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4-E Sunday, Nov. 23, '73 DETROIT FREE PRESS 'Greatest Come Since een Coac ooay hack I've WW Vx tA mil i KS. N'' i -fel BY JOE FALLS Fret Prats Sports Editor COLUMBUS Woody Hayes was convinced. Boy, was he convinced. He called it the greatest comeback he has ever known as a coach.

can't remember one like that," said the Ohio State coach as he spoke to a group of reporters Jammed into a garage-like room outside of the Ohio State dressing room. "That's the best comeback I've seen since I've been a coach," he added. "Our guys were really something." Hayes was In an expansive mood. There have been times, after defeat, when he has refused to talk to the newsmen. He has even slammed the door in faces.

BUT NOW HE stood there with his oheeks still flushed from the elation of victory and spoke of what this day and this game meant to him. "I remember 12 years ago, before another Michigan game, when we were staying at a hotel out In Ypsilanti," he said. "Somebody came and told me that President Kennedy had been shot. I was shocked. "From that day on, our country started going downhill.

But maybe things will turn around now. "The way this game was played, with no penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct, and the way the fans behaved, Just perfectly, maybe we're on the way back now. We had the biggest sports event of the year, before the greatest crowd, and everyone behaved." HAYES LOOKED around at his audience. "Maybe we're on the way back," he intoned. The Fat Man gets this way in time of triumph.

He loves to grow philosophical. It is hard sometimes to get him to talk of the game. But the reporters got him going and he said: "We knew we could pass on them, but we had to change our protection," he said. "We had two big plays there In the fourth quarter first when Cornelius Grene was able to throw the ball from nut of the end zone, and then when he hit Brian Baschnagel on that 15-yard pass play on third down. That was the big play of the game for us.

"They outplayed us In the first half and even through the third quarter. They were on top of us until we scored." Hayes looked around at his audience again. 'Wasn't it amazing the way the game turned around," he said, a small smile playing on his life. "MICHIGAN DID a great Job on Archie Griffin. But they didn't do as well on the pass.

I'll say this: We were a great team in those last 12 minutes." Hayes was handed a statistical sheet which he carefully examined. "Michigan outgained us today but It Isn't the statistic that counts." The Fat Man then paid mere tribute to the Michigan defense. "That's the best Archie's ever been defended," he said. "They played up front as tight as hell, but it opened up some things for the pass." HAYES THEN began philosophising again. "This was a well controlled game," he said.

"The fans even quieted down when we ran our plays." It was a beautiful day for him. He still had the bnuqu't of roses given to him as he was carried from the field after the game. He was asked about his fourth straight appearance in the Rose Bowl. He smiled benignly. "Ah, the Rose Bowl," he said.

"It is a beautiful bowl. A nice place to be on New Year's Day." AP Phot Ohio State strikes first and Michigan's Dwight Hicks Greene's bull's-eye pass in the Wolverine end zone. (17) gets a perfect view of Buckeye fullback Pete Framed between the fallen Buckeyes is Greene (7), Johnson gathering in quarterback Cornelius watching the results of his handiwork. Purdue Nips Hoosiers for Oaken Bucket 'VI 4 BLOOM INGTON, Berry's two-yard touch-down run in the fourth quarter Saturday powered Purdue to a 9-7 Big Ten victory over arch-rival Indiana in the Old Oaken Bucket game. The victory spoiled a standout performance by Indiana's Courtney Snyder, who rushed for a school record 223 yards and scored the Hoosiers' only touchdown Saturday.

The season's finale gave Purdue a 4-7 overall record, 4-4 In the Big Ten. Indiana finished last in the conference at 1-6-1 and wound up 2-8-1 overall. A 22-YARD FIELD GOAL by Steve Schmidt lifted Purdue into a lead in the second quarter. Indiana came back late in the third quarter, going ahead 7-3 on a four-yard run by Snyder, a junior who is the Hoosier's all-time career rushing leader. After Beery's burst put Purdue ahead 917, Indiana moved close to a possible winning score twice, only to fumble both times.

