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Word: slant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Leverett used similar offense tactics on the ground, but took to the air more frequently with Dick Reynolds' passing. Unlike the Deacons who scored the hard way, the Bunnies registered their score on a 45-yard off-tackle slant play by Jim Wykoff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons, Bunnies Tie, 6-6; Bellboys Beat Dudley 26-0 | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

Scoring twice, Frank Hernberg led the Winthrop House Puritans to their five-touchdown rout of Dunster. Hernberg tallied once on an intercepted pass and again on an off-tackle slant from the three. Two blocked kicks and a down-field drive accounted for Winthrop's other scores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Clinches Inter-House Football Crown With 21-0 Rout Over Adams | 11/9/1949 | See Source »

...Slant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 7, 1949 | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

...best on the outside plays, on which there was time for three and sometimes four blockers to form before the play started moving downfield. It was physically impossible for the Harvard ends to break up all the interference, and the runner was often protected until the backer-up could slant across from the far side...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Depth, Varied Attacks, Beat Crimson | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

...Dunster single-wing couldn't find the right formula, and Eliot coasted to the win, the game ending with the ball deep in Funster territory. Jack Simpson, Dunster linesman, playing an excellent defensive game, was hurt in the off-tackle slant that was the next-to-last play of the contest. Simpson's injury was not serious, but he will spend the night in Stillman Infirmary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Eliot Mauls Dunster, 20-0; Lowell Whitewashed by Bunnies, 6-0 | 10/22/1949 | See Source »

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