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Baseball: Chicago at San Diego Call with ports news: 222-6660 I MSU springs an upset, 19-7 George Wolverines lose QB, too A tf it, 1 fryH 0 By TOMMY GEORGE Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR It was bound to happen. When Michigan fell behind Michigan State, 13-0, early in the second quarter, the burden was on U-M's slow-motor offense. This was an offense that had scored only two touchdowns in its last five quarters. It was bound to happen. Michigan State had lost five straight in this annual clash, and the 77th meeting of these rivals found State sky-high, and yet, sure-footed in execution.

It was bound to happen. Especially so when Michigan quarterback Jim Harbaugh went down and out for the season. It was midway through the third quarter when he dived for a loose ball and collided with linebacker Thomas Tyree, who recovered. Harbaugh was carried off the field on a stretcher with a badly broken arm. With him went what proved to be U-M's last offensive hope, as backups Russ Rein and Chris Zurbrugg were hopelessly ineffective in taking their first snaps of the season.

It did happen: MSU 19, U-M 7. THE OVERFLOW crowd of 105,612 at Michigan Stadium Saturday were treated to one of college football's biggest upsets of the season. Michigan State was 1-3 before this game, Michigan 3-1, and the Wolverines had hopes of keeping their 2-0 Big Ten mark unblemished. But a rousing effort by State and a happening that comes, say, about every 13 years should have indicated to all that this was, indeed, the Spartans' day. Bobby Morse dashed 87 yards for a touchdown on a punt return early in the second quarter, and MSU never looked back.

State led, 13-7, at halftime, and Ralf Mojsiejenko booted two field goals in the second half for insurance. The Spartans didn't need it. They helped Michigan's offense destruct with a fumble and three interceptions in the second half. Afterward, the Michigan Stadium turf was a sea of green and white. Michigan State had made reality of a dream, a mission.

"Last year the score was very embarrassing to us 42 to zip at home," said tailback Aaron Roberts, who didn't enter the game until the fourth quarter but rushed for 46 yards. "This makes the season. We found out that we can play against the good team.I think we can beat anybody else." MSU COACH George Perles was a bit less prophetic: "When you have something good happen like this, it is something to keep your mouth shut about and keep humble. The victory is enough. It says it all." Michigan State used a diverse offensive attack, sparkling special teams play and a pursuing defense on its way to a 13-7 halftime lead.

The Spartans rushed 17 times, passed 13 times and committed only one turnover an interception by U-M comerback Garland Rivers of MSU quarterback Dave Yarema's desperation pass at the half's conclusion. By comparison, against the Big Ten's worst pass defense, Michigan ran 27 times and attempted only 12 passes. See MICHIGAN, Page 7F State's big win exposes U-M's 'off year' decline ANN ARBOR If it's really true that the measure of any team's worth is how well it performs against Michigan, Michigan State finally has emerged from the pit of collegiate football. The Spartans' smashing 19-7 victory over the Wolverines here Saturday was the greatest blessing they have received in their struggle to regain national attention. Their long-suffering followers were whooping it up in the jammed Michigan Stadium and out on the streets, hailing a rare (only the third in 16 years) victory over the Wolverines and Bo Schembechler.

In his locker room, George Perles, the Spartan coach, was remarkably restrained. He didn't want to brag, and he didn't. The fact is, except for the fact that any win over Michigan is a prize for MSU, he had no reason to boast. The Spartans didn't really beat much. It has become clear in recent weeks that this is not a vintage Michigan football team.

It had been overblown and overrated, and now it is in more trouble than Schembechler possibly could have envisioned. In the midst of its battle with the Spartans, Michigan lost quarterback Jim Harbaugh for the remainder of the season. The loss took them out of the game and maybe out of the 1984 season. ALL THE WOLVERINES have left; to carry them through the remaining weeks are two young quarterbacks, Chris Zurbrugg and Russ Rein, neither of whom had been in a game before. "I've never been in this position before," said Schembechler.

"If we lose those two well, we don't have another quarterback." Schembechler was convinced the injury to Harbaugh, midway in the third period as MSU led 13-7, cost Michigan the game. "I felt at halftime that we would come out and score couple times," he said. "I didn't see how they could beat us." He must not have seen what many others saw. Michigan State had the Wolverines under control from the opening kickoff, and the scoreboard belonged to them from the moment they got their hands on the ball. Harbaugh's injury merely wiped out any vague chance Michigan had to overtake the Spartans.

Michigan State played a superb defensive game, repeatedly slapping down the Michigan attackers, and, the Spartans had their offense threatening to break out. IT'S NOT OFTEN they are able to enjoy such a day against Michigan, or anybody. That it happened here says much about the 1984 Wolverines. Even with Harbaugh at quarterback, the Wolverines cannot run, not in the Michigan tradition, largely because they can't overpower anyone with their offensive line. They have not run in their usual style and their passing has been suspect from the beginning of the season, and the suspicion is it simply isn't in them.

Nobody has mentioned it, but it appears clear now that Michigan is in the midst of one of those cyclical "off-years." We simply needed Michigan State, beaten in three of four previous games, to expose it. A week ago, Schembechler protested that critics fail to recognize the parity which has come to college football, suggesting that on any given Saturday It's nonsense, of course, and a bit self-serving. Big Ten teams generally have been improving for several years. But Michigan's decline this year has been sharper than the others' rise, and it was so before Harbaugh's misfortune. "We'll be all right," Schembechler insisted.

