Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Holy Cross football team comes to the Stadium next Saturday with a new coach, an unbalanced line, and a strong backfield. Harvard coach John Yovicsin remembers what happened the last time the Crusaders came to Cambridge. He is worried...
Twenty-four lettermen, including eight defensive starters, are gone: Vic Gatto, one of the greatest halfbacks in Harvard History, is gone. So are regular quarterback George Lalich and three-quarters of the Crimson's talented defensive backfield. But the Crimson's high-scoring offense of last year has indirectly produced what may be this year's strength--experienced reserves who can step into staring positions. Harvard's explosiveness early in its games last fall often produced sizeable half-time leads, and Yovicsin took advantage of them to give second and third team players prolonged and valuable game-time. The reserves...
...counted upon to move in at one spot, is sidelined for the season while he recuperates from a knee operation. The four other leading candidates--juniors Fred Mattucci, Dick Manny, and Walter Johnson, and sophomore Ron Suduiko--have but 32 minutes of varisty time among them, and unless backfield coach Loyal Park can make them into a solid unit, Harvard will have trouble where it has rarely experienced it before...
...power, defense and balance, Harvard will have it all. So will Princeton, if they can find an offensive line. The Tigers have seven of their top eight backs returning and nine defensive starters. They are traditionally a November team, and one which Harvard has traditional trouble beating. Their backfield could be as good or better than Harvard's, but new coach Jake McCandless must first construct something for it to run behind. If he can, and if his system can click, Princeton will be the top challenger to the Crimson's title defense...
Cornell is in deep trouble. They lost 20 lettermen from a 3-6 club, including their backfield and defensive line. Brown and Columbia had stellar freshmen teams last season, and are ready to make the long climb up the ladder, but not this year...