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...Johnson can maintain the pace for the rest of the season, he will pass Bill Walton (who shot 65.1 % in his three years at U.C.L.A.) as the most efficient college scorer ever. The entire team benefits from Miller's tightly controlled play: Oregon State's 57.5% field-goal clip this year is the highest in N.C.A.A. history. Says Guard Ray Blume:"Coach Miller's theory is that if you pass the ball once and get a man open at 15 ft., then pass it two more times and you'll have a man open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pass Masters of the Game | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...Crimson, playing with the wind at its back in the opening quarter, right away engineered a mini-drive, but missed a chance to get on the board when Gary Bosnic cream-puffed a 43-yd. field-goal attempt...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Yale Runs Past Harvard, 35-28 | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

...approached the ol' field-goal maker for a pre-concert interview, I could tell it was going to be tough. The combination of the haircut, the summer weather and the teenyboppers milling around had put the grizzled old guy in a sour mood...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: But Seriously, Folks... | 8/1/1978 | See Source »

They popped through their first seven field-goal attempts and 11 of their first 13 to open up an 11-point gap before Frank McLaughlin's gang could even unholster their six-shooters...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Party's Over | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...according to Akers, "the fastest football player in the world"-the new coach substituted a big-play, I-formation offense for the Royal Wishbone. When the offense bogs down, there is the estimable leg of Kicker Russell Erxleben to put three points on the scoreboard. Erxleben set an N.C.A.A. field-goal record early this season with a 67-yarder, and routinely kicks true from 50 yards away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Longhorns of Plenty | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

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