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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trouble began when Massey was confronted by three Harvard players on an option to the right. He pitched to Don Martin who was free then and for the next 36 yards. until Walter Johnson stopped...
Another Hornblower fumble on the next series gave Brown possession near midfield, and in eight plays, it scored again, with Jim Hughes diving over from one foot away. With time running out. Harvard began to move but Bruin Dave Chenault intercepted a Crimson option pass on the Brown 16 to kill one threat. When Gary Farneti mishandled a blocked Brown punt moments later, he killed the other...
...question of what to do about this dangerous situation was obvious from the response of Congressmen to Washington march- ignore it. When you are playing hot potato you have to take the ball for a while and then pass it off, but politics gives you the option of simply using a cold turkey, so you don't get burned...
...read the Crimson defense almost to perfection, calling audibles at the line and exploiting every little weakness. He used the triple option around the ends, then sent fullback Ellis Moore up the middle for big gains, Other times, he passed with accuracy to wide-open receivers to gain 148 yards...
...Last Saturday, he ran the halfback option twice. And one of Pete Varney's few chances to touch the ball this season came in the third quarter when, on a second down. Harrison threw to him for a 16-yard gain. "He rates with the best running back prospects we've had," coach John Yovicsin said early in the fall...