Word: runback
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This runback ignited the Dartmouth offense, which moved 51 yards in just eight plays to tie the score...
...dooming the Quakers by grabbing a Shue pass with a minute and a half remaining in the game. Harvard's punt and kickoff coverage was weak, relinquishing 190 yards, but the kickoff return showed breakaway possibilities with the return of Rod Foster. Foster had one unbelievable, twisting 56-yard runback that came within one defender of going all the way. Ivy Football Standings Cornell 4 0 Dartmouth 4 0 Harvard 2 2 Princeton 2 2 Columbia 2 2 Penn 1 3 Yale 1 3 Brown...
...Philadelphia Eagles' Billy Walik caught a Giant punt and broke loose for a 45-yd. runback. ABC-TV Commentator Howard Cosell spoke up in his distinctive nasal twang: "While we were walking up to the booth tonight, my colleague, Dandy Don Meredith, said: 'Howard, you watch, Walik is going to break a punt tonight.' " To which Colleague Meredith cheerfully replied: "Now, Hahrd, Ah didn't say that. But if you say Ah said it, Ah'll stick with it." Pause. "Hahrd, why do you always do that to me?" The gang in the press...