Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...backing up the line against the Wildcats stamped him as one of the leading contenders for the fullback job. His running ability is as yet an unproven quantity but it seems as though he is going to be given every opportunity to make good in the Team A backfield...
With backs squatting in double wing formation and a line trained to charge like a backfield, Yale skylarked more points away from Vermont than any Yale team has scored in any game since 1888, Yale 89, Vermont...
...three days that Coach French had his first team together he concentrated on one backfield. When, just before game time it was disclosed that Gibson, fullback, was ineligible and Wells, quarterback, had developed a bad knee, it was hard to make up a smooth working backfield. This probably accounts for the big weakness in pass defense shown by the Freshmen...
Bates comes here with little more than the hope of gaining a moral victory. When, the Pine Tree State eleven last played in the Stadium in 1919, they were downed by a 53 to 0 count. This year's team is now hard hit by injuries. Three first-string backfield players are out of commission owing to injuries incurred in last Saturday's clash with the Massachusetts Aggies, and until then Coach Dave Morley had hoped to give Harvard a good day's work...
...backfield, which has been a matter of speculation all year during the conditioning period, will be composed of four veterans. Putnam will be at the helm with T. W. Gilligan and Huguley at the halves and Harper at full-back...