Word: kickoffs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Five minutes after the second-half kickoff, Woodson plunged over the Michigan State goal line from the two-yard line. In the fourth quarter Woodson took a pitchout on his own 30-yard line, got a key block, threaded his way through the secondary and put on a blazing burst of speed that left his blowing pursuers behind. The score was tied 13-13. With only five minutes left in the game, Woodson took a screen pass on his own 18-yard line. He stepped delicately around one tackier, then lit out directly across the field. Michigan State...
Watching the Oklahoma-Notre Dame game, a press-box wag remarked: "The turning point was the kickoff." Outraged because the nation's football .writers had demoted them to second place (after Michigan State) in the national rankings, Oklahoma's powermen were out to top the 47-14 beating Notre Dame had taken from State. They did. The big, mobile line smothered Quarterback Paul Hornung's passes, jarred the runners loose from the ball. Senior Halfback Tommy McDonald, who runs split T's run-or-pass option play with more skill than any back in the nation...
...first start last year, he caught the opening kickoff from Notre Dame in his own end zone and returned it 108 yards for a touchdown on a play that Associated Press sportswriters voted the most thrilling of the season...
...game, this play didn't quite work. Crimson right end Bob Cathcart fell on the ball, leaving the Crimson in control for the final seconds.DAVE BELL (23), right, takes Jim Joslin's kickoff in the third quarter after JIM DAMIS (12) had made the Crimson's third touchdown. BOB SHAUNESSY (73), center, has been knocked down. Bell carried the ball to the Dartmouth 30, where he was brought down by John Soucek...
After the kickoff, Botsford interspersed eight passes with two runs and a Columbia penalty, but only one pass was complete, and Columbia got the ball to run out the clock...