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Word: outrushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...squad withdraws behind closed panels for the final big push, there is a definite feeling around Cambridge that the palm of victory will have a Crimson hue Saturday evening. There is, of course, a large element who predict that Harvard will get three times as many first downs, outrush by twice as much yardage, complete many more passes, and lose by one point in the last minute of play. And they have facts on which to base their case. But those who have watched the squad in its practices this fall and have seen the power they are capable...

Author: By Donald B. Straus, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/16/1937 | See Source »

Only in the final period did the home team outrush, moving down the field with the wind. Fullback Joe Bradley put on steam for the winners here, however, while goalie Put Williams made a shoe string catch of a hard low drive for the day's outstanding save...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harlow Sees Harvard Steam Roll Princeton---Worst Defeat Ever | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...nine out of 31, managed to score once on a Pitt bungle, 34-to-6. Spectators were astonished to find the Yale team wearing white jerseys instead of traditional blue (so they would not toss passes to the blue-clad Washington & Lee players); were less astonished to see Yale outrush its opponents 14-to-0. Princeton worked on Williams like the answer to the composite prayer of all football coaches everywhere. Nearly every play and formation, from spinners to end runs, clicked with beautiful precision for total gains of 440 yd. The defense cut Williams' rushes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Oct. 23, 1933 | 10/23/1933 | See Source »

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