Word: handoffs
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...touchdown, Skypeck sent John Webster, usually a decoy halfback, deep into Crimson territory, and, after faking a handoff, completed a 26-yard pass play to Webster. On the next play, Skypeck, on a beautifully faked keep play, rushed over from the five-yard line. For all intents and purposes, however, the game ended when Taylor completed his pass to Juvonen. With this play, Cornell hit upon the varsity's main weakness and used it later in the game to rally their winning touchdown...
...Leadoff man Dick Wharton handed second man Dave Brahms a five-yard lead, but disaster struck in the back stretch. Yale's second man Bob Kirschner attempted to pass Brahms on the inside at the same time that Brahms decided to move in. Brahms went flying, and by the handoff, was 15 yards behind second-running Princeton. No foul was called...
Mike Robertson, leading off from lane two, moved ahead at the end of the first half-lap, maintained a two-yard lead over Yale's Ed Holahan, until just before the handoff, when he increased...
...Pete Lash took a handoff, tore around the right side of the Navy line, away from All-America End Ron Beagle and Tackle John Hopkins, skipped down the sideline and scored. Chesnauskas converted again...
...bread and butter play in Harvard's football offense is the inside reverse, with the wingback carrying on a handoff from the tailback. Lloyd Jordan elevens have frequently used the play with success...