Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Momentum Made for Force...
...therefore had the entire team with the exception of the kicker lineup about ten yards behind the regular line and start before the ball, thus reaching the kicker about the time he was recovering his short kick. Their momentum would carry them into the defense with terrific force, either injuring the player in the way or gaining considerably more yardage than did the former wedge...
Tufts was playing out of its class and the size of the score was due to the irresistible momentum gathered by Harvard offense early in the game. Miller's 72-yard run for a touchdown on the second play of the contest was the key note of the whole afternoon. After that, with the exception of the few moments which produced its lone score. Tufts was completely bowled off its feet. Crimson backs and linemen hit a terrific gaining stride and the game outfit from the Oval never recovered sufficiently from the first few blows to offer any effective resistance...
...with his head down for all he is worth. Meanwhile the right end, fullback, left halfback, left end and quarterback fall in behind him and push. Thus a wedge of six men is hurled at the opposing line like a flying meat axe. No human frame could withstand the momentum of this onslaught. It can be readily seen that under the old rule of five yards in three downs no ordinary defense methods could keep a team with this attack from marching down the field for touchdowns almost at will...
...Richards had made a stand, if he had put out the sad-eyed Lacoste, the bounding Borotra, he might have become a national figure comparable to Ethan Allen, Commodore Perry or Red Grange. But the momentum of the French was too great; thinking of Tilden's fall, of Johnston's failure, of Williams' calamity, how could he survive alone? So it was Rene Lacoste who faced Jean Borotra in the final...