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079 ff Buciieye 5 CETRO'I Syracuse9 31-8 Dig Ten Bruce wins debut Paul Rogind had kicked a 27-yard field goal with 2: 1 3 left in the third quarter to tie the game 10-10, and on the first play after the kickoff, Keith Edwards recovered a fumble by Tony Carifa to give the Gophers the ball at the Bobcat 33. Barber, the Big Ten's leading rusher in 1978, scored six plays later on a quick burst up the middle. Then with 4:54 left in the game he hit Roy Artis with an option pass for a 35-yard touchdown to help give Joe Salem a victory in his debut as Minnesota's new head coach. Rogind, Minnesota's all-time leading scorer with 165 points, converted three extra points, extending his string to 56 straight. Garry White led Minnesota with 72 yards rushing and one touchdown.

Barber added 57 yards on the ground. Indiana catches Iowa, 30-26 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Tim Clifford teamed with up tailback Lonnie Johnson on a 66-yard scoring pass with 58 seconds left in the game Saturday to give Indiana a 30-26 victory over Iowa in a Big Ten Conference opener. Johnson's score was his third of the day and capped a four-touchdown second half outburst that brought Indiana back from a 26-3 halftime deficit, spoiling the debut of Iowa Coach Hayden Fry. The come-from-behind victory also soured an outstanding performance by Iowa tailback Dennis Mosley, who rushed for 142 yards and tied a school record by scoring four touchdowns. Indiana struck for the winning touchdown after Steve Straub missed a 22-yard field goal attempt that would have tied the score with 2:41 left.

COLUMBUS. Ohio (AP) Sophomore quarterback Art Schlichter passed for one touchdown and accounted for 172 total yards Saturday in Ohio State's 31-8 victory over Syracuse, making Earle Bruce a winner in his first game as Woody Hayes' successor. Schlichter, atoning for a five-interception performance in an opening loss to Penn State last year, threw an 1 1-yard scoring strike to end Ron Barwig. For the game, he completed eight of 16 passes for 81 yards and ran 15 times for 91 more. The Buckeyes, playing before their 64th straight home sellout, more than 86,000, breezed into a 21-0 halftime lead and were never threatened by the Orangemen, a two-touchdown underdog.

After Schlichter passed to Barwig, fullback Paul Campbell ran three yards and tailback Calvin Murray two yards for Ohio State touchdowns in the first half. Vlade Janakievski booted a 22-yard field goal in the third quarter and reserve tailback Jim Gayle bolted 29 yards for a touchdown in the final quarter for the Buckeyes, playing without Hayes for the first time in 29 seasons. Hayes was fired after slugging a Clemson player in the Gator Bowl in December. Syracuse's lone touchdown came on quarterback Bill Hurley's three-yard run late in the third quarter. The drive was aided by two costly Ohio State penalties.

Purdue's Herrmann scalding hot, 11-20 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Quarterback Mark Herrmann passed for 291 yards and four touchdowns Saturday, including two apiece to ends Raymond Smith and Dave ft Young, as sixth-ranked Purdue belted Wisconsin, 41-20, in their Big Ten conference football opener. The Boilermakers also scored on a fumble recovery by center Pete Quinn in the Wisconsin end zone and on a one-yard run by freshman tailback Jimmy Smith. Four pass interceptions kept the Boilermakers in good field position much of the game, while the Wisconsin offense was keyed mainly by freshman tailback Chucky Davis, who scored the Badgers' first two touchdowns. The 29 1 yards, achieved on 20 of 26 pass attempts, gave the 6-foot-5 junior 4,648 for his career, moving him past former Boilermaker Bob Griese into third place in career passing yardage by Big Ten quarterbacks.

