Word: tailbacks
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...going into last week's game against Brown, Princeton had demolished 14 straight opponents. They wasted no time making it 15 in a row, ripping off 53 yds. in three plays to score the first time they got their hands on the ball. When the day was over, Tailback Ron Landeck had thrown four touchdown passes and the final score...
...which scare him as much as they do his opponents. "We're playing awfully dangerous ball," he shudders. But Princeton's bread-and-butter play is still the old-fashioned single-wing "power sweep," with two linemen pulling out of their positions to run interference for the tailback...
...Texas: a 21-17 upset of previously unbeaten, No. 1-ranked Alabama, in the Orange Bowl at Miami. Striking for two lightning scores (one on a 79-yd. run by Tailback Ernie Koy, the other on a 69-yd. pass from Jim Hudson to George Sauer), the fifth-ranked Longhorns opened up a 21-7 halftime lead. Then they hung on for dear life, intercepting two passes, stopping one Alabama drive at the 1-ft. line, as 'Bama's great Quarterback Joe Namath, playing with an injured knee, frantically filled the air with footballs, completing...
...rise of passing and the use of deception in the backfield have been the downfall of the single wing. Its tailback and fullback, alone behind the center, can provide little opportunity for faking or sufficient pass blocking for each other. Yesterday's tailback was primarily a runner, but today's quarterback must be able to throw the football and execute sleight-of-hand as well...
Also, the Tigers display a disturbing ability to find outstanding backs who can make the single wing work. At tailback is Don McKay, whose rushing and passing put him second in the Ivy League in total offense. At fullback is Cosmo Iacavazzi, third in total offense and first in rushing among the Ivies, and last year's national scoring leader...