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Cornell likes to run the ball -- the Big Red has thrown only 29 passes in its first three games, with tailback Joe Holland totalling 369 yards overland for a 5.5 yard average and four touchdowns....Trivia fans will duly note the name of Cornell's second-string fullback for tomorrow's contest: Dick Clasby, Jr. Clasby, number two on Cornell's depth chart behind Ben Tenuta after missing two games with a hip pointer, is the son of ex-Harvard grid star Dick Clasby, Sr. '55. Dick's older brother, Mike, is a senior in Eliot House...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Crimson Preparing for Cornell | 10/13/1978 | See Source »

...tailback in high school. In that part of the country, football's really wild. We had a great team, and huge guys, and we ran all over everybody. My senior year I carried the ball something like 308 times...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Say It Ain't So, P. Wayne | 10/7/1978 | See Source »

...crown contender Yale eked out a skimpy 21-7 victory over UConn at the Bowl. The Elis managed only 25 first downs while their high school friends who live in Storrs rolled up seven. Tailback Ken Hill rushed for 109 yards and all-Ivy end John Spagnola made a spectacular TD grab while the nasty Eli defense intimidated the poor freshmen in the UConn backfield...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Penn, Columbia, Elis Triumph | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Yale scored all of its points in the first half, 14 of them in the first quarter. Tailback Mike Austin scored from two yards out three minutes into the contest, and then took a breather and watched reserve tailback Ken Hill dart 17 yards on a fourth and two situation for Yale's second score of the quarter...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Ivy Roundup: Favorites Fall | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

Princeton (3-4, 3-6) may have pulled coach Bob Casciola off the endangered species' list, socking it to Cornell (1-6, 1-8) 34-0. Tailback Bobby Isom once more turned in his song-and-dance show, waltzing past Cornell for 178 yards...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Darkness at the End of the Tunnel | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

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