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...Crimson attempt at field goals failed. Toward the close of the first period Princeton had its chance when Johnson booted the pigskin cleanly between the posts for what turned out to be the winning three points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiger Goal Upsets Rugby Team, 3-0 | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...really something to watch "If you only know what in hell it was all about." When eight forwards from each team are clustered in a tight, throbbing circle, trying to heel out the ball to the backs behind them, rugby resembles neither football nor soccer, although the pigskin itself is a compromise between the two. Add to all this running, passing, tackling but no blocking, and toss-outs from the sidelines and you have that strange hodge-page of field sports which is rugby, the ancestor of those same better-known American games...

Author: By Roger H. Wilson, | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 2/26/1948 | See Source »

According to some of the local politicos, BMOC's, and Maize and Blue football squad members, here's the way they will line up: As line coach, it looks like Forrest "Butch" Jordan, currently listed as assistant line coach in the Ann Arbor pigskin picture. The former letterman guard and ex-Western Conference wrestling champion, when asked if he planned to follow Valpey to Harvard, said, "I only wish I know...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Valpey May Lure Michigan Grid Coaching Aides Here | 2/24/1948 | See Source »

...season began inauspiciously with defeats at the hands of Penn and Cornell, and articulate Bill Cunningham felt moved to dub the play "pantywaist pigskin pushing...

Author: By D. DONALD Peddle, | Title: Harlow's Tactics Set Up Two Touchdowns In Last Crimson Victory Over Yale In '41 | 11/21/1947 | See Source »

Just to wrap things up, Card Bottenfield came across the 'T' from his left half slot and carried the pigskin around right end for thirty yards, brushing off a few stray Cubs on the way for the final tally of the afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Teams Sweep Over Brown | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

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