With 2 minutes 6 seconds left, Princeton had to attempt a 2-point conversion and a pass failed.

If the first pass failed, a second quickly followed, a third, a fourth .

Lucas was 31 for 48 with 4 touchdowns, but his passes failed to average 6 yards apiece.

The Kootenays did not cross the mountains in significant numbers and attempts to find a pass failed.

Six more passes failed to bring them within five light-years of the target.

If one pass fails, another player rotates into that spot and the process is repeated.

But his passes failed to average 6 yards apiece.

On the other hand, his passes fail to average 7 yards an attempt.

They tried four passes and all failed as the Washington defense took a bow.

But a first-down pass failed, as did a second-down run.