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Passing well is one thing. Throwing three incompletions in 17 tries is another. The real story Saturday was Bucknell's sharp-shooting quarterback and a Crimson defensive backfield more vulnerable than a Lennox Lewis left jab. Glus passed at will, connecting on touchdown passes of 22, 21, 24, 54, 46 and four yards. Add to that total a 65-yard run by Lemon and flawless extra-point kicking by sophomore Rich Miller, and you get Bucknell's 42 points...
...imagine that the lob pass would burn Harvard's defensive backfield again and again, like some kind of recurring nightmare...
While the verdict is still out on many aspects of the 1994 Crimson football team after its 39-32 win over Columbia last weekend, the offensive backfield isn't one of them...
...team's defense should be slightly better. The squad returns four defensive linemen, the leading tackler of 1993 in senior Carl Ricci (166 stops) and the entire defensive backfield...
...offense returns only six starters from last season. It lost its quarterback, fullback, three linemen and laser-quick wide receiver Dave Iwan, who set a single-season record with 873 yards on 46 catches. A few members of the backfield sidelined with injuries last season will return, including quarterback Chris Hetherton, but whether the team's Swiss cheese line gives them time to shake off their rust is another question...