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Fullback Quick Hitters

There are three or four variations of the quick fullback dive that utilize the inside zone blocking scheme. All are
blocked with Inside Zone Rules.

Fullback Curl
Play call: 34/36 Curl

The FB Curl starts with the QB reversing out

from under center and the fullback taking a
small slide step toward the playside. The play
is often mislabeled as a trap by TV people, but
is actually run using Inside Zone Rules (there
is no pulling guard).

The play is called a Curl because the fullback

often finds his running room by curling back
to the middle and backside of the formation.
The I-back fakes 41/49 pitch to try to get the
defense flowing outside.

Formations:

Any formation with a fullback.

Companion Plays:

Belly Option. The 32/38 option has very

similar backfield action.

41/49 pitch. The I-back fakes this play on FB

Curl.
Fullback Dive/Fullback Veer
Play call: 11/19 Dive or 11/19 Veer

This is the fullback dive between the guard

and tackle which is faked on 11 base option
(the Huskers dive option). The line blocks
Inside Zone Rules.

The portion of the 1994 playbook circulated

on the Internet calls this play a 11/19 Dive and
is a straight handoff. According to that
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playbook, the QB does not keep under any

circumstances. I believe that the "11 Veer" call
heard in A Day in the Life of Nebraska
Football may signal that the handoff is read by
the QB as a part of the triple option. I believe
this is the action that NU used in 1999 (and
possibly in the 97 Orange Bowl win over
Tennessee and earlier) as a triple option with
the QB reading the defensive end to decide
whether to give to the FB or run option with
the I-back. It could just be a terminology
change. Nevertheless, these plays are closely
related.

Against Texas A&M in 1999, a couple Willie

Miller carries (including his fumble) are
unquestionably triple-option reads by Eric
Crouch.
Fullback Dive Midline
Play call: 11/19 Dive Midline

This is a play that has seemed to replace the

inside trap in the HUsker offense. We were
calling this play 34/36 Smash, but the last play
of the Alamo Bowl provided us with the
correct playcall. Solich can be heard calling
the play after being dowsed with the Gatorade
bucket.

The backfield action is the same as 34/36 trap,

but the line does not execute the trap block.
The inside blocking could be using Inside
Zone Rules, but most likely it is the same
wedge blocking used to run a quarterback
sneak (14/16 Smash)

The naked QB bootleg off of this play has also

seen quite a bit of use in 2000.

Formations:

Any two-back formation. In 2000, NU began

running this play from one-back sets, like
Spread or Ace, by moving Dan Alexander up
to FB depth instead of IB depth.

Companion plays:

Because of its resemblance to 34/36 trap, this

play is similar to 11/19 Wall Option and 34/36
QB Keep.

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