Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effort to obtain the offensive consistency that is necessary to avoid a losing season. Harvard football coach John Yoviesin once again has shuffled his backfield...
...Pennsylvania game had just ended, and Harvard coach Loyal Park was unwinding in the locker room, chatting about his defensive backfield...
Park is quite correct. The Crimson secondary has held up well against several good passing games this fall. It has yet to yield a touchdown on the bomb, and twice has returned interceptions for touchdowns. But Park's defensive backfield has yet to face a quarterback as dangerous as Princeton's Scott MacBean, and its success in stopping him will most likely be the determining factor in any Harvard victory this afternoon at the Stadium...
...Tigers have picked up 200 more yards passing than they have rushing, and for a Princeton team, such a statistic is highly unusual. Even with the most talented backfield in the League, the "T" formation has not done wonders for Princeton on the ground, and the passing game has yet to destroy any really strong secondary. It is likely that the tough Harvard defensive line can stifle the Tigers on the ground, but its secondary will have to keep doing the job on pass defense...
Against Penn two weeks ago. MacBean completed 10 of 19 passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 32 yards on six carries to earn Ivy League Back of the Week honors. He has been a member of the ECAC backfield of the week for the past two weeks...