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...went for a first down rather than for a seemingly surefire field goal. The play backfired into a 2-yd. loss. From then on it was all downhill for Allen's Over-the-Hill Gang as 49er Quarterback John Brodie connected on two quick scoring passes. Adding another touchdown on a fourth-quarter fumble recovery in the end zone, the 49ers outlasted the Redskins...
...skills mark him as an early round draft choice. Despite his small college background. Wichard (TIME, Dec. 6) has the size and the statistics (41 touchdown passes in three seasons) that the pros prize. RUNNING BACKS. Ed Marimiro, Cornell...
...unstoppable, rolling to the best record in the N.F.L. with nine wins, one loss and one tie. Csonka and his mustachioed sidekick, Jim Kiick, are, respectively, the No. 1 and No. 6 leading ground gainers in the American Football Conference. Quarterback Bob Griese is leading the league in touchdown tosses (19); his favorite target, Wide Receiver Paul Warfield, leads all rivals in touchdown receptions (eleven) and yardage gained (861). On defense, veteran Linebacker Nick Buoniconti anchors a quick, fierce unit that has held opponents to an average of eleven points a game. Summing up, Offensive Tackle Norm Evans, the lone...
...mell pace for the day. Hauling in a punt, he stumbled, recovered, started to his right, cut to his left and then went lickety-split down the sidelines for a 72-yd. score. Oklahoma countered with a field goal, but then lost a fumble that led to another Nebraska touchdown The Sooners, using the Wishbone-T offense in an artful running attack, bounced back with a 70-yd. scoring drive. Then, with just five seconds left in the half, Mildren, who had completed only 22 passes all year, tossed a 24-yd. touchdown pass to Split End Jon Harrison...
...shelved their potent air game (Tagge completed six of only 13 passes for the day) in favor of a slashing ground assault headed by Running Back Jeff Kinney. Holding Pruitt to his lowest output of the season (53 yds. in ten carries) Nebraska outscored the Sooners two touchdowns to one in the wild third quarter to take a 28-24 lead going into the final period. Then Mildren, who ran the ball 31 times for 130 yds., grabbed the lead back with -surprise!-another touchdown pass to Harrison. Eating up the clock, Nebraska launched a 74-yd. drive climaxed...