Word: runback
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...Valhos led the Gold Coasters to their third victory with a 63-yard runback of a pass interception from the Adams 36 to the Kirkland one. Tailback Jack King backed over from there and Bob Picard kicked the extra point...
Aside from the fabulous first period, the high point of the game for local fans was the fourth-quarter interception runback by Sammy Fyock. Actually, line-backer Ron Messer picked off the pass. Swamped by Colgate tacklers, Messer flipped backwards to Fyock, who started for the end zone. But, as someone remarked later, there were "too many blockers," and Fyock was forced out of bounds short of paydirt...
...amazingly enough, the defensive line-up has also been the powerhouse on offense. Colgate has scored six touchdowns, and the defense can account for four of them. Two came in the Cornell game on a fumble recovered in the end zone, and a 100-yard runback of a pass interception by third-string quarterback John Owens. The defense tallied once each in the Rutgers and Buffalo contests, with halfback Al Simmons sprinting 65 and 30 yards, respectively, on pass interceptions...
...specializes in quick-step feinting and circus catches, leads the conference in pass receiving-35 for seven touchdowns. Searching his team for a fireworks runner, Taylor found him a fortnight ago when 21-year-old Fullback Bob Mathias, Olympic decathlon champion, broke loose with a 96-yd. kick-off runback that broke the back of favored Southern California. Mathias, a junior who just turned out for football this year, "could play at any position on the team," says Taylor...
After an 80-yard runback of a pass interception in the second period by Ted Briggs, Bucky Khan plunged three yards for Lowell's first score. Bob Lown swept around end for the extra point. With less than a minute to play, the Bellboys, trailing by 13 to 7, scored as Khan circled end on a 30-yard sweep for his second touchdown. Bruce White bucked through the middle for the game clinching extra point...