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coifeflG football report DETROIT FREE PRESSSUNDAY. NOV. 23, 1986 1 2F U-Ucfcliriiss Harbamglis guarantee is gold. jff j- i rr i How they scored 111 FM la 1 7 2 J4 OM Stat First quarter OM Stata Carter tour-yard pass from Karsalos (Frefltl kick). Tlmt: 10:47.

Drive: verds, 10 Man. Kay plan: Holland's 47-verd klckoff return to U-M 45 set ue drive; Carter's 13-vard calch lo U-M 17. Buckevn 7, elver-Inet 0. MIcMgan Glllelle 32-vard field g1 Time: 4:11 Drive: 45 vard, 13 Wan. key wan: Perrvman'i thlrd-and-one run of two rerds to OSU 49; White's 10-vard catch lo OSU 24.

Buckeyes Wolverines 3. OM Stale Workman 4e-yard option run (Frenu kick). Time: 303. Drive: yards, three 1 plavs. Key plan: Ross' 32-yard catch lo U-M 4.

Buckeyes 14, Wolverines 3. Second quarter MtcnieM GIHene 34-yard field goal. Time: 4:47. Drive: 43 yards, eight plan. Key plavs: McMurtrv's 25-yard catch to U-M 44; Hlgglns' 2 1 -yard calch lo OSU 22.

Buckeyes 14, Wolverines 4. Third quarter Michigan Morris four-yard option run (Glllelle kick). Time: Drive: 13 yards, 14 plavs. Key plays: Brown's 21-vard calch to U-M 40; Ferrymen's fourth-and-one, two-yard run lo OSU 24; Perrvman's lS-vard calch lo OSU 7. Wolverines Buckeyes 13.

Ohio Stele Franli 27-yard field goal. Time: 5:26. Drive: 65 yards, nine plavs. Key plavs: Harris' 18-vard calch to OSU 43; Carter's thlrd-and-three, 17-vard calch lo U-M 15. Buckeyes 17, Wolverines 13.

Michigan Morris elghl-vard run (two-point conversion felled). Time: 3:53. Drive: 76 yards, tour plays. Key plavs: Morris' 52-vard run lo OSU 24; Perrymen's 15-vard calch to OSU I. Wolverines It, Buckeyes 17.

Fourth quarter Michigan Wllcher seven-yard run (Gll-tetle kick). Time: 12:44. Drive: 55 yards, eight plan. Key plavs: Perryman 23-yard calch to OSU 31; Morris 20-vard run lo OSU It. Wolverines 24, Buckeyes 17.

OM Stat Carter 17-yard pass from Karsatos (Front! kick). Time: 9:42. Drive: 56 yards, four plan. Key Plays: Harris' 20-vard calch lo U-M 37; Workman's 14-yard run lo U-M 23. Wolverines 24, Buckeyes 24.

Attendance: HM74. Team statistics 14 rt i. 4 a i .4 itommM Tho hot hand Quarterback Jim Harbaugh, a fifth-year senior, has totaled almost 500 passing yards in Michigan's last two victories over Ohio State 27-1 7 last season at Ann Arbor and 26-24 Saturday at Columbus. His passing statistics In those games: I 1 a A imiitimif 1 lini in ii MARY SCHROEDERDetroil Free Press U-M quarterback Jim Harbaugh cups his hands to shout signals Saturday over the din of the crowd of 90,674. Jim Harbaugh celebrates with his father, Jack, fired last week as head football coach at Western Michigan.

GAME ATT CMP YDS TD 1985 19 16 230 3 1986 29 19 261 0 The man in control. And his control went far beyond his 261 passing yards. He beat the Buckeyes with his passing, as surely as Jamie Morris beat them with his running. But Harbaugh beat them, too, by maintaining his composure when Ohio State raced out to a 14-3 lead. And he beat them with that same composure when the crowd raised the decibel level to something approximating Twisted Sister.

Twice in the second quarter, Harbaugh had to step back from Vitale's massive haunches and tell the officials he could not hear because of the noise. Both times, the officials agreed. Another two dozen times he did not step back from Vitale, but instead cupped his hands and shouted instructions to his players, left and right, as Ohio State players signaled the crowd to quiet itself. "Some of the linemen said they couldn't hear me," Harbaugh said later. "So every time I checked off, I cupped my hands like that.

