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college ffcatiall DETROIT FREE PRESS SUNDAY, NOV. 16, 1980 6H 6 defensive backs shut down Purdue offense Man-for-man, McCartney ploy succeeded "Purdue has a good defense. I don't know if they had an off day but we were sky-high. Now the U-M season is reduced to one game next Saturday at Ohio State. The winner goes to the Rose Bowl, and the loser heads for the Fiesta Bowl.

"Nobody expected us to be in this situation except us," Edwards said. "If we can control the ball and keep (Ohio State quarterback Art) Schlichter on the bench we'll be okay. He (Schlichter)is the key offensively and defensively. It won't be any blowout, that for sure. i By MICK McCABE Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR Andy Cannavino, the emotional leader of the University of Michigan defense, was trying to explain how the Wolverines' young secondary was able to shut down Purdue and Mark Herrmann in their 26-0 victory Saturday afternoon.

"I guess our defensive backs just grew up today," he said with a smile. Bill McCartney is the U-M defensive co-ordinator who devised the game plan that used six defensive backs to neutralize Herrmann and his band of receivers. He had an easy explanation for what happened before 105,831 fans at Michigan Stadium. "It was (U-M's) Brian Carpenter against Steve Bryant and Carpenter won," McCartney said. "It was (U-M's) Marion Body against Bart Burrell and Body won.

It was (U-M's) Keith Bostic against Dave Young and Bostic won." In addition to those three defensive backs, U-M had Tony Jackson at free safety as well as Evan Cooper and Gerald Diggs in the secondary, while benching one tackle and a linebacker. "We were scared of their running backs, particularly Jimmy Smith," McCartney said. "But we felt Keith Bostic was big and strong enough to defense the run. We practiced a lot last week on the run with them in there." THE SIX DEFENSIVE back lineup is one that Michigan has never used before, but Cannavino said he was confident it would work when McCartney laid the idea on them. "He's had great game plans in the past, and we've got to believe in what he says," Cannavino said.

"My keys were a little different today. Our line did a good job keeping the guards off me. In the second half we thought they'd run more, but they got too far behind." The U-M secondary, which does not have a senior on it, was maligned early in the year. None of the four started a year ago, and Cannavino said it was just a matter of time. "We talk a lot about love here at Michigan," he explained.

"In the 1 1 weeks we've kind of grown together. Those guys are all really quick back there; they have a lot of speed." Fullback Stanley Edwards had his most productive day, rushing for 164 yards on 29 carries. He played nearly the entire game, but that was what he expected. If' 4- 'v At- 4 I I i "Last week In practice Gerald Ingram (backup fullback) tore ligaments in his knee," Edwards said. "Bo (Schembechler) came up to me and said, '60 minutes, 30 I knew I'd have my hands full.

Free Press Photo by ALAN KAMUDA U-M coach Bo Schembechler snaps some quick instructions to quarterback John Wangler during Michigan's rout of Purdue Saturday. U-M's Stanley Edwards celebrates after scoring Wolverines' 1st TD against Purdue Saturday. HEISMAN CHANCES DESTROYED Herrmann was way off his mark And Purdue and Herrmann couldn't come up with a first down the entire second half. "We just didn't execute," the quarterback said. "We got in a hole, and couldn't get out." The game was almost a replay of the 1978 meeting in Ann Arbor between Michigan and Purdue, when each team had a single Big Ten loss, and eyes on the Rose Bowl.

Herrmann, then a sophomore, was sidelined with a first-quarter injury. Michigan won, 24-6, and eventually went to the Rose Bowl. This year, Herrmann and Purdue are bound for the Liberty Bowl in Memphis Dec. 27. By then, someone will have won the Heisman Trophy.

"I guess I threw away my chance at that," Herrmann said. "On national TV, too. I can't say I think I deserve it anymore." By KATY WILLIAMS Free Press Special Writer ANN ARBOR Before his family, his team, seven bowl game representatives, some 105,831 Michigan Stadium fans and a national television audience, Mark Herrmann, the celebrated Purdue quarterback, managed just 129 yards through the air Saturday, and apparently lost his chance for a Heisman Trophy. "I guess it's pretty much out of reach at this point," Herrmann said. "My game wasn't much at all.

Four interceptions? That's terrible." Herrmann, who finished eighth in Heisman voting last year, had averaged more than 300 passing yards per game this season, and had accumulated seven NCAA records. But the senior from Carmel, was sacked four times. He completed 21 of 34 attempts for just 129 yards, his season low. THAT HERRMANN picked up yet another NCAA mark, this one for total career offense, harldy mattered to him. His team's goal the Big Ten title and a Rose Bowl berth went by the wayside.

Not since 1966, when Herrmann was not yet seven years old, has Purdue beaten Michigan and gone to Pasadena. "They shut down everything we threw at them. We Just couldn't get the stuff rolling today," Herrmann said. "We felt we could win. The confidence was there." It was there, that is, until Michigan junior free safety Tony Jackson picked off two Herrmann passes In the second quarter.

UPI Photo as Michigan gave meanwhile, may Free Press ALAN KAMUDA John Wangler (left) turned out to be the passing star Saturday Purdue its first shutout in 41 games. Mark Herrmann (right), have been watching his Heisman Trophy hopes fading in U-M 's 26-0 rout. It's easy! U-M slams Purdue, 26-0, to land bowl berth seemed like he lobbed the ball." It appeared that Herrmann was lobbing the ball all day as he all but killed his Heisman Trophy chances. Sophomore Carter may have earned himself a few votes though, with his eight receptions for 133 yards and a pair of touchdowns. "They were afraid of me deep.

