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Mark Mowatt. the excellent junior quarterback that will direct the Crusader offense, could pose another problem. Yoviesin lost both starting safeties and much of his depth in the defensive backfield and although Loyal Park has done an admirable patching job, it has yet to be battle-tested...
...Holy Cross offensive line out-weighs Harvard's defensive unit by more than ten pounds per man in the center of the line, and the Crusaders have a fine backfield, primarily veterans, who can exploit the difference...
...main reasons that last year's football team allowed opponents only 70 points in nine games was the defensive backfield-Tom Wynne, Pat Conway, John Ignacio. and Rick Frisbie. All but Frisbie have graduated. Another reason for some pessimism was a knee injury to Bill Kelly. who was expected to take one of the safety positions this fall...
Neil Hurley. a backup cornerback last fall. was shifted to safety. Junior Fred Martucci. Kelly's roommate and one who was expected to help rebuild the depleted backfield. is the safety on the left side Martucci was considered to have the ability, but his lack of experience was an obvious problem...
Frisbie is at the left corner, and sophomore Dave Ignacio is the other cornerback. taking the place of his brother John. Frisbie played 213 minutes last year as a sophomore. and defensive backfield coach Loyal Park considers him a real leader...