And sometimes I cupped my hands anyway, even when U-M OSU First downs 27 ii Rushing 13 Passing 13 Penally 1 2 Rushing yards 244 170 Rushing plavs 52 34 Sacksvards lost 00 00 Avg. gain per rush 5.2 5.0 Passing yards 241 IBS Passes altempted 29 27 Passes completed 19 15 Inlerceptlons thrown 2 I Avg. gain per pass 9.0 7.0 Total yards 529 358 Offensive plays 81 61 Avg. gain per play 6 5 5.9 Fumbleslost 11 00 Penalllesyards 744 426 Inlercepllonsvards 13 220 Punlsaverage 243 441 Punt returnsyards 30 10 Blocked punts 0 0 KIckoH returnsyards 580 5122 FG madeallempts 23 13 Time el possession 3S-M Individual statistics Michigan RUSHING Aft Yds Avg Lng TO Morris 29 210 7.2 52 2 Perryman 7 27 3.9 0 Wllcher 5 16 3.2 7 1 G. White 10 2.0 6 0 Harbaugh 6 5 -08 5 0 PASSING Alt Cmp Yds TD hit Harbaugh 29 19 261 0 2 RECEIVING No.

Yds Lng TD J. Brown 5 54 21 0 McMurlry 3 64 29 0 G. White 3 23 10 0 Perryman 3 53 23 0 Morris 3 22 12 0 Hlgglns 2 25 23 0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Lng RooBlns 2 86 43.0 55 PUNT RET. No! Yds Avg Lng Ganl 3 0.0 00 0 KICKOFF RET.

No! Yds Avg Lng Morris 4 70 17.5 33 G. White 1 10 10.0 10 COLUMBUS, Ohio Jim Harbaugh knew what he had done. It was no rash slip of the tongue by a young guy who let his mouth overload I nMrj his brain. No faux 3 him to call a press rfVmfaronA irk fiv. iVfliNH plain what he Ktl.

meant. fljwfofl Harbaugh "euflranteed" last Monday that the University of Michigan would beat Ohio State, would go to the Rose Bowl. Blgmouth, they called him down here. Cocky kid from up north, they said. Wait till Saturday, bigmouth.

Wait and see what happens then, cocky kid. Jim Harbaugh was Columbus' most wanted man this week. They did everything but put up reward posters in the smelly college dives along High Street. They did everything Saturday but paint a bull's-eye right where the big No. 4 has been throughout Harbaugh 's career at Michigan.

FROM THE moment he walked onto the green turf Saturday, he was the marked man not so much by the Ohio State Buckeyes, as by the record crowd of 90,674 that screamed for his head. "Haaaaar-baaaugh! Haaaaar-baaaugh! Haaaaar-baaaugh!" they chanted when he squatted down behind center John Vitale. "I knew what I was doing," the Michigan quarterback said Saturday, after the Wolverines did all the things he guaranteed they'd do but not before they had some anxious moments in a 26-24 victory. "I had no second thoughts about it. It was exactly what I needed personally.

I put a lot of pressure on myself, so today, when I came out there, there would be no turning back. "I stuck my neck out there." He could not have imagined, though, how much impact that simple statement, that single word, would have on what happened Saturday. ON THE final day of the Big Ten season, Harbaugh was the intimidator. Four angles Michigan-OSU battle is spectacle from bar to field COLUMBUS, Ohio The Michigan-Ohio State game is about to start and I am leaving Ohio Stadium. Not for good.

Just for one quarter to soak up some atmo- nV.AMA CP; jftil street at a bar called the Varsity Club. Aortas I The huge crowd of ticket-holders is flowing against me, but I find a way through. Ohio State alum Archie Griffin, a two-time Heisman Trophy winner, is walking in the same direction as I am. As he walks, the crowd parts and fans whisper, "There goes Archie Griffin." So I just fall in behind and walk in his path. Archie Griffin, Joe Lapointe's blocking back.

On the way across the parking lot I meet Tony Core, the senior tuba player in the Buckeyes' band who will high-step to midfield to dot the "1" in the traditional "Script Ohio" formation. His left knee is hurt. "Tore it up pretty bad earlier this season during a turn," he explains. He has bandaged it tightly today. He has postponed surgery until after Saturday's game.

"The adrenaline is flowing," he says. First quarter Inside the Varsity Club The place is packed with people, most of them under 30. It's only high noon but many, it seems, have been partying since dawn's early light. Some jam up four or five deep at the bar. Others stand on tables.

