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the Biff Ten DETROIT FREE PRESSSept. 11, 1983 7H Iowa bombs Iowa State; Ohio State romps The victory was the first college coaching win for Indiana's Sam Wycho. Duke fell to 0-2. Duke's Den Dennetl completed 27 of 40 passes for 290 yards. Conference All Games Pts OP Pts OP Indiana 000 0 0 100 15 10 Iowa 000 0 0 100 51 10 Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 17 Michigan State 000 0 0 100 23 17 Minnesota 000 0 0 100 21 17 Ohio State 000 0 0 100 31 6 Wisconsin 000 0 0 100 37 9 Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 28 Northwestern 000 0 0 010 0 34 Purdue 000 0 0 010 6 52 Wisconsin 37, Northern Illinois 9: Gary Olerson rushed for 164 yards and scored two touchdowns as the Badgers won their opener at home.

The game was played before in Camp Randall Stadium. Northern Illinois (1-1) last week upset Kansas. Tllerson carried 19 times. He scored on runs of seven yards in the second quarter and 39 in the third. Northern Illinois took nn early 7-0 load before the Badgers scored on six consecutive possessions.

AP and UPI AMES, Iowa Owen Gill rambled for 136 yards and scored four touchdowns to tie a school record and power 16 Iowa to its most lopsided victory over Iowa State, a 51-10 thrashing Saturday. Gill's running and quarterback Chuck Long's passing spoiled the debut of Iowa State coach Jim Criner. Iowa had lost three straight times to the Cyclones. Playing before a record crowd of 54,066 in Iowa State's stadium, Iowa took charge early, scoring four of the first five times it had the ball en route to a 31-3 halftime lead. Iowa's point total was the most in the series between the two schools, which began in 1894.

The most one-sided game previously was a 45-7 Iowa victory in 1913. Ohio State 31, Oregon 6: Quarterback Mike Tomczak completed 21 ol 25 passes lor a career-high 273 yards and four touchdowns for seventh-ranked Ohio State. Tomczak completed all but one of his 11 passes for 148 yards in the Buckeyes' 21-point third quarter. The opening game for the Buckeyes was played before a sellout cfowd of 88,524 in Ohio Stadium, where the temperature reached 120 degrees on the artificial turf. The victory was the Buckeyes' eighth straight over the last two seasons.

Oregon (0-2) lost to the Buckeyes for the sixth straight time. Missouri 28, Illinois 18: Missouri's Marlon Adlcr threw two touchdown passes and scored on a 21-yard run. Adler led scoring drives on three of Missouri's first four possessions. His 21-yard run came two plays alter an Illinois fumble and put the Tigers, playing at home, on top, 28-10, with 14:15 remaining. Adler, a junior, threw touchdown passes of 13 yards to Joe Close in the first quarter and 45 yards to Andy Hill in the second.

In between, Santio Barbosa capped a 10-play, 35-yard drive with a one-yard scoring run. Illinois quarterback Jack Trudeau hit Mitch Brookins with a 45-yard scoring pass late in the first hall. Trudeau threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Brookins and hit Tim Brewster for a two-point conversion with 6: 1 5 to piny. But Bobby Boll, a senior defensive end, stopped the Mini by batting down two passes on their next possession. i Washington 34, Northwestern 0: Sterling Hinds scored on runs ol 31 and two yards and quarterback Steve Pelluer added a live-yard touchdown run for No.

19 Washington. Tailback Hinds gained 80 yards in 12 carries. Pelleur completed 21 of 32 passes for 21 1 yards. Northwestern hasn't won a season-opener since 1975. Indiana 15, Duke 10: An 84-yard fourth-quarter scoring drive capped by an eight-yard option run by Bobby Howard gave Indiana a victory at home.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS Indiana 15, Duke 10 Iowa 51, Iowa St. 10 Michigan 20, Washington St. 17 Michigan St. 23, Colorado 17 Minnesota 21, Rice 17 Missouri 28, Illinois 18 Notre Dame 52, Purdue 6 Ohio St. 31, Oregon 6 Washington 34, Northwestern 0 Wisconsin 37, N.

Illinois 9 T3 1 I i mcit V'1''- (Left) MSU's Tim Cunningham moves in on a loose ball; (right) Colorado linebacker Terry Irvin gives downed Dean Altobelli a hand. 'Mighty mites' make waves Minnesota 21 Rice 1 7: Alan Reid broke four tackles on a 20-yard touchdown run Into in the fourth quarter to spark Minnesota to a comeback win in the rain. The win in Houston ended an eight-game Minnesota losing streak. The loss extended Rice's losing sireak to 14 games. Minnesota gave up one touchdown when a snap sailed over punter Paul Dlanchard's head to the two.

