Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...previous games the Yardling ground attack has been able to score only six points, but the passing combination of tailback George Hasiotis and end Joe Herlitty has consistently gained yardage. In addition to Hasiotis, the other members of the starting backfield will be fullback Ray Craven, quarterback Cliff Erickson, and wingback Al Steiner...
...fourth member of the backfield, if Thompson cannot make it, is Captain Ev Pearson. Pearson, who will have to fight for his starting position, is the top scorer in the League with 44 points, two more than Princeton's Flippin...
...with the Ivy League's best offense, and the Crimson, with the League's strongest defense, meet at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon in a game which catches the home eleven suspended between beating Princeton last week and waiting for Yale next. On the basis of its league-leading backfield and this psychological advantage, the Bruins rank as one touchdown favorites...
...backfield leads the league in almost every offensive department. Halfback Archie Williams is the top ground gainer and halfback Pete Kohut is leading the league in total yardage. Ev Pearson has scored a total of 44 points in seven games to top the league. This offense looms formidable against the Crimson defense--the best in the league--but weakened by the questionable status of guard Bill Meigs, who broke his nose against Princeton last week...
Brown's triple threat backfield may miss the services of quarterback T. D. Thompson, whose passes to Brown ends Joe Bianowicz and Harry Josephson press hard on any defense. Thompson was injured early in the season...