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1 0D DETROIT FREE PRESSSUNDAY, SEPT. 15, 1985 Defense gives U-M time to rally past Irish Michigan 20, Notre Dame 12 How they scored 1st 2d 3d 4th Final Notre Dame 12-20 Michigan First quarter Notre Dame: Cornev 34-vard field goal. Time: 3:05. Drive: 34 yards, 12 plays. Key plays: Beuerlein scrambles 13 and six yards on third- down plays to keep drive Doing.

Fighting Irish 3,. Wolverines 0. Second quarter Notre Dame: Carney 31-yard field goal. Time: 9:47. Drive: 56 yards, nine plays, Key play: Brown 22-vard, third-down catch to U-M 40.

Fighting Irish 6, Wolverines 0. Michigan: Gillette 21-yard field goal. Time: vol Drive: 55 vards. 11 Plays. Key play: Campbell's 10-yard reverse run to Irish 49.

began drive. Fighting Irish 6, Wolverines 3. Notre Dame: Carnev 47-yard field goal. Time: Drive: 50 vards, five plays. Key play: Plnketl's 23-yard run to Irish 43 began drive.

Fighting Irish wolverines 3. Third quarter Michigan: Harbaugh 10-yard run (Gillette kick). Time: 13:20. Drive: 14 yards, three plays. Key plav: Jefferson fumbled second-half kickoff al Notre Dame 14.

Wolverines 10, Fighting Irish 9. Notre Dame: Carney 25-yard field goal. Time: 8:14. Drive: 21 yards, seven plays. Key play: Campbell's fumble on punt reception at Michigan 29.

Fighting Irish 12, Wolverines 10. Michigan: While three-yard run (Gillette kick). Time 1:12. Key play: On third-and-seven at the Notre Dame 26, Klelne roughed Harbaugh and gave U-M first down at the Irish 13. Wolverines 17, Fighting Irish 12.

Fourth quarter Michigan: Gillette 23-vard field goal. Time: 5:12. Drive: 74 yards, 14 plays. Key plays: Harbaugh 22-yard scramble to Michigan 44; Irish pass Interference that pushed ball to U-M 19. Wolverines 20, Fighting Irish 12.

Attendance: Team statistics Notre Dame held to 4 FGs WOLVERINES, from Page 1D way at the start of the second half. After a nearly error-free first half no turnovers and one penalty by each team Notre Dame's Alonzo Jefferson fumbled the second-half kickoff. Jefferson raced down the right sideline to his 14 to catch the ball, but it slipped through his arms and was scooped up by U-M's Dieter Heren. Michigan took three runs the final one Harbaugh's 10-yard quarterback draw to claim its first lead, 10-9. But then the Wolverines returned the favor.

Erik Campbell dropped a punt at U-M's 29 only four plays later, and on the play separated his shoulder. Matt Din-gens made the recovery, but the U-M defense would not break. It allowed Carney's fourth field goal and a 12-10 Notre Dame edge with 8:14 remaining in the third quarter before finding its offense. The defense did the rest. Northwestern 27, Missouri 23: Mike Greenfield threw a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Curtis Duncan and Stan Davenport ran for two touchdowns for the Wildcats, who defeated the Tigers at Columbia, Mo.

Northwestern (1-1) built a 17-7 halftime lead as Davenport scored twice and John Duvic booted a 31-yard field goal. Missouri, losing its debut under coach Woody Widenhofer, rallied in the third quarter and tied the game at 1 7-1 7 on Tom Whelihan's 35-yard field goal and an 11-yard run by senior fullback Manny Henry. Duvic then kicked a 42-yard field goal for a 20-17 Northwestern lead after Wildcats defensive back Todd Krehbiel intercepted a Marlon Adler pass at the Missouri 46. Missouri failed to move on its next series, and Northwestern drove 83 yards, eating up 6:07 of the fourth quarter before Greenfield hit Duncan in the end zone with 5:20 left. The Tigers came back to score on junior fullback Ed Essian's three-yard run with two seconds ieft in the game.

