Sentences with phrase «halfback on»

«The receivers come back to the huddle and tell you what kind of pattern they can beat a halfback on.

A halfback on a non-BCS bowl contender has not won since Ricky Williams, and the former Longhorn had to put up absurd statistics to take the trophy.

Years later, Dick Hanley, a halfback on the team, would recall, «For two weeks before the game we were busy all day filming the football scenes.

«I played halfback on the football team in high school,» he said, «and ran a little in the spring and summer.

Not exact matches

«They're trying to create a negative one - on - one matchup with your halfback,» says Denver quarterback Kyle Orton.

NC State pulled out all the stops on offense, neutralizing the Seminoles» blue - chip - laden defense by deploying all - purpose star Jaylen Samuels on a shovel pitches, sweeps and even a halfback pass that set the tone early on.

By then many of the region's prominent schools had homed in on other tailbacks, so Tomlinson went to TCU in Fort Worth, where in his sophomore season new coach Dennis Franchione moved him from starting halfback to starting fullback to backup halfback.

A man who named his racehorse «Concrete Charlie» showed up, as did one man who said he attended the iconic 1960 game at Yankee Stadium where Bednarik cemented himself into NFL folklore with a knockout hit on Giants halfback Frank Gifford.

William De Shields, senior halfback for the Laurel Highlands High football team in Union - town, Pa., gained 339 yards in 19 carries and scored touchdowns on runs of 64, 72, 73 and 74 yards, while leading his team to a 26 - 20 victory over Belle Vernon High.

The game would have ended in a tie had not Duke blocked Mickey Cissell's try for the extra point following Arkansas» only score, made on a brilliant 49 - yard punt return by Lance Alworth, the great Arkansas halfback.

Rudy had been examining the bruised ribs of Mike Garrett, the Kansas City rookie halfback who had won the Heisman Trophy for 1965 at USC, but he turned to Headrick and said, «Come on, Sherrill, we're going to the hospital.»

But on the positive side are the redoubtable Howard Cassady and Jerry Harkrader at halfbacks, possibly the best halfback combination in the country, with plenty of speed to the outside coupled with power to the inside.

Up 34 - 13, they scored on a halfback pass.

UC covers the pitch to running back Ezekiel Elliot, and a fake to halfback Dontre Wilson on the speed sweep freezes UC safety Andre Jones in space.

The halfback rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns on just 18 attempts.

Newcastle returns to its normal, cool style; a fullback dribbles the ball 15 or 20 yards, then slips a short pass to a halfback, who carries a few yards and passes to another halfback, who rips a curving, spinning drive around a defender and spang on the foot of a forward.

One discovers that there are teams that prefer to drive the ball deep down the field with a single kick and hope to win the ultimate scramble for it; teams that have super-duper wingers like Stanley Matthews, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, who can carry the ball single - footedly down the sideline before looping a pass to the forwards bunched in front of the goal; teams that specialize in position play, with a fullback bringing the ball up 20 yards, then passing off to a halfback and retaining his position, and so on down the field; teams that pass and pass and pass, cuties in spikes, until one begins to wonder if anyone knows how to shoot.

The ends are split wide, the two halfbacks and the fullback arrayed close behind the line of scrimmage, and Bork, as isolated as a tree on a bare prairie, takes his station eight to 10 yards back of the center.

FOOTBALL Northwestern, seeking way out of Big Ten cellar, pinned hopes on 32 - year - old Ara Parseghian, onetime Cleveland Browns halfback who had unbeaten team at Miami of Ohio, signed him to 3 - year contract.

And to take advantage of the tendency of the Arkansas halfbacks to drift to the outside, Royal decided on quick short passes to the ends in the middle.

On the soccer field she was an All - County center halfback who helped Nanuet capture the Section 9 Class B title and advance to the New York State semifinals.