Word: kicking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Quick kicks and fake quick kicks, short onside kick-offs, a fake statue of liberty play, and a fake field goal attempt were all in the Big Green's repertoire. All of them were tried, but none led to a score...
...play revealed all too well a consistent Crimson weakness throughout the contest. On punts and on kick-offs, the team moved downfield at half-speed, giving the Dartmouth runners plenty of time to find the holes and to pick up extra yardage. On one occasion, Stahura, after punting the ball, actually made the tackle as well...
...Crimson's second touchdown had come in the second quarter, following a quick kick by Rex from his own four-yard line to Harvard's 40. Botsford ran it back to the Harvard 49. In 11 plays the varsity covered 51 yards, all on the ground and largely with the running of Botsford and Eikenberry. A pitch-out from Simourian, who replaced Botsford, to Stahura was the scoring play...
...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...
...took the Big Green slightly less than five minutes to score their first try, and they narrowly missed a penalty kick (good for three points) before that. The Crimson's first serious threat came midway through the second half, when they got within a few yards of the Dartmouth goal line. As on every other occasion when the home team pressed, the Indians punted their way safely back down field...