Word: two-platoon
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Cornell, according to the scouting report filed by Coaches Ben McCabe and Henry Lamar, has one of the four fastest teams in the country, as well as boasting depth in both lines and backfield. They use a complete two-platoon system, and their backfield includes such formidables as Hilary Chollet, Jeff Fleishman, Frank Miller, and Lynn Dorset...
Lions Adopt Two-Platoon Strategy...
Little has thus been forced to climb on the two-platoon system bandwagon, even to the point of employing offensive and defensive coaches. A sixty-minute worker himself, Little is aided by such former Lion luminaries as Gene Rossides and Paul Governali...
Selectors gave special consideration to men who played both offense and defense (an increasing rarity under the two-platoon system). This favored all-around players like Notre Dame's Lineman Leon Hart, and made it tough on headline heroes like Army's Stephenson and Stuart, who rode the bench when the other team had the ball...
...people who sat in on Indiana's rout didn't seem to think so. Michigan, using one squad for offense and another for defense, made 300 line-up changes during the game. The unlimited substitution rule made it all legal. At West Point, where the two-platoon system is well established, the offense and defense units practice on different fields, learn different sets of signals. Nobody denies that it is the most efficient way of running a football squad. What a rebellious contingent of coaches wanted to know was: where do the little schools with no reserves...