempts.

The Wolverines took advantage of Illinois mistakes to take a 14-6 lead in the first-half and then kept the Illinois bottled up in their own territory all the last two quarters. Speedy Carl Ward scored the first Michigan touchdown on a 15-yard jaunt, and Jim Det-wiler the second on a 24-yard pass from Timberlake. An intercepted pass' started the first drive and a recovered fumble the second. Then Timberlake plunged a yard early in the third quarter after a 93-yard drive and it was all over. Illinois scored and ne directed a drive that carried 94 years in 19 plays, all but two on the ground.

Detwiler, Ward, Anthony and Timberlake alternated into the big Illinois line and battered away to midfield. Ward then took a lateral from Timberlake and ran 23 yards. Some more battering took the ball to the Illinois one, from where Timberlake sneaked over. His conversion gave him nine points for the day. Michigan almost scored again with reserves in the lineup but a 36-yard drive went for naught on the Illinois one when Frosty Evashevski fumbled on fourth down.

Fisher was the star of this drive, as the sophomore fullback carried six of seven times. he has been over the 100-yard marK to lead Coach Duffy Daugherty's Spartans to a 21-7 -upset over the Boilermakers. Mate victory, which bumped Purdue out of a first-place tie with Ohio State in the Big Ten race and put a damper on its Rose Bowl hopes, will go down as a "team effort," and rightly so. But, even in a "team ef fort" you need a spark, and that was Dick Gordon. The Cincinnati senior, who en tered the game as the Big Ten's leading rusher, was called on 24 times, just shy of half of the times Slate ran with the ball.

He lost a yard once but the'other-23 times he was a thorn in Pur-, due's Rose Bowl plans. He now, has 630 yards in State's four victories and threes losses. Only Grandelius, Chandnois, Guerre and Bolden gained -more in one season and Gordon has two more games to play. An-; other 105 yards and he will move into third place on the Spartan record list. But football games are seldom won by one player's performance and when the opponent is as strong as Purdue, it takes ev-.

eryone's complete effort. After giving up a touchdown in the first period (Purdue went 74 yards in ten plays the first time it had the ball), the Spar-, tan defense controlled the Boilermakers completely and even hung up State's first seven points wnen it turned a blocked punt into a touchdown just before' half. Purdue had a fine attack, but couldn't get it moving against the Spartan defenders after the initial long drive. Quarterback Bob Gnese hit seven of ten passes for 70 yards but could not connect with a scoring pass. He was rushed hard by the State line and was tossed for losses totalling 47 yards.

Purdue lost a strong part of its attack in the second period when end Bob Hadrick sprained an ankle and could not play any more. Hadrick is Purdue's top receiver and had caught one pass for eight yards before being injured. Randy Minniear was the Boil ermakers' best runner. He had 80 yards in 22 carries. Gordon wasn State only of fensive weapon.

Quarterback Steve Juday sat out most of the second period after being shaken up blocking for one of Gordon runs but came back to direct two touchdown drives in the second half. His passing was sharp although State stayed on the ground more than anytime this year. Steve hit eight of ten, including one for a touchdown. ten of his passes were caught eight by Spartans and two by Boilermakers. Both of the interceptions were picked off after the ball had bounced off a Spartan receiver.

Halfback Clint Jones and full back Eddie Cotton had several key runs and sophomore quar terback John Mullen filled in well when Juday was sidelined. Jones scored both the second-half touchdowns, one on a pass and one on a short run. He gained 56 yards in eight carries. Cotton had 48 in ten trips. Line play on both sides was what fans now expect in a Pur due-Michigan State game slam-' bang from start to finish.

When the afternoon was over. State had done a little more slam- banging than Purdue. The team statistics tell the full story. State gained 331 yards rush ing and 79 passing for a 381-yard total. Purdue had 147 on the ground and 91 in the air for 174.

Penalties, which have been a bugaboo all year for State, stopped the Spartans first drive. Gordon showed the capacity crowd of 75,433 what to expect early when he ran for 48 yards on the first play. State moved See SPEEDY, Page E-2, Col. 5 mmmmmmmmmmmm Ohio State Upset Bob Hoerner State Fullback Improves Line on a 49-yard pass from Frank Custardo to Bob Trumphy in the second period for its lone score and had the ball only six times in the second half, getting past midfield only against the reserves as the game ended. Illinois was in front of the statistics, all except the score, at the half but ended up on the long end with the first downs at 15-14, and the rushing at 202 to 97.

Only in passing were the Illinois the best, 137 to 53, making the overall gain 260 to 234. In addition, the Wolverines recovered two fumbles and intercepted one pass, all at critical moments. Ward topped the Michigan for the season. The Irish face Michigan State next Saturday at South Bend. It was Huarte, Notre Dame's record-breaking quarterback, who gave the Irish the breathing room they needed against the determined Panthers.

