Word: backfielder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time, there would never be a need for late fourth-quarter drives. Ron Cuccia, under fire from some quarters in recent weeks, had his finest 30 minutes at the Crimson helm, completing four of six passes for 99 yards, running for 71 more, and guiding his full-house backfield of Acheson, Jim (88 yards on 21 carries) Callinan and Steve Bianucci to touchdown drives of 90 and 84 yards...
...beneficiary was the defensive backfield, which gathered in six interceptions on the day (actually, lineman Joe Margolis and linebacker Marc Mills each had one). That accounted for the good field position, and the rushing of Jim Callinan (120 yards on 28 carries) and passing (six-for-13, 64 yards) and running (38 yards on 12 carries) of backup signalcaller Allard did the job from there...
Harvard displayed a newly resurgent defensive line, led by junior middle guard Scott Murrer, who is emerging as one of the top linemen in the league. Murrer spent most of the afternoon in the Brown backfield, his success enhanced by superb penetration from the ends by Justin Whittington and Pat Fleming. "When they went outside, " Murrer said afterwards, "the guard let me inside without any trouble, and with everyone else getting inside, we all could get in there...
Indeed, the Crimson could hardly keep up with Dartmouth in the first half, and allowed the Green to control the ball in its backfield and make long passes down the wings...
Instead of giving the ball to Callinan--usually the bull of the Harvard backfield--Cuccia and Restic relied heavily on halfback Jim Acheson, who Restic hoped would be able to get outside on the Holy Cross defense. Callinan carried the ball just seven times all game, and only twice in the first half...