Word: backfielder
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Entering the 1997 season, Harvard faced a similar predicament. The shadow of Eion Hu '97 loomed over the entire backfield. Hu is arguably the greatest running back in Harvard history. He set the school record for most career rushing yards with 3,073, most yards in a single season with 1,101 and most carries in a game with 40, set at last year's Harvard-Yale game. Furthermore, he always seemed to save his best games for Yale, gaining a total of 497 yards in his three games...
Fullback Damon Jones has returned from injury to give Harvard yet another skill-position threat. He catches the ball well out of the backfield and can even be a breakaway threat when he carries the ball...
...fact of the matter is the backfield blanketed the Yale wideouts on nearly every play, and more importantly, simply kept the Elis from making catches...
Although official statistics credit the Crimson defensive backfield with only two pass breakups, Jackson, junior cornerback Derek Yankoff, senior safety Jeff Compas and sophomore safety Aron Natale provided defensive pressure on at least seven pass plays on the day--some in spectacular fashion...
Creative play calling may have something to do with this success. Three of Harvard's fourth-down conversions yesterday came on pass plays, including both fourth and goal from the one-yard line plays. In both cases, the Crimson brought out a double tight end, full house backfield in anticipation of a run, only to have Linden pull up and find tight ends junior Chris Eitzmann and senior Tom Giardi uncovered in the end zone...