Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 53

Spartans Stung, 23-13 Freak Play Keeps Gopher Jinx Intact ft K. If. Although trailing, 10-0 after a dull first half performance, the Spartans appeared to be on their way to recovery in the third period and had moved to a first down on Minnesota's 24 yard line. IN RIGHT SPOT Kric Allen, who was the game's leading ground gainer with 142 yards and who had carried the ball four straight times, broke up the middle on his fifth try. It looked like he was in the open, but at the 20-yard line one of the Gopher defenders reached out and By BOB IIOKKNF.lt State Journal Sports Editor It look a freak, two-touchdown play to keep it going, but football jinx over Michigan Stale ami Duffy Daugherty is still alive.

Turning what appeared to lie a near-touchdown for the Spartans into an 82 yard touchdown run for themselves. Minnesota's Gophers handed Michigan State a stinging 23-13 upset here Saturday before a small crowd of 42.S34 chilly fans. fumble and State went 59 yards in 10 plays for its score. THREE FUMBLES The Gophers lost three fumbles in the third quarter-one on a punt, one after a gain on a pass completion, and one on a kickoff. The Spartans, who go into the season's final game against Northwestern with a 4-5 record and a 3-3 in the Big Ten, gained more yardage than the Gophers.

State had 122 yards on the ground Allen netted 142 but quarterback Mike Rasmussen ended up with a net loss of 47 to Minnesota's 164, but Rasmussen passed for 185 yards to Minnesota's 125. State had a total of 309 yards to the Gophers' 289. Although Rasmussen bettered Steve Juday's Michigan State record for yards gained passing in a season Rasmus- a grablied Allen's arm the one in which he was carrying the ball. The ball squirted out of Kric's grasp and plopped right in the hands of Gopher safety Waller Bowser. Bowser ran back through the holes in the two lines made by Michigan State's offensive lineman and headed for the goal line.

It all happened so quickly he was out in the open after a couple of strides and on his way to a touchdown the first of his collegiate career for the senior. What might have been a 10-7 score suddenly became 16-0. With the help of this play, plus some other not-too-sharp play by State's offense and defense, plus five interceptions of Spartan passes by the Gophers, Minnesota went on to win its sixth straight decision over Michigan State. Daugherty is now 2-9 against Minnesota coach Murray War-math and Daugherty teams have never won a game in Minnesota's Memorial a ium. It was a strange game all the way.

In the third period. State ran 29 plays and Minnesota ran only two but each team scored one touchdown. Minnesota got its TD on the intercepted sen now has 1,273 yards to Juday's former record of 1,173 in Mike did not have a sharp passing day. He completed his first to Gordie Bowdell and Gordie didn't have his best day, either, catching one and dropping several others for eight yards, Mike then missed his next seven. The eighth was intercepted, the first of four of his aerials picked off by the Gophers.

Allen's halfback pass was also intercepted in the end zone to end another touchdown threat. Rasmussen finished with nine completions in 31 attempts. Minnesota quarterback Craig Curry hit eight of 13. John Marquesen, who was filling in for the injured Barry Mayer, and Ernie Cook carried most of the time for Minnesota. Marquesen lugged the ball 24 times for 102 yards and Cook carried 16 times for 43 yards.

The Gophers set the upset tone early, going from their own 20 to State's 15 the first time it had the ball. Kicking specilist Lou Clare booted a 33-yard field goal to make it 3-0. Neither team did much until Sec FREAK, Page E-6, Col. 4 Bob I loonier Big Ten Now Just Big Two I 1 mva -J THE STATE gr' OL'T OF THE WAY! Minnesota's John Marquesen (25) runs over his own teammate Paul Tollefson (62) during the first quarter of Big Ten game with Michigan State. Trying to get at the Gopher back is Spartan's Mike Hogan.

Minnesota won, 32-13. (LPI Maybe it's time to rename the Big Ten to the Big Two. After nine weekends of football, for sure, there are only two strong teams in the conference undefeated Michigan and Ohio State. Northwestern continues to be not-tao-lKid team, but not in the same class with Michigan and Ohio State. For a couple of weeks it appeared that Michigan State might move up to the better-than-average class, but the showing at Minneapolis Saturday wiped out that possibility.

To win. State must have a sharp passing attack to open the defense enough so that its not-too-powerful running game can operate. Last week against Purdue, Michigan State decided not to pass too much after the first period and its attack bogged down. Against the Gophers, State was ready to throw the ball, but couldn't hit with any consistency. When quarterback Mike Rasmussen was on target, his receivers had trouble hanging onto the ball.

