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Through this year most teams have been using a nine man line when punting. They have placed their kicker 15 yards behind the line, and delayed the kick until the linemen are downfield within covering distance of the receiver. Punt returns are nearly impossible in this situation...
...seen a flagrant boo-boo like that, any field judge would have tossed down his yellow flag and penalized Navy 15 yards for having an ineligible receiver downfield. Right now, though, Navy's 1963 All-America Quarterback Roger Staubach, 24, pretty much has to throw to his old teammate, former Navy Guard Fred Marlin, 26. There aren't too many other decent receivers at the U.S. naval base at Danang in South Viet Nam, where Ensign Staubach is stationed as a supply officer. Jolly Roger keeps his passing arm limbered up by working out with Fred...
...deflected the ball in the air, then fell backwards, scissored his legs, and the ball miraculously arched downfield to Hoeppner, who was breaking for the goal all alone. Hoeppner capped the play by drilling a low shot into the left side of the goal for Harvard's final 3-0 margin...
Harvard's lone tally was set up by left wing Scott Robertson, who brought the ball downfield and centered it across the goalmouth. The Williams goalie dived for the cross, missed it, and Blodget was there to nudge the ball...
...ENDS: Bill Yearby, 21, Michigan, 6 ft. 3 in., 230 lbs., and Aaron Brown, 22, Minnesota, 6 ft. 4 in., 241 lbs. Yearby is "a vicious tackier, always on target, always gets his man-and not 5 yds. downfield, like most college kids." Brown, who played one game with his jaw broken and three more with it wired shut, is so good on both offense and defense that the pros are puzzled about where to play him. "If he gets his hands on the ball, he'll run over the other team. If he doesn...