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Demetrius Brown more comfortable in hero's role U-M SUMMARY How they scored ltt 2d 3d ttl Final Franklin's first year as quarterback. They have 112 straight passes without an interception. 10 0 Michigan Oh Stat 0 14 14 17 34 11 A Season Sans Ziccy: No Big Ten coach was fired during the season, and none is leaning over the cliff entering the offseason. The last year without a pink slip in the conference was 1984. ROLLER-COASTER RlDL The Buckeyes come back like that on us." Wolverines coach Bo Schem-bechler said: "They had resolve.

We had no defense. We couldn't stop them because they were good." MESSNER RECORD: Messner made three tackles for losses despite playing on an injured ankle. He sat out Tuesday's practice. Messner broke the single-season record of 23 tackles for losses held by Curtis Greer (1979) and Mike Hammerstein (1985), now totalling 25 for minus-99 yards. Interception Record: The wolverines have thrown two interceptions and could break the school record for fewest thrown (four inl972)setinDennis TURNAROUND: Ohio State had no points and 116 yards in the first half, but scored 31 points and gained 353 yards in the second.

"I can't believe that happened to us," U-M defensive tackle Mark Messner said. "It was like we weren't even there, like we were playing 10 men against 13. 1 don't know what they did differently. I don't know what we did differently." Defensive tackle Brent White said: "We had more trouble controlling their draw in the second half. Carlos Snow (170 yards) is a hell of a back.

They have to be a good team in order to Last year, Brown threw a school-record 16 interceptions. But he hasn't been picked off since Ohio State last November, throwing 78 straight passes without an interception. "I think this makes up for last year," said Brown, who has started the last two games since Michael Taylor suffered a broken right collarbone. Taylor isn't likely to return for the Rose Bowl game, but Brown proved he can handle the job. U-M has scored on 18 of 29 drives since he took over on the second offensive play against Minnesota.

The Wolverines have just one turnover a fumble lost by Tony Boles Saturday in that time. beat Syracuse, 26-9, in week one. Then Ohio State lost its second game to Pittsburgh, 42-10. Then it beat Louisiana State, 36-33, the following week. Stomach feeling queasy yet? The game after that upset, Illinois beat the Buckeyes, 31-12.

It was pretty much all downhill after that. First quarter MkMgnc Gillette 22-yard field ooal. Drive: 74 yards, 12 Ptoyv Key play: Boles' lt-yard run on draw play. Time left: 5:47. Worvertnej 3, Bucbaytt 0.

Michigan: McMurlry 57-yard pau from Brown (Gillette kick). Drive: 72 yards, four plays. Key play: Boles' seven-yard run on thlrd-and-two. Time left: Wetvtrlnts 10, Buckeyes a Second quarter Michigan: Hoard 18-vard run (Gillette kick). Drive: 17 yards, three plays.

Key play: Arnold recovered Snow fumble at Ohio Stale 17. Time left: 1:35. Wotverhes 17, Buckeyes Michigan: Gillette 56-yard field goal. Drive: 41 yards, six plays. Key play: Kolesar 28-yard pass from Brown.

Time left: M. WoNtrlnet 20, Buckeyes 0. Third quarter Ohk) State: Snow four-yard run (O'Morrow kick). Drive: 70 yards, seven plavs. Key play: Snow 36-vard ran.

Time left: 1206. Wolverines 20, Buckeyes 7. Ohk) State: Matlock Tl-vard run (O'Morrow kick). Drive: 46 yards, eight plays. Key play: FreVs 11-yard pass to Edwards.

Time left: 231. Wolverines 20, Buckeyes 14, Fourth quarter Ohk) State: Olive 14-yard pau from Frev (O'Morrow kick). Drive: 90 yards, eight plavs. Key play: FreVs 27-vard pass to Olive. Time left: 1126.

Buckeyes 21, Wolverines 20. Ohio State: O'Morrow 21-yard field goal. Drive: It yards, six plays. Key play: Matlock's 12-yard run. Time left: 8:30.

Buckeyes 24, Wolverines 20. Michigan: Hoard eight-yard run (Gillette kick). Drive: 76 yards, 10 plavs. Key play: Brown's It-yard pass to Boles on thlrd-and-flve. Time left: 420.

Wolverines 27, Buckeyes 24. Ohio State: Matlock 16-yard run (O'Morrow kick). Drive: 92 yards, six plavs. Key play: Frev's 20-vard pass to Snow. Time left: 2.02.

Buckeyes 31, Wetvertnes 27. Michigan: Kolesar 41-yard pass from Brown (Gillette kick). Drive: 41 yards, two plays. Key play: Koksar's 59-yard klckoff return. Time left: 137.

