Word: backfielder
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...Crimson eleven will average 182 pounds per man, while the Blue team will average 184 pounds, giving Yale an advantage of only two pounds per man. In the backfield the advantage in weight will be practically negligible, the Harvard backfield averaging 173 pounds and Yale...
Against Tufts Harvard found herself for the first time. There was a distinct change in the play; the team showed itself a unit; and the forward line and backfield worked with new coordination. Also the first signs of hard, rugged backing up of the line by the defensive backs were noticeable. The interference was still slow and lacked momentum at the moment of contact with the defensive players. But the team as a whole played "heads up" football throughout the contest...
...chiefly the preponderance of power in its forward line that enabled Harvard to win form Princeton 5 to 0. It was its lack of backfield power which prevented it from making a touchdown against the Tiger just as it had failed to make a touchdown against Dartmouth. The Crimson line had a superlative lift and the Tigers were forced to the uttermost to hold their ground at all. The game proved that at last Fisher had transformed the latent power of his heavy forwards into actual strength, usable when the occasion demanded; yet the game also showed that Harvard still...
...Harvard season has been marked by the team's extraordinarily slow development and by its lack of scoring ability. In its later games the line has shown encouraging improvement and brilliant defensive work. At no time on the other hand, has the backfield really come up to the mark and to date no sustained attack has been forthcoming...
...backfield is powerful, though its make-up has not yet been definitely determined by Coach Wale. Woodard will surely be at goal while Morey at left fullback will be paired with MacKinnon. The fullbacks will be Burnett and hale at left and center, with Herling, Good-hue, or Boyce at right...