Cans are passed back and forth. A flask or two is seen. The jukebox blares "Highway to Hell" and many shout along with the chorus. When the TV shows the face of former Buckeyes coach Woody Hayes, the bar patrons welcome the sight of the Ohiotollah with a raucous roar. When the TV shows Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, the fans shout "Booooo!" Then a Columbus Channel 6 camera inside the bar turns its bright lights on the drinkers, and they go "Whoooo-ooooo!" and wave their "No.

1" fingers. After Ohio State runs the opening klckoff back 47 yards, a yotfitg woman shouts above the din: "First play of the Charlie Vincent Joa Lapointe iuj m-ny --rm MARY SCHROEDERDelrolt Free Press we weren't changing plays just to dummy it up, so they couldn't know every time we were changing." HE HAD to step back from the center once in the third quarter, too, and when he did that, for a third time the officials asked the public address announcer to tell the crowd jammed so tightly together that there was not room for another single person, parka or pint that the Buckeyes would be assessed a time-out if it happened again. It did happen again, and the Buckeyes lost a time-out with 9:06 left in the game. And in the end when so often the home-field advantage has been crucial in these showdowns Michigan and Ohio State were playing on a level field. The Buckeyes' fans had been neutralized.

Jim Harbaugh had won, and in victory he found it easy to be gracious. "This is one hell of an enthusiastic crowd," he said. "This is a great foot Is shown on big TV monitors above the concessions stands. Perhaps someday, some stadiums in Detroit and Ann Arbor might get with this intelligent trend in crowd-control and customer service. Third quarter In the press box It's so quiet in here.

People speak in murmurs over the clack of keys on computer typewriters. The noise is sealed off by walls and giant glass windows, but the press box it seats about 200 vibrates and sways when the fans below stomp and jump. Highway patrol officers in Smokey hats chat among themselves and on walkie-talkies, lining up exit routes for the governors of both states and for Woody Hayes, when the game ends. Down a flight of stairs, in a room where reporters have just finished eating a complimentary lunch, a woman and a young boy sit alone at a table, watching the CBS telecast. When the screen shows CBS announcer Ara Par-seghian diagramming an important replay, a reporter says to no one in particular: "Ara will explain." The woman says to the boy in a voice loud enough for the reporter to hear "Your grandfather will explain." Mrs.

Parseghian then introduces herself and says she and Ara and their grandson will be driving to Akron right afier the game for dinner with Ara's 88-yar-oId TACKLES Moeller Mclntvre Rivers Folkertsma Ganl Hicks Messner Heren B. Harris Campbell While Thlbert Mallory Hassel Wllllngham Solo Ast Sckvds Total 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 12 ball town down here." OHIO STATE coach Earle Bruce, who had tried to wring as much of a challenge as possible out of Harbaugh 's guarantee, could not be as gracious, though he admitted Michigan's quarterback had done all the things he promised. "Did the officials take the crowd out of the game?" a reporter asked him. "They did," Bruce said, walking away. Then he wheeled on his heel and wagged his finger in the direction of the reporter.

"No," he said. "Let me correct that. Mr. Harbaugh took the crowd out of the game. He was the official today." In the end, even Bo Schembechler who usually frowns on such public expressions of sentiment had to admit he was a touch envious of Har-baugh's brashness.

Did he ever wish his quarterback had not said what he said last week? Bo was asked. mother Through the window at the back of the press box, the Olentangy River meanders peacefully, bright sun glimmering off blue water. Fourth quarter On the field The Wolverines are on the Ohio State 7, and so am split wide to the left, just out of bounds. Thomas Wllcher takes a handoff and runs toward my sideline, off tackle, scoring a touchdown that puts the Wolverines ahead, 26-17. Nothing quite like the sound of plastic pads cracking in the crisp, cool, clear autumn air.

The crowd falls silent, except for the U-M band blaring "The Victors" and a section of Michigan fans cheering. From this angle, it sounds eerie, juxtaposed to the silent majority. I move to the other sideline the next time the Buckeyes get the ball. Vince Workman carries 14 yards and right out of bounds and right into my lap if I don't get out of the way. Nothing like a strong, healthy 5-1 1 1 84-pound, well-armored athlete coming at you at a high rate of speed to remind you that you haven't lost all your reflexes at the age of 35.

