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...first defensive backfield alignment was quite fluid, with all the available defensive backs seeing action in different combinations. Two of the regulars, linebackers Ron Messer and Bob Hardy, were nursing bruises and did not participate...
Coach Lloyd Jordan never did get to test his sophomores and substitutes. Paul Murphy was in for one play, and Jerry Blitz saw some action, but otherwise the first-string backfield played most of the game. After the game, however, Jordan said. "It was nothing more than we expected . . . nobody would believe it . . . I wouldn't say they were overconfident...
...almost the entire first-string Davidson backfield was inactive for some time with injuries. Halfbacks Brown and Gray were carried to the field house on stretchers after the game, having sustained injuries late in the second half. Fullback Leroy Fargason was hurt in the first period, and Thacker left the game in the third...
Senior Roy White, who rounds out the backfield at right half, seems to be an example of undeveloped potentiality. He has shown bursts of speed, and adeptness as a blocking back. In 1951, he carried 61 times for a net of 205 yards, of 3.3 per try. Davidson sports officials claim he would be aided tremendously by a stronger line...
...Davidson starting eleven includes eight lettermen. Six men are seniors, four sophomores, and one a junior. The backfield has a great deal of speed plus a passing potential. But so far, the Wildcats have not been able to capitalize on their shifty T-box-single wing offense. And, comparative scores notwithstanding, there is little reason to believe they will make it pay off today...