Word: backfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...line, however, one can expect to see them using a great variety of charges. Sometimes the wait at the line of scrimmage, trying to hold their position and "read" the play. Other times they charge and try to penetrate into the offensive backfield. They will occasionally use crosses and step-around maneuvers, and the linebackers do a lot of stunting...
Bill Taylor continued to demonstrate why he belongs on the All-Ivy starting backfield, as he picked up impressive quantities of yardage on sweeps and cuts through the line. No one else was able to go through, however, so Harvard's drives were abortive...
With a Brobdingnagian forward wall that outweighs both the Crimson and Eli varsities and a stellar backfield, featuring the running of fullback Keith Striggow who is averaging six yards per carry, the Elephants rate a solid favorite today...
...every time he carried the ball. Last week against the Chicago Bears, Taylor put on a one-man show that a Brown or a Hornung would be hard-pressed to match: he carried the ball 25 times, bulled for four touchdowns and 124 yds. The entire Chicago Bears backfield picked up only 65 yds. on the ground...
...against Leverett, Eliot will be using the high-calibre backfield quartet of Pete Wood, Andy Shee, Kieth Striggow, and Gavin Gilmor. All played top-fight ball in secondary school, and between them they represent Harvard varsity, JV, and freshman teams in several different sports...