Word: wings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Three minutes later the Eli line got another chance when a halfback fed the ball past the Crimson fullbacks into the left corner. Wing Joe Upton got to the ball first, out-dribbled fullback Alex Patton by turning the ball into the center, then lining it into the near corner of the goal...
Tiger Single Wing...
Dartmouth Coach Bob Blackman has traditionally done a good job preparing his team to cope with the Tigers' anachronistic single-wing offense. The Indians have won five of the last seven meetings between the two teams...
Against Brown, it was the straight T formation with no backfield flankers. The formation only produced three points but that was good enough for a Yale win. Against Penn, the Elis unveiled the double wing, which had moderate success against both the Quakers and Princeton...
...double wing (employed frequently by Dartmouth's Bob Blackman) brings the split end in next to the tackle where his blocking ability can be utilized, and flanks both halfbacks outside the end leaving the fullback as a single setback. A halfback usually goes in motion before the ball is snapped, giving the whole setup more versatility...