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DETROIT FRF.E PRESS Sunday, Nov. 14. '76 5-E Northwood Wins Title 14-7; WSU Slips In Sptcia to tht Frtt Prtst UNIVERSITY CENTER Northwood Institute turned two Saginaw Valley College fumbles into touchdowns here Saturday and defeated the Cardinals, 14-7, to win the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football title. Both touchdowns came in the second period. John Shaffer recovered a Saginaw fumble on the Cardinals' 33-yard line and eight plays later Mark Reinig scored from the one-yard line.

The Norsemen took a 14-0 lead later in the second quarter. Ken Meninga fell on a Saginaw fumble at the seven with Nate Parker scoring from the three-yard line. Saginaw Valley got its touchdown shortly before halftime. Northwood punter Randy Cunliff was sacked at the Northwood 32 and Saginaw Valley took over. The Cardinals scored two plays later on a Steve Zott-to-Scott Skinner pass good for 31 yards and a touchdown.

The two teams played it even the rest of the way with Saginaw Valley moving to the Northwood 10-yard line as the game ended. It marked the third time in four years that coach Jack Finn and his Norsemen had either won the title outright or ehared the championship. moved his rushing average to 150.9 yards per game. The 95-yard run tied a Ferris State school record. The Bulldogs ran up 20 points in the first quarter and increased their margin to 30-0 at the half.

Evans came out and the substitutes went in with seven minutes remaining in the third quarter and the game well in Evans was supported in his efforts by halfback Greg Kowac-zyk who ran up 106 yards rushing and scored once. Evans finished the year with a total of 1,509 yards rushing. He came into the game leading the NIAA in total rushing and Saturday's totals moved him Into the career leadership in total yards at Ferris State with 2,582. Ferris State ended its season with a 5-5 record and tied for second in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference with Wayne State and Grand Valley with a 3-2 mark in league play. Field Goal Saves Tartars, 31-28 Special to the Free Prest Wayne State University's Bill Kelly climaxed a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback with a 22-yard field goal with 11 seconds remaining in the game Saturday as the Tartars beat Ash- Trailing after three quarters, 28-14, Wayne State's starting land (Ohio) College, 31-28.

at Wayne Stadium, quarterback, Jim Gendron, was hurt on a facemask violation at the Tartar 39-yard line on Jtie third play of the final quarter. But Terry Copacia came on to direct three Wayne scoring drives to pull it out. Copacia ran up 115 yards on six of 11 passes in the fourth quarter and running back Terry Grimes scored his third and fourth touchdowns of the day in the final 15 minutes. After Grimes scored his final touchdown on a short plunge with 2:14 remaining in the game, Wayne State coach Dick with his 22d straight successful conversion. Lowry elected to go for a single point and Kelley responded Wayne State held and took control of the ball at the Ashland 40, and four plays later, after Copacia had connected on passes of 15 and 13 yards to Dean Morrison and Mike Stankovich had run for seven yards, Kelley booted the winning field goal as the final seconds ticked off.

The victory gave Wayne State an 8-2 record on the year, tying the team record for most victories in a season. Lowry's cumulative record over three years at Wayne now stands at 23-8 Northwood, which lost its first two games, recovered to finish 5-2-1 while Saginaw Valley wound up its season at 4-7. Ferris Blanks St. Norbert's, 42-0 BIG RAPIDS Ferris State running back Chuck Evans, a junior out of Taylor Center High School, ran for a season-high 232 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs to a 42-0 pasting of St. Norbert's (Minn.) College here today.

Evans tallied on runs of seven, nine, 60 and 95 yards and tateJ Broncos Upset Ball State, 24-10 Per sell Sets Mark Michigan 38, Illinois 7 Indiana 15, Wisconsin 14. Ohio Statp I.linnesota 3. Purdue 21, Iowa 0. Northwestern 42 State 21. IMid- i American! I I Ferris State 42, St.

Norbert 0. Grand Valley 31, Northern Michigan 0. 21, Michigan Tech 14. Northwood Inst. 14, Saginaw Valley St.

7. Wayne State 31, Ashland 28. East Stroudsburg 23, Morgan State 0. Edinboro St 35, California, Pa. 7.

Elizabeth City 22, St. Paul's 14. Fairleigh Dickinson 9, Stony Brock I. Fordham 19, Wagner 7. Franklin Marshall 33, Muhlenberg 14.