Statistic NO Pitt First downs 17 12 Rushing yardage 165 199 Passing yardage 212 29 Passes 9-21 35 Passes intercepted by 0 0 Punts 4-36 5-38 Fumbles lost 2 3 Yards oenaliiMl 60 70 Notre Came 14 3 0 017 Pitt 0 8 0 715 ND-Farrell 1 run (Azzaro kick) ND-Eddv 91 pass from Huarte (Azzaro kick) Pitt-McKnlght 1 run (Mcknight run) NO-FG Azzaro 30 Pitt-McKnight 1 run (Jones kick) Attendance 56.621. Notre Dame Defense Rallies rushers with 67 yards while Timberlake had 44 and Dave Fisher 41. Timberlake threw only eight passes and completed five. Jim Grabowski topped Illinois rushers with 62 of the 97 yards and Custardo hit on 11 of 22 passes for 137. Stan Kemp punted seven times for Michigan for a 38-yard average and four times punted out of bounds inside the Illinois 15.

Michigan was forced to stop two Illinois drives near mid-field early in the game, and did it on a fumble and an intercepted pass. Frank Nunley did the intercepting and returned to the Illinois 36 near the end of the first quarter. It took just seven plays for the Wolverines to score as Timberlake ran 10, to set up a lateral to Ward for the final 15. Timberlake converted. The fans had hardly settled back in their seats when the Illinois scored their lone touchdown.

Taking the kickoff on their own 30 they advanced to midfield. Custardo dropped back, shook off two tacklers and threw long to Trumpy, who caught it on the 10 and stepped in. But Custardo's try for the conversion was wide and Michigan still had the lead, 7-6. After an exchange of punts, Jerry Mader recovered a fumble by Trumphy after he caught a pass on the Illinois 40 and in three plays Michigan had its second touchdown. Timberlake hit John Henderson for 12, to set it up and then found Detwiler loose on the goal line and hit him perfectly.

Timberlake's conversion made it 14-6 at the half. The second half was all Michigan as Illinois never got past its own 36 except on the final two plays of the game, against lowly reserves. The third quarter started inauspiciously for the Wolverines as George Donnelly got away a long punt that was downed on the Michigan six. But Timberlake was bent on making it safe for Michigan Irish Squeeze Past Pittsburgh, 17 to 15 ference, behind unbeaten Ohio State. But Michigan closes the season with the Buckeyes and has the chance to catch the leaders.

Coach Bump Elliott and his maize and blue warriors, defeated only once, by Purdue by a single point, in seven starts, will have to get by Iowa next Saturday to set the stage for the payoff battle with Ohio State. Michigan did not have too much trouble getting past defending champion Illinois Sat-, urday as Bob Timberlake pi-' loted the Wolverines in three touchdown marches that thrilled a crowd of 62.415 and put the damper on Illinois' Coach Rig Ten MICHIGAN STATE 21, Purdue 7 MICHIGAN 21. Illinois 4 Northwestern 17, Wisconsin 13 Penn State 27, Ohio State 0 Minnesota 14, Iowa 13 Oregon State 24, Indiana 14 State Hone JO. Olo Northern 0 Hillsdale el, Shippensburg State, Pa. 2 Wayne State 12.

Thiel 7 Eastern Michigan 41, Case Tech 24 Adrian 28, Blutfton 24 Olivet 34. Indiana Central 0 Albion 12, West Virginia Weslevan 7 Earlham 40. Kalamazoo 12 Western Michigan 13, Ohio U. I Taylor 12, Northwood 7 Northern Michigan 51, Mankato State 4 Northern Illinois 17, Central Michigan 14 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 21, Michigan Tech I Midicest Bowling Green 21, Marshall 0 Baldwin-Wallace 14, Heidelberg 0 Oklahoma State 31, Wichita 7 Nebraska 14, Kansas 7 Missouri 16. Colorado 7 Drake 37, South Dakota State 15 Butler 41, Evansville 21 Beloit 30, Lawrence 4 Akron 25.

Ball State II Oklahoma 30, Iowa State 0 North Dakota 41, Auguslana, O. 0 Franklin 34. Hanover 7 Valparaiso 21, DePauw 14 Indiana State 35, St. Joseph's I Illinois State 27, Western Illinois 71 North Central 13. Illinois Weslevan II tie Defiance 33, Anderson 7 Findley 29, Mount Union 0 Hiram 23, Kenvon 4 Muskingum 13, Denison 7 Coe 49.

Monmouth a State College of Iowa 13, South Dakota 4 Dartmouth 31, Columbia 14 Connecticut 17, Boston U. 16 Massachusetts 25. Holy Cross 4 tsrown 31, Cornell 21 p-u wiiieii 'i4i' It rtftnri'ir i iriitri ifiiini in ii in fiiii ajsll ast PITTSBURGH (AP) Top-ranked Notre Dame, led by daring John Huarte, built up a 14-0 first period lead and then fought off the inspired Pitt Pan thers Saturday for a 17-15 foot ball victory. It was unbeaten Notre Dame's defense, yielding almost as many yards rushing as it had in their first six games combined. which staved off possible defeat in the end.

The Irish forward wall rose up to stop Pitt quarterback Fred Mazurek for no gain on a fourth-and-one situation in the last quarter on the Notre Dame 16. The victory ran Notre Dame'sj string to seven. Pitt now is 2-4-2 Eddie Cotton's steady improvement at fullback has been one of the major reasons for Michigan State's three-game winning streak. The New York City junior's running is stronger every game, but he has also contributed greatly on the line. Two sophomore fullbacks who were running behind Cotton were given chances at new positions when Eddie proved he could handle all of the fullback chores.