The backbreaker came when Keith Calvin caught a 24-yard pass to the Purdue seven-yard line but fumbled with nine seconds remaining. Snyder finished the season with 1,115 yards. He now has 2,793 career yards, with one season remaining. 3 1 i 1 i 7 AP Photo Gopher Qll Itombs Itadpers MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota quarterback Tony Dungy climaxed a record-shattering junior season Saturday by running for two touchdowns and passing for a third to lead the Gophers to a 24-3 Big Ten victory over Wisconsin. Dungy ran one and 22 yards for touchdowns and lobbed a three-yard scoring pass to John Mathews to equal the Big Ten single-season mark of 13 touchdown passes established in 1969 by Purdue's Mike Phipps.

The 6-foot-l, 175-pound Dungy, who went 22 yards on the option for Minnesota's final touchdown, carried eight times for 85 yards and completed 6 of 14 pass attempts for 96 yards. Michigan's Jim Smith is down, hut hangs onlo t'he hall for the Wolverines' firt touchdown OSU Explodes Late to Whip U-M, 21-14 elected to go for the 14-14 tie with a Klaban down run. Hayes kick and got it. the year throwing for 1,515 yards and 15 fans bombarded the field with thousands of the officials to stop play twice and restore Dungy finished touchdowns. The snowballs, forcing order.

nine and 11 to Smith, got rushing help from Lytic and U-M took the lead, 147-, on a Bobby Wood extra point with 7:11 left in the game. It was too good to be true, After nearly being sacked in the end zone by Davis one play earlier, Greene hit the 17-yarder to Baschnagel to get the Bucks going the play Woody later called "the big play of the game." Greene threw two more completions for first downs, Griffin ran for 11 and Greene went for 12, to set up Johnson's touch- Continued from First Sports tance until U-M's fired-updefense forced the Bucks to punt on third down from their own end zone early in the fourth quarter. Leach took over at the Ohio State 43, threw completions of 'Pleased' ivith U-M. Orange Chief MIAMI (UPI) The chairman of the Orange Bowl Selec-' tion Committee said Saturday he was "tremendously pleased" to have the University of Michigan coming to the Orange Bowl. i Michigan became runnerup for the Big Ten football championship by losing to Ohio atSte, 21-14, at Ann Arbor Saturday.

Last week the Orange Bowl committee invited the Big Ten to NEEDING A VICTORY to go to the Rose Bowl, the Wolverines came out passing and safety man Ray Griffin Archie's brother picked off a Leach pass at the U-M 32, ran it back to the three and Johnson scored on the first try, giving OSU the 21-14 lead. Leach's fourth-down desperation pass with V2 minutes left was picked off by Craig Cassady, finishing off the Wolverines for the day. Wolverines Pack In A Record 105,543 ANN ARBOR (AP) A record single-game crowd of was at Michigan Stadium for Saturday's Ohio State-Michigan Big Ten football title game, giving the Wolverines another record for season attendance. MSU Iowa OSU U-M lllini Trounces Wildcats, 28-7 EVANSTON, III. (AP) Tailback Lonnie Perrin tallied four touchdowns Saturday in the best individual scoring spree for Illinois since 1953 and the lllini defeated the Northwestern Wildcats, 28-7, in a Big Ten finale.

