Word: halfbacks
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...Iowa, the unbeaten Spartans were ranked No.1 in the U.S., needed only to beat the hapless (season's record: 1-6) Hawkeyes to assure themselves at least a tie for the Big Ten championship and, perhaps, a trip to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Halfback Clinton Jones ran for four touchdowns, Dwight Lee scampered 14 yds. for another, and Hawaii's Dick Kenney-who kicks the ball barefooted -footed five perfect placements as the Spartans...
...game itself left the rooters on both sides hoarse. Late in the first quarter Winthrop was forced to punt from its own 45. The punt soared high into the lights around the field and fell through the arms of Bunnie halfback Jim Thompson. Winthrop recovered on the Leverett...
This was the first test for Leverett's famed defense. Two smashes into the line left, Winthrop with a third-and-seven situation on the Leverett 14. On the next play, a saint off tackle, the Puritan halfback fumed and Leverett players swarmed over the ball ending Winthrop's threat...
Then came the bomb. On first down Sikora split the right end and put the right halfback in the slot position. He then faked a hand-off and started to roll to his right. But left halfback Conaway had streaked down the left sidelines and had his defender beaten by five yards. Sikora stopped and threw a touchdown strike that covered 45 yards...
Hammond was never seriously tested, however. The halfback line of Fred Akuffo, Andy Kydes, and Captain Bill Kerstetter joined individual standout Tony Marks in choking off any threat by the Tigers, who are winless in Ivy play...