The two transfers are now starters on the line. First to move out of the fullback ranks was Gary Rugg, Battle Creek Pennfield sophomore. Although only 195-pounds, Rugg was tried at offensive guard to take advantage of his speed. He's a fixture in the position now and leads the way for many of Dick Gordon's good gains. "When Rugg asked our equipment manager.

Ken Early, to trade his low-cut shoes for the high-tops like the linemen wear," Spartan coach Duffy Daugherty said recently, "we knew Rugg would be a good one." Three weeks ago when State's corps of linebackers was In trouble because of injuries, Duffy gave Charles Thornhill a chance at the position during a Monday scrimmage. "We needed help, and needed it right away," Duffy explained after the Purdue victory. "We had four linebackers who were hurt. We planned to give several a chance at the position but when Thornhill moved in, he made about five straight tackles. "He may not be the most polished linebacker in the league, but he gets the job done." An outstanding fullback as a prep at Roanoke, Thornhill started at linebacker against Wisconsin.

He blocked the Purdue punt to give State its first touchdown in the 21-7 upset Saturday. Cotton has been a' big help. He's running better and helped give the offensive and defensive lines a boost, too. IBS. 1 jUV I.

I I ff I Duffy and Purdue coach Penn State Crushes Bucks, 27-0 tULUMbus, unio iai- it Penn State four-time losers turned Ohio State's second-ranked juggernaut into a stum-hling, fumbling giant Saturday and beat the highly favored Rucks 27-0 in what must go into the books as the season's biggest upset. The Nittany Lions in winning their fourth in four starts against the Bucks annihilated both the offense and the defense of Coach Woody Hayes Big Ten Conference leaders. With quarterback Gary Wyd-man guiding the Lions and fullback Tom Urbanik blasting the forward wall, Penn State scored in every quarter as it handed Ohio State its first shutout in 45 games and blasted any national championship hopes. The victors went 65 yards in eight plays, 35 in five, 42 in seven and 64 in 10 for their touchdowns. Ohio State failed to reach enemy territory until the final minute.

The Bucks appeared battered and bewildered and were completely futile in the opening half as they failed to score a first down, and wound up with minus 14 yardage. It wasn't much better in the second half. Ohio State's initial first down came with 5:11 left in the third quarter, and it was on a penalty. The Bucks had only five first downs for the entire day, their lowest output in memory. Kunit scored Penn State's last two touchdowns on runs of two and five yards.

Quarterback Gary Wydman counted another on a three-yard option run, and Dirk Nye put over the opener when he recovered Urbanik fumble in the end zone. A crowd of 84,279 witnessed the contest, moving Ohio State's five-game gate to 415,530. It was Dad's Day and the fathers of most players were seated on the sideline for the humiliating defeat. The only thing Ohio State won was the opening toss. Statistic Pen State Ohio Stat First downs 22 5 Pushing yardaoe Passing yardage Passes Passes Intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Penn State Ohio Stale 201 148 12-22 2 S-37 0 10 33 30 J-14 0 t-43 7 10 7 7 4 7-0 0 0 0- Pe St Nvt recovered fumble In end tone (Sanker nick) Pa St Wydman 3 run (Sanker kick) Pa St Kunit 2 run (kick failed) Pa St.

Kunit run (Sanker kick) Attendance 84.279. Late Score HIGH SCHOOL Mt Pleasant 33, Saginaw Mac Arthur 14 Par1Mn4 SI. Patrick 20, Carson City I I JpUa-S'A Michigan 014 7 0-21 ew I Mich Ward 15 run Timberlake kick) I T7 "i I III Trumpy 50 pass from Custardo I i A i kick (ailed) I I Mich Drw ler 24 pass from Tlmber- i I V.il i I lke Timberlake Xkick I 4 I ifT" 1 I Mich Timberlake 1 run Timberlake Jack Mollenkopf both had high praise for Dick Gordon after the game. "If there is a better halfback in the conference than Dick. Gordon, I haven't seen him.

Dick does a terrific job of running See FULLBACK Pg. E-2, Col. 2 See SCORES, Page E-. Col. 5, f- Ajy J2 Statistics III 14 97 317 11-24 0 I 41 2 60 Mich 15 202 35 54 1 7-38 1 48 First downs Yards rushino Yards passing passes Passes Intercepted by Punts Fumbles tost Yards penalized TINNICK TRAVELS FOR 12 a brace of Boilermakers for a Photo) 4 Helped by a rolling block thrown by Steve Juday (23), Spartan back John Tinnlck (22) dodged 12-yard gain in the fourth period.

He was finally stopped by Walter Gahm (63). (State Journal EASY THERE, EDDIE Spartan rollback Eddie Cotton (44) ran into burly Boilermakers In this fourth-period run Saturday one of the ten times be carried the balL Cotton's carries gained 48 yards for Michigan State. (State Journal Photo by Dave Webb) iiiHnllliUtl A. 1 1 A A J. J.

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