Word: backfieldful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...honored group, boasting a new backfield and a revamped line, has drawn varying opinions as to its potentialities. Notre Dame alumnus Francis Wallace (whose Saturday Evening Post prediction rated Notre Dame as the team of the year, Notre Dame ballhandler Johnny Lujack as the back of the year, and Notre Dame captain George Connors as lineman of the year) placed the Crimson in the "second flight" in the East, with opponents Yale (sixth-nationally and second only to Penn in the East) and Holy Cross ahead of the Cantabridgians, and rated Virginia as a "Southern dark horse...
...same time, the A squad ran through intensive signal drill. All teams had worked earlier on forward passing and pass defense, as well as punt formation plays. Chuck Roche now appears to be the leading backfield candidate for kicking honors Saturday against Western Maryland, although he may share this department with Wally Flynn and Walt Coulson, two ends who did most of the Varsity punting last fall...
After the contact work ended, Coach Harlow commended Roche and diminutive Paul Lazzaro for outstanding play in the backfield, and John Fiorentino...
Besides last year's Varsity, there are several other sources of talent from which Dick Harlow can draw to complete his first-string backfield. From the 1946 Freshman team come potential passing threat Jim Kenary and scathack Hall Moffie. Kenary found a starting quarterback assignment in both B.C. scrimmages, completing a few long passes and making several long gains on the ground. Moffie made his first Varsity showing in the second B.C. tussle and endeared himself to such Crimson partisans as were present with assorted lightning breakaways through the Idagles' secondary. Competing with Moffie for the left-halfback slot...
With this wealth of backfield material to fill such vacancies as that left by last year's graduating captain Cleo O'Donnell, the line is harder hit. Gone are star tackles New Dewey and Eddle Davis and outstanding center and linebacker Jack Fisher, and these men will be hard to replace. Probable starters in the tackle positions are speedy Howie Houston and massive Chester Pierce. Other candidates include big John Gorczynski, a transfer from Pitt, Doug Bradlee and Rocky Stone from the class of '50, and Dean Markham from among the lettermen...