Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Early in the game Dartmouth found one rather serious Crimson weakness an inability to break up pass plays either at the line of scrimmage or in the backfield. So led by quarterbacks Jim Churchill and Jack Reilly, the Indians passed Harvard silly in the first quarter. After passes had set up the scores, halfback Bill Daley twice plunged over for touchdowns...
...trouble is basic. The Big Green is a bit green. Starting this season, McLaughry had lost, through graduation, his entire starting backfield of last season, and all but one man of his first offensive line. Men like Johnny Clayton and Bill Roberts are not easy to replace. But Dartmouth's McLaughry has a long history of manufacturing a temporary something out of a seemingly permanent nothing. This year's Indians are no exception, looking progressively better in each succeeding game...
...junior, Piscukus has been one of the key men in the Bruin offensive backfield. He will be available for two more games, against Holy Cross this Saturday and against Dartmouth a week later...
Jordan warned that a screen pass--used very effectively by the Indians in past weeks--can be one of the most difficult of all plays to stop. Consequently, a large part of yesterday's practice was made up of pass defense scrimmage, with backfield work stressed. Lemay and Tom Ossman were linebackers. Dusty Burke and John Tulenko were halfbacks, and Bill Healey was safety man. Later, a second group was made up of Lewis, Ossman, Bill Weber, Brian Reynolds, and Dick Duback...
...first backfield yesterday placed O'Nell at quarterback, John Tulenko and Dusty Burke at halves and John "Crusher" Culver at fullback. Jayvee Bob Gremp ran the second backfield with Brian Reynolds and Bill Healy at halfbacks and Tom Ossman at full...