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Word: catching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Size was still the problem. Then-freshman coach Loyal Park had set the squad within a week of the player's arrival, and, probably due to size, Horner did not catch...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Rich Horner | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

Eliot House overcame some unconventional Winthrop tactics to post a 14-0 victory. On the second play of the game, the whole Winthrop squad lined up 10 yards to the right of quarterback Greg Stevens. Designed to catch Eliot defenders off guard, the strategy backfired when defensive end Marty "Stone" Fitzpatrick picked off a lateral pass and ran 20 yards for the score...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Eliot, Mather Yale-Bound | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

Even the 'Throp's use of the rare "free-kick rule" didn't help Stevens and co. Under the rule, any fair catch may be followed by a free kick, in this case an unsuccessful field goal attempt. "I haven't seen that rule invoked in 18 years," Referee Bait Newman said...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Eliot, Mather Yale-Bound | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

...conversation, Stenhouse says he could "hear the conniving wheels turning. I always hated him for what he had done to that team. You can't catch him off guard...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Mike Stenhouse Meets Charles O. Finley | 11/6/1979 | See Source »

...catch, Horner's first of the day, began another superb outing for the senior Californian who fought double and triple coverage all day long. His five catches for 99 yds. gave diminutive--5-ft. 8-in. and 150 lbs.--receiver 34 receptions and 576 yds. for the year, and extended his lead among Ivy League pass catchers. With two games left in the year, Horner's season is already the fourth best in Harvard history...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Brown Gives Gridders 23-14 Mudbath | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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