Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feeling among coaches and players is that the contest will be won or lost in the line. The Crimson has a slight edge in the backfield, but the linemen must outplay the Big Red forwards if the varsity is to triumph...
Cornell, without 1958 star quarterback Tom Skypeck, is hoping for improvement in its backfield, which cannot match the Crimson's. Albie Cullen, Larry Repsher, Chet Boulris, and Charlie Ravenel have been running very well lately, and Cornell admittedly has its hands full...
...varsity roared back in the second half, keeping pressure on the Terrier's defensive backfield. Finally, after 5:40 of relentless hammering, inside John Mudd tied the score after taking a well-directed head from center Ekpebu...
Munro will start Tadgh Sweeney and John McIntosh at wings, John Mudd and either Hedreen or Keith Lowe at the insides, and Ekpebu at center, with Marsh McCall, Bill Rapp, Charlie Steele, Charlie David, and Tim Morgan in the backfield and Tom Bagnoli in the nets...
...Crimson's depth, in fact, will be a large point in its favor this afternoon. Besides its second-string backfield strength, the team has another excellent goalie in Bob Forbush and good line support with Al Butzel, Keith Lowe, Nick Lamont, and Harv Mazer. Munro used 31 players in the Tufts game, and he will take 26 men to Amherst. Since few teams are yet in top condition, the Crimson's depth should prove valuable...