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...decided that her true passion was the gridiron. Carla even dreams of being in the Football Hall of Fame someday. "I don't know why," she says, "I just think it's a pretty neat sport." Carla, 5 ft. 1 in. and 139 Ibs., entered a punt, pass and kick competition sponsored by the Ford Motor Co. Beating out some 28 boys in the initial rounds to make the area contest-a feat accomplished by only two other girls in 17 years of competition -Carla bruised some male egos. "How am I gonna tell them a girl beat...
...defense choking off the long run and seamless zone defenses in the secondary denying all but the perfectly thrown pass, the big play is often the game-breaker in the N.F.L. this season. Often that play comes from the little men, especially on kickoff and punt returns. Many teams carry a diminutive run-back specialist on their rosters. As fearless as they are frail-looking, they await the ball amid the growing thunder of approaching tacklers. Momentarily obscured by a wall of blockers, they duck toward the sidelines in a suicidal dash toward glory. Johnson, who is the only N.F.L...
...three plays later Brown hit Sablock again for 17 yards to the Yale 36-yard line. Then, the Crimson pass blocking broke down as it had early in the game. The Harvard signal-caller was dropped for a big loss, and the visitors had to punt...
...Bulldogs looked sharp, driving to near midfield, but they too hit a snag when Tom Masterson picked off a Rizzo pass. On their next possession, after they had once more forced Harvard to punt by sacking Brown, the Elis drove crisply to the Crimson 20 before a holding penalty short-circuited the foray...
Then, with 11 minutes left to play, after two straight sacks by Bob Baggott had apparently forced Yale to punt on third and long from its own 34, punter Mike Sullivan sped around end and followed beautiful blocking 66 yards for the touchdown. The Elis had an undisputed title firmly in hand...