Herrmann, who left the game late in the final period, now trails only Michigan State's Ed Smith and Purdue's Mike Phipps. Minnesota struggles past Ohio 24-10 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Tailback Marion Barber ran two yards for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter and passed for another touchdown, lifting Minnesota to a 24-10 victory over stubborn Ohio University in the season opener for both clubs Saturday. UPI Photo Ohio State quarterback Art Schlichter loses the handle in the first quarter of the Buckeyes' season opener against Syracuse Saturday. BUT BO STILL HEDGING B.J. likely for next week 4 4 4 --vi -1 By MICK McCABE Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR The B.J.

stands for Brian John. Yes, it's Brian John Dickey. That's the name of the new University of Michigan quarterback. And although he many not make the 100,790 fans forget Rick Leach, the junior from Ottawa, Ohio, did just fine in leading the Wolverines to their 49-7 victory over Northwestern. Schembechler had kept his decision on the starting QB a one that may not be over.

Dickey does not see that as a problem, but as a bonus. "I think we're all about even," Dickey said. "I think that any time during the week when one guy is not doing the job another one can step in. If one of us goes down (gets injured) somebody else can take over." WANGLER WAS also impressive, directing U-M to a pair of third quarter TDs as he completed five of six passes. "I just tried to do the best I could and let the chips fall where they may," said Wangler, who appears to be the better passer of the two.

"I've always had a real good arm, I've worked on it a lot." Anthony Carter made a spectacular debut in Michigan Stadium. The freshman from Riveria Beach, returned a punt 78 yards for a TD, caught a 12-yard scoring pass from Wangler and had a third TD called back. "I was definitely nervous," said Carter, who still seemed nervous talking to reporters. "Coach Bo kept telling me not to be nervous and I finally got my momentum going." Hurons fall to Bowling Green, 32-6 BOWLING GREEN, Ohio Eastern Michigan University had no defensive answers here Saturday for Bowling Green quarterback Mike Wright and consequently bowed to the Falcons, 32-6, in the opening Mid-American Conference football game for both schools. Wright, a 180-pound senior, scored twice on rushes of 18 and 16 yards and completed 19 of 27 passes, two for touchdowns, and 180 yards through the air.

Wright's touchdowns went to Dan Shetler on an 18-yard scoring pitch and to Willie Mathews on another 18-yard touchdown toss. secret from the media and didn tell Dickey man until Friday afternoon. "Me and John (QB John Wangler) had a meeting with Bo Friday afternoon and that's when he told me I would start," Dickey said. "Yeah, I was nervous, very nervous. I was just trying to concentrate on what I had to do." What Dickey did was lead the Wolverines to a 35-0 lead.

It was an impressive debut as a starter. Despite the performance, Schembechler said Dickey was still not set as the No. 1 quarterback for the rest of the season. "Most likely he will start next B.J. Dickey week," Schembechler said.

"But we're not in the situation where we have one dominant guy. I want to play both Dickey and Wangler and bring (Gary) Lee along because he has ability." The contest for the starting assignment was a battle, and Free Press Photo by AL KAMUDA Running back Butch Woolfolk dives into end zone with U-M's fifth TD of game in second period. Saturday's college football scoreboard Flying start for U-M, 49-7 Spartan QB warms up to pass game in hurry U-M 49, Northwestern 7 Mich 25 50-347 140 NW 13 61 92 0 First downs Rushes-verds Passing yards Return yards Passes Punls Fumbles-lost Penalties-vards 11-23-1 12-18-0 9-36 2-41 0-0 5-1 5-52 5-75 By BETH TUSCHAK Free Press Sports Writer EAST LANSING Like a new-born colt testing his young legs, Michigan State University quarterback Bert Vaughn stepped onto the field of Spartan Stadium Saturday uncertain of what his limbs could accomplish. With only one pass completion for 46 yards in 1977, and limited action last year before being sent to the sidelines with a shoulder separation, Vaughn's appearance as the Spartans' No. 1 Moorhead St.

13, Concordla-Moorhead 10. Murray St. 24, Evansville 14. Nebraska Wesleyan 17, Colorado College 6. NW Minnesota 14, Carleton 0.

Oklahoma St. 25, N. Texas St. 7. Olivet 39, Benedictine, 111.

