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...anybody really believes that a good offense is the best defense, he should have a chat with Johnny Unitas, quarter back of the Baltimore Colts and the best passer in the National Football League. Johnny U. is easily the most offensive player in pro football. Twice, he has led his team to the N.F.L. championship, three times he has been named the league's Most Valuable Player, and the yardage he has gained on passes in twelve years adds up to more than 18 miles. But all that did Unitas little good against the Los Angeles Rams last week...
...weapon, the New York Giants hit on the "four-three" defense: a four-man forward wall buttressed by three linebackers. The conversion of three linemen into secondary defenders provided extra coverage of pass receivers, but it also left four men to do the job of seven in rushing the passer and shutting off the run. Suddenly, defensive linemen had to be bigger, faster and infinitely smarter. Suddenly, defense had to be a science...
...college football's "game of the year." U.C.L.A. against Southern Cal. The No. 1 team in the nation against No. 3 (or No. 4, depending on the poll). Passer Gary Beban against Runner O. J. Simpson. At stake: the Pacific Eight title, a Rose Bowl bid and the Heisman Trophy. "Whichever team wins this game should be the national champion," insisted Southern Cal Coach John McKay. After what happened last Saturday-U.C.L.A.'s Beban passing for two T.D.s, U.S.C.'s Simpson running for two, Southern Cal winning by the slim margin of a missed extra point...
...senior passer's 18th TD flip, breaking the mark set a decade ago by Caroll Lowenstein. Number 17 came with 55 seconds left in the first half on a fingertip grab by the spectacular pigskin Comodore Hornblower...
Against Cornell, Brown fell behind 14-0 early in the first period. Then, for he first time this season, Coach Len Jardine's defense found itself, regrouped, and proceeded to shut out the Big Red and pinpoint-passer Bill Robertson for the rest...