Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Against Princeton, Harvard's offense managed to sustain several drives entirely on the ground, even though the Tigets knew exactly what was coming. The Crimson starting backfield of John McCluskey, Wally Grant, Bobby Leo, and Tom Choquette has recovered from early-in-the-week ailments and should be going at full strength today...
...transition from high school to college required the star runner to concentrate on new aspects of football. "In high school, I just ran the ball," he says. "Here I work on all phases of the game, especially blocking." When his Needham backfield coach saw him play here, he was most impressed with Gatto's newfound blocking skill...
...there's Charley Gogolak, probably the most publicized football player in the country. The Hungarian-born soccer-style kicker has broken just about every national field goal kicking record. He has booted 15 this year (in 19 attempts) and has kicked 42 consecutive extra points from if the Princeton backfield were comprised of four basket cases, the Tigers would still have an effective offense with Gogolak...
...football team toyed with Northeastern's JV for a quarter yesterday, then rolled over it for a 42-22 win. Rick Zimmerman's timely passing and repeated long gains by the backfield sparked the victory...
Seven minutes later, Njoku, surrounded by the Penn backfield, rifled in the winning goal from a seemingly impossible angle...