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Restic's predecessor, John Yovicsin, hadrescued Harvard football from the depths ofdespondency in the late 1950's by reorganizing italong conservative lines. Influenced by the likesof Woody Hayes and Vince Lombardi, he instilled asimple off-tackle left, off-tackle right,third-down-and-a-long-pass-to-a-receiver type ofoffense. And it worked: Harvard had just fourlosing seasons in 14 years and Yovicsonestablished himself as the winningest coach inHarvard history...
...late coaching legend John Yovicsin, Harvard also put together an unexpectedly undefeated season, boasting one of the nation's best defenses, dubbed by journalists the "Boston Stranglers...
Restic came to Harvard to replace departing coach John Yovicsin, who for 14 years lead the Crimson to many successful, if not exciting, seasons. The conservative Yovicsin seemed to call a sweep every other play, and several black players on the team believed that there was racism on the coaching staff and boycotted a practice. It was time for a change...
...coaching staff did not take part in the emotional aspect of the game at all," Gatto says. "[Harvard Coach John M. Yovicsin] and the other coaches would be out of the room. The captain had a special responsibility to set the tone...
...Yovicsin sent Champi in for Lalich, and the back-up responded with a 15-yd. touchdown pass to right end Bruce Freeman '71 with time running down. A bad snap from center spoiled the conversion attempt, and Harvard went into the half down...