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George Allen's Washington Redskins had an easier time of it against the Dallas Cowboys. Every time Cowboy Quarterback Roger Staubach dropped back to pass, he found himself hounded by a fierce Redskin rush. By contrast, Redskin Quarterback Billy Kilmer had all the time he needed to send Receiver Charley Taylor a pair of thread-needle touchdown passes. All but smothering the Cowboy running attack, Washington rolled over Dallas...
...attack boasts a 27-year old Vietnam vet who once practiced with Roger Staubach on the sands of Saigon, a high school pal of Brown's Nino Moscardi (a dubious distinction), and a three-letter late-night scorer for San Miguel High...
...KARL STAUBACH Pleasant Hill, Calif...
...just as if Willie Mays had hit two game-winning home runs off Mickey Lolich in the World Series. Or George Blanda had outplayed Roger Staubach in back-to-back Super Bowls. Or Sammy Snead had beaten Jack Nicklaus in successive play-offs for the Masters. Last week, at 37, for the second year in a row, Ken Rosewall won the world championship of professional tennis. Once again, he did it by defeating the most formidable opponent possible, Rod ("The Rocket") Laver...
...pride and the promise of a $15,000 payoff for each player on the winning team, Thomas and the rest of the Cowboys rolled over Miami like an automated machine. In the battle of the quarterbacks, the Dolphins' Bob Griese proved no match for the Cowboys' Roger Staubach. Griese, who gave up a costly fumble and an interception, was stymied at every turn by the Cowboys' tenacious Doomsday Defense. Staubach, meanwhile, piloted the Cowboys' ball-control offense to perfection. Sending Running Backs Thomas, Walt Garrison and Calvin Hill through holes as broad as a boulevard...