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...came as no surprise to anyone that Dartmouth's final kick-off, with only 22 seconds left in the game, was a short, onside kick. Rex had tried the same thing at the opening of the second half, and it had worked. At that time, Rex short-kicked to the left, and the ball was recovered by Moss. Both teams were offside, however, and so Rex had to kick again. It was exactly the same story, except that the time left halfback Jim Mueller recovered for the Big Green...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: Crimson Power on Ground Overcomes Indians, 28-21 | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

Dave Bradley, the Indians' quarterback, completed four touchdown passes and set up another tally on a 65-yard runback of the opening kick-off. Fullback Bill Morton was the other Dartmouth standout, driving through the Crimson line for three scoring runs which averaged 55 yards apiece...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indians Defeat J.V.'s By Margin of 58-0 | 10/27/1956 | See Source »

Jordan also tested various men on kick-off and points after touchdown. Scoring is below .500 in extra points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Passing Emphasized In Last Heavy Drill | 10/19/1956 | See Source »

...Montreal side threatened briefly immediately after the kick-off, but the Crimson soon gained control of the game when the Business School's Peter Curry took a pass from Olivier Brunet to score near the posts in the eighth minute. Jim Joslin converted, to make the score...

Author: By Alastair J.C.E. Rellie, | Title: Rugby Team Subdues Barbarians; Finishes Game Missing Three Men | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

...more than 25 minutes of the first half, those energetic cheerleaders seemed the best the Army could produce. Navy's Quarterback George Welsh, with his deadly pitching arm and his farflung halfbacks, was just too much. With deceptive ease, the Middies caught the opening kick-off and steamed 76 yds. for the first score of the game. It hardly seemed to matter that the extra-point kick was wide. Whenever Welsh dropped back to pass, the Navy line gave him plenty of time. And he was almost always on target. When the Army secondary dropped back to cover. Welsh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Infantry Tactics | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

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