7. Pittsburgh St. 21, NW Missouri St. 14. S.

Dakota 22, St. Thomas, Minn. 6. S. Dakota St.

27, 7. S. Illinois 17, SW Louisiana 7. Wartburg 17, Morningside 0. Claire 33, St.

Norbert 18. 14, Carroll, Wis. 7. Falls 32, Augsburg 13. Point 17, Milton 14.

Youngstown St. 33, Illinois 27. South Alabama 30, Georgia Tech 6. Alabama St. 6, Alcorn St.

5. Clarion State 24, West Liberty 7. Clemson 21, Furman 0. Concord 30, Emory Henry 0. Davidson 35, Catawba 7.

Florida St. 17, S. Mississippi 14. Guilford 24, Bluefleld St. 7.

Hampden Sydney 14, Salem W.Va. 7. Howard U. 24, W. Virginia St.

17. Jackson State 27, Tennessee State 21. Kentucky St. 3, Mississippi Va. 0.

Maryland 24, Vlllanova 20. Mississippi College 17, Jacksonville St. 7. Norfolk State 17, Livingston 3. North Carolina 28, South Carolina 0.

Temple 38, W. Virginia 16. Virginia 31, Richmond 0, Virginia State 29, Md. East Shore 0. VMI 7, William Mary 3.

Virginia Tech 15, Louisville 14. Virginia Union 14, N.C. Central 12. Waynesburg State 13, Frostburg State 7. Winston-Salem 41, Hampton Inst.

14. but he also found his own receiver only once, for a two-yard gain. Four pass attempts in one quarter is far below the MSU norm. "In our own mind that's what we thought go slow we didn't want to destroy him early," Spartan coach Darryl Rogers said. The 71,125 fans, many of whom were used to the passing feats of graduated quarterback ace Eddie Smith, were not exactly ecstatic.

But In the second and third quarters, something happened. Vaughn, although not letter perfect, began connecting. He hit flanker Eugene Bryd for 1 6 yards. He hit fullback Andy Schramm for 19 yards. And not only once he steadily gained composure, his confidence became noticeable and he continued to connect.

"I THOUGHT that for the first time, he (Vaughn) got a passing grade," Rogers said afterward. "I think he will improve next week I hope we all improve. "We threw the ball short a few times and he (Vaughn) had some interceptions which we can't stand, but more then anything else he can learn and change." Though he completed 14 passes in 27 attempts for 233 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Vaughn admitted he should have and could have done better. The 6-foot-4 sophomore has the height necessary to scope out the field and choose his receiver. And his blockers certainly gave him time needed to place his passes.

But like all good thoroughbreds, it takes time to learn the skills and techniques to perform like a champion. man had an air of uncertainty about it. And Vaughn was an uncertain as anyone. "I was nervous going in then we finally got a few things going," Vaughn said after the game. "I wasn't throwing real well there, for awhile." His start, in fact, it roc ct timhhltr that U-M, from Page 1E It was quite a change from the past when passing was reserved for third down and long situations.

"I don't know how many times we threw," Schembechler said. "Probably not as much as we would have liked. But we're going to do that. We've got good receivers, I think you'll agree with that. Even with (Rodney) Feaster out of there we're pretty good." Michigan opened the massacre by scoring on its first possession, a two-yard run by Dickey on the option.

Its second score came on the Wolverines' next possession. It was set up by a 34-yard run by tailback Stanley Edwards. A nine-yard pass from Dickey to Norm Betts and a conversion by Bryan Virgil made it 14-0. THE WOLVERINES stopped Northwestern on four plays to set up Carter's 78-yard, TD punt return with 1:48 left to play in the first quarter. The Wolverines were finally stopped the first two times they had the ball in the second quarter.

Dickey was tackled for a one-yard loss on a fourth-down option play and later fumbled the ball on Northwestern's five after scrambling for 12 yards. The Wildcats did get the ball down to the Michigan 22 and attempted a 40-yard field goal early in the second quarter. But Mike Jolly thwarted that scoring attempt by blocking the field goal. After a poor punt gave U-M the ball on its 43, Dickey hit Ralph Clayton with a 21 -yard pass play, then scored from 36 Big Ten Michigan 49, Northwestern 7. Michigan State 33, Illinois 16.