That's why we tried a lot of outs," Carter said. This felt real good because the people back home (Riviera Beach, Fla.) were wondering when they were going to get a chance to see me on TV. Now they got that chance." WANGLER COMPLETED 1 2 of 20 passes for 1 65 yards, and one of the biggest reasons was that the offensive line gave him plenty of time to set up and throw. That's something Wangler has been getting used to. "Two weeks ago (at Indiana) I never got touched," said the U-M, from Page 1H ground as the U-M defense posted its third straight shutout for the first time since 1973.

"I don't know how good we are," Schembechler said, "but this buoys our confidence. We beat those other six teams in row, but it wasn't like beating this one. We never shut anyone down like we did today in the second half. It was three plays and punt." Instead of trying to blitz, Schembechler and his staff decided on the six-defensive-backs strategy. "We knew the way they play.

If you come awfully hard (blitz), they have ways of picking you," he said. "The only way you can cover those receivers is with four active kids working hard. I would not recommend it unless you have four really quick secondary backs who can run. "I think the most important thing is our kids can cover and break to the ball. They made him (Herrmann) dump the ball off." THE WOLVERINES made things look easy offensively, too.

Passes of 19 and 23 yards from John Wangler to Anthony Carter set up Stanley Edwards' three-yard touchdown run the first time U-M had the ball. U-M scored again on its second possession, when Wangler hit Carter with a 21 -yard touchdown pass. The point-after-touchdown kick was blocked, and U-M had a 13-0 lead. Purdue finally started moving the ball early in the second quarter and had gotten to U-M's 13-yard line before defensive back Tony Jackson took the ball away from Bart Burrell in the end zone for an interception. "We were in regular coverage," Jackson said.

"When the ball was snapped I started sliding over toward the sidelines. I saw Herrmann look at him (Burrell) and I went over there. It senior QB. They ve given me all kinds of time. They ve really been taking care of me and not only on passes.

They've been opening up big holes on running plays. "When I came here five years ago we won my first game and I wanted to go out the same way a winner, he said "Last year I really had a bad day, I threw four interceptions at Purdue. I didn want to embarrass myself on national TV. There were a lot of factors that got me up." U-M HAD ITS troubles offensively in the second and third J' JL ki quarters. Carter fumbled once and Wangler had a pass intercepted before the end of the first half.

A 30-yard run by Edwards, who gained a career-high 164 yards on 29 carries, set up Butch Woolfolk's fourth-quarter two-yard touchdown run. After Woolfolk ended a U-M drive with a fumble, Wangler and Certer hooked up on a 20-yard TD play to close out the scoring with 2:37 left to play. Free Press Photo bv ALAN KAMUDA Purdue's Dave Young tips Mark Herrmann pass. U-M's Marion Body picked off the deflection. Irish get Sugar Bowl with sweet win over Alabama, 7-0 NOTRE DAME, from Page 1H another Bama fumble, courtesy Jacobs, and Notre Dame's Scott Zettek speared this one at the Bama four.

Workhorse tailback Phil Carter drilled it in from the two, SO NOW THE REAL jinx is with Paul Bryant, of all people. The crusty Crimson Tide coaching legend has amassed 304 victories in his career, but none came at the expense of Notre Dame and The Bear is 0-3 against Dan Devine who is making his final season under the Golden Dome a memorable one. Devine may now join Jimmy Carter in pushing peanuts to Georgia since the Irish coach said he would "push a peanut all the way to Athens" for a chance to play Georgia. will meet Baylor but with no chance at finishing in the No. 1 spot Bama held for seven weeks.

"It Is an understatement to say that the best team won," The Bear drawled in the quietude of the Tide locker room. "We never established anything offensively they didn't let us. "I know our players tried hard and it hurt down deep to be beaten by Notre Dame again. Dan had his team very well prepared. "He did a much better job than I did," said the 67-year-old Bryant, then adding a touch of wry humor, and he's done a much better job recruiting, too." ALABAMA'S CHANCE was still prime until midway in the second period when quarterback Don Jacobs fumbled away the ball twice within his own 13-yard line.

It was once too often. Irish defensive end John Hankerd fell on the first one at the 13, but Blair Kiel, Notre Dame's freshman quarterback, obligingly fumbled it right back at the one. Quicker than ju can say Orville Redenbacher, up popped He got it on the strength of a defense that scrubbed up the Harry Oliver's conversion made it 7-0 and there it stood and stood. It made for tense going down the stretch, but it seemed Robert E. Lee himself couldn't have helped these men from Dixie reach the Irish end zone.

Bryant switched to his own freshman quarterback, Walter Lewis, in an effort to generate some points, but Alabama, rated No. 5 in the nation before the game, really threatened only thrice. Perhaps Zettek, a fifth-year player who has endured two knee operation, best summed up the Irish feeling. "This is the greatet victory I've ever participated in this makes all the hard work worthwhile," said the 6-foot-5, 245-pound senior. "Keeping them scoreless in their own back yard with all those screaming zealots it's bigger than Texas, bigger than the Cotton Bowl." Tide's usual ground-gouging offense with 192 yards.

"To me it was a classic game, said an excited Devine. Given the gift touchdown early, Devine nursed the lead, spurned the forward pass trying only nine in the game and IttmmSt Miiiiri! inn 11 tihiiiiiW 'toiHiMintl' ust three in the second naif. Free Press Photo bv ALAN KAMUDA Michigan's Stan Edwards eludes Purdue defensemen for a 30-yard run in the fourth quarter, AI AR1MA SIIFTFIlINfi its sprnnrl IncQ flPflint pipht wins consoled itself with a bid to the CottonyBowl where the Tide.