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Meanwhile, about the only thing that can bring a smile to an admiral's face these days is the sight of Navy Quarterback Roger Staubach...
...ranked Texas: a narrow 7-0 victory over unranked Baylor, as Quarterback Duke Carlisle sparked a third-quarter touchdown drive that left the Longhorns the only undefeated and untied major college team in the U.S. It was a day for quarterbacks. Navy's Roger Staubach passed for one TD, rammed two more across himself, and the No. 3-ranked Middies torpedoed Maryland 42-7. Harvard's Mike Bassett ran 7 yds. for the deciding score, as the Cantabs dumped undefeated Princeton 21-7. And Mississippi State's Sonny Fisher, playing defense as well as offense...
...stage was set for a repeat of last season's upset, when Notre Dame stopped Navy in the mud 20-12. Snow was falling, the half-time score was 7-7, and Navy's Roger Staubach had completed only one pass. But then the favored (by four points) Middies caught fire. Staubach hit on 9 of 15 passes for 91 yds. and two touchdowns; Fullback Pat Donnelly broke loose for 127 yds. And the No. 4-ranked Middies romped to a 35-14 victory. Other scores...
Then there was Navy. Quarterback Roger Staubach (TIME cover, Oct. 18) strapped himself into a shoulder harness, completed 14 of 19 passes, for 168 yds., scored one TD himself, and steered the No. 10-ranked Middies to a convincing 24-14 triumph over unbeaten, No. 3-ranked Pittsburgh. But the bookies insisted that it wasn't really an upset. Just because of Staubach they had picked Navy by five points...
...East selection was quite an honor; Humenuk was picked over players like Navy's Roger Staubach, who passed the Middies to a 24-12 victory over highly rated Pitt, and the ubiquitous Archie Roberts, who accounted for over 200 yards while Columbia walloped Lehigh...