> Yankee Catcher Elston Howard: the American League’s Most Valuable Player award. First Negro ever to win, Howard batted .287, hit 28 homers, drove in 85 runs for the American League champions. Already chosen as the National League’s Most Valuable: Dodger Pitcher Sandy Koufax, who led in won-loss record (25-5), beat the Yanks twice in the Series.
> No. 1-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, ran 25 yds. with an intercepted pass, set up a field goal that knocked No. 5-ranked Auburn from the list of the unbeaten, 13-10. Other scores:
Michigan 14 Illinois 8
Army 8 Utah 7
Penn State 10 Ohio State 7
Wisconsin 17 Northwestern 14
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