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...except on the Cleveland Browns. About half of all offensive plays in the pros are passes. But on the Browns, 60% are running plays, and Jimmy Brown carries the ball on 62% of them-an average of 20-odd plays per game, Sunday in and Sunday out. The best passer in the game can be replaced; Baltimore's Gary Cuozzo demonstrated that last week when he took over for the injured Johnny Unitas and threw five TD passes to beat the Minnesota Vikings 41-21. But there is no substitute for Jimmy Brown: he is the indispensable...
...only reason to doubt that Harvard will win big, and the only reason. Harvard is a mere six-point favorite, is Brown quarterback Bob Hall. Hall is the best passer in the League; two weeks age he threw four touchdown passes against Princeton. And to make matters worse, the Crimson's pass defense looked wretched against Princeton last Saturday...
...Princeton will have its hands full today. Yale's defense has been tough all year long. Quarterback Watts Humphrey is a very good passer, and could pick holes in the Tiger's shaky pass defense, as Sponaugle and Hall have done. With Charley Gogolak, Princeton should win, but it won't be a rout...
...will be able to stop the running of Vic Gatto, the Crimson's sawed-off sensation, or of John Tyson, the team's workhorse halfback. Quarterback Will Stargel probably won't be able to pass very effectively against Brown's competent secondary, but he's a better runner than passer anyway...
...game, however, Molloy tore a sigament in his right knee and Penn lost the senior for the rest of the season. His value to the Quakers was immeasurable. Molloy was the team's leading punter; he had carried the ball 85 times for 393 yards; he was a competent passer and pass receiver. Without Molloy, Penn lost to Princeton last Saturday...