Word: northwestern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Northwestern's baby-faced Quarterback Tommy Myers, 19, is a football coach's happy pill. He is the first man on the practice field each afternoon, the first in bed each night. He would not dream of breaking training. He does exactly as he is told: he never runs when he is supposed to pass-in fact, he rarely runs at all. "He's got an open field in front of him half the time," says Athletic Director Stu Holcomb, "and he won't even cross the line of scrimmage." But this is just fine with...
...play half a game with the varsity-and that is just about what Sophomore Myers played last week against Notre Dame. But while he was on the field, Myers completed eleven of 18 passes for 168 yds., threw for two touchdowns and set up two more as Northwestern won, 35-6. Just for good measure, Myers twice passed for two-point conversions. Such performances are just what Wildcat fans have come to expect from their fuzzy-cheeked passing whiz...
...first varsity game against South Carolina, Myers completed 15 straight passes for a new collegiate record, and Northwestern won 37-20. Against hapless...
...Myers threw four more touchdown passes in the 34-22 victory. His protection is often erratic, but he rarely gets rattled under fire. Ohio State tried to red-dog him, and when that failed to daunt Myers, Coach Woody Hayes ordered his defense to fan back and double-team Northwestern's receivers. Myers still completed 18 of 30 passes, and the Wildcats, behind 14-0 in the first quarter, roared back to win, 18-14. Says Halfback Paul Flatley, who caught a Myers pass for the first Northwestern touchdown against Ohio State: "I was covered by three guys...
...bull's-eye from 20 yds. away. Troy High's coach rebuilt his offense after Ferguson graduated-and Myers was it. By the time he was ready to graduate, he had offers from 15 colleges. But when the lanky youngster turned up at Northwestern, Coach Parseghian wondered if the band might not be the best place for him after all. "He was such a white-faced, pale-looking kid that I thought he had mononucleosis...