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10D The Detroit News Sunday, October 3, 2004 Michigan 35, Indiana 14 Notebook SUMMARY 1 'fv "urn at nk v. vajitri mm --j -il Ua i atjTigaal Receiver Jermaine Gonzales opened the scoring for the Wolverines in the first quarter He is mobbed by teammates in the end zone after his 40-yard touchdown pass from Chad Henne. John T. Greilick The Detroit News Michigan's Braylon Edwards stretches toward the end zone after a first-quarter reception. Scoring summary Michigan 7 7 21 0 35 Indiana 0 7 0 7 14 long delay; cmase Replay U-M Jermaine Gonzales 40 pass from Chad Heme, 5.52.

Garrett Rivas kick. Drive 83 yards. 8 plays, 3:02 Key play: Jason Avant 14 pass from Heme to convert third down to IU 40. Michigan Cj7 'U iij p. U-M Leon Hall 76 punt return.

4:37 Rivas kick. Michigan 14. Indiana 0. KJ BenJarvus Green Ellrs 2 run. :06.

Bryan Robertson kick. Drive: 11 yards. 4 plays, :53. Key play: Kyle Killion recovery of Henne fumble at U-M a Michigan 14, Indiana 7. U-M Michael Hart 1 run.

12:40. Rivas kick Drive 3 yards. 4 plays. 2:20. Kay play: Grant Mason 97 kickoff return.

Michigan 21 Indiana 7. U-M Braylon Edwards 69 pass form Henne, 6:28. Rivas kick. Drive 89 yards. 6 plays.

2:23. Key play: Hart 17 run to convert third down. Michigan 28, Indiana 7. U-M Edwards 38 pass from Henne, 2:07. Rivas kick Drive: 80 yards, 7 plays, 2:37.

Michigan 35, Indiana 7. KHIRTH QUARTER ZXSfiSJLZVI KJ Courtney Roby 6 pass from Matt LoVec-chio. 12:17. Robertson kick. Drive 69 yards.

11 plays. 4:50 Michigan 35, Indiana 14. Attendance 35.00L Team statistics flRSTOOWW Total 21 Rushing 7 Passing 13 Penalty 1 3rd-downeff. 1015 VI 3993 2.4 13 6 6 012 33 .3 3861 1.6 1 2214 0 70 420 153 214 ft 4th-down eff. rushing NoyVds Avg.

rush passing-; AttCmps Interceptions Avg. per pass SackedYds lost Passing yards Total yards rWAvg. Had blocked Kick returnsyds. Punt returnsyds. Int.

returnsyds. Penaltiesyds. Fumbleslost Time of poss. By Angelique S. Chengelis The Detroit News BLOOMINGTON, Ind.

The Big Ten's instant-replay experiment got a workout in the Michigan-Indiana game, as three calls were overturned during the game. Replay made its presence felt in a big way late in the first half, as the final two minutes of the half took an additional 14 minutes because of replay delays as officials reviewed two plays. With just more than two minutes left, officials reviewed an interference penalty against Indiana on a Michigan punt return. Indiana was called for the penalty on returner Leon Hall, who actually collided with teammate Alijah Bradley. It took nearly 10 minutes for Big Ten officials to handle the review.

They ruled there was no interference on the play. With nine seconds left, Indiana quarterback Matt LoVec-chio was credited with a i-yard touchdown run after he fumbled and recovered the ball in the end zone. He thought that was the case, at least. Michigan called a timeout, and the play was reviewed. Four minutes later, the Big Ten overturned the touchdown and said LoVecchio's knee was down when he fumbled the ball.

The ball was placed at the Michigan 2-yard line. The final review came with 12:17 't-'ft in tne fourth quarter when Indiana receiver Courtney Roby caught a 4-yard touchdown pass from LoVec-chio that was initially ruled incomplete. The play was overturned, and Indiana was credited with its second touchdown. Michigan Coach Lloyd Carr said coaches, players and fans must be patient with the instant replay process. "This is my experience, most of the time, when I look at all those things where I may have argued and got mad the great thing I love about the replay, they're going to take a look at it," Carr said.

"I say this it's a hard game to officiate." 2619 0 12.7 213 331 424 244.0 0 3136 378 00 327 32 28:17 937.7 0 4104 1-4 00 435 20 31:43 Michigan statistics 3.9 30 5.7 3.0 0.5 1.0 62 18 7 1 3 0 1 12 77 21 17 3 1 1 -31 i -vVi Diiir i it' li i' VW1--. C. -i. 4 Hart Martin Underwood Rembert Richard Gonzales Henne PASSING Henne Richard ohn I Greiicic The Detroit News Grant Mason returns the opening kickoff of the third quarter 97 yards to the Indiana 3. Mike Hart scored from the 1 four plays later.

Cmp Yds T0rt "3 17 316 3 0 2 15 0 0 Yd i to -i RECEIVING No Edwards 8 69 40 33 15 13 21 7 6 S. 49 1" 76 rm" 97 165 48 36 28 21 21 7 6 88 rd 78 Yds 136 yards. Freshman tailback Max Martin also got a chance to play late in the game. Martin had seven carries for 21 yards. Gonzales predicted TD Senior receiver Jermaine Gonzales gave the Wolverines a 7-0 lead when he caught a 40-yard pass from Henne in the first quarter.

