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...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...
...weight lifting, soon learned that there never was anything wrong with his passing arm. Last year's first-string quarterback, Tom O'Grady, stalked off the team in disgust, returned meekly, and was shifted to reserve halfback (where he has caught one pass for 9 yds.). In Northwestern's first five games, Myers hit on 72 of 108 passes for 979 yds., ten touchdowns and a phenomenal .667 completion average. Says Parseghian, happily contemplating two more seasons of Myers' passing: "All we had to do was teach him our plays and let him loose...