Word: backed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...multiflex marvel called for halfback Jon Hollingsworth to fake up the middle and cut off the linebacker while captain Mike Brown and the tight end took care of Yale's nose-guard and the wing back, respectively. Once the defense was sealed up the middle, Callinan could follow tackle Mike Durgin through the center for an almost guaranteed gain...
...After the first play, everyone came back to the huddle and caught their breath as we realized that these guys weren't invincible," Callinan said yesterday. "During the whole game, I kept wondering why Yale was the best defense in the country--they weren't hitting very hard and I wasn't going to go down...
Although Callinan insisted that he "got lucky" Saturday, there was nothing fortunate about a second quarter run when he broke from the Harvard seven to the 42 yard line, only to have the play called back for offensive holding, ruining his 100-yd. rushing game. "That was the picture play of the game," Callinan said...
...most important cogs in the Harvard defensive machine was soft-spoken Peter Coppinger, the sophomore defensive back whose two interceptions sealed the Eli bier...
...third and 15, St. John worked from the shotgun and hit Callinan down the middle for a 23-yd. gain to the Eli nine. Callinan came back on the ground to buck for six more on first down. With the clock running past the 5-minute-to-go mark, Hollingsworth bulled to the two. And just seconds later, the Harvard sideline exploded as St. John rolled right on a keeper and stretched his body out just past the goaline for what was the icing on Harvard upset-flavored cake. Cody's kick was blocked but the Crimson still held...