Several of his passes were overthrown by many yards. Little Eric Allen, all 1(30 pounds of him, must be the most courageous runner in the conference, but even he can't do much when the defense gangs up on him and that's what Minnesota did most of the chilly afternoon. It was 32 degrees when the game started, probably the coldest weather California junior college transfer quarterback Mike Rasmussen ever played a game in, but he wouldn't alibi. "I was just throwing too high," he commented after the loss. The loss at Minneapolis was reminiscent of the opening game at Washington a fired up opponent going against the the Spartans.

Washington was coming off a 1-9 season and rallied around sophomore quarterback Sonny Sixkiller. Washington coach Jim Owens had been under fire on the west coast and his team was anxious to get off to a fast start. They did, beating Michigan State, 42 to 16. "Wre wanted to win this game very badly," Gopher captain Jeff Wright commented after the game. "We dedicated the game to Barry Mayer (senior halfback who suffered a shoulder separation week against Northwestern) and Coach War-math.

He has been criticized a lot lately, and we wanted him to win the final home game of the season." Moorliead Sets Mark Iowa Swamped, 55-0 Michigan Holds Workout? Mich. State Minnesota First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Michigan State Minnesota 13 IBS 46 9-32-5 6-36 1 20 164 125 187 8-13 1 6-35 3 43 0 0 7 613 3 7 4 721 Mlnn-FG Clare 33. Minn Cook 1 run (Clare kick). Minn Bowser 82 tumble return (kick failed). MSU Allen 2 run (Shlapak kick) Minn Cook run (Clare kick).

MSU Anderson 1 run (pass failed). A 42,834. JOURNAL fore a disappointing crowd of 850 fans. PUFS and Catholic Central lost money in i the game which was added to the schedule only three weeks ago to help raise funds for the city's public school extra curncular activi- ties program. Central was guaranteed 25 per cent of the 8ate- But, only a few hundred fans turned out to brave the cold winds before the opening kick- off and by the finish many of them had left.

mfj -niLWim 111 mrmv it rszf VlS fa i from goat" to "hero" in a Bowser went Gopher Walt Lansing East Lansing Michigan Nov. 15, 1970 SECTION evades Iowa pursuers as he Dave Clement (53) dives at PUFS "I knew we were in for trou- ble when the pre-sale of tickets was s0 bad," said PUFS spokesman Jim Sinadinos. surprised at the "f' surPnsea at tne poor lurnoui. statistics Eastern Yard5 RushinV 17 Total 2oo 5-1 J-' Penalties Pun'1 7 2i 2-34 score bv quarters oV every' nian on his roster played. One big mistake set the tone for Iowa's entire day.

The Hawkeyes forced Michigan to punt, on the Wolverine's first series, but botched up the punt so badly that they practically gave Michigan its first touchdown. Paul Staroba's high kick landed at the Iowa 10, where it bounced and hit Hawkeye re-c i Larry Brooks, who made no attempt to either field it or avoid it, thinking perhaps that the fair catch which a teammate had signalled made it unnecessary. The ball rolled to the three, where five Wolverines surrounded it. and Mike Oldham staked a claim. After a consultation, the officials agreed with Oldham, and Michigan had it first and goal.

Two plays later, Taylor powered over from the one, with 9:53 to go in the opening period, and the first of seven Sec MICHIGAN, Pg. E-4, Col. 3 Iowa Mich. 33 463 VI -17 0 S-34 I 74 First Downs Rushing Yardaqe Passing Yardage Return Yardage Passes Punts Fumbles Lost Yards Penalized Iowa Michigan 34 0 38 0 7-37 5 23 0 0 0 21 14 7 13 5J TD JAUNT Michigan quarterback Don Moorhead (27) strides 10 yards for Wolverines fourth touchdown. Iowa's Moorhead.

Michigan won, 55-0. (LPI Telephoto) By DAVE MATTHEW'S State Journal Sports Writer ANN ARBOR It was not exactly the type of workout Michigan needed on the eve of its historic confrontation with Ohio State. Or, was it? For that matter, was it even a real workout? The unbeaten, fifth-ranked Wolverines annihilated Iowa here Saturday, 55-0, with almost ridiculous ease, in their final tune-up for their battle at Columbus next weekend with unbeaten Ohio State. Striking for three touchdowns in the opening quarter, and two more in the second to romp into halftime with a 35-0 lead, Michigan dominated the supposedly dangerous Hawk-eyes as they have dominated no other foe all season. Whether the Wolverines were simply that sharp, or whether Iowa was just that bad, didn't really matter to anyone in the crowd of 56,189 at Michigan Stadium, held almost 10,000 below expectations by unpleasant weather.