An attempted conversion pass failed and Northwestern recovered an on-side kick on the last play of the game. other games Newberry 24, Furman 21: Eddie Taylor kicked a school record 57-yard field goal with two seconds left to play to lift Newberry to its upset of Division I-AA foe Furman before 1 1 ,979 at Greenville, S.C. The Indians, 1-0 and ranked 12th in the NAIA, dominated the game, running 76 offensive plays to the Paladins' 47. Senior running back John Nesbitt paced the Indians, carrying 23 times for 151 yards and a touchdown, as Newberry jumped to a 14-0 lead before Notre Dame Mich. First downs 21 Rushing 6 15 Passing 4 9 Penally 0 2 Rushing vards 97 251 Rushing plays 39 52 Sacksyards lost 426 00 Avg.

gain per rush 2.48 4,83 Passing yards 160 74 Passes attempted 23 17 Passes completed 11 7 Interceptions thrown 1 0 Avg. gain per pass 6.96 4.35 Total yards 257 325 Offensive plays 62 69 Avg. gain per play 4.1 4.7 Fumbleslost 11 22 Penoltiesvards 333 213 Interceptionsyards 00 12 Puntsaverage 542.0 337.7 Punt relurnsvards 25 48 Kickoff returnsyards 325 112 FG madeattempts 44 32 Time of possession 2909 30:51 II I SJb Wit UPI Pholo Michigan coach Bo Schembechler gives the referee a season-opening refresher on the 77-yard touchdown jaunt, and Chas Fox scored on a 22-yard reverse play. The Paladins took the lead in the third period when John Drye raced 65 yards for a touchdown, but Newberry tied the game again with 2:25 remaining when Skipper tossed his second touchdown pass of the day to Owings, a 21-yarder. When Furman was unable to move the ball and had to punt, the Indians got in range for Taylor's game-winning boot.

St. John's 35, Jersey City State 21 Mike Burrell tossed two fourth-quarter touchdown passes and ran for another score in a non-conference game at Jersey City, N.J. Burrell scored on a one-yard run In the first quarter and hit James Wisen-berger on a three-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter and Chris Esposito on a 25-yard strike later in the quarter as the Redmen evened their record at 1-1. Jerry Insall tied the game. 14-14 for Bit of imagination stirs U-M past Notre Dame MITCH ALBOM, from Page 1D Tailback Jamie Morris was the designated work horse this time around, a sophomore who stands only 5 feet 7 but moves like a pinball off a bumper.

By the time his blockers open a hole he's through it, tackled, and back in the huddle going "Me again, please, me, again, can huh?" As good as Morris is, however and that's pretty good, considering his 121 yards Saturday going to him so often can get predictable. And that's largely what Michigan did during the first half. And the rules of the game. St. John's in the third quarter when he recovered a blocked punt in the end zone, and Bryan Williams put St.

John's ahead, 21-14, later in the quarter by scoring from the 5. Burrell then hit Wisenberger to up the margin to 27-14. Walter Smith, who completed 25 of 44 passes for 345 yards, tossed a 63-' yard scoring pass play to Jeff McKay. Tim Adams returned an interception 22-yard for another Gothics score and Derrick Fayton added a nine-yard scoring run. Victory.

It reminds me of when Coke came out with the New Coke this year. "Looks pretty much the same," one would say. "Well, yeah," said the other, "but it's a little sweeter." And so is this. Michigan 20, Notre Dame 12. Unranked beats ranked.

"Guess we're not the dog people think we are," said Schembechler afterward. Not today. Hear that pollsters? Wake up. It's Sunday. And Michigan is 1-0.

run, a 15-yard burst for a TD by halfback William Lampley and field goals of 26 and 36 yards gave Army a 27-0 halftime lead. The Cadets closed the scoring on touchdown runs of 33 yards by Doug Black, 7 yards by Benny White and 1 yard by Andy Petersen. Army is 1-0. WMU is 0-2. Miami of Ohio 17, Ball St.

13: The Cardinals, playing at home in Muncie, blew two scoring opportunities in the final minutes and dropped to 0-2 in the MAC. The first time, Ball State drove to the 3-yard line before quarterback Wade Kosa-kowskl was thrown for a five-yard loss on a fourth down play. After a short punt, Ball State regained possession on the Miami 35 with 2:08 to play. The Cardinals drove to the 19 before two Kosakowski passes failed. Ricky George caught the second pass near the end zone, but landed out of bounds.

Kosakowski completed 16 of 26 passes for 205 yards. However, the Redskins won their opener with the help of an 87-yard run by tailback George Swam, a 50-yard field goal by Gary Gussman and a touchdown after Dave Brown picked off a Kosakowski pass and returned it 41 yards. Colorado honors former player BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -Former University of Coarado Individual statistics Notre Dame RUSHING Att Yds Avg Lng TD Plnkett 22 89 4.0 23 0 Slams 5 13 2.6 6x 0 Jefferson 2 7 3.5 6 0 Brown 1 7 7.0 7 0 Beuerlein 9 -19 13 0 PASSING Att Cmp Yds TD Int 23 11 160 0 1 Beuerlein RECEIVING Ward Brown Plnkett No. 2 2 2 1 1 1 Yds Lng TD 37 32 20 23 22 19 15 14 29 19 15-14 Cusack Williams Rehder Eason Slams If 33 PUNTING Sorensen No.

