Word: backfielder
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...Eliot line is hard to move, and averages about 210 pounds per man, outweighing the varsity. The backfield is also big, but lacks breakaway power. Quarterback Elliott Topkins has relied mainly on power plays around end and passes to huge 6 ft., 4 in., 215 pound ends Kurt Lemkau and Herb Hardt...
...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...
Harvard, 3-2 overall and 2-1 in the League, will go into the game with a backfield full of cripples and a still-suspect pass defense. Penn, too, is in rotten shapes, with half its first-string backfield of last week out of actions...
...Quakers' runners, who haven't scored in three league games, are now hampered by the loss of leading rusher Barry Elman and fullback Whit Smith as well. In the reshuffled Penn backfield, quarterback Bruce Molloy has become a fullback, flanked by former fullback Tony Thompson and speedy Joe Schuls. The quarterback is likely to be sophomore Tom Kennedy, though senior Chuck Riley and Buzz Hannum are also expected to play...
...solid football player in the backfield in Bruce Molloy, who gave Harvard headaches with his running and punting from the single-wing fullback position last year...