Michigan's hardy partisans left convinced that their idols Lose The two Class A teams put on a good defensive show with each having scoring opportuni- ties wasted on good line per- formances. Catholic Central, the decided underdog against the unbeaten and No 7th ranked Quakers, stopped East- ern drives the last half at their own 18, 40, 32 and two more times on pass interceptions by end Jack Green, the last one at the goal line with 36 seconds left, See RIVALS, Page E-2, Col. 7 hurry. Bowser fumbled Pat Miller's punt early in the third period, giving the Spartans a great scoring opportunity. But, on the fifth play, he grabbed Eric Allen's fumble in the air and ran 82 yards for a touchdown.

"I goofed badlv on the punt." he said after the game. "I took my eye off the ball just before catching it. I'm sure I would have fumbled the ball even if I hadn't been hit by one of the Spartans. But, when he knocked me down, that kept me from recovering my own fumble." Injuries continue to hurt the Spartans. Saetyman Harold Phillips suffered a concussion early In the second quarter and did not see any more action.

Brad VanPelt took over safety duties and Brad McLee returned to action at VanPelt's roverback spot. McLee has been sidelined with an ankle injury since the first half of the Michigan game. Senior Bill Triplett's career was cut short when he suffered a knee injury in the second quarter. Examinations will be made Sunday to determine if corrective surgery is needed. Randy Davis finished the game at Triplett's flanker position.

Triplett has played three backfield positions in his three years as a Spartan. He broke into the lineup as the No. 1 quarterback after the fourth game of his sophomore year. He was the starting quarterback for 13 games, through the seventh game of last season. State won five and lost eight of them.

He came back for the final game of the 1969 season and led the Spartans to a 31-14 victory over Northwestern. This year he started as the No. 1 tailback but has been the starting flanker the last seven games. In his three years, he gained 2,285 yards rushing, passing and receiving. His first two years were almost Identical.

As a soph he rushed for 298 yards and six TDs and passed for 714 yards and four touchdowns. Last year he rushed for 290 yards and four TDs and passed for 715 yards and six touchdowns. This season he rushed for 200 yards, hit one of three passes for 10 yards and caught eight passes for 58 yards. Disappointing Afternoon Rivals Tie, are No. 1 the Big Ten.

They got and not just in no argument from Iowa. Statistics almost, but not quite, tell the story. The Wolverines pounded the Hawkeyes for 561 yards, and eight touch-downs, while permitting a meager 122 yards and only one venture past midfield, that in the final minute of play. WOLVERINES' LENIENT What the cold figures don't show is that it could have been worse. Michigan's first units sat out almost the entire final quarter, and a goodly portion of the second as well.

Reserves let theree other scoring chances get away. There is one dark side to the story, Michigan's standout tailback Bill Taylor may be hurt. He was removed from the game in the third period with an arm injury. Coach Bo Schembechler said later that it was not serious, but the amount of attention Taylor received from trainers, doctors and consoling teammates while he sat dejectedly on the bench leads one to wonder. Prior to being hurt, Taylor had enjoyed the finest afternoon of his season, ripping through the Hawkeyes for 189 yards, in 23 carries, and scoring two touchdowns to boost his season total to 10.

Even that performance, however, had to take second billing to the work of quarterback Don Moorhead. The South Haven, senior etched his name into Michigan's all-time record book by surpassing the career total offense mark set by one of the Wolverines' great heroes of the past. Bob Chappius in 1947. His 153 yards Saturday, 65 rushing and 88 passing, give Moorhead 3,528. Chappius' record had been 3,487.

Iowa never found a way through, around or over the Michigan defense, led by ends Phil Seymour and Mike Keller, tackle Pete Newell and middle linebacker Marty Huff. The Hawkeyes managed only 69 yards in the first half, most of that came after Michigan had vaulted to a 21-0 lead. IOWA BEFUDDLED The second half, Iowa did not get a first down until less than two minutes were left and Schemlechler was in the process of being certain that Big Ten Standings MICHIGAN Ohio State Northwestern MICHIGAN STATE Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Illinois Purdue Indiana SATURDAY'S RESULTS Minnesota 23, MICHIGAN STATE MICHIGAN SS. Iowa 0 Ohio State 10, Purdue 7 Northwestern 21, Indiana 7 Wisconsin 29, Illinois 17 NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES Northwestern at MICHIGAN STATE MICHIGAN at Ohio Stale Illinois at Iowa Indiana at Purdue Minnesota at Wisconsin i I i i 13 Win Easily ww -nmma mmimwm MTO "'W taf 2. i- jT --irtn.

