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ip*vS3. vSXv,Falcons, Rockets In MAC SpotlightI!jtifiiCOLUMBUS. OHIO AP — “They’re a great Leant ... no question about it. They may be as good as the Ohio University-team of last year.”That glowing appraisal of Toledo's football team comes from Don Nehlen, the popular young coach at Bowling Green. His Falcons have the unenviable task of stopping the high-scoring—-jRockets Saturday. j°nfrill I 1 Its 016 Amer*can Con-j|J^£*lVlfI jference Game of the Weekj--and it could fill the 2S.272 seats ! i ;in Doyt L. Perry Field. ]| ‘We knew they could score1I but what scares me most is!Still No. 1 InNFL Rushing; their defense. It has looked; NEW YORK (AP) — The Na-j awfully good,” Nehlen said. ■Both teams come into the fray with perfect 1-0 league recordstional Football League had new-individual leaders in passing,Ca°lvLngHiS? League| Toledo stimned two4imerookie, was still the top man mjchampion Ohio University, 34-9, | irushing. iand BG toppled Western Stfichi-jThe running back from Yalejgan, 21-10. Toledo is 3-0 on thej extra played only the first halfjseason, the Falcons are 2-1.against Philadelphia last Sun*! ‘T think we have a chance to Boew-t^y when an ankle injury side-lstop them but they are very 30-vjUacS •'lim. But in that half, heltough to handle. I think our No.carried 10 times for 91 yards!! job is to contain their quar-sndrva touclldowri caught three jterback, Chuck Ealey.^ passes for'71 yards and passed: “And our attack will have to I! once for 44 yards. ibe a balanced one. If you’re. . . j Hill, according to NFL statis-jdoing something real well, like] j. 2Sj tics released today, has rolled [passing, they can take that part; action j Up 233 yards in 51 attempts for a|of your game away from you/’j venngj^ g average per rush. { Bowling Green used an aerial!but itj ^0 new ]eaders are kicker;attack to overcome Western,! J. Paul|jYe(| (30x 0f Minnesota, scoring,!and with good reason. Veteran; r with!with 34 points; Roy Jefferson ofjquarterback Vem Wireman !Pittsburgh in pass . receivingiclicked -on 15 of 21 passes for; le this j with 20 receptions, and Craig! 153 yards and two touchdowns, catch-jMorton of Balias in passing.;And split end Bob Zlmpfer, one wmanj Morton has completed 2?. of -321 of the best in the troop, latched :er for throws for 68.8 per cent. 383 onto nine tosses for 123 yards speedy! yards, four touchdowns and an and both TDs. {3 likes; 11.97 average gain. He has not; Wireman has another fine tar-j short;been intercepted. Iget in wingback Fred Mathews,|i Other departmental leadersiwho leads the club with Id re-: j include LemBamey, Detroit, in^ceptions for 143 yards, j punt returns with an average] Ealey, a soph who plays with Iretum of 27.3 yards; Mike;the poise of a veteran, riddled r | Bragg, Washington, punting, on;Ohio’s secondary with 10 of 17;; 14 for a 46.1 yard average, and; for 251 yards and three touch-: n ; Bo Scott, Cleveland.kicfcoff re-jdowns. The Rockets also boast j |turn with an average of 38.3. la fine breakaway threat in Tony! st-onej . i I Harris and a stifling defensea*lowi Denison Splits !ttiat Cleve Br7ant »fat Ml.! r_ee t0 °,y eight -VardSs and' V.rOSS UOUntry :rushing.A1 T\ I_1 A M i I Last year lhese biUer rivalSj Double Me©t j played to a scoreless tie.'i ' i Elsewhere around the league.! ROCK, Pa. — De-.resyj.ggjn- state, 3-1 after- ccsvniton's cross country team splitting their league opener, jour-011 an, a double-dual meet, b e a t i n g!nevs to Western Michigan. 0-2i quar-j clarion College 2IM1 and losing;^ the conference: Miami, idle! t four t0 slippery Rock 24-35. Slippery-iast week, entertains Marshall! group-; rocj^ jjeat Clarion 18-45. land Ohio tries to rebonnd atne an-: Gralewski. Slippery Rock took;home abainst winless Xavier, 0-1 individual honors, with a time of 4.24:34. Jeff Vallentine was next I The winner of the BG-Toledo for Denison with a time of 25:25.;tiff will have first place in the; Tom Birkbeck was third overall MAC and the inside track on n ^ 25:31. the championship.Against Slippery Rock, Deni-1 The picks: son took second, third, seventh. Ofo® Xavier 7. Miami 34. 11th and 12th, while against Marshall 13: Kent Stale 20, “ Clarion they ivere first, second.Ies^ern ant* Boc\i*Tig Green fourth, sixth and seventh. 14. Toledo 13...........
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