Word: backfields
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...Aching Backfield. Head Coach George Allen cites Gabriel as the No. 1 reason for the Rams' preeminence, and the reason is just the reverse of 1965: "He has the leadership, the respect of the team. And he can read defenses." Which is a special kind of compliment, coming from Allen. A defensive coach for the Chicago Bears. Allen went to the Rams in 1966 preaching what he practiced best: defense. His work with Linemen Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones, Roger Brown and Lamar Lundy gave them the muscular title, "Fearsome Foursome." As for Gabriel, Allen merely gave him the football...
Allen's plans for a balanced effort stalled last year, when his backfield began to ache. Les Josephson, the Coastal Division's leading rusher in 1967, underwent surgery for a ruptured Achilles' tendon. Speedster Tommy Mason and Workhorse Dick Bass suffered assorted season-long leg miseries. "In my way of looking at it," Gabriel says gamely, "1968 was a good test for me, because from week to week we had a different backfield, different receivers. You have to call on a lot of knowledge because you have to call plays based on what each...
Senior halfback Ray Hornblower has been named Harvard's Offensive Player of the Week, Ivy Back of the Week, and a member of the ECAC backfield for his performance against Penn last Saturday...
Hornblower, who was the only one to win Harvard's Offensive Player of the Week Award twice last year despite the presence of Vic Gatto, is the only member of the original backfield who is starting after the first six games. Frank Champi quit, Steve Harrison displaced John Ballantyne and Gus Crim is injured, as are Scotty Guild and John Lakaska...
...personnel in the Crimson defensive backfield will be somewhat different. Fred Martucei, who started at left safety the first two games before developing bursitis in one of his knees, will probably be ready to play Saturday. Park said that if he is healthy, Martucci will rotate with Walter Johnson and Neil Hurley at the two safety positions...