Post by Oneback on Feb 25, 2005 18:30:42 GMT
In an article I did on "EVOLUTION OF FOOITBALL OFFENSE" (1967) - I covered Football in it's FIRST 98 years (1869-1967). I no longer have the article - but I covered (note: dates are from memory & may be slightly off):
1. Early (wierd) formations (BEFORE 7 men were required on the LOS). "Flying Wedges", etc.
2. The "Early T" = turn of the century.
3. Short Punt Offense of Fielding H. ("HURRY UP") Yost - whose teams averaged a "point a minute" at Michigan (1905-1925?). Bear Bryant used this at Kentucky in the EARLY 50's, before switching to the "Split-T").
4. Single Wing & Double Wing ( beginning with Pop Warner (around 1912) & others such as Fritz Crisler & Charlie Caldwell & General Bob Neyland)
5. Notre Dame Shift (T to BOX) of Knute Rockne (late 19/teens thru 1930's)
6. Tight-T ("Bear-T") of George Halas & Clark Shaughnessy. (beat Redskins in Championship game of 1941, 73-0!) Notre Dame & Army dominated college football with this after WWII in the 40's! The famous "FLY-T" running series originated in this system, & was later taken into Pro ball by Gillman & Paul Brown.
7. TCU Spread (forerunner of the modern Shotgun) was developed in the 1940's & early 1950's by Dutch Meyer. It resurfaced in the NFL in the early 1960's with the 49ers & the Cowboys (while Staubach was QB).
8. Split-T (Don Faurot & Bud Wilkinson) (40's & 50's). Bud won 47 straight games with this in the 1950's! When I entered H.S. in 1952 - we ran this & some Pro sets (Paul Brown's).
9. The "Belly Series" of the 50's (Woody Hayes; Bobby Dodd; Jordan Olivar, etc.). Many Split-T & Wing-T teams incorporated the Belly series in those offenses.
10. Delaware Wing-T (Dave Nelson & Forrest Evashevski & Paul Dietzel) of the late 1950's & early 1960's.
11. Pro Style Offense (Sid Gillman/Rams; Clark Shaughnessy/Bears; Paul Brown/Browns) - origins in late 40's & early 50's in Pros; caught on in college in early 60's (Florida St; Stanford; Baylor; Tulsa).
12. I Formation Football (Tom Nugent; John McKay, etc.) of the early 60's
13. Early beginnings of Wishbone (Darrell Royal) & Veer (Bill Yeoman) football of the mid 60's.
I had a collection of ANTIQUE playbooks (& some film) from ALL the old-time coaches mentioned above!
Many other things have entered the game since I wrote that paper in 1967.
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Bill Mountjoy
1. Early (wierd) formations (BEFORE 7 men were required on the LOS). "Flying Wedges", etc.
2. The "Early T" = turn of the century.
3. Short Punt Offense of Fielding H. ("HURRY UP") Yost - whose teams averaged a "point a minute" at Michigan (1905-1925?). Bear Bryant used this at Kentucky in the EARLY 50's, before switching to the "Split-T").
4. Single Wing & Double Wing ( beginning with Pop Warner (around 1912) & others such as Fritz Crisler & Charlie Caldwell & General Bob Neyland)
5. Notre Dame Shift (T to BOX) of Knute Rockne (late 19/teens thru 1930's)
6. Tight-T ("Bear-T") of George Halas & Clark Shaughnessy. (beat Redskins in Championship game of 1941, 73-0!) Notre Dame & Army dominated college football with this after WWII in the 40's! The famous "FLY-T" running series originated in this system, & was later taken into Pro ball by Gillman & Paul Brown.
7. TCU Spread (forerunner of the modern Shotgun) was developed in the 1940's & early 1950's by Dutch Meyer. It resurfaced in the NFL in the early 1960's with the 49ers & the Cowboys (while Staubach was QB).
8. Split-T (Don Faurot & Bud Wilkinson) (40's & 50's). Bud won 47 straight games with this in the 1950's! When I entered H.S. in 1952 - we ran this & some Pro sets (Paul Brown's).
9. The "Belly Series" of the 50's (Woody Hayes; Bobby Dodd; Jordan Olivar, etc.). Many Split-T & Wing-T teams incorporated the Belly series in those offenses.
10. Delaware Wing-T (Dave Nelson & Forrest Evashevski & Paul Dietzel) of the late 1950's & early 1960's.
11. Pro Style Offense (Sid Gillman/Rams; Clark Shaughnessy/Bears; Paul Brown/Browns) - origins in late 40's & early 50's in Pros; caught on in college in early 60's (Florida St; Stanford; Baylor; Tulsa).
12. I Formation Football (Tom Nugent; John McKay, etc.) of the early 60's
13. Early beginnings of Wishbone (Darrell Royal) & Veer (Bill Yeoman) football of the mid 60's.
I had a collection of ANTIQUE playbooks (& some film) from ALL the old-time coaches mentioned above!
Many other things have entered the game since I wrote that paper in 1967.
-------------------------
Bill Mountjoy
