Word: playoff
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFF BOWL (CBS, 1:30 p.m. to conclusion). From Miami. Color...
N.F.L. types made no secret of their amusement. They dubbed the A.F.L. the "Kook League." And when sportswriters suggested a "world series" playoff between the champions of each league, they were referred to the historic crack of Elmer Layden, who served as N.F.L. commissioner during the formation of the ill-fated All-America Conference in the 1940s. "First," said Layden, "let them get a football...
Last year, with Jimmy Brown rolling up 1,446 yds., the Browns edged out St. Louis for the Eastern Conference title; in the championship playoff Brown gained 114 yds., and Cleveland demolished favored (by seven points) Baltimore, 27-0. Last week the Browns took a long step toward their second straight playoff berth, as Jimmy presided over a 34-21 defeat of the third-place New York Giants. Cleveland's defense was not anything to brag about-it did not have to be. Not the way Butcher Brown was slicing up New York...
...championship was decided by an elimination playoff among the four top teams. To reach yesterday's finals, Lowell came from behind to edge Winthrop last Tuesday, 2-1, on two goals by inside Dave Fuller...
...Lowell victory in the playoff finals avenged its only loss of the season, 1-0, to Eliot last month...