When Ohio State scores and makes It 26-24, I move to the end zone to which the Buckeyes are driving. The announcer on the transistor radio says in my ear: "Brother, this is the Wind of 4' J'4 M'JlA 'JViXit MARY SCHROEDERDetrolt Free Press el 4tfr jSlv "A irfl lto-i-iTOamiriiirTiiMiaimiiimBfii1 TiniiiMiM.jjMi I UrMrttm 4 n- ii AP UPI "If he wants to stand up and say we're going to go down there and win, he can say it," Michigan's coach said. "He's 22 years old. "I'd have said it myself if I'd have had the guts." That's something you won't hear Schembechler say very often. I guarantee it.

game you wish it would never end." To my left, the cops are gathering, about two dozen deputies, to protect the goal posts. As Ohio State's Matt Frantz sets up for what could be the game-winning field goal, a dozen or more photographers gather near the cops. He kicks it hard enough, high enough, long enough and just wide to the left, almost directly over my head. The ball sails Into a low row behind the end Michigan wins. I follow the Buckeyes off the field.

A cop escorting Ohio State coach Earle Bruce puts his hand on Bruce's shoulder, as if to console him. Ohio State defensive tackle Mike Showalter passes by, tears flowing from his eyes. A few players swear softly to themselves. Chris Spielman, the Buckeyes' star linebacker, keeps his helmet on and bangs it, gently, against the concrete wall next to the door of the locker room. Frantz seems stunned, walking in a group but seemingly very much alone, his head bowed.

Above them, a small group of Wolverines fans has gathered to sing slightly off-key but loudly and proudly: "Hail! to the victors valiant Hail! to the conquering heroes Hail! Hail to Michigan the champions the West." INTERCEPT. No. Yds Lng TD Mclnlyre 13 3 0 Ohio State RUSHING Aft Yds Avg Lng TD Workman 21 126 6.0 46 1 Cooper 6 25 4.2 10 0 Karsatos 5 II 2.2 6 0 Carler 1 6 6.0 6 0 Holland 1 2 2.0 2 0 PASSING Aft Cmp Yds TD Int Karsatos 27 15 188 2 1 RECEIVING No. Yds Lng TD Carter 7 75 18 2 Workman 4 33 11 0 Harris 2 37 19 0 Ross 1 32 32 0 Cooper I 11 11 0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Lng Tupa 4 164 41.0 49 PUNT RET.

No. Yds Avg Lng Ross 1 0 0.0 0 KICKOFF RET. No. Yds Avg Lng Holland 4 106 26.5 47 Ross 1 16 160 16 Three faces of coaches Saturday at Ohio Stadium: Bo Schembechler (above) as he is carried off the field after Michigan's victory; Schembechler (above, right) angrily pointing at officials after a two-point conversion failed; a glum Earle Bruce. day and I've already got beer spilled on me." Squeezed from four sides is Tara Saccocio, a 1985 OSU grad who says this Is the first football game she has watched since high school.

"I just wanted to see what it is like," she says. "Incredible!" Second quarter In the stands Walking back to the stadium from the Varsity Club, you can see and hear dozens of fans in the parking lot still trying to buy tickets, even though the game is televised locally. Others settle for TV sets they've set up in their vans and campers. In the stands, many stairways are crowded with fans sitting two abreast on exit steps. About three-quarters of the fans seem to be wearing scarlet, the Buckeyes' primary color.

A male OSU cheerleader with an electronic megaphone waits for Michigan's band to stop playing "The Victors" before shouting toward the grandstand: "Notice how Michigan plays one song and that's all? It took 'em all year to learn it!" The Ohio State band answers with "Hang on Sloopy," one of those 1960s rock 'n' roll songs the nuns used to ban at the dances in Catholic high schools. Beneath the grandstand, it is busy but orderly. The lines are long at the concessions stands and the rest rooms. But the radio play-by-play is piped through loudspeakers and the telecast TACKLES Splelman Kee Gordon D. Brown Rogan Isaman W.

White Leach H. Brown Lee Kumerow Sullivan Thomas Rldder McCrov Solo Ast 10 19 Sckvds 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 oo 00 00 Total 29 19 10 INTERCEPT. D. Brown Kee No. 1 Yds Lng TD 17 17 0 3 3 0 Michigan schedule Record: 10-1-0 24 al Notre Dame 23 31 Oregon State 12 20 Florida Slate 18 34 at Wisconsin 17 27 Michigan Stale 6 20 low 17 38 at Indiana '4 69 Illinois 13 31 at Purdue 17 Minnesota .....20 26 Ohio Slate 2 Dec.

6 al Hawaii, 7 P.m. Ohio State schedule Record: 9-3-0 10 Alabama ..16 7 at Washington 40 13 Colorado 64 Ulah 14 Illinois 24 al Indiana 39 al Purdue 33 Minnesota 0 31 at Iowa .......10 30 Northwestern 30 at Wisconsin 17 24 1 Michigan 26.