Word: halfback
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...tried a fourth-down pass from the Columbia five-yard line. The forward was completed, but the receiver failed to make the yardage necessary for a first down: Columbia had held. But off in one corner of the end zone, far from the play, a Columbia halfback pushed a Penn end. That, according to the rules, is pass-interference. Following the book, the officials gave the ball to Penn on the Columbia one-yard line. The Quakers went on to score and break up the game...
Paced by triple-threat Halfback Bob Unger, Princeton came out strong in the second half, clawed at Penn's tough line, kept the ball in Penn territory and the crowd in intermittent hysterics. But the youngsters couldn't quite put another one over. Penn's defense clicked in the pinches and there was no more scoring. Princeton's victory string, the longest of any major college team when the game began, was cut off at 24. Penn took rank with the best in the East, a heavy favorite for the Ivy League championship...
Only one minute, fifteen seconds had elapsed Saturday when tailback Dick Clasby slashed off right tackle for 12 yards and the Crimson's first score. That touchdown had been set up by halfback Bob Cowles, who returned an intercepted pass to the Colgate...
Quarterback Dick Lalla, who had seen his first passing attempt turned into a Harvard touchdown, returned to the game to spark a drive which was climaxed by halfback Fred Totten, who piled through center a yard for the score totten kicked the extra point...
Springfield was definitely the better team, with a defensive combination, led by halfback Charley Butt, and "heading" abilities which consistently broke up the Crimson passing attack. But Harvard's defense was solid, and the Crimson made up in aggressiveness what they lacked in skill, to send the game into overtime...