Word: td
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Next time Chicago played Green Bay, Sayers scored one TD on a 10-yd. sprint around end, set up another with...
...ball on 62% of them-an average of 20-odd plays per game, Sunday in and Sunday out. The best passer in the game can be replaced; Baltimore's Gary Cuozzo demonstrated that last week when he took over for the injured Johnny Unitas and threw five TD passes to beat the Minnesota Vikings 41-21. But there is no substitute for Jimmy Brown: he is the indispensable man-as Cleveland's own passer, Frank Ryan, is happy to concede. When Brown asks for the ball in the huddle, he gets it, no questions asked...
...each was something to see. On the first, he started toward right end from the 3-yd. line, abruptly cut back, and while the Giants were twisted into pretzels, he literally walked across the goal. He ran 4 yds. straight through Giant Safetyman Jimmy Patton for his second TD, and his third brought satisfying animal growls from the throats of Cleveland fans. With the ball on the New York 17, Quarterback Ryan called a "Bread and Butter 19"-a slant play off tackle. Picking his way daintily through a tiny hole, Brown exploded at full speed into the Giants...
While the rest of the Browns got in their licks (Ernie Green scored one TD, and Lou Groza kicked two field goals), the game belonged to Brown. In all, he carried the ball 20 times for 156 yds. That boosted his 1965 rushing total to 1,064 yds.-almost twice as much as his closest competitor, Philadelphia's Timmy Brown (no kin), and more than eight of the 14 N.F.L. teams have gained on the ground all season. Jimmy caught three passes for an additional 36 yds., and his three TDs gave him 84 points so far this year...
...TD FG PAT TP Begel 0 3-5 9-10 18 Barrows 2 0 0 12 Humphrey 2 0 0 12 Shevelson...