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...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...
Princeton by One TD...
Leverett scored first on a 65-yard swing pass to fullback Jev Shelton. Quincy then surged back to tie the score before the halfway mark. Quincy back John Thomson was caught behind the line, and lateraled to teammate Skip Falcone, who scampered down the sideline for the TD. Most of the second half was played in Quincy territory, but the Bunnies were unable to push over a tie-breaker...
Fighting words. Minutes later, the fired-up Townies intercepted a Brighton pass and punched over a touchdown. Another interception, another TD. In the fourth quarter, the Townies scored twice more and coasted to a 24-20 victory-their 28th in their last 34 games. Grimy faces wreathed with toothless smiles, they bussed their wives and girl friends, and drove off to Coach Luiselli's house for a victory dinner of chow mein, noodles-and beer...
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...