The 215-pound senior, who had made only three touchdowns previously this season, scored twice in the second quarter on a 19-yard run and on a 39-yard screen pass from Kurt Steger. Perrin pushed Illinois Into a 28-0 lead with two more touch downs in the third on a two-yard smash after he set it up with, a 55-yard run and on a 26-yard dash with a pitchout. Perrin capped his Illinois career by rushing 174 yards In 2 Michigan ltl lowt Pint dowm Ptln ytrdt Putilnt ytrdt Rtturn ytrdi Punli Fumbltt lotl I MSU 11 144 14 4-11 II -T7 2-M lowl 14 in 171 I 140 114 12 Ohio St.lt Michigan Pint downt RuihM yardi Patting yardi Return yards Pattai Puntt Fumblat vott I 7 Ohlt 12 4)3-1114 04 44 7-14-1 I4S 1-1 14-11 1-14 U-M II 4-241 113 20 1 11 3 4-30 21 ptnaltitt ytrdi 3-21 M4 Panalliai yardt M0 IIS IOWA Ftftar 41 run (Quartan kick). OSU P. Johnton 7 pan Irom Orttn Wm Ten Standiims OVERALL CONFERENCE 11 8 MSU Bait run (Nlelwn kick).

IOWA Shlck Si run (Quartare kick). MSU Gibson II pau from Baggttt (Nlalitn kick). MSU Baqqatt It run (Nlalitn kick). IOWA Manh himbit rtcovary In and lent (Ouartaro kick). MSU Bagqatt I run (kick IOWA Lawton tackltd In tnd long.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING MSU, Jackton M-IU, lag-tttt Ji Tf, Bati 1311. Iowa, Shlck 1S-I2t, Fttttr 14-13, Caldwtll 1-74, Jan-wn 40. RECEIVING MSU. OlbMn Byrd 117, Cobb 1 11. Iowa, Schulti 144, Donovan Ml, Grlnt, 1-3.

PASSINO-MSU, Batgelt 144 yardi. lowt, Caldwtll 1-4-0, 71. A 45,100, (Klaban kick). MlCH-j. smith 11 pan from 0).

Ball (Wood kick). MICH-Ltach 1 run (Wood kick). OSU P. Johnton I run (Klaban kick). OSU P.

Johnton 1 run (Klaban kick). INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHINO-Ohlt Statt, P. Johnton II- 52, A. Grlflln 10-44, Grttnt 1-14, Bath- nagtl 1-10. Michigan, G.

Ball 11-134, Lytlt 10-104, Ltach 1411. RECEIVING Ohio Statt, Willi! 31, A. Griffin 11. Michigan, J. Smith 1-31, K.

Johnton 1-70, 6. Ball Ml. PASSING Ohlt Slata, Oratnt 7111, 14 yardi. Michigan, Laach 7-20-3, 101; Ball 110, 11. The old National Collegiate Athletic Association mark of 105,223 was set here two years ago when the same teams met.

Michigan, In seven home games, has drawn 689,146 spectators, an average of 98,449. The former NCAA mark was an average of 93,893 set by Michigan in 1949. TOTAL Wolverine attendance for 11 games.including four away games, comes to 926,212. Since they are sure to appear before a capacity crowd in either the Orange or Rose Bowl, Michigan will become the first college or professional team ever to play before a million people, the school said. A record number of news media credentials for Michigan Stadium, 707, also was issued for Saturday's game.

PA 71 111 .220 157 287 287 272 192 114 254 PA S74 318 128 222 167 1(7 182 23S 149 104 PF PA Ohio State 8 0 0 284 4S Michigan 7 1 0 254 76 Purdue 4 4 0 119 170 Michigan St. 4 4 0 161 136 Illinois 3 4 1 98 194 Wisconsin 4 1 98194 Iowa 5 0 149 212 Minnesota 3 5 0 167 185 Northwestern 2 6 0 121 243 Indiana 1 6 1 7S 175 send its runnerup to meet the Big Eight champion in the "From what I saw on television today, we ar tremendously pleased to have them. They sure put on a good show, and I think they are going to be a fine opponent for the Big Eight champion," said Nicholas Crane. Asked whether he and the committee were disappointed that Ohio State would not be coming, Crane said: "Absolutely not. I think It is going to be a better ball game with Michigan." Crane said two Orange Bowl representatives were on hand at Ann Arbor to formally issue the invitation to Michigan.

