Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Standby. Quarterback Roger Staubach, who is having his best season, must be counted on for much of the drama. Staubach, 33, completed 57% of his passes and scrambled for 316 yds. He has been better in the playoffs. His bomb to Wide Receiver Drew Pearson beat the Vikings in the final minute, and he buried the Rams with four touchdown passes. Staubach's infantry consists of Running Backs Robert Newhouse and Preston Pearson. Neither is O.J. Simpson, but both ran effectively enough to make Dallas the top rushing team in their conference...
...ball. Says Landry: "Most defenses are geared to recognition. If we can make the other team unsure of the play for a few seconds, we can hit our point of attack." Getting there is never simple. Notes Preston Pearson: "When I was playing for Baltimore and Pittsburgh, the quarterback's call in the huddle was a sentence long. Here it's a paragraph...
...complexity of the Dallas offense does not worry Widenhofer either. "We have an advantage in playing Cincinnati twice this year," he says. "The Bengals use lots of motion. The only difference between Dallas and Cincinnati is where the quarterback is." The Steelers' offense is more predictable. Fullback Franco Harris was good for almost 5 yds. a smash this season, and Quarterback Terry Bradshaw, who is also having his best season, will throw to him as well. For deeper patterns, he looks to the speedy Lynn Swann...
Sophomore year found the high school hero on Harvard's kickoff squad. But he did start three games, and was awarded the game ball for his two interceptions in the Columbia game. A New York Times picture of Bill tackling Columbia quarterback Carl Rios circulated throughout Wallingford. The speculations began again...
...Died. The Rev. Dallas Tarkenton, 63, Pentecostal Holiness Church minister and father of Minnesota Viking Quarterback Fran Tarkenton; of a heart attack, while watching his son's team lose to the Dallas Cowboys, 17-14, in an N.F.L. play-off game; in Savannah...