Word: halfbacks
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Brown does have one redeeming strength. Sophomore halfback Gary Bonner has rushed for 428 yards in 47 carries, and fullback Gerry Hart is averaging 5.3 yards a carry with 407 yards rushing...
...Harvard gave the touchdown right back at the beginning of the third quarter as Bruce Freeman fumbled returning a short second half kick-off. The Tiger's excellent halfback, Hank Bjorklund, broke away for several long gainers to put Princeton back in the ball game...
...stopping instant of action preceded and followed by the emotional respite of time out, huddle, or penalty. There is the disciplined machinery of its teamwork: eleven men performing eleven separate actions in pursuit of a common goal-to move the ball forward. There is the balletic grace of a halfback on the open field, pirouetting from tackles with the practiced ease of Nureyev spinning through a double tour en l'air, or the split-second timing of a wide receiver and a quarterback on a 50-yd. pass completion...
...critical of the attempts by other teams in the Ivy League to develop particular strategies for the game with the Crimson. In particular, Penn shifted from their normal 3-3-4 to a 3-4-3 that was supposed to control the middle of the field. Dartmouth sagged its halfback line into the penalty area in a virtual 9-2 formation...
Montgomery has no reservations about the coaching. "Jake [McCandless, Princeton's head coach] is a great guy. I talk to him about Hemingway's latest novel as much as I do about the halfback option. Why, I can even talk to Jake about my love life...