Football’s early quarterbacks aligned directly behind the center or slightly offset to receive the snap as the ball rolled or bounced back after the center snapped the ball with his foot.
Here’s a film of the 1943 Sugar Bowl with Tennessee running the side saddle quarterback. The first time I watched this I was wondering about that formation. Thanks. https://youtu.be/r4s_3NXe6Xw
Johnny Majors was a single-wing tailback at Tennessee under Wyatt in 1956--and finished second in the Heimann voting to Paul Hornung, he of the 2-8 Fighting Irish.
Thanks for pointing that out. I went through the 1954-1957 Tennessee yearbooks but did not find images showing the sidesaddle. A quick look at the 1957 Sugar Bowl film shows them in a traditional Single Wing alignment by that time. Majors was pretty shifty.
Tennessee used the single wing until 1963. Doug Dickey came in 1965 and did away with it. Tennessee lost out on Steve Spurrier and Steve Sloan since they wouldn’t leave the single wing behind.
I had no idea they hung onto it for that long. Great info.
Here’s a film of the 1943 Sugar Bowl with Tennessee running the side saddle quarterback. The first time I watched this I was wondering about that formation. Thanks. https://youtu.be/r4s_3NXe6Xw
Johnny Majors was a single-wing tailback at Tennessee under Wyatt in 1956--and finished second in the Heimann voting to Paul Hornung, he of the 2-8 Fighting Irish.
Thanks for pointing that out. I went through the 1954-1957 Tennessee yearbooks but did not find images showing the sidesaddle. A quick look at the 1957 Sugar Bowl film shows them in a traditional Single Wing alignment by that time. Majors was pretty shifty.
Tennessee used the single wing until 1963. Doug Dickey came in 1965 and did away with it. Tennessee lost out on Steve Spurrier and Steve Sloan since they wouldn’t leave the single wing behind.