"You hate to lose a quarterback. But we'll get something together." It might be too late already. Jubilation! MSU tackle Doug Rogers (above) leads the cheer after the fl Spartans jumped out luau-u iBduauci men first touchdown in the 1st quarter. Putting the icing on the cake (below) is Spartans' free safety Phillip Parker who broke up a U-M pass at the goal line in the 4th quarter. if I FreePressPholos bvMARY SCHROEDER Purdue shocks No.

2 Ohio State, 28-23 Ohio State got the ball back two minutes later and moved 48 yards in five plays, with Carter cutting the Purdue lead to five points on a five-yard touchdown pass from Tomczak, who then failed on a two-point conversion run. The final Buckeye possession ended on downs with five seconds left in the game. Byars, who stretched his string to 11 straight games in which he scored two or more touchdowns, put the Buckeyes ahead, 17-7, with his 14-yard run early in the third quarter. But Everett sparked the Boilermakers with a 65-yard touchdown pass to Steve Griffin late in the period. Griffin caught a 20-yard scoring pass in the first quarter.

Tomczak completed 20 of 41 passes for 280 yards. Byars also caught nine passes for 102 yards. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Purdue quarterback Jim Everett passed for 257 yards and three touchdowns, and safety Rod Woodson shocked Ohio State with a 55-yard interception return for the clinching score Saturday as the Boilermakers upset the No.2-ranked Buckeyes, 28-23, in a Big Ten football game. The victory, coupled with Michigan State's 19-7 upset of Michigan, gave Purdue sole possession of first place in the Big Ten at 3-0 and lifted the Boilermakers to 4-1 overall.

The Buckeyes fell to 2-1 and 4-1. Purdue, trailing 17-14, scored twice early in the fourth quarter, both following interceptions of Ohio State quarterback Mike Tomczak. The first interception, by Don Anderson, gave Purdue the ball at its 21 and Everett hit Rick Brunner on the next play for a 46-yard completion to the Ohio State 33. The Boilermakers reached the 16 as the third quarter ended, and three plays into the final period Everett hit Bruce King with a four-yard scoring pass to put the Boilermakers ahead, 21-17. Ohio State tailback Keith Byars, who rushed for 191 yards and the Buckeyes' first two touchdowns, carried five times on the next series before Woodson picked off Tomczak's pass at the Purdue 45, wrenching the ball from the hands of receiver Doug Smith and outracing the Buckeyes to the end zone.

OHIO STATE reached Purdue's five with just over five minutes to go, but a fourth-down pass to Cris Carter was broken up in the end zone by Cris Dishman. Bookmaker (avoied at DRC Odds favor the world's biggest legal bookmaker, London-based Ladbroke Group PLC, in negotiations to buy Detroit Race Course. Page 1G. 14 Lions looking at bright side The only similarity to 1983 is that they keep losing by three points to San Francisco, by four to Tampa Bay, by one to Minnesota and by three to San Diego. Now, with the season less than half over, they're in a win-or-else situation.

And, as far as anyone knows, Ford hasn't scheduled a team breakfast to pep up the guys for the Broncos, as he did before the Green Bay game that brought them out of their slump last season. Coach Monte Clark isn't calling this a must-win game. He just says, "They all are (big) now. And we're going to do it." That is the approach he has taken: positive thinking, mind over matter. He decided against a list of "don'ts" as in don't get beat deep, don't fumble, don't lose.

Instead, Clark put together a list of "do's" as in do play hard, do challenge the man across from you, do get the ball in arowd. I See LIONS, Page 3F By CURT SYLVESTER Free Press Sports Writer Just about everyone from owner Bill Ford on down agrees: This year's 1-4 Lions record isn't as bad as last year's 1-4. Which is a little like saying food poisoning isn't as bad as botulism. And it's about as comforting as knowing a leg broken in two places isn't as bad as an ankle broken in three. In these hard times, the Lions are taking their comfort anywhere they can find it.

They are tied with Green Bay for last place in the division they won last year the NFC Central. And unless they can beat the Denver Broncos in their game at 1 p.m. today at the Silverdome, they can probably forget about a division title and the playoffs this season. THEY KEEP TELLING themselves, however, that it's not as bad this year. They haven't had as many players out with injuries, they haven't been blown out of any games and they're stronger than last season in at least four offensive positions.

Purdue 28, Ohio State 23 Michigan State 19, Michigan 7 Iowa 31. Northwestern 3 Ronnie Harmon scored three touchdowns and rushed for! 121 yards in 24 carries In the Hawkeyes' victory. Story and standings, Pago 7F. Tcp CO zzilzn Brigham Young 52, Colorado State 9 Penn State 25, Maryland 24 North Carolina State 27, Georgia Tech 22 Auburn 17, Mississippi 13 The Brigham Young Cougars extended the nation's longest' winning streak to 16 games. Top 20 report, P3 Northern Illinois 20, Western Michigan 15 Saginaw Valfey State 27, Ferris Wayne State 57, Michigan Tech CO rpff Miiii Id liwwi Monte Clark.