Wolverines 34, Buckeyes 31. John Kolesar was Wolverines9 saving grace on the final drive BY STEVE KORNACKI Free Press Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio Demetrius Brown, an uneasy hero last week against Illinois, was more relaxed during and after Michigan's 34-31 comeback win over Ohio State Saturday. Brown completed ll-of-17 passes for a career-best 223 yards, with touchdowns of 57 yards to Greg McMurtry and 41 to John Kolesar. "I think Demetrius saw more of the field today than he ever saw before," Wolverines offensive co-ordinator Gary Moeller said. "After the game, I told him, 'I think you matured as a quarterback and I'm proud of He looked so sharp in the pocket and avoided pressure.

Demetrius did it all." USC gains Rose Bowl; Bruins fall Trojans, from Page id Perhaps the most important offensive player of the day was USC's Aaron Emanuel, a durable running back who scored two touchdowns and gained 82 yards on 24 carries. UCLA's last flickering hope was snuffed out with 6:44 remaining, when a Bruin reverse on a USC punt went awry. Carryl Henley fielded the punt and tried to pitch it to Marcus Turner as he was being tackled, but the ball bounded loose and Craig Hartsuyker recovered for USC on the UCLA 34. Off that turnover, USC got its final points of the day, a 21-yard field goal by Quin Rodriguez. UCLA controlled the ball 20 minutes of the first half, running 46 plays to USC's 31 and outgaining the Tro In the stands, his father, Bill, was so excited he began to kiss everybody, around him.

On the field, the U-M players mobbed Kolesar, grateful for i. i Tm.a 1 li 1 Hnm QnAntr liuc, 11 wuuiu tone a ivicu uuvi-i interception with 29 seconds left to trulv ice the came. But without Kole- 90,176. Team statistics U-M OSU sar's kickoff and catch, the Buckeyes, would have already been celebrating. "I never really got to play in an Ohio State game here," said Kolesar, who was injured when the Wolverines were here in 1986.

"So to do it in my senior year was really special." Indeed. r. it T1 .1 24 16 7 1 41.7 24 12 11 1 36.4 First downs Rushing Passing Penalty 3d-down efficiency 499 61 7.3 469 73 6.4 Total yards Total plays Avg. gain per play outright, it goes to the Rose Bowl with no asterisks. And, on top of that, the 276 51 5.4 277 44 6.3 Rushing yards Rushing plays Avg.

gain per play sanctity ot the Micnigan-unio staie, rivalry is preserved. Good. It was, well, MITCH ALBOM, from Page ID In other words, the perfect game for John Kolesar. 1 is an Ohio kid. Did you know that? Grew up in Westlake, a couple hours north of this campus.

As a boy, he visited this big, gray Ohio stadium, "The Horseshoe" they call it, and he loved it and he fantasized about playing here. After all, an Ohio kid plays for Ohio State with a few exceptions. He was an exception. His father had gone to Michigan. So much for Ohio State.

"A Buckeye by birth, but maize and blue in my blood," Kolesar sang with a huge smile, all teeth showing, in the U-M locker room afterwards. His hair was still wet from the shower. His tie was knotted around his neck. But there was a Rose Bowl pin on his lapel, and down the bench, a teammate was pretending to put a championship ring on a make-believe Michigan State player (the Spartans would have tied for the Big Ten Championship had U-M lost Saturday) then he pulled it away and squealed "Oooh! Sorry! We'll take that! Haha!" "It's a fairy tale," Kolesar admitted, "this game, my senior year, last series, unbelievable. This tops everything." Which, as we said, is saying something because there are big play guys and there are big play guys and then there is John Kolesar.

This is the kid who, as a freshman, caught the 77 yard touchdown pass from Jim Har-baugh to beat Ohio State. The kid who, almost unseemly for this game to be 192 29 14 48.3 1 6.6 223 17 11 64.7 0 13.1 Passing yards Passes attempted Passes completed Pet. completed Interceptions thrown Avg. gain per play diiyiiiiiig icaa uimi uiaiiiau itaiiu rehuild. Teams restructure.

Inevitably. S3M 0 315.3 0 Puntsaverage Had blocked one is going to be stronger than the other. But tradition, whenever oossi tWA" jans, 261 yards to 157. But all they had to show for it was a 21-16 deficit. AP ble, should be honored.

