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Word: punt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson defense simply could not shut down the veer running game with Ciulla, Britt and Gerry Fitzpatrick each gaining over 80 yards rushing. The Lions took a commanding 21-12 lead on the mathematical seven-play, 35-yd. drive after Harvard was forced to punt from inside...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Columbia Surprises Gridders in First Game, 21-19 | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...Bowls. While this year's contest between Denver and Dallas had its moments of suspense, perhaps the most exciting event of the evening-and arguably the Super Bowl's premier athletic feat-was a 60-yd. bomb thrown by 13-year-old Alfonzo Walls Jr. in the Punt, Pass and Kick finals before the game. Walls was on target too, a boon Craig Morton sorely lacked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Letting Go | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

Thomas G. Masterson '79 blocked a punt for the only score in the game, and the juniors won, 7-0. Doherty said the group plans to play whenever there is a big storm...

Author: By Dewitt C. Jones, | Title: Snow Storm Brings Relief From Exams | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

...decided that her true passion was the gridiron. Carla even dreams of being in the Football Hall of Fame someday. "I don't know why," she says, "I just think it's a pretty neat sport." Carla, 5 ft. 1 in. and 139 Ibs., entered a punt, pass and kick competition sponsored by the Ford Motor Co. Beating out some 28 boys in the initial rounds to make the area contest-a feat accomplished by only two other girls in 17 years of competition -Carla bruised some male egos. "How am I gonna tell them a girl beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 19, 1977 | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...defense choking off the long run and seamless zone defenses in the secondary denying all but the perfectly thrown pass, the big play is often the game-breaker in the N.F.L. this season. Often that play comes from the little men, especially on kickoff and punt returns. Many teams carry a diminutive run-back specialist on their rosters. As fearless as they are frail-looking, they await the ball amid the growing thunder of approaching tacklers. Momentarily obscured by a wall of blockers, they duck toward the sidelines in a suicidal dash toward glory. Johnson, who is the only N.F.L...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Runts in the Big League | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

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