Word: two-platoon
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Cornell is the most underrated team in the Ivy League, but with a devastating ground game, a rock-ribbed defense, and a year of experience with the two-platoon system, they could be the team to beat. Last year the Big Red lost to Colgate whose defensive unit, which yielded only seven touchdowns in 1964, is still largely intact. Last week Colgate bombed Lafayette, 40 to 0. Oddsmakers have listed Cornell as a two-point favorite, and this should be a close one. But if Cornell wins big, watch...
...two-platoon system will return to college football next year...
Yovicsin said at that time that he thought two-platoon football was "a real break for the Ivy League. We can cut down on practice time, because you can teach a boy more defense in an hour and 15 minutes of one-way practice than in an hour and forty-five minutes of two-way practice...
Penn plays two-platoon football, and its defensive unit has at times been quite good this year. Its five-man line, averaging 205 pounds, contained Brown and Rutgers efficiently, though Princeton ran through it easily enough and Cornell, after scoring early touchdowns through the air, managed an efficient running attack...
Cornell plays two-platoon football, alternating an offensive and a defensive unit. On offense the lonely end is out and Cornell features a balanced attack with guards George Arangio (210) and Gene Kunit (235) doing the glocking on pulling plays...