Big Ten commissioner Wayne Duke has already accepted the invitation on behalf of the Western Conference. Vols Hold OJ Kentucky, 17-73 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Stanley Morgan raced 80 yards for one touchdown and Randy Wallace'i passing set up two scores Saturday to send Tennessee to an early 17-0 lead and the Volunteers held on for a 17-3 Southeastern Conference football victory over Kentucky. Tennessee'a early lead was sparked by Morgan's 80-yard sprint on an off-tackle play with 2:48 left! in the first period. Wallace, a junior quarterback, connected on passes that led to a 32-yard field goal with 7:55 left in the first period and a one-yard touchdown with 14:06 to go in the second quarter.

Kentucky rallied with an 80-yard march that ended with 2:41 "left in the first half when quarterback Derrick Ramsey rambled '37 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Ramsey hit lophomore end Dave Trosper with a short pass that turned in- 'to a 77-yard touchdown play. Kentucky's try for a two-point conversion failed and the Wildcats could get no closer than the Tennessee 37 thereafter. Miami of Ohio Prevails OXFORD, 0. (AP) Quarterback Sherman Smith passed for one touchdown and ran for another and running back Rob 'Carpenter went over the mark as lfith-ranked Miami of Ohio defeated stubborn Cincinnati, 21-13, Saturday in the nation'a fifth oldest college football rivalry.

Miami (9-1) is ahead 43-31-8 in the southwestern Ohio series that began in 1888, Cincinnati (6-5) has lost the last five In the aeries. Carpenter gained 143 yard on 41 carries for a season total of 1,023 yards. MSU Closes Out '75 with a 27-23 Victory but the Spartans held, taking over on their 12. Three running plays nettei a loss of one yard for MSU and on fourth down the Spartans put Marshall Lawson In at quarterback, with Instructions to fall into the end zone, taking the intentional safety. That pulled the Hawkeyes to within four points with 1:44 left.

But the strategy worked. Iowa fumbled two play later and MSU ran down the clock and the season. needed that cushion. Tyrone Wilson, fielding the kickoff that opened the second half, slipped to the turf less than a yard from Michigan Slate's goal line. Two plays Baggctt fumbled in the end zone and Iowa tackle Rick 'Marsh fell on It for a Hawkeye TD.

Twice in the third quarter, Michigan State drove into Iowa territory, but each time (Die Spartans had to give up the ball once on a punt by John Powers and once on a Baggett incompletion. Baggctt, though, finally put MSU ahead for good, sneaking in from the one on the eighth play of the final period. But Hans Nielsen missed the conversion just his second errant point-after try of the season and the Spartans were ahead by only six, 27-21. The Hawkeyes, who have not had a winning season since 1961, nearly pulled it out. A 46-yard pass from Butch Caldwell to Bill Srhultz carried all the way to the MSU 21, first half, saw second-quarter drives fizzle out on the Iowa 39 and 11.

But when Craig Fe-dore recovered a fumble by Schick at the Iowa 13, MSU did not waste the opportunity. Baggett gained two yards on first down. Then he rolled to his left, cut back, leaving three Iowa tack-lers groping at thin air, and carried in for the TD that let the Spartans take a 21-14 lead into the dressing room at half-time. AS IT turned out, they Continued from First Sports mark in rushing for the season, picking up 180 in 24 carries. BOTH TEAMS moved the ball almost as they pleased in the first half.

The exchange of touchdowns was begun by Iowa fullback Mark Fetter, who broke through a gaping hole In the middle of MSU'i line and raced 42 yards to put the Hawkeyes ahead. Rick Baes pulled the Spar tans even, 7-7, with a three-yard run, capping an 86-yard drive. But Iowa halfback Dave Schick put the Hawkeyes back ahead with a 55-yard romp again right through the middle of the Spaptans' line. Then Baggctt and freshman Kirk Gibson hooked up for an 82-yard pass-run play, MSU's longest of the season, and the score was tied again, 14-14 and there were still 18 seconds left in the first period. The Spartann, who amassed 258 yards total offense In the kJAAAAjau4jjaAAjjj mjttjmm i.