Word: touchbacks
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...consequences, however, were not quite so serious as they were in 1928 when Riegels, center and captain of the University of California's Rose Bowl team, ran from Georiga Tech territory over the Rose Bowl turf to his own one-yard line, setting up a Tech touchback several seconds later...
...This touchback gave Tech an 8-7 victory, while the faux pas committed by the Crimson runners merely lessened the cross-country team's margin of victory to 14 and 50 points over Columbia and Penn respectively. The varsity...
...third period kick was fumbled by Dartmouth's Roger Warner deep in the end zone and then rolled out for an automatic touchback...
...score once, on a Clasby to Ederer pass, but it was ruled that Ederer had stepped out of the end zone. The Crimson lost another touchdown when Culver fumbled on the one-yard line late in the fourth quarter and the ball was recovered by Colgate for an automatic touchback...
...Yardlings are still unable to punch over touchdowns, although they did stage several scoring threats. In the second period, quarterback Paul Murphy's passing brought the '55 team deep into jayvee territory, but the drive died when Noenan intercepted a Murphy pass in the end zone for a touchback...