Indiana at Michigan

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  Evening star, September 29, 1946, page 28

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  Michigan Drive Whips Air-Minded Indiana, .21-0, in Thriller ANN ARBOR, Mich, Sept 2s.-- Smothering Indiana’s defending western Conference football champs with a flood Of talented reserve power and last-quarter dynamite, Michigan whipped the Hoosiers, 81 to 0. today before a record opening day crowd of 74,600 fans. Michigan scored Just nine plays after it took the ball in the OPEN ing five minutes of play, Gene Derricotte passing II yards to Paul White to climax a 46-yard march. The Hoosiers struck back with their air might. spearheaded by three different pitchers, and drove 65 yards on Ave straight passes late in the second period. but after reaching the Wolverine 10 were halted by Bob Cowan’s tumble. Michigan Roars in Fourth. Michigan unloosed its running at tack in the third period to get INSIDE the Indiana 20 once. where Hoosier End Lou Mihajlovich in tercepted one of Bob Chappuis’ passes and it still was 7 to 0 when Michigan turned on the heat in the fourth period. | Leonard Ford, 6-foot-4-inch Michigan end. recovered Rex Gross mans tumble on the Indiana Is on the last play of the third stanza and after one running play the Wolverines scored again on IT. yard pass from Pete Elliott that Ford caught on his finger tips in the end zone. Less than a minute later. Ralph Chubb caught one of Grossman’s punts on the Michigan Al and handed the ball on reverse to Derricotte, who raced So yards along the sideline behind perfect blocking for the last touchdown. Jim Brieske. extra point special ist who booted Is of Is points after touchdown for Michigan in 1912, converted all three. First Downs Indiana’s, 1877. Indiana, off it’s effective passing attack that gained total of 172 yards, outdistanced the Wolverines in first downs, 13 to 7. but Michigan had an edge of 1875 yards to Indiana’s 81 rushing Michigan’s triumph was its first over Indiana since 1943 and followed two straight Hoosier victories here.

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Michigan leads 62–⁠11 in 73 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.