And it was Saturday. By a kid who crrow nn hprp anH nlavprl hark there. 113 111 4102 650 31 42 115 0 0 6115 442 21 11 Return yards Punt returnsyards Klckoff returnsyards Penaltiesyards Fumbleslost FG madeattempts 5 I and helped win the game with the most 28:46 31:14 Time of possession Lin 1 A l.n.M nnnn tn Iliemuiauie iuu yams wc iwvc seen a long time in college football. And in the final glorious moment, 1 Michigan's Tony Boles puts his shoulder to the Buckeye Mark Pelini in the second half Saturday. Kolesar's catch teats Buckeyes, gives Michigan Big Ten title Individual statistics Michigan RUSHING Aft Yds Avg Log TO Hoard 23 158 6.9 30 2 Boles 10 103 5.4 IB 0 Bunch 4 20 5.0 9 0 Kolesar 1 9 9.0 9 0 Bwwn 4 -14 1 0 ne was uuiuuug ui "Practice, I really was," he said, smiling again.

"I know it sounds weird. But that was what was on my mind. I was so glad we had done it in practice." Alt Cmp Yds TD Int 17 11 223 2 0 PASSING Brown OUIC. Vrti, lmmu wliat nrarttrp makpe No. Yds Lng TD 4 17 15 0 3 93 57 1 3 95 41 1 RECEIVING Hoard McMurlry Kolesar as a junior, caught the winning touch' down with 50 seconds to go (another leap over a defender) to beat Alabama in the Hall Of Fame Bowl.

ut Saturday. Well. How can you top this? How many yards did John Kolesar account for on Michigan's final drive? Try 100 yards. 100 yards? Yes. PUNTING No, Yds Avg Lng BLK Gillette 3 106 35.3 37 0 PUNT RET.

No. Yds Avg Lng TD Kolesar 1 11 11.0 11 0 KtCKOFF RET. No. Yds Lng TD Kolesar 3 101 59 0 TACKLES Solo Ast Sckvds Total Anderson 8 8 00 16 Spencer 4 9 00 13 Welborne 4 6 00 10 Murray 4 5 00 9 Key 4 2 00 6 Arnold 14 00 5 Abrams 0 5 00 5 Marshall 0 5 00 5 Osman 0 5 00 5 Messner 3 100 4 Teeter 0 3 00 3 Plate 1100 2 Traupe 0 2 00 2 T. Williams 0 2 00 2 While 2 0 115 2 O.

Williams 0 100 1 Dottln 0 100 1 Flchtner 0 100 1 Townsend 1 0 00 1 The Bruins had no trouble moving the ball; they only had trouble getting it into the end zone. The first three times the Bruins threatened, they had to settle for field goals by Alfredo Velasco from 46 yards, 27 and 25 and that just wasn't good enough, because the first three times USC threatened, the Trojans got what they came after: touchdowns. Emanuel scored the first one on a four-yard run, Peete passed 29-yards to split end Erik Affholter for the second and then the recently recovered quarterback sneaked in from 1 to stake USC to a 21-9 lead before the Trojans scored the touchdown that made it close 21-16 at halftime. The Trojans have the nation's best defense against the rush, allowing 67.6 yards a game on the ground before Saturday. And UCLA, when it had a choice, decided the prudent thing to do was to pass over that defense rather than run into it.

The Trojans' touchdown drive took seven plays and only one of them was a rush, when USC stuffed tailback Brian Brown for a two-yard loss. Aikman put it in the air the rest of the way, completing sue passes in six tries, the final one a 10-yard lob to Reggie Moore who simply put on the brakes at the goal line, causing corner-back Ernest Spears to run past him, while he pulled down the touchdown pass. That was the brightest moment of the afternoon for the Bruins, though, and it was their last hurrah in what began as a sunny day filled with promise for UCLA and ended smoggy and gray and with them holding the consolation prize of a ticket to the Cotton Bowl instead of staying right here and hosting Michigan Jan. 2. USC, which hosts Notre Dame next Saturday in the Los Angeles Coliseum, simply had too much of everything.

Though Peete gets most of the publicity, the Trojans are far more than a one-man show. Their first touchdown Saturday the one that put them ahead for good was set up by their kicking game and their defense. The game was a tale of two halves. The Buckeyes scored the first four times they had the ball in the second half, moving ahead in the fourth quarter, 21-20, on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Frey to Bobby Olive, and pushing the lead to 24-20 on a 21-yard Pat O'Morrow field goal. Ohio State didn't move into U-M territory until its first drive of the second half.

The Buckeyes drove 70 yards in seven plays on the first possession after halftime, scoring on a four-yard run by Snow. Matlock scored an 11-yard touchdown, his first of the season, on Ohio State's next drive. That cut U-M's lead to 20-14 and turned a blowout into a competitive game. What did coach John Cooper do at halftime, recruit a new team? Ohio State was out-gained, 313-116 yards, in the first half. "The only thing I tried to do was get them fired up," Cooper said.

