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...Crimson soon settled down, however, and after ten minutes Joslin kicked his first three pointer from 20 yards out to open the scoring. With Martin Lindsay getting the Crimson a large share of the set scrums, the threequarters (Rugby's backfield) had a good chance to gain ground. Only solid Yale tackling prevented a breakthrough, as Ash Hallett did a good job of fast passing in his first match at the pivot position of scrum half...
...Their team was just too strong for us," concluded Munro, who nevertheless praised the playing of Gardner "Dubber" Mallonee in the front line and Jim Herscot in the defense. The backfield consolidated in the third period, Munro stated, but could not prevent the Orange attack from scoring...
...cards were stacked against him, said Cherberg, from the first game of the 1955 season. While beating Idaho, 14-7, Cherberg's Huskies set a conference record of eleven fumbles. Only after watching movies of the game did Cherberg discover that his backfield coach, Jim Sutherland, had changed the center's snapping signal, while keeping the information secret from the rest of the team...
...hold on to their No. 1 national ranking without giving away secrets to Maryland's Orange Bowl scouts, Oklahoma's undefeated Sooners ran a run-of-the-mill offense against Oklahoma A. & M. and plowed the Aggies under 53-0. ¶ Georgia Tech's speedy backfield ran rings around outmanned Georgia as the Rambling Wrecks wrecked their traditional rivals 21-3 to earn an invitation to meet Pitt in the Sugar Bowl. ¶ Unimpressed by the fact that the Vanderbilt Commodores had come to town with their best team in 15 years. Tennessee's Volunteers made...
...poor 2-8 season the year before. But to everyone's surprise, the Huskies defeated Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon, and even Southern California in the first four weeks of the season. Cherberg was a hero, for against Southern Cal the year before the Huskies had lost, 41 to 0. The backfield star for Washington was Sandy Lederman, a quarterback from Santa Monica, and his teacher was his old coach from high school, backfield coach Jim Sutherland...