Sentences with phrase «halfback with»

Leon Lubbio, a halfback with toppling waves of blond hair, was their leading ground gainer.

Not exact matches

Oklahoma lost its top two halfbacks to injuries; with their third - stringer academically ineligible, the Sooners were forced to tape up Samaje Perine's injured ankle and send him back into the game (Perine reinjured the ankle soon after returning).

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

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.

At 5 feet 11 inches and 177 pounds, Palmer isn't big, but he is wonderfully coordinated, with the build of a football halfback.

Along with them will be Jim McCabe at fullback and either Carl Wojciechowski or Gerald Wea at halfback.

Sidestepping all questions with the aplomb of his halfback, Joe Don Looney, Wilkinson would only say, «I'm not tired of coaching.

Miami's running attack will be sound with veterans John Acuff and Joe Mira at halfback, and Fullback Doug McGee, whose specialty is knocking himself out ramming into an opponent's end zone.

The Niners parted with six offensive starters in all, including four former Pro Bowl performers: quarterback Jeff Garcia, halfback Garrison Hearst, wideout Terrell Owens and guard Ron Stone.

Flybacks Lucas Baiocchi and Tyler Brendel, along with halfback Ben Smith, each had scoring runs in the Grizzlies» first 11 plays from scrimmage.

Other losses were All - SWC Guard Kenny Paul and Don Costa, his running mate, along with Lamoine Holland at end and Morris Stone at halfback.

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.

The running game is strong with sophomore halfback Kerry Goode and All - SEC fullback Ricky Moore, a senior who last year rushed for 947 yards, the most a «Bama back has gained since Johnny Musso got 1,088 in 1971.

There are even those, it seems, who would like to deduct the added cost of luring the athlete to old Siwash State — an expense that sometimes runs into quite a sum, what with a new convertible for the prospect's father and a new automatic washing machine for Mom, along with numerous trips to the campus and appropriate accompanying entertainment for the halfback himself.

With no turnovers, a blue - collar performance by halfback Raymont Harris (33 carries, 116 yards) and a bruising defensive effort that held the Bucs» backfield tandem of Mike Alstott and Warrick Dunn to a combined 22 yards rushing, Chicago (2 - 10) followed Wannstedt's formula to perfection.

The game's promoters had been impressed with the Bruins» late - season wins over Yale and Carlisle and with their star halfback, Fritz Pollard, who the following year would become the first black running back to make Walter Camp's All - America team.

Stevens counts in his football scrapbook only six high school games, five of them as an undistinguished running halfback, plus three games with a ball - control Texas Western freshman team for which he threw only 45 passes.

His nickname was Tank, and early in his career with the New York Jets he took turns in practice at quarterback, fullback, halfback, tight end and wide receiver.

Couples is sturdy, 5» 11» and 185, with the haunches of a catcher and the upper body of a halfback.

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.

With the Golden Dome and Pat O'Brien and those screaming thousands at South Bend it looked like a setup for Notre Dame, but coldly professional Purdue and its red - hot halfback turned the Irish rooters green

He will have sufficient help in the backfield with returning halfback Jaden Burns and additional young legs to spell him, as needed.

Blessed with a magnificent physique, tremendous speed and an apparently bottomless supply of gutty determination, LSU's bowlegged left halfback may be the best college football player in America.

But compared with most sport - utilities, the Crown Vic is a lightweight, with the agility of a halfback.