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...Staubach In Center...
Righthander Andy Luther (4-0) will get the call against Navy this afternoon. The big senior, who beat Columbia 5-1 last weekend, will be pitching to some hot hitters, including a center fielder named Roger Staubach, who is hitting. 385 and reportedly has a strong arm. Catcher Gene Parcinski and first baseman-Captain Hank Kettlehodt are also over...
...other team, Quarterback Carlisle might long ago have caught the fancy of sportswriters with his nifty short passes (33 completions in 79 attempts) and nimble rollout runs. But this was the Year of the Quarterback; compared to such wizardrous performers as Navy's Heisman Trophy Winner Roger Staubach, Carlisle was a face in the crowd. At that, No. 1-ranked Texas was hardly the showcase for a quarterback. Grinding over ten straight opponents by a score of 215 to 65, Coach Darrell Royal's Longhorns stuck to the ground so doggedly that wags cracked "They...
...what of Navy's Staubach? He was running for his life, mostly. Time after time, led by massive (6 ft. 3 in., 240 Ibs.) All-America Tackle Scott Appleton, the hard-charging Texas line dumped him behind the line of scrimmage; twice, they knocked the ball loose before he could get his pass away. On one play, desperately trying to elude Appleton's clutches, he smacked into the referee, bounced off into Appleton's arms for a 23-yd. loss. Asked who his most persistent tormentors were, Staubach sighed: "Well, they all had me down one time...
Then the war began-and for the first three quarters it looked as if the oddsmakers were right again. Army scored the first time it had the ball, Quarterback Stichweh slicing over from the ten after driving his team 65 yds. in eleven plays. But then Navy's Staubach went to work-on the ground, not in the air. Sending Fullback Pat Donnelly ripping through the line, throwing just enough to keep the defense honest, Staubach put together three drives of 47, 80, and 91 yds., capping each with a touchdown by Donnelly. With ten minutes left to play...