Word: backfielder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hinz in Sight: Opponents have keyed on running back Tony Hinz in the last two weeks, putting a lot of pressure on Yohe, who has tossed the ball 80 times in the last two games. Hinz and Yohe must receive more help from their supporting cast in the backfield. Hinz has run for 251 yards on 53 carries through the first three games, but the second-leading rusher for the Crimson is Yohe (72 yards on 20 carries). Besides Yohe and Hinz, the rest of the squad has only 153 yards on 54 carries (2.8 yard per carry). Wingback Silas...
...Crimson parlayed the big plays from its backfield and a relentless pack attack to down the Wildcats...
Linebackers: McGovern, McGovern he's their man. If he can't do it, Maruca can. Rob McGovern leads the team in tackles with 65. He gets help from two-year starter Chris Maruca. They'll be tested when Tony Hinz comes out of the Harvard backfield to catch passes...
Linebackers: Supposedly a Harvard weakness coming into the season. Greg Ubert and Brian Burns overpowered the Lions' tender line, bursting into the backfield often. Burns finished with seven tackles. Ubert recorded six. UMass should give these two a sterner test than the Lions...
Secondary: The UMass secondary is young. Sophomores Jerome Bledsoe, a cornerback, and Vaughn Williams, the strong safety, are babes in the woods. Look for the big bad wolf--Tom Yohe--to come along and devour them. Garrick Amos, a starter in 1987, provides the only experience in the defensive backfield...