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...Quaker Wishbone (nearly 400 yards on the day) tore up the Astroturf the way Secretariat tears up dirt, and before you could say Frank Rizzo, Penn had a two-touchdown lead after its first two possessions...

Author: By John Donley, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Survives Quaker Scare, 17-13 | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...Multiflex politely removed itself from its straight-jacket late in the first quarter, as Larry Brown claimed a small chunk of the Astroturf endzone for his very own on a sneak at 2:59. Ralph Polillio had nearly scooted in himself two plays later, but safety Jack Sinnigen cut under him at the one-yard line following a 30-yd. off-tackle burst...

Author: By John Donley, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Survives Quaker Scare, 17-13 | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...began to wonder why anyone expected the Harvard defense to stop the mighty Penn ground attack on its astroturf field, where it had been undefeated in seven previous encounters...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Defense Comes Together In Tense Fourth Quarter | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...just reading the tight end all day, I was waiting for him," Jacobs said while signing autographs for Cub Scouts after the game. "I almost picked that one off. I saw 70 yards of astroturf ahead of me. Six points, six points flashing...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Defense Comes Together In Tense Fourth Quarter | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...remains a game not to be taken too seriously. Smith says that the money pressure in the pros would be too great, that a few bad games or an injury could finish you. "Pro sports in America are so overcommercialized...and also I'd have to play on Astroturf...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Michael Smith Finds A Home | 11/10/1978 | See Source »

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