Navy’s starting quarterback, Bill Byrne, underwent emergency...
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Navy’s starting quarterback, Bill Byrne, underwent emergency surgery to have his spleen removed following his record-setting performance against Syracuse, said an academy spokesman at Annapolis, Md.
Byrne was diagnosed as having a torn spleen after Navy’s 24-20 loss to Syracuse on Saturday. He went into surgery late Saturday night at Anne Arundel General Hospital.
Byrne, 21, a junior from Pacifica, Calif., was reported in good condition after the operation.
Byrne set six school records Saturday as he completed 37 of 52 passes for 399 yards and two touchdowns, putting his name in the record books ahead of former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Roger Staubach.
The 37 completions bettered Staubach’s 25 against Maryland in 1964. The other five records established by Byrne were for most yards passing in a game, most pass attempts, total offense in a game, most completions in a season (151), and most passing yards in a season (1,694).
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