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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...boils down the basic difference between offense and defense to 13 words: "On offense, it's poise, finesse, determination. On defense, it's fury, fight, utter abandon." He gives his "offense unit" one kind of indoctrination, his "defense unit" the other. Crisler even has a "point-after-touchdown" unit-including a specialist place-kicker and seven of the biggest linemen on the squad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Specialist | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

Chip Gannon has just bolted 37 yards off right tackle to the enemy 15-yard line on the third play of the game. Four smashes have produced a first down on the six. The crowd of 18,000 is pleading for a touchdown. Now, after two line plunges have failed to gain, Leo Flynn is drifting back, trying to hit Kenny O'Donnell (42) for a score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Before Scarlet Fever Hit | 11/1/1947 | See Source »

...four straight--three walkaways from Fordham, Lehigh, and Western Reserve, and a close 14 to 7 decision over Princeton three weeks ago. The Scarlet dropped its opener to Columbia 40 to 28. In this game, they led 28 to 27 at the three-quarter mark, after erasing a four-touchdown deficit, and felt certain of winning before Columbia rallied again...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Fast Rutgers Eleven Makes Second Stadium Run Today | 11/1/1947 | See Source »

Hering is Coach Harman's regular left halfback and was the team's high scorer last season with 80 points. He is leading Scarlet touchdown-makers to date with 82 points, and turning in a good running performance from his slot in the Rutgers...

Author: By Joseph BUNYAN (sports and Rutgers Targum), S | Title: Rutgers Battles Today with 1946's Aces: Passer Burns, Dancer Grimes | 11/1/1947 | See Source »

Burns, a third-year student at Rutgers, completed six of eight passes--two for touchdowns--in his last appearance to boost his aerial gains for five games to a sizzling 484 yards. He tossed two touchdown passes to end Bucky Hatchett, another dangerous man on the offense, to increase his season's total of scoring aerials...

Author: By Joseph BUNYAN (sports and Rutgers Targum), S | Title: Rutgers Battles Today with 1946's Aces: Passer Burns, Dancer Grimes | 11/1/1947 | See Source »

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