Word: wingback
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...secondary was left practically unguarded. Navy creamed three out of Texas's first four running plays. But then, on third down, with the ball on his own 42, Carlisle dropped back and did the one thing the Middies never expected: he threw the bomb. On the Navy 40, Wingback Phil Harris-who had caught only five passes all season-daintily sidestepped Navy's Pat Donnelly and reached up. Down came the pass, spiraling prettily into his hands. No one touched Harris as he scampered all the way to the end zone. Stocking-footed Tony Crosby booted the extra...
Along with Wood, Columbia's boy wonder Archie Roberts and Dartmouth's partly crippled halfback Tom Spangenberg repeated on the first team. The other man in the first string backfield was Princeton wingback Jim Rockenbach...
Yale's pro-type offense, which puts a wingback in a tight slot and splits the opposite end wide, places a good deal of pressure on the ends and corner men, but fortunately that is where Harvard is stongest defensively. "They may give us some touble when they run inside," coach John Yovicsin has admitted, "but I think our defense will be able to contain them." If Yale can be held to short gains, Crimson coaches seem reasonably confident few Ell touchdowns will develop...
...other two running backs--fullback Don Jordan and wingback Frank Way--have gained 76 yards between them all season. As for Penn's mediocre passing game, Owens' injury all but nullifies that threat...
Behind this foursome are tailbacks Pete Porietis and Hugh McMillan, wingback Dan Rockenbach, and fullback Cosmo Lacavazzi. Porietis is third among the Ivies in rushing and Lacavazzi is second in scoring, primarily on the strength of three touchdowns scored in a losing effort against Cornell...