Georgetown 27, Manhattan CoL 10. Grove City 7, Waynesburg 3. Hobart 41, Rennsselaer 20. Indiana 24, Lockhaven 0. John Hopkins 39, Dickinson Col.

29. Lafayette 30, Davidson 20. Lehigh 17, C.W. Post 10. Maine Maritime 14, Framingham 9.

Mansfield 14, Oswego State 14. Maryland 20, Clemson 0. Maryland E. Shore 12, Hampton Inst. S.

Mass. Maritime 12, New Haven 9. Middlebury 6, Norwich 3. Mid. Tenn.

34, E. Tenn. St. 13. Moravian 68, Ursinus 6.

Navy 34, Georgia Tech 28. New Hampshire 23, Massachusetts 0. NY Tech 33, Jersey City State 6. Nichols 15, W. Connecticut 12.

Pittsburgh 24, West Virginia 16. Rhode Island 17, Connecticut 14. Rochester 28, Canisius 14. St. John's, 24, Rutgers Livingston 0.

Shippensburg 21, Madison 17. Slippery Rock State 14, Clarion State 10. S. Conn. 27, Cent.

Conn 21. 4. Albany, N.Y. 0. Temple 35, Dayton 6.

Tennessee Tech 31, Austin Peay 13. Union 19, Hamilton 6. Villanova 56, Holy Cross 21. Virginia Union 13, Livingstone 0. Washington Lee 28, Gettysburg Col.

20. W. Maryland 28, Lebanon Valley 0. Wesleyan 44, Trinity 0. Widener 42, Swarthmore 14.

Wilkes Col. 9, Delaware Valley 0. Yale 21, Harvard 7. Special to the Free Press MUNCIE, Ind. Western Michigan University turned Jerome Persel loose here Saturday and the slick sophomore from Detroit Northern High led the Broncos to a 24-10 upset of Ball State University before 10,257 fans.

Ball State, which went into the game unbeaten in Mid-American Conference play, came out with a 3-1 league record and still owns the lead. The Cardinals can wrap the title next Saturday by beating Eastern Michigan University at Ypsilanti. Persell, the nation's fourth leading collegiate scorer, tallied on a seven-yard run and picked up 197 yards in 36 carries. Persel thus broke the WMU school record for rushing in a single season. He has now picked up 1,343 yards appearing in nine of WMU'slO games.

Western scored first when Steve Gibson booted a 41-yard field goal and Doug Lincoln scored from the one to cap an 80-yard touchdown drive. In the third period Persell scored his touchdown and Lincoln came back to scored his second TD of the day cn a three-yard sprint. Defensive back Dave Gapinski had a fine afternoon, intercepting a pass and faling on a Ball State fumble. Western is now 6-4 on the season and 5-3 in the conference. The Broncos close out their season next Saturday entertaining arch rival Central Michigan.

Chips Rip N. Illinois, 31-9 Special to the Free Press DeHALB, 111. Central Michigan ern's only TD on a three-yard run lata in the game. Northern is now 1-8 an 0 ern's only TD on a three-yard run late in the game. Northern is now 1-8 and 0-4 in the league.

EMU Bows to Illinois State NORMAL, ILL. Eastern Michigan University fumbled away its final scoring opportunity with just over two minutes remaining i the game as the Hurons fell to Illinois State University, 14-6, here Saturday. Eastern marched 63 yards to the Illinois State two yard line with 2:10 remaining and had the ball there on second and goal when Doug Crisan fumbled and the Red Birds recovered on their own one-yard line. From there Illinois State ran out the clock. Illinois scored first in the second quarter on a 16-yard ramble by Mike Doneff.

But the Hurons retaliated with a 43-yard drive in five plays capped by a Steve Raklovits to James Hall scoring pass of 29 yards. The attempted conversion kick was wide and EMU trailed at the half, 7-6. Illinois State tallied again early in the third quarter following an interception of a Raklovits pass and neither team could sustain a drive after that untN Eastern marched in the closing minutes. Bobby Windom, a freshman from Detroit Martin Luther King High School, took game rushing honors for the Hu rons with 134 yards in 26 carries. Eastern's record now stands at 2-8 with one game remaining, at Eastern next Saturday against Mid-American Conference leader Ball State.

