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Reliable sources in and around Tulane Stadium yesterday reported that Miami Dolphin head coach Don Shula will soon announce his candidacy for the Presidency in the Florida Republican Primary. "The betting odds on my opponent must be rotten," Shula said...
...manhandling Colt Quarterback Unitas, they combined for one of the most exquisitely executed maneuvers-this side of the Bolshoi Ballet. It came in the third quarter after Miami Safety Dick Anderson picked off a tipped Unitas pass. Rallying around him in a kind of free-form flying wedge, Dolphin blockers cut down six Colt tacklers in sudden, shattering succession, as Anderson raced on unmolested for the score. Says Shula, still lost in the wonder of it all: "It was one of the great plays of all time, a classic." The 21-0 Miami victory marked the first time...
Thus Miami Dolphin head coach Don Shula, agonizing over his team's 24-3 defeat at the hands of pro football's premier chokers, the Dallas Cowboys, abruptly ended a consolation call from his White House mentor here yesterday...
When the clash of the muscular giants was over, the biggest star of the weekend was the littlest player, 5 ft. 7 in., 160 lb. Garo Yepremian of the Miami Dolphins. More unlikely still, he is a left-footed, soccer-style placekicker from Cyprus who never even saw a pro football game until he was 22. Now 27, Yepremian felt more than the usual sense of rivalry going into the Kansas City game. Though he led the league in scoring with 117 points, he was bypassed for the A.F.C.'s all-pro team in favor of Kansas City Kicker...
...Dolphins are functioning better. This season, in fact, Miami has been all but unstoppable, rolling to the best record in the N.F.L. with nine wins, one loss and one tie. Csonka and his mustachioed sidekick, Jim Kiick, are, respectively, the No. 1 and No. 6 leading ground gainers in the American Football Conference. Quarterback Bob Griese is leading the league in touchdown tosses (19); his favorite target, Wide Receiver Paul Warfield, leads all rivals in touchdown receptions (eleven) and yardage gained (861). On defense, veteran Linebacker Nick Buoniconti anchors a quick, fierce unit that has held opponents to an average...