Minnesota 24, Ohio U. 10. Indiana 30, Iowa 26. Ohio State 31, Syracuse 8. Purdue 41, Wisconsin 20.

Mid-American Bowling Green 32, Eastern Michigan 6. Central Michigan 10, Western Michigan 0. Eastern Kentucky 17, Kent State 14. Marshall 31, Toledo 14. Miami, Ohio 27, BaU St.

3. Minnesota 24, Ohio U. 10. Great Lakes New Hampshire 24, Wayne State 14. Northwood 35, Michigan Tech 14.

Plattevllle 17, Hillsdale 7. Saginaw Valley 51, NE Illinois 0. St. Joseph 28, Ferris State 7. MIAA Adrian 26, Defiance 0.

Alma 24, Bluffton 0. Hope 64, Maranatha 0. Olivet 23, Rose Hullman 17. Wabash 31, Albion 9. Others Northern Iowa 11, Northern Michigan 7.

East Buffalo 17, Cortland St. 13. Bucknell 17, Dayton 7. Carnegie-Mellon 20, California, Pa. 0.

Cheney St. 16, D.C. Teachers 9. Delaware 34, Rhode Island 14. Delaware Valley 30, Wash.

Lee 0. Fairmont 9, Edlnboro St. 0. Howard U. 24, W.Virginia St.

17. Indiana, Pa. 34, E. Stroudsburg 14. Ithaca 13, Bloomsburg St.

6. Lafayette 41, Gettysburg 6. Lehigh 12, W.Chester State 7. Lycoming 15, Lock Haven State 12. Norwich St.

41, Plymouth St. 6. Rochester 10, Brockport St. 0. Rutgers 28, Holy Cross 0.

Shlppensburg State 23, Shepherd 7. Temple 38, West Virginia 16. Towson St. 13, Maine 7. Waynesburg 13, Frostburg St.

7. Midwest Augustana, 111. 28, Luther 14. Bethany 31, Ottawa 6. Capital 15, John Carroll 8.

Case-Western Reserve 19, Obcrlin 13. Cornell 37, St. Olaf 25. Dakota St. 17, SW Minnesota 14.

Drake 14, New Mexico St. 13. E. Illinois 38, Butler 0. Indiana St.

28, Wichita St. 9. Lawrence 48, NW Wisconsin 13. 49, Wisconsin Superior 0. 28, Northern S.D.

14. Missouri 45, San Diego St. 15. Mlssouri-Rolla 8, Missouri Valley 8. Missouri Western 44, Dana 0.

his first pass of the Bert Vaughn just seconds deep into the Spartans first possession, was intercepted by Illinois safety Bonji Bonner. "It wasn't exactly the kind of start I wanted," Vaughn said after the game. "I knew I could have done better, but I had to forget it, I had to look forward." VAUGHN KEPT the ball out of enemy hands for the remainder of the first quarter, INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Northwestern, Dennis 9-4, Mishier 10-36. Cohn 9-22. Michigan, Edwards 1-99, Dickey 9-85, Reid 9-52, Wool-folk 11-50.

PASSING Northwestern, Capslran 10-14-1, 63, Strasser 1-9-0, i. Michigan, Dickey 6-1-0, 68, Wangler 5-6-0, 67; Lee 1-4-0, 5. RECEIVING Northwestern, Poulos 3-19, Sheets 2-23, Bogan 2-15. Michigan, Marsh 4-52, Carter 2-27, Belts 2-14. Northwestern 0 0 0 77 Michigan 21 14 14 0-49 Mich Dickey 2 run (Virgil kick) Mich Betts 9 pass from Dickey (Virgil kick! Mich Carter 78 ount return (Virgil kick) Mich Dickey 35 run (Virgil kick) Mich Woolfolk 1 run (Virgil kick) Mich-woolfolk 3 run (Virgil kick) Mich Carter 12 pass from Wangler (Virgil kick) NW-Mishler 1 run (Poulos kick) A 100,790 yards out on an option.

