Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard, with the exception of two defensive positions hit by injuries, will probably start the same team that faced Holy Cross last week, with Bobby Leo, Tom Choquette, and Wally Grant joining quarterback John McCluskey in the offensive backfield...
...Indians massacred New Hampshire last year, 40-0, and today's game won't be much different. Dartmouth's fleet backfield, led by quarterback Mickey Beard, should have little difficulty running over, Wildcat defense. The score can be as under, around, and through the porous big as Dartmouth Coach Bob Blackman wants to make it, and anyone who was in Harvard Stadium on October 24, 1964, knows the extent of Blackman's compassion...
Last year they were the most exciting team in the U.S. This year they may be merely the best. John Huarte, the 1964 Heisman Trophy winner, was gone. And there was talk that with a backfield of Zloch, Eddy, Wolski and Conjar, Notre Dame Coach Ara Parseghian was opening an all-purpose delicatessen instead of fielding a football team. But just for practice, Notre Dame's 1965 varsity overwhelmed an alumni squad quarterbacked by Huarte, 72-0. And last week they opened the season by clobbering California...
...great shape either. Gene Skowronski and Tom choquette had been in the hospital with injuries though they were out and practicing now. Ulcickas had been hurt towards the start of the week. Neal Curtin, who started the season at left tackle, had torn nerves in his feet. The backfield was full of assorted miseries...
...squad room for a team meeting. Feula spoke first, going over some last-minute blocking assignments. He was visibly keyed up and said little. "It's your game. Let's do a job." Lentz was nervous. Quickly, he went over all the important defensive plays, especially for the defensive backfield. With Mercein out, we would have to contain Yale's top offensive threat, quarterback Ed McCarthy's passing...