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...problem is going to be in the backfield, from which almost every one of the League's top performers is graduating. (Chet Boulris, Dartmouth's Bill Gundy and Jake Crouthamel, Brown's Paul Choquette, Yale's Rich Winkler, Penn's Fred Doelling, Princeton's Dan Sachs, Cornell's Marcy Tino and Phil Taylor). In addition, the Crimson is losing starters Albie Cullen and Sam Halaby...
Possibly the best modern Yale team ever to take the field humiliated the varsity, 42 to 14 in 1956. The Bulldogs became Ivy champions, and that season scored 40 points against Penn, 42 against Princeton, and 42 aginst Harvard in their last three games. The unstoppable backfield of Dean Loucks, Dennis McGill, Al Ward, and Steve Ackerman ran wild over a Crimson defense that did well to hold the final count below...
Since the entire first-line Yale backfield graduated in 1957, the Crimson might have had reason to hope for a better fate that fall. But quarterback Dick Winterbauer, who completed nine of 12 passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns in only 30 minutes of playing time, led the Blue to a 54-0 stomping over the injury-riddled varsity. Never before had a Crimson team been so humbled by Yale; it set the stage for revenge...
...starting backfield, one of Harvard's best running trios, will be making its last appearance this Saturday at the Bowl. Chet Boulris, Sam Halaby, and Albie Cullen will close out illustrious gridiron careers. Also playing their last games in Harvard uniforms will be guards Jerry Weidler and George Waterman...
...Bruins are particularly suited for this type of rough-and-tumble competition. Brown has a big, strong line, and a large, combative backfield. In fact, the Bruins have acquired a reputation as the roughest eleven in the League...