Word: astro-turf
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...against Penn, directing a balanced offense that scored four touchdowns, but Harvard's pass defense was awesomely bad. The Quaker's second string quarterback, Gary Shue, picked apart the secondary for 392 yards and four TD's, and one end alone, Doug Clune, left his coverage groveling in the astro-turf eight times for 284 yards. The Crimson pulled the game out though, 28-27, when a Penn halfback dropped a two point conversion pass in Harvard's endzone with less than two minutes remaining...
...Penn goes into this game with at least a one goal advantage playing on 'Astro-Turf' and at night," Munro explained. "There is no question in my mind about this...
Penn-Dartmouth. The Indians are for real; the Quakers aren't. There will be no Drexel Tech first game to make the Quakers look better. There will be no Astro-Turf to help Penn bounce back up. And worst of all, there will be no Lehigh or Brown players on the opposition bench...
Quarterback Joe Massey, wingback Bob Milligan, middle guard Rich Lolotai, and offensive tackle Terry Kessler all sustained knee and ankle injuries last weekend in the Penn game on astro-turf. It is not known if they will recover in time to play Harvard...
...while sinking into the Ivy basement. Penn is still on the road to a national championship. The Quakers advanced to the finals of the NCAA Mid-Atlantic regional playoff on Tuesday by downing Montelair State, 3-0, on the astro-turf of Franklin Field...