Blanchard kicked it out of his own end zone and was hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, giving Rice the choice of a safety or the ball. Rice took the ball and scored two plays Inter. Slickest Rick? Cougar QB vies with U-M back By TOMMY GEORGE Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR Michigan and Washington State each featured a slick Rick. If it wasn't Michigan tailback Rick Rogers darting outside on a pitchout or catching a pass, it was Washington State's Ricky Turner tossing a bullet over the middle or slithering downfield on a run off the option. Rogers gained 62 yards in Michigan's decisive fourth-quarter, 75-yard scoring drive that gave the Wolverines their 20-17 victory Saturday over Washington State.

He had a 52-yard jaunt during the winning drive. On the day, he rushed for 124 yards on 19 carries and gained 15 more on three receptions. But the Cougars' Turner may have been the game's slickest Rick. Turner overcame a horrendous first half a fumble at his 12 that led to a Michigan touchdown, 0-for-3 passing for no yards, and just two Cougar first downs in six possessions and sent a major second-half scare through 103,256 sunbaked fans at Michigan Stadium. In the final two quarters, Turner gained 38 yards with his feet and another 83 with his arm, leading the Cougars to a 17-14 advantage with 9:42 to play.

After Rogers' heroics gave Michigan its 20-1 7 edge, Turner led his team from its 28 to the Michigan 21 with 2:20 left. "IT WAS SECOND-and-1 2 then," Turner said, "and I was trying to stay in there (the pocket) as long as I could. I got leveled. I was unconscious. It took me two plays to even begin to realize where I was." He had been helped to the sideline.

He didn't see the Cougars' unsuccessful third-and-1 2 pass play directed by sophomore quarterback Mark Rypien, rushed into the game without loosening his arm. And he didn't see the field goal attempt that followed, which could have pulled his team into a tie. It went wide. "It's so disappointing," Turner said in the locker room afterwards, rubbing his sweaty hands on his face. "I could have gone back out there, but I would have put myself and the team in jeopardy." TURNER RETURNED with 18 seconds left for the Cougars' final three plays.

But Cougar coach Jim Walden couldn't help but ponder what might have been. "If he (Turner) doesn't get hurt, we would have not gone the route we did there on third and 12," Walden said. "We got beat by three, but I feel in my heart that we could have No 4ho-hummer' as Wolverines escape Cougars UPI Phoio By JON PEPPER Free Press Special Writer EAST LANSING On a day when wool-coated high school band members stewed in the stands and Colorado had its team buffaloed on the field, Michigan State coach George Perles mopped his brow and looked up and down his bench for relief. And sure as God makes little green-shirted apples, Perles turned to his mighty mite freshman backs: Dean Altobelli and Bobby Morse. Relief in Altobelli-Morse Code: dash, dash, dash, touchdown, touchdown.

Victory. Morse and Altobelli caught six passes, rushed for 81 yards, ran back three punts for 22 yards and scored two touchdowns. Despite the big numbers, in the land of the football giants, Morse and Altobelli are considered shrimps. Each is less than 6-foot and 190 pounds. "There are a lot of kids with more size and more goin' for 'em," Perles said.

"But I tell you what: These are brilliant kids." WITH JUNIOR halfback Aaron Roberts sidelined for most of the game with a sprained ankle, Perles didn't have much choice. His bench may be long, but it sure is shallow. "It's insane to have freshmen playing against a Big Eight team," Perles said. "But I had to go with it." Only three months past his senior prom at Muskegon Catholic Central High, Morse woke up at his Michigan State dormitory Saturday morning feeling like he'd swallowed a corsage and straight pin. He thought about all the people who would be at Spartan Stadium and how it all seemed like the big time.

And then he started to doubt himself. "I didn't know if I could do it," he said. "It was really overwhelming. Especially coming out of the tunnel before the game and seeing all those people. I got a light-headed feeling and couldn't settle down.

The first time you get hit, that goes away." Morse wasn't scheduled to play much. But when the Spartans twice needed a yard for touchdowns in the second half, Morse got the call to go over the top. He succeeded each time. "You believe that?" Perles said. "I'll tell you that guy has got brains, he's got great hands, he breaks tackles, he dives over the top.

If he could kick he'd be well-rounded." Altobelli, captain of the Free Press All-State team last fall, said he felt confident from the start. "I'd been playing second string all week," he said. "I knew I'd be bringing in plays quite a bit." Carl Butler led the Spartans in rushing with 80 yards in 21 carries. But even if Aaron Roberts comes back from his ankle injury in full form, Morse and Altobelli are likely to see plenty of action. They are Pedes' kind of guys.

U-M's Kevin Brooks bags a Cougar Washington State quarterback Ricky Turner during the first quarter. won. A lot of people don't know who Washington State is but we do." Turner, 5-foot-ll, 178-pound senior, shared Cougar quarterback duties last season. This year he's fighting for the job with Rypien, a native of Spokane, near the Washington State campus. Rypien is a hometown favorite, and talk was in Spokane that Turner would be moved to split end to 'make room for him.

