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Pantagraph B-3 Bloomington-Normal, III. Oct. 7, 197? 'Let's soy Mini, but lowo holds line u-O r-A kSJ 4 20 Yardstick III Total First Downs 19 20 By rushing II IS By passing 0 By penalty 0 2 Net yards gamed from scrimmage 304 783 Bv Rushing 135 262 By passing 169 71 Passes attempted 39 15 Completed 20 7 Intercepted by 0 2 Number of punts 7 4 Average distance 34 7 4 1 3 Number of Fumbles 4 2 Own fumbles recovered 4 I Yards penained 49 20 there. But we just couldn't score." Added Mike Priebe, the starting left tackle from Normal Community: "We sweat blood out there and don't gain anything." Illinois took a 7-6 lead into the dressing room at intermission in a half where both teams struggled offensively. Roby, a freshman phenom, had given the Hawkeyes a 6-0 lead with field goals of 25 and 33 yards before Strader, starting for the injured Holmes, snared a four-vard touchdown pass for the score and lead.

But Iowa came out in the second half, looking like a different team. Using two 16-yard runs by Dennis Mosley early in the third period, McKillip went in on a Fumble there --irt" i. OT4a -bsv 3 second quarter play Saturday. Wolverines' Chris Godfrey is No. 90.

Michigan recovered but failed to score as quarter came to an end. Fumble East Lansing, Mich. (AP) Michigan State quarterback Bert Vaughn (IS) fumbled after he was sacked by Michigan's Andy Cannavino (41) on this Dickey hurls Wolverines over arch-rival Spartans By Bill Flick Pantagraph sports writer CHAMPAIGN Thirty seconds remained. The football rested on the Iowa three-yard line. Illinois trailed.

13-7. but faced a first down, goal to go situation. A Homecoming crowd of 51,044 fans roared in approval. Tailback Calvin Thomas, enjoying the best day of his career, looked up at quarterback Lawrence McCullough seconds before breaking huddle and grinned. "Let's go, boss," he said.

"We're going to win this one." In a football game, 30 seconds can oft times seem like an eternity. Saturday at Memorial Stadium, it was for Iowa. But for the Illini, a team without a timeout remaining, 30 seconds wasn't enough. When it was over, Iowa celebrated its 13-7 victory in a style reserved for New Year's Day champions. "This was a big win," said Hawkeye Coach Hayden Fry amid bedlam.

But for Illinois, there was no celebration. The team had failed to score in three attempts from three yards out. The elusive victory had slipped away again. When it was over for the Illini, McCullough, injured earlier, winced in pain, seated on the artificial turf. Fullback Wayne Strader.

another standout, threw his hands in the air in disbelief. And Thomas, the 5-foot-ll sophomore who was cocky and confident 30 seconds before, slumped to his knees, took off his helmet and cried. "We try so damn hard to win," he would say later, tears still flowing down his face. "But we just can't seem to do it. They (Iowa) weren't that tough and we still didn't win." Losing in the waning moments is nothing new for the Illini.

Against Missouri three weeks ago, defeat was spelled late with Illinois threatening. Last week. Navy prevailed by a point when Illinois failed in its extra point attempt. And Saturday, after coming so close, defeat came again. "This one, it was a little too much to take." said Strader, the former Geneseo High School star.

"I live only 60 miles from Iowa City (home of Iowa), right amongst all the Hawkeye fans and I'll have problems going home for Christmas because of this one. It's discouraging." The Illini, hurt by their own mistakes and the absence of injured tailback Mike Holmes, were sluggish throughout. The defense was good. "Good enough to win," said Coach Gary Moeller. But the offense didn't work until the end.

And then it couldn't score. Iowa had used two Reggie Roby field goals and a Dean McKillip one-yard run to go up by six when the Hawkeyes were forced to punt the ball away with 2:31 to play. Taking the ball at their own 34. the Illini, headed by McCullough's passing, moved at will. With 1:41 to go, the ball had moved to the Iowa 28 and Moeller called his first second half timeout.

With 54 seconds, Strader bulled for a three-yard gain to the 17 and a first down. The clock was stopped so linesmen could set up the chains, but Moeller called a timeout anyway. "We wanted to make sure we'd run "the right plays," he said later when asked why he would call such a seemingly senseless timeout. "We couldn't afford any mistakes." But in the end, calling a timeout may have, been the ultimate mistake. Because when the Illini needed one the most, there weren't any left.

The final timeout was taken with 30 seconds to go. McCullough, playing with a twisted knee, followed by throwing an incomplete pass into the end zone, then gained two yards on a broken play which sealed the Illini doom. "That was supposed to be a pass," Moeller said. "We just wanted him to throw it so we could stop the clock, but The clock moved on. And on the final play, McCullough was sacked for a three-yard loss.

