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VMI Moves

Sprinkle's passes began to click
and the Rats moved in for a quick
score. VMI coach Dick Braine's
man-in-motion offense befuddled
the Yearling cornerbacks. Typical
of the series was the scoring play
in which halfback Tom Sowers
went in motion to the right, took
a Sprinkle pass, and went in untouched
for the score.

The Cavayearlings failed to
move the ball again and Hunter
Richards punted to the Rat 41.
Sprinkle moved his team down for
their second score of the period,
the chief weapons on this drive
being passes to Paul Fraim off the
same man-in-motion formation.
The score came on a four-yard
flip to his fullback, who converted
with 52 seconds left in the half,
tying the score.