Word: handoff
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When halfback Vic Gatto takes a handoff, he hits the line at almost his full running speed. Churning into the opposing secondary, he dupes one defender with a smooth body fake and changes speed two or three times...
...college halfback takes the handoff, slices off tackle, cuts right and scoots down the sideline 60 yds. for a touchdown. The crowd goes wild-all except a handful of tight-lipped men scattered around the stadium, jotting cryptic phrases in notebooks. They are the professional football scouts, and they know all about that particular halfback: too small, slow acceleration, can't cut left. The pros would gobble him alive. The player they watch is the 260-lb. offensive tackle who opened the hole-or maybe that 240-lb. defensive linebacker who fought off three men before he was knocked...
With Yale leading 14-12 late in the fourth period, the sophomore halfback took a handoff from John McCluskey and sped around right end. McCluskey gave him one block. Pete Hall eliminated Yale's corner man, and Leo outran three defenders, scoring untouched...
...took the handoff on a double reverse, raced to the right sideline, then reversed his field and sprinted to the left side behind a block by third-stringer Joe O'Donnell that took out two Quakers. He was finally pushed out on the left side, 42 yards downfield on the Penn...
Yale missed a big opportunity to take the lead early in the third quarter when it jumbled the ball on the Harvard six. Eager Harvard linemen rushed through to knock the ball loose on the handoff...