Word: bisons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...same play that led Cornell to its win over the varsity three weeks ago--a pitchout to a halfback going off tackle or around end--and a hard-driving fullback, Bob Ford, brought Bucknell back from a two touchdown half-time deficit to what perhaps should have been a Bison victory Saturday. An Official's mistake cost Bucknell the ball late in the fourth quarter when they were driving deep into Crimson territory...
Another ace for the Thundering Herd is triple-threat junior quarterback Jim Stewart. An excellent passer, Stewart is also an experienced play-caller, a good runner, and the start of the Bison secondary on defense. In addition to these duties, Stewart also does the punting and place-kicking...
Offsetting the powerful Bison backfield is a woefully weak line. Coach Harry Lawrence lost his entire first line and 11 of his top 14 linemen at graduation. Lack of experience and ability have clearly shown: Bucknell has yielded 15 touchdown in five games this season. Inexperience will probably hurt the Bisons even more today, as the varsity is the first single wing team they have played this year...
...Bisons' two outstanding linemen are right tackle Ralph Riker whom Law rence calls his "hustlingest lineman," and center George Wolfe, named "unsung hero" for his work in the Bison's 38-0 defeat of Temple tow weeks...
...Bison & Oxen. The fame of the school of mines soon spread to the whole institution. The university's 13-building campus is uniquely equipped to give special training. Its geologists have studied the chemistry of the arctic's soil and the effect of frost and thaw. Its Geophysical Institute has become a center for research into the upper atmosphere and the aurora. Last year some 30,000 visitors trooped through its museum to examine 100,000 Indian and Eskimo exhibits as well as the skeletons of the hairy mammoth, super bison, musk ox, Pleistocene horse and saber-toothed...