Word: runback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Later in the same game, Steinberg made a soccer-style slide tackle on a muffed punt snap for a safety. I thought it was a great play, preventing the Tigers from scoring six points. But on the ensuing free kick, Princeton made that runback. The final score was a rugby-like...
Furthermore, the Winthrop offense stalled or turned the ball over on all of its six possessions. With the exception of a long runback by running back-kick returner Tony Ashby, the Winthrop running game was effectively slowed down by a tough Eliot defense...
...Saturday's punt returns--McCabe's fumble and Delgadillo's one runback for a loss of five yards--the Crimson special teams were going all out to block the punt. "That's the way the play is designed," said Delgadillo. "They send everybody in and if they don't block the kick they're all supposed to double back and block. They just haven't gotten there in time...
...Crimson continued to dominate the third quarter, forcing Army to punt from deep in its own territory. But a 53-yard punt by Army's Joe Sartiano put the ball solidly into Harvard territory, and another fumble on the runback--this time by John Daley--gave the Cadets the ball back...
...John Gargaro interception at the goaline stopped the Yalies on their next drive, and by the time his runback ended he had advanced the ball to the Quincy...