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Brown is a three-point favorite in this game because of the talent of quarter-back Bob Hall. Otherwise, the Bruins have nothing. All season long Brown has been proving that a good passing attack alone isn't enough to win ball games. The Bruins have an awful 1-7 record to date. Columbia does not have much of an offense, but their defensive line is good enough to stop Brown on the ground and put pressure on Hall...
...Detroit Lions will finish fourth, because Milt Plum is an erratic quarter-back and the defensive secondary is being rebuilt. Los Angeles, with a number of good young players such as Bill Munson, Merlin McNeever, Brave Jones, and Merlin Olsen will be tough, but they need one more year of experience, to be gotten in fifth place...
...Crimson's most effective offensive weapon has been the passing of quarter-back Rick Zimmerman, chiefly to end Carter Lord. Middle linebacker Dowald Chiofaro leads an effective pass rush...
With the appearance of Bill Humenuk late in the second quarter, Harvard's offensive success began to approach that of its defense. In less than two minutes, the reserve quarter-back carried the Crimson 51 yards to the Dartmouth one yard line before time ran out. The most amazing part of the march was not really Humenuk's passing; he's done that before. Now his receivers were holding onto his missiles. Tom Stephenson made a beautiful diving catch at the Dartmouth 23 and Frank Ulcickas then latched onto a short Humenuk bullet before John Dockery ended the series...
Later, and on another channel, the presence of another elderly quarter-back inspired the Boston Patriots to a 20-14 win over the previously undefeated Oakland Raiders of the American Football League. Vito (Babe) Parilli, who used to quarterback the Green, Bay Packers in the days when they weren't winning anything, played all the way for Boston...