Word: midfields
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yale kicked off, a long, spiralling kick that carried to Harvard's goal line. A lineman caught it and darted for the near sideline. A deafening crescendo of agonied yells sped the runner past the midfield stripe, behind a series of crushing blocks. Two tackles clung to him but he would not stop. Finally, crushed under a mountain of Yale muscle, he lateraled a pass between the legs of a tackler, and a teammate gathered the ball into his arms for the last twenty yards and the first of Harvard's nine touchdowns...
Later in the same period, after Penn had intercepted a Simouran pass at midfield, the Quakers moved in eight plays for a score. The touchdown was a 20-yard pass from Ross to end Dick Schaefer all alone in the end zone. Actually, Ross' bootleg execution fooled the whole defense, allowing Schaefer to get beyond both Simourian and Joslin...
...breaks actually set up the final Crimson scores. In the third period, Botsford's interception of a Brown pass at midfield led to a touchdown seven plays later, with Damis bouncing off three Big Green tacklers to score off right tackle...
Princeton ended Penn's longest winning streak in three seasons at one victory by overpowering the mild Quakers, 34 to 0. Sophomore Fred Tiley scored twice, and Penn did not cross midfield without the aid of a penalty...
Playing a solid, consistant game at midfield all season, Hyde helped considerably to solve Munro's early problem at the midfield position. He strengthened both the attack and often weak defensive play of the team. He was instrumental in all the Crimson's wins, and was an important factor in the varsity's strong 11-10 finish against Dartmouth...