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Since the Tigers' Ray DuBois scored first Saturday at 0:34, the Crimson didn't go ahead to stay until midway through the quarter on a play that typified Princeton's efforts that afternoon. Harvard defenseman Chris Doyle threw a long clearing pass downfield, and Princeton goalie Alex Stuart, a converted midfielder, came out of the crease to try to intercept it. He ran right by Harvard's John Hagerty and then overran the pass, which Hagerty caught...
Later in the second quarter, the Colts pulled off a play more befitting volleyball than football. Sending Tight End John Mackey downfield as a decoy, Unitas took aim at Wide Receiver Eddie Hinton -and overthrew him. Hinton leaped and tipped the ball to Cowboy Cornerback Mel Renfro, who leaped and tipped the ball to the startled Mackey, who raced 45 yds. for a touchdown...
TACKLES. Marv Montgomery, Southern California, 6 ft. 6 in., 259 lbs.; and Dan Dierdorf, Michigan. 6 ft. 4 in., 243 lbs. Like U.S.C.'s previous All-America tackles, Sid Smith and Ron Yary, Montgomery is a quick giant who is at his aggressive best when bowling over downfield defenders. There is little chance of avoiding him: a junior college hurdle champion and a high jumper who has cleared 6 ft. 6 in., he is literally all over the field. Whenever Michigan needed crucial rushing yardage this season, Dierdorf was the man called upon to blast open the hole...
Many of those completions were short swing passes, but Foster did begin to find his receivers downfield near the end of the first half. His touchdown bomb to Bill Cravens in the third quarter was his first long completion since the Columbia game...
Under Foster, the team moved downfield. With Varney out, the backs were running forward, not down. The receivers broke open, and a majority of the passes began to arrive at the right time in the right place...