Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fullback replacements Eddy Atwood and Jim Fitzgerald, both sophomores, will provide an excellent backfield, according to Crimson coach Seamus Malin. "Both players would ordinarily be starting, anyway, if we didn't have such good depth this year," said Malin...
Today's match was in a sense a warmup for the big game on Friday against Dartmouth. According to Getchell, Dartmouth, which traditionally has a strong team, also puts most of its strength in the defensive backfield...
...expected, Exeter put its strength in the backfield. In the second half, Harvard's front line had to face seven men on the opposition's defense...
...Yardlings have won their first three games against weak squads from Tufts, BU, and MIT. But Exeter has a strong backfield, Getchell said, which might contain the Crimson's high-scoring offense...
Another question in today's game should be the Crimson's defense. The backfield has not yet been pressed this season. Weak opposition offenses have managed only once to penetrate the Harvard defense for a score...