Word: wingbacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...WINGBACK (1)--It wasn't just coincidence that made Robert Santiago the only sophomore starter on last year's team. Coach Joe Restic had to find a place for his fastest player, so Santiago (at just 5-ft., 11-in., 190 lbs.) played fullback. Now that team MVP Steve Ernest has graduated, Santiago can move to wingback where he can make better use of his speed. He'll be backed up by senior Jim Lowe and junior Tim Manges...
Ernst led the team in rushing (761 yards), scoring (38 points) and punt returns (15 for 109 yards). The Clinton, Mass native started the season at wingback, switched to tailback for the Dartmouth game, then moved to fullback for the remainder of the season. He caught eight passes against Brown...
...Wingback Mike Madden caught a 46-yard pass from quarterback Bill Koehler to spark a fourth-quarter touchdown drive that brought the Harvard freshman football team a 14-7 come-from-behind victory yesterday over Yale in New Haven...
...freshman and sophomore campaigns the younger Ernst was used as a tailback. His junior year he started the season as a reserve wingback. (Wingbacks in Coach Joe Restic's Multi flex offense are used primarily as receivers and blockers.) After losing to Dartmouth in its fourth game last season, the Crimson inserted Ernst into the starting lineup in the tailback position...
After Jim Garvey graduated last June, returned to the wingback position. "Multiflex is such a wide type that I kind of enjoy all of the [positions]," says Ernst. "I enjoyed wingback and knew that with Mark Vignali and Robert Santiago it would be a big year...