Bowling Green 35, Southern Illinois 7. Cen. Michigan N. Illinois 9. Illinois St.

14, Eastern Michigan 6. Kent Slate 24. Miami, Ohio 17. Western Michigan 24, Ball State 10. No.

4 U-M Wins Like ANo.l Continued from First Sports The defense, led this time by senior tackle Greg Morton's 15 tackles, yielded a touchdown on Illinois' second drive, but that was it for the day. Despite the lopsided score, however, the Illini gave Michigan as much of a test as could be expected. Except for Leach's two long passes to Smith, the Illini did not give up a long gainer. An 18-yard run by Davis in the second quarter was Michigan's longest run of the day. And after Michigan went up, 7-0, on Leach's 11-yard sprint into the corner of the end zone, the Illini came right back to tie the game when quarterback Kurt Steger marched them 61 yards, with the help of two penalties, to tie the game on a two-yard run by Chubby Phillips.

ILLINOIS HAD its chance to go ahead early in the second quarter when U-M's Greg Willner, the backup punter for injured John Anderson, fumbled a snap from center and was tackled on the Michigan 27-yard line. On the Ulini's first play from scrimmage, however, Phillips fumbled the ball, Dwight Hicks recovered and Leach got U-M going for the TD that decided the game. By the half, it was pretty well over, with U-M on top, 21-7. Lytle scored twice in the third quarter and Bobby Wood booted a 37-yard field goal in the final period to finish the scoring. "There's not a lot I can say," ventured Illinois coach Bob Blarkman.

"We played a great football team toay. They were far better than we were." Blackman, whose team is kept its slim hopes for a Mid-American Conference title alive with an easy 31-9 victory over Northern Illinois Saturday afternoon. Chuckie Ambrose, a sophomore from Grand Rapids, took the opening kickoff and raced 92 yards for his first collegiate touchdown and the Chips (7-3 overall and 4-2 in the league) were off and running. Walt (Smoke) Hodges capped a 78-yard drive with a one-yard run midway through the second quarter and Rade Savich gave Central a 17-3 half-time lead with 39-yard field goal, his 14th of the year, with only two seconds left on the clock. Mike Ball, a freshman from Grand Rapids, scored his first TD of the year on a 21-yard double-reverse and Detroit's Shawn McCarthy closed out the Chips' scoring with a seven-yard pass reception from freshman QB Gary Hog-eboom from Grand Rapids.

Because of injuries to both Ron Rum-mel and Greg Drypen, Hogeboom got his first collegiate start. Pete Kraker, the Northern QB, completed 16-of-48 passes for 132 yards and scored North Akron 29, West Kentucky 16. Baldwin Wallace 17, Mount Union 0. Bemidji 43, Superior 0. Butler 28, Eastern Illinois 27.

Capital 21, Wooster 0. Carthage 20, N. Central Illinois 13. Cincinnati 35, Ohio 0. Defiance 28, Manchester 19.

Doane 28, Peru State 7. Drake Tulsa 7. Findlay 44, Hanover 6. Gustavus Adolphus 10, Luther 6. Hiram 16, Case Western 9.

Iowa State 37, Nebraska 28. Kenyon 28, Centre 0. Kearney State 21, Northern S.D. 0. Notre Dame 21, Alabama 18.

Oberlin 21, John Carroll 16. Ohio Northern 35, Heidelberg 12. Ohio Wesleyan 38, Denison 9. Oklahoma 27, Missouri 20. Oklahoma State 45, Kansas State 21.

Otterbein 14, Marietta 7. St. Joseph, Ind. 7, Valparaiso 3. St.

Olaf Col. 16, St. Thomas Col. 0. Taylor 29, Earlham 0.

Tufts 14, Bates 13. Wabash 14, Depauw 7. Crosse 27, Wis. Eau Claire 7. Wittenberg 31, Muskkingum 19.

Youngstown 45, Central St. Ohio 7. mm I 27332 MICHIGAN I aN at INKSTER RD JpjL Kjj Duke 28, North Carolina State 14. Eton 42, Lenoir Rhyne 10. Florida State 21, North Texas 20.

Furman 17, East Carolina 10. Georgia 28, Auburn 0. Guilford 17, Catawba 15. Howard 22, N. Carolina 21.