"This is frustrating," said Moeller. "The kids do some damn good things out Yardstick NWU 14 osu First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts ur.ibles-lost Penalties-yards 17 52 280 77 8 SI6-I 545 51 9-45 52- 75 119 230 12-22-1 6 39 2 2 6 45 The undefeated 'Buckeyes appeared headed for an easy victory, their fifth of the season, when they rolled into a 10-0 first quarter lead. However, the young Wildcats, starting five freshmen on defense, stiffened and the game was in doubt until the final minutes. Northwestern's defense limited Schlichter, the nation's leading major college passer going into the game, to five completions in 16 attempts and 77 yards. Thp Wildcats also intercepted one of his passes.

Bov At ha kicked a 50-yard field goal with 6:01 left. That provided the Buck--eyes, 34-point favorites, a 9-point cushion. the pair one one-yard dive with 11:01 left in the quarter. Roby added the extra point, giving Iowa a six-point lead. "We went for the extra point, instead of a run or pass, because with Roby, the extra point is a cinch," Fry said.

"I felt we needed every point we could get. When it's that early in the game, you always wonder if you've made the right decision. But there's no doubt Roby's foot was the difference in the game," After the Iowa score, Illinois haplessly ran off four more series before posting its serious threat in the last two minutes. "We moved the ball the way we wanted to," said Moeller. "Our passing game wenta quite well and we ran for gains.

But we just couldn't get points on the and that's what you need." lewa llllnall -1 lowa-FG Roby 25 lowa-FG Roby 33 III-Strader 4 pasi from McCullough (Bos-from kick lowa-McKilhp I Run (Roby Kick I INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Iowa. Mosley 79 125, Mckiinp 17 79. Williams 7 40 Illinois, Thorn-as 24 107 Strader 8 42 PASSING Iowa, Suess 1 7 09, Giles 1-4012, Buhannan 0 4-0 0. Illinois, McCullough 20 .19 2 169 RECEIVING Iowa. Brown I 12, Reid 19 Illinois.

Strader 11-47, Lopei 2-40, Stier-rod 2 JO. Boekt 2 17 Champaign (AP) Iowa quarterback Pete Gales (12) lost his grip on the ball during first quarter and Earnest Adams of Illinois (37) was there to jump on the ball Saturday. But Iowa maintained possession because of a penalty. track down play at the Illinois 2. "It was supposed to be a fake to (Dennis) Mosley we had been setting him up all game," noted Bohannan.

"I was suppoed to keep which I did, but I ran the wrong way and there were no blockers. "I ran 82A and it should have been 88A." Iowa's Reggie Roby, who had field goals of 25 and 33 yards, proceeded to miss a 19-yard attempt as Illinois sophomore Rich George, from Col-' linsville, deflected the ball. "I was concerned about the kick," said the freshman Roby. "It was closer in with a stronger angle to the right and those are harder to hit. Iowa's Fry, who picked up his second straight victory and first in Big 10 play, joked with reporters afterwards.

"Was there any pressure on us?" he said, repeating a reporter's question. I "Heck no," he answered. "I've got a five-year contract." When asked what his feelings were when officials stopped the clock with 10 seconds left in the game (because Iowa was slow getting off the pileup) and Illinois at the Iowa 1, Fry said: "The officials can stop the clock at any time for any reason and that's exactly what they did. "I kept thinking that damned stopped clock is gonna cost us the game," he continued. "But you won't see many goal line stands better than ours against a fired-up Illinois team (before 51,044 homecoming fans) that was moving the ball well and we sacked them for a 4- or 5-yard loss." Fry said he intended to use all three quarterbcaks sophomore Pete Gales, junior Phil Seuss and Bohannan.

"We've got to make up our mind who is No. 1, but I felt Bohannan deserved a chance," Fry said. "It took guts to put Gordy in with us trailing in the second half but I wanted to keep my word and play them all." Bohannan didn't disappoint his coach. As the interview was about to end, Fry added: "We made mistakes today but that makes me happy. That means we're going to get better." Illinois fans are already convinced.

The Illini play at Purdue next week. Iowa is at Northwestern. Former BHS prep Tom Schroeder, a defensive end at Iowa, is not on the Hawkeyes' traveling roster 4, Newcomer aets to the end zone. Dickey capped a 71-yard drive in 13 plays by hitting freshman wide receiver Anthony Carter in the left corner of the end zone for the final Michigan touchdown with just 2:19 left in the game. Michigan halfback Butch Woolfolk plunged 2 yards for the Wolverines' first TD with 1:03 left in the opening quarter, capping a 14-play, 96-yard drive.