Yds Avg Lng 5 210 42.0 50 PUNT RET. Cusack Michigan No. 2 Yds 5 Lng, RUSHING Morris Harbaugh Perryman Att Yds Avg Lng TD 23 119 5.2 25 0 9 60 6.7 24 1 9 28 3.1 7 0 4 18 4.5 8 0 6 16 2.7 5 1 Wllcher White Campbell 10 10.0 PASSING Harbaugh Att Cmp Yds TD Int 17 7 74.0 0 0 RECEIVING No. 3 1 1 1 1 Yds Lng TD Morris Johnson White Jokisch Perryman 9 17 15 11 7 PUNTING Robbins No. Yds Avg Lng 3 113 37.7 43 PUNT RET.

Gant Campbell No. Yds Lng 2 19 15 2 -11 0 tight end Ed Reinhardt, undergoing rehabilitation for a severe head injury, was honored Saturday at half-time of the Oregon-Colorado foot-; ball game. Reinhardt collapsed after a hard tackle in Colorado's game at Oregon last September. He later underwent surgery in Eugene, for removal of a blood clot from his brain. He was in a coma for two months, and has been involved in a rehabilitation program at Denver's Craig Hospital since January.

Although confined to a wheelchair because of weakness on his right side and hampered by a speech disability, Reinhardt, 20, joked with some of his At half-time, he was driven onto the field in a golf cart. Assisted by his father, Ed Reinhardt took a few halting steps and smiled and waved at the cheering crowd, while the CU band played "You'll Never Walk Alone." University officials presented a "Resolution of Appreciation" to representatives of the University of Oregon, the city of Eugene and the state of Oregon, citing them for "extending extraordinary aid and comfort to Ed Reinhardt and his family." Wayne State doesn't get big enough piece of The Rock, slips 35-10 Furman (0-2) responded with 21 straight points. Newberry quarterback Jimmy Skipper threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Darryl Owings on the Indians' first possession to open the scoring. The Indians moved to a 14-0 advantage when Nesbitt went over from the one after setting up the score with a 60-yard burst. The first half ended at 14-all when Furman scored twice In the second period.

John Bagwell broke loose for a Fighting Irish shut them down short of the end zone every time. But when Michigan came out in the second half, picked up a fumbled kick-off and scored to go up by one, well, we saw something, uh, different. After Notre Dame kicked a field goal to go ahead 12-10, the Wolverines embarked on a drive that must be considered, well, yes, I'll say it, imaginative. They passed. They ran off guard.

They passed. They ran a delay. They passed on first down. They rolled out. They scrambled.

And the Opening Day crowd came state games yarder that opened the scoring in the first period and a 13-yarder in the second. Rich Twine, a junior tailback who transferred from Ball State, rushed for two other touchdowns. Wayne plays at Illinois State Saturday night. Northwood 7, Indiana Central 7: Kyle Bowling missed field goals of 42 yards with 5: 4 1 to go and 52 yards on the final play of the game, which could have given Northwood (1-0-1) the victory before 1,900 fans at Midland. Dan Jester caught an 11-yard scoring pass from quarterback Dave Vormohr in the first quarter, giving Indiana Central a 7-0 lead, but the Northmen tied the game on a one-yard smash by fullback Lewis Williams in the second period.

Ken Gillum topped all runners with 98 yards on 19 carries for the Greyhounds (1-0-1). Greg Williams led Northwood with 59 yards on 13 carries, followed by Eric Jackson with 58 yards on 14 attempts. Albion 17, Ohio Wesleyan 7: Quarterback Dave Yaw scored on a seven-yard run and tossed a 14-yard touchdown pass to Bryan Crosby, leading the Britons in their season opener at Delaware, Ohio. Yaw completed 10 of 19 passes for 130 yards. Teammate Lance Brown, a junior tailback, rushed for 156 yards on 29 carries.

Ken Haut also booted a 31 -yard field goal for Albion. Now, the first thing you normally do in such situations, when the opposing team is within spitting distance of your end zone and the clock is winding down and 105,000 people are screaming their heads off, well, normally the first thing you do is pray. Of course, when you're playing Notre Dame, it doesn't always work, since you figure they got first dibs on praying. So Michigan sucked it up and pulled out old reliable defensive pressure and intercepted a fourth down pass and that was it. Denlson (Ohio) 49, Kalamazoo 6: Jeff Mase scored on one- and two-yard plunges for Denison, the country's only exponent of the single-wing formation, in the season opener for both teams at Kalamazoo.

