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re: Running back by committee 1908 style

Posted on 11/25/08 at 1:56 am to
Posted by SuperFan
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 11/25/08 at 1:56 am to
Didn't you only have to go 5 yards in 3 downs in those days?
Posted by tigger1
Member since Mar 2005
3476 posts
Posted on 11/25/08 at 2:32 am to
No it was 4 downs for 10 yards by that time, but just 2-4 years before it was 3 downs for five yards.


Also a strategy at the time was to kick early, anyone could recover a punt (ie, it was a free ball).

College football changed more between the years of 1905 and 1914, than it has since that time.

Any football records before 1906 should be counted as American rugby, 1906 is when you get the farward pass that made football what it is today.
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