"Michigan probably let up a little bit." The Wolverines had a 20-0 lead at the half, scoring on two of the most dramatic plays of the season. Brown completed a 57-yard touchdown pass into the wind to Greg McMurtry in the first quarter. McMurtry split the zone coverage of Mark Pelini and Vince Clark, catching the ball near the goal line. It was the longest U-M completion since Brown and McMurtry hooked up for a 62-yard touchdown last year at Minnesota. Mike Gillette moved into second Start your day with vf Free Press coffee toast milk donuts For home delivery call 222-6500 Detroit 4frcc Vxcas Michigan's great morning tradition Yds Lng TD 0 0 0 No.

1 INTERCEPT. Spencer WOLVERINES, from Page ID ticed him from the press box, head down and pacing on the sideline. Cameron put in a call to the field. "Get up!" Cameron shouted. "Get up! Don't worry, you'll get another chance." Yeah, sure.

But Kolesar believed. He took the kickoff 59 yards, and caught a 41-yard touchdown pass on the second play of the drive. Kolesar covered the entire 100 yards himself. "Kolesar is a game-breaking guy," U-M coach Bo Schembechler said. "He made two big plays to win it.

That was wild. Believe me, it was wild." Flanker Chris Calloway was wide open underneath on a shorter route, but Brown elected to go for broke after he was pressured out of the pocket. "I tried to put a lot of zest on the throw," Brown said. "It fluttered a little. I almost had a heart attack until I saw he had it." Kolesar, a 6-footer who jumped center at Westlake (Ohio) High, went up between defensive backs Zack Dumas and David Brown to make the catch in the end zone.

"That was my second resolve," said Kolesar, noting the kickoff blunder and dropped touchdown he made up for. Last year, he also dropped a scoring pass in a 23-20 loss to Ohio State. Somewhat lost in the moment was Brown, who completed 11 of 17 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns. The rushing efforts of Leroy Hoard (158 yards) and Tony Boles (103) also were key. Greg Frey completed 14 of 29 for 192 yards in leading the Buckeyes' comeback.

Carlos Snow carried 25 times for a career-best 170 yards. Ohio State Yds Avg Lng TO One end of the field to the other. "Earlier in the game, a kick bounced off my body and out of bounds. I couldn't believe it. Then I dropped a touchdown pass in the end zone.

So, I had some resolve to take care of," he said. And here is how he did it: With the Buckeyes leading, 31-27, and just 2:02 remaining, he took the kickoff in his own end zone and busted through the coverage all the way to the Ohio State 41 before the kicker tripped him up. "He ran like a man possessed," said his coach, Bo Schembechler, who can recognize one when he sees one. Two plays later, Kolesar was in the Buckeyes end zone, leaping between two defenders, reaching for that wobbly spiral from quarterback Demetrius Brown (who later said "I knew he would catch it, because he had dropped one touchdown pass earlier in the game, and he never drops two in a row.) And somehow, he came down with it. Touchdown.

One hundred yards. In 25 seconds. And that's counting hang time. 6.1 36 170 Aft 25 I 5 2 4 RUSHING Snow Matlock S. Graham Hicks Frev 6.6 16 7.6 21 60 12 1.0 6 53 31 12 4 Alt Cmp Yds TD kit 29 14 192 1 1 PASSING Frev Yds Lng TD 11 17 No.

4 4 3 1 1 1 RECEIVING Hicks Ellis Olive Edwards Snow J. Graham 27 It 22 5 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Lng Bohlman 5 167 33.4 45 KtCKOFF RET. No. Yds Lng TD Snow 4 60 17 0 Bryant 2 55 29 0 TACKLES Solo Ast Sckvds Total Craig 2 10 00 12 Thomas 2 8 00 10 J.

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Junior Anthony Thompson broke Indiana's career rushing record Saturday, running 25 times for 167 yards and three touchdowns, as the Hoosiers crushed error-plagued Purdue, 52-7, in their season-ending Big Ten game. It was Indiana's highest point total against Purdue and its biggest margin of victory in the series that began in 1891. The Hoosiers (5-3 Big Ten, 7-3-1) received a bid to face South Carolina in the Liberty Bowl Dec. 28 at Memphis, Tenn. Purdue finished 3-5, 4-7.

Thompson raised his career total to 3,366 yards, breaking the Indiana record of 3,257 set by Mike Harkrader in 1976-80. Thompson also increased his own school career scoring record to 246 points and his own season rushing record to 1,546 yards. Indiana turned five of six Purdue turnovers in the first half into points. 4MTS3IIIES 5 DAYS4 MB GREAT GIFT 789 759 Km. Pf DBt ONLY ONLY COLLEGE FOOTBALL CLASSIC ORDER NOW! ROUND TRIP VIA.

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