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Scores to Settle. The Chargers ranked No. 1 in the league both in total offense and total defense. They had the A.F.L. 's top passer in Quarterback John Hadl, the top rusher (1,121 yds.) in Halfback Paul Lowe, the best pass receiver in Flanker Lance Alworth, and a monstrous (276 Ibs. per man) defensive line anchored by the biggest man in football: 6-ft. 9-in., 315-lb. Ernie Ladd. What's more, they had already clobbered the Bills once this season, 34-3. The odds makers made San Diego a 6½-point favorite. "According...
...also had a personal score to settle with Charger End Don Norton, who boasted publicly that he could beat Byrd on passes any time he wanted to. Byrd not only covered Norton like a blanket (Norton caught only one pass all afternoon), he also ran a punt back 74 yds. for Buffalo's second touchdown...
...revenge was even more dramatic. Operating behind an impenetrable wall of blockers ("Look at me," he said afterward, pointing to his uniform. "I'm still all white!"), he was the master field general, coolly dissecting the Chargers' defenses, completing eight of 19 passes for 155 yds. -including an 18-yd. TD bullet to Ernie Warlick. Whenever the Bills bogged down, Kemp called on Pete Gogolak, whose soccer-style kicking accounted for eleven points...
Buffalo's devastating defense did the rest. Not once were the Chargers able to get inside Buffalo's 20-yd. line. By the time the afternoon was over, San Diego Quarterback Hadl had lost 45 yds. attempting to pass, and the Bills had shut out the Chargers for the first time in four years, 23-0. "Our defensive team was so high," said Buffalo Assistant Coach Joe Collier, "that I was talking to their kneecaps...
...Keino tire while setting the pace, save his own strength for a final kick to the tape. He did precisely the same thing in a rematch last week at Auckland: dogging Keino's footsteps for most of the race, he turned it on in the last 20 yds. to win by 3 ft. in 3 min. 54.1 sec.-tying the listed world record held by New Zealand's own Peter Snell. Twice was too much for Keino. "I am going back to Kenya and learn how to sprint the last lap," he said. "Just wait-I am going...