Word: punt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cohen brought the Tuftsmen 61 yards in 14 plays after Harvard's Dave Smith fumbled a punt. The drive was kept alive with a pass interference call at the Harvard 15. Two plays later with just 2 minutes to go Cohen connected with rangy end Dick Giachetti at the goal line. The extra point gave Tufts a 15-9 lead...
Then, after the ensuing Columbia punt, Dempsey got in a fight with half the Harvard team and was ejected from the game. He was both hero and goat, and easily the most colorful man among the Light Blue...
...only five first downs to U.C.L.A.'s 19, gained a total of 135 yds. to U.C.L.A.'s 407. The Bruins fumbled the ball away on Missouri's goal line, had another touchdown nullified by a penalty, presented the Tigers with six free points on a blocked punt. It was quite a struggle until Quarterback Gary Beban engineered a 56-yd. scoring drive in the third quarter. After that, Halfback Mel Farr scooted for two TDs, and the Bruins won the game...
...first, sophisticated Angelenos were horrified by Tommy's rumpled appearance and taciturnity ("I am," he admitted, "the oratorical equivalent of a blocked punt"). But they quickly fell in love with his peculiar, devil-take-the-hindmost brand of football. "We'll try to do the unexpected," he promised, "the things nobody would dream that we'd be stupid enough...
...word. Tommy ordered his boys to kick on third down, pass on fourth. He drilled them endlessly in the techniques of the quick kick and the "squib punt"-kicked ever so gently-that is almost impossible to field, because it travels only 30 yds. in the air, hits the ground and rolls around crazily. He was even accused of rigging microphones in his players' helmets, so that he could direct the action from the bench. And then he introduced Quarterback Beban, a spectacular sophomore who ran for 590 yds., passed for 1,483, and sparked the Bruins...