Word: backed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Coppinger went right the other way. After catching the ball at the Harvard 20, he tip-toed up his own sideline for 70 yards until he was dragged down at the Yale 10. Most of the run was called back on a clipping penalty, but Harvard had the ball back--and the momentum...
Hill ran twice and got to the seven. On third down, he threw to Rich Diana in the endzone, but it was broken up. Coach Carm Cozza wanted the TD to slice Harvard's 13-0 advantage so he elected to go for it. Rogan went back to pass on fourth down, but all his receivers were smothered. He threw the ball out of the endzone, desperately trying to connect with Diana...
...stand was typical of what Joe Restic called his "championship defense" all day long. Not only on the big plays--the interceptions, the fumbles and sacks--but on the little ones, too. Defensive back John Casto, who grabbed two fumbles, cut off Hill's usually lethal end runs and both Yale quarterbacks wore defensive end Dave Otto like a 6-ft. 4-in. necklace...
This year, when Dennis Dunn threw to Stratton behind the line, the Crimson defense did not collapse. "It was the flea-flicker like they did last year. We thought they might try something. As soon as Stratton took a step back, I just went deep," Coppinger said...
...what was the number one defense in the nation came back on the field--where it was second best...