Word: balled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...yourself in the shoes of the Harvard defensive halfbacks, or you'll end up drinking your troubles away and miss most of the game. The defensive back will have to come up to the line of scrimmage quickly to help the linebackers stop Blanchard when he gets the ball. Some of the time, however, when it looks like Blanchard is getting the ball, he won't. Instead, it will be a pass, and the defensive backs will have to back-pedal fast to botch the play up. The play is the belly pass, with which Singleton threw two TD passes...
...roughing it without complaint, for adapting to a strange cultural environment with tact and grace, for representing one's country both honestly and positively. This is work for neither a child nor a wild-eyed crusader. When abroad, these U.S. youth must, indeed, as Melady repeatedly said, "take the ball and run it across the goal line," but in order to score a touchdown, a team needs more than raw enthusiasm...
...Crimson, however, still had time to penetrate the Yale 20 twice more, only to lose the ball on an interception and a fumble. The primary offenders were halfback James Swartz, who had trouble holding onto the ball all day, and Humebuk, who managed to hit some Blue receivers, as well...
...wasn't a simple matter. The Crimson lost eight yards before it got going. After a little bit of fiddling around-with fourth and ten-Watts let loose with a pass to Billy Taylor that brought the ball to the Yale ten yard line...
...after the kick-off the Yalies took over on their own ten yard line, and kept the ball moving until they scored the winning touchdown...