"I went to them (coaches) and said no; I wanted no part of that," Turner said. "I wanted to compete for the position." So far, he's earned it. "He's our starter for now," Walden said. "He had a terrible first half, missed some reads and just didn't execute, but he really made us go in the second." Turner said, "We can have a lot of success this last year (his last season). I'd like to play in the pros.

Being a black quarterback carries that myth that they can't cut it. I've already faced that." He paused before continuing: It's games like this against teams like Michigan that will decide my future in football what a win today would have meant!" how they scored First Quarter U-M: Wolverines drove 47 yards in eight plays. Hall passed to Garrett at the goal line and Schlopy kicked the extra point with 10: 13 left in the quarter. U-M 7-0. Second Quarter Washington State: Taylor intercepted a Hall pass and returned it 63 yiiids lor a touchdown.

Traut made the conversion with 14:48 left in the half. Tied 7-7 U-M: Rogers ran otl right tackle for an eight-yard touchdown two plays alter Smcich recovered Turner's tumble at the Cougar 12 with 8:44 left in second quarter. U-M 14-7. Third quarter Washington State: Traut kicked a 33-yard lield goal to cap a 12-play diive with 1:11 lett in the third quarter. U-M 14-10.

Fourth quarter Washington State: Mayes' two-yard run up the middle capped a 63-yard. 11-play drive. Traut made the conversion with 9:42 left in the game. Washington State 17-14. U-M: The Wolverines, paced by Rogers' 52-yard run.

drove 75 yards in iicvcn plays lor a touchdown on a tour-yard option run around lett end by I tall. Schlopy missed the conversion kick, wide to the right, with 6:10 left. Final score: U-M 20, Washington Slate 17. MSU scores 17 in fourth quarter MSU, from Page 1H Dave Yarema, a sophomore quarterback from Brother Rice who completed 15 of 23 passes and directed the offense to 329 yards. "He did well," Perles said.

"He got surprised by blitzes a couple of times, but we'll get those corrected." Carl Butler, junior college transfer fullback who gained 83 yards. Dean Altobelli, a freshman from Escanaba, who added 51 yards, also at fullback. Morse, a freshman from who gained his 30 yards in the toughest situations and bagged the touchdowns. "Freshman backs in the Big Ten playing against the Big Eight? That's insane," Perles said with a laugh. "But it's smarts, brains that's the difference.

They're brilliant kids." It was just a lark to the two undersized, inexperienced backs. "I was scared before the game started, but then I felt great," Morse, a 188-pounder, said. "I didn't even hear the crowd I really had a good time." "My heart was pounding when I went out on the field, added Altobelli, a 182-pounder. "But it was fun." Daryl Turner, a senior from Flint who nearly equaled his 1982 total of eight receptions. He grabbed six for 128 yards.

Cornerback Nate Hannah had four tackles and a key pass interception to set up a field goal and induced the fumble on the following kickof which led to the clinching touchdown. Mojsiejenko, who kept Colorado off balance with the booming shots off his instep. He had 11 points. Mojsiejenko, a junior from Bridgman, sent four kickoffs to the end zone or deeper, hit his two extra point attempts, kicked field goals of 42, 45 and 18 yards, and handled two punts one a 64-yarder. Finally, the MSU offensive line, which wore down the Buffalos on superior conditioning.

Colorado, which, like MSU, won only two games a year ago, enjoyed a 7-6 edge at halftime. Mojsiejenko's first two field goals were offset by Steve Vogel's 16-yard pass to Loy Alexander which first was tipped into the air by Colorado's Darryl Johnson. At that point, Perles may have learned the facts of football life Muddy Waters endured so often funny things often happen to the Spartans. With time running out of at the end of the first quarter, Perles couldn't jet his players' attention and they let the clock ran out, drying Mojsiejenko a field goal attempt while the wind was with him. how they scored First Quarter MSU: Spartans moved to Colorado 24 and, on fourth down, Mojsiejenko kicked a 41-yard field goal with 10:33 left in the quarter.

MSU 3-0. Colorado: Buffaloes moved 80 yards in 11 plays, with a Vogel to Armstrong 34-yard pass the big play. The scoring was on a 16-yard pass from Vogel to Alexander, first tipped by Colorado's Johnson, with 1: 16 left. Field kicked the extra point. Colorado 7-3.

Second quarter MSU: With good field position after Buffaloes punted from their end zone, Spartans moved to Colorado 23. Mojsiejenko kicked a 45-yard lield goal as half ended. Colorado 7-6. Third quarter Colorado: Field kicked a 35-yard field goal with 1:06 left. The drive featured a 38-yard pass from Vogel to Alexander to the Spartan 22.