Kentucky 28, Florida 9. Mars Hills 7, Newberry 0. Millsaps 35, Culver-Stockton S. Mississippi State 21, LSU 13. North Carolina 31, Virginia 6.

North Carolina 30, Delaware St. I. Prarie View 14, Alcorn 6. Randolph-Macon 28, Macon-Sydney 23. Richmond 16, Virginia Tech 0.

Shepherd 30, Salisbury State 13. SE Louisana 17, Nicholls State 7. Tennessee 3, Mississippi 6. Vanderbilt 34, Air Force 10. Wake Forest 10, South Carolina 7.

William Mary 22, Citadel 0. How U-M, Illinois Scored UM-ILL FIRST QUARTER 7-0 Rick Leach, 11-yard run (61 yards In 11 plays; big plays 12-yard Leach-to-Russell Davis pass and fourth-down dive by Leach on the Illinois 21). Bobby Wood converted. 7-7 Chubby Phillips, 2-yard run (61 yards In 9 plays and two U-M penalties; big play 20-yard pass from Kurt Steger to Marty Frlel). Dan Beaver converted.

8ECOND QUARTER 14-7 Rob Lytle, 5-yard pass from Leach (77 yards In 14 plays arter. Dwight Hicks' fumble recovery; big play 18-yard run by Davis). Wood converted. 21-7 Mark Schmerge, 7-yard pass from Leach (57 yards In 9 plays after Interception by Calvin O'Neal; big play 21-yard Leach- to-JIm Smith pass). Wood converted.

THIRD QUARTER 28-7 Lytle, 13-yard run (62 yards in 5 plays; big play 40-yard Leach-to-Smith pass). Wood converted. 35-7 "Lytle, 3-yard run (6 yards In 2 plays after Dom Tedesco Intercepted an Illinois pass). Wood converted. FOURTH QUARTER 38-7 Wood, 37-yard field goal (67 yards in 11 plays; big play 14-yard run by Lytle).

4-6 overall and 3-4d in the Big SSKtSti 1 A Cont. SHOWING MAJOR ADULT Ten, even visited tse U-M locker room to congratulate Lytle on his record-breaking performance. "Lytle is just a fantastic back," said Blackman. "He can run well, hecan block well, he can do just about everything. There's no doubt in my mind he's one of the best." VIDEOTAPES.

Noon 'til 2 A.M. CREDIT CARDS WELCOME BUSINESS LUNCH NOON TILL 3 P.M. Baylor 38, Rice 6. Texas 34, TCU 7. AIC 35, hofstra 30.

Aherst 16, Williams 0. Army 29, Colgate 13. Albright 42. Upsala 6. Boston College 28, Syracuse 14.

Boston Univ. 28, Maine 14. Bowdoin 37, Colby 19. Bridgewater St. 41, Boston St.

12. Brown 28, Columbia 17. Bucknell 21, Rochester 7. Cornell 31, Penn 13. Curry Col.

19, Plymouth State 14. Dartmouth 33, Princeton 7. Delaware 42, Westchester 7. 'AVE FOR Brigham Young 21, New Mexico 8. TIRES Spartans Buried, 42-21 By Their Oivn Mistakes SELL F70-15 BY THE TIME the game had ended and the Wolverines had done their own inimitable version of "Hail to the Victors," they were looking ahead to the Ohio State game.

"It'll start tomorrow, when we go to our meeting," said Lytle. "The coaches won't have to say a word. It won't be work It'll be fun. The Ohio State week isn't even like practice." Blackman, who lost to Ohio State 42-10 just a week earlier, wouldn't pick a winner. "As everyone knows, it will be a tough game," he said.

