Word: pigskin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...almost entirely to his brilliant playing. It was not spectacular in that there were no length of the field runs but when one player can hit a line as heavy as Georgia's, carrying the ball himself in eleven out of thirteen plays, and in those plays, bringing the pigskin from one end of the field to the other, so that on the thirteenth play his teammate takes the ball over for the only score--then you can be sure that that player is a good back. That is what Eddie Cottle did against Georgia on Saturday. He was sent...
Team A recovered from its dullness and by brilliant gains soon had the pigskin down by its opponent's goal. Miller was largely responsible with two long runs, one of 18 yards, through the center of the line. An end run by Hammond was stopped before it got under way, but Miller again saved the day when he made another 18-yard gain on a criss-cross play. The ball was now on the second's 32-yard line. On the next play a short, wide forward from Hammond to Cheek completely fooled the scrubs and enabled Cheek to score...
...game was old-fashioned football line plunging being the order of the day, and fumbling was very frequent. The Maine eleven carried the ball three times to within ten yards of the B. U. goal and B. U. took the pigskin the same distance twice, but no score resulted. The most brilliant piece of open field running that B. U. showed was when Henry carried a kickoff from behind his own goal to the middle of the field. Carlson and Hirtle were the only Boston backs who showed much offensive power...
...greater part of the first half was taken up by a punting duel between Slagle and Dignan, with the advantage slightly on the side of the former. The whistle blew with the first string gridders in a position to score, Williams, who replaced Slagle, and Caldwell having placed the pigskin on the substitutes' 8-yard line. Another punting duel between Dignan and Williams featured the second half as well. The University line showed a marked weakness in charging and failed to open adequate holes for the backs...
...three downs the scrubs were immovable, then Zarakov, aided by perfect interference, broke loose through left tackle and carried the pigskin 20 yards before being stopped. Another ten yards the University advanced, but were held for downs on the scrub 20-yard strip...