"He's been patient, he's worked hard," Carr said of Con1 zalcs, who came to Michigan as a quarterback. "I asked. him Injury update Sophomore receiver Steve Breaston did not make the trip to Indiana because of a finger injury suffered in the Iowa game. "There's a good chance he'll be back this week," Carr said. "We'll have to see how he responds." Defensive lineman Jeremy Van Alstyne, who supposedly was going to miss the season because of a knee injury, has made a remarkable comeback.

"He's made unbelievable 0 0 0 0 0 0 M. 0 TO 1 JO 0 Tot 6 6 5 5 progress," Carr said. "He returned to practice (last) week. I don't know when, but I am very confident that the point is going to come where he is going to be able to play this fall." Backup quarterback Matt Gutierrez, out with an arm injury since the first week of the season, threw the ball during pre-game warm-ups, as he has done before most games. He was the holder on kicks.

Richard, Martin play Backup quarterback Clayton Richard came in briefly in the final two minutes of the second quarter, but Carr said he regretted the move only because he put his quarterback in a difficult position. Richard entered the game with 2:04 left in the half and Michigan at its 16-yard line. Richard, from Lafayette, fumbled and recovered his first snap of the game. He was replaced two plays later by starter Chad Henne. "I put Clayton Richard in a real bad position at the end of the half," Carr said.

"We had made up our minds we were going to play him. With four minutes to go we thought we were going to get the football back and Clayton was going to go on. But then we returned the punt for the touchdown, we stopped them and got the ball back with (two minutes left), and we put him in down deep on the 16 yard line, and that's a mistake I made by putting him in that position." Richard was 2-of-5 for 15 Ait Soda 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 No 2 Nq 3 No. 3 Solo 6 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Gonzales Hart Avant Ecker Massaquoi Arnngton Dudley fUNTING, Finley PUNT RET. Hall KICK RET.

Mason JACKIES Woodley McClimock Reid Mundy Hall Manning Massey Woods Satantos iackson Shazor Curry Mason Graham Biqgs Crable Ofili Bass Rembert Branch Adams 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Rivas 44. is 4 Vi2 ffr Engjemon 0 dgoals- Indiana statistics lUBi Alt Yd 14 38 2.7 11 32.0 32 13 8 RUSHING Green-Ellis Beanie LoVeccWo Taylor Pannozzo Powers Roby 1.5 30 0.5 25 i U-M Continued from Page iD "He's earned that (starting) job, and now he's got to keep it," Carr said. This was by no means a flawless performance by Henne, in his first road start since a 28-20 loss at Notre Dame three weeks ago. Henne fumbled twice against the Hoosiers, both coming in the second quarter. His first fumble marred an otherwise well-handled scoring drive that included Henne avoiding the IU blitz and completing a 15-yard pass to Edwards to convert on third down.

But one play after a 21-yard completion to tight end Tim Massaquoi, Henne fumbled at the Indiana 2-yard line. "The snap was fine, but I felt like a guard's hand came around when he was pulling and just nipped the bottom of the ball," Henne said. The Hoosiers and their anemic offense they finished with 214 yards, including 61 rushing failed to move the ball and were forced to punt. Michigan cornerback Leon Hall, filling in for injured Steve Breaston as the punt returner, gave Michigan a 14-0 lead when he returned the punt 76 yards for the touchdown. Hall got a key block from Edwards.

"I saw a little crease in the middle, but as I was in there, I got kind of lost in there for a minute," said Hall, who had stalled IU's previous drive when he broke up the third-down pass attempt. "I just saw a hole to the right, and I just broke, and I saw there was one guy left and I just tried to outrun him." Henne fumbled again late in the first half when he dropped back and was hit by Victor Adeyanju. Indiana's Kyle Killion recovered the ball and returned it to the Michigan 11. Four plays later, the Hoosiers got their only first-half score on a 2-yard run by BenJarvus Green-Ellis. "That ball is going to come loose at times when you get hit like he did," Carr said of Henne's fumble.

"He got hit and had the ball up high. We missed a protection, had a guy who got beat on a protection. They caused that fumble." Michigan began the second half in style as Grant Mason returned the opening kickoff 97 yards. Hart scored four plays later on a i-yard touchdown run for a 21-7 lead. "We just knew coming out of the half we needed a spark," Mason said.

"We were kind of down going into the half because we gave up that touchdown right at the end. My guys did a great job blocking for me. I saw a little seam, cut up in there and then headed toward the sideline. I was heading up the sideline, I saw the guy, and he had an angle on me, so I decided to try to reverse the field and go, but I guess when I reversed it, my legs weren't with me. I tried to head for that pylon, but I couldn't make it." The Wolverines put the game out of reach as they scored on their next two possessions.

Edwards gave the Wolverines a 28-7 lead on the 69-yard reception and then a 35-7 lead on a 38-yard touchdown reception. "They played eight in a box," Edwards said of IU's defense. "They weren't doubling any of the receivers, so we knew if we could throw the ball up top it would be pretty much one-on-one, and the receivers would have to make the play. And that's what we did." Indiana had outscored its first four opponents, 35-6, in the first quarter, and looked well on its way to taking an early lead, as the Hoosiers took their first drive of the game to the Michigan 14-yard line. But a high snap over IU quarterback Matt LoVecchio's head resulted in a 29-yard loss from which the Hoosiers could not recover.

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Michigan had a chance to take a 10-0 lead just before the end of the quarter, but Garrett Rivas missed a 44-yard field goal attempt. You can reach Angelique S. Chengelis at Vhtnm by John T. Greilick The Detroit Newj U-Ms LaMarr Woodley forces Indiana's Benjarvis Green-Ellis to fumble. The Hoosiers retained possession.

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