The score became 35-0 just before the half on a one-yard blast by sophomore tailback Butch Woolfolk after Dickey picked up 27 yards on another, nifty option. Wangler took over at quarterback in the third quarter and directed U-M to a pair of touchdowns the only two series he was in the game. Passes of 26 and 13 yards to Marsh helped set up Wool-folk's three-yard touchdown scamper. Wangler came right back on the next series with an 18-yard completion to fullback Lawrence Reid before rolling out and hitting Carter with the 12-yard TD toss. Northwestern didn't find the end zone until the fourth quarter a one-yard run by Dave Mishier, THE VETERAN U-M de-fense held the Wildcats to only 189 yards total offense while the Wolverines netted 487 yards total offense 140 passing.

Now it's on to the showdown with Notre Dame, which did not play a game this week. "They (Notre Dame) saw us today, but I don't know what 'they saw," Schembechler said. "They got to scout us and we got an extra game on them. "I can't tell you a whole lot about it (Saturday's game). But we're going to get Into the meat of things now." Spartans' timely aivakening catches listless IllinL 33-16 Southwest Austin College 17, Tarleton State 13.

Baylor 20, Lamar 7. Brlghara Young 18, Texas A 17. Grambling 28, Morgan St 18. McNeese St. 10, SE Louisiana 7.

Memphis St. 14, Mississippi St. 13. Oklahoma State 25, North Texas State 7. Ouchita 35, Delta State 17.

Pittsburgh State 21, NW Missouri 14. Southern Cal 21, Texas Tech 7. SMU 33, Rice 17. Texas-El Paso 31, Pacific 7. Tulane 33, Stanford 10.

Far West Adams State 17, NW Oklahoma 14. Arizona 22, Washington St. 7. Carroll, Mont. 20, Minot St.

6. Houston 24, UCLA 16. Long Beach 9, Boise St. 7. New Mexico 35, Oregon St.

16. N. Dakota 20, Montana St. 16. Oregon 33, Colorado 19.

San Jose St. 48, Utah St. 48. Simon Fraser 42, Montana Tech 20. Tulsa 24, Air Force 7.

Wake Forest 30, Appalacian St. 23. Washington 38, Wyoming 2. then most of the sun-drenched fans had forgotten the anxieties of the first 30 minutes. Illinois, with backup quarterback Lawrence Mc-Cullough replacing starter Rich Weiss, managed a touchdown midway through the final period on a two-yard run by Holmes, but MSU countered that with Vaughn's 29-yard TD pass to Jones, who simply ran past Illini defensive back Lloyd Levitt.

The Spartans came out of the season opener with only one minor injury, a sprained ankle suffered by tailback Bruce Reeves, but the Illini were left battered and MSU, from Page 1E rhetoric, the Spartans were reminiscent of last season's offensive powerhouse in the second half, scoring the first three times they had the ball after intermission. Anderson's 22-yard field goal made it 16-10, then Derek Hughes, who rarely left the bench in the first half, somersaulted int the end zone from the one and Anderson's conversion made it 23 10 with 2:21 left in the third period. Anderson's final field goal put the Spartans safely ahead, 26-10 in the opening minutes of the fourth period and by Tight end Greg Boeke is probably out for the remainder of the season because of a broken leg and Weiss is expected to miss the next three or four weeks with a separated left shoulder. "I can't understand it," moaned Illinois coach Greg Moeller. "You do everything to prevent injuries.

Damn, we leave four players (injured previously) at home and have two more get hurt." So for the Spartans, it's one down and almost an entire season to go and though Rogers' doesn't want to talk about such things this early, his troops are not toiling in anon-ymnity any longer. It's Noire Dame in cross country Notre Dame High runners galloped off with first place Saturday at the Fraser Invitational cross country race. A brother combination from the Harper Woods school, junior Al and senior Stan Guest, finished second and third, respectively.