The victory upped Michigan's record to 2-0 in the conference and 4-1 overall, while Michigan State fell to 1-1 in the Big Ten and 3-2 overall. Dickey, a junior from Ottawa, Ohio, was making his first start in two weeks after sitting out Michigan's victory over California a week ago with a virus. The 6-foot. 188-pounder considered more of a running quarterback came into the game with only 199 passing yards to his credit. Against the Spartans, however, Dickey hit 8 of 13 attempts for 147 yards.

MSU quarterback Bert Vaughn, meanwhile, completed 6 of 18 for 86 yards and had two passes intercepted. Dickey's passing success was set up by the running of Michigan tailback Stan Edwards, a 6-foot, 203-pound junior from Detroit, who rushed for 139 yards in 24 carries including a crucial 25-yard sweep to get the Wolverines out of the hole when the Spartans had them In a third-and-five situation on their own 5 yard line in the first quarter. It was that run that launched Michigan's first touchdown drive. Michigan State tailback Steve Smith led the Spartans with 101 yards in 17 carries. Michigan Michigan 7 0 7 7-21 0 0 7 0-7 Mich- -WooltolK 2 run (Virgil Kick) MSU- -Hughes 6 run (Andersen kick) -Clayton 66 pass from Dickey (Virgil Micn- kick) Mich Carter 6 pass from Dickey (Virgil kick) A 79,31 1 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING-Vichigan, Edwards 24139, Reid 10 25, Woolfolk 9 20.

Michigan Smith 17-104, Hugnes 11-34, Schramm 7-29 PASSING-Michigan, O.ckey 8-130. 147 Michigan St Vaughn 6-18-2, 86. RECEIVING Michigan, Clayton 2-88. Edwards 2-16, Carter 2-13, Marsh 1-21 Michi- St Schramm 2-20, Byrd 2-33, Brammer -25, Williams 1-8. EAST LANSING, Mich.

(AP) Michigan quarterback B. J. Dickey threw touchdown passes of 66 and 6 yards to lead the llth-ranked Wolverines to a 21-7 Big Ten football victory over archrival Michigan State Saturday. Dickey teamed with wide receiver Ralph Clayton on the 66-yard pass play to snap a 7-7 third-quarter tie. Michigan State, ranked 16th, trailed the Wolverines 7-0 at the half.

But the Spartans drove 55 yards in 10 plays the first time they had the ball in the second half as Derek Hughes blasted off tackle for a 6-yard TD run. With 1.13 left in the third period and the ball on the Michigan 34. Dickey Gophers Purdue, MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Marion Barber scored three times on 1-yard runs and Minnesota picked off four Mark Herrmann passes, leading the Gophers to a 31-14 upset victory over No. 12-ranked Purdue Saturday. Minnesota took the lead for good midway through the second period and got the clinching touchdown with 8:37 remaining in the game following an interception by freshman Glenn Cardelli.

Barber, the Big Ten's leading rusher in 1978, gained only 38 yards but dived over for his third touchdown on a fourth-down play which broke Purdue's back. The Gophers, 3-2, led 10-7 at halftime and got a big break just two minutes into the third quarter when Tom Murphy fell on a fumbled punt in the end zone to make it 17-7. Herrmann, who was also sacked three times, brought the Boilermakers right Millikin clobbers Elmhurst DECATUR (AP) Quarterback Jeff Ridner scored two touchdowns on short runs and passed for another Saturday to led Millikin to a 33-12 victory over Elmhurst in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football game. Ridner threw his scoring pass to Kent Kuhle to give Millikin a 33-7 lead late in the third quarter. Millikin also got a touchdown from William Jones on a 72-yard run and one from Bryan Mikeworth, who recovered a botched punt in the end zone.

Jack Alden scored both Elmhurst touchdowns, one on a pass from Stan Walker and the other on a pass from Craig Groot. The victory gives Millikin a 2-1 record in the conference and 3-1 overall. Elmhurst dropped to 2-2 overall and in the conference. Milton smacks Chicago CHICAGO (AP) Fullback Gary Gosewehr scored two touchdowns on runs of one and five yards Saturday to power Milton to a 44-7 nonconference victory over Chicago University. Yardstick MSU 15 14 59 219 43-1 54 147 86 71 19 113-0 6 1 8 2 7-35 7-42 30 1-1 5-33 1-12 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards dropped back and found Clayton open behind the Spartans' Mark Anderson on the Michigan State 32.

