Word: nu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NU punter Bill Sansone was able to get his kick away, but a leaping Crimson defender tipped it as it started to fly overhead. The kick wobbled, and bounced crazily out of bounds only six yards past the line of scrimmage...
...threw a pair of interceptions--though one came on a desperation fling on the last play of the first half. On the other take-away, however, Yohe lofted an ill-advised pass that floated over tight end Kent Lucas and into the waiting arms of Huskie defender Chris Demarest. NU scored its first TD of the game seven plays later...
...number were particularly costly. In the final minute of the first half, with the Crimson leading 17-10, split end Brian Barringer caught a pass at the NU 16. But Harvard was whistled for offensive interference on the play, a damaging 15-yd. penalty which erased the gain and ultimately put the Crimson out of scoring range...
...were confused at first how to attack their option," said adjuster Mike von Rueden (six tackles), who had never defensed the Wishbone before the NU game. "We had practiced a certain way and it wasn't working, so we had to switch in the middle of the game...
...keys to the successful afternoon was the Crimson's ability to contain confident NU quarterback Jim O'Leary, who managed to chalk up 192 yards on the ground in the Huskies' first two games when he wasn't busy deceiving opposing defenses into foolish pursuits...