«Festivities begin with cocktails and
yard games at three thirty.
Not exact matches
Typically, Thomas placed his helmet
at the 40 -
yard - line before a
game, but it was moved in order for a stage to be set up for Harry Connick Jr.'s rendition of the national anthem before the
game.
In his last three
games — a win over the Vikings, a showdown with the Lions to determine the NFC North champion, and a Wild Card
game against the Giants — he's thrown for
at least 300
yards and four touchdowns in each.
If anyone actually watches him play, he shoots from 20 +
yards all the time, greedily too,
at least 3 - 4 times a
game.
Dave Sime, unheralded Duke sophomore, showed heels to unsuspecting veteran field in sprints
at Washington (D.C.) Star
games, stepping off 100
yards in 0:09.5 for new U.S. indoor record, also tied mark of 7 seconds flat for 70
yards (Jan. 21).
That came after Colorado State had tied the
game at 35 on a 30 -
yard run by senior QB Bradlee Van Pelt.
Ito Smith rushed for
at least 90
yards in six of Griggs» eight starts, and he caught
at least two passes in 12 of 13
games.
Johnson, who
at the end of last season looked like the Wolverines» best RB (320 -
yards and 4 touchdowns in five
games), clearly has high expectations for himself for the upcoming year.
They averaged
at least 7.4
yards per play in eight of 13
games and gained a patently absurd 854
yards in 76 snaps against Texas Tech.
However, with sit -
at - home teams that and teams that would rather just allow you have all the freedom in any other area of the pitch but their 18
yard box, all the fluidity in
games goes down the drain.
Bob Hightower, 17, and Joel Milligan, 17, seniors
at Baker - Victory High School in Lackawanna, N.Y., rushed for more than 100
yards apiece in each of this season's first three football
games.
The Tigers» offense last year was potent — it ranked fifth in the country in total
yards and was the nation's only unit to score
at least 30 points in all its regular - season
games — but there were signs on Saturday that it can be even more explosive with Washington in the backfield.
The Bills have 1:51 left and zero timeouts to go 63
yards and knot this
game at 10 - 10.
Dragons» wideout made the most of nine
games played with
at least one TD each
game and 844
yards receiving and 15 scores.
OU's top four backs have combined to average 187 rushing
yards per
game at 6.9
yards per carry and have gained
at least five
yards on 51 percent of their carries (the national average is 39 percent).
The Chicago Bears lead back slots in
at +800 along with Jay Ayayi, who amassed 200 - plus
yard rushing efforts in back - to - back
games in his breakout season with the Miami Dolphins.
Dave Reeve's 35 -
yard field goal tied the
game at 9 - 9 early in the fourth quarter, and it didn't take long for the Irish to officially overtake the Panthers.
His 94.1
yards per
game are second all - time among receivers with
at least 200 career receptions — behind only the 95.3
yards averaged by Julio Jones.
Proving that there is some run to complement the shoot, the Falcons won eight of the nine
games in which Heyward — who averaged a career - best 4.6
yards per rush — carried the ball
at least 14 times.
If Boone doesn't work out, the onus might fall to a redshirt freshman: 2016 star recruit Gerrid Doaks is a big dude (6» 0, 206 pounds) who chose Cincy over
at least one Big Ten offer, and after missing part of spring with a hamstring injury, he had a nice spring
game, combining 61 rushing
yards with 35 receiving
yards.
Maye probably thought he had a good shot
at intercepting the pass and then bolting about 100
yards for a
game - turning pick - six.
McKinnon added a 2 -
yard touchdown run with just over five minutes left to go in the fourth quarter, tying the
game up
at 35 - 35.
Hoping to find wideout Deion Sanders
at the 49ers» two -
yard line and score a
game - tying touchdown with 6:36 remaining, Aikman instead threw the ball to Niners cornerback Marquez Pope.
If just scoring points was the goal, then there ya go they kick that one to appease you, but the goal was to win the
game and those 3 points
at the 3
yard line were worth much less than the attempt
at getting 7 (or 6 or 8).
At the end of the game, to determine who wins the game and who loses, do they look at the yards or do they look at the point
At the end of the
game, to determine who wins the
game and who loses, do they look
at the yards or do they look at the point
at the
yards or do they look
at the point
at the points?