Mase led both teams in rushing with 1 1 1 yards on 11 carries. Dave Jeffries got the Hornets' only touchdown on a six-yard run in the third quarter. DePau 20, Hope 8: Quarterbacks Tony DeNicola and Chip Jordan each threw a touchdown pass, and Tom Downham kicked field goals of 26 and 21 yards in leading the Tigers to their 24th straight home victory at Greencastle, Ind. Chris Mendels connected with BilUVan-derbilt on a 15-yard pass for the only Hope score, which ended a 12-game. winning streak for the Dutchmen (1-1) Hope turnovers, two fumbles and an interception, led to scores for DePauw (2-0) Army 48, Western Michigan 6: Army, playing at home in West Point, N.Y., rolled to its biggest opening-day victory in 30 years.

Western Michigan, blanked by Northern Illinois in its opener last week and unable to cross midfield in the first half against Army, avoided its second shutout when Jon VanSlooten passed 2 yards to Kelly Spiel-maker for a TD with 75 seconds to play. It was the Cadets' most lopsided opener since they buried Furman 81-0 In 1955. Army scored when quarterback Rob Healy broke loose for a 28-yard run to midfield, then lateraled to Clarence Jones, who sprinted the remaining 50 yards for a first-quarter touchdown. Healy's Mard to its feet, applauding as the team moved downfield, 40 yards, 50, 60, 70, touchdown. I think the Goodyear Blimp even stopped to watch.

Like Now Coke That put them ahead to stay. Another good drive highlighted by some scrambling by quarterback Jim Har-baugh got them a field goal, and if, not for a fumble by Morris, they might have had another touchdown. Instead Notre Dame took that fumble and started a drive with 3:43 left that brought them all the way down to the Michigan 11. Northern Michigan 42, Grand Valley State 7: Senior quarterback Keith Nelsen completed 14 of 23 passes for 196 yards and one touchdown for NMU. The touchdown was nine yards to Greg Cook and capped the game's opening drive, which covered 62 yards in 2:13.

Sophomore Guy Schuler hit 17 of 30 for 234 yards for Grand Valley, which, despite getting 343 yards in total offense at home, lost its 14th straight game, the second-longest losing streak in Division II. Franklin (Ind.) 23, Saginaw Valley State 20: Quarterback Kevin O'Shea capped an 80-yard drive with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Brad Quakenbush with 33 seconds to go, giving the Grizzlies their second straight victory. O'Shea, who completed 32 of 50 passes for 415 yards, also scored on "a one-yard sneak and threw a five-yard scoring pass to Herb Witham, handing the Cardinals their second consecutive home defeat at University Center. Quarterback Mike Leibinger kept Saginaw Valley close, completing 10of 18passes for 158 yards and 104 yards on 27 rushing attempts. Al Izykowski, Leibinger's favorite target, caught touchdown passes for 1 1 and 21 yards.

Wabash 27, Olivet 6: Wabash beat Olivet with two touchdowns from junior running back Rich Riddle and a rock-solid defense. The Comets didn't cross midfield in the first half, which ended 24-0, and didn't score till Steve Dimos' six-yard run with 6:52 to play. Olivet got just eight first downs for the game in Crawfordsville, Ind. Dimos led the offense with 41 yards in 17 carries. Special to the Free Press SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.

Charles (Ground Chuck) Sanders, a senior tailback Slippery Rock is trumpeting a bit tongue in cheek for the Heisman Trophy, rushed for 107 yards and one touchdown Saturday in leading The Rock to a 35-10 thrashing of Wayne State. Sanders' one-yard touchdown in the second quarter gave Slippery Rock a 21-3 lead. Sanders led Division II rushers last season with an average of 128 yards a game. Though the Tartars totaled only 177 yards in offense and didn't score a touchdown until junior fullback L.C. Bulger's 66-yard run with 2:58 to play, they did set one record.

Quarterback Rich Popp, a junior who played at Livonia Franklin High, completed 14 of 27 passes, setting a school career completion record of 172. Ed Skowneski set the previous record of 162 from 1972-75. Popp totaled 98 yards passing, and he was intercepted twice. Wayne State's other score came on a 26-yard field goal by junior Jerry McGowan in the second quarter. The Tartars (0-1-1), had only two rushers with net yardage above zero, led by Arnold Thompson, who carried eight times for 12 yards.

Eric Denton threw two touchdown passes fo Slippery Rock (-0) a four-.