The flexbone formation is an offensive formation in American football that includes a quarterback, five offensive linemen, three running backs, and varying...

familiarity with a similar formation in college. The flexbone formation is a variation of the wishbone formation. In this formation, one back (the fullback)...

vary depending on the defensive formation. This triple option is most often run from a wishbone or flexbone formation. In a read option play, the quarterback...

employ the fullback as the primary blocker for the halfback. In the flexbone formation, however, the fullback (sometimes referred to as the B-back) can often...

medium-distance third-down conversions. Slotbacks are used effectively in flexbone formations where they are used as extra receivers. They are usually relatively...

the halfback is the third option. A slight variation of this formation is the "flexbone", where the running backs move to just outside the tackles, but...

are usually only found in certain offensive alignments, such as the flexbone formation. There also exists a similar position, known as the "H-back", that...

United States Naval Academy, which runs the veer exclusively from the flexbone formation under Ken Niumatalolo, former assistant to Paul Johnson. Paul Johnson's...

Double-Slot is a hybrid of two well-known American football formations: the pistol and flexbone formations. It was pioneered in 2009 by Paul Markowski, who is...

college. The formation was first introduced by Pop Warner around 1912. Just a few offenses that use the formation are the double wing, flexbone and wing T...

Often, pro style offenses use certain formations much more commonly than the air raid, run and shoot, flexbone, spread, pistol, or option offenses. Pro-style...

halfbacks up to a wing formation and frequently sending him in motion. Another variation of the wishbone formation is called the flexbone. Ironically, the longest...

are typically used in flexbone or other triple option offenses, while Canadian football uses three of them in almost all formations (in addition to two...

and behind the two offensive tackles. The formation would look very similar to the Flexbone Offense formation. The original inventor of the run and shoot...

quarterback, who then throws a pass to a wide receiver or tight end. flexbone A formation involving three running backs where a fullback is lined up behind...

The defense underperformed, giving up 311 yards to Georgia Southern's flexbone attack. The third game was a showdown between No. 4 Florida and No. 2 Tennessee...

also criticized for being too conservative in the play-calling of his flexbone offense, with many fans noting that the team only threw three passes the...

succeeded Raymond at Delaware. Use of "Delaware Wing T" offense A formation similar to the Flexbone, though much older, is known as the "Delaware Wing-T" was...

left. In the offseason, Pettibone scrapped the wishbone in favor of the flexbone in hopes of increasing passing opportunities. Oregon State opened the 1995...

scampered for 20 yards for the score. On the ensuing kickoff an illegal formation moved the Blue Devils back 5 yards. The re-kick saw an offsides call on...