Montee Ball ST. LOUIS > Football Montee, a junior running back
at Timberland High, gained
at least 187 rushing
yards in each of the Timberwolves» 12
games.
MSU had the ball
at Michigan's 44
yard line needing a touchdown to win the
game.
Or, how about later in that
game where the Chiefs were
at the 3
yard line but needed more points than a field goal and went for it on 4th down and turned the ball over on downs.
If Kansas State is to maintain its national championship aspirations, its unpredictable, Tarkentonesque quarterback Michael Bishop (3,150 total
yards) must convincingly lead the Wildcats, 11 - 0 but No. 3 in the Bowl Championship Series standings, past Texas A&M (10 - 2 and ranked No. 10) in the Big 12 title
game at the TWA Dome in St. Louis.
With time running down in the first half, the Jets had moved inside the Houston 10 -
yard line looking to tie the
game at 14 before halftime.
The Packers» offense has outscored their opponents, 257 - 156, during their current eight -
game winning streak, with Rodgers passing for
at least 350
yards and multiple touchdowns in his two playoffs
game this season.
Nov. 17 Washington had only 220
yards Redskins
at Eagles in 17 - 14 season - opening loss to Philly, but QB Gus Frerotte will be nine
games wiser
The run
game was humming along pretty well against the Utes, producing 200
yards at 4.8
yards per carry, though it struggled more against a Houston front that includes sensational nose tackle Ed Oliver, rushing for 152
yards at 3.9
yards per carry.
«
At the end of the
game it would look like they had a lot of running
yards when really they only had one or two big plays.»
Led by Garner's 158 rushing
yards (the first 100 -
yard game by an Oakland back this season) and a banner day for 39 - year - old wide receiver Jerry Rice (nine receptions, 183
yards), the Raiders beat the Jets 38 - 24
at Network Associates Coliseum and regained their Super Bowl - contender status.
Janet Macfarlane, a 17 - year - old Gridley, Calif. sprinter, began her second year of competitive track by winning three gold medals and setting three new marks — the long jump and the 100 - and 220 -
yard dashes —
at the Western U.S. Women's and Girls»
games.
Colts
at Jaguars Indianapolis is on a well - publicized quest for perfection, but Jacksonville has quietly won five straight
games behind a stingy defense that is allowing 283.2
yards per
game.
On fourth - and - 1
at the 3 -
yard line, the Eagles faced a choice: get the points or try to get the touchdown and potentially put the
game out of reach.
With the Trojans trailing 21 - 3
at the half, Carroll calmly entrusted the
game to Bush and fellow tailback LenDale White, who combined for 318 rushing
yards after halftime.
Michael Vick had three
games of
at least 100
yards passing and rushing in his collegiate career.
The Cardinals overcame quarterbacking issues late in the year — they averaged
at least 5.8
yards per play and scored
at least 31 points in each of their last four
games.
Joe's hottest streak of all so far came in the fourth quarter of a
game at Boston, where he had to hit 14 of 23 passes for 205
yards and two touchdowns so the Jets could salvage a 24 - 24 tie.
Finally, there are three other sophomores worthy of note: Curtis Enis of Penn State, a redshirt freshman last year, gained 683
yards after starting the first
game of the 1995 season
at linebacker.
The Cowboys played Tampa 2 coverage on second - and - 10 with the ball
at the Lions» 37 -
yard line and 40 seconds left to go in the
game.
The only running back to go more than 100
yards all season on the Cardinals is Rams rookie Todd Gurley, but you look
at some of the other
games and the rushing totals of the opposition are positively anemic.
The Patriots have not been all that great
at stopping the run this year, ranking 25th in the league in running
yards allowed per
game.
At large, there was plenty of offense in this
game: Georgia Tech won 56 - 28, and both teams finished with more than 500 offensive
yards.
F / + and allowed
at least 6.1
yards per play in each of their first eight
games.
Cook rushed for
at least 64
yards in every
game he started, including Week 4 when he tore his ACL.
Hubenak averaged more than 500 passing
yards per
game at Cam Newton's junior college.