Word: passers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unitas of the Future. If the A.F.L. has one glaring weakness, it is at quarterback-mostly because, as one A.F.L. coach admits, "it takes time to develop a topnotch passer." Nine National League quarterbacks have completed better than 50% of their passes this season-against only three for the American League. But what does it matter how well a man can throw a ball if he can't get out of bed? Last week no fewer than five of the N.F.L.'s first-string quarterbacks were nursing injuries, and Baltimore's Johnny Unitas, who damaged a knee...
What makes the A.F.L. really mad is criticism of its defenses-and it gets plenty. "They don't rush the passer," says one National League coach. "Their quarterbacks have all day to get the ball away." American League coaches, on the other hand, charge that such "sophisticated" maneuvers as the safety blitz are actually pirated A.F.L. inventions. And When it comes to sheer size and strength on defense, the A.F.L. refuses to take a back seat to anybody. The defensive line of the champion Buffalo Bills averages 275 Ibs. per man-18 Ibs. per man more than the N.F.L...
...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...