Colorado 10-6. Fourth quarter MSU: Morse dived over the center for a one-yard touchdown with 13:33 left in the quarter. The drive was 65 yards, featuring a 35-yard pass from Yarema to Turner. Mojsiejenko added the extra point. MSU 13-10.

MSU: Mojsiejenko kicked 18-yard field goal after Spartan drive stopped at Colorado two with 6:52 left. MSU 16-10. MSU: Morse barged over left side for one-yard touchdown with 6:36 left. The touchdown was set up when Cunningham recovered Colorado's fumbled kickoff. Mojsiejenko added the extra point.

MSU 23-10. Colorado: McLemore caught a four-yard pass from Vogel with 0:58 left. The score was set up by Colorado's recovery ol Altobelli's fumble at MSU 40. Field added an extra point. Final acore: MSU 23, Colorado 17.

MSU DOMINATED the third period. "Buck (Nystrom) got his offensive line together and they welded their feet together they got tough," Perles said. But the Spartans were denied a touchdown at the Colorado one when they botched an exchange and lost a fumble. "We could have come apart at the seams there," Perles said. "That would have been the time to throw in the towel and blow it, but they hung in there." It paid off after some prolonged frustration.

MSU failed on fourth-and-one at the Colorado 39 and the Buffaloes took a 10-6 lead into the final period on Tom Field's 35-yard field goal. But Yarema's 35-yard pass to Turner set up Morse's first touchdown and Hannah's interception and 23-yard return set up Mojsiejenko's final three-pointer. THE CLINCHER came on the subsequent kickoff. Hannah jarred the ball from returner Vic Scott and Tim Cunningham recovered at the Buffalo 12. Morse scored again from the one, leaving Colorado's late fumble recovery and touchdown a minor nuisance.

"We were our own worst enemy," said Colorado coach Bill McCartney, a Riverview native. "Yes this hurt not because I'm from Michigan. 1 just want to win." Despite the happiness surrounding him, Perles tried to keep his young team on an even keel. "As for Notre Dame (next Saturday at South Bend), we're going to start correctingfur mistakes today right away," he said. drive of the season.

Hall also ran five times for 26 yards and one touchdown. Schembechler said he didn't know if Hall or Smith would start next Saturday at Washington. Michigan's other touchdown was on an eight-yard run by tailback Rick Rogers, giving the Wolverines a 14-7 lead midway through the second quarter. Rogers finished with 124 yards on 19 carries, including a 52-yard run late in the fourth quarter to set up the winning score. U-M, from Page 1H was hit and hurt by linebackers Tom Hassel and Jim ScfircoIIi "Scarcelli hit him low and I hit him high," Hassel said.

"I imagine he got the wind knocked out of him. He just lay there." TURNER'S REPLACEMENT, Mark Rypien, threw an incomplete pass on third down. On fourth down, kicker John Traut missed a 37-yard field-goal attempt that would have tied the game with 2:15 to play. Earlier in the game, he'd made one of 34 yards. "I don't know what happened," said Traut, who kicked the ball wide to the left.

"I just pulled it. I wasn't thinking nothing. I was trying to keep cool." The Wolverines then wasted time with four running plays before punting, allowing Washington only an inconsequential, three-play drive. As the gun fired, the other sound heard in the grandstand was 1 00,000 people sighing in relief. "There aren't any ho-hummers any more," said Michigan coach Bo Schembechler.

He mentioned "so damn many mistakes," including one by new placekicker Todd Schlopy, who missed an extra point after Michigan's third touchdown. Also displeasing the coach was a pass by Hall subbing for first-string quarterback Steve Smith that was intercepted by strong safety Joe Taylor and run back 63 yards for a touchdown to tie the game at 7. SCHEMBECHLER had called a pass play from the sidelines, but Hall had changed the route at the line of scrimmage. The ball bounced off Sim Nelson's hand and never hit the turf. "I got pressured, and I threw it high," Hall said.

"I was hoping someone would catch him." Hall finished the game with eight completions on 14 attempts for 50 yards and one touchdown ie six-yard toss to Eddie Garrett that gave Michigan a 7-0 leA on its first WITH MICHIGAN trailing, 17-14, on a two-yard touchdown run by Reuben Mayes, Rogers took a pitchback on second-and-seven from his 38 and sprinted to the left side of the line. Key block on the play came from fullback Dan Rice, who knocked over a cornerback to spring his teammate. Rogers cut and pranced down the left sideline to the Washington State 10. Turner, the Cougar quarterback, finished with six completions in 12 attempts for 83 yards. He also ran 15 times for 59 gross yards, although 21 yards in running losses brought that total down.

Washington State coach Jim Walden, whose team fell to 1-1, said, "We had a chance to win and should have won. I'm one of the teams that every frpdy says is an alsq-ran. We don't like to hear that.".