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The 1966 College All-Star Game |
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"I don't believe in the word. I can't remember as far back as 1963."
But everyone knows that elephants and Vince Lombardis never forget, and in 1963 the College All-Stars whipped Lornbardi's Green Bay Packers 20-17.
So, even Lombardi had to admit that "the boys were really up for this one when they completely crushed the richest assemblage of All-Star talent in history 38-0 Friday before a crowd of 72,000.
The National Football League champions not only matched the biggest previous shutout in the 33-game series while amassing 388 yards on the ground and in he air, but also throttled their own million-dollar babies, Donny Anderson and Jim Grabowski.
The two Packer rookies, Anderson with a $600,000 price tag and Grabowski with a $300,000 label, handled the ball seven times between them and wound up gaining 24 yards.
While Grabowski and Anderson were being embarrassed, the two running backs they hope to replace, Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung, combined with quarterback Bart Starr- as the Packers rolled relentlessly through the All-Star defense.
Taylor ripped off 75 yards in 15 carries and scored on runs of one and 13 yards. Hornung carried nine times for 44 yards and set up one touchdown before he had the wind knocked out of him and left. Starr completed 13 of 22 passes for 177 yards, hitting Boyd Dowler with a 10-yard touchdown pass and firing a 13 yard scoring strike to Bill Anderson.
The other Green Bay touchdown was scored by Herb Adderley on a 34-yard run with an interception. Don Chandler kicked a 17-yard field goal.
The All-Stars, unable to penetrate past the Green Bay 45 in the first half while Steve Sloan of Alabama and Billy Anderson of Tulsa were handling the quarterbacking chores, had their biggest moment in the third quarter when Missouri quarterback Gary Lane raced 57 yards to the six.
The Packers, however, stiffened and took over with the ball on the 13.
Lane, the property of the NFL's Cleveland Browns; defensive back Nick Rassas of Notre Dame and Atlanta of the NFL, and defensive back Rodger Bird of Kentucky and Oakland of the American League were among the All-Star standouts. |
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Donny Anderson scores on 10 yard run against the Chicago Bears in a scrimmage a week before the All-Star Game.
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Green Bay's Ron Rector follows the block of Roy Schmidt to pick up 10 yards.
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