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Only two players (Halfback "Bump" Elliott and Fullback Jack Weisenburger) play on both. Thus, in effect, Crisler's first team consists of 20 men. Whenever Michigan's defensive team regains the ball, Crisler orders: "Offense unit, up and out," and nine men pour onto the field at once...
Crisler hasn't a single so-called "power play" in all his bag of tricks. Yet he builds his plays on the single-wingback, a formation fundamentally designed for power. On most teams the fullback is a burly, bludgeoning line-plunger. Crisler's fullbacks must be slick ball-handlers; they start most of his plays...
Although the visiting team as a whole will outweight the opposition by about 15 pounds to the man, its backfield is relatively light. Fullback Sabo, for example, tips the scales at 175. Sabo, however, is the team's leading ground gainer. He is the only newcomer to last year's starting backfield...
...tide of injuries seems to be turning at last, with all but four men ready to play today. Jim Kenary, Don Stone, John Gorczynski, and Howie Houston will sit this one out. The loss of this quartet, plus Vince Moravec, however, weakens the Crimson severely at center, both tackles, fullback, and in forward passing...
Sabo is considered by Harman as one of his most valuable finds of the year. The hard-driving fullback is the loading ground-gainer on the Rutgers crew and has amassed a total of 804 yards earned on the turf for an average of 8.3 yards gained per attempt...