V- Mich Taylor 1 run (Coin kick) Mich Doughty 2 run (Coin kick) Mich Taylor 2 run (Coin kick) Mich Moorhead 24 run (Coin kick) Mich Seyferth 3 run (Coin kick) Mich Darden recovered fumbles In end zone (Coin kick) Mich Scheffier 5 run (Coin kick) AiMch Zucarelli 7 run (kick tailed A 66,189. Honors For Two Gene Washington and George Webster, Michigan State's two. time AU-A i a were named to the All-Time Big Ten football team. Story, on Page E-2. GENE WASHINGTON GEORGE WEBSTER K-Ai 1 i By BOB GROSS State Journal Sports Writer Four frigid quarters of football failed to settle the neighborhood 'who's best' rivalry between Eastern and Lansing Catholic Central Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

The two east side teams fought to a scoreless tie in the PUFS (People United For Students) benefit game played be- back Gordie Hetrick touchdown. The kick for a failed. the All Stars held a 6-0 edge with 1:41 to go in the initial period. Joliet fumbled the first play of the second quarter, and Lansing's Chuck Johnson recovered on the Charger 48. Tw plays later, shifty Craig Tefft took off around left end and went 47 yards for the TD.

Dick Kenney's extra point kick made it 13-0 in favor of the Stars with 13:35 to go in the half. The visiting Chargers, Mid-w Professional Football League champ, scored their lone touchdown after the 'Stars second score. Taking the ensuing kickoff on their own 44, the Chargers moved 56 yards in 11 plays and scored on a five-yard "freak" pass from Ken Williams to Don Gotkowskl. The ball hit at least See STARS, Page E-6, CoL 1 'l Stars By FRED STABLEY. JR.

State Journal Sports Writer Scoring three touchdowns in just over seven minutes of the fourth quarter, the a -sing All Stars broke open a tight football game Saturday to hand Joliet (111.) a 33-7 spanking. A hardy crowd of around 700 people braved 30 degree weather and penetrating wind at Everett's Centennial Field to watch the Midwest Football League champions claim their lSth straight victory against no losses. Joliet is now 15-2 on the season. Both teams play in Joliet Saturday. Lansing's defense, as usual, played the dominant role in the All Star victory, although a good deal of credit must go to quarterback Bill Feraco.

Feraco, a former signal-caller at Michigan State, joined the ll Stars for the games with Joliet, and moved into the starting quarterback job. Tom Jakovac, who had been the regular quarterback, moved to halfback. It was the passing and running of Feraco early in the fourth quarter that gave Lansing the victory. He scored once on a run and threw for two other TDs. However it was the defense that got the All Stars off on the right foot.

Linebacker George Chatlos blocked a Joliet punt on the goal line, and it was recover-in the end zone by defensive STATISTICS First Downs 0 11 Yards Pushing S6 70S Yards Paslino. 138 81 Total Net Yards 14 269 Passes 1-23-4 4-11-1 Fumbles Lost 1 Penalities 7-53 Punts 5 25 4-20 SCORE BY QUARTERS Joliet 7 t- 7 All Stars i 7 3i SCORING SUMMARY JOLIET Touchdowns: Gotkowskl (five-yard pass Williams); Conversion Long (kick). ALL STARS Touchdowns: Hetrick (recovered blocked punt in end zonelj Terft (47-yard run), Feraco (mne-vard run), Jakovac (47-yard pass Feraco), Wede-mever (nine-yard pass Feraco); Conversions: Kenney 3 (kick). i- ''-rA, "Z-dUi -T St wrgr Jtv HELPING EACH OTHER Eastern's Art Couthen (40), the top Quaker rusher and scorer all season, gets interference help from No. 2 running back Charlie llollcrn (43) on an end run during Saturday's PLFS grid classic against Lansing Catholic Central at Memorial Stadium.

No. 42 for Catholic Central is Tom Pritchaid. The game ended scoreless. (State Journal Photo).