Clayton took the ball over his right shoulder without breaking stride and outraced Jim Burroughs the remaining MSU defender upset 31 14 Yardstick Pur 19 32 75 235 I 19-40-4 4- 37 2-1 5- 55 Minn 16 50-191 152 44 14-21-0 3-32 31 7-81 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards back, marching them 85 yards in 11 plays capped by Wally Jones' two-yard touchdown run. But Minnesota, behind the running of junior fullback Garry White, then put together a 61-yard drive to reclaim its 10-point advantage. White, who led rushers with 94 yards, gained 49 yards on that drive, which ended with Barber's second score late in the third quarter. Jones also scored on a 3-yard touchdown to give Purdue a brief 7-3 lead in the first quarter. Herrmann finished with 19 completions in 40 attempts for 235 yards.

Herrmann's 40 pass attempts constituted the second highest total of his career. He suffered four interceptions for just the second time. In his freshman season against Notre Dame he attempted 51 passes. Minnesota quarterback Mark Carlson connected on 14 of 20 for 152 yards and hit several key passes which enabled the Gophers to sustain drives. White was taken off the field with an injured right ankle late in the third quarter but not before setting up Barber three times.

White entered the game as the Big 10's fourth leading ground gairier and now has 457 yards in five games. Minnesota piled up 211 yards rushing, including 41 from Jeff Thompson, who replaced White in the fourth quarter. The Boilermakers held a 19-16 edge in first downs. Purdue. Minn seta 0- 14 14 7- II Minn Rogind 22 FG Pur Jones 3 run fSeibel kick) Minn Barber I run (Rogind kick) Minn Murphy recovered fumble on punt (Rogind kick) Pur Jones 2 run (Seibet kick) Minn Barbr I run (Rogind kick) Minn Barber run (Rogind kick) A -47, 686 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Purdue.

Jones 18-11, Macon 8-17 Minnesota. White 14-94, Thompson 8-41, Barber 19-38. PASSING Purdue, Herrmann 19-40-4-235 Minnesota. Carlson 14-20-0 152 RECEIVING Purdue, Burrell-8-105, Voung 5-59. Minnesota, Bourquih 4-28.

White Bailey 1-43. Ohio State escapes, 16-7 Iowa on By Fred Kroner Pantagraph sports writer CHAMPAIGN Iowa quarterback Gordy Bohannan has been waiting for his chance to show what he can do for the Hawkeye football team. The junior college transfer got his chance Saturday, and directed a third-period scoring drive that rallied Iowa from a 7-6 deficit into a 13-7 lead. Bohannan, who had played just three minutes prior to the game, didn't even have a chance to get nervous. "When we got the ball in the second half, Coach (Hayden) Fry told me to get ready," said Bohannan, the third of three signal-callers used by the first-year Iowa mentor.

"I just told the guys we had to keep things together and make the most of our third-down conversions," Bohannan added. Bohannan nearly engineered another scoring drive with five minutes left in game. He was stopped on a third- Atha's deciding three points came after Northwestern had gambled on a fake punt-pass play on fourth down. Punter Bob Schmitt completed a 6-yard pass to Bob Anderson after the fake punt formation. However, the Wildcats were short of the first down and Ohio State took over on the Northwestern 43.

Earlier, Vlade Janakievski booted a of 26-yard field goals for Ohio State, in each of the first two quarters. Northwestern Ohio State 0 10 Ohio FG Janakievski 26 Ohio Dwelle 4 pass from Sen (Janakievksi kick) Ohio FG JanakievsH 26 NW-Mishler I run (Poulos kick) Ohio-FB Alha 50 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING-Northwestern. Conn 23 84. Mishler 12-48, Capstran 14-minus 64. Ohio State, Campbell 14-113, Murray 7-60.

Spencer 8-45 PASSING-Northwestarn, Capstran 11-211, 113, Tiberi Ohio State Schlichter 5 16-1, 77 RECEIVING-Northwestern. Sheets 6-61, Poulos 1-19. Aahoric 110 Ohio State, Donley 2 24, Williams 1-26, Gayle 1-5. Wildcats bare fangs COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Lowly Northwestern played with such reckless abandon against Ohio State Saturday that it almost brought the Wildcats the upset of the Big Ten Conference football race. "We came in here to play aggressive, let it all hang out, to gamble and not to look back.

Our kids put on a heckuva effort," said Coach Rick Venturi after his Wildcats fell 16-7 to the nation's eighth-ranked college power. "But Ohio State played well enough to win. They got the win, we got the loss and the important thing is the left hand column (victories)," said Venturi. Earle Bruce, the Buckeyes' first-year coach, grumbled, "You saw the game. I didn't like it all.

We had a great week of practice, but we didn't do very well Saturday afternoon. It was a lot of carelessness." Art Schlichter threw a four-yard pass to Brad Dwelle for the Buckeyes' lone touchdown and said afterward, "I just wasn't on. I didn't play a very good game. ve were a little lax as tar as passing. I didn't throw very well.".