"Michigan hasa powerful offensive line but Ohio State also has a powerful offensive line. I'd hate to say who will win." The feeling wasn't quite the same on the U-M side, where someone asked Lytle if he thought U-M could still win the national championshiop after losing once. "Yeah," he said thought- fully, "Oklahoma did it last year I think we can." U-M -Illinois Illinois 7 0 0 07 Michigan 7 14 14 338 A 104,107 Illinois Michigan First down 12 DOUBLE STEEL BELTED RADIAL WHITEWALLS 155R-12 29 175R-14 3T BR78-13 42 ER78-14 44 FR78-14 46 48 50 JR78-15 54 LR78-15 4 PLY-POLYESTER A78-13 aFOrTlF C78-14 2 FOR 42 F78-1415 2 FOR 4400 2 FOR 4800 H78-14 2 FOR 5000 J78-15 2 FOR 65 for six, for 29, for 21, Jim Farly raced for 22, Rich Baes added runs of 10, three and one and the Spartans were at Northwestern's eight. But there they were hit with the holding penalty, moving the ball back to the 23 and four plays later Nielsen's field-goal try was aborted when Ty Willingham couldn't get the ball placed properly. And the Spartans couldn't stop making mistakes in the second half.

Willingham fumbled a punt at the MSU 47. The Wildcats came up empty on that one, too, but Hunter was Malcolm-on-the-spot again early in the fourth quarter, picking off a Smith pass and returning it to the MSU 14 to set up the clincher. THE LEAD HAD see-sawed back and forth through the third period. Baes put MSU ahead, 14-13, with a two-yard dive. Pat Gee-gan regained it for Northwestern with a three-yard run.

Baes ripped off the Spartans' longest run of the year, a 65-yarder, to put MSU back ahead, 21-20, with 50 seconds left in the third period. But the fourth quarter, and the game, belonged to the lonesome Wildcats. giving NU a first and goal at the one. Two plays later Jim whims lunged into the end zone. Sam Poulos converted and it was 10-0 with 7:32 still remaining in the first period.

Michigan State got its only points the first half on a 41-yard drive that was aided by a 12-yard roughness penalty against Northwestern. Smith passed to tight end Mike Cobb for the final 14 yards and Hans Nielsen converted. Dean's passing was at least a match for Smith's in the first half. As the final seconds of the opening quarter ticked off the clock, he passed the Wildcats from their own four to the MSU 17 before Poulos kicked a 35-yard field goal to make it 13-7. Northwestern's third big break came midway through the second period when Smith, scrambling out of the pocket, fumbled at the 22 and Hunter made his second recovery of the afternoon.

THREE PLAYS later the Wildcats had a first down on the one but thrusts at the middle of the MSU line yielded nothing and the Spartans took over. Smith hit Mark Brammer Rushes-yards 41-101 57-240 Continued from First Sports TD pass in the game's final seconds just to add frosting to the cake. NORTHWESTERN had every opportunity in the first half. The Spartans coughed up the ball on fumbles on their own 33, 38 and 22; were called for interference twice, once in the end zone; dropped passes in the open; killed a drive of their own with a holding penalty at the northwestern eight; and completely botched a field-goal try. Still the Wildcats could put just 13 points on the scoreboard.

Northwestern's first break came with the game only a couple of minutes old, when Tom Hannon fumbled a punt and Tony Ardizzone recovered at the MSU 33. The Spartans would not give up a first down, though, and Northwestern had to settle for a 44-yard field goal by Nick Mirkopulos. THREE PLAYS later, Kirk Gibson fumbled after taking a pass from Smith and Malcolm Hunter recovered at MSU's 38. Michigan State's defense yielded ground grudgingly until Ken Jones was called for interference in the end zone, rassina yaras 7 1M Return yards -U 37 Passes 7-17-3 10-K-l Punts (-44 J.34 Fumoies-iosr 1-1 2-1 Penalties-yards 1-10 2-22 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Illinois, Phillips 21-78, Coleman 7-23, Schulz 5-U. Michigan, Lytle Davis 1U5, Leach li-M, Huck-elby 7-18.

RECEIVING-llllnols, Frlel 3-51, R. Johnson 2-17. Michigan, J. Smith 6-127. PASSING Illinois, Steser 7-13-2, 79 yards; McCray 0-4-1, o.

Michigan, Leach 9-15-1, 151; Ceddia 1-1-0, 5. Great Lakes Conference ROSEVILLE 27990 GROESBECK at lift Mile PR 1-7851 DETROIT 17611 E.WARREN Near Cadieux 882-6522 SOUTHFIELD 19240 W. 8 MILE 354-5644 PF PA 105 71 113 57: 4 3 3 3 2 0 li-i I Northwood Wayne St. Grand Valley Ferris St. Hillsdale Saginaw Valley 73 851 111 125 92 88 56 93 rl-lr uu.