Word: tailback
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...breaks and playing against a good team—bad combination.”But the Quakers’ backups made things interesting late in the third. With just under eight minutes to go in the quarter, Penn marched 80 yards down the field for a touchdown, with rookie tailback Michael DiMaggio leading the way.DiMaggio carried the ball five times for 25 yards on the drive, including a two-yard touchdown run to give Penn its first score of the game.On the ensuing kickoff, the Quakers successfully attempted an onside kick, recovering the ball and giving themselves good field position...
You’d think that if you sent the Bulldogs’ workhorse tailback Mike McLeod out in the rain and mud with a broken toe, he might be slowed down. And you’d be right: last week in sloppy conditions against Brown, the junior record-breaker was limited to one touchdown. And 185 yards on 32 carries...
...receiving corps, a senior quarterback who has come into his own, and a running back who finally broke out for a big game the weekend before. The Lions were conceding 267 yards per game on the ground and 418 total. The gameplan seemed simple: put the ball in sophomore tailback Cheng Ho’s hands and let him run wild, while occasionally throwing the ball to keep the Columbia defense honest. It was a sure-fire way to trample the Lions, right? Wrong. The final score was a measly 27-12. The Crimson started off on the right path?...
...four straight in convincing fashion, the defense is dominating, and veteran Chris Pizzotti has looked sharp in replacing the injured Liam O’Hagan at quarterback. The Bulldogs’ record remains unblemished, but they have shown clear signs of weakness in their last two outings and stud tailback Mike McLeod has returned to planet Earth, i.e. closer to 150 yards per game than...
...sunny Saturday afternoon at the old Palmer Stadium in Princeton, a football expedition into the wilds of New Jersey. The laughs were based on plays on word, riffing on the last name of the Crimson’s standout tailback in a pale imitation of Abbott and Costello. Unfortunately, Wutt wasn’t playing quarterback that day. But the experience is memorable because it united father and son in a shared fondness for sports, for settings and trips like that one. Across the bleachers, across the country, football brings families together.On the field, too. Tomorrow, the Ojukwu brothers (junior...