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...Cleveland Browns beat Dallas 24-17 the week we came out with Fullback Jimmy Brown on the cover (Nov. 26, 1965). More than that, the Browns won the following two Sundays and captured the Eastern Conference title. Brown himself was named National Football League Player of the Year. When TIME put Coach Vince Lombardi on the cover (Dec. 21, 1962), his Green Bay Packers beat the Los Angeles Rams 20-17. Green Bay also won the N.F.L. championship that year. How unlucky...
Across the U.S. last week, it seemed to be raining footballs. No. 4-ranked Alabama scored three touchdowns on passes in a 42-6 pasting of Vanderbilt; the passing bug was so contagious that even a fullback tossed for a TD. Between them, Purdue and No. 2-ranked Michigan State put the ball in the air 51 times, and M.S.U. wound up with the ball game 41-20. Missouri, which was expected to run all over lowly Iowa State, needed a leaping touchdown catch in the final minutes to salvage a 10-10 tie. And Harvard, which had stuck...
Gallier's score, at 6:50 of the third period, ended 43 minutes of stalemate. Taking a long pass from fullback Bob Gray, the center forward powered the ball through three defenders...
...first half was all defense. Led by goalie Jim Sawhill, fullback Mike Tobias, and halfbacks Bruce Goodman, Mike Shwayder, and Steve Goheen, the Crimson kept the ball out of its territory for most of the half...
Outside of the two goals, Harvard's showing was pretty shoddy. The wings, insides, and halfbacks showed none of the coordination that marked the victory over Cornell last week. The offense continually tried to move through the middle, only to be thwarted by Dartmouth's tough four-fullback defense...