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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1966

Page

9

Browns defense leads in 30 21 win over Cowboys

Browns safety Ross Fichtner, top interceptor with seven picks, hails the defense as the best since he joined Cleveland. He and Mike Howell each snagged key picks off Don Meredith as the Browns build a 30 7 lead, then hold off Dallas 30 21 before 84 721 at Municipal Stadium.

Cleveland National Football League Cleveland Browns Ross Fichtner Fichtner Dallas Cowboys Don Meredith Browns

Western Michigan Tops Attendance With MAC Crowd Records

Western Michigan drew a MAC record crowd of 20,500 as Toledo fell to Western Michigan 15 to 14 in Kalamazoo. Across the league, unbeatens Miami beat Ohio University 33-13 in Athens, and Kent State upset Bowling Green 35-12 at BG to keep pace for the conference title race.

Penden Stadium Athens Miami Ohio University Bowling Green Kent State Falcon Kalamazoo Western Michigan Toledo MAC Ohio Stadium Buckeyes Wisconsin Broncs Ben Davis Defiance Bluffton Kenyon Wilmington Mount Union Hiram Marietta Otterbein Capital John Carroll Ohio Northern Ashland Central State Kentucky State Eastern Kentucky Findlay Wayne State Western Reserve Case Tech Shepherd Princeton Columbia-Cornett Harvard Pennsylvania Yale Dartmouth New Hampshire Connecticut Vermont Massachusetts Bucknell Rhode Island Buffalo Holy Cros Colgate Lehigh Sesanee Lafayette Gettysburge Maine Colby Rutwers Roxrton Syracuse Pittsburgh Newrenee Tempile Delaware Midwest Iowa Indiana Minnesota Union State Wat Northwestern Aempen Purdue Michigan Colorado Oklahoma Kansas State Kansan Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma State Iowa State Cincinnati Tulsa Michi Wayne Vicecess Evansville Sag Joseph's Marshall West Dayton

Notre Dame Star Jim Seymour Injured, Out Likely Three Weeks

Notre Dame end Jim Seymour suffers a badly sprained ankle in the 38-0 victory over Oklahoma and will miss the Navy game in Philadelphia and possibly the Pittsburgh game on November 5. The injury could sideline him for one to two weeks.

South Bend Ind Notre Dame Jim Seymour Seymour Oklahoma Norman Okla Navy Philadelphia Pittsburgh Green Bay Packers Harry Hettsmannsperger Jim MacKenzie Hettsmannsperger MacKenzie Sooners Irish Terry Hanratty Ara Parseghian Pitt Duke Michigan State

College football scores from Ohio standings and national games

Ohio colleges Xavier tops Chattanooga 27 to 10 and Dayton defeats Northern Michigan 10 to 0. Wittenberg beats Heidelberg 37 to 5. Denison 8 4 Oberlin 17 Mt. Union 29. Many results across Midwest and national games with teams such as Kentucky State, Wake Forest, USC, UCLA, Texas, Oklahoma State, and Stanford posted.

Ohio College Xavier Chattanooga Dayton Northern Michigan Wittenberg Heidelberg Denison Oberlin Mt. Union Hiram Marietta Oterbein Capital John Carroll Kenyon Wilmington Wabash Ohio Wesleyan Akron Baldwin-Wallace Youngstown Connecticut Defiance Bluffton Ohio Northern Ashland Central State Kentucky St Astern Kentucky Findlay Wayne St Marve mi Alabama Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Tulane Florida Colorado Stanford Thinsis Oklahoma State Kansas Drake Kentucky N. Y. State N. Dakota UCLA California So. Calf Clemson Washington State Idaho Washington Oregon Wyoming Utah State Air Force Brigham Young OS New Mex Mont Weber State Southwest Arkansas Wichita State Texas Rice Texas A&m Baylor Methodist Texas Tech Arizona Utah Texas West San Jose Iwlinois N. Mexico St

Different strike angles in finals show varied bowling styles

In a PBA finals featuring the top four scorers, each bowler used a distinct angle from extreme left to extreme right yet all delivered strong strikes. The winner began from the middle and rolled over the second arrow. another favored the first arrow from the right. a third stood left of center. a fourth used an extreme left-side angle. The piece emphasizes that individual practice and experience trump copying others and plugs a 24 page bowling basics booklet and a free timer offer from Joe Wilman with a response request to the newspaper.

Jim St. John

Athens Freshmen Aim For Sixth Straight Win At Nelsonville

The Athens Freshman football team seeks a 6 0 season finish when it hosts Nelsonville Thursday at 4 30 p m at Athens field. In the prior game Athens beat Marietta 32 6 with all points in the second half after trailing 6 0 A safety started the scoring then Skip Dennison returned a kickoff 80 yards for a TD David Coon hauled in two interceptions 25 and 30 yards and Bob Martin scored on a 50 yard pass from Coon.

Browns Landry Jim Kanicki Walter Johnson Cleveland Meredith Bob Hayes Hayes Frank Ryan Milt Morin Lou Groza Dallas Dan Reeves Groza Fichtner Leroy Kelly Athens Nelsonville Marietta Skip Dennison David Coon Bob Martin Coon

Notre Dame Stuns Oklahoma 38-0 as Spartans, Bruins win

Notre Dame crushes Oklahoma 38-0 in a game highlighted by Nick Eddy scoring twice and Jim Seymour’s injury absence creating doubt. Michigan State tops Purdue 41-20 while UCLA and Alabama win, keeping ND atop the AP poll with several top 10 teams also victorious.

Spartans Purdue Associated Press Notre Dame Nick Eddy Irish Jim Seymour

Sweetan Debut Impresses Lions in Narrow Loss

In San Francisco Karl Sweetan, the Lions rookie starter, threw 19 of 34 for 227 yards with two TDs and no picks, guiding Detroit to a 24 24 tie until Monty Stickles delivered a game winning 21 yard TD pass for the 49ers with three seconds left. Brodie threw three interceptions as he passed for 221 yards with one TD. Sweetan played in place of injured Milt Plum and kept plays calling from the pocket.

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Packers Vet Taylor Plays Out Option Amid Lopsided Win

Fullback Jim Taylor may leave the Green Bay Packers as he negotiates his contract while his understudy Jim Grabowski shines in a 56-3 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Grabowski, Illinois All American rookie, gained 52 yards replacing Taylor. Taylor declined to say how far apart he and coach Lombardi are on terms.

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Sullivan Tops York Victory

Sullivan and York Bruins beat Wellston Reserves 16 to 14 to raise their record to 4-2-1. Sullivan scored twice on four yard runs and threw to Roger Wright for the two point afters. Via scored both Wellston touchdowns. Brennan added the extra point after Wellston’s TD. York had 12 first downs and 305 total yards. Next game at Miller at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Crowd figures dispute MAC record as WMU tops Toledo

The Messenger misreported a 20,200 attendance as a new MAC record. Western Michigan later listed 20,500 for the WMU Toledo game. The Spartan Athlete Club hosts a meeting at Alexander High School tonight at 8 p.m. Anyone may attend.

Spartan

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