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Word: gainers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...revolving door that is the Cornell QB system and took control of the offense after halftime, masterfully directing a 74-yd. touchdown drive. A number of times the Crimson appeared to have contained the Big Red ground game only to have Tanner drop back and complete a big gainer...

Author: By David A. Wilson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Big Red Crush Crimson at Schoellkopf | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...attack clicked again as Ryan launched a big gainer to Decker at the 10. From there, Ryan faked everyone out, tucking the ball behind his hip on a keeper to the 3. He then pitched to the fleet Tom Weidenkopf on the option to make the score 27-0. A pointless Harvard series of Lahti incompletes turned the ball back over and again put the defense to the test. On the first play, Ryan burned the lagging resistance, hitting a wide-open Mike Turley for 41 yards to the Harvard 19 before Scott MacLeod collared...

Author: By Mark D. Director and David A. Wilson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Cornell Swamps Crimson, 41-14 | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

...stands to be a major gainer from the Tokyo Round agreement

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Moving Toward Freer Trade | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...funny thing happened to the Crimson defense on the way to their own Crimson defense on the way to their own endzone, backwards. It held. No longer did it give Penn the big gainer and good field position, which it needed for its grind-it-out Wishbone offense...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Defense Comes Together In Tense Fourth Quarter | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...opening-day performance of these pigskin neophytes was very impressive. Ippolito added an interception to Halas' pair, and Columbia managed only one long gainer...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Crimson Grid Hopes Depend Largely On The Untested Defensive Secondary | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

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